62 Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever ch 11-15

[masterdivinity]

Okay the conclusion- but before I snark I want to comment on a few things… First, I don’t blame the BSC for their reaction because it is obvious that a group of pre-teens who have lived very privileged lives and probably never encountered a foster system, so it is logical they wouldn’t realize the depth of emotional trauma that Lou has coming into

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[kakeochi_umai]

I love that Lou says "Yuck" when Dawn tries to force her dietary preferences on the Papadakises. I also love that she's the devil incarnate for saying that even though the rest of the BSC say things like that all the time, often when they don't even have to eat Dawn's food.

I don't blame Hannie for being upset about the cookie dough thing, especially now that I know enough American to know what a cowpie is (they're called cowpats in the UK and Australasia. Does anyone with the British edition know if they changed that?) I also think Lou deserved the time out in itself - my issue is with a) Dawn's snippiness and b) the fact that, for example, when the Pike triplets ganged up on Nicky nonstop, Dawn fucking FELT BAD ABOUT TELLING THEM OFF. And when Sarah Hill was consistently nasty to Norman about his weight, the girls half-heartedly begged her to stop and then told Norman it was his fault for not standing up for himself.

There is a big issue about Dawn washing Hannie’s hair- seriously its not that big of an issue.
I'm going to respectfully disagree there. Hannie's just a kid too, and siblings of kids with problems quite often have to deal with some kind of fallout because of it, through no fault of their own. It's one of those situations where neither kid can really be blamed.

Jessi makes some comment about how she’ll comment when she meets a boring perfect child.
Yeah, like the kind who march in unison in weekly Cult parades...wait.

[masterdivinity]

Re- the hair-- It's not Hannie's reaction. It's Dawn's. I get that Hannie was upset, I think she overreacted a bit with the i HATE YOU.... The "its not that big of an issue" was more in reference to Dawn- if that makes sense

[kakeochi_umai]

Yeah, that makes sense. I love that if a Cult kid had done it they'd have been all "Those zany kids!"

[masterdivinity]

exactly! Because Lou did it, it was a horrible thing, but when any of the BSC kids do things it's cute.

[liss31d]

Yes in the UK version, it is referred to as 'cowpat'.