Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34063980-20171225115421/@comment-35438169-20180518094401

The Lord of Deathless wrote: OUATCaptainSwan wrote:

That’s exactly what I’m saying. If Henvy wasn’t the obviously better option, if they hadn’t show us that potential, I wouldn’t be as passionate or upset about this as I am. It’s the fact that they give us something really great, then, take it away in favor of something that pales in comparison, that I don’t understand. I guess, from a writer’s P.O.V., I can understand it. If you have a vision, then, you have a vision; it’s your story, your rules. But still. Yep! Ultimately, what makes a believable and interesting relationship to me depends very much on how inviting and natural the acting comes off as. The couple onscreen have to be very convincing in their feelings in such a way that it leaves one wanting even more every time their scene ends. On top of that, the writing of said characters is equally important - how much time and effort the writers choose to put into the scenes as well as the character dialogue, and then how well the actors translate it to the screen.

All of that clicks perfectly with Henvy in my book, whereas it seems as though the writers aren't working nearly as hard on Henry's scenes with Ella even though they keep pushing them as "the IT couple", and it's really much less the fault of the actors than it is them being given not enough to work with (although I personally consider Addy a much better fit for Andrew than Dania by default from how amazing she is in any of her roles) - especially Dania/Ella, who seems to be constantly sidelined every episode in favor of literally anyone else, with no thought put into her scenes anymore (even though there wasn't much to begin with anyways) while Ivy got the most well-written and acted storyline and scenes with Henry. Yeah 😂 I hate that, tbh. They give us a ship with more chemistry, then, throw in the better scenes to make us want more of them. Then, Ivy leaves, and they pursue something that pails in comparison and hasn’t been given nearly as much attention. They basically just said ‘ this is the endgame; they’re in love ‘ and left it at that. For a couple who has little chemistry, especially, that isn’t the way to go 😂 You shouldn’t try to force the ship, but you shouldn’t let a better option dangle in front of the faces of the audience and, then, take it away, either. I also think that the problem with Glass Believer being rushed is the fact that storylines overlap them. It was basically like ‘ We want our endgame at the end, but let’s focus on our long list of storylines and ideas that we have first. ‘ To be honest, those storylines were better than Glass Believer, but it still doesn’t help their case much.