I'm all for trying your hardest to get results, but there are somethings in life you can't change and seeing characters come to grips with those realities is far more interesting than watching someone whine until they get their way.
And he doesn't even have to work hard for it! This is the magic getting process as per Callum:
1) feel sorry for yourself
2) engage in stupid and self destructive acts
3) get magic by having a dream epiphany
While I didn't want him to get magic, even the way he got magic sucks and could have been done so much better.
This is a paradigm shifting event; humans' inability to use magic has shaped the geopolitics of the continent, and its entirely upended with barely any build up.
So what we're left with is a brat who gets rewarded for being a brat, and all the human scholars and magicians looking like idiots.
Like the way Callum's entire character was handled felt like such a pivot from season one. I'm not suggesting they were influenced by executive decisions or whatever, but as a viewer, that's what it felt like
so I reviewed this earlier in the month and loved the character progression. what are everyone's thoughts on this?
Claudia was the standout, and Soren was pretty good.
Really like Ezren's arc in theory, but he was a nonentity for the first 7 episodes before having kinda sudden character growth.
Rayla was good for the whole five minutes of screen time she had this season, and it looks like they'll be planting seeds for ways to take her character in future. Her almost blurting our she loves Callum is stupid, especially since they've known each other for like a week, but only really plays into how Callum-centric the universe of Season 2 is, which remains the chief problem with the show.
I'm undecided on Evil Dad. Depending on how they write his motivations in future, he could be either a really compelling character or a cartoon villain
Callum, like all trash, belongs in a dumpster