Ugh, and I just realized WHY The Judgement of Solomon is such a perverse fit.
The woman that doesn't mind the idea of cutting up the baby? It's all about how many 'pieces' she can claim, because apparently in this parlance even just 'a piece of the baby' counts as 'a baby', and so she would like the baby to be cut into as many pieces as she feels she can get away with. And also the reason she won't relent on the matter, even if the real mother were to let the crazy mother have her way. Because it's all about having more baby, and more baby means more power and prestige.
And all the while, she doesn't seem to get it into her depraved head that cutting the baby up will very likely kill the baby.
Dear God, help us.
The woman that doesn't mind the idea of cutting up the baby? It's all about how many 'pieces' she can claim, because apparently in this parlance even just 'a piece of the baby' counts as 'a baby', and so she would like the baby to be cut into as many pieces as she feels she can get away with. And also the reason she won't relent on the matter, even if the real mother were to let the crazy mother have her way. Because it's all about having more baby, and more baby means more power and prestige.
And all the while, she doesn't seem to get it into her depraved head that cutting the baby up will very likely kill the baby.
Dear God, help us.