In reference to Keulen’s comment yesterday about possible worse ways to propose but none coming to mind: Uh… well, she could have killed Marcie immediately before this?
Yeah, literal murder of the actual love interest is about what I’ve got. You already broke into his home, Sal! We are at Full Creepy here.
(I mean, not that love interest is the only loved one role you could murder to hit the same effect, but all Jason’s family is dead anyway. Unless Mum Chesterfield’s alive but a complete nonentity and I forgot, but… JFO, so I doubt it.)
Well, Sal could have kidnapped Jason, hauled him to a church with a minister and two witnesses, and informed him they were getting married. Pumping him full of happy juice first would be an option.
That said, I do kind of like Sal’s arc of not knowing what the hell she’s supposed to do in a post-war world and struggling to adapt. It’s painful to watch, but at the same time it’s kinda my favorite part of Joyce and Walky so far? I can sorta see some of the roots of her Dumbing of Age self in her arc here.
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commentary: bc the answer is always “Yes!”
unless it’s not
In reference to Keulen’s comment yesterday about possible worse ways to propose but none coming to mind: Uh… well, she could have killed Marcie immediately before this?
Yeah, literal murder of the actual love interest is about what I’ve got. You already broke into his home, Sal! We are at Full Creepy here.
(I mean, not that love interest is the only loved one role you could murder to hit the same effect, but all Jason’s family is dead anyway. Unless Mum Chesterfield’s alive but a complete nonentity and I forgot, but… JFO, so I doubt it.)
To be fair, he’d probably be even more weirded out if she’d knocked on the door and waited.
True enough.
It’s not too late you know. To murder Marcie I mean.
Well, Sal could have kidnapped Jason, hauled him to a church with a minister and two witnesses, and informed him they were getting married. Pumping him full of happy juice first would be an option.
That would also do it, yes.
Yep, that would definitely be worse.
She watched too many romcoms.
And/or soap operas.
Sal thought it would work because big dramatic gestures tend to work in badly written TV shows popular during the time period in which she grew up.
That’s not an excuse, mind, just an explanation of why her disturbed mind would leap to that conclusion.
I mean this was kinda inevitable.
That said, I do kind of like Sal’s arc of not knowing what the hell she’s supposed to do in a post-war world and struggling to adapt. It’s painful to watch, but at the same time it’s kinda my favorite part of Joyce and Walky so far? I can sorta see some of the roots of her Dumbing of Age self in her arc here.
This.
I’ve always *liked* Sal in the IW! timeline, but she’s *so* damn broken at this point. Kinda feel sorry for her.
So basically she’s one of us? Or am I the only really broken one here?
Yeah, that’s my reaction too. I just feel pity above all else right now.
Phew. For a while there, I was worried that he would give the wrong answer.
Common sense wins once again