Something I texted my girlfriend yesterday.
I think Natalie and Shauna both knew that Lottie was schizophrenic. Maybe they didn't know she was diagnosed, mayne they didn't know the exact mental illness she had, but Shauna saw her taking pills, and I think Natalie just knew that there was something going on.
I think Natalie related a lot to Lottie and her struggle to fit in, and she probably saw a lot of herself in Lottie. A sad and lonely teenage girl who never fits in anywhere.
Lottie saw The Wilderness in Natalie, and that's why she's so fixated on her. She knows that she's It's favorite of the girls, and she knows that It's been protecting her all this time. She's jealous of her connection to The Wilderness, despite not believing in it. And I think it'd interesting that the more and more Natalie believes in It, the closer she gets to Lottie.
I definitely see LottieNat in the adult timeline, but truly, I've never been able to convince myself of it in the teen timeline. I love it in AU's or fix it fics, but in canon, I don't really see it. That's not to say I wanna harp on anyone who does see it and enjoy the ship. I think it's silly that people fight over ships, and tbf some of my fav ships are the fandoms' least favorite, so it would be hypocritical of me to hate on any of ya'lls favs.
Anyways, all of this to say, they're definitely parallells of each other in the show, and I think that they definitely are intertwined in very interesting ways! Sorry for not wording this very well btw, I'm currently writing an AU fanfic for this show, so my head is already very fully today
Thanks for listening to me yap :3














