Sherlock Holmes and the Fishing Cat

Hi! My name is Megan. I’m an attractive young woman. I’m into all of the same things that you are into. I look like I could be a model, I sound like a professional singer, I can play any instrument imaginable. Actually, if you see it being done on the internet, odds are I’m able to do it. Do I sound too good to be true? Well… I am. My pictures were stolen from some random girl. My background story was completely made up. Nobody truly knows where I am right now. But to make matters worse, my character is being portrayed by my 50-year-old mother. I hope that doesn’t creep you out. Odds are that I have no idea who you are, and no idea that my identity is being used to trick you into falling in love.

So, let me break it down for you, from Nev’s original perspective. Our friend Nev started a suspicious friendship with an 8-year-old little girl, Abby. Nev was under the influence that Abby was this amazing artist with an extremely bright future. He then befriended the mother Angela, who was very supportive of her daughter’s career. That led to him befriending Megan, Abby’s older sister, who he later started a very intimate virtual relationship, almost like the robot and lady from that first Black Mirror episode.

Well, due to some suspicious messages, Nev went full on Sherlock Holmes and dug up the truth. As everyone who didn’t skip class should be aware of at this point, Megan’s computer personality is portrayed by Angela. Angela also portrays Abby’s computer personality, as well as around 10 others. I will not lie, her talent for multitasking is pretty impressive and she should have taken up acting before she started a career in the Catfish Circus. But this leads to a huge question, what is this woman’s problem?

Angela obviously is not okay. She has some serious issues going on at her house which would drive the average person up the wall. I almost want to feel bad for her, I don’t feel bad for her, I just almost wish I could. In an interview she pleaded as schizophrenic, bipolar, etc. I’m not sure what I would want to call her. I know she lives a difficult lifestyle, and I think that the different accounts on facebook are her war of coping with her issues. I couldn’t say that it’s a split personality disorder, because she seems to be perfectly aware of what’s happening. I would have to say she has some extreme form of depression.

I disagree with her methods of coping and the fact that she caused so much emotional trauma with Nev. But, Nev is a trooper and dealt with this much better than I would have. He knew something was obviously wrong with this woman and the family, and didn’t want to turn this into a huge issue, aside from the fact he made a multimillion dollar movie out of it. He didn’t want to be responsible for hurting this woman anymore, even though she may have deserved it. But, I think he did the right thing by not calling her out and embarrassing her in front of everybody, right then and there. He handled it the mature way and dealt with the issue at-hand one on one with Angela. I’m just shocked that she gave him permission to use her in this movie, honestly.