Tonight's Episode

[nightdog_barks]

Is it so wrong that I wanted Psycho!Valerie to STAY PSYCHO?

Wow. Fascinating episode. So many layers of lies and pretense and meddling all around. Valerie and Wibberly. And are TPTB turning Hadley into Cameron? She was awfully involved in Valerie's personal life, trying to get her husband and sister to see how terrible she was. I mean, okay, she's a psychopath, but everyone's acting like that's a bad thing!

... um.

Hey, how about next episode! That was a POSSUM in the bathtub!

Heh.



Dinner time, back in a bit.

Comments

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

Really? I can cry like a little kid when properly moved, but I've never been able to fake tears. Short of waving a slice of onion under my face, I have no idea how I'd go about it.

ETA that something else I found interesting was that it was after Valerie began to have emotions again that she started really sounding like House. She may have regained her ability to feel, on some level, but it sure didn't make her Little Miss Sunshine.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

I think if I concentrated hard enough on some terribly sad memory, I could make myself cry. And then be fine afterwards. I'm not sure where the "fake" line would be drawn ...

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I can do that, but a. it's real emotion involved and b. it therefore takes a good long while to get myself into that state; not to mention c. I can't always do it. Which leads to d. this would be utterly useless as a tactic to manipulate someone else, as I usually see fake tears described.

I'm sure plenty of people can do it, but I don't think I have a single friend or family member who is capable of and/or has used this tactic.

I should -- I do, actually -- count myself blessed for that.

[aries-ascendant.livejournal.com]

You probably do have friends and family that are capable of it; they're just good people and choose not to use the tactic. It's a dirty trick and emotionally abusive if you also target other emotional vulnerabilities.

I see it the same way as arguing or interacting with someone who is weaker or smaller than you. Just because you can toss someone around like a rag doll, doesn't mean you're going to or that it would even occur to you.

[aries-ascendant.livejournal.com]

You have to commit. Make your eyes wide and when they start to water, squint a bit like you're trying to stop an ugly cry. Then do the chin/bottom lip tremble and take a few shuddering indrawn breaths. When you release the breath, try to discreetly exhale up, into your eyes. They'll water more. Once it starts, it just goes...

But like I said, sometimes it just makes me yawn instead. Like tonight. It's really frustrating because I said I could do it, and now I'm having trouble. :/