Yellowjackets: Why Lottie is a Reluctant Messiah

He goes on to say “As a result of I feel we see Lottie within the wilderness in a sure manner as a type of like a reluctant Messiah, who’s channeling a sure type of quasi spiritualism. After which we see her get off the aircraft after rescue. And clearly, she’s modified and one thing is horrible, as a result of she screams and we go to fundamental titles, then we reduce ahead and we see her as a grown up. And I feel that creates an excessive amount of thriller which we intend to mine, in fact, in the midst of the season, by way of how these three Lotties can coexist, and what occurred to elucidate it.”

Whereas many within the group have come to depend on teen Lottie’s prophetic visions to get them by the tough winter we discover them in initially of season 2, others are nonetheless hesitant to completely put their religion in Lottie. Throughout their seek for Javi, Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) accepts Lottie’s blessings earlier than leaving the cabin to appease Travis, however doesn’t actually imagine in it herself. Taissa (Jasmin Savoy Brown) often goes alongside to appease Van, however can be keen to make enjoyable of how weird a few of Lottie’s rituals are. Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) spends a lot of the winter traumatized by Jackie’s dying, but in addition speaks up when Lottie offers her a child blanket in episode 3 with the mysterious image of the forest stitched on it.

Whereas the others see this image as a protecting sigil blessed by Lottie and the wilderness, Natalie and Taissa are fast to remind them that they discovered this image across the lifeless man within the attic. However at the same time as the women start to argue with one another, it doesn’t final lengthy as Shauna’s nostril begins to bleed onto the blanket and birds start to fall lifeless from the sky. Natalie argues that the birds could possibly be diseased, however Lottie insists that they’re a blessing and urges the women to assemble them.

Lottie could have reluctantly stepped up because the non secular chief of the group whereas they had been trapped within the forest, however after we meet Lottie within the current day, it looks like she’s accepted her messianic abilities, to an extent. The season 1 finale reveals that Lottie has develop into a cult chief that makes use of the image of the forest to convey individuals collectively, however after we meet grownup Lottie this season, her motives seem quite a bit much less sinister than her kidnapping of Natalie (Juliette Lewis) would possibly recommend. Despite the fact that she makes use of the image from the forest at her “wellness retreat,” there’s no proof of cannibalism, blood sacrifices, or foreboding visions. As a substitute of making an attempt to completely ignore what occurred within the wilderness, she’s utilizing what she realized there and through her time in a Switzerland psychological establishment to assist others.

Issues change, nonetheless, when grownup Lottie’s visions return on the finish of episode 3 “Digestif.” She sees the beehives of her collective lined with blood and surrounded by lifeless bees earlier than being snapped again to actuality by one among her followers. The tune “Bells for Her” by Tori Amos performs over this scene, with the lyrics “can’t cease what’s coming, can’t cease what’s on its manner” conveying how ominous this imaginative and prescient feels for Lottie. She’s visibly shaken, as if she’s been despatched again to the wilderness and rescue was nothing however a dream. Lottie feels one thing sinister in that second, and is apprehensive about what this implies for her and the opposite aircraft crash survivors.

Lottie’s connection to Travis’ dying and her kidnapping of Natalie could have framed her as a possible villain this season, however the showrunners have made positive that we notice Lottie’s story is simply as advanced as the opposite survivors.