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There’s the Valerie Armstrong interview I was dreading. Yup. Yup yup yup. She fucked up HARD. I understand why Patty and Allison couldn’t just get together all easy. It *would* have felt off, and codependent, and toxic, and if anything just *too clean*. If Patty was supposed to fall out of love at some point in season 2 and stabilize into something platonic, then the writing failed. If Allison wasn’t supposed to be aware that Patty had romantic feelings for her, the writing failed. If Allison wasn’t supposed to be queer, THE WRITING FAILED. Valerie says it would have been codependent, and then calls their friendship “a lifeline”. Like that’s not also fucking codependent. Like it’s not fucked up to end with a friendship where one friend is CLEARLY FUCKING IN LOVE WITH THE OTHER AND THE OTHER IS EITHER SOMEHOW IGNORANTLY BLISSFUL OF IT OR IS INDULGING IT. It’s not just that I wanted them to kiss, or there’s not enough gay couples in television to justify this. This shit makes Allison a worse person because how can I NOT see her as a less bad version of Lisa Fazzolari at the end. It makes Tammy a worse person because through all her faults at least I thought she was right that Allison and Patty were having an emotional affair while lying by omission to her about it. It makes me feel less confident about fucking SAM because if I could take his last scene with Patty as “I know you love her, go get her” then I can COMPLETELY say he was over Allison. Jesus fucking Christ, what a shit show of an ending. Knew I should have fucking waited for this show to be entirely finished before I picked it up. Least then I could “aw shucks” it and fully engage in Death of the Author.
Further thoughts on the Valerie interview
It’s not even the Pattison part that’s bad (at this point if she hasn’t said anything about the bisexual jacket then it has to be a fluke or an easter egg, not characterization). The whole thing was bad. The part about Pete not being redeemed and just doing his own sitcom in Florida was good. The assessment of Sam was good. But my god was she hard on Neil, to the point of going “can people really change?” when all he does in the finale is slowly change, when Sam says that and Patty refutes it. Remember, Valerie wanted to kill Neil at the end of season 1 and got talked out of it. And, even for people who still don’t feel bad for Neil (I disagree, but I also completely understand) her assessment of Allison is so cruel. Other characters were so hard on Allison, especially in season 2, and I thought the POINT was that they were being too hard on her. But she’s calling episode 1 Allison “mired in her own personal drama” and “too self-centered”. I defended the choice of Kevin’s ending to be of his own making, because I said that if episode 1 Allison tried to get a divorce he would have destroyed her. She needed to break free the way she did. Neil needed to get a bottle to the head. But the way she describes episode 1 Allison it makes it sound like really all Allison needed was self-confidence and self-worth and everything would have been fine! There are people who worked on the show I am definitely paying attention to. Besides actors, Sean Clements is a big one. But Valerie? Nah, I don’t give a shit what she does next.
Valerie, if you're describing a friendship as a "lifeline" you aren't the best judge of codependency.
As someone who tried to get through Yellowjackets, liked Ginger Snaps, read the plot of Jennifer's Body and didn't bother, watched the episode of Monsterland with Kelly Marie Tran, among other examples I can't think of right now or ones too recent for me to want to spoil, concluding Patty and Allison's relationship with "Well it would be codependent so it won't ever happen ever" is nothing new. I guess neither died?
I received two cosmic signs in December telling me I need to get back to my writing in the form of an inexplicable unopened roll of Dunkies plastic cups manifesting at work, and looking up from Ao3 on my phone at Starbucks to see the name of the company that made their sign: Pattison.
Should probably get back into it before I get doused in menthol syrup or something
Allison, taking a swig of brown liquor: It's like, what does she even need two n's for anyways? I do just fine with my one little n. And some people don't have any! You! You deserve an n!
Patty, using all of her processing power: But... I don't want to be Panty...
She gave up everything to protect me. And now that I'm left here without her, I don't feel better off. I just feel… left.
Alicia Florrick & Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife) • Allison McRoberts & Patty O'Connor (Kevin Can F**k Himself) (1/4)
I'm not very good at talking. I never have been, but… I do need to say this. My time with you as your friend was, was the best I ever had.
Alicia Florrick & Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife) • Allison McRoberts & Patty O'Connor (Kevin Can F**k Himself) (4/4)
I'm not very good at talking. I never have been, but… I do need to say this. My time with you as your friend was, was the best I ever had.
Alicia Florrick & Kalinda Sharma (The Good Wife) • Allison McRoberts & Patty O'Connor (Kevin Can F**k Himself) (2/4)
I'm not very good at talking. I never have been, but… I do need to say this. My time with you as your friend was, was the best I ever had.
Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here? - Ocean Vuong
Allison McRoberts and Patty O'Connor KEVIN CAN F*** HIMSELF (2021)
