#s4 rant

anyways it’s finally here

take

STUFF I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT MYSTREET SEASON 4:

• ok but the animations here are great. actually tho they're so fluid and clear. Credits to whoever made them!!

• and now let’s do the real thing

• ok so first off this is where the actual plot starts. I know that some people were getting bored of the monotony of the slice of life episodes so they liked it. Again there’s nothing inherently wrong with having it but you have to remember that these characters most likely weren’t written to be in a plot and I say this because their personalities are funny and lighthearted. Their clearly meant for comedy. This also makes them redundant for plot since most of them a few characters barely have any development which is probably why like half the cast was dropped. im not sure how far back jess had planned the plot but needless to say most of the characters wouldn‘t be able to fit there. Travis, Katelyn, KC and the sk’s just dipped for the whole season and even when kc, Travis and Katelyn do show up in s5 their personalities really took a beating

• WHERE DID LAURANCE AND DANTE GO?? We never see them after s3. its probably because their personalities were too funny for plot but laurance was a shadow knight in mcd and since the whole of mys is so hyped up on the whole ‘mcd and mys are connected’ thing by all means he should’ve been there too

• it makes sense that since the lodge is jointly owned by the Ro’meaves and the Lycans, Garroth, Zane and Aaron- and by extension, Aphmau- would come along. it make sense that they would ask Lucinda for help- she’s a skilled witch and has been their friend since high school. theyre literally neighbors. it makes NO SENSE to being Kim- a girl whom they’ve barely ever interacted with and whom they barely know- to a place meant for close family to go to. Ok from a plot perspective yes Kim needed to be there but Aphmau logically doesnt know that yet.

• how does ghost/emmalyn even exist?? We’ve seen emmalyn and kenmur in s1 and they’re ok. not dead or anything. Yes I know that this is mcd emmalyn and she is directly referencing mcd Zane when she says that’s the only name she remembers from when she was alive but that raises two questions- first, how can both mcd and mys versions of her exist at the same time?? and second, what exactly happened between her and mcd zane?? It sounds like she either hates him way more than she loves kenmur (or she’d remember him too) that it’s the only name she remembers or its Stockholm Syndrome.

• I feel that since the plot demanded a ghost vessel thing that was the only reason Aphmau brought Kim. it’s pretty clear that Dante and laurance wouldn’t fit the role because of their personalities so she just remade an older character and changed her completely right down to her skin to fit the plot. her whole personality changes with it- look at her I mean she even becomes more open when she talks. Again this only happened because none of the existing characters could fill that role because IT WASNT MEANT TO HAVE PLOT

• no one likes you michi girl take the hint

• seeing liochant brings back meMoriEs

• what was that potion that lucinda made and which Garroth threw on Zane?? its clear that it cured him from the effects of the forever potion but the bigger question is WHY DONT THEY USE THIS IN S6?? Ok yes in s4 Aphmau gets freed by the power of love(TM) but that doesn’t mean you do that for everyone

• as someone who liked Laurance’s character I miss him :(

• ok there’s WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS with Ein and his villain shtick. Ein is basically some obsessive werewolf yandere boy who has an unhealthy obsession with aphmau and hates Aaron. and the cherry on top is that Aphmau is his HALF SISTER. THATS INC*ST. That’s GROSS. What is it with Aphmau antagonists and not having a clear motive or backstory?? mcd Zane and Ein both suffer from this and it shows. there were definitely better motives to give him- he doesn’t have to be centered around Aphmau all the time!! And even if you don’t want to go to all the trouble of rewriting the plot you could at least make it so that Ein knows that he and Aphmau are related. Maybe he wants a perfect sister instead and he’s willing to go to any lengths to get her there. it would still be dark and serious but it would be SO MUCH BETTER than the current plotline. Also showing the contrast between his pdh and s4 self and then not giving any semblance of an explanation really makes it difficult to imagine where it all went wrong. yes Michael definitely had something to do with it but to what extent?? How much is Ein actually in control of?? Is he under the influence of a forever potion when he turns Zane, Lucinda and Aphmau to his side?? Is he still under its influence when he fights Aaron?? look I get that they can’t reveal everything but leaving out THIS MUCH and not even revealing it in s6 makes it very difficult to accurately nail Ein’s character.

• how is Aaron even revived?? is that Irene?? how is she here and what is she doing here?? Can we have answers pls. also it makes no sense that she saves Aaron TWICE- once in s4 and second in s6. How does death even work here if Irene can just swoop in and bring them back to life. i feel like none of the villains ever count as threats then because you know that a cryptic mysterious goddess who somehow looks just like your girlfriend will revive you.

• how did Aaron even survive?? No seriously how?? We know that there’s no service or wifi up there at the lodge so using their phones is out of the question. i don’t think Lucinda would be able to conjure up a whole medical team for Aaron. and they're on a MOUNTAIN. It takes precious time to get down from it. for context, even if they sent Garroth (since he’s the fastest) down to get help they’d have to wait for him to reach the village area at the base of the mountain, get a phone, call for help, wait for said help to arrive and get Aaron to a hospital. meanwhile Aaron is bleeding out from multiple gashes on his chest made at like point black range that are critical at best and fatal at worst. (his only saving grace is the snow he’s on which would help to numb the wound because its cold but he has like FIVE deep chest wounds and the snow isn’t even on his wounds.) Ya sorry I don’t see how he manages to survive.

