Question for my fellow Kiwis:
At what point in Chantal's life do you think she said to herself: "fuck it." and gave up any semblance of effort, any modicum of supposed determination.
I think it's easy for us to say she's always been like this - but take a look at Chantal from 2017. Compared to current day Chantal, the 2017 version seems almost bearable, hardworking, and diligent. Of course she is none of those things, and this is relatively speaking, however I think it points to a steady downward trend where less and less effort is applied to her life, her channel, and her relationships. This degrading effort must have a start-point, and I'm interested in speculating where it might have started and why.
The reason for this is two-fold. One, because it's fun, and I'm all about having fun on the internet. Two, because she has much, much further to fall. It might be hard to believe she could go any lower. The Classic Chantal Cycle really is no longer applicable to her in her current state due to how low she has gone, but she still has a lot left to lose. She has her channel, Peetz, cats, and to a certain extent, her mother and family. My prediction is that in a couple of years all or most of these things will no longer be in the picture (assuming she's still alive and hasn't died of heart failure). When this time comes and she truly hits rock-bottom, I want to be able to connect a line between her internally giving up and this bottom-feeding state she will inevitably find herself in. It will serve as both humor and an interesting character study in what happens when one decides to no longer apply themselves in any way to their life.
My current theory is that this downward slide began right around the time she got fired from her admin job because her French was too poor. Unemployment of any kind severely fucks with peoples' heads and makes them feel like they're useless - "what's the point" - leading many to depression, suicide, or in Chantal's case, just not giving a single fuck. Of course there's the possibility that this all started when she was a teenager as well, and we will have no way of knowing what the specific genesis of her current state is, but I'd like to hear your speculation nonetheless.
