Thank you for being the most level-headed person I've seen handle the finale so far. I feel like the whole point of this season and maybe even the show is to challenge reality, emotions, perspective. David and Syd are both a little fucky and the WHOLE POINT is putting characters into question of good and bad, but to be human is to be complex
Aw, well thanks. Itās a really difficult show to get without a lot of rewatching and thought, especially in a culture where stories are rarely presented in a surreal, cryptic, or morally complicated way. Weāre used to putting characters into little boxes and if they stray out of them, we tend to disapprove. A lot of people look at the world in a very literal way, and the nuances of this show can escape them entirely. Some people canāt even get the concept that āYou drugged me and then had sex with meā was an illustration of the situation that Syd was making for David and not a literal accusation.
Iām an INFP (yeah, I know just...go with me here) which means Iām always thinking about subtext and the figurative aspects of what Iām looking at in fiction. My mind takes this particular show in wild possible directions and I seem to have no control over it, but once I got a handle on the actual story arc, it seemed pretty straightforward really. The problem is that the supposed āsane man in an insane worldā theme of S2 is kind of misleading of Hawley, I think. I donāt think David or any of the other characters are supposed to beĀ āsaneā orĀ āinsaneā, whatever those words mean.
