When vampire shows suck...

[astri13]

That`s it, Vampire Diaries is going on my "I may watch it once the Season is over and I can see where it went" list.

This show used to be legitimately good from mid-Season 1 to all of Season 2, still enjoyable in Season 3 and admittedly I liked parts of Season 4. But this year, I`m sick of the writers aiming for the nadir of the nadir of storytelling - and succeeding every time. I just love annuling development for the lulz because that in no way makes me feel I wasted years watching it in the first place. *sarcasm* And their deluded interviews, obvious incapability to figure out what isn`t working and passive-aggressive asshole tweets. It`s like they think they are the SPN TPTB.

I knew dividing attention between running three shows would be too much but the old warhorse should be something of a self-ran, not an implosion. And The Tomorrow People ain`t good either, at least as long as they refuse to center it around John. That leaves The Originals which is legit good. But a batting average of 1 out of 3? Not that impressive.

Thank God Teen Wolf is currently rocking so hard.

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[astri13.livejournal.com]

Fortunately I don't care about any of these characters (except Caroline), so I can view the entire thing with detachment...

Caroline got on my nerves in Season 4 but I outright started hating her this year. Which was unfortunate because she was one of my faves after becoming a vampire.

My fave is Damon and I don`t even know what they are doing with him atm.

Ironically Stefan is a good character for me now and I often found him to be a white-washed Sue. Getting him away from Elena has done wonders for him.

And hey, everything is always about Elena. That much became clear in S01E01. ;-)

I know and it hasn`t even really been my problem. But making her "Amara" as well as now the Kalena "twist" just seems done to keep the stupid, neverending triangle bullshit alive. Because once it`s done, Elena will have reason to hate Damon (but still love him) and will have reeled poor Stefan into it who had almost escaped. And she will have fallen for him again, too. Meaning, same cycle all over again. Hooray.

[rheasilvia.livejournal.com]

I stopped watching TVD when Alaric died, and have never been sorry. I think if I'd kept watching, I'd be hating every character by now.

Meaning, same cycle all over again. Hooray.

The thing about TVD is: It is a soap opera. Sure, it has vampires and witches and all that, but in the end, it will always be about characters breaking up and getting back together, cheating on each other, and drumming up silly relationship drama from thin air. There will be twins and doppelgangers, believed-dead plotlines, and all manner of other silliness along the way, but all that is just a distraction. In the end, it is about the soapy relationship drama, with Elena, Stefan and Damon at the center of an eternal love triangle.

So yeah. Same cycle all over again. It won't stop as long as this show is on air.

[astri13.livejournal.com]

In the end, it is about the soapy relationship drama, with Elena, Stefan and Damon at the center of an eternal love triangle.

It just used to be so much better written. Even if the triangle was at the center, the larger stories surrounding it were interesting, full of surprising twists, quick-paced and have decent character-development with great scenes between individual characters.

All of that is gone now.