Kathy Stabler
When I was on the outside looking in, watching EO fandom lose its collective shit over the letter, I was watching with a smidge of side eye even as I was cheering for them. Like, "So, the show's killing and vilifying his wife to get Benson and Stabler together? And everyone is just... happy with this?"
I was kind of relieved when the drama with the actress who played Kathy happened; it took so long I was doubting my perception of things.
But now that I'm actually watching the show, I decided last night it was time to really catch up on L&O: OC because I like it way more than I expected to. So I watched the episode of SVU where Elliot comes back and Kathy dies.
Let me get this straight.
It's been ten years since they've seen each other. Liv's getting an award or something and Kathy makes a big deal about how she and Elliot have to be there for it. Kathy gets exploded on their way there and, as she lies dying in the hospital, she can only talk about how long it has been since Olivia and Elliot last talked? Like, that is the last thing we hear Kathy Stabler talk about?
I hate everything about this!
You remember, idk, in the mid 2000s or early 2010s, when a chunk of slash fandom was like, "We need to not be such jerks about the canon female love interests!" and then decided that instead of killing the wives or making them terrible, the thing to do was make them understanding and supportive to the point where it was often comical?
It felt a lot like that, but it was happening on my TV screen, in front of my Twizzlers. And they killed her on top of that. Dreamwidth: Comment | Read Comments
I was kind of relieved when the drama with the actress who played Kathy happened; it took so long I was doubting my perception of things.
But now that I'm actually watching the show, I decided last night it was time to really catch up on L&O: OC because I like it way more than I expected to. So I watched the episode of SVU where Elliot comes back and Kathy dies.
Let me get this straight.
It's been ten years since they've seen each other. Liv's getting an award or something and Kathy makes a big deal about how she and Elliot have to be there for it. Kathy gets exploded on their way there and, as she lies dying in the hospital, she can only talk about how long it has been since Olivia and Elliot last talked? Like, that is the last thing we hear Kathy Stabler talk about?
I hate everything about this!
You remember, idk, in the mid 2000s or early 2010s, when a chunk of slash fandom was like, "We need to not be such jerks about the canon female love interests!" and then decided that instead of killing the wives or making them terrible, the thing to do was make them understanding and supportive to the point where it was often comical?
It felt a lot like that, but it was happening on my TV screen, in front of my Twizzlers. And they killed her on top of that. Dreamwidth: Comment | Read Comments