#Umbrella Academy finale

[tuttle-did-it]

Umbrella Academy writers:

[crytidsprinkles]

ID: Umbrella Academy members all standing in a room raising shots to drink with each other.

Wow I’m really disappointed. There’s so much about the last season of Umbrella Academy that is promising. I am however NOT happy about the negative portrayal of mask wearing and mask wearers. I don’t understand the new characterization of Klaus. He’s written to be perceived as overly cautious, but comes across as insensitive and cartoonish. Which is an odd choice.

Not to mention a concerning one given how stigmatized substance abuse disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety and finally usage of PPE are all already. Trivialized and invalidated too. Media portrayal can and has been documented to have a significant impact culturally, socially and even can politically.

It is in incredibly poor taste to characterize Klaus this way, after portraying his traumas with such sensitivity in the past. Also showing him on screen, ticking boxes for certain recognizable mental health conditions in the most cartoonish clownish way possible, doesn’t come across as self aware or as if Klaus is using humor to cope (or that the writers get such problems) but turns it into a punchline at his expense. And the writers and show runners manage to portray both mental health conditions, as well as people using and who us PPE to practice public health and personal health protection terribly.

Which is something I didn’t need as someone who both has multiple disabilities including several like the ones depicted, and someone who uses PPE to protect myself and others in a pandemic that has not ended, is far from funny and amidst other disease outbreaks that are being handled intentionally piss poorly by official health organization around the globe. I think this final season may negatively add fuel to the fire of ableism and eugenics that informed, caring and or oppressed people (including disabled) have been dealing with, especially the last almost 5 years.

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Yes the show has quite a comedic beat, however tonally thus far the show is having trouble balancing it with more dramatic or serious moments. It’s as if it can’t manage to commit to them in season 4. The show runners can’t seem to resist injecting humor even when it’s not warranted. I’m not sure if they were worried about the tone becoming too intense and heavy, but some of the best comedy comes from tragedy.

It is possible to play Klaus’s struggles straight and have comedic notes. Not in anything that he says, but how it lands and the other characters react and interact with him. Or perhaps him making morbid or sardonic jokes. I’m not totally sure where the story is going, it seems to have promise so I’ll reserve my verdict on that for now. It’s difficult that almost everyone’s acting seems…off, like being off beat, unsuccessfully, so you can’t find the rhythm so it’s challenging to listen to. Ugh, pacing issues I guess I’d say. Standout performances I think hit the mark or much better than the others is timeline 2’s Ben, Lila, Jean and Gene — a bit strange but they’re definitely hilarious and entertaining —,

I can foresee myself enjoying the story while not caring for certain aspects of the direction and acting. I will say season 4 does not feel like the others, but in a way that it does not compliment or is relative to them. Without proper grounding, tone, and pacing the other elements DO NOT work. It ends up feeling like a fairly different series. There’s nothing wrong with a show going in a different direction for the conclusion, I just find it disappointing it’s as if it’s made itself into a joke and becoming an exaggerated parody of itself. A piece of media not taking itself seriously tends to land one of two ways, a very fun time or anatomy of a failure.

[air--so--sweet]

TUA Spoilers Season 4 and also spoilers for Fringe Season 5 I guess

(I don't normally tag spoilers for stuff that aired a while ago but while I'm here might as well...)

This feels like someone watched the series finale of Fringe and thought 'Okay I like it but I also like the season 3 finale where Peter ceased to exist and no one remembered him. Also, I like that bit where Walter sacrifices himself but less so that he then sends the white tulip drawing back so we know he's okay and it's open to interpretation whether he ever gets to see Peter again. I think they should have all sacrificed themselves but instead of travelling to the future they they all cease to ever have existed and Etta is playing I'm the park alone.'

Like, watch this scene and imagine it without Peter and Olivia and tell me that's not the TUA ending (also for anyone confused as to why Fringe ended with such an ordinary scene, we see the same scene earlier in the season except the big bads show up to take over the timeline just as Peter calls out to Etta)

To be clear, not saying TUA copied Fringe or anything like that, they are two shows that feature time travel and multiple timelines/universes, there's naturally going to be some crossover in stuff just due to similar subject matter. And Fringe was by no means a perfect show, the story became beyond convoluted and hard to track the longer it went on, but the similarities in those final scenes and how satisfying it is with Fringe and how maddening it is in TUA say so much.

