She’s used to her and Joyce being a single unit, and it’s taking her a bit to get used to the idea that her “other half” is now halfing it up with other people too. She’ll get there, it’s just jarring for someone that sheltered to realize.
Yeah, even then, I think she’s being playful about it, not 100% serious
Jason
At times, yes, but that playfulness is used to take the edge off her being completely serious.
I know someone like this. He posts stuff on FB about “when someone else calls your BFF their BFF” and similar. It’s sad, because I feel like it hides deep insecurities, a fear that if they’re not constantly reinforcing that this important person to them thinks highly of them then maybe they actually don’t. I definitely feel that it’s a case of fear and insecurity with Becky.
And it’s not healthy. To be controlling of another person’s feelings and social life is not a good thing to do. To feel jealous and possessive because they care for another person is really unhealthy.
So… yeah. Even when Becky’s joking about it I get the feeling she’s actually not joking about it. And I see it as a really problematic behaviour stemming from unaddressed issues.
Disloyal Subject
Yeah, masking insecurity with a veneer of playfulness is something Becky definitely does.
a snow ʍousɐ
A bit off-topic, but…
That’s kind of what I thought Raidah miiiight have been doing when she inquired about the “chicks”… Sure, she might not think of herself as a jealous person, but she probably is worried about Sarah’s advances toward Jacob. She acts like it’s ridiculous, but she does so by pointing out Sarah’s weak points and trying to undermine Jacob’s view of her. It’s even possible that this isn’t jealousy but a sort of revenge for Sarah’s actions… that Jacob mentioned Sarah’s behavior toward him, and she decided to date him so that Sarah couldn’t have him… At any rate, whether the relationship started out of rivalry or not, Sarah and Raidah really consider themselves rivals, and for Raidah, Jacob is an important piece in the game that she doesn’t want to lose to her opponent. That may or may not be her primary view of the relationship, hard to say.
Jason
Hm. I don’t think so. I mean, she might unconsciously take glee in the idea that Sarah can’t have Jacob- IF she’s worked out that Sarah’s interested.
There’s no hint that Raidah even knew Jacob knew Sarah prior to the party, and from her behaviour I think she’s got far stronger feelings about Jacob hanging out with Joe than with Sarah. I think that may be why she repeated the word “chicks”- not to emphasise that they were female but to emphasise Joe’s word choice.
In fact, thinking back to her behaviour towards Sarah, I feel that she probably is as self-assured as she comes across and that might be a part of the problem. It seems to me that she perhaps can’t admit that there’s a side to the story she simply couldn’t see. But this is very much guesswork at this stage.
I would love to see more of Raidah and get to know her better as a character.
trlkly
I don’t know about that, but I do think she’s joking about calling herself so awesome that she doesn’t have to worry about it.
It’s no inherently unhealthy to have those feelings. You can’t just will your feelings away. It’s how you react to them and act on them that really matter.
Becky has had only a couple weeks to adjust to NOT being Joyce’s only closer friend, after a lifetime of being inseparable. So yeah, she’s not 100% joking either, but she’s still adjusting.
thejeff
Plus all tied up with Joyce being her only safe connection to her old life and to her being still very dependent on Joyce.
For all her brashness, Becky’s very vulnerable.
Lumpy Frogsnuggler
As soon as I saw “halfling it up” all I could think of is Becky in the Buttsmithy universe. I have a feeling she and Alfie would get along.
Disloyal Subject
I think they might at that.
motorfirebox
thats_the_joke.gif
Sam
Becky is essentially instigating a rivalry for position of Joyce’s ‘BFF’ because she feels insecure. She’s both the one starting it and the only one who cares about it.
I don’t know. I’m too old and introverted to use my own experience. When other folks think of inviting Joe and Joyce unbeknownst to be in the same place, do they really have to worry about a conflict?
They have a baseline “getting along” at this point, it seems to me. Joe and Joyce almost bicker like siblings. Joe, especially, seems to be interested in making points against Joyce’s plans; that seems the most he’s engaged in talking to a female* he doesn’t want to have an “assignation” with. (*Or even a male; contrast to when Joe asked Danny, “Can’t you ask me how big her knockers were?” when Danny wated to talk re dating & feelings.)
I’m interested in more uncovering of Joe’s backstory, the little bits out about his parents arguing. Joyce may be the person he opens up to. I can see that being a good thing for both.
