[Garfie]

I actually loved Marc, but hated Helen and detest Bear.

There was no humour in Helen, so I can see little similarity with Marc, although she is similar to Bear in being obnoxious and vile, and an unpleasant bully imo.

Although he undoubtedly crossed the line at times, there was a twinkle in Marc's eye, so I felt a lot of his behaviour was tongue in cheek, and that being a joker was a genuine part of who he was as a person. I found Marc funny, and he made me laugh a lot (though, at times he made me cringe). However, he did push boundaries, and I can see how he offended some people, and I would not defend him no matter what he did.

Bear, on the other hand, is just playing at being the joker- humour doesn't come naturally to him, so he ends up as merely a very, very poor imitation. There's also a real nastiness and slyness to him, and he actually seems to enjoy watching the distress in others. I've seen nothing to endear me to him.