#1x04 A Hard Day's Knight

[sun-ni-day]

Mike kissing KITT on his roof...

KITT reacting with "while your display of affection is appreciated, it's not necessary"

He said...

KITT really said AFFECTION IS APPRECIATED

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

Moments that highlight Gwen and Morgana’s friendship in seasons one and two:

1x01: Morgana venting to "Gwen" (she thought it was Gwen so it counts) about Arthur

1x01: Gwen tells Merlin she hopes Morgana will be Queen one day.

1x02: Gwen and Morgana sitting in the stands together

1x02: all the little looks they send each other, especially when it comes to Valiant and Arthur

1x02: Morgana holding onto Gwen's cloak before one of Arthur’s matches out of worry, though she denys it and lets go of Gwen's cloak when Gwen asks

1x02: After her and Arthur’s very mature disagreement, Morgana storms away and can be seen beginning to vent to Gwen

1x03: Gwen picking flowers for Morgana to cheer her up due to her not sleeping well. Morgana’s response is "you cheer me up" and Gwen gives a shy laugh. Its the most adorable and pure interaction and I love it so much.

1x03: Morgana defending Gwen and insisting her innocence. Morgana standing up for Gwen against Uther.

1x03: Morgana going to Gaius and Merlin wanting to help save Gwen in any way she can

1x03: When Gwen is released and after Gwen hugs Tom she rushes to Morgana and clasps her hands thanking her

1x04: Morgana assures Gwen that Merlin will be okay and also insists she can take of herself for a while and tells Gwen to tend to Merlin "I know what he means to you." Gwen thanks her

1x05: Gwen and Morgana chat at Lancelot’s knighting celebration

1x06: Gwen’s announcement to Morgana about the flowers that arrived for her. The gentle teasing smile that accompanies it. The light friendly banter, ugh so good

1x07: Morgana tells Gwen about her dreams, at the very least she told her about Sophia. Gwen does not try to convince her differently, she instead supports Morgana and encourages her to go to the king. Gwen does not react negatively to the idea of Morgana being a seer/ having magic. Gwen is supportive and gives advice and lets Morgana decide what to do.

1x08: Morgana apologies to Gwen for putting her in danger without asking how she felt about it by helping the druid boy (Mordred).

1x08: Gwen is very worried about Morgana risking getting caught helping the druid boy. Morgana exclaims that she "couldn't live with myself if anything happened to either of you," referring to Gwen and Merlin. (Can you hear me sobbing?)

1x08: Gwen and Morgana talking about Morgana’s bond with Mordred, whom they know nothing about (including his name) Gwen is visibly worried about Morgana and questions why Morgana is risking so much. Nonetheless, she wishes Morgana luck for her dinner with Uther.

1x09: They sit next to each other during the fights and occasionally talk during them

1x10: Morgana and Gwen sleeping side by side

1x10: Gwen and Morgana happy giggling and hugging after the bandits ride away defeated

1x11: Gwen and Morgana teaming up to smuggle food to help the common people

1x12: Morgana to Uther: "You execute Gwen’s father and I will never forgive you."

1x12: Morgana’s friendship to Gwen is a major factor behind her giving Tom the keys to escape. It was potentially misguided, but considering Morgana knew Tom would be killed regardless of the trial, it was his only chance.

1x12: Morgana’s anger over Uther killing Gwen's father causes her to snap and go murderous. Now that is what I call a best friend. Points off for not following through, though we all know Gwen wouldn't have wanted Morgana to kill him anyway.

1x12: Gwen tells Morgana she shouldn't have challenged Uther on Gwens behalf that "if anything happened to you I couldn't bear it"

1x12: Morgana comforting Gwen when she says she can't go home. Morgana puts a hand on Gwen’s shoulder

1x12: When Morgana and Gwen walk together in the square, Morgana puts a hand on a sad looming Gwen’s back. There's no sound and its hard to tell, but its possible Morgana either tells Gwen "its okay" or asks "are you okay?"

