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KISSING: Yes
FLIRTING: Yes
ROMANCE: Yes
SEX: Yes
FIGHTING: Yes
INJURY: Yes, ask first, please so we can hash out the details
DEATH: :T again the same above
MIND-READING: Get with me and I'll italicize the cerebral invasion for your ease
MANIPULATION: Yes
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS:
Yellowjackets contains numerous offensive and highly graphic subjects, particularly surrounding themes of cannibalism, sexual assault, homophobia, and alleged racial bias.
The show's two timelines—following a high school soccer team stranded in the wilderness in 1996 and their adult survivors in the present—intensify the traumatic and offensive content.
Cannibalism
Yellowjackets depicts cannibalism in a way that viewers may find especially disturbing, combining graphic horror with moments of psychological dissociation.
The ritual: Driven by starvation, the team develops a ritualized hunting process, which includes pulling cards to determine who is sacrificed to "the wilderness". The first human meal is depicted in Season 2, after the girls roast their teammate Jackie and devour her body.
Psychological breakdown: The show explores how this trauma impacts the survivors decades later, with the adult characters displaying various psychological disorders, including dissociation and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Triggering content: The scenes contain severe violence and gore related to the plane crash and the consumption of human flesh, which viewers have reported as deeply unsettling.
Sexual assault
Multiple scenes involving sexual violence and coercion are depicted or implied, primarily in the wilderness storyline.
Non-consensual acts: In a scene heightened by hallucinogenic mushrooms, several girls attempt to sexually assault Travis. Though he escapes, the act is highly disturbing.
Manipulation and false accusations: The storyline includes instances of sexual manipulation, such as a character seducing someone for an ulterior motive. There is also a plotline involving a false rape accusation made by a teenager, which some may find offensive due to the topic's sensitive nature.
Homophobia: The story does address both internalized homophobia and the toll of homophobia in general on society and societal expectations
Racial bias
Some viewers and critics have accused the show of racist writing, pointing to a pattern in the narrative where characters of color face disproportionately traumatic and dehumanizing fates.
Targeting characters of color: The most graphically violent deaths have primarily happened to non-white characters, including Mari, Crystal, and Javi.
Dehumanization: For example, Mari's brutal murder and subsequent scalping are described as isolating and humiliating, with her hair taken as a trophy. This is especially sensitive due to the historical context of violence against indigenous peoples.
Serving white characters' arcs: The trauma of characters of color is sometimes used as a plot device to advance the emotional arcs of the white protagonists, rather than being given the same narrative focus or depth.
Psychological trauma and cult behavior
The show's deep exploration of trauma and the formation of a cult involves other potentially offensive or distressing subjects.
Manipulation and abuse: The survivors' descent into cult behavior includes psychological torture and manipulation, particularly from characters like Misty.
Mental illness: The show deals heavily with mental illness, including Lottie's schizophrenia, which fuels the group's rituals in the wilderness. Some viewers may find its portrayal of mental health sensitive or triggering.
Desensitization to violence: As the series progresses, the characters' escalating brutality and desensitization to violence are a central theme. The show's explicit portrayal of these acts may be disturbing to some viewers.
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