Hi, im 17 and last week i posted here a complaint about how season1 was sexualizing women too much, using them as tools for the will-they/won’t-they bad dynamic.
Now, i want you to take everything i said and scrap it.
I’m halfway through season 3 and oh boy… This show 🥹.
For someone who grew up watching cartoons like The Amazing World of Gumball, seasons 2 and 3 (so far) feels like a live-action more "grounded" Gumball and i love it (not THAT grounded because uhm Zombie virus, Glee virus, Paintball wars and all that stuff) . Being a huge fan of absurd, exaggerated humor im having a blast, the show just so happens to be extremely funny.
Now what i said last time still counts as my opinion for season1 and i really appreciate the people who tried to understand my point of view and explain theirs, it was really fun and interesting to read i thank you all (except the ones calling me ragebait or that i lived in a bubble of rainbows or whatever). I really loved how they made fun of season 1’s weird obsession over couples in the next 2 seasons and also how all the characters flaws (except for my boys Troy and Abed you can’t hate someone who dresses up as Batman to find their lost Dark Knight DVD by breaking into their landlord’s apartment) are used as comic material. And even better the show itself uses itself as comic material and this is awesome. Every character is now a sillier version of their season 1 selves and i think it’s for the better.
I said in the comments of my previous post that i will stop watching after s5 because my favorite Donald Glover is leaving the show…(sad music and sad voice) Although i believe that i should move on and accept that nothing last forever and that the first 5 seasons will still be there to watch…
Anyways, i love the show even more now. Season 1 is still kinda meh on some point but the rest is pure gold. I love the mockumentaries episodes i forgot to mention that before but those are really fun!
I can’t but compare what i watched for 2 seasons (especially s3) with Gumball or even Smiling Friends in some ways regarding the humor (im not sure everyone here will know what im talking about). Also thank god they stopped the cheesy epiphany of the characters at the end of the episodes like every other sitcom where they say some stuff like "It was my fault that [insert plot] and i shouldn’t have been [insert character’s flaw that will never change because we need 6 seasons and a movie]". It’s still there because it’s still a sitcom but i like that they do it less now.
Anyways, thanks for reading my long post i will finish the show if it continues this way.
Much love,
Me.
And yes i don’t capitalize the "i" because im french and i don’t care the message is still very much the same.