#although based on the 3 different reactions I have a pretty good feeling y'all will know which one Bowser is trying to flirt with

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Bowser: *momentarily, and shyly, looks away before he takes a few steps closer* I guess...love really makes a guy come out of his shell, heh, heh. *starts blushing while he holds out a bouquet of flowers*

Mario: *looks at Bowser with a disgusted, and slightly horrified, expression*

Peach: *rolls her eyes in annoyance as she wonders who would be stupid enough to fall for Bowser's ridiculous pickup line*

Luigi: *quietly stares at Bowser with stars in his eyes as he inwardly debates on whether he should ask Bowser to take him right then and there*

(Psst, @bjititzu, I told you I was going to make this post.)

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Friendship Test |Joe keery × reader

~ Rumors spread about you and Joe keery dating based on the little clips they see behind the scenes and when you guys are out together in public. While y'all film a video about friendship testing, you guys seem as if you're both head over heels for each other.

Warning: readers pronouns are she/her, usage of y/n, brief mentions of stranger things

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"I feel like I'm pretty close to him, I mean I think he knows me pretty well and I know him pretty well." You say to the camera as you describe your and Joe's friendship and what your perspective of it is. The people behind the camera laugh, since they heard something completely different from Joe.

"she bullies me, she's mean to me and she calls me names" Joe says to the camera with a straight and concerned face which causes the people behind the camera to go quiet, "I'm joking, none of that's true" Joe says as he cracks a smile to calm down the people behind the camera.

"when I first met him, I had so much fun with him on set, he might look scary and serious but once you get to know him or talk to him, he's like a black cat, if that makes sense..." You describe how you see Joe and how it was like when you first met him. The people behind the camera laugh again as they notice how you and Joe seem to be the same people but different fonts. (No wonder people ship y'all).

"I first met her and I was super scared. I mean she looked intimidating and she kinda looked like she knew what she was doing, which made me a little insecure until she talked to me and ever since then, she's been like a little golden retriever if that makes sense." Joe describes you as if you were something precious and valuable.

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You and Joe finally get back in a room together and you both can't stop smiling. It's like you're both much more happier to just be in each other's presence. The people behind the camera then ask y'all to write 3 things that you like about each other.

"Jesus I gotta think about this one, there's really nothing good to you" Joe says in a joking way and acts as if he's thinking real hard, "ha ha very funny, you know you're not the most interesting person either" you say back in a sarcastic tone as you notice Joe already writing stuff down real fast. "Woah you're writing a lot", you say while looking from your paper to Joe writing a whole essay, "yes Im practically writing a novel over here" Joe replies back without looking up which causes you to laugh at his comment.

Once you and Joe finish, Joe then says "ladies first" and has you read your paper. "Joe, I think that you're one of the most calmest person I know when it comes to any situation" You finish reading the first part of your paper with a bright smile that makes Joe's heart melt. "Y/n...you are like a big ball of sunshine that can light up a dark room" Joe says as he looks up from his paper to see your reaction, "aww wait that's actually sweet I wanna redo mine" you say with a cute puppy face that Joe adores seeing every time. "Joe, I think your sarcastic humor can make any situation feel comfortable" you look up at Joe with a bit of a sour face not knowing if that's a compliment or not but Joe seems to relieve your unsure feeling, "well that's what I'm here for" Joes comment makes you let out a small scoff.

"Y/n, although you have a child mindset, you are very responsible when it comes to situations" Joe then looks up from his paper again only see you have a faint smile on your lips, "that's actually really nice". "Thank you" you and Joe say to eachother. "Joe I think you have a heart of gold, you have a super kind personality that everyone loves" you say as you look into Joe's eyes since they're staring deeply into yours, "thank you very much" "you welcome" you and Joe say to eachother again with bright smiles, "y/n, you are a very welcoming and trustworthy person, I feel like you're very open to everyone and you make people feel comfortable very easily" joe says while moving his hands around to explain how he sees you, "thank you thats really sweet" you reply to Joe's compliment with a warm smile.

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"I actually like getting compliments, they make me feel better" you say while looking at the camera with a bright smile. "That was actually really nice, you know it's not every day that you look someone in the eyes and give them a compliment" Joe says as he looks in your eyes again, "yea usually it's brief short and simple but doing this made me feel better, did it make you feel better" you add onto to Joe's statement then ask him a question which he answers pretty fast, "yes honestly i enjoyed all this" joe moves his arms around his area to show that he's enjoying the whole 'interview' thing while purposely hitting you gently, this caused you to swat his arm away from your face and push his shoulder as joe laughs with the camera people.

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Next the camera people had you and Joe stand Infront of each other and stare into each other's eyes for 4 minutes straight. You and Joe then look up to make eye contact but then you burst out laughing when Joe says that it's going to be awkward, "no no don't smile cause you're going to make me laugh" you say while trying to hold in your laugh. You then cool down from your laugh and now it's you and Joe staring into eachother eyes in complete silence, now that you're actually looking at him close up, he's actually really handsome and when did he get so many moles? (they still look cute). Joe admires your eyes that are big and sparkly, he notices how Everytime you blink, you look at his other eye. Joe then sees how your lips always have a little curve at the end, and how your eyes look almost identical to fox's eyes but that just makes your eyes look even more beautiful.

"You know it's not every day that you stare into your best friends eyes for 4 minutes" Joe break the silence with a statement which causes you to laugh, "yea I don't really do this often, I have trouble making eye contact with people" you say with a faint smile on your lips, "I know you do, that's why you keep looking from one eye to the other" Joe then points back and forth from his left eye to his right eye, "okay okay sorry I'll look at the right one", you say as you try your best to stay focus to one eye, "it's okay, it's fine" Joe says in a quiet tone for only you to hear.

"Your pupils are really small" you tell Joe, "I haven't even been looking at your pupils, I didn't even know they were there" Joe says with realization that he's been focused on you instead of your eyes, this causes you to laugh and almost break eye contact which Joe then puts his hands on both sides your shoulders to hold you still from moving around from laughter. "Don't make me laugh then I can't concentrate" you say while trying to hold back your smile

"And time" a person from behind the camera says which doesn't cause you and Joe to break eye contact, "okay stop stop" you say as you look away while covering your face, "I can't look away, I don't want to look away", Joe says while looking at you turn away from him, "no look away" you reply back to joe as you fan your face to stop it from turning red.

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"That was great honestly" you say as you sway from side to side and bumping shoulders with Joe. "That's definitely something new to her" Joe says while pointing a finger towards your direction, "yes completely new but it was honestly relaxing for some reason" you nod your head after adding on to Steve's statement, "it was kinda crazy how our bodies would connect like how you would laugh which would make me laugh but once you stopped laughing then my body suddenly stopped laughing too", Joe says as he tries to explain how his experience was while still not looking away from you (you were making brief eye contact towards him). Joe then wraps his arm around your shoulder with a smile and almost out of instinct, you wrap your arm around his waist and pose as if it was a family (or a couples) picture.

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You and Joe then were told to do a trust fall with eachother. It sounded more exciting than it actually was.

"Okay promise to catch me, don't play a stupid joke" you say as you finally look deep into Joe's eyes, "okay I won't drop you" Joe says but then side eyes the camera which you notice then makes you hesitant, "no joe dont do that, promise not to drop me" you say as you playfully hit Joe's shoulder to tell him to cut it out but then you stick you pinky out for joe to intertwine. "Okay okay I won't drop you for a stupid joke" Joe intertwines his pinky with your but not before rolling his eyes playfully.

You then have your back faced towards Joe with both your arms crossed over your chest, "okay ready?". "Yes I'm ready go" after Joe says that he's ready you let your whole body go and fall backwards, Joe catches you with ease and then he pushes you back up in a playful but forceful way which caused you to almost fall forward, you then turn around and smack him on his chest as he tries to block himself from your hits, "okay okay I'm sorry, we'll do it again" Joe says as he still tries to block and defend himself from being "abused", "okay but this time done do anything stupid, I mean it Joe" you say as you point a finger in his face, trying your best to scare him but he just found you cute.

Your back is facing Joe again but this time you're putting all you're trust into him, I mean it is called 'trust fall' for a reason, you then fall backwards and Joe catches you with ease again but then he squats down while still holding your weight which makes you lean back further, "okay Joe STOP!" You almost scream out as you reach your hands Infront of you in hopes of grabbing something to prevent you from falling backwards.

Joe pushes you back up while laughing at your reaction, you on the other hand was not a fan of it as you kept smacking him on his back or wherever you can hit him as he kept moving and blocking your hits. Your hits were nothing to Joe, it almost felt like he was getting hit by a baby, your punches were weak even if you were putting all of your strength to get back at him for almost making you fall twice. You and Joe then get everything together and have Joe take his turn. Now Joe's back was facing towards you and as a joke, Joe threatened to put all his weight and jump on you hoping that you catch him.

