Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24252521-20171123044845/@comment-33040002-20180328110101

Hi,I also agree to discuss topics, so let's talk about this first: First, when I said that Piper did not consider herself a good person, I was talking about when you said that a good person / friend would save your friends for being people, but that's another topic. Second, you're right, Piper stereotypes the girls who like to put on makeup, not just them but all the children of Aphrodite too. And, consequently, she finds herself superior because of it. In the books we saw her having a friendly relationship with Lacy and Mitchell, but we also saw how she feels about Aphrodite and her children too, and this is not a very talked about topic. This, unfortunately, was one of her biggest mistakes. But she does not do that to Drew just because Drew likes to get dressed and boys. She does it because since they first met Drew did nothing but treat her badly and act, sorry for the use of the word, like a b**ch. Drew not only looks like the stereotype, but she actes too. And Piper says that in other schools, the girls she met were always like this: they liked to dress up and treat others badly, and when you see the same pattern so many times, is not it natural to think that it will not change? And if you see someone acting in a way that you think is bad, is not it natural to feel better about not being like that person? And yet should she be charged to see Drew as a real person when teens rarely get mature to do it in situations like that? That would not be realistic, my friend. Please, the truth is that we are here debating whether Piper is good or not when, truth be told, no one is good all the time. I'm not saying that it was right for Piper to have put all the girls in the same box and feel better than them for it, I'm saying it's something that everyone does once in a while. Again, this is about being human, which means being neither good nor bad, but both. And about the fact that she likes boys, I've never seen Piper criticize Drew for it, because as you said it herself, she likes it and does not try to hide it. She changes her mind about being a Slayer when she finds out that they can not date; She gets jealous of Jason the whole series and such; She even says in all letters to Drew not even think about flirting with Jason because she already likes him. So does she feel superior by not acting like Drew about makeup? Yes for sure. For liking boys? I do not think so. We only assume that because when we find characters like Drew and Piper, the girl who does not like to put on makeup always criticizes the other for thinking of boys. Ever. And about wanting to be ugly: Piper does not want to be ugly, she just does not like the beauty ideal of Drew and Aphrodite and does not like to stand out in the way they do. She wants to be beautiful but according to what she thinks is beautiful. You say she's the most hypocritical of the characters, I think she's just one of them in certain matters.

(Man, this is going to be a long discussion, let's get out of here in 2050 only)