hey thats my emotional support character

But Wentworth is only able to fully enjoy it for like A DAY before he starts realizing how terrible it is. He watches Anne suffer in silence and he hates it. He watches her being treated like an inconvenience and a joke and a piece of furniture and he hates it. He hears sneering comments at her expense and he hates it. He spends evening after evening in her company, where he is celebrated as a handsome, dashing hero while she is shoved to the side and ignored and he hates it.

He probably spent a lot of heartbroken hours out on the sea wishing revenge on her (like ten years’ worth), but then he gets to see it happening and revenge turns out not to be that sweet after all. He probably thought “I hope she never gets married to anyone else and she has to spend the rest of her miserable life with her miserable family, listening to them talk about nothing and regretting ever letting me go.” But then he has to watch her live through it, and it is just excruciating. Watching her bite her tongue. Watching her keep her eyes down on her clasped hands. Watching her silently accept everything as if she deserves it.

He’s like, “YES, it’s all HAPPENING! She’s all ALONE and PALE and OLD and…sad. And her family treats her terribly, and she’s— no one is talking to her. No one even knows that she’s funny and smart, they just— they just make her sit in the corner. She’s hardly eating anything. And she really isn’t that old, but they are acting like she’s dead? Her family is even worse than they used to be, how is that even possible? Why isn’t anyone helping her? Why is she the only person taking care of anyone? Why isn’t anyone taking care of her?”

1. Go outside.

2. Trust the universe for once in your life.

3. Find any of these: Library, Thriftstore, secondhand bookshop, a cupboard with free books, your relatives or friends book shelf or storage boxes ...

4. Locate the Pratchett Book.

5. The universe has now deciced with which book you must start with.

6. Compliment the universe for its wisdom.

7. From there on repeat the steps above.

In the movie in my head, this scene is composed with Attolia centered, on her throne, with Teleus and the soldiers kneeling before her. The king's throne half visible at the edge of the shot.

Or, it could also be fun if every time Catherine says something innocent/naive/fanciful, Henry Tilney looks into the camera, either smiling like gosh isn't she delightful or deadpan when she's complimenting his dad or Isabella.

Hell, you could make it into a full mockumentary style, complete with talking head interviews to the camera, and it would still work! I want to see how miserable Catherine is on her carriage ride with John Thorpe to Blaize Castle and then cut straight to a talking head of Thorpe confidently saying "Yeah she had a smashing time. The best! Did you see how much she loved my gig? How could she not? Yeah I'm feeling great about how things are going with her."