On the AIO Writer’s Block social media pages, I posed the question of what fans wanted to see from AIO in the 2025 season. As a follow up, I’m looking at some of those responses and my thoughts on them in this article.
“More mysteries for sure! It’d be nice to hear from the Parker family, and Monty! And Dr. Graham 😅”
I sort of hated on AIO’s disposal (for lack of a better term) of the Parker family in a post back at the end of 2021. Looking at it now, though, I think I sort of appreciate Odyssey not making a huge deal out of the Parker departure. At this point, we know it’s coming; they’ve said it multiple times, but they’ve also shared their intent to keep it on the down low. I think this also opens doors for them to use characters when they wish. At this time, the two oldest Parker children are among the most prominent child characters in Odyssey history, with Olivia’s arc still continuing. But Camilla’s lost some of the spotlight, too. I won’t re-hash my point in that article; you can read it for yourself. I also think it would be excellent to hear back from Monty again, but I think it’s high time for Jenny to re-appear, too. We’ll see if any of this comes in the upcoming year!
“Rodney Rathbone Returns”
It’s clear from the comics that Evan David is probably grasping to do a Rodney return episode. I think it would be great! I would like to see the new kids (especially Jay) interact with a likely older Rodney. The opportunities are endless here!
“I’d love to see stuff about Wooton’s family, and maybe a Katrina-centric episode in Baltimore!”
I would too! It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of Wooton’s family and its new dynamic here soon. This was very much teased at by this new album. It’s also pivotal to Wooton’s character development and continues a twenty-year long arc, which is why we’ll be doing a post about it in our new series in the month of September. I think a Baltimore-themed episode would be fantastic and probably hilarious, there are a lot of ways it could go. Katrina has sort of slipped out of the limelight over the past few decades as well, so it’s high time some good episodes with her returned.
“A love interest for Connie ❤️”
Now, if my name were Phil Lollar, my response would probably be a firm “no”. As I’m not though, I’m halfway to wanting to see a new love story plot for Connie. For one thing, I would like to see Jules’ and Buck’s arc fully wrapped up before we start diving into a new thing. On another note, there are simply too many other storylines going on right now. Not that I don’t think Odyssey could handle it, but it’d be nice to see this era firmly concluded before we move into the next thing. Above all this, I would love to see Connie working out a relationship with Jules sort of cheering her on as a new Christian, a dynamic I think would be so much more fulfilling than Connie not being emotionally available for Jules while this whole band situation is going on.
An exploration of Connie and Jillian’s new dynamic since [28] Hours. Especially in regards to Jules.
Continuing from earlier, this is another one of those storylines I’d like to see fully developed before the “Connie gets married” arc. Again, Facing the Music is probably 100% set up for this and I believe we’ll see the fullness by next year and maybe? even in December. These three have the potential to be an amazing trio, so their storylines tying together is hopeful.
Now, what about me?
Mostly, I want to see a definitive end to all the loose ends Era Five has left us with. It looks like the writers are definitely moving in this direction, too. Talks of wrapping up years-long sagas involving Jules, Penny, Wooton, and even Jay are all very good signs. One of the thoughts I had at the end of Facing the Music was “where’s Valerie in all this?”. It looks like we’re getting an answer here soon. The writer’s are also hinting that the next two albums will be very huge, which I believe and am totally on par with. I also don’t think it’s premature to say we’re probably close to another hiatus here soon, which would definitely be a definitive stopping point to this era. In any case, I’m ready for whatever the writer’s have planned for this upcoming season, but if any of you out there want to slip this they’re way, I’m sure they won’t mind! (wink wink) I’ll be back in a day or two with the start of our new series. For now, be sure to keep up the fandom!
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