#aria is a.d.

[rosesfromthedeep]

I love the fact that you can never truly go wrong with fangirling Aria Montgomery. When I see someone appreciating her and demanding her respect, my head is in danger of falling off from nodding in agreement. But even when someone dislikes or loathes her, my reaction isn't the common: "How dare you?!" or "I don't agree but I respect your opinion." I'm just thinking: "See?! Compassionate and gentle on the surface, but there's something hidden, contradicting, two-faced and suspicious underneath! She's not being 100% genuine! This is why she would've been the perfect A/A.D and her betrayal would've been so juicy and a huge stab in the girls' backs! Such a wasted opportunity, but luckily the fanfic and meta-writers get it!"

[fuckyeahprettylittleliar]

“You get to see a not so nice side of her. She may or may not betray her friends.” -Lucy Hale

[rosesfromthedeep]

aria is A: how they lied to us

[rosesfromthedeep]

I still remember getting so excited to see Aria’s darker side during season 7. Her playing on A.D’s side or possibly being A.D. herself was so juicy and had so much potential. Realizing that the motivation behind that was once again all about Ezra was one of the biggest disappointments on PLL for me. It still is, during every single rewatch. 

[rosesfromthedeep]

I clearly remember the ecstatic feeling while watching 2x22 of PLL for the first time and seeing Aria make the confession about being A to Mrs. Marin (because of the whole police report-thing) and being sure she would eventually end up being the big bad... to be honest, I still get the same reaction, but it is more bittersweet now...there were so many clues and so many possibilities when it came to it... *sigh*

[rosesfromthedeep]

Honestly, I thought it was Aria! I thought for the whole series that they were eventually going to make Aria A. There were so many things that led up to it. She was always missing an action... and I was wrong. I wanted Aria to be A. I think we all wanted to be the bad guy.

Lucy Hale about A

[rosesfromthedeep]

Seriously, I would’ve loved to see a spin-off about Aria Montgomery. There were so many hinted secrets under her surface. It was obvious that at least at some point they wanted Aria to be more involved with A-team, maybe to be A herself, and they dropped it later and gave “Aria is A”-theorists the crumbs during season 7. I know Marlene said that it would be absurd to make one of the Liars A, but I think it would have been genius. It is one of the most frustrating things in this show for me. Why the heck make her look so shady all the time if she wasn’t up to something? All her suspicious behavior with Mona, clear hints to her mental disorders, her connection and interest to Radley, her discussion with Eddie Lamb and his disappearance after that… I mean, come on! Mental issues run in the family: first Scott, then Mike... I would’ve loved to see more of their family history and dynamic. 

From the moment Radley was mentioned, I was sure that Aria had been as a patient there during the year she claimed to be in Iceland. I would have wanted her to know Bethany as well (and I am so pissed that they didn’t show her as an adult, because it lead us to believe she looked like someone we already knew from the show). I’ve read many PLL-theories but the ones considering Aria have been the most interesting ones. It sucks that I have not found any good fanfics where Aria is A without Ezra involved. At some point, I was sure that Wren was related to Scott and connected to Bethany as well.

The second “Big Bad” I was rooting the most for was Alison. It would’ve made so much sense for her to be A or/and to have a twin like in the books (her “redemption” always seemed really rushed, unbelievable and cliche to me). Especially on season 5, there were so many hints. If that had been the case, it would’ve been so amazing to see a spin-off of the past of the DiLaurentis-family. I would have been totally fine with this show to end at the end of season 5 or 6A with Alison or her twin being the final A. And with the fact that all of the Liars actually did something bad to whoever was getting his or her revenge on them. The flashback of the Liars’ first meeting would’ve been amazing to see as well. 

Yes, this show ended long time ago, but I’ll always be bitter how so much potential was just thrown away. I guess I’ll just crawl back into my corner and continue re-reading all those amazing fan-theories and watching the fan-videos of this show.

[rosesfromthedeep]

Do you know any good “Aria is A”-fics without Ezra being included on A-team? Or the ones that are written about her implied mental disorder? She would’ve had so much potential to be a great A, if the deciders wouldn’t have chickened out because “one of the girls being A would’ve been too absurd”. A or not, she had so much under the Surface to look closer to. But instead, she was made to be just the other half of Ezria. It’s truly tragic, her character deserved better. Thank you for all “Aria is A”-theorists for making my dreams come true. (And I truly should stop obsessing about “Aria is A”-videos. But I probably won’t.)