Joe waits for your signal to let him know that you're ready but behind his back you're mentally and physically preparing yourself for the amount of weight you're about to catch. You were stretching and shaking your arms as the camera crew laughed at your actions which caused Joe to look back confused with all the laughter. Joe then sees you warming up which caused him to roll his eyes playfully at your antics. "Okay I'm finally ready go" you say as you have your arms extended out waiting for joe to fall backwards.

"Okay I go?". "Yea go". "Now?". "Yea dude I'm ready". "Alright..." You and Joe went back and forth as joe was a little scared that you were gonna sabotage him as he did to you and you were scared that you were gonna drop him and you'll both go down together. As you wait for joe to fall backwards he continued acting foolish, "okay I go now right?" Joe says as now he's acting silly just to hear your laugh as it was music to his ears. "YES JOE GO!" You say loudly while laughing at his actions then unexpectedly, he fell backwards and you caught him successfully but not without you struggling a little.

Joe laughed at your little grunts that he could hear behind him as your struggle to push him up. Once you pushed him up, you let out a loud breath, "okay again?" Joe says as he prepared to fall backwards on you again, "no no no no" you say frantically as you speed walk away from him to avoid from getting squished by him. This caused Joe and the camera people to laugh.

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You and Joe then decide to close out the video by saying your goodbyes. "Yayyy we're done, now we're the bestest of friends" you say in a sarcastic joyful tone as you hug Joe's arm, which caused him to touch your arm with his left arm (the arm that you're not holding), "yea I'm pretty hungry, you down for sum pizza later?" Joe asks you which you respond with your face lighting up, "I don't know if I should eat pizza right now, it might make me lose my muscles" you say while releasing your hold on Joe's arm and flexing your arm to show your non existent muscles. Joe chuckles but then plays along with you, "yea sure, matter a fact I think I have bruises on my back cause of you" Joe says as he starts to turn around and prepare to lift his shirt to show his back but then he gets interrupted by you, "nu uh alright guys that's all for today byeee" you say with a bright smile and standing with your arms open Infront of Joe to block out anything that the camera could catch of Joe's toned back.

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Charmed 02x08 Review SPOILERS!!!!

Sorry this took so long y'all. Family stuff just blew up in my face this month has been just terrible it's been terrible since the end of november to be honest, so I just wasnt in the mood to review. But I shall starts. In general i liked the episode 8/10 for me. I like the pacing, the general plot advancing. I liked it, but I have some complaints though. So let's just get those out of the way. So I'll do pros and cons by subject since there were things I both disliked and liked about each thing.

1. Hacy

Let's just get this big guy out of the way. So abby and Harry kiss was a big no for me, although it was hot for sure.

Now there has been a lot of back and forth about this so I actually wanted to compare to the things that bugged me about Macyx galvin and where I thought one does better than the other.

Communication

So like Harry and Macy do not communicate well with each other right now. I feel that thier communication issues though are better (or at least make more sense to me) than Macy x Galvin.

Macy while communicating with Galvin, as far as arranging things, was bad, but with her kiss on halloween she did make her interest in Galvin known. They both had an understanding that they were interested. So I thought the whole Summer ordeal was worse in that sense because, while the follow through was poorly done, Macy's interest was stated.

With Harry and Macy, it appears that neither of them have stated any interest to one another (neither has told the other thier feelings) and neither is aware. So harry kissing some one else isnt as bad to me as the Galvin x Summer situation because of that (speaking about this area soley).

The passive aggressiveness of Harry and Galvin in certain situation isnt comparable because Harry is doing it more.I felt Harry's reactions are more justified (we will get to the hypocritical portion later) in that he is going through the wringer, is hurting and confused, and self-deprecating and many of us agreed that the thought of Macy preferring Jimmy would be bad and hurtful to Harry and logically make no sense. But harry has more scenes than Galvin did in season one so he feel more passive aggressive than Galvin, but I attribute that to screen time and proximity to the Macy (he always there so more time and chances to interact). But also, for me, Galvin wasnt as passive agressive and his sometimes aggressive or snideness wasnt because of Macy. Outside stuff (problems with summer) would make him snap or his trauma also caused him to snap so the situations are comparable there but, again Harry has more screen time so his snapping feels worse to me because it happens multiple time in one episode versus one or twice in a whole season. Since the situation ( and right now I am speaking soley on the summer x Galvin situation) was different. I am up in the air I as to which was "worse" i think both situations are sucky and i think i am more bothered by Galvin x Summer because again Macy had actually expressed her interest (communication wise) but the hacy situation feels more full of that passive aggressiveness and that will turn it into something I really cant get behind. Right now I feel Harry is in a bad place and probably shouldnt be with anyone until he get himself settled personally.

Love triangle/square or whatever

So like with summer x Galvin it wasnt really a love triangle I mean kind of but not really. Galvin didnt pursue Macy while with summer and was generally nice during that time. Summer wasnt necessarily the jealous girlfriend stereotype she was nice, but did call out suspect behavior.

The abby xharryx Macy x jimmy thing is like aweful. It is the love triangle that I hate most at least where the abbyxharryxmacy part is concerned.

I mentioned it before but I hate when one or two people use another person as a means of getting release/relief when they are actually interested in someone else. I think it is cruel to both the used character and the main LI. Worse when both are using others because twice the cruelty. IDK what was going on in Harry's head. But I have never like that type of love triangle, and worse so because it is possibly the other type of triangle I hate which is (usually guy) caught between two ladies and one is clearly the villian (I thank novelas for this gem *sarcasm*) and it is mostly a lust thing.

Especially given that James Westwell was a serial cheater, apparently, this idea of "I love one person but am in lust with the other despite thier character" is like the worst to me. Abby is straight up an ambitious murder, and like I guess that maybe Harry's default type because Charity had similar qualities, but again for a guy who supposedly has strong feelings for Macy and was so confused and hurt by her attraction to Jimmy (which apparently wasnt attraction at all) the ease of him doing the very thing he was mad about , and the ease of being able to push aside his feeling for Macy and give in to that abby kiss was gross.

Sorry but although they werent together, for me, guys who can do that easily should be on our cheater radar. Knowing that James was a serial cheater just makes it worse imo.

While the summer x Galvin situation felt worse on the communication front (expressed feelings) it was better done than here because there is a lot more grossness in the dynamics of the love shape thing right now.

Overall, I get Harry isnt in a place to be with anyone and it's all confusing and he is lashing out. He has not told Macy his interest and neither has she so he shouldnt be held to the boyfriend standards. But still the writers are toeing the line here. What happens next will actually help me define whether this turns into a Galvin situation where I end up not liking the two characters together. If Harry tries to continue the passive aggressiveness about Macy and Jimmy. I'll be done. I mean if he does have feelings for abby and trying to move on, but still tries to pull that with Macy it will just be straight up manipulative. Right now I am like okay he was lashing out and I get it and the abby kiss is probably a big mistake. He can continue the mistake path if the writers wasnt to go there, but if he doesnt recognize that he did something hypocritical and still comes for Macy about Jimmy it will be very very wrong.

I think they for sure need to clear the air but if the writers wait to long or do too much damage I wont be satisfied with the clearing of the air.

I am not necessarily mad right now over the abbyx Harry thing because I am waiting to see how they will handle and present it, but I mean it is on that line and writers need to watch out. I dont think Harry was trying to be manipulative and the lashing out happened before abby kiss. As long as the lashing out (at Macy) doesnt continue I will watch and support the development and exploration of thier relationship and dynamic with the others.

2. Maggie

So like Maggie shows her naivety here and I am not that mad. Like she isn't pulling a "I am so in love and blind to the world" thing she makes her decision based on what she thinks will do the most good for the most people. It is still naive, but she is still maturing and you can see that. Her wanting her sisters to trust her judgment and not feel like they have to baby her is reasonable although again those insecurities clouded the main issues here. She is growing and I shall see how she continues to mature.

3. Mel

I think they tried to fit some personal development for mel here and it both worked and didnt work. I thought it wasnt done badly but at some points I was like....okay could this have been saved for another episode or done beforehand. I wanted to see it, just didn't think it felt in place, especially after leaving the wedding. She just had some development and then was like welp guess I am gonna stumble upon this amber. Like mel could have gotten her new powers before, I mean I felt they could have made the stumble upon the amber scene and new powers at any point before and it could have been more relevant and interesting placed somewhere else than this episode.

4. Abby/overlord/parker storyline

Abby was probably the best thing in this episode. I love her as a villian. I am here for it and I want it.

