Status Quo is King

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And he needs to fucking die in a fire.

I just saw the latest preview of TDAS Episode 11 and I. Am. LIVID.
I cannot properly convey how full of hate and rage and vitriolic bile I am right now over this preview. It doesn't matter that it's barely 2 minutes long. It doesn't matter that Courtney is obviously getting eliminated in Episode 11. What really matters is the show spent several episodes showing Courtney clearly over her breakup with Duncan, eventually mending her relationship with Gwen, getting a fresh start with Scott, and apparently having learned and grown from her mistakes. Only to turn around and reveal that NONE OF IT MATTERS because she's back to fucking square one in terms of character development.

Yes, Courtney is a driven, hard-working, stubborn over-achiever. Yes, winning means everything to her and she's playing a game. Yes, she's known for making lists and charts but she'd always WRITTEN them. There was no reason for her to draw Scott as a rat and Gwen as the devil since her feelings have been shown to be fucking sincere in the past episodes. Other than SHITTY, LAZY WRITING.

Was it really necessary to have Courtney’s feelings for Gwen and Scott to have all just been a fucking strategy after all the shit she's gone through!? Sure, she could have made the list, that makes sense, that is still a trait/quirk of Courtney that wouldn’t have changed. But having her draw Scott as a rat and Gwen as the devil just so Mal could use it against her is just shitty, lazy writing. She’s been on the show FOUR TIMES. This is on par with the Heather-hiding-the-immunity-idol levels of stupidity and contrivance. WHO FUCKING DOES THAT? It’s not even an over-confidence thing.

It would have been MORE in character for Mal to have been the one to add the features, which would have had said so much more about him as a villain. Instead, Courtney’s feelings for Gwen and Scott are trivialized and her growth as an individual is dismissed. All so that she could be shipped off the show foisted by her own petard.

Fuck this show.
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invader-hime's avatar
I have nothing to add other than posts like this make me glad I can't get into this show.