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servuscallidus · 1 month ago

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I never liked Melanie as a person but was very intrigued by her as a character, since she's as deep and well written as any other on the show, (until fandom made me hate her). I'd forgotten though that the dislike was immediate + from her first appearance we get to know one of her most fundamental (and insufferable) traits, that is that she does exactly what Jon does, worse-ish* even, but she thinks she's better than him because, well, because it's her and she just is. Which will come back full force later on to such wonderful effects

#yeah fell for the relisten hype #I need interesting and well written stories #*worse-ish because the institute doesn't sell stories to the public (it's actually unclear where they get their money from #We know of course but for others they must think that they're financed by paranormal aficionados #despite the fact that most statements end nowhere and that Jon and the other researchers are highly skeptical)#plus she accuses the institute of taking every story at face value when they actually look into them + she and her team don't believe #anything but mess with the data and readings. We can assume that some of the stuff they investigate is true #but the only statement with proper ghosts is Melanie's own when she gets infected with the slaughter. So #point two she criticises absolutely everything about the archive + by extension Jon despite having decided #of her own free will to ask for their help. because she just has to feel superior + remind others of it #I'm glad that Jon is still full force in his bitchy confident fase (yeah it's a façade whatever) and gives as good as he gets #btw I truly liked Melanie's complexities. she made me sick to my stomach with anger but I Liked it #that's how stories work. Interesting characters. not never do bad girl boss whatever #worst thing is that I really ignored the fandom for the most part. but this reading of Melanie and Georgie was so prevalent #that I could not escape it no matter how hard I tried #TMA

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