User blog comment:Corbierr/Character Analysis- Joy/@comment-5450362-20140907060406/@comment-4816103-20140909014546

Joy totally needs her. Seriously. Maybe Mara and Willow could temporarily be helpful, but in the end, Joy could have really used Patricia's honesty, morality and loyalty... Mara became her boss, and Willow tried but just did not know how to help her. Patricia could have helped a lot, but during this time she was a sinner so...Yeah I understand why she didn't.

But we need to acknowledge that Patricia did need Joy too, and Joy wasn't there when she needed it most. At least Patricia tried to talk with Joy when she was heartbroken (and Patricia didn't even know that part) but Joy was nowhere to be seen when Patricia had her breakdown over Eddie "cheating". (to be fair, nobody was there as far as we know, which just makes this sadder, but as her best friend Joy should have noticed something was wrong, unless Patricia got turned into a sinner immediately after, but still)

Patricia is certainly stronger to be able to stay strong, but she did have her Sibuna friends, so I wonder what would have happened if Sibuna weren't around. Unlike Joy, at least Patricia had someone to go to instead. But overall, you a correct. Especially about how Joy couldn't even try to be open about things by being anonymous, and almost letting Mara get caught in the process. Idk.

I must say, I don't hate Joy. I don't hate any of the characters. But sometimes...It's more the fault of the plot than anything, really... For ruining characters with great potential.

Agreed (what else is new, eh?)

Oh yeah you are right. To be fair, Patricia almost cried a few times in season 1...But it is interesting that her biggest tears were over Eddie (though I did talk about this in her blog). Joy though... Get it together, bich :p (in fact, a majority of the tears in the show were romance related)

I do like the version I had in TRC where they have a pillow fight and Patricia dumps ice water on her head... Ha ha.

Sometimes I really do need to wonder why these two became friends in the first place, though. I know we have our theories, but still.