So, do you think her miscarriage is ultimately what caused her to act so crazy?
I mean, if she had really been obsessing over Buddy all those years, you'd think she would have tried to win him back much earlier - at the news of his engagement, for instance. Did the photo of his baby trigger emotions in her about their unborn baby?
I got the impression she hadn't given Buddy much thought until she received that email.
No, I think Mavis had always been slightly unhinged. For example the scene when her and Matt sleep together, she talks about why she's so fixated on getting Buddy back. She says he knew her when she was at her personal best, but Matt says that she wasn't at her best, she was always fixated on her appearance and his line gives me the impression that she probably was quite detached and aloof, even back in high school. The miscarriage probably exacerbated her mental illness, as they always say, its usually a combination of nature as well as nurture. Her problems were likely always on the verge of bubbling to the surface and her miscarriage set it off into full throttle.
shareAnd i also think Buddy was probably a jerk about the mis carriage. Remeber at the end, when she says, "you wouldn't want to have a mis carriage to Buddy". Buddy seems to be a shallow, feel-good character, who only gravitatesvto experiences that make him 'smile' (notice how he was always smiling in the film and didn't really contribute much)? In a way, Buddy is more vapid than Mavis. At least Mavis tries to wake them all up at the end.
shareI actually think the miscarriage didn't really affect her terribly at the time that it happened. Her and Buddy split. She went to Minneapolis and became a writer and got married. But when she got a divorce she became depressed and alcoholic. She already was missing her "personal best" years when she got the email. The email simply gave her the idea that she could regain her personal best years by winning Buddy back. She wasn't really obsessed with Buddy. She was obsessed with the idea of getting her old best years back and to get out of her depression.
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xela23 writes: "I got the impression she hadn't given Buddy much thought until she received that email."
Yes.
I think Mavis suppressed everything until she received the email. Then she "replayed" everything that happened years ago.
"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy
In the original script I think the miscarriage's importance is elevated a bit more. There's a scene where Mavis's father (step-father in this version) cracks an egg but it's "bad" (as in, fertilized and bloody) and Mavis totally freaks out.
I don't think it's the only contributing factor but it was probably the point when Mavis lost faith in her small town happiness and tried to do something different.
So, do you think her miscarriage is ultimately what caused her to act so crazy?I think it's mentioned at one stage she's 37. That suggests her high school pregnancy occurred a long time before the events we see in this film. It surely didn't contribute positively towards her emotional well being, but I'm sure there was some later event(s) such as the emailed photo, which triggered the return to Mercury and the events we see in the film.🐭 share
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She probably didn't think twice about the miscarriage after it happened
If it happened as she said, I don't remember anybody else confirming it
She was a self centered wench her whole life was about her
She always relived her glory years, her high school years, it's why she was able to write about them so well
The last line ---well high schools over and it's time to move on---
She was 20 years to late
In a world where a carpenter can be resurrected, anything is possible.
"She probably didn't think twice about the miscarriage after it happened "
Only because she suppressed it.
I'm pretty sure during her melt down, Mavis says that Beth got the life that she (Mavis) wanted. That's the whole point. That's why it's the baby announcement that brings Mavis back home. She wasn't really reliving her glory days, she was returning the life she would have had...
"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy
The baby she lost was her only connection to Buddy, and I wouldn't put it past her to get pregnant simply to trap him. Also, I don't think that things with Buddy would have worked out for long after high school. I find it hard to believe that for a self-centered, beauty-obsessed queen bee like Mavis a baby would be good news. She doesn't even take proper care of her dog, which functions as a "replacement", so to speak. If memory serves, one person even tell her to walk her dog, or something to that effect.
Her fixation in her past beauty, and her relationship with Buddy is quite tragic, and evident to pretty much everyone she comes across in town. Buddy and a family are only things she thinks she wants, but someone like her is not willing to put others before her. She had her chance with her marriage, but that ended probably because of her behavior, disorder, or whatever.
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I'm the unsilent majority, bigmouth.
I don't think she was obsessing over him all those years, but I think the miscarriage also had something to do with her divorce. When she states her body is broken it could also imply her ex husband and her were trying to get pregnant and maybe she kept losing it and that plus the reminder of "her best years" (plus all the drinking that followed) contributed
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