#I looooooove j.ohnny but this is just not a fair representation of his character and goes against his arc

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my biggest gripe with s5 is the show wants me to think j.ohnny is suddenly ready to be a dad after NOT dealing with his shit properly and that having a new kid suddenly means that not being there for r.obby for the first 17 years of his life doesn't matter anymore and I say fuck that

#❖ muse ⊱ ── 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 #and I love s5 actually it's probably my second favorite season #I think as a whole it's great #but you can tell they tried to band-aid a lot of the conflicts instead of *actually* writing fleshed out solutions #they did that with most of the rivalries #and j.ohnny having a new kid on the way doesn't suddenly make him a good dad #doing better for the new kid doesn't make up for how he treated r.obby. if anything it makes it worse #that he will step up for a baby that isn't even born yet but not the son he already had and the woman he left to raise him alone #I looooooove j.ohnny but this is just not a fair representation of his character and goes against his arc #which is about finally recognizing his past for what it was and trying to fix his mistakes. FINALLY breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect #it's regressive that they keep doing this to him #he spent four seasons learning that doing right by m.iguel doesn't make up for not doing right by r.obby #and that his son needs him too and he can't just keep ignoring the consequences of his own actions #only to then in s5 say hey actually here's another kid for him to focus on instead. and this is all he will care about now. #how dare???? #s5 should have been him and r.obby working on their shit for the whole season not like ... two episodes lmao #I'm not against the baby plot I think the idea is interesting it's just . . . it wasn't handled well on the show. #it should have been treated like a source of conflict and a reason to confront some inner trauma. not baby ex machina.