Oof, I can’t tell if that last line is bitterness over Acier favoring Miel’s needs and reputation over Abeille’s (even though she’s a wronged party as well), or the realization that Abeille needs to defend herself and the person she cares about from her mother’s entitlement and narcissistic tendencies.
Acier doesn’t get it, probably because he’s either never run up against a narcissist, or simply didn’t excuse any unreasonable behavior from one. He’s still thinking from a standpoint of a reasonable person, which Abeille’s mother isn’t. She said it herself, “She’s not the kind of person to calm down until she gets what she wants.”
And what does she want? To get Abeille back under her thumb to be her punching bag again.
Oh no, Abi honey…Please calm down before you say something that can make this all worse.
I totally get why she’s upset, it’s absolutely bull hockey that Acier is clearly trying to bat 100 for Miel yet not a thing for her, but she’s getting picked on by coworkers. Miel’s could get fired for whatever action her mother wants to make. Not saying both aren’t absolutely the worst things, but Miel’s is a little more long term lasting than teasing for however long they focus on it before it loses its hilarity.
Abeille is acting peculiarly in these last 2 pages. It reminds me of times when stress is so much that I’ve just become blank. She’s been pushed pretty far. My guesses have been off the mark recently, but I think she’s reacting to everything, not just Acier.
I’m concerned that her statement means she is irritated with Miel in this situation, since she seems to be getting the brunt of the abuse, if you will. Like she’s interpreting it as “Miel doesn’t deserve this, but you do” type of attitude. Although they could have been more careful about engaging in socially “scandalous” behavior at a public event, Miel is not at fault for everyone else’s reactions and she’s not seeing what he may be dealing with. If Acier really cared nothing for Abeille, he would have straight fired her, no ifs and or buts. I’m not saying he has no ulterior motives, but I think as a whole that he just wants this entire situation over and done with. Not just because his prized employee could be facing backlash, but because it puts the organization in a potentially negative public view, especially with Abeille’s mother being as vocal as she seems.
I really, really hope I’m wrong about her being irritated with Miel. But emotions are tricky, especially when we feel wronged. C’mon Abeille and kick your mom to the curb! No one should have to deal with that kind of negativity and manipulation.
I don’t think she’s irritated with Miel. I think she’s irritated with Acier and everyone else treating her like she’s useless, second rate, not important, ect… because she’s not as smart as “everyone else”. Like everyone but Miel (and Ivy), treats her like a second class citizen because she’s manual labor, and she’s tired of it.
Is Abeille incapable of reading the room? I don’t think he meant it in a “but you do” kind of way. Miel is the one her mother is targeting and yeah neither of them deserve this but her mom is attacking Miels job right now. Man this is frustrating.
Right now? Probably. Remember that the incident happened just last night. She’s still very emotionally raw, and on top of that having to deal with all the smack-talk bullying. She’s also very sleep-deprived. Honestly, I’m surprised that Abeille is handling everything as well as she is considering her physical and emotional state.
How DARE victims struggle with the trauma inflicted by their abusers, directly and indirectly?!
I mean, why can’t she just set it aside for Miel’s job? It’s not like she’s undergone a lifetime of abuse by a narcissistic mother and is being treated as a second rate citizen by her co-workers. Really! Hold it together, Abielle!!
— I recognize it was probably unintended, but your reaction here is very typical of bystanders on the periphery of an abusive situation. Statements like this compound the victim’s struggle, and inappropriately puts the onus on them to “handle” their abuser. You may be right, she MAY WELL BE incapable of reading the room. She’s under psychological duress and has been, constantly, for the last several days. While obviously a fictional character, I do believe Abielle is meant to be human.
She shouldn’t have to “Read the room”. Fellow humans around her who have already recognized her mother is a “piece of work” should be offering support, not trying to leverage her against her mother to save a valued employee, without any apparent regard for her current well-being.
He doesn’t know Abeille is a victim. People who have healthy family assume everyone else does as well. He knows that he and all his friends could sit their mom down and she’d realize how out of line she was.
He doesn’t understand why Abeille isn’t doing that because he’s not familiar with abusive family.
