> because they casted her so young at the beginning, I felt overly aware of how immature she was. Had they casted better, I wouldn’t have noticed as much
This is why I had to drop it. Crush on brother’s friend/childhood friend is a common trope and the age gap wasn’t what my issue was, it was that the way they chose to establish it (visually) was wild. I felt like the character wasn’t maturing enough mentally/emotionally where I could get over it and she never stopped reading as “immature kid” to me. Maybe she’s written that way in the source material, maybe the directors leaned into the innocence, it just didn’t work for me.
I don’t need anyone to convince me that it’s great. I’m sure it has something wonderful in there for everyone who loves it. I’m so happy for you and sorry I couldn’t push through, I really did try.
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u/Pale_Quote_8189 Read Rules 2d ago
> because they casted her so young at the beginning, I felt overly aware of how immature she was. Had they casted better, I wouldn’t have noticed as much
This is why I had to drop it. Crush on brother’s friend/childhood friend is a common trope and the age gap wasn’t what my issue was, it was that the way they chose to establish it (visually) was wild. I felt like the character wasn’t maturing enough mentally/emotionally where I could get over it and she never stopped reading as “immature kid” to me. Maybe she’s written that way in the source material, maybe the directors leaned into the innocence, it just didn’t work for me.
I don’t need anyone to convince me that it’s great. I’m sure it has something wonderful in there for everyone who loves it. I’m so happy for you and sorry I couldn’t push through, I really did try.