Mary Anne's Make-over! Part 2!

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Welp, girls. This is a bad one. In this snark there will be-Capslock rants, multiple punctuation marks, copious amounts of cursing, a list of assholes, too many italics, some grody pictures, and my descent into madness. But, that's okay! Cuz I love it! I need to get my anger issues out somehow and I'm too lazy to decapitate hookers on GTA so, I

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Dawn overhears and smirks to herself. --I just can't understand this writing style. These are girls that are supposed to be friendly and supportive, people that you root for. This isn't supposed to be a group of Nellie Olesons where bitch is in.

MA eats alone with Logan because the BSC is treating her like she has the kind of leprosy you only get from fucking donkeys.--It's sad that books like this don't really get the girls thinking what a true friend is and how they act. I can understand not being able to get away from Dawn since she lives in the same house with you. But the rest of these girls should be cut off and avoided as much as possible. This just isn't healthy. None of it.

My headcanon is that Dawn totally started it, hoping Logan would get pissed and MA would be totally alone.--I wouldn't be surprised. These girls truly are psychopaths. And I was having high hopes that Claudia would remember the shit the girls pulled when she was hanging around with Ashley and refuse to act like a bitch/snub her friend for such a dumb reason. Can you imagine the shitstorm if one of these girls got a backbone and did that? "I like Mary Anne and she's my friend. She's a good person and I refuse to ditch her because the rest of you are acting like bitches."

Logan tells her he won't be able to make it to the next meeting and gives her some tips about what to do if they start acting bitchy.--Just don't go!

Oh, are you sure you can make it? Because some people would rather spend time with their boyfriends'.--"I sure as hell can't hang out with my "friends" because they all have sticks up their asses and are acting ridiculous."

aren't as bad as they seemed--I figured as much. It was a mindless cult thing. "the club hates these girls so I have to hate them too."

There's also a funny aneurysm moment when MA wonders if the BSC is stuck up.--Yes! Yes! Yes! Keep this thought in your head and don't let it slip away from you!

be nice.--No, there's just no such thing. This shit reminds me of cases where somebody is being physically abused and the other person apologizes, swears they'll change only for the shit to keep happening. I know Mary Anne Saves The Day is being snarked at the same time your snark is going on. I think I remember Mary Anne talking about how she didn't have many friends outside of the club and the twins she sometimes hangs out with are more of Kristy's friends. So it really is a case of do I choose to be alone or do I stick with these shitty friends? It's just horrifying abusive friendships are such a strong theme in this series. And it's not a case of calling out a warning for an abusive relationship, it's normalizing and making it seem like it's no big deal.

Logan tells her that's extreme and shut up, Bruno. I was on your side.--She's really alone.

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Yeah, I can't stand how the BSC acts like someone eating something they don't like is cause for a hissy fit. Dawn's the MOST guilty of this, of course. There are things that I don't like to eat that my family does so what do I do? I DON'T EAT IT. I tease my Grammy some that she likes feet and tripe, but it's in FUN. She teases me about eating roe. We don't act like one another is disgusting. God, I hate Dawn.

MA says that Richard and Sharon know something is up between her and Dawn, but want them to work it out themselves. Which is stupid. I get that it's just for plot reasons, but it's still stupid. Sharon def should have taken Dawn aside and tell her to stop being such a brat.

I brought it up and I was damn near laughed under the bed

That is a VERY good point. It's like, the BSC said it wasn't a good idea so, that should have been the end of it regardless of how MA felt.

I don't even know what the BSC is thinking in treating MA the way they do. Dawn has the 'excuse' of being jealous, but what was with the others? It just makes no sense. I hate this book.

I would have LOVED if Claud had remembered the Ashley situation and taken MA's side. But this is a BSC book, nobody learns lessons except the clients whose problems, (even dyslexia!) are cured in a week. I also wish MA had said something to K. Ron about hanging around Logan. She should have said, 'Well, Logan has been NICE. I can't say the same for you. He seems to think I can do what I want with my OWN hair.'

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that's totally the problem here - normalizing abusive relationships&making them seem like they are no big deal. i think that is probably the most frightening thing about these books, because it is an ongoing, never ending theme throughout the entire series. there were other awful aspects thrown in here&there that are horrific as well, but as this is the running theme, i think it's MAYBE the worst part, because it kinda props up all that other shit as well.

fucked up that these girls are promoted as "the best friends you'll ever have", when they are so insanely abusive, not only towards one another, but just about anyone who crosses their path. it's more like, "with friends like these, who needs enemies?" really disturbing shit.