Nekoshoujo

Haven't been here in forever but just stopped in to say I'm finally over Eclare. I'm actually a little pissed about it because if they had just ended them when Eli left for college it would have been natural and not feel so dragged out. When I think about what I really liked about them in season 10 and 12 it makes me a little mad because they got so far away from that. I'm more on the train now of just have the relationship then end it and move on otherwise it makes everything seem so tainted.

Eh they're really no good for each other.

Lady Azura

^ You!

But yeah, I agree. Just end it. At this point, there's no salvaging anything about this relationship.

Nekoshoujo

^ yeah



It's not even the same relationship anymore. So what's the point of staying in the past? For nostalgia sake? Pass.

Lady Azura

Yeah, I mean... I'll always have a soft spot for what they were, but they're not the same couple anymore and the writers just need to let it die. It was a popular ship but it's not anymore. Their first breakup in "Drop the World" was heartbreaking to watch. The breakups that followed... not so much because we know they'll get back together even though they shouldn't. It's just unnecessary drama at this point and I can't help but roll my eyes. I honestly don't care anymore about this couple. They are like my least favourite thing about the show right now.

Nekoshoujo

I think the writers on this show have a bad habit of saying "oh hey that worked let's do it 500 more times" it makes things boring. In this case it kinda sucks because they had a perfect out with Eli graduating. But they love Munro so they had to keep the relationship so Eli would be relevant.

Lady Azura

Ughhhh. See, if they had just had Eli show up at her graduation or something, I would've been fine with that. But no. Let's keep Eli around and have him cheat on Clare after only six weeks of being apart from her... and then apologize in the laziest way possible. And then not make any attempt to earn her trust back and only visit her after she breaks up with him... and then get pissy because how dare she give up on their "epic romance".

Keeping Eli around was a mistake, especially since he's no longer a student at Degrassi and therefore I don't care about his issues or what he's going through. Those should've all been resolved by the time he graduated. His journey is over, so let's focus on Clare and the other seniors before they go off into the world.

Nekoshoujo

And they seriously thought this was a good idea? They seriously thought anyone would actually enjoy this plot?

And because we're not really following his storyline -those stupid unrealistic/random webisodes aside- we can't even care about how he feels. Why should we? We don't even know him anymore. And it actually takes time away from seniors who should be getting more attention like Becky or Jenna or Imogen or Connor.

Lady Azura

^ Exactly. It's ridiculous. Eli's screen time is so unnecessary and just takes away from the seniors who should've gotten it instead.

Eva Diva

I stopped watching Degrassi ever since they moved to Tuesday nights. So Eli is still around? He is like a cockroach that just won't die

Lady Azura

Unfortunately. I mean, he's in New York now but he still pops up whenever there's a Clare/Eclare related storyline.

Also, he has an entire four-part webisode dedicated to him.

kaleidocat

I just realized that I can remember only one or two positive Eclare moments. All I remember about them is their drama and Eli screeching about Eli things.

Nekoshoujo

Better Off Alone still holds up. I can't even watch that episode anymore because they seem like such different people. It's hard to remember that at one point they were unpretentious supportive friends with a cute flirty twist. And healthy.

Too bad that didn't last!

Lady Azura

It makes me sad.

kaleidocat

Too lazy to look up what they did in that ep. Was that the one when Clare was rebelling against her parents/the divorce and they went on a date, talked about authors, and got pierced? I have to admit that I liked that. I don't know if it was their best moment since it seemed like she was using him a bit to get even but I like it when Clare doesn't act like what people expect of her and Eli was for the most part quiet during that plot.

Nekoshoujo

No but I liked that episode too. The first part anyway. I was talking about their "original" episode where Eli encourages her to write a letter to her parents telling them how they feel. Now that you point it out though Eclare was pretty solid through the whole divorce plot it was after that when the focus shifted to Eli that things went totally off the walls.

And now that I think about it, the focus never really shifted back. It was all about Eli's feelings after that. They basically used Clare to introduce their new star and just let her be a supporting player after that.