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janitorpostman · 1 year ago

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The whole time the show was running I was expecting an episode titled "Betty Grof". Alas.

okay last thing i'll say for now. what exactly are we supposed to take from that casper and nova parallel or even from simon and betty's final talk? that simon wishes he had listened more to betty? okay, that's great, but what does it matter when not even we as an audience ever, not even for a single moment, got her actual unfiltered perspective over her own current situation, let alone simon? it feels so weird to have the message here be 'betty was too obsessed with simon to the point of erasing herself and losing her identity and simon didn't notice it' and then just. well. i guess that's it. let's wrap it up guys. simon says 'sorry women' and that's that.

#you know. since we got the Simon Petrikov one.#betty grof #petrigrof #it would have been rad to see betty's perspective.#a flashback to her time in ooo #how it was like for her to be the only person #i repeat #THE ONLY PERSON #from non-magical world in ooo #and parallel it with the kinda loneliness that simon felt in 'simon petrikov'#thinking that simon was the only one who could understand how she felt and that's why he needed to be back #and then she lost herself to the madness and sadness of it all #and maybe golbetty's lesson to simon was that. that letting go is healthy. that asking for help is healthy. he doesnt have to be alone #like she was during her time in ooo #oh that would have been beautiful.#i mean #she kinda did that but there was also the unnecessary “guilt tripping a suicidal man” thing tacked onto the whole thing #it kinda overshadowed the message of healthy grieving by a lot. blaming someone and then saying “it not your fault”.#bringing up past decisions and how things could have been different but then saying “i have no regrets”.#maam you clearly have regrets and you definitely blame simon for how things turned out. otherwise why ever bring this up when it's all over?#so much for healthy grieving.#“but you see she SAID she had no regrets” DEAR WRITERS. SHOW DON'T TELL. IMPLYING THAT ONE PARTY IS GUILTY WITH YOUR NARRATIVE AND VISUALS #AND THEN HAVING A CHARACTER SAY THAT NO IT WASN'T MEANT LIKE THAT #THIS IS NOT HOW STORYTELLING WORKS

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