User blog comment:Corbierr/The Biggest Issue With Season 3/@comment-25576856-20141230175402

I'll do this comment paragraph by paragraph.

So, your reason that season 3 is such a fail is that there is so much wasted potential. I think it's not only that, but also how the writers tried so hard. They tried TOO hard to make it good, and it ended up feeling forced. They tried too hard to make it exciting, and they ended up writing characters OOC in order to have drama. If they hadn't tried so hard, if they had just let the characters guide them to do what THEY would have done in character, it could have been so much better.

Peddie's breakup--For drama, and only drama. The writers knew how much people loved Peddie, and so they wanted the viewers to watch and hope for them to get back together. And they added KT into the mix to mess with the shippers even more. Basically, it was a cheap way for shippers to be interested in the show. Quite frankly, if Peddie were happy and together and all, it wouldn't be as interesting or dramatic. (But we could have had them being adorable like in season 2, that would have been much more fun to watch...)

The whole Patricia not being ready for a relationship thing is not a plausible reason. She was fine with it in season 2. (Maybe she didn't like how boring her boyfriend had become over the summer.) What would have been a more plausible reason for the breakup is that Patricia didn't feel as independent as she used to before Eddie, and she felt like she wasn't being true to herself by being in a relationship. Something like that. The canon reason is stupid and should have been elaborated in the show.

Jerome cheating--Hmm, you have an interesting point there: that Jerome cheating and Mara's revenge didn't feel connected. However, I disagree--to me, it felt connected, but Mara's reaction was over the top. Again, they made him cheat so Mara could have revenge (FOR DRAMA) and Jeroy could break up/get together/break up/get together again. (DRAMA PURPOSES.)

Regarding Jerome falling in love quickly: we didn't actually see Jerome develop a crush on Mara in season 1, it sort of started with him liking her. If we'd seen him start to like her, maybe we could compare that to the Jeroy thing. I really wish we'd seen that in season 1.

Benji's whole existence--This is one of the topics that has the potential to make me crazy and rant-y because it has to do with my boy. We. Could. Have. Learned. About. Eddie's. History! Do you know how much I'm dying to know about his life in America? His background? His childhood with or without Mr. Sweet? We could have gotten all that through Benji! But NO--we have a dumbshit dodgeball game instead! I've resorted to pausing the screen and looking at Eddie's side of his and Fabian's room to learn more about him. My theory, based on a poster in his room, is that he's from New York City. NOT COOL, WRITERS. NOT COOL.

The two "halves" of the show--When I first watched season 3, I initially thought that the episode with the sinners and Frobisher was the last episode of the season. (Then I knew differently when Frobisher opened his eyes at the end.) The point is that that episode felt like the finale, and I was actually scared that the show was over. So I completely agree with this point.

I really, really wish the descendants had more of a vital role in the story. I would have LOVED that. Patricia, Jerome, Alfie, and Joy would have been genuinely necessary characters. (They were, but not much. It was an attempt by the writers to make them important, but failing. Again.)

Speaking of the descendants--Jeroy. JEROY. You would have thought that Joy would for sure be in Sibuna after season 1, where she was literally THE CENTER OF THE MYSTERY. And then she resorts to THE JABINA LOVE TRIANGLE in season 2?? And Jerome's cheating/Mara's revenge in season 3?? No. No. No. Just NO.

What SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED: Jerome talks to Joy about his frustration towards being left out of Sibuna. (THE SAME FRUSTRATION HE HAD IN SEASON 1.) She is equally frustrated and regrets quitting now that she is over Fabian. They demand to be let in, but Joy has already quit and they don't trust Jerome. So the two of them snoop around, finally learning enough that the others have no choice but to let them join. This could have been some Jerome/Joy partnership-friendship stuff, not to mention the Joytricia we could have had if Joy had been in Sibuna with Patricia. But NO. The writers suck.

To conclude: I HATE SEASON 3. *Takes laptop, rips it in two, and smashes it into the wall while making animalistic noises*