The zodiac signs of the Designated Survivor characters
(Disclaimer: I am no expert in astrology, these are just some guesses and they may be incorrect and they may not match your desicions, don't take this too seriously, it is just for "entertainment" purposes :)
Tom Kirkman: Capricorn
Alex Kirkman: Cancer
Emily Rhodes: Taurus
Aaron Shore: Gemini
Seth Wright: Libra
Hannah Wells: Aquarius (with a scorpio ascendent, for sure)
Chuck Russink: Virgo
Mike Ritter: Aquarius
Kimble Hookstraten: Aries
Kendra Daynes: Leo
Lyor Boone: Scorpio
Peter MacLeish: Pisces
Beth MacLeish: Aries
(just characters from season one and two, bc i didn't finish season three)
so i made my sister judge ds characters since she doesn’t watch them and the results i-
definitely a dad
old
name’s probably something generic like tim (SHE ALMOST GOT IT SJSHDJ)
probably married to that tim dude
lawyer??
looks german
her name’s lauren
secretly gay (MA’AM-)
makes bad tie choices (i-)
name’s david or smth
works for tim
smart
her name’s probably elizabeth or something (and she proceeded to scream at me about how many more names she had to guess and i told her there’s a lot more)
works for that tim dude, in love with his wife (i started laughing so hard holy fuck)
he looks arabic
name’s like ali or daniel
has a kid (she’s not wrong)
looks like a fbi agent
looks like they can kill you, can actually kill you
her name’s probably amy
fbi? cia? probably intelligence related
bi (that’s all she said before she started laughing and i-)
secretly in love with that amy girl
he looks like a hacker (is he a hacker?)
looks really soft and baby-ish
aaron?
pan (that is literally all she said i can’t-)
name’s probably john or smth
name’s kendra liz i can see where you got the gif from you fucking moron
In regards to the Designated Survivor S3 Thanos Snap...
I think what has left me the most disappointed about Designated Survivor season 3 is how great it obviously could have been. The cinematography, pacing, soundtrack, and dialogue was all stellar, and in terms of plot, the writing was (for the most part) great—far above season 2. They social commentary intertwined was also well done and refreshing. Tom’s arc in particular was very good. Yet despite all of this, I didn’t enjoy this season.
I could say a lot about the various writing flaws throughout, such as Seth’s sperm child storyline being bafflingly irrelevant to the main plot, or Hannah’s pointless death, or Sasha’s character veering dangerously close to tokenism, or the questionable choice of making Aaron an abhorrent boyfriend all for the sake of Emron, or the fact that so many new characters were introduced in such a short amount of time that their stories felt, to me, uninteresting, and—in the case of Daunte—a bit shoehorned in and undeveloped. But the most serious flaw of the season, in my and many others’ opinion, was its flagrant disregard for the show’s previously established canon.
Now I can be the first to admit that the plot writing in much of season 2–and If we’re honest, the second half of season 1–was pretty terrible. But what neither of these seasons failed in was their characters. Mike, Chuck, Lyor, Kendra, and Trey were characters that were not only salvageable, but would have fitted excellently into the season 3 story—with perhaps the sole exception of Chuck, who wouldn’t have had much to do. But rather than work with these already well established and well liked characters, the writers chose to not only not include them, but erase any mention of their existence. Instead, we were forced to accept an entirely new and unfamiliar cast of characters, most of whom were blatantly filling one or more roles that could have been filled by the old characters. The only characters absolutely vital to the new season were Mars and Eli- the elements/plots that the other characters brought could have been included in other ways.I cannot bring myself to care about the personal dramas of six entirely new characters—especially when I am already invested in the personal dramas of the old ones—and by the third season of a show, I should not be expected to. At the VERY LEAST, lip service should have been paid to their absence. More than the removal of characters, there was also the issue of downplaying or even downright removing character dynamics/actions from the previous canon, such as Aaron and Hannah’s friendship, and Emily’s underhanded behaviour and it being the cause of her resignation.
These erasures from the previous two seasons are not only a disservice to the fans who enjoyed these elements and were looking forward to seeing them explored in the new season, or an insult to the actors who dedicated themselves to their characters, but they also cause the continuity of s3 to range from dubious to outright unintelligible. Why am I expected to be shocked, as the narrative seemed to want, that Emily leaked the Alzheimer’s story when in season 2 she did the same and worse? How am I supposed to be okay with the fact that Aaron—who was shown in s2 to care about Hannah—couldn’t spare more than 3 words for her after her death, or the fact that Chuck—who had been by Hannah’s side since episode 1–wasn’t even at her funeral? How am I supposed to find the narrative’s continuous assertions that Emily keeps Tom honest anything but laughable when she resigned explicitly because she was doing the opposite of that?
Honestly, out of all the original characters allowed to remain, I think Emily was done the biggest disservice by this canon erasure. I’ve been pretty vocal about my dislike for Emily in s2 due to what I perceived as terrible behaviour that went unpunished until her resignation. But, god, season 3 made me want to like her again SO BADLY. Her storyline, especially her conflict with Tom towards the end, really got me. And I think if she’d been trying to atone for how she’d strayed in order to live up to Tom’s expectations, that would have added more weight to her struggle to maintain the integrity of the campaign. But absolving her of all her misdeeds by essentially reverting her back to her season 1 character development—in my opinion—cheapened her story and honestly made me more annoyed with her than anything.
I resent the implication that we as viewers are supposed to forget a large chunk of the show in order to enjoy it properly. I resent the blatant disrespect shown to the previous writers and actors, and the fans who appreciated them (particularly the fans who spearheaded the #SaveDesignatedSurvivor campaign who I know share my disappointment). I resent the fact that Netflix made DS an intelligent show, but also an inherently dishonest one. I know a lot of people enjoyed season 3, and I am genuinely glad that they did, but as for me and a lot of other fans, this season left us feeling cold. And I think that’s a damn shame.
Tl;dr: season 3 was ruined for me by the erasure of characters and elements from previous seasons—a choice which I and many others consider to be unnecessary, disrespectful, and overall bad writing.
Happy International Women’s Day everyone here’s some of our kickass ladies from Designated Survivor
I only have one request with this photo set I omitted my watermark from these photos because it was messing up how I wanted the set to look so if you guys could please not repost these and claim them as your own that would be most appreciated
I spent the whole first episode of designated survivor s3 thinking “where’s Lyor? When will Lyor pop up? What happened to Lyor?”. I realized I wasn’t watching DS for DS anymore. It felt empty. Would have been nice to just know what happened to him and Kendra, just so my mind can rest. Can’t focus on the plot, is the show worth watching?
It’s so frustrating that they went through so much together in season 2, and now we’re not gonna mention that only 2/6 of his team is left?? We can make that 3/6 with Emily’s explanation, but still. Half your team, gone. You’re not even gonna mention MIKE??? Thank god Hannah’s still there (didn’t count her because she’s not west wing).
