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Post by booboobrewer on May 21, 2007 15:29:28 GMT -5
Karen reading her list at the dinner table shocked me even at a young age. I just couldn't fathom doing that in front of my entire family! She's outspoken, and bold, but geez. Watson does get angry with her but I can't remember her punishment for that stunt, if she was punished at all. And Elizabeth? It's her own mother! I think Karen's mom makes her call the big house and apologize to each person individually in the end.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2007 19:31:48 GMT -5
Well I liked Karen when I was younger, not so much now anymore. She's really pushy, and sort of bitchy. Plus she has a terrible habbit of putting herself into other people's busniss where she doesn't belong. I'm read The baby Sitter's haunted House (SM #1) right now and there is no way I would ever let her go around talking to strangers left and right trying to "get friends" for the other little girl (this is sad, I'm reading the book and I can't remember her name lol). There is no reason for her to do this, and I personally would not stand for it if I was the baby-sitter...I dunno it just kinda buggs me
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2007 17:52:34 GMT -5
Karen reading her list at the dinner table shocked me even at a young age. I just couldn't fathom doing that in front of my entire family! She's outspoken, and bold, but geez. Watson does get angry with her but I can't remember her punishment for that stunt, if she was punished at all. And Elizabeth? It's her own mother! I think Karen's mom makes her call the big house and apologize to each person individually in the end. Yeah, that sounds like the sort of thing Lisa would do. I like her - she seems better at handling Karen than Watson is. Maybe this is because Lisa was dealing with her on an almost daily basis (at least, at this stage in the series), whereas Watson was more of a 'Disneyland daddy', a la Mr Schafer.
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Post by mckay on May 24, 2007 2:19:30 GMT -5
^It bugs me when ANY of the characters write in all caps. It seems like a lot of them do. In real life, that little habit would have been nipped in the bud as soon as the kid started writing like that in school. When I was between Karen and Andrew's age, I had a ton of papers that had "Remember to use your lowercase letters, McKay!" across the top. I still have a few somewhere because that makes me laugh now. It IS really strange now that you guys mention it.
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Post by Karen Brewer on Jun 2, 2007 21:30:13 GMT -5
As a child, I adored Karen. She reminded me of myself (yeah, yeah, not proud of it!). I can't STAND her obsession with ghosts and witches, though. Morbidda Destiny? How on EARTH would a 6 or 7 year old think of that?! I remember reading LS books as a child and not even knowing how to pronounce Morbidda. Andrew ALWAYS bored me. I think I dislike him even more than Karen. He is going to grow into a really clingy, shy, annoying kid. He seems like such a cry baby. Yeah it'd suck being in Karen's shadow, but Andrew always seemed like such a nerd in training to me. If I remember correctly, in Kristy's Great Idea , Karen told either Kristy or Mary Anne that some older kids had told her about "Morbidda Destiny".
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 2, 2007 22:17:21 GMT -5
^I remember that, too -- she says they were big kids, in the eighth grade!
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 2, 2007 23:27:44 GMT -5
^ When you're only 6, eighth grade can seem really old ;D Of course, Wes was "ancient" at 22, according to Jessi. Wonder what that makes me. ;D As for Morbidda, I just reread Kristy's Great Idea and Kristy and the Snobs and can see why Karen is scared of her. I think a lot of people forget what it is like to be 6 or 7 since many of the BSC characters are like mini-adults. As for her obsession/belief with witches and the supernatural, obsessions and fears/phobias don't have to be logical. When I was a kid, I was deathly afraid of a lot of things that it made no sense to be terrified of and was obsessed with a lot of strange things, too (witches was an obsession for me at age 3 along with "The Sound of Music" movie. At 4 I was fascinated by anything to do with Native Americans and the American West ;D) As for phobias, I once saw a "Maury" show where one woman was absolutely terrified of clowns and another was scared of cats. So I don't find Karen's feelings all that unusual and don't mind them in the least.
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Post by Amalia on Jun 30, 2007 23:20:58 GMT -5
I thought Karen's fascination with Morbidda Destiny was really cute. I especially loved it when Morbidda showed up at the wedding and gave Watson a present and Karen was all shocked.
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 30, 2007 23:30:15 GMT -5
^ Agree, mcpon. Thought the fascination was cute and pretty believable (I was often fascinated with the strangest things, too, as a kid). In several books, Karen says how "old" kids told her that Morbidda was a witch and even Kristy and MA comment on her witchy appearance. I loved the wedding scene, too, but don't bring that up again... ;D I made that mistake in Kristy's Big Day thread and it seems that no one agrees (another argument I inadvertently started and have no desire to resume )
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Post by lilafowler on Jul 1, 2007 9:53:31 GMT -5
I don't know...I think it's one thing to be scared of someone, but entirely another to be openly rude.
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Post by aln1982 on Jul 1, 2007 16:51:39 GMT -5
^ I think she was rude because she was scared. She wasn't trying to be rude but was genuinely terrified, from my perspective.
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Post by Amalia on Jul 1, 2007 20:45:03 GMT -5
I think that kids are brutally honest sometimes. They express how they genuinely feel no matter how it comes off as, even if it is rude, in my opinion.
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Post by aln1982 on Jul 1, 2007 23:16:25 GMT -5
^ Agree. I think in this case, though, a lot of it was just a reaction to fear. Can relate to that and I know lots of people can too once they really think about it. Speaking of Andrew Brewer, I'm finding him cuter than I did at first as I'm rereading a lot of BSC books. I recently liked the one where he was in the client "olympics" (can't remember the exact book now) and tried so hard but wasn't good at anything. This reminded me of my cousin at his jr. high track meet when he cried to my mom who was helping coach, "It's no use. I can't run. I just stink at everything." I really felt for him and for Andrew, too, and loved how they gave him the award for most determined. It was so cute how Watson was waiting at the finish line for him to finish the race and scooped him up. I like reading more about Andrew with his dad, anyway.
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Post by Karen Brewer on Jul 7, 2007 14:42:50 GMT -5
I'm watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and I just thought of something: what if Harry Potter was around during the BSC series? Do you think Watson and Lisa would have let Karen read the books and watch the movies knowing how obsessed she is with witches? ;D
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Post by Lauren on Jul 7, 2007 15:56:17 GMT -5
She'd probably become obsessed with the books. They might not let her read them because of that.
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