The dead wife thing has gotten so bad in Fallout. No dead wives allowed in the next game! Dead husbands only. :P
Part of the problem with Catherine only being known via James' memory of her is that he gets to turn her into a saint instead of a human being. She becomes a concept, a martyr, an icon whose name justifies everything he does, even though as you say, she probably wouldn't have liked a lot of it! And if she had, that doesn't make it right! Catherine can be wrong too. Catherine can be misguided. Catherine can be human.
What I find compelling about the relationship between Catherine and Madison--any relationship--is that I think Madison would be a lot more likely to remember Catherine as a human being than as the saintly figure James has made her into.
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Date: 2019-09-10 02:20 pm (UTC)Part of the problem with Catherine only being known via James' memory of her is that he gets to turn her into a saint instead of a human being. She becomes a concept, a martyr, an icon whose name justifies everything he does, even though as you say, she probably wouldn't have liked a lot of it! And if she had, that doesn't make it right! Catherine can be wrong too. Catherine can be misguided. Catherine can be human.
What I find compelling about the relationship between Catherine and Madison--any relationship--is that I think Madison would be a lot more likely to remember Catherine as a human being than as the saintly figure James has made her into.