>> The thing about Glyn is, at the end of the first arc, where this poem takes place, she really *doesn't* see her own strength. <<
Sooth. It's just getting to where the outliers are stacking up to break a well-established pattern and that's making her uncomfortable as well as excited.
>> She sees people she just met stand up *for* her, treat her better than her biological family... and it only points out how hamstrung her friends and their parents were by the impenetrable, unbreakable facade of "normal family." <<
Terramagne really needs to get its shit together on the issue of minor rights. They're actually a lot better than our world, but it's not good enough with superpowers in play. The loopholes -- like we're seeing with Glyn and Cassandra -- are bloody dangerous.
>> She's going to need some time to BELIEVE Ruggeiro when he tells her she's NOT (long list of failures and criticism) but she will get there. <<
True. One of the best ways to fix bad tape is just to overwrite it, but that takes time.
>> Her family dynamics were far more subtle than I've seen in most media, and the devastating effects are clearly visible even at *this* point in her life. <<
I like that about this series. It takes a different perspective.
I've done some similar things with Lawrence, who is clearly abused, but it's really never been more than an occasional smack or two. I think Farce's parents just didn't have the first clue about parenting and did a crummy job of it. They probably weren't gentle with her, but I suspect that her more serious experience with getting the snot beat out of her was from bullying.
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Re: WONDERFULLY perceptive!
Date: 2015-02-21 09:48 am (UTC)Sooth. It's just getting to where the outliers are stacking up to break a well-established pattern and that's making her uncomfortable as well as excited.
>> She sees people she just met stand up *for* her, treat her better than her biological family... and it only points out how hamstrung her friends and their parents were by the impenetrable, unbreakable facade of "normal family." <<
Terramagne really needs to get its shit together on the issue of minor rights. They're actually a lot better than our world, but it's not good enough with superpowers in play. The loopholes -- like we're seeing with Glyn and Cassandra -- are bloody dangerous.
>> She's going to need some time to BELIEVE Ruggeiro when he tells her she's NOT (long list of failures and criticism) but she will get there. <<
True. One of the best ways to fix bad tape is just to overwrite it, but that takes time.
>> Her family dynamics were far more subtle than I've seen in most media, and the devastating effects are clearly visible even at *this* point in her life. <<
I like that about this series. It takes a different perspective.
I've done some similar things with Lawrence, who is clearly abused, but it's really never been more than an occasional smack or two. I think Farce's parents just didn't have the first clue about parenting and did a crummy job of it. They probably weren't gentle with her, but I suspect that her more serious experience with getting the snot beat out of her was from bullying.
>> But she's BEGINNING to find a new path. <<
Yay!