User blog:AlexKawa/Something I've Noticed About Season 3

What's up, everyone? Alex here. For a little while now, I've been wanting to pop in her and talk about something I've noticed this season so far.

So, I think that, in past seasons, it could be shown that the crew obviously had their favorites. It seemed as if certain characters would be put under a certain light that would try to get the audience to see them as something. Let me put it this way: everyone (well, mostly, at least) thought Luna's backstory in For Bros About to Rock was great, and I think that's what the intent was. Everyone (again, mostly) thought Lynn's role in No Such Luck was terrible, and, for as much as I do defend the episode (and it actually gets better the more I think about it), I can't say with a straight face that the writers weren't going for that. I mean, really. It seemed like there were handpicked characters, mainly meaning that these characters in particular were meant to be developed in a certain way, some obviously more developed than others. Like, it seemed like they were basically choosing which ones they wanted to give the most development to.

But in Season 3, that seems to have subsided quite a bit. Two episodes in particular that pull this off well are Net Gains and Fandom Pains (and yes, it is coincidence that those are the episodes where Lincoln doesn't appear). In Net Gains, you could tell they were trying their best to give Lynn real development. And it paid off very well. In Fandom Pains, they went for a combination of sisters we hadn't really seen before: Lori, Leni, and Lucy. And that episode ended up great, too. By coming up with these random combinations, we are seeing different sides to the characters. And hopefully, in Head Poet's Anxiety (if you've already seen it, please don't spoil it for me; I want to wait until Monday when it's properly released), they can pull of a good combination between Luan and Lucy. I am still hoping for a Lincoln-Lynn episode, or at least a segment where they work together like we got in Insta-gran. C'mon, writers! Do me this one solid! I sat through Culture II by Migos twice for an album review! I deserve an episode of my choice in return! But even if not, I still applaud the writers for clearly trying to put their alleged favoritism aside in favor of unbiased character development.

Another episode I wanna talk about is Rita Her Rights. I know that there are some out there who hate this episode, so keep in mind that all of this is just my opinion. Obviously, before this, the only Rita episode we had gotten before was A Novel Idea, which I thought was great. But she kind of shared that episode with Lincoln. This time, though, the spotlight was all on her. I know some people hated it because of how she basically gets "addicted" to community service and neglects her family and "doesn't learn a lesson." But personally, I thought she did learn a lesson, even if she learned it the hard way. I think that is pretty clear, unlike something like A Tattler's Tale, where Lola eventually went back on her promise in her Listen Out Loud epidose (seriously, are we ever gonna get anymore of that?).

So, this is just my take on the topic, what do you guys think? Sound off in the comments below, and I'll see you next Tuesday for my Head Poet's Anxiety review. Take care!