Kalinda's relationship with Will is easy; her relationship with Alicia is anything but, mostly because she simply cannot make Alicia understand what the relationship means to her. To Alicia, Kalinda's unadorned "Then I met you, and I liked you, I liked working with you, I liked talking with you" were just unfeeling trivialities; to Kalinda, they were as passionate and demonstrative as she's capable of being verbally.
Yes, this. It was the most passionate thing Kalinda has ever said on this show, but Alicia wouldn't recognise that (and even more so at that moment, when she was angry and hurt). Kalinda has so many ways to convince someone of her sincerity when she's faking it, but no way at all of expressing herself when she really, truly means it, in a language Alicia will understand. It's made worse by the fact that Alicia herself - while emotionally healthier and far more expressive than Kalinda - is not very good at these things; one of the things this season has highlighted is that she's not very good at making friends and keeping them.
Will is a stand-in in some ways, but there's also genuine bond there that I wouldn't wish to lose once Alicia and Kalinda go back to being friends again, whenever that is. It's truly the best thing to have come out of the breakup arc, IMO.
And while I wouldn't say no to Alicia/Kalinda (I am that easy, and friends falling in love is a narrative trope I enjoy), I agree: sex is easy for Kalinda, it's the not-sex that she's not very good at.
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Date: 2012-01-14 11:54 am (UTC)Yes, this. It was the most passionate thing Kalinda has ever said on this show, but Alicia wouldn't recognise that (and even more so at that moment, when she was angry and hurt). Kalinda has so many ways to convince someone of her sincerity when she's faking it, but no way at all of expressing herself when she really, truly means it, in a language Alicia will understand. It's made worse by the fact that Alicia herself - while emotionally healthier and far more expressive than Kalinda - is not very good at these things; one of the things this season has highlighted is that she's not very good at making friends and keeping them.
Will is a stand-in in some ways, but there's also genuine bond there that I wouldn't wish to lose once Alicia and Kalinda go back to being friends again, whenever that is. It's truly the best thing to have come out of the breakup arc, IMO.
And while I wouldn't say no to Alicia/Kalinda (I am that easy, and friends falling in love is a narrative trope I enjoy), I agree: sex is easy for Kalinda, it's the not-sex that she's not very good at.