My Mad Fat Diary: Thoughts on episode 2.06 Not I
Blurb: Rae is furious when it looks like Chloe is going to let her down again, but a surprise discovery forces her to see things through Chloe's eyes for a change. Rae starts to realise that there are two sides to every story, but is it too late to make amends?
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I read spoilers for this episode - knew it would be as awful as episode 5 so I deliberately refrained from watching it until episode 7 was available …
God. Rae reads Chloe's diary … that was just awful … but what was good was that it did give us an insight into Chloe that we'd never had. I love that Chloe turns the bitch trope onto its head and she is a good person and a true friend to Rae.
We see that Rae's been an imperfect narrator … and while part of me was angry with her and frustrated with her, we all do it. We interpret and remember events through the filter of our own memories and perspectives and it's only when we see things through another's eyes that we see our own actions.
It never occurs to Rae that she's selfish and self-centred, but there are times when she has been very self-absorbed and assumes that she's the only person with problems that matter. It was fascinating to realise that Chloe's known all along that Rae was sick and in hospital and that she cares about her … I loved that.
I was frustrated when Rae let down her singing group … it's like she's determined to make herself as disappointing and awful as possible…
My heart ached for Chloe as she crushed on Finn … eventually realising that he was not the one for her and he was never going to return her affections …
I was angry with the way Rae attacked Kester and the cruel things she said to her mother … she came across was the horrible person she thinks she is …
Liam frustrated me with his fucked up thinking that people can't change, that they're always going to be fucked up … he was dragging Rae down to the bottom of the pit with him and was totally destructive and damaging to her…
I could not believe that after everything … Rae would continue her descent into destructiveness by going back to Liam and the thought that her first time was with him was just horrifying to me. I can only hope that they used protection because the only thing more disgusting to me than Liam is the thought that he might have impregnated Rae or given her a sexually transmitted disease :P
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I read spoilers for this episode - knew it would be as awful as episode 5 so I deliberately refrained from watching it until episode 7 was available …
God. Rae reads Chloe's diary … that was just awful … but what was good was that it did give us an insight into Chloe that we'd never had. I love that Chloe turns the bitch trope onto its head and she is a good person and a true friend to Rae.
We see that Rae's been an imperfect narrator … and while part of me was angry with her and frustrated with her, we all do it. We interpret and remember events through the filter of our own memories and perspectives and it's only when we see things through another's eyes that we see our own actions.
It never occurs to Rae that she's selfish and self-centred, but there are times when she has been very self-absorbed and assumes that she's the only person with problems that matter. It was fascinating to realise that Chloe's known all along that Rae was sick and in hospital and that she cares about her … I loved that.
I was frustrated when Rae let down her singing group … it's like she's determined to make herself as disappointing and awful as possible…
My heart ached for Chloe as she crushed on Finn … eventually realising that he was not the one for her and he was never going to return her affections …
I was angry with the way Rae attacked Kester and the cruel things she said to her mother … she came across was the horrible person she thinks she is …
Liam frustrated me with his fucked up thinking that people can't change, that they're always going to be fucked up … he was dragging Rae down to the bottom of the pit with him and was totally destructive and damaging to her…
I could not believe that after everything … Rae would continue her descent into destructiveness by going back to Liam and the thought that her first time was with him was just horrifying to me. I can only hope that they used protection because the only thing more disgusting to me than Liam is the thought that he might have impregnated Rae or given her a sexually transmitted disease :P