1x13: Gwen wakes Morgana from her dream/ bringing her back to the present. Gwen comforts her and smooths her hair and holds the sides of Morgana’s face. Gwen hugs Morgana and Morgana hugs her back

2x01: When Morgana wakes up from her nightmare she calls out for Gwen and reaches for her as Gwen runs over. Gwen hugs her readily and offers words of comfort as Morgana clings to her

2x01: Morgana makes a comment to Gaius that she's sure Gwen wants to give her a blow to the head sometimes to get her to sleep through the night

2x03: Gwen is worried about Morgana, saying she'd never seen her like this before and she's afraid to leave her alone

2x03: Gwen offers to stay with Morgana through the night to make Morgana feel better and insists she doesn't mind. Morgana declines insisting she will be fine. Gwen gives her a smile and puts a comforting hand over Morgana's clasped hands in her lap.

2x04: Morgana notices that Gwen is troubled and has been secretive. She hits the nail on the head with "I'm beginning to think there's a man involved," Morgana is teasing Gwen light heartedly. Gwen denies it without outright lying.

2x04: Morgana’s concern for Gwen "I'm not leaving you behind" and Gwen insisting. Morgana is not happy about it and is scared.

2x04: Morgana is insistent that Gwen be rescued and is livid when Uther refuses and Arthur pretends to agree.

2x04: Morgana calls Gwen her friend.

2x04: Morgana is incredibly agitated and disturbed at the thought of Gwen being dead, acting with anger and desperation.

2x04: Morgana describes Gwen as "the most kind loyal person you would ever meet"

2x04: The hug when Gwen reunites with Morgana safe and sound in the castle. The utter joy and happiness Morgana feels at seeing her friend. The smiles on both of their faces. The hug lasts for over 20 seconds and thats only how long we see of it. That is a good hug.

2x07: Gwen worries about Morgana being a target of the witchfinder. Gwen says Morgana is close to the breaking point

2x08: Gwen being smiley when Morgana awakes from a restful sleep

2x11: We see the first instance of Morgana raising her voice in ire at Gwen. Gwen looks surprised and hurt

2x11: Gwen is sympathetic when Morgana claims her nightmares had returned. Gwen gives her the sleeping potion with a smile, putting her hand on Morgana’s shoulder and tells her she hopes she sleeps well.

2x13: Gaius asks Gwen if she's missing Morgana and Gwen gives a worried smile.

[harrowharkwife]

PUSH-themed ask game, magicians episodes edition!

counting the upcoming s4 finale, there are 52 episodes of the magicians- 13 each season. to celebrate (and help alleviate some of the nervous anticipation we’re all feeling right now), i thought i’d try my hand at making an ask game that focuses on appreciating all 52 weird and wonderful episodes we’ve been given. 

and hey, guess how many cards there are in a single deck? that’s right, 52. you know what that means- let’s play PUSH. or, like, an adapted, digital version of it, where instead of drawing a card you have to choose between two episodes of the magicians? idk, just go with it.

the rules are this: go here to generate a random number between 1 and 52. the number you get corresponds to the question you ask whoever you’re “playing” against- the questions will be listed below! make sure that you give your own answer to each question you send, so that you can “play your own card,” so to speak. and lastly, if you get asked a question off this list, you should ask a question in return to keep the match going. good luck!

QUESTIONS:

1. ACE OF SPADES - the bank heist in 2x07 “plan b,” or the bank heist in 4x03 “the bad news bear”?

2. TWO OF SPADES - the “under pressure” number in 3x09 “all that josh,” or the “storm coming” number in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor”?

3. THREE OF SPADES - quentin’s arrival at brakebills in 1x01 “unauthorized magic,” or kim’s arrival at brakebills in 4x01 “a flock of lost birds”?

4. FOUR OF SPADES - eliot’s conversation with the great cock in 3x01 “the tales of the seven keys,” or fen’s conversation with the napster in 4x09 “the serpent”?

5. FIVE OF SPADES - the conversation between penny 40 and penny 23 in 3x11 “twenty-three,” or the conversation between the alices in 4x09 “the serpent”?

6. SIX OF SPADES - the welters tournament in 1x05 “mendings, major and minor,” or the trials in 1x06 “impractical applications”?

7. SEVEN OF SPADES - the “shake it off” number in 1x04 “the world in the walls,” or the “one day more” number in 2x09 “lesser evils”?

8. EIGHT OF SPADES - julia’s first encounter with our lady underground in 1x08 “the strangled heart,” or julia learning she is a goddess in 3x13 “will you play with me”?

