#this is a long rambling

I decided to do a bit of a wrap up of this crazy crazy year we have managed to get through, each day for the rest of the year will go over some of my show’s and ship’s from throughout the year.

Now for the ships of the year, it was a big year for many show’s and many of my ships either flew high, or crashed and burnt, which I guess is quite fitting for 2020.

Brightwell:these two are two people who have and are, going through a lot of shit, they both have some issues, and they both see that in each other, but somehow, they are honest with each other. I don’t expect this ship to get together anytime soon, not with the amount of issues they both need to work through, but I just hope that they continue on their path. There is a real life kind of side to their relationship you don’t see in a lot of these types of shows, they were apprehensive of each other initially, they didn’t exactly immediately trust or befriend each other, but Malcom did show his truths to her pretty early on, and she accepted his past but not his reckless behaviour, they snapped at each other when the other pushed, and confided as well, both have trust issues, but both made an effort with each other in that regard, they both made an effort to look out for each other too, Dani helped when he asked, which made him more willing to ask, and back his idea’s, but kept him in check when the request wasn’t right (background on Eve). And even when they were mad at one another for whatever reasons, they were learning to talk it out, and to forgive each other. I could go on about these two for days, but I will end with I am very much looking forward to seeing where they go with them.  

Dousy:this entire ship was 11 episodes in total, and yet it was so well spaced and written. I have said it so many times, but AOS was a show I watched so casually, but within only a couple episodes of these two meeting, I was gif’ing and writing more than I do for shows and ships I’ve been invested in for years. I was optimistically hopeful for them seeing as it was the last season, but I still wasn’t going to believe they would even get together, or that they would both survive, until I had seen the last episode, and even now I am still slightly concerned that somehow their relationship will be ruined in another marvel show, because this ship was almost too good to be true. From the barn scene, to Daniel willing to follow Daisy into space even after she admitted it was unlikely to work, to him willing to stay behind for the team to complete their mission, everything about it was perfect. I was also so blown away from the feedback that I got from the fic’s I wrote for this ship, I still hope to go back and finish them one day, and maybe write a few more!

Miggy:other than the VISA/fake marriage storyline that I wasn’t a fan of to begin with, and even less of a fan of how it panned out, the two have grown throughout season two and the start of season three. I feel like they are starting to realise that there might be something there between them, and while both have to work out what that means for them both individually, I do feel something has shifted between them. I do think that they were a bit closer before the VISA stuff, and that they are slowly getting back to where they would have been without the potential marriage stuff, and that regardless, they both still have some stuff to work out, but so far, their relationship – professionally and personally – has been growing steadily and I expect it to be moved along quite well throughout the season we have just started, unless they decide to try and drag it out more. I also think that the people closest to them are starting to be more switched on about them, or at least they are starting to sense a change of sorts between them, which will be interesting to watch.

Honourable mentions go to; Deckerstar – from Chloe realising it wasn’t Lucifer, to them learning to actually communicate with each other, they were incredible, Jake & Amy – I just love these two, enough said, Shangie – this season sort of feels like a couple steps back, but hopefully might start to go forward soon enough, Olicity – a ship that started around a guest star role, it was an end of an era with these two, and their daughter was so well cast, I would have preferred a happy ever after for them, but these will go down as an OTP for the ages, Rapata – I shipped these two from the beginning, and felt it was a massive let down, they didn’t need to kill him off, the whole team deserved the happy ending, still bitter over this, and lastly, Bellarke – ignoring the horrible ending, for the ship and the show, this ship meant so much to me over the years, and couldn’t go unmentioned.

Lastly, tomorrow for the last day of the year, will be an overall recap.

I decided to do a bit of a wrap up of this crazy crazy year we have managed to get through, each day for the rest of the year will go over some of my show’s and ship’s from throughout the year.

Now for the shows that survived 2020, and made an impact along the way, in a year that was all over the place in real life but gave us a chance to catch up on new shows, and re connect with old. While I am still waiting for some to return, some that haven’t even aired at all this year, I am thankful that any have come back recently.

Greys Anatomy: this show continues to bring the good and the bad, it’s about the only show that has ever been able to get me super invested in a ship, to disliking the ship and then shipping the people with others. I am all for McWidow, I really enjoyed Link/Amelia stuff, I actually don’t mind the Jo/Jackson storyline, and honestly, I was/am rooting for Teddy/Tom. But the thing that I have liked most about greys this year, is the way it is showing the pandemic, the way it is showing it all in a way that hits hard because of the truths, and shows us a small insight into how much the amazing people fighting this are giving up, how hard it is on them, and shedding light on the uglier side of things like how many more black people it is killing – something that for me, living in Australia, it isn’t something we hear a lot about, we haven’t had the same level of deaths or cases, but I guess if we had, it could be harder to watch this new season.

Lucifer:for a show that went from being cancelled, to picked up from another network, and then to having a final season, to have another added, it truly got some luck on its side. Everything about this show is just so well done, and never in a million years did I think I would get so invested in a show about the devil! There is a reason it just doesn’t seem to be able to be let go, and this season showed it brilliantly. The Deckerstar ship might be so important and pivotal to the show, and yes, them finally getting together without any secrets was so great, but so are all the other characters, from Maze, to Trixie to Ella, it’s hard to imagine the show without the whole ensemble, and I cannot wait for the rest of this season.

