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Just finished S2 and enjoyed it a lot. I don’t think it was as good or focused as S1 writing-wise, but the fantastic acting from the whole cast made up for it and ultimately made for a solid follow-up season.

I just wanted to point out how Ashley’s styling was a simple yet effective character device. She starts out with her bev cart girl uniform and very normal, everyday gen Z girl outfits like sweaters and jeans. When she gets more entrenched in the country club life and in her faux wealth, she starts to wear more pastels and pearls. Her hair also goes from being constantly in ponytails and a bit scraggly to constantly straightened and styled.

It reminds me of Love Quinn in Netflix’s You, where the more stressed and insecure Love got, the more effort she’d put into her outfits and hair. It’s not a particularly unique device, but man, it was done so well and really added to Ashley’s downhill trajectory.

I worked hard asf in winter quarter and got the same grades I did in spring quarter where I slacked off and played video games every night instead of studying. Not that I have stellar grades, they’re super average, it kinda just shows how random this all is lol. My best advice to incoming 1Ls would be to not lose yourself in this life bc at the end of the day it’s just school and you’ve done it before

Edit: yes yes I’m also part of the problem. I didn’t say I was perfect, just that the grading can be random and feel inconsistent. At the end of the day I’m just happy to be done with 1L and reflecting on how I should have given myself more grace bc getting used to the grading IS hard, esp coming from a very different easygoing humanities grading style