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tw: suicide
Just feeling so unbelievably heartbroken and lost at the decision to kill off Bobby Nash for so called “realism.” To kill off a character who for seasons an audience has watched battle addiction, suicidal ideation, self worth and life consuming guilt. To force this character into a death of self-sacrifice and quasi-suicide!
To follow Krista Vernoff’s decision to kill off Deluca! To give a character a (poorly handled but it was a different time) arc of living with and finally seeking help and treatment for bipolar disorder and then have him murdered, alone as he tries to help a young woman. who is that “helping!!!!”
For the Magicians to do the Same Thing!!!
For Tim Minear to write this for Bobby Nash seeing how these other storylines played out, how people reacted to them - betrayed at characters displaying mental illness be killed off in a way reeking of sacrifice and suicide…i am beyond words.
To actively be giving Gerrard (!!!) and Tommy (!!!) these ‘not even’ redemption storylines but expecting the audience to forgive them for their racism, homophobia and misogyny is disgusting!!
Redemption, Second Chances and Found Family is what the show has always been about. and Bobby Nash exemplified how you constantly have to choose and honour that. how there is hope for those who want it and work for it, but you have to want it!!! to kill him off and continue to give these two random ass men these storylines is beyond…
am i writing this as someone who has just lost someone to suicide after decades of mental health issues, addiction and issues of self worth. yes !! I am heartbroken that these issues are weaponised against women constantly and consistently, but never actually examined to any real depth and never adequately used to question people in power. he was a complicated man, and we had a complicated relationship but for the past five years, i have wished hope and peace for him. I just wish showrunners could understand that for so many people Bobby was hope, for ourselves and for the people in our lives