familial stranger, page 3
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it's nice to have that angle brought up. in the original pitching around for this scene, there was also some exchange where lola said they really pitied their mother for what they felt was being trapped and suppressed by her new life, to which sugar responded that was straight women for you, ended with a brief pause followed by lola commenting "they seem happy, though, don't they?" and silently dropping the pity. didn't like several implications the exchange would leave open, didn't like that it focused on lola's mother more than lola's feelings, but i would be lying if i said that i haven't had the exact conversation before, more than once. suppose it's one of those lines i draw between being as real as possible and picking what i portray responsibly. the threads for the possibility of that conversation were definitely left in, though
gray Folie
2018-03-23 08:22:36 +0000 UTCGod, the more I think of it, the more this feels like a fitting place to leave what little we've seen of Lola's mom's character. Locked into a marriage that stifles her ability to grow and develop as a person, raising children she didn't particularly want, calling it a happy ending for herself, possibly because she's too unwilling, narrow-minded, or afraid to entertain the alternative. Lola's catharsis is palpable and justified.
Avi (yinglet)
2018-03-23 07:01:26 +0000 UTCThinking about some of the manipulative behavior here... I bet Lola wasn't the one who was scared of doctors. Calling Lola out on just wanting to reconnect to their dad is pure guilt-tripping of course, but since the rest of the story is gonna be about how they reconnect, she's not entirely wrong to perceive that. Abusive people have that knack for sniffing out and amplifying legitimate slights.
Calph
2018-03-19 02:02:56 +0000 UTC
