This season definitely feels less enjoyable than the first. Charli feels like her character has been changed to a bumbling, naive, and less intelligent version of who we saw in S1. While being prone to flights of fancy and gullibility in S1 it’s just blown into such cartoonish proportions it’s makes her feel less like an actual “person” and just a cartoon character.
The songs also feel like a huge downgrade but I can’t quite put my finger on it. S1 had at least a couple songs that were memorable and enjoyable but not so much this season. And dear god the Sir Pentious for Cherry Bomb just fell flat. I think it was a combination of being too over the top and polished, and then proceeded on for just too long.
As someone who's basically hatewatching this show, it's down to two things:
- Worse songs.
- They fucked up Alastor.
The songs are a matter of taste, but we're halfway through the season, and by that point in S1 there had been at least a couple that were memorable and fun. So far the only one in S2 that qualifies is "Gravity," and that one's undercut by what an absolutely awful character Adam was -- why would
anyone get this worked up over that piece of shit getting killed? It's not an issue of "If you hated him that means he was a good villain" -- he was simply obnoxious, badly written, and a sign of terrible worldbuilding. The
first human is destroyed by the forces of Hell, and his creator has ... nothing to say about it? Really?
Alastor is the bigger issue. For me, he basically carried the show -- the mysteries around him, what plots he was hatching, the groundwork being laid for his own inner conflict when he realizes he nearly sacrificed himself to save people he shouldn't think of as friends.
Now it turns out his deal was just with the cannibal lady, he's been completely marginalized, literally gagged so he can't talk. In reducing his role, we're forced to deal with a raft of characters who are simply nowhere near as interesting.
Also, the whole thing oozes faggotry, but I've already said that.