#I like Kenny too but idk. Chim just does nothing for me

[buddiesmutslut]

God I just. Do not care about Chim or Madney. I love JLH & Maddie & the Buckley siblings relationship but sometimes I’ll read fic or see scenes of Chim/Madney and be struck again by all the nothingness I feel lol. I do not gaf about that man I do not get the draw 😭

[anxiousalienwriter]

So I had to have an unexpected surgery this week leading to me being late to the party with this week's episode. I was thoroughly spoiled but I was trying to save my opinions until I actually watched the episode, and I gotta say. Wtf was that?

Like I think what they were trying to do is have Athena be like the stand in character for the audience. Through her, we need to come to accept Bobby's gone just like Athena accepts by the end of the episode/paralleled with the whole firebaby kidnapping mystery thing. Grief and letting go and all that jazz. And it does make sense to have that character be her since she is Bobby's wife.

However, I would say they failed considering I don't even believe that kid wasn't kidnapped. The mom had to have done something with that DNA test.

Like I'm sorry but you mean to tell me there are TWO kids in the SAME AREA that just so happen to have this super unique birthmark?? Also, NOTHING was left behind from the fire?? Babies may have more cartilage than bone, but they definitely still have bones. And a house fire does not burn hot enough to completely destroy bones. Even baby ones. So like??

(And yes, I did look all this up and have a very weird search history now, so thanks for that 911. I hope my fbi agent realizes this was for confirmation/research purposes)

And this isn't even getting into how this really happened. A woman kidnapped a kid, set the house on fire to cover it up, and then the original mother recognized her kid years later at a birthday party. LIKE??

So if this episode was trying to convince me to let go, it did a bad job. Bobby is absolutely still alive and I'm believing that until the very last second of the last episode of the season. Also the government kept his body for 2 weeks?? It was a closed casket funeral?? No, it's all too suspicious for me.

However, if Bobby does turn out to be dead? This episode was a terrible sendoff. Where are my scenes of all of these characters dealing with their grief? Where's the scene where they're like all sitting around a table, reminiscing about Bobby, taking comfort in their memories and each other? I'm hoping we see more of that in the next two episodes but with how bad the writing has been these last two episodes... I'm not holding my breath.

I mean, come on. A montage for the funeral in the last few minutes of the episode?? The way the promo was, I was led to believe the funeral would be the main focus of the episode. I mean, it sure makes the most sense for it to be since a major character just died. But no. And Eddie not even being there until the day of the funeral?? Which I am so mad about everything they're doing with him but this post is long enough.

I'm just hoping this episode was like trying to get people to accept his death and we get more reactions and the exploration of characters in the coming episodes. Because this was just.... disappointing. Though, Angela and Kenny did do an amazing job with their performances so there were definitely some redeemable qualities of this episode, at least.

Tho that scene with Gerrard talking to Chim at the car accident instead of Hen??? Excuse me?? Wrong. Incorrect. Criminal, actually. Like sure, he's the captain, but Hen's not pushing her way to talk to Chimney who clearly isn't coping?? Why are none of them leaning on each other! It leads me to think they really are just coworkers. I guess all that talk about them being a family and everything was wrong. Also can we please be done with Gerrard? Please.

Idk, man. I'm hopped up on pain meds. But I had to get my thoughts out. Now I'm gonna go back to writing and ignoring canon until better writing enters the picture again like goddamn.

[lovecolibri]

I'm also side-eying the madney proposal. I mean, my aunt and uncle got married for tax reasons and they already had two children and had planned on staying together forever bc they love each other. So there's nothing wrong with that ofc and marriage doesn't change the love people have for each other, but I guess with madney, given what they both went through I would've liked something more romantic 😅 tho the proposal and wedding can still be romantic but I hope they make it look like the tax thing is the catalyst for them doing it bc they wanted to and were waiting for the right time, and not just "oh let's get married it's more practical" lol

Yeah, I'm with you. I'm hoping it ends well, but right now it's just making me roll my eyes because MADDIE should be the one proposing, not Chim. And who knows, we might get that in the end! But given these characters and their individual journeys before they met, and how their relationship has unfolded together, that's what makes the most narrative sense. Because Chim tried to propose before out of fear and it didn't go well. And Maddie was trapped in a marriage for so many years being beaten down and belittled and abused. So the real full circle moment for them would be Chim, as he's always done, respecting her boundaries and letting her take the lead on if she wanted to get married again or not. Because BOTH of them deserve to get married out of JOY and celebration of their love, and tying their lives together legally because they WANT to, not out of fear or obligation.

So right now, I'm very annoyed that a) it's something forcing their hand by way of "marriage would be more convenient" (rather than one of them being in danger and the other deciding they don't want to wait anymore. Which we still could end up with! But right now, I'm 🙄), and b) that it's ONCE A-FUCKING-GAIN a thing that's being played for laughs. IDK if KR took the "season 5 was too dark" the wrong way (i.e not understanding WHY people felt that way and assuming people didn't want ANY serious moments happening) or what the deal is. But I would rather have spent 6a seeing them going to couples therapy and then when Chim gets hurt in the final episodes, Maddie proposing because she's been thinking about it since Buck almost died and it never felt like the right time and she's reminded time is short, rather than Chim getting scared about the tax man and them turning the tax thing, and ring shopping, and losing the ring into a big joke. YES Chim is funny! Yes this show does need a balance! But Kenny is SO good at the emotional stuff too as is JLH and their love story deserves better than to happen mostly off screen unless they're being used to "lighten" the mood for the episode.

I ADORE Madney and their love story. It's one of the best relationship build-ups I've ever seen and I just hate what KR has done to them. Their story and we as the audience deserve so much better than this. And the journey matters!! It matters how we get there so even with it ending up with Maddie proposing doesn't erase the fact that they were GOING to have Chim propose even though that doesn't make sense for how his character has always let Maddie take the lead on stuff like that. I just....it matters. And the end result does not always justify the means to get there.