#godddd ive seen opal so many times i am eating it its so good and so catered to me
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There’s so much I love about Jack Stauber’s Opal but one thing that hits really hard is the depiction of the father, and the way emotional abuse and neglect is portrayed. He’s got the most abstract design, being constantly surrounded by mirrors as a way of showing how he’s so insecure about how he looks and behaves that he’s become insanely self absorbed and can’t see anything other than himself. And as he talks to Claire he’s really just monologging while constantly tripping over his own words and projecting his insecurities onto her absolutely unprompted. You can also see the way he views himself as a savior, the way he pats himself on the back for taking time to talk to his daughter, the way the man he sees in the mirror looks much prettier than the real thing, the fact he says god is in his skin and he’s granting the world its next new savior. All while not letting Claire talk, all while spending the whole conversation invested in himself, all while doing nothing to stop the grandfather from harming her and even getting upset when she runs away, asking if she knows how it makes him feel. It’s too damn real
#the klock keeps ticking#opal#jack stauber#the way hes just so insanely insecure and has clearly been abused before too but doesnt really unpack it reminds me so much of my mom#and the way he just forces claire to listen to his monologue and calls himself a savior just for like#talking to her even though he doesnt pay an ounce of attention to whats happening in her life#just like my dad#and he just like. knows hes the ‘good’ one in the house like he knows claire trusts him most#and he thinks that just makes him so special that he doesnt have to do anything#and in claires fantasy her dad is for once just looking at her and not himself#its a depiction of abuse i never see even though its like very common and its done in such a cool clever way#feels validating as hell and also like fuck that guy and everyone else in that house i hate them 👺#give claire a better home and a burger#godddd ive seen opal so many times i am eating it its so good and so catered to me#but god its hits really hard too i get chills every time
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