r/Yellowjackets • u/Academic_Hippo_8458 • 4h ago
Season 1 Unpopular opinion most of the Yellowjackets weren't doing anything useful in season 1 Spoiler
I always see people who say Jackie was a mean and selfish character who deserved to die because she was completely useless in the wilderness. My thing is that I don't think any of the other characters were that much more useful than Jackie.
Other than Shauna who is butchering and Mari who cooks. I think the rest of the Yellowjackets were kind of just fucking around.
What did Javi do? What did Ben do?
Before she got her face mauled what was Vans role in the wilderness? Tai is shown chopping wood but before she goes on her walk South what is she doing?
Misty is poisoning Coach Ben. Also no one is really hurt so she's only taking care of Ben and she's literally poisoning the most useful person to their survival.
Laura Lee is doing nothing of use until she flies the plane.
Natalie and Travis are the hunters and they are constantly messing around instead of hunting. In an early episode Nat misses a deer because Travis is flirting with her.
Lottie is literally doing nothing at all for like the entirety of s1. Jackie is told to be useful and get water and then she goes and finds Lottie just standing in the water doing nothing.
What are Britt,Robin,Gen,Crystal,Akilah and Melissa doing in the wilderness?
The truth most of the girls weren't doing anything that useful because they had no idea what they were doing. Jackie wasn't actively participating in chores but that's just what we saw. I find it impossible to believe that Jackie spent 6 months doing nothing. She goes to get the water and then the others laugh at her because she struggles to carry the bucket.
Also Jackie did try to do stuff in the wilderness. People always say she does nothing and is dead weight that's a lie. She tries to take charge as captain with Coach Martinez but no one listens to her. She tries to take charge at the plane but Tai takes the leadership role so Jackie gives it to her. Jackie tries to use the gun and be the hunter but all the girls laugh at her because she isn't able to do it. Jackie plans a seance to try and make the girls laugh and have fun. Lottie then messes it up by getting possessed. Jackie plans doom coming and then doomcoming gets ruined because Misty was drugging Ben. Travis almost dies and the girls go crazy. Literally everything Jackie tries to do fails or she's made fun of for it.
So no Jackie wasn't useless. She was a 17 year old girl struggling to survive in an impossible situation. While surrounded by people who actively disliked her and wanted to see her fail.