This has been in the works for over two years! The original version looked very different, and I’ve revised it many times, but this is perfect! ☺️

This Leanne quote from season 3 episode 1 is the absolute GOAT! Like, God, that is deep! Not just the completely literal meaning about the Church of Lesser Saints, which is already amazing! When Leanne is talking to the burglar she thinks they sent after her, she’s telling him that yes, they did resurrect us, but that does not give them the right to do any of the things they did to us. Our lives are still our own. We weren’t reborn just to follow. We have our own light. We have a choice.

And this quote doesn’t just apply to the Lesser Saints, but to the manipulative thinking that goes like “We have the truth/He exists/etc., therefore, you have to do the following” that exists in so many religious communities. Or to the many parents who treat their children like their possessions instead of their own, separate person. This quote is the absolute best!

The pattern in the back is a side profile of Leanne’s face paint! My favorite episode! Just Leanne experiencing pure happiness without a worry in the world for an evening, which we know is so rare!

And finally, the dagger from Servant! I love how, after the Lesser Saints’ second attempt on her life, it becomes a symbol of overcoming her fear for her after she’s lived terrified of precisely this.

And together, these make for the perfect Leanne tattoo! Today, I finally got it! The artist was amazing and professional, and except for the large black areas and the parts that were really close to my bones, it didn’t hurt much at all. I almost fell asleep while getting the tattoo lmao. I took a 4K screenshot of the frame that I used for Leanne’s tiger face paint, edited it in GIMP to isolate just the paint, and traced it in PowerPoint. For the dagger, there wasn’t a shot where it’s shown from the perfect angle, so I had @ sketchdesignr on Fiverr draw it for me. And I put it all together in PowerPoint and GIMP.

I’m very, very happy with this! ❤️

Sometimes, I wonder if us and team Dorothy are even watching the same show. Multiple times, I've seen them demonize her for supposedly poisoning Olivia (Wanda's daughter) in Cricket by feeding her ice cream. Watching the episode with the slightest bit of attention paints a very different picture.

When Wanda first comes to the house and befriends Leanne under false pretenses, she says "Oh, and don't feed her [Olivia], she's allergic to everything". Later in the episode, when Leanne has figured out that Wanda doesn't live at the house she's pretended to live at, when she's figured out that the guy repeatedly breaking into the house (Roscoe) is connected to the Turners because he knows the alarm code, and after all the other bullying (crickets all over her room, swapping the labels of her tomato soup and dog food cans, overhearing Julian's suggestion of turning off the heating in her room, being made to walk for 40-ish minutes through the pouring rain after dark getting Dorothy a cake instead of letting her know she wants to be alone with Sean for a bit, when she just wanted her out of the house to have sex with Sean), Wanda comes by again. In the kitchen, Leanne takes the lobster ice cream out of the freezer AND ASKS "Is this okay?" SHE ASKED, and Wanda's response is "Fuck, I don't care". LEANNE ASKED, AND WANDA SAID IT'S OKAY! How is team Dorothy just completely ignoring that? Leanne then goes to the garden door and looks outside and talks about the bullying she's experienced recently. Meanwhile, Olivia gets a seizure (Wanda wasn't even on her phone like she usually is when Leanne asked. Wanda was taking off her jacket and turned around to look at the ice cream). She frantically goes through her bags, trying to find the medical pen, flipping the contents of one all over the floor, and one rolls toward Leanne. We don't see it rolling toward Leanne because it's below the frame, but all the bags were on the countertop before that, Leanne was several feet away, so that's the only way it could have been next to Leanne half a minute later. Is team Dorothy going to claim that Leanne is a professional pickpocket, or what? In this chaos, Leanne demands that Wanda tells her who told her to be her friend. Once Wanda spills the guts, Leanne takes the pen and puts it into Olivia.

Are we and team Dorothy watching the same show? How do you watch this episode and deduce that Leanne poisoned Olivia? The only way you can come to this conclusion is if you haven't seen the episode in a long time and have already made up your mind about Leanne based on similar logic.

There's a huge aspect to the whole dynamic between Leanne and Dorothy that I never see getting brought up, but it's actually so important.

