Oh, I do think it's understandable. (I wrote her, after all!) Just like I understand Torvald's attitude. I would just hate for people to think that this was a Very Special Chapter of Alexandra Quick where Alex punching another kid in the face for making homophobic comments was meant to be a Crowning Moment of Awesome. It was more like a crowning moment of Alexandra realizing that she still has an open wound where Max is concerned.
Let's be clear: Alexandra is not a homophobe (obviously), and even before she found out about Max, if you'd asked her, she'd have said she thinks there's nothing wrong with being gay. But it's not like she's hanging out on LJ communities learning how to be a good ally and taking up the cause of LGBT rights.
So, her violent response to Torvald was a lot more personal than it was political: Torvald was calling her brother a sick freak.
Now, as her last conversation with him demonstrated, she's made the connection and begun to generalize that.
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In which the author rambles a bit
Date: 2012-04-21 01:25 am (UTC)Let's be clear: Alexandra is not a homophobe (obviously), and even before she found out about Max, if you'd asked her, she'd have said she thinks there's nothing wrong with being gay. But it's not like she's hanging out on LJ communities learning how to be a good ally and taking up the cause of LGBT rights.
So, her violent response to Torvald was a lot more personal than it was political: Torvald was calling her brother a sick freak.
Now, as her last conversation with him demonstrated, she's made the connection and begun to generalize that.