#encouraged some of the audience to initally just disregard EVERYTHING louis says in season 1 and think he has no agency

[aquaristintern]

going off of what dwreader and ghostfoolish have been saying better than i can:

why do people think louis will still be a believable victim and it won't be racist if the show just has armand mess with louis's memories regarding 1x05 and how claudia died, and also be controlling him throughout the entire interview/relationship? like not only does it paint victims of abuse as unreliable and unstable, therefore not be trusted with anything*, but it also, just, shifts most if not all the blame from a white man to a poc? we've asking this the entire time, but they still don't have an answer for that.

*like statistically speaking victims of abuses' memories might be muddled/repressed from the trauma, so even though they know the abuse happened, people will use the fact that they might not be able to describe an entire fight in specific detail, or got some dates mixed up, or did not speak up sooner, to paint them as mentally ill liars, or even abusers themselves. which is why i think giving louis false memories in 1x05 is still victim blaming in a way, because it encourages the trend of victims not being believed.

#iwtv discourse #fandom racism #yeah like i'm fully confident the creators are smart and can write their show better than i can but #if these little hints and teasing turns out to be a red herring like it did for 1x07 then it regardless might have #encouraged some of the audience to initally just disregard EVERYTHING louis says in season 1 and think he has no agency #which goes against their original statement of not jumping ahead and letting the tale seduce you you know? #i really just want to enjoy the ride and see where the show takes us and love all the stuff we've been given lately it's just #i keep being reminded these fans exist if i'm not careful where i look lol #i do get marketing is a thing and maybe they think they constantly need to tease SOMETHING #a shocking reveal or a revisit promising something more in order to get more seasons seeing as it's so easy for shows to be cancelled now #but like every time new content is released it also brings out the racism