Adhara

It makes sense to me why Abby doesn’t like that Max shows so much emotions. She spends so much of her time, suppressing her emotions. Doing harmful acts in order to do so, sleeping with people she shouldn’t, drinking, her bulimia. Max shows up as herself even if she may be a bit too much. She still shows how she feels. It makes sense that her brother and Abby got closer. Because they’re both doing things to suppress any pain that they feel. They literally share alcohol together because that’s the only thing that “helps” them. They literally enable each other’s behavior. It’s unfortunate that both of those people are who Max has conflict with. But it makes so much sense. To them, Max is “a lot” because she can do what they can’t. When someone is 100% authentically themselves, people who suppress seem to hate it. Why? It’s very obvious; because they can do what those people can’t. Show up as 100% of themselves. They let their emotions show. Despite backlash from others. I really hope Marcus and Abby get the help that they need.

I love how Max, who usually makes herself the centre of attention whenever she encounters any minor inconvenience, is quietly fighting for her life this season. She's being left out, losing friends, taking care of her brother to the best of her abilities, debating whether to tell her parents about Marcus, is straining her relationship with Marcus in the process, in a play with her ex she tried so hard to get over, navigating her relationship with Silver, trying so hard to be a good friend to Ginny through everything and constantly being told 'don't make it about you'. Girl is struggling.