#WHY she's so drawn to chemistry is a whole other thing tho; not overly complicated but still ... a Thing <3

[absensia]

just now remembering how much Lessons in Chemistry resonated with Char while I was watching it, and for none of the actual narrative reasons that the show's drama followed along. it was, of course, the premise taking advantage of the clear but seldom romanticized intersection between cooking and chemistry; it was the details, such as: Elizabeth destroying her kitchen and renovating it to function as a chemistry lab and kitchen, her making coffee using lab - ware, her treating cooking like an experiment and her chemistry experiments like life-sustaining cuisine, it was her sometimes getting poor results despite doing everything "right" by the science protocol or recipe because sometimes chaos bubbles just out of our control.

#Char learned to bake and cook simultaneously #she also (at the same time) learned to cook up explosive materials / various remedies and medications / poisons and irritants to the senses #she has always been keen on chemistry (and all its various forms/applications) and she's got the brains for it ... #... but she also still very much struggles with memory issues and chemistry (among other subjects) has given some of the most trouble ... #... in terms of not only understanding + retaining the information but actually keeping the info correct in her head #as with most things - Char learns and works best hands - on. if she seems to have a certain chemical reaction down pat it's because ... #... she's gone through and done the reaction COUNTLESS times /physically/ in the lab + then worked those actions backwards in her mind to . #... solidify the reaction in her memory/mind. #it took her forever to get the concept of chirality down because she just COULD NOT keep the visuals of it stable in her head #WHY she's so drawn to chemistry is a whole other thing tho; not overly complicated but still ... a Thing <3 #our dearest and most damnable charlotte. #an isolated system.