I don't know what you're apologizing for :D The time stamps say there were only 45 minutes between my question and your answer: that's pretty damn fast in my book!
Anyway. That quote really has Andy written all over it. He can't just say that the mother doesn't seem to care for her son. As usual, he has to go several extra miles, and vilify her in *every* possible way. All her actions are interpreted in the worst possible manner, with no room left for the possibility that maybe she's just a very private person who doesn't show her grief in public, for example. And *everything* about her appearance is criticized: the way she eats, her make-up, her hair job, her clothes, her face, and of course, as usual with Andy, her weight. It's like he filled a Bingo card, just so he could triumphantly bring in the supposedly obvious conclusion: she's clearly a horrible mother, so horrible that Sean's older brother (a man) had to step in and do her job. The fact that the conclusion is in no way related to the "arguments" he presented (for all we know, the woman is crying in agony inside, and a woman's appearance has *nothing* to do with how good of a mother she is), is pushed aside and pulled under by the flood of details, in typical Andy style. It's disgustingly fascinating, in a way.
If the rest of the DAYD fics are like that, then I see what you mean. Thank you for taking the time to share that snippet!
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Anyway. That quote really has Andy written all over it. He can't just say that the mother doesn't seem to care for her son. As usual, he has to go several extra miles, and vilify her in *every* possible way. All her actions are interpreted in the worst possible manner, with no room left for the possibility that maybe she's just a very private person who doesn't show her grief in public, for example. And *everything* about her appearance is criticized: the way she eats, her make-up, her hair job, her clothes, her face, and of course, as usual with Andy, her weight. It's like he filled a Bingo card, just so he could triumphantly bring in the supposedly obvious conclusion: she's clearly a horrible mother, so horrible that Sean's older brother (a man) had to step in and do her job. The fact that the conclusion is in no way related to the "arguments" he presented (for all we know, the woman is crying in agony inside, and a woman's appearance has *nothing* to do with how good of a mother she is), is pushed aside and pulled under by the flood of details, in typical Andy style. It's disgustingly fascinating, in a way.
If the rest of the DAYD fics are like that, then I see what you mean. Thank you for taking the time to share that snippet!