I have no one to talk to about this, so I'm here to share my thoughts
One thing you need to know about me is that major character injury is my bread and butter. I love it, I think there's nothing better than it
I've been watching agents of shield for the first time because of my recent obsession with brett dalton (thank you until dawn), and I just finished watching season 1 episode 13: "T.R.A.C.K.S" and baby when I tell you this is a 10/10 on my scale of major character injury moments like omg
Coulson finding skye in the basement literally made me sob so hard because that's literally papa and daughter! simmons crying in the med bay and fitz comforting her because skye is like one of her besties and she's so scared for her gives us so much in terms of their relationship. grant fucking punching the car, literally the hottest thing i've ever seen, and may telling him not to blame himself, but like he's her SO!!!
I have ten thousand thoughts on grant ward to share with y'all who care to listen. I literally don't understand why they would have him be evil! (yes I spoiled myself, I do this for everything) Like I understand wanting to have something shocking that captures the audience, but I honestly think that the show could have continued with him being good and been successful! His dynamics with skye, fitzsimmons, may, and coulson are literally everythinggggggg that a person could want in a tv show
Like I'm sorry but the grant ward that is presented to us in season 1 before his evil reveal just doesn't fit. It feels like the writers needed something big and just picked it out of a hat. Project centipede and everyone working with it was a perfect villain for season 1, and yes I know that the ward storyline continues into later seasons, but I'm sure they could have come up with something else. The way grant worries about simmons, fitz, and skye when they're left on the train because he wants to protect them! Give me this for 10 seasons and I'd sit my ass down and watch all of it!
I just think there was so much potential with grant ward and it just got washed away by having him betray the team and also never get any redemption! Like I'm telling y'all we could have had something so special, but we only got it for 3/4 of season 1
Okay, I'm done for now, but thanks for listening xoxo