Who Knew Emily Fields Wasn't a Good Character?

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Emily Fields deserved better. We need better representation, character development and storylines for characters in the LGBTQ+ community, anyone who's NOT white, and mixed race.
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Setting the scene: 00:00
Relationships: 02:48
Lazy Writing: 15:42
S1- the sweet Emily” era: 17:40
S2- "the boring one": 23:07
S3- (a.k.a I feel bad for Shay Mitchell): 27:15
S4- the weird season: 29:17
S5- I nearly forgot Emily existed: 30:07
S6- an Emily & Shower Harvey love story: 33:19
S7- yikes: 36:38
The Emily Problem: 43:46
LGBTQ+ characters: 46:31
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@toomuchbongwater 3 года назад

emily had *2 different girlfriends* that died while she was in high school and the police never did _one productive thing_ to ask her questions or investigate more into the strange things happening around the girls... i can't 🙄

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

😅 the police were comically bad

@nymphacissa 3 года назад

Welll... lets not forget that their lead detective was apparently trained and in active duty since he was like 8 years old..... 😂

@ruth98765 3 года назад

@@nymphacissa honestly for the longest time I was thinking that Wilden (idk if that’s how it was spelled) was like 35 years old so it wasn’t that disgusting to see him with Ashley. It was disgusting because of he was in the police but not because of his age. I don’t know if planned it from the beginning but to me it seemed like they switched up his age to fit the narrative. :/

@nymphacissa 3 года назад

@@ruth98765 Yep. The show was garbage from the start tbh. We were clowns for sticking with it and trusting the writers for so long! I cant believe i had a tumblr dedicated to 'Aria is A' for YEARS! I literally put more time and effort into researching this show and theorising every poster in the back of each scene than i did on my actual school work🤦‍♀️ .... 😂 .... 😭

@leeoconnell2572 3 года назад

@@SerenaSkybourne it's like they used up most of their budget just harassing the girls instead of helping anyone at all

@tmiletticc 3 года назад

i never liked paige, especially not after the drowning incident. the homophobic bullly who is secretly gay has got to be one of the worst tropes in history, right next to the teacher student relationship trope

@Meg_intheclouds 3 года назад

I agree. As a young lesbian (who Emily was the first representation of a lesbian on tv I ever saw) I really did not like it at all. I like enemies to lovers to a certain point but I don’t think it should be done from complete hate and toxicity. Also Ezra should be in jail

@tmiletticc 3 года назад

@@Meg_intheclouds i agree completely. it's especially sad because emily being a lesbian was so groundbreaking at a time and they handled her character horribly when she had so much potential. pll overall doesn't have a great track record with lgbtq characters (cece drake, their only trans character being a villain) which is why it upsets me even more that they fucked up so badly with emily to the point that it felt like they didn't care about her at all. she deserved so much better than ending up with alisson (who also wasn't great) because the writers didn't care as much as they cared about aria and ezra. also in the books he does end up in jail so that's something i guess.

@Meg_intheclouds 3 года назад

@@tmiletticc exactly. It’s almost as if they are saying “this gross teacher- student relationship is better than a relationship between 2 girls” and yes I really didn’t like Emily’s girl friends past maya, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t invested (cause gay) also if they cared they could have given her other plot lines. The best queer rep is rep that is just there. It’s a part of the character yet they have story lines and friendships and people and are well rounded characters outside of their sexuality. An example of this is Holt and Kevin from Brooklyn 99. It’s a big part of both their backstories and is part of holts need to feel accepted and belonging to a team. But apart from that he is an amazing detective and leader, who has really good bonds with his team. Kevin, his husband, also has relationships with the team, he starts off being critical and sceptical because of what his husband has been through but comes to love the team. He has storylines that don’t involve holt and there relationship is not perfect. It has conflicts and the characters are allowed to be messy, but in the end they love love each other and are soulmates, even if they have disagreements. I’m going off on a tangent but to me that’s what queer representation should be.

@tmiletticc 3 года назад

@@Meg_intheclouds agreed. it always felt like Emily's character was about dating someone when she had the potential to be a well done, rounded character. they really didn't care and just ended up letting her become "the boring one". She was my favorite liar in the beginning and I hated what they did to her in later seasons, not to mention how many of her love interests they killed off for the sake of shocking the audience. They should have killed off Ezra instead imo. I really hope the reboot does Emily justice (or are they planning to introduce entirely new characters, idk?) also i love Holt and Kevin!!! They are so cute, one of my favorite ships definitely. That's my favorite kind of representation, not whatever pll tried to do. I think Sex Education handled this very well. I also loved how they added an asexual character (I'm asexual and it made me so happy) i don't think any other tv show has an asexual character, Jughead from Riverdale was supposed to be but they made him straight for some reason. The creator or Riverdale is doing the pll reboot so it's safe to say my expectations aren't very high, but we'll see

@Meg_intheclouds 3 года назад

@@tmiletticc that’s cool. I’ve never watched sex education (Tho when riverdale was popular I watched the first 2 seasons in like year 8. Same reason I watched pll was because so many other people did). I think if they made Maya’s death more a part of the story, like she knew something she shouldn’t about A or whatever and she was somehow involved with that it would have worked. But I also agree about Ezra. They should have killed him off when he was revealed to be on team A. I think someone should have shot him for revealing himself/ because he’d discovered something and then Aria would have this storyline of dealing with his death, but then realising in many ways how free it makes her feel. And then just like allowed her time to explore herself. Emily should have had a proper girlfriend that we can see her grow and develop with. Maybe like a girl she went high school with or something who she was friends with when she was younger, and then they are back in town and they realise they have feelings for each other. Also in the books I know he is anyway but Kaz Brekker from six of crows is Ace, and I have to also recommend the book Loveless it’s so good. [spoilers for Buffy the vampire slayer Season 6 ahead. Proceed with caution] Tho one of my fave lesbian relationships is actually one where it ends tragically and that’s Willow and Tara from Buffy. Tho I think that storyline works so well for a number of reasons -It progresses the magic addiction story line. And shows that recovery isn’t linear, and something like that can lead to dire consequences. Also magic is used as a metaphor for lesbian sex because the network wouldn’t allow it (it was like 1999) and they had to fight so hard to show that relationship. Leading to the emotional climax of the series and we see how much it effects everything. -No love story on that show ever ends well ever. And when people call the writers homophobic for killing her off it makes me annoyed because they kill pretty much everyone but the main 5 off. It’s supposed to be a tragedy. -It also highlights how much of a monster this one character is, and also allows a big statement about gun control to be made, and shows the devastation it can cause.

@velvetdawson617 3 года назад

what I found so annoying was that throughout Ali's return, Paige was DEAD SET on "pEoPlE CaN NNEEVERRRR cHaNgE", and im like, girl lets not forget about you dunking and bullying Emly then falling in love with her, the hypocrisy is just ... ughh

@laurine____7543 3 года назад

Well, Alison did worse than that....so

@karskikatti4732 3 года назад

Alison was so horrible to Paige.

