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Can someone explain why P (spoilers)


So completely turned on Joe? She seemed to revel in Jerome's assault, she let him screw her in front of Joe to add insult to injury and then ended up even peeing on her (which made the nickname P oh so clever). I just didn't understand what reasons P had to hate Joe all of a sudden. I might have missed some details while I was in the bathroom. Maybe there is a good explanation someone would like to share?

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I think the power mostly got to her head. As soon as she took over Joe's job it changed her. She got arrogant and completely didn't care for Joe at all

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And I guess trying to kill her boyfriend didn't help either.

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Once she started branching away from dependence on Joe, she was more "normal" for someone in her situation. She didn't really care for Joe, as initially, or even at any point possibly, Joe didn't really care for P. That was how their relationship even began, a farce to exploit P. P even knew about it and accepted it. P was accepting that people will exploit others, she was happy that she got some benefit out of it. But she also realizes that life is like that, and she knows how to play the game.

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I think most these answers are great, but I'm still not convinced. P's whole attitude reversal was just too sudden and dramatic. The 'you're evil' comment may be a little indicator that P might have started feigning affection for Joe at some point in their association, though. I hated her character the most!

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I think most these answers are great, but I'm still not convinced. P's whole attitude reversal was just too sudden and dramatic. The 'you're evil' comment may be a little indicator that P might have started feigning affection for Joe at some point in their association, though.



I found P's character heartbreakingly believable. I think her story with Joe is without a doubt the saddest and most compelling aspect of the entire film.......... her behavior at the end is the perfect example of how certain damaged children are so susceptible and easily swayed. She had become totally bedazzled by Jerome, and he got her to copy all his attitudes, which included hating Joe. In spite of everything that Joe did for her and what they shared together, Jerome was just a stronger and more persuasive influence. P is a very lost girl who wasn't raised with good role models in regards to loyalty and morals.

Poor P loses her innocence the ugly way and is destined for a sh!tty life just like Joe's.

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The way I saw it was when P asked about why Joe had started coming to her games and Joe told her the answer probably festered inside and made her angry. No matter how much she said she understood you have to be angry that someone manipulated you so much until you loved them.

Joe said it was P that knew the addresses of the Debters and she didn't so she didn't know she was going to Jaromes. I figured P was pissed off and hiding it, set this whole think up with Jarome to run away with him as they had both been screwed over by Joe.

The alleyway would have been a bit of an improversation but shows that Jarome had spoken to P about his life with Joe as P clearly understood the meaning behind the 3+5 action.

"I came here to drink Milk & Kick-arse. I've finished my Milk!"

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I don't see it either. The second half of volume 2 was just so unbelievable. And I don't know about all guns, but I know my glock won't do that if you don't pull the slide back. Even if you do pull the slide back (with no magazine) to get the trigger into firing position, it will only click once. You can't pull the trigger again unless you pull the slide back again. And yes I know mine is a single action gun, while the Walther is a double action. But I don't even think a double action will do that. Correct me if I'm wrong on that. I only know single action automatics.

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