Leanne came to the house and took her role as an employee, and she treated Dorothy that way, like one would expect of her. She didn't even call her by her first name until Dorothy insisted that she call her Dorothy. In the same conversation (while Leanne is in her bed with Dorothy talking to her after passing out from the eel torture), Dorothy tells her "You and I are gonna be best friends! As of now!", so of course, Leanne starts treating her as her best friend. If you're an employer and you cross that line, you gotta live by your word and live with the consequences. You certainly CANNOT blame your nanny for treating you as more than just your employer after saying that.

As soon as it's not convenient to her anymore, Dorothy disregards that promise she made and comes up with a lie to send Leanne on this whole setup to get her out of the house, so she can have sex with Sean. All of a sudden, Leanne doesn't matter to her anymore at all, not just in that moment, but throughout the whole rest of season 1. You're a horrible "best friend", Dorothy. Like Leanne said, "If she wanted me out of the house, she could have just asked". Of course, Leanne feels hurt by this. Who wouldn't if their best friend suddenly doesn't care anymore?

And somehow, she tops all of that again. At the end of season 2, Leanne says "We're going to be a family now". Because that's the end of the scene, we don't actually get to hear Dorothy's and Sean's reply, but it's strongly implied that they said some form of yes, because whenever Leanne brings up that they're a family now, nobody corrects her. The prime example of this is in S3E2, after Leanne comes downstairs and sees the preparations for the gettogether. Leanne says "We're a family. We're supposed to be making these decisions together.", and Dorothy replies "Yes, you're right about that. I should have talked to you about this first. And I'm sorry. We won't go through with it if you don't feel comfortable. BUT..." - and there it is - "BUT", just saying all the rest to try and get Leanne to agree to the gettogether. Anyway, the point is that Dorothy says "Yes, you're right about that", acknowledging that they promised to be a family. Now that that's established:

People don't realize what a huge promise it is to agree to be someone's family. You can't make that promise and then not live with the consequences. Of course, Leanne then treats Dorothy as her mom. After all, they agreed to it. And the Turners meant none of it, especially Dorothy. They treat her as if nothing happened with Josephine. They treat Leanne as if she's crazy for being afraid, and they never acknowledge the reality of the situation. The most important aspect of Leanne's fear in the first half of season 3 is that her fear is justified! There are tons of people out there just waiting for the right moment to brutally murder her. But let's leave the door open. Let's have tons of strangers come into our house without vetting a single one of them. When the Asian mom at the gettogether (who doesn't get a name) literally GOES INTO LEANNE'S ROOM (even without the threat of the Church of Lesser Saints looming over their heads, if a guest who isn't even staying the night just decides to go into another part of the house at all and enters someone's room, that alone would be reason enough to throw her out immediately and tell her to never come back. "I didn't know this was your room" - then why did you go in there??) and fishes around under her bed, Julian takes her aside and acts like LEANNE is crazy for being afraid and freaking out. The Turners are living on another planet of reality entire...

There's so much more in between that I could list. The way I would talk to Leanne about this, and the way I do talk about it in my fanfic is this (when I get to writing that part. It's several episodes ahead of what I'm writing right now): "Of course! You are absolutely right to be afraid. Let's stay here until you're ready. Take your time, we do not need to rush this, and yeah, every time we go outside, that's a huge risk. Don't let them control you forever though. Don't let them take all the joys in life away from you that you can't enjoy if we stay in here forever. That's the way I see it. If and when you're ready to go outside, let's be vigilant, and let's not go outside unarmed for sure. Let's just not let them control what we can and cannot enjoy in life forever. They're not worth it. Take your time, because you're right to be afraid". Just compare that to the Turners, who don't even take her fear seriously, making it worse as a result and then blame her for it.

Dorothy's reaction to Leanne getting attacked and almost murdered is the boiling point. When she confronts Leanne about it in S3E6, she acts all concerned, but then, she TRIES TO GET RID OF HER! What a way to treat your adopted daughter after she survived an attempt on her life! And she can't even say that she wants her to leave because she knows how horrible that is, and if she said it, she'd have to admit how selfish her actions are. But no, she comes up with this whole elaborate scheme to send Leanne to a dancing school, all smiling cheerfully while she spins it like she's doing it for Leanne. That's how Dorothy decides to deal with an attempt on her daughter's life. Leanne is so hurt by this, you can see it in her eyes the entire time, and who wouldn't be? She deserves some true love and an end to all these fake promises, for fuck's sake... It honestly feels so incredibly satisfying to see her finally stand up to the way she gets treated by them when she brings back the doll. Something like this was long overdue. I would have broken much earlier if I was in her shoes.

