olivia

The writing and acting felt really poor at times, and I've seen a lot of people online talk about the show positively but only because of Qimir and how he looks hot or something. he's attractive, but that still doesn't excuse the show for how poorly written it is. when I first watched this show, it felt like I was watching a 15 year old's fan fiction of Star Wars being taken seriously enough to put it on screen. and it's funny because Leslye Headland, the director, even said that she was a fan fiction fanatic, so I guess that checks out. despite that, the show doesn't do a good job with immersing you into the story. the different settings all felt dull and didn't stand out to me. the characters were all very wooden and the show did not do a good job of fleshing them out and giving them a sense of uniqueness. I couldn't find any ways to sympathize with them or feel sorry when they died, they just came off as insignificant side characters. and yes, this show felt very politically motivated. I wouldn't have said this until episode 3, where two lesbians are able to create children. this is done by magic, but it still felt very weird to me. I have no problem with gay people, but I definitely don't think that you're doing a good job at representing lesbians by making them witches who are able to create children with magic. why not just make the twins adopted instead of having them be created by "the force"? that's what I initially thought before watching episode 3, that Osha and Mae were adopted or found abandoned in the woods or something, but after watching the episode I was very dissatisfied with the direction the writers/director took. The reason why I felt this way is because Anakin should've been the only one in Star Wars to have been made by the force, he was the chosen one after all, and by allowing other characters to have been created by the force, this takes away and weakens the significance of Anakin's creation. There was also a seen where there was a mentioning of pronouns, where the girl goes "Is he, or THEY, with us?" It felt so forced, and the reason for that is because she was talking about a sentient named Bazil. Now, if she had said "Is he, or it, with us?", that would have made more sense, considering that it's technically an animal. But using the pronoun "they" felt much more forced and unnecessary. The only people that I've found who genuinely enjoy this show are the people who have pronouns in their bio, so I am certain that this show was made for that particular political side. The only reason why I am mentioning this in my review is because I hate it when writers write a storyline/script based off of their political POV, whether it be blatantly liberal or blatantly conservative. Just write something that gets the audience THINKING, don't just try and sneak in your political perspective to tell people what to think!! In short, the main reason why I felt dissatisfied with this show is that it was clear to see that the creators of this show cared much more about inclusivity and implementing their personal opinion on politics instead of just focusing on writing a well crafted story that felt immersive, made sense, and had deep and meaningful themes.