#i will never forgive obx writers for this

[yawnzshit]

no one will ever understand the connection between a girl and her comfort character especially idiotic script writers and unprofessional actors who cannot do their jobs right, y'all would never ever get it.

[loveesiren]

‼️ OBX S4 SPOILERS ‼️

I was never for or against Jiara but I know a lot of people were excited to see them together in season 4. I personally feel like the chemistry and romance wasn’t there. I believe we saw some of it in the earlier seasons but when they finally got together it just seemed not right? Even her reaction to his death just didn’t seem genuine. I felt like they all showed so much more emotion when they thought John B and Sarah died. Idk I was kind of disappointed with their little love story and then they just killed JJ off what was even the point of them.

Just my opinion.

I will also never forgive the writers for taking JJ from us.

[inthelibrarybtw]

obx season 4 spoiler - rafe talk

prepare yourselves for an essay, the man didn't even call her his girlfriend but proposed? rude but i'll take it, HIS MOM'S RING give me more backstory, like if the ring is there and how he said it she died, i don't think rafe would give someone the ring if she just left them you know what i mean?

also for everyone saying like they can get back together i mean yes they can but ONE thing rafe hates is feeling used, overlooked and betrayed, we saw how he was s2 and s3 with HIS SISTER because he felt betrayed and its SARAH like his blood and i don't think he's gonna be like all fine whatever with sofia who as of now we've seen like 5 times on screen. like i do love how they look but still i don't think he has it in him to just forget all that in a heartbeat

if they are doing that to make riara happen im gone, like i feel it and sense it and i hate it, they suck (as in the writers or producers idk idc) on foreshadowing like with the whole sarah being pregnant IT WAS SERVED in a freaking plate before it was actually confirmed so don't do riara for a fanservice

i don't think rafe will ever go to jail, maybe he will have to pay for some stuff since he did tell shoupe he was gonna tell him the truth but honestly atp sending rafe to jail would be one a mistake because he can get out easily and it would be for nothing and two like it would mess up more the whole arc they are doing for him right now. i do believe him accepting and literally saying out loud "im a killer" is such a change and shows he's aware of what he has done bc it was not just peterkin but the way he said it, he's not proud but like he knew that he was capable of doing things the other guys were also capable of and that just like gave him the confidence to go at them and not be scared of them like he was before

i do believe rafe doesn't need a love interest to change, he needed sarah back in his life, like forgiving him and letting him into her life again, like the pain every time he saw sarah after s1 it was like yes he was mad at her but also hurt, i've said this a thousand times but i can talk about their sibling dynamic and relationship for DAYS. What i think rafe need is a family, like actual family dynamic, therapy and just work things out with sarah to heal and actually have his whole redemption arc bc we can see his face when sarah hugged him, he NEEDED that

throwing sofia out just like it was nothing i was shocked like didn't you love her? but anyways i stand for rafe not getting a love interest, you can get a good storyline all focused on family and i think it would be 100% more interesting than rofia im sorry again i do like them together just a bit forced like they NEEDED rafe to have someone

i do love that we got to see another side of him buuuut it would've been nice to have more story on how they met how the relationship evolved and not just putting them there and that's it, maybe that's why im like yeah i love them but if they take them away and never bring them back together i can live

[jjxkiaraxpopexcleoxjohnbxsarah]

I was tagged by @obxismyhome to write an OBX based poem.

And well here it is, I haven't spent too long on it so forgive me if its real bad. And guess who is the speaker of the poem

You're the light of my life, Kie

The sun that brightens my day

You're the fire in my soul, Kie

The spark that ignites my way

But I'm not worthy of you, Kie

I'm a failure and a fool

I'm the darkness in your life, Kie

The shadow that dims your glow

You deserve better than me, Kie

Someone who can make you happy

Someone who can give you everything

Someone who's not me

But I can't let you go, Kie

You're the reason I'm alive

You're the only one who loves me, Kie

The only one who tries

So I'll keep loving you, Kie

Even if it hurts me so

Hoping that someday you'll love me, Kie

And never let me go

Tagging: @jiara4ever @jjcrew @lis4ux @redhead1180 @destinsposts00 @maybankiara and any other beautiful writer out there

[lis4ux]

Hey I’m not sure if I’ve ever interacted with you directly on tumblr before but I just wanted to let you know that you’ve been and you still are A MASSIVE part in the Jiara community🤍

Regarding what you said about writing for Jiara and fearing that people wouldn’t be interested anymore I can say with confidence that if there’s someone how can bring that excitement back, it’s you 🫶🏻

I’ve been reading Jiara fics for years (and yours are some of my favorite that I go back to constantly for comfort) and in the past year I’ve also started writing myself for our beloved ship. Sadly I have to admit that right in this moment I am one of those people that has lost the motivation regarding Jiara, both as a writer and as a reader, but one thing that I hope is that this feeling isn’t permanent but only temporary while we navigate through this pain.

