User blog comment:Corbierr/Things about the show that drive you nuts./@comment-5450362-20140311045546/@comment-4816103-20140404033828

Agreed. Her honesty may rub some of the characters the wrong way, in the aspect that she doesn't exactly sugarcoat when she doesn't like you, but at least they know why and they know what she's thinking and feeling, most of the time, and if she likes you, you know for a fact you are in a good position...and she doesn't let her emotions stay for any longer than needed. She gave up on the Anti-Nina stuff soon after realizing she was wrong about it, even if she doesn't like Nina, she knew when to stop and move on- Shown more with KT, who, after getting to know a bit more, she stopped hating completely. Her character, well, over all, she's just a very determined, stubborn, loyal girl who, while suffering from what seems to be a few insecurity issues, is tough and always ready to get up and fight when needed. She works with other characters as both a foil, and a match, and we've got to give Jade credit for much of this, because she's the one making Patricia really have chemistry with others, as well as her, umm...'focus' on others. She is an excellent and complex character, who honestly would have stolen the show completely if written to her full potential.

Yeah...they were both really alike during season 2, only real difference being what they were focused on, Jerome was focused on Mara and his family, Joy on Fabian...and herself. And then they started to get into opposition...had they been working together, Jeroy would have been on a lot more people's minds. And... yeah...they are both capable of really messed up things...*I think you're starting to run out of lamps to kick*

BUT EXACTLY. Mara, as a person, really just isn't all that stable. Really, as you pointed out, she and Joy were not that different, only Mara 'redeemed' herself...or had she learned anything at all from that? Think about it, she keeps doing obsessive, desperate acts when she's feeling jealous or betrayed...in season 2, it was just less obvious, because there was less chances for her to feel hurt by a boy, but it was still shown when she was fake dating Jerome. In season 3, her actions just proves that she had not really learned her lesson from season 1, and has only in fact gotten more unstable. Not that it makes all of her better qualities any less good...but you know what I'm saying here.

Honestly, not really, I never really liked spoilers, I learned everything from the Nick message boards, and yes, the Patrome thing did come up...I was writing fanfiction mostly, actually, possibly because I was more interested in what COULD happen and what I HOPED and IMAGINED than what any spoilers would tell me.