#Special shout outs to Sadie Caleb Gaten and Noah

[lukeskywalking]

I guess my feelings are this: volume 2 had a lot of cool individual moments, but as a whole it does not live up to the hype that volume 1 created. It was not as cohesive or satisfying to watch. In particular, some glaring issues I have with it are:

Eddie being used as likable-new-character-death-fodder so they don’t have to kill off any of the main cast. Same as seasons 2 and 3

Following up with the prev point, Eddie’s reputation never being resolved and the whole angry mob thing going nowhere

Steve’s bat bites?? No consequences for those I guess

Jason having no point except to squish a Walkman and then die

What the hell happened to Owens?

Max’s victory with music/happy memories being ultimately useless; such a strong, powerful moment should have had a better conclusion than a flip-flop between death/coma. It also undermines the message of Max’s healing process that the initial Kate Bush montage gave us

Robin having a sad lesbian moment only for the girl to dump her bf in the next scene? For why?

Stancy being teased at for 7 episodes only to a hit a wall, then have the jancy conflict not even fully resolved??

Mike being a shitty person and friend to Will and it’s just not. Really fixed. He’s still hyper-focused on El, same as always. Seriously wtf happened to his friendships with the boys, I’m tired of it

Will’s queerness being used to bolster a hetero relationship. His queerness being used to fix Mike’s insecurities. His queerness being used to and isolate him and make him cry, with only his brother to notice. I feel the need to repeat that his queerness was used to BOLSTER A HETERO RELATIONSHIP. It is not good rep to the point where it is insulting.

There’s probably more but holy shit Will’s character has deserved way more grace than it has gotten in seasons 3 and 4. Wow.

Anyway. Was one of those experiences where I had fun in the moment, but ultimately volume 2 ended up being disappointing in comparison to the first 7 episodes. Here’s hoping that season 5 can address and fix at least some of these issues.