I guess to me, it's just a different kind of broken for her to be a doll then just to be... fucked up.
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Ailleann - Mar 31, 2009 8:12:31 am PDT #1063 of 5827
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Strix - Mar 31, 2009 8:14:47 am PDT #1064 of 5827
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, I agree. But I'm looking at it from an almost purely metaphorical stance, so...
Vortex - Mar 31, 2009 8:17:09 am PDT #1065 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But, see, I think that's the point! She just LOOKS like she's pretty together, a few twitches, but...
I never thought that she was together. She always seemed needy and clingy with the mooning and the manicotti. It wasn't until the recent episodes that she got a personality, and frankly, it was a complete turnaround, not just of her, but of Paul's attitude towards her.
Ailleann - Mar 31, 2009 8:22:57 am PDT #1066 of 5827
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and frankly, it was a complete turnaround, not just of her, but of Paul's attitude towards her.
I must admit, I blamed that on pilot-itis.
Vortex - Mar 31, 2009 8:25:18 am PDT #1067 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was a little annoyed, because they could have still made her the neighbor with a crush but give her some personality in the beginning. They even could have redeemed the character by having her bring him some Tupperware with the pills and saying "no, it's really leftover this time, I've given up trying to impress you"
Strix - Mar 31, 2009 10:00:13 am PDT #1068 of 5827
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The whole Mellie/Paul thing was too fast. It's like she was crush!neighbor with the puppy-dog drool one second, and then she's got a key and cosy take-out?
Nope.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2009 10:11:07 am PDT #1069 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I guess I can see going from "Hi, neighbor!" to sleeping together and getting the run of the place over a couple of weeks if their earlier meetings had possessed mutual chemistry. But I just can't get past the fact that someone as obviously desperate and clingy as Mellie was early on would have had me creeping home silently below the eye level of the peepholes.
Strix - Mar 31, 2009 10:14:33 am PDT #1070 of 5827
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yep, Matt. There was no "hey, there, baby" from Ballard at all.
Maybe it was the Vicodin?
-t - Mar 31, 2009 10:16:12 am PDT #1071 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Eh, her being nice to him was about the only good thing in his life right then. There are worse reasons to sleep with someone.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2009 10:18:54 am PDT #1072 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Heh. Last year I thought I was going to have my own constantly-up-in-my-business neighbor across the hall, but after about a week and a half of not being able to sleep due to the nearby railroad she moved back out.