Everyone, look at Kate on her sleeping clothes RIGHT NOW!
THE SLIPPERS AAAAAA
Poor Katie can't even sleep at peace without all the useless suckers at bprd bothering her cause she's the only one that knows how to do things right.
"I'm surrounded by a bunch of idiots" it's her state of mind throughout the comics. She's so done with everybody, I love her.
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Same anon. I completely agree that Hawkins and Violet have great chemistry and outside of work I actually do like their dynamic but work is a big part of who they are and I just can’t see past the way Hawkins has behaved in his professional capacity and downplayed things calling it ‘good trouble’.
I also think the writers have made Violet quite OOC regarding this relationship. Violet has worked hard for her career and she wouldn’t do anything to jeopardise it, something she actually made clear to Gallo during season and yet this season that is all she has done. I understand why she might not have been ready to disclose the relationship but why makeout with him in public places (hospital, his office).
I know Violet and Hawkami were unexpected so I understand why at first the writing might have been shaky but they had several episodes to work on that and they didn’t and since these are the same writers have never properly written for POC or WOC, I don’t have much hope that things will get better. At some point what the writers consider drama is actually just incredibly offensive.
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Yeah, their work really is a big part of them and who they are. And I guess when everything is working smoothly (like say if it was fine he is her boss or he wasn't) with work, I can't see the work aspect (even with him being a boss/in a more authortive position just as long as it's not like now) being an issue with them, because they really do feel so equal when they're together. I mean they'd both have to grow some more professionalism (Vi only a touch, Evan more) but like say if these two were real/if the show writers wrote realistic drama, I could see it not being a problem.
I will say that while I do think that Violet's behaviour was a little ooc (and also just disrespectful to woc on the writers behalf) I do also think the public kissing has merit, like after all her and gallo fk'd in that other stations gym room so like I think she gets swept up in the new romance/hook up feels sometimes. But like that just highlights why Hawkins isn't a great boss, because in those situations violet can loose her head a little bit, but he *cannot* and yet it happened.
I find the disclosing thing so fucking stupid tho. Like even if she wasn't ready it's like, then you're not ready to fuck your boss?? Like if you want to be in these complicated relationships then you either are ready to disclose even if it doesn't go anywhere or you... Don't do it. But yet again, I fault Evan more because he's the boss!!! Violet has worked hard and wouldn't jeopardize her career but she also hasn't essentially promised to be the first responder to the first responders, the boss. She's under Hawkins care, and as a boss Hawkins should be able to figure this out even if he didn't think he'd ever be in this position!
And also yeah I 100% agree with you, the writers had many episodes to try and steer it better AND that historically they're crap at woc and their definitions of worthy drama can make British soaps look like masterpieces, so like I don't actually have too much faith but stupid optimism is my brand! I'm just hoping they'll be some good I can milk out of it AND that even if they do stupid fucking drama that they are the very least address/deal with the boss aspect in a good way, or a way that I can deal with (although I think if you're feeling like this now, if it's a way I can deal with it'll probably be something that doesn't endear you more to them-- chemistry can make me feel very much like I have Stockholm's sometimes ansjsjgjh).
And yeah don't remind me about him calling it fucking good trouble, I could've tossed him off a cliff for saying that the fucking twat. I'm just hoping that maybe they made everything so destructive last season so they've gotten it out their system, and that now it's for regular cf drama!
Anyway! I hope I didn't come off as judgmental or lessening how icky this can make people feel, bc I get it and I feel it, and I'll be calling out the flaws as loud as I can so ofc I understand that this might just be too problematic for others. I think as well because chemistry tends to hook me in and keep me in because I go into shows like this expecting the writing to be shit and full of unnecessary drama that never captures a woc's experience so I just watch and kinda rework things in my head? Like trying to find the diamond in the dirt, because there's good stuff there, I just have to get through the crap (and also this is a fandom I went into with the intention to experience it in fandom, through fanfictions so bc I have that end goal in mind, it makes it easier for me to deal) so like while I'm come from that approach I'll never try and force someone (especially another woc) to push aside the ickiness bc I have an agreement with myself to acknowledge the ickiness and if I still want to watch bc chemistry then I go into it knowing that, but others want something else out of a show.
I now think I've just descended into utter incoherent nonsense so hopefully the sentiment got through bc I'm ending this here lol
Thank you for popping in again, it's so lovely to talk and I hope if you want to chat more that you'll send me more asks bc you are most definitely always welcome!!! 💖💖💖
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You know being transmasc after a life of growing up as the sole "girl" in male-dominated areas gives you a weird and complicated relationship with gender identity.
Like... being told straight to your face, "you're naturally bad at this cause you're a girl", "you're naturally weaker cause you're a girl", "you can act tough but you'll always just be a girl", "stop acting like you can keep up with the men", and even the well-intentioned, "Yeah women are like that, but you don't count, you're basically one of the boys"...
It leads you to this weird space where it's like. "Fuck you, women kick ass," and then busting yourself up to prove that you, a woman, *can* keep up, and not only keep up but do it better than anyone else, and taking pride in your femininity because it's not a fucking weakness, but at the same time knowing that... You're not a woman.
You're not a woman. You're not a girl. People just see tits and curves and decide that nature made you delicate, and then all of a sudden it's your responsibility to prove that you're not fucking weak, women aren't weak, while also saying, "I'm not a woman, though."
It's... bizarre.
I'm not a girl. But so long as I'm interpreted as one, I'm still gonna be held back by the same stereotypes. But if I ever stop being interpreted as one, then all the hard fucking work I put in to excel in my field is going to go down the toilet as "just something you can do because you're a man".
And fuck that. That's stupid, too. Guys shouldn't have their effort taken for granted like that, and it stings extra hard because you remember people just naturally assuming you suck and earning respect only to lose it immediately the second you step over to the "man" side. Because you've worked your whole life for something that as a man you'd just be expected to have naturally.
You SEE that shit staring you in the face, and worst of all people still walk around you in plain view and still talk about how women can't do shit and conveniently forget that you've BEEN ONE. "Because you were a man all along" or "because you overcompensate to prove yourself", whatever they think of to justify the cognitive dissonance that keeps their narrative going.
Nobody seems to consider that I'm not really different from women OR men, because those differences don't exist.
I'm not "naturally better" than women because I don't identify as one, and I'm not "worse than" men because I wasn't assigned the title by a third party. I'm just a person. We're all just people.
I'm just tired, man.
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