The fact that they treat autism like it's a terminal illness 💀💀

the god and communist episodes did NOT feel like disney channel💀💀

This show was so pretentious 💀💀💀

I always hated how eveyone treated Maya when she wanted to mature and grow. Everyone ganged up on her claiming she was turning into Riley like what???

Cory is among the worst tv teachers ever. He always tailor made his lessons to his daughter and friends

Them acting like Capitalism is the best thing ever when Maya's life situatio is a common plot point, when her mom has to work her ass of just for them to have a house...

"an A divided by 3 is a C" he straight up just made that logic up to fit his agenda - that man should not be a teacher

Maya "turning herself into Riley to see if Lucas is good enough" is the DUMBEST resolution they could've found to that triangle, and I know the writers thought they ate...they did not. They could've just had Maya be tired of how dragged out the triangle was, and choosing herself and I guess Josh. Her feelings for Lucas weren't really that deep. What they SHOULD'VE done is make her end up with Zay, he's actually as interesting/entertaining as her

Honestly how Cory didn’t get fired for that Religion assignment I have no idea because he broke like several different rules by doing that

I never see anyone addressing this so I thought I would - Can we just acknowledge that the only two autistic characters are literally named FARKLE and SMACKLE?! Those are the names of pet turtles, not human beings. It’s dehumanizing and really makes a mockery of those characters. I really strongly dislike that the only two characters who don’t get to have real, normal names are the autistic ones. Talk about ableism.

The maya and josh relationship is really annoying too. I dislike when someone has feelings for another character that isn’t reciprocated and people act like they’re the bad guy for not returning feelings

Something to add to the autism segment Farkle is made fun of throughout the entire series up to this point, both by the show and the characters. To me, there's this underlying tone from the characters of "If he actually was autistic, then we would have been making fun of the kid with autism instead of just the weird kid." to me.

Cory, Lucas, and Riley all getting on Farkle for not believing in God/being Christian is so wild. Leave that little boy alone, Cory. Let him have his own mind on what he believes or doesn't.

Another thing with the GODS NOT DEAD episode, the writers could have had a more interesting talk as Riley is said to be Jewish not Christian. So they could have had four different takes within the characters with Riley as Jewish, Lucus being Christian, Maya being agnostic, and Farkle being an atheist. Although with the shows writing it probably would have been offensive or just badly written.

An hour long video about a disney channel show that I’ve never watched by a creator I’ve never seen before? YES PLEASE.

The thing about farkle potentially having autism is that they could have made him autistic and moved on but instead they had to make a whole episode about how autism is inherently bad

I didn’t even know there’s a religious episode. Also I understand Maya with the money. She’s a minor and struggling with money and she finds money on the ground that she doesn’t know who it belongs too so idk why riley behave like that

I think that Maya’s relationships with men are bad all around in that show. You don’t mention it here, but it always rubbed me the wrong way how they introduced the concept of Shawn potentially becoming Maya’s step dad… by having their second actual interaction be an entire episode where Corey and Riley push Shawn to become closer to Maya, without even bothering to have him meet her mother first? And the episode culminates in Shawn buying Maya an entirely new wardrobe??? I’m so sorry, but that is WEIRD. Maya’s mom actually has a normal reaction to this (who the hell are you, why are you hanging with my kid) but SHE’S treated as a bad guy for having that reaction. It always rubbed me the wrong way, like it also felt like grooming in a way.

crazy how disney was trying to get us to believe in god when the way that they treat their child stars probably made many of them lose faith lmao

Gmw teaches SO MANY bad lessons. I always hated the episode where the Spanish teacher is so hard that Riley has to pull an all nighter, and when her mom finds out she THANKS THE TEACHER FOR PUSHING HER KIDS!??! NOOOOOO

Only two good things came out of this show for me: Confirmation that Turner was alive and Eric reuniting with the kid he almost adopted in the original show and getting closure on that. Means so much if you know the context behind those original arcs. Not getting Shawn back with Angela however was a HUGE fucking mistake. 🙃

i’m forever bitter at them ruining shawn and angela. forcing him and mya’s mom together just so mya could have some sort of father figure annoyed me so damn much. they relied wayyyy to much on the OG characteristics instead of being original. they treated her like she wasn’t a big part of the original show. considering how trina (angela) was treated by everyone in real life behind the scenes i shouldn’t be too shocked that she essentially came back and was treated as some sort of villian but it truly made no sense. cory and topanga acted like they didn’t even know her, it was so off putting and annoying. in my mind they got back together eventually lol

I’m so glad that people are finally realizing how bad this show was. Even as a kid, I have always disliked it.

