since qotd released a few weeks ago and I’ve had time to think about it and discuss it with others. I think qotd could be an amazing set up for Chloe’s character in the upcoming seasons because of the things we see in this episode, the things shown to us are:

Noe and Audrey are using her for their own gain something she doesn’t know

shes basically fully isolated now with no one but the people Noe and Audrey hire, Noe and Audrey themselves and her fans

her reaction to losing control and how that makes her spiral (when Zoe Marinette and Sabrina were walking away)

that she’s one of the the most famous people on earth with around 413 mil followers

I feel like it’s obvious at some point Chloe is gonna hit rock bottom and realise Audrey and Noe were using her (wether she finds out or they tell her and drop her) and that she was nothing but a pawn to them. Knowing how she reacted realising she has no control over Marinette, Sabrina and Zoe anymore imagine how she’d react now, with realising she’s been nothing but a pawn instead of the ‘queen’ she sees herself as. I feel like only after hitting rock bottom and being faced by this reality that she has no one and is just a puppet, she can change and hopefully get into a better environment and get some THERAPY PLEASE

I’d love for Chloe and Zoe to tell Audrey off together at some point and acc bond as sisters and I also think that this can also deliver another important message to kids if Chloe chooses to apologise to the people she’s hurt

The message being that you don’t owe someone forgiveness just cause they’re trying to do better. Chloe is one of the villains that has had the biggest personal impact on most of the main cast with bullying them. I think a really powerful message to kids would be that you don’t need to necessarily forgive someone just cus they’re apologising and I would love to see some miraculers accept her apology but choose not to forgive her and it’d be interesting to see who would give her a chance and who wouldn’t.

I feel like if the show goes the route of ‘haha Chloe evil and dumb Chloe deserves this” and choose to ignore she’s being groomed now would be horrible messaging since it forces this narrative of a victim of abuse having to react a certain way to be considered one. Some kids lash out more when dealing with stuff like neglect (like Chloe) while some don’t ( like Adrien for example) and that is imo a horrible messaging to kids and something I hope this show doesn’t follow for future seasons. Denying or justifying grooming should never happen even if the person on the receiving hand is as horrible as Chloe and that’s why I hope they acc do something good with this storyline since qotd does set Chloe up to be able to have a really interesting storyline (the most interesting for her since like s3)

heres the thing Chloe’s arc will never be what it might’ve been in s2-3 and stuff like queen bee have long ended but s6 sets her up for a different arc which if wel executed could be one of the best in the series imo

Also I’m ignoring Thomas saying stuff like ‘she’ll never be redeemed’ since he’s known for telling lies or stuff that later on aren’t true anymore (for example he said Felix would never play a big role a few years ago) and if you want to bring Thomas’s tweets into this even he has said Chloe can change if given the reason, I can see rock bottom totally being that reason.

An incident like QoTDZ would ONLY a negative for her internet presence, as unless your brand is built on controversy in some form, like being someone who covers controversy, or someone who’s rise was already quite controversial, which Chloe’s hasn’t shown to have been, then drama reporters, big and small, would eat you alive and tank your reputation.

Unless you’re too big to fail then you’re up a creek without a paddle. This is on top of the already bad meta commentary about Chloe fans.