Lottie Yellowjackets - Blog Posts

ive been watching yellowjackets and those crazy gay people in the woods intrigue me

LINGER (p.1)

outlaw!lottie matthews x farmersdaughter!reader

summary: after weeks mourning the recent death of her father, y/n decides it’s time for her to take responsibility and fix the family farm her father left her. just when she’s about to give up and go home, she ends up housing—and hiding—the infamous outlaw of the west.

warning(s): not historically accurate, mentions of crime, mentions of death, mourning, angst, slow burn, secret romance, cursing, possibly ooc!lottie

a/n: this is supposed to be set around the 1890s, but if women and poc actually had rights bc like why not 🥲 also they’ll be using somewhat modern language bc idk how people in the west spoke

word count: 705

you should be at home, tucked away in bed with plenty more time left to sleep. you should at least have been rising peacefully by now, waking up to the sound of chirping birds and the rumbling of distant trains and the quiet stirring of street wagons. but no, you’re not home, and there is no exciting city ambience. where you are is slouched in a small run down saloon. you move the damp slabs of ham around with your fork and poke at the cold scrambled eggs. you finally spot the busy saloon waitress, a short woman around your age with shaggy dark hair. she has the striking hazel green eyes and arched dark brows. she had served you your eggs and ham, and offered some strong alcoholic drink, which you turned down. looking back on it, maybe you should’ve taken the offer.

“ehm, excuse me, ma’am? uh.. could i get that drink, actually?” you chuckle hesitantly. your friends back home would most definitely judge you for drinking this early in the day.

“the food that bad?” the woman asks sarcastically, with a charming smile. “coming right up.”

“no, the food’s.. great! i just got a lot on my mind.” you stutter nervously with a tight lipped smile, trying to be polite. “and thank you, ma’am.”

the woman slides the glass mug of liquor over to you from across the bar. “it’s no problem. and you don’t need to call me ‘ma’am’.” she says matter-of-fact-ly, with a raised brow. “‘name’s natalie. you can call me nat.”

“oh. thank you, nat.” you smile, offering out your hand, which she takes in a firm handshake. “y/n.”

“well? what are you here for?” natalie asks, crossing her arms and leaning on the counter.

“i’m visiting my dad’s farm.”

“hm. fun.” natalie says sarcastically.

“why do you say it like that?” you chuckle.

“why would you want to be hanging around some old man?” natalie scoffs.

“oh, uh.. i won’t be around him, actually.”

“yeah? why, where will he be?”

“uh, he’s dead.”

“oh!”

“yeah.”

“shit, sorry—“

“nah, no worries, it’s no problem. really.”

you take a long sip of beer, quieting down after the awkward encounter. nat continues cleaning the bar, serving customers. one of the guys at the bar points at a poster hung up by the door.

“what’s that about?” the man asks.

“hm? oh, yeah, the sheriff is making everyone hang up those wanted posters.” nat scoffs. “some felon on the run, i dunno what she did, but she’s a big deal apparently.”

“‘she’?” he questions.

“fuck yeah, ‘she’. women can be criminals too, y’know.”

the further you traveled through the quaint little town, you more Wanted posters you saw. a few of them were of old criminals, dating back from a few years to a few weeks old. however, you saw a lot of these new ones from the saloon, of that woman. the road began to get dirtier and the buildings started to lessen. soon enough, you ended on a dirt road with short, thin trees.

you can see a few farms in the distance, but keep on your track. after a while, you can see the house. increasing your pace a bit, you jog over. the house looks bigger now than it did when you left. you, your parents, and your siblings seemed so crowded, but now it’s looks so lonely. nobody bothered to come around after your dad died. there are still farm animals lazily stumbling around.

you take the time to lay out some food for the birds in the chicken coop, pile some hay and put out water for the horses, and toss some grains out into a pile for the goats and the pigs, all of the animals having run slim due to only having grass around.

when the sun begins to set, you decide it’s best to go inside. as you lie beneath the weight of the heavy quilts, the flickering candlelight casts warm shadows on the old wallpaper. the night is silent, except for the occasional bleat of a goat or low rumble of a cow in the yard below you. each breath hurts, your heart aching. outside, the wind picks up, howling through the trees, and in the distance, you hear the faintest sound of hooves. you begin to fall asleep, your eyelids heavy with exhaustion.

what you don’t know is that a dangerous woman is drawing nearer, her intentions as shadowed as the night itself, and soon, the quiet of your father’s cabin will be disrupted.

