Talk:Joytricia/@comment-5450362-20141014213833/@comment-4816103-20141014224931

I told you...heh. Okay, here's another fitting song...that is much more heartwarming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg

Yup. At least when I do it, I have Joy being the one making the effort, like in the OS...or it's just a situation where they cannot afford to be fighting and Patricia is just gonna be Patricia...(basically, my Halloween fic which you should totally check out at some point here's chapter one have fun ;) (the chapter 2 I just wrote had Pattie's POV so...yeah ;) Haley's story also has a ton of Joytricia in it, so there's more incentive to check it out when she posts it!)

OMG.

Here's the thing...nothing (especially on this show) is black and white. Both screwed up, both deserve sympathy. Of course, these are fanfic writers we're talking about. Our wiki is good about this...but a lot of fic writers just want to play out their fantasies...which is where you get Joy being almost heartless, as well as where you get her being pretty much perfect and misunderstood. There can be balance...granted, the show didn't show it much, but...eh. At least Patrina fics show Patricia being torn...that's good...

TBH, I am pleased about Joy's makeover considering it gave her the much needed confidence boost. I just wish it didn't coincide with Joytricia dying out...

Yup...

One thing to discuss is how the fallout could affect people outside the friendship, which wasn't shown. You could have had people like Eddie, Jerome and Amber trying to convince Patricia that Joy just isn't worth it and that she shouldn't have wasted her time at all, you could have had Nina trying to console her...and on the other hand, Mara realizing that this had gone too far and trying to talk to Joy herself...etc, etc, etc.