One thing that happened — that's of course not present here in this iteration of our thoughts because we started this in December — is developments in Lydia's character arc.
I absolutely hate where they went. I just hate it. I get no enjoyment out of it, every new episode is the writers screwing up and engaging in tired, sexist tropes, I have no confidence they're going to be able to write themselves out of the hole they dug, and...ugh. SO disappointed. Maybe it's true to the book and maybe it isn't (since I haven't read it, I don't know) but in the end I find myself in the same position of loving a character for what she could have been, had the writers had the forethought to check their privileges and assumptions about women's sexuality. I'm tired of this position. I WANT A DIFFERENT POSITION.
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I absolutely hate where they went. I just hate it. I get no enjoyment out of it, every new episode is the writers screwing up and engaging in tired, sexist tropes, I have no confidence they're going to be able to write themselves out of the hole they dug, and...ugh. SO disappointed. Maybe it's true to the book and maybe it isn't (since I haven't read it, I don't know) but in the end I find myself in the same position of loving a character for what she could have been, had the writers had the forethought to check their privileges and assumptions about women's sexuality. I'm tired of this position. I WANT A DIFFERENT POSITION.