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Okay, please don’t hate me, but I got really frustrated with Hazel’s character. I’m a Christian, and I have faults and make mistakes like anyone else, so I’m not saying she needed to be portrayed as a flawless Christian. Yes, Christians can cheat, struggle, and make serious mistakes too. My issue is that I wish they had given Hazel a different character arc instead of portraying another overly zealous Christian girl who pushes her religious views on other people, judges them, and then ends up being hypocritical herself. We could’ve had a Christian college girl who genuinely believes in God and tries to live according to her faith while still having flaws and struggles, but who doesn’t constantly judge everyone around her. There are so many different stories they could’ve told with Hazel without making her perfect. The tornado episode especially bothered me. I don’t even want to say the name of that game because it creeps me out, but I don’t think that scene was necessary either. If the writers wanted to explore spirituality or faith, there are much more meaningful and subtle ways to do it. In this day and age, when so many people are becoming more spiritually self-aware, why not show examples of Jesus and Christian values through the actual story instead of always having to make everything so obvious? Esther is a good example of what I mean. God’s name isn’t explicitly mentioned in the Book of Esther, yet you can still see God’s providence throughout the story. That’s the kind of storytelling I would’ve loved for Hazel—where you could see her faith through her choices, growth, compassion, and the way she treats people without the show constantly having to tell us, “This is the Christian character.” I just wish we could get more variety in how Christian women are portrayed.
2026-09-30 01:52:32