Do you think vanya should be held accountable for her actions? Because yes the apocalypse happening was all of their faults but five was blamed and apologized but vanya didnāt but the reason why five time traveled was because of the apocalypse anyway? Am I making sense? Lol
Yeeeeah. Thatās sorta a complicated one lol
I mean, on one hand, she sorta did apologize.
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I think the reason Vanya didnāt really get blamed all that much nor did she apologize all that much was because well, she didnāt remember for most S2. But, especially in her interactions with Ben at the end, we can see she did hold a lot of remorse and guilt for what she did. Yes, Vanya did make mistakes like the rest of them, but I think it was important that she found forgiveness and understanding with her siblings. After all, being an outcast and being treated badly was a part of what drove her to the state where she ultimately lost control. I think it was important that the siblings did sort of learn that lesson.
However, that being said, I do personally dislike the way they handled Vanya in S2. I think the amnesia plot was a disservice to her arc, the arc of the previous season, and the overall emotional arc in general. Vanya was an absolute mess at the end of S1 but they effectively swept all that under the rug for a while in favor of the lighter more comedic tone. They threw a ānew timeline new meā line in and didnāt hardly deal with any of the emotional fallout of S1. They did eventually try to bring it back around but it didnāt happen until the final act and it felt incredibly rushed and half done.
Basically, I think they needed to allow more room to deal with the aftermath of what happened in the apocalypse. Vanya needed to properly heal. Everyone needed to apologize and everyone needed to make amends. Everyone needed to acknowledge their mistakes.
But sadly we didnāt get that, which could partly be why some of the blame was shifted to Five? Because they couldnāt blame Vanya.
[The other thing is, I donāt agree with the way they all blamed Five, but itās also possible that he was blamed more because Five and Vanya have very different roles. No one is looking to Vanya for answers, especially not amnesic Vanya. Sheās not actively pushing to stop the apocalypse. But Five is, he takes on the huge responsibility of being the driving force, and as a result gets blamed when things go wrong.}
This is turning into a very convoluted answer, but basically I think what they all really need is to stop playing the blame game. Itās not going to help anyone at this point, so really they all need to chill and work together.
As for Vanya, I donāt think she needs to be āheld accountableā so much as she needs to hold herself accountable. She needs to come to terms with her powers and what sheās capable of. To deal with the fact that she can and has caused immense destruction and death. And not necessarily in a self-destructive/self-hating sort of way, but in a responsibility sort of way, in a way that yields growth. That allows her to acknowledge her mistakes as well as her trauma. She needs to learn to truly control and understand her powers and understand herself. Thatās when she will stop being the ābombā and reach her true potential.
I think what we needed for Vanya in S2 was a lot of self-discovery and reflection, but we didnāt really get that because she spent most of the season not even remembering who she was.
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