jay

1 time near miss? sure! 2 times near miss - still ok no biggie. 3+?? it’s getting weird and obvious that the freedom that was once allowed isn’t and there’s been a very conscious change from either the directors or the ‘powers that be’. it disrupts the flow and also just makes things not make sense. almost all the near-miss or off-screen (rip bostontua) situations this season i can excuse, but the arnold dean one? the (inevitable) reaction to all of this only makes sense if something happens.

the thing that made season 1 so attractive was the similarity to actual normal, messy university relationships and friendships. and also just other tv shows outside of the bl bubble where actors are actually just allowed to act against different partners over the duration of the show. it also had a little bit less of the ott ‘we are so into this one person and no one else’ that most bls seem to have. outside of bl, it was good, realistic television. but somehow bl politics of ghost ships and strict pairings has crept in and i would not say it was for the better.