I have to say that even if our situations couldn't be more different, Francesca's/Hannah Dodd's "I have nothing" when she crumples in Violet's arms really resonate with me.
actually now that I think of it, her whole grief. The acting is phenomenal, and I will give it the writing is good too.
But ... Her "I have nothing" that she says about her husband being dead, I say it to myself too sometimes. I too cry, and think and say that. I too, when I grive my abilities and life, my past my present my future, I feel that.
There's a real catharsis for me that happens with Francesca's grief even though again our situations couldn't be more different.
And it's... I don't want to be reductive, but for me that's art. And that's a good story.
I feel with the character, I feel for her in her story of course, but I also feel as in I resonate, it resonates. The feelings do, they transcend the story, they transcend my specific situation too in a way, and they resonate.
And like... I want more of that. I want more stories like that. I miss that, I really miss stories like that. I miss stories that just make me feel, and that can transcend context, and that drive actual catharsis.
And I will give to the Bridgerton, with all their faults bc they do have a ton of them yes we all agree on that, that they make good stories. And that in that case for me they achieved something I haven't seen achieved in a very very very long time.
(This is also making me think of a post I saw recently but op was being ableist and pretty wrong ("stunted growth") so I skipped it. But basically it was speaking of cases where you do not identify with a character, but still appreciate their story and feel for them.
Yes in that case a part of me do resonate with Francesca's feelings. So it doesn't fully apply
But I think it's still pertinent in that : I do feel empathy for the character itself and can feel her actual grief, for her in context, too. Even if I do not relate at all to her situation. For me the writing for her, and the phenomenal acting, is good enough for that to happen.)
don't know how to finish this, I have brain fog and needs to go to eat so i'll finish it like that
