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What's Dani and/Or Marianne's opinion on Scott ??
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Always trying to look composed
Acts like he's above showing emotion
"Oh. Another person with daddy issues pretending they don't."
She wouldn't say it aloud....
Danika can smell performative behaviour from a mileaway.
She'd notice things like:
Standing straighter when Seth or Crabblesnitch walks by
Acting tougher around authority
Trying to be the 'perfect prefect'
She'd just watch him for a minute before saying:
"You know they're still gonna yell at you, right?"
"You keep acting like if you do everything right somebody'll finally clap."
She doesn't really care that he smokes.
Seeing him light another cigarette she'd probably say:
"That's not fixing anything."
She'd constantly get detention because of him.
Not because Scott hates her,
Because Scott is trying SO HARD to be the perfect prefect.
This one absolutely grosses Dani out
Scott walks in after butchering.
Dani immediately recoils.
"...Wash your damn hands."
"This guy is exhausting."
"This guy needs therapy."
She'd never be overly affectionate or openly emotional with Scott, but she'd come to respect him once she saw the person underneath the performance. In her eyes, the tragedy isn't that he's a trans guy, a prefect, or a former jock, it's that he's spent so much of his life trying to become the version of himself he thinks his father would finally approve of.
Dani's opinion could probably be summed up in one sentence she'd never actually say to his face:
"You're wasting your life trying to earn love from someone who's already decided not to give it."
And that's exactly why she'd want him to stop performing, for everyone else's approval, and especially for Virgil's.
Marianne sees Scott walking through the halls.
trying very hard to look authoritative
cigarette smell lingering on his clothes
Her first thought is simply:
She can tell he's performing.
Marianne just walks away.
"He's reading from a script."
She notices very quickly that Scott doesn't feel natural.
His confidence doesn't feel like confidence.
Marianne is excellent at reading people, so she'd notice those tiny hesitations almost immediately.
Marianne's opinion (before knowing anything)
She'd probably describe him like this:
"He's exhausting to watch."
Because he never relaxes.
Everything he does feels calculated.
Almost like he's constantly asking:
"Am I doing this correctly?"
Then she starts seeing cracks
This is where Marianne gets interested.
She notices things nobody else pays attention to.
Scott staying after everyone leaves.
The cigarette immediately after duty.
The way his shoulders physically drop when nobody's watching.
His fake confidence disappearing.
Because that Scott feels real.
She just quietly dislikes it.
Especially after finding out his father died after years of smoking-related illness in the family context.
Seeing Scott light another cigarette...
One day she'd probably say:
"You know it's not helping."
"I'm not asking for advice."
Marianne genuinely respects:
the fact he keeps functioning despite carrying so much
She wishes he'd stop pretending.
the real Scott is much more likable than the performance.
"He's a performative prefect trying too hard."
After getting to know him:
"He's a scared, exhausted young man who mistakes survival for living."
Marianne would never infantilize Scott or excuse the times he's unfair as a prefect, but she'd understand why he became who he is. She'd quietly hope that, someday, he realizes he doesn't have to earn the right to exist through perfect grades, perfect behavior, or someone else's approval.
Of everyone at Bullworth, Scott is one of the people she'd look at and think:
"If he'd grown up in a home where he was loved for who he was instead of who he was expected to be... he'd be an entirely different person."
And that thought would stay with her long after their conversations ended.
