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ZEP thoughts
So... I find it entertaining to read several takes on ZEP. And though the “love triangle” as it was in s1 is sort over done & over, the two teams kinda still exist. Or rather... fans, who prefer Zoey with either of these characters exists. And another interesting thing I’ve notices is how most of Team Max wants Simon to get therapy & be happy & have storylines that focus on his character..so we’d get to know more about him (most Max fans do not dislike Simon’s character), many Team Simon fans dislike Max’s character. And I find the reasons WHY hilarious.
First: I am not a Skylar fan. I mean... just like with every cast member of this show (except “Joan”, “Mitch” & “Maggie”) I had never conciously heard his name or seen his work before. And though I admit he has one of the best voices (vocally) on the show, I cannot be called his fan. I like the character he plays on this show.
Second: I’ve expained in my past posts why I was Team Max. There was only one reason really why I could never support Team Simon. And that was the fact that the writers had Simon be in a relationship when his “emotional affair” with Zoey started. And the fact that it only got more serious after he had broken up, that didnt change...to me...how/when it started.
Third: I am a, so for me the “hotness level” of either character means nothing.
Third: It’d funny to me that he number one thing that fans, who dislike Max’s character bring up about why he’s a not likable character & should not be Zoey’s choice is that he chose to profess his love for her via the flash mob. Somehow the majority thinks that such a public display of affection is not Zoey’s style. But... isnt she her fathers daughter? Wasn’t her dads motto “bigger moments, bigger memories”? Didn’t she only complain about Max actually telling her via the song that he loves her, and never ever mentioned that she was upset about the way he chose to do it? Didnt she call it unexpected & amazing? Cause despite being a “closed off personality” she has also a “wild & messy side”, and we’ve seen how she’s uncomfortable in unfamiliar situations with strangers, but she is comfortable with things around people, whe knows. I think that a lot of the things we learned about Zoey in S1 tell us that our first impression about her is not correct...and that our assumption that this kind of big flashmob love confession is not her style, is not the whole truth. Cause yeah..it is 100% Max’s style, but maybe he knows her better than we do, so he knows she’d appreciate the “bigger moments/memories” theme?
Fourth: The second funny argument that fans, who dislike Max bring up is that he is not letting Zoey deal with her grief & pushes her into a relationship with alll his words & actions? While that may seem so... and be so... that he is the person, who pushes for Max/Zoey, then most of season 1 was all about Zoey avoiding dealing with the fact her dad is dying, denying it’s happening, displacing her grief emotions into everything else (taking on more work responsibilities, focusing on decising between two men in her life...)? Wasn’t she herself spending most of S1 pushing Simon into liking her? Wasn’t she rushing into a relationship with him instead of focusing on her dad & grieving? And letting Simon grieve, too? So I find it funny that fans claim she had not time for romance, when she herself chose to focus on it...instead of what she should have been focusing on all last season.
Fifth: It’s also a bit funny how it’s the same with S2. This time Zoey pulled the same move she pulled on Simon in 1x10 on Max. And they mutually decided to give it a try. She made the first move. And theY both thought she was ready (even if deep inside they probably did know that she wasn’t...)...despite just losing her dad, and the grief. But this time Max might have made a few moves (the shield ring, talking to his best friend about his new business plan), but he did not push her into a relationship. This was again Zoey’s attempt to avoid dealing with her grief & finding distractions...doing everything she could to run away from her grief. She was making the same mistake Simon did (he proposed to Jessica after his dad died, Zoey decided to start a relationship with Max after her dad died). And as they admitted in 2x03...they both probably knew deep down that she wasn’t ready, even if they both “thought” she was...
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UNPOPULAR ZEP THOUGHT
Sometimes I go through the ZEP show tags & be kinda stunned. About the Teams. (Team Max vs Team Simon vs...). Each side wants their team to “win”. And early S2 episodes made Team Simon unhappy, because Zoey chose the other team. But I cannot believe anyone being unhppy about that choice. I mean... who seriously wants their favourite to be chosen by that mess-of-a-character? I don’t find it “winning”, I find it “losing”.
I did not want & do not want team Max to win...
I did want team Simon to win...
Interestingly the character is so stuck that it’s boring (And no, I cannot relate. And no, I’ve never used others the way she does, because “grief”... And no, I’ve never been drunk & made stupid decisions (and unlike with grief...I do think it takes a pesonal experience to feel able to “connect” on this...). And no, having a TV character make “mistakes” & connecting based on that doesn’t make a character or story relatable. It’s teaching not be take responsibility for own actions. It’s saying, despite the end goal being that this cannot end well & she has to deal with the ramifications of it all at one point, that it’s “humn”, so it’s okay.
Remember when in S1 you think she can use her brain & analyze things:
“I’m starting to realize that…problems don't just go away if I ignore them.” - Zoey “I say things, but cannot apply them on myself” Clarke
“Don’t blame it on your power. This one’s all on you. Old Zoey steamrolled through life living in a black & white world. But new Zoey has been given a gift to know how people really feel, and it’s helped you make connections, and have hard conversations. Real friends owe that to each other.” - Mo to Zoey in S1. But funny thing is that though she’s been given this “gift” (that she claimed at the end of S1 she doesn’t mind much) to understand people & emotions, she’s mostly avoiding dealing with it all, using it properly, actually connecting. She’s made some minimal progress, but she’s still steamrolling through all her relationships (work, family, personal...) Mostly she’s just doing everything she can to make it go away. When someone sings a heartsong to her (presents aprobem to her), she does everything she can to make it go away as fast as she can. If she cannot run/avoid it, she’ll just mostly (now) “put a bandaid on it”.
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