A Rant Post
Mar. 16th, 2012 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauren3210Rage Post about 3x16 "1912"
So, I normally write a long review of each episode (complete with gifs in an effort to make people laugh), but I'm having trouble with this episode. The first watch had me vacilating wildly between between wanting to rip my hair out and falling asleep, and although on second viewing it has gotten a bit better, my rage for certain things is still there. So I'm writing a rage post, in the hopes that by getting it all out I can settle down and write a proper review, and I'm posting it here, because there will probably be lots of swearing involved (sorry for that in advance).
THINGS THAT MADE ME RAGE:
1) RET-CONNING:
- Remember the DS road trip in the episode "Rose"? Or even the DE conversation before the dance in "Miss Mystic Falls"? Both of those episodes showed us that Damon had no clue what Stefan was really like as a ripper, SO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME BELIEVE IT NOW.
- At some point before the episode was aired, we were told that we would learn more about Alaric's backstory. So we had Meredith spouting some bollocks about fights and restraining orders that she dug up. Now, I am not a law official, but I'm sure those tidbits would have come up in the background check Damon had Liz perform way back in SEASON 1. But apparently not. WRITERS, RE-READ YOUR PREVIOUS SCRIPTS BEFORE YOU WRITE A NEW ONE. Or at least watch your own damn show to see if it makes any sense.
- Elena's all shocked and hurt that Stefan is drinking human blood, when she had NO IDEA HE HAD EVEN TRIED STOPPING YET. For fuck's sake.
- (not really ret-conning, but still irritating) Alaric wakes up in a jail cell with BULLET HOLES in his clothes, yet nobody tries to figure out just how he managed to survive a HUMAN killing? Seriously?
2) STOP MAKING ELENA DUMB:
- Seriously, surely EVERYONE knows that nothing you find while on a breaking and entering spree can ever be admissable as evidence? COME ON.
- "OMG! Stefan! You're acting like some kind of vampire!" Jesus fucking Christ, either she's okay with vampires, or she isn't. FUCKING PICK ONE!! Jesus, we might as well throw a bucket of glitter over the lot of them and have done with it.
- The scene where she's talking to matt about Stefan and Damon is really sweet. But also stupid. SHE ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION ON THE BRIDGE. And yet she's still not ready to see that she has feelings for Damon? NO. This girl has been written SMARTER THAN THIS. Give her some damn insight please, before I have to gouge my eyes out with a cocktail stick.
3) YOU'RE A DAMON FAN? LOLZ:
- "In this episode, we get to see how Damon changed from the prissy guy in 1864 to the Damon we met in the pilot" - JP [paraphrased]. This was supposed to be a Damon centric episode, where we FINALLY got to see some of his backstory. Did we see any of this? NO. NO WE DID NOT. We got roughly 30 seconds of Sage basically saying "Look, that girl's totally up for it. Go do her." and then the rest of the flashbacks were all about Stefan.
- You thought Stefan might actually be capable of being bad? LOL/NO, turns out it was all Damon's fault. Again.
- You thought at the very least you would get to hear some awesome one-liners from the badass vampire? LOL/NO, because JP was writing this episode. Sweetie, next time you want to write a Damon centric episode, call in KW. If he can't make it, then do something else and save us all from another clusterfuck that was THIS episode JesusFuckingChrist.
WHAT. IS. THIS. FUCKERY. GET IT OFF MY SCREEN.
Phew! I feel better now! :D
So, I normally write a long review of each episode (complete with gifs in an effort to make people laugh), but I'm having trouble with this episode. The first watch had me vacilating wildly between between wanting to rip my hair out and falling asleep, and although on second viewing it has gotten a bit better, my rage for certain things is still there. So I'm writing a rage post, in the hopes that by getting it all out I can settle down and write a proper review, and I'm posting it here, because there will probably be lots of swearing involved (sorry for that in advance).
THINGS THAT MADE ME RAGE:
1) RET-CONNING:
- Remember the DS road trip in the episode "Rose"? Or even the DE conversation before the dance in "Miss Mystic Falls"? Both of those episodes showed us that Damon had no clue what Stefan was really like as a ripper, SO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME BELIEVE IT NOW.
- At some point before the episode was aired, we were told that we would learn more about Alaric's backstory. So we had Meredith spouting some bollocks about fights and restraining orders that she dug up. Now, I am not a law official, but I'm sure those tidbits would have come up in the background check Damon had Liz perform way back in SEASON 1. But apparently not. WRITERS, RE-READ YOUR PREVIOUS SCRIPTS BEFORE YOU WRITE A NEW ONE. Or at least watch your own damn show to see if it makes any sense.
- Elena's all shocked and hurt that Stefan is drinking human blood, when she had NO IDEA HE HAD EVEN TRIED STOPPING YET. For fuck's sake.
- (not really ret-conning, but still irritating) Alaric wakes up in a jail cell with BULLET HOLES in his clothes, yet nobody tries to figure out just how he managed to survive a HUMAN killing? Seriously?
2) STOP MAKING ELENA DUMB:
- Seriously, surely EVERYONE knows that nothing you find while on a breaking and entering spree can ever be admissable as evidence? COME ON.
- "OMG! Stefan! You're acting like some kind of vampire!" Jesus fucking Christ, either she's okay with vampires, or she isn't. FUCKING PICK ONE!! Jesus, we might as well throw a bucket of glitter over the lot of them and have done with it.
- The scene where she's talking to matt about Stefan and Damon is really sweet. But also stupid. SHE ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION ON THE BRIDGE. And yet she's still not ready to see that she has feelings for Damon? NO. This girl has been written SMARTER THAN THIS. Give her some damn insight please, before I have to gouge my eyes out with a cocktail stick.
3) YOU'RE A DAMON FAN? LOLZ:
- "In this episode, we get to see how Damon changed from the prissy guy in 1864 to the Damon we met in the pilot" - JP [paraphrased]. This was supposed to be a Damon centric episode, where we FINALLY got to see some of his backstory. Did we see any of this? NO. NO WE DID NOT. We got roughly 30 seconds of Sage basically saying "Look, that girl's totally up for it. Go do her." and then the rest of the flashbacks were all about Stefan.
- You thought Stefan might actually be capable of being bad? LOL/NO, turns out it was all Damon's fault. Again.
- You thought at the very least you would get to hear some awesome one-liners from the badass vampire? LOL/NO, because JP was writing this episode. Sweetie, next time you want to write a Damon centric episode, call in KW. If he can't make it, then do something else and save us all from another clusterfuck that was THIS episode JesusFuckingChrist.
WHAT. IS. THIS. FUCKERY. GET IT OFF MY SCREEN.
Phew! I feel better now! :D