Frankly it’s not his job to be and he doesn’t have reason to believe this is a case of abuse.
What she walked in on, in their world, is our equivalent of walking in on Abeille in handcuffs getting smacked by a paddle. YEAH anyone not familiar with consensual bdsm would FREAK THE FUCK OUT.
Yeah! Abeille should just explain her trauma & abusive circumstances to everyone she meets, regardless of how well she knows them, so that they perfectly understand the context of her trauma-induced emotional overreactions! Sure sounds like a fair thing to expect of abuse victims.
I mean, I’m kinda on your side here because we as readers aren’t outsiders, but in Acier’s case, he very much is. None of the behavior he’s witnessed necessarily indicates that her mother is outright abusive – more like hotheaded and stubborn. I don’t know that Abeille *owes* him an explanation of her situation, so yeah, without context her behavior is going to seem unreasonable. Just another unfortunate & isolating reality of being an abuse victim.
I think she is, currently. She feels like the world wants to keep her low and reacts instinctively to defend herself when it seems like it might happen again.
I think she’s being genuinely triggered now. And this is horrible to watch, because she needs help but her defensive abrasiveness might drive the help away now.
No, he did not mean it in a “but you do” but he also doesn’t appear to care what happens to her at all insofar as it doesn’t have consequences for him. A lot of her arc is about how few people see her as valuable enough to care about her as a fellow human just because she’s not very academically-minded.
Not surprising that when he reminds her of this she only politely agrees with him on the surface while letting some emotions come through in tone.
He’s clearly going to sort this for Miel whereas Abeille is reasonably fearing that the first place in forever where she’s had friends and grief processing and self expression is going to be taken away by her parents again.
Yeah, I second that she probably *is* incapable of reading the room here. Recent stress aside, years and years of abuse from her mom have probably made her decision-making less than logical when it comes to stuff like this.
I think part of the reason why Acier pushes Abeille’s buttons here is that what would make her mom stop is breaking off the relationship with Miel and going back home with her mother. Now Acier doesn’t know that, but from how he has acted and that he wants her to do something to get her mom to stop, she probably feels that he would push her to do this. It isn’t just the possible implication that she might deserve it, but also that she might have to acquiesce to her mom’s demands in order to appease her and stop the trouble. Now doing that would probably only reinforce her mom’s belief that everything should go her way, but her fit might also get worse if she doesn’t get her way. The true person Acier should talk to is Abeille’s dad, but I doubt that Abeille is awake and aware enough to be able to suggest that. I just hope that Abeille can keep calm, if bitter.
I am curious why Abeille’s mom can file a formal complaint against Miel. He didn’t do anything directly to her, and I don’t think she should be able to file a complaint for Abeille since she is a competent adult.
I guess she’s angry because she understood that Acier intends to persuade her into sacrificing herself. It is pretty obvious to everyone that Amaryllis wants her daughter as far away as possible from Miel. Acier knows that, too. So my guess is he’s trying to talk her into leaving him and satisfying her mother – which would be a double win for him, since Miel would return to be the 100% worker he has been before. After the heartache, that is.
I’d be upset with that too if I was Abeille.
Well… you can’t.
She wants his head because he’s corrupting her only remaining daughter, who, of course, had no interest in this touching thing ever.
I don’t see what could happen for Amaryllis to drop it.
Even if Abeille agreed to drop everything and come back “home”, that would only confirm that Miel is the source of all evil and needs punishment.
I think what everybody is missing here is this:
Miel is the one her mother is filing a complaint about.
‘He doesn’t deserve this’ could very well refer to the ‘official’ trouble Mum is causing, not the emotional situation. Abeille’s mom isn’t doing anything to her that directly touches on her career or work life in this situation, and it’s not her boss’ job (or right) to sort out (or even get involved in) her unhealthy family situation.
And, it is her job – in this specific situation – to handle her mother. She is the only one who can. Her mother is not doing anything illegal, and there is literally no one else on the planet who even has a chance of diffusing this.
