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Post by betty10211 on Dec 9, 2005 11:57:56 GMT -5
Erin told Aidan: "Jonathan was hit on a daily basis growing up, all right? My father used to punch him into oblivion and then threaten him not to tell anyone or else he'd make things a million times worse. Jonathan is just doing what he was taught -- pretending nothing happened. There wasn't a whole lot I could do about it when we were kids, but that's different now. " What we know about Jonathan's childhood... Jonathan was subjected to daily beatings...he was woken up every morning either by being yanked out of bed & subjected to a "shower drowning" or to being smothered...he was forced to eat "poison sandwiches"...he never had even a single coloring book while Erin had lots of toys...Jonathan was threatened with death every day - even on his birthday! My heart breaks for Jonathan! I really get all choked up thinking about how much Jonathan has suffered - that's how real Jeff makes Jonathan's pain. Poor Jonathan!
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Post by Andrew on Dec 12, 2005 0:06:43 GMT -5
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Post by betty10211 on Dec 13, 2005 20:55:37 GMT -5
Jeff does make Jonathan's pain so real. I cry so much for Jonathan! And today when Erin shared how Jonathan never gave up hope for a happy Christmas and how Jon never even got a Christmas present... Poor Jonathan!
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Post by trixie on Dec 13, 2005 21:45:14 GMT -5
I also felt more sympathy for Jonathon by Erin's description of their Christmases.
Coming from Erin, rather than Ryan, or even Jonathon himself, the short description she gave about how she got all the presents and the boys had to sit and watch her open them while they got none, really made me feel even more sympathy for Jonathon than had they gone into some long-winded diatrabe or flashback. Her words were short, but they conveyed the pain that this family experienced beyond the physical pain.
I really love Jonathon, and for once, the writers did something good (oh how I'm GAGGING on those words!) by having Erin deliver that short but descriptive dialogue. I'm so glad that Ryan wasn't there and that he wasn't the one to tell, yet again how abused his brother was. Erin's simple words did more than Ryan's blowhard monologues could ever do.
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Post by Liz on Dec 13, 2005 21:54:26 GMT -5
Trixie, I definitely agree that a lot of times LESS IS MORE. It makes me sad that even though these characters are fiction on AMC, these types of families do, unfortunately, exist! What a horrible way to live!
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Post by trixie on Dec 13, 2005 23:01:07 GMT -5
Yes, sometimes less is more. These writers have to figure that out someday. This is what gets me when I watch (uh, oh, warning, OT coming) GH. Sam's eternal crying jag has lost its impact. I think we've all experienced a very, very bad trauma, but you know what? YOU CAN'T CRY ALL THE DANG TIME. Paperwork has to be filled out, insurance companies must be notified, FAMILY, FRIENDS, plus a little grocery shopping is a must - or at least grabbing a burger someplace. If all you did was cry, no one, BUT NO ONE would even want to even be around you anymore. They'd try to help and then the'd throw up their hands and say, HEY, BUCK UP. THINGS NEED TO BE DONE. Cry later. Not to sound cruel, but been there, done that. Anyway, my point (I think!) is I agree, sometimes less is more. And it's a sad fact that there are families just like the Lavery's, and worse all around us.
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Post by betty10211 on Dec 14, 2005 7:27:21 GMT -5
I also felt more sympathy for Jonathon by Erin's description of their Christmases. I've always felt sorry for Jonathan and saw the forgotten scared wounded abused little boy inside the tormented young man all along. But the more I learn about how Jonathan suffered, the more my heart breaks for Jonathan. I hope that this year Jonathan finally has a happy Christmas with Erin and Ryan - no one deserves some happiness more than Jonathan does. He's suffered too much already! Poor Jonathan!
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