I know she’s not in the new season but it’s so sad to see people leaving collins out of fun little fandom posts. likeee if ur gonna do “pitt characters as ___” or “which pitt character would____” posts….i feel like it’s not hard to include her. idk smth abt her being erased entirely from the narrative in the show and then by the fandom is :/
Leota Adebayo is probably the only one who has been in touch with her emotions in a healthy way and has learned to deal with them and be in communion with them, which makes her incredibly important to me because she is basically the emotional support for a group of dysfunctional adults with zero regulation of their mental issues and the only one keeping them together.
Leota Adebayo, whom Chris considers his best friend, because she is truly the first person to give him a chance to show that, beyond being an idiot, he’s someone trying to be a better person and also the first person who allows him to speak openly about his emotions without judging him or laughing at him, after years and years of growing up in a stifling environment full of toxic masculinity.
Leota Adebayo is the one who admires and loves her friend Emilia, and just as she tells her she’s a total goddess, a badass, and an amazing woman, she also has the assertiveness to tell her that she can be as cool as she wants, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a mess and hurting herself.
Leota Adebayo is the one who takes Economos aside, who has zero self-love, makes him feel important and reminds him that he has an irreplaceable place in the group because no one can be like him because the group is what it is thanks to each person contributing their individual qualities.
Leota Adebayo is capable of giving emotional support to Adrian when he falls apart without even understanding his own feelings, because he’s a total zero when it comes to human emotions.
Literally, Leota has become a key piece in how a bunch of traumatized, infantilized adults relate to each other and form bonds, and I feel it’s not said or recognized enough because thanks to her, these people are learning how to have decent emotional relationships.
Even before this nonsense with Tracy I have to admit Heather being absent from the last episodes while sad for people who love her character is actually really important for her character’s development. It shows how well adjusted and healthy she is. She knew her limits and she went home. Dana (my personal favorite character) should also have gone home, but her not doing so tells me that her relationship with PTMC is somewhat toxic and codependent in a way that Heather’s relationship with PTMC is not. Idk if Heather’s absence was planned or if it came about in response to Tracy making a fuss about the abortion storyline but I actually think it makes Heather’s character better, stronger, and more likeable. It’s something I wish they’d done with Dana too as not doing it doesn’t paint Dana in a particularly good light.
I like the way you highlighted the diff between collins and dana! bc like yes it def does give a toxic sense of like dependency. working and being a nurse someone to rely on is all that dana knows. she was born at that hospital and everything. while it’s just different for collins, her working and pushing through everything felt more less like her refusal/fear to face her guilt and her grief rather than a misguided allegiance to the hospital.
which is why collins in s2 would have such a interesting storyline because maybe we could see her developing that toxic relationship with the hospital—what makes her keep coming back since she would definitely feel extremely guilty for missing the MCI and not being there. worker bees that keeps coming back to the hive or whatever abbott said. and yk domino effect lol makes tracy being a nut and leaving even more frustrating.
but i think for me i was just pissed that the writers played off her absence as a plot device. they said it was to push robby in the deep end and isolate him bc collins is the only person who could bring him back or whatever. i feel like playing off her absence in favor of robby was the worst thing they could’ve done because it just seemed like they used a black woman to further a white mans arc and then yk the suspicions of her not returning just didn’t help at all ykwim? lol but anyways it totally does give her character strength to leave especially since she forced herself to work but it’s also just ugh because to get that we missed out on her leadership and cowboy techniques. every character got to shine it felt like but her.
though definitely feel like if the writers came out and this said this or went about it the same way I would be more inclined to enjoy her exit from the show. definitely a good interpretation of it tho and I think I’ll look at it like that more since she won’t be returning. sidebar i also think that dana shouldn’t come back for s2 or should only be called back in case of an emergency towards the end
yeah so maybe I’m overly sensitive or just like plain tired—wasn’t like I was overly active here anyways but that ask blew tf outta me and so has everything else on this fandom/show so im just gonna rebrand and move onto something new
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Be so for real they wrote her off cause she’s in a religious cult and didn’t like the abortion storyline. This is not about racism.
Please spare me. I wrote that when no one had came out about her religious beliefs and the only inkling/info we had abt her not coming back was her subsequent erasure from the show. What i wrote was the culmination of spending months worrying abt if my favorite character was coming back or not after weird cryptic messages and hints from said actor and the creators.
This particular circumstance might not be about racism but let’s not act like HBO/AMAZON/other streaming services don’t erase / cancel or generally just not cast black women in this shows or when they do they don’t promote it and let it fall back into the ether. ie. duster on max literally just got cancelled w like no promo but yk. many such cases.
And AND the fact that there have been many! instances! of black actors been written off a show or black women being mistreated on set and written off and told they’re too “difficult to work with” when it’s not true and if you were there from when she was first written off you would know that was a working theory/worry of mine and some others. operating on that knowledge and everything else ofc i was pissed like hello?
none of that means I was defending her or her freak ass church. what her church has done is vile and disgusting. im not negating or ignoring that. what i said defending her came from my anger and confusion from all those reasons listed above. i still think it’s important to call out these streaming companies for erasure and mistreatment.
sidebar there are literally no other black main characters on the Pitt now so instead of like recasting her or bringing a new char they just said fuck it. so. and I’m still not defending her or her freak ass church. never that. but my feelings ARE valid as a black women and nothing will change that and I honestly don’t have to explain myself either. Bye
writing off a character who already missed the last 4 episodes of the show (the most important part of the season mind you) to further robby’s story and not give us any closure on her character and storyline after she suffered through a miscarriage and had the worst day at work. it just feels so disingenuous to tracy and heather because of all the work she put into her character’s storyline. there was so much more to her story we could’ve learned. very disappointed
i wish i could say it was fun but the way the show wrote collins off simply to further robbys impending breakdown and then the fandom continuing to do the exact same thing and erase her for other ships like lolololol
“what does it look like when you feel like your body failed you.” tracy talking about collins’ miscarriage and her emotions about it is why i’m so glad she’s finally doing interviews because it’s such a complex and heartbreaking storyline (the most complex imo) and she plays it so beautifully. episode seven was such a standout performance from her — the realization when she feels her body “failing” her and reluctantly going into the stall and seeing the blood confirming her worst fear; one that she’s been through several times already is just so tragic. but hearing her talk about it and knowing the research (watching 3,000 hours of testimonies of women who went through the same thing ) that she put into it truly shows how much playing collins means to her. her interviews post season 1 have been my favorite tbh because she’s so eloquent when discussing her character’s storyline.
also her briefly talking about collins missing the mci i just know we’re gonna delve into her guilt about not being there and i’m so excited.
