marguerite_krux | 'Color me blue, I'm lost in you, don't know why I'm still waiting...'

Last time I drew a comparison between Sanctuary’s John Druitt and our politician Peter Garrett. [Eerie, no?]

Now I bring your attention to Will Zimmerman. As soon as I saw him, I was all over the obvious Daniel Jackson comparison.

Apparently that’s why he ditched the glasses, lol.
But as Netty and I were doing our marathon, she turns to me and goes, ‘Hey, he looks like Harry Potter’ just as I was turning to her to say the same! [Great minds, etc. etc.] REALLY. Lookit.

I admit, there's little more than 'white male, brown hair, glasses' to this comparison. *shrugs* But still!

The 'Golden Trio'. Lol.

Mentor/student relationship.

Dumbledore and Harry ain't got nothing on Will and Helen's chemistry. :D

Shades of Dumbledore’s relationship with Harry.

After the death of his parents, Dumbledore left Harry with his relatives and kept him away from the world of magic, leaving him ignorant, if not exactly blissful. After his mother's death, Magnus also chose to keep him unaware of the fact that monsters- excuse me, Abnormals exist in our world, leaving him blissfully ignorant, suppressing all his traumatic memories.

Both Dumbledore and Magnus are expert at manipulating the people around them, even if they are benevolent, they're rather ruthless about the way they pull the strings. They've learned all too well how to provoke the reactions they want from those around them, what with being over a century old.

Although Dumbledore looks his age, while Helen is absolutely gorgeous. :D

And this, THIS!

Will: You’ve withheld things from me. You were there, weren’t you?

Helen: She was an extraordinarily brave woman. She died protecting you from that creature.

Will: You could have stopped it, done something.

Magnus: We tried, Will. I swear to you, we tried. It all happened so quickly we barely had time to rescue you

Firstly, note the same petulance in both Harry and Will- always blaming other people for the death of their loved ones. So irrational, tsk, tsk. Thankfully, it's just a temporary lapse in Will, while I've given up Harry as a lost cause, the self-centered prat.

Secondly- come on, the self-sacrificing mother, who dies to protect her son from evil monsters?

Harry and Will both get to see their mothers- unfortunately for Will, it's just a hallucination trying to lure him to his death, but Harry gets some closure with seeing his mother's spirit as she once again protects him from the Dak Lord. [Useless brat]

Their special destiny.

Of course Harry was always meant to grow into his heritage of 'Boy-Who-Lived', to be groomed to take down the Dark Lord. [Which meant half-assing a plan, breaking all sorts of rules, getting into trouble, endangering others and waiting for the adults to come sacrifice themselves and rescue the Trio's butts, then whinging about how it wasn't his fault because nobody treated him like an adult. *headdeskfloorwall*]

Magnus: I’ve known this was your destiny since you first came to my attention.

Will: Yeah, since you knocked me down in an alley.

Magnus: Since you were eight years old, actually...when you told the world a monster killed your mother.

And finally? Later on in the marathon, Will actually puts on a British accent!
‘Isn’t rather odd sort of your stock in trade?'
That totally made us giggle even harder, it was like a special shout-out to us, lol.

You all need to appreciate how awesome Netty is. Seriously, best friend in RL, and the fact that she’s family is a bonus.

[Druitt appears onscreen, all menacing and mysterious-like]

Netty: Who’s that? The science tech guy?
Me: Uh…no. What do you think when they talk about prostitutes being killed?
Netty: *confuzzled*
Me: Historical context, dead hookers, come on…
Netty: Oh, oh, Marguerite and Roxton, with the two guys that were killing together… Jack the Ripper!

Lol. The woman drops TLW references into conversation. My love for her, it is infinite. :D

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Three minutes in, Will does a brief impression of Helen's British accent. But it's well worth watching the whole thing- if you're a fan, it'll remind you of some of the best moments of hilarity. If you're not, well, off with you, become addicted already! :P

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*hugs* Honey, your father may not physically abuse you and your mum, but darling, it sounds like he is emotionally abusing both of you, plain and simple. It's just as bad, if not worse than physical since it fucks up your self-esteem. So I'm not about to tell you how awful you are (cause you're so not) for not loving him or calling him dad. He doesn't deserve to be called dad as far as I'm concerned.

You are NOT weak for crying when he abuses you (that's what he's doing). Him being a hard worker should NEVER excuse his behavior of how he treats you and your mum. My dad was a hard worker and he never treated our family like that. You father is an abusive man emotionally. I'm going to guess he was probably abused by someone in his life and that's why he's continuing the cycle.

*hugs* I suggest you get out as soon as you possibly can. I'd also recommend seeking counseling to help you out. There is nothing wrong with staying in your room to avoid him since you're basically protecting yourself, which is a good thing to do. You are an awesome young lady and he's too ignorant to see it.

I'm glad you have Netty. :D

*breath whooshes out* Ok. I needed to hear that. I needed perspective 'coz when you're in the middle of it and people are saying one thing and you're feeling another, it's impossible to be objective. And wondering whether I'm the bad guy is nearly as rough as what I put up when he's in one of his moods, because I'm always torn between being angry at myself for not being able to please him and resenting him for these numerous impossibly petty demands.

I've talked with my grandmother before about my problems with him and I think it's the generation gap. He grew up in Fiji on a farm and he's been poor and struggling for every bite of food on the table, getting up at the crack of dawn every morning to do chores and all that. I think that's why he drives himself so much, since he's felt what it's like to have nearly nothing and he doesn't want to ever be back in that situation. And I'm growing up in comparative luxury, getting everything so easy without having to lift a finger. *shrugs*

And when he gets angry- I thinking the shouting isn't a big deal to him 'coz when he grew up, adults would deal out physical punishment. So to him, I think it's like, 'why is yelling at her so bad? I'm not taking a switch to her or anything'. I mean, he'd talk about his parents sending him out to cut a branch from the tree to use on him when he'd get into trouble, FFS. And he's not bitter, it's all perfectly normal to him, he thought it was appropriate. *shakes head* I try to understand all that, but then, I didn't grow up like he did, I'm not as tough as he is and it still hurts.

Thanks for straightening things out in my head. It's good to get your ideas on what's happening and it's really helped. *huggles*

The generation gap may be part of it, but if he's flying off the handle over your mum not getting him Mentos and throwing a fit as a result. Or freakin' out of the food wrapper, sounds like emotional abuse to me...especially if he does similar stuff a lot.

You are not evil for not loving him because of his behavior. I don't think he's evil, just messed up. My dad grew up in similar situation in rural Georgia. But he didn't treat me or my sibs or mom like your father treats you and your mum. Imho he needs help and so do you and your mum. There's nothing wrong with getting help for the abuse.

*hugs* Hang in there kiddo and know that I'm only a PM away if you EVER need anything. You are an awesome person, period. Let no one tell you differently. *hugs*

'Color me blue, I'm lost in you, don't know why I'm still waiting...'

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