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Karen's Surprise (15-20)

Aug 29, 2013 19:15

Okay FINALLY guys I'm BACK. I'm gonna finish this snark now. Sorry about the long absence. I've been really busy over this summer. I'm going to finish this snark and also my Claudia and the First Thanksgiving snark, and then snark some new BSCs I got over the summer. (:

Other parts of the snark:
Chapters 1 through 6
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little sister, natalie wins!, karen gets owned, karen, ls #13 karen's surprise

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ext_1010124 August 29 2013, 23:50:22 UTC

Last year for the first time I did two Thanksgivings, the first was my brother in law's sister's house, then at home where my nephew and his wife cooked .First off it's not necessary to eat every dish, at my sister in law's house, I filled up on the hor d ouvres , salad and bread and cranberry sauce, so I was satisfied and by the time it was time for the second dinner I was hungry, but not starving, I think that's the best thing to do if your going to have more than one Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

Karen really is a Mary Sue isn't she, I used to read these and I always thought Karen was unrealistic and annoying.You could tell that Karen is who Ann wished she had been.

masterdivinity August 30 2013, 02:15:58 UTC

I've often wondered if Ms C is easy on Karen because of her family situation... From what I've gathered in reading the LS series, Karen's parents are the only parents in that class who are divorced, everyone else's parents are still married. Ms C is surely aware that in a matter of what 2 years Karen went from a happy family to divorced to remarried, forced to move out of the mansion she grew up in to a house across town that is much smaller, she went from being the oldest child, to the second youngest at one house, with a step-brother only months different. She watched as 5 people moved into her house, then saw her dad adopt another child, and then had a grandmother move in, so 7 people have moved into the house that once housed only four people. In addition she skipped a grade and learned she had terrible eye sight and has to have two sets of glasses. And then her parents are a bunch of jerks who put their hostility before their children, something Ms C has personally experienced. I feel like Ms C lets a lot slide because she ( ... )

dandelion August 30 2013, 10:57:03 UTC

That is really interesting - I never thought about it like that, but it's completely plausible.

ext_1747753 September 1 2013, 03:09:20 UTC

That wouldn't be good teaching though. That would be her making excuses for bad behavior. Sure, understand, but don't let a kid be a brat. Karen isn't exactly well-liked, and it's because of her behavior. And as far as Karen thinks, she has two houses, and so the big house is still hers, and she was excited to gain sisters. Her real difficulty is in parents not cooperating ( ... )

masterdivinity September 1 2013, 11:18:36 UTC

We actually do know dynamics of other households through what is mentioned and the Kids of Ms Colman's Class... All of them come from and live in nuclear families... even looking at BSC charges, of the regular charges I think only the Barretts are from divorce turned remarriage. the BSC themselves have more unconventional dynamics.

And while Karen may boast and think, there is a deeper subconscious, what we say is not always what we think. IN the earlier books Karen does get snarky and angry a few times with her parents in regards to their divorce, so its obvious she doesn't think it's the best at all times....

You can be excited about things but still find it hard, it's bittersweet. So yes she is excited about sisters, but then when things are hard it's like "ugh I wish they weren't divorced". I was excited to move to the coast from the central part, and as excited as I was and am to live here, I miss living centrally at holidays when my family is there I am not.

I know realistically that AMM thinks Karen is cute

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ext_1747753 September 1 2013, 03:03:34 UTC

Disney and Rick-rolling in the same snark ( ... )

tsukichibi September 2 2013, 12:23:12 UTC

Karen is definitely one of my least favorite BSC characters, and I think part of that is just knowing that AMM wasted an opportunity to really teach kids something. This series would've been a thousand times better if at least one adult had been willing to call Karen out on her bratty behavior and explain why it's actually not ok even if her parents are shitheads.