I took 6 years of Latin, so I learned "tabula rasa" waaaaaaaaaay back! (along with so, so many others) But I digress...
Don't even get me started on "J." You'll notice I cannot type his or "M's" name. It's that painful. If there were a way to edit him out of DVDs, I'd do it. I never saw any similarity between Ryan and him. Other than a background that wasn't middle class and a single parent family, there was nothing. Ryan came from poverty, not just middle, albeit lower-middle class. Ryan may have had the same sort of father as "J," but Ryan's mother never held it together and contributed to Ryan getting hurt. Not the case with whats his name. Intelligence, morals, drive, selflessness, courage, self-reliance all go to Ryan. End of rant.
I'd wondered if you'd considered the Northern California angle since they all would have been in at least the same part of the state simultaneously. Sort of an interesting coincidence that has never been used in canon.
It disappoints me, frustrates me and angers me that the Cohens profess to care about Ryan, but don't make moves to accept him, only an idea or image of who they want him to be. The send the message that he should deny, forget or be ashamed of what came before and their inability to cope when he mentions any part of his past shuts him out. If they don't try to integrate past and present, he never will and they're showing and telling him how to proceed. Huge disservice.
I get what you're saying about Ryan finding a facade again after briefly losing composure. Wherever he had those memories, he thought they were locked away and resolved. Now so much has been thrown into question.
Guilty as charged with the analysis. I know sometimes I start typing, even with the uni-claw for six more weeks, and it just flows. I even vowed to stay away from the Ryan thread at TWoP, but that didn't last!
Anyway, great stuff and sorry for poking the pinata!
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Don't even get me started on "J." You'll notice I cannot type his or "M's" name. It's that painful. If there were a way to edit him out of DVDs, I'd do it. I never saw any similarity between Ryan and him. Other than a background that wasn't middle class and a single parent family, there was nothing. Ryan came from poverty, not just middle, albeit lower-middle class. Ryan may have had the same sort of father as "J," but Ryan's mother never held it together and contributed to Ryan getting hurt. Not the case with whats his name. Intelligence, morals, drive, selflessness, courage, self-reliance all go to Ryan. End of rant.
I'd wondered if you'd considered the Northern California angle since they all would have been in at least the same part of the state simultaneously. Sort of an interesting coincidence that has never been used in canon.
It disappoints me, frustrates me and angers me that the Cohens profess to care about Ryan, but don't make moves to accept him, only an idea or image of who they want him to be. The send the message that he should deny, forget or be ashamed of what came before and their inability to cope when he mentions any part of his past shuts him out. If they don't try to integrate past and present, he never will and they're showing and telling him how to proceed. Huge disservice.
I get what you're saying about Ryan finding a facade again after briefly losing composure. Wherever he had those memories, he thought they were locked away and resolved. Now so much has been thrown into question.
Guilty as charged with the analysis. I know sometimes I start typing, even with the uni-claw for six more weeks, and it just flows. I even vowed to stay away from the Ryan thread at TWoP, but that didn't last!
Anyway, great stuff and sorry for poking the pinata!