#this is not a hate post towards AlDub

[reihikari09]

DTBY Finale

Aight, finally, Destined To Be Yours is over so here I am with my opinion of it.

Lemme just say that this show is a local in PH so prolly only Filipinos will know this, and hopefully understand what I’m feeling. Also, this’ll be a long ass post so buckle up.

Ok. Before anything else, I need to proclaim my love for the LT of Alden & Maine. I’m a fan. I’m M leaning bc I’m queer af, but nevertheless, I support MaiChard. 

Me:

To be perfectly honest, when they announced the TS, I was hella worried. I was worried bc of 2 reasons; 1st, I wasn’t sure if Maine was ready. I have never once doubted her talent, but still, I couldn’t help it. 2nd, I didn’t think GMA is capable of writing a drama series that’s worthy of A&M.

For the first reason, Maine proved that there was really no need to worry. Goddamn, just thinking of how much she’s improved since KS makes me cry. There’s nothing left for her to prove when it comes to comedy. She’s nailed it a log time ago, w/c, to me, is impressive considering that it’s harder to make people laugh than cry. A sob story can bring anyone to tears, but not everyone will laugh to a joke/antic. But she wasn’t that confident in her dramatic skills before, and I didn’t want her to do the TS if she wasn’t ready yet just for the sake of the fans. Pressure does nothing good; I know this for a fact.

Maine always says she’s not good with drama bc she can’t cry. But a few workshops later, and guidance from Alden & their other co-stars, Maine can already do it in spades. And I couldn’t be any prouder of that. She effortlessly acts on par with Alden, w/c we all know is a great dramatic actor. Not to be biased, but I’d rate M’s acting as 11/10. Seriously.

Me to Maine:

Now, reason #2. This is the thing I was worried most, simply bc I have no trust w/ these TS writers. I’ll admit, I don’t watch local drama series bc seriously, it’s always the same old, cliche’ shit. And GMA, teleserye was never their strong suit. I mentioned I don’t watch local series, but my folks do; my mom & my relatives. And I know for a fact that Ch 2 is more capable of writing a good TS. For GMA, it’s either decent/tolerable or it’s bad. There was a time, I guess, when they made good dramas, but that was a long time ago.

With DTBY, it started out good. In fact, the shows started really good it actually made me believe they can’t screw it up haha. I was so wrong.

I’ll start with my opinion of the characters. Please note that I am completely detaching my Maichard self from these opinions. These are all coming from the ‘self-proclaimed critic who’s a book & movie geek and studied writing & literature for 4 years’ me. Also, the Otaku me. As I share these opinions, I’m not thinking the fact that SinJie were played by MaiChard. I don’t wanna be biased.

Sinag. Sinag was a great character during the Pelangi arc. She was honest, sweet and feisty. And had a good character development during this arc. She would’ve been my favorite character if she didn’t lose all those developments when the whole Sinag-Badong thing. I really wished she didn’t say ‘yes’ to Badong. I understand that she must’ve been pressured bc he gave back the Destiny’s Promise, and they had an audience when he confessed, still, I just hope she didn’t drag the relationship that long bc it came to the point she was lying to Badong bc of Benjie. I dunno w/ other people, but to me that was cheating, and I regarded Sinag to be better than that. Then that kiss at the bar happened. Ok, let’s say it was an ‘accident’, but she never showed any guilt over it. Then the yacht incident, when She got left behind w/ Benjie... I know she didn’t love Badong, she’s prolly going out w/ him out of pity, but c’mon, at least show a little bit of concern about his feelings. She was better than this. Waaaaaay better. And when Badong broke up with her, she tried to fixed thing w/ him and I’m like, girl, when are you going to stop lying to yourself and to that poor guy??? I was so disappointed in Sinag mainly bc I love her & she didn’t use to be this indecisive :(

Benjie. I ain’t gonna lie, I hated this guy. I hated how his character was written. He was a stupid chickenshit. He didn’t have balls to tell Sinag the truth back in Pelangi, he couldn’t admit to himself that he still loved Sinag even after those 2 years. The character development he so fuckin’ deserved didn’t come until 2 weeks before the series ended. I know he regretted what he did to the Obispo fam, and he helped Tala’s operation, but seriously, he redeemed himself in the last minute. If Alden wasn’t playing Benjie, nobody would like this character. He was so badly written.

Me to Benjie:

Badong. Now, He’s always had a soft spot for me. Guys who suffer from unrequited love but refuses to give up always have my vote. Blame my obsession w/ shoujo manga, where in the main guy is most of the time a stupid shit, but the naive main girl still digs him, while the other guy just stands there, ready to claw his heart out for the girl who wouldn’t even look his way. Anyways, like I said, I like Badong, but I know that he ain’t getting the girl. I wanted him to confess tho, just for the sake of getting that huge weight off his chest. I wanted him to confess, but I didn’t want him to be w/ Sinag bc I know they’ll just fool themselves and each other, thinking that they could make it work. And I was correct. I really felt sorry for him throughout this entire series. The poor guy did nothing wrong but there he was, suffering. Thankfully, he was the one who decided to end things w/ Sinag. At least he could still keep what’s left of his tattered dignity. He deserved better. He deserved a girl that’ll give him the same amount of love he’s been giving to the wrong people.

Trish. I think she’s just the stereotypical 3rd party villain. I really didn’t care about her. So long as she didn’t try to kill Sinag &/or Benjie, I wouldn’t feel anything more than apathy towards her. She could’ve lived for all I care, she could’ve died for all I care. 

Ninay. Good character. Best friend of the year.

Tatay Teddy. Too fuckin’ stubborn & hot-headed. 

