I can’t even describe how FRUSTRATING Kate Bishop is, like oh my God *screams into pillow* Why does the lead female character have to start so dumb — why can’t we ever have a woman (young adult) with just some goddamn common sense! God, so annoyed. Should’ve just gave the entire show to Yelena instead, or Maya. 😤
Stop 👏🏼 With 👏🏼 The rich kid rep 👏🏼
It’s old and very annoying, and if Kate Bishop is meant to represent how girls who act like her have no sense of empathy and to make them wake up and realise, hey, maybe you’re kind of a self-centred douche, then they are honestly doing a poor job.
The show just keeps rewarding her every time she does something stupid. Or just brushing it off and saying, “haha, that’s okay, no consequences here,” and praises her for her stupid decision making and again, severe lack of empathy, and then getting her ego nursed when the real world bruises her “ideal” fantasy world.
Kate Bishop legit acts as thought she could wedge herself and say that she is better than Clint going back to his own kids and wife — with a bullheaded naivety, nonsense thinking that she can do anything she wants because she grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. Gosh, and she can’t even owe up to her mistakes!
Everything ends up a joke! Her character‘s a goddamn joke! If the show was rewritten, she honestly could be replaced by a cardboard 😤
Pity the people of America. They do battle now with one of the greatest challenges in their history, led by a man who is not only among the worst ever occupants of the White House but whose character makes him the last person on the face of the Earth you would nominate to be in charge at this moment.
—Lilac Lilac is way too serious for Angelica’s taste, and seriously lacking in chill.
—Violet Really wants to be, at the very least, friends with Violet, but she doesn’t really know how to go about making that happen so she either follows Carmelita’s example and insults her, or she follows Lilith’s example and flirts with her. Neither approach works well for her.
—Nick Angelica doesn’t really handle sarcasm super well so Nick kinda freaks her out.
—Klaus She doesn’t really care about Klaus too much either way, but she does get a little antsy whenever he talks to her, because she knows he’s smarter than her and she doesn’t really love that
—Solitude She’d like her more if Avery liked her less. That said, she appreciates how nice Soli is.
—Sunny Sunny honestly kinda freaks her out, because she’s a major sass machine even though she’s only a baby, and because Angelica is a little worried about getting bitten. She’s not even that scared of the whole biting process, she’s just worried that Sunny will break the skin and she’ll get an infection.
Eventually, Zack had to go home to check on his mom and Jason had to check in with his parents, the boys kissing Kim goodbye before kissing each other and heading out.
Zack'd changed into his clothes from the night before, running home and checking on his mom. She was sleeping, but the tray of crackers by her bedside was empty and her two glasses of water nearly so, guilt settling heavier in Zack for leaving her alone for so long. At least she'd also managed to take her pills, the little cup for them empty on the tray.
He cleaned up and got her fresh water, making her tea and leaving that for her as well, setting more crackers out along with her nighttime medications.
Only once he was sure she was set did he go to his room to grab fresh clothes, moving to the tiny bathroom to shower quickly and change. He finished up and moved back to his room, laying on his bed and missing Kim's comfy queen mattress, pulling out his phone to watch some vids while he waited for his mom to wake up so he could make her something more substantial than crackers, mentally going over which soups they had left.
He startled at the knock on the door, frowning and pocketing his phone, moving over to the door quickly. He opened it and just stared.
Kim was standing directly in front of the door, at least a dozen shopping bags slung onto each of her arms. Jason was standing just behind her, holding two cases of water, a case of variety tea, and a case of flavored waters.
"We want to help," Kim said firmly, as if she expected him to turn them away.
Zack stared, belatedly noticing a few of his "neighbors" staring as well, probably because Kim and Jason were holding more than was really humanly possible. That realization jolted him into stepping back and waving a hand to get them inside.
Kim smiled at him, entering the trailer and squeezing around him to put bags on the floor of the kitchen, immediately beginning to take items out and start sorting.
Jason entered behind her, standing patiently while Zack closed the door behind him.
"Where do you want these?" Jason asked when Zack didn't move or say anything.
"Um. Right. Closet," he said, moving down the skinny hallway and pulling open a closet door, quickly shoving shoe boxes into a tower in order to make space, Jason setting his load down and helping him make everything fit.
"You guys really didn't have to do this," Zack said a bit helplessly when they were done and standing again, closing the closet door.
Jason put a hand on Zack's shoulder and squeezed. "We love you," he said softly. "We want to take care of you, and this is one way that we can."
Zack blew out a breath and swallowed his pride, nodding. Okay.
Jason squeezed, offering him a small smile before leading the way to the kitchen, where Kim was making piles of everything they'd bought.
There were crackers, but also cookies and pretzels and popcorn and granola bars. At least a dozen different kinds of premade soups and stews lined the counter. Frozen meals of a wide range were stacked into a neat tower, and there were at least three whole rotisserie chickens on the table. There were also bags of fresh veggies and fruits, real ones, which Kim was working to separate into sealable baggies.
"Kim..." Zack said, not sure there'd ever been this much food in his fridge.
"You can freeze a lot of this," Kim said. "And we bought mostly non-perishables, so this should be able to last a bit without you having to skip meals."
"I--"
"Most of this is considered light food, easy on the stomach, but it's high in proteins and calories and vitamins, so it'll be good for your mom," Jason continued. "And the flavored waters should be good for her, too, to keep hydration up -- I drank them after practice all the time."
