Where as for Philip Elizabeth's question about "would Clark ever be unfaithful?" might be more to the point because if he was going to "be" Clark with Elizabeth he'd actually be being Clark and that would require a more fully realized scenario (and would probably bring up some issues when he went back to be Clark with Martha having been unfaithful).
EXACTLY. It would be something that he couldn't undo, and couldn't pretend hadn't happened when he's with Martha later. It would become a piece of Clark and what he'd done, and he'd have to incorporate that. It would be emotionally hugely complex for him in ways I think Elizabeth wouldn't fully understand.
But maybe...this is going to sound kind of horrible, but...maybe that wouldn't ultimately matter? I mean, he's obviously willing to have Clark do hurtful things to Martha when the situation calls for it; this would just be another level of that. And as far as Martha's concerned, it of course wouldn't be any different from him having sex with her as Philip in terms of the degree to which she'd perceive it as cheating.
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Re: Philip as "Clark"
Date: 2014-03-30 03:36 pm (UTC)EXACTLY. It would be something that he couldn't undo, and couldn't pretend hadn't happened when he's with Martha later. It would become a piece of Clark and what he'd done, and he'd have to incorporate that. It would be emotionally hugely complex for him in ways I think Elizabeth wouldn't fully understand.
But maybe...this is going to sound kind of horrible, but...maybe that wouldn't ultimately matter? I mean, he's obviously willing to have Clark do hurtful things to Martha when the situation calls for it; this would just be another level of that. And as far as Martha's concerned, it of course wouldn't be any different from him having sex with her as Philip in terms of the degree to which she'd perceive it as cheating.
-J