Pinkish planet

HOW ARE WE FEELING CAUSE I'M NOT WELL

She’s definitely happy that he has his people, but sometimes she probably wishes she herself were more nonchalant and less tense, and actually tried to move on and make new friends after Barb's death.

I still think about how lonely Nancy is, and it’s perfectly shown in s3 in contrast with Mike. When Mike had an argument with El, he went to Lucas and Will for a shoulder to cry on. When Nancy had an argument with Jonathan, she was left completely alone and had no one her own age to talk to about her problems (yes, she had Karen, but having your mother as your only friend is so sad and heartbreaking, tbh).

And the whole Will-Barb situation doesn’t make things any better. Mike got his best friend back, but Nancy will never see Barb again. She will never ask what Barb meant by "it’s not you". Nancy will never be a carefree child again.

I fully believe Colin loved the fake version of Marina. It was a puppy love, but it was still love. I think that she was the type of woman that Colin in season 1 would logically fall for. Mature Colin loved Penelope, but young Colin loved Marina.

I fully believe Anthony loved Siena, but that love was not enough in his case. He loved her but he did not love her enough to forsake his family and abandon duty. He loved Kate enough, more than enough, to risk losing her. He did not love Siena enough.

I fully believe Benedict has fallen in love a dozen times, for various reasons, but not deeply enough to care, until Sophie.

Only if the loved one is dead and gone is the character “allowed” to move on by the fandom, and even then there are comments insisting Francesca clearly didn’t love John (how??) and saying Violet and Edmund’s epic love is undermined by Marcus (how??)

I don’t doubt that my husband loved his ex-girlfriends. I loved someone else once too. That doesn’t make our love lesser. It doesn’t make it less special.

Claudia for Stylist Magazine March 2026. She discusses lessons she wants to impart for young people.