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melissa: i'm kind of crushing on someone, but i'm worried about telling you who it is, because you're not going to like it.

gen: just rip the band-aid off.

melissa: it's shauna.

gen: put the bandaid back on.

Yellowjackets as The Onion Articles part 3!! :P

Happy Yellowjackets season 3 everybody

shaunamari.. marishauna if you will.. enemies to lovers soon . I'm a believer

#yellowjackets is a comedy and mari is the star

The “Pomegranate Theory” in Yellowjackets

Background

The Pomegranate Theory is a fan theory in Yellowjackets inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades. The story follows Persephone, the daughter of Demeter (the goddess of agriculture), after she is captured by Hades and taken to the Underworld, where she is held against her will. Demeter is devastated by the loss of her daughter, and in her grief she neglects her duties as the agricultural goddess, causing all of the crops to wither and a massive famine to spread across the earth.

In the Underworld, if one consumes any food, they will be stuck there forever. Persephone, knowing this, initially declines all of Hades’ offers of food and drinks, no matter how desperately he attempts to get her to consume them. Eventually, Zeus demands Hades to return Persephone to her mother, but before Persephone leaves the Underworld, Hades tricks her into eating 6 pomegranate seeds. Since Persephone consumed food in the Underworld, she is bound to Hades forever. A compromise is reached that, since Persephone ate 6 seeds, she will have to spend 6 months out of every year in the Underworld, while the other 6 months can be spent on earth.

During this 6 month period each year in which Persephone returns to the Underworld, the earth once again becomes cold and barren of crops and greenery due to Demeter’s sorrow; and in the 6 months that Persephone lives on earth, the weather becomes warmer and the plants thrive. These changes become the 4 seasons. Spring and Summer occur while Persephone is on earth, and Fall and Winter occur while she is trapped in the Underworld.

Yellowjackets’ Connection to Greek Myth

Yellowjackets has been known to reference Greek imagery, particularly in one of the show’s most prominent scenes. While the group is eating Jackie in Season 2, we get dissociative flashes of a lavish feast that looks like this:

In these shots, the group is dressed in Grecian tunics, gathered around a table, consuming fruit and wine in a frenzied, euphoric manner reminiscent of the Greco-Roman Bacchanalia. These ancient Greco-Roman festivals, held in honor of Dionysus (or Bacchus), were originally exclusive to women and became infamous for their wild revelry, rumored to descend into violence and occult rituals. The parallels between the Bacchanalia and the group’s descent into savage feasting in this scene are clear and deliberate. This connection has led fans to speculate that Yellowjackets may draw from Greek mythology in more ways than just this moment.

Fans have speculated that Yellowjackets may incorporate elements of the Persephone myth, particularly the symbolism of the pomegranate seeds. In Greek mythology, consuming food in the Underworld binds a soul to it, and in the show, many characters experience death visions or dreams where they are offered food. According to this theory, the forest represents the barren earth, the dream space the characters enter when on the brink of death symbolizes the Underworld, and the Wilderness entity coaxes them into consuming food represents Hades. If a character eats in this realm, they risk being bound to this mystical afterlife, leading to their death in the real world.

Let’s explore the show’s examples of this:

Jackie’s Hot Chocolate

The first time we see this realm between life and death is when Jackie is dying from hypothermia. After she falls asleep outside, she awakens in a dreamlike space in which Shauna leads her back into the cabin. Here, Jackie is offered a cup of hot chocolate from Lottie which she eagerly accepts and drinks from. This shot of Jackie holding the mug of hot chocolate is the last time we ever see her alive, as she is found dead outside in the snow the next morning.

According to the Pomegranate Theory, Jackie unwittingly traps herself in the ‘Wilderness death realm’ (the Yellowjackets equivalent of the Underworld) by consuming the hot chocolate. The moment she takes a drink, she dies on earth and binds herself to the Wilderness forever. The Cabin Guy also appears in Jackie’s death dream, which could imply that he previously consumed something while in this realm and is now trapped there forever as a result.

It could be nothing, but I think it is also important to note that Jackie’s death marks the first snowfall of Winter, similar to how Winter only occurs when Persephone is trapped in the Underworld.

Lottie’s Food Court Dream

We see this Wilderness death realm (for lack of a better word, very open to suggestions) again when Lottie collapses outside in the snow during her hunting battle with Nat. As she loses consciousness, she finds herself in a shopping mall, where her teammates are gathered around a table in the food court, happily eating. Lottie is offered a box of noodles and begins to scoop up a bite—only to be stopped at the last moment by Laura Lee.

Laura Lee disrupts the illusion, warning Lottie that if she doesn’t leave this dream space, she will die. She physically pushes Lottie, jolting her back to reality, where she reawakens in the snow, still alive.

Lottie’s survival hinges on the fact that she does not eat in this scene. The fact that Laura Lee is the one to intervene suggests she understands the consequences—implying that consuming food in this space would have sealed Lottie’s fate. Because she resists, Lottie is able to return to the living world rather than becoming trapped in the Wilderness’s eerie death realm.

