tadc critique no one asked for because itās my comfort show but you can like something but also acknowledge its flaws š
Again, this is one of my comfort shows. I love it, I love every character, and I especially love Caine. It isnāt perfect, but what shows are, anyway?
The main two complaints people bring up are the humor and some of the dialogue being cringy? I think the humor is subjectiveāI think for its target audience it works well. Someone described it as band kid humor, and as a band kid, yes this is my humor lol. But itās not everyoneās so yea thatās subjective. YES, some of the dialogue is cringy because itās over the top or doesnāt feel earned. Cough Jax cough Gangle cough cough. Most examples with that criticism are valid, some are just people picking out literally any dialogue and putting a āš«©šā next to it.
My main complaint has to be with the build up to episode 8. If youāre in the fandom, yes, the build up seems real. Since Gooseworx revealed some of the inspo was from I Have No Mouth weāve been kinda waiting for this moment to happen and itās made a lot of people pick up on details of Caine slowly losing his patience with the cast. But those should have been more spelled out, in my opinion. We have the moment where he show his insecurity, and Zoobleās āthe only thing holding Caine back is the fact that he likes usā, but that was really it. The other times he was annoyed were played off as jokes. Golden jokes, but still. But yeah some more build up wouldāve made his initial crashout scene less ācringeā and much more earned imo.
Side note, I feel like we shouldāve really nailed it in that the cast can FEEL EVERYTHING. I was thinking about this when I first watched episode 8, then Danny Motta brought up that they look more uncomfortable than in actual pain, and I was actually so happy lol. They DO just look uncomfortable, and MAYBE that was for the sake of a younger audience, but I meeaannn thereās no way theyād sacrifice some good intimidation from Caine for the children right?? š¤Ø
I also do side with people complaining about Jax and Pomni becoming the main characters, TO AN EXTENT. As in, I wish we got more depth to the other characters like Gangle and Zooble in their respective episodes before transitioning over and calling their arcs a day. During my watchthrough I could kind of tell WHEN Zoobleās arc with starting to accept themself came in, but again we couldāve spelled it out/explored it a BIIIIT more for the complainers in the back LOL.
If there is one buildup I LIKE, itās Pomni and Jaxās relationship, with them warming up to each other throughout the first six episodes, their fallout, and Jax slowly opening up again. SLOWLY. Idk he seems way less sour in episode 8 than 7. Maybe just because of the Caine crisis but even before then he seemed a bit more chill.
ā¦thatās really all I have LOL, just wanted to get this out there in the world for either myself to reread or some unsuspecting user. BUH-BYE!!