Just want to say that I do really love how vocal you’re being about Angelina, because it needed to happen. Some Outlast fans are terrified of a bit of nuance and the idea of a victim not being perfect, and it’s really sad to see. I see a lot of the take that it’s misogynistic to say she’s an abuser, but I’d argue that it’s actually way more misogynistic to imply that women can’t be abusers, that’s just viewing her as some delicate flower who can’t do anything. I’ll agree with the take that she probably was abused and probably did face misogyny, but Franco was also abused and he faced ableism; they like to conveniently forget about him being abused when his abuse is canon, and hers is speculation. What she did wasn’t justified, and neither was what Franco did, but Franco actually has a lot more to his character than just being a bad person. Angelina is a very one note character who only exists to abuse Franco, to be part of the reason behind him being a bad person, and that’s all we learn about her. Franco probably initially learned misogyny from Salvatore and the rest of the mafia, but Angelina wasn’t making that any better. She was supposed to be a mother, and instead she took advantage of her disabled stepson. There’s no reason to like or support her. I have so many reasons to not like her, but I don’t want to just ramble on in your ask box.
Side note, keep up the amazing art! I’m a big fan of all of it, you draw the characters very well!
Ill start with PLEEEAAASSSEEE ramble in my ask box!!! I love talking to people, I will respond to almost everything if I can, put whatever you want in my asks, it’s very baron!! 🥹
I’m glad you brought up the rest of her being pretty much all speculation. Theres literally nothing else stated about her (to my knowledge), it’s all assumptions because of the time period they lived in. It’s, of course, not out of the realm of possibilities for her to have also been abused, or faced other challenges because of the period they were in. But none of that is a reason for her to sexually abuse who was supposed to be her son. To my knowledge, none of Franco’s other stepmothers sexually abused him, she had no reason or excuse to. She’s inexcusable, and I can never respect someone liking her 😮💨
Also, thank you so much for the compliments 💔 I promise there’s more coming, I’ve just been busy with finals coming up and trying to finish up classes 🥹
