#WOWPS

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baby seasons change but people don't

[menheim]

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 😩🥵

[gyllenhaallsjake]

WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE (2007-2012) SE01E09 - Movies

[peeta-mellark]

ALEX RUSSO Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012) 3x23

[selenagomez92]

Selena Gomez as Alice in Wonderland for Halloween.

[vampyreblr]

Bridgit Mendler as Juliet Van Heusen in Wizards of Waverly Place You smell like vanilla! Yeah, I wear that to disguise the smell of death and decay

[evermorepeyton]

if i were a writer on tit i would have dan come out to the stage on a replica of the cold beer and hot women shirt, then take it off and play a game with the audience in which a lucky lesbian in the room who wins it gets to take it home

because i know he thinks it’s funny ironic but it works more for a lesbian so, pass on the legacy of the shirt if you are going call yourself our “dad” on the merch. we want our inheritance.

underneath the shirt he’s wearing a new one that says tequila shots and hot dilfs or whatever stupid thing he likes now.

now i realize the lesbians may be too socially awkward to want to do audience participation but they will also want the shirt so it’s fine.

i also realize the show has already been written but shhh we can work something out @danielhowell hire me it’s fine i swear

[galindaelphaba]

#me and my mutuals

[dippindotdotdot]

People on Twitter saying Alex Russo wouldn't dress like that on the wizards beyond waverly place trailer don't get Alex Russo i'm sorry

[atimefordragons]

@giftober 2024 | Day 25: Devilish ↳ Alex rejecting Angelism

[discocandles]

One thing that cracks me up about kids media that shows the characters being high school age is how unrealistic it is that they don't use any swear words. Like most all high schoolers swear at least twice in one conversation to their next class, and that's the "good kids". yes there are people who just don't swear a lot, and it takes their friend group a minute to recover after hearing them casually say fuck.

But this is a whole friend group who don't swear at all. The hs friend groups who never cuss always think they're better than everyone else for it. And the people in these shows who do think they're better than everyone else are likely the people who would swear the most.

This doesn't even get into the weird shit high schoolers talk about.

[allthatmay]

so. totally unrelated fandom post.

i've only seen the first episode of the wizards of waverly place sequel (wizards beyond waverly place) but i have thoughts. the basic premise of the show is that justin russo has settled down with a non-wizarding wife (giada), has two kids, and has become an ordinary middle school teacher after being fired from wiztech. his life is upturned when his sister, alex, drops round with a delinquent young girl named billy who needs help learning magic—and, oh yeah, she's supposedly part of some big prophecy to save the world.

so far, all i've seen is criticism of the characters and the show in general, but i think a lot of it is unfair. i'll concede that replicating the character dynamics from the original show (with giada as theresa, justin as jerry, billy as alex, roman as justin, milo as max, etc) was a bad move, but justin's character in particular has received a lot of flack that i, personally, find unreasonable.

people say that justin wouldn't dare give up being a wizard; that the trajectory of his life makes no sense given his love of magic. but life doesn't always work out the way we imagine, even with meticulous planning and preparedness. we can't forget that justin's own father was very much the same; that jerry was a very skilled wizard who loved magic and could never imagine giving it up. given that, i think it makes sense for justin's character to settle down with a non-magical wife and become a school principal. he held on to magic the longest of the three siblings because he defined himself by his skill with it, but he learned, as he aged, that magic wasn't everything.

besides, seeing justin lose his magical lifestyle as his ages only to reclaim it again at the start of this series is a great, if obvious, analogy for what happens to most of us as we age. even those who hold on tightest to their younger years can find themselves losing the the magic felt in childhood; we have to reach out and take it back for ourselves. children are sometimes the best ones at showing us what we have lost, hence: justin teaches magical children and in doing so rediscovers his own magic.

(side note: being a middle school principal suits him for obvious reasons: his love of learning, love of rules, love of wonder. the whole "being fired from wiztech because of an incident with a unicorn" also makes sense to me because, as much as alex learned from him, he learned from alex, too.)

i have nothing to say about alex's character because selena gomez came back and fucking crushed it. the biggest problem is the delivery of the prophecy: she just drops it like "hey billy's the only one who can save the world" and then leaves. now, do i think this is bad writing? yes. but i also think it would make sense if this was utter bullshit; if alex only said this to justin to ensure he really, truly enveloped himself back into the magical world because she knows just how much he misses it. (it's just a prank, bro!)

what would i have changed? i'd probably have made it so that alex had a kid like justin, and justin had a kid like alex. i would not give justin two boys as i don't think that does anything for his character. i would include both jerry and harper, as their actors have a goddamn podcast about the show and deserve to be included. (not to mention how jerry's character, in mirroring justin's, could be very informative for the whole plot.) also, justin's wife? she's fine, but please at least address what happened to juliet. was it the whole "i'm a vampire and i don't grow old but you do" thing? because that only adds to the reasoning behind justin giving up his magical lifestyle.

(also, and this is a tiny thing, but people are wondering how justin the principal and his investigative reporter wife can afford their house? and, HELLO, we get told that max is now a billionaire—thanks to his sandwich enterprise, i think. he would've totally bought them a house after giada convinced justin to accept it.)

[screensland]

Wizards of Waverly Place, S02E12 — Fairy Tale.

[televisionenjoyer]

all desirable qualities in a blorbo. i fail to see the problem here

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[selenagomez92]

Selena Gomez in 2024:

First starring in "Emilia Pérez," then returning for Season 4 of "Only Murders in the Building," and now bringing the magic back with "Wizards Beyond Waverly Place."