my hsmtmts hot takes:
(im going to be stoned for this i know it)
i did not care about rina in the slightest until season 4
seblos (as a ship/couple) is just sort of...there for me. i have no big feelings towards or against them. they're definitely cute, they just don't stay on my mind
though i loved the fashion upgrade that came with it, i hated the way kourtney was written in season 4
i don't care about madlyn that much. (i also don't like call it what you want all that much)
season 4's hsm3 songs were not done well (save for can i have this dance, high school musical (the finale) and dani's high school musical, and now or never (auditions) the mixing was bad, they had dara sing too high for i want it all and the singing itself just wasn't that good
^i loved most of the original songs tho
they should've never brought in any of the original hsm actors (save for kaycee and lucas in s1) they made a corbin a twisted version of himself in s3 and the rest of the actors in s4 were so overhyped just for them to barely be there
i actually liked portwell together. they both seemed so happy and i will never forgive the writers for building them up just to ruin them in s3
^speaking of s3 portwell, i will also never forgive this fandom for treating ej like he was some old man preying on a child and treating him like the villain (this is a rant by itself so we'll tackle that some other time)
i've never liked nini (or rini)
the rina hat only works because they got together in the end. imagine if a friend put a secret love confession in a gift for you and you find it after both of you get with someone else. i just find it weird to do that sort of thing when you don't even know if there's mutual feelings
i was on ricky's side during most of the rini discourse (save for him going behind nini's back and getting her a part when she didn't want one)
while i love both jennzzara and jetney, both of them were quickly thrown together at the end with hints that there were crushes in the air for both of them
i will forever hate that they chose frozen as s3's musical. the only songs i liked were what do you know about love and love is an open door
for a show about students putting on a musical, they really just did not show a lot of the musicals
^for s2, i've been giving them a pass because it was during the first year of covid so they were probably limiting how long people could be dancing around without masks (but i was still robbed of belle's yellow dress on ashlyn and ej and biggie playing gaston and lefou)
and finally, this show pairs people up so fast with no real development for either the people or the couple itself. the show really could've benefited from growing their characters without a relationship being the driving force and then worked on building romantic relationships once they figured out what to do with each character
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Headcanons of wha I think the HSMTMTS characters call their parents to them:
(This is bc I was writing Ash’s and thought how would everyone else say it)
Ashlyn: Dad/Momma (specifically when talking to them, otherwise I think she just tells people mom and dad casually. But to them it’s momma and dad)
Maddox/Jet: they canonically say mom and dad but I think to their faces they’d say something like Eoma and Appa
(for their Korean side- or whatever the writers think the characters are, I just feel like bc Saylor’s Korean that’s what they’d be)
Or something less basic, I don’t know.
Seb: mom and dad/ Papa (specifically papa at home, but to others in conversation he says dad, like when he was telling Carlos about his dad not being at the farm during his Quinces. But also papa to refer to a grandfather, if he has one.)
Gina: she canonically says Mommy, and I have no notes.
Ricky: simple Mom and Dad just fits. And it’s canon.
Kourtney: She says Mommy canonically, but I feel Ike the inflection is giving more of it being spelled ‘mommie’ or something
Big Red: mom and dad, but with the air of someone who talks about their parents as small business owners. Does this make sense?
Like he’s a family business kid and it shows bc he sounds so proud and smiley all of the time.
Nini: canonically it’s Mama (mama c and mama d) and I have no notes on this either shout-out to her gay moms
Carlos: something Spanish but in a sweet way like, his parents love him so much and he’s the same back so it’s just endearing and their all so proud of each other)
EJ: Mom🥰 and dad🙃 exactly like that
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