Peter
I agree that when Joe reveals nuances about himself (beyond the completely superficial persona he usually presents), it is invariably interesting to read. And I also agree that Joe and Joyce are (somehow) very good for each other, each drawing out truths that the other has not recognised about themself.
Ironically, all of this is only possible because Joyce has managed to move herself to the very bottom of Joe’s “list”. (And there are grannies on that list!)
Yes, but not THE “Becky with the good hair”. Offscreen, there’s been a whole storyline where Becky meets Beyoncé and explains there must have been a misunderstanding because Becky is 500% a lesbian and therefore wouldn’t have been after Jay-Z even if she knew who he was. Beyoncé explained what a “becky” is, and she and Becky were both initially put off by one another but are now pen pals.
the unusual caps, where it starts lowercase and switches to uppercase mid-word to convey tone of voice changing, is a common stylistic quirk on parts of tumblr.
I was thinks Mary based on her being a pretty Christian girl who hasn’t met Ryan before, but she would never go for it…
Unless of course Billy, Carla, and Ruth cut a deal with her. Something along the lines of Billy letting her off the hook in exchange for stopping Ryan.
MatthewTheLucky
Mary will go for it. As we’ve seen in Roomies!.
Spencer
Are we actually debating whether Mary should be blackmailed into acting as bait for a rapist.
Some1
That is a bit dark isn’t it? I was thinking less blackmail, and more giving a low level mafia member a lesser sentence in exchange for information on his boss.
Some1
Less blackmail more forgive. Also I would throw in a 100 dollar amazon gift card
Spencer
That’s still sending a teenage girl into the line of sight of a rapist.
nightsbridge
no.
Spencer
What is your fucking defect
trlkly
Then your problem is with the entire plan.
I think it depends on whether they can find someone who looks like a teenage girl who isn’t one. Kinda like To Catch a Predator with their fake kid.
MaximumZero
…damn, they could really use me right about now. I’m a 33 year old long-haired metalhead who grew a goatee specifically because he looks like a 14 year old girl otherwise.
Damn it, me, this is no place for self-insert-fic.
thejeff
Of course it’s a terrible plan. But seriously, if you’ve got teenage girls plotting to catch a rapist, who are they going to use as bait but a teenage girl – teenage girls is what they are.
If it was adults plotting to use a teenage girl as bait, that’s one thing. Teenage girls risking one of themselves is entirely different. Mind you, Ryan’s likely not that dangerous once you’ve identified him and know his MO. Present yourself as a target. Wait for him to give you the drink – don’t drink it. Call in the backup to keep him from getting away. Present the cops with the drink as evidence.
148 thoughts on “Bridges”
Ana Chronistic
her bestest NOT TIPSY friend anyway
SgtWadeyWilson
Whoa whoa whoa… Pretty sure Sal gets that position purely on merit of motorcycle… as long as she isn’t tipsy.
a snow ʍousɐ
Sal isn’t so much a friend as an idol. In the religious sense of the word.
BBCC
Which is probably why Sal isn’t very enthusiastic about her tbh.
Needfuldoer
She built a shrine out of chewing gum and cigarette butts in the back of her closet.
Reltzik
Though, Becky will take Dorothy’s tipsies. Especially if they’re more than 20%.
Gesc
Loophole? Loophole, and it’ll only cost Dorothy her liver.
DarkoNeko
You just ate, yet you ran to Galasso, drunk. He’s not gonna be happy if you don’t order.
Schpoonman
Oh my god, Becky.
Doctor_Who
Look at her butt.
Mr. Mendo
She is. That’s part of the problem. 😉
Woobie
It is soooo big
tim gueguen
This makes me wonder what some of the other people in Joyce and Becky’s circle must be like.
DarkoNeko
I’m not sure I want to know. Except that Tristan dude.
AGV
The gravatar just makes this better
Mr. Mendo
Becky. Becky Becky Becky…
Never change! ^_^
Doctor_Who
She doesn’t change. She just becomes MORE Becky.
And despite what Joyce said, there’s never too much Becky.
Mr. Mendo
It’s like Becky-a-go-go! ^_^
Shiro
Becky is such a puppydog personality, right down to the guarding. It’s sweet that she and Dorothy are coming together on this.
Pablo360
It’s nice that they’re able to put aside their rivalry when it comes to what’s best for Joyce.
“What riva—”
Shooshpap, no fighting. Not now.
