#one episode left so the most im hoping for is a post-battle resurrection

[idonthaveanyurlideas]

something something seeing a lot of like “riz has been wild and violent this whole time!!!” “he’s mad let him be mad!!!” and so on and so forth and not just about riz but the other bad kids as well and like

yeah thats fine we love a good eat kalvaxus’ body moment but if riz gets to be violently angry and call for a body to be destroyed so they cant be revived why is kipperlilly’s anger Too Far why are the feelings she expressed (but did not act on at all until she’d been killed and corrupted by rage) in private counselling so horrifically abhorrent and unforgivable

and im not saying riz SHOULDNT be angry. yeah he has plenty reason to want to kill those guys. i expected it. kipperlilly’s jealousies ARE petty and irrational and riz did nothing to deserve them

but what id also Hoped for was a little self reflection. for the bad kids to stop and think, not necessarily in the middle of battle but at like any point throughout this whole season when they learned things about the rat grinders and what theyve done and whats happened to them and think ‘could that have been us?’ ‘if we had made some different choices, if some different things had happened, could we have ended up in that situation???’

i wonder why adaines anxiety was treated so wonderfully and sympathetically while kipperlilly’s anger issues that she has obviously had for a WHILE and she was actively seeking help for is more evidence of unforgivable evil

im not the first one to say it, but it truly is just disappointing that trg were not utilised to their fullest extent as narrative foils, and it is unsatisfying to me that in the finale of this season focused on rage and revenge and corrupted anger, that the bad kids are facing their enemies, their potential mirrors, with… rage and anger.

to me its not a question of characterisation or ‘does it make in-universe sense for the characters to do this’ or ‘im sad my faves died :(‘ its a matter of themes and the overall narrative and character arcs being fumbled because i do think they have been fumbled