Also, I think I said a while back that I'd share my theories about the Donovan family? I was waiting for their mom to show up and now that she has, I'll share. Once her behavior was revealed, it made the class dichotomy between Matt and Vicki make a lot more sense to me. In the beginning it seemed like Vicki's promiscuity and drug habits were causing the town as a whole to treat her as lower class than Matt (which they were, regardless of the reason, and nothing changes the fact that that's really not cool, but I digress). Once their mom arrived however, I reevaluated. Now I see it more like Matt being embarrassed/ashamed of where he comes from and striving to rise above his "station" in life (not that there's anything wrong with wanting more from your life, and working towards something), by trying out for the football team, hanging around the children of the founding families, etc. And because Matt is a "good boy" and Vicki was a "bad girl" it caused people to treat them differently. I also think it's possible that their mother placed some extra pressure on Matt when he was young to grow up faster and be "the man of the house." Again, there is no excuse for the way the town treated Vicki, but seeing the way their mother behaved went a long way in explaining the Donovan children.
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Date: 2011-12-14 03:23 am (UTC)Also, I think I said a while back that I'd share my theories about the Donovan family? I was waiting for their mom to show up and now that she has, I'll share. Once her behavior was revealed, it made the class dichotomy between Matt and Vicki make a lot more sense to me. In the beginning it seemed like Vicki's promiscuity and drug habits were causing the town as a whole to treat her as lower class than Matt (which they were, regardless of the reason, and nothing changes the fact that that's really not cool, but I digress). Once their mom arrived however, I reevaluated. Now I see it more like Matt being embarrassed/ashamed of where he comes from and striving to rise above his "station" in life (not that there's anything wrong with wanting more from your life, and working towards something), by trying out for the football team, hanging around the children of the founding families, etc. And because Matt is a "good boy" and Vicki was a "bad girl" it caused people to treat them differently. I also think it's possible that their mother placed some extra pressure on Matt when he was young to grow up faster and be "the man of the house." Again, there is no excuse for the way the town treated Vicki, but seeing the way their mother behaved went a long way in explaining the Donovan children.