an open letter to the mianite creative team
Congratulations. You've redefined your legacy.
When I was younger, I dearly loved Mianite. I didn't miss a single stream. I was genuinely invested in the plot, the characters, and the world. It was the series that made me start writing, and the series that connected me with many of my friends. The story was engaging, the characters interesting, the worldbuilding complex but overall coherent. It was, to borrow a turn of phrase, quality content. The keyword here is was, because then Isles came along.
In the interest of not mincing words; what the fuck?
There have been so many dropped, abandoned, or simply incoherent plot threads in this season that we've gone from a lovely tapestry to something so tangled and messy that it's practically unsalvageable. What was the point of the rooted gem of darkness? The elemental stones? The darkness cat, or the mirror realm, or the purge, or legitimately any of the other promising starts that were abandoned in favor of incessant boatfucking jokes and over an hour of playing Connect-Four against a chicken? What was that entire incomprehensible bit about Ianite, her shards, a meteor, and the wizard order? Where did Angrec and the Darkness go? Why was Hermod reduced to "haha funny alcoholic marries boats" instead of a character of any value? Oakanite and Olivanite, what purpose did they serve? How about the music stone, or the contract with Dianite, or the Darkness potion? What was the point of any of it?
From a viewer's perspective, it seems like you truly do not care enough to write a coherent story, or even enough to keep track of what you have written. The haphazard, last-minute introduction of Aianite raises so many problems. Why was she the goddess of water when her siblings embodied moral alignments? Why was she the goddess of water when her sister was already openly declared goddess of the sea, so much so that a point was made for her temple to be built underwater? On a far pettier level, why is the goddess of water green? Why was she not the goddess of earth, other than the fact that that was declared to be Dianite's domain at the same time as the ocean was declared as Ianite's? Why was Aianite not made a goddess of life, or growth? Why has her introduction been so incredibly poorly planned, with no foreshadowing or setup?
I reiterate; what the fuck?
I am fully aware that I am going to be called a "tumblr hater" for this post. For the record, I would like to point out that I am not a hater, and that this is not hate. I am a fan who has loyally stayed and given Isles chance after chance at redeeming itself. This is frustration and anger, yes, but mostly sheer disappointment. This is exhaustion, and a last shout of constructive criticism to ears I already know are not listening. Isles has crashed and burned in the most spectacularly horrific way.
So, yes. Congratulations; you have created a disastrous implosion of storytelling, the likes of which I have never before seen, the likes of which this series will never recover from. Congratulations; you have done damage to this series which you can never undo, by what appears to be sheer apathy and a total disregard for the original seasons, alongside what is either a refusal or an inability to think things through.
I used to look up to you. I'm sorry that this is how it ended.