Keulan
I’m still not sure why Becky thinks she and Dorothy are rivals or whatever anyway. Dorothy clearly doesn’t think that.
Shiro
She’s used to her and Joyce being a single unit, and it’s taking her a bit to get used to the idea that her “other half” is now halfing it up with other people too. She’ll get there, it’s just jarring for someone that sheltered to realize.
Fart Captor
Yeah, even then, I think she’s being playful about it, not 100% serious
Jason
At times, yes, but that playfulness is used to take the edge off her being completely serious.
I know someone like this. He posts stuff on FB about “when someone else calls your BFF their BFF” and similar. It’s sad, because I feel like it hides deep insecurities, a fear that if they’re not constantly reinforcing that this important person to them thinks highly of them then maybe they actually don’t. I definitely feel that it’s a case of fear and insecurity with Becky.
And it’s not healthy. To be controlling of another person’s feelings and social life is not a good thing to do. To feel jealous and possessive because they care for another person is really unhealthy.
So… yeah. Even when Becky’s joking about it I get the feeling she’s actually not joking about it. And I see it as a really problematic behaviour stemming from unaddressed issues.
Disloyal Subject
Yeah, masking insecurity with a veneer of playfulness is something Becky definitely does.
a snow ʍousɐ
A bit off-topic, but…
That’s kind of what I thought Raidah miiiight have been doing when she inquired about the “chicks”… Sure, she might not think of herself as a jealous person, but she probably is worried about Sarah’s advances toward Jacob. She acts like it’s ridiculous, but she does so by pointing out Sarah’s weak points and trying to undermine Jacob’s view of her. It’s even possible that this isn’t jealousy but a sort of revenge for Sarah’s actions… that Jacob mentioned Sarah’s behavior toward him, and she decided to date him so that Sarah couldn’t have him… At any rate, whether the relationship started out of rivalry or not, Sarah and Raidah really consider themselves rivals, and for Raidah, Jacob is an important piece in the game that she doesn’t want to lose to her opponent. That may or may not be her primary view of the relationship, hard to say.
Jason
Hm. I don’t think so. I mean, she might unconsciously take glee in the idea that Sarah can’t have Jacob- IF she’s worked out that Sarah’s interested.
There’s no hint that Raidah even knew Jacob knew Sarah prior to the party, and from her behaviour I think she’s got far stronger feelings about Jacob hanging out with Joe than with Sarah. I think that may be why she repeated the word “chicks”- not to emphasise that they were female but to emphasise Joe’s word choice.
In fact, thinking back to her behaviour towards Sarah, I feel that she probably is as self-assured as she comes across and that might be a part of the problem. It seems to me that she perhaps can’t admit that there’s a side to the story she simply couldn’t see. But this is very much guesswork at this stage.
I would love to see more of Raidah and get to know her better as a character.
trlkly
I don’t know about that, but I do think she’s joking about calling herself so awesome that she doesn’t have to worry about it.
Fart Captor
It’s no inherently unhealthy to have those feelings. You can’t just will your feelings away. It’s how you react to them and act on them that really matter.
Becky has had only a couple weeks to adjust to NOT being Joyce’s only closer friend, after a lifetime of being inseparable. So yeah, she’s not 100% joking either, but she’s still adjusting.
thejeff
Plus all tied up with Joyce being her only safe connection to her old life and to her being still very dependent on Joyce.
For all her brashness, Becky’s very vulnerable.
Lumpy Frogsnuggler
As soon as I saw “halfling it up” all I could think of is Becky in the Buttsmithy universe. I have a feeling she and Alfie would get along.
Disloyal Subject
I think they might at that.
motorfirebox
thats_the_joke.gif
Sam
Becky is essentially instigating a rivalry for position of Joyce’s ‘BFF’ because she feels insecure. She’s both the one starting it and the only one who cares about it.
StClair
Exactly.
Gesc
Hooooonk
StClair
yeah, it’s not at all jealous or possessive…
Shiro
I’m gonna need you to reread that comment because I made no value judgement on Becky’s puppydogness either way, only noted that it’s a thing.
StClair
You didn’t, no. I did.
Fart Captor
A+ beckasaurus, would hug forever 25/10
Derek
I forgot Becky knew about the roofie incident
brionl
Wise Sage; much better herb than Stupid Cilantro.