Boy meets world is way more realistic

Girl Meets Texas part 1-3 is when the show was at its peak though, because they weren't forcing too many jokes and lessons (it still happened but was less), I felt there was true potential if the show kept that kind of tone/quality. They weren't having Riley being overly dramatic/childish, forcing us to feel bad for Maya, and Lucas & Farkle actually had purpose besides being a love interest & comedic relief. Riley realizing Maya likes Lucas was finally a moment of maturity for her, and actually showed off that Rowan can be a relatively good subtle actress...but most of the show made her & the others seem annoying

maya was the most interesting character with the most potential and i hated how they treated her, when she started getting better.

I love Gmw slander 🙏🏾🙏🏾

i understand not minding maya's and josh's relationship since it's fiction, but i'd argue that since this is a show for kids and tweens, they definetely should not be in any shape or form romanticizing this type of age gap in the show. children don't have enough critical thinking skills to realize how problematic this is in real life, and they might normalize this so much in their brains depending on the media they consume that they might get involved into harmful relationships themselves. if it was a show for older people i wouldn't care that much, but when it's children's media, it really worries me

I dont think josh likes maya . Josh just wants to be liked .

i actually kind of liked the idea of maya turning into riley but they did it so poorly. maya wants a nice family life like riley so she starts dressing like her and acting like her. instead of everyone around her wishing she was her old trouble maker self, they’d encourage her to find her own style and continue to grow

Lizzie McGuire, a millennial Disney show that aimed at the same age group in the early 2000s had episodes on buying her first bras, which was groundbreaking at that time. In its three seasons, there were topics on body image, heartbreak, and other topics more in line with coming-of-age issues for girls. I am surprised Girl Meets World never covered these topics. Riley was a stereotype of a middle-aged man's view of preteen girls.

Ewww the way the gang up on him when he wanted to see he has it . That’s very abelist. They missed out on the opportunity of having autistic representation

25:42 Autism Spectrum Disorder encompasses what used to be called Asperger syndrome and autism. Asperger syndrome is no longer used due to the horrible history behind the name as well as the fact that the line between the two diagnosis was so blurred which one you were diagnosed with depended on the doctor who diagnosed you.

As a student teacher I fully cackled when I heard the autism episode started with a “genius” status from an IQ test. I will spare you my lengthy soap box about this but an IQ test does jack all to actually test someone’s intelligence. Like does it test…something? Yeah I can say that, but the test shouldn’t be put on some unquestionable pedestal as a measure of someone’s intelligence.

I wonder if Sabrina ever looks back on this 😭😭😭

Girl Meets World's biggest flaw was not putting Riley and Farkle together, aka the new and improved Cory and Topanga🙃the triangle wasted so much time

Ok, the line “Is it just me or is there a new… maturity in maya that I haven’t seen before? I find it intriguing.” caused me to have a *physical* reaction. That’s just not ok.

Apparently the creator said that if this show was renewed for a 4th season, Riley and Maya would’ve gotten together. I thought he was completely lying until this video. I never realized how much of pandering to the fandom’s ships got put directly into the show, you’re absolutely right about all of it!

Honestly I hate how they spun the Josh and Maya relationship. It was harmless at first then it became grooming. Also they made it that Josh is still aware he’s too old for her. During season three the trip in Maya’s fantasy Josh still says he’s “three years older than her” it’s bad. But what’s also annoying is that the only reason why they had that relationship is to resolve the love triangle. so they resolve the love triangle by creating a relationship that is predatory

One of the many things that pisses me off is that Maya is supposed to have these really real feelings for Josh. So why the hell couldn’t she tell the difference between how she liked Josh and how she liked Lucas? Wouldn’t she have figured out herself that something was weird with how she liked Lucas? That it wasn’t the same as how she looked at Josh. Even without that the triangle makes no sense, but this just solidifies that they really really really really really didn’t know what they were doing

i loved gmw at 12, and then during the pandemic i decided to rewatch it and i was shocked at how bad and harmful it was lol also the episode about communism is genuinenly one of the worst things i have ever watched and i remember it rubbing me the wrong way as a kid too, maybe because i'm not american so all the propaganda was super obvious

imaging trying to go to class and learn smthing but you can't because your teacher is dealing with her teenage daughter drama all the time in front of anyone

