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An ode to the validation of a covert narcissist - when a vamp is a heroine
Brilliant cast, brilliant acting and with what they had a brilliant production.
The biggest problem was the story itself. And not just the screenplay that kind of made some chnages to the original novel - the original novel itself - is a disaster in capitals.
Why did I watch it? its called watching a train wreck - the facination with horror. the asnwer to how much worse can it get.
Nothing can save a story when its by a covert narcissist, about a covert narcissist and for narcissists. If there was a covert narcissist constitution this is one.
Before I go on - the adaptation was a problem? No! The story itself was. The fact that the writer's pen name translates to - Girl's dont cry - tells you the banner heading of how a narcissist wrote an ode to herself.
The female lead is a text book covert narcissist. You copy paste the below text on any brower and AI app or stress test it on any psych profiling website to confirm for yourself.
Story premise - the ML is rich, talented, cold, heartless, entitled and rude. The FL is a poor out of towner in a big city with big dreams and ambitions and not much else.
1ST red flag - poor? - the word is used both for her constant projection and weaponising of the 'poor me' syndrome and her comparison with the ML's well to do status. - text book covert narcissism.
2nd Red flag - all the rest of the description - out of towner in a big city with big dreams and ambitions and not much else. - a text book premise that every covert narcissist has. Millions of people travel to big cities, struggle and come with big dreams and ambitions. does not make you special. you'er one among millions. Some make it some don't. Doesnt make one better than the other and most certainly not a case the poor me syndrome.
FL's first dialogue as the drama starts - its a shamefull, secret relationship.
2nd Red Flag - she insisted on a secret romance then calls it shamefull and blames the ML for it and calls is shameful and disgusting. Why? - because she didn't get what she wanted. - too bad, none of us get what we want, we still keep trying and we certainly dont blame our boyfriends or the workd for it - Wait ---------
Someone does - that's right! a narcissist DOES!
A narcissist will everyone in the entire world but themselves when things go wrong.
Those who disagree - becasue she made an effort? So does the whole world. Everyone makes an effort. And not all effrots are rewarded as we want. thats life. and keep reading because I'm taking the bull by the horns next -
The ML is rich, talented, cold, heartless, entitled and rude. - That's not a fault. That's just him.
He does not hold a gun to her head, nor assaults her, nor harasses her, nothing - he does nothing. She made the choice to be with him and then complained about it. Why because things dont go her way. Things dont go her way for 6 years and she complains and sticks around and the ML is at fault? She could move elsewhere, break up, do a million other things, but 'chooses' to stay and then blames everyone for her choices?
Like what was he? a project? the FL and by that the writer - decided in her tiny little head that she will take on the project of retraining and changing this guy and are upset beacause she cant?
Like hello!!! Did he ask to be changed? Did anyone assign the FL the task of changing him? no!!!
But she weaponises her choice as a blame and the audience and reader are supposed to accept that and cheer for the FL.
Like - nope!!! -------- 3RD RED FLAG
Her Comments and conditions and situations -
4th Red Flag
As she is leaving him finally and the shared dog refuses to go with her. FL to the dog - you chose a rich person over a poor one!
I cant belive this was wrritten. Such a typical narcissist thing to say. Envious of his richness much? He didn't take anything form the FL. He was born rich and wroked hard to get where he is despite set backs and betrayls. Oh but no - this is an ode to a narcissist.
5th Red Flag
She slept with him - cold sober - then ran out the next morning and called it an accident.
Like what?
6th Red Flag
Agrees to be his GF and then insists that they keep it a secret from everyone. The turns around and blames him for keeping it a secret. How is her identity a question when she enters a relationship willingly as a consulting adult and even calls the shots and lays down the rules. - In the book he is rude and over bearing. In the sow he is critical and doesnt gush over every tiny movement. - look if that was a problem - stop right there and move on. But no, she sticks around to pile emotional abuse and balckmalil on him all the while simpering poor me - like he is holding her hostage. He is not.
In any other drama - this would be the VAMP!
The irritating clingy creature that hangs on the ML's arm despite being given zero cred.
Sadly the ML gives her credit all the time - but that doesn't stop her from blaming him all the time while using him to learn, grow, support and give leverage to her career and life.
7th red flag
Keeps secrets, dosen't let him on any thing despite how he introduces her to his friends, her friends are out of bounds. She shared nothing about them but happily takes his help to promote their businesses.
