I’m sure the crazy is still in there somewhere, (but it’s the flaws that make the character real) but the character, in all her awkward messy glory, evolved. I’m not saying it’s excusable but it keeps coming up as a reason why they aren’t good together and I just want to scream, she didn’t try to kill her!Īnd that girl, that is not the same girl who felt so much remorse for not stopping the drunken kiss that night. But even back then, in all her crazy and my dislike, I never thought she was actually trying to DROWN Emily. That girl was just batshit crazy! And her crazy competitive personality just scared the crap out of me (and then she got me with the “if I say I’m gay” scene). You’d never know it with how much I love this character now, but I actually didn’t like Paige when she first appeared on the show. When she is the one actively initiating it. When she gets to be firm and aggressive and caring at the same time. I just think this couple is hotter because Shay Mitchell is at her best when she is the anchor to crazy. It isn’t that she is a bad actor just that she overcompensated for the fact that she was in her thirties playing a teen. Sorry, Bianca Lawson made some odd choices in an effort to come off young. And it is true when she is telling her not to look away here. It was true when she was telling Paige off in their first scenes or dumping her ass at the end of Season 1. She just has this aggressive thing that comes out and makes Emily sexy as hell. I thought that was true when they were enemies. And whatever that is about she really really clicks with Lindsey Shaw. The weird thing about Shay Mitchell is her performance definitely varies depending on who she is in a scene with. She is an psychotic awkward emotional mess. I like it because Paige is the only one who comes off like a teenager on the whole show. Oh hey that has been pointed out? Thatz cool. I just wanted to point out that Lindsey Shaw is really good. I agree that I wish we would have gotten to know her more the first go-round, but the story was mostly about Emily’s coming out, and at that stage in the show not much was known about any of the liars’ love interests(Sean, Alex,Noel, etc.) As if confirming for her that her sexuality isn’t something she should be ashamed of. Loved the fact that Maya told Emily, when Pam found them, that it wasn’t her fault and that she did nothing wrong. I particularly loved that at the end Maya admitted that she was nervous about the dinner and didn’t sleep the night before, but held it together because she knew how nervous Emily was. As for them never having “cute” moments, I disagree. When she came back in season 2, she was obviously traumatized by something that happened at true north which was why her behavior changed. She was there for Emily when she was dealing with Ali’s death, she offered to give her space when she was figuring out her sexuality, and she was even there to comfort her over losing Toby, the same guy maya had to watch her slowdance with at homecoming. No, she wasn’t perfect but the first go-round of their relationship(season 1 ep1-13), she was nothing but supportive of emily. Look I don’t mind Paily, but I’m gettig really sick of the Maya hate. The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.
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