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33 with the spirit of an 85 year old. Mum in the Bluey theme song. Devoted wife and weirdo. she/her

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This had BETTER be Audrey's season idk. I've been rewatching and fine. FINE. There better be a whole arc about Edward and approval and Robert dying and a church wedding. I will not settle for less than a fanfic at this point. Make it up to us, pls. #acgas

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@Mrcarmie Yes, this is my thing, too. I can accept that they are just repeating the slow burn plot, although it's becoming ad nauseam, but I cannot understand Audrey at all. Maybe she's just not the woman we thought she was? Then again, they made her out to be exactly that woman soooo

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling Thank YOU for talking it through with me! I enjoy sorting through this mess together! 💪

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling I think the crux of our confusion is: If ACGAS intends A to be genuinely unaware or emotionally obtuse at this stage, then it is sacrificing her integrity to preserve narrative tension. Imo, that's why it feels wrong. Bc it means the writing is weaker than the character deserves.

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling Further evidence that there's a structural storytelling issue!

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling You don’t get chased down a platform by Siegfried Farnon confessing emotional dependence and just… file it under “nothing to see here," right? If so, I am really interested to be inside her head next season. 🥴

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling And if that's the case - she knows and is repressing - the show needs to say so. If she doesn’t know, that kinda contradicts what we’ve already seen? You can’t have it both ways without destabilizing her characterization.

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling Yes, this. All I can think is either 1) Audrey has feelings, and the show has delayed articulating them too long
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2) Audrey does not have feelings, and the show has been using romantic framing irresponsibly.

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@Mrcarmie @HollyIlling I'm doing a rewatch and I'm on the same page. As painful as it is.

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The viewers are here. We are engaged. There's a chance to move this forward meaningfully, but just like Siegfried and Audrey themselves the show needs to take a stance. /End Christmas rant

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It's Christmas but I still have ✨ thoughts ✨ A Thread (again) #acgas

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The issue isn’t that this pattern exists. It's not that these events are egregious on their own. They have high emotional value. It's that it is high time THIS one is backed up by the narrative byline. The fact that there's so much confusion and dissent is proof enough of that.