#that’s why nandermo doesn’t happen but also implies that it actually probably did but we just weren’t given that cut

[limpwristssavelives]

my thoughts on the wwdits final are very mixed. on one hand, i understand what they were trying to do with the ending and how the characters lives will go on without the doc crew filming. none of the episode arcs are finished and there’s no real conclusion because the crew abruptly left. but on the other hand, as an audience that feels unsatisfying. nothing was wrapped up, no goodbyes or send offs. it just stopped. and i think that’s a completely valid criticism no matter what they intended.

if they wanted that ending to work i think they should have built up to it a little more. like many have suggested, setting up that the doc is ending earlier in the season. i personally think they should have hinted that funding was running out by slowly cutting side characters screentime and using less cameras. by the end there’s only one camera left and that’s when they break the news. guillermo’s sad and confused but everyone’s like “how did you not notice?” it would have made it feel less rushed and given a reason for guillermo to join cannon capital. it also would explain why so many side characters were sidelined this season. sean gets one ep and then isn’t really seen again. the guide is hardly present. the baron isn’t seen after ep 9. i think they could have played a lot into it.

another idea i had about changing the final was that colin robinson is revealed to be behind the doc. like a post credit scene where he tells the camera that the doc was all his doing and he just cut the funding for it. the doc was just an excuse to always have someone around to drain or reveal that he can even drain through the camera so he’s been draining us, the audience, the whole time. or maybe he reveals that he’s been the one editing the doc and he’s been cutting out all the real juicy bits (like a nandermo secret relationship). he got bored with it or got what he wanted out of it. maybe even a tease like “in a couple years i’ll probably do this all again.” implying that he was behind the older doc as well.

i just feel like something silly like colin ending the doc for nefarious reasons and implying that he edits it would have at least made more sense and felt somewhat like closure. like colin’s mischief was the reason we didn’t get to see a goodbye. he could even admit that they filmed some but this would be a better drain. eyes flash blue and the rest of the credits roll. colin has the last laugh.