I'm not sure if "functional" would be the appropriate word for it. They kind of function, and make a good show of it, but when you look below the surface, the Teagues definitely have issues. The thing is that the Teagues have taught Kelyn how to hide them, something that Taren has never learned.
The thing is, that the Teagues really do care about each other. So they're trying, it's just that they don't share the same ideals. I imagine a lot of fights behind closed doors, and animosity left unsaid, but still, underneath it all, they really do care about each other. So it's a dysfunctional family that still manages to work out in it's own way.
The fact that they're different from the Anwars might help Taren, though.
I think that unless he learns to trust people, we can't really make progress on the self-worth, because to convince him that he has actual worth, he needs to trust people who tell him that he does.
I'd be tempted to have Kelyn do that. He's not stupid. It's just that after seeing what Meredith's been writing, he's not entirely sure if that's the wisest course of action. So if he sees a bit more of Meredith and maybe some of Taren's other siblings, well, it's not impossible that "why he's so messed up" will occur to Kelyn. (We've managed it in ooc, but that's mostly because ooc let's us jump start the hard questions that they won't even touch in character.)
I WANT TO FIX TAREN, BUT I'M KIND OF SCARED THAT WHAT I'M DOING MIGHT BREAK KELYN, OR AT LEAST REALLY UNSTABLIZE HIM IN THE PROCESS. D:
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Date: 2007-03-29 06:00 am (UTC)The thing is, that the Teagues really do care about each other. So they're trying, it's just that they don't share the same ideals. I imagine a lot of fights behind closed doors, and animosity left unsaid, but still, underneath it all, they really do care about each other. So it's a dysfunctional family that still manages to work out in it's own way.
The fact that they're different from the Anwars might help Taren, though.
I think that unless he learns to trust people, we can't really make progress on the self-worth, because to convince him that he has actual worth, he needs to trust people who tell him that he does.
I'd be tempted to have Kelyn do that. He's not stupid. It's just that after seeing what Meredith's been writing, he's not entirely sure if that's the wisest course of action. So if he sees a bit more of Meredith and maybe some of Taren's other siblings, well, it's not impossible that "why he's so messed up" will occur to Kelyn. (We've managed it in ooc, but that's mostly because ooc let's us jump start the hard questions that they won't even touch in character.)
I WANT TO FIX TAREN, BUT I'M KIND OF SCARED THAT WHAT I'M DOING MIGHT BREAK KELYN, OR AT LEAST REALLY UNSTABLIZE HIM IN THE PROCESS. D: