User blog comment:Corbierr/My feelings on AMBER/@comment-24856554-20121212231657

I agree with what you said, particularly the dislikes. I'm not saying I don't like Amber: She adorable and she's logical when it counts. She does go to extreme measures to do things, and I think that it could be part of her characterisation, really. Her extreme loyalty is a hinderance, especially when it comes to stuff like when she implied that Joy would rather leave Nina down in the tunnels, trapped, than save her, which is a horrible thing to do. And yes, she can be mean: sometimes for the right reasons, sometimes for the wrong reasons. Like, her anger at Mara and sometimes Joy was a bit unnecessary, whereas her anger towards Patricia after she dumped water on her was justified. I don't think the Mick drama was too bad actually. I mean, I didn't really mind it. I get that she was mean to Alfie in the beginning, but to justify for her, he was being really, really, annoying. His constant attempts to get her, particularly in the season 1 where he did so in a way that just seemed really, ugh, I mean, I would be annoyed too. Onto the good points about her, I appreciate the idea that she's perpetuated as 'the dumb blonde', but is usually the one that comes up with all the plausible strategies for Sibuna. She sees the simpler option, which makes her a great asset towards Sibuna, because often the other members of Sibuna are looking for the complicated option, but she just sees the simplest one? I also like the idea that she grew up as a really unpopular, sort of ugly girl, because it shows that she was never this perfect, and it reveals flaws within her character as well, like how she is extremely vain, but by extension, self-concious.

I don't know, I think she's a good character and can't wait to see how they flesh out her character arc next season (if she has one at all).