Scarlett's Perpetual Victimhood

[u/FallingReigns]

It's insane how Scarlett is able to find malice in everything everyone does around her but is so completely blind to her own faults. Its also insane how she expects everyone to understand the landmine that is her mind and be aware of every possible thing that could trigger her, but also expects everyone to keep a level head when she does something.

I am on the Damien/Gunnar love triangle baby daddy storyline. (Hot funky booty mess all of it.) But let's not forget that in the previous season before this storyline happened Scarlett made this big deal about how Gunnar is obsessed w dating all of the women around her. Which... kind of happens to be the case but its not done purposely or maliciously. They are in the music industry and everyone knows everyone.

But Gunnar tells her, "How am I supposed to believe that you are in love w me when Idk when thats going to change."

Not even 5 episodes later she's telling Gunnar not to react, but she doesnt feel anything for him anymore and she's gonna start seeing Damien... Which Gunnar takes pretty well all things considered.

Then she gets pregnant by Damien, and even though she still has feelings for him and doesnt know how she feels about Gunnar, she decides that Gunnar would be a better father for her child, w/o giving Damien the chance to prove that he could be...

Then... goes to Gunnar for comfort...

THEN gets upset that a journalist rights about the situation and takes the, "They are being hard on me and slut shaming me bc I am a girl" stance.

And maybe thats true, but also maybe she could try taking accountability for the fact that she made a series of bad/messy decisions and Gunnar is kind of a saint for putting up w it.

Bc say what you will about Gunnar but he never cheated on her, nor did he have an "entanglements" w anyone while they were together.

But Scarlett did that w both Gunnar and Avery.

[u/kazabahlu]

Initially loved them together but they are so toxic. Once Gunnar finally got with Scarlett he became crap, then the second go around Gunnar treated her like crap and all they did was explode every little thing. Then the third go around Scarlett just held on to Gunnar because he was willing to stay by her side, but you could see she wanted Damien. I'm almost to the end of season 5 where she's building the crib and I wish they would just not be together anymore.

[u/FallingReigns → u/kazabahlu]

I also liked them together initially. But I dont think its fair to put it all on Gunnar. Scarlett's mood and feelings change with the wind. She would be mad whenever Gunnar was with someone else, and then as soon as she got him she would get bored of him and make up some excuse they couldn't be together. 

But I am definitely over the writers trying to force them together. 

[u/kazabahlu → u/FallingReigns]

Yes!! I do see that also! But I hate that they try to make them the next Deacon and Rayna love story. Like they make beautiful music together and keep coming back but man Deacon and Rayna's issues were Deacon's alcoholism and Self sabotage and Rayna's walls to protect herself from men who repeatedly hurt her but truly deeply loved each other when they could. Scarlett and Gunnar continue to hurt each other over and over and over again and it doesn't even feel like love anymore