But...boballab wrote:One thing to keep in mind when looking at how the cousins deal with Kit is that Kit is the only Vulpan that can legally take their trust funds away from them. If any of them do something that violates the agreement the family has with Kit he gets to take away all their money. That is a power that not even Vil has over them, so they really don't want to piss Kit off.
How many of them are aware of this? Kit has only made an issue of it with the Gang of Four [counting Zach's wife] as a reason why they really need to back off, not get him involved in any manner which involves him in law suits as a respondent; he hasn't aired this with the cousins.
What the cousins see is the only Vulpan who has bucked the Elders; none of the others have actually even tried to buck the Elders. They haven't because they know they won't survive if they do; they don't have the skills. Kit is practically demi-god status in certain ways, in that he bucked the Father From Hell, survived, bucked the Elders, survived, heckfire he's turning into a success with very little assistance from the Family [he does have stock now, the dividends fund his investments in the magazine], he's stood up to Zach and driven him out of Stonebrook, married a cat of all things and installed her in Stonebrook, and it is very clear that he loves his wife.
And all that Kit is, in his success, is due to his meeting Jessie. Austin is the new Ellis Island, and Jessie is the Statue of Liberty, a shining beacon of freedom and hope who inspired him to say "Here I Stand," start a new life, stand up to his family, and win the heart of the cat that he loves. And when he did that, he was under the Ban, no aid allowed from any Family Funds, all of this done by the sweat of his brow. He's practically a Horatio Alger hero, except Horatio Alger used the Deus Ex Machina as a substitute for true rags to riches; Vil acts as the deus ex machina after Kit is already clearly on the road to success, the cousins know that he has made himself a success, on his own, inspired by the love of a Good Femme, and he encourages them to do the same [they have to find their own Significant Other, Jessie is his, thank you very much, but the possibility is there.] Practically a Christ Figure, scourged, slain, resurrected and risen, with his father, Cybil, and Zachary taking turns as Caiaphas. And each of the cousins must ask themselves if they have the courage to follow his example...
Oooh, stop me now, I feel an English paper striving to break free!