Fucking Gallaghers!

[krickets]

Here are my truncated non-spoilery thoughts on season 2 of shameless, which I just finished watching, thank you:

→ I know Karen apparently got a bad rap this season. I can't figure out why? I still love this girl fiercely. I just want to hug her. Cannot wait for her arc next season.

→ Lip, with the angst, and Fiona, and Karen, and Ian, and Mandy! Total angst-fest. And now I totally ship Fiona/Lip and Ian/Lip. My inappropriateness lives on and knows no bounds, apparently.

→ Fiona. OH MY GOD FIONA. I just... this girl. THIS GIRL.

→ James Wolk, you were only in three episodes. But you were adorable!

→ Monica. I didn't know she had it in her. I mean this in numerous different ways.

→ Frank. WHATEVER.

→ JODY, WHAT? How did this idiot win me over? Baffled.

→ Steve/Jimmy. ♥!

→ Endless love for everything Veronica and Kevin.

→ I'm vidding this. I mean literally. I vidded 30-ish seconds tonight as a part of a challenge with gigglemonster and instead of posting the vidlet, I'm planning on trying to vid the whole song if I can. I'll keep you updated.

Comments

[geekiest.livejournal.com]

I'm only about half-way through, but I don't get why people hate on Karen. I like her. And, I like Steve/Jimmy, and Fiona, and EVERYONE ELSE EXCEPT FRANK, AND JODY. Frank is a worthless piece of fucking garbage (I can't believe he was trying to steal that lady's money, and fucked her to death), and Jody is so bloody annoying - especially when he cums. Though I laughed my ass off, and felt super embarrassed watching him have sex with Karen.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I hate to say this because it's so easily dismissed but I feel like a lot of the Karen hate is misogynistic in nature. She has a temper, a potty mouth, doesn't give in to Lip when he obsesses over her (for shame!), sleeps around a lot, (she doesn't just sleep around though, she has multiple relationships at a time, which IMO is different than sleeping around because it messes with their heads, Lip, Jody, other guys she's mentioned as having on/off relationships with at the same time as Lip, etc. -- apparently, this kind of behavior is only okay for guys?), and she doesn't subscribe to traditional family roles (gee, her nuclear family was SO NORMAL and AWESOME I can't imagine why she'd reject that kind of life?), is emotionally distant, doesn't want to keep her baby, and for that matter, she doesn't even know who the father is. Basically... All of the Things Good Little Girls Don't Do.

Karen is punished by her father, her family, her community, for these choices. And now, in a twist of non-ironic fate, she is also judged by fandom. I say all of these things and I STILL love this girl because she's a tortured, flawed character who has been through a lot and has had to deal with her own father's complete and utter rejection. And at the end of the day, she's still a kid. I'm invested in her and I want to see her work through her crap and be happy. (She's so pretty when she smiles, isn't she?) And now that I've finished the season I'm really sad that more people don't see her for who she is. I do want Karen and Lip together for numerous reasons, but I feel like people would be more forgiving of Karen if she would have committed to Lip. And that just kind of makes me sick. (And conflicted, because I too, love them together.)

Jody, I think, will surprise you.

Frank, on the other hand, should be punished for what he did to that woman. He became a murderer when he lied to the organ transplant people. She had a chance to live and he took that from her. Worst part is that no one will probably ever find out about it.