And while she keeps everyone on a string and reufses to share - she expects him to give a full account of everything and acts hurt and invicerated for imagined wrongs without checking for facts.
8th red flag -
never ever gives any one a clear answer - all men are on strings like back up plans
The ex boy friend - meets him and introduces the ML not as the current BF but her boss. Like if you're ashamed of the guy why not just break up and let him live his life? but no parasitic covert narcissist will never do that will they?
Then goes on a date with the ex-BF and does not give him a clear defivitive - sorry this ended go away message nope - keeps him around and he has access to her hotel room??? like how the F did that happen? how is it even possible. It doesnt end, she gets drunk, the ML is helping her the ex BF enters the room and claims her as property! the ML stays - wise guy. The two men go off to sleep - the FL gets up finds them both sleeping - doesn't confront no body - nothing - just runs out of the room and acts all non-chalant!!! like what in god's F is happeneing???
The house mate - the house mate is clearly simpering after her and she never addresses it. Worse she knows the other house mate likes him but she never lets that develop because she is too musy enjoyoing male attention. The house mate turns up in the remote NW where she is running a project - gives flowers, cries and she hugs him? ok his mother died - so maybe - point is - tells the BF the ML nothing!!!! like any normal person would want to tell their significant other about a monumental incident in their close friends life. Explanations like he's cold and uninterested etc. - leave the guy! why go around with a person you dont tell evrything to or can't? - terrible terrible writing horrible plot - that only a narcissist can write and understand as normal. For the rest of us - sorry! this is not how it works.
9th Red flag -
Looses a reward and promotion - blames the ML for losing it and says the relationship is dirty??? and breaks up with him and resigns from the job!!!!!
Like seriously? What was he? the BF or the guy and boss who was having sex with the FL to pay her in rewards and promotions?
10th red flag
Everytime anyone priases here she is so smug and overly happy the narcissism is like a becon light.
No - the ML not praising her doesnt not equate to seeking praise elsewhere. She is an adult not a child - if its a problem, stop the relationship and walk away!
I can go on and on and on - I identified 23 text book covert narcissist traits in the FL character. Terrible character build and a complete waste of talented actors and production.
The biggest problem was the story itself. And not just the screenplay that kind of made some chnages to the original novel - the original novel itself - is a disaster in capitals.
Why did I watch it? its called watching a train wreck - the facination with horror. the asnwer to how much worse can it get.
Nothing can save a story when its by a covert narcissist, about a covert narcissist and for narcissists. If there was a covert narcissist constitution this is one.
Before I go on - the adaptation was a problem? No! The story itself was. The fact that the writer's pen name translates to - Girl's dont cry - tells you the banner heading of how a narcissist wrote an ode to herself.
The female lead is a text book covert narcissist. You copy paste the below text on any brower and AI app or stress test it on any psych profiling website to confirm for yourself.
Story premise - the ML is rich, talented, cold, heartless, entitled and rude. The FL is a poor out of towner in a big city with big dreams and ambitions and not much else.
1ST red flag - poor? - the word is used both for her constant projection and weaponising of the 'poor me' syndrome and her comparison with the ML's well to do status. - text book covert narcissism.
2nd Red flag - all the rest of the description - out of towner in a big city with big dreams and ambitions and not much else. - a text book premise that every covert narcissist has. Millions of people travel to big cities, struggle and come with big dreams and ambitions. does not make you special. you'er one among millions. Some make it some don't. Doesnt make one better than the other and most certainly not a case the poor me syndrome.
FL's first dialogue as the drama starts - its a shamefull, secret relationship.
2nd Red Flag - she insisted on a secret romance then calls it shamefull and blames the ML for it and calls is shameful and disgusting. Why? - because she didn't get what she wanted. - too bad, none of us get what we want, we still keep trying and we certainly dont blame our boyfriends or the workd for it - Wait ---------
Someone does - that's right! a narcissist DOES!
A narcissist will everyone in the entire world but themselves when things go wrong.
Those who disagree - becasue she made an effort? So does the whole world. Everyone makes an effort. And not all effrots are rewarded as we want. thats life. and keep reading because I'm taking the bull by the horns next -
The ML is rich, talented, cold, heartless, entitled and rude. - That's not a fault. That's just him.
