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Mar 13, 2015 12:38PM
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Hmm... don't want my blood pressure going through the roof after answering the last question, so I'm moving on to the next question, lol!
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There's something noble yet sinister in their approach. We will see.
I like the shifters and agree that their method for breaking Mallory down and rebuilding her has merit and could work with someone who has not committed the atrocities that Mallory has. By redeeming Mallory's character, it is as if her despicable deeds are forgiven and forgotten, which diminishes her evil in a way that I have a hard time accepting. She's not a naughty puppy who should get a smack on the nose for peeing on the carpet.
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Still don't like her but like the idea that the thing she wanted most....acknowledgement that she was special, more special than Merit, will never happen and the opposite has occurred. There's a sort of irony there.
I agree. She definitely is not contrite enough and the excuses that she makes seem an attempt to reduce her culpability and responsibility. She's never going to be redeemed in my eyes. It is ironic and well-deserved.
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I think I'm biased here because I have a deep love for the shifters in this series. I loved that they were able to step in and take control when no one else seemed to be able to. When they rode in on their motorcycles at the silo well ... that was just a really cool moment and don't get me started on geeky Jeff! Love him! For some reason I felt the 'punishment' made sense coming from the shifters. I liked their take on it. What I didn't like was that everyone decided she was deserving of that chance. Like you both, I haven't felt a satisfying amount of remorse or contrition from her. She should at least be in jail. I don't think being weak in the face of evil is an acceptable reasoning for her choices.
Jonetta wrote: "Me, either, Lauren. I'm not even sure I'd like to see her continued in the series. Merit and Catcher need to move on."Totally agree about Merit and Catcher! And in the end when Catcher was trying to protect Mallory when she was asked to funnel Dominic's magic through Ethan I was just sick over it. I wish he would walk away and leave that spoiled sorceress in his dust!
Oh ... and when she was crying to Merit because Catcher told her he didn't know if he could be with her. Suck it up Buttercup!!! Did she really think she could just carry on as usual? Ugh.
Phew. Guess I had a rant in me too!;)
Tell us how you really feel, Erin ;0)I agree with you 100% - Mallory needs to be on her way out!
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"Suck it up, Buttercup" LOVE it!
Are any of you fans of Buffy? This whole Mallory storyline reminds me of Season 6 of Buffy when Willow became addicted to using her magic, went crazy when her girlfriend was killed, and went on a rampage even killing a human. She was taken away and they started over with her teachings, stripped her down to the bare essentials of learning magic and taught her how to control her addiction. I think this is what the Shifters are doing with Mallory...stripping her down and starting over with her. Maybe she'll be a better character when they're done with her. She's never been a favorite of mine.
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I stopped watching Buffy a long time before then. It is a very similar storyline, which makes me think that it isn't very original. Kind of like the similarities between Bones and Spike.
