"So…it’s only acceptable to wear skimpy clothes if you’re doing it to impress your male significant other? Implying that if you’re doing it for yourself, that’s bad? Oh, yes, that’s not sexist at all. That doesn’t sound at all reminiscent of Christian’s attitude that Ana can wear skimpy clothes for him, but if she dares to wear them out in public where other men can see her? Burn the witch!"
Making it even worse, remember how Hush, Hush had Patch wipe off Nora's lip gloss, tell her that she looked better without it, and then a fuss was made about how Nora wore no make-up when she was going out and thought she might run into Patch? Yeah.
"There are people who think this? Why?! She’s one of the worst friends I’ve ever read about. She is every vile caricature of a female ‘friend’ that pops up in bad romance-comedies. As a matter of fact, Vee is the personification of what this series is: sleazy, shallow, ridiculous, man-obsessed, and stupid."
I've seen fans call Vee "fun" and think she's hilarious. Really. Fitzpatrick said in an interview that "you either love Vee or you hate her" and thought she was a very authentic 16-year-old girl. Really.
"Yet Marcie and her family are supposed to be the upper-class snobs. Tell me again, Nora, why you hang out with Vee but not Marcie? I really don’t see the difference between your image of Marcie and the reality of who Vee is."
I think Vee's supposed to be middle class and Nora used to be (from what's said, she and her mom struggle financially because they have a big house and Nora's dad is no longer able to contribute to the income). And as for the images, it gets even worse later, when we find out that Nora and her mom apparently would regularly mock the Miller family for being overly materialistic and conspicuous with their money. You know, like how they WEREN'T, throughout the series.
"Yes, how dare she be unhappy about something that you decided for her without asking her first. Is this a case of narcissism or stupidity?"
The latter, I think.
"Or is this supposed to be funny? Are we supposed to be laughing at Vee’s ignorance and shallowness (“oh, ha, ha, she doesn’t know the truth about Rixon; oh, ha, ha, she’s so boy-crazy”)? Because I’m not laughing, Ms. Fitzpatrick. Vee is supposed to be Nora’s best friend, not a waste of space."
I...honestly don't know WHAT the point of that part was. Nora genuinely is pissed by it, and it reads like she's angry at being forced to confront a potentially unpleasant truth. Given that the story has been lobbing hints that Patch is someone for Nora to be afraid of (which we already knew, Nora has yet to figure out, and will be proven wrong by the story's end), I actually think we're supposed to take Vee's warnings about Patch seriously, and that she's exaggerating stuff because that's how her character is. Or something, I don't know.
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Date: 2014-03-29 08:20 pm (UTC)Making it even worse, remember how Hush, Hush had Patch wipe off Nora's lip gloss, tell her that she looked better without it, and then a fuss was made about how Nora wore no make-up when she was going out and thought she might run into Patch? Yeah.
"There are people who think this? Why?! She’s one of the worst friends I’ve ever read about. She is every vile caricature of a female ‘friend’ that pops up in bad romance-comedies. As a matter of fact, Vee is the personification of what this series is: sleazy, shallow, ridiculous, man-obsessed, and stupid."
I've seen fans call Vee "fun" and think she's hilarious. Really. Fitzpatrick said in an interview that "you either love Vee or you hate her" and thought she was a very authentic 16-year-old girl. Really.
"Yet Marcie and her family are supposed to be the upper-class snobs. Tell me again, Nora, why you hang out with Vee but not Marcie? I really don’t see the difference between your image of Marcie and the reality of who Vee is."
I think Vee's supposed to be middle class and Nora used to be (from what's said, she and her mom struggle financially because they have a big house and Nora's dad is no longer able to contribute to the income). And as for the images, it gets even worse later, when we find out that Nora and her mom apparently would regularly mock the Miller family for being overly materialistic and conspicuous with their money. You know, like how they WEREN'T, throughout the series.
"Yes, how dare she be unhappy about something that you decided for her without asking her first. Is this a case of narcissism or stupidity?"
The latter, I think.
"Or is this supposed to be funny? Are we supposed to be laughing at Vee’s ignorance and shallowness (“oh, ha, ha, she doesn’t know the truth about Rixon; oh, ha, ha, she’s so boy-crazy”)? Because I’m not laughing, Ms. Fitzpatrick. Vee is supposed to be Nora’s best friend, not a waste of space."
I...honestly don't know WHAT the point of that part was. Nora genuinely is pissed by it, and it reads like she's angry at being forced to confront a potentially unpleasant truth. Given that the story has been lobbing hints that Patch is someone for Nora to be afraid of (which we already knew, Nora has yet to figure out, and will be proven wrong by the story's end), I actually think we're supposed to take Vee's warnings about Patch seriously, and that she's exaggerating stuff because that's how her character is. Or something, I don't know.