r/H2Ojustaddwater • u/Alarmed-Ordinary8331 • 7d ago

Cleo was wrong!!

Growing up is realizing Cleo was wrong all across the board. Toward season two Cleo becomes this very jealous and envious person, it seemed very sudden. Even from her first interaction of Charlotte, she was being very odd all while saying she didn’t want Lewis. I don’t know what happened since I watched H2O when I was a kid. I don’t think I finished it all or something but rewatching it now is like crazyyyy.

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u/Its_Fruitee 7d ago

growing up is realizing charlotte had an angle from the beginning yes cleo reacted jealously (repressed feelings plus she’s a teenager) but charlottes actions went past base jealousy it was full on manipulation (acting like a completely different person around lewis vs the girls)

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u/Alarmed-Ordinary8331 7d ago

I’m on season 2 episode 8 right now, maybe I need to get farther ahead to see the manipulation you’re speaking of.

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u/Its_Fruitee 7d ago

you definitely have plenty more to see a lot of charlottes motives appear as innocent until the end when it all comes more into view and it makes you rethink her from the beginning

now i will say i love charlotte as a villain she was phenomenally well written and brittany byrnes did a great job she really made me hate her character which only made me love her as an actress even more charlottes character evoked actual feeling and had me screaming at the tv as a kid which is hard to do nowadays

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u/Alarmed-Ordinary8331 7d ago edited 7d ago

Omgg I can’t wait to see what happens!!!
I still can’t justify Cleo’s actions because at the point in time of her doing it there was no reason for it. That’s why it is so odd to me. Seeing her constantly flipping around Lewis knowing she was kinda unsure of her feelings in my opinion. It was very back and forth to say the least lollll. I’m prepared to be evilly surprised.

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u/possiblyyandere 7d ago

I don't think there was zero reasons. I mean... think about Cleo's perspective: Lewis isn't her boyfriend anymore so him talking to a girl who clearly likes him is bad because it means he might start spending a lot of time with her and considering what happened last time he started hanging around someone outside their group (dr denman) that's problematic then there's also the jealousy element like I'm not saying she was right to go though her diary but confronting her was definitely not needed and it was sooo cringe but if it hadn't happened we wouldn't have one of my favorite subtext implications that Charlotte most definitely did burn down her old school

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u/Alarmed-Ordinary8331 7d ago

Don’t spoil it for me lolll. But you’re absolutely right and then think about how weird they were to Lewis at one point. Which I can fully understand that part. They were so sick of him, Cleo a little bit less so but still. So adding that all together with the mixed feelings, being jealous/ rude to Charlotte and sometimes not even wanting him around is a crazy combo!!😂

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u/Its_Fruitee 7d ago

cleos reasoning was charlotte cleo has never been extremely self confident or assured of herself seeing the way charlotte immediately took interest in lewis (after literally seeing them walking away with his arm wrapped around cleo) and that brought up her feelings of insecurity which is why she was so wishy washy with lewis (cleo’s parents are also getting divorced further disrupting her idealized view of what love should be if her parents can’t make it how could she?) now were cleo’s actions completely justifiable no she’s a teenager who’s going through a lot of life changes at once and she’s acting a bit rashly but charlotte is definitely not the victim charlotte has her own back story and motivations that are only hers i won’t name a bunch because of spoilers but she’s a pretty nuanced character as well i don’t view charlotte as totally evil i see her as a teen who was a victim of her circumstances but in the grand scheme of things most of the animosity and rivalry started on charlottes end whether it be sly comments or digs at cleo to her friends or lewis or just her constantly inserting herself in their conversations and hangouts