#gaaaah the misogynistic writing kills me again

[teamcharlotte]

okay so something that @hoziersgf said in a previous post made me realize something:

Charlotte never got a real kiss.

I mean, we know she and Lewis kissed, but the two or three times they did, it was framed... in a bad way? I'm not sure the best way to explain this, but let me give examples, see if I can illustrate it better.

So, I'm not expecting a lot of kissing in a kid's show, but they do happen, and it's framed in a sweet, relationship, lovey-dovey way. Zane and Rikki's first kiss was sweet and promising, as was Lewis and Cleo's first kiss. Or it's cute and wholesome, like when Zane and Rikki was messing around at the mall, or when Cleo and Lewis made up. They're kid's show kisses. The most risqué it ever got was when Emma got moonspelled for the first time and got all flirty with Byron and they made out in the hot tub.

But then when Charlotte enters the picture and starts dating Lewis, they never really do that? @hoziersgf mentioned that the hug they had when Lewis offers to organize their date definitely would've been a kiss if it was any other couple and she's right! Another good time to have a kiss would've been when Charlotte is shown the picnic that Lewis set out for them, but that was a hug too.

The only times they kiss that I can think of is when they're at Mako and Charlotte gets the wrong impression and kisses him, which Lewis couldn't even really reciprocate because he was worried about Cleo, and when they go to Mako for the camping trip and Charlotte invites him out to the woods for some, ahem, alone time.

So, one kiss that wasn't even reciprocated and one kiss that's framed more like they're going out to Make Out Point, and Charlotte is some kind of hussy for wanting to make out with her boyfriend. I think the only time they have a cute kiss is when Lewis is at his birthday party, but again, it's after about ten minutes of him not having a good time and making sure the audience is against Charlotte with the stunt she pulls on Emma and Cleo.

One more way to make sure that Charlotte is framed as the worst character ever when she just wanted her boyfriend's attention *sad kazoo noises*

#if im wrong let me know #but i dont think i am #i think the closest i can mean in the context of it being a kids show #is that they gave her... slutty kisses? #like not adorable kisses or romantic ones #no she doesn't deseve that #and again im not sure im wording that correctly #but that is the approximation of what i mean #it's like how they dressed her #they need to make her very opposite of the main characters so we'll not like her #so the girls get to wear cute outfits that are mostly miniskirts and tank tops #while charlotte wears long denim skirts and conserative clothes #while at the same time only kisses her boyfriend in ways that seem promiscuous #gaaaah the misogynistic writing kills me again #charlotte watsford #h2o just add water