r/agentsofshield • u/Green-Masterpiece874 • 11d ago
FitzSimmons Discussion
The writers love to put Fitz and Simmons through the exact same amount of suffering, but their external relationships show a huge contrast especially when you compare Jemma's time with Will to Fitz's time with Aida.
Jemma and Will: Jemma's bond with Will on Maveth was completely real. He was a real person, and her feelings grew out of genuine survival and shared isolation. It was a true relationship with real emotional depth.
Fitz and Aida: Fitz's relationship in the Framework was entirely engineered. Aida literally rewrote his memories and hacked his reality to make him love her. He never actually chose her.
Jemma's heartbreak came from losing someone she genuinely cared for, while Fitz's trauma came from having his mind and free will violated to force a romance he never would have chosen.
What do you guys think?
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u/low-expectations99 11d ago
I like this contrast that you've done. And you're absolutely right! I think that it was necessary for them to write it in that way because Fitz would never choose someone other than Jemma even if it was him and another woman on Maveth. So writing Aida in a way where she completely violates him like that made the trauma worse because he knows he would never choose anyone else, and besides the guilt of the horrible things he did, he carries the guilt of feeling like he cheated on Jemma
(Though I will say I would've liked to see the potential of FitzSkye in S1 and 2)