caitlyn

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this is rushed, i’m sorry.

i’m a women of colour. i’m a woman who deeply cares about the systems of what i was subjected to and love to see it discussed and how we can support each other through it. even if we can’t break the systems, we can find those to help and uplift.

the only reason why i watched the pitt is because i am a woman of colour. to see women of colour finally represent themselves in flawed manners and not be reduced to one thing is something i always wanted in media.

but you can’t trust a writer’s room where the majority of them are white. this kind of writing needed writers of colour or those who knows the kind of experience these characters have gone through.

yes, the ‘write what you know’ guideline isn’t the best thing, but sometimes it touches an emotional nerve on some people who went through that.

samira mohan is me in some sense. i’m empathetic, i get frustrated if people are not treated well, i advocate for people. hell, i’m not in medicine im someone who was surrounded by so many different people that acting prejudiced towards them gets me angry.

trinity santos is also me. i was hurt at some point and it’s clear i haven’t recovered from it even if i tried healing from it.

these woc, they’re not voodoo dolls to torture or to throw to the side. these are characters that people want to see. people that are like them.

ken kirby (john shen), ayesha harris (parker ellis), shabana azeez (victoria javadi), isa briones (trinity santos), sepideh moafi (baran al-hashimi), amielynn abellera (perlah alawi), kristin villanueva (princess dela cruz), laëtitia hollard (emma nolan), jalen thomas brooks (mateo diaz), alexandra metz (yolanda garcia), brandon mendez homer (donnie donahue), irene choi (joy kwon), and deepti gupta (eileen shamsi)

all of the actors of color are likely just as affected like supriya so think about it. almost all of them support palestine and are anti-ice

(all of this copy and pasted) from discord:

i will say, some of the characters who represent more complex issues are also at the risk of being handled like mohan. not just as actors but in the representation of their issues.

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Samira Mohan:

Mohan needs to be there as a doctor. To have her ending be absolute shit because fucking Wyle is leading the show, bound to be bad. Having a brown (where the actress is openly queer too) character leave the show, they HAVE to make her eventual departure a good one. She is something that Robby will never be as a mentor. She is something that Robby should've invested in instead of Langdon. Samira is that character where she's the heart of the show because her empathy is essential as a person and as a doctor. To remove that, you are not just disrespecting doctors like her, but also disrespecting those who advocate for individuals hurt by a system.

another thing, is that the other characters are also hinted to leave the show like samira. but their handlings of their arcs are already being set up poorly.

Dennis Whitaker:

To actually represent disrespected farmers is difficult. Because no one actually pays them any mind. He's already being disrespected because the writers seemingly have no idea how to handle his arc as someone who wants him to pursue rural medicine. While in character for Whitaker, is very bad execution because how they brought it up is so sudden and never hinted. Remember, he somehow represents classism. While great for the farming communities, it's bad because they literally have no idea what they're talking about. It's already hard as it is because classism is one of the hardest things to talk about if none of the writers have experienced it. Why not show him having more empathy for those who come from far away to get treated? No, they just gave him the dialysis patient and that's it and it somehow led to him being into rural medicine. He needs to have a good reason why he wants to go into it. But he does not.

Trinity:

She represents the physical side of horrible coping mechanisms. While its handled well, there is more worry of how her ending will go. Her best realistic ending is to either leave PTMC or completely change residencies because her skills are not as well built for emergency medicine. She is competent, but clearly her own mental fortitude isn't for the Pitt at all. Mental health, especially self-harm is a sensitive and rightfully so, scary topic to handle. A queer Asian-American struggling with mental health is very important to television. To show even the smartest and most competent are capable of breaking, but instead they're giving her a hard time and not allowing her to breathe as a person. I am someone who is also a queer Asian-American who struggles with mental health. I relapse in behaviors I hate even though I don't want to, even if it's mental based copings. If they somehow give her an unsatisfying ending where she doesn't seek help, it's basically demonizing/risking mental health representation among people of color.

Victoria Javadi:

Might have the best written ending because she could either be leaving medicine as a whole or choose a speciality on her own accord if it's not EM. She's also tricky because she's an Indian woman who falls into the medicine stereotype, so her ending is very much in the hands of very white writers. She has been at a risk since the beginning because she is admittedly one of the most unrealistic characters in the show. Intelligent, kind of lacking in emotional intelligence, she is a stereotype. I agree that she gotten better since season one, but she is still at very much a risk as a character. What is a good way to continue her character? We don't know. Because with how she's written and handled, we don't know.

