TW for slight transphobia* and racism
I will post Flint’s apology as a whole scene, but now I want to talk about how I dislike Annette and how well she is written as a character. Like, she is not *evil*, I can't even say she is a bad person or a bad mom, she clearly loves her child and has her own serious issues, but. I want her to shut the fuck up and never say things like this about Flint (and other people who aren't white, cis and straight, for real). "My non-binary Native assistant", what the actual fuck. You don't care about their talents, not to mention their feelings.
(I haven't actually seen "non-binary" written like this, with a short dash between, I always use "nonbinary" for myself and I constantly see others do the same... please tell me is this spelling right)
I'm glad my boy doesn't support her!
(I also hope there will be an opportunity to tell her everything I feel about her perception of Flint!)
What disgusts me more is the fact that Flint knows all this, but they choose to hold on to this job >< No, don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not mad at *them*, I'm mad at situation where seeing a nonbinary (and Native) person as some kind of novelty and "token diversity" is something normal.
Annette, don't pretend you care about people, when you don't treat people like, you know, *people*.
The reason why Flint was kind of a jerk towards my Isaiah is heartbreaking 💔💔💔 "have some fun with the latest addition to his mother's collection"... my dear, my beloved, did people actually do this to you? 😭 My boy would never. Because he is, you know, a decent person and not an asshole in searching for exotics. I want to hug Flint. I want to hug them so tight and give them all love in the world, because they deserve it.
To sum up: I have so many problems with Annette, I want to tell her off (and to fuck off from Flint, they deserve a better boss), but I really appreciate that she is written as a, well, regular person. It's very easy to believe she is real, because I, a nonbinary person myself, have seen people like her and people who are much worse than her. A lot of people. I say I appreciate how Yim wrote her because she isn't some villain or at least antagonist, who are "allowed" to have dubious morality, but just another character. She even is dear to main character.
*I know Flint said they're not trans (personally I consider myself both nonbinary and trans, but I know there are nonbinary people who don't), but I believe that transphobia is aimed at all people who aren't cis one way or another, transphobes don't care about our labels and our views on our gender identity. If you don't agree with me, I’m open for a polite and respectful discussion.
P.S. I like Isaiah’s haircut in a scene with Flint very much, and I *love* the fact it was possible to make a male MC wear a makeup, just look at these eyeshades, my boy is so queer.
P.P.S. I also appreciate that all choices that improved (romantic) relationship with Flint that were before this scene weren't written as some kind of pursuit of them and were more like as just... spending time with them.