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I love that this is how Sam’s mom turned out when I was working through her character today. She was originally pretty much the opposite in my head, a big no-discipline sunshiney hippie. Maybe I’ll hang on to that idea if we ever meet Sam’s dad.
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↓ TranscriptSam’s mom sits at her dining room table as Sam enters. Sam looks exasperated.
SAM’S MOM: How was your first day of class?
SAM: WHOLLY aggravating.
SAM: Our instructor talks down to us and calls all the girls “honey†and “sweetie†and told us “men are like animals†and he talks about sexual assault with the assumption that nobody in the room has ever experienced it, like it’s something that happens to THOSE women out THERE, and like violence only comes from men jumping out of dark alley ways, and it’s so removed from our reality! And to top it off, he told us the class could also help us lose some weight and winked at me.
SAM’S MOM: Ok. Punishment over.
SAM: What? Really? Does that mean I get to quit?
SAM’S MOM: Nope.
SAM: But mom-
SAM’S MOM: What kind of mother would I be if I put you through that and didn’t let you actually learn any moves? And practice those moves, repeatedly, on an instructor.
SAM: I… huh.You know you’re a little too good at this vengeance and cruelty thing, right?
SAM’S MOM: What can I say? I’m a capitalist.
Sam’s Mom reminds me of my Mom except my Mom was a hippie hard-ass disciplinarian. (Only in the south) Anyhow, my mom’s rationale for coffee and paper in the afternoon was that she was too damn busy to do those things in the morning!