Lolo Vicente. Too fuckin stubborn  & arrogant.

The rest of the character were ok. They didn’t really have much importance to the story. They probably did, but somewhere along the way, when the writing started to go all over the place, they were just left there. But then again, in a Filipino series, they don’t actually give the minor characters their own story. They’re merely decorations.

Aight. My opinion of the story, tho I think y’all know what I’d say, but anyway, I’ll cut it into 3 parts. The Pelangi arc, After time skip /3rd party/other love interest arc, and The Ending. Here we go.

The Pelangi arc was good. This arc made me excited for the next ep. The characters were still being written nicely, w/ the exception of Benjie. I wanted to beat the shit outta him for being a lying piece of shit. Sinag was still that strong, cheeky heroine I usually dig. Team Pelangi was still complete and everything’s still right in the world. They went through this arc pretty smoothly.

Then came the time skip, and they’ve all moved to Manila (aka 3rd party arc). Ya know, I don’t have any problem if they inserted a 3rd party. I understand that TS writers aren’t that capable of writing a story w/o the 3rd party or love rival. I’m totally cool w/ that. I don’t mind. Tho I think Benjie was stupid af for taking back a girl who double-crossed him before, but oh well. It was until everyone started acting abnormally stupid that this arc finally got on my nerves. Sinag & Benjie stopped getting character development. If anything, Benjie was getting worse, and Sinag didn’t seem like the same person like she was in the preview arc. And, really, I wish there was another way they could’ve written SinJie getting closer again. They were cheating on their respective partners. Maybe not, physically, but definitely emotionally. Shippers may have let this slip, but my logical, righteous self just can’t. I expected more from these characters. Then there’s the whole mess between their families. How novel. Wow. Anyway, this entire plotline was just the absurdity of Teddy & Vicente, and the kids, as usual, were just being dragged into it.

Me to this entire arc:

The ending. This is the last 2 weeks (or less) of the show. This is where the writers tried to redeem themselves by giving what the fans want. w/c is more A&M. The whole eloping thing was predictable, yes, but at least we got great MaiChard moments. I couldn’t help but think tho, that the entire thing was a band-aid solution for the bad writing. It was to calm the raging fans, not to amend the story well, there was no amending it at this point lol. Shoving that thought aside, at least the last few eps were great, and the wedding was beautiful. I can’t say the show was saved, but at least it was a lovely exit. 

Me to the wedding:

To perfectly honest, I didn’t believe GMA when they said they spent a long time to make this TS good. I didn’t want to get my hopes up. I did believe tho, when A&M said they’ve given their all to make it good but I think even they got disappointed by the writers LOL. If there’s anything great that happened w/ this entire show, it’s that Maine has gotten hella amazing as a dramatic actress, her & Alden were able to spend so much time together, and they were able to make new friends (esp Maine & Sheena). Funny how all the good things were off-cam.

Despite how messed up this whole show got, I’d still say it was decent, mainly bc of the great performance of the cast esp. A&M. Had it not been for them, I’d say this TS was a clusterfuck (lol I said I won’t be biased but in the end I still am). 

Me to the writers/creative team:

Seriously, GMA/DTBY creative team, your only salvation was the fact that the 2 leads were giving such great performance of your messed up story. I don’t know if some people inside the network are really trying to break the LT or bring the 2 down (or maybe just M), but I tell you, you lose AlDub/MaiChard, you’ll forever be behind ABS. The only way you’ll be #1 w/o A&M and their fans, is if ABS’s franchise renewal doesn’t get approved on 2020. Bc the truth you people are prolly trying to ignore is the fact that you couldn’t make your talents popular. Aside from Alden, none of Artist Center’s young talents are popular enough to stand on par w/ Star magic’s biggest young stars. Hell, what you did to Alden’s career for years isn’t much compared to what he got overnight when the AlDub phenomenon broke out. Handle your talent better. This is why they’re leaving GMAAC, you people don’t know how to do your job. All you do is stare at who’s currently popular and try to bring that person down, but guess what dimwits, y’all ain’t bringing Maine down. Y’all prolly won’t treat her like this if she was under your wing, and boy, am I thankful she’s not. In case you haven’t realized, she’s single-handedly fighting against ALL the young female talents from ch 2. She’s too strong for you guys. Her management is too strong for you guys, her & their (A&M) fandoms are too strong for you guys. 

And to all those money grubbing scoundrels aka tabloid columnists, and online gossip sites (aka e-tabloids ex. PEP), listen up you little fuckers, you could write whatever bullcrap lies you want, but you ain’t breaking her nor bringing her down. The only people who’ll believe your shit are those who’re as brainless as you. Whatever shitstorm all you spawns of hell are planning to destroy AlDUb/MaiChard it’ll never work.

Me to all detractors/haters/bashers:

Anyway, back to DTBY, I’m glad it’s over simply bc the 2 can go back to EB, then do their movie w/c is really what I prefer. Unless GMA could get foreign writers, preferably Korean since I think they write good stories (I dunno much. I’ve only seen like, 3 or 4 kdramas in my life), I’d rather see A&M in a travel show.

I’m sure there were things I forgot to mention but I’ll stop here. This is already too fuckin long lol. And I still have reviews on Koe no Katachi and Supergirl S2 finale that I have to finish. I am so late for those, damn.

Aight. I guess that concludes my thought on DTBY. Again, this is my geek self talking. My MaiChard fan self has nothing to do w/ this (except the last part).

I’m back to my anime & gay shit.

Me to MaiChard:

Me to me:

A thought:

P.S. if someone outside of tumblr read this, pls excuse my language. Then again, this is my blog, I talk however the fuck I want. Bye sweety~