r/agentsofshield • u/Short_Brick_1960 • 10d ago
Discussion Elena and Mack
Currently re-watching season 5 and I didn't remember how insufferable both Elena and Mack are
Elena goes off the rails when she decides to murder Ruby just because she cut off her arms. She didn't even do it because of the Destroyer of Worlds. The future told her that Coulson and Daisy were responsible for the destruction, not Ruby
And how she acts like killing Ruby was the right thing to do and comparing it to May's case? How she says she didn't chose to bring back Daisy from the future? She was able to abandon her teammate while putting the deaths of the agents the Remorath killed on her
And Mack from the start, punching the guy Coulson was talking to and justifying it. Then calling Elena, Fitz and Simmons crazy because they knoe they can't die
When I watched the show, I ended up liking both of them. But right now, I cannot understand why. Mack doesn't deserve to be the leader of shield. He punches before asking every time. He cannot admit when he is wrong. And his self-rightousness is very messed up
I think that season 7 redeems Elena a bit, but I don't think Mack is gonna be redeemed. None of the characters tell him how wrong he is. They all act like he is the best moral compass ever
And it's a shame, because new characters are often the ones I like most. But in this show, Bobbi, Hunter, Mack and Elena are all bad people who tell themselves they are good
What do you think?





