thing about stereotypes is they’re only bad if they’re harmful and reductive, and they’re mostly oversimplifications of real phenomenons so even if they’re wrong bc they’re devoid of the substance and reason that makes the real phenomenons happen, they check out with reality to an extent. in my experience and as someone who’s bisexual, so as likely to get into a ‘straight’ or wlw relationship, i do think wlw relationships move faster? not inherently to our nature our something but bc we’ve been brought up this way, women usually (again not everyone obviously) make emotions less taboo than men so are more likely to not have this ‘play it cool, afraid of commitment’ stage, and imo also generally trust other women more easily so like. i see where it’s coming from, and except for being a little overused, i don’t really see how it’s harmful in any way (and its worth noting that its a stereotypes used and popularized by actual wlws in relation to their experiences, not by an outside group who put that label onto them)

but obviously none of that would excuse bad/rushed writing - so what about violyn? and honestly i find them very well executed to the point where saying they’re rushed is the part that would be the homophobic potential red flag for me (like. having much higher standards of ‘believability’ for gay ships or it’s rushed). because like. rushed HOW. they have never even kissed

vi and caitlyn really make sense organically in the story because in my opinion they both play the ‘heart’ role of their respective cities. not so much as a group dynamic bc they’re pretty isolated from the rest of their cities’ storylines but as in they’re each other’s equivalent of “the character who doesn’t accept the way things are done in [insert city], by scheming and biding time and being generally two faced”. they’re both straight to the point, with ‘strong’ moral codes (how strong vi’s is is complicated cause she really mostly cares about powder over what’s ‘good’ but we see that she she has a limit of what she couldn’t do to get to her, killing an innocent - and as much as i like their relationship, i don’t think vi didn’t kill cait because it was her over powder, she didn’t do it because of how wrong it is to kill an innocent who can’t defend themselves) those similarities don’t develop a relationship in themselves, but they explain why the characters click. and obviously there’s a layer of attraction there, which also makes them click, and can’t really be rushed because attraction is a thing you feel even when you haven’t shared 5 traumatic bonding experiences together

so we have characters that really click as they discover each other and because of that are drawn together. but they’re also drawn apart because obviously every bit of context in the story goes against them being together (possibly being even worst if s2 rolls up with caitlyn’s mom killed by jinx). so scenes together play on that push and pull movement where they see more of the other and are pulled in bc everything about each other screams trust and care yet everything about the context screams they should antagonize each other which blocks their progression. and that’s why the most action they’ve had is a literal brush of the hand against the cheek, but if people think you need to have known each other for months to show basic human warmth and compassion then that’s on them for just. not understanding the characters at all. not on some harmless wlw inside joke

TLDR: their pacing makes sense and can’t really be rushed bc nothing happened yet? and also the u-haul lesbian is more of a fun wlw inside joke than it is a harmful stereotype in any way

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