I think I can speak for a lot of us in this situation (or maybe not and I’m wrong lol) when I say that the fact we’re not motivated at the moment is something we wish to get past because we love Jiara, we love their story and we love our community and we hope to keep it alive!

In the past 3 days I’ve tried going to Ao3 to get distracted and find comfort in the fans stories, but everytime I tried to I just couldn’t and I have to say that probably a lot of it is because almost every new upload is about JJ’s death and Kiara’s grieving so it’s a costant pain in the chest, but I just wanted to tell you that what I’ve been thinking in these days is “I’m waiting for Enemies with benefits next chapter”, I am waiting for that chapter because I’m 100% positive that it could be what can make me get past the canon hurt and back at living Jiara like we always have. I’ve been thinking of the update of your fics as a way to hold on to them, as a motivation to find back my way to them ‘cause despite everything I don’t want to let go of them and I don’t think any of us do 😭

You have always had an incredible and unique talent in our fandom, creating alternative universes for them in which they could live so many different lives and I think right now it’s what the Jiara fandom needs, to find an escape in those stories and infinite other possibilities for them and you’ve always been amazing with that. I’m the first one who admits the lack of motivation at the moment both as a writer and a reader, but I think the fandom could never lose interest in your stories and actually probably needs them, you have always offered us an escape🤍

Of course please don’t take this as if I’m trying to tell you “go write” AT ALL ‘cause I’m the first one at the moment who needs time, I just want to tell you to keep going with what you feel it’s right and you want to do and not worry about if we’d still be interested, ‘cause we are and your story are forever gonna be and will be part of what makes this ship special to many!!

I think you could be a great part for us to find back that love and excitement towards their stories, seeing them live in the alternative worlds you’ve built for them is something that has always been special but that right now is even more precious in our fandom…we lost them in OBX, but at least they live their love in that house in Malibu🥹

Don’t worry about us losing interest in your stories, I think we need them more than ever to find a refuge from this ugly canon and could help the fandom to reconnect with them🤍🤍🤍

Sending you lots of love 🫶🏻

This is so encouraging 🥹

I do understand what you’re talking about with going to ao3 and it being nothing but pain. That may be the writers way of grieving, and I completely understand it. I can’t do sad art work of them right now or read anything not happy. I just fell in love with the joy of jiara, I can’t go to pain. Only good vibes and ending from me🥰

I also understand taking a break from it. It really is a tragedy what they did and i doubt I’ll forgive anyone apart of it.

I do know there is one writer who is rewriting the ending to where he lives. Once that’s posted I will be diving into it to rewrite my head cannon. I’ll post the link here when she’s done. I think it’ll be cathartic and a healing fic for us all.

It means a lot that you have found comfort in my fics the way I found comfort in so many others. The connection of this fandom is what I love the most about writing. I met my best friend through this ship and writing and I can never turn my back on it for that alone. I love writing and writing jiara specifically.

Thank you so much for talking with me and encouraging me to keep writing. I will continue 🖤

[bumblesimagines]

OBX S3 Rant

Hi hello good morning/afternoon/evening. I am gonna talk about my feelings and thoughts on OBX because one single person encouraged it lmao. Feel free to ignore this post or to pour your heart out in the comments. 

My main feelings on S3 of OBX: Underwhelming. Did I binge it in a day? Yes. But I was left incredibly underwhelmed and frankly found myself not really caring about some of the characters and relationships by the last episode. I did laugh or gasp or teared up on the occasion but I was not left with the eagerness of a new season. I know this is gonna be a hot take but season 3 of OBX should’ve been the last season and they should’ve pulled an Elite and done short stories to wrap up the three couples. All the plots have ended. The gold has been found, the cross has been dealt with, and the villains have been taken care of.

Speaking of the bad guys....

What they did with Limbrey felt like they had no idea how to wrap up her character/plot. You’re telling me she and her goons pulled the strings and terrorized some teens when she could’ve just held a dirty old rag to her face and walked? Not only was she incredibly underused but she could’ve made the perfect villain. 

IMO, Singh shouldn’t have been killed off. I personally think he deserved the money more than Big John because he had some motive apart from just ‘greedy guy searching for lost treasure’. For someone who was the main villain of S3, he had really little screentime and I kinda found myself rooting for him cause of Big John. 

