[mangasatsuma]

I still see her as a spouter of shite.

Bea goes on about free love, while noticing and contributing to the sexual tension in the house, but then decides to describe herself as "old fashioned", which just sounded lame - and such a term could apply to the scenario of living in a harem and dying in childbirth....so what if she told Freddie to his face, maybe she just wanted to look nicer for the tv, or wants to **** with his head a bit more etc...

She may have the intelligence to understand the emotions of other hms and does offer them clear and valid advice (eg. her "honest thoughts" to Siavash), but this comes from a controlling place (stop talking like that Freddie please). Bea covets Noirin's predatory sexual role & Lisa's motherly role simultaneously. That she has such ambitions (whether conscious or instinctive) show her as a rather domineering person. We have seen her use bitch & attack patterns as Lisa used to do. She gives people some info but not the whole picture etc., she gets involved in everything. She will do more and more.