I just readed the anon that said the most raging hateful stuff about Sara to you and I never felt more disgusted, repulsed and appalled to read so much misogyny in vitriolic, nearly violent ways - literally i've seen two people here and on twt saying how they hope she dies - now ofc god forbids that happens but i truly wonder if everyone would also cheer the hell of it as much as they laughed, ridiculed and cheered her mental health crashout on IG last year.
That right there is cold hard proof that this type of hatred and violence towards women in rock is still alive and well. I find Sara unlikeable most of the time and even unreliable. I see her flaws, wrongdoings and faults hell i understand sometimes why people believe she played a significant role in the breakup years of the band while at the same time i understand why at some point she tried to keep Noel away from the toxicity of his dynamic with Liam specially with the passport incident, hate on her all y'all want for this one but if you have a boyfriend cheating on you with his brother and you find that as the only way y'all would have done worse so its funny how biased you get on her ass for that right there. Yet i am capable to see that she's not this...demonic villain that 99% of the fandom still tries to paint her as till these days. Is she bitchy, unstable, erratic, impulsive, shady, shallow, vindictive? sure.
However, these people keep forgetting that neither Noel and Liam are these...fragile innocent little things either on this situation they so believe they are and that they can also be as insane, narcissistic, manipulative and erratic as Sara, specially Noel. Frankly i can't feel sorry for whatever the way Sara treated Noel because if anything, Sara on those sides was the closest Noel got to karma for how awful and much worse he treated Liam and yes, even Meg.
The three acussations circulating around here and twt this summer of her forcing Noel "to have an ED", "that she never loved him" (idk if thats cause there has been many new fans joining since the reunion but in the old days i still clearly remember them from 2003 till at least 2016 looking happy with eachother till thing slowly went downhill after 2017 or her "abusing him" just because she criticized his songs are beyond ridiculous. If she was out there blindly worshipping the ground of Noel and whatever he did at his arrogant peak they'd also call her "stupid" for it. Its like they all expected her to be his mental health or rehab recovery center which is anothet typical sexist narrative too. Literally god forbid her existing lol.
The most tyring part is that if you debate this properly with this people, yes from normies to gcesters (not you tho you seem to be one of the few people who has treated Sara with the deserved nuance and i appreciate it), they quickly get mad and start shit. Again, i definitely am not fond of her and i certainly do not condone her following the TERF, anti-vaxx and really unacceptable agendas. I accept that towards the drama between those two she acted in unpalatable even nasty ways that make it difficult, sometimes impossible to stand with her.
However, for all these fans to act like she was this monstrous entity that "tore Noel appart, put him through so much" who "ruined Liam's life" when there's severeal proof of them acting and doing so much worse than her, is a sign that we haven't progressed at all from the false Yoko Ono curse in the name of infantilizing white old men on this ideology that they are uncapable of doing wrong which is really sad if you ask me.
Even sadder considering that Sara stopped being part of the picture after the divorce yet her name keeps being this dragged in such degrading and unjust ways but praising Liam for those things he does to the point he gets deffended quickly.
I am not sure why people think Noel (and Liam) are such innocent and victims of evil women. Perhaps it's because I remember those times, I am a fan since the 90s, how Patsy and Meg were treated. It was horrible. So I do not have that image of the 2 poor men, who found themselves in the spiders webs. Not a chance. And while I was happy Noel found a "good" girl in Sara (at the time), I then realise how bad he was with Meg. That's probably why I don't like how she is treated by the fandom to these days.
I think the romance of Noel's words, Liam's "cheeky" banters on twt, and other things make people see a distorted reality. Those 2 have said and done things that none of us would easily forgive to our partners, or even friends.
Yet, I cannot step away from the music. I still love Oasis and some of their solos (love Noel's but less Liam's solos). But I am not blind. And I am glad it's not just me.
I appreciate your words. I often say I don't like Sara much (the image we saw and have been given, because we truly do not know her), but I think being Noel's gf and wife was not that easy. People get stuck to the golden part of it. Money, fame, good life, celebrities parties etc, but there's a bit more. Being alone, cheated, not having emotional support raising the kids. These are just tiny bits I have seen in comments and posts. And with a brother in law hating you publically. She is probably not a saint, but I cannot justify that hate. It's sickening.
And I am aorry to say that, but the longer time passes, the more I see Noel's revenge hidden in plain sight. Not a word, and will never be, saying she's not to be blamed. Because you can bet she had some influence but she's not the responsible person for the break up etc. At the end, I think Noel controls everything. Yeah, he could have sometimes bended for love, but he has the ultimate word. He simply decided it was time to move on and it was the best time since he was divorcing. The reunion has been convenient for him. It comes with the bonus of Sara's been vilified. That doesn't mean he is not over Sara. I doubt he still loves her. But he enjoys the rethoric that she was the evil one, and he is the good spirit (that's my speculation).