Soooo, all of those listed qualities, plus romanticism and extremely sensitive feelings... Don't they say that the things that we react the most to in other people are the things we recognize in ourselves?
Yes! I was going to point out that we get reminded of that tendency of Wolfe twice over The Rubber Band-- when he's offering to hide everyone from the police, he says "Confound it, I was born romantic and I shall never recover from it" and also later Archie tells him, "I remember you told me once that there is no moment in any man's life too empty to be dramatized."
I really do think that's a major part of Wolfe's problem with women, is that he has serious issues with unrestrained emotions, and being exposed to other people's unrestrained emotions. "Recover from it" is an especially telling bit of phrasing, like it's a sickness and he's constantly suffering from flare-ups, and could be re-infected if he lets himself get exposed again...
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Date: 2010-04-26 06:22 am (UTC)Yes! I was going to point out that we get reminded of that tendency of Wolfe twice over The Rubber Band-- when he's offering to hide everyone from the police, he says "Confound it, I was born romantic and I shall never recover from it" and also later Archie tells him, "I remember you told me once that there is no moment in any man's life too empty to be dramatized."
I really do think that's a major part of Wolfe's problem with women, is that he has serious issues with unrestrained emotions, and being exposed to other people's unrestrained emotions. "Recover from it" is an especially telling bit of phrasing, like it's a sickness and he's constantly suffering from flare-ups, and could be re-infected if he lets himself get exposed again...