I remember thinking early on that Mellie was the only one who was honest with herself and really clear on her motivations. She might do something vile and gut you in the process, but she didn't sugar coat it. The rest of the lot were a hot mess and that kept them in hot water.
I honestly don't know if Shonda intended that direction for Mellie or if they just fell in love with the actress in that role. It seems like she started out a bit in the background, then they saw her chew through a delivery and, like the rest of us, went MORE.
Banister time. Oy.
I think they went too far
making Mellie sympathetic. I liked her better heartless and manipulative.
Man, I don't even know what needs spoiler-fonting, I only have vague points to make.
Me too, -t. Giving her
a rape
to explain away all the bad behaviour, pretty much, and to
maintain the marriage too?
Talk about sins of the father.
Okay, I need a queer education. When would you tell someone you're a Pillow Princess, and what's a Stone Butch? And a million other terms I am now learning I know nothing of. I would like to redress this fault.
I've never heard either of those terms.
I get irrationally angry at myself when I bite my lip accidentally. Like, body of mine, WHY are you hurting YOURSELF??? No one wins here! STAAAAHP.
I feel that way when I bite my tongue. Which I sometimes do in my sleep, which sucks.
I haven't watched Scandal yet (I'm watching last night's Grey's). But I agree that Mellie is my favorite. I saw Fitz in some other show the other day and it confused the heck out of me.
When would you tell someone you're a Pillow Princess, and what's a Stone Butch? And a million other terms I am now learning I know nothing of. I would like to redress this fault.
Generally one does not label one's self as a Pillow Princess, as it's usually a somewhat derogatory term. Stone butch generally means someone butch who doesn't want to be touched during sex.
I saw an interesting line about Scandal where they decided that Cyrus was gay based off the way the actor played him. I wonder what in particular that was.
Zen, it was from this really badly named article: [link]
Ah, I saw that picture set before somewhere else. What other terms did you not know? (And apparently someone DOES label herself as a pillow princess. I guess if you find someone who's down with that...)
I earned 75 cents from buying some fruit snacks, but I think I'm allergic to them. Just ate some, and my mouth is all tingly. (There are a bunch of savings apps that list a bunch of products each week, and if you buy those products and submit a picture of the receipt to the app, then you get 50 cents or $1 or so sent to your PayPal account. This week, those fruit snacks were listed on two different apps, plus they were on sale at my local store, plus there was a coupon for them, so the amount of money I got back from the apps was 75 cents more than what I paid for them.)
Stone butch generally means someone butch who doesn't want to be touched during sex.
But, but...I understand maybe sometimes for fun, but never?
