Talk:How the 'A' Stole Christmas/@comment-25547603-20141130020117/@comment-25337712-20141130030524

On the whole Paige thing:

Paige said that after Alison said something to her, she instantly pushed back and they started to bully each other back and forth. Alison had that bruise from when Paige kicked her. Paige said that Alison became relentless and that she couldn't cope with it anymore. I'm not saying that Alison is in any way innocent or that her behaviour is acceptable, but Paige isn't innocent either. She bullied back despite knowing how it feels.

As for AconspirAcy's question:

I think Alison's bullying was born out of her relationship with her mother. From the flashbacks that we have seen between them, Jessica was abusive to Alison, both physically and emotionally. Physically because she tried to drop the piano lid on Alison's fingers and emotionally because she showed her no compassion when Alison was telling her about the A threats. She simply told her to "Fight fire with fire. Smoke her out." If this is how Alison was treated throughout her childhood, it is no wonder that she turned out as she has. Compared to the other Liars, Alison's family doesn't seem to care about her at all so it musn't have been easy for her. She also witnessed Jessica engaging in two affairs so that would have negatively affected her too. She had no rolemodels and that is why she she became so close with Cece because Cece was someone who took Alison under her wing, though this may not have been good either.