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(tw: discussions of assault and negative coping mechanisms)

also tw: for discussions of assault and SA

langdon is making the change. that’s rare for addicts. some geniunely want to change because they realised they’ve hurt people they loved.

recovering addicts learn early on that not everyone will forgive them. it’s the way that langdon isn’t taking that too heart that’s affecting him as a doctor. his own personal feelings and agenda is making him perceive that he needs to actually be forgiven.

he wants robby’s respect and santos to accept his apology. no, he’d hurt them. it makes sense the one who discovered it and the one who raised him to be a competent doctor don’t forgive him. because he genuinely failed as one.

but it’s the fact he geniunely craves for approval that will affect his relationship with both robby and santos. santos already doesn’t respect him despite knowing how competent he is, and robby cannot see him in the same way.

he unfortunately lacks self awareness. santos never properly processed it and robby chooses not to.

would i say he deserves better? yes. would i say that both robby and santos choose not to forgive him? yes.

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i’m actually glad santos said that shit. she’s literally saying what everyone thinks. langdon should’ve been absolutely reported. he did a federal crime, harassed a worker (santos), and endangered patients all to get drugs.

it’s obvious santos said what she said. al hashimi overheard and will definitely change her tune. maybe to the point that she questions if langdon should be in this kind of emergency department where drugs like benzos should be.

langdon has more to say but santos has set her foot down. i’m with her, im sorry. i would only work professionally because how can you still trust him? he’s not the golden boy anymore but santos doesn’t know that. she doesnt know that robby absolutely doesn’t want him in the pitt anymore

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and the ice story line. i’m a daughter of immigrants and many of my friends are too. i was genuinely worried for the storyline because there were rumours of hbo wanting the writers to be neutral. they handled it better and made themselves anti ice.

showed how ice is genuinely a terror in any place that requires care/community. the hospital even sets down boundaries that anyone should be cared for regardless of status.

no, i don’t like how robby doesn’t make an actual attempt to humanise pranita even when mckay wanted her to call her daughter and javadi seeing she’s worried. yes, he made a good call to get them out, but still, he’s not humanising with pranita.

AND JESSE

HES A SWEET DUDE BUT JESUS

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and i geniunely hope emma does stay in the pitt after that assault. i think she’ll have a breakdown because it’s implied that she had been assaulted before (her convo with dana in 2x09). she’s a geniunely interesting character because she is actually implied to be a victim who never reported.

it makes sense with her people pleasing personality. she really tries so hard to be happy but her being so obviously open will hurt her and she did get it.

i feel like it’s a reoccurring theme that a nurse/doctor will be assaulted by patients or anyone to represent how so many people dehumanise them.

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this is just for emma and whitaker. im valid because i am also midwestern

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Dennis Whitaker

has tendencies to randomly say 'ope' whenever anyone bumps into him or accidentally bumps into a wall/counter

favorite culver's menu is the culver's deluxe

his preferred side is wisconsin cheese curds

is part of the majority that says 'pop'. santos and javadi gets his ass for it

mourns runza everyday

whenever winter hits in pittsburgh, santos makes him drive as he is genuinely so good at driving through the snow

Emma Nolan

mourns caribou coffee. didn't have them growing up but attending nursing school and needing caffeine got her hooked on it

was soooo torn up when there was no caribou in pennsylvania

is one of those midwesterns where she is kind of incompetent with driving in the snow (she opts to take public transit instead)

in high school, went to the culver's in her hometown to get either the malts or shakes with friends

struggles to choose between the butterburger and the spicy chicken sandwich, so she alternates every time she visits

can somehow endure the winter with less layers

Collective

both tries to convince the others to come back to illinois (the closest state from pa with culver’s) with them to try culver's whenever they are given a long break

they have an accent that gradually goes away the longer they stay in pittsburgh

for thanksgiving, they worked together to make a casserole. unfortunately wasn't received that well as dana and cassie were the only ones to like it

"well, i should probably get going!" only leaves an hour later after that goodbye