Weekend Update (TV Edition)

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Young Justice



I so don't care about Roy - any iteration of him - so most of this episode was pretty blah for me.

Things I did like:

• Chesire naming her daughter with Artemis' middle name.
• M'gann apparently being more concerned with Conner not getting a party than her kidnapped boyfriend.
• the hint that the Red Hood arc happened in this universe.
• more hints about how bad the future Bart comes from is.

....that's about it. Seriously, I was expecting this episode to be completely gut-wrenching and about how Artemis' dying is The Worst and instead I got 'Roy is an angry dude, take three.


Green Lantern



Despite not having either of my two favorite characters in it, this was a solid episode. And I will always have a lot of respect for Carol's position and the classy way she stated it.



Once Upon A Time



I had a lot of doubts about season two of OUAT - but I found the opening episode immensely reassuring. IMMENSELY.

I am VERY interested in that dude in New York in the opening, I can't wait to find out why Regina doesn't remember Jefferson, and I cannot wait to see Emma and Snow having adventures together. (Less thrilled about Aurora and Mulan, because the set-up for those two was EPICALLY LAME.)

I cannot wait to find out who Whale is. And Charming's reaction to finding out about that one night stand was PRICELESS.

I was DYING OF DELIGHT at all the fantastic Regina/Emma. And yeah, I know it's shipper goggles, but Emma not letting them kill Regina, being the one to check that she's okay, standing over Regina to protect her from the wraith... all of that made me very happy. And frankly, the scene at the end where Snow, Charming, Regina, and Emma were fighting together was basically everything I have ever wanted from this show.

This is how I feel about the Rumpelstiltskin/Belle relationship:



God, I want to go back and slap the me that shipped them super-hard eight months ago.

And finally, I found this promo pic:



It gives me more Snow and Regina AU feelings. God, so much to love about this - how happy and badass they look, Regina's drinks + Snow's apple, THAT THEY ARE BOTH WEARING PANTS, Regina's epic boots of epicness.

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I had a lot of doubts about season two of OUAT - but I found the opening episode immensely reassuring. IMMENSELY.

That's pretty much exactly how I felt!

Less thrilled about Aurora and Mulan, because the set-up for those two was EPICALLY LAME.

Again, agreed. Heh.

And Charming's reaction to finding out about that one night stand was PRICELESS.

That was *awesome*. I love how he and Snow immediately swung back into their old rhythm--the awkwardness of their Storybrooke personas was completely gone, their vibe just instantly changed back to Snow+Charming, somehow.

This is how I feel about the Rumpelstiltskin/Belle relationship:

LMAO! What is Olivia saying in that GIF?

I don't ship them, but I'm kind of reassured by the fact that the writers seem to know what an asshole Rumple, is, and that they seem to be going the, "He'll never change and cannot be redeemed by the power of lurve" route? Which I wouldn't mind as a tragic story, actually.

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Less thrilled about Aurora and Mulan, because the set-up for those two was EPICALLY LAME.

Again, agreed. Heh.

*nods* Especially because when I first heard about the Mulan/Aurora team up I was thinking it was going to be something where they were already friends and went on a quest together PLUS the Mulan/Shang relationship was something I really adored in the movie - and now it looks like they're not going to do that.

That was *awesome*. I love how he and Snow immediately swung back into their old rhythm--the awkwardness of their Storybrooke personas was completely gone, their vibe just instantly changed back to Snow+Charming, somehow.

*nods* will-they-won't-they is just boom! gone and they're back in the swing of things. You know, at the end of last season I thought that the Fairy Tale plot was going to be Snow and Charming regaining their kingdom and that it would be boring but based on this episode, a Snow/Charming plotting and fighting together arc would be really entertaining.


LMAO! What is Olivia saying in that GIF?

Hey/do not want/stop.

I don't ship them, but I'm kind of reassured by the fact that the writers seem to know what an asshole Rumple, is, and that they seem to be going the, "He'll never change and cannot be redeemed by the power of lurve" route? Which I wouldn't mind as a tragic story, actually.

I kind of want to be reassured that the writers are going somewhere I'm not going to hate with that relationship... but I'm not sure I trust that. Based on what we saw of Belle post-Skin Deep and her reactions in this episode (that she CAME BACK, that she's positioning herself as Gold's moral savior) I am not convinced that we're not going to see a 'True Love redeems' arc.

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PLUS the Mulan/Shang relationship was something I really adored in the movie - and now it looks like they're not going to do that.

Sigh. It's just like when I got all excited about Red/Charming teaming up last season and we only got like one scene. Woe.

You know, at the end of last season I thought that the Fairy Tale plot was going to be Snow and Charming regaining their kingdom and that it would be boring but based on this episode, a Snow/Charming plotting and fighting together arc would be really entertaining.

Yeah, it could be great. I was worried that the MM/David dynamic, which got really irritating and wearisome for me, might have tainted Snow and Charming--but it was literally like the spell wore off and bam! They completely went back to being their Fairytale personas, it was like MM and David never existed, I thought tonally, it worked so well.

I am not convinced that we're not going to see a 'True Love redeems' arc.

:O :O :O Nooooo. In terms of writing, Rumple has been one of my favorite characters on the show so far, OMG DNW. Sigh.

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Have you seen the most recent episode? Because several things in that episode relate to your comment but I don't want to spoil you if you haven't seen the new episode.

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I've just seen it! I feel both more and less optimistic, if that's even possible. xD