TV-Series
Description
Alice’s mother is a woman defined by an inability to set boundaries, a flaw born from a desperate need for her child’s affection. Her background is revealed through the tragedy of her biological daughter, also named Alice. This human daughter was a spoiled child whose parents never refused her anything, a pattern of permissive parenting that escalated into her becoming a drug addict. When the daughter was hospitalized and sent to rehab, her mother, unable to bear her child’s suffering or potential resentment, secretly gave her cocaine at the daughter’s pleading. This act directly led to the daughter’s fatal overdose.
In the present, Alice’s mother is consumed by grief and guilt, yet she fails to learn from her past. Her personality remains one of an enabler who prioritizes immediate emotional gratification over long-term well-being, both for herself and for those in her care. This is most clearly seen in her relationship with the replacement pet, a rabbit also named Alice, purchased from Count D. Despite a strict contract forbidding it, she feeds the rabbit sweets and junk food. Her stated motivation is a fear of making the creature sad or causing it to dislike her, mirroring the exact psychological pattern that killed her own daughter.
Her role in the story is that of a cautionary client. She represents the destructive nature of parental guilt and the refusal to accept responsibility, seeking to overwrite a past tragedy through a magical solution rather than personal change. Her key relationship is, therefore, a dual one: with her deceased daughter, whose death she inadvertently caused, and with the pet rabbit, which she treats as a second chance she is doomed to repeat. Her interaction with Count D serves as the story’s climax, where he confronts her with the truth: her inability to say no, born from a fear of being hated, is what killed the real Alice. The mother’s development is a failure to evolve; she remains trapped in her enabling cycle until the pet rabbit, corrupted by the forbidden food, meets a gruesome end that echoes the human daughter’s death. She possesses no notable abilities, her defining and only trait being a profound, destructive tenderness.
In the present, Alice’s mother is consumed by grief and guilt, yet she fails to learn from her past. Her personality remains one of an enabler who prioritizes immediate emotional gratification over long-term well-being, both for herself and for those in her care. This is most clearly seen in her relationship with the replacement pet, a rabbit also named Alice, purchased from Count D. Despite a strict contract forbidding it, she feeds the rabbit sweets and junk food. Her stated motivation is a fear of making the creature sad or causing it to dislike her, mirroring the exact psychological pattern that killed her own daughter.
Her role in the story is that of a cautionary client. She represents the destructive nature of parental guilt and the refusal to accept responsibility, seeking to overwrite a past tragedy through a magical solution rather than personal change. Her key relationship is, therefore, a dual one: with her deceased daughter, whose death she inadvertently caused, and with the pet rabbit, which she treats as a second chance she is doomed to repeat. Her interaction with Count D serves as the story’s climax, where he confronts her with the truth: her inability to say no, born from a fear of being hated, is what killed the real Alice. The mother’s development is a failure to evolve; she remains trapped in her enabling cycle until the pet rabbit, corrupted by the forbidden food, meets a gruesome end that echoes the human daughter’s death. She possesses no notable abilities, her defining and only trait being a profound, destructive tenderness.