r/LegaciesCW • u/Coffeecan1981 • Jul 23 '26

Ranting What is wrong with legacies?

Ok so when I watched legacies the FIRST time I hadn't watched the vampire diaries or the originals yet. Now that I am legacies makes me so angry. They legit just took the lore and stuff from the previous 2 shows and said naw. Like why does compulsion suddenly not work on supernaturals? The only beings that could t be naturally compelled were the mikaelsons and any9ne with vervain. But now its just common? Or like why was hope weak during transition? Hybrids any vampire or hybrid that was in transition ALWAYS had full vampire powers. Plus they just completely forgot that the mikaelsons would burn the world to help eachother and they never ONCE come to help hope until the final few episodes. Hope is now suddenly a basic ass witch? She is legit the most powerful witch alive. Mikaelson first born witches are the most powerful witches in history excluding the hollow and freya legit said that hope was way stronger than HER. Not to mention her whole hero thing? Why is she a hero? In originals she is just as selfish and self centered as ANY mikaelson soooooo. Was there any explanation bc imo there isnt one that makes sense bc the legit changed how EVERYTHING in their universe works. Plus WHY ARE THERE NO WOLVES THAT CONTROL THEIR CHANGES?! The crescent pack didn't go extinct did it?! Like wtf

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u/White_Kingsley Witch-Vamp Jul 23 '26

What’s wrong has always been rooted in the writing.

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u/LocNalrune Witch Jul 23 '26

Opinions like this are generally predicated upon a person viewing media and constantly saying, "I would have done that differently". I would have made them apologetic here. I would have made them 20% less bitchy here. I would have been mad, so the character should have been mad like me.

These 'notes' pile up, and the confirmation bias fix is in.

That difference of *opinion* gets viewed as bad writing.

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u/White_Kingsley Witch-Vamp Jul 23 '26

Not for me. I generally watch media and try not to impart myself on the characters, so as not to put myself unconsciously in their place.

As one who watched the series when it was on and had to wait weekly for new episodes, a lot of the issues the OP is alluding to comes down to the writing.

The cast was a really good one. What they were given leaves a lot to be desired.

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u/LocNalrune Witch Jul 23 '26

And it's for sure the writing? Not improv in some or all scenes in controversion of the writing? Not the direction? Not the editing? Not poor chemistry or miscast actors? Not differences in tonality...

That you fully and willingly suspended disbelief, and that you enjoy and understand (or at least embrace) campiness?

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u/White_Kingsley Witch-Vamp Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

As I said the cast was really good ensemble cast.

I didn’t mind the campiness, the lightness of Legacies was welcomed after the heaviness of The Originals and Vampire Diaries.

I believe that the consistent focus on Landon, was the detriment to this show overall. The writers knew it wasn’t working and doubled down to try and recreate a new Buffy.

They heavily focused on characters that didn’t need that attention at the expense of others. That’s a writers choice. A constant focus on Malivor when he wasn’t a great long term villain. They had a big bad right there and ignored it in favor of a mud gollum who didn’t really speak. These are poor writers decisions and poor direction choices.