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Carrie Wilson’s character redemption arc
let me rant. Carrie had/has a bad relationship with her mom, and that definitely had an impact between her feud with Julie; her being raised by a famous father definitely affected her in some (many) ways and gave her this pressure and obligation to be a performer, be the lead singer in her band, be successful and have ‘all eyes on her’; her relationship with Nick was actually comforting to her even thought she was always mean to him, because she doesn’t have friends besides the girls of Dirty Candy (which actually may seem not too close with her, since the only person we see Carrie hanging out with out of the band and school is Nick) and now that she’s broken up with him (probably for the 13th time but this time is more serious since Nick chased after Julie) she’s definitely more sad because now she really has no one else; she DESPERATELY wants to be friends again with Julie and Flynn (and I really love this theory the fandom created of her and Flynn having some past or future story out there) but now she sees it even more far and complicated since the arrival of this ‘hologram band’ and it just saddens her even more; LISTEN TO ME IN THIS ONE OKAY i believe she even wrote “All Eyes On Me” as a cry for help, just look at the lyrics from that perspective it’s actually terrifying (i know this sounds too deep and dramatic lol, please forgive me i’m just so invested in this type of characters i can’t help it); she has dealt with her father’s emotional trauma HER WHOLE LIFE i mean C’MON !! (not blaming Bobby, i believe he’s also a good person); and last but not least, it is really tough to see her past best friend performing with a band that makes her HAPPY. she sees Julie so happy and shinning and having all these support —from friends and parents— she just can’t help but feel sad not only because she wished that was her case, but more mad to herself because she knows she wasn’t there for Julie when she needed it and now she can’t show her support because they’re friendship’s supposed to be over.
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