Parker got dark real quick and while I think he and Maggie shouldnt be together, I am glad he didnt die. Also glad abby clarified that his actions weren't caused by the apple. Because at least OG with Cole the tragedy (the first storyline) was that he made a choice to protect the person he loved but he ended up becoming the source and actually being taken over by the source so his actions were tinted by his OG love but corrupted by that force that possessed him. Where as abby tells him, that that jealousy and want for blood was all him. Maybe the apple and that power made him more likely to act on it than of he hadnt, but it wasnt the apples fault necessarily so. I am glad for the clarification, makes me not want Maggie and him together, but I like that exploration of power and choice. Even with Macy while the power amplified those insecurities she still was making choice which also made her choice to give up that power extra meaningful. Power is corrupting but you can still choose to fight that corruption or give in to it. I like that.

5. Jordan

I love this character to be honest. I am still figuring him out, but like dude is cursed and has been basically touched, punched, and robbed by these guys. He can't catch a break and like nobody even checks on him. Like he so far is a pretty decent although suspicious (like he doesnt trust others easily not like he himself is suspect) guy and I like him but he is getting some serious Darryl treatment right now. I dont like that, but I like him and want to see more of him. Plus, what the heck happened? Did they leave him passed out in the gym? Did they wipe his memory? What is going on?

Episode highlights

Jordan trying to defend maggie and get parker to leave

The power of Four looking fine as heck for a wedding

Mel as a fly talking to herself

Macy walking in on that kiss

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Reacting to The Bold Type

And Yet -- Here I Am.

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The Setup: Previously Miri has written about her love for Freeform’s The Bold Type, a drama centered on three young women -- Katie Stevens’s Jane Sloan, a fledgling reporter; Aisha Dee’s Kat Edison, a social media director; and Meghann Fahy’s Sutton Brady, an executive assistant in fashion -- who work at a women’s magazine inspired by Cosmopolitan. Kris watches and loves it too, and so does our friend Candice, who joins us as a Guest Reactor! Assume spoilers for the entire first season throughout.

MIRI: I just really love this show, guys

CANDICE: It's been one of the most refreshing shows I've watching in the past few years.

I can't predict it, or often outthink it. I so appreciate the storytelling .

MIRI: And that is super rare, so the fact that they do it and do it well is awesome

KRIS: And yet the twists also never feel unearned

I think a lot of it is also the willingness to (at least apparently) shake up the status quo 

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SEASON FINALE SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP

I feel like most shows would have had Jane stay at Scarlet, right?

MIRI: I'm honesty shocked they followed through on Tine Jane leaving Scarlet, but only because it's not what I've come to expect from a show

Yes, exactly!

(Kris always beats me to the punch by had a second and it drives me crazy)

KRIS: Oh Tiny Jane

I hope there’s a supercut out there of every “Tiny Jane”

MIRI: Hey call her that more than once an ep at this point and I love it every time

KRIS: (Is it always Kat?)

MIRI: *they

It might be, I don't know

CANDICE: Most shows would have Jane stay! And likely compromise the other characters' ...well, character.

MIRI: Nice

CANDICE: I feel like I've heard Sutton say it before?

MIRI: And the Sutton/Alex thing wrapped up so quickly! That could have been drawn out waaay long and painfully

KRIS: Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised Jane wasn’t much more of The Lead

I did not expect a reconciliation with Richard! Although maybe I should have?

CANDICE: I'm just gonna say it, wrong or right, Meghann Fahy had comedic chops and I love her.

KRIS: Sutton was my FAVORITE

K: To be fair, I was predisposed to like her because she’s also a minor character in Miss Sloane

MIRI: It's a nice example of the pilot belonging to one, but being a true trifecta

KRIS: The BEST reaction shots

CANDICE: Totally!

MIRI: I love them all too much to pick for more than an episode!!!

Fahy plays drunk and high amazingly, btw

CANDICE: Heard a rumor they went down to the wire with how everyone would "end up".

Unpopular opinion? I didn't like how things wrapped with Richard and Alex.

KRIS: She also squeezed in a lot of, like, emotional micro-beats, if that makes sense? Like in episode 3 or 4 when she’s giving Kat a hard time about texting with Adena

MIRI: Yes! I've heard that they shot multiple options

Candice, you don't want them together? Or just not so easily?

CANDICE: I'm not a true shipper of either, but I didn't want the Alex thread to be so quickly tied up.

KRIS: It did seem abrupt

Did we think Alex had a personality? Allison Shoemaker at the AV Club did not

MIRI: Hmmmmm

CANDICE: Yes, Kris, Sutton brings this great piece of heart that can be so often dragged along a drama or comedy to the point of making the character "flighty" or "ditzy" but Sutton is not.

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Alex had... drive... and was cute. He felt a little used by the plot.

Guys, love triangles are harrrrrd.

KRIS: (I hit return too soon earlier; the moment I was getting to was that when Kat is texting in the fashion closet, Sutton’s line is “Really?” but the button on the scene was Sutton immediately posing for a selfie with Kat)

MIRI: Yeah, I liked him better as a friend than as a love intersect

CANDICE: Lol

KRIS: Miri’s autocorrect hates her sometimes

MIRI: God dammit

CANDICE: Yeah, Miri! And there's nothing to say he might turn into something more later. 

HAA oh no!

KRIS: I really liked Alex and Jane’s friend dynamic and that almost entirely fell off once the love triangle started

CANDICE: But on the surface, it just felt like "welp, here's another office romance, kiddies! Enjoy! They're doomed!"

MIRI: (Also I'm logged out of iMessage on my computer and I don't know how to fix it, so I'm on phone)

M: I did eventually fix it, but please feel free to continue to blame all my errors on this

CANDICE: Oh! Hadn't tuned into that, Kris! Yep

Gah~

MIRI: That is SO true 

They let two cool friend dynamics go for one romance

Boo

I did like how he handled the ending of it, though 

CANDICE: And look, I love that Richard says he should have done more, but their office romance was already becoming a huge risk. 

MIRI: Yes! And now there's even more risk

CANDICE: Fighting for Sutton may have put him in the stairwell when Jacqueline walks in and that - does not bring about the same reaction and chill-ness she had with Alex. I don't think.

KRIS: For sure

MIRI: Definitely!

CANDICE: I could go on for days about that ^^ 

MIRI: And now there's no plausible deniability

About which aspect of that, Candice?

CANDICE: Balancing work relationships. 

It's worth addressing because they DO happen. And treat it as a segue, if you will, bringing intimacy/sex into the workplace isn't always Richard and Sutton.

*cough* Jacqueline's story

MIRI: Her story knocked me sideways

I was pretty sure that was where it was going and it still was SO effective

KRIS: Yeah, same, it was pretty clearly telegraphed but the blocking and everything of that moment was amazing

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MIRI: And her FACE

Just so good

CANDICE: She never felt out of character, in pushing Jane, but I had a feeling when J seemed so emotionally involved in her encouragement that this was more than losing a writer to Incite.

MIRI: It’s really really good writing and acting

CANDICE: Maybe it was getting a story right for readers she KNEW could hold many survivors.

But then we see truly why and it's near devastating

Y'all Melora Hardin is perfect for this character.

MIRI: It’s also a version of the story we don’t see often--someone years later, thriving but definitely still impacted

CANDICE: I watch for her just as much as our trifecta. She's compelling and much more than a boss to me.

MIRI: I LOVE her

CANDICE: Certainly! And not the story, too, of going for #alloutrevenge #diebastards

MIRI: Right--it’s not about the man/men. It’s about her

KRIS: I’m a sucker for good mentor characters

MIRI: which is really consistent with the show in general

I like that she’s a good mentor without that being her entire role in the story, too

She gets to be funny and scary and have her own shit going on and also be so supportive and not a dragon lady boss

Can we jump back to Jane for a sec?

CANDICE: Yeah! Even Richard with Kat and Jane - it doesn't feel like his reactions to their lives are coming from a superior being. He genuinely cares - about them, their jobs, and the company. 

Sure!

MIRI: Yes! that is why this show works for me the way it does

Ok, do we think Jane made the right choice?

CANDICE: I don't think she could have made a wrong choice.

I know, I'm being a snot.

MIRI: No, that’s a good point!

They’re both good options

which sometimes makes it harder to pick!

CANDICE: But there's a side to taking Incite, that I see in my own life.

MIRI: Oh yeah?

KRIS: I’m reflexively defensive of legacy media and critical of “disruptors” so I was rooting the tiniest bit for her to stay at Scarlet but everyone will feel differently about that

CANDICE: It's promising, you have another strong female editor taking Jane in, being encouraging, supportive, showing her what she's capable of and being open to letting her do big stories and grow into that bigger role.

As much as Scarlet is an anchor for Jane, stepping outside of your base of security can be exciting and take you to new levels of success. If she's not feeling satisfied at Scarlet, why not?

Pinstripe! One of many topics we didn’t get to in the interest of time.

MIRI: I keep going back and forth between thinking she should have stayed at Scarlet and continued to grow more and thinking that this was way too big an opportunity for her to pass up

Really, both were good options 

And I think the chance was definitely the right call for the show!

