cuddle queen jean visit before this season ends im speaking it into existence
CAMERON MONAGHAN & NOEL FISHER (Infinity Con 2024 promo) SHAMELESS (Season 10, Episode 2)
love is a battlefield // rain on me
I can’t write this. And I’m sorry. I absolutely love writing these reviews. It is so much fun to take a deeper look at the episodes and discuss them with you guys. But it’s not fun anymore. So many of you have written me to tell me how much you enjoy reading my reviews and that I often give you a different perspective on things, so I apologize if this is a disappointment. But the show was a disappointment, too. We have loved this show and these characters for years, and season thirteen tried its best to destroy many of them. And maybe it succeeded.
Jackson, April, and Maggie - I really thought they wouldn’t go there. Not only because Jackson and Maggie have zero chemistry, but because the uproar from the fans has been deafening. I understand not wanting to let fans control the show, but I don’t understand deliberately writing stories that the fans hate. There is no way that Shonda, Debbie, the writers, and the actors don’t know how the majority of the fans feel about this and they are choosing to ignore it and assuming we will still watch because we hung in there for this awful season. That is disrespectful to the fans and to the actors. I know that not everyone agrees, but I would argue that Jesse and Sarah are keeping most of the fans watching. And poor Kelly is just playing Maggie getting thrown into different triangles. And for what? Maggie is already a difficult character to like. Putting her in between Jackson and April will only make that worse. Kelly is capable of so much more. I have said all season that this is bad writing and continuity, but it is also lazy. They are writing easy story lines. These are stories that I would expect from a novice writer in the first few seasons of a show, not from season 13 of Grey’s Anatomy. The show has shown us they can write better stories, so this is a conscious choice not to. We aren’t interested in love triangles and crushes. These are doctors who have grown and grown up over time, but instead of showing that, they are making them play pass the STD. We are invested in these characters and we want them to be happy. All of them. They can be happy and still have good stories. Yes, the writers would have to get more creative, but that is what makes good television. In 13x23, Maggie was throwing sad eyes at Mer and Riggs for having a conversation and now, just hours later, we are supposed to believe she suddenly has feelings for Jackson. That is lazy. Japril were used for ratings. Debbie baited us with the pictures and she knew it would work. And now they are trying to keep us watching season 14. I never thought I would say this, but at this point, I’ve decided to stop watching. Maybe I will change my mind, but honestly, the show doesn’t deserve the loyalty the fans give them. I hope they surprise me and fix it but I am no longer hopeful. I have read so many comments on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, and even the ancient Grey’s message boards that some people still use, and the majority of fans are in agreement. The finale was terrible. We got a Japril/Maggie triangle, no Jolex, no Jo and basically no Alex, Griggs are probably over after a season of a painful triangle with Maggie, Ariliza is maybe over (not that I care), Stephanie left (Jerrika may be the smartest one of all), and Omelia held hands. That was what they chose as the season thirteen finale of one of the most-watched and loved shows in television history. Honestly, it’s embarrassing.
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i love this moment so much cause i think ian goes through lots of emotions during the whole ‘bashing mickey’ moment that byron is having. at first hes of course taken by surprise to hear that conversation. but as byron keeps complaining ian starts get pissed off at everything that he says, like he can’t believe anyone could ever badmouth mickey like that?
what do they even know about him? about everything he has done and gone through his life? the way he took care and loved ian despite everything they had to go through? who is he to judge him for not being “book” smart or simply not as pretentious as him and his friends?
as byron keeps digging his own grave, ian gets angrier, maybe realising that what the hell, they don’t understand mickey like he does, they won’t love him the way he deserves and ian wants to give that to him, wants to protect him and let him feel loved like he deserves. mickey had been bashed by everyone—
mandy saying mickey doesn’t need to do anything specific to server being beaten, terry wanting to kill him for being who he is, karen and veronica saying he’s dirty, lip saying falling for mickey means anyone else he ends up with will be better, fiona doubting mickey being there for ian after the diagnosis despite witnessing all he has done for him. and then mandy again finding out ian is dating someone else and how that’s an upgrade from mickey.
how mickey being rejected translated to him in ‘ian doesn’t love me enough, i got it it’s fine it is what is’ and the break up in s5 with mickey saying ‘this is it?’ just like he expected that to happen at some point no matter how much he tries he’s never going to be enough for ian.
but that’s not true cause ian did everything with mickey in mind thinking he’s going to be happier without ian and his bipolar but they don’t understand and love mickey the way ian does and no one deserves to be with mickey but ian cause he knows who mickey milkovich really is and he loves him more than anything in the world
I love how Lincoln is making such a "Link" face! 😉
I have looked at you in a million different ways
and I have loved you in each and everyone of them. (insp.)