#sparrow ben was a mistake there i said it i don't care

[bentacled]

it's been one day and im still pissed when will this end. season 4 had some neat assassination scenes but none of them shined as bright as the writers assassinating the characters like go off monarchs

[batnanne]

Okay, so, I need opinions.

None of my relatives watched the 3rd season of The Umbrella Academy yet and I neeeed to talk about it with someooooone! Mostly, I'd like to know... Am I the only one who was wildly disappointed by it?

Spoilers ahead, be careful:

At the end of the second season, all I could wait and hope for was for a third season full of Klaus annoying the hell out of Dark!Ben to try and make him good, family shenanigans, surprises and good plot twists.

All I got was Klaus talking to Ben literally... What, 3 times?

And the entire family acting like a bunch of strangers again most of the times. Sure, there were some cute little family moments but I feel like it was nothing compared to the other seasons. Even in the first one they felt closer than in the third because they were not happy together and there were a lot of unfinished businesses between them, but at least they were still looking out for each other. Even though I'll admit that there were some cute scenes in the third season too, like when Diego got protective because Alison told Viktor they should have left him in his cage... Or the whole acceptance of Viktor actually, with Luther asking him to be his bestman and stuff, very nice ~ but still not enough in my opinion. Because if you took Viktor's coming out out of the story, what cute family moments would be left? Not a lot. First season was extremely subtle with each family member's bond with the others, but it was there and well done. Second season was wonderful, they all got closer and weirder, it was great. Third is... Okayish at best.

I also felt like... The acting was off most of the time? Was it always like this? Don't get me wrong, I love all these little characters and I love all these wonderful actors but... Something was off, I don't know, I don't understand.

What really disappointed me the most though, was how stupid they behaved sometimes. They did so much stupid shit without any reason whatsoever? Like, nobody, literally nobody in the entire world, would have done half of what they did. And I know, this is a story about time travel, super-powers and world saving, so of course it's not going to be realistic. But when the characters do really stupid shit without any logic it's still annoying. Especially if it feels like they're being stupid on purpose because the writers didn't know how to push the story forward other than making the characters make basic mistakes.

Speaking of stupid, why did they do Luther so dirty? They never said he was the brightest but COME ON. He became such a brainless blob in the span of 3 seasons? What. Happened. Without even speaking about his express love story with Sloan. Getting married before the end of the world to make the best out of the time they had would have been really cute. Problem is their love story happened so fast that I'm still not buying it even though they got married, reset the universe and Luther left to find her again. Also, it was really upsetting to see that nobody cared that Luther had disappeared when he got kidnapped by the Sparrows. Like. You were a team a few days ago back in the 60's and now fuck it all?

Which gets me to: Wow, sometimes the story happened so fast that I felt like I had missed a few scenes because I didn't understand why characters suddenly changed opinions or decided on new random plans or... Or... I don't know, I'm still processing everything but I specifically remember whining "Oh god why did they ruin this great show? I'm so saaaad" at the end of mostly each episode.

At the end of the first season I really liked Five, Klaus and Ben, I'm sure we can all agree, they're quite lovable. Diego was a little annoying but the softness between him and their mom? I could cry right now thinking about it. After the second season I loved them all with all my heart (and I officially had the biggest crush on Diego, let's say it was because of the hair). After this third season? My favorite character was Reginald and I think this is quite telling on the quality of the show right now. To make a fan lose interest in all the characters they loved except for the one they didn't like at all. Well done. At least they wrote a good bad/good/bad/good dad character. Oh and Klaus, I still have a soft spot for Klaus and he's the only one who could make me wince and cry when he got hurt. No such feelings for any other siblings.

Oh crap and what about Stanley?! He was such a cutie pie!! They just totally forgot about him, did they? It's kind of upsetting that he was a device to Lila but also to the writers and apparently didn't deserve a better story. Also... I might have not understood correctly because I watched it in English and sometimes I have a hard time with accents... But wasn't his mom German? Yet he knew English perfectly and had a British accent? Or did I miss something?

And what was the very last scene with Ben about? Any theories?

I have so many more things to say. So many. But I'll stop there. Please, if you agree or disagree with me, feel free to come to me and talk about it! I'd love other opinions and to debate! You can replace my friends who are too busy watching other shows to talk Umbrella Academy with me 😭😂