Absolutely love reading your Sanditon meta. Is there a chance you would watch S2 and rip it apart? I'd love to read that. lol
hey, @khawlat
I'm really sorry I never managed to answer your ask when you sent it. I think I forgot my ask box even existed.
Regarding your question, I have not watched season 2 of Sanditon, nor do I intend to watch it.
I know I tend to let loose in my metas around movies and TV shows but it all comes from a place of love. Whether I'm defending a story or criticizing it, I'm doing it because I like it and I see potential in it. I do it because I'm emotionally invested in it.
And the reality is, I'm not invested in Sanditon anymore. I fell in love with it because it was an Austen story written by the greatest Austen adapter to have ever existed. I fell in love with it because of the love story between Sidney and Charlotte. And none of those elements are there anymore.
It may very well be a very fine show that a lot of people enjoy. And I'm very happy for them. But it isn't what got me into watching it in the first place and I have no interest in watching a story that starts with the death of one of my most beloved Austen heroes.
I'd rather keep Sidney Parker alive in my head and on his way to breaking up his engagement to Eliza and be reunited with Charlotte.
So true! He’s a very passionate man. I think people don’t really give him a chance because “he’s not Sidney.” To each their own, but imo, Alexander is the better character. You really have to keep an open mind to enjoy seasons 2 & 3 and I think too many people were (and are) determined to hold to to Sidlotte and cannot move on.
Hi! I’m the anon that asked about your Charlotte/Stringer stories. I just finished Blossom and it was AMAZING! It was absolutely on par with everything else you’ve written about them, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. I knew I wanted more of your content about them, but I didn’t know how much I NEEDED it until I saw your response today!
As always, I am positively charmed by your writing. The way you’ve continued to explore them as characters is so true to the show, and the way you’ve developed their romance is making all my Stringlotte dreams come true! (Sidlotte who? 🥴)
Thank you so much for writing this story and for bringing it to my attention. No pressure to put anything else out before you’re ready, but I’m so glad to hear that you’re still writing about them! I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on your page, and I’m sending all the love! 💗🙌🏻
Thank you so much nonnie! This was such a wonderful message to receive 😊 Blossom was something of a labour of love & I'm so happy you liked the result. I still don't know exactly when I might next finish a fic for them but I have tinkered with a couple of my Charlotte/Stringer drafts in the last month so there are definitely still some ideas cooking. Thank you again and sending love back! 💛