- Location
- Ohio
Bluntly Penny was using the Hedgehog Defense, by being aggressive and hostile... No one could get close to her, if they can't get close to her they can't use her, and if they don't get close... they can't see how vulnerable, weak, and pathetic she sees herself as. If they get close they will see that and will leave, they won't want to be close to her, and that would be something she can't stand to happen again.
She was manipulated by a cool older man, slowly drawn into his web, and once she was too blinded by his manipulations to see... He took full advantage, as her other friends were similarly bought off, and her boyfriend was too damaged and depressed to put up a fight. What fight he had was beaten out of him as she disregarded his warnings about harmless fun, that grew bolder and farther.
That is how they get fish, it is also how predators get their prey. Make it seem safe, harmless, and...fun. Keep them in the spider web, don't let them cool down and think through the fun they are having. Cause if they have enough time, consequences, and hard reality... well the game stops looking so innocent.
Can you blame her for having such morose thoughts, for attacking Al because she already felt that she had lost so much, and then the mother of her boyfriend who from what she said was more of a parent to her then her own parents...rejected her at the insistence of him? Well she is a kid, she felt she lost a parent, and for a long time she thought she had lost her boyfriend.
Seeking him since he disappeared, hoping to bring him back to not only her, but his mother...
So you kind of give the very real reading that her parents are neglectful at best, that she latched onto her Boyfriend's mom as if she was her own. Meaning she hasn't had many pillars to rely on, especially with Leslie and his Mom pulling away and leaving her bereft.
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Recall also that her system was suppressing the darker thoughts haunting her, about how weak and vulnerable she was. That someone would make her a victim again without her powers...
So likely nightmares she used to have are back, the emotional protections are gone, and well she is better able to heal mentally. Which is likely why Tiamat did what she did, to show Penny she could still be vulnerable, and break the shell that she had put up with the power Terra gave her.
Really Penny kind of needs this to be able to come out of her shell, heal, and actually connect with new people/the people around her. Tough love is pretty harsh.
The fact it pushed Alchemist to deal with his own problems is a fringe benefit, with what Lucifer doing protecting him from that kind of thing, but also bolstering his soul.
Chaos, plans within plans, and seeing what happens if they push so... Will they sink or swim? Either way it causes ripples that change things, for good or ill.
She was manipulated by a cool older man, slowly drawn into his web, and once she was too blinded by his manipulations to see... He took full advantage, as her other friends were similarly bought off, and her boyfriend was too damaged and depressed to put up a fight. What fight he had was beaten out of him as she disregarded his warnings about harmless fun, that grew bolder and farther.
That is how they get fish, it is also how predators get their prey. Make it seem safe, harmless, and...fun. Keep them in the spider web, don't let them cool down and think through the fun they are having. Cause if they have enough time, consequences, and hard reality... well the game stops looking so innocent.
Can you blame her for having such morose thoughts, for attacking Al because she already felt that she had lost so much, and then the mother of her boyfriend who from what she said was more of a parent to her then her own parents...rejected her at the insistence of him? Well she is a kid, she felt she lost a parent, and for a long time she thought she had lost her boyfriend.
Seeking him since he disappeared, hoping to bring him back to not only her, but his mother...
So you kind of give the very real reading that her parents are neglectful at best, that she latched onto her Boyfriend's mom as if she was her own. Meaning she hasn't had many pillars to rely on, especially with Leslie and his Mom pulling away and leaving her bereft.
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Recall also that her system was suppressing the darker thoughts haunting her, about how weak and vulnerable she was. That someone would make her a victim again without her powers...
So likely nightmares she used to have are back, the emotional protections are gone, and well she is better able to heal mentally. Which is likely why Tiamat did what she did, to show Penny she could still be vulnerable, and break the shell that she had put up with the power Terra gave her.
Really Penny kind of needs this to be able to come out of her shell, heal, and actually connect with new people/the people around her. Tough love is pretty harsh.
The fact it pushed Alchemist to deal with his own problems is a fringe benefit, with what Lucifer doing protecting him from that kind of thing, but also bolstering his soul.
Chaos, plans within plans, and seeing what happens if they push so... Will they sink or swim? Either way it causes ripples that change things, for good or ill.
