SPOILERS AHEAD
If you watch Scandal (one of the best guilty pleasure shows on TV), you know Mellie.
As the wife in a Shonda Rhimes universe, Mellie gets a lot of haters. I started out as one of those haters; however, the more I watch Scandal, the more I realize the truth. Mellie is awesome. Sure, she has some flaws, but who doesn't? The flaws that most people fault her for are just ridiculous. Let's take a look at all the reasons America hates Mellie.
1. Mellie stands in the way of Olivia and Fitz. Well, duh. She's his wife. That's how wives work.
2. She loves power. Again, who doesn't? Mellie knew how to get Fitz into the White House and did what she had to do. She gained almost as much as he did from the election, but she had to deal with a lot of BS on the way. She set a goal and achieved it. Snaps for Mellie. I can't wait for her own campaigns. She'll wipe the floor with any man that tries to beat her.
3. She's ruthless. She put herself through unlimited nonsense just to be the First Lady of a successful POTUS. She sat by while he fooled around with Liv EVERYWHERE, just so he would be a happier candidate. In case everyone has forgotten, she also broke the law to ensure he got elected. She put everything on the line for Fitz to sit in the Oval Office and handle foreign policy while she worried about obesity or tea parties or whatever else First Ladies do. She does all the dirty work while JFK reincarnated drowns himself in alcohol over Olivia Pope. "I'm sitting all alone at the Resolute Desk with no mistress. Woe is me." Someone has to take charge, so it might as well be her. Our first female POTUS needs to be ruthless if she's going to survive.
4. She keeps it classy. No one rocks pearls like Mellie Grant. She will do anything and put up with anything, as long as everyone still looks the part. "Sure, Fitz, jump in that kiddie pool of scotch. Get good and wasted. I'll be waiting in the wings with a suit and an Altoid." Mellie keeps the public happy, and again, because someone has to. You can't just screw around in the White House telecom room, Fitz. America doesn't like that.
Shower drinking-- so presidential.
5. She's a woman of her word. Why would people fault her for that? She made it very clear that she was going to tell everyone about Fitz's philandering if he didn't get his act together. Why was everyone so surprised when she did? I just don't understand the disconnect. She told Cyrus repeatedly, who told the President repeatedly. I applaud her for that. She gave him actual YEARS to get it together. She's the victim here. Not Can't-Keep-It-In-Your-Pants Fitzgerald. When Mellie warns you, you should listen.
Fitz may look good in a suit and say all the right things when it comes to seduction, but the man is as incompetent as they come. Do you really want your President having sex in the Oval Office? No. Thank goodness Mellie is around, because there's no telling what he would do if he didn't have restraints. Everyone seems to hate her for standing up for herself and her marriage. If you want someone to blame, look at Fitz. The man has to be told where he should and should not put his private parts, and he still doesn't listen. Thank God for Mellie. Otherwise, he'd be on a watchlist somewhere and that can't be good for America.
*Definitions of betch, if needed.
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