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Originally Posted by kordoISback
LOL at Aubrey being a poison. It's pretty close between her and Clay on who wins it at this point. I don't get a sense of insecurity from Aubrey, or at least its not obvious to me like Lisa's is. She is probably confused as to the degree of celebrity she actually is and has come across as pompous at times because of it. She is also a blurter and fairly blunt, but I don't think she is insecure and vicious as a result.
You don't get Aubrey completely overcompensating by constantly talking about how great she is? You do realize that kind of narcissism comes only from a huge hole coming from insecurity.
Lisa's is a bit different, of course, although she of course does it by demeaning others more than pumping herself up. Although Aubrey seems to have it both ways, both demeaning others and pumping herself up to be the greatest thing ever. She's probably even more demeaning than Lisa, in that she attacks a lot of people for no reason at all for the most benign reasons and often times with backhanded compliments. "Teresa's so great, she comes up with all these stupid ideas because she's trying so hard." "Arsenio, maybe you can talk about walking away from the entertainment industry." "Tia, it's amazing someone like you who has been in the industry for 100 years can still look moderately attractive." It's way more subtle and way more digging than Lisa's "You are an idiot and have 5 brain cells".
Put another way, I think Lisa could be reasonable to be around as long as she didn't have people she considers annoying or inferior to be around. For example, put her, Clay, Arsenio, and Penn together, she probably is pretty chill. But Aubrey has to be queen bee, have to have all attention on her, and any threat to that dies. It's a much different complex.
Lisa's definitely someone who respects a certain kind of talent and oblivious to talent outside of that. She doesn't feel threatened by people who she considers intellectual equals. It seems that as long as she's surrounded by people who she considers capable, she can be a team player and doesn't mind having the attention shared. Aubrey definitely cannot have that said about her. It's the whole sorority leader mentality of having to play all these mental games of keeping everyone in line with her.
Of course, Lisa has pretty much had a mental breakdown and is pretty psycho now, but I think she's salvageable in a lot of situations. Aubrey has no environments where she could be worth being around. It's the difference between being the fat girl who was picked on and has huge chips on her shoulders, and being a true sociopath with borderline personality disorder.