So Liz was Elly's Help when she was a SAHM pretending to have a job, then April was Elly's Help when she was a SAHM pretending to be a business owner. No matter what Elly did, she needed assistance from her female children because God Forbid she actually be an adult who takes full ownership of her responsibilities.
Mostly because someone is projecting her own simmering and unquenchable resentment onto everyone else. Lynn doesn't admit that while she can be angry, it's stupid to be angry forever. This leads to her idiotic belief that everyone else lets stuff sit in their bellies and burn. If someone screws up, they assume that they can never be forgiven.
Jesse knew that the way to get away with theft was to play Flatter the Patterson. The moment he started to layer on the "you're special" frosting, Liz went into her usual "I'm amazing" trance and shifted from "I'm angry" to "tell me more about how amazing I am" and decided to keep Jesse's affection in the ON position by leaving him with the stolen item. Any sensible person hears this story and tells Liz "you got conned, stupid. He played you."
Because the conversation took place in private- in Jesse's bedroom- the parents probably don't even know that Liz left a valuable family possession with their underaged son "to remember her by." Jesse played Liz for the easily-manipulated sucker she is and probably ended up trading the harmonica for a dime bag.
Elizabeth must not have cared much about the harmonica if she didn't realize that someone (who turned out to be Jesse) had stolen it until she went back to Mtigwaki and Jesse's aunt mentioned "the harmonica you gave him." She didn't notice that Jim's harmonica was missing when she unpacked her belongings when she moved back into her parents' house.
someone might as well have a great big thought bubble filled with dark squiggly marks over her head.
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So Liz was Elly's Help when she was a SAHM pretending to have a job, then April was Elly's Help when she was a SAHM pretending to be a business owner. No matter what Elly did, she needed assistance from her female children because God Forbid she actually be an adult who takes full ownership of her responsibilities.
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Mostly because someone is projecting her own simmering and unquenchable resentment onto everyone else. Lynn doesn't admit that while she can be angry, it's stupid to be angry forever. This leads to her idiotic belief that everyone else lets stuff sit in their bellies and burn. If someone screws up, they assume that they can never be forgiven.
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The phrase Freudian Excuse:
Is NO Excuse comes into play:
It doesn't matter worth a damn if Elly is incapable of sympathy. Liz still has to own up to her screw-ups to everyone else.
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"How was he special?'
"He had a crush on me and stole it."
"I am changing my name and moving out. This family is a lost cause."
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It never occurs to the stupid cow that he could have been lying to save his ass and never will.
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Jesse knew that the way to get away with theft was to play Flatter the Patterson. The moment he started to layer on the "you're special" frosting, Liz went into her usual "I'm amazing" trance and shifted from "I'm angry" to "tell me more about how amazing I am" and decided to keep Jesse's affection in the ON position by leaving him with the stolen item. Any sensible person hears this story and tells Liz "you got conned, stupid. He played you."
Because the conversation took place in private- in Jesse's bedroom- the parents probably don't even know that Liz left a valuable family possession with their underaged son "to remember her by." Jesse played Liz for the easily-manipulated sucker she is and probably ended up trading the harmonica for a dime bag.
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Which doesn't matter to her because she's warm in the secret spots.
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Elizabeth must not have cared much about the harmonica if she didn't realize that someone (who turned out to be Jesse) had stolen it until she went back to Mtigwaki and Jesse's aunt mentioned "the harmonica you gave him." She didn't notice that Jim's harmonica was missing when she unpacked her belongings when she moved back into her parents' house.
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This used to be why I had her refer to it us Uncle Jasper's harmonium: it never did and never will.
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