To be honest, when I started Legacies, I was pretty psyched up about the lives of these young heroes as a spin-off in the TVD universe. But then recently I rewatched The Originals and TVD and was appalled. Can’t say the same about Legacies. TVD and TO had complex characters, complicated villains and decent interesting story lines. Legacies, 😩. The characters are so bland, except Hope Mikaelson, whom I had begun with in TO but her characterization here is so weak. How can you compare Katherine Pierce or Klaus Mikaelson or Kai Parker to a MUD PIT, a freaking Mud Pit for crying out loud. A mud pit that spat out Santa Claus. Is Julie really serious with this Malivore story line? This show falls incredibly short of its predecessors footsteps. They ruined TO’s last season for this crap. Crap that brings us fairy tale creatures in a monster of the week fashion. If this show didn’t have the awkward make out sexy scenes or the gory blood scenes. Once a CW show becomes that, there is a serious problem. The closest thing to TVD or TO slightly level material is Clarke, Clarke. But Clarke is also incredibly weak as a villain. The Necromancer is just those typical one dimensional ‘take over the world’ villain. Has this what Julie has come to now? And Julie gets so smart that she even introduces a FAIRY in the mix, a male fairy with wings and how a fairy’s power grows with belief. I’m so surprised the woman hasn’t introduced pixie dust yet. The stakes in this show are so small, the characters are so boring. The best character growth I’ve seen in this show so far is in Lizzie Saltzman, which is saying something. Let me summarize these characters for you.
1)Hope- the hero who has to save the day.
2)Landon- the hero’s boyfriend who has to find himself in the hero’s life.
3)Lizzie- the stereotypical mean blonde.
4’Josie- good girl. At her sister’s shadow. Has a dark side that causes her to go all murdery.
5. MG- The boy who is never seen by his crush.
6. Rafael- I don’t even know his point in the story as of this point.
7. Kaleb- just a secondary guy who has to take part in the action, even though matters are none of his business.
8.Sebastian- a lame attempt of the show to go back to it’s roots.
9.Alyssa- ???????????????????????
See what I’m talking about. I don’t see anything much with these characters. TVD and TO characters were complex. I was compelled at S02 of both TVD and TO but this one, a 16 episode order is too large for a show this pathetic. Maybe an eight episode order would do the trick( said no one ever). This show is pretty bad. The ‘villains’ are just gross. Look at everyone in the school. Celebrating Santa Claus. How old are these guys? Santa Claus vs a Krampus, really? How far are they gonna take this. What’s next, mermaids? Ooh or maybe talking koalas now. The last episode sent us to a fairy tale world with a pig and the Big Bad Wolf. Really? What is wrong with you JP. You ‘re ruining your own universe. The TVD universe will forever be marked by this disaster as will it marked by the iconic Original family and the greatest tv love triangle of all time- Stelena or Delena. Please change your ways. Change your thinking cause you’re going nowhere with this show. Julie always ruins her own shows. Her partners are better in writing shows than she ever will be- Michael Narducci for TO and Kevin Williamson for TVD. Once they left, the shows began falling apart as per her ‘counsel’. Fix things. Don’t let your universe crumble apart just cause of this monstrosity of a show (pun unintended). Fix this mess. The actors have great potential. You’re the one whose wasting them. Peyton Smith is just there to whine and act mysterious. Nothing more. Do better. Julie, you need to change.