11 signs that Mary is a gaslighter.
I don’t have a lot to say except... Mary is my least favourite character straight down from Hell next to James... enough said
1. Gaslighters tell blatant lies. Mary’s strong suit, lying, she lies about the twins, her not cheating on John, and also lies about the “thing in the forest at night” even John picked that up at some point, and all he did was neglect the twins.
2. They deny lies, even if you have proof. even though Mary says they are the sons of the devil, they’re babies Mary, they can’t hurt anyone, when they’re starting to grow up and John notices they’re not his birth kids? She definitely denies it at some point.
3. They use what is near and dear to you as ammunition. In other words. “You would be a worthy person, if you didn’t have a long list of negative traits.” For short, verbal abuse, like calling them ‘changlings’ or ‘demons’ all that negative stuff. And projecting it onto the twins.
I’ll get back on that one.
4. They wear you down over time. I’ll let their sanity be the judge of that.
5. Their actions do not match their words. I think this one is more reflectide on John, caleb, Lilian and Benny, but since Lilian is only 5 years old she doesn’t understand properly... until she died... that got dark very quick.
6. They use positive reinforcement to confuse you. One of the reasons why they haven’t left her at all, she throws in positive stuff to each member to really confuse the hell out of them, also as a gaslighter she praiseses about is that benefit’s her the most... like say
Tim’s wood whittling, Tom’s kindness and story writing, Benny’s dedication to the lord, Caleb’s winning trophy, Lilian’s innocence and john’s time in the military, being a husband and father... James faithfulness to the lord... that’s all I got
7. They know confusion weakens people. Mary has confused each member differently, Tim and Tom is confused by her words if they really are insane, Benny is confused if the lord really is what he believes, Caleb is confused if he’s her favourite besides Lilian, John is confused if she’s really loyal to the lord and family and Lilian... she’s 5, most of the stuff Mary says flies over her head.
8. They project. Like I mentioned, Mary has projected her words towards the next generation of the weaver family, along with John after he came back from the war. And also being a narcissist... she’s a very VERY crazy lady. (Thanks to @vinehasnohopeleft for putting that in)
9. They try to turn people against you. Wait... has she done that yet? Has she turned her families friends against the other members yet? Or the other way around? Has she?! ... only person I knew she’d turn against is father James towards the twins... wait I think he’s also gaslighting-
10. They tell you or others that you are crazy. Yeah I have no words for this, must’ve told John he’s crazy to think that they could just be normal kids after actually spending time with them for once... and Mary slaps it down telling him he’s crazy and a fight ensures.
And finally... 11. They tell you everyone is a liar. And like the liar she is, she tell the family everyone is a liar... but I think the last one must be a liars weakness... not only the truth but... telling people are liars isn’t really a good idea like, yeah...
She may not have ticked all the boxes, but some of them that actually showed gaslighter energy. And put that with a narcissistic personality...
You have a dead family that haunts the forest because of mary’s sins that hasn’t been repented...
*whistles* that took a while... and uh... I know some of these Uh... doesn’t make at all any sense of what this is but uh... yeah.... this is my evidence that she’s a gaslighter... next to her being narcissistic... so.....
Ok now I wanna make my own headcanon for the weavers death’s now-.