This video is an attempt to answer a question of how did Mariah’s past sexual trauma as a child influenced her relationship with Shades. Did you notice how cold Mariah turned towards Shades when Tilda - the living reminder of the incestuous rape - came back to her life?
This is also the first time I’ve looked at Cottonmouth’s death through Mariah’s eyes. Hell, I’ve been swooning worse than Shades over her murderous ways to really pay attention to it. The kill wasn’t a premeditated murder, it was PTSD. It was a response to CM’s taunts about her being raped. What was a traumatic for her, was proof to Shades that she “got the nerve”, that she had “stepped up”. With that assessment Shades inadvertently gave her a way to rationalize the kill in a way her wounded psyche could handle. It’s better to be a domineering bitch than a helpless victim, right?
I think that’s why Shades couldn’t truly understand what was going on with Mariah. He was a man of order who couldn’t understand why she acted in such a chaotic way. He killed people when and if it was necessary, she killed to be free of her past trauma. She believed in trying to survive, he believed in them.
I think this is also why his betrayal was so horrific for her. He had always had her back and had always been there for her. To lose that really broke her.
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SONG: Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart.
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