Glad to see Becca did find redemption after Jocelyn told her about her life with Ronald and being harassed by guys like Zeke or Nathan (they were referenced, but not named), but I wonder if she should have told her about her toxic relationship with Allie as well.
As someone who liked Becca at first and then wished her death, I hope to see more about her and the band in the future. And as @ThaJayster49 mentioned, Becca has become the first villain to be redeemed after having several of them who never did so (Jessica, Allie, Nick, Ronald, Dorkroney, Brian, Nathan, Deb, Mike, Andrew and Ryan, that hip-hop guy who insulted Kendra, Cameron, Trevor, Staci, Jeff, even Zeke has a place!).
Becca had her own reasons to fully hate men because she was bullied by boys all of her life. If Jocelyn had not acted in time, she would have joined to the list of non-redeemable characters, but alas, that was not the case this time!
Well, I gotta say, this one took me for a roller coaster ride.
New character was introduced, faced issues, and we felt bad for her. Then she takes quite a turn, making us hate her. But then that redemption at the end, which was an honest surprise for this series, truly brought us back around to liking her again (at least no one was physically hurt by her). Good on Jocelyn for setting the record straight for her.
Who knows if we may see more of her in the future. Weirdly enough, I’m curious to see her in future stories to see how she’s doing.
All in all, it is a solid ending to the arc. Becca found a movement she could get behind in, she took it too far but managed to redeem herself. Though I’ve got a feeling we haven’t seen the last of her.
I will say this, I really enjoyed this storyline for three reasons: one, misandry is a topic I don’t think a lot of works go in-depth on. Like, you’ll get plenty of straw feminist characters in the media, but rarely do you see said media delve into the repercussions of that kind of mindset. While I understand that the riot grrrl movement was misunderstood as a form of misandry and the storyline is somewhat of a commentary on that, I still applaud you for actually discussing misandry instead of keeping the argument purely one-sided.
Secondly, it was honestly quite fascinating to see Jocelyn’s help backfire on her (initially at least). Of the main group, she’s almost always depicted as the one being the voice of reason, even if she prefers going the “getting your hands dirty” route. Here, however, Jocelyn’s attempt that getting Becca to stand up for herself ended up working too well in that she took the point of the riot grrrl movement at complete face value.
As someone who feels that Jocelyn’s character doesn’t have too much going on outside her punk DIY attitude, it was a pleasant change of pace seeing how such an attitude is not always the best solution to everyone’s problems. I mean, you should always stand up for yourself and be on the right side of things, but you also need to know when you’re going too far.
Lastly, the fact that Becca actually owned up to her mistakes and vowed to tone it down. I recall you saying during the “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Deb” storyline that you weren’t a huge fan of redemption arcs, so this was most certainly welcoming.
As for Becca herself, I found her to be a unique character if only because she’s the only villain in the comic besides Deb with any motivation. I mean like an EXPLORED motive as opposed to the one-dimensionality of villains like, say, Ronald and Mulroney. We’re introduced to Becca as a kindly and geeky fellow who got sick and tired of boys sexually harassing her, but then Jocelyn gave her some encouragement and Becca turned that encouragement into extremism before finally coming to her senses at the end and taking genuine responsibility for her actions, a rarity among the villains (or really, most of the characters period) in this comic.
I just can’t help but agree that Becca’s motivation has some level of credence to it. One thing I’ve noticed is that, with a small handful of exceptions (like Steve, Joel, and Aaron of course), a good chunk of the male cast in the comic are depicted negatively. Like, they’re either perverted creeps, dumber than shit, overtly selfish, neglectful, or a combination thereof. Becca went out of line with her hatred of men, but it’s honestly not like she didn’t have a good reason with how the guys are in the comic. Granted, the girls can be just as bad – Allie and Jessica are prime examples – but I noticed it tends to be the guys more often than not.
Glad to see Becca did find redemption after Jocelyn told her about her life with Ronald and being harassed by guys like Zeke or Nathan (they were referenced, but not named), but I wonder if she should have told her about her toxic relationship with Allie as well.
