“Had Shauna been in a different head space or a different place in her life, this could have been a really beautiful, honest and true relationship.” -Sophie Nélisse in Teen Vogue Article
“Does anyone think that the caitvi kiss was too sudden”
“Does anyone think that the caitvi reunion was too sudden”
“does anyone think that the caitvi sex scene was too s-“
IVE ABOUT FUCKING HAD IT WITH Y’ALL.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
To me the crux of the story in Yellowjackets will always be a reflection of how modern major societies continuously and systematically fail the most vulnerable.
Every character in this show is a victim one way or another.
Lottie was born into a privileged life but was othered by her own mental illness and constantly failed by a world that continuously silenced and isolated her rather than guiding or dealing with the issues she didn't understand how to address.
Natalie started with nothing. She is the reflection of many children in America who are born into families that do not have the physical, economic, or emotional resources to care for them.
Travis very clearly has some sort of anxiety disorder and has been shown to have a history of being bullied and even ridiculed by his own father. God forbid a young boy have any type of sensitivity. Beyond that, his character is a very deliberate example of a survivor of sexual assault- an issue that is never really addressed by the perpetrators.
Taissa was born into a middle-class privileged family and a great deal of pride and ambition that was likely learned or reinforced in some way. She also was a teenage, mixed race, lesbian in the 90's. She had every instinct and drive to succeed despite a world that was structured so that she couldn't.
Jackie was born into a privileged, suburban, white family- but she was still a teenage girl in the 90s with perceptions of who she was forced onto her.
Shauna was the stereotypical poster child of teen angst in modern America, but she also had a deep set insecurity and maladaptive issues that were never looked at or acknowledged.
All of these children undergo a tremendous amount of stress, loss, grief, pain, and both physical and emotional trauma that changes them forever. But then they return to a world that is indifferent to all of that. Their pain is spectacle. Something to be publicly agreed upon as a tragedy. But they don't ever receive the care they need from it. They are shuffled back into a world they no longer fit into and expected to return to their roles as proper, civilized, demure young women and gentleman.
The tragedy of Yellowjackets was never about the horrors of survival in the wilderness- the tragedy has always been that this is a very clear depiction of how society's indifference and persistent marginalization of those considered "other" can push people to the brink of destruction or their own humanity.
my new favourite moment of season 3: mari genuinely trying to revive the dead guy by scooping his splattered brains back into his skull while lottie scoops it back out playing with her new blood foundation shade called 'you'll see' from her collection called 'the wilderness is me'.
only have 2 moots but goddamn am i going to reblog blorbos from my shows they know nothing about so eventually one day they cave in and join my insanity
Time to go take my drugs
you KNOW the rest of the team is regretting not saving jackie when they could bc now the tasmanian devil and her little muppet hat gf are wreaking havoc everywhere they go 😭
The Yellowjackets as glee plotlines with no explanation
Shauna: Sebastian blinding Blaine by throwing rock salt at him, then subsequently arguing with Santana by singing “smooth criminal”
Jackie: Making two student have sex so that they could be better at a high school level play
Nat: Terry Schuster getting the kids high in school
Lottie: Finn thinking there was Jesus in his grilled cheese sandwich
Taissa: Blaine wanting to propose to Kurt when they weren’t even together (he also cheated on Kurt and dated his high school bully)
Van: Brittany agreeing to be shot out of a canon so the cheerios could win a high school level cheerleading contest
Mari: Terri Schuester faking a pregnancy, then trying to get Quinn to give her kid to her/ kitty giving Marley an eating disorder
Misty: Mercedes throwing a brick to destroy Kurt’s car after he didn’t reciprocate her crush (he’s gay)
Laura Lee: There was a gas leak and Blaine imagined all of his friends to be muppets and they sang “what does the fox say”
Coach Ben: Mr. Schue fighting to allow the kids to twerk in school
Travis: Brittany becoming a math genius the year after she had a 0.0 GPA