Diane fan here. I wrote the book about my trauma! Now what?

You are correct in your analysis. It’s a train wreck and there’s no happy endings and barely any closure.

Is that for real?

The lady with the baby he tips over in season 1

The pattern of Diane is interesting.

• she publishes “the full truth” about Bojack (Bojack is celebrated and it validates it’s ok to be a careless asshole to him & others)

• has a full rage tantrum about her family in Boston!

• rages about her surprise party

• she gets caught up in the Hank Hippopotamus drama because of the need to expose the truth (She gets shit on publically/called out by Bojack and Mr. Peanutbutter & nothing changes.)

• she goes to Cordovia, learns that dude is a narcissist, kids are dying, she has no power to change it. She DOESN’T CALL IT OUT but goes deeply into a depression. (Repressed anger can do that)

• Abortion thing with Sextina disturbs her, she tries to be quiet, go along with it… Eats her anger about the music video & does the job …

• gets a job blogging at Croosh about things in LA that make her angry

• 5 fights with Mr. PB

• Trys to find the truth about the dead whale

• writes that piece on Philbert out of ‘anger and exposing the truth’

• actually gets mad at Bojack to his face at the Premiere

• started video blogging at Croosh with Guy (who listens and believes her!!!)

• Guy actually listens to her, believes her, treats her opinions with respect… This changes things for her…

• Attempts to expose White Whale - learns murder is legal…

• She fully walks away from Bojack when she learns the truth about Sara-Lynn

Diane’s Anger is almost entirely about not being heard/People in power taking advantage of people with less power/ people lying and covering up terrible and shitty things and her powerlessness to change any of it. She goes between rage/depression, trying to be actively changing things and understanding she can’t change things.

It’s actually a very good intention, but she has no idea how to deal with it.

Getting away from fucked up people who don’t listen/care/think lying is ok was the answer. She is powerless to change those people. They won’t hear her. Putting the focus on people who will listen was a good resolution to her anger issues with that.

S2E6 - Mr. Peanutbutter’s accountant says that Mr. Peanutbutter gave “kindergarteners” 50,000$, and then it flashes to Vincent Adultman 'doing a business ’

I think it’s the long face