To support your point, and negate any and all people who blame Penny (THE CHILD), a few things;
-Bojack, the ADULT, replicated a night out he’d had with Charlotte back when he was interested in her, with her own daughter. Ofc penny couldnt know that, but the intention behind that was very clear on Bojack’s end. He even admits it (that he tried to “sleep with the daughter” because the “mom said no”) a few times throughout the series. (Though, he is an unreliable narrator since he flips his opinions of himself and the hurt hes caused. but its worth noting his guilt is (imo) the realest, truest part of himself that hes willing to reflect on, so thats something.)
-a common phrase victims of child grooming say what penny said that night before offering herself to him; “everyone else treats me like a kid. Youre the first adult to treat me like… well, a person!”
Its nauseating when people downplay or skip over this or blame penny for something a 50 year old purposefully did. Not to mention, he went to talk to charlotte right after. if he reaaalllyy wanted to close the door on penny all the way, hed tell her parent. At least thats what id do to nip that in the bud right then and there. There are so many connections of the symbolism and dialogue that show this is Bojacks fault due to his own selfish, predatory nature towards women.
Out of all the grey areas in the show, this is not one.
To support your point, and negate any and all people who blame Penny (THE CHILD), a few things; -Bojack, the ADULT, replicated a night out he’d had with Charlotte back when he was interested in her, with her own daughter. Ofc penny couldnt know that, but the intention behind that was very clear on Bojack’s end. He even admits it (that he tried to “sleep with the daughter” because the “mom said no”) a few times throughout the series. (Though, he is an unreliable narrator since he flips his opinions of himself and the hurt hes caused. but its worth noting his guilt is (imo) the realest, truest part of himself that hes willing to reflect on, so thats something.)
-a common phrase victims of child grooming say what penny said that night before offering herself to him; “everyone else treats me like a kid. Youre the first adult to treat me like… well, a person!”
Its nauseating when people downplay or skip over this or blame penny for something a 50 year old purposefully did. Not to mention, he went to talk to charlotte right after. if he reaaalllyy wanted to close the door on penny all the way, hed tell her parent. At least thats what id do to nip that in the bud right then and there. There are so many connections of the symbolism and dialogue that show this is Bojacks fault due to his own selfish, predatory nature towards women. Out of all the grey areas in the show, this is not one.