#could also possibly be Shauna and Jeff or even Misty and Walter

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So I’m (very casually, because I do actually need to do some shopping) at the mall while they’re filming Yellowjackets. Tragically they aren’t actually filming IN the mall it looks like, they’re filming in the parking lot and I have no intention of being creepy or disruptive and going over there.

Still very cool to see though! They have a bunch of trailers set up, and large canvass tents. I’ll be doing my shopping for a bit so maybe if they end up shooting any scenes inside I’ll be around.

Wishing the cast and crew luck from across the parking lot! Hope everyone is staying cool in this heat! 💛

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i think callie killed lottie but walter is a close second...

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Who killed Lottie? Like who do you think it was?

Great question and I don't fucking know because as it turns out none of the Yellowjackets and associates except for Misty—who seemed shocked when she found out in Reddit—and Jeff—who was still with the elderly people—seem to have a reliable alibi lmao. Tai and Van separated for an hour and we don't see them until they reunited. Shauna disappeared for hours and went to fucking Manhattan for a cat and we also don't see her. Walter is Walter. Stalker/Allegedly Adult Melissa is, well, possibly the killer too. And Callie did not go with Shauna and Jeff and we don't see her either? Lmao

I think the show is gonna make us think it's the Stalker, but that's gonna be too obvious. Shauna is gonna be a top suspect, too, for some other characters—probably Callie—at least, considering how they ended things. But my top suspects right now are:

Walter: He had trouble with Misty lately. I could see him killing Lottie so he could connect with Misty again through solving the mystery?? Insane but there isn't a single sane character in this show, so not ruled out.

Tai/Other Tai: Taissa disappeared for a whole hour, around the same time Lottie dies, after Van tells her she didn't want to sacrifice the random guy. That is suspicious as fuck. I could see her meeting Lottie trying to talk about all of this and then Other Tai takes over and kills Lottie for Van. I don't think Tai would've been even conscious of doing it.

Callie: This one is less likely considering I believe Lottie's death is probably supposed to set up conflict between Shauna and Callie, with the latter believing Shauna had killed and wondering if she was a good person. But there's also the possibility she could've been the one who killed Lottie, too. Again, she didn't go with Jeff and Shauna. She was upset about Shauna kicking Lottie out and probably had a thousand questions about the necklace. I think she could've gone to see Lottie, talked to her and after finding out whose necklace was it and the truth about it, freak out a little bit (or a lot) and try to push Lottie away (as in "get away from me"). And ended up killing Lottie accidentally. Again, this is the least likely possibility for me but possible regardless lol.

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Yellowjackets S3 Ep5 thoughts

spoilers below ⚠️

Misty and her love for smelling dead people's stuff... my favorite girl of all time everyone

Shauna and Melissa match each others freak so bad I don't think I've seen a more freaky lesbian couple and that saying something because we have adult taivan right there

Shauna electing burning but then when Natalie says firing squad she tries to put it on her... Shauna isn't just mad at Ben (because her anger was riled up by her baby being brought up in the trial by Tai) but also Nat by proxy of her hiding him, putting it on Nat would be cruel and she knows it

Another card pull... When has that ever gone bad guys?

King of hearts? This is interesting, I have no clue why Van would propose that but it's definetly important. Maybe it has something to do with adding more cards to the pull of meaning someone was chosen

Oh, the suicide king. Nevermind. This could symbolize many things but honestly I should just keep watching before coming to conclusions lol

This is so funny, Shauna and Walter are both following Misty you can't make this up. Walter is so bad at tailing that Shauna can't even focus on tailing Misty, who is absolutely oblivious.

On another note Misty is so cute, her car, her white picket fence, in another world she's a foster cat mom I know it need a domestic life with her NOW

Suicide king, Taissa, and Coach Ben, thats probably something to come back to later

Yeah... Taissa does not sound confident at all about not killing Lottie

HOLY SHIT CRAZY LOTTIE LORE DROP

Lived in a penthouse with her parents, then they divorced (probably over Lottie's schizophrenia and how the Matthews had different feelings about it), in the pre crash with her taking her meds we now know that she lives with her mother so Mr Matthews is out of the picture. This gives new light to "yeah that's pretty much his only form of parenting" when it comes to him renting the plane for the girls trip. I used to DREAM of this lore

LOTTIE'S BEEN LIVING WITH HER DAD SINCE GETTING KICKED FROM SHAUNAS???

