It’s probably for the best Andi was up front about the blood aspect.
Don’t forget, for Selkie readers in St. Louis, I am going to be at the Art St. Louis gallery tomorrow evening for the reception of a show that includes one of my illustrations. Come say hi!
If she has her way, Amanda's just going to scrunch-eye through this whole day.
Don’t hate THIS day Amanda, you’re finally popular. A mom who makes blood art will do that for you.
Well how ELSE was Andi supposed to make it sound interesting to a nine-year-old boy?
<3 the entirety of this
Back when my home town was small, the school wouldn’t pay for an art teacher, so the only times we had art class in elementary school, was if the teacher taught it herself, or if one of the kids’ moms came in to spell the teacher.
My point? If Andi takes the class from Ms. Afkhani for an art session, Mandi will get lionized. It might be a good thing, (but might cause resentment from the Orphans group. And, … Of course there’s the danger that Andi will get to see Selkie in an IRL setting and form a real relationship with her.)
ohnoes, blood! kids mustn’t see that. Best laminate them now just to be safe.
Uh oh. Todd better be careful, lest his daughter actually admire and become friends with his ex that he demonized. That’d put a real damper on his hate for her I think. I mean, his hate for her already put him in hot water with Amanda, don’t wanna make Selkie dislike him too for how he treats Andi.
I honestly think Selkie wouldn’t think too horribly of Andi for what she did. I bet she’d ask why Andi did it and Todd wouldn’t have a real answer to give her until he let’s Andi speak for herself and explain to him her thoughts and feelings behind her actions. Selkie is pretty mature and has dealt with a lot of people doing things and having different reasons behind their actions that she was able to understand and feel for. Sure, she was still mad about it, but an apology and reasoning let her anger melt away. Which is why I think she’ll be able to forgive Amanda as well, in time and once she knows why Amanda does what she does.
On that note, she’s probably going to go home and tell Todd how cool Andi is and how much all the other kids like her and think she’s awesome, which will probably make Todd mad. Heck, if Selkie is like, “Amanda came ins lates todays with her mom.” Todd will probably already be painting Andi in a bad light in his mind for it and automatically say something or make a face her shouldn’t make around Selkie, which will probably prompt the whole talk about Andi in the first place, which in turn might prompt a talk about Amanda… which might make Selkie see things a little differently and help her understand Amanda a bit more.
Selkie always shows such promise, aside from her temper issues, so I think she’s more than up to the challenge of forgiving and accepting Amanda.
I still think the first step needs to be made from Amanda’s side, I can see Selkie forgiving her only if she actually apologies and stops bullying her.
Oh definitely. I just meant that Selkie is a very understanding person who is more inclined to see the reasons behind actions versus just having a reaction to other’s actions. If Amanda doesn’t make an effort to try then Selkie has no reason to forgive her. She should work together with Amanda in making an effort though.
Did Todd demonize Andi? He’s been angry with her (appropriately so) and started to lose his temper with her, but I haven’t seen him saying nasty things about her to any of the other characters.
I still hope see Andi’s mom had a role in things as it is hard to completely relate to someone who lied on such a grand scale and caused so much havoc (had too much personal experience with people who do it all the time in real life).
Well we know she put pressure on Andi, and if I recall correctly, did push towards adoption. I think everyone really hates her mom right now, and I think she’s the underlying cause of this problem.
I’m kind of hoping Amanda finds out what’s going on, Andi’s mom has a kind of change of heart and decides at least to meet Amanda, makes a misstep and Amanda lets her have it between the eyes.
I’m not sure why people have such a problem with poor Todd’s dislike of Andi. He’s entitled to his feelings! If someone kidnapped my child and kept them from me for a decade I would do much, much worse than he did.
He’s he’s not taking her to court for sole custody, he’s not publicly denouncing her to all their common friends and acquaintances. The fact that he can be so calm and civil with her in public is admirable. For Andi to expect him to just get over it is unrealistic and, frankly, entitled.
In times like this, I would like to scrunch-eye through the rest of my life.