User blog comment:Corbierr/Two things that bugs me about fictional romances/@comment-25576856-20150127031539/@comment-4816103-20150127052742

Mwahahaha.

Okay, yeah, fair enough. Though, in the first season, it was okay for them to have no substance. They didn't need it. It was just a crush, it didn't need anything deeper, even though I do wish it was. In season 2 was where it began to fall apart. It became too one-sided and there was still no substance despite them acting like it was the end-all romance. To be honest...all they needed was to talk about anything besides the mystery... So I get what you're saying, but I'm just saying that in some situations it's okay to have no substance.

Oh god, yeah, Mara really messed up there. I just wish there was a scene where they broke up, like it wouldn't help Mick any but it would make it seem less...bitch-y.

Yes, with the Patricia we got in TOR it was, in fact, headed that way. But I think we could blame her friends for it rather than her. They all just sort of let her put the dress on and nobody told her she shouldn't be doing these things for Eddie. In fact, in season 2 Mara kept criticizing her relationship tactics and in season 3, even though the Sisterhood was built to help the girls deal with their problems, nobody actually tried to help Patricia deal with her jealousy. They got annoyed at her for it, even though they had all done worse in the name of jealousy themselves. Eddie himself never really told her to calm down about things, either. Maybe by that point she just didn't know what else to do, she was desperate and confused and jealous but Eddie seemed more interested in Sophia so she tried to be more like Sophia because, hey, Joy changed herself, why can't she? Now, you're right, this makes her submissive. But Eddie's not the kind of guy to really take advantage of it and if he started bantering with her again she'd probably go back to normal.