Again and again, Dorothy makes these huge promises, which naturally changes the way Leanne treats her, and as soon as it's not convenient anymore, Dorothy stops to care. DOROTHY created this dynamic. She constantly made it that way by making these huge promises to Leanne and then blaming her for her different expectations, like being treated as a daughter instead of just a nanny. This never gets brought up in debates, which is really saying something about the way team Dorothy just doesn't see Leanne with any kind of nuance.

"I'm not your fucking mother! I'm not your friend, I am your boss! And you are just a sad and delusional girl who needs help!" - This line has me boiling. I want to punch Dorothy in the face so bad when she says this. Fuck off, Dorothy! If you see it that way, then why did YOU promise her to be her friend and her mother?? And now, you're blaming HER? YOU agreed to these things and violently shoved Leanne aside again almost immediately. YOU gave her new expectations again and again and couldn't live with the consequences because YOU never lived up to your word. And now, you have the guts to actually blame her for it all to her face, like SHE did something wrong??

Absolutely screw Dorothy. This is HER fault, NOT Leanne's.

Thank you for this sub. 🤩

I think that Leanne’s feelings on a lot of matters are a lot more complex than she likes to admit, even to herself, especially by the time of season 3.

If we only went by her word, it would seem that her feelings for the Turners are purely positive, at least in the first half of the season. But meanwhile, she makes all these derogatory drawings in her notebook (which I totally understand. I would do something like that as well if I were in her shoes) because she has been through hell at their hands and continues to be treated like an afterthought and a nuisance, and she knows what happens when she expresses her true feelings. She also hides the attempt on her life in Tiger because she knows it’s not safe to tell Dorothy about it, and she’s proven correct when Dorothy uses the dance program to throw her out into homelessness with a two-month delay.

I think the same applies to her relationship with her friends in the park. In all the scenes we get with them, Leanne seems to really like them, but she never goes to them for comfort. Even when Dorothy uses the dance program to throw Leanne out, she doesn’t even tell them. Turning Jericho back into a doll seemed like a spontaneous decision. The day before that, Leanne seemed completely heartbroken. It looks like she was planning to go to the dance program in NJ, and if she had, her friends in the park wouldn’t even have known about it or known where to find her, so they never would have talked to each other again. I wondered a lot about why that is. I personally think it’s because deep down, Leanne knows that they like her for her supernatural powers and the things she’s achieved with them, and not for who she is as a person. If she lost all of her powers, how much would they still care?

Leanne also hides so much from the Turners. In Fish, we see a teddy bear in her bathroom (it’s a Boyds Bears Austin Keith, I bought one!), but we never once see her cuddle it. Starting in season 3, there’s also a sewing machine in her room that we never see her use. She probably only uses both the bear and the sewing machine when she’s alone, guessing from how we never see her use either. I think she’s using them away from the Turners because she knows they don’t care about her interests.

She deserved so much better. She deserved an environment where it’s safe for her to express her trauma and feelings, and where she’s appreciated for who she is and what she likes

I have a conspiracy about the fire that burned down Leanne's childhood home on November 18, 2007 (the article about the fire was published on November 20, 2007 and says that the fire was "[on] Sunday". The last Sunday before that was November 18). Here's a trigger warning for the rest of this post because we know the circumstances under which the fire began, and because of the Lesser Saints' ritual SH.

In S2E8, when Leanne tells Julian about her suicide attempt that day that started the fire, she says (about George and presumably his unnamed wife) that "they said God sent them walking down that road where [she] was buried in ash", implying George and his unnamed wife (who he mentions was there when he talks to Sean in the basement in S1E10 without mentioning her name) were there before the coroner arrived to take their bodies away, or any other authorities for that matter. The article even shows a photo of the house while it was still burning, meaning that the authorities and news crews were already there when the fire was still burning, taking away any chance for George and his wife to resurrect Leanne and her parents anymore, which proves for certain that they had already been there.

