So here’s my thought on the whole “13rw glorifies violence thing”. Short answer, I don’t believe it does. Take Montgomery for example, last season he did some pretty terrible things, he beat up Alex, he stood by Bryce, altogether he was a bully. But, people still loved him (which is fine, i completely understand wanting characters to have redemption arcs). This is a popular theme I’m finding on tumblr though, liking a character who is morally wrong. Take for example Loki, Billy (Stranger Things), and Nathan (Life is Strange). These are not good characters, they’ve done terrible things, some worse than Monty of Bryce. So, why do people continue to like them, even though they’ve killed, bullied and generally caused harm? Because unlike 13rw these characters were never shown in the light that Monty was. Sure, you know they’re not great people, but you never see Loki killing in such a graphic manner, you never see Billy beating up his sister. Not seeing how brutal and graphic these characters can be makes it easier to forgive them. Monty was an ass all last season, but it wasn’t until the graphic bathroom scene that people realized he was unredemable. If Loki had been shown murdering people during the Avengers/Thor I garuntee less people would be fans of him. There’s this culture on tumblr that even though characters have done irredeemable things they can still be saved. The victims of these characters would say otherwise, but the full brutality of their story was never shown so it makes it easier for people to excuse the characters actions. This theme can somewhat be applied to today. For example, with school shootings. They happen frequently in America, and people have come to view them as a natural thing. They should not be viewed as commonplace. I can say I’m guilty of this mindset; when someone would tell me another shooting had happened I would just sigh and roll my eyes. Then the Stoneman Douglas shooting happened. This shooting came with a plethora of videos and I chose to view one. I’ve seen death on my TV, I’ve been to funerals, but this video opened my eyes to the true brutality of what it was like to be in that situation. Sighing wasn’t enough, ignoring what was happening around me wasn’t enough, action needed to be taken. Watching 13rw fueled me with that need to act as well. Sometimes, to fully understand the extent of how awful something/someone is you need to see it. The bathroom scene was an eye opener. Was it disgusting and over the top? Yes, but if it hadn’t been, whose to say people might have still found a way to forgive Monty?
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