Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-70.164.250.74-20180315191229/@comment-2001:8A0:D21E:E301:BD7C:6E0F:6DFE:2D14-20180316165006

Ilia's confessions was badly done. And blacksun is a complete disaster.

To put a very abridged version of my opinion: RT is more than willing to assassinate Blake and Sun to make their romance between them. For example, when Blake first meets Sun, she tells him her story, even though she's uber reserved and sharing that (especially to a complete stranger) is not in her nature. This also happens in V4, when Sun gets on a boat to follow Blake without her knowledge. This is awful writing of both Blake and Sun's characters. Blake: because she has an obsessed ex-boyfriend, so the fact that Sun is willing to follow her without respecting her wanting boundaries should be a red flag to everyone, but especially to someone with her past. It's also problematic for Sun as a character, since he got on a boat to follow this chick he barely knows without even knowing what she was going to do or even for how long she was going to be far away. This is awful characterization because Sun is supposed to be a character on his own therefore have friends, goals and, maybe, family on his own, yet none of those matter more or even as much as that one chick he barely knows.

Romances should NEVER exist at the cost characterization. And unfortunately, I don't trust RT not to violate that rule, because they don't spend the necessary time thinking about their characters. And if a romance exists just to cater to fans, not because you're invested in it, chances are it's going to be even worse.