Also, while we're on Fringe, when Peter ceases to exist his erasure is imperfect and there are echoes of him in the timeline. The two people who loved him most, Walter and Olivia, have visions of him and their love for him leads to him existing in the timeline once again. Which is not exclusive to Fringe, love conquers all is a pretty common trope in sci fi/fantasy. And like, Claire and Lila and Diego's children still existing makes no sense, but if they're going to, why not have their love bring the Umbrella's back, this time, marigold and durango free so they don't fuck up the timeline? Like it's sloppy as fuck but so was most of this season.

[beif0ngs]

Dysfunction is, after all, what we do best in this family!

[flavoredmagpie]

[Part 2]

Ben’s death in the original timeline has more to it than it seems… Turns out its a key event meant to always happen in every timeline… The siblings realize that Ben’s body serve as a portal to another realm of dangerous entities that are bent on coming to this side… it doesn’t help that their Ben is escalating…

[Part 1] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5]

[realbeefman]

imagine creating a show that consistently shows a group of very damaged people who struggle to fit in with “normal” society, the consistent message of which is that life is worth EVERYTHING, that pushing forward in the face of unspeakable horrors and against seemingly impossible fates is worth it BECAUSE life and love and peace are priceless. and then ending that show by saying “the problem was actually that these weirdo fuckups Exist. and actually they cosmically deserve to be murdered and never should have been allowed to experience joy and happiness and peace or to move forward because they are fundamentally Bad.” imagine.

[likahble]

i’m sorry but my aroace comfort character would just never do that to the family for whom he’s sacrificed his entire humanity. absolutely butchered him.

[conspiraciesinspace]

Cant believe they make fat jokes about diego gaining weight only for him to strip down and be absolutely ripped in the cia building

[bitemarx]

everybody’s looking for happy. they deserve it too.

[bazookaboi]

A bunch of old, sh*tty drawings from one big one that I never finished.

[pommancy]

[laurrelise]

tragic that even with how lackluster the umbrella academy’s final season was, we never got to see five’s house.

i want to see where the old man lives. how does he decorate? does he live in an apartment or was he able to figure out a cute little home for himself? does he have roommates? did he ever learn how to cook for himself, or does he just eat fluffernutters whenever he’s hungry? does he ever get a mr. pennycrumb of his own? (i know he doesn’t, but a girl can dream) does he ever discover a cafe near his home where a decent cup of coffee can be found?

what coffee maker does he have? where does he buy his coffee grounds? how many coffee mugs does he have? i just KNOW he collects them.

he absolutely goes into little shops downtown and finds one that says some stupid shit like “if my coffee isn’t as black as my soul, i’m not drinking it” and giggles to himself in the corner and then spends way too much money on it because it’s just too good to pass up. he’ll smile to himself on the way home and then put on a pot of coffee to try it out for the first time. he hand-washes his mugs even though they’re all dishwasher safe because he wants to make sure they’re going to be completely untarnished when he wants to use them again. he has an entire cabinet for all of his mugs and one other cabinet for the rest of his glasses and bowls and plates because he doesn’t own a whole lot but he does like mugs. and someone will ask him about his mugs and he’ll properly tell them where he got each and every one, down to exact dates and times because he remembers everything and thinking about when he found his favorite mugs makes him feel less stressed. and whoever asked will not get a single word in and they won’t try to because five is talking about his mugs and he doesn’t get a whole lot of joy from material things but it is the simple things that matter. and five likes the simple things. and five likes his mugs.

[everythingyoulikee]

First Kiss + details

[st4rshipr4nger]

when i see someone on tumblr mischaracterize any of the hargreeves so horribly and i have to close the tab and walk around my room for a moment

[lasagoofs]

rewatching to prepare for the new season

[netflix]

First Look at at Season Four of The Umbrella Academy from Next on Netflix