Okay it's been a while, I'm sure most people have already read...

Okay it's been a while, I'm sure most people have already read Violetta's letter, and I wanna explain why it's such a... bad letter, why it dissapointed me and explain my issues with it:

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Starting off, let's follow the structure the letter gives us. Alice gains more insight to Violetta thanks to a notebook that belonged to Elena Ruiz, a spanish stage assitant who knew Violetta.

Note the notebook is found in a shop near MOONLIT RIVER PARK. This is something-

common for her investigations about Hullabaloo Members, she seeked information about Joker via a clinic nearby, Murro/Mike also through close connections. So, logically you would think this letter is about her in Hullabaloo, right?

Nope! Elena... mentions Max?

Not only is this weird because they shoved Max & Amazing Cabin in an area AROUND where we would get Hullabaloo information, but Max being here feels so random, especially because of the lore we get with Elena's entries.

Since when... Margaretha and Sergei worked for him?

Such plot twist would be maaybe fine if we had information on this, but we never heard of this? Closing Night could've implied this, especially in the individual conversation between Violetta and Margaretha...???

This just feels so random and forced, it makes no sense for us to learn about something this important, that they knew one another BEFORE Hullabaloo. This also feels weird because Violetta literally notes not knowing Sergei or Joker well, hence why she confused the two.???

It's also very weird because one detail is that Barbara, an employee at Amazing Cabin and Violetta's friend, did not hear about Hullabaloo. It just... feels weird that Violetta wasn't the only to go to the circus... Yes, Margie and Sergei were the most recent members, but

I'm left with confusion regarding if anyone knew about the circus or not, since two other members, LEADING members, went there as well??? Wouldn't have Barbara mentioned Margaretha and Sergei? It's such a lazy addition that doens't work with Violetta's lore, nor Margaretha's.

What also doesn't make sense is a mention of Violetta having her mechanical joints, aka her prosthetics and her spider body, why?

SHE CHANGED HER APPEARANCE AFTER SHE WAS SOLD TO HULLABALOO, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY MENTIONS OF MECHANICAL JOINTS? SPIDER SHOW WAS NOT A NEW TRICK.

Also, remember how this letter is seemingly about Max and Amazing Cabin, even though the notebook was found near Moonlit River Park?

Yeah, so now it's confusing again because Elena.... "left the circus before the massacre"... There was... no massacre at... Amazing Cabin....

Yes, Merrick stabbed Max, but that wasn't a massacre. So this is clearly about Hullabaloo. But Elena never mentioned working with Violetta AT BOTH AMAZING CABIN AAAAND HULLABALOO! It makes no sense??? Violetta was sold off, she was alone, nobody came with her to Hullabaloo.

And even IF Elena did work at both places, it makes no sense that something this important as "Violetta KNEW somebody at the circus from her old workplace" gets shoehorned THIS LATE into her story. Same thing with Margie/Sergei btw.

So, i'm left wondering, is this about Hullabaloo or Amazing Cabin? Maybe this entire time, the two were located nearby in Moonlit River Park... right...?

No! Makes no sense, because BARBARA NEVER HEARD OF IT. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IF YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY BUSINESS NEIGHBOURS.

Y'know what else adds fuel to the fire? What else causes immense confusion?

Elena states that Violetta left the circus.

If this is about Amazing Cabin, makes sense, she wa sold and seemingly only Max was nearby, simply counting the money he got.

But with the mentions of a MASSACRE AAAND MARGARETHA & SERGEI, it leaves me questioning if this letter was about Hullabaloo, if so, then this makes NO SENSE. BECAUSE SHE WAS KICKED OUT! TEMPORARILY! SHE WAS NEVER LEAVING, AND SHE WOULD'VE KNOWN BECAUSE A MASSACRE HAPPENED! WHICH-

ELENA WEIRDLY ALSO AVOIDED??? SO IS IT ABOUT HULLABALOO OR THE AMAZING CABIN???

And my final complaint, Elena talks about how Amazing Cabin transitioned from being a freak show to different performances, replacing Violetta, but this makes again, no sense. Why?

Because the show WAS STILL OUTDATED when Violetta was there, Barbara states it only improved AFTER SHE LEFT!!! IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR HER TO ALREADY BE OVERSHADOWED BY MARGIE & SERGEI.

So, there you have it. My problems with her letter. I'm honestly baffled, I cannot tell what the writer was thinking, is this letter meant to be about her days in Amazing Cabin or Hullabaloo? Maybe they mistakingly called Bernad "Max"?

But it makes no sense when they reference him adopting her and taking her in, it makes no sense for them to somehow confuse the two.

If it was about Hullabaloo, it seems unlikely because they state she "left" the circus. This is a ridiculous letter.

I'm severely dissapointed and I'm upset by the letter. It doesn't make sense for them to switch between details from her Amazing Cabin days to her Hullabaloo period. I'm sad my favourite character who I dearly love and treasure got such a shitty letter.

All I can do is hope they rewrite it, because it's awful, inconsistent, and ruins everything we knew about her. 😢😓

If you got this far, thank you for reading about my frustrations.