Thread:Corbierr/@comment-25576856-20150221010401/@comment-25576856-20150221184601

They couldn't foreshadow it TOO much or else it would have been obvious. While I agree that Nina and Eddie should have interacted more, I think that the Mr. Sweet conversation and the Senkhara thing was enough. Anything else and it would have been too obvious. (The mask is in the background in some episodes? I'll have to keep an eye out for it next time I watch s2.)

Who other than Nina and Fabian (and Alfie faking his death) did anything of significance? At least a few of the other Sibuna members DID save Eddie. But they also stood around in the season 1 finale in the cellar with the cup. It's not a matter of if anyone else could do their job or not; what matters is that THEY did it. The only people who can do things that no one else can are Nina and Eddie, because they are the Chosen One and Osirian. The rest are normal human beings, so there's nothing they can do that no one else can. But what's important is that they helped out. Technically anyone could do what they did.

Is HOA not a plot-driven show? It is! Therefore, the finale should be plot-driven as well! Characters are always important, of course, and there are a lot of subplots involving romance/friendships/etc, but the main plotline and premise of the show is the mystery. Why would HOA not be the type of show to be plot-driven? Personality twisting really didn't happen much in season 2. I can't think of any characters who were, other than maybe Joy for drama. But we didn't see much of her in season 1, so we can hardly compare her personality to anything. So I don't think characterization was at all pushed to the side.

Now that I'm thinking about it, Jerome would have made the PERFECT Osirian. The gem was necessary for the mask to work, so it would have tied in so perfectly! I should fanfic this. (I say that a lot, don't I?) I'm going to your writing blog now.