#this might be somewhat messy but i think i managed to gather my braincells to actually generate somewhat coherent thoughts for once

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I thought i’d give my two cents on Ava’s character cause why not.

The chosen one trope is very cliche but somehow i think Ava still is interesting. And I think we all have seen the incompetent hero that has a lot to learn and stuff, but as for a hero as reluctant at first as Ava? I don’t think it’s a new concept really tho

I think most hero characters have some sense of wanting to take the responsibility and to help others. But considering her backstory of having to be at the mercy of others all the time and no control over her life, her reluctance in the beginning makes sense. (Tho i think her running around with JC and co was a bit too dragged out and slow, as many others did too probably).

What makes her do a 180 and suddenly want to join the OCS then? I think she had that instinct to help ppl before cause at some point she follows someone possessed into an alley but i think her want for freedom was bigger. Until Mary took her to that Village and she was shown ppl suffering cause of demons. When she helped that possessed man in the village she might have felt for the first time that she is useful by helping/saving someone. (Agsjkd it all makes sense, but this is so sad tho actually). But also something i think held her back was not wanting such a big responsibility cause she never had had to take on responsibilities before. And also the obvious reason of not having had good experiences with nuns before.

Something else i wanna talk abt is her being very perceptive sometimes even if she might appear the opposite. When talking to Bea (in s1 ep 3 or 4) she knows there is more to her story and points it out. Ava also does seem to have pretty good social skills despite never having been outside the orphanage before. (Contrary to Jasmine who is somewhat awkward due to having lived kinda isolated before (they talked abt this in interviews with her actor)). Back to Ava, i guess she must have picked up social skills from watching a lot of tv. But still it’s not quite the same as interacting irl so maybe she used to imagine conversations in her head with characters on tv or something. Also some pointed out she actually learned from her training despite not seeming to listen, i think it’s just her being naturally good at picking up things fast without even noticing herself.

Continuing my thoughts on Ava in pt. 2