My exact problem with this ship. Most of the writers are just so focused on Gary and it’s always the same story of him falling apart and Collie being there to pick him up. I love TLW as someone who is a POC because there’s so much diversity within it, and yet the fandom still manages to focus so much on the white characters and throw the POC characters to the side or only see them as an accessory to those white characters and it’s sad.
Collie is such an amazing character and there’s so much to dive into with him, Cause why’s there only Barkovitch centric shit man, like don’t get me wrong in some aspects he’s a relatable character, but god damn I’m tired of hearing about the same recovery storyline angst with him . I want Collie angst, I want collie centric stuff about his struggles instead of him just always being there to be attached to Barkos side like some other part of him. Yet the most I ever see people do with his character is talk about his homesickness once or twice, or go through with his rebellion and then tossing him to the side or writing him just to be Barkovitch’s extra limb.
Also I’ve had a couple chats with my friends on how absurd it is that so many of y’all think that Collie would be so aggressive and violent. I genuinly don’t know how like half of the fans came to the conclusion that Parker would just beat the shit out of everyone especially Barkovitch for every little mishap, it just seems completely and blatantly racist to me. Like yes he’s stated to be MEAN (not aggressive btw) and pretty rude but now suddenly that means he’s someone who swings left and right for every insult? Keep in mind that the only people he actually threatened (in the movie at least I’m still reading through the book) was Barkovitch and the soldiers. Barkovitch, which he never truly acted on, even after he got Rank killed. The guy who didn’t act on his threats at all would suddenly be beating him up every time he insults people? Sure, yeah that makes total sense.
Can y’all actually get your act together because while I don’t mind the ship it’s getting to a point where I just can’t stand it specifically due to the way a majority of its fans treat Collie and to a point where I can hardly stand Barkovitch either…
Anyways that’s my thoughts on this, like op said, y’all can like the ship but god damn start treating these boys better
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