Thus i sided more with Orla in this story. Its definitely not easy to hate Mamo (but also not easy to love either) as she loved her grandchild, but her love was suffocating and lacked understanding of Orlas needs. In a way i felt bad for both and i understood the struggle for both characters as i have my own fears of both abondonment and at the same time wishing to form my own individual life and distance myself from the symbiotic relationship with my own family, which at times feels suffocating. Mamo is definitely a representation of a toxic family relationship with desire to control and cage up Orla, forming an unhealthy symbiotic (the parasitism type) relationship. Except the crow seemed to have already left the girls. Orla and Jo deal with last issue’s cliffhanger, with Orla abandoning Jo and the crow. Creator Sas Milledge just doesn’t seem to have enough story for it and stretches. Orla needed more independancy, while Mamo felt judged for being a witch, lonely, only having Orla by her side to care for her. While it’s the worst issue of Mamo, it’s still a great comic. In a way Mamo portrayed herself through Orla, seeing her as a mirror of herself, when in reality the two were as similar as they were different. It's definitely not easy to hate Mamo (but also not easy to love either) as she loved her grandchild, but her love was suffocating and lacked understanding of Orla's needs. My breath was caught the entire time while reading each page! Mamo is definitely a representation of a toxic family relationship with desire to control and cage up Orla, forming an unhealthy symbiotic (the parasitism type) relationship.
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