#likecharity

The innocence of the brother... So precious.

much to think about.

thanks, darling! :)

Tagging people is hard! If you want to do the thing, do the thing :)

Hmm, I interpreted that as ‘I experimented with [girls] for a bit’ and generally when people say they experimented with the same sex for a bit, past tense, it means they were curious but would consider themselves straight now. However if she meant ‘I experimented with [the pronoun game] a bit’ (which actually does make more grammatical sense) then that definitely implies she is bi. I still feel uncomfortable assuming she is though. I wish the Mr Robot writers could be less damn ambiguous wrt the characters’ sexualities sometimes!

Me too. Even though Shayla’s death was handled pretty badly (I’m torn on this because I don’t necessarily think it shouldn’t have happened, but the way it was done was pretty horrifying and a classic example of fridging a female character to further a male character’s development) and there were other instances of brutal violence towards female characters (Tyrell’s murder of Sharon was....one of the most uncomfortable things to watch), I guess at least it felt like there was some sort of purpose and they were minor characters. In S2 my trust was restored because I think they did such a great job with the female characters. But if they start killing off main female characters when it seems unnecessary there’s not really any excuse. And yeah, I’m starting to wonder whether I should lower my expectations too. Mr Robot is my fave show and I have a lot of faith in it largely because I know Sam Esmail had already planned out the entire series run over many years before it started, which means writers avoid doing things just because they’ve run out of ideas etc. However, I have to remind myself that just because Sam has a plan doesn’t necessarily mean it will always be good or especially always be good in terms of its representation of minorities/oppressed groups. The only way I would possibly be okay with Dom or Darlene or, god forbid, both, dying is if it both made sense and more prominent female characters were introduced to replace them. Even then it’s iffy. I’ll probably go wherever this show takes me but it would still be deeply disappointing. (Sorry my responses about this are so long!)

I KNOW. Seems like there’s been a lot of foreshadowing with Darlene on the show, and official mr Robot pages are posting stuff like ‘Darlene’s in trouble with the FBI and Elliot’s shutting her out, where is there left for her to turn?’ or something to that effect which also sounds ominous. With Dom there’s less stuff but I’m still concerned. I get that realistically more of the main characters would be dead because they’re all in so much danger 24/7, but this is fiction and they are all so interesting and fascinating and I care about them all. Plus it would leave us with a male-heavy cast (a white male-heavy cast at that) which I do not want. One of the refreshing things about Mr Robot in S2 was the prevalence of prominent female characters and how well-developed they were. Shows similar to this are generally so entirely male-focused. And I felt there was a lot of understanding of women in these portrayals, I don’t think I ever got that feeling of ‘oh, a man wrote this’ which I often do when men are writing female characters. Plus I saw someone point out that the only character deaths that haven’t been up-close and horrific and brutal (whether we see the death or the aftermath) have been those of straight white men (Cisco and Elliot’s father) which irks me a little.