#how do people see laura lee being the one to wake lottie up from her weird trance and just go on with their lives?

[elizabeth-mitchells]

let's all take a moment to appreciate laura lee bathed in moonlight as she cleans lottie's blood off the attic floor

[baked-potatoes-rule]

just stuff, bear with moi (they even had her wear the same shirt for fuck's sake)

in s1e3 we have the group at the newly found cabin

jackie however, ends up being overwhelmed when Van tells her she isn't exactly helping by whining about why they didn't stay at the plane crash

we then see Shauna, observing her from inside the window of the cabin.

when the camera pans back, Shauna is no longer in the shot, behind the window

we then have footage of the whole group talking about the porn magazines and being goofy. Jackie is out by herself,they are all in

after awhile...Shauna appears with two blankets (she's wearing one of her flannels,the pattern being what it is)

even apologizes for hurting Jackie's feelings when she sided with Taissa in favor for going to the lake. She even admits that she isn't sure whats wrong or right

none of them do. they are presented with a challenging situation...All of their baggage and issues will surface

s1e10 Jackie goes out after their fight. We get another still of Shauna,watching her from inside a window(a different window this time) Despite the huge emotional gap between them,she still cares. (She's wearing the same shirt.Again.)

after that...the camera pans back and we get ANOTHER still where Shauna is not behind the window anymore.

Now...Maybe that was the big middle finger to Jackie and the viewers. A small chunk of hope that maybe Shauna will come for her...like she did then...But she doesn't. Shauna is not the same person anymore and she never will be. She found out she was pregnant, she had to gut animals and prepare food for them, she saw Lottie get possessed, she saw Laura Lee explode, she did shrooms involuntarily and almost sacrificed Travis...The setting they were put in, brought Shauna's locked potential to the surface...in the craziest way possible. Shauna being a pushover was no more, she was finally going to start speaking up for herself. Jackie of course, in all her right was like "Wtf girl? Why didn't you just tell me?"

Jackie's expression after Shauna snaps at her for telling her to wear the boob dress.

S : Maybe I don't wanna wear the boob dress. And I sure as hell don't wanna hook up with Randy fucking Walsh

J: Jesus, what crawled up your ass? Wear whatever you want.

S : Thanks. I will.

J :

Of all the times she had the chance to change her approach with Jackie...she did it at the worst time possible, under the worst circumstances.

It has everything to do with self-worth. Shauna feels overshadowed by and second best to Jackie, but she is not. Regardless of how "bossy" her best friend would get, if she hadn't had the door mat-wired psyche, she would have placed boundaries and Jackie (as we see above) would have eventually run with it. But no...Shauna didn't set boundaries with her because their relationship was toxic af and her self-worth was/IS, low. She literally turned into an upset little meow meow <3 and went to write in her journal about how they picked Natalie over her.

If we don't take the necessary steps to make the changes, life will eventually pave the path for us to get there...And sometimes it has to get ugly for people to wake up.