What RUINED Star vs. the Forces of Evil?

I never watched all of Star vs. the Forces of Evil and people told me not to cause the finale was THAT bad. Guess I'm about to find out what I missed out on...

The show kind of portrays and hints that Tom was an abusive angry boyfriend but it turns out that Star ended up being the worst one of the two. She manipulated him, strung him along, cheated, lied, gaslit and broke his heart TWICE. Even his MOM didn’t like her! How are we supposed to cheer for Star as a protagonist when she was awful to someone who gave her their heart?

I've always found it funny that Daron Nefcy has said that Tom was based on an ex of hers, because not only did he get more character development than anyone else, but he was arguably the most likable character by the end.

It's funny how Star herself became the final enemy because, a plan of destroying the magic sounds like something a villain would do, it's like if somebody got tired of the high taxes on electricity and decided to remove the whole world of anything electronic, that's what a villain would do

I remember how much I was happy as a teen, when I finally found a show where two main characters were boy and girl NOT being romantically attracted to each other.... And then Starco happened.

Marco had 2 friends in the first few episodes that just disappeared and were never heard from again. That was an early sign of a shaky foundation.

They literally ended the show with the main character committing mass genocide. It's crazy how the writers were just completely fine with that.

Star at the beggining: I am a magical princess from another dimension! Star at the end: doesn't have magical powers, is no royalty and since she fused her home dimension with Earth she's not even from another dimension anymore. Now she is just... A girl. The girl who destroyed magic and everyone who's lifes depended on it.

There was so much continuity ruined in the finale. For example, why does Marco have the cheek marks? All of the mystery involving Eclipsa's "is she good" "no wait, she's hiding something, is she evil?" plotlines which could have actually moved Mewni forward in a more mature way. Why did they force Starco? If the end goal is to destroy magic, was Toffee right all along? What about Glossaric teaching baby Meteora? Also, Ludo's who redemption arc was just... forgotten?

Now that I think about it, it really is super weird that Hekapoo was so easily chill with the idea of magic as a whole being wiped. She is an ancient member of a high-ranking council whose JOB is to protect and govern the magic across the universe. Imagine a secret service agent overheard someone's plans to shoot the President and was just like "yeah I see your point, go ahead. The guy had a good life anyway"

Star destroyed the magic because she couldnt see them defeat mina and her new army, saying they were unstopable. But Mina is the LAST one of the old armie, meaning that something DID wipe almost all of them out. So destroying the magic was just the easy quick solution, instead of looking in to what took out the army of the past.

22:44 little fact about Toffee Saber. He didn’t hate magic at all. However it was Glossarik (alongside Baby Meteora) who made him hate magic. He made Toffee harm him, so Baby Meteora would get mad and attack Toffee, who would not only bear a grudge against the Butterfly’s, but Magic itself. So technically speaking Glossarick inadvertently was responsible for the Monster Wars, and the death of Moons Mother.

Things always go wrong when the writers get caught up in the shipping. Shipping should be used to enhance the plot and the characters and make it more fun, not ruin the structure of your series. That's why I feel like writers/creators should keep their distance from fandoms, otherwise they're easily influenced.

The series finale of Star vs aired on the same day as the final episode of Game of Thrones May 19, 2019: A day that will live in television infamy

What really annyos me about the whole magic is the cause of evil idea is that one of Star's biggest lessons in season 1 was that she has to learn to not just use her magic however she wants. Now they make it sound as if it wasn't her fault, it was the magic that's causing the trouble and not Star being irresponsible.

Star was genuinely a sweet character in the first few seasons, she had a lot of flaws which made her character a lot more dimensional but i feel like her personality didn’t really make sense in the latter seasons

I remember feeling SO BAD for Tom. He promised to change and actually went through the effort to change, gave Marco a chance, who ended up as his best - probably only male - friend. He did everything for Star, was there for support, was emotionally avaivable even though he didn't sometimes understand what was going on, and he was there to help in battle, if anyone asked him to be there- he'd be there. He didn't even get angry when he found out that Star cheated on him, even though he had every right to be! He just got more sad and confused. Instead it was Star who got angry at Tom for questioning it. <-- Which is a pretty red flag in a relationship might I add I got really happy for him when he broke up with her. Yet in the end he was still ready to sacrifice himself for Star. He actually redeemed himself pretty hard in my eyes and he got far more abuse in the series than he deserved. It really says something about a show when the best character at the end, is the one who started of as the worst character in the beginning. Also last two seasons Star deserve to be forever alone. Hands DOWN.

Star prevented a genocide by committing an even bigger genocide. That is the finale in a nutshell. Oh, and a writer said the puppies survived, despite the fact they're magical creatures as well. It really felt like the show couldn't commit to their dire choice.

I don’t blame the creators for the open-ended finale, but the execution was very lackluster. Magic itself being blamed for all of the issues felt like a random conclusion and drama point.

This isn’t that important, but I REALLY hate how they treated the magical high commission. ESPECIALLY Rhombulus. He was one of my favorite characters in the show. His introduction into the show Solidified my love for his character. He was a guy that went with his gut all the time and made rash decisions. But when star in season 2 made him reflect on his ideas (which mirrored hers in a way) made him stop and think! He formed a fun bond with Star! It was like an older brother or fun uncle type mentor figure for her. I was really hoping they would keep that idea and energy up, but they made him a raging racist. I would be fine if they made him a villain but realize slowly that what he is doing is wrong and go to Star for help again! It would’ve been more impactful then just having him die a jerk. They gave so much hype of the MHC, but never played with introducing more backstory too them. We don’t know why Rhombulus and Lekmeth had a close bond, we don’t know why this and that happens with the MHC. It feels unfair to not only assassinate theses characters as a whole, but to kill them off as a j o k e. The only one redeemed was Heckapoo, she was the only one who stayed the same, still died due to this ending. Really I am just mad they wasted so much potential on such good characters, to assassinate them, leave most in the dark only to be brought up or referenced once or twice. To destroy GOOD relationships all for the sake of one. And to create a messed up plot with just as many holes in them. They built it up to 2 and fell off h a r d after 3 & 4. It really ate me up inside when my favorite characters either became jerks and died never to be redeemed, or was just unjustly shafted out of relationships cause of “starco” purposes. The finale was a mess, Toffee should’ve stayed, the MHC should’ve been worked on more and (redeemed), and the shipping stayed on the side lines. For now all I can do is pretend that season 4 doesn’t exist and re-watch the first two seasons.