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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 333554" data-attributes="member: 57984">That was the interesting thing about Jock and the family&#039;s perception/memory of him. We only saw the final version of Jock when he was sweet grandpa, but even Jock admitted he was a ruthless so-and-so in his youth who ran roughshod over other people. And then Donna discovered Jock had helped place Jonas Culver in a mental asylum to get Jonas&#039; land where he then committed suicide -- which wasn&#039;t the plan, but it was lucrative just the same.The battle within the family that Jock created over his will speaks to the control he had over them, even post-mortem. The battle was obviously going to ruin any number of lives, and yet Jock did it anyway to assure &quot;the toughest&quot; son would win --&nbsp; and all the Ewings can do is worship him for it.And for added passive-aggressive perversity, Jock writes that final letter asking his two sons to share the company, which means either JR gets Ewing Oil alone (if he wins, because he won&#039;t share it) or JR becomes co-owner if Bobby wins (who will share it).As Ellie might say, &quot;Oh, Jock .... noooooooooo.&quot;[ATTACH=full]39593[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 333554, member: 57984"] That was the interesting thing about Jock and the family's perception/memory of him. We only saw the final version of Jock when he was sweet grandpa, but even Jock admitted he was a ruthless so-and-so in his youth who ran roughshod over other people. And then Donna discovered Jock had helped place Jonas Culver in a mental asylum to get Jonas' land where he then committed suicide -- which wasn't the plan, but it was lucrative just the same. The battle within the family that Jock created over his will speaks to the control he had over them, even post-mortem. The battle was obviously going to ruin any number of lives, and yet Jock did it anyway to assure "the toughest" son would win -- and all the Ewings can do is worship him for it. And for added passive-aggressive perversity, Jock writes that final letter asking his two sons to share the company, which means either JR gets Ewing Oil alone (if he wins, because he [I][B]won't [/B][/I]share it) or JR becomes co-owner if Bobby wins (who [I][B]will [/B][/I]share it). As Ellie might say, "Oh, Jock .... noooooooooo." [ATTACH type="full" alt="jockswill1982.jpg"]39593[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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