carol having sex with zosia is weird even if zosia did initiate it because zosia as the hivemind is like. everyone. and also commandeering a body that doesn’t belong to them. amplified by carol ODing the same body she later has sex with. albeit in one case trying to save the world, and in the other under an immense amount of pressure and manipulation, there are lots of consent issues. i have a feeling real zosia won’t be too pleased with all this and will honestly be traumatized in the aftermath.
there is no but or however, just an acknowledgement of the grey area that carol sturka lives in. because i don’t think carol is necessarily thinking about it too hard, or she is actively trying not to. she can acknowledge that mr diabaté is fucked up for what he’s doing but because of her lack in an active role within her exchange with zosia, can’t apply that own logic to herself. especially because she can’t help but individualize hivemind-zosia, see her as a single entity that loves her, as the last bit of helen left on this earth. she acknowledges the real zosia as an existing entity, but refuses to even think of the concept of zosia being straight— and the hivemind appeases her by following her lead in using gender neutral pronouns.
here is the unfortunate reality: it is very likely that zosia is straight because otherwise the hivemind would have just used she/her pronouns. it is also hard to see carol as a violater because of how intensely the hivemind manipulated her into seeing zosia as, essentially, helen. but zosia, the body of zosia, the human being of zosia, has the least amount of agency in this situation. has no agency whatsoever. and i am so excited to see how this show addresses that