‎‎‎ ‎ lottie 𝜗𝜚

wolf I saw in a dream

so take me down to the river

and bathe me clean

—

It’s everywhere in this fandom, especially in TikTok comment sections where they infantilize the other Yellowjackets and say things like

“How can they possibly hang around Shauna after everything!”

It gets even worse when they start trying to prove that the characters in the show (especially their faves) actually despise evil, wicked witch Shauna, when in reality they all wanna make out with her

Like, Jackie in canon fell apart the moment Shauna rejected her. She acted like a pick me every time Shauna was within her line of sight 😂. She was stealing Valium from her mom for Shauna, she was throwing a fit every time Shauna wasn’t paying attention to her. Hell, even in her dying moments, she was hallucinating Shauna cradling her face and telling her she loved her.

Tai was running through the forest for Shauna, and offered to give her an abortion and father her baby. She chopped her hair and marched into the forest for Shauna. She marched through a blizzard for Shauna. She went to Shauna when she became aware of her sleepwalking in both timelines

Natalie was keeping count of Shauna’s pregnancy, and called Coach Ben when Misty fell apart. She held Shauna’s hands while she was giving birth. She let out a sigh of relief when Shauna wasn’t picked in their first hunt. Her final request to Shauna was to look into her eyes one final time. She went out of her way to spend time with Shauna in season 3. Shauna manages to get to Natalie where Tai and Misty fail, Natalie hugs Shauna when she sees her again in season 2

Misty canonically referred to Shauna as “one of the incredible women I owe my life too” and was the one to deliver Shauna’s baby. She sought out Shauna after Natalie’s death and only grew angry after Shauna repeatedly rejected her.

Travis chopped his hand open for Shauna during her birth after she assaulted him. Lottie was desperately attempting to father Shauna’s baby. Lottie came to Shauna after she was released even though she could’ve went anywhere else. She dressed her up as a wilderness bride for the love of God!

Van ran into a house full of toxic gas for Shauna, Javi followed Shauna around like a lost puppy, and looked for her specifically when drugged, Coach Ben gave Shauna a personal apology for abandoning her during childbirth. Melissa followed Shauna around and made out with her after Shauna threatened her life, and was so desperate to see her again she bought a new hat and sent evidence of murder to her doorstep.

Laura Lee flew an old ass plane partially to get her help. Coach Martinez fell out of the plane while putting an oxygen mask on her. Mari folded within seconds and gave up Coach Ben’s location the moment Shauna pulled out her season one voice. Akilah spent an afternoon making Shauna a crown

Mind you, they held hands and started chopping hair and praying to trees the moment she started bleeding the wrong way

Like, yeah they might scapegoat her and screw her over a lot, but they do not hate her they way you do.

And it’s really pathetic how hard you try to make your faves look cool by swearing on your life that they hate evil Shauna and would never willingly spend time with her.

This is at the core of Shauna's resentment of Nat's moral posturing throughout Season 3. She trusted Nat and believed in the good in her, enough so that Nat was the one to appear as her trusted confidant and support in her post-labor vision. She once viewed Nat as the grounded moral compass, but then she watched Nat eat her baby along with the rest of them. Unlike the others, Nat carried visible remorse. There's a look of clear guilt on her face, while the rest only appear hungry and crazed. But she still participated in the same unspeakable act. Remorse does not equal innocence. Even though the dream wasn’t real, Shauna still carries the visceral memory of it, the emotions attached to it, and the meaning she drew from it as though it were. When Nat tells Shauna, "You don't have to enjoy it so much" (about Shauna and Melissa maiming Coach Scott, even though Nat stood by and allowed it to happen) and Shauna fires back, "And you don't have to act like such a saint," all Shauna is seeing is Nat with her baby's blood smeared across her mouth, but with an expression that is "seemingly sorry."