the leadership mantle among the yellowjackets going from jackie to tai to lottie to nat to shauna is very interesting and should be talked about more
the things that they were able to provide as leaders differs vastly from girl to girl and was based on what the team needed each time
1. at home, they needed jackie’s influence, her people skills, and her uplifting qualities. she was picked out for this role.
2. in the first few months after crashing, they needed tai’s natural leadership, maturity and drive. she filled this role very naturally, without even being asked to.
3. after the failed expedition and laura lee’s death, they needed the faith and hope only lottie provided. this was pure accident, like lottie said, she never wanted to be a leader.
4. after doing the awful thing they did to javi, they needed someone with nat’s lasting goodness/humanity. she was also picked out, chosen and then accepted by (most of) the girls.
5. as things just get harder and more brutal, it was only natural for someone with shauna’s wrath and ruthlessness to dethrone natalie. this was a forced change (even if lottie picked her).
just some food for thought
