#they were like nooo he doesn’t mean it look his friend he’s racist towards is latino

[jesse-pinko]

Anyways my point w the Andrea thing is that the writers of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are demonstrably talented and capable of writing both compelling female characters and romances and if they had any regard for their one ☝️ woc character the show would have been much stronger for it bc we actually would have had some investment in her character and relationship with Jesse and he still could have had his bittersweet ending where he has to face up to the consequences of his actions while also having his humanity and his trauma acknowledged BUT I would also like to add that it was a huge, huge misstep and a discredit to the narrative for a show with such a heavy emphasis on themes of toxic masculinity to skirt around the issue of Walter and Hank feeling emasculated by and deliberately targeting men of color as the recipients of their violence, because they resent having to put up a respectable suburban front while simultaneously believing that doing so makes them inherently more civilized. And it’s equally frustrating to me that the show never acknowledges that the reason Jesse doesn’t initially grasp the full scope of the damage he’s causing is because of his privilege and him essentially playing at being a gangster without having any real idea of what the consequences will look like bc of his upbringing, and how his naivety is a privilege in and of itself that does just as much damage as Walter’s straightforward entitlement and malice.