Sandra = Lesbian?

I think she was just one of the the dorky girls in high school who wanted the cool, popular girl to like her. When Mavis returns to town she sees her chance to build the friendship she desperately craved in high school. I'd call it a girl crush at most.

Whatever she was, I hope she killed herself. She was so pathetic. Pretty sure she was talking about herself when she said the lives of the citizens of Mercury didn't matter and that they might as well die. I hate how she helped give Mavis her ego back.


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No, it wasn't about being attracted to Mavis but what Mavis represented to Sandra in her head. In high school, Sandra dreamed of being popular but instead of trying to make friends naturally she treated Mavis like she was a best friend already when they never spoke because the fantasy of being popular and best friends with Mavis was so familiar to her in her head. Sandra now dreams of going off to the big city and leaving her small town life and being best friends with someone like Mavis who leads a seemingly glamorous perfect life. Instead of taking steps to get a better job and move, she begs Mavis to take her with her as Sandra can't disconnect her idea of Mavis and her own dream life. For Sandra, she needs as close as possible to BE the Mavis in her head which can't happen. Anything Sandra does herself will never be as good as Mavis because Sandra can't become her perfect fantasy version of Mavis because it's unrealistic.

Similarly, Mavis built up a whole dream scenario of winning the old Buddy back and reliving her old high school life and maybe having kids of their own even though Mavis neglects her dog and would be a terrible parent. Both of them were fantasising about people they barely know now but treat like they are close because they represent their dream lives. I wish the movie had focused more on the Sandra/Mavis dynamic. Mavis tells her whole fantasy to Buddy and comes across as unhinged and then Sandra does the same to Mavis but Mavis is unable to see the parallels. Instead Sandra pushes Mavis back into her old fantasy of leaving small town Mercury and living it up in the big city because she is better than everyone else. Neither of them are able to see that the real problem in their lives is themselves and that they will be unhappy wherever they go if they don't change this. They both want connection deep down but they put people on pedestals or push them too far away to have anything real.