I'm having a really hard time right now with what's happening on AMC because I don't really get Reese. I don't know that my head is clear enough tonight to explain why that is. I guess Reese doesn't behave rationally as far as I can tell, which I guess means that her instincts and mine don't overlap much. This update is providing some much needed insight about the universe within which Reese operates. There are so many other totally WTF things that Reese does, I still have a ways to go to fully understand what's going on with her.
One of them for instance is this habit she has of stepping forward and volunteering to do something that she's totally not equipped to handle. How many times does she have to get run over to figure out that since Bianca's at home with this stuff, she should be the one to handle it? Sure she'd like to show off to make Bianca proud, but it's just not working, so staying back until she figures out the rules of the game would be the smart (and more humble) thing to do.
The other thing I don't get is does she really think that Bianca's going to ditch her if she's less than perfect? We haven't seen any indication that Bianca would do that. At the end of the day, she understood the deception about her parents' rejection, she accepted what happened with Simon and why Reese did not tell her about it, she accepted that nothing was going on between Reese and Zach...It makes it hard for me to root for Reese when I get overwhelmed thinking about how much she'd have to change for the two of them to have a chance.
Maybe it would be as simple as Reese accepting the fact that she's not perfect and that she cannot fake it. Then she can just be herself and let Bianca decide whether that's good enough or not.
Of course there's a whole other category of issues related to her confusion about Zach which I just can't find a satisfying explanation for.
I'm hoping you insightful people can help me figure this out, because until then, I'll be wondering whether getting back together is the right thing for either of them or the girls.
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I don't know that my head is clear enough tonight to explain why that is.
I guess Reese doesn't behave rationally as far as I can tell, which I guess means that her instincts and mine don't overlap much.
This update is providing some much needed insight about the universe within which Reese operates.
There are so many other totally WTF things that Reese does, I still have a ways to go to fully understand what's going on with her.
One of them for instance is this habit she has of stepping forward and volunteering to do something that she's totally not equipped to handle. How many times does she have to get run over to figure out that since Bianca's at home with this stuff, she should be the one to handle it?
Sure she'd like to show off to make Bianca proud, but it's just not working, so staying back until she figures out the rules of the game would be the smart (and more humble) thing to do.
The other thing I don't get is does she really think that Bianca's going to ditch her if she's less than perfect? We haven't seen any indication that Bianca would do that. At the end of the day, she understood the deception about her parents' rejection, she accepted what happened with Simon and why Reese did not tell her about it, she accepted that nothing was going on between Reese and Zach...It makes it hard for me to root for Reese when I get overwhelmed thinking about how much she'd have to change for the two of them to have a chance.
Maybe it would be as simple as Reese accepting the fact that she's not perfect and that she cannot fake it. Then she can just be herself and let Bianca decide whether that's good enough or not.
Of course there's a whole other category of issues related to her confusion about Zach which I just can't find a satisfying explanation for.
I'm hoping you insightful people can help me figure this out, because until then, I'll be wondering whether getting back together is the right thing for either of them or the girls.