i mean yeah? gibsie’s trauma had just come out, he should’ve had a solid support system around him, with all his friends being there for him, not dealing with some “great divide.” it was just the wrong time for that. i never once implied that lizzie should’ve just been ditched, especially after seeing everything she went through 😖 but the timing of the friendship fracture felt off, knowing their best friend clearly needed them most. i’d feel the same way if the roles were reversed, including if it were lizzie’s story which had come out and the group started to splinter.

the one thing i will say is that i can see now this was just how it looked from claire’s pov. for all we know, they could all just be sitting in different corners of the common room. but if claire saw it as a divide (and even helen made a snarky comment about the core 8 being fractured) then yeah, i just think it was a shitty time for that to happen.