9. NINE OF SPADES - the coronation scene in 2x01 “knight of crowns,” or margo winning the throne in 3x12 “the fillorian candidate”?

10. TEN OF SPADES - the mosaic montage in 3x05 “a life in the day,” or eliot remembering his conversation with quentin in 4x05 “escape from the happy place”?

11. JACK OF SPADES - the multiple storylines in 3x08 “six short stories about magic,” or the emphasis on the importance of side characters in 4x07 “the side effect”?

12. QUEEN OF SPADES - the gang teaming up to defeat the beast in 2x03 “divine elimination,” or everyone working together to defeat the monsters in 4x12 “the secret sea”?

13. KING OF SPADES - margo’s moment of catharsis in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor,” or quentin’s moment of catharsis in 4x12 “the secret sea”?

14. ACE OF HEARTS - dean fogg testing quentin’s magic aptitude at brakebills in 1x01 “unauthorized magic,” or marina testing julia’s magic in the hedge witch meat locker in 1x02 “the source of magic”?

15. TWO OF HEARTS - margo reuniting with eliot after losing her eye in 2x13 “we have brought you little cakes,” or quentin and julia reuniting after their personality wipes in 4x03 “the bad news bear”?

16. THREE OF HEARTS - margo and quentin’s conversation on the stairs of the physical cottage in 1x05 “mendings, major and minor,” or eliot making sure julia is okay in 2x13 “we have brought you little cakes”?

17. FOUR OF HEARTS - eliot, fen, and fray’s first quest on the munjtac in 3x02 “heroes and morons,” or eliot comforting fen following the revelation that fray isn’t really their daughter in 3x07 “poached eggs”?

18. FIVE OF HEARTS - margo’s “what’s the difference between a live hero and a dead moron” speech to eliot in 3x02 “heroes and morons,” or eliot and margo’s pop culture references conversation in 3x01 “the tales of the seven keys”?

19. SIX OF HEARTS - penny trying to break through in 3x04 “be the penny,” or eliot trying to break through in 4x05 “escape from the happy place”?

20. SEVEN OF HEARTS - quentin facing his depression key monster in 3x06 “do you like teeth?”, or eliot facing his repressed memories in 4x05 “escape from the happy place”?

21. EIGHT OF HEARTS - the fairy queen’s speech to the enslaved fairies in 3x10 “the art of the deal,” or margo establishing the new desert order in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor”?

22. NINE OF HEARTS - quentin and julia’s trip to the underworld in 2x11 “the rattening,” or julia and josh’s trip to timeline 23 in 3x11 “twenty-three”?

23. TEN OF HEARTS - ghost-eliot panicking over having killed margo in 3x11 “twenty-three,” or quentin panicking over the monster hurting eliot with pills in 4x06 “a timeline and place”?

24. JACK OF HEARTS - the chaos over poppy’s dragon egg in 4x08 “home improvement,” or the chaos over the lamprey in 3x03 “the losses of magic”?

25. QUEEN OF HEARTS - the gang trying to kill each other because of the throne curse in 2x03 “divine elimination,” or the gang fighting over the dragon egg in 4x08 “home improvement”?

26. KING OF HEARTS - margo and lizard eliot in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor,” or julia and beast quentin in 3x11 “twenty-three”?

27. ACE OF CLUBS - quentin and eliot getting drunk by the fireplace in 1x11 “remedial battle magic,” or julia and penny 23 talking by the fireplace in 4x11 “the 4-1-1″?

28. TWO OF CLUBS - fen protecting fray from pirates in 3x03 “the losses of magic,” or zelda trying to keep harriet safe in 3x08 “six short stories about magic”?

29. THREE OF CLUBS - quentin asking his questing creature (the white lady) for help in 2x04 “the flying forest,” or margo getting help from her questing creature (lord fresh) in 4x02 “lost, found, fucked”?

30. FOUR OF CLUBS - the sex magic in 4x04 “marry, fuck, kill” where penny 23 annoints julia with oil, or the sex magic alice and quentin have to do in 1x10 “homecoming” to save penny from the neitherlands?

