Claudia and the Terrible Truth (1-5)

[syphabelnades]

Oh my god guys I am actually back. It's me, Star Ultranova/syphabelnades (formerly xenaeilonwy) and I got locked out of my LJ account for a whole fuckin' year because of a password conflict. But I managed to get back in and not a moment too soon, because I missed BSC Snark and I missed taking the piss out of terrible books from our childhoods

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[shatisarockgod]

But I managed to get back in and not a moment too soon, because I missed BSC Snark and I missed taking the piss out of terrible books from our childhoods!--Welcome back

[shatisarockgod]

the Pikes, who force their oldest daughter to be a secondary mommy to the too many kids they decided to have. --I still hate Mallory had to leave because she was being bullied so much at school but I'm still glad she left Stoneybrook. Here's hoping her life is better away from her family, her school, her "friends" that love to put her down, etc. Again, I can understand a kid having some chores and helping out SOME. But it's wrong to force the 11 year old to do everything

[the1812overture]

I think Ann lives in fucking Mayberry or something.

Nah. Even Mayberry handled special episodes with more tact and grace.

He starts crying and pleading

The pleading is fear, which is on a different plain than just feeling bad, and the tears back that up. Unless a child is hypersensitive, I'd be concerned about this reaction from a child. I saw this as a parent of a hypersensitive child.

[the1812overture]

Idk if the default opinion from the writers was "Oh, words don't hurt! YOU'RE the one to blame if it does hurt you. Don't be a wimp and grow some thicker skin!"

In 1998, there was still a saying: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.

Ironically, words are more likely to leave permanent scars. It's easier for more people to move past physical abuse. It's the words that last. Words hurt the deepest.

[shatisarockgod]

I won't disagree with that. Things said to me when I was younger still hurt as if they were said to me yesterday.

[mimiredcrow]

I agree with this completely. I've been sexually, emotionally and mentally abused...and in the long run, the cruel words are the things that really changed my concept of self. Especially those said by someone I cared about or respected. Words have power both to lift up and tear down.