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#this#no one ever demands izzy apologise to the crew#izzy is a liar and equivocator#he blows with the wind#covers his own ass#no Redemption Arc in sight
Izzy Defenders always act like Izzy went directly from the S1 finale to Unearned Cuddle Puddle. No! S1 to S2 is one of the only times we have a concrete elapsed time counter given, and it's THREE MONTHS! At the beginning of that, Izzy, who AGAIN was DELIGHTED and smiling and gleeful at the end of S1, 100% continued his S1 behavior of physically assaulting the crew (seen in 1x2 and 1x4), doing homophobic bullshit (seen in 1x5), denying crew food rations for the tiniest of slights (seen in 1x9), doing racist bullshit (seen in 1x9), bitching and whining at every task Ed gives him (seen in 1x3), disobeyed Ed's orders to do a power grab for himself (1x6 and 1x9), embracing colonialism when it suits him (1x6 through 1x9), lying for his own gain (see all of s1), screaming unhinged emotional abuse and threats at Ed for no damn reason (seen in 1x4 and 1x10), and so on. The only thing that changed in Izzy's quest for power and control in S1 (his only storyline) was that he found out he couldn't keep power on his own and needed Ed to shield him (seen in 1x9, boiling over to the 1x10 confrontation, which was disturbing and violating, not "fucking hot"). This behavior absolutely took up much of that three months, including the escalation of emotional abuse toward Ed to keep his own power. Why no "Izzy traumatized Ed and the crew"?
Even after he was "good" (lol?), he still thought his obsessive desire for control over Ed was "love" (2x1), passed responsibility for his actions onto other people (2x3), violated boundaries (2x5, 2x7), still was a rude POS for no reason (2x5), still femmephobic and gross (2x5, 2x8), never integrated with the crew (2x5, 2x6, 2x7, 2x8) despite it being his alleged "found community", still was seemingly ok with colonialism if only they dressed more manly (2x8), still claiming ownership of Ed's accomplishments (2x8), never apologized at a point where he could show a real acceptance of his horrible behavior (2x8), and so on.
All the defense of Izzy depends on ignoring what he did in show and invent bullshit that makes Ed look horrible or hand Stede's accomplishments to Izzy (2x3, 2x5). Izzy was never kind to anyone. Izzy never tried to make amends for his behavior. Izzy never treated a single person with basic decency or respect. Izzy never made up for his S1 abuse or did any redemptive acts. Izzy was there as an example to demonstrate the goodness of others but showed no goodness himself.
But it's never "Izzy traumatized Ed and the crew."
