Yellowjackets
Warning : This clause contains spoilers for theYellowjacketsseason 3 finale .
In theYellowjacketsseason 3 finale , Melissa has the chance to kill Shauna in the wilderness , but she does n’t go through with it . Yellowjacketsseason 3 has endedwith episode 10 , “ Full Circle , ” following on from Nat ’s uncovering that Misty destroy the emergency transponder in the past timeline and Van ’s shocking last in the present - twenty-four hours timeline . The time of year coda delivered some reveals that fans have been waiting for , like who defeat Lottie , the identity of the “ Pit Girl , ” and — most significantly — how the Yellowjackets got rescued from the wild .
Duringthe hunt for Mari , Melissa undertake Shauna and commence to choke her . She had the hazard to kill the Yellowjackets ’ psychotic tormenter if she ’d just bear on , butshe eventually relented and get go , reserve Shauna to live on . Obviously , Melissa was n’t lead to kill Shauna , because we recognize Shauna subsist until at least 2021 . But Shauna ’s survival relies on Melissa ’s decision not to go through with kill her . So , why did Melissa have a sudden change of heart and unembellished Shauna ’s life story ?
Melissa Isn’t A Killer Like Shauna (At Least In Yellowjackets' Wilderness Timeline)
Melissa Is Burdened With Empathy
Based on what we ’ve regard inYellowjackets ’ wild timeline ( and at times inYellowjackets ’ adult timeline ) , Shauna is a cold - full-blooded killer who has no qualms about take human lives . If someone bilk her , she wo n’t conceive double about turning a deadly weapon on them . This can part be fault on the trauma of being stranded in the wild and go feral , butthat monster was skulk in Shauna all along , because that has n’t happen to everyone . Melissa decides not to kill Shauna because she ’s not a cold - blooded killer ; she ’s burdened with empathy .
Why Shauna Calls Melissa “Boring” After Almost Being Choked To Death
Shauna Is Projecting Her Own Fears Onto Melissa
After Melissa has just hear to kill her , Shauna calls her “ boring . ” This is partly becauseMelissa has become predictable — she ca n’t bring herself to take a life — but it also shows Shauna projecting her own veneration onto the multitude around her . Before the woodworking plane crash , boringness was the thing that Shauna hate the most about herself . She worry that she was n’t as exciting as Jackie , which is why she also used the “ boring ” revilement against Jackie in their disputation right before Jackie ’s end . It ’s all projection .
Before the plane crash , insipidity was the thing that Shauna hated the most about herself .
Shauna woolgather of leading an exciting life by going to Brown and becoming a writer . Ironically , Yellowjackets ’ adult timeline show thatShauna ended up with the “ ho-hum ” life sentence she never require ; the boring life that Jackie was initially destined to head . Shauna anticipate Melissa dull after she tries to bolt down her because , to Shauna , that ’s the bad thing someone can be .
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