Star vs. the Forces of Evil

One more to the Animation Heaven. With the recent finale premiere, it's fair to talk about it. However, I didn't connect with this series on a personal level, so I only leave this comment to the use of my current memory.

When this series first came out, what I thought of it was... it's ok. It's entertaining, I like the design of the characters and the funny situations, but it's nothing spectacular and nothing’s wrong if you missed it. In fact, many considered it the successor of Gravity Falls (which is not true, is light years away from the work of Alex Hirsch). Its first season is full of poorly written episodes, without a clear idea of ​​what it wanted to be and the characters were insipid and very routine (Ludo was a terrible villain, for example). Yes, there was a plot developing in the background, but the episodes didn’t stop being magic exaggerations of everyday situations.

And then, 2 things ended up saving it:

Shipping: This aspect usually downgrades a series, because it scares potential new fans (Adventure Time) and makes both the audience and the creators more concerned about who will end up paired with who than the plot itself (The Loud House) and many times those formed couples and their romance don’t develop as good as they should. Here, however, that kept it afloat without going unnoticed.

Toffe: The best of the series by far and a great contrast to Ludo: serious, enigmatic, educated and well-dressed. He was the element the series needed to start taking itself seriously.

After this, things changed. Instead of a cheap shipping, things were now taken more seriously (although I don’t understand why so many people were against Jackie to stay with Marco, she's a good girl and still 90% of the internet treats her as the antichrist and only stopped when she was forced to be a lesbian), humor improved, Star’s dimension was expanded, more of her rare friends appeared, including the Magic High Commission, the kingdom of Mewni and her parents began to guide the course of the series, even Ludo changed for good because he went from being a comedic villain to a tragic character.

Unfortunately, it was always a series whose potential depended on how much it took his details seriously (I'm not saying that everything should be taken seriously, it's just that it prevented to be just a silly comedy) and in its last seasons it put a political agenda that didn’t quite fit (discrimination and xenophobia to monsters is justified). Now, in regards to the end, I feel that they left it too open and had the potential to continue, although in its favor, leaving it open means more material for fanart and fanfic. I like the show but expected a better ending it's kind of incomplete... I wanted it to be something remarkable and emotional like Gravity Falls and both world colliding brings more problems than it solves.

I’m not sure if I can say this is one of the best animations of the decade, because for me it’s too flawed and doesn’t have enough material to be considered in a top, but it’s a decent series nonetheless. I’m not the exact person to talk about it so I’m leaving the real perspective to the fans. What do you think about this show and its finale?

P.S: ALL HAIL PONY HEAD!