I see a lot of people hating on Eve’s dad, and rightfully so. He’s bigoted, aggressive and extremely dismissive of Eve’s powers and feelings. He also is just an overall dick….BUT he did make a point when he said this. Eve sometimes rushes to help without fully understand the context of situation since her powers are so busted and wide-ranging. So far that hasn’t been a huge issue, at least that we’ve seen on screen, but last week’s episode showed us the negative repercussions of her actions. So as it stands, Eve’s dad is wrong 99% of the time, but right on this rare instance. What do y’all think?

  • TheMuffingtonPost@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That’s the thing that makes hatable people really hatable, there’s often a certain amount of truth in the things they say, but what makes us angry is how they weaponize those truths to hurt, belittle, or abuse people.

    • Jormundgandr4859@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yeah. Adam didn’t care about the people who died(?), or about Eve. He just wanted to rub it in her face.

      I also want to say Eve’s mom doesn’t do enough, but it’s very likely that she’s also a victim in this situation. She’s afraid to speak up.

      • DaRandomRhino@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Is it really that important that he cares about them or not? They’re thousands of miles away and whatever empathy he may spare them doesn’t compare to the role of the parent he feels he needs to be. Or at least that’s how I’ve read most of his scenes in the show.

        Like, he clearly has never been able to physically overpower or intimidate her in the way only a parent can, which means some of his toolbox as a parent has been gimped from the start. He’s been left with emotion and words.

        Her reaction to hearing they’re hurting a bit for money is to just effectively commit fraud, even if she can make legitimate materials. Like does she think the government or someone won’t notice that the day shift manager at a McDonald’s can just keep living like he did working at a significantly higher paying job?

        She clearly has not internalized any ideas or lessons, so it’s hard to not fully side with him. However well she may mean doesn’t matter if she continues to not look or learn from her mistakes. Because this can’t be the first time this kind of thing has happened. Not with her powers or her mindset.

        • SteveXVI@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Her reaction to hearing they’re hurting a bit for money is to just effectively commit fraud, even if she can make legitimate materials. Like does she think the government or someone won’t notice that the day shift manager at a McDonald’s can just keep living like he did working at a significantly higher paying job?

          I don’t think being able to transmute objects into gold is fraud. Its not like the objects turn back after an amount of time.