I agree there needed to be more Amy, though at least she was very Amy in the few scene she had, and it looks like she'll be front and centre next season.
I honestly could not even begin to explain why I wasn't kind of eeeshed about Abigail and the way she was handled, but I just sort of went with it because the whole thing was so charming. Again, I can't really refute what you're saying, I was just BRAINWASHED BY ELEVENTY MAGIC. I think part of it was that at the end, it was also the end of Kazran's life, sort of. I mean, not literally that day but it was pretty much too late for him to change the fact he'd spent most of his time bitter and alone despite opportunities otherwise. And part of it is that I think if we lived in a happy sexism-free fantasy land, it would have just been a moving story; the issues I can see with it are less internal to the story and more that yet again, this TYPE of character goes to the beautiful, doomed woman while the main character is a dude?
Which probably shouldn't mitigate it like it does, but um, I fail. Possibly because it was the first Christmas special in five years I didn't hate...
ALSO SPACE FISH. And all the wonderful one-liners. Pretty much EVERYTHING Eleventy said to baby!Kazran to start with, and STUFF.
Also, OMFG NAKED RIVER. NAKED RIVER. NAKED. RIVER. I am honestly surprised my television didn't explode at that point after despairing of ever showing anything that awesome on its screen ever again.
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I agree there needed to be more Amy, though at least she was very Amy in the few scene she had, and it looks like she'll be front and centre next season.
I honestly could not even begin to explain why I wasn't kind of eeeshed about Abigail and the way she was handled, but I just sort of went with it because the whole thing was so charming. Again, I can't really refute what you're saying, I was just BRAINWASHED BY ELEVENTY MAGIC. I think part of it was that at the end, it was also the end of Kazran's life, sort of. I mean, not literally that day but it was pretty much too late for him to change the fact he'd spent most of his time bitter and alone despite opportunities otherwise. And part of it is that I think if we lived in a happy sexism-free fantasy land, it would have just been a moving story; the issues I can see with it are less internal to the story and more that yet again, this TYPE of character goes to the beautiful, doomed woman while the main character is a dude?
Which probably shouldn't mitigate it like it does, but um, I fail. Possibly because it was the first Christmas special in five years I didn't hate...
ALSO SPACE FISH. And all the wonderful one-liners. Pretty much EVERYTHING Eleventy said to baby!Kazran to start with, and STUFF.
Also, OMFG NAKED RIVER. NAKED RIVER. NAKED. RIVER. I am honestly surprised my television didn't explode at that point after despairing of ever showing anything that awesome on its screen ever again.