Talk:Ryan Howard (The Office)

message: I am going through several articles and changing instances of "Dunder-Mifflin" to "Dunder Mifflin" (no hyphen) as it is the proper "spelling" of the company name (see Talk page at Dunder Mifflin). Just leaving a note to say that I've gone through this page. :) Fieryrogue 20:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dunder Mifflin

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Ryanoffice.jpg

message: The majority of the article about Ryan and Michael seems to completely miss the point.. Michael doesn't have a crush on him and wouldn't have sex with him, he's just trying so hard to impress and flatter Ryan that he comes off completely wrong. The way the paragraph is written it makes Michael seem really gay, which bypasses the crux of their relationship pretty much completely. Michael wants to be Ryan/have Ryan admire him/have Ryan like him so he tries to compliment him constantly and be what he thinks a best friend would be. He doesn't have a crush on him, he's just so socially inept that he keeps implying it accidentally. I think it should be rewritten, it's pretty inaccurate as is.
:Character motivation is a matter of viewer interpretation. It's possible Michael was motivated by any number of feelings. Perhaps he doesn't even want to be Ryan's friend and is just trying to advance himself in the social hierarchy of the office! There's evidence for that interpretation, as well as numerous others, including your own. All that we can do is describe Michael and Ryan's behavior towards each other, and I believe that the section about Michael does a good, thorough job of it. Also, the word "mancrush" describes a feeling of friendship, not a romantic or sexual feeling. UranianPoet 17:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: if he has no sexual feelings for Ryan, why does Michael do the following:
* Declares "I would definitely have sex with Ryan"
* Sends Ryan kisses and calls him the belle of the ball
* Says loudly that he wants to see Ryan put a hot dog in his mouth (Beach Games deleted scene)
* Pins Ryan down on his lap, which he earlier says whoever sits there would know it's a real male Santa
* Squeezes Ryan's nipples
* Asks Ryan when they're sleeping together "Do you miss us?" (Night Out deleted scene)
* Says that he will miss Ryan the most after he dies (Safety Training deleted scene)
* Stalks Ryan and constantly talks about how attractive he is to Carol (Diwali deleted scene)
* Repeatedly awards Ryan "hottest in the office", indicates how hot he is in his diary, calls him a gorgeous young man (Crime Aid deleted scene), and numerous other occasions
2A0A:A543:F68:0:B4D3:860E:74D5:2547 (talk) 15:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you replied to a message from ten years ago. But that said, we shouldn't be commenting on it one way or another, beyond the facts of the matter, unless we can tie our statements back to reliable sources. DonIago (talk) 21:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ryan and Michael 

message: i think something should be said here about how jim dated both karen and pam both who ryan wanted to date, but never did.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smokingintherain56 (talk • contribs) 07:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Jim vs. Ryan