#in how the victimizations of gwen and kevin by mike and charm respectively are treated

[kariachi]

Still kinda wild that Gwen was happily hitting Kev so hard in the Coop ep that he was cringing and all but pleading for them to finish up and go despite even in that same episode taking being shot with no reaction and that not only is Gwen doing this not treated as a bad or excessive thing, but that we're supposed to believe that shit was just, fine after that. This is like, a week or less into their dating and it doesn't affect Kevin's feelings at all? She hits him so hard it's seriously more impactful than being shot and we're supposed to believe there was no damage? For real?

[kariachi]

it'd be one thing if this was due to their characters, like if the show was going 'yeah gwen is flawed and kevin is messed up', but they weren't it was just another example of the writers thinking girls beating up boys is funny, while treating the reverse with gravitas, i had Thoughts and Feelings last night, mostly this and the fact this normalization of female violence against male is also reflected, in how the victimizations of gwen and kevin by mike and charm respectively are treated, where gwen's apology for not listening to kevin's warnings is immediately brushed off in favor of making fun of him, and she's overall treated as someone who got some warning but also was 100% a victim, whereas kevin is given the full blame for ending up in his situation with a side note of “'well he should have just *known*'”, and charm is still treated as the villain but kevin's status as victim is brushed aside in favor of the way this all affects gwen, to the point where as the story progresses kevin's not liking or trusting charmcaster is cast as a character flaw, because gwen has decided she's okay actually and everything is to be forgiven,

Still kinda wild that Gwen was happily hitting Kev so hard in the Coop ep that he was cringing and all but pleading for them to finish up and go despite even in that same episode taking being shot with no reaction and that not only is Gwen doing this not treated as a bad or excessive thing, but that we're supposed to believe that shit was just, fine after that. This is like, a week or less into their dating and it doesn't affect Kevin's feelings at all? She hits him so hard it's seriously more impactful than being shot and we're supposed to believe there was no damage? For real?