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babysitterxsteve · 2 years

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My ranking of each character’s storyline this season

Diego - I absolutely adored his whole storyline of him learning to be a dad and realizing that he wants a family. That is my cup of tea right there, and I enjoyed every second of it, even if I personally think that Lila and Diego are a pretty toxic relationship. I think Lila needs to work on being a better person first (though she made a lot of good improvement this season), but I still loved the whole Dad!Diego dynamic.

Viktor - Seeing Viktor grow into himself and learn to be confident in his abilities was awesome, and I loved seeing happy for once with his siblings! I hated the whole Allison problem, though. Viktor’s lie did not deserve that much hate, and I totally think that Five was wrong for saying that it could make him a villain.

Klaus - Ahh I always love Klaus, and he was amazing this season. I hated that he spent a lot of time with Reginald, but the betrayal at the end hurt that much worse. And I love that he is learning more about his powers now! His time with Five in episode 2 was also amazing.

Luther - Luther has never been one of my favorites, but I actually really enjoyed him this season. He was just a big loveable dork. I especially loved his interactions with his siblings and asking Viktor to be his best man. His relationship with Sloane was cute and definitely a bit of puppy love (I don’t know if it is a relationship that would particularly last, and they moved waaay too fast). It is much better than the incestual relationship with Allison (though... they do still have the same adopted dad, just in different timelines).

Lila - I’m iffy on Lila’s relationship with Diego, since she is kind of toxic, but she showed a lot of character development this season! And watching her be scared that she will be a bad mother because of her own mother had me really feeling for her. I admit that I was terrified for the longest time that she was lying about the pregnancy after learning that she was lying about Stan, though. I think she has a lot of potential in the future. I also liked how she and Five seemed to make up and were even dancing with each at the wedding.

Five - Five didn’t have much of a storyline this season beyond trying to save the world (again), and I felt like he took a bit of a backseat, but I still love him. I really liked that he kept his character development from season 2 (if I remember correctly, the only person he killed was Grace, and she was a robot who had gone crazy). I didn’t really like how he handled the whole situation of Viktor lying, but I really loved his interactions with his siblings and how he saved Ben despite acting like he didn’t like him. I also loved him on the road trip, and all of the times when he got to let loose, like during the bachelor’s party.

Ben - I didn’t like him at the start, but he showed some promising character growth by the end of the season, and I am very intrigued about the “Jennifer incident,” especially since there were drawings of a girl named Jennifer in his room. I loved his interactions with Klaus during the wedding and when he saved Five from the guardian!

Sloane - I really liked Sloane. She is definitely a little bundle of sunshine. However, I didn’t feel like her character had too much depth (though I definitely enjoyed watching her go crazy on the guardian when Luther was killed). She is sweet, though, and I hope she is back in season 4.

Allison - Okay, I wanted to like Allison’s storyline. I really did. At the start of the season, I really felt for her. It must be hard losing a husband and a daughter, and especially leaving your husband to be with your daughter and then finding out she doesn’t exist. Emmy’s acting was superb the entire time, but geez... Allison just crossed too many lines for me. The pooltable scene with Luther, and telling Viktor they should have left him in the basement, and killing Harlan... by the end, I really didn’t care for her anymore. And I hate that, because she is such an interesting and complex character.

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torturedpoetemotions · 2 years

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The thing is...I keep seeing people act like everyone just piled on Viktor about Harlan, but that's not what I actually saw?

Everyone DIDN'T side with Allison when it comes to Harlan. If anything, the fact that Harlan killed their mothers got totally lost in Allison's anger over Claire and everyone's growing horror over the things she was doing and saying to Viktor.

Multiple siblings--including Diego and Luther, who are often first to let their anger run away with them and blame things on Viktor--spoke up for Viktor in that scene and called Allison out for being cruel and crossing lines. They didn't understand Viktor's attachment to Harlan--they couldn't, because Viktor didn't tell them. But they still defended him, if not his secret keeping.

No one went after him to comfort him after, but no one followed him to heap more recriminations on him either. They gave him space, and then went on treating him just like they had been. No one but Five even mentioned it again, IIRC.

And for Five, it so clearly wasn't about Harlan specifically. It was about what he sees as a pattern now of Viktor withholding things from the family and making decisions alone that have dangerous implications and affect everyone. Because it was wrong of Viktor to lie, even if we understand why, about something that affected all of them.

And Five is right that whether he wants to be or not, Viktor--like all of them--is extremely dangerous. And he needs to stop wishing that weren't true, accept that it is, and hold himself accountable accordingly in the moment, which isn't the same as feeling guilty after the fact.

It was still wrong and fucked up of Allison to kill Harlan when he was helpless and harmless just to hurt Viktor, and I hope she eventually realizes that she does have some very big things to apologize to her family for. She set out to cause pain on purpose, to hurt like she'd been hurt. Which to me says she did have at least some inkling of just how much Harlan meant to Viktor. Whatever Viktor did, his motive was always the opposite of causing harm, and I think that matters. Outcomes matter more than intentions, but I still think it's far better to not have bad intentions.

But then again, we all know what the road to hell is paved with.

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