Between her and Betty Draper, I was absolutely confused when I heard people were hating them. "Did we watch the same show(s)?" I'd ask, looking around at comments on whatever website. The only things they did wrong are thinking their husbands were acting in their families' best interests or not being complete pieces of shit.

Skylar especially couldn't leave because Walt may very well have her killed if she tried. By the end of the show, I doubt Walt even cared about his kids except as extensions of himself. And all Skylar knows is Walt was involved with her brother-in-law's murder. What even is she supposed to do in that situation?

Subtext is for cowards I guess.

[–] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Did we watch the same show(s)?"

This is my exact reaction when I read that shit, it makes me feel like the detractors aren't actually engaging with the art in front of them. They're just weaponizing it against whoever the "other" is at any given time without actually thinking about what they just watched

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah they just use it as wish fulfillment, rather than absorbing any kind of message the creators might have for them. They get mad when there are characters or people IRL who interfere with that wish fulfillment.