Mary Anne's Book Part 2

[alula_auburn]

Part the Second-The Tea Party

Mary Anne begins this section by saying that at age six, she had four very important people in her life: Richard, Kristy, Claudia, and Mimi.  Therefore, she didn’t mind very much not having a mother until. . .the tea party.

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[kakeochi_umai]

So not that I heard rather a lot about the US presidential election or anything, but I read "The Tea Party" in a rather a different way from how it was intended.

Mary Anne is fascinated by bookish Janine’s ability to read and walk at the same time ... She attempts to teach herself to do so
Missing from the story: the part where Claudia and Kristy yell at her that she's an evil traitor and Mary Anne cries, repents and never does it again.

God, I want to slap Mrs Effing Asshole Bitch. Also, Richie looks way hot in that tea party pic.

I think this means she's actually more successful at fighting back tears at age six than she will be at thirteen. I don't even know what that says about her psychological development.
Yeah, as someone who cries easily myself, I so do not buy that someone who cries over anything and everything in the other books was able to hold back tears through an ordeal like that.

And props to Richard, at least, for trusting and respecting Mary Anne enough to believe she knows the difference and not try to talk her out of it.
This. I'm now picturing her remembering this and hating the hell out of the way the other members pressure kids like Charlotte into performing but not being able to speak up about it.

[alula_auburn]

LOL, shockingly, she defects even further in the next part! And there is no shunning! It makes one wonder what happened.