I was (and am still?) Team Ben but damn if Des and Devi weren’t wasted potential 😭 the ONE time we see a desi guy and a desi girl dating and being happy together on television it’s RUINED BY THE GUY’S MOM this completely checks out honestly
it's obvious that mindy kaling and never have i ever dont give a fuck about delving into queer relationships and identities like ooo here's a lesbian main character!!! everyone elses relationships are deep and complicated and well developed but hers just...exist!!! omg look at us we're such allies!!!!!!!!!! fuck you
devi!! i absolutely loved her character this season. she's constantly hated on for being problematic, so it was so cool to watch her grow this season. i hated how i could never like her because of her problems, and watching her change is so therapeutic. she's definitely a fave now.
aneesa and fabiola... i kind of hated how they treated that relationship. like it totally came out of nowhere and i was SO ready for it, and then there was this huge buildup to them dating and then... nothing? they broke up?
it felt like a big slap in the face for the queer viewers. devi and eleanor's heterosexual relationships were deeper and more explored while all of fab's were just like "oh! here! we made a lesbian a main character! we're such allies!"
i just feel really upset about that because they had so much potential. they couldn't have spent some more time delving into the awkwardness in aneesa and fab's relationship and how they move past it together? it's like they were each others' rebounds (which it was clearly stated in the show that they weren't)
but! addison is super hot and the way they casually slid in that they use they/them pronouns was cool. i hope addison and fab get more screentime in s3.
also i didn't like eve but i hate how they just... had the breakup offscreen? like cmon devi's breakups are so much more explored so why can't we have the same for fab?
anyways. BENVIIIIIIIIII
the boink card. im so
ben has ALWAYS been the one for devi, i hope she sees that next season. he always loved her, he never thought she was "too much" like des and paxton. benvi 4 lyfe idc IDC
also. des? he's literally desi paxton. honestly i don't ship them, but it was good while it lasted! they balance each other out, but... i was always on ben's team so i can't say i'm upset they broke up.
ALSO RHYAH??? that lying skank. "she's got problems" sorry, devi's not healing fast enough from her OWN FATHER'S DEATH??
nalini. she ate this season up. im glad she found a friend in rhyah and it was nice while it lasted, but rhyah can suck a fat one.
paxton. i was never team paxton and always kind of despised him (no hate to daxton shippers ofc) so i'm honestly glad they broke up.
she wasn't ready for him, and he wasn't what she needed.
you know who WAS what she needed though?
BEN.
also i didn't really realize i'd be rooting for trent and eleanor, but...
idk something about their relationship kind of throws me off. it's like trent can't be mature about her. like he avoids the problems in their relationship by turning on the charm, which he KNOWS she loves.
something about it just kind of rubs me the wrong way... but they're still kind of cute.
aneesa deserved better.
that's it.
also, back to devi.
i loved her character so much this season but... her reason for not going to shrubland was kind of flimsy (at least to me). the whole "i want to spend more time with you" thing would've worked out with her mom if they had spent the season setting up a conflict between devi and nalini but... they didn't? it was just all past season drama which is still important but to me it just didn't make sense. idk if anyone else thinks that.
KAMALA AND MANISH??? like cmon hottest and most overlooked couple. though it was kind of a jumpscare when manish shaved his iconic scrub for the first time.
kamala ate this season. she's an independent woman who can make her own decisions about her love life! good for her!
wish she had more screen time though
THE TIME SKIP IN THE BEGINNING. cmon netflix don't be pussies, give us more episodes!!
literally the time skip was so stupid. we skipped over devi's entire healing process and it was lazy writing so we wouldn't have to see how she coped with getting dumped by paxton.
also they spent so much time last season setting up daxton and then literally got rid of it in .000394238 seconds??
like what...
i know the reason they broke up was valid but honestly? we could've skipped over the entire des thing and just had a long season of paxton and devi's relationship problems.
it just seems like such a waste to have all the setup and barely any payoff.
makes me kind of think it was just fanservice to please the daxton shippers (again no hate)
i think that's it - may make a second post if anything else comes to mind
overall i give the season a 7/10. there were a lot of plotholes and lazy writing and queer erasure that need to be addressed and fixed next season. but we got to see the character we all despised grow and actually make good decisions for once. we got to see all the characters learn about themselves and grow and honestly, that was a very beautiful thing to see.
eric, a plus sized character, is constantly mocked for being a 'loser' by the shows characters. frankly, im pretty sure that his weight plays a role here. there is NO body diversity on the show. (the show fails at queer rep, too. i have a few posts about that already, but ill make a proper one about that later.)
we've been having conversations about body positivity for a while now, but the trend of mocking people for their weight in media seems to be making a comeback. as usual, none of the characters play sports, but theyre all fit. theyre gorgeous. theyve got amazing fits and perfect skin. they laugh at the only plus sized character we're shown.
i mightve even given them the benefit of the doubt if theyd had other body types on the show, but they dont,
devi's love quadrangle had angst and development. even eleanor and trent got a great love story. but nope fabiola cannot!!! lesbian with a capital L fr
