Home early due to a half day of taking Student Voice Alliance to the end-of-year gathering with the Superintendant & President of the Board of Trustees. Going to watch an ep or 2 in the attempt to fight off just going to take a multi hour nap
Annnnnnd so this first conversation sets the time frame as only days since the end of S3. Watch my harken back to this in a harping fashion the rest of this season, when it's only mentioned where convenient and ignored where not.
And Dick is already mooning on Kori in a VERY OBS CAMERA LINGER SRTILL FASHION. Kind of like 3-4 days ago he wasn't asking Barbara to move to San Fran with them.
Ever since realizing Dick just DOESN'T USE A GRAPPLE or ever swing through the city and AVOIDS PLANE rides TOO I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT 24/7 while looking at him.
oh god. no. Thanks no. I did not appreciate that, show. That was so not subtle. We switched past two scenes of new people, into another scene with one known and one new people, and their starting dialogue, as they are watching tv and eating, is:
Steve: Oh my god. why are they doing this? I don't care about all these new characters. Just give me the main cast. Molly: Mhm. I know. And make them kiss already!
You're only just getting home. So lets do some math. It's about 43 hours driving, so maybe 2-3 days at most, with night stops? Even though this bus is hella massive and has sleeping space in it.
they did a retrofit of the RV while everyone was in there, and now it's ALL BLACK & TINTED and the porsche is inside it now where the luggage was. Which was a gift from Bruce. For saving Gotham City.
Tim-Bernard is starting already. Dick-Kori has been fast tracked after basically never existing except as a one-night-stand 3 years back. And Rae-Gar are cuddling on a couch, after not really doing this at all most of last season.
I'm distracted with pinterest (and paying bills), but Dick just called Connor "a part of this family." Which I love but they so very very VERY rarely pull that word out and usually only when it's involving someone doing something someone doesn't agree with.
(Rae is the Vanya/Viktor of Titans. Change my mind.
By which I mean, that she's the weirdly unexpected character the whole show shifts around, including the writing and fixation of special effects, and necessity to always be the catalyst. And that I'm kind of tired of it.)
Rae's gem vanishes, and her hair goes white, and I assume this is when her outfit goes white, too. Please see the ending comment for Episode 1 for here, as well.
I know I love Joseph Morgan playing evil, but it's a little weird to have him playing the bad guy in my current Halo watch on Monday nights, and now around as Brother Blood in this.
so far neither is a villainy or entertaining as Klaus
What does this show have with bad guys/entities entering people through the ear? Like this is..what....the 3rd/4th time? At the very least. You were doing this last season.
It's very sudden and different, but I'm willing to lean into this "Don't take this on by yourself. We're a team. We do this together." Because okay, last season was kind of crap at keeping most of them near each other. But the tiny space is forcing them together & the story is playing it like they always have
Please leave Metropolis, and go back to San Fran, guys. I thought you learned your lesson with Gotham. Did you not. Am I stuck in this city for like half this season or more now too
They vaguely reference Tim doing tech stuff, but it's only Dick & Kori in the woods talking to each other about it. Instead of Tim getting to show off those high class tech skills like he got to a handful of times in S3.
I didn't really know he was a tech genius until i looked it up. Like it barely registered at all. I know he does that hacking, but it still didn't click.
Tim is a genius. That why I mentioned to Missy I nice midway point for convenient early threading might be Babs pulling together Tim, Bruce, & Damian to help her build Oracle Version Whatever. Tim is A WHIZ.
Do you have a your-character take on why/how Dick's fear of flying happened? And/is it just flying in planes, or flying in general? Or like....tell me any of your related thoughts on it.
Like, -I- know that Tim is a genius because i've read up on comics version of him. I've looked up a lot of comics stuff since becoming dick- but when I began, I knew so very little.
The only really good thing about this weirdo RV is that it really DOES force everyone to be in the same room quite a bit more than ever in the season before.
Like, congrats for bringing Sebastian into this, but also, that you somehow didn't have Trigon notice his son was alive in S1 is super convenient in pulling him in now.
