I loved this chapter so much. I don't particularly like Carol here, but I know enough to know that she's in character for this period of her life, and you've had to walk a fine line between being in character for her and character bashing. I think you did it very, very well. And we know that Carol pulls through, eventually. I'll be interested to see how she does it in this 'verse!

Taking a character at their lowest point and pulling them back out again is something I really enjoy doing. It's particularly interesting with Carol since so often when female characters are at a low point, it's as a result of bad writing, and is the kind of low point that's so misogynistically frustrating that the only thing to do is either ignore it, or hand wave it.

Glad you're enjoying this!