#contained rage

[kateanwen]

In my nursing studies we have to write a reflection about an incident that happened during our placement that fortnight. I always use gender neutral pronouns (they them), and my clinical teacher will _always_ discuss the reflection with me as though I had used he him pronouns. It- I just find it really interesting that even if 'they' was used continuously, my clinical teachers will assume I meant 'him' because that's their default? And I've had three clinical teachers and they've all been women and they all unfailingly do this and it's probably not really a big deal because the only people I am misgendered by are small children (and sometimes shop assistants??) so like on a person level it's not triggering. But it's just a bit shit and I want to yell at them but they grade me on my professionalism which is something they seem to think I don't have. Which I do, but not in the way they see it.

[sitting-by-the-orange-trees]

I shouldn’t read interviews with the cast and Erica Messer. They tend to always make me angry.

I have this notion that in the writers room, EM comes up with something or is pitched a story, and everyone is like “that’s so cool, we have to do that” without any other thought. It doesn’t matter if it contrasts and conflicts with another story that’s already happened or doesn’t make any sense.

I don’t need to see JJ have a mental breakdown, but the writers have to realise that when it comes to JJ, their ideas rarely translate on screen. Most of JJ’s stories pre season 5 were the benefit for others, happened off screen or were about Henry and/or Will. The same themes were used until season 9 and while JJ’s 200 arc started well, - (I’ll ignore that they thought it was so cool to parallel JJ and Prentiss’ season 6 arc so much they didn’t even need to change scenes and wordings that much, just shift characters) - but they’ve just ignored it since, because they thought of other stories to tell and what JJ’s been going through has been addressed in 3 episodes (1 centric 2 B/C story lines) she’s fine now, deal with it.

Okay, she’s fine, but can you give us any indication on screen, why she is fine and why no one is worried about her? I know we’ve been told in interviews/twitter, but on screen, in an episode, nada.

Then there’s Blake. I love Blake. I even kind of liked how she exited, it really does fit how they’ve handled Blake, and I’m guessing it will be mentioned in the first episode back.

Anyway, I don’t mind that they brought Ethan as a way to react to Reid’s injuries and show Blake's connection to Reid! I just wish we hadn’t learned about it then and there. It fit, but it felt like just an emotional prompt.

We already had JJ loosing a child this season and it hasn’t been mentioned any further, yet they managed to put more into to Blake’s 1 episode exit arc with the same topic. I know it was technically different and that I sound like a bitter JJ fan (I am :p) but it’s like they just took the topic and created a way to give it more impact for Blake because they liked how it worked previously and thought of another way they could've done something, or just because they need their characters to have interchangeable life experiences to show how close they all are, if that makes any sense.

I guess I just want to be fulfilled by a unique JJ arc that I’m not left thinking, well that could’ve been amazing, it was good, but it had potential to be more.

[drkarayua]

Urge to start educational skeleton review blog... rising...