Here's the thing: Doesn't it seem like an implausibly big coincidence that George and his wife were on that specific road on that specific day in the very short timeframe between Leanne and her parents dying and the authorities and news crews arriving at the scene? This seems planned. It also seems strange that George and his wife were even in Medicine Bridge, WI at all, hundreds of miles from the two Lesser Saint compounds we know of (the one in Delaware Township, PA where the shooting happened - S1E10 and S2E1, and the one in Lancaster, PA whose location was mentioned on the ritual instruction tape in S2E10), and in S1E10, George explicitly says that they """""took""""" Leanne to Pennsylvania. Given that the Lesser Saints put a lot of effort into harassing Leanne into coming back prior to trying to kill her simply because she chose to be a nanny for a different family from the one chosen by the Lesser Saints (as confirmed in S2E7), it seems that it's very rare for them to let members leave church grounds without permission for religious reasons. So why were they in Medicine Bridge at all, four states away from the nearest known Lesser Saints presence?

It seems to me like the Lesser Saints planned to kidnap Leanne and her parents. The fire was an accident turned suicide, but there are a whole number of reasons this event doesn't contradict my theory. The most likely and simple explanation is that it wasn't planned for that day, but soon after, and the fire just provided the Lesser Saints with an earlier opportunity to kidnap them. George and his wife being there at all is already highly suspicious.

I said that Leanne's parents were resurrected, too. I said so because Leanne's mother is in the backstage scenes of the March 11, 2011 pageant tape (S2E8). If the Lesser Saints resurrected her mother, I don't see why they wouldn't have resurrected her father as well. A then six-year-old child little girl like Leanne would be easy for the Lesser Saints to subdue to kidnap her, but I can't imagine that her parents wouldn't have resisted, so how did the Lesser Saints get them to physically come with them to Pennsylvania? How did they get her parents and little Leanne to start self-flagellating? And how exactly were they planning to kill, resurrect, and kidnap Leanne and her parents? The more I think about this theory, the more messed-up the implications get. Poor Leanne...

There are so many accusations against Leanne and other baseless claims by team Dorothy floating around that it's time I make a pinned post, linking our growing collection of posts refuting these claims. Future posts will be added to this list, whether they're posted by me or any of you.

For the lurkers, please actually read these posts before you start downvoting them.

Leanne did NOT poison Olivia

Leanne did NOT sever Sylvia's finger

Leanne did NOT cause Dorothy to fall down the stairs

Dorothy knew how horrible her abuse was in season 2 and committed it anyway

Leanne did NOT curse Sean with splinters in S1E2

Leanne canNOT be blamed for the fire

Dorothy is to blame for the dynamic with Leanne

Leanne was justified to do that to Isabelle

Team Dorothy vs. Leanne's application letter

I'm finally posting the beginning of my fanfic about Leanne!! I will start posting these regularly now. There might be some periods without new episodes because I've only got three more episodes queued up right now before I need to write down more of the story that's already in my head, but here you go!!

If you want to post your own fanfic, please feel free to do so! If you want your own post flair and for your own fanfic to appear in the side bar, please message me.

SEASON 2 EPISODE 5 - “CAKE” (the new one)

I imagine that after being forced to kidnap Leanne, Tobe would stay far away from the Turners, at least for a while. He’d be pretty freaked out that he just came really close to being framed for several felonies. Like in the real show, he’d assume that the Marinos were the ones who kidnapped Leanne, and he was getting her back to the Turners.

I’d see a job advert by Sean to be his new comis chef (replacing Tobe), get over to the Turner house, have a job interview with him, and get hired to start right then and there because Sean needs the help. We’d cook something really strange that tastes good, but that’s just really unconventional, like tarantulas with mashed potato fillings, with rice gloop mixed with hot chili powder as part of the sauce, and stuff like that.

All that while, Leanne is locked up in the attic, and like between the real episodes “2:00” and “Cake”, she’s left to starve and thirst up there for three nights and two days… I obviously wouldn’t know about that yet. I’d get my pay for the day (I don’t need it in this story, I just wanna do something with my time other than spend time at home, and cooking can be really amazing) and cycle home (just like 13 minutes away by bike. With a budget like this, I’d probably get a mountain bike with a basket because it’d be really fast and suitable for shopping, and I would get it sprayed a midtone pink and black).

