#obx season 4 spoilers

[saintsir4n]

you notice how they didn’t check up on pope in jail, or how he and cleo were the last to know about the baby?!

[artist-issues]

that was real dumb. From a storytelling point of view, truthfully. Why would you take the only character who has some real-life characterization, some stuff that grounds the show and makes it's main element feel at least a little rooted in reality, and unravel all that characterization—and then kill him off?

Let me back it up.

It's a teen treasure-hunting show. Nobody wants to watch that unless all those individual words feel realistic enough to be relatable, and compelling. Teen. Treasure-Hunting. Emphasis on teen, otherwise I'd watch National Treasure.

you have the boy hero who's dad was a treasure-hunter and mysteriously disappeared. Thats not very realistic, its a little fantastical, but you can make it feel realistic if you work hard, and compelling if he's a good actor with chemistry.

you have the hot girl who's part rich-kid, chosen-poor-kid, who hangs out with the underdogs just...because. Okay, that's a little cliche, a little "my parents don't understand me, I'm a rebel without a cause" in the cheeseball way. Clearly gotta be the girl-in-the-group, gotta be eye-candy. But you can make it feel realistic if you work, and compelling if she's played by a good actress with good chemistry.

you have the boy who's a brainiac and he hangs out with the underdogs because they'll be nice to him even if he's a weird brainiac, just...because. He's like the good-boy in the bad-boy group. Another cliche, but that's fine. That won't take too much work to explain, and it's not super compelling, but it rounds out the crew, and again, it'll work if you have a good actor with good chemistry.

you have another hot girl who's basically perfect and joins the hero group later—she's rich but she's more compassionate to poor people than literally anyone around her for unexplained reasons, she can be inconsiderate but that compassion thing comes in clutch if consequences ever roll around to keep her likeable, she's funny, charming, strong when she needs to beat someone up for girl-power but damsel-in-distressy when her boyfriend needs to look heroic, willing to turn on her whole family for the love of our hero, whatevs. Cliche, but you can even make her feel real if you work. Points for an actress who's good and has chemistry.

and then you have loose-cannon, comic-relief boy who's like our hero but grungier and slightly less heroic so that he doesn't steal the spotlight. He can break up tension when you need a break from tension, OR he can bring it in when you need to start drama, because like we said, he's a loose-cannon. Fine. Cliche—

—oh but wait. His dad abuses him. Oh, that's some real stuff right there. Real-world stuff. Not "my daddy's a supervillain murderer," or "my daddy ran off and disappeared treasure-hunting," or even "my daddy doesn't like my friends." It's right in between the cliches and extremes. It's real-feeling in a way that everything else isn't.

But maybe they'll overdo it and make it super-tragic, super-dramatic, they'll shoot it in a way that's too gratuitous, he's got PTSD but it's way overdone, he's all weak and mumbly or he's got to be taken care of by the rest of our motley crew like a soft boy—

No? No, they're not doing any of that? No, they shot it in a realistic way that portrays the horrible tension of the relationship but doesn't linger too long, too melodramatically? No, the character isn't making this his whole thing—hems actually acting like this is just a part of life? A sucky part of life, but a normal part of normal life for him? Woah. Thats real stuff right there. And it causes the trauma and the rage and the heartbreak but...all that stuff just simmers...under the surface? Realistically under the surface? He brushes the abuse topic off with people who care about him, but he's perfectly willing to use the abuse topic to get out of trouble with adults who are on his case? Like a real teenager in real life who grows up around this and experiences it might?

Wow. That doesn't take much work to do, at all. It writes itself. It is real and true.

More than that—little things—when a character says a heroic line of drama-film dialogue about treasure hunting, this comic-relief boy always winds up saying something...random and sort of shallow? He says something about weed or repeats what the dramatic kid said in a funny accent? Like a real teenager would in real life? Like a real kid, who really responds to everything as if he doesn't think much about The Future or Epic Destinies?

