User blog comment:Corbierr/Character Analysis- Joy/@comment-5450362-20140907060406/@comment-4816103-20140909031524

Basically, yeah.

You know, why didn't she just try and talk to Patricia about wanting to be in Sibuna? Yeah, Patricia had been against Joy joining at that one scene because she knew Nina would never allow Joy to get hurt (and neither would Patricia, of course) but then again, Trixie would be the most liable to listen (Fabian would be scared of talking to her and be stuck between her and Nina, Alfie's...Alfie, and Amber and Nina wouldn't listen for obvious reasons) and the most likely to understand (As she, again, had similar problems at first and got over them when she joined Sibuna).

Of course, there's no doubt that Sibuna isn't loyal. I guess we can chalk this up to the fact that in season 1, Patricia's social life was non-existant, ALL She cared about was Joy; Season 2, she DID have Joy at first to help her out and it did work for a while; Season 3, she had KT. I just wish she could turn to Nina once or twice, or maybe Fabian or Alfie...Amber too, just one of them when she really needed it. But of course Eddie is out of the question, as he's her problem in the first place...IDK. It does stink, but that might be more rooted in Patricia than the others. She definitely could use a new best friend, but she either doesn't need help or remains reserved and only gets help from people she knows she can turn to. So, Joy obviously, and then KT in s3. I do wish Sibuna helped her more in her daily life, but she would probably brush them off if they tried unless she REALLY needed it or REALLY trusted them.

Ah, that works to. Patricia faced negativity by, at first, brushing it off and then ''owning up to her mistakes. ''She'd fight back and get angry, but she was also strong enough not to let it get to her right away- and she can at least take genuine critisism before trying to repent for what she did (even if it was just to get on Nina's good side, she still apologized). Joy on the other hand...

Exactly how I think. I was pysched about Joy in season 2...until I saw the trailers, and then I realized they had played her like the FF writers did...the bitter, Fabina Shipping FF writers...and I tried my hardest to like her but I just couldn't deal with the way she was portrayed...

She seemed to be heading that way at first, with the whole revenge thing going on, but then she let Mara push it too far- while allowing herself to be used as a tool for revenge. Then it got bad again.