Yellowjackets Prediction:

Antler Queen/Final Boss is Tai

I feel like this makes perfect sense and is not talked about at all. Tai’s dark persona taking over is really being hinted at this season and it makes sense that the girls will go for that after Shauna (inevitably) goes off the rails and ruins their chance to go home.

It’s even hinted at in the final image of the title sequence plus the wilderness is always giving her stuff (Van getting better, Tai is the most successful of all the girls to come home). I feel like the creepy man she sees everywhere is this dark persona that takes over her and the show is building up to her finally giving in to it.

im scared to ask how you feel about lottie as a character

i have a very complicated relationship with lottie and ive been DYINGGG to talking about her because shes more interesting than shauna can ever dream of being. SHE'S the complex female character we need more of.

okay so to preface: i have multiple scales for character appreciation in my mind. there's writing (how well they're characterized and their role as a narrative decive), personality (how much i would fw them as people), action defendability (self explanatory, how willing i am to ride for their defense), and treatment in the fandom (how contrarian i wanna be)

yall know how it is yapping under the cut

lottie. ohhh boy.

writing: oh no notes. 10/10 she is one of the most fascinating characters in the show. her setup and descent is so well done, and her motivations are beyond complex, like you have her trying to do the best for everyone, but also her whole "the wilderness will choose" mindset. she contrasts herself in the yummiest ways possible. her role in the story is absolutely the most relevant and important for the narrative to progress the way it does. as a character, shes's so well done it makes me wish that i could be objective about the whole thing

personality: unfortunately im not able to enjoy characters simply from a robot analysis objective scale. lottie's personality is -while interesting- absolutely INFURIATING to watch. i personally cant stand characters that i call "progress blockers". she repeatedly forces her belief system (deep psychosis) onto the rest of the team, at the expense of escape or actual rational thought. this is where i have to admit: i root for morally sound, logical characters especially in shows like this. "but you can't watch the cannibalism show and complain about the cannibalism" first off. who said im complaining about the cannibalism. im just complaining that shes tormenting my favs (ben, travis, akilah, nat). i do like that she plays a complicated role as the group's mediator, except her mind is so warped, she does an awful job at it (drugging travis, letting shauna beat her up, deluding her followers). i think that shows how much she cares for these people deep down, and i can respect that. more on that later in ther actions section.

actions: so lottie, like i mentioned earlier, has a really interesting internal conflict of wanting to do whats best for as many of the team as she can, while also not being against sacrificing them for the wilderness's mercy. she very much believes that the ends justify the means. however. i can't ever look past her scenes on doomcoming. and im hoping that the people who made it this far aren't illiterate fucking troglodytes who want to debate on what actually happened to travis that night. because it was s/a, actually, it was attempted gang rape and then attempted ritualistic murder. "you cant watch the murder show and hold it against the murderers" we all know damn well that thats not what was most upsetting about that scene, and im allowed to hold certain crimes over eachother in terms of severity. and quite frankly i just cant bring myself to like a character who engaged -ACTIVELY LED AND RATIONALIZED- in that. lottie's whole schtick is that she just doesnt fucking understand or respect boundaries, literally and metaphorically. moving on from doomcoming, she's weird and culty about shauna's baby, which shauna has full right to be freaked out and pissed about. she becomes the leader of the group in s2 and then can't make proper decisions. she lets shauna almost beat her to death instead of trying to mediate the situation rationally, setting up shauna's vengeful nature we see in s3. thats something i could talk about for hours, how shes partially responsible for the shauna we all know and hate. her drugging travis and akilah is a page straight out of misty's handbook, and i dont think i have to explain why it's wrong. her killing edwin?? denying them all escape, causing a chain reaction with shauna and tai also staying behind??? that elevated my blood pressure to a level dangerous to my health. i cannot stand progress blockers. yes, i know she thinks everything she does is right. that doesn't make me (a rational bystander) like her actions any more. again, there are rational people in the show, so im just gravitated towards them sorry guys.

fandom: lottie has two types of people rooting for her in the fandom. theres the "omg my lord and savior she can do no wrong" group and the "omg crazy ass schizo mental illness queen" group and neither of them get her. she's flawed. but her flaws shouldn't all be attributed to dehumanizing conversations about her mental illness. let's not forget that she was a 17 year old going cold turkey on antipsychotics after living the last decade on them, in a situation that's beyond stressful, mind you. no fucking wonder she turned out that way. whatever. i feel like there arent a lot of her fans who recognize the absolute gray nuance in her character. or maybe im just on tiktok too much and everyone on there is fucking rotted beyond belief.

conclusion: i love her. i hate her. im neutral. she scares me. i blame her for all the problems out there and she's doing her best. that's the point

guh

Van: Wait... Lottie, you're a lesbian right?

