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I fucking love her. That's it.
I mean overall just looking at their chemistry they go really well together and no matter what happened between them they still loved each other. I just really think they should have ended up together, if they did it also probably would’ve changed Lornas mental state at the end of the show
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At first, I disliked him for acting in a condescending, sexist way towards Chapman (plus all the lesphobic comments he made). However, the more we got to know him we found out he's an extremely troubled man with a deep trauma, who's really trying. In season 3 and 4 he seems to try really hard to please his wife and do better at his job and even be a bit more social, but it all blows in his face because ppl already know him as the "woman hater".
People might hate her for what she represents. As Tasha (Taystee) Jefferson said 'they hate you for what you represent - the money, the education..'. People in horrible situations, the prison in this context, justify being in prison because they had a bad upbringing. So when they see someone who grew up the way they wish to have, having the money, the caring parents, the proper education.. it makes them hate that person for one of two reasons.
These reasons being:
•Either they hate her because she had a fairy tale upbringing and an opportunity to have a wonderful future, but she threw it all away by committing a crime. Not realising how lucky she is.
•Secondly, they could hate her because the fact that she had the life they desired but still ended up in prison, so it demotivates them. It crushes the dream world they go to when in horrible situations to comfort themselves. It makes them think that may they were destined to be in prison, whether they grew up poor or rich.
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