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Kind of hate how people will try to deflect criticism of a Yellowjacket's actions by saying "they are all cannibals so pick your favorite cannibal" when Thanksgiving (Canada) shows that Natalie clearly still feels compelled to follow a moral code, while also having the courage to admit what she did and face consequences.

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And another thing about Cobel: her every appearance in Season 1 is so much deeper and better in retrospect. It's insane to think that this twist wasn't planned from the start.

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I do wish some of the "Cobel's reveal came out of nowhere" crowd would pause to consider that maybe, just maybe, this might be an unconscious bias that makes it seem like such a crazy plot development. I don't think people are actually consciously deciding that they don't think an older woman could've invented the technology. But when the reasons why it doesn't make sense are so absurd like:

"She's always been a middle manager" which no, obviously, she wasn't. The mystery around Cobel, who always acted really fucking weird and obsessed with the severance technology to the point that she pretended to be oMark's neighbor and Devon's lactation consultant, was present from day one.

"We're supposed to believe she created this entire thing by herself," like clearly not. Having the blueprints doesn't mean you physically made the entire tech by yourself, but pretending that you actually think the writer's are saying that is obtuse.

"The writer's decided this last minute, there's no way they planned this from the beginning" when again no, the mystery about Cobel's motives was a big focal point of season one, not to mention the creators have said they've planned out everything about the character arcs.

Then I think the real reason might run a little deeper.

Just saying, if Cobel had been a white man who was also obsessed with monitoring both Marks, took an intense, personal interest in the severed floor, tried to pair up iMark and Ms. Casey as much as possible while observing them like a scientist, knew scientific info about the chip, was able to successfully remove the chip from Petey's head, knew more about reintegration than the board, cared more about being on the severance floor than a so-called promotion, made vague hints about why the company owed him, then literally no one would claim this came out of nowhere. I'm sorry, but those same people would praise it as brilliant reveal (because it is) and say how Cobel as a character makes more sense now (because she does).

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Walter's Probably Trying to Abuse Misty

I read Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear a while back, and let's just say my boy Walter's already thrown up a couple of red flags that his "best boyfriend in the world" persona is an act.

They've only been together like 6 weeks and he's already:

Completely inserted himself in her life. He comes around Misty's place like he lives there (does he???) and is already on top of Caligula's weekly cleaning schedule. That's Forced Teaming--he's making them a unit when they've just started dating.

He's Loan Sharking her by doing all these favors that she doesn't ask for, so she'll feel indebted to him.

He's way too nice all the time. Being too charming, never disagreeing, never seeming annoyed could point to him being fake. But maybe that's just Elijah Wood being impossible to hate.

And the big one, he's trying to isolate her from her friends. Yes, what he says is 1000% true, but it doesn't change the fact that trying to separate your partner from their friends and family is like the number one early warning sign of abuse.

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Shauna is a Villain Protagonist, And Always Has Been

So the thing about Shauna...

The Yellowjackets fandom (or at least r/yellowjackets) seems to have collectively lost their shit over Shauna's misdeeds last episode. People saying they rooted for her before but can't now, that this is bad writing because no one's likeable any more, etc., etc.

But here's the thing: this isn't anything new. Shauna Shipman has always been on a villain arc. She's a character motivated by selfishness and rage that at times turns violent. The lady masturbated on her teenage daughter's bed to photos of said daughter's underaged boyfriend. She killed a rabbit and fed it to her unknowing family after a reporter implied she was a boring loser housewife. She had unprotected sex with her best friend's boyfriend behind her back.

And that's all just the first episode.

I could make a long list of Shauna's "sins." I could cancel Shauna, so to speak. She's, um, super problematic to say the least. But the point I want to make isn't that you shouldn't like Shauna--it's that maybe you should like Shauna for the right reasons.

The right reason being that she's villainous and always has been. That's why she's a good character.

She is narcissistic and cruel. She hurts the people who love her, whether it's poor old Snackie, that loveable dolt Jeff, or her own daughter. She thinks the world owes her and is furious that no one else sees it. Oh and she's also killed a few people. (Or maybe not. #CouchBenTruthers).

She's also smart but stifled. She's, frankly, hilarious. She has some soft spots for Bruce the Goat, and who doesn't? She's experienced a metric fuck ton of trauma out there in Creepy Acre Woods that would mess anyone up. She's never learned to take her broken wings and fly.

And all that makes her interesting. It just doesn't excuse her actions.

In the Teen Timeline, we're watching her villain origin story. In the adult timeline...okay, I'm not entirely sure where that's heading, but probably something tragic ala another famously misunderstood villain protagonist, Mr. White.

Male characters get to go really dark. They get to be sympathetic villains. No one says the writers ruined Breaking Bad because Walt did some mean things, or that the Sopranos sucks now because Tony killed (too many to name). Shauna's cruelty isn't Yellowjackets jumping the shark. It's like, the entire point of her character arc.

Shauna is basically if Breaking Bad and The Sopranos decided to make Skylar White and Carmela Soprano, the housewives of the show, just as complicated and dark as their infamous husbands.

I for one, can't wait to see what the little psycho does next.

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Is every day gonna be this crazy with you?

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Fucking finally

HISTORY.

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Love it so much

Ke Huy Quan wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All at Once 

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how do you reconcile with liking morally imprehensible content and problematic media?

i dont reconcile w anything bc i dont give a shit thanks for sending me this batshit ask tho

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So let me get this straight

1. Elon Musk buys Twitter

2. Elon Musk unbans Andrew Tate

3. Andrew Tate picks a fight with Greta Thunberg

4. Greta Thunberg ratios the shit out him

5. He gets mad and posts a video response

6. There's a Romanian pizza box in the video which twigs Romanian police of his location

7. He is raided and arrested for human trafficking

That is some fabulous fuck-around-find-out shit and a great end to the year.

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Adding “white” in front of women is a very insidious way for misogynists to be open. By adding “white,” they can still use the cover of progressive talking points to get away with simply shitting on women.

White men trying to get clout for saying they hate white women on Twitter is driving me insane sir we have seen the domestic violence statistics we know you feel that way

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I think that the Hamilton musical is objectively the funniest thing that could happen to that man's memory. Imagine dying of a gunshot wound infection in 1804 and learning from the afterlife that tweenage girls in 2017 are drawing thousands upon thousands of images of you making out with your fellow congressmen because someone wrote a 2-hour rap opera about you. I like to imagine that Hamilton found a monkey's paw and wished to leave a legacy, and this is what it did to him.

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The Batman (2022) Deleted Scene + Tumblr Reactions

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The Joker is so bizarre looking I don’t know if I love it or hate it, but I LOVE the idea of him 1.) already facing Batman offscreen and 2.) being his Hannibal Lecter. 

BARRY KEOGHAN as THE JOKER in THE BATMAN (2022) DELETED SCENE