User blog comment:Corbierr/Character Analysis- Joy/@comment-5450362-20140907060406/@comment-5450362-20140909012031

Ouch...yeah....

One possibility: Patricia may "always" need someone, but Joy will always need Patricia. And she won' t replace her. Not even with Mara. Or Willow. Or was that Patricia-free Joy we saw in S3 that amazing?

YEAH, I was so pissed at that scene!!!!! I assume Patricia acted like that because she was too hurt and shocked to even answer, and she didn't want to beg either. Though she comes back to the Sibuna reunion as nothing happened.

In a certain way I enjoyed it, because while Patricia was able to contain her anger/pain/frustration and keep working, Joy couldn't help but staying in her room and crying (i mean i was like yup, you don't need Patricia, uh Joy? So why is she staying strong and getting back to work while you cry like a baby?").

That also clears up one thing: Joy is the weaker one between the two. Patty would be the strong one because she tolerated a lot of shit in S1, and ever her Joy's rejectment because her faith in her is bigger. And she also wouldn't let herself fall into what others say. While Joy, if she certainly was strong to go through the kidnap and everything, she has shown a lot of weakness: crying in front of eveyone just because of Fabian (which is not totally bad, i admit i'm such a crying ho), wiritng an anonymous and vicoious article on Nina. She didn't have the guts to face the consequences either. Because even after being a bitch, Joy could've still become the great character, we all have been waiting for, if she actually learned all of her lessons and proving she was trustworthy before joining.

Basically they would've complemeted eachother. Patricia would've helped Joy in the moral aspect and to stop worrying about what others say. And Joy would've helped Patricia to get confidence, enter in the romantic phase, and maybe she woudl've teached her to focus on herself a bit more.

And another thing i realized: both girls have gone through real shit (especially in S1), but most (if not all) of their ters came because of boys.

Or pulling eachothers hair, xD