Magnum PI: this show has consistently been at the top of my watch list since it started, and although I didn’t overly like the ending of the season at the start of the year, I think the new season is getting back to the groove it had made for itself, and I am very excited to how this season will go. This show is such an odd little group of people, who somehow work, and definitely helps the nice cars on the show. I feel there has been a lot of growth this year with Miggy, but I do hope they don’t keep drawing it out too much, this isn’t just the shipper in me talking, but I for one think that they have been going a pretty steady speed with them and without a plausible reason, if they don’t get together this season/early next, it’s going to start to be too drawn out. Also, stop bringing in more sideline stories for newer characters, and give the main group more, like Rick & Kumu.

Prodigal Son: there was something about this show and it’s characters that drew me in instantly, I was so terrified that like a lot of the shows that do that, that this would get cancelled, and the longer they drew the renewal confirmation on, the more I was worried for it’s safety, but in one of the few good things to come out of 2020, somehow it pulled through (and starts back soon!). I love the characters, and their struggles, there isn’t many shows that I actually like and am invested in all the main’s but somehow even the likes of Jessica (who did annoy me to start with) and Edrisa (same) grew on me quickly. There is something about the dark humour of this show, and it’s portrayal of mental illness and murders that kind of reminds me of Hannibal – in a good way. But the icing on the cake for this show is Brightwell, a ship I cannot wait to see where it goes, it’s been a while for a good fashioned slowburn that is actually slowburn because it needs to be – these too are a little bit too messed up at current, but they will get there.

Honourable mentions go to; Brooklyn nine-nine – Jake and Amy, need I say more, this show tackles everything it can well and without losing its comedic edge, FBI/FBI most wanted – probably the best procedurals I’ve watched in a long time, superstore – as someone how has worked retail, and within the pandemic, this show is showing it all, Legends of tomorrow – the forgotten arrowverse show that cops a lot of flak, but has been my favourite for a long time, even if they probably caused all the issues in 2020, private eyes – this little Canadian show is a bit of a favourite of mine, I stumbled across it one day and so glad that it is back on my screens, and the flight attendant - the short series that somehow made me almost shipping a ship where one of them is dead, oh if only he wasn’t murdered in the first episode and the premise of the whole show.

Up next tomorrow will be the ships of 2020 for me!

I decided to do a bit of a wrap up of this crazy crazy year we have managed to get through, each day for the rest of the year will go over some of my show’s and ship’s from throughout the year.

After a 2019 that saw the wrecking of one of my longest OTP’s of Veronica and Logan, the ruining of my GOT ships (and the whole show), the killing of Reylo – aka the thing that drew me into Star Wars and still the only one’s I’ve were the ones they were in, and countless more, I went into 2020 already apprehensive of what would come.  

I’ll start with the shows that have meant so much to me over the years that came to an end in 2020, for the most part they all had final seasons, meaning they all had the chance to wrap up their storylines and provide some sort of closure for us.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: I’ll be honest, before the last season, I was actually more of a causal watcher, I never was super invested in this show until the last season and they introduced DOUSY, this ship was probably my ship of 2020. It made me write more fics than I had in forever, more gifs, and even the first group chat I joined, I fell hard and fast for this ship, and was so expecting it to not end as endgame or for Daniel to die, because it was 2020, and because of my shipping track record. This was one of the best written ships, especially in such a short timeframe -without feeling rushed- and as much as I wish I see more of it, a part of me is terrified of them ruining it if they ever do anything further with them. Overall the finale was one of the best I have seen in a long time.

Arrow:I have loved and hated parts of this series, and the ending was pretty similar, I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it, regardless, the lack of Oliver and Felicity on my screens is sad. I wrote a little of these two back in earlier seasons and was always so thrilled with the response I got – fun fact, while in lockdown, I did debate finishing a story I wrote years ago!

Blindspot:I struggled with this finale, my otp for this show was ruined in the first episode by killing Reade off, and while I was okay with the overall final season, and I choose to believe that it ended with Jane alive, I did kind of feel let down, especially with the waits between seasons I had endured. I felt it there was rehashing of already used storylines, and for a limited number of episodes, it could have been done better.

The 100: where do I start, I had been with this show since the start, I had gotten so many friends into it in season 1 and Bellarke is probably one of my very main OTP’s. I had planned to write something going into the last season, a thank you of sorts to the show and the character’s, and then had gone to throughout and then after, but every time I’ve gone to, I’ve been disheartened. I wanted to say regardless of if they were endgame or not, it was such a special ship, regardless of the hate and of people’s opinion on it, it was such a big part of the show, the ship and the shippers were such a large reason we even got more than one season – I know I was not alone all those years ago when I was so surprised it got picked up for another season. And although the show went a little weird, and I wasn’t really a fan of the later seasons, I kept watching, only to see the characters and the storyline so ruined, and such a horrible ending (regardless of ships). I will say, the Bellarke ship did get a little weird for me after they got together in real life, and the RL version is the one I will pick any day, the two are such lovely people (both I have had the pleasure of meeting a few times) and their real happiness definitely outweighs any fictional storyline.

Honourable mentions go to The good place – who wrapped up a in a serious but comedic way that only it could pull off, how to get away with murder – it might have lost my viewing at times but I actually enjoyed the ending, god friended me – I might not have overly like the ending, but it was a light hearted show that broke things up a bit, will and grace – I mainly watched this out of nostalgia and I think I almost preferred the newer episodes over the old ones, single parents – if only to remind me of my love for gossip girl, I was sad to see this get cancelled, and finally Stumptown – who went the opposite of some of the shows of late, by being renewed only to be cancelled, somehow a show with Robyn (HIMYM) and Nick (New Girl) as the main characters was one of my favourite new shows for the year.

Stay tuned for continuing shows tomorrow!