西西，＜我城＞

And in come Augustus Waters, the Designated Love Interest. Yes, of course that’s who he is – look at the way he’s being described. He’s strong, older, codified indomitable. He’s not just got poor posture, it’s aggressively, purposefully poor. More than that, he won’t stop staring at her all the damn time. From the male gaze to his appearance to the machismo, Waters smacks of hyper-masculinity, and not in a good way. Of course he’s the love interest! This is so heteronormative. If he turned out to be Kevin Khatchadourian it would not surprise me in the least, is all I’m saying.

Isn’t this massively ableist? Making taking the elevator down a ‘Last Days’ thing is also flawed, since some people are far from Death’s door and need the elevator anyway (e.g. people in wheelchairs and people with chronic illnesses saving spoons). Saving your breath is okay!

How did she come to this conclusion? She’s essentially driven the focus of her own possible death onto her parents for… martyrdom? Is this yet more of the apathy we’re coming to expect from her or something else?

i love ms. weiss.