Wynonna Earp 3x02 Thoughts
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+ I'm upset about Dolls death even though I got spoiled about the actor leaving and figured something like this was coming. Apparently it was the actor's choice so I can't be that angry about the character leaving but I am really aggravated about how it all played out. They knew from the start that they were losing him so I don't understand why he and his relationships with the others weren't given more attention?
Why did they draw back on the Wynonna/Dolls relationship this season? That especially makes no sense since them happily in love/together would only have made this more dramatic and sad. I also don't get the choice to make this episode so much about the Earps instead of centring it more on Dolls and what's happening with him? Why was he so much in the background of these episodes? Then there was his death which I found very weirdly filmed. Why didn't we even get a dramatic collapse/death scene? When he ended up surrounded by his flames I thought he was going to disappear in them but then suddenly there was his dead body? It was weird.
Did he even need to die? This is a sci-fi show so while there is no way Dolls would willingly leave there are ways they could have had him gone without death. He's part dragon - so when the flames disappear they find a giant egg! Later in the season it cracks and Dolls emerges different (a new actor!) but still Dolls. Or he falls into a coma/cocoon and they have to let Black Badge take him. Let him burn up in the flames and then mid-season have some mysterious stranger show up to be revealed to be Dolls. Hell, have him turn into a dragon and fly away! I don't know! Something other than death. Basically because this is a sci-fi show it would have been so easy to recast the role and kept Dolls on the show and I'm honestly a little upset that they didn't go that way.
So I'm irritated and frustrated at how this was all executed on top of sad about Dolls being dead and Wynonna/Dolls and my OT3 being dead - I had such hopes for it! ): Just sadness all around.
+ Oh, and just I'm so irritated about how Wynonna/Dolls were handled in these episodes. We didn't even get a kiss or a hug, no cuteness or being partners, and just... why not give us some wonderful Dolls/Wynonna before taking him away?
Up until that I did like the episode.
+ Wynonna/Waverly are, as always, amazing. "I can't leave Waverly. I don't leave her behind, ever." Their reunion was great. I loved Wynonna kissing Waverly's hand before leaving her. I liked their discussions about their mother. I loved Waverly comforting Wynonna at the end. They make me so happy.
+ I liked Wynonna's scenes with her mother. Despite Wynonna's certainty that she was a figment/hallucination I'm leaning towards her mother actually being there as some sort of mental projection.
+ We also got some great Wynonna/Nicole. I loved Nicole telling Wynonna to let go of the rope and Wynonna refusing with a "never going to happen". I loved this exchange:
"I screwed up."
"Sounds like standard Earp operating procedure. We can get through that."
Awww.
+ "I don't need a threat of damnation to fight for the right side." Great Dolls moment but also a really nice Dolls/Doc scene that I was missing from the premiere. I really liked him reassuring Doc that it would be alright. I also loved Doc's grief at the end and him calling out 'Xavier'.
+ As with Waverly's betrayal last season it looks like a major potential issue in the sisters' relationship is going to once again be swept under the rug of something major happening forcing them to move past their issues without having to really confront it.
+ I liked the Waverly/Dolls scene.
+ "I'm fighting for you." Aww, Jeremy. That was sweet and then Dolls plays along with Jeremy's Harry Potter analogy was great.
+ "Craft night is Thursdays" LOL. It amuses me so much that Doc knows that and the implication that all of them have it as a standard group night. Adorable.
+ When Jeremy asked Doc "why do you do that?" I though he was going in the direction of Doc hiding his true feelings/concern by hiding it behind selfishness or practicality. It's as true as Doc assuming the worst as shown by his "We need him. Don't tell him I said that."
+ I'm upset about Dolls death even though I got spoiled about the actor leaving and figured something like this was coming. Apparently it was the actor's choice so I can't be that angry about the character leaving but I am really aggravated about how it all played out. They knew from the start that they were losing him so I don't understand why he and his relationships with the others weren't given more attention?
Why did they draw back on the Wynonna/Dolls relationship this season? That especially makes no sense since them happily in love/together would only have made this more dramatic and sad. I also don't get the choice to make this episode so much about the Earps instead of centring it more on Dolls and what's happening with him? Why was he so much in the background of these episodes? Then there was his death which I found very weirdly filmed. Why didn't we even get a dramatic collapse/death scene? When he ended up surrounded by his flames I thought he was going to disappear in them but then suddenly there was his dead body? It was weird.
Did he even need to die? This is a sci-fi show so while there is no way Dolls would willingly leave there are ways they could have had him gone without death. He's part dragon - so when the flames disappear they find a giant egg! Later in the season it cracks and Dolls emerges different (a new actor!) but still Dolls. Or he falls into a coma/cocoon and they have to let Black Badge take him. Let him burn up in the flames and then mid-season have some mysterious stranger show up to be revealed to be Dolls. Hell, have him turn into a dragon and fly away! I don't know! Something other than death. Basically because this is a sci-fi show it would have been so easy to recast the role and kept Dolls on the show and I'm honestly a little upset that they didn't go that way.
So I'm irritated and frustrated at how this was all executed on top of sad about Dolls being dead and Wynonna/Dolls and my OT3 being dead - I had such hopes for it! ): Just sadness all around.
+ Oh, and just I'm so irritated about how Wynonna/Dolls were handled in these episodes. We didn't even get a kiss or a hug, no cuteness or being partners, and just... why not give us some wonderful Dolls/Wynonna before taking him away?
Up until that I did like the episode.
+ Wynonna/Waverly are, as always, amazing. "I can't leave Waverly. I don't leave her behind, ever." Their reunion was great. I loved Wynonna kissing Waverly's hand before leaving her. I liked their discussions about their mother. I loved Waverly comforting Wynonna at the end. They make me so happy.
+ I liked Wynonna's scenes with her mother. Despite Wynonna's certainty that she was a figment/hallucination I'm leaning towards her mother actually being there as some sort of mental projection.
+ We also got some great Wynonna/Nicole. I loved Nicole telling Wynonna to let go of the rope and Wynonna refusing with a "never going to happen". I loved this exchange:
"I screwed up."
"Sounds like standard Earp operating procedure. We can get through that."
Awww.
+ "I don't need a threat of damnation to fight for the right side." Great Dolls moment but also a really nice Dolls/Doc scene that I was missing from the premiere. I really liked him reassuring Doc that it would be alright. I also loved Doc's grief at the end and him calling out 'Xavier'.
+ As with Waverly's betrayal last season it looks like a major potential issue in the sisters' relationship is going to once again be swept under the rug of something major happening forcing them to move past their issues without having to really confront it.
+ I liked the Waverly/Dolls scene.
+ "I'm fighting for you." Aww, Jeremy. That was sweet and then Dolls plays along with Jeremy's Harry Potter analogy was great.
+ "Craft night is Thursdays" LOL. It amuses me so much that Doc knows that and the implication that all of them have it as a standard group night. Adorable.
+ When Jeremy asked Doc "why do you do that?" I though he was going in the direction of Doc hiding his true feelings/concern by hiding it behind selfishness or practicality. It's as true as Doc assuming the worst as shown by his "We need him. Don't tell him I said that."