I know this video is highlighting a lot of mistakes in this series, but I really think the main problem is that they made the original cast too much a part of this new show. Corey should have never been the girls' teacher. Having Riley be his daughter, sure, that's fine, but having him be the "Finny" of the series (or rather a very poor substitute) was a bridge too far. Corey and Topanga should have been the "barely there" parents of the series, not that they were barely in their kid's life, but barely in the show because the focus wasn't on them or their lives. It felt so wrong, like somehow the creators were just trying to continue "Boy Meets World" under the guise of a new show and that shouldn't have been what this was about.

im 21 and i cant even FATHOM dating an 18 yr old. people grow up soooooo much in their young adult years, an 18 year old is still so young. let alone a 14 yr old when you're 17

I hated this show as a kid and was always confused why so many people loved it. The best thing GMW gave us was Sabrina Carpenter

Okay, but can we talk about how Lucas NEVER shown hints of those anger issues anyway. So, it came out of left field. Also, how that love triangle made absolutely no sense. Riley had a somewhat cute reaction to Lucas and her relationship with him, but the girl needed some help.

As someone with autism the autism episode is complete awful. They treat as something horrible that need fixing

All these problematic issues that you mentioned really stem from one core problem: Maya is a terrible character. Everything in the show is designed to teach her a lesson but she never actually grows or learns anything. The show can be summed up into: Maya is broken, I can fix her. Boy Meets World worked because Corey was just an average kid. Shawn wasn't the opposite of him, just less privileged. Most of the plot is Corey realizing that he can’t fix the problems in Shawn’s life. Riley on the other hand, is cartoon at best and a 2-year-old child at worst. She is not average so Maya only "seems" mature in comparison. Corey is meant to serve as the wise voice of reason but that doesn’t work because Corey is just a terrible teacher. Everyone treats Maya as a victim and criticizes her when she doesn’t fit that narrative. Shawn adopting Maya and marrying her mom is so contrived. Again, it’s the show trying to fix Maya instead of staying true to Shawn’s character. The show wants Maya to be the focal point but needs to pull in all the old BMW cast to make you care for her. Maya must have every BMW cast member spoon feed some value lesson to her.

As a junior in university. I could never see myself or anyone I know go for a junior in high school. My friend called herself a pervert for dating a freshman as a junior. (He’s 18 or 19 I don’t remember and she’s 21) And the maya situation is even weirder

the thing i hate the most about gmw is the portrayal of cory. when i watched bmw (which was after gmw bc i was curious to see how that dumpster fire of a show came to be), i was shocked to see that cory wasn't a pretentious, self-righteous asshole. even as a kid he wasn't as immature as he was as an ADULT. this truly makes my blood boil. also, shawn being an absent father is literally the most out of character decision ever made. it doesn't make ANY SENSE considering his arc in the original series and it bothers me to no end. i pretend gmw doesn't exist to preserve my sanity.

As a french person, the communism episode and religious one are... unbelievable. Are you guys ok ?

I can't believe they coerced a 17 year old into falling in love with a 14 year old 😭

This show feels like a conservatives safe haven tbh. Capitalistic, God fearing, anti-neurodivergence in some way, heternormative etc.

I never hated the show as a whole, but as an Atheist, I can tell you that the "God's Not Dead" episode as you named it is SO dishonest in its portrayal of Atheists, that that was the one episode I actively hated growing up.

The age gap segment has to be the worst of all of these, it’s literally convincing children to be groomed, it’s actually disgusting. People protest queer representation all the time for “grooming” when really they should have been protesting girl meets world.

GMW was essentially was grooming the audience into tryna accept the relationship by the framing saying “it’s only 3 years” but never mention the context of those 3 years😭 ts never sat right

Josh and Maya is SO uncomfortable. It is giving the "Lolita" trope where the minor "seduces" the adult. I hate it so so much

oh my god. when josh said "there's a new **maturity** in maya" i couldn't help but see the connection to groomers saying "wow youre so **mature** for your age"

I wish Angela made more of an appearance and wasn’t seen as a villain. Watching bits of the original show the characters were welcoming to Angela (not the cast but that’s another story). And then Cory and such treats her as a villain that’s getting in the way of Shawn and Maya’s mom…. I didn’t see bmw till after gmw so I fell into the villianization that gmw put on Angela.

