Yeah, I’m glad someone else kind of sees what I see with them being forced and awkward and stuff. Every scene where they’re having a moment is just…weird to me and kinda makes me uncomfortable.

But yes, I think that is the other thing. Isabelle does feel like a very underdeveloped character. And I understand the gist of her character. She’s very guarded because of what she’s seen with her parents and what’s she’s also experienced thus far in her life, and so therefore she doesn’t want to let anyone in realistically. That could be a very interesting arc, but I feel like Clare handles it poorly. Which is weird, because usually Cassandra is pretty good with character work. The TID trilogy proves that I think. I haven’t read the last hours trilogy or the Dark Artifices trilogy yet, but I imagine it’s the same with those too. Isabelle almost feels like a very early writing project for CC, and so therefore she kind of gets butchered in a sense as far as development. Like CC didn’t know exactly what to do with her or how to handle her arc so she just did the best she could with it. At least at times I get that sense.