I disagree – this is the narrative Amaryllis us trying to craft around Miel and Abeille. I dont think she actually buys into the narrative, though. From my own experience, this looks like an attempt to continue controlling Abeille by whatever means necessary. It’s a lot less about belief and a lot more about resource protection. And Abeille is absolutely a resource in Amaryllis’ eyes.
Abeille has no chance of reasoning with her mother.
It is not her job nor responsibility.
But she’s being pushed to pick up the tab for her mother who is an adult who is not currently senile or disabled.
I’m sorry, Acier, but if you want to save Miel, you’ll have to put the work in yourself. She was already told off by Miel’s moms but that did nothing to deter her in the long run.
Amaryllis view of reality has to be so skewed. Let me try to estimate.
She believes Evette was perfect.
That Abeille was the lesser daughter, that “could be perfect” if she just was more like Evette – which is now outside of reach and impossible to compare.
That she, nevertheless, is a perfect mother for forgiving her flawed daughter (for killing the better one)
Because Abeille “could be perfect” if she just tried, it’s impossible that she has truly irreconcilable flaws.
Most importantly, Abeille is not her own person, all her transgressions must come from bad influences from outside. Uncouth miner kids, etc, and now that pervert Miel.
Abeille must be protected and separated from these horrible influences because she is *clearly* too weak-willed to resist them.
All of these lesser people deserve whatever level of scorn would make them back off from her fragile child.
Abielle should have been more like Evette by spending more time with her, but now she can’t, so she should be more like the idealised memory of Evette so at least one of her two daughters has worth.
Her daughters have only so much worth as she could brag about them. The better one got axed and all she’s good now is as an ever-shifting goal-post for the other one and a sob-story for all the strangers.
Yeah, but like… Acier doesn’t have the right to get involved in her family situation. Period. This seems like a reasonable professional request, and if Abeille says there’s nothing she can do, that’ll be the end of it. Why does Abeille owe him a detailed explanation of her past trauma and abuse here?
But for that, Abeille would have to be AWARE there is nothing she can do. That would mean fully coming to terms with the fact that her mother is an unreasonable narcissist.
I don’t know how ripe that realisation is in her. And from her earlier [promising something she has no way of actually guaranteeing just to placate Acier] I’m not sure she’s capable of just flatly denying him like she should.
I think Abeille is the last person she would actually listen to. Whatever Abeille says, it’s because that creep Miel is having a bad influence on her. Therefore even more reasons to hate on Miel.
After reading some of the comments I think it’s too early to assume Abielle is mad with Acier here. For all we know she could be thinking of her mother. That’s how I interpret that one line at least. But I am willing to wait and see. I will say this, I did breath a sigh of relief that Acier is asking for Abielle’s help. I am willing to stay positive about Acier here.
I almost wonder if Acier thinks Abeille CAN help? There is no way he could be familiar with the family dynamic. All he last night was an angry parent responding the way a lot of parents would. He has no way of knowing this is a pattern or of the family’s loss which absolutely affecting things.
He may honestly think that Abeille can help as that wouldbe the case with a healthier parent/child relationship.
He raised the stakes and is now demanding things that Abbi can’t do. How is she supposed to take this other than “I’m going to punish you for being in the way”?
Except his “threat” to fire her was really not related. She physically assaulted another employee. Sure, that employee was harassing her over that incident, but the fact remains, that she had a conflict with another employee and resorted to physical violence. Acier’s response to that was far more reasonable than most are giving him credit for, but then he specifically said he had other matters to discuss with her. His concern about her mother targeting Miel isn’t connected to the incident in the cafeteria and he likely would have had this end of the conversation with her regardless. Neither Abeille nor Acier want to see Miel facing reprecussions over this and Acier is trying to find a way to avoid that by talking with the only person who *might* be able to get Amaryllis to back off. Even if I knew a parent was abusive and otherwise awful, in this sort of situation, I would still ask their child for ideas to deal with them.
Yeah, honestly. Regardless of how good their reasons are, managers are generally expected to fire employees who physically assault their coworkers (and Abeille’s reasons were not very good, considering there’s an established system for reporting harassment).