CANDICE: But, to project my own experience, is she ready? Has she been at Scarlet long enough to be sure this is the right leap - regardless of pay, perks, or prestige. It's a lot to think about.

MIRI: Yeah, the readiness is my concern

Will she be mentored as effectively at Incite?

CANDICE: I don't think she will be.

KRIS: That was maybe one of the most “TV-ish” things, the idea that this few months has suddenly made Jane into The Next Big Thing

MIRI: Yeah

CANDICE: I don't get that vibe.

MIRI: Although that may be something they intend to explore if they get another season!

CANDICE: Right!

MIRI: Ok, speaking of big damn choices: Kat made one too!

CANDICE: If Incite is #theworst, does she go back to Scarlet? If she stays, how much will Jacqueline be involved in her life?

YA FOR SURE, BYE KAT ✈️

Wonder where she decided to go?

KRIS: I’m VERY curious about how Jacqueline will fit into the cast at the start of next season. I guess it’s possible she just doesn’t show up in the first episode or so?

MIRI: I totally assumed it was to be with Adena, but we don;t know that do we?

KRIS: I assumed Peru since it was the last place Adena said she was

but I didn’t look too closely at any of the signs or anything

CANDICE: Kris - totally... we'll have to see!

MIRI: We might get to see Jacqueline interact with Sutton more than we have before? That would be interesting

CANDICE: Miri - I assumed to Adena, at first, too, but Kat's finale seemed a bit vague.

MIRI: That would be very interesting

Her going to find herself/have experiences for her own sake, not tied to a whirlwind romance

I would be super into that

CANDICE: There's a story to be told about Kat doing some traveling and getting out of her Manhattan shell.

MIRI: because as much as I want them together, they have had like 1 3/4 dates and that’s not enough to build something solid on!!!

CANDICE: It's very late 90s Julia Roberts rom-com, of her.

MIRI: I love that

KRIS: Part of me expects a fast-forward to Kat coming back from her trip at the beginning of (fingers crossed) season 2

MIRI: Or she’s back by the end of 201

KRIS: Right

It’s also hard to imagine this show without gatherings in the fashion closet

CANDICE: I think Adena would be supportive, there's stories to be had, too, of Kat running a travel vertical at Scarlet either via social media or under a separate medium.

I knowww, I LOVE that closet.

That carpet is too real. 

MIRI: The closet scenes are the BEST

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But I think they have been deliberately moving towards apartment scenes as season one progressed, so it wouldn’t be AS MUCh of a lurch to lose them for a while

KRIS: I also really liked the detail more than once in dialogue that they borrow clothes from it, whether that’s intended to explain their TV-level wardrobes or not

CANDICE: A nice justification, too, for maybe some of the more sophisticated pieces we've seen these moderately-paid ladies wear.

I see that, too, Miri.

KRIS: Yeah that definitely makes sense to keep having three-handers even if Jane’s at Incite for awhile

CANDICE: Haha, Kris, see above - it bugged me 'til I realized! On a much lower level, I borrowed things from the drama departments all.the.time.

KRIS: Maybe there will be more opportunities for Miri’s bathtub envy series

CANDICE: Yep.

MIRI: I could see an episode (or maybe like a 3-4 ep arc) of Sutton and Jane skyping Kat in, and then in person again

RICHARD’S BATHTUB IS MARVELOUS

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CANDICE: How very Sarah/Cosima of you, Miri.

MIRI: Exactly what I was thinking

CANDICE: Richard's aparTMENT is #goals.

MIRI: So much

CANDICE: I also enjoyed their "getting ready" in the bathroom scene. 

MIRI: Honestly, Sutton could stay with him for that apartment and I would be borderline ok with it

CANDICE: I've been watching some older sitcoms and love those moments shared over a brush of the teeth.

LOL 

MIRI: I love the way you just phrased that so much

CANDICE: :D

MIRI: Can we have a moment of appreciation for the fact that the trifecta are all straight up talented in their fields? 

They’re not perfect at their jobs, but they are talented

And I really appreciate that

CANDICE: I'm so glad you phrased it that way!

And the trifecta being thus isn't a negative.

They have a few edges and lessons left, but their stretches and mistakes feel genuine.

MIRI: They all have shit to learn, they’re like 24 or whatever, but they have ability and drive and I love it

KRIS: Yeah I feel like talented-but-not-fully-formed is something you almost never see

CANDICE: And yet- here I am.

MIRI: ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 

CANDICE: To be bold.

MIRI: Bold

CANDICE: That's really what sold this show to me.

MIRI: I see what you did there

CANDICE: They have (haha, thank you thank you)

MIRI: 😉 

CANDICE: They have lessons to learn, but this is clearly not an after-school special.

MIRI: Yes!

KRIS: It’s also been an organic way to get in all the This Is How Magazine Journalism Actually Works (or Close Enough) stuff

CANDICE: They have an intense, amazing boss, but we're not gonna drag you through The Devil Wears Prada again.

MIRI: Kris, how much are you loving the (more or less) realism here?

KRIS: So much

I guess in the interest of clarity I should note that I am not actually a journalist, but did it in college and have friends who went on to do it professionally

It’s also one of the fun things about reading reviews

All these journalists who are like FINALLY SOMEONE GETS US

CANDICE: Yes! 'Cause they have got some aspects of "being in your 20s" down pat.

KRIS: in a post-Zoe Barnes era

MIRI: Who is Zoe Barnes?

CANDICE: House of Cards

Just had to look it up.

MIRI: I thought that might be it!

(Sorry, I’m cooking)

KRIS: sleeps with a source, etc etc

CANDICE: I suspect her journalist character is a bit...heightened?

OKAY then

MIRI: There’s that really great Toast piece about a day in the life of a fictional female journalist

CANDICE: Mercy. But nice to know we're getting some accurate depictions.

MIRI: I always think of her and that together

KRIS: (It’s a bad show, readers, the only reason to watch it is Robin Wright)

MIRI: (Robin Wright is such a badass. Just in general)

CANDICE: I want Robin, Melora, and Helen Hunt to play sisters in a fiery, blockbuster.

MIRI: YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

YES

CANDICE: they all are just LOADED with talent

KRIS: Oh man I hope we get to meet more people from Jacqueline’s life

CANDICE: Her support system! 

MIRI: Seriously, if you want to see a completely un-Jacqueline performance, check her out in Transparent--the woman is SO talented

Yes, I want to see her friendships!!!

K: Oh, I forgot I wanted to talk about this. I felt like Jane had legitimate concerns here that were never really addressed? Which made it a little weird for Jacqueline to say in the finale “It’s one thing to write about yourself” as if that was something Jane had even wanted to to do in the first place.

CANDICE: - can we visit, at some point, Kadena's dating history, and I quote "1 3/4"??

KRIS: I also kind of want to meet Kat’s therapist parents?

MIRI: I like her husband a lot, but who are her friends??

KRIS: Sure let’s do it

MIRI: I forget the context of that??

CANDICE: I need to KNOW who raised Kat because we are missing a few facets.

Gah- so many things! Umm, i think it was your justification of Kat and Adena not ending up together post-finale.

MIRI: She is a bit of a mystery

Oooohhhh gothca

or gotcha

one of those

I meant that they had only been on like one date and maybe two partial dates

Which is not a relationship. It’s a good start! But it’s not solid

CANDICE: It's hard to get ones bearings on their relationship, with so many other storylines to address.

MIRI: I know they’ve been talking a ton, but they still only partially know each other

KRIS: I was never entirely sure how much we were supposed to assume they were in touch via text/social media

MIRI: Right!

CANDICE: Yeah! And, Kat's curiosity of Adena and lifestyle is lovely, and we're getting lots of support from Sutton and Jane

But we've yet to explore Kat alone with this. Well, other than her semi-topless photo to Adena.

MIRI: I’m honestly still in such a state of delight about how they handled Kat’s coming out arc

K: The physicality in all of these performances is so great

hahahah true

I just love that she got to be unsure without being self loathing

CANDICE: Absolutely.

She already seemed quite positive, both about her self and sex.

MIRI: I would love for them to say the word bisexual at some point

CANDICE: PLEASE?

Yes, please. 

MIRI: All the fingers crossed for season 2

CANDICE: I love Adena. I want her in Kat's life. But they've now gone through two dramatic goodbyes, and I just need some of dat good domestic cuteness. 

MIRI: YES

CANDICE: Their scenes together in the airport will suffice for now. 

MIRI: Kat needs to have her ‘find myself’ adventure, and then get them both in NY for a while for some cute dates and shit

OMG that whole sequence was lovely

CANDICE: But then we gotta get back to whatever the hell Sutton and Jane are doing.

I feel kind of a lot of stress coming their way? Yay, Season 2?

We're gonna have hella conflict and difficulties.

MIRI: Hahahah well you gotta have stakes!

What would you guys like to see in a second season?

