User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 206 "Bloodlines" discussion/@comment-174.228.134.151-20120603072051/@comment-4928331-20120607053936

Not that you've responded to point-by-point rebuttals in the past, but so long as I've got your attention, one can always hope.

You say:
I am not saying that the writers have to change anything that they have already planned so far. All I am saying is that I am hoping that the writers already have something planned for this season that will take us back to the show that we used to love.

Rebuttal:
Honestly? This was not the sense I got when I read your opinions on the matter. Your opinions on that matter basically state that IF Greg and company don't change anything, THEN the show is doomed because the viewers will be confused. What this is telling me is that you have certain expectations about the show, and woe betide Greg Weisman if the show does not conform to your wishes. The fact that you just kept repeating that argument tells me that you hoped for something to be done about that. If it were a simple matter like expressing a hope that the writers have a skipback planned, you would express it once, and maybe another criticism at the end of the season - instead of after every single episode.

You say:
And at least I try to throw in some facts in order to support my statements, instead of being purely emotional about it.

Rebuttal:
Your major pet peeve was the amount of drama that we missed. Because we are seeing the revelations as a flashback instead of real time, you argue that a lot of the drama have been drained out of the situation. Plus, there are tons of unresolved plot points from season 1 still. Well, fair enough. But your appeal to "drama" and unresolved plot points are emotional in nature. You're not stating facts here, Cari, you're expressing opinions. Time skip sucks because no drama? Opinion. Time skip sucks because no resolution? Opinion. The time skip is 5 years in length? Fact. We've delved fairly deeply into Season 2, and I can safely say that most of the overhanging plot threads in season 1 have been addressed. A few examples:
 * 1) Missing 16 Hours - rampaging in Rimbor
 * 2) Where's Roy Harper - in a Tibetan monastery guarded by warrior monks
 * 3) Aqualad's parentage - he wasn't happy when he learned about it
 * 4) Fake Roy & Cheshire's flirting - they're married with child
 * 5) Garfield Logan's eyes turning green - he got animal shape-shifting powers
 * 6) SuperMartian - they split up because she left him no choice
 * 7) Spitfire - they've blossomed into a full romance
 * 8) Rotanna - nothing going on
 * 9) Aquaket - was just a peck on the cheek

As to your point about me taking your talking points and cranking up the ludicrousness, well, guilty as charged. Though it is interesting, to me at least, that you have nary a complaint until someone revealed that I was doing parody rants.