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Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow
I seriously don't see Mac's mom in this light.....AT ALL. I don't think she was heartless when she told Mac to get rid of Bloo, I think she felt she was doing it for him to grow up and not rely on Bloo so much. Not as some kind of punishment.
But truth be told, I think she really just didn't understand how important imaginary friends are to people or Mac. I don't think she hates them and judging by how she seems to treat mac during the Christmas and Slumber party episodes, she really cares for him.
She concerns about him and isn't the mean, monster of a mother people seem to be making her out to be just because she decided to get Bloo out of the house. Honestly, I think she is now fully aware of how important they are to Mac's life.
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MY reason for disliking the woman to some extent is not so much how she treats Mac, but her view of Imaginary Friends. I mean, these are living, feeling, sentient beings, yet to her they are no more than a piece of garbage to be disposed of when you get tired of them. She had no more compassion for what might have happened to Bloo if he'd been thrown out of the house than if he were a plastic fork from the previous night's dinner! She gives no evidence that she ever thinks about him now, that she thinks Mac has "gotten rid of him". She apparently doesn't worry about the well-being of her OWN Imaginary Friend, either. It's like I've often stated, you can go to jail for tossing a dog or cat out on its own to survive(or not), and most people would consider doing so a horrible thing worthy of punishment, yet that same compassion isn't extended to other living things that are just as intelligent, articulate and emotional as WE are! It is also a cruelty to the child who still obviously loves the Imaginary Friend in question, whether it's done out of "punishment" is irrelevent. Regardless of the motive of the parent for wanting the Imaginary Friend gone, it still winds up punishing the child by putting him/her under tremendous emotional stress. Mac might LOVE his mom deeply, but his TRUST in her has been shaken, otherwise he would not feel the need to sneak around to visit Bloo.
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