4.21 /4.22 a.k.a. I am not OK with it or moving on.
Warning:
This is an angry and bitter post so if you are not up to it, over the show or are OK with Michaels death, maybe you should stop reading now. I need to get it out of my system in order to find my inner positive self again that I am sure is still there somewhere deep down.
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This is an angry and bitter post so if you are not up to it, over the show or are OK with Michaels death, maybe you should stop reading now. I need to get it out of my system in order to find my inner positive self again that I am sure is still there somewhere deep down.
Nice family photos! Sand, sun, cheesy matching outfits...we could ( Read more... )
I am still angry. I am still incredibly sad. I am still in denial.
I've said things on my own LJ and at TWoP, but I'll just tell you here that I will never be okay with this ending. Unless 423 and 424 has a major twist in its tale (which I doubt very much), this ending will go down in history as my most hated ending ever.
I am SO FUCKING TIRED of writers who appear to equate 'shocking twist' with 'brave TV'. I am tired of reading MO's interviews in which he says that M/S did get a happy ending and that it was heartbreaking to see where TBag ended up, and that they'd considered killing off TBag but he was too beloved by fans. Even though I really enjoy the two actors' work, I am tired of the TPTB's painfully obvious RK and WF lovefest that became more and more obvious as the show went on. You know what I think? I think they kept TBag alive and kicking in order to keep him up their sleeves in case someone actually greenlighted one of their trashy spinoffs, because I suspect RK would happily be involved, something WM made quite clear he wouldn't.
As I said in my post on my LJ, the epilogue made me feel manipulated. "Look, they've made their peace with it, so you should too, okay?" Sadly, it takes more than a beautiful tombstone and a well-chosen emo song to convince me that I should accept that they killed off Michael because THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY BECAUSE ZOMG HE'S CAUSED SO MANY DEATHS AND WE COULDN'T LET HE AND SARA WALK OFF INTO THE SUNSET BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SAYING 'GOOD FOR YOU'.
I guess all the people Lincoln has killed doesn't count. I guess that Mahone's killing of Oscar Shales and then covering it up, a decision that lead directly to his being blackmailed by the company and endangering his family and him killing Tweener and Aldo and manipulating Haywire into suiciding doesn't count. And the fact that Michael so obviously wanted his happy ending with Sara and their child doesn't count, because according to TPTB he wouldn't have been able to live with all the blood on his hands and wouldn't have minded dying at all, HONEST.
I wash my hands of their unacceptable canon!epilogue. I will forever loathe them for seemingly taking pleasure in emotionally torturing Michael and Sara, their painfully obvious determination to always 'keep the people wanting more' when it came to that relationship, in the end to the point of sounding a death knell with a nosebleed not five seconds after Michael and Sara finally managed to snatch a tiny moment of peace together. The people who cannot keep their own backstories straight, let alone take five seconds to check the birthdate of their main character before they engrave it on a tombstone, are not the same people who created the wonderful characters I fell in love with. They tried to convince me with that epilogue that it was still a story about family and faith, but they failed.
*hugs you*
In a way, this is so much worse than HIAB, something I didn't think was possible. With HIAB (as we've already discussed) there was *always* a glimmer a hope, of possiblity. With this? This is The End. They have done the writing equivalent of burning and salting the earth, and we are not given the luxury of imagining a future for a much-loved and long-suffering character these same Powers That Be asked us to champion for the last four years.
My heart aches for you, Mo. I know how hard you tried to be hopeful towards the end, even when it was becoming more and more clear that the worst was indeed going to happen. You were a rock for me and you still are, and I'm so glad you're here.
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It is not just here Katie, there is a lot of anger and bitterness on several places, especially in the Went fandom. So if they would pull their heads out of their own asses the would see how HAPPY everybody is. *snorts*
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I am still angry. I am still incredibly sad. I am still in denial.
That sums up pretty much how I feel as well but you already knew that.
Also like you I suspect that a lot of behind-the-scene politics played into a lot of on-set and creative decision making and the angle that Michael is guilty but the others can have a great life because he sacrificed himself is a lot of bollocks as far as I am concerned. Mahone killed the brothers dad FFS, Kellerman killed innocent people in cold blood before he redeemed himself and even Linc's hands are not clean.
Michael so obviously wanted his happy ending with Sara and their child doesn't count, because according to TPTB he wouldn't have been able to live with all the blood on his hands and wouldn't have minded dying at all, HONEST.
This is so true and call me a stupid fangirl but I think he wanted to live desperately and of course the past would have bothered him but I think he still could have had a good life with Sara and his son and I am sure that all he wanted was to do good from then on, because he was a good man at heart.
'keep the people wanting more'
but snatch it away every time. This whole season was filled with scenes that dragged on (T Bag, Gretchen and later Self) but the M/ S scenes were over before you knew it. The fact that we had two amazing actors who could pull that off anyway made that bearable for me.
I was patient during S1 because they were in prison, I was slightly disappointed that they were separated so much during S2 but all their scenes were amazing together and S3 *tears out hair* was nuts. So when Sara came back and it was clear that they would be together during S4 I was elated but still their scenes were way too few or too short.
They tried to convince me with that epilogue that it was still a story about family and faith, but they failed.
Get out of my brain you scary woman.
With HIAB (as we've already discussed) there was *always* a glimmer a hope
Yes and that is the difference because I could hang on to some hope but now I am not so sure but I promised that I would try and I will.
I agree with everything you say and I am so glad for you and scribbles because you two were the reason I delurked and even though I am so sad right now I am happy that I have the two of you to be sad with.
*hugs you*
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