floodtalon said
I'm just now remembering how much of a jerk Amanda Waller was in the comics. It's absolutely staggering.
Yeah... I might have made Waller kind of nasty to her own family, but... I think, somewhere in her twisted logic, that she's trying to 'fix' or 'mold' her granddaughter.
The problem is what Waller was doing just now... It was specifically designed to hit Kijani as hard as possible.
Kijani was brought back to the one place that would shake her up most. Alpha has places all over the country- Waller could have easily sent her to California. But no, she brought Kijani to the same place she taken as a child. Putting her in surroundings where she was vulnerable.
For Anthony's part, he took away Kijani's power. Left her unable to move, unable to defend herself. He stuck her on the edge of a cliff.
Waller didn't push her off.
Waller eroded the ground under her feet. Her comments were designed to take away Kijani's humanity. Made her feel like she had no right to live. Living creatures have a right to survive... but Waller called her a 'tool'. A 'weapon'.
An object.
Leaving her in a place where she could be brainwashed.
What's bad is these are actual real-life tactics. Not of super villains or outright criminals... But simply of abusers to their victims.
*sigh* And now I'm sad.