|
Roger Explosion posted:See, now Douche-bag McSelfie-stick is being the type of slimy, manipulative antagonist type I like. You know. Instead of just a creep. Good work, McSelfie-stick. Oh dear. The Tuan on the mantlepiece is being fired...
|
#
¿
Jul 6, 2015 18:14
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 19:05 |
|
|
Captain Bravo posted:Yeah, don't forget, this is coming right after Shauna was publicly disowned by her posh dad due to her working-class mom. Not sure that's quite how I'd characterize that interaction...
|
|
#
¿
Feb 1, 2016 18:14
|
|
|
Pistol_Pete posted:You could argue that the way Shauna's father behaved there was just down to him being a fundamentally rather timid and passive person, whose top priority is always the avoidance of any awkwardness or confrontation. I do think there's more to it than that, though. When he's describing to Shauna how her mother and him got together it's clear that he was very aware of the class differences between them and that this made him profoundly uncomfortable. The exact circumstances of how they drifted apart aren't made explicit but it seems reasonable to assume that the fear (not necessarily conscious) of 'marrying beneath him' was an important factor in the breakup. And when Shauna's innocent approach puts him on the spot and he's faced with the choice of either explaining to his wife about how he got a cleaning lady at his former workplace pregnant or brushing Shauna off, he unerringly goes for the latter option, even though he's well aware of how hurt she'll be. (The way Shauna bravely goes along with his bullshit must have been a particularly painful twist of the knife for him, not that he doesn't deserve it.) My argument is: someone might be ashamed of and fearful of acknowledging a child from a previous relationship without class entering into it at all. Do you think Shauna's father wouldn't have dissembled in front of his wife & son if Shauna was his secret love-child with a countess, instead of a cleaner? I'm skeptical.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 3, 2016 20:29
|
|
|
SlothfulCobra posted:Every time I think I understand British culture, there's a whole nother dimension left that I don't understand left to figure out. They truly are an alien people. We may never fully understand their ways...
|
|
#
¿
Feb 6, 2016 01:51
|
|
|
team overhead smash posted:So are we all agreed Claire set fire to the barn? could it be any more obvious?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 17, 2016 19:19
|
|
|
Saoshyant posted:In his spare time, Allison writes Happy Days fanfiction. This explains so much. I'm not sure that everything in that bio is, strictly speaking, true.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 21, 2016 06:16
|
|
|
Pope Guilty posted:Giant Days is on the timeline. Hahaha, Destroy History is on the timeline?
|
|
#
¿
Apr 13, 2016 05:31
|
|
|
I'm enjoying the bobbins well enough. It's fine.
|
|
#
¿
May 21, 2016 23:31
|
|
|
given the framing of this story, i'm not convinced the breakup will stick also given he's still loitering outside her window
|
|
#
¿
Jun 10, 2016 06:09
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 19:05 |
|
|
at the very least, he doesn't seem to be wearing anything belowdecks. i'm not sure how much the exact size really matters, beyond that...
|
|
#
¿
Jun 30, 2016 07:07
|
|