• did I mention that I miss Laurance?? • Why is Aaron not at a hospital I don’t even see a ventilator or oxygen mask near him. Listen I’m not a medical expert but those gashes landed straight on his chest which means straight on his lungs and dangerously close to his heart. how is he alive. how is he not choking on blood right now. we know he’s bleeding out- I’m pretty sure one of the doctors even says “Mrs Lycan, we need to draw more blood for your son.” yes he’s bleeding out why is no one trying to idk stop the wound through pressure with a cloth or something?? (Note: it’s been a while since I’ve watched s4, so if I do get anything wrong thats why!!) also why are the werewolf doctors so chill about Aaron’s ultima eyes? like yes they’re doctors they could’ve been sworn to secrecy or maybe they work for the Lycans but Derek is shown to be really paranoid about anyone finding out about Aaron being the ultima. how does he know they won’t tell it to someone else??

k imma head out now-

And the fact that Veronica Mars somehow didn’t notice a giant backpack in her car after a serial bomber had been inside of it. And all of the cops didn’t check Veronica’s car and let her drive off. No heroics, not even a funeral. 

What’s really sad is the fact that we as Sims 4 players are having meltdowns and/or freak-outs about FINALLY getting customizable stairs...

THIS SHIT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BASE GAME BITCHES! (EA not simmers)

I felt this same type of emotion when they finally gave us toddlers:

*Yaywtfyayreally?seriously?ittookthisfuckinglong?*

It only took them 5 years to give us something that should have been base. Shit, like somone, pour me a fuckin’ drink, cuz I can’t take this shit anymore without one in my hand.

We as players are now at an all-time low when we start crying over some motherfuckin’, what should have been, BASE GAME OBJECTS!!

I understand wanting to improve it, etc’, etc’, but that’s called patience and taking your time... instead they wanted to push out a half baked cake and tell you to eat it while you’re dribbling cake batter down your chin. (the release of “base game” s4)

I was both annoyed as fuck but happy! Seriously, wtf?! Has EA finally after 5 years of disappointing us got us to the point that we get elated over stairs? Really? Seriously?

Yes, I know the new customizable stairs are a free update, but that doesn’t make it any better. It should have been in the base game. YES NOW, IT BETTER BE FUCKIN’ FREE, but still... it should have already been apart of the game. 

Now watch spiral staircases take another 3 years....smh.

If my rant annoyed you I’m not sorry. 

The exits are to your left and right, please remember you should have fastened your seatbelt before you got into my car.

I know I’m probably just One More person ranting about season 4, but hear me out: 

Personally, I wasn’t comfortable with the Lion-switching from the beginning, but I grew a bit more understanding of it when it actually happened, especially because it gave us the opportunity for some Lance character development in season 3. But yes, a part of me still kind of preferred to see Shiro in the Black Lion.

BUT, with the current formation, having Shiro as the Black Lion’s paladin doesn’t really make sense with everyone else’s role on the team.

As season 3 made obvious, the red lion’s paladin has to be the person closest to the black lion’s, because they are literally the right hand. Therefore, in the original formation, it made sense to have Shiro be black and Keith be red, because they did actually have that kind of leader-and-supporter relationship. And when that switched to Keith in the Black Lion, we saw that again, only this time it was Lance stepping up to be that right hand man. To Keith. 

What makes the formation just feel wrong to me is that although Lance being the right hand of Voltron actually did make sense with Keith as the Black Paladin, we really don’t see that kind of relationship with Lance and Shiro. Lance has never really acted like Shiro’s right hand man. I mean, he idolized him, but Shiro never really trusted him more than anyone else, and in this power structure, it’s very unlikely that Lance will continue acting as the voice of reason. 

why is molly not a strong character for you? i'm curious. and sherlock. is anything but not queer (and not a villain :p) ? (i'm sorry you're so disappointed :(. )

@ennisgarland Molly absolutely is a strong character for me, I think she’s great. I wish she’d had more screen time in S4. I just had the feeling that she was some kind of... dismantled and reduced to remaining in unrequited love for Sherlock. The fact that even Loo Brealey seemed to disagree with it (or the way Steven Moffat reacted to criticism about the I love you-scene) strengthens this. From what I know about Louise Brealey, I like her a lot, btw.

Hm, and about the queer characters - to me it feels like a cheap solution to make Moriarty and Eurus queer and have Sherlock possibly entangled with Irene (who said she was gay) in S4′s narration. Gah, I’m possibly still seeing things through my pink-tinged johnlock glasses - but why did they have to exaggerate these things so much? Pull it towards ridiculousness?

If Moffat and Gatiss had made a fourth series that somehow fit in with the rest (without the gloomy and horror-movie like atmosphere of tfprob and without the odd happiness of the Watson family in tst, for example) and still hadn’t made johnlock canon, I probably would have been disappointed as well. But I guess I wouldn’t have had the impression that they wrecked the show retrospectively and did some examplary bad writing.