yeah we get it, you're too cool for school, but most of the people like that soften up around people they like/love, especially after 10 years! Even in the finale she's still a dick, and not in the endearing way.
"and as I sip my soda that I'm sure somebody spit in..."
She was/is an emo and people like that never change their attitude. I didn't like her either.
shareWhy would you expect her to change? She is who she is.
I like her non-conformist attitude. I've always liked people who are individuals more than people who are sheep. Go April.
There are plenty of positive ways to be a "non-conformist". In fact, in her crowd, April is probably conforming quite well.
What crowd? On the show she doesn't have any friends outside of the cast.
And who decides what is a "positive way" to be a non-conformist? You?
What crowd? HER crowd. DUH!
You've missed the point of the show as regards April. DUH!
On the show, in the early seasons, she has Derek & Orin, at a minimum. We are also shown her sister. April's actions & attitudes confirm quite well to those of Derek & Orin & her sister. She confirms to THAT crowd. DUH!
ALso, she "non-conforms" to the adults because her crowd, her age group, non-conforms to the adults. April is a non-conformist only to the degree that she chooses to non-conform exactly as those around her are non-conforming. This is a well-known syndrome. There is a term for it. I won't waste it on somebody as obviously SLOW-on-the uptake as you are.
I haven't even finished S3. She probably has more interaction with the adults in later seasons. The marriage to Andy in S3 was obviously a way to bring her more tightly into the cast & to change her attitudes slightly.
Who decides what is a "real way" to be a non-conformist? Intelligent & perceptive people. Not you.
Wrong.
sharekeep being stubbornly SLOW-on-the uptake. It's a pathetic lifestyle, but it suits you.
You sound dumb.
shareWait. You don't even know what that means.
BTW ... with every episode I watch, I realize your immature, incorrect comments are even more immature & incorrect than I originally realized. How much P&R have you watched? As of S5,Ep18, April is "non-conformist" to only the tiniest degree. She comes from a different generation so she has different views but that is all. Since April married Andy, she has integrated nicely into the cast.
THE WAY THE WRITERS IMPROVED APRIL SHOWS THE TRUE QUALITY OF P&R.
April was great the entire show and changed very little. At most she relaxed her cold behavior at times in later seasons. Which makes perfect sense as the longer you spend time with people the more you lower your walls. Her overall personality was the same though.
As early as season 2 she helped Ron Swanson deal with his injured back and got him to the doctor. She was never a terrible person.. she was just unconventional and proud of it.. and anti-status quo. This never changed.
You are wrong once again. But nice try.
LOL she was hardly "anti-status quo". She may be snarky and something of an introvert, but she's not Daria Morgendorffer.
shareI felt she was miscast. There have been numerous shows with a mean or snarky character, but the key to them working is that they are somehow likeable. I don't think Aubrey Plaza quite has that. It's all in the eyes...overkill.
sharemaybe the problem was that aubrey plaza was basically playing herself
I thought she was likeable, but I also found her attractive which helps lol :P. I do agree though in the last season she becomes somewhat of a selfish twat lol, having a loving husband and a lot of good friends with a good career. Then randomly "I don't like politics" gets thrown in, but that just seemed like bad writing and not the actors fault really.
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I liked her immediately and in s2 and 3 she was one of the main reasons that I enjoyed the show.
Oddly, the longer the show went on the less I liked her. No character growth, no appreciation for the kindness that was repeatedly shown her (except when the script forced it in and it felt unnatural and goofy). It kind of reached a point where I wanted to ask "You're with your soul mate, working a job that you in no way deserve and surrounded by people who encourage and respect you (for some reason). Why are you still acting like a sullen teenager?"
This last season was the worst. I cared about April in the final season about as much as I cared about Mark in the final season.
My thoughts: If you are that worried about the things in your life making you boring, you probably just are boring. And she was.
"Call me in about a week."
"So it could be cancer? Hey, doc. You don't be a stranger either."
I agree with you. April as a character was hilarious many times, but as a person she was pretty terrible. For years everyone keeps treating her like a teenager when she is a twenty-something grown woman who acts like a child.
I agree about constantly being shown kindness, being offered opportunities, practically having them pushed on her which she certainly never deserved. Other people would be jumping to get those chances, and she acts like she's doing Chris/Ben/Leslie a huge favor by doing them. Seriously, Ben offers her an internship in D.C. and she behaves the way she did?
I also agree that she was at her best in the first couple of seasons. She was snarky and bored but she was more well-rounded. She just got more hateful as the show went on.
She was a bully and she literally acted like a straight up psychopath in some scenes.
I love misunderstood characters in tv shows/movies, heck i'll even root for them sometimes, but April was just intolerable. I dont even know how she had any friends because people like her in real life never develop any real meaningful relationships with others, let alone get hitched.
*chases Justin* do not tom cruise run from me!
Loper like UNK? Lol
shareA slight correction for Ron
aggressively mean AND apathetic, April is the complete (passive-aggressive A-hole) package
Or was April written by someone who just hates Gen-Yers?
That is the question.
She softened up a lot in her own way. Most of the characters learned to understand when she was trying to say something nice even though it didn't sound nice at face value.
Sat and forever am at work here.