Finally got round to starting Season 3 of House of Anubis, I’ve only watched the first two episodes so far.
- They really did Nina’s exit dirty and Nina. Like I hate how they had her essentially blank everyone all Summer, like you think that they’d have her stop contact mid or late Summer. Also I hate the reasoning behind it since it contradicts the purpose of The Osirian and The Chosen One - especially when you consider there was no problem at the end of S2 with Eddie and Nina being near each other, or all the times Rufus and Sarah were. At this rate, I wish they pulled a Joy on Nina - it might seem repetitive but have her go missing or some hidden reason for not returning which ties in near the end.
- Not sure what I feel about the newbies. KT is not a bad character but I feel like she’s gonna annoy me and it’s nothing against her, but I tend to find it hard to warm up to characters that you come in and are immediately thrushes as the lead or higher up in the hierarchy than characters that has been their since Day 1 or longer. And I read that she is nothing like Nina, but she was brought in to fit the Nina shaped hole, especially when you consider the mystery surrounding her and the whole key thing which looks set to kick off the big mystery.
- I love Eddie, but I’m still not sure how I feel about the new focus on his as the lead this season, it’s early days but again it’s the same reason as KT - other characters have been there longer and deserve to work their way up.
- Not sure what to make of Willow, I’ve seen the actress in other stuff like Wolfblood and Marine 6, so I know I like her, but her introduction was weird and felt forced because we never see or hear about her then suddenly she’s always hanging around at Anubis House, she’s in their classes and everyone already knows her or speaks like they know her well. So I think her introduction could have been written better. I gather that she was brought in to replace the eventual Amber shaped hole, and you can see why, she appears to be serving the same sort of purpose Amber initially did, which was sorta comedic relief, however you can sorta tell she’s different from Amber, Amber is a leader, a trendsetter, whereas Willow - and I say this nicely - is a sheep, she idiolises Amber, seems desperate to fit in - especially with Anubis House. Amber is a dominant person, Willow isn’t. Also Willow is a different kind of comedic character from the first episode, she seems more kooky, perhaps free spirited kind of comedic relief. Again, early days, I may be wrong.
- Amber without Nina just feels wrong, and I was surprised how I strongly I felt about this watching Amber wake up on her birthday to an empty bed and na Nina.
- I’m kind of worried that Fabian is being push back in the hierarchy of characters since Eddie and KT have seemed to replace him and Nina as the leads. It’s a little sad because I have such a love for the Original Sibuna, the original trio and Patrica and Alfie.
- I did like that Fabian seems to have a spine. Like I love Fabian in S1 and S2, he was that sweet shy geek, but his handling of the Joy/Nina situation got tiresome, his indecisiveness as well as not wanting to hurt anyone, while sweet, he unintentionally made things worse, so I liked that he grew a backbone a bit in the premiere and was fighting for Nina and the truth. (My Fabina heart wishes we saw that side earlier, back when Nathalia was still on the show).
- Season 3 hasn’t immediately grabbed me like the other two seasons have. I really feel Nina’s absence. So far I like Joy, she has chilled out from last season, what is a little sad is that we don’t know if this is because Nina’s gone, like I maintain that we were robbed from Joy/Nina in S3 because I would have liked to see what kind of relationship they’d have after S2. Jara seems nice so far, I like how settle they seemed and Jerome still being Jerome lol. Anything is better than S1 Mara (I just couldn’t with S1 Mara).