KRIS: I’m actually not sure if I want this or not, but I’m curious about the possibility of Jacqueline as a POV character

CANDICE: Hmm?

MIRI: Ooooh

KRIS: I maybe phrased that poorly; I haven’t seen anyone suggesting it, just started thinking about it while we were talking about her before

MIRI: I’m fascinated by the idea of that

CANDICE: I'm wondering more what you mean by POV character.

Am totally lost.

KRIS: That she’d have like a B-story of her own or something, where she’s in scenes without any of the other series regs

CANDICE: Oh!

KRIS: I guess there have been scenes between Jacqueline and Richard

CANDICE: I am pro-that

Out of necessity, really, though.

KRIS: Yeah

CANDICE: I wonder if there's a world where Sutton and Richard are "together" publicly at Steinem

KRIS: I kind of want to see more interaction with other publications? That’s super nerdy

MIRI: I mean, we’re all nerds here

CANDICE: How does that affect the way they're treated? Oliver? Alex? Etc?

MIRI: Yeah, that would be a lot of shakeup

CANDICE: I agree! Oooh, a scene with Scarlet and Incite.

MIRI: Yes! I want to see that!

CANDICE: Perhaps NOT making it an editor vs editor "thing".

MIRI: When Teen Vogue first started getting a lot of public praise for being so “woke” they very deliberately pointed to similar reporting in Marie Claire and others

I’d like to see something with that kind of camaraderie 

KRIS: Yeah, I like to think it’s more likely we’d see stories about journalistic solidarity, especially since they’ve gone ahead and explicitly made Trump part of the world

CANDICE: Totally!

MIRI: While we’re on the subject of woke-ness, I’d also like to see a better/wider discussion of race in season 2

CANDICE: Could even have a line with Kat, should she be outside the US, getting reactions to our country.

MIRI: Ooh, yes to that!!

CANDICE: How every USA-centric of me, alas.

KRIS: But I could totally see that

CANDICE: Agreed, Miri. We've talked about this before - Kat's arrest...

MIRI: Yes, exactly--we talked about it last week but I think it bears repeating here

CANDICE: Not everyone's story should be one of prejudice and persecution...

MIRI: That’s very true

CANDICE: But there was a naive quality about Kat in that moment that felt...honestly untrue to Kat, in addition to what I expected to see from the writers.

KRIS: TOTALLY agree

CANDICE: I can't really sit here and demand a specific experience - because I can never fully relate, but something felt off and overlooked.

MIRI: Kat’s blackness is basically never a part of her characterization, even when stories specifically feature racism or microagressions (I believe our friend Jess pointed that out to me)

KRIS: I got what they were going for with having Adena lay out how big a deal the deportation risk was, but still

CANDICE: She has very well-off parents, and my god what a world for her to apparently have not had to deal with much...

MIRI: I also think there’s an interesting facet of privilege to be examined--Kat is a WOC, but also a wealthy, attractive one. Looking at how that has that changed her experience compared to other black women would be interesting

But a) they don’t seem to be doing that

CANDICE: However, her own experience seems "missing" rather than "minimal"

MIRI: and b) exactly what you just said

CANDICE: Yep

KRIS: Right, and on some level I also get the appeal of, I guess, “aspirational” world-building, which is generally my own preference in writing, but hard to juggle with the real-world-ness of this show

CANDICE: YEP

Yes, Kris!

MIRI: Yeah, they can’t discuss these very concepts as central themes of episodes and also never address them for one of the main characters

KRIS: (Tangential: Is this the sort of show that would have, say, Lauren Duca show up as a guest star, or would that break it in a weird way?)

MIRI: (I could totally see them doing that)

CANDICE: You can only give the excuse of -having little script real estate to work with- for so long....

It's a possibility!

Depends a little on what the showrunner/Freeform wants to say?

MIRI: I wonder if they didn’t write Kat to be black--they may have kept her ethnicity (or all three!) open and not written in any particular direction, whereas Adena was very very specifically written as a lesbian Muslim

KRIS: Yeah, that seems like a safe guess

CANDICE: Hmm... maybe in the pilot, at least.

KRIS: So I know this is not an original observation, but I do think it’s kind of funny and kind of great that the biggest suspension-of-disbelief thing the show asks of us is to accept that everyone is Emotionally Mature and conflict-averse, at least most of the time

CANDICE: I could easily hear Kat pitched as she is, too.

MIRI: And they definitely have Things to Say and write (quite well) to those things, but I think we can agree that that kind of consideration isn’t present in all of Kat’s stories. It feels like a lack of realization that those moments would be omnipresent, not just in big Story Moments

KRIS: Right, feels like an all-white-writers-room situation

(although I haven’t looked up their staff makeup!)

CANDICE: Iiiiii don't believe Kat is emotionally mature.

MIRI: I think from photos I’ve seen it’s not all white, but pretty white

No, she is not

CANDICE: Nor Sutton, in some situations.

MIRI: She is making some progress, but she is not

Also, they are all 3 damn stubborn in their own ways

(which I quite like)

KRIS: I guess I mean on the baseline of how “catfights” are never a thing, and how the storytelling isn’t driven by characters being unbelievably stupid

CANDICE: Truly! Stubbornness is grand for drama.

Oh, yes, Kris, indeed!

MIRI: Oh, Kris I totally missed the original Emotionally Mature message

KRIS: And even Richard and Alex didn’t get saddled with the worst takes on Jealous Lover tropes

MIRI: whoops!

CANDICE: Our trifecta will reason with each other, but their decisions are their own.

MIRI: Yes, I really like that people don’t immediately jump to the worst possible conclusion

CANDICE: Thankfully so!

$11,000 plane ticket? "You do you"

MIRI: They’re willing to hear each other and forgive, which is honestly rare in tv

CANDICE: Moving onto Incite? "You do you"

KRIS: My god that plane ticket

MIRI: Yeah, I don’t know if I can endorse the plane ticket

CANDICE: Was she flying first class to Narnia???

KRIS: HA

MIRI: hahahahahahah

CANDICE: Questionable decisions a la Edmund and the Turkish Delight

ANYWAY

MIRI: 😂

KRIS: A+

CANDICE: I guess Sutton's "You Do You" moment would be making the leap over to fashion

MIRI: Oh, I loved the “we’re your support safety net” of it all so much

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CANDICE: Or deciding to break it off with Richard

KRIS: Yeah, contrasted with Richard’s “are you sure you don’t want to do finance?” (or whatever it was)

K: Marketing? That sounds closer to being right.

CANDICE: Fhaihjeisosncyensx

Dammit I GET where he's coming from, but - Sutton would regret not exploring that avenue at the age/place she's currently at

Again, I'm projecting.

MIRI: Yeah, I think he was very well intentioned but she made the right choice

KRIS: Oh I totally get that, Sutton’s story in the first act or so of the season was Too Real for me

CANDICE: It just felt like that parental type of "this is more secure, you're qualified for this, too, and it's safer" vibe coming from his insistence.

MIRI: (We have all 3 moved out to LA to pursue TV writing, so we’re generally in favor of big leaps, readers. We’re also in favor of crying into wine bottles sometimes.)

K: Or staring glumly into whisky tumblers

CANDICE: That's what it boils down to, Kris. We are hella relating to this show.

MIRI: YUP

KRIS: Not that “philosophy PhD” has anywhere near the job stability of finance, but film school was my version of the Sutton leap

CANDICE: I'm the first person in my family to move 24 hours away and pursue a career like this.

I am lovingly encouraged every month to do the things Jane and Sutton moved away from.

MIRI: I could have done a fully funded PhD program in English lit and stayed on the east coast. We have all made questionable choices, but we would have regretted not making them

KRIS: I’m the oldest of the cousins in my family, and of the adults the one who least has their shit together, which I try not to think about

MIRI: I didn’t realize you were the oldest overall. I’m the youngest cousin and everyone is very parental towards me in how they ask about my career and love life and everything

KRIS: We have some fairly young readers, right? That’s right, folks, “humanities PhD” is safe compared to Hollywood, WHEEEEEEEEE

MIRI: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA please insert the Will and Grace “it’s funny cuz it’s true” and “it’s funny cuz it’s sad” gifs here

KRIS: OK OK sorry I’m derailing us

MIRI: No, it’s semi-on topic!

KRIS: bathtubs! closets! Tweetdecks?

I don’t actually know what a Tweetdeck is

CANDICE: Hahaha, y'all are fine- I don't know how to say - my cousins don't really care?

MIRI: Damn, me neither. I just assumed you would know

Candice, we’ll care in their stead

CANDICE: Or at least, don't let on? They're either married with 2+ kids or teenagers making...um, decisions....

Yeah, we'll go with Decisions, bless their hearts. 

MIRI: I have googled “what is a tweetdeck”

CANDICE: Thanks!

