I discovered something that I find extremely chilling. I wish I knew the best place to discuss this, but I'm posting here for lack of a better idea.
I just completed watching the Breaking Bad series. I had been aware of it when it was on TV, but never had the attention to give it back then. I always told myself I would find the time to watch it and that has now happened. As it unfolded, I started to notice striking parallels to JA, and they came together in the end. I will list my random thoughts below.
- The series started in Jan 2008 (near the time of the murder) and ended Sep 2013 (near the end of the trial)
- WW, the main character, was very intelligent, maybe a genius, and developed into a sociopath
- The stories he told to cover up the lies were just as ridiculous and fantastical as those JA told and kept changing
- The amount of planning and charm and manipulation with everyone was amazing
- WW had his own "fugue state", which is another name for "fog", and it was a complete lie to try to explain his sneaky behavior, and the doctor called it TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA (ring a bell?)
- There was a scene where 3 Ninjas attacked the wife and threatened her to keep quiet. Didn't kill her but warned her if she spoke about anything
- WW had everyone fooled, including his own family, and his partners, and if you asked anyone who knew him before, he was always such a great guy
- He went through great lengths to acquire weapons, listening devices, cameras, poisons, etc and devised great schemes and stories and "Plan B"s
- Several scenes showed people showing up with an offer, and if agreed, they did the offer, and if not, they were killed or decimated, to their complete surprise
- He rationalized all the killings saying it was "for his family"
- He used children as an excuse and justification for at least 2 murders
- He faked a robbery to create a fake story for another deception
- He thought he was smarter than everyone else, including his lawyer and the DEA
- He was able to circumvent prison controls and murdered people inside
- He thought only of himself for everything and used people including his own family or scammed them (ala Darryl)
- He used threats or blackmail to gain cooperation or prevent people from bailing (e.g. his wife, partner, or lawyer)
- He made a fake video to throw his family under the bus (sound familiar?)
- He made a conspicuous phone call to create an illusion for legal purposes (hmmm...)
- His family eventually figured him out to be a monster
- EDIT: He did the EXACT SAME THING as the sentence hearing. He told his enemy that he watched his girlfriend die and could have saved her but didn't. Just for evil spite.
That's all I can think of at the moment, but I'm sure there's more. I know there is little chance that JA had seen all this as it was playing, but it is soooo eerily similar that I have to wonder. She rarely or never comes up with any idea on her own, so did she copy any of this too? And/or we see another example of a character and how they become so evil.