#abeline crit

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When Gale's internal monologue said "You've always been like this. You've always thought you were better than me." and Abby couldn't remember why their friendship fell apart

When William said "She has caused me so much pain." and Abby couldn't remember the reason for any fight they had

When Abby consistently tramples her boundaries with Cordell in regards to is parenting (and sometimes with work) and no one calls her out on it

Walker episode analyzing how Abby's manipulation tactics and inability to understand she may not know what's best for everyone ruins her relationships when?

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I would like to point out that not only had he been kidnapped and tortured recently. (And Stella made a big deal about lying to him because he couldn’t handle the truth because of what he went through) Cordell almost died the very day that Stella threw her tantrum and moved out without saying goodbye.

That’s how little they care.

Damn anon you just reminded me of how well the Walkers were (seemingly) handling Cordell's trauma at the beginning of this season :/

I wager Stella and August may not have been aware of Cordell's brush with death in 3x06 but I do have to wonder if Bonham and Abby are only capable of caring about one of their sons at a time.

They were more than happy to wrangle Liam away from his life in New York to help them watch after the kids pre season 1. Then Season 1 came and Abby and Bonham concerned themselves more with helping Liam find a future in Texas than helping Cordell recenter himself in the family. Then season 2 brought the Davidson threat, which had them mostly worried about Cordell and left Liam to flounder in the face of losing his job and his reputation and everything he'd worked for. And now in season 3 we have Bonham dismissing Cordell's lingering trauma because of how Liam is struggling and Abby...being Abby.

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Unpopular opinion: Even though it sucked that Cordell escaped into an undercover assignment after Emily's death, everyone relied on Liam way too much to help take care of the kids and help the family stay together. He sacrificed his career, his relationship, the life he built for himself in New York, for the sake of his family.

Meanwhile, Abeline decides *that's* a good time to have a fling with some rando at the hardware store? I don't presume to know exactly what happened between Abeline and Bonham during that timeframe, but I would expect more from the supposed matriarch of the family.

You are 1000% right anon. I think he took on a little too much responsibility during that time and it fucked over his life in a big way.

I'm not sure what all was going on during that time. From what we're led to believe, Abby and Bonham's relationship was already on the rocks when she had the affair. That led them to separating, bbut then they (Abby, really) decided it would be better to stay together to keep the peace.

I'm not sure what was going through either of their heads during this time but yeah Abby wasn't making the best choices. I think she got lucky Bonham was willing to give her a chance to patch things up after everything.

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You know what?

Abeline can have a say in the parenting when she apologizes for not noticing that Liam was gone for 12 hours