I did a ~selective viewing of some Suits episodes to do a refresher before jumping in and finally watching the last season... I'm determined to do it because I want to see where a lot of these people's stories went (Louis, Louis/Sheila, Samantha, Katrina, Alex...).

But just the premiere has made more aware than ever of how much I LOATHE Donna. And Darvey. Neither can be on screen without me making this exact face:

[ID: the queen on Brave making a disgusted involuntary expression at her food’s taste.]

I hate her Karma Houdini ass more than ever istg. She massively screws up like once per season, yet nothing happens to her as a consequence, because she's Awesome TM and people aren't allowed to disagree or dislike her, ever (that investigator who refused to work for the film when Donna was a bitch to her and then refused to be convinced to talk in their favor... where are you babe ilu. Same to Anita Gibbs and oh so many

delightful antagonists. Hardman deserves to ruin her life for what she did to Robert, period. The bf she just cheated on should get to be a bitch at the very least).

What's worse, her last stunt not only didn't have negative consequences for her, but it caused MY MAN ROBERT ZANE to be disbarred and damage his reputation (likely irreparably, though I’m hoping that’s not the case and I’m going to choose to believe it even if it’s post-series) to save her and Harvey's asses.This in turn harmed the firm that Alex and Samantha just put their names on, hurting Samantha’s reputation as Robert’s right hand, and caused Louis to lose control of the firm. But none of them are allowed to even be mad at her for it, because It’s Donna. Samantha is within her fucking rights to tear into her but she must make peace with her; it must be understood that Louis worships the ground she walks on (although thankfully lately it’s just words, as he relies far more on literally everyone else -Sheila, Katrina, his therapist, Alex, Robert, Harvey...), Robert can’t be mad and instead must be seeking ~redemption, etc.

One thing that made me FURIOUS though, it’s her call to Rachel at the beginning of the episode. Rachel, her so-called closest friend, and the daughter of the man whose life she just ruined. And she calls her and leaves a message in her voicemail (which I’m choosing to believe as Rachel not picking up because as far as she’s concerned, they’re not on speaking terms), to cheerfully inform her that’s she’s finally worn down the man she obsessively obsessed about for over a decade to fuck her a second time. Hoo-fucking-ray. What the fuck is wrong with her that she calls Rachel to tell her that, right now??

Which leads me to what I can’t stand about the situation. It’s not like the show is pretending that Donna and Harvey are the Ultimate Romance, the writing is consistent and all (LOL at the fact that Louis caught them the morning after, saw Harvey in last night’s clothes... and thought they’d being working all night because the idea is so unthinkable lmao. And some narrative choices are VERY ON POINT, like the fact that things happen in Donna’s appartment and not Harvey’s -where everything about his romantic life has been front and center-, or how Harvey isn’t even allowed to be mad that Donna was still involved with another man without his knowledge when they slept together, something that to the Harvey we knew in the show, would’ve made him feel like shit and angry as hell), but the narrative of Harvey Finally Sees How Awesome Donna Is And That She’s Always Right And Should Be In Charge of Every Facet of His Life... jfc. I hate it here!!

They are living proof of the fact that I hate the Relentless Pursuer trope no matter what genders involve it, I guess, but at what cost. AT WHAT COST I SAY DDDD: I feel terrible for him ugh.

i know your description applies to a lot of ships but d*rvey and l*ke/lorelai are the ones that stand out to me. (also ol*city and clark/chloe although thankfully clark/chl*e didn’t end up together and was never validated by canon)

oh also h**k/emma i hate this trope so much

The description was made to apply to all Those Kinds of ships, because I haaaaaaaaate them lol, but since the ship I resent now most at the moment is Donna/Harvey, it was done with them in mind. You're right on the money on that xD. I mean, at least Lorelai retained her charming personality. S9 Harvey is so largely unrecognizable to me I couldn't stand it. He became a mouthpiece for What Donna Wanted To Hear istg.

At least Clark got away scot free lol. And I will freely admit I didn't care about what Oliver got. He made his bed when he cheated on his LI, AFAIC. If he got stuck in a shitty endgame it's his own damn fault. But Harvey hadn't done anything to deserve that!! ;_; LOL

I didn't watch far enough in OUAT to have to deal with Emma/Hook, thank goodness. Everything I've heard about them sounds so, so awful for Emma. And she was my favourite, so knowing myself, I would've hated every minute of it.

I forgot to mention that I DID finish Suits' last season this week btw. it was... largely forgettable, which is something I never thought I'd say about this show. If gave some of my faves good moments here and there (Louis, Samantha, Katrina, Alex, even Robert as little as he appeared). but it was all disconnected and unmoored.

I blame it on the fact that that Harvey was a pod person all thought the season. it was like they'd replaced him with Donna's fantasy bimbo, parroting every line she wanted him to say without conviction. if s1-8 Harvey could see him... the actor didn't seem to be even putting an effort in their scenes which made it so much worse smh.

well, I'm done. now I'll just imagine they'll divorce soon enough xD. Litt Wheeler Williams Bennett is going strong and that's what matters most to me (besides the fact that nothing -that icr- in the season contradicts my headcanon that Rachel is refusing to pick Donna's calls after what happened with Robert lol).