#killfitz2k18

Ah yes, the same argument the Grant Ward fans used, how certain parts of fandom and especially Daisy should “let go” of what Ward had done (yes, in this case more serious stuff than Deke, like rape and 15 years of Nazism, but it’s the same argument). When a white dude behaves in an atrocious way the Agents of SHIELD fandom sees fans and other characters not immediately giving him a pass (like most of the fandom does) as them being too harsh or too irrational. 

Nevermind that we had to deal with “Trip is Hydra” for months, even though he had done nothing - nothing other than be a better romantic prospect for Simmons than Shitz. Nevermind that after May was raped by Ward people were complaining that she had been “too brutal” in their fight when she was trying not to get killed. Nevermind that Mack was labelled as “threatening” for merely talking to Simmons, and was branded “worse than Ward” for knocking Hunter unconscious once. And etc. Not even going into the shit this fandom has said and keeps saying about Daisy. Including of course how she was “full of hate” and “a bitch” for not forgiving the Nazi who abused her and threatened to rape her.

But no, the problem is that we are too harsh with a shitstain like Deke.

(He’s a young white dude, of course holding him accountable for his terrible actions is being “too harsh”)

We have to forgive a man who sold the heroine of color protagonist of the show into slavery, who then was flippant about it and complained that Daisy didn’t immediately forgot about it - i know, how rude of Daisy, not forgiving being sold into slavery.

We have to forgive a man who now boasts of having creepy “romantic” designs on the woman he sold into slavery. (And how much does this show and this fandom hate Daisy that this is considered an okay ship?)

We have to forgive a man that has shown no remorse for his actions selling Daisy into slavery for the sake of stopping her from saving a friend. He hasn’t apologized or reflected on why what he did was terrible.

We have to forgive a man who said that Fitz strapping Daisy to a table, cutting her open without painkillers and violating her agency is something to be proud of. (Let that sink in, and reflect on how much you hate Daisy if you think either Fitz or Deke should get a pass)

And yes I daresay that the people so bent on fandom (and Daisy) forgiving Deke are the same people trying to justify Fitz’s actions this season.

He’s always done this. He was an asshole to Simmons every time Simmons didn’t perfectly agree with everything he said. Ward was a Nazi and a murderer but when we didn’t know that Fitz acted snippy and offended around him because Ward had saved Simmons’ life, taking away Fitz’s “chance” to be the hero (Simmons’ trauma was just a missed opportunity for Fitz to display his manliness, imagine being this selfish, ugh). He justified stealing Daisy’s and Coulson’s blood and going behind their backs by getting snappy when Coulson called him out on that violation. He was a jerk to Trip for nothing, just because Simmons was romantically interested in him. He never even apologized to Trip for this behavior. When Ward was discovered to be a Hydra agent Fitz took it on Trip, Trip who had lost people he loved to Hydra, and then he defended Ward to Daisy’s face, right after Daisy had gone through the trauma of being kidnapped and abused by Ward.

Fitz has a tendency to punish people who have done absolutely nothing to him, being randmly cruel to his friends because he feels wronged in any way. It doesn’t matter what the other person had actually done. Plus he makes everything about himself, it doesn’t matter that it’s not about him at all (like when he got angry and victim-blamed Daisy for leaving the team because she had been abused by Hive and had lost a person she loved and thought she was putting the team at risk).

Remember when he was total garbage to Bobbi because Bobbi had committed that unforgivable transgressions that was keeping Simmons’ secret like Simmons wanted, instead of ratting her to Fitz? Yeah.

That’s just the kind of man Leo Fitz is.

He TORTURES Daisy and violates her agency and then he is a victim-blaming asshole to Daisy because Daisy dares to feel traumatized for it. Because Daisy dares to consider that a person who just tortured his close friend and justified it and shows no remorse has something wring with him and should be locked up.

Simmons betrays Daisy and emotionally abuses Mack for the sake of freeing Fitz and then she and Fitz manipulate a vulnerable Elena to do their bidding, but of course the person who should get the snide remarks and bad attitude is Mack, for daring to point out that some things are morally black and white (cause yeah, torturing and abusing your friends shouldn’t be a grey area) and that Fitz hasn’t been doing the right thing lately.

Fitz has never felt any remorse for the awful stuff he’s done, he’s selflish and doesn’t give a shit for others, so it’s logical and in-character that he would be bitter and hold a grudge against people who have noticed his terrible behavior. Him acting like this towards Mack is consistent with what the character has been doing for 5 seasons, but people didn’t pay attention cause he was the Loveable Misogynist white nerd.

mmm that reminds me of something...

of how a certain part of fandom argued that a Nazi and serial rapist had to be redeemed because a lot of abuse victims identify with him... even though he was an abuser and his past didn’t excuse his atrocities. But no we had to let people spew Nazi apologia and pro-abuse and pro-Rape Culture arguments and be racist all they wanted, even shitting on Ward’s victims 

Anyway it’s ableist to suggest that because he’s mentally ill Shitz shouldn’t be hold responsible for the hurt he selfishly cause to others. And it’s SUPER ABLEIST to imply his mental illness is the reason he is a remorseless torturer who blames his victim.

I know, how awful that we don’t want to see a remorseless torturer who has hurt the protagonist on the show on our screens anymore. How unforgivable that we want the show to kill off a terrible white man who has justified his actions to his victims’ face and who has tried to victim-blamed her. How uncalled for that we prioritize the protagonist of the show, a woman of color, over her abuser. (Again, it’s like when people harassed us for not wanting Grant Ward in the show, cause we were being hateful or something)

Of course people can put whatever vicious lie about Daisy they want in her tags and show zero sympathy for her pain and rush to defend the people who have mistreated her like Fitz and Simmons.

But we go too far if we ask for the death of a problematic white dude in the ANTI TAGS. (and I love this flashback-to-2014 of people vague-posting about us after going into our clearly tagged blogs to put apologizing bullshit)

Remember when he and Simmons stole Daisy’s and Coulson’s blood after being explicitly told by both Daisy and Coulson not to do it?

And Coulson asked for an explanation for that transgression?

What did Fitz do?

Shift the blame.

He told Coulson that they had stolen the blood because Coulson and Daisy had been keeping secrets from the team.

Nevermind that it was secrets they had every right to keep, about their own bodies, not the team. Nevermind that Coulson gave them good reasons not to share that blood with anyone, because it was actually dangerous. Nevermind that even if he hadn’t it wouldn’t matter, it was Coulson’s and Daisy’s blood, and no one had the right to share it, it was a clear violation.But of course the Mayo Twins knew better what should happen to the blood than the people the blood belonged to. (It’s particularly egregious that two privileged white fucks pay no attention to the desires of a disenfranchised woman of color about what to do with her own blood, but it was in character with FitzSimmons’ classist/racist treatment of Daisy during s1)

Caught in this violation and betrayal (they had stolen the blood AND were communicating about it behind the team’s back) Fitz doesn’t apologize or give a decent xplanation. He BLAMES it on the victims of the betrayal, claiming it was their secrecy what had forced him and Simmons to steal the blood, not their own arrogance and disregard for other people’s agency.

This was SEASON ONE. 

But it’s a great example how Fitz always shifts the blame to others (many times his victims) when he does something terrible. It’s not a ew thing, it hasn’t happened because of his brain injury or because of his experiences in the Framework (which, the Framework was his fault, but nevermind). 

It’s a character trait.