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[thewildmother]

some l*st in space ramblings under the cut, it’s not Entirely negative but most of them are mini rants

struggling to find the right words bc braincells are low, but i think two of the main reasons i didn’t enjoy dr smith were 1) she didn’t face real consequences for her actions, she was always let off the hook or weaseled her way out of them in the Stupidest way possible that never felt fair or realistic, 2) she hardly improved as a person, yet everyone treated her as if she’d become Good. she was actively making bad choices even up until The Final Episode where she was ready and a Moment away from apparently committing a murder to cover up Another murder that she had committed, and only stopped because robot came to keep her from doing wrong. i’ve seen people call them smith’s “antics” but that feels like a horrible choice of word to me because she has gotten people killed, hurt or put into big danger and that’s beyond “antics” in my eyes. the entire plot with her putting angela through hell and leaving her loudly bawling in her room?? hello??? you’re gonna label that a silly scheme???? :///

actually another thing, i genuinely couldn’t stand how everyone would throw their braincells out of the airlock 9/10 times smith was in the room. i’ve seen that a lot of people liked her “schemes” but they always felt like bullshit to me. she was constantly conveniently in the exact right spot to hear/see Precisely what she needed to for her plans, people would for no plausible reason fall right into those plans when it felt ridiculous, and most of her bullshitting to people hardly sounded believable. you’re telling me that she can get called out and have THE most obvious “i’ve been caught” expression on her face, spout out the worst lie i’ve ever heard to try and cover for it, then she’s let entirely off the hook and nobody talks about it again?? it’s insane i just can’t handle it she’s fucking evil and keeps getting away with it why why why

for a show that’s constantly showing us that working together, as a family, is the way to go for solving problems and saving the day,,,kind of wack that will snuck off so many times in s3. he got punished for it big time and i did Love that scene because it caught me off guard, but then there’s also the insane moment in the final minutes of the show where they give will and robot permission to fuck off into space together alone?? after will lost his literal heart for going off alone already??? seems wild to me but y’all crazy kids have fun, i love you and your friendship

it felt kind of...strange?? how seemingly out of nowhere in s3 they had two characters blatantly stating to penny that she’s special and stronger than she thinks and that she’ll figure that out soon, clearly setting up what would be a Defining Moment to match the other robinsons (which i don’t totally think we needed, it was fun having penny be a Different kind of robinson). but then you get to that moment and it’s just a copy of what will did in the first episode? so penny’s big moment of showing off how special and strong she is..is copying what her 12 year old brother already did years ago?? i don’t know, i liked seeing the robots switch sides but it felt really weird to be set-up like that and then ALSO have the action feel kind of wasted by having those robots get absolutely bodied real soon after. it was obvious that penny didn’t get the level of storylines that the others received and i would’ve loved to have seen one but,,,i dunno. this didn’t feel like It bros

i wish we’d gotten more time with grant, but i loved how he was included in the family. it was so fun Not dealing with the tropey love triangle or strained family dynamic when he came into the picture and i enjoyed what scenes he did have. 

judy and john were my favorites in episode one and they remained that way through the entire show and i cannot believe it. i’m a hoe for dad & daughter duos and theirs was very good, the episode heavily featuring their relationship fucking destroyed me and i was openly weeping at least twice during it. i was 100% convinced if any family member was going to die in this show that it was going to be daddy robinson because of all the moments in that episode, plus other lines they sprinkled through s3 so it was a relief to see him live!!

i was worried at the beginning that don would be a character i didn’t like but he turned out to be one of my favorites, his humor was real appreciated and it was an absolute blast watching his journey to becoming the third-wheel ride or die for the robinsons. his full name is don cornelius west-robinson and i won’t be taking any arguments on that one

actually one comment about don is how it was kinda wack of them to establish a prominent relationship between him and judy early on, and then having it be tossed aside almost entirely by s3. it was fun seeing him with the other siblings but like,,,,what happened. what happened to the s1 don and judy energy of her flashing the puppy dog eyes for 10 seconds and him caving into helping her?? that was really fun! really funny too!! i missed it

ben adler was fun as a character and i loved how he switched sides, a bitch was crying as robot pleaded for him to help scarecrow. i still like all that happened there but it also feels!! kind of fucked up that ben essentially died to,,,force another huge conflict that needed to be solved, and then scarecrow died really quick in s3. ben went out beautifully and i loved his final scenes, but it was kind of sad to see what actually came out of his sacrifice

i really enjoyed john and maureen as individuals, and 90% of the time as a couple. 3x01 kinda turned me off because it felt like a big regression for their relationship and sorta gave off the energy that maureen hadn’t grown as much as the others had, and that apparently they couldn’t be a couple if they didn’t have their children, which didn’t?? sit right with me. the whole backstory of grant was nice as a way to say “hey, maureen [and john] had a whole life and some relationship growth before their marriage and their kids” but then you take away the kids and ??? i don’t know how to word it, but there’s something there that felt kind of off and wonky. but they scrapped that weird energy by the end of the episode so it’s fine, move on they have i suppose

it was real fun having maureen be a badass and wicked smart woman while also being a pretty ding dang good mama, usually shows like to pick between one (1) of those options and it’s lame but maureen! was so cool!! 

no thoughts head empty about daddy robinson. just full of absolute adoration for a dad that could’ve been the worst but was actually fucking fantastic and also looked really cool beating things up

this is just something in general but i never felt any real tension when it came to the dangers and action, starting somewhere in late s1. there were Always multiple problems that popped up in every episode and it got a bit draining to watch, to the point where i’d skip ahead a few times during some scenes when it was beginning to drag on. it felt like there weren’t any Real stakes because they’d always come out okay in the end, which isn’t something that i hate!! but when there’s life-threatening danger like three times an episode and the only real punishment was the time will got stabbed?? idk. cool music and shots tho