#preacher
I’m disappointed. I wasn’t disappointed for most of the episode - in fact I was cheering a lot of the choices and enjoying how they were wrapping it all up
Until the LAST THIRTY DAMN SECONDS
I’m sorry, but that’s a bullshit ending for Cass. He deserved better
Now it’s possible that I would’ve been disappointed a little by whatever they did that was different from the comics, because the way the comics wrap up is so intensely satisfying and felt so right to me. But.
You know what happens in the comics? The trio doesn’t end on good terms, but Cass lives, with a real, solid chance at moving on to be a better person. To “act like a man,” as Jesse puts it, by which he means being honorable, just, and thinking of something more than himself
He doesn’t get what he wanted, but he gets a real, honest chance at finding it. He gets HOPE
Now you’re telling me they all save the world, and maybe Cassidy goes off to decompress, but they were still friends. They loveeach other. They’ve said so multiple times. Maybe he needed some time away, but he never went back?
Never?
Never??
I actually think it’s in-character that he might have subconsciously not wanted to see them aging, and so kept putting it off until they were gone, and the regret of missing out on what he could have had makes him walk into the sun.
It makes sense!! But WOW I HATE IT
The whole thing about how he left Ireland after being turned because he didn’t think his family would accept him? He had acceptance! He had love! It was right there ready to embrace him! Where is the character development
I can also see it like this: the time he had with Jesse and Tulip was his greatest adventure. They’re the best friends he ever had, and he doesn’t want to live without them. He’s lived long enough, he can go now.
I could’ve accepted that so easily if he’d just had more of a life with them. ANY amount.
We do get the sense that they stayed in touch, at least….there’s that. I guess that’s some sort of having a life together. He at least didn’t cut them off, and technology makes it so they could have actually seen each other even if they weren’t physically in the same space
Don’t mind me if I cling to that thought like a life raft
it’s weirdly extra frustrating because I had no complaints about the rest of the episode. less than zero. it was great, up until that point
Like that fight between Tulip and Cassidy? In the comics, the last big fight Cass has, the one where both participants are reckoning with their relationship - is with Jesse. When I saw how they were setting it up here, I got so excited. When she punched him I literally exclaimed “SHIT YES!!!”
It made perfect sense for how the show had set up their relationship. Tulip was the one he still had the most to work through with. That smile they shared when the Grail folks started bashing down the door - ;;;;;;
The memorial moment for Humperdoo was also perfect
Jesse’s last scene with God was perfect
The confrontation between God and the Saint? /chef’s kiss
Everything with Featherstone? Surprised me with how grounded and emotional it was
Starr getting away with everything? Checks out
See what I mean about having less than zero complaints about the rest of it? :|
I’m just. A bit let down.
I have to respectfully disagree. His ending was moving and made me cry and write fanfic (which I haven’t done in years) because I wanted to just process it all. But… I don’t think he necessarily deserved better.
While Cassidy in the show is lightyears better than Cassidy in the comics, he’s still not a good person by almost all measures. He’s intensely lovable and sympathetic, so it’s easy for us to forget that he’s also just… not very good. He’s ruled by desire and sentimentality and whim: he does good things when they feel good, he does bad things when they feel good. He probably killed that old man in Australia. When God strong-arms Cassidy, he held out for a while, but he eventually betrayed his friends and was on the verge of letting humanity be destroyed. He makes the right decision ultimately, but again, not because he knew it was right, but because it feltright.
(This is not to say Tulip and Jesse are good people either. They’re all terrible. All of the heroes are intensely lovable but terrible.)
When it comes to disappointment, I have a sense of what you mean. Yeah, I wanted more. More of everything. I wish Preacher had been at least two seasons longer, goddamnit!
But I don’t have a problem with his ending. I think it was a win for him on some levels, even. He ends his story as the best possible version of himself, and who knows? Maybe they’re all going to be together again ;_;
Preacher characters as Troubled Birds pt1
i’m gonna miss them so much
[ID: Art of Cassidy, Tulip and Jesse, Cassidy wearing a bisexual flag pin and Tulip smiling brightly. /End ID]
can someone explain how dominic cooper pulls off “sexy” and “goofy asf” at the same time thanks
tulip o’hare will (and always will be) one of the most important characters i have ever encountered. i’ve grown so much because of her and i don’t falter away from defending myself or feeling confidence in myself like i used to. this is so sad ruth was so fucking stellar as tu.
preacher was such a blessing bc ruth, dom, and joe stans hardly saw the lads beforehand and preacher fed us so well. rip.
im really happy preacher is ending on their own terms because this means they can make a final ending instead of getting cancelled on a cliffhanger. ofc i’m so sad we didn’t see more and i wish more ppl would have noticed how amazing the show was but still. little blessings.
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I pray that God will cover and seal this boy for His kingdom