It's not easy being Sister Wives star Robyn Brown, and her recent shift towards monogamy will probably lead to even more shade from her haters, particularly if she was faking her passion for polygamy all along. Robyn's a catalyst for drama, despite a meek and mild demeanor that may cloak the steeliest resolve. Is Robyn the iron fist in the velvet glove? Maybe, but changing her opinions on plural marriage could lead to criticism that really hurts. While there may be those who respect Robyn for making it clear that she doesn't want to share Kody Brown, others are going to call her a hypocrite. She's been called worse.
The show launched in 2010, and over the majority of its 17 seasons, Sister Wives' Robyn Brown's been the show's primary villain. Before three wives fled, Robyn ruled the roost. Logic would dictate that Kody was the true "baddie" on the series, as his blatant favoritism gave Robyn her power. However, Robyn got most of the backlash. Her syrupy kindness to the now-former wives, Meri, Janelle and Christine Brown, didn't exactly ring true. The endless crying jags were a nightmare, along with the way she always had to be seated beside Kody, like the queen of cringe with her king. Now, she's trying to stop Kody from courting a potential new wife.
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It's not impossible that Robyn was just playing a part, metaphorically stepping onto the stage when she began to romance Kody. While her parents were part of a plural marriage, that isn't proof positive that Robyn was fully onboard with the concept, as she would have seen the drawbacks up close, and those are considerable. If Robyn was faking her love of polygamy way back when, she might have had an endgame in mind, just like a Marvel movie screenwriter. The goal would be her and Kody together, and NO OTHER WIVES.
For whatever reason, when Robyn droned on about the wonders of polygamy, it wasn't totally believable. She'd give herself away with passive-aggressive actions that showed an ulterior motive. For example, she made sure that Meri would have to legally divorce Kody, so he could adopt Robyn's kids. That's quite a lot to ask of another woman.
Was adoption all that was about? There appears to be something decidedly icy under the surface, a flaw in Robyn's character that inspires her to say one thing and do another. The devout purity that Robyn espoused was like a flawless diamond, but the glittering gemstone that was her devotion to her sister wives (and her faith) might have been a rhinestone. Was she simply acting out what should be heartfelt and genuine?
Change can be grueling, but necessary and healthy. In a new Queens of the Stone Age hit, "Emotion Sickness," Josh Homme sings, "How we grow is so painful/believe me." Robyn's been through a lot over the years, and may be tired of being painted as a two-dimensional Disney Evil Queen, or polygamy's poster girl.
She's a real woman, after all - she has kids, she's getting older, and her relationship with Kody isn't perfect. However, it's obvious that her marriage is important to her. Whether she's making her kids by another man call Kody "Daddy," or sticking like glue to her guy during a worldwide pandemic, she's so often annoying. However, there may be a heart beating under those modest print blouses.
Robyn gets dragged, but upon careful re-watching, viewers may notice that she's usually the most polite of the wives. She treats Kody with the most respect too. While the tears are a nuisance, she often expresses opinions that show a fairly impressive level of smarts and common sense, except when she's getting kooky by putting her most extravagant magical thinking on display. At the outset, she did sweep in like a Disney Princess, rather than an Evil Queen. Petite and charming, she stole Kody's heart, but does that make her a bad person?
The Sister Wives saga has been long, with peaks and valleys, from the "war" over the choicest plots at Coyote Pass, to the sad acceptance that the plural marriage experiment was a total failure. Through it all, Robyn's stayed with Kody, and maybe not for the wrong reasons. While she may have faked her love of polygamy, or just changed, she's still interested in being Kody's wife, and the others just aren't.
Meri, Janelle and Christine might have left because of her, but Robyn is there for Kody. She's somewhat complex, and that's interesting. It's possible that Sister Wives viewers will never know her whole heart and mind, but maybe Kody does, or will.
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