crazy ex girlfriend fans are still #team nathaniel or #team greg the day before the finale………….. like this unhealthy prioritization of romance is so deeply entrenched in our culture that even a narrative that exists to actively deconstruct this is not exempt from being given this treatment. like, in many cases, it may be absurd and yet not actively discouraged, such as, say, how katara in atla was expected to end up with either aang or zuko, and people got in genuine, very impassioned fights over this supposed fact, when to anyone with eyes it should be obvious that they are not the only viable males of her species with whom she must reproduce for survival, and should therefore be allowed to find a boyfriend with whom she has actual romantic chemistry, in her own time, because she is 14. but she did “end up” with aang, for some horrible reason, (that’s not me advocating for zutara just to be clear it is not a binary and they are both bad!) and so #team aang ppl felt vindicated and #team zuko ppl lost their damn minds. crazy ex girlfriend’s entire thesis exists to deconstruct this, the idea that rebecca must “end up” with one of these three men, or should even prioritize romance to the degree we do as consumers of media brainwashed to love love (our idea of romantic love as portrayed in popular fiction, that is), and yet there are still audience members postulating who she’s gonna end up with. the idea of “ending up” with someone is a lie. step outside the incredibly tiny box you’ve built for yourself! get some fresh air! breathe!
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