@lifewithmads9713 3 года назад

right I just found this out

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

@@laurine____7543 obviously but doesn’t change the hypocrisy. She literally drowned Emily then has the nerve to say people never change

@domenicavallone28 3 года назад

Everyone hates on Paige yet they idoliza Emison. Alison led Emily on and teased her about her sexuality, purposely making he do things when she was ready, taunting her. Not to mention the fact that Alison was a vile bully and faked her death and expected to be welcomed with open arms... Paige fucked up too, but nowhere near as much and she genuinely changed. Her hatred for Alison was justified considering Ali bullied Paige and threatened to tell her religious father about her sexuality. Paige was suicidal from the bullying, I wouldn’t be so open minded either about my bully coming back to haunt me. It’s triggering

@jennawhite1277 3 года назад

They came up with Sara Harvey and were just like "eh she's a girl, make her an Emily girlfriend." It would have made so much more sense for Hanna's mom to take her in than for Pam to let her stay around.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Agreed

@LegitamateGamingVideos 3 года назад

Didn't she even have another bed - from when Emily stayed?

@moviemoth4192 3 года назад

It seemed like mrs fields went from anti lesbian to RA RA DO YOU WANNA STAY THE NIGHT WITH MY DAUGHTER YOUNG LADY?? Just too fast. An over correction for sure

@sunnycastiglioni7512 3 года назад

I actually thought the Sarah Harvey relationship made sense, since it was made up that Sarah was so similar to Allison that she could be mistaken for her and there's some indication that their personalities were very much the same as well. It didn't confuse me that Emily would be into her if she's never really gotten over her crush on Allison.

@Silodah 3 года назад

Plppppppp

@Beyoncesinternet 3 года назад

My thing with Alison is that they half-assed her redemption arc. She falls into that tragic villain trope, which is fine, but they never fully address what was tragic about the character. This was a 15 year old girl who lost her virginity to a 24 year old cop, while serial dating older men. Her parents were terrible and her brother started a club that perving on her and her friends and he was an addict too. She was so emotional unstable and mentally regressed compared to other characters. I liked what Emily and Alison could've been, but it actually required the writers to spend time on each character for it to be a good love story.

@beatrizlucciolazache 3 года назад

omg EXACTLY i felt sorry for alison to be honest, there was a reason she behaved like that but the show never properly addresses that

@cayleecastillo173 Год назад

so well said. when i was younger i was such big emison fan, but now looking back, they really should’ve done so much more work to their relationship and their individual characters to create something really meaningful.

@jasonmoukala8909 5 месяцев назад

Ali didn’t serial date older men. Also the wilden thing was never confirmed.

@heda1071 3 месяца назад

YES

@lais.v.m 3 года назад

I really liked Emily and Toby's friendship and I wish we could've seen more of them

@legendofold101 6 месяцев назад

Toby was the only person who cared for her in the show !!!

@isabelzuka4438 3 года назад

I don't understand how the showrunners pushed Ezria, one of the most romanticised toxic pairings I know, so hard when they could've given us more interesting Emily storylines and an actual good love interest that didn't die... Seriously, imagine how much screentime they had left, if Ezra just ended up in jail like he should've. Amazing video by the way, I kinda have a love/hate relationship with PLL so my critism comes from a place of love for the show 💗

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

♥️☺️☺️

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

I think we all do nowadays tbh

@giraffezarenice 3 года назад

Finally someone addressing wren and emily's white blonde babies

@aathenaiz6151 3 года назад

i mean shay is brown and her partner is black and their baby had light skin a green eyes so it could happen lol

@BriarPatchNyra 3 года назад

Often babies are born with lighter skin, it will potentially darken over time

@FKA91 3 года назад

Yeah. Shay Mitchell is half white, so if she had kids with a pale white person she could have pale blonde kids. Look at Drake's kid. But her character isn't part white. Emily's parents are Asian if I'm not wrong. So why would he have white kids? Who taught the writers biology?

@kaelynsmith1242 3 года назад

I mean they could be blonde you know recessive traits and all that jazz

@Goldflower220 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure the people in charge of casting thought that they were Ali's biological babies.

@liamrhee 3 года назад

It really does make me sad to see how they handled Emily's character. It's probably an unpopular opinion but Emily was personally one of my favorites of the liars which is why it's even sadder to see your favorite character being treated that way. To me it really felt like the writers put a *lot* more thought into Aria, Spencer and Hanna. The other 3 girls had more interesting storylines, more interesting love intrests, etc and they just gave Emily the short end of the stick and really didn't put much thought or effort into her character. Emily and Shay deserved so much better...

@steveywalker2735 3 года назад

Her and aria are my fav characters but they could have pushed her character further so many times

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

Idk imo Emily had the weakest plot twists but the story did revolve around her. Like for instance she was targeted by A the most from the liars. She had an ulcer from stress, then the Nate thing, than the being led to the grave

@audreybea4013 3 года назад

Shay mitchell is in a really good show I think it's called Dollhouse and how she is in that show is how I wish she was portrayed in PLL she's just so much more vibrant and interesting and still gives lgbtq+ representation I highly recommend the show it's on hulu

@wordswarsandsymphonies 3 года назад

it makes me sad how the show + fandom treated emily. she was automatically my favorite bc she was 1. the only woc and 2. the only queer woman

@moviemoth4192 3 года назад

I do enjoy the actress who played Paige, but not the character BUT idk how the heck you come back from someone trying to DROWN YOU. Like no matter how i empathize with you, you’re not a partner lol.

@TheKyoshiFan 3 года назад

I loved her in neds declassified school survival guide back in the day

@survivorbest4589 3 года назад

Paige wasnt really trying to drown her, she just wanted to scare her. She stopped and only held her underwater for a short time

@villaintina3008 3 года назад

@@survivorbest4589 ummmmm girl what

@504ever4 3 года назад

That was the very first episode that Paige was in and the writers didn't know what to do with her character yet. All of the bfs of the other liars (especially Ezra) did things that were even worse.

@puffpanda1 3 года назад

Uhh Paige was definitely bullying Emily in that scene but I don’t understand why I keep seeing people say Paige tried to literally “drown” Emily. To drown someone would mean she was trying to kill Emily. Obviously Paige is not an attempted murderer-she was a bully.

@AngelViews 3 года назад

My favorite Emily plot is when she was secretly helping Ali, she was being mystery and not really caring how the girls felt but more focused on her feelings

@noitsbecky.4291 Год назад

yes. it was the only time it felt very emily and it felt like she was getting depth but then it went nowhere rlly :/

@wordswarsandsymphonies 3 года назад

it's soooooo problematic that the only woc and the only queer girl in the main 4 had two girlfriends die. really feeds into the "bury your gays" trope. not to mention Maya was one of the only significant black characters.

