Okay, so a couple of Emily-related things are bugging me about this installment that I'm not sure I'm going to do a great job of putting into words, but...
Okay, first, we finally get to the place where other people are pointing out that there's more people who know for a fact that it was Ben and not Greg who saved Emily. People who were were there and who also helped. There's probably evidence out there somewhere along with the multiple eyewitnesses. It's been established that Emily is a librarian who does research. If she's not actively researching this to draw her own conclusions, either this isn't the real Emily or something else is very wrong with her.
Why does nobody point that out?
Second, now that we've heard from two people who've voiced their concerns about this, the things they seem to be most upset about are: a) Greg is a creepy liar b) Greg being a creepy liar is not only denying Ben his credit, it's denying other people, too c) Ben and Emily belong together
And okay, but...where is the concern for Emily herself? As her own person. As a person aside from Ben, and one who is now in a romantic relationship with somebody based on lies and coercion? I mean, okay, Troy and Mary are closer to Ben and they might well be concerned about Emily, too--although Mary seemed more irritated with her for hurting him--but it doesn't really come out on the show in this episode, and that kind of bothered me.
Also, I want to know what the deal is with Emily's mother at this point. Is she okay with this?
Is anybody in Emily's corner right now?
I mean, I can't fault Ben his self-preservation instincts here, but does she have other friends?
And finally, the phrasing on "those aren't her arms...those are Frickard's"? Creepy. Creepy af.
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Date: 2017-07-16 04:04 pm (UTC)Okay, first, we finally get to the place where other people are pointing out that there's more people who know for a fact that it was Ben and not Greg who saved Emily. People who were were there and who also helped. There's probably evidence out there somewhere along with the multiple eyewitnesses. It's been established that Emily is a librarian who does research. If she's not actively researching this to draw her own conclusions, either this isn't the real Emily or something else is very wrong with her.
Why does nobody point that out?
Second, now that we've heard from two people who've voiced their concerns about this, the things they seem to be most upset about are:
a) Greg is a creepy liar
b) Greg being a creepy liar is not only denying Ben his credit, it's denying other people, too
c) Ben and Emily belong together
And okay, but...where is the concern for Emily herself? As her own person. As a person aside from Ben, and one who is now in a romantic relationship with somebody based on lies and coercion? I mean, okay, Troy and Mary are closer to Ben and they might well be concerned about Emily, too--although Mary seemed more irritated with her for hurting him--but it doesn't really come out on the show in this episode, and that kind of bothered me.
Also, I want to know what the deal is with Emily's mother at this point. Is she okay with this?
Is anybody in Emily's corner right now?
I mean, I can't fault Ben his self-preservation instincts here, but does she have other friends?
And finally, the phrasing on "those aren't her arms...those are Frickard's"? Creepy. Creepy af.