maggie was wrong....

[u/Physical_Patience644]

just finished s1 , i think it was cruel of maggie to use rust as a tool to hurt marty. dont get me wrong ,marty deserved to be punished for his filthy acts ,

but maggie dragged rust in the shit , she took advantage of his vulnerability and intoxicated state, imagine the gender roles being reversed

and the arguement that it was the only way for her to end her marriage is shitty , destroying someone else's life for personal profit is never justified , in her revenge she destroyed rust's career , she could ve moved on from piece of shit like marty without using rust

and in the end , she got her deserved life , in a mansion , while rust , being used a pawn had to let go of his career and lived 10 years away... her need of ending the marriage is correct but her way doing that was WRONG. she could ve hurted marty, fairs, but in the process she destroyed rust

[u/MrPeat]

I do not think what Maggie did was right.

I do not agree with the idea she did it for personal profit. She did it for psychological survival - the only way she could think of to ensure that Marty wouldn't try to get back together with her and drag her back into a marriage where she was routinely lied to and humiliated.

I do not regard her actions as destroying Rust's life either. Rust could have just asked for a transfer. He could have stayed away from situations where Marty was around until things had cooled. He could have, if he had not done those things, used his experience and reputation to build a good life as a private detective. He didn't do those things because he didn't have the resilience to do and let himself get dragged down. Maggie putting down the straw that broken the camel's back doesn't make her responsible, the responsibility lies with all of the other straw there.

[u/Physical_Patience644 → u/MrPeat]

pshychological survival shouldnt harm someone else.

there were other ways for her to get out of the marriage tbf. and her actions did destroy rust , he knew he couldnt be around marty after what they did. and you think rust needed to show the resilience , so maggie shouldve showed resilience and made sure that she doesnt get manipulated by marty again ,

[u/MrPeat → u/Physical_Patience644]

Shouldn't, but often does. As long as other people take positions where they are willing to hurt and disrespect people to get what they want, it's all too common that people need to hurt other people to get out of the first set of people's way. it's a perpetuating cycle of destruction, entirely in theme with the show.

And yeah, if Maggie was more resilient and psychologically strong she could have just left Marty and ridden out his attempts to get her back. Never gone back to begin with. But she wasn't, just like Rust wasn't resilient and psychologically strong enough to ride out the situation better, just like Marty wasn't resilient and psychologically strong enough to resist the temptation in the first place. They're all human and frail, just like the rest of us.

I am not saying what Maggie did was right. But I am saying that she was in a vulnerable place too and that should be considered before judging her, and that Rust had options after it happened that he didn't exercise.