hi! welcome to the mega. i'll kick us off
i've been a fan since i was a literal child, lol... i would watch the episodes airing on teenick (which became the incredibly self-serious The-N) and i was just enamored with the world: i loved the scenery, the characters, the stories, the cheesiness, the drama, everything. it was a perfect show. i would watch it and then self-insert as Spencer from South of Nowhere before going to bed. ok that's embarrassing but i'm leaving it in
i guess i drifted away from the show when i wanted to be edgy as a teen but nostalgia and this deep familiarity drew me back and i fell in love with the world again. it doesn't have to be dark and angry, it can address serious themes with a sense of hope and levity because it's not real life, it's Degrassi. it's a security blanket and honestly i couldn't ask for a better one.
by the way, i recently introduced the show to someone Very Important to me and it went incredibly well. my heart fluttered for like 5 minutes after we had the "i really liked it" discussion lol
anyway. i'd really like to hear everyone's experiences with the show. this is intended to be a free-for-all so just post whatever comments you want that don't really warrant their own thread. ok bye
On season 4 of my rewatch and I'll say we got to the first Degrassi flaw and that's the handling of Rick. He only got bullied AFTER he did his mess with Teri, which I'd argue makes the bullying justified. I liked how Degrassi showed what life he could have had espeically when he made friends, but it also showed Rick still had some underlying issue that Emma and Toby clocked.
yeah Rick was genuinely dangerous to be around from the jump. he was controlling and quick to anger, was everyone supposed to just tolerate it? he should have bailed and never returned the second things got as bad as they did