@oliviatodd8336 3 года назад

In my opinion, the show did an amazing job of handling Emily's coming out to her friends and portraying homophobia. Her friends were accepting, and didn't do the whole "oh don't fall in love with us!" thing. It would've been so easy for them to make a subplot of the other liars being uncomfortable around Emily, but they're weren't. I also NEVER see anyone EVER mention this but in the film-noir-spencer-hallucination episode they showed the homophobia of that era! It was such a good detail in my opinion.

@devilinred3319 3 года назад

Yeah, i think they have something good at the begining, but with the past of time they forget about Emily and they have so much material to do more of this.

@candelarodriguez2074 3 года назад

isn’t it weird that the only person of color in the main cast was the one the writers least care about?

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

I think her love interests were kind of bland and meaningless plot fillers but I think she had relatively good storylines. What’s her ethnicity?

@sloppyjoe5739 3 года назад

@@lunarialoonatic filipino

@sxruis 3 года назад

Troian is a poc

@Bee-oe1vi 3 года назад

@@sxruis Troian is white passing and considers herself white soo

@sxruis 3 года назад

she’s mixed so she can say either one

@claudiaskargova3253 3 года назад

I feel like Friendly Space Ninja opened up the floodgates for everyone to take a look back at Emily Fields hahaha

@choklatemilkshake5491 3 года назад

was thinking the same thinking lmao it was harsh but it was all facts tbh especially when he says she has no reason to exist in the show after season 3 like he's right just because the character is gay doesn't mean you don't have to put any effort in her characterization

@melissagl8442 3 года назад

I think Friendly Space Ninja made a lot of people realize a lot of things about PLL

@ericocob4583 3 года назад

@@melissagl8442 Truth! I feel like PLL videos have been popping on RU-vid since he made his. And yeah, he's completely right about Emily! Serena makes a lot of solid point as well!

@le55thanaverage10 3 года назад

Sooooo true hahahaha

@ellieastra5017 3 года назад

Yup!! He opened my eyes to so many problems with this show (THE GODDAMN TIMELINE LIKE WTF HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS) but his take on Emily is painfully spot on. Her character is so pointless and it's sad. And this video is the perfect add on. Serena really nailed it!

@coffeeaddictkittyy.b4158 3 года назад

I never liked Paige, she was mildly abusive, predatory and extremely jealous. She was just so mean to Emily quite frequently

@laurine____7543 3 года назад

Could be also saying for alison..

@sarahxo2317 3 года назад

Paige was a terrible character which is a shame cause I really like the actress.

@RachelNicole 2 года назад

I would have used those choice of words for Ali lol

@fatoumatacisse3796 2 года назад

@@laurine____7543 no fucking shit we already know alison is bad. WHY are you trying to defend paige. We know alison isnt a good person it was already established that she is a bully since like the first episodes, but the comment is talking about PAIGE

@lithiumkid 2 года назад

@@laurine____7543 both things can be true, they never said Allison was a good, healthy partner either

@JustAHorrorShow 3 года назад

There was so much missed potential as far as Emily being the "nice one" goes. They could have explored that so much more. Why is the "nice one" so close with the bullies? Is it because she has an inner darkness that she can't express on her own or is it because she's too forgiving and too willing to see the good in everyone? Seems they went with her being too forgiving but they never seem to fully acknowledge this as a character flaw that Emily needs to overcome. They could have done so much more to explore these concepts.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

they rly gave a superficial explanation for her character

@wenis.kingkong 3 года назад

Aria, Spencer and Hannas love interests were like sims 2 and 3 sims that had characterization and quirks where Emily’s love interests were like sims 4 sims with three traits and nothing interesting happening

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

It’s all just the same type of girls. Emily acts as the protector

@jesaea Год назад

LMAOOOOOO 💀💀

@poorvabharambe2041 3 года назад

Shower Harvey is one of the best things the PLL fandom did it's so funny lmaoo

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

literally makes me laugh every time

@BurnItUpp2009 3 года назад

Hilarious but I hated Shower Harvey 😂

@tumblrqueen8143 3 года назад

SARAH Harvey was the worst thing for pll but SHOWER Harvey was the best for the fandom

@LaurenKaminski 3 года назад

@@tumblrqueen8143 I like her over Paige!

@nicoleackerman205 3 года назад

I honestly think she started the meme culture.

@veravollebregt8484 3 года назад

i can't believe you made a 50 minute video essay on emily, that's incredible. honestly the quality of all your videos is so amazing, u deserve way more subscribers for the amount of time and effort u put into your content, i can't wait to watch this :)

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

oh my goodness thankyou, i really love sharing my opinions and making these videos 🥰

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

I was just thinking the same thing!! These videos are amazing, i was a bit hesitant when looking at how long they are but they are so beautifully crafted and put together. 🤗🤗

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

Let’s be honest whether you liked Alison and Emily or not we can all agree Paige was not for Emily

@importantstuf8870 2 года назад

I liked her more than emily. Paige deserved better tbh.

@stuffwithsoph8264 2 года назад

@@importantstuf8870 i feel like im the only person sometimes who actually likes paige. yeah she had issues but like yall out here forgiving anybody in PLL, you have to forgive paige, literally nobody in the show hasn't done something wack and that is the entire point. paige holding emily under water was definitely wrong but she also saved spencer's life and was super loyal to emily, im ok w her not ending up w emily and i prefered emily w maya but paige doesnt deserve this slander

@maggimcmahon3890 3 года назад

I liked how Paige actually showed that she was messed up from Allison's bullying. one of the only characters who actually developed and didn't just forget what happened in the past. I DO think that she should have gotten help instead of staying with Emily. Paige was one of the few characters in the whole show who actually reacted to their trauma. Wish it was handled better.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Agreed

@crossenmorgan 3 года назад

Yeah but trauma was never written well during the entire show. Anyone that reacted to a traumatic event was seen as weak

@nejikath 3 года назад

I'm 26 and this is my first time watching the show. I seriously relate a lot more to Paige's reactions when she sees the girl's dumb decisions when faced with dangerous situations. Honestly, Paige was spot on when she said to Caleb that the girls were all desensitized to how dangerous and messed up the situation was in season 3. Yeah, she did not have the best of beginnings, but she had a lot more common sense than all the liars combined.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

@@nejikath agreed. she would have been a good character if she wasn't dating emily.

@nejikath 3 года назад

@@SerenaSkybourne she would have been a good character if she was handled well. She had potential, especially if they made her a character who is the voice of reason amongst the group and made her and Emily help and uplift each other. Can you imagine if she started out by candidly telling Emily she is gay and doesn't know how to come out and ask her help? That would have been cute and a great moment between them. And in return, she could have encouraged Emily to be more assertive and stand up for herself instead of being everyone's doormat.

@valentina.8040 3 года назад

I feel like the writers didn’t know what to do with Emily’s character so they made stuff up and went with it. The storyline with Lyndon James, for example. It didn’t affect the plot at all, it seemed very spur of the moment.

