By Sophie Albertie
There’s something to be said for a piece of media that unites the people through mutual anticipation, I just don’t know why her name had to be Belly.
The series finale of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” premiered on September 17, and features a very important ‘decision’, one that diehard fans of the show have been placing their bets on since the show first premiered in the Summer of 2022: Who will she choose?
After three years, Isabel “Belly” Conklin picks one of the two Fisher brothers. Both boys who have been pining after her since childhood. Now she takes her pick and audiences can finally rest. Young girls have taken to X with the same ferocity they feel choosing a pillow at a slumber party. Some argue she made the wrong choice, which would be pretty unfortunate considering how much time was spent waiting for the slow burn to play out. For those who paid attention, the decision seemed obvious from the start.
From an outsider’s perspective, the mob that has amassed from a young girl choosing her own love triangle is comparable to the attention that the “Twilight” franchise received back in the early 2010s. If this is what it takes for the community to make a comeback in the form of trashy cult classic television, Jenny Han and the entire production team is certainly off to a good start. For anyone wondering, Belly made the right choice.