Lottie: Ya!

Van: But you told me you like Nat AND Travis?

Lottie: Yep!

Van: But... Travis is a dude?

Lottie: Oh... does she not know yet?

“you can’t ship travlottienat AND think lottie is a lesbian” what you fail to consider is that travis martinez is a trans girl actually

I love how ppl say Lottie is like a deer

Has anyone seen that Twitter gif where it’s a baby deer and then Lottie jumping?? It’s so cuteee😭

lord give me back my toxic yuri

NOOOOOOOO WHY MY BABY GIRL

that being said Lottienat from Nats perspective is Why’d you only call me when your high and Lottie’s is 505

jackieshauna from Jackies perspective is I wanna be your girlfriend by girlfriend in red but from Shauna’s it’s I wanna be your girlfriend by Cameron Hayes

And no one believed her

is this anything

no yellowjacket... how am i to spend mi evening noww😔😔

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 EPISODE 10 THOUGHTS (FINALE) (SPOILERS) (WHAT THE FUCK)

guys i'm scared

HANNAH GOING FULL YJ WITH THE CROSSBOW HOLY

nat crashing out at misty ofc

oh jesus thats kodi

lottie ml

THE DREAM SEQUENCES OMG

wait LOTTIE AND LOTTIE oh honey i need to hug her

the staircase dream❗❗

oh my god tai honey

TEARS IN MY EYES

NOT THE FLASHBACKS I AM CRYING

OH SHE ATE THAT

HIYA CALLIEEEE

oh why is misty there

OH WHAT

FYM 'BEFORE YOU KILLED HER'

OH MY GOD IT WAS CALLIE? i take back the walter theory guys im so sorry

It

petition for cllie to go shauna-level insane next season

OH SHIT SHE PUSHED HER

o hey jeff

HE KNOWS

i don't even know how to feel about this

oh akilah honey no NOT THE ANIMALS

wait shauna's hair is so prettyyyyyy

YOWZA it's hunt time ladies

i fear for all the brunette characters rn

evil lesbians omg

OH THEY LEFT

honestly go them

eerie lottie my fave genre

CARD TIME

'i trust whatever It wills' ooooooh scary

MARI NO MARI NO WHAT NK MAURI WHT ATGEVDUCK

WHAT THE FUCK DO THEY MEAN MARI

lottie's smile as she counts oh im sick

'MY FAVORITE THOUGHTS ARE JACKIE'S'??? OH I'M SICKKKKK

shauna at mistys house oop

'the shock of you taking responsibility for your actions just might give me a stroke' oh and she ate with that

'YOU WERE BUSY EATING YOUR EX-GIRLFRIENDS ARM'

RUN MARI PLEASE RUN

NO MARI

THATS THE DRESS

IT CAN'T BE HER

the box!

hannah knows ab the phone oh

i don't believe her if i'm being real. i don't think she wants to get out of there

lottie ml

O SHE DID IT MY POOR BABY AKILAH

akilah don't try it, lottie is jesus now

RUN MARI RUN

fuck shauna found the footprints

'mari's my friend' AHAHGHEJJDHDJAKWKWJWHDFJ

MARI RUN

o shit go melissa

LOTTIE FOUND HER

lottie can so see the future

NO

taking a break

had to go cry at my dad i'm back now (this is devastating mari was my second favorite and now i will never recover)

GO MELISSA

why couldn't you have killed her

SHE TWITCHED

crying again seeing her in the pit is horrendous

now who is tai talking to

oh it's misty

really thought they were gonna reveal another survivor at this stage of the show i am delusional

GET OUT OF HERE WALTER I STILL DON'T LIKE YOU

oh van sweetie

the close up of her face was not needed that is too personal to me

the switches between s1 and s3 are insane

whatever happens to shauna is deserved and i can't lie about that

THE NOTE WAS UNDER THE FRIDGE THE WHOLE TIME

the robes of the antler queen

IT'S MARI'S HAIR I AM SO SICK

oh 2021 shauna will go crazy next season

THEY SWITCHED CLOTHES WHERE IS NAT

MISTY'S SMIRK

oh yes nat, run free queen

OH MY GOD IT HAS SIGNAL

'I CAN HEAR YOU'

FULL CIRCLE IS CORRECT HOLOY SHIT

well this has been... fun. lots of thoughts. see you all next season!

