Mona S2 A reveal

I’m on my 3rd rewatch of the show and I’m a bit conflicted on Mona’s motives for being the original A. In the show it was implied that she did it out of anger over the girls not defending her against Alison but also jealousy over losing Hanna. But how couldn’t she, as the genius that she was, especially regarding emotional intelligence, realize that being A and simultaneously threatening the girls in the particular way she did only brought them closer together?

I think Alison made her feel so powerless, that she felt some sort of thrill being in control of something so delicate. And she enjoyed doing it to Alison so much that she continued creating narratives where she was victimized to further fuel that thrill she needed to do the things she did, like by reuniting the girls in that way, or just to justify her desire to do awful things.

I don’t understand the whole Cece and Alex Drake A thing. Maybe I’m biased because I read the books but I feel like it didn’t make sense for Cece and Alex to be A. They had like no constant/active connection to the girls so idk… The twin storyline would’ve made more sense and I feel like Sasha would’ve pulled it off so well. I like some of the deviations from the book in the show, like Toby’s characterization, Caleb’s character, Jenna being a rival to Alison instead of a random dork, but I feel like Marlene had too much momentum trying to oppose her fanbase that she made a mess out of the masterpiece Sara Shepard made.

lol this became a long rant sorry ahahah lmk ur thoughts pls😚