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[redbrunja]

WOW, WHAT A GREAT WEEK IT'S BEEN FOR KILLING LADIES SO DUDES COULD HAVE MAN-PAIN, AM I RIGHT? DAMN, FRIDGING THOSE BITCHES JUST NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.

• Felicity making the call on bringing in Barry and the subsequent argument with Oliver was delightful.


• I can't fucking believe how they decided to kill Shado. Like, it's fucking beyond the pale. It's fridging with an added dose of asian woman<white woman, all so Oliver can be more tormented. And Slade. Don't you love it when they fridge a woman so two different dudes can be tormented. (This episode started so delightful and then it did make such horrible storytelling choices.)


• And like, I keep remembering Sara's question about Slade AND SHADO, like she didn't know what happened to them.... Am I an idiot for hoping that SOMEHOW Shado comes back to life?


• I did enjoy seeing Shado and Slade in good lightning, thought. And Slade in a suit and eyepatch was great. IMAGINE HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE IF SHADO WAS ALIVE AND MAKING OUT WITH SLADE ON THAT DESK, HOW GREAT WOULD THAT BE?


• God, I couldn't even enjoy a little bit Slade screaming Shado's name, rushing to save Shado, and then clutching her dead body. I WANTED A LITTLE VICIOUS JAB OF PLEASURE, BUT SHADO'S DEATH WAS SO FUCKING TIED WITH OLIVER AND HIS STUPID HAIR AND HIS STUPID MAN-PAIN THAT I COULDN'T.


• ...and then they killed the ONE FUCKING FEMALE COP on the police squad. REALLY? REALLY?


• ...and then the black cop died in an extended way.


• I think Barry might be ENORMOUSLY BISEXUAL. And you know me, when I am saying that...


• That said, I really enjoyed the sort-of backdoor pilot for Flash. Do we have a date on when that show is starting?


• So, yeah. Selected parts of this episode were really cute and made me want more, parts made me want to slap the writers.

Comments

[vonniek.livejournal.com]

I loved this episode otherwise, but Shado's death was so egregious and poorly done. I mean, I want to think the show is better than that, but... *sigh*. That was such lazy writing. I suppose one can hope nobody really dies on this show -- I mean, Slade and Roy both died and came back, not to mention Malcolm Merlyn and Sara -- but I am not holding my breath when it comes to Shado.

I did enjoy seeing Shado and Slade in good lightning,

Heh. This show in present is so pretty whereas the Island Stuff is lit in such tired classic Vancouver Supernatural/Sleepy Hollow palette. It was a nice change.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That was such lazy writing. I suppose one can hope nobody really dies on this show -- I mean, Slade and Roy both died and came back, not to mention Malcolm Merlyn and Sara -- but I am not holding my breath when it comes to Shado.

No breath-holding for me, either.

The rules for ladies returning from the dead are TOTALLY different from the rules about dudes returning for the dead. It makes me want to write a show where male characters are killed off left and right and awesome lady villains die and then return even more badass.