#theyre currently on s4 and like i dont even like post s3 or even like half of s3 for that matter

[crunchycrystals]

my siblings rewatching the flash and im feeling nostalgic

[mcd-ms-rants]

I wrote the whole post and TUMBLR DECIDED TO DELETE THE WHOLE THING

anyways it’s finally here

take

STUFF I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT MYSTREET SEASON 4:

• ok but the animations here are great. actually tho they're so fluid and clear. Credits to whoever made them!!

• and now let’s do the real thing

• ok so first off this is where the actual plot starts. I know that some people were getting bored of the monotony of the slice of life episodes so they liked it. Again there’s nothing inherently wrong with having it but you have to remember that these characters most likely weren’t written to be in a plot and I say this because their personalities are funny and lighthearted. Their clearly meant for comedy. This also makes them redundant for plot since most of them a few characters barely have any development which is probably why like half the cast was dropped. im not sure how far back jess had planned the plot but needless to say most of the characters wouldn‘t be able to fit there. Travis, Katelyn, KC and the sk’s just dipped for the whole season and even when kc, Travis and Katelyn do show up in s5 their personalities really took a beating

• WHERE DID LAURANCE AND DANTE GO?? We never see them after s3. its probably because their personalities were too funny for plot but laurance was a shadow knight in mcd and since the whole of mys is so hyped up on the whole ‘mcd and mys are connected’ thing by all means he should’ve been there too

• it makes sense that since the lodge is jointly owned by the Ro’meaves and the Lycans, Garroth, Zane and Aaron- and by extension, Aphmau- would come along. it make sense that they would ask Lucinda for help- she’s a skilled witch and has been their friend since high school. theyre literally neighbors. it makes NO SENSE to being Kim- a girl whom they’ve barely ever interacted with and whom they barely know- to a place meant for close family to go to. Ok from a plot perspective yes Kim needed to be there but Aphmau logically doesnt know that yet.

• how does ghost/emmalyn even exist?? We’ve seen emmalyn and kenmur in s1 and they’re ok. not dead or anything. Yes I know that this is mcd emmalyn and she is directly referencing mcd Zane when she says that’s the only name she remembers from when she was alive but that raises two questions- first, how can both mcd and mys versions of her exist at the same time?? and second, what exactly happened between her and mcd zane?? It sounds like she either hates him way more than she loves kenmur (or she’d remember him too) that it’s the only name she remembers or its Stockholm Syndrome.

• I feel that since the plot demanded a ghost vessel thing that was the only reason Aphmau brought Kim. it’s pretty clear that Dante and laurance wouldn’t fit the role because of their personalities so she just remade an older character and changed her completely right down to her skin to fit the plot. her whole personality changes with it- look at her I mean she even becomes more open when she talks. Again this only happened because none of the existing characters could fill that role because IT WASNT MEANT TO HAVE PLOT

• no one likes you michi girl take the hint

• seeing liochant brings back meMoriEs

• what was that potion that lucinda made and which Garroth threw on Zane?? its clear that it cured him from the effects of the forever potion but the bigger question is WHY DONT THEY USE THIS IN S6?? Ok yes in s4 Aphmau gets freed by the power of love(TM) but that doesn’t mean you do that for everyone

• as someone who liked Laurance’s character I miss him :(

• ok there’s WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS with Ein and his villain shtick. Ein is basically some obsessive werewolf yandere boy who has an unhealthy obsession with aphmau and hates Aaron. and the cherry on top is that Aphmau is his HALF SISTER. THATS INC*ST. That’s GROSS. What is it with Aphmau antagonists and not having a clear motive or backstory?? mcd Zane and Ein both suffer from this and it shows. there were definitely better motives to give him- he doesn’t have to be centered around Aphmau all the time!! And even if you don’t want to go to all the trouble of rewriting the plot you could at least make it so that Ein knows that he and Aphmau are related. Maybe he wants a perfect sister instead and he’s willing to go to any lengths to get her there. it would still be dark and serious but it would be SO MUCH BETTER than the current plotline. Also showing the contrast between his pdh and s4 self and then not giving any semblance of an explanation really makes it difficult to imagine where it all went wrong. yes Michael definitely had something to do with it but to what extent?? How much is Ein actually in control of?? Is he under the influence of a forever potion when he turns Zane, Lucinda and Aphmau to his side?? Is he still under its influence when he fights Aaron?? look I get that they can’t reveal everything but leaving out THIS MUCH and not even revealing it in s6 makes it very difficult to accurately nail Ein’s character.

• how is Aaron even revived?? is that Irene?? how is she here and what is she doing here?? Can we have answers pls. also it makes no sense that she saves Aaron TWICE- once in s4 and second in s6. How does death even work here if Irene can just swoop in and bring them back to life. i feel like none of the villains ever count as threats then because you know that a cryptic mysterious goddess who somehow looks just like your girlfriend will revive you.

