Comments | radleyboo: shit that bothers me

radleyboo

shit that bothers me

Mar 29, 2013 17:56

Ohhhhhkay. This question has been in my head for a while now. We've already discussed how S3 of RB was not very fulfilling in many ways. Yes it's realistic that shit doesn't always go the way you want and people don't always behave the way you want them to, AND I KNOW nothing's perfect but Andy leaving at the end of S3---there's some stuff there ( Read more... )

season 3, rookie blue, sam/andy

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snapple79 March 29 2013, 23:32:35 UTC

I had so many issues with her going UC that my mind never even got around to think about this, but I totally agree! You'd think it would be protocol to see a shrink - not only to make sure she didn't do it because she's suicidal, but also to help her deal with the fact that she held a freakin bomb! You'd think maybe she'd be given a day off or something too after an ordeal like that.

The writers really forced this UC. I think that's what makes me even more annoyed about it.

radleyboo March 30 2013, 05:27:24 UTC

They rushed it. The more I think about it the more it annoys me. Andy was NOT fit for that op.

sm_chick March 30 2013, 00:37:47 UTC

Oh God, don't even get me started on the thousands of ways that whole situation didn't make sense. But I definitely agree taking the bomb was a bad move, mainly because the moment with the most risk of the stupid thing actually going off was during the hand-off. Andy actually put the little girl at more risk in that moment.

Sam would have put his hands around the girls' to steady her and make sure it didn't get jostled or dropped, and maybe helped her sit down, and then just kept her calm until the bomb squad WHO WAS ALREADY RIGHT OUTSIDE got there. That's what Andy should have done too, so IMO she did NOT prove herself vs. the opinion Luke had of her that morning. Everyone has known she was brave since at least when Frank noted that during the tie cutting ceremony.

radleyboo March 30 2013, 06:00:09 UTC

Exactly. She just let it be known that she would get too emotionally invested and was DEFINITELY not ready to go UC.

I hope Sam threw a shitstorm when he found out that she was sent UC without being given therapy or any of that. Worst timing ever.

cabide51 March 30 2013, 00:50:25 UTC

(I hope it's ok if I post in your lj page ...)

You're absolutely right. Andy leaving for the uc op after holding a bomb in her shaking hands was so unrealistic...
Well, maybe it's right in la-la-land. Who knows ?

radleyboo March 30 2013, 06:22:27 UTC

Of course it's okay!! Hello!! :)

hahahaha la-la-land. they better make up for all this crap this season!!

overthebreakers March 30 2013, 05:53:32 UTC

AGREED.

This total thing was malarkey - nonsense convenience for the writers (they could have had her go into 'hiding' or 'escaping' in a different way if they wanted to). No way are these ops not prepared to the nth degree. No way do they send ill-equipped operatives in half baked.

I'm going to come back later and say some more stuff about all this. I did a lot of similar thinking in the early hours of this morning when I was awoken by something in my neighborhood howling at the moon.

For now though: bet my effing ass they're gonna have her talking her way through things to army-boy. THIS IS GOING TO PISS ME OFF LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE.

malarkey!! I LOVE THAT WORD. radleyboo March 30 2013, 06:26:57 UTC

Right?! The ops require PREP. They don't just give you FIVE MINUTES TO DECIDE.

OF COURSE ARMY BOY WILL BE LIKE HER PTSD BUDDY AND THEY'LL TALK IT OUT AND BECOME SUPER CLOSE. THERE'S A FRIENDSHIP, AND THEN THERE'S A FRIENDSHIP WITH LESS BOUNDARIES THAT IS ACTUALLY BORDERING ON A RELATIONSHIP. IF THAT HAPPENS, I WILL BE SOOOOOOOOOOOO PISSED.

Yessssssss… doranwen September 14 2018, 06:47:40 UTC

OK, sorry for seeming like a total stalkeryish person here (but I'm desperate to at least *talk* to other fans, even if they don't talk back, lol - I really really hate this "coming to the fandom when it's completely dead" thing), but this post just said everything I hadn't quite thought through in my head but should have. *This* is why I felt so frustrated with the end of S3 and pretty much don't have much interest in rewatching the rest of it from there on out. (Personally, S1 and S2 were the best, S3 wasn't too bad but I'd have changed things about it.) I'm trying to think right now if I've even *seen* a fic that addressed the "you need therapy" along with the "we'll give you more than five minutes to decide" thing. Because both of those were so *wrong* fact-wise that they cheapen the whole storyline. (And ugh, McCollins was so forced - and it still never felt right. He made a great friend but a terrible boyfriend, imho ( ... )