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Is there anybody worth rooting for besides......Spoilers!!!

posted 8 years ago by Defangthesnake
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Is there any body worth rooting for besides Vanessa? At this rate the world might be better off under vampire rule, considering how disloyal, dishonorable, and cowardly almost every human is that is left. This whole thing of killing off likeable characters is being mishandled. Just like the constant betrayal (this isn't Mission Impossible or The Bourne Identity) it's the vampire apocalypse. Is all this intrigue really needed? I was starting to like the show but they are getting rid of characters that fans of the show have a reason to want to come back and watch it. It's way too early to be killing people off. And all of this betrayal is boring and predictable. I'm hoping the season finale is not a let down. I really like Vanessa and the actress that plays her, but she can't carry this series alone.

[–] szisoman 8 years ago

The betrayals are in a way unpleasantly shocking. not sure if that's what the writers want but betrayal in life happens & understandable, but on this show...nearly everyone betrays the other except for axel & vanessa.
vanessa sometimes seems out of her depth & was beaten by sam remarkably easily when she's supposed to have the skills to destroy him in a second.
I doubt there will be a second season of this series.

Let's go get a drink & smoke a cigarette

[–] mistyrain 8 years ago

I am not rooting for any of them. I do not like one single character. Perhaps a few will get redemptive arc and I will change my mind. That said this show was renewed in October.

[–] arckilian 8 years ago

@Defangthesnake
I think it's even worse than not having any character left to root for. With Axel and Susan in the grave, there is litterally NO ONE genuinely caring for the main character. The only ones caring for Vanessa are us viewers. That's really a first for me. I've seen big bad evil characters cared for more than Vanessa.

And you are right, Vanessa can't carry the show alone. Viewers tend to enjoy the dynamics between characters too. It's not only about the main character being badass. We need a few characters by her side.

@Mistyrain
At this point, there are no other option : some of our treacherous characters will have to repent and redeem themselves. But do we truly want that ? So after a whole season of betrayal, we will have to dedicate the next one for each of their redemptions ? Can't say that I'm thrilled.

[–] Carrigon 8 years ago

The ones they didn't kill off, they ruined. I don't like anyone that's left and Vanessa just comes off as an idiot when she keeps taking on vamps and she's really not able to fight them. I don't see the point of any of it. The writing is just awful. And it's taken all these eps for us to finally get some answers about her in the next ep, but it's like too little, too late. She isn't enough to carry this show alone.

They had some good team members, it's a shame they destroyed it all.

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[–] grungyhappycat 8 years ago

I am only rooting for Vanessa at this point. I'm hoping Axel returns soon. If at all.

You're right about every human left being disloyal and cowardly, but that's not surprising to me since humans in real life are just like that. In an apocalyptic word...I'm sure those attributes would multiply by 100.

[–] Defangthesnake 8 years ago

They also have Theo and Flesh. Theo seems like a badass. I just hope they don't use him as the typical tragic love interest who gets sacrificed for the character growth of Vanessa. It's too cliched. LMAO, in real life, I'm not surprised by the lack of humanity I see in people. That's why one of the most important survival instincts to use in a situation like this is to only be around people you trust with your life, and isolate yourself from mobs of people.

[–] RidiculousPasta 8 years ago

Nah that's tv show garbage to condition people in real life to separate into manageable groups if anything real ever did kick off.

In real life you'd be safer in large "mobs" aka communities and people do tend to come together in times of need.

In the past we've seen this to be true and people did form large groups which is why we have large communities now.

Only difference today is those in power know that people talking and sharing ideas creates change. They don't want change. So our tv shows teach us to be paranoid of our neighbor. Most people don't even know their neighbors anymore yet 20 some years ago everyone knew most neighbors by name.

Don't fall for conditioning. Let a show be a show.

[–] Defangthesnake 8 years ago

That's actually a good point made. Basically united we stand, divided we fall.

[–] blust2 8 years ago

The handsome guy who made love with Vanessa and turned her back to straight two weeks ago.

[–] grungyhappycat 8 years ago

lol vanessa was never gay

[–] vannrouge 8 years ago

Are you sure ?
Because it seemed like it was ? the intent of producers that she was

[–] sammyxander 8 years ago

Excellent point made sir.. I hope the show's producers have a really good plan for the direction of the series because they have drastically thinned the original Axel group down to just Vanessa.. I liked Mohammed but they completely wasted him by making him another cowardly character.. such a shame.

Some reviewers have mentioned Theo and the rest of the human resistance but we do not know enough about them to really care for them and they have ruined those we really got to like..

Vanessa is the only one left and as some others noted, she cannot carry this show by herself. Her latest fights have been disappointing. She gets knocked out too easily..

They had better have some miraculous turn around..