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crown-ov-horns · 1 month

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I like that Yellowjackets went the "actually, the supposed mental patient is, in fact, a prophet" route.

It's the true horror for Lottie, the Wilderness being real. It's something inside, yes, but it's also a mystical force. It's everywhere. It's the true God (well, Goddess). It's so poetic, I love it. I could write a litany about it. The show executes the "actually, insanity would have been a comfort" trope so well.

I think, the Wilderness is a Lovecraft-level eldritch primordial entity, but folktale instead of sci-fi.

#if the show had no supernatural elements i wouldn't be half as interested in it #yellowjackets #yellowjackets fandom #yellowjackets thoughts 💭#lottie matthews #the wilderness #antler queen #diary pages #the wilderness is the goddess antler queen a shape she chooses to appear as #i will not accept arguments that no actually lottie is just mentally ill and everyone has mass psychosis #boring boring boring #i will not hear that it's a problematic trope either #i'm a completely insane and i LOVE it #yes I honestly prefer the term insane to mentally ill i could write a litany why #media without supernatural elements can only be lame #i'm not saying lottie isn't a prophet AND mentally ill by the way #that makes things even better because everything gets so complicated #i mean... a prophet must be a little bit mad #she has the holy person quality even when she's fully convinced she's just mentally ill #i mean... insanity would have been comforting because it's more innocent than a primordial bloodthirsty entity #that's also a part of you and that follows you once it touched you #it's comforting to think there are no such forces in the world #yellowjackets text posts

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