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Wendy is attracted to two brothers - that's creepy


and more than a tad incestuous. Ewww. What was her story - why go for two brothers like this? And why go for the younger one, who had to be about 12 or something? Can someone explain her thinking on this to me?




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I took it that she enjoyed his infatuation with her. And although I just watched it and am playing through Tobey's initial narrative at the beginning again, I can't seem to find it. I could have sworn he mentioned something about how some people are just predisposed to lending themselves to situations that destroy them.

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I think perhaps it was flattery but I also think it was just plain determination to lose her 'innocence' and become 'grown up' and have some sexual experience and they were the easiest and safest targets.
Plus teenage girls are curious too,you know.It's not just boys that have hormones.

It was the age of 'free love' and some people felt left out....like some now some feel inadequate if they are single.

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I thought she was mirroring her parents behaviour, mostly her dad's affair with Jane Carver, by "cheating" on Mikey. I would guess this is not going to be the last time in her life she is going to cheat on someone.

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