u/No_Particular3333

I noted hairstyle and coloring changed from s3 to 4 ,it looks slightly more red each episodes, not as red as PEN but still,

I'm so tired of this "Michaela needs to apologize for leaving" narrative. Y'all are so desperate to make her the bad guy.

Michaela doesn't owe Francesca an apology. She owed HERSELF some space. She was clearly feeling a lot of emotions and very overwhelmed, and nobody wants to talk about that part.Let's be real - her grief is constantly overlooked. She lost John. Someone she's known like a BROTHER her whole life. And on top of grieving him, she's in love with his wife and CAN'T say a damn thing about it in this era. That's a double loss and she has to swallow it alone. I feel it was a bit selfish on fran(granted she doesn't know her feelings)to ask her to stay knowing that michaela likes her own freedom imo.What was she supposed to do, be Francesca's emotional support pet while slowly losing her mind?That's torture.

I also think that's why she never stayed in "one place in Scotland for too long "as per Francesca words for the very same reason. And the hypocrisy is insane. In the book Michael does the EXACT same thing but WORSE. After John dies he abandons Francesca for YEARS, travels the world, just drowns in his guilt. And when he comes back everyone is like "aww poor Michael, his guilt and grief." No one demanded an apology tour.

So why can't Michaela get the same grace when her stakes are literally x3? She's grieving ,inlove with her cousins wife AND she's a queer woman in Regency England who can't even NAME what she's feeling without risking everything. I expect casuals and the openly homophobic part of the fandom to not get it, but this sub? Come on.So no, she doesn't need to apologize.She can explain herself, she can be honest about her feelings if she wants to ,but she needs someone to finally ask HER how she's feeling for once.

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