Julian, in Arashi's
Hammiest Ham thread, wrote:
"My psychobabble for today - Willie seems to be a person who needed/wanted a strong male figure in his life (issues with his father?). Witness his relationship with Jason McGuire."
Excellent analysis IMO
! This got me wondering ¢â‚¬¦ since we all know that Willie wasn't the only candidate for the couch on DS (by a long shot!), I thought I'd try my hand at analyzing some of the other odd behaviors of some of our favorite nut balls:
So, for your consideration, I offer my completely unprofessional opinion ¢â‚¬¦Roger -
Problem: Cold, distant, arrogant.
Reason: My guess is that he grew up much the same as his own son¢â‚¬¦big old house, fairly isolated existence (except for an older sister who may or may not have given him much attention), and distant or perpetually busy parents. Also has hideous, taste in destructive women.
Solution: Make some friends, develop a sense of humor, lighten up and loosen up. A good place to start might be by getting to know his own son.
Liz -
Problem: Too serious, inability to enjoy life, distrustful of men.
Reason: Like Roger, grew up in a repressive and lonely environment, had to keep up appearances and never admit anything was wrong. As the older sibling, may have taken on some of the responsibility for raising her younger brother. Disastrous marriage.
Solution: Get out more, travel, cultivate friends, start a charity and get a dog.
David -
Problem: Sociopathic brat
Reason: Apparent genetic problems on mother's side of family for the rest, see Roger.
Solution: Needs to be with other children, perhaps have the crap kicked out of him a few times, and then straighten out and experience the fact that he's not the only kid in the world with problems. Then, he might be able to make some friends and enjoy life. Also, wouldn't hurt either father or son if Roger could show him some real affection.
Julia -
Problem: Seems to suffer from repression and outside her professional life a certain amount of low self-esteem.
Reason: Trying to succeed in her chosen profession when she would have been attending college (1940's) had to be an all consuming task. Before she knew it, she had become her job.
Solution: She must get past that crush on Barnabas (he's probably not the only good neck biter in the world!) and either resign herself to friendship only or leave Collinsport entirely. Either way, she should consider dating other men - perhaps someone from the 20th century.
Barnabas -
Problem: Irritable with a tendency to lapse into physical violence and verbal cruelty compounded by a fixation with much younger women.
Reason: Extenuating circumstances. I think pre-vampire Barn was fairly well adjusted until he became entangled with Angelique. Her inability to take no for an answer in addition to her controlling personality and subsequent actions drove him to lengths he may never have taken had he been left alone. This resulted in the manifestation of his worst possible traits. The fixation on young women is obviously his mind's attempt to return to his former love interest and follow through with his rudely interrupted life. I'm not sure that his reaction to his situation would be considered abnormal under these extreme circumstances.
Solution: Needs closure. Should continue the path he started back in 1795; if possible, marry, have a small family and settle down to a nice, calm country squire existence he would/should have had. Of course, this would all be dependant on finding a permanent cure for his vampirism.
Upcoming problems and possible semi-spoiler¢â‚¬¦*
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Jeb - Problem: Obnoxious, rude, crude, self-absorbed, arrogant and just plain mean.
Reason: Grew up too fast.
Solution: Intervention to get him out of that nasty cult.
Second, third and fourth opinions are welcomed on these and other cases.