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Originally Posted by nicole lisa
kaydee, what do you make of Vickie's history and her ability to be with Walter? That's what threw me the most, I think.
I loved the scene where he has to confront the reality of his actions - the scene in the park with the little girl. I think part of the solution is having the fantasy destroyed for him - that little girls don't enjoy it/want it and it hurts them. I don't think he understood that before.
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I think Vickie's attraction to Walter made sense for a variety of reasons, the main one being that survivors have all sorts of different reactions to people. Some other survivors wouldn't be able to have a relationship with him--wouldn't dream of it, would have fled in disgust and fury. To me, she was drawn to both the good in him (his kindness to her) and the bad (his similarities to her abusers). Perhaps she wanted to in part recreate (or conjure up) her past abuse, but in a situation where she had more power. Perhaps if she could help him or heal him, in her mind it might undo part of her own past? Her motivations seemed to me a mix of the healthy and the unhealthy (just as they are for most of us!
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And I agree, the scene in the park was a real turning point for W. But will it be enough? How realistic was that, I wonder?
