If you have watched , heard about , or know someone who watches or know someone who knows someone who watches Scandal by Shonda Rhimes , you would probably be familiar with who Olivia Pope is.
Evil takes human form in Olivia Pope....She always looks fierce, she always wins spring fling queen (Ok I'm kidding with this Mean girls reference)
But seriously! She might look classy, successful and loved by all but in reality she is so much more than that (Oops! Mean girls reference again, sorry guys)
Her name is Olivia Carolyn Pope (portrayed by Kerry Washington), also referred to as 'The fixer' because she fixes people and make their problems disappear via her PR consulting firm Olivia Pope & Associates which she founded after quitting her job at the White House. On the show she is well known for coming up with efficient strategies to communicate with the Media and she personally proclaims after getting fired from the President's campaign "I am good at what I do..I can move mountains, I would eat,live and breathe Fitzgerald Grant everyday you would be lucky to have me" (she is cocky alright..)
Olivia might be good at fixing other people's issues but she can't seem to fix the mess that is her life.. or at least her relationships...
She is in a complicated on and off relationship with Fitzgerald Grant III, who is not an average Joe, he is a POTUS! (President of the United States) always described as 'the most powerful man in the planet' or 'the leader of the free world'. Before we flirt the idea of a woman being loved by the most powerful human in the world....lets first take a step back and examine what's wrong with this scenario...
1. He is a married
Yes, Fits is married to his Charismatic wife Mellie (portrayed as a cold-blooded political animal who would do anything to secure their stay in the White House)
2. Mellie knows
She first found out Fitz and Olivia were having an affair after they went to see the Constitution of the United States together, a trip traditionally taken by a future president and his first lady. Through out the show she has been supportive of Fitz's presidency besides his infidelity and lack of respect for her.
3. Fitz spies on her
Call it Love, Romantic or sweet.. whatever. The thought that Fitz is obsessed with Olivia to a point that he would hire a soldier to befriend her in order to spy on her is creepier than "aww he's so caring ..that's so romantic"
4. Olivia is a classy tramp
"Oh no she dziiint!"..yes I called her a tramp, you can say i'm judgy but we can all agree that the "formidable" Miss Pope has no morals, in fact there is really nothing special about her besides her classy work clothes and well styled hair.
She and Jake did the dance with no pants less than a month after meeting....resulting in a complex love triangle...more like love triangles (Mellie-FITZ-Olivia & Fitz-OLIVIA-Jake). I think Jake and Mellie should date then we can just call it a love Square..get it?..squar... alriiiiight moving on..
5. She is comfortable being a side chick
She continues her affair with a married man even after his wife finds out (PS--I'm not encouraging anyone to cheat with other people's husbands and stop only when their wives find out). Scandal's 4th season ended with Fitz chasing his wife out of the house and Olivia moving into the White House something that the viewers have been wanting since season 1 but now that its happening, it doesn't look romantic anymore, its never gonna work out.
6. She ditches Jake
Olivia and Jake have been through a lot since they met: He spied on her, fell in love with her, saved her from being killed on numerous occasions and he ended up being enslaved to her father's secret spy organization B613, they dated, she went back to Fitz, things with Fitz didn't work out then She came back to Jake, Saved him from B613, ran away and stood in the sun with him somewhere in Mozambique, they came back, she got kidnapped, he tried to buy her through an auction she convinced her kidnappers to make, She got back and Ran back to Fitz.
Jake Ballard is a man scorned really. I feel sorry for him because he doesn't stop pursuing Olivia even after she's chosen Fitz over him time and again.
(But Shonda Rhimes is also ridiculous, this is unrealistic)
And lastly, She isn't a relationship model because:
7. She shot her father
Olivia resents her father who gave her everything she needed as a child, took her to the best schools in the world including law school and does everything in his power to protect her from the president. she views her father as an enemy. Ok she didn't shoot him in an actual sense because she realized the gun was not loaded but she pulled the trigger anyways so now we know she is capable of premeditated murder.
I don't know about you but I wouldn't be a fan of a show that encourages people to shoot their fathers, no matter how irritating they are. (That's where I stopped watching).
I would love to hear your take on Miss Olivia Pope's relationships. Can we really look at her and Fitz and drool #RelationshipGoals ? can we?
