The creative decision to tell this story from "the victim is actually the bully" angle was...sus. Especially because that is not how these cases typically play out. Boys are bullied by other boys for their lack of success with girls. Boys are pressured by grown men (the "uncles") to be s3xually curious too early and are ridiculed by said men when they display unease or unwillingness. Resulting in low-esteem for not fitting the description of "masculinity", making the boy an easy target for the manosphere, where it's other men once again who radicalise him and reinforce his low self-perception for their own financial gain. The series was promoted as a cautionary tale. A warning to parents about the threat the manosphere/redpill poses to their little boys. Yet failed to even give a robust description of the manosphere/redpill and how it operates. The creators consciously chose to ignore how stories such as Jamie's and Katie's come to be. All in favour of offering a veil of protection and empathy for the Jamies of the world. Yeah, I'm definitely giving the creators a side-eye. What was their true intention in making this series. Even the final scene was a last-ditch attempt to get the viewer to empathise with Jamie by highlighting his youth, (the child-like space-themed room and teddybear) even after we just watched how intimidating he can be in episode 3.
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