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Why does The Life of a Showgirl seem like it's a very quick, rushed and fast paced album as if there was time?

I have a theory:

Taylor bought her masters and then got to work on a few new tracks - The Fate of a Ophelia, Opalite, the title track and Actually Romantic - then used the vault tracks from Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) and Reputation (Taylor's Version)

Reputation (Taylor's Version) potential tracks:

- CANCELLED

- Honey

- Elizabeth Taylor

- Wi$h Li$t

Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) potential tracks:

- Wood

- Ruin The Friendship

- Father Figure

- Eldest Daughter (maybe).

I just feel like because of the inconsistent pacing and songs, it could be very rushed.

Hi, I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I have three MAJOR Critiques about Daryl Dixon Season 2. Starting with the pacing, the storyline and then Carol.

The Pacing

While I am all for an action packed zombie drama, Season 1 fits a spinoff more to the point. Season one provides a slow built narrative in which fans can genuinely get attached to certain characters without having to watch just action scene after action scene. That's what makes season one so special, it's special without the action, and most of the plot takes place solely from minor tension which keeps us watching. Season two completely betrays this, and does the opposite - everything is about action when it comes to Carol's and Daryl's story - it's only until episode six we get a plot based on just tension, and then there's the tunnel scene. Season 3 works also because of the constant political tension between the communities, something Season two totally lacks.

The Storyline

Long story short: Season 1 feels like the beginning of a long story in France. Season 2 feels like the writers decided halfway through that they wanted the story to take place in Spain instead. Genet, Isabelle, Laurent, Codron and even Fallou all feel like promising characters to a very large extent; however come season two - they all feel like problems the writers need to solve for the agenda in question, which is why season two is incredibly wasted. Season 2 should've been peaking the France storyline, instead of focusing on Carol getting to France. This is a huge problem. Take Isabelle shooting Emile - this SHOULD be a big turning point in her becoming a much stronger survivor, rather than entirely a nurturing survivor. Not to mention, she has very reduced screentime this season when compared to Carol.

Carol

As much as I love Carol and will continue to love her as one of my favourite walking dead characters of all time, she is a major dilemma and reason for most of the first season's characters being written out in absolutely any way possible. Take Sylvia, and Anna Valery - strong characters, written out because they were a part of the original narrative. All of this is constantly proven time and time again, especially when Carol and Daryl are IRONICALLY the only survivors to end up in Season 3 despite over 10 characters having more screentime in the overall spinoff than Carol herself. While Carol is a beloved character, it's as if the show was heavily relying on Daryl and Carol's duo to sell the show and it was for the charts, rather than the arts. Not to mention Carol's lie literally gets more recognition than Isabelle's death - which tells you there, comparing the importance of Isabelle to Carol - they chose to end Isabelle's arc right when it had begun. Her death doesn't feel right, or earned at all - her arc wasn't even completed, instead it feels interrupted.

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That was just my honest take from Daryl Dixon as a storywriter myself. I wish they had ultimately gone with the easiest solution a five year old could think of. Add more episodes to Season two, or continue and resolve the France plotline until the end of Season 3 so you have an earned and reasonably concluded arc.

I realise that the vast majority of fans who hated her character (Andrea) are going to attack me, but like we genuinely don't give enough credit to her.

I see TONS and I MEAN TONS of posts for Jon Bethnal (Spelling sorry) and Andrew Lincoln and A TON more, but Laurie Holden is just one we barely talk about.

She pretty much aced her role, and did her best with the material she was given, and at the same time she made us HATE her in the most frustrating moments. She looked manipulated, she looked selfish at times, and that was because she was working with the material she was given.

In my opinion, she aced everything SHOW Andrea was given, and I think she even would've aced the comic counterpart if they gave it a chance. But, this is an appreciation post, but I just wish she was given more credit. Something with how we do with Jon Bethnal, Danai and Andrew Lincoln. 🔓

First of all, I absolutely love Daryl, he's my favourite character, or one of them, but his arc seems to have shifted quite since S1.

Recently, I covered Andrea's original plan. Woodbury would be the lesson that makes her stronger, and the group would treat her similar to Lori in S3, therefore, her redemption would be saving the group at Terminus.

I covered Beth, and Beth would've been taken by religious fanatics, a Christian cult group, in which she would from the inside quite plot to overthrow, with the help of the others and Carol, however, if she survives, I can't find any scripts on the internet archive for that.

What was the OG plan for Daryl, though? Frank Darabont made him and Merle characters the rest of the group had to tip toe around, so I am wondering what they would've eventually become? Daryl's arc changes MAJORLY, in S2 and they reposition him to become more of an ally, rather than an enemy, when his arc could've gone both ways.

Your thoughts?