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    In Francesca Lia Block's compilation book Dangerous Angels (I forget which book within this compilation, I think it was Baby Be-Bop), Weetzie tells her daughter Witch Baby that the black sheep of the family is the one who expresses everyone's pain and sees perceptions that are closer to the truth.

    This really hit home. Do any of you black sheep feel that you are the only ones in the family who can see the truth unclouded, and that you feel everyone's pain?

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    Depends on the family...some "black sheep" are fleeing a ship of fools, others are bringing down a group of extraordinary people. Both happened in my family. Everyone in said family views life differently...

    Truth hurts & as a consequence is unpopular. "Ignorance Is Bliss."

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    I believe the black sheep can "interpret"...but not neccesarily better than the other members.

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    I think that by being outside and not involved in the heavily emotional family dramas one has a better view of whats happening. They would not have their opinion clouded by their own involvement. Sometimes you have to be detached in order to avoid a skewed personal interest.

    But then it never helps because no one listens to advice from the outsider.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krazyjane View Post
    In Francesca Lia Block's compilation book Dangerous Angels (I forget which book within this compilation, I think it was Baby Be-Bop), Weetzie tells her daughter Witch Baby that the black sheep of the family is the one who expresses everyone's pain and sees perceptions that are closer to the truth.

    This really hit home. Do any of you black sheep feel that you are the only ones in the family who can see the truth unclouded, and that you feel everyone's pain?

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    Certainly in the smarmy, cheesy, stereotypical all-American family as seen on television and in suburbs all over the country, I would vote for the black sheep having the edge on reality perception, hands down.

    But as far as the pain goes, I wonder. So much of the experience of living in these traditional families is so shallow, and barely hides the desperation within. This is why American Beauty is one of my favorite all-time movies.

    I think the black sheep--if they are truly able to break free and live life as it should be lived, rather than just defying or destroying the stereotype in a reactionary process, without finding anthing meaningful to replace it--might have found a way to live one of the more painless forms of existence.
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    Oh cool, more Francesca Lia Block fans. Have you read Necklace of Kisses? It's the latest in the Weetzie Bat series, hopefully not the last. It's good, but the books about Witch Baby will always be my favorites. While I love the optimistic writings of Block's Shangri-L.A., Witch Baby is so profound and blunt and realistic.

    In my family, I think that I'm the one who paid for my parents' idealisms. I'm the first of 6 kids to an Asian (Mom is Japanese, Dad wants to be Japanese because god knows we're all smart) Christian family, and I fell that I'm the only one who sees through their bullshit facade. Everyone rants and raves, "Wow, 6 kids! You must be such a large happy family/ Your parents must really love kids!/You must be such a great leader and big sister!"

    I know the fucking truth. I know the ugly secrets that I'm still expected to uphold. I can see through all the bullshit. I know that they're not happy, and for a while, I was the blame for these problems. I believed this until I moved out and the same problems were still there, so they couldn't blame me for them anymore.

    As happy as I am tha I've broken free, and that I've learned to appreciate children as more than just desperate attempts to fill in a codependent void or collectors' items, it still pisses me off to be around them. I want to scream at them to knock the shit off, that I paid for their idealisms.

    God, I'm getting a hotel next time I'm home for the holidays.

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    I am very much the black sheep of my family, and yes, I think I definitely am a lot more blunt and honest about the way things are. Fortunately they love me anyway, even though they all laugh and shake their heads whenever I'm in town. I love them as long as the miles are between us. Otherwise we make each other crazy.

    I can remember being 11 years old in Tennessee and my mother sighing, "I wish this one would move to California already!" And now that I live in California, she wants me to move home. *sigh*

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