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I feel like Misty is the only Yellowjacket I can't defend. Number one, I don't love her character. She's just not someone I'd like to be around irl and the secondhand embarrassment I get from her is insane. But secondly, she's the only person in season one who intentionally hurt people. Both physically, and mentally. From the beginning she was out to do whatever helped her most. The other girls don't get that way until later, until they're desperate and hungry and so, so scared. Misty, though, from day one, was willing to do anything she could to get to the top. Not to say that I don't find her character interesting and I know she's important. It's just that I feel like I can't defend any of her actions. I don't like coach or Travis either, but I can still find a way to defend either of them. It's really just Misty.
When I made a TikTok about this it totally flopped so I'm posting here as well. Anyways, I think Shauna is comparable to Eve from the Bible. Jackie, of course, being the forbidden fruit. The one thing in the garden Eve couldn't have. Shauna wanted to be Jackie so badly, she ate her to know what it was like. Not to mention the symbolism in the feast scenes. Shauna being the first to eat? And one of her fruits being a pomegranate, which in some tellings is used instead of an apple? Come on. Ben, of course, in this scenario, is God. There's also the potential of Shauna being Judas, and Jackie being Jesus. The betrayal, the inability to live without each other. And there's the Christian faith tradition of "consuming the body and blood of Christ". It's very comparable to the last supper. The religious imagery in this show is absolutely wild and if it continues on this path I'd honestly love to see which girl represents which disciple. I have a few ideas already but I need to do some research first.
I hope coach dies of natural causes. I hope the girls just leave him. Not even eat him. Completely leave him there. He did this to hurt them, and not only did they survive, they survived mostly unscathed. That he hurt these girls he used to care about, that cared about HIM, for quite literally nothing. It didn't save him. It didn't keep them from hurting again. Just left them all without shelter and warmth. I hope he goes slowly. And realizes that it wasn't the girls that did this to him. That it was his fault that he was dying. That it was his fault that he didn't make it out.
100% agree. sister Michael would've probably joined Lottie after a while just for shits and gigs and I respect her for it. Ben would be left alone with Orla for about 20 seconds and jump out a window.
Sister Michael could have handled the yellowjackets but coach Ben could not handle the Derry Girls
Jackie was TIRED of hearing about that damn leg
Coach Ben: I wanna show you a picture from last night that really upset me
Nat: Ok, but in my defense Shauna bet me 50 cents I couldn’t drink all that shampoo
Coach Ben: That’s not what I wanted to- You drank shampoo?