This idea spawned from the thought: What if Price knew Simon before Ghost? That’s why he said “It’s good to see you again Simon.” during the whole mask scene. To me, Price is a guy that puts a lot on himself. So… this came out.
I’m not gonna say Chloé isn’t fully undeserving of most her punishment. As much as I wanted a redemption arc for her, I’ve accepted that it’s not gonna happen – and it is kinda poetic that, after abusing her power as the daughter of Paris’ mayor for so long, her punishment is to lose all that power and influence.
But what about the people that enabled her thus far?
André, who catered to her every whim, leading to her becoming as spoiled as she is. Audrey, who alternated between not caring one whit about her and encouraging her worse tendencies. And Bustier, who basically taught her that she’ll never be punished for her actions by coddling her and telling her victims to forgive her.
All of them had a part in shaping Chloé into the bully she became, but none of them face any responsibility for it. André and Bustier get their last minute “oh, maybe this wasn’t a good idea!” moments and then get to wipe their hands of her completely, and no one points out how they (André especially) contributed to this mess – hell, they get rewarded at the end. Audrey, meanwhile, gets to keep abusing her daughter without consequence, and it’s treated as karma.
And Chloé – who, for all her nastiness, is fifteen years old, literally a child, who’s been surrounded by bad influences her entire life – is the only one blamed for her nastiness. Is the only one shunned by everyone, while the people that made her get away scot-free.
It sickens me.
This pretty much sums it up. Let me repeat. It’s OKAY to keep people as villains. It’s A FACT OF LIFE that not everyone sees the error of their ways to be ‘redeemed’. It’s FINE for certain individuals to be evil-to-the-core, some of the most iconic characters of all time are the most unpleasant bastards you could ever hope not to meet.
Someone’s value in media in NOT dependant on how ‘good’ they are personality-wise, but in their writing, consistency, complexity and overall believability. Not one note about the evolution of Chloe from S1-3 to S4-5 rings true, and it’s almost like they were scripted by two entirely different teams of writers (e.g a good one and an abysmal one).
Anyone who says Chloe fans are just ‘salty’ because our favorite didn’t get a redemption arc is being disingenuous to say the least… our main bone of contention is a) her TERRIBLE writing post-S3. b) abrupt change in behavior from bully with subtle layers to outright child psychopath with nary any build-up at all c) somehow thinking that CHILD ABUSE is a fitting ‘punishment’ for her many misdemeanors and d) the fact that NO ONE ELSE in this stupid show gets anything like the level of karma at the end of S5… EVEN THE FUCKING MAIN BADDIE OF THE SHOW WHOS TRIED TO KILL LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
So yea, I am (to put it mildly) a tad upset. And if you can’t understand why by now… well, I give up. 😑
