#the devil complex

[stopiwanttotalkaboutcheese]

Honestly, what really pisses me off about The Devil Complex (aside from the racism and the misogyny of the writers' room) is that it COULD have been the beginning of SUCH an interesting arc for Fitz, because he could have been paralleled with Ward. The Devil Complex could have been Fitz's version of Ward's well story, except Fitz could have made amends and accepted responsibility where Ward continued to be selfish and to shift the blame. It would have been SUCH an interesting character arc to explore (and it would have been a great mirror to Ward in season one, too, especially as it would have taken place in a season that the writers thought would be the last). I genuinely think Fitz would have emerged as a stronger character for it and it makes me mad that he was never given a shot at redemption in the following seasons.

[just-tryina-live]

Fitz Alignment chart. can’t decide on ‘Horrible person, loved by fans’

[theskyeisup]

AU in which Jiaying watches over Daisy from the afterlife, and when she sees what happens in The Devil Complex she returns to the world of the living through sheer power of How-Dare-You-Do-This-To-My-Daughter-You-Whimpy-Little-Bitch.

Daisy is confused, everyone else is panicking, and Jiaying has to work through her genocidal urges if she wants to stick around (which she does. because despite everything that happened, she does love Daisy)

[fitzfallen]

"Forgive yourself. You did your best with what you knew at the time"

[jennastarkhasaheart]

i feel like there arent enough fics that just let daisy vent about what was done to her in 5x14. like, thats literally one of the worst things that can happen to a person, and most fics trying to deal with it just go the route of "yeah but you still love him too, so you should forgive him, and actually you need to do that if you want to heal". which. no.

obviously she does stil love him, and what happened so obviously isnt fitz's fault, but expecting daisy to just get over it for the sake of the family is not ok. and its what especially makes it so awful, because she does love him, and he so blatantly disregarded it in the worst possible way. she should absolutely rage and hate and not have to be the one who has to be understanding after THAT episode.

especially because she IS lucid enough to know that fitz isnt a villain and this isnt his fault. but that doesnt make the trauma of what he did just go away, and while everyone elses reactions are understandable and justifiable (may focusing on the mission cause if she doesnt shell break down probably, simmons just losing it a little, etc.), the end result is still that almost nobody is there and on daisys side.

not meant to be specifically calling out anyone, ive just been reading a lot of 5x14 fics and ive been noticing a theme.

[thingsasbarcodes]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5x14 - The Devil Complex

[moonlayl]

Time can heal, but this won’t

[tivajunkie]

Sometimes May and Coulson act so married I forget that they actually aren’t.

Like that time Coulson goes “I don’t want to air our dirty laundry out in front of the bad guys.”

And May replies with what is essentially “gee thanks, honey.” She doesn’t actually say honey but you can absolutely hear it in her response.

I mean. Married.