How do you feel about Scout’s Ma?
Bad cropping!!! I remember you!
Agent doesn’t exactly know how to feel about Scout’s ma. When she hears Spy had a girlfriend that he supposedly left after she got pregnant, and she realizes that said girlfriend looks a lot like her…it scares her to think that she’s just the next person on Spy’s list. Just someone to use and leave behind when she starts being more trouble than it’s worth.
Agent has issues regarding her image and self-worth. She wants to do things like wear makeup and heels for herself, but she can’t stand the thought of being thought of as ugly or invalid by others. So when she’s in a relationship, she’s looking for affirmation to feel powerful: yes you’re beautiful, yes I mean it, yes I want this too. Especially with sex. Sex gives her this feeling of “I’m actually desirable to other people.” And that’s a dangerous thing. It makes her really dependent. And it isn’t healthy at all.
But Agent doesn’t want anyone to see that, so she cracks a joke about how Scout’s Ma looks an awful lot like her and leaves it at that.