lckylamb

[lovecolibri]

I am WHEEZING

How did get to that conclusion lmao?

Us: Lucy was not needed, the cheating storyline was unnecessary...

They: did you want Buck cheat with RaVi?!!!!!?

Like????

I know! Like, that is absolutely not the point anyone was trying to make? Because we in our small Tumblr space can theorize and come up with reasons for why the cheating makes sense as part of Buck's spiral, but we're being TOLD flat out, that Buck in 5b is feeling freer and lighter. Which was fine when we thought it was because he was growing and breaking up with his gf as part of that growth. And people were excited for Lucy because we thought we might get him being FUN reckless and then maybe learning he wasn't quite coping so well with taking care of Maddie and Eddie to the point of not taking care of himself. But him feeling alive and free and happy BECAUSE he's cheating on his gf? That's a whole other thing! Is he maybe spiraling? Yeah, it's totally possible! But in 8 episodes focused on Eddie and Maddie spiraling and working towards healing do we really need Buck spiraling as well?

THAT is the point people were trying to make! Right now with everything else going on we don't NEED to see Buck also spiraling out IF that's even the direction they're trying to go (which if they want to keep L around, why would it be?). We would rather his time be used supporting Eddie and Maddie with maybe some smaller fractures like we saw with Maddie, or Eddie in 5a, and save his spiraling out more for the finale leading into next season. Then his "at work" time could be spent with Ravi and developing that dynamic!

There was no need to bring on another person! Buck has never had a NORMAL friendship! Bobby is his dad, Hen reminds him of Maddie in that wise older sister way, Chim is basically his brother, and Eddie...well. Things with Eddie went hella hard from day one in that enemies to heart-eyed blushing besties speedrun. Buck trying to figure out how to have a normal working relationship with Ravi could be fun! And it would bring a little light and levity to a tough season and leave some breathing room for the other characters and other stories, AND would allow us to know more about Ravi which is all anyone has wanted since Jinx!

Cramming another character in there to take time away from the ones we already have, especially just for the cheap cheating drama when casual viewers are already tired of tuning in only to not get to see the characters they watch the show for, was a poor choice!

And 5a was full of poor choices too because KR is not particularly great at showrunning 🤷🏻‍♀️ We know Eddie was struggling, but that was little glimpses after the breakup up, just a few minutes of screen time, Maddie was gone, Chim was mostly gone too, Athena had the whole Jeffrey thing and Harry thing but Bobby and Hen barely had anything going on, there was the one ep with Buck deciding he's going to leave but other than that he was locked in his apartment bubble with tay kay and yet we know NOTHING of what is going on in his head. We actually don't know MOST of what is going on in ANYONE'S heads because KR is allergic to characters taking the time to talk things out, and focusing on these long through-line stories. Yes, 911 is typically good at long-form story telling. But EVERYONE including casual viewers have noticed the show has a different tone and feel since she took over, and that things are inconsistent and messy, and the main characters aren't DOING anything and the sure as hell aren't TALKING about anything most of the time. So the only option is to jump from drama to drama and that's never been what this show is about.

Point is, NO ONE is saying we want Ravi to serve the same purpose as L. We're saying that we don't need that much of that spiraling arc for Buck right now, and when we DO get it, we don't need to add a whole new character who has been hyped up as basically a new main character. None of the other side characters got that kind of attention and hype, so why did she unless they're trying to give her lots of screen time and have her around forever? And it backfired enough in the 5 minutes she's been around that I doubt they can keep her around like they planned.

And hey, it might turn out fine. They might cut some stuff, she might leave forever, it could end with the set up for a great Buck storyline! That doesn't mean it will be enjoyable to watch, or that this was the ONLY route they could have taken. 🤷🏻‍♀️