I only have heard Tweetdeck from Earpers

MIRI: “TweetDeck is a social media dashboard application for management of Twitter accounts. ... Like other Twitter applications it interfaces with the Twitter API to allow users to send and receive tweets and view profiles.”

KRIS: *nods as if he understands*

Jessica King would be disappointed in me

MIRI: It was a separate app and has now been absorbed by twitter, apparently

CANDICE: Ahh, a mission control kind of situation, it seems

KRIS: oh my god

wait

MIRI: Oh noooo If she’s disappointed in you I can’t imagine what she thinks of me. This hurts

What?

KRIS: does Jacqueline remind me of Jessica King?

MIRI: HAHAHA

YES

CANDICE: All on one page, you can view a live stream of tweets, tweet on your own, and also open new frames to reply?

MIRI: Ohhh, Candice that makes sense

CANDICE: Iiiiinteresting.

MIRI: Kris: She totally does. The strength and the mysterious wisdom

CANDICE: I didn't get enough J King in my life

She just had to sit through my nightmare of a thesis.

MIRI: No such thing as enough Jessica King in anyone’s life

CANDICE: Lol :D a few bits of myself I wish I had fleshed out before having her as a prof/mentor.

MIRI: Are you calling the situation a nightmare (which i know it was) or the script (which I’m sure it wasn’t)

CANDICE: Mainly the situation.

MIRI: Good, I don’t have to bully you into saying nicer things about yourself then

CANDICE: The script made it out safe, despite being in a metaphorical full body cast around... January 2015

Har har

MIRI: WAIT sidebar how long has twitter been around for???

KRIS: I don’t think I’ve ever had a formal mentor-mentee relationship with anyone (which either explains why I like them so much in pop culture or makes it weird that I do) but JK was as close as it got

CANDICE: 2006?

MIRI: TweetDeck has been around since 2008! That is so long ago for a technology!

Kris that definitely explains it

CANDICE: Formal is always kinda... I don't know if I've had a formal one either... you really just are all of a sudden under someone's wing.

MIRI: Or at least makes sense with it

CANDICE: But I get wanting to see it fulfilled in media, too, ab-so-lutely.

KRIS: I feel like I sort of forced myself under Jessica’s

CANDICE: That works, too :)

MIRI: Kris, you were her favorite and everyone but you knows it

KRIS: Part of me understands why people would think this but a bigger, less rational part of me refuses to accept that this is possible

CANDICE: 💥

MIRI: Well you know which part is the less rational part so there’s nothing more I can say there

CANDICE: 🔥🚶🏻‍♀️

MIRI: Ok, do we have anything else to say about The Bold Type?

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CANDICE: I love it. Please renew it, Freeform!!!!!!!!!!!

MIRI: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Accurate

KRIS: ANYWAY I’m normally BOO NEEDLE DROPS Guy and Allison thought it was too much in the gazebo scene, but possibly because I recognized it as “Quiet” aka the Women’s March anthem (and I don’t know that she didn’t, but I feel like she would’ve made a note of it in her review), it worked for me, and I wonder if there’s a correlation between recognizing it and liking its use (assuming other people have Opinions about needle drops in the first place)

CANDICE: First non-genre show in forever I've been in love with.

MIRI: I LOVED that needle drop

Also, really love that studio version of the song

KRIS: I would like to outsource my reactions to possibly all things to Sutton’s face

CANDICE: I love a good needle drop.

MIRI: Kris, now I want to make a study of your reactions to needle drops that you know

CANDICE: #musicnerd

KRIS: I love a GOOD needle drop but I feel like they’re way overused

MIRI: Ok, that’s fair

I love the Bold Type soundtrack in general

CANDICE: Hahahaha, when Sutton dropped for that moment while schwasted in the tub, I died.

MIRI: I’ve listened to it on repeat on Spotify since I started watching the show

CANDICE: I wanna hang out with the music supervisors for The Bold Type and Wynonna Earp so bad.

MIRI: I want to go to a party they co-DJ

KRIS: Yeah, Wynonna’s smart about them too

CANDICE:

It was just. perfect.

MIRI: My god that is such good face acting

CANDICE: I'm still cackling at it.

MIRI: I really do love that they leave room for little moments like that

KRIS: I want to see the outtakes

MIRI: That’s such a stupid little friend moment

CANDICE: Oh, they'd be a RIOT

It IS

MIRI: And that’s what makes it feel lived in and wonderful

And YES to seeing those bloopers

KRIS: I’ve mostly stopped buying DVD sets but I would consider it here just for a good long outtake reel

CANDICE: Oh, Lived In

That's the phrase or idea I've been searching for- you said it!

Definitely.

MIRI: 😎

KRIS: It definitely is riiiiight there on the line between naturalistic and hypernaturalistic, in the best way

CANDICE: I mean - I want my own shows to feel alive, so having this feeling about TBT amongst relating and loving the cast is just icing on the cake.

That sums up my feelings!

KRIS: #RenewTheBoldType

MIRI: That’s really all there is to say

KRIS: Candice thanks SO much for joining us!

MIRI: Seriously!!!

❤️ Much appreciated!!! And if you have interest in doing it again we’d love to have you back

CANDICE: Thank you both for having me!!

It's been a pleasure! I love reading!

For sure.

MIRI: Ooh make Kris watch Pure Country! Let’s do that

CANDICE: HAAA a'ight

MIRI: Awww, thanks, babe! We’re glad you like it 😊 

CANDICE: 😘👌🏻

MIRI: Alright, I’m going to get ready for bed because I kind of forgot that I have to be in the office again tomorrow morning

CANDICE: Night night! I'm about 13 minutes away from bed, myself

MIRI: Also last night I fell asleep with a sheet mask on my face and got super confused when I remembered that fact (5-10 minutes after I woke up) and couldn’t find it, so I think I have some sleep to catch up on or something

KRIS: *British Lady Narrator Voice* Getting a good night’s sleep is important for the bold type

While you wait for season 2, you can follow us on Twitter, where you can also bombard Freeform with the #RenewTheBoldType hashtag! Also, please note that Miri is obsessed with the British Narrator Lady and deeply regrets not remembering to bring it up during our discussion.

[praphit]

Princess Diana: from BS to WW

We first need to get into the right spirit for this review by listening to some old school Wonder Woman theme music.

Now, I have a confession to make – I’ve never liked Wonder Woman.

NOT BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMAN.

I have to be careful with this review, because any criticism might be interpreted as sexism, and we can’t have the super feminists dragging your Praphit off… so I’ll watch my words.

I simply never thought that her character made any sense.

Why? And how?

Plus, you can still see her! What were they doing with that??!

　

Even as a child, I saw this as a huge invasion of privacy. Can’t a brotha keep SOME secrets??! I imagine dating her –

WW: "So, where were you all night, John?"

Praphit: "Me?? I uh, uh… wait, baby, put down the lasso. Baby! Baby, please!" It ain’t right!

3) Just look at this costume -

… she looks ridiculous. I believe that the first time the term "nip slip" was used, it was in reference to WW.

4) Lastly, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman? Really?? (at least this was my initial reaction)

If Wonder Woman were a super model, sure… but a mighty warrior? (Although, I will admit that in this pic she looks badass)

But, get a professional athlete for intimidation sake – like Serena Williams.

That’s a wonder woman!

　

Plus, I’ve actually enjoyed the long stretch of DC comics movie screw ups – kinda like watching someone trying to get their car unstuck from ice.

You feel for them, but you’re also enjoying the entertainment, and a part of you doesn’t want them to ever get free.

　

But, I digress… I’ll be objective:)

　

This whole movie starts with Wonder Woman daydreaming about an ex-lover at work. Bruce Wayne sends her a pic of herself with pretty co-star Chris Pine,

and that sends her mind away to the beginning of it all; where she grew up – "Themyscira" - if you’re wondering how to pronounce that name, don’t bother; it’s a stupid name.

I could change the name to lesbian island, and I would not be wrong.

Shoot… was that a knock on the door? – that might be the super feminists. Is that name not PC enough?

Trust me, when the rated R version comes out, you’ll see what I mean.

We could change the name to Robin Badass Wright Island, cuz she not only acted the mess out of that role, but she is by far the best fighter in this movie.

She was doing flips and shooting three arrows at one time… you can see a lil blood lust in her eyes. She was probably thinking to herself "If I were 20 years younger, I’d snatch that role away from that Gadot bitch."

I…

Wait, was that another knock from the SF’s? I’M not calling her a "bitch", I’m saying that ROBIN probably did… (hearing people walk up the steps to get me) WAIT! Um… CHICK! Chick?! C'mon! (still hearing steps) WAIT DAG GONIT! I meant to say "that lovely, respectable, Gadot woman" (movement stopped)

Whew… where was I? Right -

I can imagine Robin showing up to the set wearing the WW outfit, and the director being like "Dammit, Robin, we told you NO!"