31. FIVE OF CLUBS - alice and her brother in 1x03 “consequences of advanced spellcasting,” or julia and her sister in 1x07 “the mayakovsky circumstances”?

32. SIX OF CLUBS - penny and sylvia in the poison room in 2x12 “ramifications,” or zelda and kady in the poison room in 4x12 “the secret sea”?

33. SEVEN OF CLUBS - harriet’s introduction in 2x10 “the girl who told time,” or marina’s introduction in 1x02 “the source of magic”? 

34. EIGHT OF CLUBS - shadeless julia blowing up the forest in 2x08 “word as bond,” or niffin alice fighting the beast in 2x03 “divine elimination”?

35. NINE OF CLUBS - the reveal that alice is living in quentin’s cacodemon tattoo in 2x06 “the cock barrens,” or the reveal that tick pickwick has had an agenda of his own all along in 3x09 “all that josh”?

36. TEN OF CLUBS - fen convincing the fairy queen to help the enslaved earth fairies in 3x10 “the art of the deal,” or julia saving her friends in castle blackspire instead of listening to iris in 3x13 “will you play with me?”

37. JACK OF CLUBS - quentin trying to live his boring, no-magic, desk job life in 2x05 “cheat day,” or kady-as-sam-cunningham discovering magic is real in 4x01 “a flock of lost birds”?

38. QUEEN OF CLUBS - quentin’s “could i maybe have eliot back?” in 4x02 “lost, found, fucked,” or margo telling lizard eliot she’s going to save him in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor”?

39. KING OF CLUBS - the very first time eliot calls margo “queen margo the destroyer” in 1x13 “have you brought me little cakes,” or when he says “high king margo, long may you reign” in 3x12 “the fillorian candidate”?

40. ACE OF DIAMONDS - quentin and julia realizing they were the ones who helped jane chatwin out of the snare in the fillory books in 1x13 “have you brought me little cakes,” or quentin realizing that the old man who solved the mosaic before jane could was actually him at the end of 3x05 “a life in the day”?

41. TWO OF DIAMONDS - eliot facing his past when the illusion key conjures up an image of his father in 3x04 “be the penny,” or eliot facing his past in the form of his memories in 4x05 “escape from the happy place”?

42. THREE OF DIAMONDS - eliot, margo, and fen singing “one day more” in 2x09 “lesser evils,” or margo, lizard eliot, fen, josh, kady, and dean fogg singing “here i go again” in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor”?

43. FOUR OF DIAMONDS - lizard eliot singing “don’t get me wrong” in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor,” or him singing “beautiful dreamer”?

44. FIVE OF DIAMONDS - the monster remembering he had a sister in 4x10 “all that hard, glossy armor,” or the conversation he has with her in 4x12 “the secret sea”?

45. SIX OF DIAMONDS - the first half of the post-mosaic conversation between quention and eliot in the castle whitespire throne room (3x05 “a life in the day”), or the second half (4x05 “escape from the happy place”)? 

46. SEVEN OF DIAMONDS - quentin and the monster breaking the model planes while quentin grieves his father in 4x04 “marry, fuck, kill,” or quentin learning his discipline is minor mendings in 4x11 “the 4-1-1″?

47. EIGHT OF DIAMONDS - quentin talking about how the fillory books pulled him out of his first depressive episode in 1x09 “the writing room,” or him standing up to his depression key monster in 3x06 “do you like teeth?”

48. NINE OF DIAMONDS - kady trying to save penny’s life in 3x03 “the losses of magic,” or the emotional conversation she has with him while holding the truth key during her escape from rehab in 3x07 “poached eggs”?

49. TEN OF DIAMONDS - josh singing “wham bam” in 3x09 “all that josh,” or kady singing “all i need is the boy”?

50. JACK OF DIAMONDS - eliot telling quentin that he killed someone on accident at 14 in 1x02 “the source of magic,” or quentin kissing eliot on their one year anniversary at the mosaic in 3x05 “a life in the day”?

51. QUEEN OF DIAMONDS - quentin and julia laying underneath their map-of-fillory table in 1x13 “have you brought me little cakes,” or their dance in the stairwell to get bacchus to let them in to the party in 3x01 “the tales of the seven keys”?

