by vdrake » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 am
True enough. I think a lot of that can be placed right at Gus's feet, though. If not the pack in general. She's definitely been raised in a very might-makes-right fashion, with a side order of sexual humiliation. The fact that the pack never put a stop to it is almost the same as suggesting it's approved. Now, of course Butch would pick up that the sexual assault and attempted rape are bad things, but as Gus would put it, that could be chalked up to 'human contamination'.
The pack is a relatively small community, and they all seem to know what Gus is about. Checking up to make sure the lunatic isn't abusing his daughter doesn't seem to have occurred to any of them, including the pack leaders. Even Peter refers to her as 'the crazy', and if Peter notices, the other pack members surely have and either haven't confronted Gus about his raising of Butch or haven't put any teeth to their confrontations.
You could also look at it like this: Sarah becomes a monster due to an uncontrollable wolf state. Accidental, more or less. Butch, on the other hand, has been raised in a fashion that would seem to imply that being a monster is a perfectly legitimate way of getting what you want, and probably normal for a werewolf family.
As such, I doubt that her inability to complete her rape of Peter is so much redeeming as her hatred of that concept. Does she want to get Peter through Gus's methods, more or less? It's all she knows, and... she doesn't like it, apparently. If she manages to break that cycle, that's great. But she's not strong enough to take on Gus, and nobody from the pack has been willing yet. Exiling Gus from the pack for his past treatment would be fine and dandy, but chances are he'd take Butch with him, and then it's just going to get worse for her.
Now, to be fair, I'm reasonably sure the pack doesn't know how bad it is for Butch. On the other hand, this is the same pack that had a vote to kill Thrall-Sarah and Peter... so one has to wonder, for the pack to decide that Gus has raised Butch to the point of being irredeemable in their eyes, would that mean Gus and Butch would both be put down? Because you know, I have no trouble seeing Gus standing up and saying he's ashamed of her and that he'd never let her do such a thing and throwing her to the wolves. Letting Butch take full responsibility for her actions and very probably a hell of a punishment. Seeing as incarceration is probably out of the question, seems that'd mean death.
I somehow think his raising of Butch is going to bite him in the ass, I just hope it's a huge chunk. And if Butch hasn't had much raising outside of Gus, then damn, the girl needs some positive role models. Hell, the girl could use some friends, someone with her interests at heart for a change.
Bah, long post is long. Darn you people for making me think!