Mari and Jackie Parallels

In 3x02, when Coach Ben holds Mari hostage in the caves, he gives her a mug of hot chocolate from the emergency food kit he found. Notably, the lines spoken as Mari drinks from the cup are identical to those in Jackie’s death dream. I feel like it is no coincidence that, of all the things Coach could have given Mari in this scene, she is given the same drink that Jackie consumes in her death vision. And, just like Jackie, Mari takes a drink (quite a few drinks actually).

Additionally, it appears that this might actually be the same mug that Jackie drank from. The setting of the underground caves might also serve as a representation of the Underworld from the Greek myth, as these caves exist beneath the surface level. So, if you believe the in the Pomegranate Theory, things unfortunately aren’t looking too good for Mari. Even though Mari’s scene does not take place within a dream sequence like the others, the parallels between this scene and Jackie’s death along with the potential foreshadowing of Mari falling into a pit in the ground not long before this might be hinting at Mari’s eventual demise.

Akilah’s Berries

The most recent example of a character eating food within a near-death dream space is Akilah at the end of 3x03. After presumably inhaling too much carbon monoxide in the caves and passing out, Akilah finds herself in the forest surrounded by berry bushes. She begins to rapidly consume them all before encountering a talking llama that reminds her “everything with teeth bites.”

Akilah’s consumption of the berries while in a dream state, along with the llama’s warning (crazy sentence) might be foreshadowing to Akilah’s death in the future.

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You can choose to take this whole theory with a grain of salt, but I personally find it so fascinating and plausible (even if it’s just the show-runners creatively referencing this myth rather than it actually being canon). I feel like this theory will be even more solidified if Mari and Akilah die this season, so time will tell.

In conclusion, if you see one of your favorite characters eating something while in a dream, prepare to mourn.

I need Mari to be pit girl simply because she’s too funny to die, I need her to call shauna a gaywad as long as possible

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Does Hilary Swank play adult Melissa?

It's been revealed that Hilary Swank will play an unspecified character in Yellowjackets season 3. A popular theory is that she's going to play adult Melissa, which I do believe is a high possibility, as well as being the person who left the tape at Shauna's house and the phone at the restaurant. Shauna and Melissa's kiss scene in the teen timeline was juxtaposed with Shauna asking about the phone and learning a woman came to retrieve it, so I can't see it being anything but foreshadowing.

But there is a specific reason that makes me believe Hilary is playing adult Melissa. In a close-up in the season 3 trailer, it seems like this woman she's playing has blue eyes.

Hilary Swank has naturally brown eyes. I can't see many reasons why they'd make the actress wear blue contact lenses other than because she's playing the adult version of a teen character who has blue eyes.

Melissa does have blue eyes, and given Jenna was cast before, it makes sense they'd make the actress who plays her adult version wear blue contact lenses to match the already-established character. It's most common to give light-eyed people darker contact lenses since it does tend to look more natural (hence why Sophie and Sammi, who have blue eyes, wear brown contact lenses to fit their adult counterparts, and Tawny who has green eyes too). So if they are making Hilary wear blue contact lenses (which do look a bit darker than Jenna's eyes), it's probably because it's essential to the character. They might have given them a darker shade of blue so it wouldn't look too jarring on her.

Other reason why I think adult Melissa might be the one who left the phone is because Shauna asked for a physical description of the woman. We don't hear it, but perhaps she was simply told the woman was blond. That might explain why Shauna assumed it was Misty. As for who is seemingly attacking Hilary's character in the trailer (prompting her to say "you really are insane") it might be Callie. If she listened to the tape before Shauna and decided to confront that woman, the reaction might be because Callie reminds Melissa of Shauna, it's her realising "she's just like her mother".

I don't know if she's necessarily the one who cut the van's break thought, that might be a misdirect. She might have been trying to warn Shauna about a potential threat. The trailer paints her too much as the new antagonist for me to think she is. This might be a red herring.

But that's more of a speculation and theory. The main takeaway here is that I do think it's likely that she's going to play adult Melissa.

Season 3 Episode 3 Spoilers Below Cut

I find it odd (incredibly sapphic-) that when Shauna imagines her son while in the lake, it's a blonde boy. Neither her nor Jeff are blonde though. You know who did have blonde hair though? Jackie-

oh!

I am yet to meet someone who has Yellowjacket brainwork’s quite like mine cause mine made me the night before I watched episode two with friends start having symptoms of an anxiety attack (can here + feel my own heart but amplified, shortness of breath, kinda out of it but not in the panic attack way) and start physically shaking and no I wasn’t in distress cause my brain was just taking in the small spoiler I got (shaunahat) and absolutely bouncing off the walls with it

shaunamari.. marishauna if you will.. enemies to lovers soon . I'm a believer

l wrote down my thoughts as I was watching episode 3 so might as well post it lol

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 BELOW

Mari that a gay man

Mari omfg stop pls

LMFAO DOUBLE PEPPER SORAY

OH FAMN LOTTIES SHIT WORKED

Speak of the devil (she’s actually my pookie and an Angel)

