#actually no scrap that. lucy fuller’s entire character pains me so much

[half-an-hour-hence]

Something else that was completely ruined by restrictive societal conventions in Fellow Travelers is Hawk and Lucy’s potential for a healthy platonic relationship. I mean it was stated several times that they were exceptionally close in childhood, and it was pretty obvious that Hawk had no romantic interest in her whatsoever, even after Skippy left in the 70’s. If Hawk’s sexuality wasn’t seen as being wrong and if Lucy wasn’t under constant pressure to get a husband and start a family, I think they would’ve stayed really close friends. But being forced together by social pressure like that just made them miserable and unable to bare the sight of one another.

#their relationship pains me so much #actually no scrap that. lucy fuller’s entire character pains me so much #fellow travelers #hawkins fuller #hawk fuller #lucy smith #lucy fuller #hawk and lucy #lucy fellow travelers