We could call the island "Altruism Land"… kinda lame sounding, but accurate. All of these women are selfless, noble, and focused on training. In fact, for as beautiful as the island is, I never saw any of them enjoying it; it was all about prepping for a fight. You know, if I was at that island, shiiiiiiii, I’d be all about dranks on the beach, volleyball, soaking up some sun with the ladies… being there if they need any sun tanning lotion rubbed anywhere (KNOCK ON MY BEDROOM DOOR!!!!!) – y’all still here?! What?! Respectfully rubbing it on them… what, I can’t be helpful?! Never mind! You SF’s are no fun!

Anyway…

New Name: "Robin Wright’s Altruistic Lesbo Island of No-Nonsense." :)

(a fist bursts through my bedroom door)

JOKING! (but not really) Can I finish??!

Damn…

　

Sooooo, all is well on this island… well, kinda… there’s a problem underneath all of the glorious, colorful, slo-mo fight scenes of the island.

No, not the fact that we don’t see any women of color bossing anyone around (Imma let that slide:)

I’m talking about the big secret being kept from Diana (Wonder Woman).

Of course, Diana eventually gets onto the right track of discovering this secret with the help of Chris Pine. He shows up as Diana’s first encounter EVER with a man. Thankfully, it’s Chris Pine (one of the sweetest, charming, bravest men around) and not someone ... like Eminem. I imagine this story would have been a lot different if Chris Pine had been less admirable, or looked like… Idk… Flava Flav or someone like that.

They leave the island and we have a movie!

　

　

Plot:

WW is looking for Ares (God of War), believing that if she kills him, mankind will be all peaches and cream. I think we all wish that were so… imagine only having to take out one person for world peace (that would make a good movie).

Chris Pine is just kinda going along with it, cuz he needs all the help he can get to fight in World War I, plus he’s trying to tap that. (anticipating a knock from the SF’s…) cuz y’all know that’s true.

Going into this movie, I had four concerns (based off of the trailers):

Possibly too much slo-mo action scenes, seemingly a lack of a solid villain, me not liking WW, and DC’s stretch of poorly written movies.

LOVED the fighting! I can’t say that enough – best fighting I’ve seen from a DC movie in a while!

The story, though cartoonish at times, was decent.

And I have to say that I really liked how they portrayed Wonder Woman. She didn’t come across as pretentious or self-righteous, as Superman can at times. And with many seeing Wonder Woman as DC Comics’ symbol for feminism, she didn’t come across as a hater of men. She is purely about justice, peace, and equality… without all of the self-righteousness and bitterness that some who stand for certain causes can have.

She is strong, but fair. She is passionate, but just. She’s calm, but feisty when she needs to be. She’s not afraid to tell you about yourself in public. It was refreshing to finally see a DC comic book character who purely wants to help people. Superman has been moping around, Batman decided that killing people is ok (Batman v Superman), and from what we’ve seen of Aquaman (Justice League Trailer), he just wants to party.

I’ve always loved having pure hearted, justice-loving people in my life (who don’t have sticks up their butts); they’re so few of them around these days – her character reminded me of those types of peeps in my own life, and Gal Gadot played her very well. Plus, the cute romance thing her and Chris Pine had going on is dynamite. And the fish out of water thing with WW in the city isn’t overdone. I would say that I like Wonder Woman now - not only that, but if I had to choose one out of her, Batman, and Superman... I think I'd go WW. There's too much drama with the other two. I just want to get saved and move on with my day... and maybe ask her out afterwards... that's not sexist is it?? Super F's? Sexist?

I'd ask out Batman to a Taco Bell bro-date or something, but he'd be brooding all of the time. Idk about y'all, but I pick up all of my women at TB... Batman's brooding would cramp my style. And Superman is boring; everybody knows that.

　

Unfortunately, I WAS right about the lack of a solid villain thing tho.

　

　

Ares is barely in the movie. It would have been dope to see him and his powers at work throughout the whole movie. Plus, it was that typical comic book movie ending with tons of explosions. They missed an opportunity to make this a deeper movie.

Annnnd, the lack of color was a downer as well. Enjoy the sun on Lesbo Island, cuz once they leave that place, you won’t see it again.

Overall a solid comic book flick.

Grade: B

　

It’s quiet now. Yo SF’s! Y’all gonna fix my door?! No??

See?? Just like women to… (clearing my throat) to uh… graciously put up with all of my nonsense:)

I’d better not push it.

　

Congrats to Gal Gadot! I’m sure this movie will lead to some more awesome opportunities.

[the-radio-star]

I rewatched Season 1 of Star Wars Rebels with some Nice Live Reactions

take a look below the cut so that I don’t muck up everyone’s dash.  I can promise some good memes if nothing else.

Episode 1: Spark of Rebellion

Ezra's hair wow

Ezra's imperial accent never really improved did it

"who is that kid?" "who are these guys?"

EZRA SENSES KANAN

Tbt to when Kanan only used his blaster

Kanan has so much style as a cowboy Jedi.  So cocky.  So much swagger.  Honestly they were all so much cockier.

Did Sabine just call Kanan "the big guy?".  omg.

wow the spectres were so much a ragtag vigilante crew.  I forgot this vibe.

THEY SAVED EZRA FROM THE TIE.  "YOU WANT A RIDE??"  FUCK YEAH YOU DO.  THAT RIDE IS GONNA CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Ah yes.  The scene where my OTP took form.  The Kanera is strong with this one.

Kinda funny when Zeb says "I'll give you your own room".  Yeah, he kinda did in the end.  His own.  

WHEN KALLUS TAKES OFF HIS HELMET AND HIS FACIAL HAIR IS IN THE SAME SHAPE.

Kallus: "It could signify the spark of rebellion".

OH RIGHT KANAN DIDN'T EVEN CARRY HIS LIGHTSABER BACK THEN.  HE HAD IT HIDDEN IN HIS DRAWER IN HIS ROOM

I didn't realize until now that Kanan planted the holocron for Ezra to find.  How did I fucking miss that?

"We're a crew, a team.  In some ways, a family."  AHHHHH

"I'm all for sticking it to the Empire but there's no way I'd stick my neck out this far."  Yeah... just wait hahaha.  You'll be running to save them in like a scene or two.  

a "rare hairless wookie" nice try buddy.  also that wookie roar was just really sad lol

"It was a setup!"  story of this show.

The introduction of "Jabba the Hutt" is so iconic

I never did understand that weird Kallus shoulder brush.

WAIT Chopper voted to go back for Ezra?!!?!  HOW DID I MISS THAT

Ezra is so slick with that "bye guys"

They landed on a destroyer.  They.  Did.  THAT.

"I don't have parents."  WELL YOU DO NOW

ngl the wookie animation was a real low point

JEDI MAN IS HERE TO FUCK SHIT UP.  YES.  AN ICONIC MOMENT.  TIME STOPPED.  THE MUSIC SWELLED.

Are we gonna talk about the fact the Kallus kicks some guy to his death simply for being a sass master?  I feel like that extremely extra moment is overlooked. 

We haven't heard from the Wookies since this episode and they said they'd always stand by the rebellion.  I wanna see this arc come full circle.

"Hello MTV Cribs!  Welcome to my Comm Tower."

Kanan has some pretty kickass eyebrows.

This ending scene overlaid with Kenobi's speech is so telling

woah the grand inquisitor was more of a menace than I remembered.  fuck.

Episode 2: Droids in Distress

throwback to when money was a real issue for them.  like they had to do odd rebel jobs just to eat.

C3PO AND R2

Garel.  I didn't realize they were on this planet before the rebel ships got hidden there in season 2

Minister Tua.  RIP.  You tried.  At least Kallus is trying to finish what you started.  Even if he took some pleasure in your destruction lol

Sabine really hams up this "Level 5 student" stuff and I love it

ZEB DOES A SLOW CLAP WHAT

There was an expression at my high school called "tossing bodies" (meaning using crazy sarcasm that simply annihilates your enemies) and I feel like that phrase describes Zeb's life really well.  Literally and figuratively.

Kallus was such a force in season 1

C3PO YOU SNITCH

Vizago is such a scumbag but I like his style

This is actually the first time on-screen Hera is seen by Imperials as a confirmed member of the Ghost crew.  Weird thought.

FUCK HIM UP ZEB

FUCK HIM UP EZRA

Bail Organa!  This episode was full of cameos.  Although tbh I thought he'd be much more of a big player later on in the show.  Right now, it's mostly Sato and Mon Mothma doing the heavy lifting.  IMHO.

Episode 3: Fighter Flight

yung Ezra used to not even be able to force lift a bowl.  nerd.

