If we take Gracie's mentality as an acrobat in the circus, I guess we can take the tightrope that the acrobat has to traverse through while doing feats as the perilous situations which will really push Gracie to the edge (acrobat's fall)
Of course, what one would normally expect is for the acrobat to not fall, and succeed, but in this case, I'm kind of the mind where I do want her to fall at least once, but be lost for a while (evil/crazy path?), yet, thanks to a safety net (MC), gets back up and tries again.
Though I wonder what this desire shows about me as a person? Does that make me seem twisted, and evil?