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I finally watched all of Ugly Betty.

Overall it was really fun to watch. Unlike another show *mumble mumble*, this show meant for its characters to be caricatures, belonging firmly in Camp. But even if a character was mainly around for laughs, he/she still tended to have a bit of depth. And outrageous plotlines fit right in.

Some episodes were better than others, which kept me wishing that the seasons had been shorter. I remember when I first got into Doctor Who, I was complaining about the 13 episode seasons. But I've kind of gotten used to the more-compressed style of storytelling. Padding is boring.

One thing that really threw me though, was how much Daniel/Betty felt tacked-on at the end. Maybe part of the problem was that I happened to catch the end of S4 first, which made me go and watch the whole thing. I was expecting at least some sort of UST to come before, but no. Don't get me wrong - I love ships where people start out as simply friends. But I feel kind of odd about this resolution - I don't hate it, but yet it felt out of left field to me.

Actually, I'm way more interested in Betty and Claire Meade's relationship. (Not like that, you strange people, you.) Betty and Claire were interesting and adorable and I wanted to draw little hearts around them! It's funny - I think I'd love to see Betty and Daniel married some day, simply because Claire and Betty would then be in-laws.

And I still hate Henry. He's like nails down the chalk board to me. GTFO, HENRY.

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I recently watched the end of Ugly Betty (I had stopped in the middle of S3) because I was intrigued by the idea of Daniel and Betty getting together, but... then... it only sort of happened at the last minute and was really ambiguous and I was pretty disappointed.

That said, the show holds a soft spot in my heart. It's not the best show ever, but it's pretty good. WAY too many episodes a season though.

but... then... it only sort of happened at the last minute and was really ambiguous and I was pretty disappointed.

*nods* It was kind of a non-event.

And it is a fun little show. :D

Well, from what I remember, the show was set for five seasons and the Daniel/Betty was supposed to be the revelation to Daniel at the end of season 4 with the bulk of season 5 being the payoff/build. But they got canceled and decided to compress. The Betty/Daniel-character was endgame for the other versions of UB.

They just ran out of time. :\

But yes! Claire and Betty were awesome! J also loved Ignacio and Daniel's weird friendship.

That is a massive bummer! I would have loved to see what they would have done with that pairing!

And one thing I really loved was how the Meades and the Suarezes often got thrown together and actually liked each other, pretty much automatically. And included each other (voluntarily or otherwise) in their wacky shenanigans. I burst out laughing when Ignacio said something like "Hey look! I just got an email from Claire Meade inviting me to a drag show!"

Ignacio makes a great fill-in dad for Daniel and Claire a great fill-in mom for Betty.

Do you know of any good in-character London fics? Bonus points if they have Claire.

Pretty much everything Yahtzee wrote, EVER. Here ya go! There were a few on the pit, but the author freaked out (she was a fanfic newbie) when someone told her she could 'get in trouble with copyright people' for posting fic on the internet; so that went away. :\

Thanks!

Poor newbie.

Agreed! Claire was such a brilliant character. And a sort of very cool motherè figure for Betty. :D
I miss this show.

Very brilliant character! It really is a shame it got cut short of what the writers had intended.

Betty and Claire are great. They're really good with one another as Mommy-Mead: Look out for my baby, and Betty: What info can you give me on Daniel to keep him going? type of thing.
The Daniel/Betty did feel tacked on at the end. Though I admit to be rooting for it since about season 2. Or 1. I don't remember.
I know that the show was based off of a Spanish show and the Betty character ended up with the Daniel character pretty solidly.

I didn't realize it was an import! Interesting...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure. At least, that's what I heard about it.