#but the actual Hunt? that girl running in Jackie’s necklace and no protection from the snow?

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Okay, but—how does the hunt evolve? How does it get more barbaric than it begins? Because the first hunt, with Natalie, has everyone on equal ground. Everyone is dressed for warmth, everyone has shoes on, it’s very “this could happen to any of us”. It’s fair, if such a thing exists in the wild.

But the opening scene of the pilot? Pit Girl? She’s in a flimsy dress. She’s barefoot. She’s not designed for a sprint to get water, much less for her life. So, how does it escalate? How fucking bad must it get, for the hunters to be dressed in furs and masks, and the prey to be so unprepared for the elements? That doesn’t feel like a move they’d make unless things got so much worse than we’ve seen.

#yellowjackets #yj meta #it doesn’t feel like a move Natalie would make as Queen especially #which FASCINATES me #like the pits? that feels like nat. #it’s a reasonable escalation to the hunt for actual animals #one or two people with one gun and limited bullets can do much less than traps of that caliber #but the actual Hunt? that girl running in Jackie’s necklace and no protection from the snow? #I am so so curious to find out what THAT is about #are we stripping the girl who pulls the card? putting them in sacrificial white? #is it a laura lee dress?? #help I need to know

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The Hunter Becomes The Hunted: or My Thoughts On Episode 8

That whole sequence really throws the prologue scene with Pit Girl into a whole new light.

The fact that the whole hunt aspect came about because of how the first one turned out. It was originally a somber, controlled affair. It makes it so much better that they never planned on it being a hunt, because that is how rituals come about; they're not planned, but a confluence of events that are then repeated.

Natalie being chosen. Natalie, who has no belief in the supernatural. She does not go along with it because the forest chose her. She goes along because they need to eat. They made it as fair as they could, and she was unlucky enough to pick the card. She has tried to feed them all winter long, out there everyday trudging through the snow while they sat in the cabin, hungry but warm; she would have gone under the ice with the moose if Travis hadn't pulled her back because they needed that meat. Feeding them was her job and she failed at it; but she can feed them now.

But she won't let them pretend. She makes Shauna look her in the eye. Makes sure she won't forget, won't ignore that she is killing her friend. It needs to be done, and it will save everyone, but they don't get to pretend that they aren't doing it.

Last time, Natalie saved Travis while Javi was lost. This time, Travis saves Natalie, and Javi is still lost. He was always dead.

Shauna steps up to be the butcher. Is it just because she has always cut the meat? Or is because she's the one who put Lottie in that condition, that they feel they now have to? Was it even discussed? Was it assumed, did they ask her, or did she volunteer? And who would slaughter her if Shauna pulled the queen?

The necklace. When we saw it on Pit Girl we thought it was a way of choosing her, marking her. After all, Jackie was wearing it when the forest took her. But she gave it to Shauna on the plane as good luck, to keep her safe. And here Shauna placed the necklace around Natalie's neck after she had already been chosen. Maybe the necklace is meant to be for protection. Just not from death.

Van started with the deck, shuffling it and having Misty take her card. Misty then turns to the next girl, who takes her card. They could have kept passing the deck on, but instead Misty turns back to Van, who takes her card, and Misty moves on down the line. Misty, who was banned from food prep after the doomcoming, is now the one to present each one with their fate. She serves them all even before she serves them the actual meat.

We see in the promo for next week's episode that Misty tells Lottie she needs to be on board, that she is not to make them feel guilty for continuing what (they believe) she started. What better way to do that than to present her with the meat, and force her to give her blessing, her approval of the meal, before anyone else can eat.

And Lottie. All she has done so far is be a little creepy to Shauna's pregnant belly and ask them to communicate with nature. But she will forever be the leader of the cult, of the hunt, not because she started it but because they did it in her name. And doesn't that say something about how we see god/gods? They aren't the things they do, but the things that are done in their name.

The Hunt itself. With certain animals, when you encounter them you are told to be still, to move slowly, don't run, because it activates their predator instincts and they will chase you and kill you, regardless of if they're hungry.

The girls were quiet, still, somber, as they awaited Natalie's willing sacrifice. But then she ran. And we are reminded that humans are the apex predators of this world. We have killed lions and wolves and mammoths. What we cannot outright kill, we will run down. Humans didn't inherit the earth, we took it.

#yellowjackets #yellowjackets spoilers #this might be a little disjointed #but i loved that episode so much #the acting was amazing