Toxic People
I should really stop watching Arrow since it keeps pissing me off but I want to see where things go.
The next episode's trailer is all "Oh no, Arrow has to fight his hero friends!" Those people were never his friends. They were never trustworthy; they never had his back; they felt entitled to his trust, training, resources, and secrets and became angry that he didn't immediately put them on the same level as the people who have been with him and proven themselves over years (who have also betrayed him and done the same things they excoriate him for doing, yet they're still better than the newbies); they do skeevy things that make him distrust them and surveil them, then are mad about the surveillance because he found out about their crap ("Don't you trust us?" No, and he was right not to!); some have outright betrayed him; then they're self-righteous as hell about all of this and whine constantly.
If they want to be superheroes on their own with a "No Team Arrow allowed" sign on their new HQ that's fine, but if they're getting in the way of saving the city or doing the right thing take them down. With extreme prejudice. I'm tired of hearing them.
In theory Arrow has a major component of valuing trust and teamwork but in practice his family, friends, and allies keep screwing him over. "You can rely on us! ...except not right now because, y'know, reasons. Talk to us! Oh, shut your face, I don't have the strength or time for you right now. Don't work alone and try to do everything on your own! Except we're too busy with our own stuff and don't really care about what you're caring about. Don't do X! But it's totally fine when I do it. Don't keep secrets from us! ...and don't ask about mine. Don't blame yourself for things that aren't your fault... let us do that to you for you." It's a shame he already tried the hermit life and it didn't agree with him.
Ollie's far from perfect, but damn.
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I'm annoyed by how many medication commercials suggests that if you don't use this medication for your health condition or depression that you're letting down your kids--ruining their self-esteem--because your problem is hurting everyone around you, because what you need on top of everything you already deal with is a guilt trip for having something that hurts you that isn't your fault. I hear that's especially great for depressed people.
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The next episode's trailer is all "Oh no, Arrow has to fight his hero friends!" Those people were never his friends. They were never trustworthy; they never had his back; they felt entitled to his trust, training, resources, and secrets and became angry that he didn't immediately put them on the same level as the people who have been with him and proven themselves over years (who have also betrayed him and done the same things they excoriate him for doing, yet they're still better than the newbies); they do skeevy things that make him distrust them and surveil them, then are mad about the surveillance because he found out about their crap ("Don't you trust us?" No, and he was right not to!); some have outright betrayed him; then they're self-righteous as hell about all of this and whine constantly.
If they want to be superheroes on their own with a "No Team Arrow allowed" sign on their new HQ that's fine, but if they're getting in the way of saving the city or doing the right thing take them down. With extreme prejudice. I'm tired of hearing them.
In theory Arrow has a major component of valuing trust and teamwork but in practice his family, friends, and allies keep screwing him over. "You can rely on us! ...except not right now because, y'know, reasons. Talk to us! Oh, shut your face, I don't have the strength or time for you right now. Don't work alone and try to do everything on your own! Except we're too busy with our own stuff and don't really care about what you're caring about. Don't do X! But it's totally fine when I do it. Don't keep secrets from us! ...and don't ask about mine. Don't blame yourself for things that aren't your fault... let us do that to you for you." It's a shame he already tried the hermit life and it didn't agree with him.
Ollie's far from perfect, but damn.
+++
I'm annoyed by how many medication commercials suggests that if you don't use this medication for your health condition or depression that you're letting down your kids--ruining their self-esteem--because your problem is hurting everyone around you, because what you need on top of everything you already deal with is a guilt trip for having something that hurts you that isn't your fault. I hear that's especially great for depressed people.
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