#actualplay shows are great and a lot of fun and often make me really emotional!! but they aren't like. deep
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I lied I have one thing to say before I go to sleep and that is that honestly the way the finale was resolved is pretty much what I would expect for Dimension 20. Not bad, even emotionally impactful in a way, but quick, shallow, mostly played for laughs. This is going to be maybe a very unpopular opinion but I have never thought of D20 as something that's like... that nuanced or thematically interesting. It's a comedy show! And the themes play second fiddle to the comedy, always. Every season. But idk. Something about the start of this season made me feel like it could be different. Maybe it's because sophomore year was genuinely emotionally impactful and had some really beautiful character development, so I was hoping junior year would continue that trend? But instead we got something that was much more reminiscent of freshman year. Which is like, fine, but it isn't what I wanted and now I'm disappointed. In the immortal words of Kipperlilly Copperkettle, may she rest in peace: egg on my face, I guess, for wanting something
#my genuine maybe snobby belief is that you simply cannot have a really deep thematically nuanced story in an actualplay format#like. if u want to flesh out your themes you need to plan ahead you need a narrative and character arcs already plotted#actualplay shows are great and a lot of fun and often make me really emotional!! but they aren't like. deep#and yet i forgot that watching this season and was rooting for satisfying and nuanced narrative conclusion. sigh#d20#d20 crit#fhjy spoilers#rlly hope i dont make any enemies with this post
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