He eats moldy bread when everybody else is poring over a treasure map? He flirts inappropriately when he should be dramatically waking up in his concerned lover's arms after getting hurt saving her? He makes really stupid decisions, not because they need to cover a plot hole or because he's "the dumb one" but because...he's a badly-raised teenager who genuinely has always had to look out for himself? He says something simple and real when any other character would've said something daring and poetic?

And put on top of all that that he's played by an actor who's really good at his job and has great chemistry with everything that breathes onscreen?

That's the character that puts the teen in "teenage treasure hunting show." The real, believable adolescent-who-doesn't-think-beyond-the-moment. The reason watching this team of cliche treasure-hunter stereotypical breakfast-club Romeo-&-Juliet cast is even interesting.

By having JJ be a trailer-trash punk who's dad beats him up, who loves to have a good time with his friends and takes his anger about his lot in life out on a silly us-versus-them rich kid group every chance he gets? By being the character with one foot in "reality" and the other in "adventure" out of sheer "I've had nothing my whole life so I don't know what Considering My Future is, and I might as well be cocky" attitude?

He grounded the show. You can believe John B would drive his van into a moving plane, and Pope would be able to win in a fight against a grown-man drug-dealer, and buried treasure exists and can be found by kids—you can believe all of that because of JJ. Because one character feels real, your subconscious goes, "I know that the writers know what 'real' is because JJ stood up covered in bruises in that hot tub, so I trust them to bring 'real' back in somewhere down the line."

I'm not saying there's nothing else realistic in the show. I'm saying, he felt the most really real.

And they killed him.

I don't care how pretty and neat it is to see my hometown in their show, I'm not watching it anymore, it was already way not worth it, but that's just ridiculous.

Don't even get me started on the way they killed him, and by whom, and how it was shot, and at what point in his "character arc" it was done. Ridiculous.

[asstroyess]

Your telling me JJ Maybank, who has been abused by his father, who has tried so hard to not stoop down to his dad’s level, who has had to live with always being known as a ‘Maybank’, a scum on the island and a delinquent…

And it turns out that he isn’t even a Maybank?

That Luke isn’t even his biological father?

That he is apparently a Kook?

crying in the club rn

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

“take care of the others”

the screw up who’s angry all the time, who was abandoned and abused by all the family he had, who would do anything for his friends, make any sacrifice, fight every battle and take all the blame. even as he’s dying his concern is for the people he’ll leave behind.

[rafeslxt]

No so I know I’m late but the ending of season 4 had me SOBBINGGGGG.

Sarah hugging rafe and him breaking down 😭

JJ????? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I don’t think I can recover from this. The Pate brothers really just ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on it

[phantompoguefangirl]

Okay so I was looking at photos of baby showers for story ideas and these came up and I just

If John B and Sarah had the money, this is what their baby shower would look like:

The FUCKING BABY TWINKIE VAN AHHHH

[bloodibambiidoll]

Low key OBX spoilers under the cut

Jj looks so fucking hot my pussy is literally screaming for him in epsidoe 6 right now. This scene is crazyyy. With war pigs playing? Insane.

[arandomblackgirl]

I'm heartbroken. The last time I cried this much about a character was when I watched the Red Wedding. All he wanted was a home...

[steveharirngton]

" where the living and dead collide, John B will provide " kajsjekddj I freaking love him sm 🤣😭

[butterflyfairy99]

Hi! 😊 I haven't really involved myself in the obx fandom yet, but I would love to talk to fellow watchers about series four and also to have a nice rant about it 🤣 You are more than welcome to message, me, send me asks or even comment on or reblog this post!

Please make sure that you put a spoiler warning beforehand for the people who haven't watched the latest series yet. Thank you! 😊💖

[saintsir4n]

“THEY’RE WERE ISOLATING RAFE AND TREATING HIM SO BADLY.” Yeah no shit, he’s the worst and tried to kill them all collectively and individually multiple times. Remove your bias and be so fucking real!