The whole God plot line is insane. You can't make someone believe in God. Its up to them to believe or not. Either one is acceptable

A comment for the Autism episode. Aspergers and Savant sindrome are not diagnosible (sp?.) anymore. They are all just Autism. This is because we don't want to associate Autism with Aspegers (a n*zi medic who did eugenics on people with autism) or Savant which literally means "smart" because people that used to get the Savant syndrome diagnosis were stigmatised for being smart and their whole disability was reduced to "they're just smart and have super inteligence" when Autism is so much more than just being smart in certain topics.

The age gap with Maya is scary

When I watched this show when it first premiered I immediately disliked Riley. They wrote her like a 5 year old, & she was supposed to be older than me I believe at the time. If I met someone like Riley in real life, I wouldn’t be their friend. Every character has there flaws but they really miswrote Riley. Riley has always been the villain to me lowkey. I’m sorry but I hated the episode where she was upset the girl didn’t like her when they entered high school. Riley needed to grow up fast because welcome to the real world it’s not Riley town. I don’t know why they would have made her so naive when Maya is constantly showing her the real world. Riley doesn’t understand when to stop & when is it okay for her to intervene.

Sydney to the max is basically girl meets world done RIGHT👏. It used its throwback angle to flesh out characters and tell proper generational stories that young and old could relate to. And it never spoon fed its messages. You were allowed to pick it up on your own. Both shows are eerily similar to each other in every way especially premise wise hence why i make the comparison.

That “God” episode made me really mad and uncomfortable as a Christian. I knew it was going to be garbage the second taking money from the floor was framed as sinful. Since when??? I think talking about religious topics is not necessarily bad, but it’s touchy for so many people and hard to do with nuance, which this show very much does not have the skill to do. Topics within even a single religion are super complex and have so many angles, and that only gets more complicated when bringing in other belief systems. Then factoring in how each person relates to their beliefs (or lack thereof) and why. It’s not really something a (bad) sitcom can handle in a single episode. I think the best way this has been done in the past is by addressing a single issue in belief or a character’s struggle within the system they already have (so it’s therefore important to the character and their story. Tackling belief as a whole just isn’t feasible. Plus, as a Christian, the point isn’t to “own” someone or win an argument. If your intention in having a religious discussion is to humiliate them or “win,” then you are completely missing the point. I do believe in sharing my religion, but we do that (or we’re supposed to) with discussion and compassion, building a relationship and connection with them, because that’s our relationship with God. And if they don’t want to believe, then it’s not our job to force them! I also think it’s weird that Topanga believes in God (which is also an issue I had with BMW, not just GMW) bc it doesn’t really make sense for her character. She had this whole mystic, cosmic universe, almost pagan thing going on (she literally had a scene in BMW where she channels a spirit into her body, or at least claims to). Very much not Christian… but then they changed her beliefs later with no explanation

i have conspiracy theory that explains the messiness of the triangle and maya and josh. riley and lucas were set up to be gmw's cory and topanga and i think they originally wrote maya and lucas's interactions to be friendly silly rivalry but a huge portion of the fanbase saw chemistry with lucas and maya and started to ship them. so the writers did lean into more but i think they still wanted their cory and topanga 2.0. and i honestly think they just got mad at the fans for liking lucas with maya more which is why they tried to pair her with josh and ignore the problems with that relationship and why they acted like maya only liked lucas because she was "pretending to be riley." i think the writers just threw a tantrum and wrote really stupid storylines because the fans didn't like their main ship

if they wanted to do a religious episode, they should’ve used something else in its place (like maybe some of them believe in magic and some dont) but then at the end a believer starts questioning, and a nonbeliever starts wanting to believe. i think it would portray the message of tolerance of different beliefs way better.

the episode that handed autism 💀 it was so harmful to so many people, including me. i’m undiagnosed (technically self diagnosed and working on getting proper testing) auadhd person and watched it when i was a kid. i remember seeing a fem presenting character being SO similar to me and really connecting to both farkle and smackle. seeing characters interact that i really related too and really liked having their characteristics mocked, their preferences being ignored because the main characters needed to do things, and even just being tucked under the rug really sucked. gmw slander all day

I'd like the Maya/Josh plot if it was handled like Dipper and Wendy in Gravitiy Falls. It should have been kept as one sided and Josh should not acknowledge it as more than friendship. But as it stands, what is the lesson? It's a ship that would have worked if the show went into their college years. GMW is strictly for tweens that don't behave like highschoolers which makes the age gap seem way worse.

