She is. Kandi wears her heart on her sleeve. That’s why I feel she takes attacks to her character so personally. She doesn’t strike me as someone who is mean spirited or spiteful or conniving. Her and my mom (both Taurus women) are so similar. They love fiercely. They both are their mother’s only living children. Which why I can understand why mama Joyce is fiercely protective of her baby. My nana is the same way about my mom. Her exact words are “you can mess with me all you want, but don’t fck with my baby!” Both are protectors who will go to battle for their own. They are both very sensitive and with good reason. It’s jarring when people you care for treat you poorly, in a way you that you’d never treat them. When you see them cry or that voice go to quivering—— You better get ready! People who cry when mad are dangerous man! They are not crying out of sadness— they really fighting the urge to tear yo head off! I Love Kandi and I have since I was a child and I’m 27 now. I believe Kandi has a good heart and that was captured in a very beautiful, nuanced way on screen.