the occasional ramblings of an overthinker

I hope the fic writers are doing their thing because I’m not okay with this show ending on a cliffhanger. There was so much potential with every single character and so many unresolved plot lines. (Did I smell a possible Marcel/brooke slowburn setup or am I tripping? and kiara and Cait never talking about how kiara saw Cait and Curtis making out? How we never see Alicia confronting Zac about the robbery? Cait never finding out how Logan was the one who strong armed Christian into driving that day?)

I still don’t like Ryan all that much for reasons I think Buck expressed well, but I’m definitely much more interested in the show as a whole now. I still wish they’d steer away from the actual family drama though. The initial appeal of 911 to me was always the found family and the blood family just kind of undercuts it for me. Don’t know how true it is of Nashville but sometimes it feels like blood family is used to justify lazy writing while you can’t get away with writing character dynamics like that if they aren’t blood related.

Would’ve appreciated some background on how Catherine/Lexy met Richard and who he was, but otherwise I loved the show. They packed a surprising amount into 6 episodes. I really appreciated how the author/writers very subtly and naturally inserted Alice into everywhere she needed to be to commit the murders (I didn’t read the book so unsure where this originated). It’s rare that I completely fail to guess a twist so I really enjoyed the experience. Highly recommend this show but major TWs for rape, murder, infidelity and child death. Not an easy watch if you have trauma, particularly episode 6.

I don’t know why the writers are trying to get us to sympathise with someone who did something so selfish and is continuing to act self-absorbed as hell. Hen owes Karen and chimney big apologies. Karen 100% had the right to be angry about her wife hiding a debilitating medical condition from her. I hate to say it but the writing choices have really been questionable starting with Bobby’s death.

Second, I felt like there was a glaring discrepancy between the acting choices and the content of the show. At times, Charlie and Emily especially really felt like characters in a children’s cartoon with the exaggerated emotions and the animation style. It feels so jarring to get this vibe from the sound and visuals when the content of the show is so adult (and over-the-top edgy in my opinion). I don’t know why this only started really getting to me in s2 but it’s so bad. It’s kind of combining the two things I dislike the most about kids animation and adult animation. If a kids show is good, I can look past the over the top acting. If an adult show is good, I tolerate any over the top edginess and excessive swearing that may be present. Hazbin Hotel just has no redeeming qualities for me at this point. I’m just sad that the talents of so many amazing singers and actors are basically being wasted on a badly written show. I have never written this long of a criticism post here but I guess that’s how badly the wasted potential got to me.

AINT NO WAY my local library has TUSK LOVE?? I didn’t even know it was a real book until I happened to look up while walking through the shelves 😭😭

The other incident that icked me out was her insulting Conchita to ingratiate herself with her mother-in-law. Every time Jinny has an opportunity to get ahead, she takes it, and throws these girls she’s known her whole life under the bus for approval that won’t protect her when it comes down to it. Seadown abused her and alienated her from her loved ones, and his mother enabled him all the way to the end. Even all her bootlicking didn’t save her. The love and (undeserved) sacrifices from her family and friends did. It’s sad that Nan and Conchita ultimately paid a higher price than Jinny did for her own selfish choices. (Not to mention Guy, Theo and Lizzy)

Also I adore the fact that Vex didn’t make a single move on Percy until he’d finished dealing with his (literal) demons and trauma. I so rarely see friends to lovers written in a way I actually enjoy. Lastly, perc’ahlia writers YALL ARE THE SHIT please never stop doing what you’re doing.

RIP Doug though :( sad ending to a sad life. My man deserved better.