đâď¸ good stuff, good stuff
Considering you haven't read the comic or Fever Code, I can say that Ava Paige is....honestly a little creepier than she is in the movies. And some of her decisions are like. Whoa, girlie. Like, I want her to Explain The Thought Process.
And yyyeeeeaahhhhh I don't think Dashner put that much thought into how All That looks, especially Rachel and Teresa (then again, this is also a man who used the term "fairy moon princess" so.) and Ava's gendered favouritism.
Then again, almost all the canon material is Thomas's POV, so we don't 100% know if Ava Paige is that obvious or if he just perceives it that way. I mean, in TDC film, to me it seemed like Teresa was being groomed to take Ava's position one dayâgiving a presentation to a board(?), her dress style, working on Minho personally. I think Thomas is, much like Teresa, the one bit of "softness" she allows herself. In a cold, logical way, she knows he's too stubborn and heartful to take over like Teresa could, but she still wishes he would come back into the fold. But her focused, hardcore attention is on her heir apparent, he's just oblivious to that fact. Like Obi-Wan missing Anakin's descent to the Dark Side.
But I like how you think with Rachel! See, that's why I love throwing ideas at you, you Get It. That makes my other idea work much better. I was juggling two scenarios, and you made the decision a snap.
thank you, thank you <3 you flatter me too well 𼰠always happy to help
and like, i totally get why Dashner made the decision he did because itâs something a lot of white authors do as a belated fix when realizing or being told how White their main cast is. the intention was there, i feel, to diversify and combat Dashnerâs own biases (which i also personally argue is felt in tmr-tdc in how he attempts to even gender of the cast while still faltering at writing the women anyway). however, slapping in a Black character is not a one and done deal. there is a whole other well of intersectionality he opened simply by retconning Rachel (who, already had neglected implications/gendered interpretations on being Thomasâ gender swap mirror) as a Black character
like. this shit does not exist in a vacuum. A for effort in trying to circumvent your own unconscious biases but, Dashner, you still missed the huge elephant in the room of what this even means for Rachelâd character and WCKD as a whole
i definitely think the movies lean into Ava grooming and mentoring Teresa to take up the mantle of her place. like, Teress is her successor. 100% that was Avaâs goal in tdc at the very least. she knew Teresa understood and would make the calls she would make when it came to their search for a cure. Teresa was no Thomas, sure, but Thomas has since shown Ava that he is a lost cause in taking up her leadership role. that doesnât stop her need for control to just have Thomas im her sights either to prove or use him with the help of Teresa, who is still naive in this aspect that Thomas would ever change his mind, but Ava used that hope anyway. at least, in my opinion
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