#Teenge Bounty Hunters

[geekofchaos]

Teenage Bounty Hunters Final Thoughts

Okay, this post will contain spoilers so avert your eyes if you haven’t seen it all yet. But here are my final thoughts: 

- I won’t call the first scene date rape since at the end he clearly did want to but it’s very iffy and I wish Luke had been just as into it as she had since it makes far more sense for BOTH character arcs. I feel like it was done to reverse the image of the “pressuring guy/reluctant girl” but it’s honestly not that funny. There were many ways they could have used to show that Sterling very much wanted sex. 

- One “stereotypical gender reversal” which I DID enjoy was Luke’s parents with the Dad trying to be supportive of Luke’s new music hobby and the Mom bemoaning that he was no longer part of sports. I wish they’d actually explored more into this as I was wondering why Luke’s Dad who was being supportive but had been golf captain was being so supportive. I know it’s a side character but it felt like a plot thread that was dropped. 

- Honestly, I liked Luke a lot more than I was going to. 

- I know I said earlier that despite Blair’s attempts to portray herself as a hard-edge rebel she’s still a soft marshmallow who thinks drinking/smoking is bad. But even the “bad kids” at her school are also just marshmallows who want to help underprivileged kids. 

- I like April/Sterling. I like it a lot and it’s cute but man, I really hate April’s dad. Is he going to be a major antagonist next season? 

- Speaking of Sterling, I get that this season she’s just exploring her sexuality but PLEASE PLEASE say the word bi or pan next season. Please. 

- I liked Miles actually being rich. I’ve got to admit my own subconscious bias got me - although helped by the show - that he had to be poor. Got to work on that. 

- I’m wondering if Miles is done now. Personally, I hope not. I think there was an interesting position at the beginning of the season where he was pursuing her, then she turned to the pursuer while he often had things to teach her (it’s shitty to assume my opinions, wealth status, etc). Now he’s on the lower moral ground and needs to be taught because not telling his family about her was shitty. But if he’s done, he’s done. That being said, I can’t help but side with him at the time when he dumped her - he is right, he did deserve better than that - but she also deserves better than somebody who is going to hide her from his family. 

- I really liked how the creators really tried to frame female sexuality as a good and enjoyable thing and not something to be shunned at whether that’s Blair’s constant thirstiness or Sterling exploring her new feelings for girls. 

- This isn’t a criticism so much as a bit of culture shock. Having been raised on the East Coast by an atheist family, it’s so insane for me to think of all the little things that they just do and don’t even think about that would seem strange to me. 

- I like Bowser a lot. He’s just an island of sanity in an ocean of teenaged hormones and craziness. But now Blair and Sterling’s parents(?) know or will know that he’s a bounty hunter and that he’s closer to Blair/Sterling than they’ve been letting on. 

- Blair and Sterling constantly trying to hook Bowser and Yolanda up. 

- Blair saying “I’m stupid and hungry and not a criminal,” was possibly the best line of the season. 

#Teenge Bounty Hunters #Blair Wesley #Sterling Wesley #Luke Creswell #April Stevens #Miles Taylor #Bowser Simmons #Yolanda Carrion

[laufire]

Teenge bounty hunters (I only watched the pilot, but it has potential)

the first character i ever fell in love with: I didn't have a particular moment, I think? I just loved the twins and their shenanigans almost since the word go (the first scene with the ~reversal where it's the girl that pressures her bf to have sex with her was by far my least favourite moment in the show lol. The first time I tried to watch it I actually closed the window).

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: n/a.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: n/a.

my ultimate favorite character™: I can't pick a twin. Maybe if I ever rewatch.

prettiest character: Yolanda, I guess? The girls are cute (April has a super angelic face) but I ~perceive them as kids lol.

my most hated character: April's father. What a piece of shit.

my OTP: I wouldn't go as far as say "otp" but I did enjoy both girls' main ships; I thought they did something more interesting with them than I would've expected idk. April/Sterling a tad more I guess, especially once I linked them a bit with OCs, deserved or not xD. Although once again, my favourite dynamic is Blair-Sterling.

my NOTP: n/a.

favorite episode: again, the perils of bingewatching is that I can't ever answer this question lol. I enjoyed them all, really.

saddest death: n/a.

favorite season: well, there's only the one ¬¬

least favorite season: n/a.

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: n/a.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: n/a.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Blair lol. Poor dear.

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: n/a.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: neither Stepril nor Blair/Miles make it to otp but they're far above THIS consideration so, ig none.

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