The Yellowjackets Are In A Deadbeat Parent-off

I would give anything for a van and Laura lee friendship

this fandom is so black and white when it comes to characterization, nobody realizes it’s a balance and just runs with one thing. Either they characterize laura lee as a total saint as if the whole reason she died wasn’t because she was testing her own faith, or mischaracterize her that she’d be the first in line for the cannibalism just because she saw god in lottie.

don’t get me started on people who think jackie would support shauna as the antler queen because that’s her best friend who she’s in love with when she was visibly disgusted by shauna at doomcoming simply for having a knife on travis’s throat

i re-read “this little girl breaks furniture, this little girl breaks laws” at least twice a month like it’s gospel and it’s slowly destroying my brain (thank you bandydear for your service🫡)

I knew we would eventually reach a point where masses of people would misinterpret Arcane, but I never imagined it would be this bad.

Yes, I absolutely agree that season 2 was rushed, especially Act 3, and it is undeniable that the series would have benefited from at least one more episode if not an entire act. However, the current discourse about the show is so superficial that it's impossible to have a conversation about anything deeper but a mere synopsis of the characters and story.

So many of you expected this series to hold your hand and dumb everything down so you can understand it. But when it wasn't the case, you all started rioting and calling the characters vague, the plot bad, and the ships underdeveloped.

The amount of people who value spoken text more than the actions of the characters is worrying. And more worrying than that is the amount of those who interpret the said actions so superficially. I can't believe it needs to be explained that it wasn't Vi's death that led to the "good" timeline, but the lack of hextech. The result would have been the same if either of them had died. It wasn't about Vi, but about the child that died because of dangerous technology and that therefore that technology must not be used. The mischaracterization of Vi in general is insane. Call me biased and unfair, but the moment I hear you don't like her I will assume you didn't understand the show.

Also, the whole discourse around Caitvi scene in episode 8 is giving brainsmooth. No, Vi didn't choose Cait over Jinx, quite the opposite. No, Cait didn't plan all of it to fuck Vi. No, Vi didn't do it because she felt forced or because she is a horny animal who doesn't care about her sister. No, them fucking in a cell is not about the class difference, but about the fact that Vi felt an insane rush of emotions after realizing that Cait would let go of her revenge and help Jinx escape, all for her. Yes, I do agree that it would be nice if we got a longer conversation between Vi and Caitlyn and it would feel great to hear Cait apologize, but I'll always value actions over words. Her talking to Jinx, recognizing that she is just as bad as her, and choosing to trust Vi that her sister can change, thus letting Jinx escape will always mean more than any verbal apology and I'll die on that hill.

Also, it was Jinx's decision to let go and walk away. It was not about Vi trying to get to Vander, but about Jinx being tired of everything. Even if that fight didn't happen, the result would be the same: Jinx would leave because she knows that Vi couldn't do that. She knew that the two of them couldn't have a normal life together and that Vi would never give up on her. Jinx didn't "die" because Vi pushed her or failed her, but because she loved her too much. Whether you believe that she is dead or that she escaped, it's her decision either way.

Again, I agree that too much happened too quickly, but stop confusing your stupidity and inability to read between the lines with the quality of the series.

Arcane is flawed but still brilliant.

yellowjackets 3x10 spoilers ahead.

i actually think there were two separate teams conspiring in the finale. i don’t think mari, akilah, gen, and melissa were working with van, nat, and misty. not because they didn’t want to, but because neither group knew what the other was up to.

mari, akilah, gen, and melissa seemed like they wanted the hunt to happen so they could use it as a cover to kill shauna and lottie. they’re the only two really keeping them stuck out there. mari told shauna, “you deserve everything that’s coming for you,” and then melissa straight-up tackled her and almost killed her like it was planed. akilah literally went after lottie with a brick. the hunt was an opportunity to get rid of the people standing between them and rescue. meanwhile, van, nat, and misty were working on their own plan, one that just happened to benefit from the chaos of the hunt. they didn’t want the hunt either, but it gave nat cover to escape and call for help.

honestly, if either group had known what the other was doing, the hunt probably wouldn’t have been necessary at all. they could’ve just teamed up and jumped shauna and lottie directly.

You can only reblog this today.

at its core yellowjackets is a show about peaking in high school. except the peak was a collection of some of the worst things that could ever happen to a human being

New YJ Trailer got the gals like:

Taissa:

Natalie:

Mari:

Shauna:

Misty:

Lottie:

Jackie:

Melissa:

in other news. predicting that coach ben will die for the third season in a row

mari was killed by a card meant for hannah, in a trap meant for lottie, by a conspiracy meant for shauna, and yet there was no other way for this story to go. shes been dead since the beginning.