I think Hollyhock would’ve spent the rest of her life wondering. Maybe he could’ve “saved” her from Bea’s drugging (though, to be fair, Beatrice was never supposed to be in the cards… but, at the same time, Bojack may not have figured it out if she hadn’t been on his mind and constantly referring to him as “Henrietta”), but, unfortunately, that would’ve prevented her from knowing who her mother was. Whether knowing and having a good relationship (when she so clearly had wanted one for her entire life) was worth the trauma, I can’t be sure, but Hollyhock is definitely a trooper. Ultimately, I think telling her was for the best.
Cross checking these lists…
-Eleanor took her cousin to prom which harmed him. Fair, this was confirmed by the show. But don’t forget that Bojack took a group of teenagers to their prom and harmed literally all of them (Maddie got alcohol poisoning, we see how that affected Pete when he shows back up, and it ended with BJ nearly having sex with Penny which we see harmed her).
-Eleanor continued buying coffee from a sexual predator + refused to boycott his shop. Yeah, that’s shitty. You forgot to mention that Bojack worked with a sexual predator, abuser, and generally hateful and bigoted man (Vance).
-One other thing of note that Bojack did: got Sharona fired.
I feel it’s important to note that I’m not trying to justify Eleanor’s actions here. She was a pretty shitty person when she was alive, but you’re so intent on making her the worse one of the two… for what? If all of your comments in your first thread were in good faith, I wouldn’t feel inclined to point all of this out. But it was just copy + paste of the exact same sentiment, followed by this post that proves you have a bias (or have, at the very least, developed one) that you want everyone to agree with.
“Shut up Bojack” - Cynthia Nixon