Problems with the finale because I'm a pessimist who's afraid not even cutgate would make up for this mess:
Lucas saying "I don't believe in coincidences, not anymore" just for everything to be a coincidence.
Will pretty much forgiving his rapist.
Rovickie was ruined for no reason. What even happened to Vickie? Did she leave the show because the writers are coward homophobes? Because if she, did, I understand her.
We STILL don't know why El recognised Will in season 1.
We STILL don't know why the upside down is frozen in time?
They made Hopper lose ANOTHER daugther.
What that itty bitty byler talk supposed to be "payoff"? They couldn't have resolved that in season 4? They couldn't bring the painting back?
About that, WHERE THE DUCK was the painting? This was genuinly the ONE plotline i expected them to bring back. And they teased SO MUCH about it.
And about the scene, literaly what was that? It was a sweet scene sure, but it's not "payoff" for 3-4 seasons of build up! Why didn't they just have Mike reject Will in vol II if not vol I and then have this scene them "making up" for it and still be friends. And the fact that Noah had to ask for this scene is insane.
How can Max even see? I mean, i guess her bones can't be broken forever but how the hell did she get her sight back?
Elmax once again pretty much non-existent (which is WILD when they had an entire plotline together).
So much for Vecnas past and I feel like we barely got anything knew.
Hopper giving El the "when you have a kid" pep talk (that pissed me off SO BAD).
We still don't know who opened the door for Will (which they SAID would be revealed).
The potrayel of Mike being the "only one" to understand her, and showing her what a friend really is. Did they just forget about all their problems in season 4?
About that, even when El was about to die, Mike STILL couldn't tell her he loved her!? I mean, I hate their relationship but wtf was that?
Birthdaygate. How do you forget one of the main characters birthday? I mean I guess it could be a honest mistake, but why didn't they just correct it? Why does he have the same birthday as Vecna? The same day as the Creel attacks? Joyce forgetting how old Will was when getting kidnapped? All the birthday references in the background?
Why have that gayass stonathan scene if not endgame?
Where was all the monsters in the final battle?
The fact that NO characters seemed injured after the battle.
They bought Kali back, used her for nothing, killed her off.
The fact that both Mike and El refered to the other one as "friend" but they were still together?
They couldn't adress the painting, but they could hang it up next to Mike? He's so gay istg.
Why was the only memory that showed up in Mikes mind El dissapearing? I'm NOT saying it wasn't traumatic, but what about Will going missing? Will being possesed? His little sister going missing? His parents being almost killed?
The had a chance to show Mikes pov, but no.
Mikes monolouge didn't get adressed. His life did not start when he founded El in the woods, he wanted to send her to a mental hospital. And he hasn't told her he loved her since.
El being alone in Iceland just makes me sad, SHE DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO!!! Couldn't Kali at least be with her?😭 at least Elphaba had someone by her side.
WHERE WAS THAT MIKE-NANCY HEART TO HEART!? I LOOKED SO FORWARD TO THAT SCENE!?
Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2 would've been PERFECT for the finale.
The fact that El has NO interactions with the party members expect for Mike, Max and maybe Will a little bit. Dustin and Lucas are her friends too. She just looked at them a little, nothing else.
Also, if henderhop wasn't supposed to be anything, why did they focus so much on Dustins reactions to El despite them having NO INTERACTIONS THIS ENTIRE FREAKING SEASON.
Why aren't Ted and Karen divorced yet?
Just El and Mikes goodbye, it would've meant SO MUCH MORE if there was more people, maybe not the entire group, but what about Hopper? Max? Joyce? Will? Also they shouldnt have kissed, and that's not just because I hate them together, it would've meant so much more if they just hugged.
About that, why did NO ONE apart from Mike have a proper goodbye to El? What about Hopper who took her in? Joyce who cared for her in California? Max who truly taught her to like things (who she also spent majority of the finale with)?
Mike saying he don't want to have anymore regrets, just to end up sobbing to Good Luck, Babe! In present day if he doesn't kiss Will.
I DON'T have a problem with platonic byler, but they could've done it SO MUCH BETTER. They could've made it obvious that Mike knows Wills feelings at the start of the season and ended it already in vol I, they could've had them have a talk in vol II, they could've ended it already in season 4.
They used Heroes when the credits roles. I cannot put words to that. You just QUEERBAITED your audience, and still use a song by a QUEER artist? David did not die for this.
The entire final battle just felt kind of... rushed? And how did Vecna just die so easily?
The epilogue did not need to be 40 minutes. I actually kinda liked the epilogue, and how it ended with them playing d&d in Mikes basement, but it could've been done in 20-25 minutes.
Wills future being about his sexuality instead of his interests (no offence to you Mike, it's not your fault your writers couldn't do a good job).
Will and El just doesn't feel like main characters. And honestly, as flat as Mike may feel this season, at least he wasn't CONFIRMED to be a main character.
That theory about Will being possesed by Vecna is so, so good! And they were really building up to it. What "milkshakes" can you get at a grocery store? And sure, a kid who was kidnapped when he was 12 (NOT 11) loves getting lost in the woods.
I feel like this one's already obvious but there's just SO many plotholes they haven't resolved. This is the last episode, last season. There's no episode 9 later this month, there's no season 6. And the crazy part is, when I saw the official runtimes, I wasn't even that dissapointed, why? Because I thought shorter episodes would mean they spent all the time on the actual plot rather than just a bunch of filler content...
