Teen Wolf season 3A
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schneefinkSeason 3A of Teen Wolf is over, and I have mixed feelings. I enjoyed most of it, but there was also a lot of unnecessary stupidity and some things I'm choosing to ignore.
There are many things about this season's plot that don't make sense or are never explained, some that are just stupid and some that I can fill with a lot of headcanon if I want. Fortunately I didn't start watching the show for its elaborate plots or anything.
Over all I enjoyed the first six episodes a lot, "Motel California" is one of my favorites. And then it gets confusing and the plot sort of spirals out of hand and gets lost along the way, with extra stupid like the extremely unnecessary bonus manpain episode "Visionary."
There were way too many characters. Scott, Stiles, Derek, Allison, and Lydia were all supposed to be main characters, but even that was difficult to fit in sometimes with Allison and Lydia sometimes disappearing in the latter episodes. Then there are Isaac, Deaton, Ms. Morrell, Jennifer, and four Alphas with personality who all get to have new pieces of personality/plot etc. And then the parents, Danny, Boyd, Cora and Peter as true supporting characters. That's just too many and it was very noticeable sometimes. There often was not enough time for quieter moments between characters and then the pay-off of the peril and danger etc. was not as strong. Some things were also obviously missing, like any sort of relationship between Cora and Derek and an explanation of how she survived and what she was doing during the last six years (no, lampshading it doesn't make it any better.)
And the resolution to the too-many-characters problem is not at all what I would have liked. I want the twins to die and Erica, Boyd, and Jackson to come back :(
The ending made little sense. Does Danny even know already that his boyfriend is a werewolf? Are Ethan and Aiden forgiven for torturing and killing Boyd, just because they were following orders and were afraid of Deucalion/Jennifer? (Are they going to join Scott's pack? Do not want :( ) What reasons did Peter give for staying behind, and who knows? What happened with Ms. Morrell, did the Alphas just let her escape just because Scott said so? And many other plot holes.
But as a reminder, there were also great things this season. Stiles, of course: being smart and figuring stuff out, but also a panic attack, and I'm sorry the scene where he tells Scott that he's not okay was cut. And finally the Sheriff finds out! With chess pieces, awww.
I liked Isaac, he is cute with Allison and Scott. I also think he's good for Allison: he clearly respects her abilities, so she doesn't feel the need to prove herself to him all the time like she does with Scott. I think that makes her feel more relaxed around him than around Scott. (Threesome ftw!)
Allison was great this season, even though she wasn't the main focus, but she was quietly badass in the background, culminating in coming up with a new family motto.
I still like Scott. I'm not annoyed with the "chosen one" trope as much of the fandom seems to be, maybe also because I don't really see it: so it's a rare thing, but it's because of who he is, it wasn't destiny or anything like that. (Also I don't trust Deaton as a source of information.) Scott is a good kid: he tries to do the best he can, he cares about people, he takes on responsibility, he might not be the smartest but he inspires loyalty, he's a leader.
The parents are interesting this season: First of all, I loved the brief glimpse we get of Lydia's mother, that was a great scene, awww.
The Sheriff, Mrs. McCall and Chris Argent are all badass and great, but at the same time they're their kids' weaknesses. And the other way around, but still. Scott is willing to go with Deucalion to save his mom (though that was a bit of a weird thing... whatever,) Allison, Stiles and Scott are willing to kill themselves to save their parents.
As for Derek, meh. As soon as it became clear that his theme this season was "more shit happens, endure" instead of "finally start healing" I wasn't really interested anymore. Seriously, that guy deserves a break, and I'm happy for him that he left (even though it'll only be temporary.) Jennifer, okay, I'm neutral about her.
I wonder what the fandom will come up with until January. Personally I'd love to read more about Allison and Lydia, and I also want some "Jackson keeping in touch with Danny and trying to figure out what is happening in Beacon Hills without telling him about werewolves" fic. I'd be happy to find more different stuff than Sterek everywhere. I enjoy some stories but I also want some variety from time to time. Oh well.
There are many things about this season's plot that don't make sense or are never explained, some that are just stupid and some that I can fill with a lot of headcanon if I want. Fortunately I didn't start watching the show for its elaborate plots or anything.
Over all I enjoyed the first six episodes a lot, "Motel California" is one of my favorites. And then it gets confusing and the plot sort of spirals out of hand and gets lost along the way, with extra stupid like the extremely unnecessary bonus manpain episode "Visionary."
There were way too many characters. Scott, Stiles, Derek, Allison, and Lydia were all supposed to be main characters, but even that was difficult to fit in sometimes with Allison and Lydia sometimes disappearing in the latter episodes. Then there are Isaac, Deaton, Ms. Morrell, Jennifer, and four Alphas with personality who all get to have new pieces of personality/plot etc. And then the parents, Danny, Boyd, Cora and Peter as true supporting characters. That's just too many and it was very noticeable sometimes. There often was not enough time for quieter moments between characters and then the pay-off of the peril and danger etc. was not as strong. Some things were also obviously missing, like any sort of relationship between Cora and Derek and an explanation of how she survived and what she was doing during the last six years (no, lampshading it doesn't make it any better.)