As someone who liked Becca at first and then wished her death, I hope to see more about her and the band in the future. And as @ThaJayster49 mentioned, Becca has become the first villain to be redeemed after having several of them who never did so (Jessica, Allie, Nick, Ronald, Dorkroney, Brian, Nathan, Deb, Mike, Andrew and Ryan, that hip-hop guy who insulted Kendra, Cameron, Trevor, Staci, Jeff, even Zeke has a place!).
Becca had her own reasons to fully hate men because she was bullied by boys all of her life. If Jocelyn had not acted in time, she would have joined to the list of non-redeemable characters, but alas, that was not the case this time!
Let’s hope to see more of her in further stories.
The skirts for guys thing didn’t last longer than the first TNG episode, though. And I thought Becca’s tattoos were just marker.
Well, I gotta say, this one took me for a roller coaster ride.
New character was introduced, faced issues, and we felt bad for her. Then she takes quite a turn, making us hate her. But then that redemption at the end, which was an honest surprise for this series, truly brought us back around to liking her again (at least no one was physically hurt by her). Good on Jocelyn for setting the record straight for her.
Who knows if we may see more of her in the future. Weirdly enough, I’m curious to see her in future stories to see how she’s doing.
All in all, it is a solid ending to the arc. Becca found a movement she could get behind in, she took it too far but managed to redeem herself. Though I’ve got a feeling we haven’t seen the last of her.
Looks like Becca had the series’ first in-screen redemption
I hope Becca becomes a semo-regular.
Also, Joel not having the hips for a skirt? We’ll see how (or if) that changes in 2 years time… https://www.deviantart.com/jbwarner86/art/Girls-and-Boys-755733878
Solid way to end this arc.
I will say this, I really enjoyed this storyline for three reasons: one, misandry is a topic I don’t think a lot of works go in-depth on. Like, you’ll get plenty of straw feminist characters in the media, but rarely do you see said media delve into the repercussions of that kind of mindset. While I understand that the riot grrrl movement was misunderstood as a form of misandry and the storyline is somewhat of a commentary on that, I still applaud you for actually discussing misandry instead of keeping the argument purely one-sided.
Secondly, it was honestly quite fascinating to see Jocelyn’s help backfire on her (initially at least). Of the main group, she’s almost always depicted as the one being the voice of reason, even if she prefers going the “getting your hands dirty” route. Here, however, Jocelyn’s attempt that getting Becca to stand up for herself ended up working too well in that she took the point of the riot grrrl movement at complete face value.
As someone who feels that Jocelyn’s character doesn’t have too much going on outside her punk DIY attitude, it was a pleasant change of pace seeing how such an attitude is not always the best solution to everyone’s problems. I mean, you should always stand up for yourself and be on the right side of things, but you also need to know when you’re going too far.
Lastly, the fact that Becca actually owned up to her mistakes and vowed to tone it down. I recall you saying during the “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Deb” storyline that you weren’t a huge fan of redemption arcs, so this was most certainly welcoming.
As for Becca herself, I found her to be a unique character if only because she’s the only villain in the comic besides Deb with any motivation. I mean like an EXPLORED motive as opposed to the one-dimensionality of villains like, say, Ronald and Mulroney. We’re introduced to Becca as a kindly and geeky fellow who got sick and tired of boys sexually harassing her, but then Jocelyn gave her some encouragement and Becca turned that encouragement into extremism before finally coming to her senses at the end and taking genuine responsibility for her actions, a rarity among the villains (or really, most of the characters period) in this comic.
I just can’t help but agree that Becca’s motivation has some level of credence to it. One thing I’ve noticed is that, with a small handful of exceptions (like Steve, Joel, and Aaron of course), a good chunk of the male cast in the comic are depicted negatively. Like, they’re either perverted creeps, dumber than shit, overtly selfish, neglectful, or a combination thereof. Becca went out of line with her hatred of men, but it’s honestly not like she didn’t have a good reason with how the guys are in the comic. Granted, the girls can be just as bad – Allie and Jessica are prime examples – but I noticed it tends to be the guys more often than not.