It's been a while since I've done one of these.

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Fandom meme, snagged from malicat:

Give me a TV series and I'll tell you:

My all-time ultimate fave character:
A character I didn't used to like but now do:
A character I used to like but now don't:
A character I'm indifferent about:
A character who deserved better:
A ship I've never been able to get into:
A ship I've never been able to get over:
A cute, low-key ship:
An unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it:
A ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened:
My favourite storyline/moment:
A storyline that never should have been written:
My first thoughts on the show:
My thoughts now:

It is perfectly okay to give me more than one show, just so you know. This can also be extended to things not strictly television specific (webseries or film series, for example).

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Pretty Little Liars?

Part 1

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PRETTY LITTLE LIARS

My all-time ultimate fave character: It's gonna be a tie between Spencer Hastings, Alison DiLaurentis, and Mona Vanderwaal.
A character I didn't used to like but now do:
A character I used to like but now don't:
A character I'm indifferent about:
A character who deserved better: Charlotte DiLaurentis. I will never forgive the show for introducing their first (and only) transgender character only to kill her off in the very next episode. It's true that she had been part of the show for a while, but we only knew her as Cece Drake, and with the reveal of who she really was the entire time we could have gotten more of her story, there was just so much potential and they basically killed her off for ~drama reasons. It is really disgusting that they did it to the only transgender character. Ugh. I'll also never forgive what they did to Maya.
A ship I've never been able to get into: Aria/Ezra and Emily/Paige. I never was a fan of Aria/Ezra just the way the entire relationship was framed, because it is inappropriate but they tried to paint it as ~romantic and ~mature, but it was boring and got more annoying and they brought the worst out in each other. And Emily/Paige, I was never a fan to begin with. I hated how Paige treated Emily, going from being nasty towards her with no apology (no matter how much internalized homophobia it was, there was no need for that) to placing Emily on this impossible pedestal to giving Emily an ultimatum regarding Alison and then going behind Emily's back anyway. Ugh.
A ship I've never been able to get over: Hanna/Caleb. They're so cute together and I love that they've both overcome so much.
A cute, low-key ship: Mona/Mike.
An unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: Spencer/Jason. I know, I know, but I can't help it, they just have this chemistry that is undeniable and I have no shame.
A ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: Emily and Sara Harvey, like what? That made so sense whatsoever especially when they just met and they tried to make it seem like Emily was super attracted and into her only within a few days time? That was the dumbest thing ever (making the whole reveal that, oh, she's really not a nice person the entire time not really that ~dramatic because yeah, we all kinda predicted it immediately the moment the character entered the scene). And of course putting Spencer and Caleb together is a HUGE DO NOT WANT. I don't know what they were thinking with the five year jump, but that was atrocious and out of character for both of them. Especially since, while I understand that Toby and Spencer were growing apart before that, Hanna and Caleb were perfectly happy together so breaking them apart made no sense. Ugh. I hated them for doing that and it's one of the reasons why I ended up quitting the show.

Part 2

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My favourite storyline/moment: The dollhouse was probably the biggest thing that I can recall that made me really excited because it was taking it all up to eleven. The girls had gone through a lot, but they had never been kidnapped before and held captive for pretty much an extended period of time. They were all changed after that incident and seeing the aftermath with their respective PTSD was interesting to see.
A storyline that never should have been written: Oh god, there are so many. Seriously, if we could cut down all the ridiculous and pointless storylines that happened on this show, the entire series run would be pretty much three seasons worth of the actual plot. But for particulars, the fake-out with Ezra being "A" was the biggest disappointment of all, and of course the five year jump. That one was the biggest one for me, personally. I quit watching the show when that happened. Not just because they killed off Charlotte after a disappointing mid-season finale, but also because of the relationship switching and the direction wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
My first thoughts on the show: I was intrigued. I like good mysteries and ones dealing with teenagers trying to figure out who killed their friend while possibly being stalked by that very person who might've been responsible? I was very fascinated and I kept on watching because it was addictive.
My thoughts now: It had potential, but all the plotholes and continuity errors and messing with characterizations and writing terrible subplots and storylines, I just couldn't take it anymore. I stopped watching and quite frankly I'm glad I did because it doesn't seem like I'm missing much anyway. Such a shame, really. The show had the potential to be a good mystery, and it had it's moments I'll give it that, especially the friendship between the girls, but overall it just lagged on too long with unnecessary fillers and nonsense that cluttered everything up.