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i'm debating changing "enough for me" to "handle me" but i'll ask liz...

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OOOOO that’s so tough 😩 I feel like both make a lot of sense but maybe “handle me” makes more sense at this stage of her life? “Enough for me” definitely feels like the older version of her given her conversation with her recent ex when getting her stuff back.

Marti S.

i also think 'handle me' would pack a bigger, more formative punch at this point because being innately "too much" might be completely out of ro's hands / there's less agency in that. i also think it could be interesting from the standpoint of how being unable to 'handle' ro's emergency is a point of pain and jealousy for avery, and i could see that being subconsciously involved in her feeling the urge to take that word and turn it back on ro in a broader way. i think the 'being enough' thing is also valid though, because that also does not feel good to hear (especially over and over!) in a more "damn... i gotta Change My Ways" kind of sense

Jacob Barlow

They're quite different meanings. If you prefer one meaning to the other then that's your artistic prerogative, of course. "...enough for me" = I have absurdly high standards, am looking for something or need something particular and impossibly idealised "...can handle me" = I am a nightmare, high maintenance, a difficult person to love. It would require exceptional patience/fortitude/strength-to-push-back from someone if they wanted to forge a successful relationship with me Both fit, but I'm team "enough for me". I take the subtextual narrative to be that it could only ever be Isi, which that sentiment conveys better. On the other hand it's not like that context is super subtle. It wouldn't be lost if you went for a criticism that might reflect something else about Ro's character, her specific relationship with Avery. Maybe that's the more three-dimensional way to go.

Liz

I think “enough for me” makes sense bc you’ve had a scene before of a girl calling Ro out for getting bored and being ready to move onto the next one, it feels more like her relationships end bc she’s “bored” not bc the other girls can’t handle it ??? Idk tho both are good options for the drama of it all!!!!

Bast 13

I think "enough for me" works well if Avery broke up with her partly because Isi is in love with her. I get the vibe that Avery worried more about being replaced rather than keeping up with Ro's energy. It also implies Ro's missing something in her life rather than having too much