Making Mercedes lazy was, well, lazy. It's like they needed an excuse to make her into something of a villain for the purposes of the storyline, and so they grabbed at Jesse's criticism from last season and went with it as a personality trait. Seriously, we haven't seen anything out of Mercedes to indicate that she's actually lazy!
YES TO ALL OF THIS. It feels like the writers often take the easy way out, repurposing characterizations to suit their current needs. (*coughBeistecough*) And don't get me started on the retconning! This is all weird and new to me, because the show writers in my other fandoms (Buffy, Supernatural) were SO careful to make sure continuity/characterization was maintained because they themselves were fans of the show!
You're right; his name is Shane. I read it somewhere after posting this and was like, "D'oh!"
I think the ideal happy medium would've been Mercedes being able to go full out for what she wanted without having to cut down Rachel to do it
*sigh*, yes. Unfortunately RIB like to create drama where there need not be any. It's what all the cools kids like! K, I'll stop complaining about the writers now. ;-)
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Date: 2011-10-06 02:22 pm (UTC)YES TO ALL OF THIS. It feels like the writers often take the easy way out, repurposing characterizations to suit their current needs. (*coughBeistecough*) And don't get me started on the retconning! This is all weird and new to me, because the show writers in my other fandoms (Buffy, Supernatural) were SO careful to make sure continuity/characterization was maintained because they themselves were fans of the show!
You're right; his name is Shane. I read it somewhere after posting this and was like, "D'oh!"
I think the ideal happy medium would've been Mercedes being able to go full out for what she wanted without having to cut down Rachel to do it
*sigh*, yes. Unfortunately RIB like to create drama where there need not be any. It's what all the cools kids like! K, I'll stop complaining about the writers now. ;-)
Icon!Blaine misses Chord, too.