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[cruelsummerdaily]

CRUEL SUMMER (2021)

1x02  –  A Smashing Good Time

[itsacruelsummerwithyou2]

i think it’s really interesting that in episode 1 it did seem kate had it all, but the season has progressively shown the audience as well as kate herself that’s not true, and 1993 jeanette actually has it better than kate, even if her life isn’t as shiny (some spoilers, also mostly focused on the 93 versions of the characters

we all know kate’s mom is just terrible and prioritizes herself and her reputation over her daughter. while jeanette’s mom isn’t always great, many of her flaws (especially in 93) come from a place of wanting the best for jeanette (like her pushing jeanette to be popular because she thinks it’ll make her happy)

kate wanted to be sisters with ashley, but the feeling wasn’t mutual. derek and jeanette have a close relationship where they joke and he’s very supportive of her

i think kate’s dad is one of the best characters on the show, but he still wasn’t there for kate the moment she needed it most, whereas jeanette’s dad always stood by her side, even when it was difficult

while jamie is a lot better in 93 than in the other years, he’s still kind of a jerk and he moves on after kate goes missing pretty quickly, meanwhile jeanette went on a date with gideon, who seemed genuinely sweet and thought the world of jeanette

kate’s friends ditched her once she went missing too, and while mallory wasn’t a good friend to jeanette (and is actually better to kate in the other years) vincent has been amazing to her

and this list doesn’t even address kate’s biggest problem: martin harris

at this point in the season, we’ve seen that jeanette is really the one who has the better life, even if kate’s is a bit prettier

[shaolinbynature]

The Stories (and Theory) of 1x04

In this very informative episode, I've notice that the main players of episode four all had a scene where they tell another character a story. And not just any story but a story that relates to the speaker in some way. When I went back and listened to them, I realized that a lot was said in these very brief instances and wanted to break them down for anyone who wanted to read. The main people being broken down are Martin, Kate, and Ashley, Kate's step-sister. It's a long (but juicy) read. TLDR at the bottom.

Martin:

When sitting outside with Kate, he expressed to her about a family tragedy he experienced when he was a teenager. His dad committed suicide (which is why he gets jumpy around guns) and feels regret because before his father had passed, they had a fight. He also briefly spoke about Greek mythology, when they were looking at the constellations, about how Poseidon was angered by Cassiopeia because she always bragged about how beautiful she was. He says it so quickly that you barely understand the story if you're unknowledgeable about Greek mythology. The story goes that Poseidon was so bothered by Cassiopeia's vanity that he was to destroy her Kingdom by water. When Cassiopeia tried to figure out how to stop that, she was told she had to sacrifice her daughter as a peace offering to the sea gods.

"A lot of family drama," Martin ends with it.

Learning about Martin's reason for being uneasy around guns says a lot but my focus is more on the story of Poseidon and Cassiopeia. Could this be foreshadowing about what ends up happening to Kate? "Family Drama"? Did someone get angered by not Kate.....but maybe Joy's beauty, status, and/or lifestyle and sought on destroying it? Which then, in turn, caused Joy to "sacrifice" Kate to stop her secrets, like the affair she's having with the family gardener, from getting out?

Kate:

"It's about a girl called Anabelle. Found herself in the woods one dark night, all alone and vulnerable. They were on a hunting trip, pretending they could love their pets at home while they shoot animals on vacation. Pretending that their marriages are perfect. Hypocrites, basically. Secrets, wild accusations, a desperate thirst for gossip. But back to little Annabelle all alone.....Till she wasn't. A man joined her. A man the grownups trusted. Now, of course, Annabelle trusted him too, because, I mean, why wouldn't she, right? She was just a child. And that trust led to something unspeakable. Then I think that puts blood all over the grownups' hands, don't you think too? That they were all responsible for what happened to her? Now, they'd better have all their stories straight, because Annabelle sure has hers. Secrets are scary because everybody has them."

Kate's story of Annabelle is an interesting one because it doesn't sound like she's talking about a real person. To me, it almost sounds like she's speaking in third person because of how she says, "Now, they'd better have all their stories straight, because Annabelle sure has hers". How would she know Annabelle has a story to tell if not Annabelle being another form of herself? A persona she created to be strong when she couldn't? Kate knows the adults have more involvement with her kidnapping then they are leading on and she's telling them to brace themselves because it's all going to come out one way or another. This "story" possibly matches up with the theory above of Joy sacrificing Kate.

