I find her to be refreshing..after finding out she was being driven to obsession by drugs..she know realizes she did not love Steve after all..and man..what a blessing cause he is definitely a boring guy now..and Ava seems to like an edgier guy..so nujawn intrigues her..
She realizes as Marlena does not that both John/Drake the actor who plays him sees that this is the way for the two to be interesting for a long time on the show. Best thing Hogan ever did for John/Drake was to kill off the "what's up doc?" Bugs Bunny persona and give him something to develop as a character..
Ava as the catalyst for nu jawn to explore this side of himself is wonderful..yeah yeah we all know where it will end up..but at least we get a little excitement before the show does the expected..
Ava is witty, catty, not above being sneaky without apologizing for it..while Marlena is the woman with the hypo who is not above using it..on those she loves and those she hates.