Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow: “Dawn’s Early Light"  Episodic Photos

it’s not just that they killed her, it is the framing of her death, the idea that Abby’s whole purpose in life was to get Ichabod acclimated to the 21st century apparently? That her purpose was to be a footnote in Ichabod’s story, not a savior of the world as we were led to believe from the premise of the god damn show. It’s that we get this after two seasons of Abbie being treated like a secondary character when she’s one of the co-leads.

Please live Joe!!!

April fools guys from the SH writers…

Abbie Mills deserves better

Abbie Mills being killed on Sleepy Hollow just goes to show me the writers, producers, and showrunners of Sleepy Hollow were never truly invested or interested in her character. They never expected this amazing black female character, played by a very talented black woman, would resonate with so many people. They never expected Abbie to have the fanbase she had, or to become as popular as she is. 

It says to me all the praise they got in season one for the shows diversity was really all talk. That once Abbie got too popular, they pushed Katrina out to the forefront hoping desperately fans and viewers would latch on to her like they did Abbie. Because they didn’t see Abbie as special, unique, and important. 

I stopped watching the show mid-way through s2, but Abbie was always the reason I wanted to watch. She was the heart of the show in the early seasons. She was the cornerstone of what made the show work. 

I’m not sure if Nicole wanted to leave the show (given that the showrunners seemed clueless as what to do with the character and utterly unwilling to pursue the obvious Ichabbie romance), or if this was a showrunners only decision. Either way, it’s a sad loss for television. I only hope Nicole can find better work and better roles where she can really shine as an actress. She deserved so much better than what she was given on Sleepy Hollow. And fans deserved better from the showrunners. Abbie Mills deserved better. 

It’s not just that they killed Joe, it’s that they killed Joe after shoving Joenny down our throats for so many episodes (at the expense of Ichabbie) and without using his character to reveal any more about Sheriff Corbin and his past with the Mills girls.

Crane Cooks from “Kindred Spirits”

Cashmere Cape, ca. 1912

Reville & Rossiter Ltd.

via Vintage Martini

“My job was to carry you forward.” –Abbie Mills’ last words

I quit the show in season 2, and when I heard about this I wasn’t gonna post about it, but it’s just so awful on so many levels. as a black woman, I was so excited to be represented in a TV show, let alone as a *lead* in that show. I loved Abbie Mills as the wonderfully three dimensional, engaging, and strong woman she was, with her own significant ancestry and storylines.

everything in me rejects that line. as much as I shipped Ichabbie, Abbie Mills did not exist for Ichabod Crane. BLACK WOMEN DO NOT EXIST TO PROP UP THE STORIES OF WHITE MEN. it is a lesson history, and our media, have yet to learn. when I started the show watching the pilot, I had hope Sleepy Hollow would understand that. instead, it did worse – it pretended it did, and then revealed its true colors. We waited for Abbie’s storylines to be focused on, and we got a gradual sidelining of her character for a parade of bland white women that went in and out of Ichabod’s life, and the show’s focus on them.

RIP Grace Abigail Mills. You deserved better.