#also i love how the tag is full and the first ep hasn't even come out alkddjdkl

[thrandilf]

okay. for the first time in my life I'm using the #tdp critical tag because I have some things to get off my chest about s6 and I desperately need to focus on an exam for tomorrow and can't and idk I feel slightly out of my mind/wondering if this really is just a me problem but like

this season felt kind of sparse to me regarding character interactions outside of duos they wanted to focus on/letting characters present react to situations. stuff like Amaya not having a comment about Callum not being at her wedding or the Celestial Elves really not having much to say about Aaravos himself despite the Elder theoretically having been around in the days pre imprisonment like

I don't mind that Viren died but I do feel out of my MIND that he and Ezran didn't actually get a conversation, and beyond that that Viren didn't try to pass along any Aaravos information to anyone, and that even if Soren and Viren's relationship was just Maxed Out that we didn't get Opeli and Ezran talking about what to do with him (could've even had Soren walk in and do a Callum S4 moment of 'you ever walk into a room and everyone goes quiet and you know they were talking about you' moment), Opeli reacting/checking on Soren while Viren was imprisoned even if he didn't want to talk to her, there being any verdict about Viren at all and we're never getting anything else out of him again which is why no Ezran and by extension Callum/Rayla/ect feels sort of disappointing to me, as he hasn't interacted with Callum since S1

It's a really good moment, don't get me wrong, but we traded the suspense of thinking Viren had perhaps killed Soren for us getting any last words or gesture from him to Soren face to face

the Celestial Elves gave us info on Startouch Elves in general but not on Aaravos specifically even though the Elder I thought would know more? They aren't surprised at the idea of trying to kill a Great One/Aaravos but there wasn't even a word of warning about if he does get loose or anything Specific about the last time it happened or, if they didn't know anything, confusion about why a Great One is imprisoned like idk

no one had any concern either when getting access to the stars which again, idk, I thought Callum might've been more worried about Aaravos being at the Starscraper and the prison (when he thought he had it) being surrounded by Aaravos's main connection but idk, it didn't matter but I thought it could have

ALSO THE STAVES. HELLO. AT THE STARSCRAPER I JUST

No Aaravos and Callum interaction is also smth I've made my peace about but after the trailer, especially the choice to use that thumbnail for it/as a promo image, idk, I am kind of sad I have to wait until S7 for any of that and now I wonder how significant it can really be/why hes gonna need callum as a puppet now if he's Out and as powerful as he seems to be. we just raised the stakes but had three entire seasons of building towards it, so how can s7 handle getting callum to do dark magic again, theoretical possession/aaravos use, coming back from that, ect, all within 9 eps?

tbh no one really had grief about sir sparklepuff being gone which I guess he wasn't a full Person in anyone's eyes and the focus was all on Claudia/her state which was fine, like we did get some of that nonverbally with Terry at least but we kinda moved right past it. like even one line in ep 9 from terry like "look what he had you do to his most recent child" would have made me go yeah exactly that Mattered but it wasn't there

in addition to no Callum at the wedding Ezran also just sat on Viren being back like idk I guess I wish he'd talked to Amaya more. like I loved him and Aanya I just feel there was room for Both

Listen I'm not one of the people only watching the show for Aaravos and I am delighted with the two episodes we got of him but that he was in more episodes in S3 than in S6 does have me like. cries. really. s4 and s5 i didn't mind in part because I figured stars would be big and it Was but im like oh my god. i got to ep 7 and was like is he REALLY not gonna get out which thankfully he did but only at the end

and the end was like. the biggest cliffhanger we've ever had and i get going for the suspense but it's KILLING ME MAN

I know Aaravos's motivation/goal but not exactly how his actions are leading to that whatsoever as he seems to play every side and doesn't even favor humans if he's willing to torch katolis. unbridled chaos i guess? is that it? I don't even know what to be afraid of next season with him except I'd presume he's going to Xadia next and will Somehow be getting back at the Cosmic Order but idk what the past thousand years have truly been for unless it's waiting around for the stars to align and throwing a fit while doing so

Runaan is out and he and Callum didn't get so much as a sentence between them and that and the Aaravos out but also no conversation double whammy just has me like

PLEASE

at the end of this all this was a more dramatic/cinematic season but it didn't have a lot of the smaller character reaction moments/balance the prior seasons all seemed to give me tbh and it took all season to lead up to highly anticipated events aka letting Runaan and Aaravos out but I didn't get any of the Payoff of that characterwise except for Runaan and Rayla and idk I do feel both like S6 had some of the best moments of the show and also really disappointed in places where it feels like it could have been so easy to have had just a Bit more cohesion and characters plugged into their overarching circumstances/dynamics more

like I think we had the time for it

and going into this expecting a penultimate season and then learning theres a third arc planned, it makes the pacing and lack of aaravos sort of make sense but also has me like, we may not even get that and now I feel like s7 will make or break the Entire show for me which is terrifying

like we got a lot of new info but it was largely not what I was expecting without touching on a lot of stuff I was hoping for and I AGH. i didnt expect this season to continue the build up train and I'm having a hard time accepting that it's the first time tdp has ever like. idk. thrown me such a curveball that it's gotten me honest to god upset which is on me and not the show, and i keep hoping i feel better but so much rides on s7 now

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currently watching:

check out - this show better be good bc chahub and best are so so so so so attractive together, i'm gonna spit. i'm not expecting much from it, but i am expecting it to be incredibly pretty.

kinnporsche - i'm weak. i love kinn and porsche. i love kinn and porsche? i love kinn and porsche!!! what the fuck!!! i absolutely did not expect to be pulled in by them but here i am and i love kinn and porsche. I LOVE KINN AND PORSCHE.

love mechanics - i watched the first two eps of this today and it was exactly what i wanted so i'm happy. i'm ready for yinwar. i'm ready for this mess. i almost wish it was out entirely already so i could binge it in full bc i am So Ready.

my secret love - is this show good? i cannot say. is earth teerapat extremely pretty and my darling and finally getting his due after the shitshow that was 2 moons 2? yes, absolutely. i love this show.

old fashion cupcake - something about the play on gender roles in this show and the barely restrained thirst from togawa is everything to me.

plus & minus - i'm watching! i just... find this show pretty boring, ngl. sorry!!!!! 🙈

senpai, this can't be love! - i watched the first ep! i like the snapshot of them being together a whole year later still. curious to see how this is gonna play out.

sky in your heart - i think i like this more than star in my mind? but both shows were kind of mid so i don't really have much to say about it. it's cute! it's fine! it's standard gmmtv.

triage - bro this show is fucking phenomenal. SO jazzed people are actually watching it now. i'm excited to see what happens next and how this will end. it's definitely going to be up there for me in terms of like "bls that rock the genre"

rewatching:

hilariously the only thing i'm rewatching right now is kaizoku sentai gokaiger which is not a bl whatsoever but it is a show that interjects serotonin right into my brain, so. yeah.

looking forward to:

there's a lot of shows that are going to come out soon but i think the ones i'm most excited for are never let me go and love in the air. pondphuwin crime bl...... and another wild ride from MAME, but the trailer for love in the air looked GREAT so i have no regrets.

i'm also looking forward to the warp effect even tho it's not a bl, but the cast is so stacked and i love newie :(((( so i think i'm gonna end up watching it anyway, it looks hilarious.

tagging:

let's seeeee, idk who hasn't been tagged so i'll just tag some of the te te besties @longinglook @guzhu-furen @nemiyoru @joblessquinoa @nakasomethingkun @kurusutakatsu