Paige as tabula rasa would make sense in light of the fact that her entire universe was shattered and remade one night in the Jennings household, and every action of hers since then has been about guarding (or failing to guard, and having to handle the consequences thereof) a big, terrible secret which, if exposed, would mean she'd lose her parents for a long time.
And I can buy Paige being so desperate to hang onto any semblance of a "normal" relationship with her parents she literally will accept whatever her mother says.
Elizabeth probably isn't even aware of just how far she could probably push Paige. Would Paige deal drugs, have sex with a total stranger, even kill someone, all for Elizabeth's "The Cause"*?
And Paige would probably find any way possible to justify it all to herself until the moment she gets busted. I really do feel sorry for her at this point. Her '80s fashion disaster outfits** are the least of my worries.
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* Remember how Elizabeth was always careful to wrap up her allegiance in that very nebulous phrase, which allowed her to conveniently avoid examining any of the information American society made readily available at the local library.
** The 1980s was a fashion disaster. Paige's outfits are hardly the worst.
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Re: Paige's conversion
Date: 2018-05-14 06:11 am (UTC)And I can buy Paige being so desperate to hang onto any semblance of a "normal" relationship with her parents she literally will accept whatever her mother says.
Elizabeth probably isn't even aware of just how far she could probably push Paige. Would Paige deal drugs, have sex with a total stranger, even kill someone, all for Elizabeth's "The Cause"*?
And Paige would probably find any way possible to justify it all to herself until the moment she gets busted. I really do feel sorry for her at this point. Her '80s fashion disaster outfits** are the least of my worries.
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* Remember how Elizabeth was always careful to wrap up her allegiance in that very nebulous phrase, which allowed her to conveniently avoid examining any of the information American society made readily available at the local library.
** The 1980s was a fashion disaster. Paige's outfits are hardly the worst.