With that paragraph, what was important to me was showing that Tyra used to have a real, loving life, even if it was never, ever perfect. Because I always felt that she had to have lost something, totally, to have been broken like she is, instead of having nothing from the beginning.
Honestly, I could see it either way--having lost it, or just being forced so consistantly to the outside by everyone else--but you did a lovely job of showing your perspective on it :)
Lyla...I started to almost like her at the end of s1, actually, and rather liked seeing Tyra rub off on her--I was really hoping that we'd see some kind of friendship there, just for the effect it might have on Lyla. Unfortunately, she went back to annoying me in s2 (which I haven't finished, either). Her choices and her attitude just generally bug me *shrugs*
Tyra and Lyla just seem so *different*/incompatible to me, perhaps even especially due to "Texas forever", and the soft spot I have for Tyra and Jason as almost-friends, but then I can agree with you--it wouldn't be a first with teenage girls.
Re: long review, pt. 1
Honestly, I could see it either way--having lost it, or just being forced so consistantly to the outside by everyone else--but you did a lovely job of showing your perspective on it :)
Lyla...I started to almost like her at the end of s1, actually, and rather liked seeing Tyra rub off on her--I was really hoping that we'd see some kind of friendship there, just for the effect it might have on Lyla. Unfortunately, she went back to annoying me in s2 (which I haven't finished, either). Her choices and her attitude just generally bug me *shrugs*
Tyra and Lyla just seem so *different*/incompatible to me, perhaps even especially due to "Texas forever", and the soft spot I have for Tyra and Jason as almost-friends, but then I can agree with you--it wouldn't be a first with teenage girls.