#katoby

HUuuuuge spoiler for This Is Us Season 6

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Kate marries Phillip?!?!?! who in the world decided that?

Phillip the music teacher who is portrayed as a jerk from the beginning, hates kids, is rude to women and laughs at everything Kate does. He gets annoyed and bored when Kate talks about her life, he broke up with his girlfriend at work telling at each other, and he’s totally apathetic and has no chemistry

and suddenly he changes into this romantic guy who loves kids and actually smiles?😂

am i remembering the right guy???

That being said, let's talk about how all the Pearsons were unrealistic hopeless romantics who repeatedly made shitty decisions when it came to love! ☺️☺️

So first of all...Jack and Rebecca, honestly I think they were both equally flawed so I don't have much to say there. As for Rebecca and Miguel? Damn I hate that couple loool. Miguel is a snake of a beat friend for getting with Rebecca after Jack died. It was giving "ice always loved her" vibes and it gives me the ick. He should have used all the effort he gave to Rebecca and the Pearson on his first wife and kids that's he treated so garbage the first time around smh

Beth and Randall - I love Randal SOOOO much but Beth was effectively a saint for dealing with his shenanigans for 20 years. He was just soooo much, his heart was in the right place though so I let some of his tomfoolery slide.

Then we have Katie girl who destroyed Katoby after years of showing us how they could go the distance. I have not and WILL NOT forgive Kate for ruining her marriage with Toby idc Idc Idc. He wasn't perfect but he was much closer to it than she was that's for sure! I hate that the show acted like his perfectly reasonable concerna and arguments were wrong just further the narrative that Kate was "growing". Ughh

Don't let me even start with the fact that her shan of a relationship with Philip came out of absolutely no where and half of the final season was dedicated to Kate's breakup then second marriage. I actually like Philip but the writing for him was all over the place and their relationship made no sense whatsoever.

For the last member of the big 3 we have Kevin......um okay I guess. The show was all over the place with what they wanted for his endgame - Sophie? Maddison? Cassidy? Zoe? He was obssessed with finding love and due to behind the scene issues, the writers keeps fluctuating with giving him a sense of direction. Everything with Maddison feels so pointless after the ending getting him back with Sophie.....which I wouldn't have hated if it wasn't so clear that all the decisions about her character were based on the actress' pregnancy and availability. I will give them props for making Cassidy his best friend though because I LOVE their dynamic.

Outside of the adult Pearsons we also had Deja and Malik and lord knows I hate them as a couple so much. I don't know why Deja couldn't get an easy love. Why did she had to be a stepmom at 15? Ughhh

Well if you enjoyed my rant then you'll probably also enjoy us talking about this topic on our podcast channel. Please watch, like and comment your thoughts! We love hearing from people 😁

*********SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN “THIS IS US” EP12 OF THE LAST SEASON ***********

Kevin and Madison are not endgame.

Wow.  It’s been two hours and saying that out loud still upsets me.  Because, yes, I wanted it to be them.  If they were going to give Kevin a “Jack & Rebecca” love story, I was really rooting for it to be with Madison.  I was hoping that in this final season, Kevin would realize that love can look differently for him.  That it doesn’t have to be love at first sight (like it was for his entire family).  I wanted him to realize that love doesn’t have to flow in the traditional order that is #1 love, #2 marriage, and #3 kids.  I wanted Kevin’s love story to be original.  Messy.  Unexpected.  And his.  I wanted Kevin’s love story to be his.  And I really thought-- hell, I really believed it was going to be with Madison.  

But it’s not.  

And as sad as I am right now, I can live with it.  But if, and ONLY IF, he remains single.

Now I know that sounds crazy.  Kevin Pearson?  A single man for the rest of his life?  Yeah.  That’s exactly what I’m suggesting.  What I’m wanting.  It’s exactly what he needs.  He needs to be alone (at least for the next decade of his life).  If it’s not Madison, the only storyline I believe moving forward is for Kevin to truly make Nicky and Franny the loves of his life.  I need the writers to mean what they wrote when they had his character declare that fatherhood was going to be his love story.  Let’s go back to that. 

And I’m not just saying that because I’m bitter about Madison.  (Okay maybe a little).  But I really truly mean it because it makes the most sense for his character.

Think about who Kevin Pearson has been from season 1 to season 6.  He’s always been chasing something.  Football, acting and success therein, Sophie, approval from peers and his parents, Sophie, a certain social status, forgiveness, alcohol, Sophie, and so many other things.  He’s also been running from responsibility, guilt and shame, his potential, his addictions, and failure.  He’s never really been content with what’s right in front of him.  Not until Madison came along and popped Nicky and Franny into his life...

I’m repeating myself at this point, but, if Madison isn’t his love story, can we please settle on it being Nicky and Franny.  The girl he brought to Kate and Phillip’s engagement party, and then later to the birthday party really offended me.  I would’ve believed those choices pre kids and pre Madison.  But after?  Absolutely not.  Those brief dating choices completely undid his character’s development faster than anything I’ve ever seen in my life.  That was a poor writing choice that I refuse to support or acknowledge.  

Every All Too Well Lyric as a Ship

Kate & Toby (This Is Us)

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kevison! waiting for what is to come.

but also, katoby 🥹🥹🥹🥹. why oh why. 😣