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☛ GET INSIDE YOUR CHARACTER’S HEAD! aka The Excessively Detailed Headcanon Meme33 - CONCEPT OF HOME & FAMILY?
Brooke has searched for a way to define those two words since she was a child. From the outside, she grew up in a picture perfect family. A mother, a father, a huge house. For the Davis’ appearance was always more important than anything else. Behind that red door, there was a home with a lot of flaws. Affection was replaced with money. Anything Brooke wanted, she was sure to get, but what she wanted most was a family. There wasn’t enough money in the world to get her that.
So, Brooke found family in other places. Peyton Sawyer became her sister. The two bonded when they were young & the loyalty she has to the blonde is unwavering. Even at their lowest points, if push came to shove, she’d do anything for her. Even when she hates her guts, she never really hates her. Their ups and downs really do follow the sort of arc that sisters would have with each other.
As she grew older, her makeshift family expanded, but there was always part of her that longed for her parents approval. That’s why, when she took Clothes Over Bros to the next level, she brought on Victoria. Yes, it was also because she’s smart in business, but the decision was so much more than that. She wanted her mom to finally be proud of her.
At the end of the day, her relationship with her parents is definitely better than it was as a child, but I don’t think that they are who she considers to be her family. She’s made her own and she’s content with that. And now she knows what mistakes not to make when raising her own children.
A lot of Brooke’s arc in the later seasons of the show focus on her wanting to have children and I think that’s something so central to her character. She wants to be able to give a child what she never had. She wants to be able to prove that she is not her parents. And mostly, she just wants to be able to share the love and support she’s received from those who she considers her family with someone she can raise herself.47 - HOW DO THEY EXPRESS LOVE?
Brooke has a very hard time expressing love. She’s extremely guarded and it takes a special person to break down the wall she’s built around her heart. The first time she fell in love was with Lucas Scott. Before that, she was practically infamous for her string of hookups. She never let anyone get too close. He was the first boy who told her she didn’t have to be like that. And the thing is, she knew that. She knew she didn’t have to be the girl that was just a good time, yet she made the conscious decision to be that way, because it was easier than taking risks and getting hurt.
Finally, with Lucas she reached a place where she realized that maybe it was okay to be vulnerable and let someone all the way in. Of course, just as that happened, Lucas and Peyton betrayed her trust and made her close back up again. In season 2, her relationship with Felix starts off as a strict friends-with-benefits relationship, because Brooke doesn’t want to blur any lines there. Things get more complicated there, she lets down her walls slightly, but she finds out in time that he isn’t who she thinks him to be. But then there’s Lucas telling her he loves her again.
This brings Brooke to a pivotal moment for Brooke & how she expresses love. The summer between s2 and s3, Brooke writes Lucas eighty-two letters (one a day), telling him exactly how she loves him. She doesn’t send a single one. She isn’t able to. This is something so central to Brooke’s character. She’d rather go without love & shove her feelings down, if it means she’ll be spared the pain of when everything comes crashing down. She doesn’t see love as something permanent. Whenever she gets too comfortable, she ends up getting hurt the worst.
I could go on and on about Brooke & Lucas, but let’s fast forward to the adult years. When Brooke & Julian get serious, even though she knows how she feels about him, she can’t say those three little words. She actually gets very upset with Julian for saying I love you. Again, it’s because she got hurt every time she’s said them before, so what would be different about this? One of my most favorite things about Julian is that he showed Brooke that those words aren’t always the kiss of death. He helps her to become more open with her love.
Now okay as if this isn’t long enough yet, right?
Brooke shows love through actions. She isn’t so good with words, but when she cares for someone, what she does is indicative of it, not what she says. She loves Peyton with all her heart and while she may have spouted a million and one insults her way in s4, the thing to focus on is that she broke up with Lucas, because she loved Peyton. She might love Lucas too, but she put someone she loved before her own feelings.
Brooke’s not too good at dealing with serious things. She’s always there with some sort of joke or quip, but it’s that she’s trying to lighten the mood. She’ll make you laugh, but then be there for someone she cares about as a shoulder to cry on.
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