I genuinely think people are giving Abeille preferential treatment on account of her being the main character, who people are meant to sympathize with most. I mean, imagine if a random coworker of Abeille’s got angry with her and shoved her onto the ground, and we later learned it was because of some deep-seated trauma. The comments would probably still be insisting Acier remove them from the workplace, because how dare they hurt our precious girl!
Hey, please don’t make assumptions about what my or others’ opinions would be in that context either, okay? It could be that they arent coming necessarily from a place of main-character bias.
There a lot a lot of ways this can go and the comments cover a lot of them. I wonder if Abeille is about to say, f**k it, bring it on mum, and let’s get some public conversation going.
It would be an uphill battle, but just maaaaybe a viewpoint that should come out of the shadows.
Can’t wait until the next page, when Acier says “Oh, I just meant the professional charges, I didn’t mean to invalidate the emotional distress this situation has caused you. If there’s nothing you can do to reason with your mother, that’s fine – it was worth asking, just in case. Anyway, get some sleep”
So she deserves work harassmetn but Miel doesn’t deserve a formal complaint filed against him? Looking out for his boy’s career but basically indifferent to another’s mental wellness?
Have to be honest, it was a dick move to send out her supervisor instead of letting her have an advocate. He just threatened to fire her and is now pestering her about family dynamics he doesn’t understand.
I do think he doesn’t realize this is a big deal to ask. That he has no idea how toxic things are.
But it’s still a dick move to make demands on someone who has been through harassment, threats of firing, and the shit storm her mom started last night. At minimum she deserved to have an advocate on hand to help her feel more secure.
Well, the caps hide it, but I’m guessing the stress was on HE in the penultimate panel.
Oof, I can’t tell if that last line is bitterness over Acier favoring Miel’s needs and reputation over Abeille’s (even though she’s a wronged party as well), or the realization that Abeille needs to defend herself and the person she cares about from her mother’s entitlement and narcissistic tendencies.
Acier doesn’t get it, probably because he’s either never run up against a narcissist, or simply didn’t excuse any unreasonable behavior from one. He’s still thinking from a standpoint of a reasonable person, which Abeille’s mother isn’t. She said it herself, “She’s not the kind of person to calm down until she gets what she wants.”
And what does she want? To get Abeille back under her thumb to be her punching bag again.
Oh no, Abi honey…Please calm down before you say something that can make this all worse.
I totally get why she’s upset, it’s absolutely bull hockey that Acier is clearly trying to bat 100 for Miel yet not a thing for her, but she’s getting picked on by coworkers. Miel’s could get fired for whatever action her mother wants to make. Not saying both aren’t absolutely the worst things, but Miel’s is a little more long term lasting than teasing for however long they focus on it before it loses its hilarity.
I am scared too.
Abeille is acting peculiarly in these last 2 pages. It reminds me of times when stress is so much that I’ve just become blank. She’s been pushed pretty far. My guesses have been off the mark recently, but I think she’s reacting to everything, not just Acier.
Oooh, is she’s gonna push back against her mom hard, now? The way she said that shows some sudden willingness to fight back, and I love it.
I’m concerned that her statement means she is irritated with Miel in this situation, since she seems to be getting the brunt of the abuse, if you will. Like she’s interpreting it as “Miel doesn’t deserve this, but you do” type of attitude. Although they could have been more careful about engaging in socially “scandalous” behavior at a public event, Miel is not at fault for everyone else’s reactions and she’s not seeing what he may be dealing with. If Acier really cared nothing for Abeille, he would have straight fired her, no ifs and or buts. I’m not saying he has no ulterior motives, but I think as a whole that he just wants this entire situation over and done with. Not just because his prized employee could be facing backlash, but because it puts the organization in a potentially negative public view, especially with Abeille’s mother being as vocal as she seems.
I really, really hope I’m wrong about her being irritated with Miel. But emotions are tricky, especially when we feel wronged. C’mon Abeille and kick your mom to the curb! No one should have to deal with that kind of negativity and manipulation.
