When season one of Light as a Feather hit Hulu's streaming service, fans were completely obsessed. Based on the book Light as a Feather by Zoe Aarsen, the Hulu adaptation and original series centers around four fellow high schoolers and best friends, Alex Portnoy (Brianne Tju), McKenna Brady (Liana Liberato), Cadence Cyclery (Ajiona Alexus) and Olivia Richmond (Peyton Roi). After McKenna invites the shy new student, Violet Simmons (Haley Ramm), to hang out with the rest of the group on Halloween night, Violet later tricks the girls into playing the deadly game Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board. In the game, Violet predicts the deaths of each girl, in a detailed yet odd manner.

The game quickly becomes dangerous once the five girls who played start to die off in the exact way Violet predicted. Dedicated to keeping the game going, Violet stands by as each of the girl's death predictions in the game tragically come to reality, sacrificing each girl, and sparing herself from being next to meet her demise. As the survivors race against time to comprehend why they're being targeted, they quickly learn of an ancient demonic spirit who thrives off each soul, bringing clarification as to why the game must go on in this immediately enticing horror hit.

While season one made for some great horror on Hulu and was an instant hit, season two is unanimously considered by fans to have flopped terribly, disappointing viewers who invested their time into understanding these characters deeper in the prior season. Here are a few reasons as to why season two of Light as A Feather just couldn't deliver, leading to the show's cancellation.

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The Urgency to Find Henry Faded

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In the last episode of season one, viewers find that Henry Richmond (Dylan Sprayberry) has mysteriously disappeared while outside the home of Lena Regan (the sister of Violet's ex, who jumped off a bridge after playing the game), after obtaining information relating to Violet's deadly prediction when she first played the game.

The last time viewers see Henry, he's walking to his car after speaking with Lena when he suddenly hears an odd sound coming from behind him. As Henry turns around, the scene fades to black before viewers are able to make sense of what happened.

It isn't until the tenth episode of season two when fans find out that Henry has been held captive in the home of Margaret Abbott (Kayla DiVenere), a woman who originally played the game and is intent on keeping the game going, as opposed to bringing an end to it. What's frustrating was the waiting period from season one's finale up until the last few seconds of episode nine, when fans are finally able to see a teaser of Henry locked away in Margaret's attic. He watches McKenna walking away from the front steps of the house, screaming for her help. McKenna is ultimately struck from behind by Margaret, later reuniting with Henry in a box, both in the midst of being buried alive.

So why did it take so long for the group to unexpectedly find Henry? Viewers are aware that McKenna didn't originally go to Margaret's house to look for him; she instead went there to find out more information on the game and how to potentially stop it. It's disappointing, because Henry's cliffhanger in season one was extremely popular, and everyone who watched the show debated amongst each other about what could have possibly happened to him. For the storyline to grow stale throughout most of the second season, with this not properly getting addressed, was gut-wrenching.

Violet's Backstory Should Have Been Addressed Earlier

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Debatably the best character in the entire series, Violet Simmons is introduced to viewers as the show's main antagonist. What's interesting is how her backstory in season two is expanded on further. Violet is indeed a victim of the curse just as the other girls are, and every bad thing she has done has been for survival.

Violet's character arc was single-handedly the best part of season two. The justification around why her boyfriend, Marc Regan, jumped off the bridge in order to save her life was emotionally devastating. Although fans initially are led to believe that Violet caused his death by the group, it is later revealed that Marc, the second to last person who remained alive after playing the game, intentionally killed himself so that Violet could be freed from the curse.

If provided glimpses into Violet's story early on, not to completely address her evolution but to instead buildup to it, the central focus on stopping the game instead of stopping Violet probably would have made actual progress to kill the curse. As depicted by the end of season one, locking Violet up doesn't stop the curse, it just shifts the body timer from Violet onto McKenna. Then the girls should have been primarily focused on containing McKenna's deceased twin sister Jennie, since she was portrayed hell-bent on continuing the game, even if it meant possessing her own sister to kill.

Revealing New Character's Didn't Go As Planned

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When it came to bringing new characters into the fold, the overall vibe of the show seemed off. Merging these new characters with the existing cast felt forced and not nearly as organic as it did in season one. Even though two pivotal characters were offed in the prior season, it would have been completely fine to begin season two with the existing cast, instead of introducing an influx of people, only for them to later die. The overall cadence of season two attempts to be as fast-paced as it was in season one; however since viewers aren't as invested in the new character's storylines as much as they probably were with the former cast, plot lines fell flat.