If you really look at it, you’ll see nothing has changed. But that was exactly the problem - after filling in the same mold for fifteen years, what do you expect other than riled up drama?
Part of what's distancing me from the stories is simply that everything suddenly is dramatized, and another part is the sheer awkwardness of what's called "great connection": great connection in this show's context mostly mean two incredibly attractive people eyeing each other. I don't see me in any of the stories except for the lesbian teens confronting their feelings.