Now, Topper isn’t really a villain. He’s just a plot deceive to cause drama between Sarah and John B. Is he a whiny rich kid? Yes. Is he a good person? No. Am I seeing him as a bad guy for committing arson? Considering the Pogues only cared about the house burning down for like 2 mins before they moved on, not really lmao. Topper could’ve had his redemption arc or the beginnings of one this season. He was definitely a bigger character this season but he was ultimately used to help the Pogues and make Sarah look bad.

Rafe.... This fucking guy. While sometimes annoying, Rafe is a good villain. I enjoy watching him and his delusions. I’m jealous Fiona Paloma played his girlfriend and at the end of the day, the show wouldn’t be the same without him. I also think that with a lot of time, he can get some sort of redemption (with the viewers. The Pogues will likely never forgive him). My only real problem with him are his stans. No, not the ones who acknowledge his flaws and wrongdoings. I’m talking about the girlies who dismiss everything he does because of his daddy issues. News flash lovelies, Pope is quite literally the only character on the show without some form of daddy issues. Truthfully, those specific stans only like him cause they think he’s hot. But that’s something the writers/directors can’t fix.

Now onto the Pogues themselves...

When I first watched OBX, I had mixed feelings on John B. I rooted for him, I enjoyed his dialogue and determination. Now? I could care less about him. Like a good friend of mine says, he’s like stale bread. Nothing really amazing about him. And if we’re being real, he’s not a good friend and an even worse boyfriend. Something about saying your best friend since grade school is gonna end up like his abusive alcoholic father never felt right to me. Alas, I do believe he got the short end of the stick with his father. Big John was the real villain of OBX S3 and he should’ve been treated as such. He gave his son more trauma at the end of the day.

I always liked Sarah. I know she’s the typical hot girl who gets with the musty main character and her whole character arc then revolves around said musty man. But she’s an interesting character who deserves a whole lot more than being reduced to the girlfriend who cheats for quite literally no reason cause they end up making up almost right after. They could’ve done so much more with her and I think they just need to keep her and John B platonic. Sometimes fast burns aren’t all that romantic. And honestly, Sarah feels like just the girlfriend. She barely interacts with anyone in the group alone apart from Kie and JB.

I liked Kiara at the start and I’ll admit I do headcanon her as lesbian cause the material is all right there the writers are such cowards. But I was open to Jiara even though they always had more so bickering siblings vibes to me. It was... horribly executed in my honest opinion. It was obvious they never did a chemistry test for them. Jiara stans PLEASE understand, many of us did not see what y’all saw in prior seasons and therefore it felt very forced and sudden. That said, I believe Jiara stans deserved more than what they got. That first kiss was very Disney. Plus, It’s sad to see both characters personalities shift so suddenly because it truly makes it seem like Jiara was done purely to pull in views for the show.

Pope and Cleo were cute but I hated that they got together so quickly. I wanted to see more yearning, more glances, more lingering stares... I would’ve loved to see them realize they like each other. I get that they’re teens but everyone on this show throws the L word around so carelessly. It loses meaning when someone tells the other they love them. I wished they would’ve shown us their friendship develop into romance.

On the flip side, I despise that they made everyone get together and then proceeded to not give us friendships like Sarah with JJ/Pope, Cleo with JJ/JB, Kiara with Pope/JB. This show went from being about found family and friendship to purely chaos and romance. Girls can be just friends with guys. 

Overall....

Season 3 felt both fast paced yet slow at the same time. So much could’ve been done and the show could’ve been wrapped up with this season. I fear OBX will end up like Riverdale and Elite. Corny, way too unrealistic, and dragged on.

[blues-valentine]

what type of angst do you think they will use on jiara for season 4? the writers are incapable of letting their couples be for more than one season. I fear they'll end up being like a jarah 2.0 with a break up and a third person causing trouble every season

Jiara is actually the couple that I'd expect to get a lot of internal issues from especially with JJ’s upbringing so the time jump bothered me because I think a lot of ground work could have been done with just JJ navigating what it means to be in a romantic relationship because as Rudy said in one of the interviews, JJ doesn’t know what it means to be a boyfriend since he is never been taught the way to do it. Plus, this is also Kiara’s first ever relationship.

Regardless, I think there’s still a lot of ground issues that could affect Jiara’s relationship internally while also working towards that character development. Their parents being a big one. A huge source of angst could be Luke being back knowing JJ has money now and demanding part of that income. We know Luke, once physical abuse stopped working he started being extremely emotionally abusive so if he doesn’t get what he wants he will dig into JJ’s insecurities and this might result in him second guessing his relationship with Kiara and wondering if he is enough for her future. JJ’s mom is something that they haven’t go deeper into. If she did abandoned him, then it makes sense that fear will manifest in the form of Kie.

