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dangermousieOK, I have just finished season 3 of Roswell. Yes, it was 15 episodes, yes I pulled an all nighter, yes, I am insane.
I have a bazillion comments I want to make, but I really must get a rant out first.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! There, now I feel a bit better.
What on earth happened to Maria? Has she been replaced by a pod person mid season without anyone noting? She went from my favorite female character on the show (yes, even more so than Liz) to someone I wanted to aim a 2x4 at. From someone who was flaky but had good heart and plenty of common sense, she turned into a completely selfish, self-absorbed twit. I am not even going to go into how she pulled away from Liz who really needed her. What really got me was the utterly thorough mind job she did on Michael.
Every time Liz pulled back from Max she had a really really good reason: in S2 it was destiny and Future Max, in S3, the brief bit she had was because she was turning into an alien and to be with Max physically caused her pain. These are pretty freaking legitimate. And every time, she really got “punished” for it, because actions have consequences (Max got together with Tess, she was in severe pain in S3 etc). But Maria?
OK, I can fanwank that she had that moment of “is that really it, is this how my life is going” that most girls have pretty early in the relationship much later than most because earlier there was one constant threat after another and Michael was most likely not going to be around anyway. It takes some hard fanwanking because it would help if we ever saw her earlier dissatisfied with Roswell and Michael and we haven’t. But I can do it.
I can even fanwank kissing an ex while in a relationship (sorry, BIG no) as an impulse she couldn’t control thing.
So I can deal with her breaking up with Michael, even though it makes not too much sense, and my heart breaks for him when he is being so sweet and desperate and gentle and at the end the flowers in his hands crumble into dust (OK, so I cried. That whole ep makes me depressed as what Michael fears will happen does. And he can't control his powers. I guess his life is literally falling apart).
What I can’t deal with very well are the head games she plays with Michael afterwards, and how she is so about “Maria needs” that she does not consider for a second what she is doing to him.
He gave up going home for her. And he is the sweetest, nicest bf any girl can ask for. Really. The least she could do is not to fuck him up because she doesn’t want to think of anyone other than Maria.
OK, Michael is a guy. He is a guy who is terrible at reading people. But even a really “attuned” guy would be screwed up by her approach. The whole episode where they look for a New Year’s party and he gets sick and she is just upset about how he is ruining her life and her fun and he overhears her and tells her to go and he is fine (even though he is clearly not) and she does? OK, 2x4 coming out. She is really really hurting him in that scene, and anyone with one eye can see it, but she chooses to just ignore it. Argh.
And don’t even get me started on the whole “it’s all about me” approach. Maria wants sex? OK. Maria wants a friend? OK. But what does she think she is doing, going back to have a night of sex with a guy who still loves her and wants her back? That is really selfish and irresponsible and what drives me up the wall is when she is talking to Liz the morning after and says that “oh yeah, we are friends with benefits, Michael won’t think we are back together, he knows the score.” Earth to Ms. Egotist here? You just spent the night with the man who is trying to win you back. What do you think he is going to think? The fact that it doesn’t occur to her for a second about what she is doing to Michael just boggles the mind. The thing that I loved about Maria is that she really cared about other people and thought about them. I guess not any more. She doesn’t even think about the consequences of her actions and that they hurt people. Argh!
Also, hello? Michael already has issues about trusting people and opening up to people. Maria knows that, better than anyone, really. To keep doing this bait and switch on him is just plain cruel. No wonder Michael tries and tries and then finally gives up and starts reverting into “I don’t need anyone, my way or the highway” S1 Michael. That is why he gets so obsessed about the alien thing again. Because once again, his life completely sucks.
And Maria (unlike Liz) gets no fallout. I am very happy she decided to come along, and give up all she’s known to be with him at the end. But really, by the end, I was so annoyed with her, I was mainly happy for Michael’s sake. And what if she flakes again? Hopefully, she has already had her existential crisis and is past that. And Michael loves her. But I am still annoyed.
Well, at least I am thoroughly happy with Max and Liz.
ETA: I rewatched a bunch of eps and I feel much better about Michael and Maria. I think she just freaked because she realized that she was set for the rest of her life in this course and overreacted (it's kinda connected to being worried about not being able to live without him, so she wants to prove she can). And because she does feel bad and yet still is freaking she tries to ignore that she is hurting Michael because than she would feel really bad and not be able to go through with it. Basically, she is having a long major freak-out. When she realizes that she can lose him forever and have a life without him, it hits her, what she really wants and she snaps out of it. And considering she decides to give up everything in her life and come along and be with him, I think her fit is over and she's proven how she feels. Neither Michael nor she are much for verbal apologies after all, but apologize through their actions. I feel better.
