forget Hal and Liam āInviting Angstā OāBrien for a momentāif something happens to Shadia, if sheās hurt or killed, it is going to WRECK Thaisha. Sheās the irresponsible one, at least towards her family. Sheās the one who runs off again and again into danger, while her children and husband stay safe at home. They were supposed to be safe at home. How will she possibly cope if she loses forever the chance to be a better mother, not because she was off having dangerous adventures but because she wasnāt there to protect them?
Y'all need to unpack your nigh-puritanical views around motherhood. Having and pursuing a duty that calls you away from your family when a stable parent and extended support system remains at home is in no way irresponsible. And motherhood should not come with the reflexive expectation of the death of any identity beyond one's children.
And where did "How will she possibly cope if she loses forever the chance to be a better mother" even come from? There's a lot of both guilt and blame being projected onto Thaisha (my guess is overeager extrapolation from her blackout drunk statement to Tyr while actively mourning her more-or-less brother-in-law) that goes deeply uninterrogated within this fandom. I'm not here to police your takes, but I will occasionally chime in when I see harmful stereotypes bubble up around my PC.
So just to say it loudly one more time:
Thaisha's children are fully grown adults in their 20s, so let's chill with the endless SaHM guilt
Occtis is not and never has been Thaisha's "second chance at being a good mom" like TF?!