And the resolution to the too-many-characters problem is not at all what I would have liked. I want the twins to die and Erica, Boyd, and Jackson to come back :(
The ending made little sense. Does Danny even know already that his boyfriend is a werewolf? Are Ethan and Aiden forgiven for torturing and killing Boyd, just because they were following orders and were afraid of Deucalion/Jennifer? (Are they going to join Scott's pack? Do not want :( ) What reasons did Peter give for staying behind, and who knows? What happened with Ms. Morrell, did the Alphas just let her escape just because Scott said so? And many other plot holes.
But as a reminder, there were also great things this season. Stiles, of course: being smart and figuring stuff out, but also a panic attack, and I'm sorry the scene where he tells Scott that he's not okay was cut. And finally the Sheriff finds out! With chess pieces, awww.
I liked Isaac, he is cute with Allison and Scott. I also think he's good for Allison: he clearly respects her abilities, so she doesn't feel the need to prove herself to him all the time like she does with Scott. I think that makes her feel more relaxed around him than around Scott. (Threesome ftw!)
Allison was great this season, even though she wasn't the main focus, but she was quietly badass in the background, culminating in coming up with a new family motto.
I still like Scott. I'm not annoyed with the "chosen one" trope as much of the fandom seems to be, maybe also because I don't really see it: so it's a rare thing, but it's because of who he is, it wasn't destiny or anything like that. (Also I don't trust Deaton as a source of information.) Scott is a good kid: he tries to do the best he can, he cares about people, he takes on responsibility, he might not be the smartest but he inspires loyalty, he's a leader.
The parents are interesting this season: First of all, I loved the brief glimpse we get of Lydia's mother, that was a great scene, awww.
The Sheriff, Mrs. McCall and Chris Argent are all badass and great, but at the same time they're their kids' weaknesses. And the other way around, but still. Scott is willing to go with Deucalion to save his mom (though that was a bit of a weird thing... whatever,) Allison, Stiles and Scott are willing to kill themselves to save their parents.
As for Derek, meh. As soon as it became clear that his theme this season was "more shit happens, endure" instead of "finally start healing" I wasn't really interested anymore. Seriously, that guy deserves a break, and I'm happy for him that he left (even though it'll only be temporary.) Jennifer, okay, I'm neutral about her.
I wonder what the fandom will come up with until January. Personally I'd love to read more about Allison and Lydia, and I also want some "Jackson keeping in touch with Danny and trying to figure out what is happening in Beacon Hills without telling him about werewolves" fic. I'd be happy to find more different stuff than Sterek everywhere. I enjoy some stories but I also want some variety from time to time. Oh well.
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Date: 2013-08-25 12:01 pm (UTC)I think the end-scene was just symbolic, to show what is important to Scott and is driving his actions - his friendship with Stiles, and seeing his friends safe and happy. We know it's not gonna last, it was more of a mission statement for the (half) season final, I think, and a visual book-end. Though I liked that Danny and Twinn are now offically a couple - wihtout any big coming out stuff. It's one of the charming things about the show, how they do not use the sexual orientation of the gay characters for plot or dramatic purposes, it just is what it is. I don't think there was even one comment on the fact that one of the twins was straight and one was gay.
THE END
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Date: 2013-08-25 12:57 pm (UTC)I heard that the disappearances of Erica, Boyd, and Jackson had something to do with the availability of the actors, but at least for the first two it is completely unsurprising that the actors wanted something new because the show never really gave their characters a chance.
Yes, I love the relationships between the kids and their parents very much <3
I get that the ending was just a nice scene with the couples and stuff, but after an episode where I was annoyed that the female villains die and the male ones get to live I wasn't even appeased by Danny/Ethan.
And yes, it'll be complicated by Peter, but even that is weird: if Peter wants to be an Alpha, why didn't he kill Derek when he was more or less helpless and at least unsuspecting? Maybe a rest of family loyalty. But then, next season, it would imo be better/easier for him to go after one of the twins: he's smart enough to isolate them, smart enough to trap&kill one of them, probably the second one right after, and then they'd no longer be a threat. While Scott is already suspicious of him and has more allies who'd do more to protect/avenge him. Oh well, we'll see.
Yay for long comments :D
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Date: 2013-08-25 01:39 pm (UTC)In the world of logic this is undoubtably that way it would go, lol. What a pitty that they're not allowed to kill of the leads. Though I have to say I approve of keeping Derek around - he provides a nice, darker and morally ambivalent touch to all the teen wolfs. ;)
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Date: 2013-08-25 01:43 pm (UTC)