Ohhh, huh. I assumed anon meant the season, since even though they’ll continue, they’ll be more background (presumably)? And then of course whether or not they’re central next season, there’s still a long hiatus to catch up on watching. I don’t know about any of the drama with the previous generation. 😮
I can’t wait for you to watch SKAM, I’m used to watching it live and it’s definitely an experience. Bc it’s supposed to be in “real time” and so you’re waiting patiently (often losing your mind) for them to drop a clip to see what happens next so I wonder if you’ll get the same feeling watching it all at once.
I don’t really think I will! I’ve seen people waiting for the clips and following the social media (although maybe that was just Skam Spain?) and I don’t think one can really replicate that experience just bingeing. It seems different from even the suspense you get from a weekly series, with the whole real time aspect adding its own layer. But you know, I can’t say I’ll totally miss that suspense and fear of a bad end when watching live. 😛
Hi! This is the anon from months (weeks? Who can tell anymore) ago, who was worried about them going the comic route and having a poly thing with Kiteman. So glad you were right! I can’t say I loved the finale, but it was better than I feared! I do think it was poorly paced and structured (whole season tbh) and that Ivy’s motivations should have been communicated better. It was… very fast there at the end, would have liked a bit more time before they got together. I overall like the show tho!
Lol, it was a while back, true! It just didn’t seem like they wanted to go there for any of the three of them, you know? Still grateful, though!
Heh, what did you fear from the finale if this was better? For me, it was perhaps the ep that fell shortest of my expectations? Although maybe that’s on my expectations for being too high, wanting it to take care of everything that needed addressing this season. But yes, I do agree overall it was a bit rushed and oddly paced, the season as a whole like you said, it just…it felt like they took arcs that could have been resolved in a couple of episodes but padded out a whole season for them.
But still! I liked a lot of things and am in a great place with them regardless, I do understand what they were trying with Ivy and if the fear behind never writing Harley as actually being bad enough to need growth was because they were protective of her character, I absolutely sympathize. In these tags and asks today I’ve worked through my frustrations (and then some) and am now a lot more chill and relaxed about it all. Onward to hopefully s3, and if not, at least the continuing rise of Harlivy as an iconic ship!
Skam france? ? Now that is over!
Oh, heh, I have been very loosely following that. I must say, it LOOKS so good, I keep linking scenes from the ship to a friend and going, this is just like a music video! It looks like art.
ALSO how did *poison ivy* get gassed??? (Side note when will harley get her immunity??)
Oh, yeah, she’s supposed to be immune to that, right, except for the Special Formula from s1. Maybe everyone has it now?
Ok, so, Harley’s immunity, I’ve read that that’s kind of a big deal, right? That in some comic continuity, Harley’s the only one Ivy’s specifically given immunity? Which…nice. But I wondered, on the rooftop in ep 2×12, when the Justice League got dosed, Harley, the closest, wasn’t affected at all. Does that not mean she’s immune?
Damn i really needed more from Ivy in that episode
Honestly, this was my biggest disappointment. I didn’t love every choice made this season but I could at least see why they were made, what they were going for, and honestly, individually, I would finish each of the previous eps and be like, I really enjoyed that. Heck, I loved the banter with the Justice League in the last ep and had been hoping they would show up, I don’t get how that seemed so much more natural and fun than most of this ep, which was just kind of forced along by plot.
But the understanding was always that, as much as they were separated and we were seeing Harley’s POV, at some point we would get to see Ivy’s. The finale would have benefited so much, following ep 12, when everything’s revealed, as being the Ivy Ep, going deeper into her background and feelings and really show why she was so determined to marry a guy she didn’t love, and then end with her making the decision to go with Harley. We’ve seen similar eps for Harley in both seasons, where she had her epiphanies and made her speeches.
Like, the big moment in the car in the end, when Ivy’s like, Harley just trying is enough…what did she mean, was the driving around in the parking lot maze (the maize maze, lol) getting lost the part that convinced her? I said it earlier, but Harley’s clearly been trying to fix things for a while, so narratively, is simply KM removing himself the reason why? That comes across so….I mean, maybe that was to save them from being the bad guys, let KM be the one to end it, but she could have made her choice and he could have been like, I understand, and bowed out gracefully, and that would not have changed much! Because surprise, people are still freaking angry at Harlivy. Misogyny and homophobia didn’t go anywhere, if they really wanted to not make them the bad guys, then don’t write in the cheating to begin with.
I just hope now that a lot of what we’d wanted for these eps happens in season 3. If I’m honest, just returning to season 1 level interactions but now with the explicitly romantic layer would be enough for me, heh.
Oh whoops, I submitted a much longer thing about the HQ finale and thoughts but I guess it didn’t go through! But that’s what I meant by same anon! no need to post this but wanted to clarify :)
Awww! Well, if you want, feel free to send it again.
They cancelled Vagrant Queen :(
Oh, awwwww. That sucks. I know they didn’t seem to be doing so well, but like, they barely seemed to promote it and it’s understandable why but it’s also understandable why people weren’t really watching during these times! A blow to lose a wlw Black lead so quickly.
Same anon! But if they get a season 3, I hope they keep them together for the remainder and just give us relationship/sweetness along with the main plot. We got the happy ending! Let’s take it further and have them develop further along with the wacky hijinks of the multiverse. Seems like the show’s on the bubble for renewal, but there’s a DC virtual con in August that they have a panel on so fingers crossed!
Sorry, same anon as which one?
And for sure, I hope they’ll get another season but if it happens, I really want them to stay together and face new issues as a unit, even if it’s a conflict between them, deal with it as the center of the episode and not long separations. We did our time!
I was skimming through the first season earlier for some clips and man, I really loved how they were. When I first heard that they were definitely going to happen and watched the first season, I totally thought they’d get together at least by the midpoint and then we’d see all the great dynamics and banter from the first season but now with this massive change and was so looking forward to see how they’d handle it. But we didn’t get that! Even when the crew found out, they like…just ignored it this ep??? Come on!
Since you posted about juliantina a lot, I was wondering if you knew about Luimelia?
I do, I do, I still haven’t really started! I dunno, sometimes I find soap ships overwhelming to start, there’s so much content and you never know what kind of end you’ll get and you have to track down backstory and the episodes and possibly clips and subtitles…lol, which is honestly a poor excuse in this case since my friend totally provided me the links to watch for them. I guess I just haven’t found the energy and right time to sit down and start.