A really wonderful post! So many good points raised!! The Gisborne siblings have really been preying on my mind as well, over these past several weeks, so I did a post about their possible character & life backgrounds, (and what Richard and Lara may have done backstory wise) and how that could be manifesting right now. If you have a chance to read "The Giz Kids," I'd really value your opinion & comments. Here are a few of my own, to you:
***Why Thornton would have wanted to marry a 13 year old from an impoverished French low-mobility family I don’t know, but there could be more story there too.*** I think it's because she is still nobility. And that might help to raise his own social status...and there's the fact that she's beautiful.
***What also stands out to me, is the realization that Guy has asked no more of Isabella than he has of himself in that belief that they need to have position before the idea of happiness enters into it.*** Yes, yes, YES!! Exactly! Thanks you!
***"...overall he has to be a jerk to her about it because apologizing would be admitting he’s made mistakes.*** This is absolutely right on. And as insecure as Guy is, pushing him is NEVER the way to get him on your side or to admit to anything. On the other hand, Isabella has not given him any clear reasons (on-screen) as to what was wrong with her marriage and why she finally ran. (And that's not you Guy-fan-girling). She has only said "my life was hell" and "you did this to me as a child," etc. For God's sake Issy, give the man clear, concrete examples. He's not blessed with a vast imagination, so help Guy to be sympathetic to you by SPELLING IT OUT! Abuse, violence, miscarriages, perversions, whatever. It could be done, and stated, even in this supposed kids show, considering that last night they made the Guy/PJ slash canon in one throwaway sentence, and implied all sort of other things (clever writing), so... don't you think that THIS would help! And - hello, writers - maybe help us the audience, and keep from turning Issy into a boo hiss baddie. ::simmers down & comes down off soap box:: A really great post & I, like you, are looking forward to next week. ;-)
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Date: 2009-05-25 12:18 am (UTC)***Why Thornton would have wanted to marry a 13 year old from an impoverished French low-mobility family I don’t know, but there could be more story there too.***
I think it's because she is still nobility. And that might help to raise his own social status...and there's the fact that she's beautiful.
***What also stands out to me, is the realization that Guy has asked no more of Isabella than he has of himself in that belief that they need to have position before the idea of happiness enters into it.***
Yes, yes, YES!! Exactly! Thanks you!
***"...overall he has to be a jerk to her about it because apologizing would be admitting he’s made mistakes.***
This is absolutely right on. And as insecure as Guy is, pushing him is NEVER the way to get him on your side or to admit to anything. On the other hand, Isabella has not given him any clear reasons (on-screen) as to what was wrong with her marriage and why she finally ran. (And that's not you Guy-fan-girling). She has only said "my life was hell" and "you did this to me as a child," etc. For God's sake Issy, give the man clear, concrete examples. He's not blessed with a vast imagination, so help Guy to be sympathetic to you by SPELLING IT OUT! Abuse, violence, miscarriages, perversions, whatever. It could be done, and stated, even in this supposed kids show, considering that last night they made the Guy/PJ slash canon in one throwaway sentence, and implied all sort of other things (clever writing), so... don't you think that THIS would help! And - hello, writers - maybe help us the audience, and keep from turning Issy into a boo hiss baddie. ::simmers down & comes down off soap box:: A really great post & I, like you, are looking forward to next week. ;-)