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cassmouse · 23 days ago

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Okay so I think I've finally finished having my long think about teen Shauna lmao

I really really love her arc and I think her whole journey so far is one of the best in the series (probably alongside Nat who also has incredible character progression) and USUALLY I'm all over deranged characters (Villanelle, Rhiannon Lewis, Alice Morgan, Emma Grossman... The list goes on)

HOWEVER

I think the reason I'm not perceiving Shauna in the same way as this long parade of other absolutely deranged female characters is because you're not MEANT to. The show is raw and dark and mildly upsetting with her on PURPOSE and I think I'm picking up what they're putting down- her portrayal, like most of the other characters, isn't MEANT to be black and white- in the context of the show, there isn't really a definite you should or shouldn't fully like her at any given point (ESPECIALLY not now with it getting particularly complicated)

She's an excellent character and I understand her motivations and actions and that's the important thing- however unfortunately I still can't get behind them in the latter half of the season 😭 girl I get it but watching all the actual damage she's doing to the others DOES invoke similar feelings that I have for Aemond in HotD and that's not a good thing

#it feels like there's a bit of a war going on about her rn lmao #like because the show spins on both axis sometimes there's not really a clear portrayal #so it's wrong to like. shoot people for not liking her but it's also wrong to shoot people for fully supporting her it's a whole thing #the fandom is so weirdly divided over something that's so blatantly not supposed to be black and white #like ofc we're not meant to be all over her this season (METAPHORICALLY- otherwise it's a whole other conversation) because that's not how-#-she's being portrayed #but at the same time because we as the audience have been with her though the loss of Jackie and the baby and everything else #like we get it in a way #ALSO. ALSO SIDE POINT.#ITS FUCKING INTERESTING LMAO #unfortunately (or fortunately actually) her shit is really really interesting lmao #so yeahhh #basically in short I don't really like Shauna this season but it's not as a character #she's an excellent character #but we're not really MEANT to fully like her obviously the showriters are trying to jam that down our throats #so it's a whole thing #yellowjackets #shauna shipman #yellowjackets season 3 #yellowjackets s3

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