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- Sep 12, 2016
In the end, as messed up as it is, perhaps things would have turned out better for Chris if he had turned on Barb. Maybe Cole would have let him move in or helped him find somewhere Chris could get some therapy and maybe actually get on his feet. But Cole didn't come out entirely mentally unscathed by his childhood either, and that's the root of why he does messed up things. Not to say that it absolves him from being a turd, it just explains it.
I don't think it was Barb that really severed the ties between Chris and "The most intelligent film critic in the world of all time" but Bob. Cole has always been a Champagne Socialist and Bob was a redneck from the South. Chris until Bob's death was struggling between that and the more conventionally left-wing beliefs the majority of classic trolls held. It was a losing battle for Bob but Chris not only loved his father, and valued his opinions but needed him around to babysit him. There was really never a time for Cole to "big brother up" and rescue him from Barb. In fact, the death of Bob might have cemented Chris and Barbs relationship more as they had someone to grieve over and relate to on a day to day basis.
Around the time Bob died, Chris was full on entering his Tomgirl phase, years before it was in fashion for the like of Cole's perceived peers and far creepier as Chris started not only still hating the homos as well as other trannies with increased fervour, but all men as well.
I think Cole picked the best path and so far seems to get the best possible ending to his story which even though it doesn't seem as grand, looks monumental in comparison to Barb, Chris and Bob.