jaydeejay

Keep in mind that I never read the original story, nor am I familiar with most of the actors.

PitBabe is a fantastic example of a BL that has great ideas, but the writing suffers terribly. It's a great example of how the actors can only hardcarry a story so far before it turns against them in different ways. The best thing about the show is the acting. However, it's so good that it ends up accidentally highlighting the major flaws in every other aspect of the show.

-- ACTING:
Like I stated previously, it's really good overall. Though there are a couple of actors that are pretty mid acting-wise. Now, I'm no stranger to average acting; I have seen my fair share of amateur BL work over the years. I'm usually not one to harp on bad/mid acting because I appreciate the effort nonetheless. However, I feel like it's important to point out here because at times, the difference quality is a little TOO blatant and it ruins some scenes.

My biggest issue falls on Babe and Charlie. Babe's actor is arguably THE best one out of all of them. He truly shows his range in this story, and if anything, I 'd say watch PB just for that alone. I've never seen him in anything else, but I was blown away almost instantly. But Charlie....oh, Charlie.

Pooh isn't terrible. I've honestly seen worse. But his acting at times is quite stiff and repetitive. There's only so many times I can hear him call out Babe's name when they're in yet another argument before I start hitting the mute button. In my opinion, he has issues with his range of emotion and variations. Sure, he can yell Babe's name for the umpteenth time, but maybe do so differently?

As much as this bugged me, I can't blame him too much. I also blame the screenwriting and overall directing job as well. But going back to Pooh, Pavel's acting is so amazing that most of the time when Pooh follows up on Pavel's lines, it almost ruins the emotional tension a bit. The main thing that kept me from completely hating the main ship was the Bossy Bottom x Fluffy Top dynamic. I am a sucker for that trope, and there were times when they pulled it off well.

Another actor that I thought was a little lackluster was Pon (Jeff). Now, I'm quite familiar with Pon. He was in Star Hunter Entertainment with a few other actors that I really love. He's improved, but he's still a little stiff. But at times, the stiffness worked well with his character who is already fairly awkward and introverted. I really liked him and Sailub (Alan) together, especially after what Pon had to deal with in his old company. I'd love to see them in another show together.

As for everyone else: EXCELLENT. Not much more I can say than that. I guess other than that their acting was soooo good that it made the writing look even worse than it already is. There were times that I found myself trying not to cringe at what they had to say or how they were made to say it. But with that being said...

-- WRITING/DIRECTING
Awful. Terrible.
I saw someone say that it was obvious that the crew spent most of their money on renting racecars, hiring drivers, and special effects and had barely any leftover for the writing- and I have to agree 100%. Where do I even begin...

The whole Alpha/Enigma thing was weird, unnecessary even. Now I have heard that they supposedly toned down some of the omegaverse details for the show. If that's true, I wish they'd have scrapped it altogether. There's a good 5 or 6 episodes where the theme has barely anything to do with what's going on, to the point where I thought they forgot about it. The whole thing is never really explained well either, other than that there are Enigmas who I guess can get pregnant? And that the secondary genders do go hand and hand with these Senses powers they have, but once again, the genders could've been dropped and there wouldn't have been that much of a difference.

Now the whole Senses thing. I don't mind the idea at all. I actually think it's pretty neat. But similar to the Alpha thing, there's a while where it doesn't seem relevant at all until it suddenly is because, well....it has to be.

And that's basically the biggest issue I have with the writing. A lot of things happen simply just because. Simply to move the plot along on its crooked, confusing path.

For example, Charlie and Babe's arguments. One of my least favorite parts of the story. They'd be happy together, singing each other praises.....until Babe doesn't trust Charlie yet again for some reason. At first, it made sense because of how Charlie was hiding things, so that's perfectly fair. However, even when they'd make up and seem to have an understanding, Babe would be very quick to distrust him AGAIN. It became very boring, very predictable, and very annoying.

As a matter of fact, how they got together was weird to me as well. Charlie is a pretty unremarkable guy. So what was it about him that kept Babe hooked? They very briefly mention how Babe doesn't like the smell of Alphas (then why is he choosing to have sex with them...?), but is pleasantly surprised by Charlie's scent. And I guess that's what makes him want to be around him...? Despite the fact that Babe, due to his past traumas, is distrusting overall and very protective of himself.

We could say that this is simply Main Character Romance Plot Armor, where the how doesn't really have to make sense. But considering how in depth they get with Babe's character, it almost doesn't make sense. And I guess it doesn't have to make sense. It just has to be to keep things pushing. Which normally works fine for me, but with this show, it bugs me. I wish there was more development.

Another bit that really irked me was when they randomly revealed Charlie's Sense ability. I knew instantly that this was a poorly done set up for what eventually wound up being an overly dramatic death scene that didn't deserve all the tension it had. At this point, the drama overall was multiple exponentially and seemingly out of no where. A little too much at times. But oh wait! Lets make it even more dramatic by dropping obvious hints that Charlie has to die! For...some reason...! Yeah!

I really liked the idea of Babe losing his Sense and being able to move on with his life without it. But I haaaated that it was because of Charlie's mysterious super powers that he had this whole time and conveniently pops up. The plan for him to fake his death and "die" temporarily so that Babe can get his power back was so transparent that I started to zone out at certain bits.

With Way's character, I really enjoyed the concept! The jealousy he has for not really being Babe's number 1 was so good. Him going so far as to working temporarily with Tony was great. But when they had him come back and attempt to basically rape Babe??

No. Hell no.

I feel like his revenge plot could've stopped previous to this. But that scene made me hate his character. And at the end when he died and we were supposed to feel bad for him?? No??

I did laugh when I saw that they made his funeral a little more extravagant than Charlie's. Actually, I was laughing quite a bit in the last 2-3 episodes. Just bad decisions after bad decisions.

Very unfortunate because these actors deserve a story that's cared for, not one that's obviously a quick cash grab.

I'd be interested in watching them in other projects.