@crossenmorgan 3 года назад

Why were all of Emily’s relationships over after one fight or one obstacle?? When the other liars got back together and fixed problems within their relationship every few episodes

@jessicacurbeam2990 2 года назад

That’s not true A broke up her & Serena.. she was barley there with the blonde girl in season 7.. Maya & Emily broke up because of the distance caused by Pam they got back together then Maya died… Paige and Emily was also on and off

@sweeety969 Год назад

She didn't really invest herself into most relationships like she did with Paige. Honestly most of her other partners gave me the ick so I'm glad she didn't.

@elisaliu5012 Месяц назад

😊😊

@kissvera6386 3 года назад

It was so eye-opening for me to see Shay Mitchell starring in the show named YOU because up until then I genuienly thought she has no talent as an actress. That's when I realised how terrible the PLL writing was: it made me believe Shay can't act while in reality she's insanely good, the show's writing was just shitty

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

I was honestly blown away watching her in You! I couldnt believe she could actually act...i felt like her character in PLL was too...consistent and kind of...not there. But her character in You was so loud and fun.

@TheZiBuKs 3 года назад

you gotta watch dollface then, she’s a nicer version of her you character there and the other girls and her really push each other to do and be better :)

@danielleoliver1734 3 года назад

They couldn’t kill Emily off coz everyone would be mad at killing of the only open LGBT main character. They really didn’t need her to get together with every girl who liked girls though, the others don’t date every boy who’s into girls

@nicolegulino 3 года назад

emison was clearly fan service. this show got to be a bit silly at the end. i was surprised they had such a huge and fervent fanbase.

@kutjegodverdomme 3 года назад

The "bury your gays" was strong with this one. Maybe even "bury your queers" since CeCe was also killed off

@andresmadinaveitia4458 3 года назад

Emily is the loyal one. She is the only liar Who never did something against other Liar. Spencer and Aria did join the A team. Spencer in season 3 and Aria during 6th or 7th seasson. Hannah was forced early on to uncover Aria s relationship With Ezra and managed to send Ella to the place the couple were and then saved Aria. But Hannah did send Ella a message.

@sunnycastiglioni7512 3 года назад

But this is never pushed, at least not to my understanding. She's "the loyal one" but is that because she's willing to make sacrifices for her friends or because she was never given a reason to be disloyal?

@andresmadinaveitia4458 3 года назад

@@sunnycastiglioni7512 You may have a point there

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

@@sunnycastiglioni7512 haven’t all of them been tested though? Emily has never betrayed her friends to begin with and she has had chances

@marcioroberto9820 2 года назад

Didn't she basically convinced Spencer to frame Alison with that hairbrush, though? In 5x14? If I remember correctly she tried to plant some evidence to blame Alison.

@andresmadinaveitia4458 2 года назад

@@marcioroberto9820 I will have to rewatch it. And if thts true I wiill admit i'm wrong

@barbarasmith7663 3 года назад

I wonder if part of the reason they played Emily down as the show went on was because the production knew that Shay Mitchell was the weakest actress out of the four liars. Then it kind of became a self fulfilling prophecy when they then took away any decent material she could have had to work with

@karskikatti4732 3 года назад

She was actually good in "You"... they just made her character quite boring.

@barbarasmith7663 3 года назад

@@karskikatti4732 In ‘You’ she would have had nearly ten years worth of acting experience more than the early PLL days

@puffpanda1 3 года назад

She was indeed the weakest actress, but that just means she can’t cover up bad writing with good acting like Troian can. Shay’s acting during the scene of Maya’s death was sensational because it was a good scene. The writers just didn’t give her very many good scenes.

@ac2060 3 года назад

It was the writing I think that ruined it. Emily's best scenes are the emotional ones she has and yet the show kind of just made her a sidekick and didn't give her any compelling dialogue.

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

I’m ngl I don’t think Shay was THAT good of an actress in PLL but it definitely has to do with the material cause she has done a lot better in You. In PLL she always had the same facials it seemed

@kelsim5631 3 года назад

Earlyy and I think they should have kept Maya as her girlfriend, she was right for her and btw the writers were stupid killed Maya off

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

exactly, it was too harsh

@kelsim5631 3 года назад

@@SerenaSkybourne ikr

@ruth98765 3 года назад

I like Emily and Maya in the first season. Not when she came back from the Jesus camp. It feels like they wasted her character.

@LaurenKaminski 3 года назад

I think that Maya should’ve been the first A,because Emily’s mom said they think that it was her that was dead,not that it was her.

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

@@ruth98765 agreed. It’s like they made her the cool bad girl while Emily was the good girl. That was there dynamic

@raneemm.5225 3 года назад

I don't even remember Talia's existence and I watched this show twice

@Pisceswildfire 3 года назад

ugh Talia was THE worst character, so annoying :D

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

I totally forgot about Talia!!! 😂 I liked her advice she gave to Emily but that's about it.

@iamsherlocked7448 26 дней назад

I actually don't know who Talia is who is that 😂

@peixe_pt 3 года назад

In the spinoff of Pretty Little Liars there's also a gay guy, who's a main character, and by the end of the season the guy who bullied him in HS came to town and we found out he was also gay and I felt like the writers were going to make them a couple, so it's a pattern for Marlene

@antoniaboevska3984 3 года назад

Oh yeh Dylan in the perfectionists!

@sarahlelys9268 3 года назад

Yeah, it sucked. Especially since Dylan already had a boyfriend who was honestly super nice, I liked him.

@elijahcotton6951 3 года назад

I hated how they killed Emily’s dad

@MiniMeags 2 года назад

I KNOW OMG.MY HEART BROKE SO MUCH

@Quinn91202 Год назад

Yes he’s was hands down the best father in the show

@Quinn91202 Год назад

He was the only decent man in Rosewood

@rileyray96 3 года назад

Emily's relationships are like the most relatable thing for me, once you do me wrong once you stop to exist the next day.

@rileyray96 3 года назад

"Paige has to move to California. Newsflash no1 cares." Honestly. Mood.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

🤭🤣

@enriquesanchez9016 3 года назад

@Haley Lambert It's very safe to say most people couldn't care less.

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

I remember being so happy that Paige goes to california 😂 then when she came back in the time jump i was like "....why...?"

@eeeyooohoh 3 года назад

I HATED PAIGE. like honestly top 5 most loathsome tv characters of all time for me lol

@putts6225 3 года назад

From a writing perspective, I think the Paige’s internalised homophobia arc could have worked if it was written differently. If it were me, I would make three main changes: 1) Reduce the severity of the bullying - no physical abuse, drop the drowning. Maybe have it be like throwing her clothes in the pool or refusing to be around her because she’s gay. 2) Have Paige be not the main bully. A group of girls are the culprits and Paige is sort of at the edge of the group. She’s definitely participating, but not the centre. 3) Have Paige come to Emily independently to apologise and have Paige show growth before there is any romantic hints. Don’t let Emily immediately forgive Paige and have her earn Emily’s trust. I feel like in this format it would come across like a redemption arc and potentially even be actually romantic. I’m bi and, before I was out, I definitely went along with some general homophobic comments as a teen out of fear of having the hatred turned on me so I feel like this would make it relatable without condoning the behaviour.