I have a bazillion comments I want to make, but I really must get a rant out first.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! There, now I feel a bit better.
What on earth happened to Maria? Has she been replaced by a pod person mid season without anyone noting? She went from my favorite female character on the show (yes, even more so than Liz) to someone I wanted to aim a 2x4 at. From someone who was flaky but had good heart and plenty of common sense, she turned into a completely selfish, self-absorbed twit. I am not even going to go into how she pulled away from Liz who really needed her. What really got me was the utterly thorough mind job she did on Michael.
Every time Liz pulled back from Max she had a really really good reason: in S2 it was destiny and Future Max, in S3, the brief bit she had was because she was turning into an alien and to be with Max physically caused her pain. These are pretty freaking legitimate. And every time, she really got “punished” for it, because actions have consequences (Max got together with Tess, she was in severe pain in S3 etc). But Maria?
OK, I can fanwank that she had that moment of “is that really it, is this how my life is going” that most girls have pretty early in the relationship much later than most because earlier there was one constant threat after another and Michael was most likely not going to be around anyway. It takes some hard fanwanking because it would help if we ever saw her earlier dissatisfied with Roswell and Michael and we haven’t. But I can do it.
I can even fanwank kissing an ex while in a relationship (sorry, BIG no) as an impulse she couldn’t control thing.
So I can deal with her breaking up with Michael, even though it makes not too much sense, and my heart breaks for him when he is being so sweet and desperate and gentle and at the end the flowers in his hands crumble into dust (OK, so I cried. That whole ep makes me depressed as what Michael fears will happen does. And he can't control his powers. I guess his life is literally falling apart).
What I can’t deal with very well are the head games she plays with Michael afterwards, and how she is so about “Maria needs” that she does not consider for a second what she is doing to him.
He gave up going home for her. And he is the sweetest, nicest bf any girl can ask for. Really. The least she could do is not to fuck him up because she doesn’t want to think of anyone other than Maria.
OK, Michael is a guy. He is a guy who is terrible at reading people. But even a really “attuned” guy would be screwed up by her approach. The whole episode where they look for a New Year’s party and he gets sick and she is just upset about how he is ruining her life and her fun and he overhears her and tells her to go and he is fine (even though he is clearly not) and she does? OK, 2x4 coming out. She is really really hurting him in that scene, and anyone with one eye can see it, but she chooses to just ignore it. Argh.
And don’t even get me started on the whole “it’s all about me” approach. Maria wants sex? OK. Maria wants a friend? OK. But what does she think she is doing, going back to have a night of sex with a guy who still loves her and wants her back? That is really selfish and irresponsible and what drives me up the wall is when she is talking to Liz the morning after and says that “oh yeah, we are friends with benefits, Michael won’t think we are back together, he knows the score.” Earth to Ms. Egotist here? You just spent the night with the man who is trying to win you back. What do you think he is going to think? The fact that it doesn’t occur to her for a second about what she is doing to Michael just boggles the mind. The thing that I loved about Maria is that she really cared about other people and thought about them. I guess not any more. She doesn’t even think about the consequences of her actions and that they hurt people. Argh!
Also, hello? Michael already has issues about trusting people and opening up to people. Maria knows that, better than anyone, really. To keep doing this bait and switch on him is just plain cruel. No wonder Michael tries and tries and then finally gives up and starts reverting into “I don’t need anyone, my way or the highway” S1 Michael. That is why he gets so obsessed about the alien thing again. Because once again, his life completely sucks.
And Maria (unlike Liz) gets no fallout. I am very happy she decided to come along, and give up all she’s known to be with him at the end. But really, by the end, I was so annoyed with her, I was mainly happy for Michael’s sake. And what if she flakes again? Hopefully, she has already had her existential crisis and is past that. And Michael loves her. But I am still annoyed.
Well, at least I am thoroughly happy with Max and Liz.
ETA: I rewatched a bunch of eps and I feel much better about Michael and Maria. I think she just freaked because she realized that she was set for the rest of her life in this course and overreacted (it's kinda connected to being worried about not being able to live without him, so she wants to prove she can). And because she does feel bad and yet still is freaking she tries to ignore that she is hurting Michael because than she would feel really bad and not be able to go through with it. Basically, she is having a long major freak-out. When she realizes that she can lose him forever and have a life without him, it hits her, what she really wants and she snaps out of it. And considering she decides to give up everything in her life and come along and be with him, I think her fit is over and she's proven how she feels. Neither Michael nor she are much for verbal apologies after all, but apologize through their actions. I feel better.