HA. Thank you show, for pointing out the merchandizing is sad in here, too. Whereas in the comics, super merchnadizing is a forever in gag. All the shirts, all the mugs.
Oh, look. We went part of an episode without pushing the couple without growing their relationship or showing it. So now we get Dick, Kory, and their daughter at a birthday party.
This is all VERY convenient, and exactly what you were told about Rae for season one. And now it's definitely specifically only him and he'll bring the end of days and everyone can show you it and it's your destiny.
Wow. Could we not have Jinx suddenly VERY INTO DICK. // But also PROBLEMATICALLY, that scene was VERY CUTE. With his little smile, and nudging into her shoulder, while they are both watching his team. Sort of beaming about "this life"
Kory confronting Dick about the vision with their daughter, and him getting all uncomfortable, unhelpful, and teary-eyed. Until she just walks off, using his earlier words (about visions in a whole other light) against him basically.
I'm annoyed that AS SOON AS KORY-DICK VERBALLY MENTIONED THE DAUGHTER VISION TO EACH OTHER Jinx dies a noble death "to save the Titans" less than twenty minutes later & now her spirit's been released too.
WHY DO THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPESHY ABOUT "THE END OF THE WORLD" BROUGHT ABOUT BY TRIGON'S NOT-A-DAUGHTER-ORIGINAL-REJECT AS THOUGH THEY DIDN'T SPEND S1 DELVING INTO THAT PROPESHY ABOUT RAE?????
How are you even VAGUELY SURPRISED Dick Grayson does not want to talk about the part in someone's prophecy where you die saving the world, Kory?
Which isn't actually WHAT SHE SAID either!!! She said "You as you are now" will end. Which the most vague and you coulds argue Rae's been through it three times now and is just fine.
YOU LITERALLY CHAINED UP A WOMAN FOR 18 YEARS BECAUSE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY WHEN THE FORETOLD CHILD HAD TO BE A GIRL. THE WHOLE FIRST SEASON IS ABOUT IT BEING HER AND ONLY HER.
Did this really need to devolve into "you don't think we had sex, do you" like this early? Coming straight from being beaten up and drug out of a house in front of the whole town?
The only part of it that isn't is Kory implying this horrible Bruce Wayne training, when this kind of thing happens on the regular in DC World. And honestly, recording the strongest memories, good and bad would be the triggering ones.
What exactly ARE you referencing Kory? Since he hasn't fallen for anything bad via Bruce in the whole of the last season and half. Even the Bruce in his head was a Briticism. You haven't seen him fall for Brue's anything, especially because Bruce spent 85% of S3 not even in Gotham. Being the most un-Bruce to ever Bruce a Gotham.
And within 2 more scenes she's listening to his now.
Which makes no sense for a) her to pick it up (now that she's full on pleasantville) and b) for him to have brought them given he already decided it didn't work after playing hers.
Why make your characters grow, or lean on each other, or learn to work together, have forward and back steps, if you can just declare they were in love years ago but no one admitted it.
Annnnnddd then the memories thing works for Dick when Rachel is shouting at him what to work.
Sooooo......it just doesn't work for Kory, then?
(Except for ~true love!~ which will free her. The non-trumatic feelings, as espoused by her yelling at him about Bruce when he said to record painful moments.)
Gar's a late bloomer. ...and he resents me saying that about him. btw. My Gar says he's no such thing and is looking at me with disdain. I have a love affair with gar, and miss playing him from time to time.
He is in here, which just makes it weird that someone calls him it already here, as though he already is, when he isn't yet. But also Gar's a thing we see a lot of in the books, and not the show, because he'd take the special effects budget
after season 4. I say that things didn't work with kory and he went back to take care of gotham since bruce isn't after his attempted suicide. - and with only red hood there. yeah. idk. it works for most things? (I don't like how they end season 4. nope. )
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Home early due to a half day of taking Student Voice Alliance to the end-of-year gathering with the Superintendant & President of the Board of Trustees. Going to watch an ep or 2 in the attempt to fight off just going to take a multi hour nap
No regrets in starting my 3-day weekend early
- The Batman
- To DCEU!Clarks Canon Point
(& DCEU!Alfred's Canon point, if apped)
"Lex Luther"
LIKE FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES? HAVING F-U-N?
