User blog comment:Corbierr/Things about the show that drive you nuts./@comment-5450362-20140311045546/@comment-4816103-20140406032822

She only needed one...One of the few times someone came to help her (Alfie), the conversation was more about him...somehow...

Exactly. Exactly...I guess Joy just prefers to have someone she can have a bit of power over. NOBODY ever gets to overpower Patricia, not even Eddie. So she had Mara and Willow, and kept them closer than she kept Patricia, and acted like that was Patricia's fault. Patricia may be strong and stubborn and better at bouncing back when she deals with something bad, but she still needs someone to care about her. Writers did good on making her a genuinely good character...but they always liked to focus on her obsession, rather than what made her obsessed in the first place...and getting her OUT of the obsessions always mean having someone else do the work...They just HAD to center her around other characters.

That friend wouldn't have to be the one who understands her the most, or knows her the most...they just needed to be someone willing to be there for her...even when she's at her worst.

I forgot about the therapy. How is that working out?

Same here...I get what you mean. I tend to overreact, thinking that people might think I can't do things on my own or isn't smart enough to, even when I know their comments were completely innocent. I understand you, girly.

Nah...I didn't speak to her much, I think I made it very clear that I was angry with her...but back then I don't think I even equated it with betrayal, I was just hurt...and confused, because I had always been really good to her. But I probably should have done that...I think I have trouble speaking my mind sometimes, I let my emotions boil and then get tempermental and occasionally violent...because I just react without thinking, and don't actually tell people why I get upset until after a while of it happening..and then, we end up fighting, because I don't tell them calmly enough. The fact that you actually did tell her how you felt, I have to respect, takes courage and a bit of patience to be able to do something like that. Really, good for you, and I'm happy she understood.

Hahaha, yeah.

Exactly...They really had a lot of potential to be the STRONGEST friendship, with a lot of development, but nope...

LOL. Now that's the mark of a true fan.

Aww, well of course, what are BTs for, eh? And there's at least one place to go to get our LOAS off our chests...