withoutsiin replied to your post:can i just. it always kills me how concerned alice...
i?? always thought abt this a lot actually. not for. Pain reasons necessarily but. bc it. was interesting to me. how. not once during the tea party scene does alice look angry just. hurt and upset and disappointed and!!! concerned but. never angry till. hatter like. takes chloe lmao
oh yes. this too. i think alice is angry during this scene ย ( who wouldnโt be ? ย & thereโs the line from the early previews when she attempts, irately, to defend herself:ย โwell if iโm not the greatest mother, or teacher, or wifeโโโโor ex-wifeโโโโit isnโt for lack of trying!โ ) ย but itโs swamped out by how much this all hurts her.ย
this is, after all, hatterโโโโwho has, for twenty years, had a front row seat to every insecurity, every fear, every heartbreak, every betrayal, every doubt, every twist of pain. hatter knows exactly which targets to aim for, which buttons to press, to cause the maximum amount of pain.ย
itโs also this very thing that contributes to the chloe miscalculation; alice folds at the tea party, comes, i think, very close to breaking completelyโโโwould have if jack hadnโt interrupted. generalizing that behaviorย &ย aliceโs inability to fight back in that situation to all situations was hatterโs first Big mistake w/r/t alice.ย ( &ย itโs important, i think, that taking chloe is morrisโs idea rather than hatterโs. hatter goes along with it because she trusts him absolutely,ย &ย at first blush itโs a good planโโโโbut i really donโt think hatter wouldโve arrived atย โkidnap chloe to hurt &ย control aliceโ on her own if morris hadnโt suggested it. she knows alice is better at defending others than defending herself. )