52. KING OF DIAMONDS - the animation used at the beginning of 3x13 “will you play with me?” to tell the story of the knight and the seven keys, or the animation used by the binder in 4x11 “the 4-1-1″ to tell the story of the monster and his sister?

[travllingbunny]

The 100 rewatch: 1x09 Unity Day

This episode was never one of my favorites, but I didn’t dislike it first time around, so I was surprised to which extent I did this time. It’s an important episode that moves the plot along in crucial ways both on the Ark and on the ground, but it has so many of the things I disliked in season 1 (the Jaha/Diana plot – which reaches its climax and ends with this episode, Finn the peacemaker, and the first appearance of Anya – always one of my least favorite characters, who starts the tradition of Grounders being extremely hypocritical in their interactions with the Arkers) or that I’m indifferent to (the very rushed Linctavia romance - the Romeo and Juliet “we just met and we’re already in love” type romance was never my thing, I just don’t find it relatable).

Rating: 6/10

The scenes I liked the best were just the little moments of the Delinquents having fun during the Unity Day celebration. And I don’t mean just the scene where Clarke and Bellamy spend a few minutes eye fucking flirting totally platonically interacting, but also Clarke having fun with a couple of random Delinquents (Fox and Sterling, who are both introduced here) and the start of Jasper’s and Raven’s friendship and him telling her that she now kind of has a family with the Delinquents. And I liked Miller’s snarky remark while watching Jaha’s speech, that he can now try to take credit after the 100 have done the toughest job.

This was the first time we got the backstory of the 12 stations joining, and the unofficial fact that the 13th station was blown up, which the show explored more in S3.

It’s also the first time we hear the “…May we meet again” prayer for the dying, when Kane says it to his mother.

At least the Diana/Jaha conflict is finally over. This is how not to do moral greyness: instead of having sympathy for both sides, I disliked both sides equally, which results in indifference. Diana’s political stance is supposed to be about protecting the working class, but it’s kinda hard to trust that when all her people did in the previous episodes was manipulate one member of the Ark’s working class to do their dirty job and assassinate Jaha and then another one to try to kill the former one. And here they stage a terrorist attack and fail to kill Jaha, again (this guy survived probably more near-deaths during the show than anyone else), but blow up a bunch of innocent people, including children.  And on the other side you have Jaha, with all his oppression, executions and constant lies. But I guess this show loves the “people being total a-holes and destroying everything” plots, like this one.

Something that I always disliked but couldn't put my finger on why, but now I know: Finn’s new role as a peacemaker is just Finn doing Finn things again: he is saying so many things that sound right (peace, we should all get along, stop the cycle of violence etc.) but the way he goes about it is so frustrating and stupid, it’s basically “How not to do pacifism”. 

First, he goes to talk to Lincoln on his own and suggests negotiations – nice, but Lincoln tells him straight up that he has no power to negotiate a truce, and Finn is like “Find someone who can”. What makes him think any of the Grounder leaders will listen to Lincoln? He knows nothing about the Grounder society, so it’s dumb to assume they don’t have a strict hierarchy and act the same as an informal group like the 100. He assumes the thing is already as good as agreed on and that everyone will do exactly as he wants them to, including the Grounders not bringing any weapons, because he said so. Then he tells that to Clarke alone – Lincoln identified her as the leader of the 100; I wonder what Finn would’ve done if Lincoln had thought Bellamy was the leader – and brings it all to her as a done deal, telling her to do as he says, insisting that there should be no weapons, and silencing any arguments to the contrary. 

First off, this is really stupid: there’s nothing unusual about bringing guards to peace negotiations, in fact, I’m pretty sure that’s what leaders always do – and of course the Grounders are going to bring armed guards and backup to the meeting. This shouldn’t have been a surprise. Secondly, how presumptuous is he? Now that I’ve seen S2, everything Finn does looks like an attempt to be a hero and to prove himself as a hero to Clarke specifically and to have her need him, like Raven did on the Ark. 

