Why is everyone losing their mind about Gadd not protecting Martha, HIS ABUSER, enough?! My god.

It’s nauseating seeing so many people on their high horse about it. She literally stalked and assaulted him and his loved ones(if that part of the script is true anyway). If he needed to tell his story to heal past that in the way he saw fit then so be it.

“Martha is mentally ill” okay sure but she still was an abuser?? If for example someone mentally ill raped someone would you not still want them to get justice? Loads of serial killers had mental illnesses and I don’t see anyone campaigning for their release and the moral injustice. (I know she’s not a rapist or serial killer but what I’m trying to say is that she caused harm).

“He said he disguised her but he didn’t disguise her enough!!!” Again, so what? Maybe he genuinely thought he did, maybe he subconsciously left some breadcrumbs in for revenge- who knows. But even still she is the perpetrator here. All he’s doing is talking about the things SHE did to HIM. He’s not stealing her life story and profiting off of it - he’s telling HIS story, HIS trauma and SHE was the one who decided to insert herself into it. Sorry that’s just too bad.

“Martha’s not as bad as Darrien so why is she getting so much discussion”. Because everyone agrees he sucks. There’s nothing further to discuss.

“He led her on, he did things wrong, he enabled it” again SO. People do that stuff every single day and aren’t criminals they’re just human. The difference is he never stalked anyone, he never assaulted anyone, he was never racist or bigoted. His crime is not being the perfect victim and being a bit selfish.

It makes me so angry that victims have to be perfect, have to make the right choices to be able to claim their victim hood. Even when he goes out of his way to describe CLEARLY the ways he fucked up and take accountability it’s not enough. No wonder no one comes out to report abuse - literally what’s the point when this is the reaction.

He’s not perfect, he made HUGE mistakes and he was incredibly naive but he’s still the victim and the fact people are negating that is gross.

Rant over