He does not hold a gun to her head, nor assaults her, nor harasses her, nothing - he does nothing. She made the choice to be with him and then complained about it. Why because things dont go her way. Things dont go her way for 6 years and she complains and sticks around and the ML is at fault? She could move elsewhere, break up, do a million other things, but 'chooses' to stay and then blames everyone for her choices?
Like what was he? a project? the FL and by that the writer - decided in her tiny little head that she will take on the project of retraining and changing this guy and are upset beacause she cant?
Like hello!!! Did he ask to be changed? Did anyone assign the FL the task of changing him? no!!!
But she weaponises her choice as a blame and the audience and reader are supposed to accept that and cheer for the FL.
Like - nope!!! -------- 3RD RED FLAG
Her Comments and conditions and situations -
4th Red Flag
As she is leaving him finally and the shared dog refuses to go with her. FL to the dog - you chose a rich person over a poor one!
I cant belive this was wrritten. Such a typical narcissist thing to say. Envious of his richness much? He didn't take anything form the FL. He was born rich and wroked hard to get where he is despite set backs and betrayls. Oh but no - this is an ode to a narcissist.
5th Red Flag
She slept with him - cold sober - then ran out the next morning and called it an accident.
Like what?
6th Red Flag
Agrees to be his GF and then insists that they keep it a secret from everyone. The turns around and blames him for keeping it a secret. How is her identity a question when she enters a relationship willingly as a consulting adult and even calls the shots and lays down the rules. - In the book he is rude and over bearing. In the sow he is critical and doesnt gush over every tiny movement. - look if that was a problem - stop right there and move on. But no, she sticks around to pile emotional abuse and balckmalil on him all the while simpering poor me - like he is holding her hostage. He is not.
In any other drama - this would be the VAMP!
The irritating clingy creature that hangs on the ML's arm despite being given zero cred.
Sadly the ML gives her credit all the time - but that doesn't stop her from blaming him all the time while using him to learn, grow, support and give leverage to her career and life.
7th red flag
Keeps secrets, dosen't let him on any thing despite how he introduces her to his friends, her friends are out of bounds. She shared nothing about them but happily takes his help to promote their businesses.
And while she keeps everyone on a string and reufses to share - she expects him to give a full account of everything and acts hurt and invicerated for imagined wrongs without checking for facts.
8th red flag -
never ever gives any one a clear answer - all men are on strings like back up plans
The ex boy friend - meets him and introduces the ML not as the current BF but her boss. Like if you're ashamed of the guy why not just break up and let him live his life? but no parasitic covert narcissist will never do that will they?
Then goes on a date with the ex-BF and does not give him a clear defivitive - sorry this ended go away message nope - keeps him around and he has access to her hotel room??? like how the F did that happen? how is it even possible. It doesnt end, she gets drunk, the ML is helping her the ex BF enters the room and claims her as property! the ML stays - wise guy. The two men go off to sleep - the FL gets up finds them both sleeping - doesn't confront no body - nothing - just runs out of the room and acts all non-chalant!!! like what in god's F is happeneing???
The house mate - the house mate is clearly simpering after her and she never addresses it. Worse she knows the other house mate likes him but she never lets that develop because she is too musy enjoyoing male attention. The house mate turns up in the remote NW where she is running a project - gives flowers, cries and she hugs him? ok his mother died - so maybe - point is - tells the BF the ML nothing!!!! like any normal person would want to tell their significant other about a monumental incident in their close friends life. Explanations like he's cold and uninterested etc. - leave the guy! why go around with a person you dont tell evrything to or can't? - terrible terrible writing horrible plot - that only a narcissist can write and understand as normal. For the rest of us - sorry! this is not how it works.
9th Red flag -
Looses a reward and promotion - blames the ML for losing it and says the relationship is dirty??? and breaks up with him and resigns from the job!!!!!
Like seriously? What was he? the BF or the guy and boss who was having sex with the FL to pay her in rewards and promotions?
10th red flag
Everytime anyone priases here she is so smug and overly happy the narcissism is like a becon light.
No - the ML not praising her doesnt not equate to seeking praise elsewhere. She is an adult not a child - if its a problem, stop the relationship and walk away!
I can go on and on and on - I identified 23 text book covert narcissist traits in the FL character. Terrible character build and a complete waste of talented actors and production.
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