And all the talking in the world ain't gonna convince me that HH got the brass ring in the end.
I don't share the Barbara rage at all, but even I would never make that statement. Because IMO he made a choice with Barbara based on what he thought somebody like him should want and need, and while I think he did love her, IMO he loved the idea of her, and the image of her, as much as the actual Barbara. And she is so much like him in being reserved that it's safe for him to be with her in the way that it was not with Marie.
And just look at the thing in Admiral H where she tells him he's the only one she ever loved and how outta control happy that makes him. That is not a healthy reaction, even by CBB standards. All that time they've been married, and the fact that HE loved Marie during their marriage, and slept with other women (the Countess and who knows who else?) and he wants to own her all to himself? That's not a healthy love.
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Date: 2006-04-12 09:27 pm (UTC)I don't share the Barbara rage at all, but even I would never make that statement. Because IMO he made a choice with Barbara based on what he thought somebody like him should want and need, and while I think he did love her, IMO he loved the idea of her, and the image of her, as much as the actual Barbara. And she is so much like him in being reserved that it's safe for him to be with her in the way that it was not with Marie.
And just look at the thing in Admiral H where she tells him he's the only one she ever loved and how outta control happy that makes him. That is not a healthy reaction, even by CBB standards. All that time they've been married, and the fact that HE loved Marie during their marriage, and slept with other women (the Countess and who knows who else?) and he wants to own her all to himself? That's not a healthy love.