@sweeety969 Год назад

Paige did go and independently apologize showing growth before there was any real romantic hints though. She showed up in the rain and crashed her bike so she wouldn't have to compete with Emily. Honestly other characters get away with much worse. It feels like we're just moving the goal posts around and making excuses at this point. Ezra beat up Spencer and nobody's making lists like this for him. LBR, most people just don't like Paige because Emily's love for her is a threat to whatever pairing they like and they feel threatened.

@jen0z645 2 месяца назад

@@sweeety969 Wait when did Ezra BEAT UP Spencer???

@Jessica.Shawnte 3 года назад

I don't think Emily is boring she's just a really good friend who avoids conflict that's why she didn't really get in trouble with the law like Spencer and Hanna but to me, she didn't really connect with the girls she was happiest with her swim team, Maya, Toby they really had a connection that seems real, unlike her main friends. I'm not gay but I liked how Emily and Maya wasn't lesbian stereotypes

@draculaissus6120 3 года назад

yes I felt like her and Toby's friendship was a more genuine connection

@Jessica.Shawnte 3 года назад

@@draculaissus6120 then they just dropped that storyline when Spencer and Toby started dating

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

@@draculaissus6120 i absolutely love their friendship. I love how they were friends in season 1, when the other girls didnt like him, and talked about music and common interests, then they had the scene in the time jump with him and emily talking on her front porch about her father's passing.

@nat-iy8np 3 года назад

“Sara Harvey liked showering” 😆😆😆

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

😂😂

@dstj161 3 года назад

Good ole Shower Harvey

@sunnycastiglioni7512 3 года назад

This quote had me dying in the break room at my job

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

@@sunnycastiglioni7512 😅😅

@boobabyboo2 3 года назад

Honestly Emily‘s character has always been written like this. even in all 18 of the books every last one of her significant others was killed

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

😭

@user-oq8el4ph1o 3 года назад

Damn it 😭

@enriquesanchez9016 3 года назад

EVERY LAST ONE, seriously?? Wow, that's... messed up. But from what i know they didn't romanticize Ezria in the books so that's something at least.

@boobabyboo2 3 года назад

@@enriquesanchez9016 yea Ezra turned out to be unstable in the books and aria ended up with Noel

@enriquesanchez9016 3 года назад

@@boobabyboo2 Which makes Marlene's glorification of Ezria all the more baffling. Seriously what's wrong with that woman? There's so many adult/teenage "love" stories in the show, it's just shocking.

@BurnItUpp2009 3 года назад

I really wish the writers hadn't killed off Maya. They were perfect for each other and by far had the most chemistry. Paige and Alison were awful choices (I know she dated Samara and Sabrina but I'm talking long term relationships). Paige LITERALLY tried to down her. Like girl no, run. We were really robbed of Maya's character and their relationship. Spencer is my fave though ✌️ Edit: OH DEAR GOD. LET US NOT FORGET SHOWER HARVEY. Honestly the worst character ever. That girl could not act for toffee and was given the massive characters of red coat and the black veil lady for absolutely no reason. Still does my head in.

@nootooshoo3339 3 года назад

If you think about it, there are slim to none storylines that are just centred around Emily not the other girls that aren’t just about her relationship or her sexuality.

@ItsJessaBelle 3 года назад

A little something I always thought was kind of interesting was that from what we see in the show Emily & Spencer remain the closest in the year that Aria goes off to Iceland & seemingly doesn't contact any of them & Hanna goes off with Mona to become the new it girls. For instance we see Spencer & Emily were together, talking in the hallway in the scene with Hanna & Mona strutting down the hall. I just thought it was an interesting detail & I would have liked to see & hear more of what happened with the girls in that year after Alison went missing. How their friendships changed & then came back together with A.

@lenasprw6523 3 года назад

I always thought that Emily's lack of facial expressions came from her being a really shy girl. There was something special about her anyway. So sad writers didn't develop her storylines

@unrougechanel 3 года назад

Emily's character reminds me of Nate in Gossip Girls. The writers have made no effort to properly develop their character. They are the leftovers of the main characters. With sentimental relationships that disappear without explanation. And non-existent intrigues..

@MiniMeags 2 года назад

100%

@ramisakhan4399 2 года назад

@Lex Baker I feel like Alison, epscially s1-4 Ali, was a mixture of Blair and Serena. She and Blair were both cruel, sassy, power-hungry and manipulative like Queen Bees but she also had Serena's effortless charm and it girl status and like Serena, ali was no 1 and received a lot of attention and didn't take accountability.

@Garcelle1987 Год назад

Good observation. And unsurprisingly, Chace Crawford, who played Nate was also the weakest actor compared to his co stars - Just as Shay Mitchell was the weaker actor among the leads on her show

@Caeljharden 3 года назад

If someone told me “I’m only kissing you as practice for the real thing” I would’ve gone full A and made sure their lives were a living hell. Are you kidding me? How disrespectful! Lol

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

i know right! what a disgusting thing to say to someone

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

I mean I know Alison was a bitch but that’s a little much-

@MiniMeags 2 года назад

The girl my first kiss was with said this to me, She ended up being with a girl and coming out as a lesbian later in life. She killed herself a month ago :(

@Gabe413 2 года назад

@@MiniMeags jesus fuckin christ

@blesbeauty1018 2 года назад

@@Gabe413 I had the same reaction

@moviemoth4192 3 года назад

In the rewatch i was surprised by how many love interests or flings Emily has. Spencer has many too and she has chemistry with almost every person she’s paired with. Emily on the other hand has chemistry with maybe just maya lol I’m sorry, i can tell she’s supposed to like the person (Ali or whoever at the moment) but it doesn’t seem more or less passionate.

@jenna7437 3 года назад

Honestly, as much as I love PLL I didn't realize how toxic and bad it was overall. Rewatching it now I see all the flaws and failed characters/storylines/etc. and it has ruined the series a bit. I can only love it now for the memories and nostalgia. Also, what I remember my favorite scene with Emily being is either her interactions with Toby or her and Jason going somewhere to figure something out (I forget what lol).

@michealmyers7697 3 года назад

The show would have been better if they didn’t bring Alison back from the dead

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

100% I agree

@lenasprw6523 3 года назад

I still don't get why the police didn't understand that found body wasn't really Ali's. I mean they had to make sure it was Alison before saying so. And blonde hair and a yellow top doesn't prove anything... This show stands on a fact that would never happen in real life, what a shame. So bringing her back to life seems stupid but not so sudden) I mean we were never really told that she was REALLY dead

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

They did Alison so dirty when she came back its disappointing. But yeah, couldnt they have done more forensic analyses to make sure she was Alison? I mean i get "she" was buried for over a year but surely they couldve be more precise...it just makes the cops look bad for realizing Ali never died.