I'VE BEEN STAYING OFF SOCIAL MEDIA ALL DAY AND NOW MY YELLOWJACKETS FINALE THOUGHTS WILL BE OUT IN ABOUT AN HOUR

yellowjackets season 2 & 3 spoilers (theory)

walter killed lottie. this is not 100% confirmed, obviously, but i feel like after the scene with misty at his house in ep 9, it's the most plausible theory.

so, here's why i think he did it.

after nat died, we all saw how dependent misty was on walter. my theory is that after misty started being independent again (well, the misty version of independent), walter missed that and decided that the only way for the 'problem' to be 'fixed' was for him to kill another one of the yellowjackets and entice misty into the mystery aspect of the murder, OR, have her so upset by lotties death that she would fall back into the needing him.

that ia my theory, hope you like it.

HEAVY YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 EPISODE 9 SPOILERS BELOW

oh big van and baby van my heart :(

THE SINGLE TEAR

OH I FORGOT THIS WAS HAPPENING HI SHAUNA

oh yuck

NOT THE FLOWERBED

oh we back in the wilderness hey shauna

'little girl' oh why do i hate this man

YOU TELL HIM SHAUNA

'we survived' YEAH BARELY, BABE

taivan fight i can't do this 😭

tell 'em misty

OH MY GOD MELISSA MISTY TAIVAN MEETUP

OH MY GOD X MARKS THE SPOT

what is travis doing

OH MY GOD THATS THE PIT

travis is pit girl confirmed

i hope shauna gets to kill kodiak

thank god they're being reasonable here

well, reasonable-ish

OH THE FREEZER WAS MISTY

yk what, go off misty, you tell them queen

I AM GOING TO KISS LOTTIE

oh he's going to try and kill her i don't like him anymore. i mean, i understand his thinking, but that is my little cult leader, sooooo...

CALLIE AND JEFF MY LOVLIES

that is a helicopter

GET OUT OF HERE WALTER

misty and her fuckass watch im crying i love her

where is van off to

OH IS THIS AB THE PHONE

i was correct

oh yeah melissa didn't know ab adam😬

melissa havin a chat with the mother-in-law

shauna jealoussssss

oh they are fightinggg

OUCH

OH

oh she missed

JAVI MENTION IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025

WAS SHE STANDING ON THE TRAP

lottie is jesus walking on water ahh

FATHER DAUGHTER ACTIVITIES I LOVE JEFF AND CALLIE

a very sexy lady go jeff

i need to give him a hug😭

shauna missing melissa

hashtag don't trust kodiak

OH SHAUNA KNEW is it because of the hair? she got some kinda wierd connection now, huh

O SHE STABBED HIM hannah is a yellowjacket now

misty digging deeper go queen

I JUST HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT WALTER I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT

yes distract him go queen

WHAT DO YOU SEE MISTY

DID WALTER KILL HER AS SOME KINDA FUCKED UP WAY TO GET TO MISTY I BET HE DID

TAI NO

ooh dream sequence

ITS THE PHONE FROM THE TITLE SEQUENCE

tai and other tai fight omg

she just gonna cut the rope (i hope)

oh nat😭😭 NO I NEED TO HUG HER

snow

THE TRANSPONDER

NAT'S GONNA FIND OUT I BET YOU ANYTHING

SHIT

i knew she was just gonna cut the ropes

but you're not gonna kill her

and they hug and i cry

WOAH

HUH

NO NO NO MELISSA YOU FUCKASS HOE

NO TAI I CANT

what the FUCK

not the fucking plane

sobbing so hard i actually threw up

did not enjoy that

ill see you all next week

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 THOUGHTS (spoilers and it's a long one)

my only notes for the intro: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

diva misty

that is other tai istg

oh she found her glasses thank goodness

i'm probably wrong, but i feel like i can't trust kodiak idk

realest question from van

i'm advocating for tai to become the leader tbh

HI JEFF AND CALLIE MY LOVELIES

go off jeff you tell them

OH MY GOD THERE WAS A FUNERAL AN A SUICIDE NOTE? this is a crazy level of dedication and i respect it, melissa of hat fame

