*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

bonus scene:

Sans sweep was so powerful the residual shockwaves accidentally killed the fucking queen

An Update:

Besides losing the beef— and barely, at that— not a single thing happened to him. He found out that there was no Eve but now it’s implied he doesn’t need one. After years of abuse to Tadashi, whatever criminal activities he and his business are involved in and definite attempted murder against Cherry, Reki, Langa and whatever other skaters in the past, he basically just got to go “I guess skating is fun” and then resume his criminal activities in the business world.

On top of that, he apparently gets to keep abusing Tadashi who is just? Okay with that? Because Adam remembers them skating as kids fondly and implied some weird, creepy ownership of Tadashi that is apparently okay with Tadashi?

The plot line with the detective was totally wasted. There was no need for her character at any point now because she didn’t serve to actually do anything. All we get is Adam selling someone out at the end to get her off his tail but like, we all knew Adam already sucked so it’s not like we needed that scene.

And maybe that’s what bothers me so much. It doesn’t appear that Adam has changed at all. And don’t get me wrong, I was rooting for jail and for him to never touch a skateboard again in his life. But if that’s not gonna happen and he’s gonna learn a lesson, he should at least change. And he didn’t, he really didn’t. Nothing it shows after the beef indicates that he has changed at all. He shows up uninvited at that bbq with flowers for Langa, so he’s still a creepy stalker with no boundaries. He tells Tadashi that he’ll be a dog for the entirety of their lives, so he’s still an abusive and manipulative boss (lover? There’s still so much to unpack here). And he sells out that other guy so he’s still a shady businessman engrossed in illegal activities.

Besides deciding that skating is fun and is better with other people, Adam doesn’t change at all.

I’m glad that he tried to fight Langa on that, though. I will say that gave a more believable and realistic take to it than just Langa being like “skating is fun and meant to be shared!” And Adam immediately going “you’re right!”. At least he tried to say no, to push the idea away. That’s fitting of Adam’s character and I think that part was done well.

But I guess I’m just let down that Adam had been shown time and time again to be basically irredeemable and to do all these things that are not okay and now he just gets to? Keep doing them? He gets to keep coming to S? He gets to skate with the crew? He gets to keep his business, keep his employee? He spent 12 episodes getting progressively worse and then they were just like “okay but he remembers skating is fun!” Okay? He’s still a horrible human who has the karma bus coming for him with a list of reasons three miles long?