Britt Wants Anna to Pay, but Does She Really Have Room to Judge?
Britt Westbourne has every reason to be angry with Anna Devane. After all, believing someone is about to kill you isn’t exactly something you shrug off and forget about the next morning.
Britt Wants Anna to Pay, but Does She Really Have Room to Judge?
Anna may have been suffering a serious psychological breakdown, but Britt was still the woman on the receiving end of her actions. From Britt’s perspective, Anna tried to kill her. So, when Britt wants Anna held accountable, it’s hard to tell her that she doesn’t have a right to feel that way.
But this is General Hospital, and nothing is ever that simple.
The bigger question may not be whether Britt has a right to be furious. She absolutely does. The question is whether Britt Westbourne, of all people, really has room to stand in judgment of Anna.
Anna Wasn't Operating in Reality
There is an important distinction between explaining Anna’s behavior and excusing it.
Anna was not simply angry with Britt and decided to take revenge. She had been kidnapped, held captive and psychologically manipulated. Her history with Cesar Faison was used against her until she was no longer seeing the situation for what it really was.
In Anna’s fractured state of mind, the threat was real.
That doesn't magically erase what Britt experienced. But if Anna genuinely couldn't distinguish reality from the delusions controlling her behavior, that has to matter when deciding what consequences she should face.
Anna needs help. Serious help.
That may include psychiatric treatment, medication and possibly being confined somewhere she cannot hurt herself or anyone else. But treating Anna as though she calmly and rationally decided to murder Britt ignores a huge part of what actually happened.
Britt Was Fighting to Stay Alive, Too
Here is where Britt's argument gets complicated. Britt knows better than most what fear can make someone do. She was involved with the cold-fusion project while desperately trying to obtain the medication she needed to survive. Whatever her reasons, the potential consequences of that project were enormous. Britt wanted to live. That's understandable.
But if Britt expects everyone to consider the circumstances that drove her dangerous decisions, shouldn't Anna's circumstances receive some consideration too? That's where this starts feeling a little like pot meeting kettle.
Britt made questionable choices because she was afraid of dying. Anna committed a horrifying act while psychologically broken and convinced she was protecting the people she loved. Neither situation excuses everything that happened. But neither situation is black and white, either.
And No, Britt Didn't Simply Leave Anna There
There is also an argument floating around that Britt knew Anna was being held captive at Wyndemere and simply did nothing to help her.
If Britt didn't learn Anna had been imprisoned there until after Anna had already been transferred to the hospital in France, then blaming Britt for failing to rescue Anna doesn't hold up.
Britt can't be held responsible for information she didn't have at the time.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to question Britt's decisions without making her responsible for Anna's kidnapping and breakdown.
Britt Is Still a Victim
This is the part that shouldn't get lost in the debate.
Britt was scared for her life. She doesn't have the benefit of watching Anna's breakdown from the safety of a television screen. She experienced Anna's behavior firsthand.
Understanding that Anna was mentally ill doesn't require Britt to instantly forgive her. It doesn't mean Britt has to feel safe around her. And it certainly doesn't mean Britt has to pretend nothing happened. Britt is entitled to her anger and trauma. Where she may cross the line is if her desire for accountability turns into a mission for revenge. Those are two very different things.
So, Does Britt Have Room to Judge?
Yes—and no. Britt has every right to demand that what happened to her be taken seriously. Anna's illness doesn't erase Britt's trauma. But Britt should also understand better than most that desperate circumstances can drive people to make dangerous choices.
She wanted to survive. Anna believed she was protecting her family.
Both women crossed lines, although under very different circumstances.
Maybe that's what makes this storyline interesting: Britt and Anna aren't nearly as different as either one would probably like to admit.
Anna shouldn't simply get a free pass because she was mentally ill. But consequences don't necessarily have to mean prison, either. Psychiatric treatment, supervision and eventually confronting the damage she caused could represent accountability without pretending Anna was in complete control of her actions.
And Britt? She deserves to be heard. She deserves to be angry.
She doesn't owe Anna immediate forgiveness. But before Britt turns her pain into a crusade to destroy Anna, she might want to remember all the times she desperately wanted someone else to understand why she did the things she did. Because when it comes to Britt Westbourne and Anna Devane, there may be enough blame and enough trauma to go around.
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