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What was your feeling about Morgan's mother?

posted 8 years ago by thingading
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I tried to keep an open mind when viewing this documentary and kept reminding myself to not automatically start blaming the parents, because that would be the obvious and easy thing to do.

But I couldn't quite put my finger on what to make of Morgan's mom.

She was very matter of fact about Morgan, which was good. But I couldn't tell if all of her smiling, and at times even laughter, when discussing Morgan was:

A. Just her real personality she's always had of trying to stay as positive as can be about things
B. A coping mechanism to deal with how she was really feeling about her daughter and the crime
C. A fake smile
D. An odd, almost proud feeling of her daughter's peculiarities (not in any way saying she was proud of her crime)
E. She (the mom) herself was medicated due to what she was going through, or was medicated even before any of this happened due to her own mental issues, and this allowed her to stay pretty happy, despite what had happened with her child
F. A combination of some or all of the above

There was the scene after her husband was so grief-stricken he left the table that she looked so genuinely sad that I felt she was being pure and honest with all of her emotions. At the end of the scene, she still tried to give a little smile, but I felt it was just a coping mechanism she has been using for so long, that I didn't blame her for it and understood why she was doing it.

But then there was the scene of her showing what Morgan was making in jail/the hospital, and one was a picture of a laptop with a courtroom scene on it. And she was smiling (maybe even laughed a little) like it was almost funny or that she was proud of her daughter's imagination. That, and a few other times she talked about her daughter, made me pretty uncomfortable. Almost like she herself was either in denial about the whole thing, or that she couldn't quite grasp the severity of what had happened, or worst case that she was putting her daughter's "uniqueness" above everything else (although maybe she didn't mean to).

Like I said, I was trying not to just throw the blame on her as the "bad parent." But there was something a little odd about her that I couldn't quite figure out.

What did you guys think of her?

[–] rackyroo 8 years ago

I got the feeling it was a combo of the first two. Maybe with a little bit of denial thrown in.
Even that smile you mentioned. It seemed like maybe she was really thinking serious about why the father had to run off, but was kind of "uh, oh. I'm stuck on camera, now what? How am I supposed to end this segment without embarrassingly running off crying as well?"

As for going through the miniatures, I got that more of parents who haven't really seen or spoken to their daughter in person since the crime (except in court or by phone), and glad she was spending her time this way, or at least for a time (as opposed to discussing between her imaginary friends what to watch on tv that night).
I mean she is still their daughter and unconditional love like that makes it impossible to only and always be thinking about what she did and her possible mental illness(es?), which I don't really believe she has for several reasons (explained in an earlier thread about Morgan).

I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no1 around looking impressed! What's the point in having you all? DrWho

[–] Morgana0 8 years ago

Everytime she was on screen I felt there was something a little 'off' about her, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Still not sure.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Morgana0x

[–] dmode112378 8 years ago

A combination of all. I started getting a little concerned when I heard Morgan still believes in Santa. The mother made it sound like this was perfectly normal (not at 11 years of age) and said "Who wants to tell their child that Santa Claus doesn't exist?" Well, mommy, if your child's schizophrenic and can't really distinguish between fantasy and reality, then you should definitely explain it to her.

[–] cprattville 8 years ago

Kids who believe in Santa Clause, Easter Bunny and the Toothfairy at her age is the adults fault. We as Americans tell our children at an early age they exist and we keep that lie up till they figure it out for themselves. Her being 11 and still belieing isn't an insight to anything.

I know a 10 year old who still believes in all of them.

I knew Santa didn't exist at age 6. I believed in the easter bunny till age 8 or 9 and didn't figure out the toothfairy was fake till age 10.

Only thing wrong with these girls are, they are extremely intelligent for there age yet emotionally immature for there age.

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[–] cprattville 8 years ago

Millions believe in the devil especially religious people. I think you mean he's into the macabre, goth and cult scene. Does he really believe it's real or is that you projecting?

Look for Toolen's comment, it may help you in your arguement.

http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man?comments_page=8

[–] Irishmonk 8 years ago

I know lots of adults who believe in the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. Fully grown adults. Unbelievable.

[–] bellesushi 8 years ago

The Santa thing was a little odd, but even odder I thought were the points the mother and the court made. One when her mother was explaining puberty to her, and menstruation she might have even mentioned the birds and the bees and Morgan's reaction to this information was like "C'mon that doesn't really happen" She can't believe real information that her mother is relaying to her but she believes in mythical creations.

The other point was in court someone mentioned that when you try to explain to her Slenderman is not real she becomes oppositional. She creates a reasoning in her mind on how he could be real because it was never really proven that he is not. However any sane person knows that it is proven unreal, it's a made up story and even the things on the internet that does look real were still made up by people. Like some other poster said, the emotional maturity is lacking.

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

You're overanalyzing a nervous smile or a mother reacting to memories of her daughter

[–] thingading 8 years ago

Or just as likely, you're making excuses for her.

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

Yes, that's it 

[–] thingading 8 years ago

Thought so.

[–] Girls_Dont_Poop 8 years ago

Every time she talked I got the feeling that she "lost" her daughter (almost like she died). It seemed she is smiling when she talks about her because she is thinking about fond memories of Morgan and trying to remember her "how she was."

It was definitely odd, though.

[–] bonsai-superstar 8 years ago

I thought exactly the same thing.

What's interesting is that sociopaths can lead a (relatively) normal life, but psychopaths have had a traumatic experience during childhood. As both these girls were obviously psychopaths, their parents should be investigated.

Another point to note is that these soulless animals (sociopaths/psychopaths) simply cannot feel empathy for other people, other than their own. Did either of these children's parents ever express concern - or any interest at all - in the innocent victim of their daughters? Not in this documentary, they didn't. They are the true slenderpeople - monsters that walk among us.