Natalie’s entire life was about giving everything she had to others and getting nothing in return.
She hiked for miles in subzero temperatures just to find something to hunt and feed the group, and instead of being met with gratitude, she was blamed when the food ran out.
She extended compassion and support to everyone else when they needed it (comforting Lottie in the middle of the night, holding Shauna’s hand and never leaving her side throughout her labor, understanding Travis’ grief when no one else would) and yet she is always completely alone in her own moments of suffering.
She took on the burden of leadership even while still reeling from the trauma of Javi’s death and the cabin fire, guiding the group out of one of their darkest times. She guided them in building shelter and creating a thriving community. And they repaid her by pushing her to the ground, calling her a murderer, stripping her of her leadership role, and forcing her to butcher the body of her only father figure— whom she had just killed out of mercy and necessity for the group, so that no one else would have to bear the burden of his blood on their hands.
She risked everything to carry out an elaborate plan to get everyone rescued—climbing a mountain, contacting help, ultimately saving all of their lives—and still, in the adult timeline, they treat her like she’s beneath them.
She literally died as a sacrifice so the rest of them could keep living and all she got was a 1 minute funeral.
This is how the scene went, right?
i’ve said it before, and by god i’ll say it again, thank you to the animators and the subtitling team on make some noise
Ending so devastating I had to draw a happy ending for her
Joy Sullivan, from “These Days People Are Really Selling Me On California”, Instructions for Traveling West
Sam on Dreamstat at the Deadline Contenders Television 2025 IWTV Panel
ITS NOT FAIR you deserve better!! you worked hard on it and you deserve something for it. what about a trade? i have lots of cute pet pictures i could send in exchange
i want to PAY YOU MONEY for your mari slurpee art, can i venmo you or something? it’s so beautiful and if i’m gonna frame it you deserve to be compensated!!!!
thank you sm 😭😭 you can message me to zbtknaa@gmail.com and i can send you the details and the full file so you could print it out in good quality ❣️
This scene is so much funnier now knowing everything Shauna did to them in the wilderness. After Shauna drew the card, they were all too eager to give her a taste of her own medicine.
“judas, must you betray me…with a kiss?”
my laura lee headcanon is that she was molested as a kid. maybe from inside the church or from within her family. it’s just a feeling.
i don’t know about y’all but what happened at the pool always felt intentional to me. the look on her face before she dove in head first was all too familiar. and the way she clings to her innocence? it’s very common for victims who have repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse.
they/them. free palestine. pfp is my ferret. not a bot, just lazy because i’m locked out of my old account :(
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