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"
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Vortex - Mar 31, 2009 8:25:18 am PDT #1067 of 5827
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Glamcookie - Mar 31, 2009 10:20:29 am PDT #1073 of 5827
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We thought Mellie/Paul came on fast because of the stuff assy co-worker guy said about Paul having a love on for Caroline. This was his way (uninitentionally, I think) of disproving that theory.
Ailleann - Mar 31, 2009 10:20:36 am PDT #1074 of 5827
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
See, but for me the thing is, now we know that all of her behavior is engineered. Of course she was a little clingy and creepy, and obsessed with infiltrating his life and watching him. That's how she's programmed.
I think my big problem here is that I over-identified with the character, and now she's a lie, and I feel let down. My issues, let me show you them.
Burrell - Mar 31, 2009 10:21:05 am PDT #1075 of 5827
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I thought he slept with her to prove to himself he wasn't hung up on Caroline and that Mellie was totally right to call him on it. Wasn't that what I was supposed to think?
Polter-Cow - Mar 31, 2009 10:22:52 am PDT #1076 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm with Burrell.