I don’t think she’s irritated with Miel. I think she’s irritated with Acier and everyone else treating her like she’s useless, second rate, not important, ect… because she’s not as smart as “everyone else”. Like everyone but Miel (and Ivy), treats her like a second class citizen because she’s manual labor, and she’s tired of it.
Is Abeille incapable of reading the room? I don’t think he meant it in a “but you do” kind of way. Miel is the one her mother is targeting and yeah neither of them deserve this but her mom is attacking Miels job right now. Man this is frustrating.
Right now? Probably. Remember that the incident happened just last night. She’s still very emotionally raw, and on top of that having to deal with all the smack-talk bullying. She’s also very sleep-deprived. Honestly, I’m surprised that Abeille is handling everything as well as she is considering her physical and emotional state.
How DARE victims struggle with the trauma inflicted by their abusers, directly and indirectly?!
I mean, why can’t she just set it aside for Miel’s job? It’s not like she’s undergone a lifetime of abuse by a narcissistic mother and is being treated as a second rate citizen by her co-workers. Really! Hold it together, Abielle!!
— I recognize it was probably unintended, but your reaction here is very typical of bystanders on the periphery of an abusive situation. Statements like this compound the victim’s struggle, and inappropriately puts the onus on them to “handle” their abuser. You may be right, she MAY WELL BE incapable of reading the room. She’s under psychological duress and has been, constantly, for the last several days. While obviously a fictional character, I do believe Abielle is meant to be human.
She shouldn’t have to “Read the room”. Fellow humans around her who have already recognized her mother is a “piece of work” should be offering support, not trying to leverage her against her mother to save a valued employee, without any apparent regard for her current well-being.
He doesn’t know Abeille is a victim. People who have healthy family assume everyone else does as well. He knows that he and all his friends could sit their mom down and she’d realize how out of line she was.
He doesn’t understand why Abeille isn’t doing that because he’s not familiar with abusive family.
Frankly it’s not his job to be and he doesn’t have reason to believe this is a case of abuse.
What she walked in on, in their world, is our equivalent of walking in on Abeille in handcuffs getting smacked by a paddle. YEAH anyone not familiar with consensual bdsm would FREAK THE FUCK OUT.
Yeah! Abeille should just explain her trauma & abusive circumstances to everyone she meets, regardless of how well she knows them, so that they perfectly understand the context of her trauma-induced emotional overreactions! Sure sounds like a fair thing to expect of abuse victims.
I mean, I’m kinda on your side here because we as readers aren’t outsiders, but in Acier’s case, he very much is. None of the behavior he’s witnessed necessarily indicates that her mother is outright abusive – more like hotheaded and stubborn. I don’t know that Abeille *owes* him an explanation of her situation, so yeah, without context her behavior is going to seem unreasonable. Just another unfortunate & isolating reality of being an abuse victim.
Especially since it’s unclear that she fully recognises it as abuse.
I think she is, currently. She feels like the world wants to keep her low and reacts instinctively to defend herself when it seems like it might happen again.
I think she’s being genuinely triggered now. And this is horrible to watch, because she needs help but her defensive abrasiveness might drive the help away now.
No, he did not mean it in a “but you do” but he also doesn’t appear to care what happens to her at all insofar as it doesn’t have consequences for him. A lot of her arc is about how few people see her as valuable enough to care about her as a fellow human just because she’s not very academically-minded.
Not surprising that when he reminds her of this she only politely agrees with him on the surface while letting some emotions come through in tone.
He’s clearly going to sort this for Miel whereas Abeille is reasonably fearing that the first place in forever where she’s had friends and grief processing and self expression is going to be taken away by her parents again.
Yeah, I second that she probably *is* incapable of reading the room here. Recent stress aside, years and years of abuse from her mom have probably made her decision-making less than logical when it comes to stuff like this.
Abeille is still sleep deprived… So that reaction is pretty understandable.
Sleep dep, frayed emotions, and now some less-than-optimal phrasing.