Riley liking Lucas as a brother thing made ZERO sense, she clearly didn't lol. Maya's mom did say, "if you have strong feelings for someone, you can't see straight when imitating them", so I like to just think Maya just loves Riley so much, she just misinterpreted her feelings. Also this could be Maya subconsciously trying to make it okay for herself to like Lucas. Since before as Maya she would have to just flirt with Lucas through making fun of him, but now as Riley, she can openly shows a crush on Lucas, so that probably made her see something in herself. Idk, I genuinely don't really get the timeline on Maya liking Lucas, maybe it just slowly happened gradually. I don't think she truly likes him like a brother either though, a small part of her just wants something good in her life, and she sees Lucas as a good guy. However this whole time, she just thought she was too much of a mess for him to truly have feelings for her too (plus her best friend liking him makes it messy)

Boy meets world feels like real people where girl meets world feel like A.I writing kids and teens

I can't stand how objective this show thinks they are being lol, like they can't possibly be serious for that religious episode...I used to be obsessed with this show, but it's SO annoying. Like they thought they ate that🤣I thought when Cory joined the conversation that he would be more a mediator, but he just forced his beliefs on Farkle

50:57 idk how Disney screwed up the triangle. Maya Lucas were so much better together in my opinion because the actors(Sabrina & Peyton)were the same age of 15 in season 2 & Riley’s(Rowan)actor was 13 so of course the chemistry was better. Riley being so naive to dumb just wasn’t mature enough for a boyfriend as opposed to Maya who was street smart & more aware of the world was over all way more mature. Riley was a happy child compared to the rest of the group

Not only did Thomas Jefferson own slaves but he was also one of the main reasons behind the trail of tears and the horrible treatment of the Native Americans

Justice for maya

no the fact that they knew a relationship with maya and josh was so wrong she was LITERALLY a child and it was STILL GREEN LIT?!?! what was disney THINKING??

Never mind the fact that girls being told they're "different" and "more mature" is often something that leads to young girls being groomed by older guys. Definitely makes the whole Maya/Josh relationship weirder.

Maya was constantly sexually harassing Josh. That is something to acknowledge too. The sick double standard of women being allowed to do wrong without consequences.

josh + maya’s relationship is VERY weird to me. im 17 right now and i cant imagine having feelings for a 14 year old or telling them we should “play the long game”. the fact that the show acknowledges the age gap and STILL tries to make the relationship a possibility is so gross to me. this is a KID’S show. a child could very well think age gaps like that arent that bad just bc of maya/josh’s relationship (if that sounds like bullshit, the communism episode was my first ever introduction to communism and made me think it was terrible when i was like 10 so yes this show can influence a child’s beliefs) i sound rlly self righteous sorry 😭 it just feels a bit sinister to me that the show would try to make a romance between a senior in HS and a middle schooler seem like its not that bad.

Look, that might just be me, but as a French person, I have absolutely zero memory of ever seeing the episode about religion, and I watched this show everytime it was on air. I wouldn't be surprised to learn it was censored here

Cory's taught actual history like one time in the whole show.

The thing about the autism episode, I am 100% convinced he was diagnosed with autism but told his parents to pretend he wasn't and lie because of how his friends initially reacted.

i honestly never got the impression that lucas liked maya. riley pushed him to date her and the entire time he clearly wasn’t ok with being riley’s “brother”. i think he just didn’t want to hurt maya

There’s no way they had a communist episode….

as someone who has since found out that they are autistic years after they watched the autism episode of this show, god watching those clips was so painful. farkle was completely willing to accept the fact that he was autistic, but the neurotypical people surrounding him are trying to force him into masking and hiding the things he does seemingly because of his supposed autism (i.e. the parts where maya and riley say “he’s going to stop doing that”), it just felt so hurtful and terrible. yes i understand that he isn’t actually autistic, but man if i don’t relate to that experience hard as an actual autistic person.

You know…I wonder if some of the strong (veering on cartoonish) emphasis on ships in GMW has anything to do with the fact that so many fans immediately shipped Riley with Maya and Lucas with Farkle. Like Disney went Hard into making sure everyone was straight. And I’m sure there’s some aspect of how beloved the relationships were in BMW that the show was trying to live up to and horribly missing the mark. They were trying to make Cory and Topanga again but doing it badly. And also, like. Riley and Maya are supposed to be Cory and Shawn 2.0, and people very much ship Cory and Shawn (Shawn canonically calls Cory babe). So there’s a chance they knew from the start that Riley and Maya would be shipped.

