Editor’s Note: The following are spoilers for the second season of The Yellow Jackets. season 2 yellow jackets There has been no shortage of terrifying and shocking moments so far, starting with the girls finally succumbing to hunger and feasting on Jackie (Ella Purnell) corpse, to the heartbreaking realization that Shauna (Sophie Nelisse) the son was born dead. One surprise, however, was a happy one, and that was the introduction of Adult Van (Lauren Ambrose), finally confirming that the tenacious redhead made it out of the forest alive. When Taissa (Tony Cypress) and Wang finally reunite as adults at the end of Episode 4 of Season 2, it’s tempting to think the two could be back together. (Perhaps this time without declaring their love, having written it on each other in blood.) However, as Taissa struggles to control her murderous alter ego and Wang tries to keep the past in the past, we can see that there is there are many reasons why these two trauma related bad guys have no right to be together again.
In the second season of Yellow Vests, we learn that Van survived in the desert.
How yellow jackets has a non-linear narrative that goes back between the 90s and today, we knew from the beginning that Taissa, Shona (Melanie Lynskey), Natalie (Juliette Lewis) and Misty (Christina Ricci) survived a plane crash and live as semi-functional adults — that is, when they don’t kill people. The fate of most of the other girls remained unknown as they disappeared one by one, and until season 2 we weren’t sure that Taissa’s girlfriend (who the actor plays as a teenager) Liv Hewson) survived the Yellowjacket cannibal uprising.
While it’s nice to know that Wang survived the desert, it’s also a shame that any semblance of normality she’s achieved is about to be blown to pieces now that Thaissa, the lunatic senator, has returned to her life. When we meet Van Ambrose as an adult, she owns a pretty cool video store and seems content to organize her videotapes and recommend films to regular customers. Maybe she’s hooked on oxy and getting ready for the eviction notice, but with the rest of the team busy killing innocent entertainers (looks at you, Sean), taking detectives (and you, Misty) hostage, and stabbing people in face with forks (ahem, Natalie), you can tell that Van feels damn good.
Can their shared traumatic past lead to a happy ending?
Season 2 yellow jacketsdespite it being established that Wang and Taissa have not seen each other for a long time, there is an immediate lightness between them when they are reunited as adults. When Tai informs Van about the terrifying altar she has built in her basement, Van immediately asks if Sammy wants to (Aiden Stokes) saw it, letting us know that there is some kind of introduction there, since Wang knows about Tai’s family. However, this may also be due to the fact that Taissa has been in the public eye throughout her political campaign.
In addition, Taissa found Van’s address through a file she took from Jessica (Rekha Sharma), telling us that until then, she didn’t know where Wang lives, and Wang never felt the need to tell her. While there is an undeniable spark between the two women when they organize Sandra Bullock movies, if you’re comparing an unexpected reunion to the fall of an anvil into your life (which Wang does), chances are it won’t come as much of a surprise. While Thaissa still loves Wang and Wang apparently still cares about Tae, much of that affection comes from an extremely traumatic time for both of them, which isn’t necessarily the best foundation for a healthy relationship.
Teenager Wang and Taissa are a great couple in the TV series “Yellow Vests”
There is no denying that as teenagers struggling to survive in a ruthless desert, Taissa (Jasmine Savoy Brown) and Wang were a great couple. They constantly supported each other, even when they disagreed, such as when Taissa was much more reluctant than Van to buy from Lottie (Courtney Eaton) seemingly supernatural powers. Wang was more whimsical and optimistic, while Tai was more practical, and they balanced each other out.
The girls were also each other’s best protectors when faced with both physical and emotional threats. When Van is attacked by a wolf during the girls’ ill-fated expedition, Thaissa fights him off with frightening ferocity and is devastated when it appears that Van has died. Once it turns out that Wang is actually alive (no one thought to check her pulse before this spontaneous cremation?), Taissa doesn’t leave her side and practically carries her back to the hut. Later, when the team has a “Fateful Arrival” dance to painfully celebrate their impending death, Tai even makes masks to wear with Van because she knows she is embarrassed about her scars.
While the teenage Taissa is fiercely protective of Wang, Wang reciprocates this affection whenever he can, primarily by tying himself to Tai while they sleep in an attempt to control Tai’s episodes of sleepwalking. Between the aggressive biting of her lips and the rope burns, Wang has shown herself to be rather unflappable in the face of Taissa’s fugue states. However, this was apparently still terrible for Wang, as she tied herself to her girlfriend every night in the hope that she could stop her from leaving the cliff. Now, all this time later, Taissa shows up out of the blue for help with the same problem, which doesn’t really seem fair to Van. Speaking of Thaissa’s sleepwalking, is this woman really in any shape to jump into a new relationship?
Thaissa’s sleepwalking poses a threat to herself and those she loves, especially Van
The sleepwalking of Thaissa, also known as the Bad One, is literally a complete nightmare. When she’s not looming in the trees, eating mud, and decapitating her beloved pets (RIP Biscuit), she scares her son to death and pushes his wife into oncoming traffic. Bad’s ultimate motivation is still pretty unclear, and because of that, Taissa’s actions last season were downright erratic and confusing. Although this alter ego has been useful at times, such as when it helped Taissa and Van find Javi (Luciano Leroux) in the woods, Bad is often just a means of violence. This makes it even more unsettling that she was the reason Taissa went looking for Van.
Even though it made sense for Thaissa to follow Bad’s insistence and find Van, we learned from what happened to her wife Simone (Rukia Bernard) that Taissa, in her fugue state, cares little for the well-being of others. Thaissa’s anxious behavior leaves no room for healthy connections with Simone or anyone else. If things don’t work out with her wife (either because they lost the spark or because Thaissa outright tried to kill her), that doesn’t mean Thaissa should jump into another relationship. At first yellow vests, Taissa has reunited with teammates like Shona and has other support systems that understand what she’s going through, meaning she doesn’t need (or at least shouldn’t) rekindle her relationship with Van.
To put it simply: Wang and Taissa shouldn’t get back together.
After all, you will never forget your first love, especially when that love helped you survive on a football team that has become a cannibal cult. While it’s romantic to think that Taissa and Van can find each other again after all these years and make it work, a relationship between the two just isn’t the best idea. Wang still has physical and emotional scars from her time in the forest, but she has regained a sense of normalcy and deserves to enjoy any piece of peace she can hold on to. It’s also clear that Taissa has many traumas she needs to overcome before she’s ready to be a good partner for anyone. As Wang tells Tai after their unexpected reunion, Wang needs to take care of herself too, and at least for now, that means she won’t be with Thaissa anymore.
Source: Collider
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