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i’m pretty sure that anne with an e was canceled but I desperately want to watch it bc anne of green gables was my comfort series as a kid. is it worth the pain of it never being completed? also will voltron cause me to suffer as much as people say it will?

Yooo those are like two completely different questions that consequently have entirely different answers, but let’s start with anne with an e:

First of all, it’s literally the best series I have ever watched and I don’t say that lightly. Like it’s up there with avatar the last air bender if you’ve watched that one, if not better. It was unfortunately cancelled because of “lack of views” which I don’t buy for a second, but it ultimately felt like a full circle. Like it felt like a good ending even if it wasn’t the intended one which says a lot because Moira Walley-Beckett (the director/creator) didn’t actually know it was being cancelled when she shot/wrote the last episode. So I would say definitely because it feels like a natural end and also it’s probably the greatest written television show I have ever watched. That said, I haven’t read the books so I can’t say if it’s a great adaptation, but it definitely IS a great show regardless. 11/10 would recommend.

As for Voltron... well. I kinda wanted to do the go-to “it will ruin your life doNT watch it” joke but nah let’s open our hearts for this one. The short answer is no probably not.

The long answer is, speaking of myself personally, the only reason it hurt so much when I saw the ending is not only because I was there from the beginning, but also for what it represented. For me, voltron was the show me and my friends would watch throughout all of my IB years, from 2016-2018. Every time a new season would come out it would be our excuse to kind of meet up at my house and binge it all in one day, and it’s still some of my fondest memories I have. When the last season came out I had just finished my first semester at uni, so it kind of felt like the end of an era.

Simultaneously, it was also the same time tumblr rolled out its porn ban which resulted in the majority of users leaving the website. And idk if you’ve been here before December 2018 but it was the hub of fandom, like the very core. Especially the voltron fandom was HUGE, like almost every creator I had followed before voltron came out drew for voltron and it was so full of life. Tumblr as it is now is basically a Sahara compared to then.

Not to mention that when I followed voltron through the years, although I didn’t really talk to others, I was still kind of in the fandom. Like I followed interviews, promo videos, promo posters, SDCC teasers etc that all promoted for something that just wasn’t going to happen. I think that’s also one of the reasons why people say it will hurt you, is because they remember all the bait and the promo that turned out to be lies. Not to mention the fandom back then was also toxic as hell but that’s the consequence of a big fandom. So I think as a person from the outside looking in, knowing how it ends and what to expect no, it probably won’t hurt you as much.

So yea, you can watch voltron if you want to, but I mean, I personally wouldn’t recommend it, not because of anything else but the sole fact that it just isn’t written well at all, the plot isn’t coherent, the characters don’t really have depth and/or experience character development that makes sense, so just based off of that I would give it a 3/10.

#asks #hoooo boi you probably didn’t expect such a long answer on a Wednesday afternoon and yet here we are #hmm feels good to let out #but yes I’ve tried to keep it as honest as possible #the main reason I still kind of dabbled in voltron for long after it ended was purely because of nostalgia and also #all the friends I made on twitter and Instagram because of it #like Darcy and cat and nohe and Mandy and Chloe and sanifaras and all those other wonderful people #I’m so greatful to have met #so idk if u want to join the fandom u can also watch it I won’t blame you #the fandom as it is now is much more toned down at least what I’ve experienced #well some parts #all good things also have bad aspects but yea #as for anne with an e it’s a definite watch it #like #definitely #do it #voltron #anne with an e

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