Downal Wyth Bluddy Clichés: Prompt 3

[manniness]

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Right, so what's the next cliché?

Alice wants to be a businesswoman.

Or some similar variations: 
Alice eagerly accepts Lord Ascot's job offer.
Alice wants to go to China.

Many fics show Alice as a competent businesswoman (my own included) but I wonder if there might be more to that story.

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[manniness.livejournal.com]

So, here's a thought:

The Jabberwocky is meant to equate to involuntary social conformity. So, Alice's fight with it carries over into London/Above because if she doesn't "fight back" she will, in essence, be surrendering herself to societal norms that are embodied by Lady Ascot (thereby connecting all of this back to the Red Queen)?

IF this isn't complete nonsense (and I wouldn't be surprised if it is because the idea is not 100% clear to me yet), then we could say that Alice's announcement Above was itself an attack on the Upland Jabberwocky - Expectations. But, since she's still riding her "high" from victory this causes kind of a whiplash effect. She has been forced to keep her opinions to herself for so long that when she finally has the gumption to take a stand, she can't restrain herself and it all comes pouring out.

So, essentially, the Jabberwocky is the physical manifestation of all that we really can't fight, hand-to-hand, in our lives. Our Jabberwockies take the form of social pressures, not monsters.

I guess that could be another possibility...

[prismdropz.livejournal.com]

Oh! I like that interpretation! That makes a lot of sense, and the idea of equating Lady Ascot to the Jabberwocky made me crack up laughing.

The idea that it all came pouring out also makes a lot of sense. Adrenaline and excitement make it humiliatingly easy to say stupid things without realizing it. I've got a few moments in my past where I would have loved to duck tape my mouth shut if possible. It seems like whenever I get too excited my brain-to-mouth filter starts malfunctioning.

It's why I like typing and hate telephones. It's easier to catch myself making mistakes.