Lottie and Callie are such an iconic duo

U BITCH SHAUANA IS TRYING HER HARDEST

Mari’s such a pussy lmfao

Can y’all be buddies that would be fun

Oh nice crisis Ben

HES A SUB NOOOOOOO

fair crash out honestly

MARI PLS HAVE PITY ON THE MAN

Oh my poor baby

BUT THATS JUST A THEORY 

Mari pls don’t betray him

Oh they bondiinnnng

IS SHE STULL BLOWING HER PARENTS MONEY

OH SHES STILL TJ MAXX GIRL LMFAO

CALLIE LOOKS BOTH SCARED AND EXILARATED

Shauna don’t break her heart pls (this is about Misty)

Awwwwww, u still have a wife tai

IS IT REAL IT HAS TO BE WHAT IS JAPPENING

TAI STOP IT WITH YHE FIRE PLS

U FEEL LIKE OTHER TAI

SLAP THAT BITCH VAN

NO WE DONG WE HERE JACKSHIT

FUCK THIS

ohh cave girl

Dw Mari he won’t kill u

U BITCH MARI

I SWEAR TO GOD

CHRIST WHAT IS HAPPENING

OK THE WILDERNESS WANT ONE OF YHEM DEAD

SHAUNA GIRL I WANNA DEFEND U BUT I CANT RN

she still calls her shipman (yes I’ve already realized this but still)

THE GAYS

only u girl

Shauna u made out with taht girl

Girl look at her have pity on the jv

Melissa has fallen hard and Shauna is well maybe I dunno

U coulda thought of this earlier

Christ Lottie leave Akilah alone pls

The besties :)))))

Lottie I swear to fuck

LOTTIE

Fair reaction

Calie standing there like what the fuck is happening?

WHAT. ABOUT. UR. WIFE.

an Ice cream parlor is important tf

No Misty pls Shauna’s just a bitch the rest are chill 

Shuana and Mari bonding???????

Coyote eating a rabbit feels symbolic (cries in jackieshauna’s usual symbolism)

OH COME ON MAN

CAN THE WILDERNESS SHUT UP

So akilah is connected

Melissa my nerd and gen my non nerd

Oh hell nah

Van u good girl 

That guys was so sad

WHY IS THERE A DOIR WHAT IS THIS

DID VAN BURN GHE CABIN DOWN WHATS THE SUMBOLISM MEAN

Oh they trippin balls

Akilah u so dead next

So Travis wasn’t lying?

Ok shuana in a lake

NOOO HER BABY

SHE LOOKS SO HAPPY WTF

well that’s horrifying

VAN DID U BURN GHE CABIN WHAT IS THIS

Lottie????

HELLL NAHHHHHHHH

NO JACKIE

IS THIS OURGATORY WHAT IS YHIS

IM SO CONFUSED 

Lottie and Jackie my favs are creeping me tf out

JACKIE WAHT U MEAN

AROUND HER NECK WTFGFFFFF

WHAT IS THIS

JACKIE LOTTIE WHAT IS GHIS

well they’re alive somehow

Come on he saved three of them and Mari h woulda let him be

MARI I SWEAR

new episode today!

day 28 - pick an actor and draw them

i owe my life to @yellowjacketsfashion for this one their work is insane

Adult Tai:

shauna kisses a girl once and an episode later jackie appears to her in a dream to fucking kill her

genuinely think this is going to be the thesis of the show, BTW

🎶I’m too sexy to be murdered🎶

Yellowjackets 2.09 Storytelling • 3.03 Them's the Brakes

since they are all sharing one dream, the dream has all the elements from each of them. shauna thought jackie silenced/smothered her all the time, lottie wants akilah to do the impossible (connecting to wilderness) and van is witnessing it and can’t prevent it from happening (tai burning the cabin)

i need to know how long the melissa things been planned because i just rewatched the last part of season 2 and she was always next to shauna. like just there but never interacting and plenty of us noticed at the time. that is Literally why the crackship started as far as i remember (tho it wasnt popular. like it was a joke in the moment that just disappeared again) because they literally never spoke bar one comment (which was melissa making a dig at shauna btw) but they were always near each other and oh wouldn't it be funny if !! and like now im like... holy shit maybe that wasnt a coincidence maybe that was an actual character choice.

i swear we're all just so used to not getting explicitly queer storylines and everything just being Implied that we thought we were reading into something too much. melissa has been drawn to shauna for a long time and we made it all a joke because how could it be anything more than that. they wouldn't make (arguably) the main character explicitly queer ?? And in doing so basically make her being in love with her best friend canon ?? but they did. they rly did that.

shauna really just needed to kiss one girl for her to start being nice to everyone again huh

You know if they can make a llama talk, they can also make Lottie a lesbian

what the fuck is yellowjackets even about man

lottie 🤝 travis

"i can't do this job anymore.... but you know who the wilderness literally juuuust told me Can?!"

lottie being like "travis u HAVE to get as high off forest mushrooms as possible it's absolutely critical for the survival of our little society" was. so fucking funny

Guys, there can't be another doomcoming, istg. Lottie is already drugging him, dude had to eat his brother. I don't even like Travis, but just leave him alone with his duck 😓🦆🙏