@blossomtheopossum 3 месяца назад

@@lenasprw6523oh hi fellow Russian PLL fan

@thedornishmanswife3712 2 года назад

I'm in the second half of season 6 rn and I'm noticing that Emily is pretty much just winding up in awkward spots (walking in on Spence and Caleb snogging, Hannah and her mom fighting) and excusing herself in a comically passive way. She got her struggles but she otherwise drama free right now and I love that for her

@gavinmccormick7750 3 года назад

your cat was the nicest surprise i’ve gotten in one of your videos. your analysis was also spot on for this video

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

🥺🥰

@trashxraccoon03 3 года назад

Honestly i shipped hanna and emily trough out the show they actually had chemistry and i stand with that 😂

@krimskrams4852 3 года назад

I thought that in so many scenes too!! They would have worked together pretty well and would have been an actually healthy relationship.

@ellay2715 3 года назад

Same! They had amazing chemistry and they could’ve gotten together while Em was staying at Hanna’s house 🥰

@damagedemoangel666 Год назад

yes , especially in S1 🥰

@shoh1541 3 года назад

I think the character wasn’t liked due to the actor’s poor performance. Her portrayal was so deadpan that I just couldn’t connect with the character on any level. Also her obsession with Alison was a put off... no matter how badly Alison treats her, Emily kept going back to her like a dog.

@JessicabelliciMa1 3 года назад

I agree...

@sweeety969 Год назад

Absolutely. It's bad enough the writers did her dirty sometimes but you get the vibe Shay didn't respect Emily at all. Like she was on twitter trying to make fun of her and her choices and distance herself from her performance. In trying not to be bullied for her acting she joined in with the bullies and singled out Paige. Even though the main problem with Emily is her subservience to Alison she doubled down by showing subservience to Alison's stans. It's mind boggling really.

@soyanakatrice1286 3 года назад

my take is they didnt care for emily because she was a poc. teen dramas tend to have a token black/asian/gay character whose only role is to be there and make the show diverse. usually they are poc and gay. example: bonnie in tvd, aisha in fate, emily in pll, tony in riverdale, tina mike and sometimes mercedes in glee and many more. they dont care to write storylines for poc because they know that most people wont be too invested in them anyway because white people struggle to relate to poc/queer people

@sonder8310 3 года назад

All your PLL videos feed so much into my nostalgia and I love to hear your opinions because of lord you are so right what a fantastic show PLL could've been if the writers prioritized differently

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

😊💞

@char6611 3 года назад

emily’s storylines in the books: - struggling with her sexuality and identity, unable to talk to her parents about it as they were heavily religious - “a” outing her to the whole school and ben sexually assaulting her - toby admitting that he used to sexually assault jenna, then commits suicide behind her house - her parents send her to iowa to live with her super homophobic uncle and aunty and cousins to “fix her” - (flashbacks) alison (courtney pretending to be alison- ali’s twin sister) constantly teasing emily because emily was in love with her (in the past) - her getting sexually assaulted by a coach who got her a swim scholarship to a university - her questioning her sexuality again, when she falls for a guy called isaac - emily getting pregnant with isaac’s baby and keeping it a secret from all of her friends and family, apart from her sister carolyn, she stayed in her dorm room for the time being - having to give her daughter up for adoption and accidentally scamming a lady of $50,000 and receiving death threats - her getting disowned by her parents for coming out as bisexual, but later they accept her - her parents finding out about her pregnancy and disowning her again - alison (the real alison, not courtney) returning and manipulated her, by making out with her in the bathrooms- then later trying to kill them all in alison’s holiday house - emily falling in love with a stowaway on a cruise (it was so cute) - emily attacking her sister and then her mum has a heart attack - emily’s first suicide attempt (trying to jump off a bridge) when her parents shunned her yet again^, as the girls were accused of murdering a girl called tabitha clark (the girls talk her down tho) - alison holding a gun to emily’s head and demanding alison to confess her love for her in front of the girls, while they were running out of air - jordyn richards (emily’s fugitive gf) gets caught and locked up in jail - alison drowning emily and demanding emily to confess her love to her again - jordyn is murdered by an alison follower and emily goes off the rails, becoming extremely depressed, losing a shit ton of weight and suicidal thoughts - the girls r said to be taken to trial for alison’s death (she was not dead), with a recorded video of emily having a major mental breakdown yelling, “i will kill u” and her also trashing the place where alison was staying - emily beginning to really spiral, when she begins to hear voices in her head and becoming extremely twitchy and sometimes unresponsive- ghost like - fakes her death, her parents blaming her friends. with her faking her death, she sets out to look for alison- as the girls r found guilty and put in jail there really wasn’t enough coverage at the end, i was just left crying a bunch.

@MeggyMagic 3 года назад

I’m reading the books and I feel so bad for Emily. She goes through hell and back in the books. Imagine the trauma she must have 💘❤️

@char6611 3 года назад

@@MeggyMagic yep. i think in the books she definitely was the most traumatised by a’s actions and even by her parents! what annoyed me was that her storylines were the most compelling and the only reason i read the full 16 books and i was heavily disappointed watching emily in the show, as they did her character SO dirty, with shitty storylines etc... and no offence to shay, her acting was not the best..

@FacebookQueen 3 года назад

Oh 😳

@Bollywoodlover100 Год назад

toby what? the amount of trauma and assault is so gross poor emily

@char6611 Год назад

@@Bollywoodlover100 IT IS! i love my book emily to bits, she went through so much…

@PrisGallicchio 3 года назад

About the bully being actually in love with you trope I really like how Glee did it with Kurt. They didn’t romanticize it. When the bully ( I can’t remember his name) kissed Kurt he was traumatized. He cried to Blane saying it was his first kiss and it was awful, he got it stolen in a violent way by a bully. He did emphasize with the bully and helped him get in terms with himself but the show did a really good job in showing how this is not ok or romantic but rather traumatizing. In a show that had so many problematic relationships this arc really shined.

@miamafalda1118 2 года назад

Was thinking of this too! I have a love-hate relationship with Glee, but that’s honestly one of the only times I’ve seen this trope work. It was great.

@trent_is_real3645 3 года назад

This is really interesting because Emily reminds me of Kira Yukimura from teen wolf a little because of their ROBBED storylines that sometimes made absolutely no sense. I hated how both of the shows fanbases sent massive hate towards both Kira and Emily for being "boring" and it also upsets me because they are both just trying to be the good guys yet they get shit on for no reason.

@prettylittlebookends1480 3 года назад

The amount of times I randomly think “what even happened to Kira” a day kills me 😂

@trent_is_real3645 3 года назад

@@prettylittlebookends1480 LMAOOO so true though

@MiniMeags 2 года назад

I loved Kira!