Clarke, on her part, obviously thinks to herself – the same as she later does during the conversation with Anya – “there’s no use arguing with someone so unreasonable”, and you can see her starting to learn to be sneaky to get things done. So she goes to Bellamy for armed backup, of course. Later, Finn is surprised that, oh look, the Grounder “leader” is coming with armed guards (duh) and is clearly upset when Anya tells Clarke to come to talk to her on the middle of the bridge by herself, not letting Finn come with her. He lost the opportunity to be her knight protector. How do you think you can protect her, Finn, when you didn’t bring any weapons? In fact, not only does Anya come with armed guards, but she has a knife herself, and archers hidden in the trees nearby, including one ready to shoot Clarke any moment. 

Bellamy made a mistake bringing Jasper, the guy who was speared by the Grounders – but having seen S2 and S3, it’s clear that even Abby has no clue about PTSD, so it’s not surprise that Bellamy didn’t. Though he seemed to have learned by S4, when he acted very differently with Riley. Jasper’s PTSD certainly was partly responsible for the way he jumped to the conclusion that the Grounders were going to kill Clarke. I don’t think they were intending to – or they would have done it immediately – but the archer was clearly there to shoot any moment she does anything suspicious, so her life was in danger for sure – it could’ve easily ended up as one of those “I thought he was reaching for a gun” situations.

I love the way Clarke and Bellamy just looked at each other and rolled their eyes at Finn when he started blaming Clarke for bringing up backup and said “All you had to do it trust me”. Geez, Finn, not everything is about your relationship with Clarke. And this didn’t even make sense – she could trust him but still think he was being dumb, he could not vouch for the Grounders, and he was wrong in his expectation they would do what he told them to and come without weapons.

I’ve always found Anya really annoying, and with the info we find out later, it’s even worse, because it’s obvious that everything that came out of her mouth during that meeting was utter BS. I had forgotten that she actually told Clarke: “You’ve started a war you don’t know how to finish”. Really?

Not the last time the Grounders will blame the Arkers for the things they did themselves, or for defending themselves against them. Even more annoying is the fact that some fans take the “you started a war by destroying our village” argument seriously, in spite of the facts that Grounders speared Jasper way before that and engaged in intimidation tactics, that they must have known exactly what the 100 were like for quite some time since 1) at least one person, Lincoln, followed them and noted info about them, and 2) we learn in 1x10 that they had captured and tortured Murphy and that he told them everything. And you have to be extremely stupid to conclude that 100 unarmed kids going around having fun are an invading force, or that their first action would be to blow up a random village, rather than find out more about the Grounders, target their leadership, do anything strategically important. Lexa was not stupid, so I think that she was probably thinking along the same lines as Bellamy was in 1x04 when the crowd was lynching Muprhy – “give people what they want”. People want to blame someone, they want blood for blood, so let’s give them an enemy. 

Anya’s other arguments are even worse:  the Delinquents also supposedly started the war because “you captured and tortured one of ours” – forgetting that they did it right after the Grounders had killed 3 of the Delinquents and were just about to attack and killed more when the fake signal for the acid fog interrupted them. She says she has no reason to make a deal that Clarke cannot guarantee the Ark leadership would observe. True – but we now know that Anya is not the actual leader of the Grounders or even Trikru, so she has no authority to do guarantee the rest would listen, either. The deal was negotiated over a few hours, so I doubt they could have consulted Lexa in Polis (and it’s questionable if even Lexa could guarantee anything, since the clans were not united, and Trikru were at war with the Ice Nation so much of the time). 

And her reply to Clarke’s warning that the soldiers from the Ark would come to destroy them with their technology, “They wouldn’t be the first to try”, seems like empty bragging. That has to be about the Mountain Men, but they never actually tried to destroy the Grounders. Why would they destroy their continuous blood supply? They just wanted to enslave and harvest them, and it doesn’t seem like the Grounders were ever able to do much about it.

Body count: a ton of people from the Ark, but I don’t know the numbers. Dozens of people in the terrorist attack, including Kane’s mother and the cute girl who was giving the speech. Then everyone on the Exodus ship, including Diana, when it crashes – which we now know was caused by Mount Weather. The Mountain Men killed so many Arkers in S1, before they even appeared on screen. (They said before that the Exodus ship can take up to 700 people, so I guess it must have been around that number, or at least a few hundred people?) And Diana’s actions crippled the Ark and it lost power, so she’s responsible for the imminent deaths of a lot of people who remained on the Ark. On the ground, Jasper shot 2 Grounders, but I don’t know if they died.