Oh, I had not, and awwww. Toni. š” This kid. Iām glad at least she has the Blackburns in her life.
I binged The Wilds because of your posts and now I’m empty, that ending was a set-up for a second season and it’s kind of a bummer we may have to wait a whole year or expect for it to be cancelled but, what were your thoughts on the series? Who was your favorite character? What was your favorite scene? I don’t know, I always look forward to whatever you have to say!
Yeah, gonna have to wait for a while…but I wonder if it helps that it was shot in NZ, which is honestly such a covid haven at the moment (knock on wood)? Maybe they still have to do the same tests and safety measures as other sets, I donāt know. But Iād also think being so outdoors for much of the story can only help. Too bad a bunch of the rest of the story is now in small dungeon-like rooms. š”
I…thought it was a pretty engrossing watch, if you could get past some stuff (the YA vibes, how dark and traumatic some of the stories were). You know Iām always about character and this delivered that in spades.Ā
Favorite character? Marthaās mom. Not even joking, heh, she just radiated so much love for her daughter and compassion in general. But obviously you mean favorite island girl…I have such a hard time picking, I like different things about everyone, itās so hard to pick just one and makes me feel disloyal, but I in this case, overall, I would say Fatin just brought me so much joy in general. But then Iām like, well, Dot, and then I canāt leave out Martha, and then it just continues from one to the next, like, I havenāt mentioned Toni or Shelby yet but of course I liked them too! I liked everyone, except Iām not sure Iāve entirely forgiven [the second mole]. It is hard to forgive someone who saw EVERYTHING they suffered, day in and day out, the food-poisoning, Fatin seemingly missing, people just starving and traumatized even without all that, and didnāt just end it.
And thank you! Thanks for letting me talk about it. š
The wilds was well wild haha but I really liked it! Hope it gets a season 2 and still focus on all the girls, cuz all of them are great. The way you get attached to every single girls some more than the others (Fatin FTW!) but you are in the end rooting for all of them.Also loved the buildup between Shelby and Toni! Wish we could have seen more… I’m so so hoping for a S2!
Lol, it wasĀ wild. And definitely, we spent all this time on getting to know theseĀ girls, I donāt want a perspective shift at all! And truly, the way you get to learn and care about all of them even with their very different backgrounds and stories and ways of handling things, nobody being 100% perfect or 100% awful, you truly did want to root for them all. So many different friendships and dynamics, even aside from the two sisters, the two best friends, and then the two lovahs. š
I am SUPER curious about what happened from that last kiss to the interviews… And thereās so much plot left, howāre they going to escape, howāre they going to expose them, what will their families do, etc. I do hope Toni/Shelby are still a thing in s2, as well. š®
I actually enjoyed Shelby + Toni, especially the final scene they had together because it was so soft.You felt a huge amount of growth when they reached that the moment because Toni was being so calm about everything because for once she was being the optimistic one out of the two of them. Iām interested to see what happens with them if further seasons are commissioned (letās be honest, with how it ended youāre gonna need more than more season to unpack all of that!). We know they both survive the island (although that ending ?). So presumably there will some sort of written progress for their relationship (something implied when they thought Shelby wanted to see Toni). I will say, Iām not a big fan of the fact that there is a boy island. I get the idea behind it as being something that will fail, aka a Lord of The Flies type presentation. But I just feel at that point there will be too many characters that some will then get lost (whether killed off or screen time reduced).
Yeah, as Iāve always said, even the scenes that arenāt Romantic are still partĀ of the ship and dynamic, and they had a lot of scenes even before…you know.
And you know, Iām not sure if Toni was entirely optimistic so much as fatalistic, but I guess itās the same in those circumstances. I really doĀ want to see what happened between that and the interviews, including the whole rescue?? But Shelby changed quite a bit, so what else happened? And whereās Martha?
Thereās definitely lots of content for another season, even without the boy island. Which! I donāt think it willĀ fail, I think the point of the show is that girls/women arenāt different or Better, excepting socialization. But yes, I donāt really want to see that side of things, it can be a plot point out there but I donāt want the characters integrated like this set. As you said, that would be too many in all and too many new dynamics. I watched for these girls and now Iām invested in them, as much as Iām sure there will be interesting plots for random boys, I donāt really care that much, heh.
Shouldāve sent this sooner after you answered (my msg abt jennys wedding), but i hope it didnt come over as āyou and others who are upset about the vitriol towards Harper and real closeted people should stop making internet postsā!
Oh, you didnāt need to send it at all, tbh, I absolutely understood what you meant!
I think I watch too much wlw tv cos as soon as I saw Shelby and Toni going at it I was like … lesbians
Heh, I actually really like that we can now see and recognize actual buildup and tension in f/f storylines, this used to be an area in which weād just be considered delusional for seeing any kind of subtext. And I also like that more and more, there actually isĀ some buildup and not the writers rushing it and going there in a first ep.
And another anon:
I just finished the episode where Shelby and Toni kiss and as much as I knew it was coming/saw the build up, for me, the couple of the show should have been Rachel and Leah. Their chemistry those first few episodes was so good and even the tension I liked. It was an enjoyable season though. I did wish Fatin was the lead, she just super layered and hilarious. Also I just like how that actress played it!
Oh, I didnāt even think of that, I guess I was already waiting for Toni/Shelby, I didnāt think weād get anotherĀ pair, not even…heh, MY other pair, Dot/Fantin. I really did love Fantin, in all her laziness and unapologeticness and basic decency and kindness. The actress played her SO well, just making these dry observations, she was a joy to watch.
And another anon:
Was there a bet in the writing room of the wilds on how to make the lesbian characters more off putting? Pee, anger, dentures, shaved head. The only part of the show that i didn’t enjoy was these two, i prefer Toni with her first girlfriend they were cute and had more chemistry.
This is so uncharitable, anon. š”Ā
They ALL looked messes by the end, and Iāll grant you the pee thing, lol, but anger? Especially for her background and these circumstances? Lots of them had their moments of anger, whole episodes, and by the end she was so chill. And dentures? People, even when young, can sometimes need them. Thereās no need to make them even more self-conscious. And the shaved head was like, in a few scenes off the island and is just a style choice…
I feel like these are some very subjective biases you have, anon, and are stating them as general and factual. As with other recent discussions, youĀ donāt have to like them or be attracted to them, you just have to buy that other people, including these two characters on a deserted island, would.
I did like the previous girlfriend, though! But the relationship was specifically written that way to be like, a one-ep backstory. If it was going to be a main thing, it would be written differently.
Hey, Iām thinking of watching The Wilds but I feel like itās gonna be really heavy. Can you tell me if itās like really intense or a little more light hearted and easy to watch? Thanks!
Uh, it canĀ be light hearted at times but each ep goes into a different girlās backstory and they can be pretty rough, aside from what is also happening on the island. You start off with a 16 year oldās affair with this published famous author and a girl on the island dying and that kind of sets the tone. The rest of the eps can be tough to watch, especially because the premise itself is pretty cruel, but eps 8 and 9 personally were consecutive punches in the stomach, again referring to underage stuff to other characters and…I donāt know how much to spoil, but hard to watch in their own way.