[userwiccan]

I was really looking forward to watching OBX S4 part 2 after everything with the election but honestly after seeing the last 10/15 minutes, it was just really disappointing and sad

[smolbean1998]

season 4 part 2 spoiler

I think bc idk if everyone's seen it yet

was listening to bigger than the whole sky by Taylor Swift and my cousin was like wait till they give us the JJ edits to this song, like bitch I'm not okay leave me alone.

also i think it's cute that we get to see sarah and rafe hugging but like BRING BACK WHEEZIE

[xreaderbooks]

Hi just wanted to know if you had any thoughts on the first part of season 4 of obx

Hi! Sorry for the late response I haven't looked through all my messages 😭

SEASON 4 PART 1 SPOILERS !! (to those who haven't watched it yet)

I loved loved loved season 4 part 1, I thought it gave all of the old vibes from season 1 and 2 (which were definitely my favorite seasons of outerbanks, season 3 was kind of a let down for- sorry to the people who actually liked it- S3 was just not it from me) I missed the old pogues and I feel like they did a good job with the first part, although it felt a lot more intense, like the stakes are higher and to me it feels more adult like they have more to lose (which they do but yeah idk it was scary)

JJ betting on himself for the race was actually insane (and to bet the rest of the gold had me screaming) and to blame it on john b I was fuming cause like girl wdym it was his fault??

I feel like pope shouldve just hid the gold from jj and should've told the rest of the group like yeah I'm moving the gold to a more jj proof location, don't tell him, cause you think they would have learned from the first hundred times jj's made reckless decisions with money, the big red flag being the most recent one of the auction...

shoupes interview with the pogues was great all of their reactions and the little details of their facial expressions, loved it

Rafe having an actual gf now had me sickkk

Sarah was ADORABLE and her and pope was a duo I never knew I needed

pope and cleos relationship makes my heart melt

I saw lots of parallels from the first season and this one including the whole diver down thing and the fact that jj and kie got the bends 💀

Topper and that ruthie bitch has got to go idc how they do it- I've had enough- her existence is a crime, these outerbanks writers really know how to piss me (us- the fans) off

kind of disappointed jj and sarah arent siblings, that would have been a cute little thing if they chose to go that route but they didn't and now we know who his real parents are, suffice to say I'm disappointed

i really liked part 1, thought they did a good job, there were a lot of moments that pissed me off with the kooks and chandler groff is like another version of ward cameron except worse, hollis was also very annoying trying to swindle rafe and blackmailing sofia (who I still have very mixed feelings about)

idk those are my thoughts, im sure I missed a point or two but let me know if there's anything else you wanted to ask and feel free to tell me your thoughts, i'd love to read your opinion :)

[spideyhexx]

pleaseeeee can we have your thoughts on the part 2 of obx4

they’re still in the process of happening but here’s some short stuff, spoilers below!

I don’t like the Sarah and John b pregnancy thing at all

Jj dying after some of the most interesting character development for him is fucking insane and I know the set drama had a hand in this which is UNPROFESSIONAL

Drew continues to show he’s the best actor on the show and him and Madelyn’s scene in the finale was so fucking good

[inbeautifulruins]

Here are some of my canon changes. Yeah, I skimmed through the season, and I'll also give my thoughts about season 4 while I'm under there.

Firstly, the first half of the season was great, the second half I didn't like and I think we all know why. So for a run down here is how my canons will be portrayed.

Ruthie? Even if she's on my discord to ruin peoples lives she does not exist with my Topper, period. The bitch is crazy. Unless plotted, at least.

JJ is not a kook. Luke is is his father because honestly that storyline made NO sense to me at all. And my OC mother for him, Cricket, is still very much a thing. Because fuck canon I'm keeping her. He also didn't fucking die. *middle fingers to the air*

Sarah is not pregnant lol not at no 19 with everything going on.

John B isn't acting like the life got sucked out of him.

So needless to say the second half of the season is getting a no from me and I may not bother with season 5. Look, I respect if it was Rudy's choice to leave, I do. Doesn't mean I'm at all happy with how the show went. I feel like season 4 could have been better without the pregnancy plot, without the kook JJ plot, and what not.

But I have to admit JJ in episode 6 was fucking hot...Anyway...

That's all there is.