I was over the moon when I found out that there would be an AoS series starring Coulson, to maybe give you an idea of how much I want to love the Agent Carter series. :) I'm totally with you.
I admit that I really enjoy some dark stuff. I love Arrow, which is of course the reason the CW had enough moxie and confidence to try the Flash. It really seems that people prefer light and hopeful to dark and sad, which I find hopeful in general. But at least with Arrow there was no question from the beginning what we were getting into--Oliver Queen returned damaged and desperate to a damaged and desperate city and has been slowly swimming his way upstream to fix it ever since. The show has actually gotten lighter as it goes along, with hope and victories that don't rip the heroes' souls out to achieve. Oliver even stopped killing people at the end of season one because his best friend was horrified by it, which is a nifty reverse on AoS, where they started out horrified and now don't seem to give a damn.
That said, Arrow is still very dark, but not because of the main team's decisions, which is where I think it surpasses AoS so well. Oliver is really trying to be a hero, even though he doesn't think of himself as one or even as a particularly good person (his dialogue with Barry on the subject was revealing, though good God, it was awful). But he's trying to be good, and to protect his city and the people he loves, and you can feel that even with the sad plots and annual major character deaths. I'm not saying you should watch it because I know it's not your thing, but I do happily because these are characters I can root for, no matter how bad things get around them. :)
But AoS, not so much. I didn't like Ward either, and I'm more curious about him now than fond. Honestly, what liking I have for him comes entirely from my own fanfic, which makes for an odd dichotomy, let me tell you.
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I admit that I really enjoy some dark stuff. I love Arrow, which is of course the reason the CW had enough moxie and confidence to try the Flash. It really seems that people prefer light and hopeful to dark and sad, which I find hopeful in general. But at least with Arrow there was no question from the beginning what we were getting into--Oliver Queen returned damaged and desperate to a damaged and desperate city and has been slowly swimming his way upstream to fix it ever since. The show has actually gotten lighter as it goes along, with hope and victories that don't rip the heroes' souls out to achieve. Oliver even stopped killing people at the end of season one because his best friend was horrified by it, which is a nifty reverse on AoS, where they started out horrified and now don't seem to give a damn.
That said, Arrow is still very dark, but not because of the main team's decisions, which is where I think it surpasses AoS so well. Oliver is really trying to be a hero, even though he doesn't think of himself as one or even as a particularly good person (his dialogue with Barry on the subject was revealing, though good God, it was awful). But he's trying to be good, and to protect his city and the people he loves, and you can feel that even with the sad plots and annual major character deaths. I'm not saying you should watch it because I know it's not your thing, but I do happily because these are characters I can root for, no matter how bad things get around them. :)
But AoS, not so much. I didn't like Ward either, and I'm more curious about him now than fond. Honestly, what liking I have for him comes entirely from my own fanfic, which makes for an odd dichotomy, let me tell you.