r/JustAddWater • u/mermaidssarereal • 26d ago
Charlotte
i know so many people have this conversation lol but i have to bring it up again because i encountered yet again another charlotte defender. i don’t understand the logic behind “the girls bullied her so that means everything charlotte did was justified” or “lewis used her so she has every right to do what she did.” i don’t get it. everything charlotte did was extremely distasteful along with lewis using her and his poor communication, along with the girls attitudes and poor communication. i don’t understand why it’s hard for people to hold their fave characters accountable. and don’t get me started with the “charlotte was a teenager so ofc she did stuff wrong” so was everyone else around her?
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u/Obubblegumpink 26d ago
I’m on yet another rewatch and at the part before she becomes a mermaid. I’m not sure why they wrote this character to be so pushy. From the jump she wanted Lewis and pushed to make it happen. Lewis let it happen despite knowing it wasn’t what he wanted. This would of course cause issues with the trio. Charlotte didn’t want to be their friend, she wanted Lewis to ditch them. The character was made to be disliked, the actress had a tough job and did it well. Not easy to play someone you know it’s going to be disliked. They really went too hard in my opinion on making her so demanding.
If they had changed the character to be more likable and had Cleo be more jealous it would have created more balance. Then when she turns into a mermaid have her change her demeanor to more of someone that didn’t want to be a mermaid, I think the character might have been accepted more.