re: The Midnight Club new Mike Flanagan series on Netflix 10/7

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But… even with terminal cancer, the black female main character is still a Mary Sue. Peak 2022.

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She is. She should have definitely been given more weakness. My biggest problem so far is how healthy and vibrant all these kids with terminal disease in hospice are. They’re basically all Mary Sues.

She arrived at the house knowing more about it and its history than anyone there. I do think her weakness is naïveté and self confidence, because she doesn’t recognize what is going on with the house and the woman in the woods. I don’t know if this is true yet, but I immediately assumed the woman in the woods is “Julia” who was healed. It seemed too obvious, but the lead never thought of it.

Also, I suspect that the kids aren’t actually healed, but are possessed by the original cult every generation to carry on living. They choose kids who are dying anyway.

So far it’s about as good as a teeny bopper horror show could be I suppose, but certainly not as good as Hill House. I am really hopeful for House of Usher next year.