i originally didn't wanna talk about this, cuz i genuinely get afraid that if i critique too much, the creators will see it or people will have torches and pitch forks, but, uh.
one thing that's really bothered me, ever since i first got into the series, was the dragon.
not Porridge, no, but the obviously parental dragon.
like, when she first 'showed', my immediate thought was "oh, is there gonna be a subplot where they think Porridge got taken by Rupert and Amir, but then they eventually co-parent with them?"
yeah, that didn't happen. in fact, almost nothing happened. the dragon is just a super minor antagonist, and when i realized they weren't gonna do anything with them, i was like:
"THEN WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT???"
maybe they had to cut some corners, but you guys couldn't just... cut out the dragon entirely and make Joan and her army fight something else? hell, they could've had a snippet where there's remains of Porridge's bio-parent, but there's literally nothing but "evil big dragon, must kill evil big dragon, even tho they're probably looking for their fucking baby".
i love Porridge, he's cute, but i thought they were gonna do something more with his lineage. especially considering, in the TTP universe, it's canon that dragons have been supposedly extinct. like, there's so much lore potential there?
still really do love TTP, but i would definitely have to warn people ahead of time that there isn't a lot of lore or worldbuilding in it. which, i wouldn't mind if it was a simple fairytale love story with curses and shit, but they included a fucking dragon and little crumbs of lore.
just kinda feels like gimlet really wanted to make a simple love story, but thought people wouldn't like it that much, so just added random things here and there, and i'm not even just talking about the dragon.
sorta wanna know if people would be interested in my take of TTP? again, i do love the podcast, but my brain's been itching to dive into this. the cast is memorable and charming, but, for me, that's sorta where the writing 'ends'?
but, again again, i am on edge about potential backlash, and i also understand that some things are better left alone, so if no one's up for it, i totally get it. just wanted to ask in case anybody's curious!
if this sounds harsh, it's genuinely not meant to be. i relisten to TTP whenever i desire to for a reason. i am really engaged with the cast, their personalities ( however rightly or wrongly they're presented ), and how they interact with each other. and i really understand that, especially in the time the podcast was made, queer stories were, and definitely still are, needed. i just wish that writers, esp queer writers, weren't so afraid to be 'simple', y'know? paying attention to your personal interests is important, and the key to doing what you love.
