#tw;sa

Five Lawyers. Kathrine had been through five lawyers and with each new dive into her case she had become more and more convinced that there truly was no way out of this. It became easy to become despondent, even downright catatonic at times. Once she had gotten to lawyer number two it all just become one big cosmic joke and she- she was the butt of that horribly crafted attempt at comedy. By lawyer three she herself became the reason they dropped the case. She had become the unhinged man-eater all the news outlets had dressed her up to be.

 She was that she-devil that lead that poor little senators son astray with sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Forget what he had done to her. . .what he tried and did again. . .In the end she knew everyone was paid off. The judges, the guards , and likely every lawyer that would stand at her trial. 

The closer Senator Marks came to running for presidency-- the harder all those paid vipers tried to push her case along, get her put down and out of the way.

  Kats eyes narrowed, a predator's smile pulled her lips into a perfectly practiced smirk as she watched Lawyer number 6 move through the door way, anxiety very clear under the confident mask all of them seemed to hide behind.

I just want to say: don't worry about it, anon, I don't think it's creepy or anything! Plus, having been rewatching some of Greg's historic SA storyline - well, I was more interested in rewatching the Michael/Sunil plastics stuff, but Greg's story happened around the same time so yeah - and also still half-expecting Casualty to go there with Max... well, yeah, as sad a subject as it is it's one I've had on my mind anyway so you're not triggering me or anything.

I get what you mean about the similarities. And yeah, I feel like Henrik had maybe thought of it before with Jac - based on her similarities both to himself and to John (I think he knew on at least a subconscious level that something had happened to John, though denied it to himself because of his whole psychological complex about John being 'better' than him) - but when he stepped in for her during those Fran eps definitely was the moment he properly knew.

Yep - I mean, when it comes to her classic one-liners, there are too many good ones for me to even begin to remember them all, let alone pick a favourite. But when it comes to properly serious quotes, I do have a favourite, and it's this from S9E48 "Trial and Retribution":

Joseph: "Doesn't matter what you say, I wouldn't wish sexual assault on my worst enemy."

Jac: "No, Joseph. That is a downright lie. Alan Clooney trying to rape me... that makes you feel good!"

Joseph: "That's an appalling thing to say!"

Jac: "'Cause it turns me into a victim, doesn't it? And if I'm a victim, then you can feel sorry for me. And you like that! If you can put me in a pigeonhole, the world falls into place. You can feel strong again. Your bleeding-heart sympathy reinforces the great Byrne sense of moral righteousness. You feel powerful. Just like Alan Clooney wanted to feel powerful. Frankly, when you think of it like that... you and Alan? You're pretty much the same."