"I accidentally set my grandmother's house on fire when I was six. Caused a blackout in four counties in Ohio when I was eight. I spent my ninth birthday in a glass room with an IV of lithium in my arm. I've lived in this building for sixteen years, ever since the shrinks diagnosed me as a sociopath with paranoid delusions. But they're just out to get me, 'cause I threatened to kill them. I'm twenty-four years old and I've never gone on a date. Never been on a roller-coaster. Never been swimming. And now you know everything there is to know about me. I don't have the luxury of being more interesting than that."
-Elle Bishop to Peter Petrelli
Maybe she is dependent on her father but can you blame her? Being holed up in a prison your whole life doesn't make for a very good social life. It's either her father or the other Company agents who have nothing else on their minds but tracking down evolved humans. He's all she's got and the fact that he sees her as a disappointment, a let-down just makes her cling harder hoping that one day she can make him proud. That one day she can see one of his rare smiles directed at her instead of at the people he oh so manipulates.
Maybe she is a bit of a sociopath but so what? Years of ruthless experiments starting from age nine tend to mess with your mind a bit. The human brain isn't built to take that much electricity. That coupled with the fact that your own father would lead the group that mercilessly tortured you just to find out the extent of your power, even after you passed out does leave behind a mark. All hurt and no love makes Jack an unbalanced boy.
Maybe she is flirtatious still she has her reasons. Her social skills aren't exactly up to par and being deprived of a childhood doesn't leave much room for interacting. And so she acts the only way she knows how to; by offering herself up wishing for some form of affection to be returned.
Maybe she did like Peter Petrelli not that anyone could place fault in that. He's cute, kind-hearted, and innocent; the best type to mess around with. Plus, he grew used to her sadistic little shocks something that she hadn't expected. And he also seemed to care, whether it had been simple curiosity or boredom manifesting itself from being locked up in a room for months, he had asked about her life and had listened with that picture perfect understanding look of his. But that didn't last very long because he escaped along with Adam Monroe, and that had been that just another disappointment to check off her list.
Maybe she didn't have any morals but she can't be entirely accounted for that. After all, her father is Bob Bishop one of the founders of the infamous Company whose main purpose is to abduct evolved humans and keep their existence a secret from the public-no matter the cost. Murder, blackmail, you name it the Company has done it. Bob Bishop is morally grey at best. And so seeing as her role model wasn't the best her moral compass was bound to get skewed at times. So she was never against murder or anything of the sort she was a Company girl. It was her job and it was all she knew.
Maybe she was jealous of Claire Bennett but it was perfectly natural. The golden girl cheerleader had everything; a great life, friends, and a loving family. The fact that they had more or less started off the same (daughters of Company agents, evolved humans…) and her life had turned out so different pissed her off. Claire's father, Noah, (a former Company partner of hers) definitely had his faults but he had protected Claire at all costs. He had given up everything to ensure that Claire wouldn't be subjected to the same torture she had. Claire's father couldn't stand to watch his own daughter be in pain while her father had watched by the sidelines as others inflicted pain on her. She just couldn't help but crave that…and Claire being sweet to her despite her bitchiness angered her even more. Who could be that nice? The indestructible cheerleader had it all.
Maybe she had fallen in love with Gabriel 'Sylar' Gray and for that she made no excuses. When they had first met he had been sweet and kind emotions that she had never encountered on the job, and she had been his quote, 'angel' saving him from his suicide attempt. She was all that kept him sane through the days to come and she felt somewhat the same. She had been the first person in years to have made him happy and not because she was the only visitor to ever come by his cell or because she was his source for the 'Haitian pills'. But because she made him content with his life. She let him see the light as cheesy as that sounded. And she had betrayed him, made him tip over to his dark murderous side. After his drastic change she couldn't help but feel guilty, it had been because of her and Noah's efforts that he had become the monster that he was today. But she knew that he was still the same inside. Still as broken and fragile as she was, still needing someone to accept him just the way he was. They were both lost souls wandering through a lonely passage just wishing for someone to find them and if they happened to meet halfway in the process, so be it.
Contradiction after contradiction make up my life and I Elle Bishop won't let that stop me. I can't spend my life sorting through all the 'what ifs' and 'maybes' in my life (and trust me there are many) because in the end they all pointed to events that I couldn't change. Maybe I am crazy. Maybe I am a bitch. And maybe I'm as much of a monster as Sylar is. And if I am all those things, then I'm fine with that. Who knows I might even surprise everyone one day and change.
"I was there when your father first brought you in. You were a normal girl - unicorns and rainbows - and then they started the testing. The human brain isn't built to take that much electricity; you poor girl."
- Noah Bennett to Elle Bishop
Author's Note: I guess this was kind of to get you to try and understand the awesomeness of Elle's character, my favorite out of the series (though Hiro and Sylar are pretty up there). It's really from first person view since it's really her thinking about herself. Confused? Eh, hope you enjoyed it and Happy New Year!