#(yeah i posted abt it before. guys i wish i had somewhere to rewatch it...... it's so sad)

[daz4i]

you get to know about it now. it's long. i will love you forever if you read it tho

ok so context: the show in question is about time traveling

tldr of the premise: an asteroid hit the earth and destroyed most of it, aside from one island. this is where the plot of the show happens.

due to the asteroid's impact, there was a lot of radiation going on, affecting the denizens of the island - generations born on it later on are born with the ability to time travel

we follow a group of 6 teenagers and their lives on the island. one of them is called zoey, she's very grumpy and unfriendly and p much only has a soft spot for a younger kid among the group. she keeps butting heads with most of them or constantly teases the nicer ppl in the group

after 25 episodes, the scenery suddenly changes, and we're met with flashbacks of the past, before the asteroid hit. we see a family we've never met before - mother, father, daughter, and nephew. the nephew is called ben. he's kind of a smartass, goes out of his way to annoy his uncle (aunt's husband?), has a short temper and is wildly emotional at times but generally well intentioned and protective

stuff happen, the family ends up on the island too. the teens' home gets erased due to a mild time paradox, so they walk through the island to find a new shelter, and eventually reach the family's hut. more stuff happens, the paradox gets solved, their fortress is back, and the family moves in too bc. it's so much better than their lame ass hut

so zoey and ben naturally butt heads often - he likes to annoy people, she gets easily annoyed, it's only natural. one day tho, during their daily angry-at-each-other time, they kiss. this sparks a relationship that they try and fail to keep as a secret

this is where the tragedy starts. they love each other, and they're both extremely protective of those they love, so they kind of sink their claws into each other and don't let go. this is like the first time we see zoey genuinely happy

but. there is some guy from the future who's been harassing the teens p much the entire time. at some point, he kills ben, and... disappears?

yeah, ben is like. his great great great great great great grandpa. the main character goes back in time to save ben, it's all good

but. there is another organization of people from the future - they're well-intentioned, they just wanna save the world and prevent the asteroid from hitting the earth, as well as prevent time paradoxes where they can

and, well. zoey and ben's relationship unfortunately creates a paradox. while ben is that guy's great⁸ grandpa, zoey... isn't. if they're together, ben won't get with the woman he's supposed to in order to get the timeline in order. they literally have to break up for the sake of the world

this is where their story ends in season 1. already very sad. it gets both worse and better in season 2

so a tldr of that - we follow reality at 2 points in time, 1909 and 2009.

in 1909, we have out regular teens that we've been following so far, currently living in an old western town of time travellers. their goal is to prevent some end of the world that's gonna happen there. dw about it 👍

in 2009, reality altered and is now a fascist dystopia. there are alternate versions of our main teens there - but here, they're cold blooded killers, hunting other time travellers, working under this reality's version of hitler, basically.

in 2009, ben joins an underground rebellion organization, and becomes their man on the inside. he gets together with like, the daughter of some higher up, and through their relationship gets a job for demonic hitler. dw abt it.

at the same time, the hunter versions of the teens get a sense that smth's Off about the guy, so hunter!zoey takes one for the team and tries to sabotage him. he needs self defense and fighting lessons, and she becomes his teacher. ofc, through their lessons, they fall in love, tho zoey is deep in denial. ben is considering calling off his wedding (yknow, to the girl who got him the job, that he doesn't actually love and only got engaged with for the rebellion). zoey does indeed get dirt on him by plating a bug during one of their lessons, but is conflicted abt whether or not to turn him in. her colleagues do it anyway. she gets ordered to kill him

meanwhile, in 1909, zoey is. sad. and angry, as usual. she has to work someplace she doesn't like with people she doesn't like and- oh, what's this? while rifling through a pile of stuff that other time travellers brought from their journies, she finds... a wedding invitation. ben's wedding invitation, to be exact. and this makes her feel even worse

so a lot of shit's going down, the end of the world is coming, yada yada, that's not what we're here for tho. smth even worse is gonna happen. ben's wedding 😱

on his wedding day, he finds out that his wife was actually an agent too, and that she knew he was deceiving her. she plans to kill him.

a battle breaks out for unrelated reasons. they stand on the aisle. she aims a gun at him. a gunshot rings out - but ben is still standing. it's the bridge that collapses to the floor, and behind her we can see 1909 zoey, who just shot her in order to save ben's life. her eyes are filled with love. she sees him for the first time in months, and while he's not *her* ben, he's still the same person. and she's not *his* zoey, but she still loves him.

iirc, they don't end up together, bc well. the universe still doesn't like it, and it'll create a paradox. a lot of shit is going down, and their love unfortunately fucks it up even more

and this is so bittersweet, i think. to know they love each other so much that their love transcends entire timelines, centuries, realities - no matter what, they always seem to fall in love. and yet, no matter what, they will never be able to stay together. the universe that keeps bringing them together insists on keeping them apart at the same time. their love has to exist, but can't be expressed

and man. man. they are. so much. idk if they get a happy ending in season 3 bc ngl i didn't watch it (it's bad 👍) but i really hope they do. their ending in s2 is sorta happy? bc they technically are together? but like since the threat still exists, logically they can't be. i heard that in s3 time traveling gets erased completely at the end i think?? so maybe this'll give them the chance to do it, and damn the paradox 🥺

anyway. thank you for reading. if you made it this far i'm kissing you with tongue just like they did during that one fight that started it all

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