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Something I don't get.

posted 7 years ago by Kel_Vernsen
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The first time Greta met Brahms the doll, she was shocked and didn't really care for it after the old couple left. She covered it with the blanket and started to talk on the phone with her friend.

Then later on she seemed to do a complete 360 and all of a sudden starting to really care for the doll like it was a real little kid. Making him dinner, putting him to bed, and carrying him around in her arms. And even when the weird stuff started to happen with the doll moving around by itself I was expecting her to get the hell out of the house as fast as possible. No matter how desperate she needed the money.

[–] XXtuXX 7 years ago

I agree with you. Looking back it seems like she began to accept the doll as a spirit of the little boy and she wanted to take care of him possibly to reconnect with her own child who she lost tragically. Perhaps it was a testament to her desperation and grief, but they didn't really connect these two together as well as they could have (the two stories seemed to exist on two planes) which is where they lost the audience

[–] Stovepipe99 7 years ago

Perhaps it was a testament to her desperation and grief, but they didn't really connect these two together as well as they could have (the two stories seemed to exist on two planes)

I felt like the connection between her lost child and her willingness to believe in Brahms being real was pretty clear.

It makes total sense that a woman who lost a baby in a tragic, painful way would want to believe that her child's spirit might still exist somehow--if Brahms is real, maybe her own child might still exist on some level.

It's also important to remember that she's alone in an isolated house, so it's easier for her emotions/thoughts to marinate--reflecting on what she's running away from (her abusive ex and the loss of her child) and where she is going.

Greta connecting Brahms with her own lost child also explains why once she decides he's real it becomes a calming thing instead of a fearful thing.

[–] IamTheKing 7 years ago

Um, did you miss the part where she was convinced the doll was doing the weird things? That's why she started caring for it.

Also, if she did a 360, she'd be at the same place she started.

[–] SilverGameDog 7 years ago

If one day I hate vegetables and then I "do a complete 360" that would mean I still hate vegetables.

You see the phrase is based on a circle which is 360 degrees. So if I start at one part of the circle and go 360 degrees then nothing has changed. I'm right back in the same place.

But if one day I hated vegetables and the next day I LOVED vegetables, that would mean I "did a 180"
- which means I went from one side of the circle to the complete OPPOSITE side.

For some reason, (I don't know why) people always get this phase confused.

[–] reaseltbim 7 years ago

she lost her baby dude... did you not see the scene where she explains how she felt like she arrived at the house for a reason?

[–] daughterofolaf 7 years ago

Did you even watch the movie? She didn't just suddenly start caring about the doll out of nowhere. There was an entire series of events that led up to it and a reason why she changed her behavior.

Secondly, she didn't do a 360. She did a 180. Jesus Christ.

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