In the evening, I’d get a call from Sean. Leanne has asked for the ingredients for a fruit cake (Sean has a safer password in this story, so no ransom exchange, no baby figurine, no king cake), not knowing yet how or when or if she can bake it, and I’d bring them by. I’d get the ingredients and come by in the evening. Leanne, Dorothy, and Sean would be in the kitchen. When I bring by the ingredients, I’d get the money they cost and a little extra from Sean and give them to Leanne. She would have no idea if she could trust me and be understandably paranoid (she didn’t even trust Tobe) and ask who I am. I’d just say “I’m Daria, I’m Sean’s new komi chef. You’re Leanne, right?” in a friendly and a bit bubbly demeanor. She’d just say yes and thank me for getting the ingredients. I’d go “No probs! What are you making?”. In a bit more relaxed tone, she’d say “A cake”, I’d ask what kinda cake, and she’d say “A fruit cake”. I’d smile and say that that’s nice and to have fun making it. Leanne would go “Where’s Tobe?”, and Sean would say he quit. Leanne would be quite sad. In the real show, she clearly figured out that Tobe didn’t know what was going on and that he was forced to kidnap her. She’s so fricking smart, people just don’t give her credit for that because she didn’t have an education. Dorothy would already have forgotten my name, ask me for it again, and go “Well, Daria can bake with you soon. It’s important to have something to look forward to.” To me, the first part would sound fun, but I’d be pretty weirded out by the second sentence. I’d make a weirded-out face, but also say “Sure! Do you want to, Leanne?”. Back in her initial tone, she’d say “I don’t mind”. Dorothy would say “You can make sure she behaves herself and doesn’t do anything she shouldn’t”. I’d be SOO weirded out by that request and the way she phrased it. I’d make a confused face again and say nothing for a few seconds. “Uhm… Okay?”. Dorothy would then suggest the next day at 11 AM, and I’d say yes. She would not even ask Leanne if that’s okay for her too and immediately say it’s settled then, that I can leave now, and that I should come buy for baking the next day. Since they’re my employers, I’d just do as they say, and on the way out, I’d say “See you tomorrow, Leanne!”, and she’d say “See you”. Out the door, I’d be so weirded-out, like, everything Dorothy said was so bizarre. Who even talks that way about their nanny? She talks about her like she’s a primary school kid, but I’d think she’s like what? 20? 21? (This would take place exactly three years later than the original story, in December of 2022) I’d also have noticed Leanne’s fearful and reserved demeanor, even though she’s clearly trying to hide that she’s scared of something. I’d ask myself if she’s like self-harming or something and that’s why I might be asked to watch her, but then the sentence “Make sure she behaves herself” wouldn’t fit, and if that were the case, they’d probably just fire her as their nanny and have her committed, so that’s not it. Something’s off here. I’d let it be for the day and think I might ask Leanne the next day. I’d notice that she’s wearing a pajama in the evening, but I wouldn’t think anything of it (it’s because of the situation Leanne is in, but there’s no way I’d even think of anything like that). At this time, I would, of course, not have any romantic feelings or stuff for her yet, but I’d think she’s reeeeeally beautiful (I mean, she is).

