#did my best with the alt text on this one since im talking abt art style and such..!

[doctorguilty]

She's just... way too soft looking like am I crazy?

(Big rant)

That I didn't enjoy her in the art style?? Like it almost feels like it's lending itself specifically to the weird writing ultimately framing as Betty being like, passive to all of Simon's choices, if that makes sense??? Like the soft innocent look but it's WRONG because in the og series, in a flashback, this was Betty something like, the day before she traveled, so the SAME age and placement in time

It just like keeps bothering me not just because it does Simon so dirty but like, she was such peak Unhinged Woman, everything she did was her choice and she went out of her way to even go against Simon's wishes and like double cross his friends for her own goals like!! It just rubs me a weird way, the design tweaks plus her being written like that, literally god forbid women do anything shhdjwfjwjr not a single flashback of magic betty either, b/c like show me how you're gonna draw that I don't trust you, cause like what are you gonna do make her soft and squishy still and have her be like "omg I'm just so helpless to the whims of ice king whatever shall I do" when almost every episode she shared screentime with him she was soaking him in milk and throwing him against the wall, get real

Like do you see my issue?? Only depicting her in the earliest point of her timeline and framing her with only her most Weak traits. As if she doesn't become:

And then later:

Like when the whole thing is brought up people react like it's a "oh you just think simon shouldn't be accountable you think it's okay betty threw her life away for him" when a) SHE DIDN'T she went on to be very successful in her field of choice (the same field as simon) that their peers ridiculed, they were never ever even once depicted as unhappy together, and b) it does betty dirty as well!! She's not a helpless girl she was a grown woman who happened to be stubborn to a fault to the point where what she wanted would go even against Simon's wishes, by force

The dynamic between them in the f&c finale FEELS like it was written by someone who either disregarded that or just literally didn't retain or be aware of Betty's later arcs in AT

She was such a peak Unhinged Woman, everyone loved her for that, and it didn't come out of nowhere, like the magic made her crazy and amped up her irrational behavior, but before she ever touched magic, she chose to go through the time portal, told simon to suck it up about dying because it wasn't happening on her watch, kick some lady's ass to save him, and then dedicated the rest of her time in Ooo to wanting to save her fiance from insanity so they could be together again. (And I'm sorry some people think "devotion to your lover because you want a life with them" is inherently toxic and ""codependent"" but I think that's a you problem, I think that's a very common and relatable story in human culture from the beginning of time dnfjsjjdjd)

The squishy betty just isn't the same as the bug-lookin lady all confident in her green t-shirt. Squishy betty can't evolve into magic betty. Do you understand. Can anyone hear me it's so dark