[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Jords

I wasnt a fan of Ashleigh at the start because I thought she was a bit too miserable but then I understood her situation better. She was stuck in the house branded in the 'uncool' group which brought back memories of high school for her, the divide in the house was nasty and uncomfortable and so she wasnt in a good place in mind and naturally wasnt going to be bouncing off the walls. Over the series though weve seen her friendships with Danielle, Chris and Christopher flourish, weve seen her get more involved in the tasks and decisions BB put to the HMs and shes developed a lot since Week 1 and now is one of my favourites.

imo some people are hung up on her being 'miserable' at times and completely ignoring the situation. I wouldnt be very happy living amongst Helen, Pauline, Steven either.

..yeah I fairly much agree with this...so much leeway is given for Helen's past and that she may have had a tough life but none is given to Ashleigh for the fact that she was bullied...and I think it's because she hasn't fitted the 'stereotypical victim' thing but the whole situation in the house from the beginning with the clique must have been awful for her and for the first few weeks she looked to me out of her depth...then she started to 'fight it' by trying to manipulate Ash from being saved...probably as a way to try to diffuse the clique and take away a big part of them..it didn't work but at least she tried and she gathered 'haters' for that...


..anyway, she's far from perfect, who is...but I think she has on the whole, conducted herself well through her time in the house and with some of the personalities that have been there...the 'language' thing is funny as well because yeah she swears, can swear with the best of them..so she's as bad as Helen/they're as bad as each other..?..well no, because with Helen it's not just about swearing, that's nothing/who cares..it's things like what she says...the toast..?..Christopher..?..things like that, whe's just plain bitter and mean and I personally don't believe Ashleigh is...most people would have to go some way to ever become a 'Helen' in this life....

[Jords]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah I fairly much agree with this...so much leeway is given for Helen's past and that she may have had a tough life but none is given to Ashleigh for the fact that she was bullied...and I think it's because she hasn't fitted the 'stereotypical victim' thing but the whole situation in the house from the beginning with the clique must have been awful for her and for the first few weeks she looked to me out of her depth...then she started to 'fight it' by trying to manipulate Ash from being saved...probably as a way to try to diffuse the clique and take away a big part of them..it didn't work but at least she tried and she gathered 'haters' for that...


..anyway, she's far from perfect, who is...but I think she has on the whole, conducted herself well through her time in the house and with some of the personalities that have been there...the 'language' thing is funny as well because yeah she swears, can swear with the best of them..so she's as bad as Helen/they're as bad as each other..?..well no, because with Helen it's not just about swearing, that's nothing/who cares..it's things like what she says...the toast..?..Christopher..?..things like that, whe's just plain bitter and mean and I personally don't believe Ashleigh is...most people would have to go some way to ever become a 'Helen' in this life....

Great post Ammi!!