@choles523 3 года назад

Emily as the only WOC in the main cast and having the most tragic story is just ugh

@A5H_01 3 года назад

Actually, Troian is half white half black, so she's also a WOC

@draculaissus6120 3 года назад

@@A5H_01 she is white-passing tho so they were able to pass her off as just another white character

@A5H_01 3 года назад

@@draculaissus6120 Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that Troian is a woman of colour.

@tunneltimes7741 3 года назад

@@A5H_01 I mean not really 💀 her moms mixed too so she’d only be a quarter black

@A5H_01 3 года назад

@@tunneltimes7741 So Troian doesn't count as a WOC because she's not black enough?

@triciaorgana9254 3 года назад

My personal issue with Emily and her relationships is the bierasure the show utilized in regards to Emily Fields - and I think that needs to be a part of the conversation when we discuss TV Emily. In the books, Emily is bisexual. She does think she could be a lesbian for a bit, but part of her arc is figuring out her sexual identity. Whereas many people claim TV Emily was a good first representation for Lesbians (and that's incredibly valid and if Emily was that for you - that's still important and valid), Book Emily was that for me as a Bisexual. The first proper named representation I saw in media geared towards me. Both Lesbians and Bisexuals deserve proper representation - but they shouldn't be viewed as the same and interchangeable, as the show did. Both Emily being lesbian representation and PLL partaking in Biphobia and Bierasure in regards to Emily can and do co-exist and need to both be brought to the table equally when discussing LGBT+ in the series. One doesn't cancel the other out. Especially when the few coded or implied Bi characters that do exist often fall into the "Evil is Bisexual" trope (Jenna comes to mind for example, Alison to an extent).

@delenafilaurentis543 3 года назад

Maya is bisexual too

@daisysmith4321 3 года назад

emily & maya are one of my favourite pairings on the entire show - despite the obstacles, they worked so well together. i feel like they could’ve been set up, like haleb & spoby (& unfortunately ezria ew) to be endgame... but they killed maya off instead... why? we, and emaya, were so so robbed. they deserved their happy ending. instead, emily had no meaningful or relevant storylines & a rushed final relationship, and maya was killed...

@lg8405 Год назад

Maya gives me creepy cringe vibes idk how to explain it lol I need her in tiny doses

@justanordinarydemigay5243 3 года назад

Emily doesn't have a right to any say on Alison's pregnancy. Yes, those are her eggs, but she made a choice to give them up for money AND they were used by a psychopath to violate Alison's body and force her through: either aborting or making a life-long commitment to take care of a baby she didn't want and that was a symbol of what she suffered, both of which can have very lasting impacts on a person's emotional and mental well-being

@radiationshepherd 3 года назад

I wonder if the writers were predators since they were so determined to show kids have relationships with adult men in a positive light

@LegitamateGamingVideos 3 года назад

I feel like they killed Shower Harvey the way they did because it was foretold by the nickame

@ellay2715 3 года назад

Did y’all see that one meme where it was like “if like gives you lemons” and the meme was like “Sarah would teach the lemons to shower” 💀

@bt22445 3 года назад

emily reminds me a lot of bonnie. they were both main characters, they were always there for everyone, yet they were mistreated and used by everyone. also, i’ve never met anyone who genuinely didn’t like emily or bonnie, however, they’re never the fan favourite.

@antoniaboevska3984 3 года назад

You need to be hired for every pll reboot and write a show bc honestly ur so talented with all ur points !

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

youre so sweet thankyou!

@313eve 3 года назад

I really like that you include subscriber's comments in your work, it feels collaborative and it shows you value your audience. Great job.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Aww thankyou and I do- I love interacting with you guys ♥️

@franks_fiction 3 года назад

Serena: "Today's Pretty Little Liars" Me: Oh this is going to be good.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

😅

@poorvabharambe2041 3 года назад

ahh everyone is sleeping on how nice Serena looks! I love the hair it's so cute and your eyes are just *chef's kiss*

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

omg I've barely had time to sleep because I've been so busy so thankyou 💞🥺

@katelynwhitmore9298 Год назад

It really seems like Emily's greatest point in her character arch was finally dating Maya and being comfortable with her identity as a lesbian. Like, the writers didn't know how to further her character development passed that point, so they just gave her a bunch of bad girlfriends

@Alice-hj2bv 3 года назад

i swear emily and maya weren't even together that long before she died but somehow they had such a good chemistry and it felt organic for them to like each other rather than it feeling forced like some of emily's other relationships

@Garcelle1987 Год назад

I think that the on point chemistry between them, something Emily didn’t replicate at the same level with any of her numerous other love interests, was largely down to the brilliant actress who played Maya, Bianca Lawson

@emmagratz9490 3 года назад

PLEASE DO ONE OF THESE FOR EVERY CHARACTER

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

I am ♥️♥️

@lizziesmultifandom2034 3 года назад

Please continue with pll videos, I’m obsessed😂

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

I will!!

@thelouisemonarchy5551 3 года назад

Almost all love interests Emily had were so forgettable, I can barely remember them, as you talked about them throughout the video I couldn't give a face to the names you said. And omg I didn't remember the amount of terrible things people did to Emily, and the fact she never told anyone about any of this trauma. Emily could have been amazing if it wasn't for the bad writing and the clear favoritism everyone had for the other girls. In the end Emily is still one of my favorite liars but not because of what she does in the show, it is just because of what she represented. She was one of the first lesbian characters I've seen on a tv show and for good or bad she was the representation that I had back then.

@ashlaibrown5453 3 года назад

To be honest the part that made me want emison was the paris discussion and them kissing after ali saved her. They felt like they could be cut out from the show and are a part of a different world of thier own.

@lingeringquestions519 3 года назад

I only watched about five seasons of this show, but I remember when Emily was called the sweet one it surprised me. I feel like all the girls went along with Ali's meanness unless the plot called for them not to at some point, but I remember in the first season I saw how she reached out to Aria in the first episode and she kept tabs on people. She reached out to Toby too and I felt she was the dependable one. I feel like Hannah and Spencer are nicer than their book counterparts so played out differently and Aria seemed so wide-eyed and sad about what happened at first and she immediately comforted Emily when she came out, so I thought she was the sweet one. I remember from the first preview I saw wanting to see more of Emily and Aria's friendship and the first season was ok with it, but then they stopped having as many scenes just with them. I just felt they were connected. They immediately reconnect when Aria comes back and it just felt like that meant they were lifelong friends.