Oh dear. This is about to take an uncomfortable turn, isn’t it…
I think part of the reason why Acier pushes Abeille’s buttons here is that what would make her mom stop is breaking off the relationship with Miel and going back home with her mother. Now Acier doesn’t know that, but from how he has acted and that he wants her to do something to get her mom to stop, she probably feels that he would push her to do this. It isn’t just the possible implication that she might deserve it, but also that she might have to acquiesce to her mom’s demands in order to appease her and stop the trouble. Now doing that would probably only reinforce her mom’s belief that everything should go her way, but her fit might also get worse if she doesn’t get her way. The true person Acier should talk to is Abeille’s dad, but I doubt that Abeille is awake and aware enough to be able to suggest that. I just hope that Abeille can keep calm, if bitter.
I am curious why Abeille’s mom can file a formal complaint against Miel. He didn’t do anything directly to her, and I don’t think she should be able to file a complaint for Abeille since she is a competent adult.
I guess she’s angry because she understood that Acier intends to persuade her into sacrificing herself. It is pretty obvious to everyone that Amaryllis wants her daughter as far away as possible from Miel. Acier knows that, too. So my guess is he’s trying to talk her into leaving him and satisfying her mother – which would be a double win for him, since Miel would return to be the 100% worker he has been before. After the heartache, that is.
I’d be upset with that too if I was Abeille.
Well… you can’t.
She wants his head because he’s corrupting her only remaining daughter, who, of course, had no interest in this touching thing ever.
I don’t see what could happen for Amaryllis to drop it.
Even if Abeille agreed to drop everything and come back “home”, that would only confirm that Miel is the source of all evil and needs punishment.
I think what everybody is missing here is this:
Miel is the one her mother is filing a complaint about.
‘He doesn’t deserve this’ could very well refer to the ‘official’ trouble Mum is causing, not the emotional situation. Abeille’s mom isn’t doing anything to her that directly touches on her career or work life in this situation, and it’s not her boss’ job (or right) to sort out (or even get involved in) her unhealthy family situation.
And, it is her job – in this specific situation – to handle her mother. She is the only one who can. Her mother is not doing anything illegal, and there is literally no one else on the planet who even has a chance of diffusing this.
I disagree – this is the narrative Amaryllis us trying to craft around Miel and Abeille. I dont think she actually buys into the narrative, though. From my own experience, this looks like an attempt to continue controlling Abeille by whatever means necessary. It’s a lot less about belief and a lot more about resource protection. And Abeille is absolutely a resource in Amaryllis’ eyes.
Abeille has no chance of reasoning with her mother.
It is not her job nor responsibility.
But she’s being pushed to pick up the tab for her mother who is an adult who is not currently senile or disabled.
I’m sorry, Acier, but if you want to save Miel, you’ll have to put the work in yourself. She was already told off by Miel’s moms but that did nothing to deter her in the long run.
Amaryllis view of reality has to be so skewed. Let me try to estimate.
She believes Evette was perfect.
That Abeille was the lesser daughter, that “could be perfect” if she just was more like Evette – which is now outside of reach and impossible to compare.
That she, nevertheless, is a perfect mother for forgiving her flawed daughter (for killing the better one)
Because Abeille “could be perfect” if she just tried, it’s impossible that she has truly irreconcilable flaws.
Most importantly, Abeille is not her own person, all her transgressions must come from bad influences from outside. Uncouth miner kids, etc, and now that pervert Miel.
Abeille must be protected and separated from these horrible influences because she is *clearly* too weak-willed to resist them.
All of these lesser people deserve whatever level of scorn would make them back off from her fragile child.
Abielle should have been more like Evette by spending more time with her, but now she can’t, so she should be more like the idealised memory of Evette so at least one of her two daughters has worth.
Her daughters have only so much worth as she could brag about them. The better one got axed and all she’s good now is as an ever-shifting goal-post for the other one and a sob-story for all the strangers.
Yeah, but like… Acier doesn’t have the right to get involved in her family situation. Period. This seems like a reasonable professional request, and if Abeille says there’s nothing she can do, that’ll be the end of it. Why does Abeille owe him a detailed explanation of her past trauma and abuse here?
