after reading this amazing analysis of aria i recommend you all read cause its so good, i don't understand how aria didn't take one extra curricular. like she's shown to be an outsider and not very interested in that type of stuff her friends are anyway so maybe its true, but not even art club for one semester? like she did that pottery class so obv she wants to do some creative things outside of school. i don't see her doing more than one extra curricular but taking one art or english club makes sense.
also making this so ezra focused does not make sense to me either. like its been known that she can do stuff outside of school that isn't all about him. i mean god the a stuff isn't all about him, you can count on one hand how much that man has been part of the a storyline. i truly think they just wanted a reason to break them up and apparently andrew wasn't enough? also, wouldn't hanna have not joined any clubs as well? like she seemed less interested in academics than aria did. yes, she had that stint in yearbook but based on what we know that didn't even last a season. so, i say again, why did they make this so ezra focused when it definitely wasn't.
anyway, this storyline doesn't make sense to me (esp with that analysis giving me a new found perspective on aria) and aria would've done something even if it was only for a short time.
edit: god please read the post i linked. aria is not male/ezra focused, the fandom is when they talk about her. she has her own hyperfixations that don't just revolve around ezra. and, yes, i understand the point of the scene i just don't agree with it.