Talk:Misery Loves Company/@comment-66.170.138.98-20130125154318

I figured it out! In the "Unmasked" episode where Mona is revealed as "A", Spencer finds Ali's diary in the "A" lair. There are screenshots around the web of the pages that Spencer looked at, with Mona's gun wrapper marking them. In it, Ali talks about finding out with Aria that Byron was cheating with Meredith. And then Ali writes:

"Aria’s dad is cheating on her mom! I love it! I mean, it sucks for Aria, but I’m a sucker for drama. There's no way Aria tells her mom though. Mr. Montgomery will talk her out of it, I just know it. She doesn’t have the courage to stand up to [can't read it but I assume it says 'him' or 'people'] That’s why I picked her.”

There's another page as well, that references Ali trying to get Hanna to be "crazy Britney Spears" with a shaved head for Noel Khan's Halloween party, and the reason why she "picked" Spencer:

"My plans to get hefty Hanna to shave her head failed miserably. Spencer stepped in to defend Hanna. Not smart Spencer. But that's why I picked her."

In the books, Ali assembled a group of previously unpopular girls (the Liars) to be her clique, so that she could use them for different reasons. So it seems like she "picked" Aria because she can't stand up to people and "picked" Spencer because she can.

Thoughts?