History Analysis / AlphaBitch

* Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[ManipulativeBitch psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, less idealistic types claim that there is usually [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption only one way]] to effectively [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deal with them]]. The reason why violence can work, is because usually issues of physical survival are way below the AlphaBitch's level within Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and thus putting her in fear for her life typically is not something that she will have any concept of how to deal with. Whether or not violence is either practical (Is getting back at this girl worth getting expelled or suspended over?) or appropriate (Is what she doing worth ''really'' [[DisproportionateRetribution punching her lights out]]? Why not just give her ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine instead?[[note]]Because some people just never learn and just never change, no matter what you try to teach them.[[/note]]) is a matter of perspective, especially since it could arguably make her counterattack ''much worse''... unless you follow [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Machiavelli's]] advice and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution flat-out murder her that is]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are [[Film/{{Heathers}} occasional]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[WouldntHitAGirl will never be male]].

* To be fair to her, her level of power is usually a lot more due to the nature of [[{{HobbesWasRight}} other people]], than her own nature. This type will generally have an instinctive understanding of how to manipulate both the human need for belonging, and the equally strong need that most people (especially teenagers) have, to abdicate personal responsibility and the role of making decisions, to someone else.
* A common [[HiddenDepths Hidden Depth]] to the Alpha Bitch is that she is, deep down, actually [[JerkassWoobie quite insecure, tragic]], sympathetic or even [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice]]. Often, she'll have been spoiled rotten because she's the apple of Daddy's eye and his indulgence of her has gotten way out of hand to the point of inducing malignant narcissism - or, on the flip side, she'll be suffering from emotional starvation because her cold, selfish and distant parents have substituted material goods for actual affection. Often she'll be raised and bullied by a mother who is herself an ex-Alpha Bitch and who [[MyBelovedSmother forces her daughter to follow the same path]] in order to compensate for her own failed and wasted life. Depending on whether StatusQuoIsGod, this revelation may lead to her becoming a FallenPrincess, or even to the AlphaBitch and the heroine to bury the hatchet.

* Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[ManipulativeBitch psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, less idealistic types claim that there is usually [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption only one way]] to effectively [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deal with them]]. The reason why violence can work, is because usually issues of physical survival are way below the AlphaBitch's level within Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and thus putting her in fear for her life typically is not something that she will have any concept of how to deal with. Whether or not violence is either practical (Is getting back at this girl worth getting expelled or suspended over?) or appropriate (Is what she doing worth ''really'' [[DisproportionateRetribution punching her lights out]]? Why not just give her ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine instead? [[note]] Because some people just never learn and just never change, no matter what you try to teach them. [[/note]]) is a matter of perspective, especially since it could arguably make her counterattack ''much worse''... unless you follow [[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Machiavelli's]] advice and [[MurderIsTheBestSolution flat-out murder her that is]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are [[Film/{{Heathers}} occasional]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[WouldntHitAGirl will never be male]].

* Like the JerkJock, if the Alpha Bitch ever receives [[BreakTheHaughty comeuppance]], it'll be with such [[HumiliationConga vicious delight]] that it seems the writers are [[CreatorBreakdown working through their own high-school issues]] in the process. One of the starkest common ways to drive that point home is to revisit the AlphaBitch twenty years down the road where she is a frumpy, failed housewife unhappily married to the former JerkJock who is [[JadedWashout equally a victim of bad karma]], while the people she so cruelly bullied in high school will have become more successful ''and'' [[SheIsAllGrownUp attractive]] than she is. In that scenario, she will likely repeat the [[ViciousCycle nasty little cycle]] her mother had inflicted on her by living her life through her own daughter's. Expect themes of PrideBeforeAFall.

* Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[ManipulativeBitch psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, less idealistic types claim that there is usually [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption only one way]] to effectively [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deal with them]]. The reason why violence can work, is because usually issues of physical survival are way below the AlphaBitch's level within Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and thus putting her in fear for her life typically is not something that she will have any concept of how to deal with. Whether or not violence is either practical (Is getting back at this girl worth getting expelled or suspended over?) or appropriate (Is what she doing worth ''really'' [[DisproportionateRetribution punching her lights out]]? Why not just give her a taste of her own medicine instead? [[note]] Because some people just never learn and just never change, no matter what you try to teach them. [[/note]]) is a matter of perspective, especially since it could arguably make her counterattack ''much worse''...[[KilledOffForReal unless you murder her that is]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are [[Film/{{Heathers}} occasional]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[WouldntHitAGirl will never be male]].

* Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[ManipulativeBitch psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, less idealistic types claim that there is usually [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption only one way]] to effectively [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deal with them]]. The reason why violence can work, is because usually issues of physical survival are way below the AlphaBitch's level within Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and thus putting her in fear for her life typically is not something that she will have any concept of how to deal with. Whether or not violence is either practical (Is getting back at this girl worth getting expelled or suspended over?) or appropriate (Is what she doing worth ''really'' [[DisproportionateRetribution punching her lights out]]? Why not just give her a taste of her own medicine instead? [[note]] Because some people just never learn and just never change, no matter what you try to teach them. [[/note]]) is a matter of perspective, especially since it could arguably make her counterattack ''much worse''...[[KilledOffForReal unless you murder her that is]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are occasional [[Literature/{{Carrie}} exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[WouldntHitAGirl will never be male]].

* Because this type generally operates almost exclusively via [[ManipulativeBitch psychological and social intrigue]] of various kinds, as mentioned, less idealistic types claim that there is usually [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption only one way]] to effectively [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill deal with them]]. The reason why violence can work, is because usually issues of physical survival are way below the AlphaBitch's level within Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and thus putting her in fear for her life typically is not something that she will have any concept of how to deal with. Whether or not violence is either practical (Is getting back at this girl worth getting expelled or suspended over?) or appropriate (Is what she doing worth ''really'' [[DisproportionateRetribution punching her lights out]]? Why not just give her a taste of her own medicine instead?) is a matter of perspective, especially since it could arguably make her counterattack ''much worse''...[[KilledOffForReal unless you murder her that is]]. While this virtually never happens in fiction, there are occasional [[Literature/{{Carrie}} exceptions]]. Even on the rare occasion when this path is followed, the person doing so [[WouldntHitAGirl will never be male]].

* Like the JerkJock, if the Alpha Bitch ever receives [[BreakTheHaughty comeuppance]], it'll be with such [[HumiliationConga vicious delight]] that it seems the writers are [[CreatorBreakdown working through their own high-school issues]] in the process. One of the starkest common ways to drive that point home is to revisit the AlphaBitch twenty years down the road where she is a frumpy, failed housewife unhappily married to the former JerkJock who is [[JadedWashout equally a victim of bad karma]], while the people she so cruelly bullied in high school will have become more successful ''and'' [[SheIsAllGrownUp attractive]] than she is. In that scenario, she will likely repeat the [[ViciousCycle nasty little cycle]] her mother had inflicted on her by living her life through her own daughter's.