#the blackout story with athena was dumb and monopolized the shit out of the show but that was a single time. she doesn’t otherwise force the

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@lovecolibri WAIT RE: YOUR TAGS ABOUT INJURIES bc that drives me up the WALL in ls how often someone will be horribly injured and then never discuss it again. at least in the main show, you usually get a small b plot the episode after that delves into it - buck most noticeably tends to get an episode or two arc whenever he gets injured, but we see it frequently with eddie and bobby, and sometimes with chim and hen as well. like, yes they heal way faster than anyone realistically would OR there’s a small time jump and they’ll kind of comment on being back at work again. meanwhile, carlos AMD marjan straight up almost die and then they’re back at work like it’s nothing the next episode?? like, marjan’s lil side quest was excellently done imo (and honestly, tying it back to Marjan’s own belief in her strength, her faith, and adding in a reminder that she’s gotten this far because of the love and support of her family, that is the sort of story i’ve wanted for her, and the one [1] thing i will give the writers on both shows is that they clearly listen to feedback from the actors on their characters and imo that almost always leads to a richer storyline) but she was banged the FUCK up at the ending and then next episode she’s just. hanging out. still firefighting.

WHAT. WHY. chim in the og gets that treatment the worst (imo anyway. hen doesn’t really get arcs like that but that’s bc hen is not nearly as impulsive or accident prone as the entire rest of the 118 lmao, so she usually just doesn’t get injured as badly) but even chim gets an episode or two to deal with his ptsd after Maddie’s ex nearly kills him! buck gets at least one arc a season where he’s injured and has another quarter life crisis, bobby has had to chill out a few times after injury or a wobble in his sobriety, Athena was benched for like half a season after being injured, even Maddie will get b plots (or even main plots!) where she’s dealing with the emotional if not physical fall out of her job. Marjan’s car gets flipped off the road, she spends an entire day running through the woods bleeding and injured, and is then SHOT and KILLS SOMEONE and it’s just a shrug. We haven’t even heard from Iris since Carlos’ story wrapped!! The OG isn’t perfect at continuity or at, like you said, the kind of circular storytelling where something is brought up several episodes in a row as a b plot, then resolved as a main plot, but when you compare it to ls, there’s a clear disparity there that I find annoying. but rob lowe’s kids are in the writing room so Of Course they care more about Rob Lowe doing shit that has nothing to do with being a first responder (like, he’s not even going for ride alongs with Carlos or something! he’s just jogging around Austin and getting into shenanigans) than actually paying attention to the story they’re telling

#finding out that his son is in the writer’s room and his brother has directed a few episodes made so much sense lol #the blackout story with athena was dumb and monopolized the shit out of the show but that was a single time. she doesn’t otherwise force the #writing to be about her even tho she’s objectively the most famous person on the show. and at least the blackout had to do with athena’s job #anti 911 lone star #anti owen strand #i am in love with marjan can u TELL #911 lone star