That's a great point about the workplace being a game. Even if it's not a conscious distinction on Miranda's part, I think she her behavior does vary based on whether or not she's "playing." (And the stakes for "playing" can be very, very high.) For her, work is a game and parenting is not a game. I think she stops seeing her relationship with Andy as a game very near the end of the film: that shift surprises her, and makes it all the more jarring when Andy runs away. (Miranda probably assumes Andy treats her own professional life as a game, too.)
You're very right that a calculating Miranda is far more sexy than calculating co-workers.
Yes, Andy making Miranda a good person... It's a bit of a "leopard changing his spots" case, isn't it? But I think you are the one who handles that particular problem exceptionally well :)
Thank you very much. My personal take on Miranda isn't that she's a bad person who occasionally does good things. Rather, I think she's a good person who does a whole lot of bad things. That's oversimplifying it, but for me the "game" (ha!) of writing Andy/Miranda fanfic is getting Miranda to the point where she's relaxed enough that she can be good to Andy without measuring out all the pros and cons first. It takes a long time, but I like to see her calm down a little. Just a little. Not too much.
Actually, that sort of thing was one of my favorite parts of your exchange fic last year. That moment when Andy realizes there is love in Miranda's eyes...wow. Their relationship, even in that moment, is all about power play and secrecy and control, and it's so wonderful that all that's going on WHILE the other thing going on is Miranda loving Andy. Those things are definitely not mutually exclusive.
You're very right that a calculating Miranda is far more sexy than calculating co-workers.
Yes, Andy making Miranda a good person... It's a bit of a "leopard changing his spots" case, isn't it? But I think you are the one who handles that particular problem exceptionally well :)
Thank you very much. My personal take on Miranda isn't that she's a bad person who occasionally does good things. Rather, I think she's a good person who does a whole lot of bad things. That's oversimplifying it, but for me the "game" (ha!) of writing Andy/Miranda fanfic is getting Miranda to the point where she's relaxed enough that she can be good to Andy without measuring out all the pros and cons first. It takes a long time, but I like to see her calm down a little. Just a little. Not too much.
Actually, that sort of thing was one of my favorite parts of your exchange fic last year. That moment when Andy realizes there is love in Miranda's eyes...wow. Their relationship, even in that moment, is all about power play and secrecy and control, and it's so wonderful that all that's going on WHILE the other thing going on is Miranda loving Andy. Those things are definitely not mutually exclusive.
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