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My take on the scene with Perla was that the writers were trying to show how silly and carefree Deborah has become after spending a weekend with Ava. I don’t think the intention was to depict a cruel side to Deborah, more like a juvenile look-how-silly-I-act-around-you type thing. That’s my take, I could be wrong. Cheers!

Deborah Vance for the character meme

My favorite thing about them: Her tenacity. It would have been so easy for her to be ground down and decide that the world she'd chosen was too cruel or took too much out of her to stick with it, but she never quit and she works like hell to remain productive, relevant, and good. She takes her craft - and everything in her life, including her hobbies - extremely seriously and holds herself to an incredibly high standard. One of the things I'm most excited to see for her going forward is her beginning to show the same commitment to fighting for others, not just herself or the people in her very, very small inner circle - we get hints of it in season one, particularly in "1.69 Million", but there's a lot of room for that growth to continue and I can't wait to see it.

My least favorite thing about them: There's very little I'd change about her character just in terms of it all being fascinating and even the more toxic traits (of which there are plenty) are all important parts of the character and are essential for her growth arc, but while that cruel and cutting edge makes sense and is necessary to the character, there are moments when it's hard to watch. I'm particularly thinking of the scene with Perla in "New Eyes" when she found such glee in the "joke" of pretending to be dead. It's one thing for her to be spiteful and cruel around people who bring out her defensiveness or that she feels like she has to be on guard against, and for her to find a mean sort of gleeful satisfaction in that cruelty in those cases, but that level of unnecessary cruelty towards a character who was mildly annoying but otherwise harmless and not someone that Deborah had any real reason to be so awful to was tough to watch.

My favorite canon relationship: The only real romantic relationships referenced/shown are Frank and Marty, and they're both terrible, so I'm going to extend this more broadly and say Ava. They're the core of the show, they have such a great arc from bringing out the worst of each other to bringing out the best of each other, and I love every single canon and non-canon (or at least, not yet canon) element of their dynamic: friends, partners, boss/employee, mentor/mentee (both as both), enemies, romantic, etc. They're so good together and their chemistry is unreal.

My favorite non-canon relationship: Again, taking some liberties in how this is defined - I'm going to interpret it as a relationship that isn't really explored in canon, and for me, that's Deborah and Kiki. I desperately want a bottle episode with these two! Their rapport is delightful and Kiki is one of the people that we see Deborah most at ease and affectionate with, which is just fascinating to me. I want so much more of them.

The sexuality I headcanon for them: I get Grace Hanson-esque repressed lesbian vibes in a big way, but I don't ever see her coming out as a lesbian or really embracing the word queer. Basically, just "not straight".

What I'd do if I could spend the day with them: Deborah's a person who enjoys spending her money and indulging in luxury, so I'd let her plan a day around that, ha. I'd want to get in on that PJ action! And if I could feel confident that getting drunk or high with her wouldn't result in her getting really mean, I'd enjoy the hell out of that.

Random fact about them that I like: It's not technically canon but she and Britney Spears would have been performing in Vegas at the same time and I am obsessed with the idea of Deborah being on Team Britney.

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