JAILEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! the 2nd one is for my friend avi for a secret santa :p its ummmmmmmmmmmm fantasy au jailey. i love them so much theyre so dear to me seriously my everythings.
sean: what does ‘take out’ mean?
milly: food!
hailey: dating.
zander: murder.
jake: all 3 if you’re not a coward!
the music club and the jomies eating at ✨stacy’s mamamia pizza✨ because jake just wants everyone to be friends:
jake: zander, can you pass the ketchup?
zander: jake, can you pass away?
milly to henry: don’t worry, this is normal.
liam: drew, are you in love with jake?
drew: what?! no!!
henry: well then why did you write “d+j” in hearts everywhere?
drew: it stands for depressed and jaded.
hailey, struggling to stand in a pair of 1 inch high heels for the competition: yeah- i don’t think heels are for me
jake, walking past in 6 inch high heels: WEAK.
jake, after episode 10: if i was going through something, would you be there for me?
luke: nope, absolutely not.
sean: i hope it sucks, whatever you’re going through.
milly: i hope it emotionally scars you for the rest of your life.
hailey: i hope you reach out to me so i can ignore you.
zander: i can’t wait to go to your funeral knowing i could’ve changed that outcome.
So I constantly see people calling Hailey a Mary Sue, and it truly irks me. Like I’m here for Hailey critiques because lord knows her character is all over the place.
But, by definition, she’s not a Mary Sue. And to call her one feeds into how grossly misused this word is in fandom culture.
When looking up the definition of Mary Sue you get the following: a fictional character, usually female, who is seen as too perfect and almost boring for lack of flaws.
Now, Haileys character is a lot of things. But it’s absolutely not flawless. Hailey’s hypocritical, she hotheaded (at least in the beginning of the show; which is really all I care about). And she makes mistakes. Continuously!
Also, never does the plot warp around her. Make her seem like some perfect angel. She does fuck up, and it is acknowledged.
While I really don’t like Hailey as a character, it’s because of her flaws. And that’s why she isn’t Mary Sue.