SECRET SANTA HERE ! I saw you went on a plane, i hope that was good ! So, tell me about what drew you to playing brooke and what's your favorite thing about her ? *smooches ur lil cheeks and runs away*
gosh i’m so sorry i didn’t get around to answering this message sooner – i’ve been so busy with my family !! but yeah, i traveled on down to florida to visit my grandparents for a few days !! i’m heading on home this afternoon, but it was super nice to get away from the cold weather for a bit !!
oKAY – so g o s h … uh … what drew me to writing brooke. hmm. i just – i started watching oth when i was back in high school ( it was still airing, but i was watching in reruns ) – & it helped me through a really rough spot in my life. i related to brooke a lot. her never enough complex was something that really resonated deep with me. in high school, all my friends were overachievers & on the gifted track & i had been placed on that track when i was younger too, but my grades didn’t match up to that once i got older & i watched all of them go on & do these amazing things and i just felt – average. less than average, really. i was struggling while they were all flourishing & just – to see brooke davis overcome her feelings of never being enough – idk it just, it really struck a chord with me, you know ?? & i guess that’s why i gravitated towards writing her – because she’s a character i have such a deep love for & a deep personal connection with.
as for my favorite thing about writing her ?? i don’t know if there’s just one !! i think one of the best things though is that there are nine seasons of material to work with – & that there’s a 5 year time skip in between seasons 4 & 5 so there are – even more years to work with than we see on screen. we start with brooke in high school & then she ends up this businesswoman with a family – so there’s SO MUCH development in there & so much to explore within the bounds of canon – & then on top of that all, she’s so easy to adapt into different verses i just – i really love writing brooke !!