• how did Aaron even survive?? No seriously how?? We know that there’s no service or wifi up there at the lodge so using their phones is out of the question. i don’t think Lucinda would be able to conjure up a whole medical team for Aaron. and they're on a MOUNTAIN. It takes precious time to get down from it. for context, even if they sent Garroth (since he’s the fastest) down to get help they’d have to wait for him to reach the village area at the base of the mountain, get a phone, call for help, wait for said help to arrive and get Aaron to a hospital. meanwhile Aaron is bleeding out from multiple gashes on his chest made at like point black range that are critical at best and fatal at worst. (his only saving grace is the snow he’s on which would help to numb the wound because its cold but he has like FIVE deep chest wounds and the snow isn’t even on his wounds.) Ya sorry I don’t see how he manages to survive.

• did I mention that I miss Laurance?? • Why is Aaron not at a hospital I don’t even see a ventilator or oxygen mask near him. Listen I’m not a medical expert but those gashes landed straight on his chest which means straight on his lungs and dangerously close to his heart. how is he alive. how is he not choking on blood right now. we know he’s bleeding out- I’m pretty sure one of the doctors even says “Mrs Lycan, we need to draw more blood for your son.” yes he’s bleeding out why is no one trying to idk stop the wound through pressure with a cloth or something?? (Note: it’s been a while since I’ve watched s4, so if I do get anything wrong thats why!!) also why are the werewolf doctors so chill about Aaron’s ultima eyes? like yes they’re doctors they could’ve been sworn to secrecy or maybe they work for the Lycans but Derek is shown to be really paranoid about anyone finding out about Aaron being the ultima. how does he know they won’t tell it to someone else??

k imma head out now-

thanks for reading!! <3 <3

[gammija]

This post is mostly just for myself, some tma theories/ideas that I don't have sufficient evidence for to really make a post, but i want to save them for posterity (and to laugh at how wrong I was, later)

- On Martin: He's not replaced, he's not being influenced by a power (at least, not any more than in previous seasons), and he's not acting out of character. He's acted pretty consistent even with his previous characterization, imo? fandom has mostly just gotten used to Soft Marto and hasn't had ample reason to change that until now. But just like Tim, who did a complete character-flip from s1 to s3 without being replaced, Martin being a bit more bloodthirsty is a p normal response to the situation to me. Plus, it'd be unfair to the audience if Martin were replaced, because we still heard him acting like himself even when only the tape recorders were around to hear it.

- Web!Martin is also still on, and with that i mean that I expect Martin to get the choice to fully become a web avatar, somewhere before 190. Idk if he'll actually take it or if he'll reject it and it'll be a subversion, but either way, the Web's still the relevant entity when Martins concerned (and the Lonely, a bit). Not the extinction, because:

- the Extinction will not be a big part of s5. it's just not vibin with me. Everything that has been relevant to the main plot has been set up so far in advance, basically all Jonologues we've heard so far can trace back at least some parts to S1... but the extinction? it has one explicit call-out in s3, thats it, apart from s4. Not really final plot-driving material. (I know some people say Binary is also extinction, but Jonny already said it was meant to be Spiral in i think one of the Patreon s4 q&as, and i dont see why he'd lie about that)

Now, for some very out there "I've connected the dots!" guesses (most of these center on Martin, what can i say, hes my fav character):

- When Martin chooses to align with the web, he doesnt tell Jon, who only finds out when Martin gets into trouble, and Jon tries to Behold something to save him, only to find out he can't, because he always has trouble seeing the Web

- The Panopticon isn't just The Eye, it's Jon's Eye, and he's going to have to kick Jonah out

- okay this one is the most speculative bs, but it is fun; there are two spooky black trees mentioned in tma, the one at Hilltop and the one at the Closens. Hilltop has a canonical alternative universe connected to it, and the Closens have those two mysterious kids when they previously were explicitly said not to be able to have them. Here's the speculation: We're currently in the Kids timeline. One of the kids went on to birth the Keay’s, while the other is some forefather to Martin (Blackwood -> Schwarzwald, which isnt just a weird coincidence cause the episode Schwarzwald is the one right after 22 which is when we first learn Martins surname, ive connected the dots IVE CONNECTED THEM)  Now, to save the world/stop the ritual, they have to do some stuff with the alternate universe, but since in the other universe the Closens didnt have kids, going to the other universe means Martin and Gerard have never existed.

- last one, i promise. This one is completely random, and only vaguely inspired by one of the recent patreon Q&A answers, where Jonny alluded that the choices that characters make can ‘echo backwards as well as forwards’, whatever that means. so heres my proposal; For some reason, Martin chooses to join the Web. Which echoes backwards. and now all the spiders in canon are by Martin. Theyre not literally him, and other instances of the Web arent him either, but specifically the spiders are. Arguments for this: spiders have afaik been protective of Jon in canon and itd be adorable. case closed.