Queen Penelope

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I think Penny was basically a tomboy until she was about fourteen, and then she went girly-girl, and stopped using her brain. She went from rebuilding a tractor at twelve to unable to use a glue gun at twenty-seven(?) - I imagine she came from somewhere where 'smart' girls were seen as unattractive, and she absorbed all the wrong lessons about self and body image. The whole acting dream plays into the idea that she lives her life by how other people see her, and measures her self-worth by attention, not always the good kind.