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JONCH

Inspired by @starslasher which I saw when reblogged by @s0livagant and was ultimately drawn for @finestoflines and @joshysgf

So it finally happened. What some fans of TVD universe have been waiting for since we saw the conception of one the newest spicies in The Vampire Diaries. Her violent birth in The Originals and we watched as she triggered her wolf accidentally, like most of them do, and how hard Julie Plec’s non-talented ass tried her best to make Hope Andrea Mikaelson the next Elena 2.0.

Thus we got…

Danielle Rose Russell was the perfect mix of what a child of Klaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall would look like physically and till this day this is the best decision the ‘writers’ and creators of Legacies ever made. I watched Legacies with trepidation because I didn’t think a third spinoff would fair well and boy was I right. I was bombarded with supernaturals that never existed before, plot holes, inconsistent writing, and this intense need for Hope to be swallowed up whole by a teen relationship that just didn’t hit as hard as previous relationships, namely Stelena, Delena, Hayelijah, and others. Hope Mikaelson lost the development she had in season five of The Originals and was completely obsessed with Landon Kirby. She was so obsessed with this young man that it’s all Hope Mikaelson became. The first time this universe had a true female lead, she became nothing more than a hero and someone’s girlfriend, while the show fixated on Landon Kirby and tried it’s best (and failed) to make Landon the lead even though it wasn’t his spinoff. Even with this bs they hinted at the tribrid Hope would eventually become back in season one and season three.

Instead of truly building up to this we got a golem, mud man, better named Malivore was the big bad and the writers dragged this horrible ass plot out for four seasons. But we were finally here…Hope was becoming the tribrid and all the stupid shit we had to endure for the last four seasons would be worth it…until it wasn’t.

The penultimate episode was the perfect set up until the last couple of minutes. The episode actually focused on Hope, her past, her fears, and her future. It was hands down one of the best episodes of the series, if not the best and then 4x4 happened.

The episode in general was a convoluted mess except for the scenes with Hope and even that was slightly disappointing to me.

What they got right:

- Hope struggling with the turn when her senses were on fire.

- The actual turn itself was pretty dope even though it was heavily CGI.

- Once again casting Danielle Rose Russell because she killed the shit.

- Hiring Omono as Cleo after ridiculously getting rid of Peyton because of lack of development.

- Showing all the aspects of being the full tribrid was dope as shit.

- This bad bitch made a dagger out of her own blood. Boss moves.

- Finally moving an inch into the longest slow burn in history with Lizzie and MG.

Things they got wrong imo:

- Having Hope feed from Alaric. It was gross and it was one of the few times I could tell DRR wasn’t fully into the scene. Matt Davis is a known creep and it just grossed me out having to watch Hope/Danielle having to suck blood from his hand or wrist.

- Not having high stakes. This has been an issue since season one. Wtf would they not kill Ethan? And now he’s a supernatural and we have no idea wtf he actually is. They killed Raf for this generic ass character and I will forever be salty.

- Speaking of characters that should die and stay dead…Alaric. What is his purpose? He doesn’t really serve one. He’s literally been shoehorned into all of these plots and the young supernaturals are far more interesting.

- The thing that pissed me off the most. Having Hope turn off her humanity! She wasnt a full vampire even ten minutes before this shit happened and it’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s ridiculous because once again her humanity shutting off is wrapped up in fucking Landon! Not the fact that she died, or that she loss her best friend, parents, and uncle. But Landon…the former bird.

- Hope should’ve had double fangs and not just one set. After all she’s a tribrid and one of the strongest supernaturals on the planet.

- Having Josie try and work on accepting the darkness in her and only having it do it by having her ex girlfriend kiss the belief in her. Wtf. Josie couldn’t reach that conclusion on her own without Finch?

- The sex scene between Jonch was cool and I liked it and then I was taken right out of it by the fireworks…

- Why in this year of 2021 is Kaleb a half of a dragon?!

- What happened to Freya? Y’all couldn’t get Riley back for five minutes in the next episode smh.

Brett Matthews is a horrible writer and he proves it every time he takes the lead writing position on an episode. Hope Mikaelson, Elizabeth Saltzman, and Josette Saltzman deserved better as characters. This show had so much potential and routinely it hasn’t been met because of the stubbornness of the decision makers and writers. I don’t think I’ve ever seen staff working on the show say that the writing is shitty. That has to be a new low for this universe.

I remember what this show was first promoted as and they possible potential. Even with Matt Davis bitch ass there.

Man this has been a let down.

Justice for my boy Rafael and Hafael.

josie x finch are cute but sometimes their chemistry is lacking. maybe it’s because we’ve seen josie with scene partners like penelope, rafael, and hope who deliver so much chemistry but there are certain josie x finch scenes that feel awkward to me. i do like them though!

i think the way the writers made finch be so so so supportive of josie though and then all of the sudden like walk away just to come back the next ep was…. weird? it seemed so out of the blue and made finch seem incredibly out of character. finch is a g o o d character. she’s caring, observant, and she constantly tries to put josie first. i’m a huge hosie shipper but i can’t lie and say that finch isn’t good for josie.