Where it all went wrong: Fiona ( or I......am drinking wine again)
So I've been seeing criticism about Gallavich shippers, the claim is that we only care about Mickey and Ian and that there are other characters in the show. But here is the thing, When I first started watching Shameless when the show first came out? I loved EVERYBODY, is it true that Mickey ended up being my numero uno? Yes, but in the beginning? First few episodes? It was Ian, Carl and Fiona. That's right. I actually really liked Fiona.
So that's who I am going to start with, why I began to hate Fiona.
In Season 1 Fiona was complex, interesting and rich. I wanted to know her, follow her through and see where she ended up. She was a 21 year old girl taking care of her 5 other siblings because her father was a alcoholic/drug addict and her mother was gone. We are lead to believe that this has been going on since she was a child (confirmed in season 3), in the first episode we are basically told that she has low self esteem and uses sex as a means to feel good about herself ( the girl who gave it up in a Wendy's drive through. “You've done that more then once?!”). But even with her issues she was strong and independent and she loved her family and would do anything for them.
Now in the beginning (before season 4) I could excuse her neglect of her siblings, here's why: firstly she was 21 years old, when I was 21... I can not imagine having to care for 5 kids let alone 1! So when it comes to Lip and Ian, I get it. They are 16 & 15, in her eyes that is practically adulthood (she dropped out of school at 15 to care for her siblings if I'm remembering that right), Carl and Debbie are also at an age where they can..... theoretically be on their own a little bit. She is working as many temp jobs as she possibly can to keep her family a float, she isn't home all the time and lets face it, she has dropped a lot of her life to be able to provide for this family and I'm not judging her (yeeeeeet!)
Her relationship with Jimmy shows us our first glimpse of her being a “chaos addict” (which, why is it that the writers for some reason could foreshadow and create a semblance continuity for s1-4???) in that she doesn't decide to JUMP RIGHT ONE THAT JIMMY TRAIN until he shows her that he is a car thief. ANYway, my point is, S1 Fiona was where it was at.
Season 2 Fiona waaaas, OK, I didn't really understand the whole friendship with Jasmine and this is where we are introduced to the Shameless writers love for Character assassination! Here is a mini tangent – Jasmine started out in S1 as a helpful new friend, could I see the possible bisexual/lesbian angle? Sure. Did the show have to go that way? NO IT DIDN'T. This show has a way of being really...shitty when it comes to showcasing relationships. I'm sorry but I have had plenty of friendships where no one wanted to fuck me and vice versa. Anyways, it decides to make Jasmine a …. cheater and gold digger who is trying to set Fiona up with rich bachelors and who is also in LOVE with Fiona? When Fi has giving her absolutely nothing? I just hated that so much and it made Fiona kind of look like a jack ass?
ANY-ways (once again), I still liked Fi in Season 2 but she was... I didn't agree with her sleeping with a dude she KNEW was married, though that bit her in the ass and was generally amusing and just kind of shows the kind of girl she is (which, once again, no judgment). She sleeps around, shes kind of loose. She's SHAMELESS.
Season 3 is where Fi started to loose me a little bit. I wasn't a fan of how she was treating Jimmy/Steve in the beginning (then J/S became.... a weird cheater which, I just don't get why ANYONE in this god damn show can't seem to have a god damn conversation with their significant other?! Like I feel like even as secretive and emotionally fucked up I can be I would tell my boyfriend (if I was in J/S's place).... “Hey sooooo it looks like the cartel is upset that I'm not participating in my farce of a marriage so I'll have to go over there sometimes”) but she really redeemed herself with fighting for guardianship of the kids (Which later she doesn't give a fuck about).
Then lets look at Fiona's downward spiral, Season 4 opens with me saying “Fuck you Fiona” Because she doesn't seem to give ANY shits about her 17! year old brother who is missing. Now I don't hate Fiona for the coke situation. I'm going to state that now. What I do blame her for is the whole... sleeping with her boyfriend's brother thing.... WTF?! I....... just couldn't understand it, sure she wasn't super into Cup Mike, but REALLY Fiona? REALLY? I thought the whole thing was gross. Then the coke thing happened and that was a huge wake up call. I don't blame her, I've been both an Au Pair and a Nanny, you can't always have your eyes on kids and shit happens (though not shit as fucking ridiculous as that but not everyone has a dude just show up with random coke).
Then there is S5 Fiona whoooooo? Doesn't give a fuck about Ian? Not enough to visit him or anything. They go for a run ONCE that we see and other then that? She talks to Mickey the one time. That's it. And I mean the show could be making it seem that she might go on runs with Ian normally THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY SHOW US SHIT GOD DAMN IT. Her plot was also just about DICK holy shit?! Its starts with this new fucking dude Sean, who we are just introduced to out of no where (like the first thought I had was “Who the fuck is this guy?!”) then the Australian (….he's Australian, right?) singer, then Gus its just DICK AFTER DICK. Where did her plot gooooo? Like …. I feel like the Fiona back in S1- 3 wasn't the type of chick to let a Man or Men fuck up her life this much? Also not quite the girl to make such HORRIBLE mistakes?! She didn't let Jimmy/Steve manipulate her life, so why is it happening now? Why is her life all of a sudden all about men? Sooooo here is about where I check out. I checked the fuck out. She married this Gus guy out of NO WHERE and I was done with her and her story line. (also the whole Jimmy/Jack/Steve story line was bullshit retconning character assassination and I am not acknowledging it)
S6....... I don't really remember what her story was about because I couldn't give two shits, but she's dating Sean (Man do I need to re-watch...... I am currently re watching I'm at S1 E 3 soooooooo yeah) Then S7 she becomes a Mega bitch who abandons her family, demands they (even the underage ones) pay rent and........ fucks all the men on Tinder? Like...... man I don't even give a fuck, she gives shitty advice and is shitty and starts businesses out of NOTHING, FUCK YOU WRITERS ITS FUCKING HARD TO START A FUCKING BUSSINESS ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? None of the shit she is doing is ANYTHING she would be able to actually do and reality is non existent and I don't care. I'll admit this right here and now, I didn't watch any of Fiona's shit in S6., but I did in S7 and it was so boring I can't really remember what the fuck happened.
Sadly my growing dislike for her is infecting the previous seasons (1-3). Anyway.
