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On Maeve and Isaac
So, having power-watched Season 2 of Sex Education last night, I find myself incapable of not sharing something, narratively, that bothers me about Isaac and the Otis-Maeve-Isaac love triangle, if you wanna call it that.
The choice to portray Isaac as manipulative, controlling, and duplicitous feels… kinda lazy?
Like, okay, if you’re examining that story arc, and you ask the question “what function does Isaac’s secret betrayal by deleting Otis’ voicemail serve?” the answer is simple: to show that Isaac is the wrong choice, or in other words, to prove that Otis is the right choice.
Which is… lazy
Otis royally fucks up when he humiliates and verbally tears down Maeve at his house party. Yes, even if he’s drunk. And the purpose that scene is to give Otis that moment of realization, and to set him on his path of self-betterment, and to really start addressing his fear of becoming an asshole like his father.
So, if Otis is to earn back Maeve’s trust, respect, and affection, Otis should have to be the one to put in the work. The choice of which partner Maeve should be with shouldn’t be decided by who’s less terrible.
The onus is on Otis to prove that he’s the better man, not on Isaac to prove he’s the worse one.
Also, I think that Isaac trying to “trap” Maeve with him plays into a lot of really nasty stereotypes about partners with disabilities. The choice to have Isaac be self-interested, to be someone who prioritizes his own wants and needs, who spies on and is possessive of Maeve, versus being someone who is compassionate, and concerned for Maeve’s feelings, and her wellbeing, and looks out for her, wants to share her burden, for a show that does nuance and representation really well in other regards, really misses the mark, at least for me.
TLDR: There’s no arguing that Isaac’s actions in canon are wrong, but the narrative choice to have him do those things are wrong first.
(also, if the first scene out the gate season 3 isn’t “hey maeve, no pressure, i just wondered if maybe you had anything to say to me re: my message” “lol what message?” then the miscommunication plot is really gonna start pushing credibility i mean h o n e s t l y …)
literally my exact thoughts
i was SO EXCITED when isaac and maeve started hanging bc like HOLY SHIT IS SHE GONNA DATE A DISABLED GUY THIS IS UNHEARD OF IN A SHOW LIKE THIS and then he pulled the manipulative -no one will understand u like me- shit and i was like ://////// and then it turned out he’s a villain and i was like :((((((((((((((
maeve and otis endgame is fine (personally not into it but its inoffensive and sometimes cute) but oh my god if she gets w him bc he’s the best of a shitty bunch imma flip my shit
SMeyer really missed an opportunity when Bella Swan, impulse-planning human disaster parented by a spontaneous human disaster who has never met a plan in her life, didn’t explain away all of her observant moments with ‘Oh, it’s the anxiety’. Bella could’ve been so fun if she struggled with hyper-vigilance in the text, catching on pretty much immediately to both the vampires and the werewolves that are intent on blaming each other for her figuring them out. It’s a great way to explain her anxious observant behaviour in a way that character builds! It’s such a cool way of showing off how human she is against this backdrop of supernatural characters who are SO SURE they are being sly. “You wanted to kill me in biology. Your eyes went black and-” “How did you know?” “What?” “How did you know I wanted to kill you? No one else has ever noticed.” “Oh, it’s the anxiety.” “What?” “It’s like I have a second sense for murder. Or for when I’m slightly inconveniencing somebody. It doesn’t discriminate really.”
how esme ranks her kids according to strength
im a bad bitch u cant kill me: rose & jasper (have to share a spot because twins)
Big Strong Bear Man: emmett
scrappy bastard: bella
small ’n delicate twig creature: alice (should really be higher but demands special treatment at all times)
soft in the middle doughboy: edward (obviously)
Not to talk about pegging again but honestly if Bella had just pulled out the strap on their wedding night literally none of That Breaking Dawn Clownery would have happened. In this essay I will
edward: no, you don’t understand ... i’ve killed people bella
bella:
Since I am autistic I am going to claim this and anyone who tries to fight me can square up at the 7/11 parking lot at 4am:
Nessie is autistic bc she prefers to not speak allowed and instead show you her thoughts and images, is super smart and fast learning, and because it’ll make smeyer mad.
Emmett and Rosalie, unapologetically demanding Esme build them a new house since they fucked the last three homes into the ground
Nobody:
Still nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Rosalie Hale at the baseball game in Twilight:
cracking open a cold one with the boys like:
people who wanna bring the redemptive energy for rosalie but not for leah are racist send tweet
God I love carlisle as like. A concept. The catholic aesthetics. The genuine devotion to doing good even when it's incredibly hard. The loneliness of feeling singularly unique in a way that means you don't fit in anywhere. The guilt of being labeled a monster simply for existing. The struggle of craving close relationships but worrying abt unfairly corrupting innocents. The joy of finding a wholesome pure love after believing you were doomed to be alone. Slowly building a loving healthy found family after being rejected by the rest of the world. Clinging to religion even after you feel cast out and betrayed by it. Dressing like a sexy professor. Realizing that after all that struggle things work out in the end. Denying yourself what you crave because what you crave is Wrong. Learning and reading as much as you can out of pure intellectual curiosity. Being forever altered in a way you didn't ask for or want and making the best of it anyway. Unexpected meaning in a previously bleak existence. Scarves. Cathedrals. Unconventional family.
edward be like you’re in her voicemail i am in her home we are not the same
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Stephanie Meyer: Rosalie Hale killed her rapists one by one. Including her fiancée
Me now and at 13:
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(more to come if these do well)