#ok i’m done someone give max mayfield peace and a weighted blanket

[upsidedog]

thinking abt how max is one of the most forgiving characters on the show

max needs to forgive people, she needs people to be able for the better. because she’s seen so many people change for the worse. her father from someone who was flawed but trying his best to be a present and loving parent, to a man evading fatherhood entirely, who wants nothing to do with his own daughter or ex wife. neil, from the nice new guy her mom was seeing, her friendly stepdad, to a monster. billy, everything she thought she could’ve wanted in a cooler, older brother, became her abuser. even her mom slowly became a neglectful shell of her former self. max is in a way forced to be forgiving, because if she stops giving people second chances she’ll be completely alone. not to discount that max, even without desperation, is on her own astonishingly understanding and has every right be furious and unforgiving at everyone who has wronged her, yet shows an unbelievable, frankly too large, amount of understanding to them all. just that maybe a lot of max’s experiences have conditioned her for forgiveness, even when people aren’t particularly deserving of it(billy most prominently).