Ashley:

While sitting on the swings with Derek, Jeanette's older brother, Ashley asks if he's ever heard of Berenice IV? She goes to explain that she was heir to the last pharaonic family in ancient Egypt and that she was Cleopatra's cunning older sister. "But history forgot her. She was invisible. She was a risk taker. She was subversive. But she paid a price. She was beheaded."

Another ancient story of family drama, the story goes that the parents of Cleopatra and Berenice were in fear of Cleo and Berenice's older sister, Cleopatra VI, the Pharaoh of Egypt, because she was getting way too powerful. So, the family fled to Rome for military help. Berenice, who stayed behind, decided to poison her older sister and take the throne since their parents are gone and technically she would be the next in line. While Berenice was in power, she refused to marry any man she was expected to and make him co-ruler because fuck that. But every month that went on without her having a man by her side, the civilians were afraid that this would cause the downfall of the family reign and Egypt. They forced her to marry one guy and she strangled him so she would continue being the only be the one in charge. She eventually found a guy she liked enough to marry but did not want to share her Pharaoh powers with him. This little reign only lasted three years until her family came back from Rome with that military assistance. Her father's army defeated Berenice's army and then had her beheaded for treason.

How Ashley speaks about Berenice VI is almost in an empathetic way. "She was invisible. Was a risk taker. She was subversive." It was like she could relate to Berenice. Berenice killed to get to the throne she wanted, she loved the lavish life, even betrayed family but family was the one that killed her in the end. The idea of Ashley liking Berenice is strengthened when we find out Ashley is in-fact the user Berenice4 in the chatroom with Kate. We saw in an episode prior that Kate seems to tell all to Berenice4 so it's extremely possible that Ashley knows the real story about what happened with Kate. Or at least the real side according to Kate. I've seen people say that maybe Ashley invading Kate's privacy by pretending to be an anonymous chatter was probably done with good intention but, if we go by the story of Berenice, maybe there is something else there. Maybe Ashley is to be the cunning older sister in this story.

TLDR: Martin, Kate, and Ashley have told stories in this episode that all parallels the theory that Kate being kidnapped may possibly not be Martin's sole doing but "family drama" that led her to be locked away in a basement. Martin mentions family drama with the story of the vain Cassiopeia that sacrificed her daughter so Poseidon wouldn't ruin her kingdom, Kate mentions that the adults in "Annabelle's" life have secrets that caused them to fail Annabelle, and Ashley mentions family betrayal with the story of Berenice VI (also Ashley's chatroom name "Berenice4") who kills her sister to be Pharaoh of Egypt and is later beheaded by her father for treason against the family.

[xyxya]

How much do you guys think Joy saying that Kate’s predicable and that she would go to one of her friends homes played a part in her going to Harris instead.

Also the fact that she packed that bunny he gave her..

[luv-drama]

The only good parent Kate has is Rod.

Joy was really only thinking about herself, when kate and joy fought, joy was really trying to save her name. Trying to get on a talk show instead of focusing on her daughter, giving Kate that liar note.

She wasn't a good mother then she still isn't now. I mean when her daughter got saved, joy held a party ://

[naneki-maid]

BET jeanette’s mom was so much less willing to believe her innocence because she sees a little bit of herself in jeanette? maybe she went through a similar kind of transformation as a teenager? Or maybe she chose differently? plus i think throughout the series we were given conflicting perspectives from both jeanette’s mom and Kate’s mom from when they were younger? i’d definitely be down for a spin-off centering around the parents from when they were teens. their town is super small, everyone is nosy and they all seem to know each others business, there’s gotta be some more secrets worth telling!

[noncanonfan]

I️ find the theories about Mallory so interesting. As much as we all probably agree that Kate’s mom is the worst, that doesn’t mean she’s wrong about everything. Maybe she DOES have valid reasons to be suspicious of their friendship. The therapist also talked about how Martin isolated Kate and made her feel like he was the one person who could fulfill her needs. So is Mallory doing that to Kate (obviously on a much less extreme level)? She is intentionally making Kate rely on her or is she just being a good friend to Kate in a time of need?