User blog comment:PoisonIvy100/Why I like Season 1 better than Season 2/@comment-5450362-20121016041710

@MaraJaffray100 I totally agree with your post. S2 was more intense than S1 (which I liked a lot) but the first mystery, with Sarah alive, and Rufus (ugh, such a great villain) harassing Jerome and Patricia separately...was unreachable.

My particular reasons:

1) The first mystery influenced more in the house residents' situation than the second one. Starting with making Joy dissapear, the Anubis kids finding out ppl they used to know were in the Secret Society, more secrets by every person...No just ppl with magical powers which are needed to complete everything.

2) Joy. Yes, Joy Mercer. I know she was seen a lot more in S2, but sadly, pretty much of the fictional Joy after S1 (mean, bitchy, a backstabber) was shown there. Our Joy definitely was more based on DHA's Charlotte than in HHA's Joyce. Before S2, I never hated on Joy, because the fact she liked Fabian doesn't make her bad. I read and watched some HHA, Joyce is just a cheery and outgoing girl, she just likes Fabian in the beggining of S2, later she develops feelings for Mick. I think no-Mick was a reason to make Joy a Fabian-chaser/Fabina-wrecker.

3) The friendships. With some returnings, some friendships were pretty abandoned.

Amara. Amber and Mara. They were like besties, then they fight about Mick. Amber became Nina's BBF, Patricia and Joy are together (as friends, of course), Mara helps Poppy...What about the things they used to do together?

Patricia, Jerome and Alfie. The dynamical trio. They used to joke and get in trouble together. Later, Patricia joined Sibuna. Then she invites Alfie. Alfie invited Jerome. Everything's perfect again? No. Trixie and Alfie are still in Sibuna, but Jerome isn't. After Alfie rejoins, he and Jerome seem to not make trouble together anymore. Patricia is with Joy, and all the things she and her guys used to do, are behind. UGH!

Fabian and Mick. Ugh, I wish Mick never left. He was a good character, even though many ppl say he isn't. He and Fabian had such an amazeboobs bromance. I wish Eddie (who actually replaces Mick) and Fabian can have a bond like that later.

'''Patricia and Nina. '''Enemies. Frenemies. Good friends. That's how they ended in S1. They were still friends is S2 (remember, Patricia stood up for Nina when Joy was such a danger) but some circunstances were an obstacle for this relationship grow-up. They were/are like Tori and Jade from Victorious, for obvious reasons.