I’m not here to write a dissertation and formalize my writing on the topic of The Pitt, and characters within it. SO if you’re looking for an articulate character study, you ain’t getting it here. Also, this is gonna be a rant. (ALSO content warning: I will be bringing up depression & suicide)
YOU PEOPLE CANT DO ANYTHING OHHHH MY GOD!!!!! literally, you crave complex characters and well written human beings for the television- but you guys can’t seem to go one episode without being like “are you ready to die [enter name] ?” And the continued dragging of characters- WHO HAVE THOSE COMPLEX IDEOLOGIES YOU WANTED- get shitted on left and right. And to you bitches who are abt to say “it’s just tv” you’re right, it is, but somebody took their time crafting these character, and mirroring them after real emotions and real struggles. These characters are meant to make you think twice, it’s all about highlighting how grueling the medical setting is. AND YOU PEOPLE ARE TERRIBLE!!!
Unfortunately, how you view and decide to talk about characters from The Pitt, tells me and a lot of other people how you TRULY feel about those with mental health issues. Micheal Robinavitch isn’t the second coming of satan because of how he’s been acting out due to depression and likely burnout, Frank Langdon is NOT the most evil man you know because he struggled with addiction, Trinity Santos isn’t the worst team player you’ve ever seen because she’s on the fence about somebody who REPEATEDLY showed distrust & ripped her a new one in front of everybody!!
- Jack Abbot has a PROSTHETIC LEG. It is extremely important to his character!
- THEY WAY IN WHICH YOU ALL LOVE MAKING MICHEAL ROBINAVITCH GAY FOR EVERY MAN BUT NOT FOR CALEB JEFFERSON IS REALLY FUCKING CRAZY AND IM BEGINNING TO THINK ITS BECAUSE HES IN A WHEELCHAIR AND YOU CANT ERASE THAT AS EASY AS ABBOTS PROSTHETIC. (Some of you take offense, not all of you though- some of you I wanna give a kith and some of you I’d like to slap.)
- While on the topic of Fanfiction, and this has been simmering for quite some time; Y’all… the difference between Robby & Abbot FanFiction (not the gay kind.) is bewildering. It’s at the point, where you REALLY have to ask yourself, before choosing who to read abt, if you’d rather have happiness or despair. What I mean by that is that the majority of writings for Abbot portray a much happier situation, abbot is always strong, happy, charming, the family man who definitely thinks it’s to late for kids- but still wants them. And he’s fucking sunshine and rainbows… YET when you check out Robby, it’s like SADNESS MORE SADNESS HES WEAK AND HE WANTS TO BREAK DOWN AND CRY AND HES KILLING HIMSELF AND YOU’RE HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND ITS YOUR JOB TO HIDE THE KNIVES AND HE HAS NO FUTURE ASPIRATIONS HE IS TO OLD FOR CHILDREN AND A HOUSE AND TO BE MARRIED. HIS FATE WAS LAID OUT FAR BEFORE HIS FIRST BREATH INTO THIS CHAOTIC WORLD… THE SEAT OF DEATH IS SAVED FOR HIM AND HE MUST TAKE IT TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY!!! Just because he’s showing signs of depression, and he’s on the active self destruction path, does not mean he’s not capable of a good future- you know that right? It’s important to me that you know that. People can have depression, and can stand on that ledge (more than once) and STILL break through, and get the help they need, or maybe even find it in themselves. HES ALLOWED TO HAVE A FUTURE.
- Back to the mental health aspect, it’s actually absurd to watch some people run rampant with these hate trains, and it’s damaging as well, because like every fandom, some people feel more deeply towards characters than others, and that’s EVERYWHERE. But even at its base level, The Pitt still has representation for people. I’m pretty sure that was the point… so when a character represents depression, and then people take that character and stretch them every which way, dissect them hatefully, and act like they should be stoned, you’re very well also doing that to other people, who may see themselves in said character. To quote my favorite tweet, once more; “omg depression can get so bad people can’t brush their teeth???” People’s depression gets so bad they kill themselves Janet.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, it’s been a blast. I don’t mean to single anybody out, and I don’t mean this in a harmful manner, it was just bugging me. Stay cool, stay kind! 😁🫶
