One-Sentence Summary in Obscure Reference Form: If Roxie's opinion on Santana were an Art Brut album it would be It's a Bit Complicated.
The Longer, Ramblier Version: Roxie is actively aware that she doesn't hate Santana. That's more impressive than it sounds because if you asked her her opinion on most people she would probably state her contempt for them in no uncertain terms because she's a social butterfly like that.
There are a lot of factors that go into that but at this point I think the main thing is just that even if a lot of what Santana does irritates the hell out of her, she feels like she gets where it comes from because once upon a time Roxie too was a bitchy closeted teenage girl who was quick to attack people. Just... with fists instead of with words, usually. So in spite of the billion things they don't have in common, there's something there that makes Roxie want to talk to her. In spite of saying they're exactly alike, Roxie's perspective on Jennifer vs. Santana has sort of become that Jennifer is the one she actually sort of likes but Santana is the one she relates to in what she considers a really dumb frustrating way. And that's probably just mostly born out of the contexts of how those two relationships have developed over time, but yeah.
Part of what makes Santana's personality easier to deal with is, of course, the fact that Roxie knows that ultimately Santana talks a good game but can't really do shit to her beyond that. And usually that's enough, but Roxie is self-loathing and short-tempered enough that occasionally she feels like she needs to reassert the fact that no, she could be a dangerous person if she wanted to be. Especially after the whole "cuddly teddy bear" thing, which... even if Roxie is deep down a much more considerate person than she acts, hearing something like that translates to "I don't take you seriously" which sets off her inferiority complex and need to overcompensate by being more dismissive and bitchy hard. And also just the fake punching, which... yeah. As I said earlier, Roxie likes solving her problems by punching them in the face or threatening to. She'd never actually go through with hitting Santana unless she did something waaaaaay over the line because wtf that would be stupid, she's just a dumb kid and that's not going to make anything better, but it makes Roxie feel better if there's that undertone of "if you push it too hard I could lose my patience, dammit."
(Also she likes "You Oughtta Know" more than she claimed but No Doubt will always be Roxie's favorite mid-'90s breakout act.)
Okay, switching something much less prone to essaying/rambling; Santana's top five musical artists that aren't Alanis, name them.
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One-Sentence Summary in Obscure Reference Form: If Roxie's opinion on Santana were an Art Brut album it would be It's a Bit Complicated.
The Longer, Ramblier Version: Roxie is actively aware that she doesn't hate Santana. That's more impressive than it sounds because if you asked her her opinion on most people she would probably state her contempt for them in no uncertain terms because she's a social butterfly like that.
There are a lot of factors that go into that but at this point I think the main thing is just that even if a lot of what Santana does irritates the hell out of her, she feels like she gets where it comes from because once upon a time Roxie too was a bitchy closeted teenage girl who was quick to attack people. Just... with fists instead of with words, usually. So in spite of the billion things they don't have in common, there's something there that makes Roxie want to talk to her. In spite of saying they're exactly alike, Roxie's perspective on Jennifer vs. Santana has sort of become that Jennifer is the one she actually sort of likes but Santana is the one she relates to in what she considers a really dumb frustrating way. And that's probably just mostly born out of the contexts of how those two relationships have developed over time, but yeah.
Part of what makes Santana's personality easier to deal with is, of course, the fact that Roxie knows that ultimately Santana talks a good game but can't really do shit to her beyond that. And usually that's enough, but Roxie is self-loathing and short-tempered enough that occasionally she feels like she needs to reassert the fact that no, she could be a dangerous person if she wanted to be. Especially after the whole "cuddly teddy bear" thing, which... even if Roxie is deep down a much more considerate person than she acts, hearing something like that translates to "I don't take you seriously" which sets off her inferiority complex and need to overcompensate by being more dismissive and bitchy hard. And also just the fake punching, which... yeah. As I said earlier, Roxie likes solving her problems by punching them in the face or threatening to. She'd never actually go through with hitting Santana unless she did something waaaaaay over the line because wtf that would be stupid, she's just a dumb kid and that's not going to make anything better, but it makes Roxie feel better if there's that undertone of "if you push it too hard I could lose my patience, dammit."
(Also she likes "You Oughtta Know" more than she claimed but No Doubt will always be Roxie's favorite mid-'90s breakout act.)
Okay, switching something much less prone to essaying/rambling; Santana's top five musical artists that aren't Alanis, name them.