The Umbrella Academy Ep 8 FULL Reaction
Added 2021-10-28 02:57:21 +0000 UTCAllison --- did THAT just happen???
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Also, Vanya slit Allison's throat in self-defense. She'd told Allison to leave twice, instead, Allison decided to rumor her--right after confessing that she'd caused Vanya's whole self-image to be distorted her entire life via a rumor. Remember Allison had pushed Vanya away throughout childhood, with no evidence they'd gotten close before the book & definitely not after it. Allison had verbally attacked her after the call with Claire, she'd not backed her when Diego called her a liability & again didn't when Vanya found them having a 'family' meeting without her. Vanya in the cabin--coming off a panic attack--was being told by Allison that the only person who appeared to really care for her was a killer who was only using her to get at the Umbrella Academy. With the meds withdrawal, the surfacing traumatic memories, the knowledge she'd been drugged & rumored, and THEN a person she didn't trust was about to take her free will away AGAIN, of course Vanya acted to defend herself. Her immediate horror, remorse & panic was proof that it was an instinctive defensive reaction -- and Leonard literally dragged her out the door.
Melody Peterson
2021-10-31 03:11:16 +0000 UTCVanya was on mood suppressors since age of 4. She literally never learned how to fully feel & manage her emotions, she had developed no coping mechanism other than taking her pills. Vanya discovering that her view of herself throughout her entire life had been shaped by Allison's rumor was traumatic. Her sister, who at best had ignored her for decades, was suddenly to be trusted when she said she didn't know what she'd done to Vanya? Vanya was suffering withdrawal from the pills; mood swings, panic attacks, paranoia, and she had just discovered her powers. Into that mix, Allison was confessing that she knew about Vanya's powers...and had somehow forgotten rumoring her? Absolutely, as viewers, we see it in the context that Allison was a child, but Vanya didn't get that POV. She overreacted, she wasn't being rational, she felt betrayed and so very, very angry.
Melody Peterson
2021-10-31 01:55:49 +0000 UTCY'know, most people don't have memories from when they were 4. I doubt adult Allison remembered what she had rumoured Vanya into until seeing her powers.
Kat Deuchars
2021-10-28 08:42:40 +0000 UTCAlison said she didn't understand what she did until she saw Vanya using the powers. So, I don't think she purposely didn't connect with Vanya to tell her what happened.
Anika
2021-10-28 04:07:06 +0000 UTC
