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lucyvgu t1_j3l7cf1 wrote

Reply to comment by megamindwriter in "The Great". I went from loving the show in S1 to being utterly disappointed in S2. by [deleted]

I did read your post, you said you skipped parts of season 2, so I stand by what I said.

You clearly hate the concept of them together, and it's fine. But since you hate the concept and haven't actually watched the whole story, I don't really know what you expect people to tell you. I feel like you just want people to agree with you, and that's why you're getting so defensive.

I understand what you're saying about them, but it's a surreal, over-the-top, insane story, so I'm fine with them being together when it wouldn't make sense in the real world, I don't try to apply real life values to fictional stories (especially over-the-top ones like TG), I just enjoy the ride because I think that Catherine and Peter together were hilarious.

Again, it's all right to just hate the idea of them being together and to stop watching if you don't like it, but I don't really know what you want people to tell you.

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megamindwriter t1_j3l8l4e wrote

"You didn't watch the whole thing, so how can you criticize it." Is really not a valid point to disregard someone's opinion. The fact that I stopped half way through shows it took a dive in terms of quality.

I'm not here to get people to agree with me, I'm just sharing my opinion so people who haven't watched, don't have a false impression of what they are getting before going in.

It's really not about real life values. It's about it making sense in it's portrayal and messaging. They portrayed Catherine as this progressive idealist who wants to empower women. Only for them to employ some cliche "naive girl falls in love with evil guy" trope that is present in a lot of YA books.

If you think I'm posting this for people's approval. You are sadly mistaken.

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lucyvgu t1_j3lahph wrote

You expect this show to portray a message of progressiveness, I think it's just a bit of fun nonsense, I don't care about its message like I don't care about historical accuracy.

> "You didn't watch the whole thing, so how can you criticize it."

I never said it. I explicitly said that it's okay to just hate the idea of them and to stop watching because of it, but it means you don't have the full knowledge of how the show handled their relationship. It's all right, but you are getting very defensive and there's no point in continuing this conversation.

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