But for that, Abeille would have to be AWARE there is nothing she can do. That would mean fully coming to terms with the fact that her mother is an unreasonable narcissist.
I don’t know how ripe that realisation is in her. And from her earlier [promising something she has no way of actually guaranteeing just to placate Acier] I’m not sure she’s capable of just flatly denying him like she should.
I think Abeille is the last person she would actually listen to. Whatever Abeille says, it’s because that creep Miel is having a bad influence on her. Therefore even more reasons to hate on Miel.
After reading some of the comments I think it’s too early to assume Abielle is mad with Acier here. For all we know she could be thinking of her mother. That’s how I interpret that one line at least. But I am willing to wait and see. I will say this, I did breath a sigh of relief that Acier is asking for Abielle’s help. I am willing to stay positive about Acier here.
I almost wonder if Acier thinks Abeille CAN help? There is no way he could be familiar with the family dynamic. All he last night was an angry parent responding the way a lot of parents would. He has no way of knowing this is a pattern or of the family’s loss which absolutely affecting things.
He may honestly think that Abeille can help as that wouldbe the case with a healthier parent/child relationship.
Maybe if you want to ask for help, you shouldn’t open by threatening to fire them.
This.
He raised the stakes and is now demanding things that Abbi can’t do. How is she supposed to take this other than “I’m going to punish you for being in the way”?
Except his “threat” to fire her was really not related. She physically assaulted another employee. Sure, that employee was harassing her over that incident, but the fact remains, that she had a conflict with another employee and resorted to physical violence. Acier’s response to that was far more reasonable than most are giving him credit for, but then he specifically said he had other matters to discuss with her. His concern about her mother targeting Miel isn’t connected to the incident in the cafeteria and he likely would have had this end of the conversation with her regardless. Neither Abeille nor Acier want to see Miel facing reprecussions over this and Acier is trying to find a way to avoid that by talking with the only person who *might* be able to get Amaryllis to back off. Even if I knew a parent was abusive and otherwise awful, in this sort of situation, I would still ask their child for ideas to deal with them.
Yeah, honestly. Regardless of how good their reasons are, managers are generally expected to fire employees who physically assault their coworkers (and Abeille’s reasons were not very good, considering there’s an established system for reporting harassment).
I genuinely think people are giving Abeille preferential treatment on account of her being the main character, who people are meant to sympathize with most. I mean, imagine if a random coworker of Abeille’s got angry with her and shoved her onto the ground, and we later learned it was because of some deep-seated trauma. The comments would probably still be insisting Acier remove them from the workplace, because how dare they hurt our precious girl!
Hey, please don’t make assumptions about what my or others’ opinions would be in that context either, okay? It could be that they arent coming necessarily from a place of main-character bias.
@EMILY He does know of her losing her sister, at least. He mentions it here: https://lovenotfound.com/comic/ch19-p39/
Oh, I had forgotten about that. Thanks.
There a lot a lot of ways this can go and the comments cover a lot of them. I wonder if Abeille is about to say, f**k it, bring it on mum, and let’s get some public conversation going.
It would be an uphill battle, but just maaaaybe a viewpoint that should come out of the shadows.
Can’t wait until the next page, when Acier says “Oh, I just meant the professional charges, I didn’t mean to invalidate the emotional distress this situation has caused you. If there’s nothing you can do to reason with your mother, that’s fine – it was worth asking, just in case. Anyway, get some sleep”
So she deserves work harassmetn but Miel doesn’t deserve a formal complaint filed against him? Looking out for his boy’s career but basically indifferent to another’s mental wellness?
He never said she deserved to be harassed, just that it could have been handled better.
Have to be honest, it was a dick move to send out her supervisor instead of letting her have an advocate. He just threatened to fire her and is now pestering her about family dynamics he doesn’t understand.
I do think he doesn’t realize this is a big deal to ask. That he has no idea how toxic things are.
But it’s still a dick move to make demands on someone who has been through harassment, threats of firing, and the shit storm her mom started last night. At minimum she deserved to have an advocate on hand to help her feel more secure.
take a breath and communicate your sense of any favoritism professionally, abeille…