#while i so support el hitting angela (bc she deserved it) i do think that el didn't really care about the consequences

[mlchaelwheeler]

hot take: I didn't love El hitting Angela. Yeah it's satisfying to see a bitch get rocked but the fandom treats it like such a girlboss moment when that really wasn't meant to depict a healthy response. El has a potentially fascinating relationship with violence to explore, so narratively it's fine that that happened except that it kinda went nowhere. I guess she saw that her actions have consequences when she got arrested but then they just dropped it and she didn't seem to think anything of it or grow from it (unless I'm not thinking deep enough thoughts?). I know she had much bigger fish to fry, but I felt like we needed to see her interact with or at least think about Angela one more time to wrap that all up. Idk I love El but the whole bullying arc felt so 2D to me.

#you're SO CORRECT #the way that the bullies in s4 felt so stereotypical and 2D compared to troy and james in s1... yah #while i so support el hitting angela (bc she deserved it) i do think that el didn't really care about the consequences #like. owens got her out of prison so fast! he was like ''oh that's not a problem don't worry about getting arrested'' when really that #should've been a big deal! el needs to learn that she can't just use violence to solve problems #while yes that's how she was trained in the lab. in the real world you can't just go around smacking people in the face #also in 4x01 when she tried to use her powers on angela. was she gonna kill her right there ?? what was her plan #bc el has learned that whatever she does. someone will just make it go away for her #she's gotta be more careful about her actions fr #a hot take perhaps but an incredibly based one <3 #ask sarah