![]() It seemed to me that one truth that every major character (with a couple exceptions) in this game played out was this: hurt people hurt people. It's just fine with me if you read this and you still hate Elena. I just felt the need to share a different perspective, maybe. I realize this will not be a popular opinion, and that's ok. It took a very good therapist, and finding the kind ears like Stella and Daffodil in my life to crawl out and embrace the world - just like Elena does after she reaches the Everdoor. My reaction to living through that situation was not an inappropriate outburst, but crawling into my shell and shutting the world out. ![]() I know, in a different way, what Elena went through. I know what it is to try day after day, and to have my efforts consistently rebuffed. I know what it's like to be the person who has so much love and goodness to give, who wants to be in relationship, and the one who constantly has that desire stomped out (literally, in my case). I think, in Elena telling this story to Stella, who is now telling the story to us, Stella's spiritfarer(s), Elena is admitting to Stella, to us, and to herself that she wasn't always the nicest, but that she did try.Īs someone who survived childhood trauma, I resonate with why Elena grew bitter and gave up. I don't at all condone screaming at children under your care. Later, she realizes her mistake, keeps her temper reigned in, and does the best with what she's given. She starts screaming home truths at them. The kids know that, so they don't give a sh*t what a teacher has to say. Where is Elena placed? Elena is placed in some hoity-toity private school (at least, that's what I got from her dialogue) where students are just there because their parents have money to waste. ![]() She had things she wanted her students to take from her - not just book lessons, but life lessons. I think of Elena as a teacher that wanted to teach. However, after playing though this game something like 15+ times - I've truly lost count, at this point - I feel like maybe Elena is slightly misunderstood. If you read Elena's dialogue for the first time (or the first few times), you think she is simply an abusive teacher who has earned the title of female dog (b**ch, in ruder parlance). Sometimes, we can't help who our hearts embrace. I have never wondered why it is that Stella would choose to tell the story of someone who is, at first glance, as truly awful as Elena. ![]()
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