It could have been about a girl growing up similar to the original show. The problem from the start is the show runner knew what it was like being a boy growing up, but not a girl 😅

Can't believe Mr Feeney tried so hard only for Corey to turn out like that

the age gap section is crazy girl meets world: encourage your friends to get groomed :) like thats WILD lmao

Why did they make Riley so dumb. She’s naive and acts so childish in certain situations that it’s like she’s 3 she gets 0 qualities from her parents and it’s like she’s not even there kid

The communism episode completly f.u¢k my brain as a child💀💀

maya having an unreciprocated crush on josh is actually so relatable (back then, my friends and i def had some crushes on older kids a few times). i wish they kept it like that, and then eventually she gets over it and they just get to be friends. disney teaching middle schoolers that it’s ok to date high schoolers (on the verge of graduating too) is actually crazy ☹️ that’s how some kids get taken advantage of. like back when i was a kid, we thought it was so cool for someone older to be interested in you, but then you get older and realize how creepy and weird it was, and i cant believe disney endorsed that also, every time i heard people talk about them, i never knew he was also her bffs uncle. absolute insanity. i have an aunt with a similar age gap to riley and josh, and i cant imagine my friends, who are also around my age, dating her back when we were kids 😟 who approved this? if they really wanted maya x josh, they shouldve had them meet for the **first time** when maya was already in **college** . like maybe beforehand, she only heard about rileys slightly older uncle, but they never actually got to meet until she was in college. 3 years would be nothing if they were both actually adults, but time & mental development is different when it comes to kids, preteens, and teens. on the flip side, they also couldve just made them actually closer in age 😭 couldve had the girls as 15 or 16 (and apparently maya actually WAS older, bc her birthday was 2001 when josh was 1999, but ig the show had a continuity error?). the point is, they couldve had their cake and eat it too if they weren’t so insistent upon making an odd gap for youngins.

Besides it’s god awful writing, I think the show was also held back by the network. Boy Meets World flourished because it aired on a family channel as opposed to a kids channel. They were able to address adult topics in a more mature, and healthy way because the rules were less strict. I think the show would’ve felt a lot less childish and pretentious if it aired on a network like ABC as opposed to Disney Channel.

Girl meets world made me feel dumb, because I had no clue what was going on half the time. Like the dialogue was so weird and hard to understand. Like I felt they were too vague and I had to read in between the lines WAY too much to pick up what they were implying. Specifically the main brunette girl.

It’s important to note that BMW aired on ABC so it was able to handle more serious topics better

The religion, the autism and the communism episodes were the most ridiculous things I've ever seen 🤦‍♀️ I wonder what made Disney think those were a good idea

Personally I hate love triangles cuz no matter what there will be a loser who’s love was rejected and has to see who they like with someone else. Depending on the character as a villain or hero in the story, they either rub it in their face that it’s not gonna happen or they make us feel bad for them and see them mope. Love triangles could either be 2 possible love interests for one person where there’s no clear favorite or there are the two main love interests and a third whose affection is one sided and never reciprocated. In kid shows like girl meets world, once you introduce shipping that becomes what the show is about for certain fans. And a love triangle with 3 main characters will bring out the bad side of shipping. When fans of one ship attack the other online, or the actors playing the love interests get harassed online, or maybe even the creators getting pushback for not making a ship canon. So rather than unnecessary drama, I wish shows would lighten up on the love triangle storylines. It won’t disappear cuz everyone loves drama, but maybe less shows feeling the need to include it.

this show thought very highly of itself very undeservedly

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the racism in the show. Like the first few episodes where Black boys hit on Riley and Maya and Farkle steps in and says things like “I don’t say yo but I’m tough” when neither one of the actors said yo. It always stuck out. And then the introduction of Zae when they realized they made Topanga white (see the heritage episode where they forget that topanga is native American and Riley acts like she’s basic white) so they didn’t have any people of color. And then zae was a bad influence. Then Maya had an episode where she is influenced to do wrong by a group of WOC it’s just so weird. And then retconning Angela and Shawn’s love.

Another thing is that while I love the character of Maya...her life...was not that bad. Yes a parent leaving is traumatizing no doubt but she had a hardworking mom who doesn't drink or do drugs and works to keep a roof over their head. All I'm saying is that Maya is fine. She has her mom and her best friends family who love her as their own. Shawn did NOT need to marry her mom.