Another plot with JJ is Barracuda Mike and if all those debts will have an impact on JJ’s plot for season 4. It seems like it. If he does end up being too caught up on all the ‘favors’ he has been accumulating then it can led to JJ’s fears and wondering if he is eventually going to end up like his father. It will be painful to see but this is something he needs to fully overcome.

Let’s continue with Kiara's parents. That time jump made it seem like they are somehow on speaking terms but I would hope her relationship with her parents isn’t as nice as it meets the eye, what they did to her was truly mess up and I would expect them to be in their best behavior to earn that forgiveness. I would want Kie to struggle with her parents. Now that she seems financially okay, will her parents be still trying to control her future? I also want her to wonder what to do for her future. She’s 19 post time jump so enough to start wondering if she’ll want to do something outside of OBX.

If Jiara is truly broken up post time jump, which I don’t think so. It’s enough to guess the reasons might be from the ones mentioned above and this could also provide enough angsty material. They’ve broken up and still love each other but are in that period where they’ll need to overcome some personal issues. I live for reunions so I wouldn’t be too mad.

Point is, there’s enough of material for jiara angst without having to involve a third person. For Jarah, Topper made sense on season 1. The next season was pushing it but it made sense. Now on season 3? It was unnecessary and boring. I hope the writers realize that they don’t need a third person for Jiara conflict. Although, jealous JJ for one episode because of a person he knows doesn’t even presume a real threat for him but he can’t help throw eyes across the room would be great for my shipping heart.

[kierreras]

pates don't know how to write dynamics in pairs good, even friendship. they're great at writing group scenes, obx is the only show that can sell you good group scene, but when the characters are paired up it gets so weird in a way. they always miss great dynamics and go with their safest options. it's been three seasons and we had no solo jj x sarah scene, was cleo ever in a duo with anyone who is not pope? once again, they're choosing the safest options for characters dynamic john b/jj, sarah/topper. for me it's a big no when writers don't experiment with different duos

look, i will never forgive pates for cambank, like never. i love their dynamic so much and the way they had no solo scenes when they have such a potential is just lame. they can understand each other like no one can, cause their family issues are so familiar. we were surely robbed of cambank interactions agreed with everything you said there. pates don't want to experiment and they usually follow the safest pass. i thought that this season we will have at least one girl scene with cleo, kie and sarah, because of the way they were promoting this season it as trios. well, you know how it turned out. even, kiarah friendship was not as strong as maddies teased. they specifically said that sarah and kie are going to be roommates but for me it looked like sarah stayed over one time and that's all. i hope that next season we will get more pogues and more new combinations, cause i bet pates are reading negativity because of the lack of friendship scenes this season.

[screamforyani]

lmao what did it for you for rafe what was the last straw

so here’s the story that you did not ask for! I started obx like last year but lost interest after john b and sarah hooked up at the bell tower or something but i’m currently hyperfixating on ethan landry, and a lot of ethan writers also like rafe. so I was like hm. I never liked this dude but i’ll pick up the show again and try to get the hype! and then immediately after he shot peterkin and I was like okay nvm I am never going to like him

like it was an instant turn off and I wasn’t even turned on to begin with. I can’t forgive that like the whole cameron family will crumble save for the sisters. idgaf if I like serial killers

so yeah i’m team pogue and I love jj’s crazy ass

[juliangirlblancas]

Will never forgive the obx writers for calling the whoever kooks so now everytime I look up the kooks instead of the mid ass 2000s british band I have to see photos of that blond man never forget what they took from you

[milkiane]

Suggestion - reader has always been there for jj through everything but he’s never really there for her when the time comes. The last straw is when the reader Apply’s for a art scholarship in Italy, and her project is to design a art board showcasing her life in obx and whoever she put in that board have to show up to the viewing as a criteria buy jj ruins her chances of getting into a good art school because he never turns up even tho reader reminds him days before. And he was either hooking up with a girl or just simply not caring because he doesn’t see the big deal. The reader doesn’t forgive or talk to jj all summer until he does something to make her forgive him. Idk

awe wait this is a good idea, nonnie. though im more open into mini concept discussions? im sorry i feel so bad 😭 it's been a bit of a rough time for me so my motivation for writing is only selective, but i'm sure you'll write this wonderfully, or you could always request this to other writers, too!