oh shauna looks disappointedddddd

'none of that matters to me' oooh ok

oooh they found the boys

unfortunately (or fortunately idk), i'm inclined to agree with lottie here

shauna is going crazy she's so silly

OH I GET IT tai's looking for sacrifices on the ward

alright by supergrass as they bury a man is wild i love this show so much

they cannot wait to be free they are so cute

IT'S THE NO EYED MAN I SAW HIM

melissa's tiny smile

her hand be shaking af

'and she still loves you?' 'whos lying now?' DAMNNNNN MELISSA

i love jeff

oh you tell him, callie

literally just wanna boop callie's nose that is all i ask for

THEY GOT OASIS UP IN HERE

this is the father/daughter solidarity we love to see

oh akilah's smile i am SICK

we love a good hallucination

oh we're back at the plane

oh you tell the wilderness, baby

OH WUHWOH THAT IS OTHER TAI

they're all so happy i am SICK

oh lottie sweetheart

shauna too

AND TAI HOLY SHIT

AND THAT'S THE END OF THE TEEN TIMELINE FOR THIS EP ISN'T IT

oh callie's smile i'm dead i love her so so so much

go off melissa debunking all of shauna's things

OH SHIT

OH SHE'S INSANE

great episode guys, see you next week

YELLOWJACKETS SEASON THREE EPISODE SEVEN THOUGHTS (spoilers below)

oooh the hikers pov thats fun

they really love these frogs thats cute

i bet the phone will break

THE SYMBOL

somehow, van, i don't think you're going home

awww look at shauna's grin she's so cute

yk what, you tell them lottie

NO MELISSA OF HAT FAME

oh lottie lowkey a freak🤭🤭

ooooh the full tape

HUH???

o shit that's an obituary

hashtag feeling bad for jeff

cutie ass van with that cute ass little knife

oh yeah i forgot that misty didn't know about the tape

oh lawd they running

oh dear she broke away from him he will die

OH MY GOD IS IT HANNAH'S HAIR ON THE ANTLER QUEEN COSTUME??? idk why, but her hair looks a lot like the stuff on the costume

oh so it's her kid

'gentle and reasonable conversation' be so fr right now babe

yay adult timeline yellowjackets solidarity!!

NO I DIDN'T WANT COMFIRMATION THAT MELISSA OF HAT FAME ISN'T THE SURVIVOR i wanted her jeff and shauna to stand in a room together

go off tai

gotta agree with tai on this one, 'luck' isn't really a thing that happens to the yellowjackets

'i'm gonna call my mom' and then what if i cried myself to sleep

oh baby akhilah

and so they leave her with no weapon? misty, it's ok, i love you

shaunanat

'i know where there's first aid supplies' AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO CONVINCE SHAUNA I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT

WALTER THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME LIKE YOU I CANNOT LIE

wait what did he just say about shauna

OH SHIT VAN

oh he fell! bye bye hunter man

nvm ig

throwing up tears this is so sad if van dies so will i

oh shauna left them thats harsh

both her wives in hospitals after serious accidents does not bode well for tai

oh i love a good hallucination scene

oh other tai hi baby!

oh seeing melissa in pain is actually making me heavily sad

oh lottie my little blood dirt freak

oh callie and jeff are figuring things OUT

shauna my little scrunkle are you about to commit more crimes

OH SHIT SHE'S GOT A KNIFE

AMAZING EPISODE 9/10

finally done with my bedtime routine and y'all know what that means. GAYASS CANNIBAL TIME!!! (thoughts will be out once i'm done watching)

have not gotten around to watching the new episode yet, but rest assured that once my evening routine is done, i will be sitting my ass right down on my comfy little bed and the lesbians will have all my attention

just finished watching the new ep, and from the bottom of my heart i can confidently say: what the fuck.

MORE YELLOWJACKETS SEASON THREE EPISODE FOUR SPOILERS BELOW (last post for today, i promise)

I think that Lottie is definitely one of the most tragic deaths so far. She went through so much, and she didn't deserve anything that happened to her and she didn't deserve to go in the way that it seems she did. Of course, we don't yet know the full context of her death, but it's obvious that someone else did this to her, and the candles around her bring a sort of ritual aspect to it that i'm excited to see them dive back into.

(i'm also still stuck on the trial vote, like what the fuck?)

big yellowjackets season 3 episode 4 spoilers below

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEANBTHEY KILLED OFF LOTTIE I'M ACTIVELY IN TEARSD

i think i'm going to be not on my phone for the rest of the day

so after ep three we can all agree jackie's hair is definitely way darker this season?

the girlkissers girlkissed and i screamed in sheer excitement

Charlotte Matthews, you're the father 🫵🏼

now in all seriousness (kinda) I made this bot on the premise that basically I want a child with adult Lottie (Charlotte) sooo... If anyone else feels like me maybe you can give it a try too... pls don't be too harsh I'm new at making bots, whatever here's the link

They definitely did it, just can’t prove it though

I’ve never watched Yellowjackets, but Natalie and Lottie?