Diiiiccccckkkk.
And lean into his shoulder cuddling.
GAR
GAR
you're such a good
LEX AND BROTHER BLOOD?
Molly: Mhm. I know. And make them kiss already!
as we headtip to Clark with glasses on.
uh. okay. Just.
Kori is the only person allowed to sit in it all the time.
And everyone else can start a sign up sheet for their chance in it.
Superhero base of operations with huge tvs and etc.
Tim-Bernard is starting already. Dick-Kori has been fast tracked after basically never existing except as a one-night-stand 3 years back. And Rae-Gar are cuddling on a couch, after not really doing this at all most of last season.
By which I mean, that she's the weirdly unexpected character the whole show shifts around, including the writing and fixation of special effects, and necessity to always be the catalyst. And that I'm kind of tired of it.)
"Mother Mayhem"
(Plus, ordered some ramen & bubble tea.)
I have no clue. Since you've never been here before in the show. And in nearly 2 full episodes you haven't mentioned it once. So. IDK.
so far neither is a villainy or entertaining as Klaus"Jinx"
No one ANYWHERE is going unnoticed in it.
It's SO BLACK
They KEEP driving around IN IT
Originally it looked like this
Then they went to STAR labs, where supposedly within a few hours, at "Batman's request, as thanks for saving Gotham" it turned into
Wherein the porsche slides into that space, too. It's ssssssssooooo baffling.
Tell me I'm misreading that.
Tell me you aren't making Jinx a Dick ex.
So. Apparently that's coming.
J: "And a little fun on the side."
I agree, Dick. Could we not.
to turn her from being a rock into being a person.
laughing โ "I can see why you like her."
"Super Super Mart"
Donna barely did.
I am saddened by these things.
WWWWHHHYYYY take that from him now.
18 years later, muzzled
still clutching baby-swadling
"Inside Man"
"Brother Blood"
We really are doing this, aren't we.
And suddenly the white gown of all the S4 pictures.
You've been entertaining.
"Caul's Folly"
Could we not fridge any girl for any other girl.
It's really, really tacky.
Which isn't actually WHAT SHE SAID either!!! She said "You as you are now" will end. Which the most vague and you coulds argue Rae's been through it three times now and is just fine.
bats & birds are dumb at love
You vanish suddenly into Pleasantville.
For ~plot purposes~ I'm sure.
I can't help but love that background music right now is "Escape (The Piรฑa Colada Song)."
TRIGON'S PROPHESY SAYS NOTHING ABOUT A DAUGHTER
"Dick & Carol & Ted & Kory"
It's actually sensible.
Like. Where is this insult
This is telling vs. showing.
Because they just talk to recorders mirroring each other. Instead of SHOWING IT growing between them. Stopping at their one night stand. Years back.
WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO HERS ALREADY?
BEING PLAYED BY HIM, HER MIND ALREADY GONE.
Wow. Conveniency.
Which makes no sense for a) her to pick it up (now that she's full on pleasantville) and b) for him to have brought them given he already decided it didn't work after playing hers.
Why make your characters grow, or lean on each other, or learn to work together, have forward and back steps, if you can just declare they were in love years ago but no one admitted it.
Sooooo......it just doesn't work for Kory, then?
(Except for ~true love!~ which will free her. The non-trumatic feelings, as espoused by her yelling at him about Bruce when he said to record painful moments.)
thankfully, Bernard, Rae, and Tim are here to stop it.
"Dude, Where's My Gar"
The end-end, or just somewhere in the S4, or etc?
Smallville-Doctor Fate! Several Jokers! Harley! Doom Patrol!!
"Game Over"