Zack honestly didn't know what to say, thank you just didn't seem like enough but it was all he had. "Thank you."
Kim and Jason both smiled at him.
Before anyone could say anything else, Zack's mom called out for him. Zack shot his signifs an apologetic glance, moving down the hall to the back of the trailer and going into his mom's room.
"I heard voices," his mom said in Mandarin, struggling to sit up, Zack rushing over to help her.
"My friends are here," Zack said. "I'm sorry if we woke you, I'll tell them to leave."
Zack's mom waved a hand. "No, it's fine. Did you offer them something to drink, eat?"
"No, they uh... they actually brought us some stuff. Food, and drinks," Zack said, flushing a little in embarrassment.
"Zack... your friends must care about you," Zack's mom said softly, embarrassed to need their charity but grateful there were others who were looking out for her son.
"They do," Zack said, meeting her eyes. "They're actually, um, more than friends, we're dating."
"You love them," Zack's mom said, it not a question.
Zack ducked his head, nodding. "Yeah..."
"Well, tell them to come in here, then. I want to meet your girlfriends," his mom said firmly.
Zack rubbed the back of his neck. "Ah, actually, one is a girl. Kim. But the other is a boy, Jason. We are all dating each other."
"Zack... you have always had such a big heart," his mom said, smiling softly at him. "Bring them in."
Zack grinned, relief flooding him, nodding and hurrying back out.
"Uh, my mom's up, and she wants to meet you guys," Zack said, glancing at them both. "She knows that we're dating. Us three, together."
"Is she okay with it?" Kim asked.
Zack nodded. "Yeah, I told you. My mom is the best," he said, smiling softly.
"We'd love to meet her," Jason smiled, following Zack and Kim down the hall.
"Mom? This is Kim, and this is Jason," Zack said, introducing them in Mandarin, moving to sit on the edge of his mom's bed so there was more room for Kim and Jason to stand next to her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Zack brags about you a lot," Kim said, smiling.
Zack flushed a bit, translating for his mom.
"It is nice to meet you," Zack's mom said in accented English. "You are all..." she trailed off, looking at Zack for the word.
"Dating?" Zack supplied in Mandarin, watching her nod and repeating the word in English.
"Yes, we are," Jason said, taking Kim's hand and reaching for Zack's, too. "We love him."
Zack's mom smiled, understanding him enough, watching her son squirm a bit. "Good. Zack is a good boy."
"Mom," Zack protested, embarrassed.
"Zack is a good boy," Zack's mom repeated, ignoring him. "You... take care. All together."
"We will, we'll always take care of him," Kim promised, leaning to riffle Zack's hair and laughing at his huff and gentle smack at her hand.
"He takes care of us, too," Jason said, smiling fondly at his slightly-red boyfriend.
"Good," Zack's mom said, able to see clearly how much they loved her son and how much he loved them both in return. "Zack says... they bought food for us? How much?" she directed the questions to Zack in Mandarin.
Zack answered her in Mandarin, explaining the cases of drinks and bags and food, a little shame filling him at needing the help to take care of his mom.
Zack's mom just nodded, knowing Zack didn't have money to pay for what they'd bought, bowing her head instead to Kim and Jason and thanking them in Mandarin.
"She's saying thank you, for the food," Zack explained.
"You don't have to thank us," Jason said. "We want to help, both of you. You're... family."
Kim nodded, reaching out to take Zack's mom's hand gently, smiling.
Zack leaned into Jason as he translated, smiling at his mom, and if both Taylors' had brighter eyes for a moment until tears could be blinked away, no one said anything.
"You will eat with us," Zack's mom said in English, waving her free hand when Jason and Kim tried to protest. "I want to get to know the loves of my son's life."
Zack translated for her, grinning when Kim and Jason blushed a bit and gave in, standing to get chairs for them, to make plates of food, to spend time with his signifs and his mom.
I just made to continue Chapter 4 of my novel and remembered that I got stuck because I killed off all the dads except for the original one and now I have to introduce the final part of my ‘quartet’ of siblings through grief stricken shock...
I feel like a monster. I am so sorry Jon. Your sibs are all shown having something good in their lives far away and I left you there and now I have to convey something while you alternately comfort your mom and grandmother and stare catatonically into the void.
fav book: Frannie and Zooey by Salinger, Harry Potter series, Cut & Run series, Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
fav flower: hydrangeas but I never manage to keep them alive
fav scent: Saffron and Clove combined and I can never find it anywhere
fav color: blue and green
fav animal: cats and ducks
coffee | tea | hot cococa: tea and coffee
avg. sleep hours: 7-8
cat or dog person: cat. full stop.
fav fictional character: the first character I ever remember loving was Simon in Lord of the Flies. Guess I can add to that: Ty and Nick in Cut & Run. Ginny and Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter...well book Ginny and Barty Jr. The movie versions were left wanting. Sorry, Tennant.
number of blankets i sleep with: just a sheet and quilt most nights with one of those fuzzy muppet blankets (as my husband calls them) thrown off and on as we see fit. In winter, we add a feather bed when we are stubborn about turning on the heat.
dream trip: Despite going there often, I always want to go to London. But I would love to go on a road trip with my friends.
blog created: February 2012, damn Ami mine is older than yours
number of followers: 384
random fact: most of the curtains in my house are dark blue. Well, you said random.