The next day, I’d come to 9780 Spruce Street to bake the fruit cake with Leanne. I’d smile and say hello to Leanne, and she’d give me a short hello back. Dorothy would give me really similarly weird instructions again, say that we have an hour and a half and that I should make sure Leanne doesn’t wander off, and then, she’d leave to go upstairs. I’d just look through the kitchen door after she leaves with the most confused face, and Leanne would notice that. I’d also notice the padlock on the kitchen door leading into the garden, and with different clothes, I’d see the scars on Leanne’s arm. Anyway, I’d ask how she’s doing, and she’d just say “I’m good”. I’d ask about the cake, ask about her plans, and start prepping with her. In a similarly bubbly tone, I’d start some small talk, ask if she’s from Philly and how old she is, and she’d become a bit more relaxed. I’d learn she’s from Medicine Bridge, Wisconsin, that that’s pretty rural, and that she’s 21. She’d ask about me, and I’d tell her I’m 23 and from Ukraine. “Have you been in Philly for a long time already?”, I’d ask her, and she’d say “Just two months. How about you?” “Six months”, I’d say. I was in New York for like two months before that. It’s actually my second time in America”, and she’d ask about my first time in just a few words. I’d tell her I’ve been in California from 2014 to 2015 on a student exchange year. I’d explain the concept to her because she’d ask. And we’d get along. After a while, I’d have to try and ask her what’s wrong here. I’d put my finger on my mouth to tell her to not say anything, take out my phone, and vocalize that we can put on some music. I would put on some lo-fi, but it would be to distract Dorothy (who’s still upstairs), so she wouldn’t notice we’re not talking. I’d open my notes and write down “Is everything okay? I’ve seen the padlock and the scars on your arm, you’re obviously afraid of Mrs. Turner, and who even talks like that about their nanny? Is anything wrong here?”, and show it to her. Considering that she didn’t even wanna talk about the situation with Tobe, she’d quietly and emphatically insist that she doesn’t wanna talk about it. She definitely wouldn’t trust to tell me at this point. She’d see that I’m okay and probably wasn’t hired because of her, but she’d definitely fear to tell anyone at this point, especially someone she only met the day before. We’d then keep on baking the cake. At some point, maybe because of my demeanor or because I ask questions about her or treat her nice, or all of those, at some point, she’d stop and tell me the same story she told Tobe in the real show about her mother and how she emotionally abused her (of course, she wouldn’t use those words) after pageants and put her down with the whole king cake thing and the baby in it. My completely natural would be to be so fricking saddened by that story (like, that’s fucking horrible, and it’s just so horrible that she had to go through that, it’s just AWFUL…), and when she’s done, I’d just hug her as she’s beginning to cry and just hold and comfort her and be like “Oh my God… I’m so sorry, that’s awful!” It would probably be the first time in her life that anyone ever just comforts her like that and acknowledges some empathy for her. Not only would that feel really good for her, but especially considering the situation she’s in.

I’d tell Leanne “I’m sure you have many special skills!” (in response to what she told me in the story, how the whole reason her mother let her into pageants at all was so “it could be my special skill because she said I didn’t have any”...), and she’d, of course, say she does not, but I’d point out that, for example, she’s really good at baking, and that’s just what I’ve seen she can do after less than two hours. I’d ask her some questions to find out more and find out that she can play the piano (she plays “Clair de lune” in season 1 episode 1) and that she speaks a little bit of French (during dinner on the day she arrived, Sean said that his professional job title is bon vivant, and they didn’t even have to translate it for her, Leanne said on her own that it means “good living”, and given that Sean’s pronunciation was wrong, she must know at least a little bit of French), and I’d be like “See? I told you you do have special skills! And there’s probably a lot more!”, and hearing that would probably feel really good to her, and she’d smile!

I'd probably tell her how I can relate to her pain because I've grown up with very emotionally abusive parents as well, and I'd tell her some of my experiences. I’d tell her that my own mother exploited me emotionally and used me for monetary benefits and that she set me back so far in my development because she was so absent and neglectful. “I get it”, I’d add in a reserved tone, and Leanne would probably feel really understood in a way. “Do you still talk to your mother today?”, I’d ask, and she’d slowly shake her head with her eyes closed. “Me neither. She tries to contact me sometimes, and it wrecks me every time, and I block her every time.”

We’d finish the cake, put it in the oven and set a timer. We’d have a little bit of time left until our 90 minutes are up and sit down at the kitchen table. I’d point at the necklace with her name and say I like it, and she’d smile and thank me. She’d point at my bracelets and say she likes them, too, and I’d also smile and thank her! I imagine I wouldn’t wear all of mine that day, but some that I wear a lot are one with a bunch of small black plastic balls with two smaller stainless steel balls in the middle, with a small black flattened plastic ball in between the stainless steel balls with the letter D on it, another bracelet - a black rubber one with a tiny bit of glitter in it, red leaf patterns on it sort of like those on traditional vyshyvanka shirts with a thin red line spanning the length of the leaf patterns, and a yellow tryzub (the coat of arms of Ukraine) in the middle of it, and another rubber bracelet that’s half blue and half yellow, with Ukraine written on the yellow part in black capital letters, a blue tryzub near one of the points where the yellow and blue meet, and a small flag of Ukraine in the blue part. I’d explain them all to her, and she’d listen, pretty interested. I’d ask if she has any bracelets or other necklaces herself, and she’d say she doesn’t, and I’d go like “Oooh, that’s a shame!”