Ooo getting Other Tai to shoot Ben? Yeah that also totally won't go wrong... Having a DIRT EATING version of Tai who BITES have the only gun. And possibly incriminate Tai if Other Tai does something bad in that situation.

Shat is sooo cute oml Shauna just can't imagine someone actually loving her (the exact thing that led to Jackie's death)

We talk about have Misty had something wrong with her before the wilderness, Lottie did, etc. but maybe Melissa did because damn she knew Jeff and Shauna were hooking up? Did she have a crush on her pre crash??

God... Akilah's going to die or exposure to toxic gas because WHY does Lottie think it's a good idea to— oh wait we're talking about Lottie who's been encouraging Travis to do shrooms, perhaps contributing to setting him on the course for addiction post rescue

God she's really dead I don't think I'll be able to function as a member of society anymore guys 😁

Can't believe Travis is going. I don't think Lottie somehow convinced him, I think he's going to supervise and protect Akilah to make sure Lottie doesn't do anything drastic

Mr Matthews definetly has dementia or idk maybe not, shit I wonder how this is going to go because Misty already abuses the elderly... Better yet a shithead like Mr Matthews

Oh... Mr Matthews out right saying he's paying off the police to call Lottie's death an accident. As if we didn't have more reason to hate him

Oml really Shauna and Walter were already there the adult timeline really is a comedy half the time. I almost feel bad for Mr Matthews, no wonder he didn't want to let Misty in he already had two people lying to him and being suspicious to get into his home 😭

Shauna bringing out the middle school humour she really does hate Misty right now

I just KNOW Lottie has some devious stuff in her search history

TAIVAN FOR THE WIN 💥

goddman van palmer can get it shit

Did Tai think it was a good idea to bring Van or did Simone figure it out and tell her to bring Van? Either way this is the shit I've been dreaming of, more Simone, Simone and Van meeting... Elite

Well that was underwhelming and confusing, why would Sammy ask for Tai then seem to get scared when she comes (unless it's Other Tai here, or Simone lied about Sammy wanting this, or whatever the hell)

Walter is severely fucked in the head to think it's a fun competition when it concerns one of Misty's DEAD FRIENDS and her perhaps BEING NEXT IN LINE TO DIE IF THIS IS A CONSPIRACY

but you don't need me to tell you that

This low-key has to be the start to Misty finding a girl to kiss because honestly... Yeah at that point you need a whole palate cleanser

Or maybe that's just me wanting Misty to kiss a girl but like Christina Ricci wants it too 🤷

WHOA YOUNG LOTTIE'S FACE COVERED IN BLOOD? Also ButcherQueen moment... She's mourning her situationship guys...

Ugh that scene with Shauna/Lottie and Mr Matthews... So bittersweet

Theres probably some symbolism from Akilah's hallucination... Something something Coach Ben leading them/them using him to get to civilization in some way

like father like daughter... God Nat being the first one picked by the wilderness and getting the necklace and telling Shauna to look her in the eye... Coach Ben being the second and doing the same while Nat gives him the necklace...

The fact they had to bag him, they had to dehumanize him in their vision to even come to be able to take his life, the speech DID effect them

Not Shauna calling Nat a saint... She always loved the saints guys... Especially the tragic ones.

Jesus thats just...

I can't explain it but somehow that final scene with Melissa cutting Ben's ankle (achilles heel? I don't know) is somehow more disturbing than if they burned him alive, or ate him, or shot him.

