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I'm bipolar, and H-Money is like depression and mania, only they're embodied by two people who are dubiously in love.

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St. Hetty's Day Complaint Post 😒

Hi everyone,

So feel free to skip if you're not mentally prepared for a parade of complaints! There were several moments in "St. Hetty's Day" that I did genuinely like, but for some reason, it came across as . . . shallow? This episode was four years in the making, yet it seemed kind of generic?

My Complaints:

Feminism and autonomy have been core themes of Hetty's character arc, but her power was still used in service of a man's romantic needs. Obviously, Hetty can be an autonomous person and still date men, but it was discouraging that her actual power mainly served to cheer up a man she's known for 6 hours.

Also, the main impact of her power was cheering up Sunil, which certainly isn't a bad outcome, but TBH Sunil doesn't really have that much emotional meaning to the audience. We've seen Trevor and Thor use their powers in ways that have an ongoing impact on the success of the B & B (Trevor makes thousands of dollars online, Thor keeps Eric alive and prevents bad press), as well as Sam and Jay's well-being and the lives of the main characters. It's a bummer that Hetty's power doesn't really make a long-term impact on the success of the business or the long-term outcomes for our main characters.

While it's not wrong of Sunil to be scared of ghosts, it's hard to believe he alone has truly "seen" her when he's unwilling to accept her as a ghost. Obviously, I don't expect Sunil to view a ghost as a long-term romantic partner, but he won't even engage with her once he discovers the truth. It's hard to believe she feels most "seen" by someone who can't even accept the fundamental nature of her existence.

Also, what about Isaac? I can believe that she wants someone to discuss her own time period, but surely Isaac has already done that? Yet we're supposed to believe only Sunil, a man she's known for 6 hours, has ever truly "seen" her, which kind of undermines her closeness with Isaac, Thor, and everyone else. (These complaints aren't really about Hetty x Trevor, but Trevor has also supported her complaints about her old nemesis, such as when he reminds her of her previous scheming in "A Date to Remember").

However callous she sometimes appears, Hetty has always had a group-oriented worldview at the core of her being. For example, when Thor and Flower become stuck in Freddy's trap, she continuously reminds Sam to maintain focus on their rescue, while Isaac disrupts Sam's focus with random interludes about his own interests. (Isaac isn't doing something wrong per se, but it's clear that Hetty has made Thor and Flower's rescue "her job" in a way that Isaac hasn't.) When someone's in serious danger, Hetty has seen the collective well-being as "her job" over and over again. We also see this dynamic during the Ghost Prom, when Hetty and Trevor lead the group's apology to Sam, even though they weren't especially involved in the prank. Thus, it was a bummer that Hetty's power didn't serve the collective well-being of the group, since she cares so much about the group well-being at the core of her character. She doesn't always present as a hero, but we've seen her step in to rescue her fellow ghosts (saving Thor from Elias) or restore group harmony (ending Trevor's monopoly on the T.V.) over and over and over. I feel like she would've been more "seen" by a power and scenario that allowed her to enact this concern for the group's well-being.

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Inspired by I Love Lucy and "The Alchemy" lyrics. This is the mood I need! 😅

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Cracked ship idea #173

We need an H-Money AU where Hetty is running Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow, and Trevor is one of the Willy Wonkas, but he convinces her that kids don't actually love soulless warehouses and they make it fun.

Also, canon Hetty would totally hear about Willy's Chocolate Experience and be like, "See, Samantha? Modern children are paying to spend time in dangerous warehouses, whereas I provided this coveted experience free of charge."

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So I don't think anyone is super attached to Margaret Farnsby, but I was kind of bummed out about this week's episode. I low-key hate the trope where a woman wants to leave her partner or husband, so the characters conspire to change her mind and stop the breakup. I guess it's implied that her complaints against Henry were shallow or trivial, but that's not the point. The point is that it's not the place of Sam, Jay, or the ghosts to decide anyone else's romantic future, especially not when it involves a low-key conspiracy for their personal convenience. I know Margaret Farnsby isn't a character we're meant to care about, but you don't need to be popular to deserve autonomy in your choice of romantic partner.

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I'm calling it now, I think Hetty has known about her power this entire time, but she hasn't told anyone because she's also hiding that she's Irish and her power is conspicuously connected to Ireland somehow. That's why there's the shamrock pillow in this season's opening sequence.

I mean, Woodstone kind of sounds like a name her grandparents could have made up.

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I adore this in the very core of my soul. 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Also, there's no conceivable way they aren't a couple again. The Cutting Edge is the most h-money coded movie in the whole world, and this week's episode mentioned it sooooo many times.

thinking about them.

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I have too much sympathy for Hetty as usual, but I'm low-key mad they sold her raven, like she's mentioned how much she likes this exact raven before. 😤 ("That taxidermist did President Garfield's beagle!") Also, in the ghost trap episode, she implied it was a toy for her kids, so it maybe has sentimental meaning too? 🥺

Also, that raven was certainly not the worst recurring character on the show! 🤨

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I've wanted an evil stepmother redemption arc since I was 7 years old, so thank you Hetty Woodstone for making that happen. 🥹

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It's probably too much to ask, but I want an episode kind of like Trevor's Pants, but somehow they meet the ghost of a household employee Hetty didn't personally resent, and this new person is like "Hetty had a weird cocaine obsession but was actually a pretty nice boss". Then Hetty is like, "No, no, I'm cruel and merciless! Fear me!", and she tries to prove to everyone she really was a merciless tyrant.

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I defend Hetty far more than she deserves, but if Hetty was a notoriously cruel and uncaring boss, why did she remember Molly's DOB in "The Vault". She's like, "lol I never learned the servants' names" but then she's like "BTW here's the precise day they were born". 🤔

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I headcanon that Trevor watched I Love Lucy reruns as a kid of the 1970's, and he's reminded of it now because Hetty also has red hair and zany Machiavellian schemes. Also, Hetty and Trevor would totally dress as Lucy and Ricky for Halloween, and Hetty would get on board because Lucy Ricardo is also an accomplished deceiver. 😂

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This is the world's most random demand and I have no hopes it will ever come to be, but it would be incredible if someone made a Hetty video using WAIT FOR IT. (I mean, "If there's a reason that I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died, I'm willing to wait for it" is such a Ghosts mood!)

I'd probably weep with joy.

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"The Ghost Who Is Still Alive" by Beth Crowley 🕸️

Is it just me, or is this such a Hetty theme song? I adore how eerie and foreboding it sounds!

🤍🩶🖤🩶🤍

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She's way too great to be anyone's second choice! 🙌

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"My old age began the day I married you!"

She's the queen of snide one-liners! 😂 #Cheap is Cheap

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Martha Sturgis from "The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby". I love her triumphant smirk in the closing scene . . . Too bad it's so short-lived!