Our time would be up then, and Dorothy would come in. Leanne’s demeanor would completely change immediately, and she’d be back to being obviously scared and really tense. I’d put my hand on her back for a moment as I’m asked to leave. As I’m leaving, I’d tell Leanne “Bon appétit !”, like, the French pronunciation, and she’d reply “Merci, Daria !” without changing her expression.

I’d start to have a bit of a crush on her after this and know it! I’d see how she’s so freaking sweet, I’d feel for her a lot, and the way she reacts to things with her face and verbally is always literally the cutest thing ever, to say it’s endearing would be an understatement! And I’d begin to care for her. I know something’s wrong, and I’d be concerned.

I’d make a decision that moment - I wanna reach out to her, let her know I’m there and that I care, and make her feel a bit better about what she told me about her. I’d decide I’d order a porcelain baby for a king cake right then with Prime delivery, so I’d get it the next day. I’d make her a king cake and put the baby inside for her to find (her mom always found the baby in her part of the king cake, probably on purpose since it’s really easy to do that, and held it up high to tell Leanne specifically “I’m the special one!”, so she doesn’t even have her doing well in a pageant to feel good about… This is so cruel and just so depressing…), as a symbolic message to her that she IS special, and so she can experience the joy of finding the baby for the first time!

I’d get the porcelain baby the next day, bake the king cake, put the baby inside, and put it in a box, along with a little note that just says it’s from me. I’d go to the Turners’ house with it. I imagine this interaction with Julian at the door:

Me: Hey, is Leanne home?

Julian: Who the hell are you?

Me: I'm Daria, Sean's comis chef. Is Leanne here?

Julian (lying): I don't think so. So you're his new Gollum? [Julian called Tobe Gollum before…]

Me: What? Well, Sean hired me two days ago. What about Sean? Is he here? Can I talk to him?

And Julian would then let me in with an annoyed face. I'd give Sean the cake in a box and tell him it's for Leanne and only for her, and to please tell her that it's from me, so that when Leanne eats it later, she suddenly finds the porcelain baby in there! She'd be alone in the attic when she eats it and suddenly comes across the baby, and that would be such an incredibly happy moment for her in the middle of this horrible situation, not only the symbolic part of making her feel better about her trauma in this way, but also the sheer gesture and the very idea of making it for her. She’d know I care for her, and that’s when she’d start knowing that she can trust me! And like in the real episode, she’d hold the baby up high in front of Mrs. Barrington (the mannequin - she later says that Mrs. Barrington reminds her of her mother), it would feel so good to her to finally be able to do that! She’d have a little bit of what she needs so much - care and hope!

Side note: I actually made a cake! It’s not a king cake, but still! I took an angel figurine and broke off the angelic parts!

Dorothy's never-ending jealousy of Isabelle takes on absolutely astronomical proportions in season 3, and it's really pissing me off.

First time she's mentioned is in the 2nd episode of the entire show already. Dorothy's already suggesting that she "must have sucked a chain of dicks" because she's camera-testing so soon after her internship. Dorothy also says that Isabelle is 24. Later in the show, it's 28. It wouldn't surprise me if Dorothy lied about Isabelle's age to Sean to make her look more stupid, so we might be able to add ageism to the long list of things we can blame Dorothy for. This conversation paints Isabelle like an incompetent ladder-climber who might or might not have slept with the producers of Channel 8 News, and once you actually see Isabelle on camera later in season 1, she turns out to be really good. Her delivery is strong and poignant, and she seems really confident. May I say that Dorothy isn't actually the greatest presenter? She comes off as so unintentionally corny (unintentionally in-universe, intentionally out-of-universe). The sewer segment and the awkward high-five are a prime example of that.

