So I actually completed my new chapter & posted it to AO3! As I have said before, I don’t love this one. In fact, I almost abandoned the fic. But I want to move the story forward & get to the fun part. Like Robert Frost said, the only way out is through!
https://t.co/zunZvvM9Gr
thinking about the 303 homophobic bracelet again and how it kinda represents the way shauna sees jackie's views... it spares akilah bc shauna sees her as straight & unproblematic, hurts van because gay & jackie was beefing w/ her, and garottes shauna for many reasons. BUT—
why was this show so scared to show that jace and baela were romantically interested in eachother ????? and the second he’s dead she’s kissing her 40 yo uncle ?? like seriously i’m so annoyed
the room after her death.Just like the rabbits:an impression of Jackie, but never truly her. But Shauna’s attic room was *her* space down the F You message on the Lite Bright. The version of the picture there is less performance & closer to the true experience of the moment imho
This is so interesting b/c I feel like Jackie’s bedroom isn’t a personal space… at least not for Jackie. It is yet another space where she performs for others- her mother w/ the Laura Ashely bedroom set, Jeff w/ the faking, the perfect teen magazines… the continued existence of
jackie’s being more platonic while shauna’s is more intimate… jackie’s being boxed in a picture perfect frame while shauna’s is allowed room to breathe… the performance of their sexualities and relationship with each other even within their own bedrooms and personal spaces…
@dyk3tte I am so so sorry, friend. If I can help, always feel free to reach out. I probably won’t have any sage advice, but I am always happy to listen!
@simplysimplid The prom overlapped with nationals. I would be shocked if they even had more than a couple of weeks before finals. It would be cruel to force the seniors back to repeat the year. The underclassmen like Melissa, Travis & Akilah would likely have to return or do a GED.