User blog comment:Corbierr/Characters as Story Devices (A Deeper Look Into Those Affected By THE PLOT)/@comment-13880098-20140811201654

I know I promised a long response but my head is pounding and I could barely read the blog because my glasses seem to be weak today, but let's see what I can come up with.

I loved  the whole "Where's Joy?" mystery. I feel it gave HOA a darker feel, and you know how much I love dark and mysterious things. I actually really liked Joy in s1 too. Although, we barely saw her, I thought she was cool! Also, Joytricia became one of my favorite friendships. Patricia's determination to find her missing best friend just showed me how close friends can really be. Joy, to me, was a pretty cool character. A big part of the mystery, the mistaken Chosen One, kidnapped, etc. Her mystery was one of the reasons why I continued to watch the show.

And then s2 happened. By this point I had already fallen in love with Fabian, Fabina was (still is) my OTP, etc. In the beginning of s2 (note that I hadn't seen the deleted scene at prom where joy's like "that newbie better be up for some competition" or whatever she said yet) I was SUPER excited to see her as a regular character. I couldn't wait for Joytricia moments!! I thought she'd be one of my favorites.

AHAHAHAHAHA THANKS WRITERS THANKS I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU RUINING HER CHARACTER FOR ME AHAHA THANKS LOVE YA <3

There is one thing I have learned about myself, and that is: Don't mess around with my OTPs. If they're together, they better fucking stay together. So you know what happened, right? Joy decided to GET SO ANNOYING AND CLINGY AND HSJHDBHSJDHF DESPERATE  FOR FABIAN WHEN HE WAS NINA'S. SHE GOES AS FAR AS KISSING HIM, BASICALLY RUINING FABINA FOR AWHILE. Do you realize how angry I was with her after that? She will never  get back to where she was with me after that. I literally LOATHED her for the rest of the season. The writers decided to make a great character an annoying, clingy, desperate bitch.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">s3, she wasn't horrible. In the beginning I still hated her because I did not respect her as a character anymore. And then right away she asks Fabian out. Of course, Fabian says no. Everyone seems to think that he was harsh on her, but honestly, he was not. Like...his girlfriend who HE LOVED SO MUCH YOU DONT EVEN KNOW I COULD TELL HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER BECAUSE I'VE LOVED SOMEONE LIKE THAT IT ISNT EVEN DESCRIBABLE basically BROKE UP WITH HIM in LETTER. No instead of text let's take the time to write him a letter, give it to Eddie, only to lose it and take a fucking episode to find it. His huge, kind, sweet, caring heart was probably still shattered into a million pieces. I know what that feels like, so having someone who you have absolutely NO ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR ask you out not even two days after you find out you probably won't be able to see the love of your life again ISN'T OKAY. So no, Fabian was not too harsh on her, and viewers need to understand that what he was going through is...hard to go through. It's a very depressing. HOA made that heartbreak a little...unrealistic. Fabian seemed to get over it quicker than a normal human being in love would.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">BUT THIS IS ABOUT JOY NOT MY BABE FABES. She was annoying still in the beginning of s3, but she seemed to get less annoying. Her makeover was absolutely gorgeous, her personality became less...desperate, etc. When she became involved with the whole Jerome shit, I became annoyed again. But then, I saw that Jeroy could potentially become a thing, and I was very relieved. That was the writers way of basically confirming that she was over Fabian, and that she'd leave him alone, which pleased me. I began to cheer Jeroy on because I saw them together, and I said WHY NOT.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">All and all the writers really did fuck up her character, but in the end, she wasn't too bad. In Touchstone of Ra she didn't really have too much relevance. (BTW idk if you've made a TOR blog but if you haven't and you decide to write one I will definitely give you a long rant bc I was so disappointed with it it's not even funny)

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Moving onto Mara:

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mara, she's always been a... <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:bold;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">useless <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> character to me. I'm not going to go into full detail about her because, well, s3 really ruined her for me and I don't like her. As you know, though, I love her hair. XD

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7181818702004172;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I'm not going to really discuss Jerome either only because I agree 100% with you and there really isn't much else to say. The writers managed to fuck up another amazing character. So, shall we end my surprisingly long response with an applause? Applause to the writers. For fucking up our loved characters. I rest my case.

-I apologize for any spelling and/or grammar errors as I've said before when I don't feel well my spelling/grammar tends to get really bad. I used spell check on Google Documents to fix anything so if the font is different from the other comments that's why.-