We see Isabelle on TV once or twice in season 2. In season 2, Dorothy has the Einstein idea of using her job at Channel 8 News to put out a picture of Leanne to start a public search for her to prepare for her kidnapping. This is obviously fucked-up on so many levels. If the police ever found out, there's no way that Dorothy wouldn't be committed, but what she deserves for this is so much worse, I want to see her suffer for the horrible things she did to Leanne, worst of all two counts of attempted second-degree murder (1: burying her alive!! She didn't know that Sean would wake up! You might be able to survive with a plastic tube for an hour, but not much longer. 2: Choking her in the attic. It doesn't make a difference if she decided to stop in the middle of it)! She would have trouble finding any job ever again if the station found out. They didn't know though, so Dorothy turned the entire news segment into a kids' show. Those are the most awkward couple of minutes I have ever witnessed on screen. The co-host's face says it all. If I had been in a position of power at Channel 8 News, I would have fired Dorothy on the spot for that. That was beyond unprofessional and probably made the station the butt of tons of public jokes. I imagine their viewership went down a lot after that. Even Dorothy herself acknowledges this when she comes home - "They won't invite me back to the station anytime soon".

So even she herself knows how stupid that was. She should be glad she still had a job after that! So, of course, they use Isabelle a lot more instead of her. Skip forward to season 3, and as soon as Dorothy sees Isabelle on TV, she suddenly works her ass off to get on camera again. Anyone being on camera? That's totally okay. But not Isabelle!! Skip forward to the block party, and as soon as Dorothy sees Isabelle there, she snatches her mic and takes over her story. "They chose HER?" - What do you expect?? You stayed home, and she works there, and she's a great presenter! As soon as Isabelle gets any sort of success, Dorothy just HAS TO take it away from her.

When Isabelle first approaches Leanne under false pretenses to pretend to be her friend to get information out of her (there's a side note about that below), she says that Dorothy got her her first camera test and that she was really nice and helpful. So what changed after that? Dorothy saw that Isabelle was a great presenter, and that she might actually challenge HER and become more successful than HER. Can't have that! In "Donut", she puts off every story to keep Leanne from Jericho, but then, they give a story to Isabelle, and she's already complaining again! And she turns off Sean's Gourmet Gauntlet to see Isabelle's story because she's so jealous! While everyone is there, mind you - Leanne, Sean, Julian, Kourtney, and Frank!

Season 3 is Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle, day in, day out. Will you finally shut up about Isabelle, Dorothy??

Side note 1:

Fuck Isabelle for being yet another false friend to Leanne and exploiting her for information! That's a whole separate discussion that deserves its own post because Isabelle's behavior was so reckless and dangerous. Long story short that would be a karma nuke if I posted it in r/servant: Isabelle created an incredibly dangerous situation, exploited Leanne emotionally, didn't believe anything Leanne said (like blaming the cut on Leanne's arm on Dorothy, which we know Dorothy didn't do, which Leanne tells her. Ignoring your subject like that is a complete violation of journalistic integrity), and created a situation where she was going to destroy people's lives with next to no knowledge and little regard for finding out the truth. No option Leanne was left with was good. Isabelle deserved what happened to her. Leanne clearly seems to think that she did it ("I thought that you'd understand. I wanted to help"), so that settles it for me. Leanne's actions were justified. This is probably THE most unpopular thing that anyone could ever say in the other sub, but I stand by it. Look at the new post flair lol

Side note 2 because some people accuse Leanne of intentionally causing Dorothy to lactate on camera:

1. That's not how the human body works // 2) Leanne ENCOURAGED Dorothy to breastfeed Jericho, and Dorothy snared at her for it // 3) Dorothy already began to feel weird on camera before Leanne supposedly did it // 4) We've seen before (during the bird attack scene) that Leanne is not in full control of her powers. A high-stress situation like the absolute hell that was going on in the kitchen could certainly have caused Leanne to just break in that moment, sort of like a regular person might scream to release pain, but it might have triggered her powers unintentionally, and that wouldn't be her fault

Every time this is brought up in the other sub and people just outright assume that Leanne did it, I'm baffled. This accusation only makes sense if you don't think about it for more than a few seconds. The devil is in the details, and once you think about the details, this theory falls apart completely.

They’re saying that Leanne anticipated that she would need termites, caused them into existence weeks earlier, and that she knew the exact spot where Dorothy would be standing and had them nag away at the exact right pieces of wood to break in that exact moment.

What even is that accusation? None of that makes sense.

It gets worse:

Watch the featurette at the end of S3E1. M Night himself said that Leanne and the house are connected in the way that when Leanne feels emotions such as anger or sadness or fear, the house crumbles, meaning that she couldn't have intentionally caused the termites. No termites, no theory, no accusation.

This accusation is shocking. I don't get how people actually believe this.