I really cannot see how it can get better? I think they’ve written themselves into a corner with at least 75% of the stories, and a lot of them are just downright uninteresting. I find myself catching up on episodes now and they just seem like filler episodes for something bigger that should be happening, but just isn’t. And I am still utterly flummoxed about the Sacha and depression storyline. They handled it worse than picking up Hanssen’s OCD and depression whenever it suits that particular hour of show. But then, they’re doing it with every storyline that could have been developed into something so much better. I’m no Zollie expert, so I shan’t harp on about that, but I’m struggling to see how they thought that that was the best way to write them, the wedding, the exit etc? I find most of the characters dull or irritating, and the long standing characters that I liked, I’m also now irritated by, purely because they’re part of dull and uninteresting, or downright ridiculous storylines. And I have absolutely no idea what they’re doing with Nina from one week to the next. They’ve definitely lost a flow, an aesthetic, direction…. something, and I don’t know, either, if they can fix that. I hope they do by the time, or with, Serena’s return. Because to bring her back into this current dynamic would be excruciating. I want her back into a strong show, a strong story, or not at all, as much as it would pain me to not see her on screen again.
Future-present me: They did not, in fact, fix it by or with Serena’s return. In fact…
Sorry to all I started conversations with, but I started avoiding Tumblr bc I couldn’t watch the last 2 eps of Holby live so I didn’t want spoilers and to feel things before I was ready to feel them.
I don’t mean to just disappear off the face of the earth, I just sometimes shut down and don’t think about repercussions on other people.
And I don’t know how to work tags to not see things… Which I think would be pretty pointless in this case, anyway, because I’m only here, really, to vent all things about the show that makes me get drunk and ranty and/ or avoidant and awful and/ or euphoric. So, I’m so sorry!
But here I am, watching the last but one episode! Hopefully I’ll make watching the last one, too, but it’s v late/ early and I’m running out of booze and time to sleep, so we’ll see! But I want to still be part of the fandom community bc you’re all so lovely, so again, I’m sorry for just… Being meh, most of the time I hope to be better; I’m working on being better
I do not remember how Tumblr works but I am here and I am v gay screaming am about to watch bloody Holby with @asfarascruithne I have wine and years worth of screaming to do yet this may or may not turn into a live blog sorry
IT’S BEEN FIVE AND A HALF YEARS!! 5!! AND A HALF!!
And you can still count on two hands the amount of times they’ve kissed in comparison to the sheer amount of trauma they (we!!!) have experienced omg
I do not remember how Tumblr works but I am here and I am v gay screaming am about to watch bloody Holby with @asfarascruithne I have wine and years worth of screaming to do yet this may or may not turn into a live blog sorry
Every time I watch* these gifs I feel like I’m on the verge of something profound, some kind of epiphany, about love, and then my brain just says, “look at the pretty ladies they smile in their eyes”.
I can’t believe Bernie has passed the useless lesbian™ bug onto Serena: Fleur was flirting with her for months in the most obvious way and she just thought she was JOKING!
What if later in the evening Serena is talking to Greta about her own girlfriend Bernie (let’s face it she’s always talking about her to whoever will listen) and Greta is like ‘Bernie is not a girl’s name, is it short for something?’ And when Serena explains it stands for Bernice, Greta’s eyes shine.. 'Berenice is a very unusual name’
The news of Holby being axed made me go and revisit Berena and I remembered how good it was (well in the beginning anyway) still sad that it’s ending when it did create such a great storyline and a great fandom.
