Ok, so I know in my last Midnight Burger post I already ranted about how I think Ava was in the wrong, but I’m going to rant some more.

(It is very long, and probably a bit incomprehensible.)

At the time, I was on ep 20, I assumed that she would get some growth and Caspar might not put up with her bullshit as much, but instead she just continues to be always right and justified in her behavior, and quite honestly, it’s driving me insane.

Ava has, throughout the entire show, been incredibly rude to just about every single character, she constantly calls everyone idiots, including Leif, one of the best engineers in the galaxy.

When asked the very reasonable question of why these two astrophysicists should let her in to their observatory her response is to say she’s smarter than them. It is so incredibly rude, Ava isn’t a astrophysicists, she’s a theoretical physicists; why would she know more than them, the astrophysicists, on astrophysics?

It’s like she can’t help insulting everyone she meets, and I understand that she is a woman in a male dominated field, but literally no one has ever doubted her intelligence. Not once has a character thought that she is unqualified or belittled her. It’s not like everyone doesn’t believe in her, and she’s set on proving them wrong; she’s just being a jerk.

And if it was like, her behavior got in the way of all her relationships and she needs to learn to be more empathetic and connect to others, then I wouldn’t mind it as much, but her relationships are more or less fine with everyone. The only character you could argue she has any issues with is Caspar, but that’s more about the unsaid feelings than her general attitude.

She’s not even an emotionless scientist, which I guess good on her not being a stereotype, but then it just means she’s can understand other people, and maybe empathize with them, and chooses to insult them ALL. THE. TIME. She CAN be nice and be thoughtful, like how she walked Clementine through her panic, but she decides to verbally demean everyone instead.

I’m not even saying she should try to be nice, just stop bullying the people who care and are always there for her. Like, it’s nice she and Leif get to talk about science things, but she can’t go 20 seconds without calling him dumb or saying how smart she is.

She complains about Clementine not facing any consequences, like Clementine didn’t get burdened with everlasting guilt and was about to be torn apart a couple hours before. But thinks it’s completely fine that she essentially got off Scot-free after potentially endangering everyone at the diner. (Yes, she got shot in to space, but Caspar was right, it was safe, and she even got the answers she wanted.)

Like, I’m sorry, but what the hell kind of response is a smug “your welcome” to “hey, yeah, so all that stuff you said to me actually hurt a lot, and it emotionally scarred me.” Like, can you not for two minutes? Are you seriously incapable of being kind for a single moment!?

She is so flawed, but also a Mary Sue; like the flaws are there, but they’re almost never addressed, and when they are, they get dropped easily or forgiven immediately.

To me, it’s not charming; I don’t like when a male character is hubristic but always right and always gets the last word, and I still don’t like it when a female character does it.

And I know, she, finally, decides to “change” but has she really? I haven’t listened too much past that episode, but that doesn’t negate her previous actions.