Better Call Saul 3.02 “Witness”
Them: Of course I’m in a fandom. I’ve seen the gifs and edits.
Me who devours fanfics after getting a minor obsession:
It's a little frustrating sometimes seeing fandom's reaction (and I mean fandom at large, not specifically fandom on tumblr) to Jesse's involvement with Drew Sharp's death versus their reaction to Kim's involvement with Howard's death. A lot of it has to do with the fact that we, as the audience, have come to know and love Howard, and she was being very mean and unfair to him right before his death.
But the amount of blame given to Kim versus Jesse in those situations really doesn't make any sense. What Kim did to Howard was awful, but by Howard's own admission not something that was going to ruin his life. There was really no way that she could have anticipated Lalo's appearance, let alone his murder of Howard. The two incidents were completely unconnected. The same thing would have happened if they were on good terms with Howard and he just happened to be over for dinner that night.
Meanwhile, Jesse was actively committing a crime at the time of Drew's death. The death of an innocent witness was a very foreseeable consequence of their plan. They thought they had planned a way around it, but the fact that they made a plan specifically to try to avoid it proves that they went into the situation knowing that was a risk.
And Kim's "crimes" up until the point of Howard's death have been pretty minor - I think the worst part of the Ham scam was drugging Howard. But Jesse at the same point had killed someone (Gale) and been involved in several other deaths, on top of manufacturing a dangerous drug in the hopes of getting people addicted in order to make himself rich, without caring that it will kill some of them. Kim is in no way a morally worse person than Jesse. In fact, it's pretty ridiculous to even put them in the same ballpark
A big part of it is that the audience knows and loves Howard by that point, and Kim had been cruel and unfair to him prior to his death. Meanwhile, we don't know Drew Sharp at all, so his death doesn't hit as hard.
But it's also misogyny. I saw people arguing against any defense of Kim - that she was unforgivable. Meanwhile, I don't think I've ever seen anyone claim that Jesse was directly responsible for the murder of Drew, even though of the two situations are similiar, and even though Jesse arguably bears more responsibility because he knew this was a potential outcome. People even accused Kim defenders of letting her off too easy just because she was a woman
But the opposite is true - Kim is seen by some as more guilty than Jesse BECAUSE she is a woman. Women are thought of as naturally more moral and therefore held to a higher moral standards - men can't help themselves, but women can, and therefore are twice as guilty of any crimes. No one says Jesse is as bad as Walt, but I have seen takes that Kim is (although less so now that the finale aired).
Even in this post, I found myself several times hedging, making sure to point out that I know that what Kim did to Howard was very bad and she was very wrong to do it and she should have to face consequences. I never feel that urge when talking about Jesse, because I know no one is going to wag their finger at me about it. Why is wishing well for Jesse not controversial, but wishing well for Kim is?
Notice how when people "diagnose" or headcanon a fictional character as autistic, it's always a "cool", "stylish" character?
I don't see anyone saying Pryce from Better Call Saul might be autistic, but I sure find him more likely autistic than most autistic coded characters in media. But of course, no one wants to be associated to a squat cobbler type guy.
anyone else remember the emotional whiplash of seeing Bob odenkirk appear in little women and then Beth immediately dying? Well. Here's this.
Bob Odenkirk's first scene after heart attack
Better Call Saul: episode commentary 6x01
The first scene we see of McWexler in season 6 is actually the first scene Bob filmed after his heart incident.
anyone else remember the emotional whiplash of seeing Bob odenkirk appear in little women and then Beth immediately dying? Well. Here's this.
Victory fuck
Better Call Saul: episode commentary 6x07
Patrick Fabian: Can we talk about them humping over their win?
Ed Begley: The victory fuck.
Thomas Schnauz: I always hump over my wins.
Anonymous asked:
why do you think having an office with kim is so important to jimmy?
Three reasons:
- he has that complex from I assume previous wives about only being fun to sleep with and not worth any actual commitment.
- massive fucking trauma over his parents' failure to keep the shop going and by extension their marriage. Jimmy knows he's more like his dad than he wants to be, and is terrified of making the same mistake.
- there's also that subtext of just wanting a home. different from Kim's wanting safety and security because she had to run before the rent came, Jimmy wants to be loved and coddled.
