But none of those were actually "friends"--Alicia was, and she's not able to understand what that means.
However, Kalinda understands how she feels and can't really speak of it. Alicia *doesn't* really understand how she feels but is much better able to verbalize how she thinks she's feeling. Sad, sad, sad!
In some ways Kalinda is far more self-aware than Alicia is: Kalinda knows she doesn't have friends, and what that means; for Alicia it is a painful process of self-discovery (the show is, after all, her journey). Just like Alicia doesn't know how much she means to Kalinda, I suspect she doesn't truly understand what Kalinda means to her, either. I'm thinking of the way she reacted to Cary playing games with Kalinda's arrest: it was such an utterly spontaneous and fierce leave my person alone or I will end you response on her part. It was a callback to the episode where Kalinda trusts Alicia to keep her out of jail - and perhaps it's not too far-fetched to assume that this was playing out somewhere in Alicia's sub-conscious when she volunteered to get Kalinda out (she didn't have to), that somewhere, Alicia does consider it her responsibility to keep Kalinda out of jail. This, juxtaposed with the recognition that she doesn't have too many friends. I suppose this too will be a part of her journey this season.
I don't know how they will get back together, except that they need to because I CAN'T TAKE IT (and also the angst is delicious).
Kalinda's moral code isn't a conventional one, but it's real and deep, and Alicia has to be forced to recognize that now.
Someone called Alicia a Vulcan - I'm not a Trekkie, but I do appreciate how appropriate it is in describing Alicia's difficulty in comprehending why people don't always do what one would logically expect them to do. Kalinda's moral code - her dogged loyalty to people who she decides are hers - isn't logical, and Alicia hasn't read The Bro Code. I do believe she's getting there - this, again, should be a part of her journey this season as she confronts the question of 'goodness'.
I don't want Will/Kalinda on the show, oh no, although I must admit I've contemplated the pairing on a fannish level. I can only imagine them in a fun, no-strings-attached fling pre-Alicia, and a painful (possibly drunken) episode post-Alicia that will leave EVERYONE heartbroken - I cannot imagine them as a romantic couple at all. I trust the showrunners on this, though. It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing they'd do (Will/Diane would happen before Will/Kalinda, IMO).
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Date: 2012-01-15 07:12 pm (UTC)However, Kalinda understands how she feels and can't really speak of it. Alicia *doesn't* really understand how she feels but is much better able to verbalize how she thinks she's feeling. Sad, sad, sad!
In some ways Kalinda is far more self-aware than Alicia is: Kalinda knows she doesn't have friends, and what that means; for Alicia it is a painful process of self-discovery (the show is, after all, her journey). Just like Alicia doesn't know how much she means to Kalinda, I suspect she doesn't truly understand what Kalinda means to her, either. I'm thinking of the way she reacted to Cary playing games with Kalinda's arrest: it was such an utterly spontaneous and fierce leave my person alone or I will end you response on her part. It was a callback to the episode where Kalinda trusts Alicia to keep her out of jail - and perhaps it's not too far-fetched to assume that this was playing out somewhere in Alicia's sub-conscious when she volunteered to get Kalinda out (she didn't have to), that somewhere, Alicia does consider it her responsibility to keep Kalinda out of jail. This, juxtaposed with the recognition that she doesn't have too many friends. I suppose this too will be a part of her journey this season.
I don't know how they will get back together, except that they need to because I CAN'T TAKE IT (and also the angst is delicious).
Kalinda's moral code isn't a conventional one, but it's real and deep, and Alicia has to be forced to recognize that now.
Someone called Alicia a Vulcan - I'm not a Trekkie, but I do appreciate how appropriate it is in describing Alicia's difficulty in comprehending why people don't always do what one would logically expect them to do. Kalinda's moral code - her dogged loyalty to people who she decides are hers - isn't logical, and Alicia hasn't read The Bro Code. I do believe she's getting there - this, again, should be a part of her journey this season as she confronts the question of 'goodness'.
I don't want Will/Kalinda on the show, oh no, although I must admit I've contemplated the pairing on a fannish level. I can only imagine them in a fun, no-strings-attached fling pre-Alicia, and a painful (possibly drunken) episode post-Alicia that will leave EVERYONE heartbroken - I cannot imagine them as a romantic couple at all. I trust the showrunners on this, though. It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing they'd do (Will/Diane would happen before Will/Kalinda, IMO).