Shytownmofo
Lab Technician
I've been partaking in some of KEntuky's greatest elixir, so what I post may not make sense, but here goes.....
I think part of the thing with Lindsay is that yeah, maybe she Does love Danny; but what does it mean for her to love? I think she's just as messed up as Danny is, but while Danny is sweet, needy and sympathetic, hell, even empathetic, Lindsay just comes across as cold, aloof and manipulative. I think that part of Lindsay's way of loving someone is to manipulate them. Pull their strings and watch them dance. She has an inflated sense of herself, as others have said, she thinks of herself as "awesomesauce." It seems like anything she's done, with the possible exception of one or two things is for either her own gratification, or for her to show how good she is.
I've pulled out the Season 3 DVD's, and have been watching them (I still have about four eps to catch up on completely, but I'm starting at the beginning, just because) and one of the things I notice is that she doesn't admit when she's wrong, at all. Like in "People with Money," She was insistent first that the victim's girlfriend killed him, then that the dynamite on the tie was an act of affection, but never, ever did she even say that she didn't have it right, or that this is what the evidence was saying. It was all what she knew. Like it had been handed down to her from God Himself. We also see this in the other episodes, where all she's doing is trying to either get her way, or prove how great she is. "PWM," "Stuck on You," "Fare Game," "Zoo York," and "Manhattan Manhunt," to name a few.
Look at the way she made Danny dance for her in Season 3. Then, all of her displeasure with him is related to the fact that he didn't do things for her on her terms.
I don't know how much of that is intentional, or how much of it is just what comes out in the character. I know it's been discussed before about Anna's limited acting range and that she doesn't know who her character is.
However, because Anna's acting range is so limited, there's no empathy for the character of Lindsay. Danny, you at least get that he's messed up, and does what he does for specific reasons, like his low self esteem, and whatnot. Anna, you don't understand anything. The PTSD is a bit of a flimsy excuse, IMO. I don't know, maybe it's because she doesn't pull it off well, but I really don't get that she's feeling it.
And, in response to Kimmy's question about whether she's just using Danny as a sex object: I don't think so. I think Lindsay's just a user, and she just uses what's there to be used. If that's what Danny has to offer, then so be it, she'll take it.
I think part of the thing with Lindsay is that yeah, maybe she Does love Danny; but what does it mean for her to love? I think she's just as messed up as Danny is, but while Danny is sweet, needy and sympathetic, hell, even empathetic, Lindsay just comes across as cold, aloof and manipulative. I think that part of Lindsay's way of loving someone is to manipulate them. Pull their strings and watch them dance. She has an inflated sense of herself, as others have said, she thinks of herself as "awesomesauce." It seems like anything she's done, with the possible exception of one or two things is for either her own gratification, or for her to show how good she is.
I've pulled out the Season 3 DVD's, and have been watching them (I still have about four eps to catch up on completely, but I'm starting at the beginning, just because) and one of the things I notice is that she doesn't admit when she's wrong, at all. Like in "People with Money," She was insistent first that the victim's girlfriend killed him, then that the dynamite on the tie was an act of affection, but never, ever did she even say that she didn't have it right, or that this is what the evidence was saying. It was all what she knew. Like it had been handed down to her from God Himself. We also see this in the other episodes, where all she's doing is trying to either get her way, or prove how great she is. "PWM," "Stuck on You," "Fare Game," "Zoo York," and "Manhattan Manhunt," to name a few.
Look at the way she made Danny dance for her in Season 3. Then, all of her displeasure with him is related to the fact that he didn't do things for her on her terms.
I don't know how much of that is intentional, or how much of it is just what comes out in the character. I know it's been discussed before about Anna's limited acting range and that she doesn't know who her character is.
However, because Anna's acting range is so limited, there's no empathy for the character of Lindsay. Danny, you at least get that he's messed up, and does what he does for specific reasons, like his low self esteem, and whatnot. Anna, you don't understand anything. The PTSD is a bit of a flimsy excuse, IMO. I don't know, maybe it's because she doesn't pull it off well, but I really don't get that she's feeling it.
And, in response to Kimmy's question about whether she's just using Danny as a sex object: I don't think so. I think Lindsay's just a user, and she just uses what's there to be used. If that's what Danny has to offer, then so be it, she'll take it.
