sulks

Inkling sulks in the laundry basket the rest of the evening.

“One can always be the little ugly duckling who sulks in the corner. We know we’ll have lots of those,” the police chief said.

“There’s always next year, hon,” says Dad, because that’s the Dad-ish thing to say when your daughter, more or less, sulks through an entire weekend.

He allows her into the family home as he sulks, and defends her presence to his irate sister: “I am not putting my donkey outside when I am sad, okay?” he says.

While his passionate nature can come out in sulks or a fit of interpretive dance/twerking, Finney counters that energy with a calm sweetness, portraying Elle as a teenager who has an unshakeable sense of self.