By Monique
During the East Coast viewing of Sleepy Hollow, fans were getting angrier and angrier when it became apparent that Katrina, not Abbie, was going to be accompanying Ichabod on his case. WHUT? You can read what I thought about it here, but just to sum it up; I wasn’t kind about it. Neither were other fans, who expressed their ire in the hashtag #WitchesBetterThanKatrina. Here are some of the best tweets.
#witchesbetterthankatrina Endora and Aunt Clara from Bewitched and they both are Red-Heads pic.twitter.com/h6WzdgypXs
— Barbara Ruffin (@MedlovianGirl) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina Yea I’m watching Bewitched right now and it got me thinking that baby Tabitha is better pic.twitter.com/4QxbI9lQA8
— Barbara Ruffin (@MedlovianGirl) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina Dorothy Gale. And she’s not a witch at all. She’s just a girl from Kansas.
— Lindsey (@narvanator) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina (and almost as old!) #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/N6nXZ7c9Tf — Naughty Goddess (@BronzeBritBabe) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHolla #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/rgjB2leo16
— Marie (@AllThingsTWD410) January 20, 2015
The witch from Minecraft #SleepyHollow #SleepyHolla #witchesbetterthankatrina pic.twitter.com/kjcNCYoKew — Phillydeva (@Phillydeva) January 20, 2015
“@ConnieBV: #WitchesBetterThanKatrina #sleepyhollow #SleepyHolla pic.twitter.com/uoaDgrUH2v” Nah not better than those 3
— Yasmine (@YasminePhoenix) January 20, 2015
#witchesbetterthankatrina #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/GjUW783oWc — KathryntheGreat (@KathryntheGr8) January 20, 2015
Lucinda from ‘Sofia the First.’ #WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHollow #SleepyHolla pic.twitter.com/cLiR6SiaAD
— Tiff, Same Ol’ Me (@TiffAmI0308) January 20, 2015
Ursula the Sea Witch from ‘The Little Mermaid.’ #WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHollow #SleepyHolla pic.twitter.com/pdEcq29N9O — Tiff, Same Ol’ Me (@TiffAmI0308) January 20, 2015
#witchesbetterthankatrina #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/z0Ewyujiar
— KathryntheGreat (@KathryntheGr8) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHolla pic.twitter.com/cIwZCn1h1u — Breezy (@soSHalanZietE) January 20, 2015
Before or after he lost his memory? That’s still a burn! RT @femmissgeek: @BlackGirlNerds Gilderoy Lockheart. #witchesbetterthankatrina
— M. Ibrahim (@MaatMHI) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHolla #SleepyHollow pic.twitter.com/R8gJAmI7KR — Marie (@AllThingsTWD410) January 20, 2015
“@essayjenkins: A 5 year old in a witch costume #WitchesBetterThanKatrina” LMAOO
— Kellan Kyle (@MyOTPdelena) January 20, 2015
Strega Nona. That’s all. #WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHollow #SleepyHolla — @LADYDAY93 in TJ (@LADYDAY93_TJFGG) January 20, 2015
She at least gave Dorothy cute shoes. #WitchesBetterThanKatrina pic.twitter.com/mM8IBmeH7x
— Camille Udunno (@GloRose89) January 20, 2015
#WitchesBetterThanKatrina Regina Mills pic.twitter.com/nQmFYKkEXh — Natasha (@IAmShenanigans) January 20, 2015
#witchesbetterthankatrina pic.twitter.com/9jIay0jIpH
— KathryntheGreat (@KathryntheGr8) January 20, 2015
Broom-Hilda @BlackGirlNerds #WitchesBetterThanKatrina #SleepyHollow #SleepyHolla pic.twitter.com/SpogygprOT — Marion (@cookdrinkfeast) January 20, 2015
A lot of them are funny, but they all point to a common irritation: Katrina is a terribly developed character and the writers have to constantly figure out ways to make her interesting. But it’s like building a house without a foundation; everything just slides everywhere without grounding.
This is the second time an anti-Katrina hashtag has become a trending topic. It’s also not the only criticisms coming out about Katrina as a character. Prominent bloggers and TV critics alike have complained about her lackluster characterization and her ability to suck the soul out of the episodes she’s in. Fox also heard this outcry and, as Fox exec Dana Walden said at the TCA winter previews, Fox will hold meetings as to how to get Sleepy Hollow back on track so it can be poised for a S3 return (right now, renewal has been put on hold). You can read more about it in my breakdown of the TCA comments here.
What do you think about the hashtag? How much of a Katrina non-fan are you? Write about it below!
Julian 