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Elgin*. And yeah he's a fucking idiot.

Stuff is finally happening, but it took so long to get here I feel like everyone just hates these characters and wants them to die now. Unfortunate.

Gravel said:

Stuff is finally happening, but it took so long to get here I feel like everyone just hates these characters and wants them to die now. Unfortunate.

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Nah, I'd genuinely be upset if something happened to Boyd, Kenny, Donna, Kristi, or Jade. Maybe even Sara and Randall too.

Gravel said:

Stuff is finally happening, but it took so long to get here I feel like everyone just hates these characters and wants them to die now. Unfortunate.

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I don't hate the characters. I love the monsters. Go monsters!

Randall is alright. I know Julie is going to be made wrong by the writers but she really isn't. Her arc is learning that unlike other townsfolk that are manipulated in to hurting themselves or others she was manipulated to not do something that could help.

But for now she's the show's only voice of reason. Everyone needs to stop kicking the hornets nest.

That ending seemed super abrupt. I was really expecting something else to happen.

The special effects, mostly the red lightning, were pretty good though.

I guess the only thing that stood out to me was fucking Patty. Otherwise this finale didn't really resolve anything did it?

No, didn't feel like much of a finale to me. I guess some folks died, some minor stories may(?) have resolved (Victor's father), and some got more interesting (Fatima). Really just a lot more wait and see.

man in yellow: walks around fucking with everyone, kills whoever he wants, steals whatever he wants, makes deals with everyone, tells people if they do what he says he'll save them (obvious lies), casts spells, basically no rules and does whatever the fuck he wants

boy in white: shows up randomly seemingly on accident, whispers a few useless things and then mumbles about how he can't help and fucks off


the show is an allegory for modern times, the residents are normal middle class people, man in yellow is billionaires who have no rules and do whatever the fuck he wants and lies and cheats endlessly, and boy in white are politicians who tell the normie retards that he will help them but really he is best friends with man in yellow and treats the whole thing as a game and doesn't really give a fuck what happens.

the face monster people are obviously illegal immigrants, the spider monsters are jews (in charge and hidden), and lets say the dolls are elected republicans because they are fucking useless but will turn around and stab you in the back when you least expect

I assumed that the earthquake was the other side pushing back and maybe even the return of the sun but the problem with all of that is we've got four seasons of not much visible aid provided to our town. We've got the talismans sure but there's 100x more evil shit going all day every day versus any Boy in White help.

It was fine but it did not feel like a season finale. We were building up the Man in Yellow for this season to have a violent conclusion of the cycle but instead of that being the story we stopped halfway through. You can't just kill off the entire cast (probably) but I still prefer my idea of everyone except Ethan dying horribly and him speed running a successful iteration as the final season.

On a full rewatch this show would be pretty bad as you the viewer are going to know ahead of time which plot points go absolutely nowhere. Julie! You're a story walker! We're going to have season three end on a cliffhanger with it! We're going to spend a good chunk of time on it the first three or four episodes in season 4! It's going to go nowhere! Now it might pick back up in season five but plenty of shit never does.

Arbitrary said:

You can't just kill off the entire cast (probably) but I still prefer my idea of everyone except Ethan dying horribly and him speed running a successful iteration as the final season.

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Lol Ethan sucks. For a show that's not afraid to kill kids, they won't take out the most annoying one.

Also, what the fuck are the rules with the talismans? The tree being pulled suddenly renders the talisman in the cave ineffective? Why? Is it a particular size hole? Does an open chimney not have the same effect? What about a crack in the wall? An air intake? There's a big ass gap in the wall around the car that Sophia/the Man in Yellow crashed into the post office. How has Boyd remained safe in there? Could they not just put a second tarp behind the one with the talisman to "close it off" or whatever, based on the fucking logic Donna used because she's an expert on things that have never ever happened before?