Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-2175012-20160323030814/@comment-2175012-20160412033913

I see; so, now I am having second thoughts regarding Film!Ruth. She does do a few things for her children that seem to suggest that she cares for them like taking them to the carnival, giving them beer and cigarettes, and the big one being that she whips Susan as to punish Meg for slapping one of her sons. However, the only problem is that she manipulates her children through the later parts of the film, treating them like henchmen more than anything else, and then she doesn't let Donny have sex with the defenseless Meg, claiming that it was incest never mind the fact that she allowed one of her other sons to have a go with her. Is it still correct to say that she doesn't love her children? The book version of her has a more clear opinion on her sons (namely that they reminded her of her deadbeat husband), but does Film!Ruth still qualify?

Also, why is it that several people Draco in Leather Pants her, and demonize David? Sure, she still has her fair share of haters, but many readers had clung onto the idea that Ruth was a tragic figure, because of her slowly losing her mind.