Regarding why Elizabeth doesn't hate her anymore the way she did in s1 and on the contrary, trusts her. Well, first of all, Elizabeth's seething resentment against Claudia in s1 to me always struck me as at least partly deflection and projection on Elizabeth's part.
I agree, but to me it's sadder than that. Like Elizabeth should have listened to her instincts back then. But she couldn't. Claudia was Elizabeth's future. She's exactly what Elizabeth thought she should be. Which is fine--Claudia's not a problem in herself. But if you can't let her into your family without making the statement that you have put the Centre above your family.
Paige "taking to" Claudia and Elizabeth seeing her as the natural mentor to take over represents both Paige and Elizabeth embracing that same choice.
She obviously has the same conflicting emotions that Elizabeth does and acts on them exactly the same way. She's a hardliner about rules but will break them herself when she has the emotional need. She does want relationships with people.
But I don't think it's a coincidence that Claudia becomes "family" in the season where Elizabeth starts replacing family with the work. She knows Claudia and Philip are the ones that have always had a strained relationship, but she still gives in to her desire to confide in her, talk about Philip with her, talk about the kids with her.
If the show is showing Claudia trying to connect Elizabeth with her emotions, I would hope the show is not planning to give her an unearned success there. You can't have it both ways where you're the character who's all about how the cause is the most important thing and then also have her be the person who can reconnect the burnt out person to life. Movies and music are not the thing that connect Elizabeth to her emotions. It's Philip and the kids (as kids, not as recruits) that did that. The very things Claudia continues to encourage her to reject because that's her job. That's Philip's thing (like when he got her to Germany to see her mother).
Just as an aside, I don't dislike Claudia. I just don't think she can ever be a neutral character.
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Re: Claudia
Date: 2018-04-06 04:35 pm (UTC)I agree, but to me it's sadder than that. Like Elizabeth should have listened to her instincts back then. But she couldn't. Claudia was Elizabeth's future. She's exactly what Elizabeth thought she should be. Which is fine--Claudia's not a problem in herself. But if you can't let her into your family without making the statement that you have put the Centre above your family.
Paige "taking to" Claudia and Elizabeth seeing her as the natural mentor to take over represents both Paige and Elizabeth embracing that same choice.
She obviously has the same conflicting emotions that Elizabeth does and acts on them exactly the same way. She's a hardliner about rules but will break them herself when she has the emotional need. She does want relationships with people.
But I don't think it's a coincidence that Claudia becomes "family" in the season where Elizabeth starts replacing family with the work. She knows Claudia and Philip are the ones that have always had a strained relationship, but she still gives in to her desire to confide in her, talk about Philip with her, talk about the kids with her.
If the show is showing Claudia trying to connect Elizabeth with her emotions, I would hope the show is not planning to give her an unearned success there. You can't have it both ways where you're the character who's all about how the cause is the most important thing and then also have her be the person who can reconnect the burnt out person to life. Movies and music are not the thing that connect Elizabeth to her emotions. It's Philip and the kids (as kids, not as recruits) that did that. The very things Claudia continues to encourage her to reject because that's her job. That's Philip's thing (like when he got her to Germany to see her mother).
Just as an aside, I don't dislike Claudia. I just don't think she can ever be a neutral character.