Stephen Bierce
Or that twit Basil.
zathael
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/18/19/2C75CACE00000578-3240286-John_Cleese_co_wrote_Fawlty_Towers_with_ex_wife_Connie_Booth_and-a-3_1442600263938.jpg
Socks in Sandals
😀
Kris
Studies actually point to Joe being Joyce’s bestest friend. Enjoy those silver medals losers!
Peter
I’m not sure “friend” is the right word. “Confidant”, perhaps?
Deanatay
‘Frenemy’ might fit.
ValdVin
I don’t know. I’m too old and introverted to use my own experience. When other folks think of inviting Joe and Joyce unbeknownst to be in the same place, do they really have to worry about a conflict?
They have a baseline “getting along” at this point, it seems to me. Joe and Joyce almost bicker like siblings. Joe, especially, seems to be interested in making points against Joyce’s plans; that seems the most he’s engaged in talking to a female* he doesn’t want to have an “assignation” with. (*Or even a male; contrast to when Joe asked Danny, “Can’t you ask me how big her knockers were?” when Danny wated to talk re dating & feelings.)
I’m interested in more uncovering of Joe’s backstory, the little bits out about his parents arguing. Joyce may be the person he opens up to. I can see that being a good thing for both.
Peter
I agree that when Joe reveals nuances about himself (beyond the completely superficial persona he usually presents), it is invariably interesting to read. And I also agree that Joe and Joyce are (somehow) very good for each other, each drawing out truths that the other has not recognised about themself.
Ironically, all of this is only possible because Joyce has managed to move herself to the very bottom of Joe’s “list”. (And there are grannies on that list!)
Danni
beCKY
Gesc
That’s so Tumblr
RacingTurtle
That’s So Becky! **Becky winks at camera**
Cholma
But! Is she “Becky with the good hair”?
RacingTurtle
Yes, but not THE “Becky with the good hair”. Offscreen, there’s been a whole storyline where Becky meets Beyoncé and explains there must have been a misunderstanding because Becky is 500% a lesbian and therefore wouldn’t have been after Jay-Z even if she knew who he was. Beyoncé explained what a “becky” is, and she and Becky were both initially put off by one another but are now pen pals.
Disloyal Subject
I don’t follow. Do I want to follow?
Gesc
Never seen a Tumblr text post? Any of them?
impish
the unusual caps, where it starts lowercase and switches to uppercase mid-word to convey tone of voice changing, is a common stylistic quirk on parts of tumblr.
Some1
Does anyone else want to see them set a complex trap for Ryan? Fake party, cameras, girl to act as bait, video cameras, fake roofies.
Dean
Joe will play the role of the girl in this scenario.
Marisa Mockery
If this was Shortpacked I’m pretty sure this would happen.
Some1
I was thinks Mary based on her being a pretty Christian girl who hasn’t met Ryan before, but she would never go for it…
Unless of course Billy, Carla, and Ruth cut a deal with her. Something along the lines of Billy letting her off the hook in exchange for stopping Ryan.
MatthewTheLucky
Mary will go for it. As we’ve seen in Roomies!.
Spencer
Are we actually debating whether Mary should be blackmailed into acting as bait for a rapist.
Some1
That is a bit dark isn’t it? I was thinking less blackmail, and more giving a low level mafia member a lesser sentence in exchange for information on his boss.
Some1
Less blackmail more forgive. Also I would throw in a 100 dollar amazon gift card
Spencer
That’s still sending a teenage girl into the line of sight of a rapist.
nightsbridge
no.
Spencer
What is your fucking defect
trlkly
Then your problem is with the entire plan.
I think it depends on whether they can find someone who looks like a teenage girl who isn’t one. Kinda like To Catch a Predator with their fake kid.
MaximumZero
…damn, they could really use me right about now. I’m a 33 year old long-haired metalhead who grew a goatee specifically because he looks like a 14 year old girl otherwise.
Damn it, me, this is no place for self-insert-fic.
thejeff
Of course it’s a terrible plan. But seriously, if you’ve got teenage girls plotting to catch a rapist, who are they going to use as bait but a teenage girl – teenage girls is what they are.
If it was adults plotting to use a teenage girl as bait, that’s one thing. Teenage girls risking one of themselves is entirely different. Mind you, Ryan’s likely not that dangerous once you’ve identified him and know his MO. Present yourself as a target. Wait for him to give you the drink – don’t drink it. Call in the backup to keep him from getting away. Present the cops with the drink as evidence.