"Invasive" is a good word for what's scary about Hannelore, and it's not a word I'd apply to any of the parental units. Dora's parents seem to have had a normal parent/teenager relationship with her, David Whitaker was emotionally close but normally so, and Ms. Reed was a scrupulous respecter of boundaries when we saw her (which is probably necessary for a dominatrix who wants repeat business).
But wait, her threatening Faye was not exactly laissez faire. "Bosch paintings" isn't in Creepyville the way Pintsize is, but it's in the neighboring metropolis of Scaryville.
I agree, even old Hieronymus' 'Paradise' is a bit disconcerting. I wouldn't that to happen to me. Makes you wonder what's inside Marten if he's provoked enough.
'Seem' is the word with the Bianchis—there was time to grab Nancy R's bony ass, but not enough to notice Sven was poaching (passively or not) Dora's 'friends.' Whitaker was so emotionally close to Faye that he whacked himself without her knowing anything was wrong. Veronica and her husband (can't remember the name) seem the most 'normal' of the three to me; she simply has an odd profession, and he was married to someone of the wrong gender. But they were supportive, and Marten's 'even keel' reflects that.
No, none of them are the Dragon Bitch or the Insane Brain (gee, I wonder where Hanners gets the idea of being invasive from?), but they had to have an influence. As I said, Hanners stands out, but she's lucky to have run upon these folks. I'm not sure she'd have been accepted by a more conventional group.
As it is, I think Marten, Dora and Faye see she means well. It probably
is a good idea to have a genetic profile done (so long as an insurance company doesn't get hold of it). But one ought to ask first.
You know, I think I may have to start charging fifteen cents.
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