Like he already can't walk well, he's missing a leg. But the idea of him being held captive as their "bridge" and being unable to have any autonomy to move around... That is body horror. Like it feels like they just cut his other leg off, but without actually having done so

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spoilers for the new yj episode! tw for me being a hater

well... I was prepared for the fact that they were probably not gonna write Vans death well but that scene..... all I can do is laugh like that was so fucking bad from start to finish 😭 just so deeply unserious, like Van pathetically wailing about wishing she could kill Melissa? really??? thats what they came up with for her? as if her whole arc wasnt unsatisfying enough already, making a random ass side character that had no lines til this season kill her is so beyond stupid like that shit did not reach me emotionally whatsoever - last season the reveal that she had cancer really shook me but now, today, I wasnt even sad or shocked when she died, it was just too awfully written to get to me and a Radiohead song wont help with that kind of bullshit either, sorry (her and Nat twinning with dying to their music and Jackie being eaten to it, good for them, little trio moment there I guess)

also Walter........ dont even get me started on him. why is he still there!! why is he outliving Lottie and Van can we be so fucking for real!!!!! they did those two so dirty by adding them in season 2, giving them nearly no backstory except their places of work, only to give them a meaningless death in the next season like that is so far from what those characters and Lauren and Simone deserved honestly! its just mind blowing how off their priorities are like what the fuck did they smoke in that writers room that made them think "yeah fuck it, lets have a man come in with a helicopter, thats cool" while completely ruining their main characters storylines like huh......

and its not a good sign at all that the adult actresses are openly throwing shade at the writers because it definitely takes a lot for them to abandon diplomatic answers, like they are FED UP and for good reason - like with other shows like Succession it was the exact opposite because whenever the actors received compliments they always always without fail praised the writers for how easy they made their job, how much they loved getting to embody their words etc. like thats a possible reality too (also side note here, Succession was a show that did an unexpected main character death so fucking well that I still feel viscerally upset when I come across gifs from that episode, thats the polar opposite to yellowjackets and how they handle death)

yeah idk now that the season is almost done I can say that the writers fumbled it so hard in so many ways, the actors are all trying their best with what theyre given, as they always do and bless them, but yeah, the writing is falling off more and more it just keeps getting worse and I truly dont see how you could do two more seasons of this shit.. even one whole season is pushing it because what on earth are they gonna have Tai Shauna and Misty do except useless plot lines that include Jeff and Walter? make Melissa important? sorry I wont be watching then

they just do NOT understand how to handle the adult timelines tone at all bc it goes from absurdism to comedy to tragedy to romcom to poor attempts at horror in such absurd jumps like they cant ever decide on a clear distinct tone so it all falls flat for me, for example teen Vans tears towards the end of this new episode did not move me even though Liv is great bc the tone of that entire scene was so random and all over the place, just like the opening scene where they did that comedy punchline shit by having Van say "goonies never say die"........ be so for real. be so fucking for real. how am I supposed to do anything but laugh when thats how you set up a characters death.

and I am gonna be a cunt here for a second but the yj show runners/writers very clearly rely on their audiences generosity because they know that a bunch of die-hard fans are willing to overlook some truly atrocious work, like they knooow that they can get away with lazy writing because they have before in season 2 and its honestly embarrassing to me that they dont hold themselves to higher standards to give their loyal audience something truly worth their time and love and attention - and I do think it very much has to do with the fact that the show has a large lesbian audience, who will gladly take whatever they can get bc there are very few other horror adjacent shows that center gay women/girls but like damn! do better! (a successful example of gay campy horror thats actually funny and hits it comedic beats well while still delivering emotional truths is Jennifers Body, which is ironic considering that Karyn Kusama was involved in that one and also directed some yj episodes, like maybe they shouldve called her and asked for more help..)

its just so frustrating that this show could be really fucking great, the premise is fun, the actors are lovely, but they just refuse to get a grip with the writing like in season 2 I was still able to ignore some of the odd choices they were making but this season has just made me lose my patience for good, I cant pretend I like what theyre doing bc the actors are carrying it all on their backs and its just not enough, its not, Sophie Thatcher had that absolutely heartbreaking beautiful moment where we finally see Nat cry for real, it was so well acted, but then we follow scenes like that up with the most unserious nonsense and it makes me mad on the actors behalves tbh its just a mess

anyway RIP Van fly high angel </3 that was so lame, I am sorry girl

(also I am currently attempting a new fic for her, so maybe I will take this as a sign to actually pull through and finish it so I can put something out there as a little counter-weight to what they did to her 😭 I am in the middle of it rn and dont know if I will end up liking the finished thing but ill try my best!)