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Hannelorz.

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Persona:
Oh, no, he didn't want to do the voice overs, he wanted to do whatever action scenes he saw, best he could. And he believed he could. Unscathed. Which lead to my friends and I carting him to the hospital, or him getting drunk enough to forget he was injured.
A prime example of this was when SPEED 2 came out, and he saw a scene where a boat went over an exploding boat or something. So, this guy takes his dad's boat, which is not a speed-boat, sets up a make-shift ramp in the lake, and tries to jump a raft covered in fireworks.  He ended up catching part of the boat on fire, and jumping off, hurting himself in the process. It was stupid. Oh, and he tried to talk like Keanue Reeves the whole time.

Zingoleb:
Your friend could make the Darwin Awards.

Is it cold in here?:
Hannelore probably knows about relationships in the theoretical sense from all the therapy she's had, hence her counseling Marten despite her lack of experience.

Zingoleb:
What bugs me is how quickly everything settled down.

OMGWTFBBQ UR STALKING ME alright, I'm fine with that.

Mr. Skawronska:
Well, after following the "Flanderization" link into TV Tropes, I found something else that interested me enough to comment on.

Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that Hannelore's transition IS realistic, based upon meds, and other folks' real-life experiences that place her behavior well within the realm of the possible, even probable. Let's also just say, for the sake of argument, that this transition, intentional or not, could be classified as a Flanderization.

It seems that Hannelore has, either by design or default, become a Woobie

For those who will not click the link, I get to type some more. The woobie is someone who the universe delivers a beat-down to, but for some reason, the readers feel incredible sympathy, even attraction for.  I'm thinking this is the Hanners phenomenon.  To quote from the link:


--- Quote ---A woobie (named for a child's security blanket) is that character you want to give a big hug, wrap in a blanket and feed soup to when he suffers so very beautifully.

--- End quote ---

Yup.  That's how I  feel about Hannelore.  Just wanna wrap her in a soft fuzzy blanket, cuddle her, pet her like my favorite kitty and tell her things are going to be OK.

Of course, with her OCD, the moment I wrapped her in a blanket she didn't sterilize herself, and then HUGGED her...she'd freak, claw my face off, and run screaming into the bathroom with a wire brush.

So, some situations are better left in the fictional, theoretical universe where the author has the control over the bad things that happen, and I get fewer physical and emotional scars.

But yeah, I can see Hanners as a Woobie, and you know what?

I adore her like that.

Thanks, Jeph.

S

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