@anonimous9540 3 года назад

Maya and Emily were honestly cute together and I liked them a lot as a couple but I always felt Maya didn't trust Emily enough and basically lied about many things. Samara was so nice dammit PLL writers... I hate them for creating such a sweet and a lovely character like Samara and then they threw her away in seconds, she was so nice to Emily and they had chemistry with each other. I don’t think Paige and Emily were a good couple, far from it their relationship was toxic asf, but they had their moments and Paige was kinda mean to Emily in certain situations and I just felt like writers really pushed Paily harder than it needed to be, overall speaking they were cute. Tallia and Sabrina were so annoying.. UGH I can’t stand them. And there we have Sara who just lied about everything, they didn’t have chemistry like at all. But I think Sara liked Emily and she wanted to protect her as she revealed in 7x6, I honestly feel bad for Sara I always kinda liked her

@redearth6267 Год назад

None of the girls could ever be alone. Aria even got a love interest for a day trip to visit a college. Any time they are on the outs with their significant others, be it for scheduling or anything, someone is brought on. Travis, the undercover cop, Talia, Andrew, Holbrook, etc. I think they honestly didn’t think the girls could be alone for a second.

@sarie2635 3 года назад

one thing that makes me mad about how they treated her character is that at the time id say that representation was pretty rare and im not from a "small" town in america but the way every single girl she interacted was gay and interested in her lmao sureeee. Idk I think they treated her sexuality like her main arc and it is painfull to watch now. i could go on and on about this but i dont have the power to write it all out lol

@lithiumkid 2 года назад

some people want to hook up. many straight teens will hook up with people they aren’t actually very attracted to. i can think of tons of guys who would hook up with pretty much any girl available if the opportunity presented itself. i don’t understand why that couldn’t be the case for bi & lesbian teenagers too. they are 15-18 for most of the show after all, and at that age, you have a lot of hormones flowing through you and whatnot lol. i suppose it was unrealistic though that seemingly every girl Emily spoke to turned out to be gay or bi.

@Marikerike 3 года назад

I honestly think Samara would have been the best fit for Emily in the long run. Maya was a nice cute first relationship but that's it. I think Emily and Samara had so much potential.

@fatbitch7168 3 года назад

the fact that you upload new videos about pll makes me really happy; i hope you never stop milking this universe bc your analysis are awesome

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

omg thankyou

@JulietteVeronica1201 3 года назад

I lowkey feel like Maya was Emily's soulmate all along, not Alison. Too bad Maya had to die.

@hannaparoledelectrice1869 3 года назад

I couldn't care less about Emily's relationships. I didn't get why Emily dated Talia and Sabrina, both of these relationships were pointless, espacially with Sabrina, it seemed like Emily didn't even want to spend time with her.. They were just there to give screen time to Emily while the other girls were up to serious activities related to the actual main plot

@megan546 3 года назад

The show also completely forgot that Emily got a tattoo with Sara it was just never mentioned again

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

lmao i know right, what was the point?

@grmgt 3 года назад

Okay, im officially obsessed with your channel. You're going to grow so much, i can sense it!

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Thank you so much!!

@Daisylinne 3 года назад

Okay, I'm not even halfway through, but I have to say this before I go on: as usual, the points you make are so damn amazing and intelligent ❤! Now I cannot help but imagine how legendary PLL could have been if you were the one pulling the strings instead of Marlene 😭.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

🤭🤭💞

@randomgirl6508 11 месяцев назад

Emily was actually my favourite character and until now I had no idea why she was so underrated. Wel.. I guess I liked her so much because she was gay and soo pretty :D It was the first tv show with a lgbt character I've ever seen and I was so obssesed with it I even convinced my brother and mum to rewatch it with me. I know this show has soo many plot holes and messed up stuff but I still remember being 15, having a crush on Emily and being so excited about all the mysteries....

@mickcrump7799 3 года назад

If Claire Holt, the actress that played Samara, had not gotten a much bigger job on The Vampire Diaries and later The Originals, do you think her relationship with Emily might have been developed more and the two of them could have become a better version of Emily and Paige as the seasons progressed? I’ve always wondered if Samara might have lasted a bit longer or popped back up later and rekindled things with Emily if the actress playing her hadn’t or landed another job. I would like to think so bc I liked Samara and I LOVE Claire Holt.

@madisonkent1544 3 года назад

Whenever i think of emily and her past relationships, Samara is the first person i think of! She was so fun and nice to Emily and actually helped Emily in my opinion. I wish she stayed 😢

@ellecalara 3 года назад

i binge watched all of your video essays about pll and i just wanted to thank you for all the effort you put into it, they're so entertaining and relatable!

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Wow, thank you! That means so much x

@monasplan 3 года назад

I GET SO EXCITED EVERYTIME YOU POST!!!!

@fatbitch7168 3 года назад

hey also you're totally right when you said Emily doesn't stand up for herself when she is abused. It happened a lot

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

Definitely x

@blackswan7279 3 года назад

I feel like it’s weird to shift blame on a repeated victim, it seems like that it was an extreme form of showing how passive she is

@Despina687 3 года назад

I’m so beyond excited for this! Thank you so much for all time and effort into all of these vids 🥰

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

You are so welcome!

@Valeriaa6240 3 года назад

Your pll videos take me into a different dimension .. analysing characters ..it's definitely a distraction for a lot of us ...would love to know ur opinion abt Alison and her character .. she cld have really been a good villan

@symwinter 3 года назад

We love to see a cat in the video. Makes everything better.

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

haha so true

@cammysun 10 месяцев назад

i really wish the writers would have given emily and alison a proper storyline that makes sense and wasn’t so rushed just to please the fans but all they did was invest in aria and ezra’s relationship like it baffles me how OF ALL the characters on the show these two were the ones that ended up getting married

@unicornofthesun4639 3 года назад

Wooooo it's here! I never cared for Emily but I will listen to you talk about anything :)

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

omg you're such a cutie pie

@poorvabharambe2041 3 года назад

AHHH YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

i've been so excitedddd toooo

@zubi6301 3 года назад

please never stop doing these pll videos !

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

🥰🥰

@miafml-ux2wf 3 года назад

honestly i dont like the way the girls described her as the weak link and the fact that it took spencer to have to check into Radly for them to stop but then they just kind of moved on to calling spencer the weak link like WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN its such a degrading term.

@lunarialoonatic 3 года назад

They never saw her as that though, they insinuated that A saw her that way so that’s why she was targeted. That’s why Emily would say ‘the weakest link what’s payback’ because A made her feel like she was the weakest by their torment

@miafml-ux2wf 3 года назад

@@lunarialoonatic yeah i get that but i didnt like how they said it yk, its insensitive to the fact that spencer ended up in a mental hospital and she was then seen as the weak link by A baso saying that anyone with mental health issues are weak

@gioantonio4016 3 года назад

I always had a soft spot for Emily! I just wished that they would give her better storylines. Shay Mitchell was not the best actress on the show but I think that she is still a good actress and gave Emily what she needed so I disagree with the people that say the reason nobody likes Emily is because of Shay. I think people are sometimes too hard on her.. I also just realized now that I definitely find it a problem that Emily/Shay was the only LGBTQ+ character of the MC's and she also is the only character of a different ethnicity which really kinda upsets me because even if that wasn't intentional it's just ironic that the only character of color in the core 5 is the one nobody likes and is being pushed off to the side!

@SerenaSkybourne 3 года назад

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