Re: Understanding August

@Schmacky wrote:

He ultimately just wanted her to be safe. He wasn’t being observant though of her feelings, thats true.

This is the only motivation I can see for August to do the crap he did. He said something about her being safe in the system but now she’s out. Since he isn’t actively involved in her life and therefore unable to literally protect her, he’s afraid something bad will happen to her. Like, she’ll die. He wants to keep her holed up and safe. If he could put her in a tower, he probably would. She was safe in the system, she’ll be safe in jail, etc etc… he doesn’t think of her as a person but as some object he needs to keep safe.

I still dislike him. Oh, so very much. He’s pompous and arrogant and self-righteous and selfish.

I’m not saying he isnt stupid..but I can sympathize with him a little.

Also- he does have like a huge job on his shoulders. He has to make sure Emma is okay for 28 years, then make sure she goes and believes and brakes the curse…it is a lot.

You have some really good points. 😉

I think that he wouldn’t put her in a tower or do anything like that. I think he realizes that he hasn’t done his job, made a mess of things, etc, and he needs to get back in control, cause the whole EF is counting on him. Thats pretty scary. I would be scared. (especially if I’d messed around for a while.) I would almost rather be cursed than to risk everybody’s lives. He (I thought) was in that moment where you know you need to fix something… fast. You know like, if you are at someone’s house you don’t know, and you push over a wooden lamp. (the person is there) You rush to put it back up again. Its in that moment you can’t breathe, until everything is back the way it was… That rush for control.

hahaha I don’t know if I’m making much sense, but it makes sense in my mind. 🙂