Round Table - What About Terbuf?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, here we have the big AHA! moment in Napoleon's past life: a woman who meant something to him.  The question is, just how much did she mean to our resident Ladies' Man?  Illya seems to have her number immediately, he's suspicious and wary as he watches the interaction.
Was she truly the love of his life?  Was she someone who captured him for a time and then flippantly cast him off.  I mean, look who she married.  It's hard to take Clara seriously, which is probably why Illya is so suspicious of her.
What do you think?

Comments

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

That the way it seems, but I can't get past who she married. Definitely Napoleon deserved better.

[carabele.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree with you about Napoleon deserving better, but here's the thing you do have to remember about Clara: she was daring and she had convictions. Her decision to help the gypsies, though it put her at personal risk, was not a meek decision. And she was smart; she used her previous relationship with Solo because she knew he had connections that could help those people. I do think those qualities would very much appeal to Napoleon.

As to her lily-livered choice of a husband: it is certainly not unheard of for a woman to pick a man she maybe feels somewhat sorry for or protective of or -- even more common -- thinks she can improve in character. Clara struck me as the type of woman who believed she could use love to strengthen Valdar's character while his obvious vulnerabilities engendered in her a definite protective streak.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

You make good points and are very generous with Clara in providing her with character. I think there's probably a reason why most people would rather see him with Angelique than Clara however, and perhaps that is because in the end, she's more transparent in who or what she is. I don't trust Clara and would probably have been first in line trying to convince Napoleon that he was better off without her.
If indeed she thinks she can 'fix' her husband then I'm thinking she's manipulative, and that puts me right back with her making an ultimatum regarding UNCLE.
Darn, I just don't like Clara.