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That made me think of "I could care less," vs. "I couldn't care less."That's actually interesting because hatred is indeed a form of aknowledgement, compared to indifference which is the opposite. Since she can't have MC love her anymore, she might see this aknowledgement as some kind of reward. Being aknowledged even negatively could make her feel better than being ignored and feel like she doesn't exist (like you said). The issue being that MC hate her because she's being (and has been) bad. Therefore, hating her might be seen as a reward for being bad, which would be totally counterproductive for every characters involved. Being hateful towards her could then not only prevent her from becoming better (and even make her worse and more dangerous) but also prevent MC from healing because he let anger consume him instead of moving on.
It's also on point that real mockery comes from a place of distanciation and not from a place of hatred or judgement. It's fun when it's disengaging, but it's not fun when someone tries to soil the joke with an opinion. For example, I laughed hard at MC imagining her falling off the window, not because I wanted that to be real but precisely because I didn't. It's a distanciation not only from her, but also from MC's anger towards her. Same when Kindra starts to fight her, just the way he pretends to call for help but doesn't seem to care is hilarious (if you make that choice I mean). It comes from anger and disgust towards her, but it's funny because there's a clear disengagement of the situation and his own feelings that allow him to express them without actually being an ass (he's not the one attacking her, but he doesn't care if Kindra hurt her).
Anywho, there's a line between mocking and being hateful, and I think Digi B nailed it.
I think sabotaging her "evil schemes" while having MC just be distant and indifferent towards her while still expressing his bad feelings (with mockery, or by embarrassing her for example) is the best way to go about it, at least until she does something worth pat-patting (if she ever), and we can choose to pat-pat her for it.
But for now she's still trying to screw MC over in order to save her own job so we're at that point.
Hatefucking her would tell give the impression that the MC still cares, however little, however twisted.
The alternative path definitely says, "I couldn't care less about you."
Sounds like Sméagol's redemption arc....such as it was.That's what trauma does if you let it. It multiplies. Also I agree, it would be best for the MC to stay far away from Cassie, she would very likely hurt him again because she has not taken complete ownership of her actions. And she probably doesn't know everything that happened to the MC in the past three years.
I don't know if there's going to be a redemption arc for Cassie... but the stuff she did is SO bad, and she probably knows there's no coming back from this.
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