I'm watching this right after I watched Twin Suns (which aired today) and I can't get over how smol Ezra looks after watching that episode

Hera's having none of their tomfoolery

MEILOORUNS I REMEMBER THOSE

Mr. Suma.  RIP my dude

When Ezra realizes he got memed by Hera>>>>>>

I can't believe Zeb King Kong's the TIE

The facial expressions in this episode were honestly top-notch.  Literally any gif of Zeb and Ezra's expressions while flying the TIE could be a reaction gif

HERA AND KANAN CALLED THEM "THE KIDS"

"Yeah...um... westoleaTIEfighter"

Commander Meiloorun's first appearance!

Stormtrooper: "You did all this, for FRUIT?"  Ezra:

What would you do for a Klondike bar meiloorun?

AHH Zeb got a helmet for Ezra!

Can we compile a list of all the different insults they have for Chopper?

Lol when we thought this TIE was going to be just a filler

Episode 4: Rise of the Old Masters

this was the first "oh shit" episode.  i clearly remember that

Why is there just a random box on the roof?  Just curious.  I'm confused.  Never figured that out.

Don't trust Ezra with a lightsaber.  "You'll put your eye out kid!"

This whole scene is like when my parents tried to teach me to play softball

GALL TRAYVIS.  FUCK YOU.

"Base Delta Zero".  Is that ever going to happen?  It was hinted heavily in season 1.  Remember when we thought Lothal was going to get murked?

Ezra you IDIOT

Lol I forgot what an ass Ezra used to be

God even from the start their plans never went...well... to plan

Lol @ the creatures who are trying to fuck with the Phantom.  Pun intended.

Even after 3 seasons, I'd wager that this episode was one of the darkest ones we've had

NUT.  IT'S MY BOY GRAND INquIZZY

Kanan really couldn't fight for shit with this guy

Ezra don't even play with that slingshot you fool.  It's like trying to take a rhino down with pingpong balls.

Jeez this guy was real scary.  Like damn.  I forgot what a strain he was on Ezra and Kanan

tbt to when "the fleet" was just a bunch of horny alien bats

what a pure ending for such a murdersode.

Episode 5: Breaking Ranks

I kind of forgot that this happened the episode after the Inquisitor first met Kanan and Ezra.  Now it makes sense why Kanan was so worried, besides the fact that Ezra was on a solo mission.

I remember when I first saw the preview for this I thought Ezra was going to be a traitor.

Damn that's a kinda shitty paint job on Chopper.  Glad they got better over time.

"Oh ya, you'd make quite a cadet."

Throwback to when going into Kallus' office was a huge operation.  And in season 3 Ezra is in Thrawn's like it's another Tuesday.

Get fucked Jai

"Podracer parts" nice try

HOOOO BOY IT'S THE INQUISATA

Jai just listen to them goshdamn "If there is an Inquisitor" my ass

Chopper and Ezra y'all ain't slick

Damn that slide across the back of the landspeeder was slick though

HOLY SHIT THE INQUISITOR KNOWS/REMEMBERS EZRA LOL

"Let's take a walk, shall we?"

Episode 6: Out of Darkness

Sabine does have a point.  She does deserve to know where this "intel" is coming from.

Fulcrum Fulcrum Fulcrum.  GEE WHIZ I WONDER WHO THAT IS.  AHSOKA?  IT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE!  I BET IT'S BAIL.  OR DARTH VADAR.  OR OBI-WAN.

The Ezra vs Zeb vs Chopper wars were iconic

THERE's A SYMBOL ON THE BOX.  I BET IT'S JAR JAR.  IT LOOKS LIKE HIS LEGS.  AHHHHHHHH

The squad is in town lol

Zeb's just trying to enjoy is space music and waffles!  Let him be!

Oh heck those are some nice explosions

Oh heck here comes the Ghost waddup

Once again Ezra almost dies because he doesn't know when to get back to the damn ship

"There's a lot you don't know about my ship." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

It's easy to forget how alone they really were in the first season.  No fleet to fall back on and hardly any allies.

Episode 7: Empire Day

That Loth Cat used to be my icon on theforce.net forums

Oh shit wait it's Ezra's birthday hahaha what sucky timing.  Happy birthday, your parents are missing, it's Empire Day, and you're going to fight some Inquisitor later and nearly die in a cave.

Ugh throwback to when the squad could just go places without anyone recognizing them.

Tseebo!  My boi

Tbh the real hero of this episode was the bartender who sassed the imperials

FUCK YOU GALL TRAYVIS

When the Empire Day imperial march comes on

WHEN EZRA PRETENDS KANAN IS HIS DRUNK DAD

Oh fuck it's the Inquisitoriaiaia

Damn the Bridger's were cool people.  I wish Disney published a book or something.

What was the 5 year plan?  Did we miss that?  Cause 5 years is coming up fast.

Fast And Furious: Lothal Drift

After watching Kallus in season 1 it's amazing to think of the path that leads him to help the rebels

Episode 8: Gathering Forces

Tseebo spill the beans already like "You're parents are dead get fucked  Bridger"

The Inquisitor's face is so chiseled like damn

"The Imperials can't follow us through hyperspace" yeah just wait til season 2 when they PULL YOU OUT OF hyperspace

My friends are currently playing "Never Gonna Hit Those Notes" in the background and so I'm cackling through what's suppose to be a serious scene.  Try it.  It's an amazing combo.

I feel like pulling out of hyperspace looks like what it's like to be on acid

Below is actual footage of this scene

Both Kanan and Vader have called Ezra "braver than most"

I've heard that clip of Fulcrum so many times when we were trying to analyze it.  It's like ingrained in me now.

Hera never did tell Ezra about his parents though.  Just saying.

The Inquisibabe really knows how to make an entrance.  Also his chuckles make me feel uncomfy.

Kanan's come a damn long way in terms of fighting

Inquisitor talks about everyone dying or leaving and everything he hoped for will be lost and that's how the story will end for Ezra.  I mean, that could still happen.  Just saying.  How yikes if this baddie from season 1 was right.

Another pure ending to a mudersode.

Episode 9: Path of the Jedi

Ok so this version of the episode has that intro with Ezra from the first season the "you passed the first test!" bit.  I completely forgot that was a thing.

Said it before and I'll say it again: I miss Lothal.  Never thought that would happen.

"Dead guys are distracting."  Same.

This episode was so fucking trippy holy shit I remember now

"Nothing personal kid" fuck hahaha

When Kanan heard Yoda's voice

My friend is watching over my shoulder and she pointed out Ezra's blue hair lol

"I know what's in there... the past" u drama queen u

no to be that guy but throwforward to when Vader trashes the saber hahaha

Episode 10: Idiot’s Array

WAIT THIS IS THE PUFFERPIG EPISODE

IT IS IT IS

fuck it's Azmorigan what a twat

oh god all of this “trading Hera” stuff was so awkward

FUCK HIM UP

When Hera slams Lando where the sun don't shine

Damn Chopper really does come through on the regular.  Good droid

Hahaha they both played each other`

This was a very chill episode before things got bad.

Episode 11: Vision of Hope

Ugh FUCK GALL TRAYVIS

Ezra is such a Gall Trayvis fanboy

If I was in Star Wars I'd like to have a pirate radio station.  Like what a sweet gig

What happened to Zare after this?  He's a good kid.  I hope he's doing well.

Agent Kallus' office needs some more decoration.  Like some Ikea sofas or something.

I just saw Logan in theaters before coming back and watching this episode and it took me a bit to remember that guns can actually do damage to someone

"Padawan Jabba"

Trayvis is real weaksauce

10/10 would fight him again

The ending of the episode is funny because it's so hopeful and uplifting and "things will get better" and instead next episode things get 10x worse lol

Episode 12: Call to Action

This episode actually made me hurt.  I remember I watched it the day it dropped on the app and I was a snow day and it was six in the morning and I was SHOOK

Ugh Tarkin's contour game is so strong

My roommate saw Tarkin and said he looks like Christopher Walken

Ok so I had to pause this episode 2 minutes in because we went to a party and things got a little lit but I'm deterimened to finsh these episdoes.  ONWARD.  SAVE THE REBELLION SAVE THE DREAM.

FUCK GALL TRAYVIS

"Something the Empire never says: The Truth" lol alternative facts 

When the Inquisitor steps behind those guys in the Tarkin meeting that's when you know they fucked

In memorium for those two imperails that got beheaded I forget their names but I miss there smiling faces already

My Roommate (on Ezra): I hate his hair!  It' looks like it's alive.

"Let's be optmistic!" yeah ok good luck with that buddy

"You can have it fast or you can have it good." that's what... nevermidn

oh damn i din't realize they got the radio thing from Ezra's house

The sacrfice speech was some heavy handed foreshadowing like MAJOR AHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

"I'll be RIGHT BEHIND YOU"

INQUISINUT is hHERE

THIS WHOLE SEQUENCE IS JUST AHHH

FUCK HE'S CAUGHT

yup this episode destroyed the fandom I remember this the whole morning after it aired it was like

Hera's faCE WHEN SHE LEAVES KANAN BEHIND FUCK

THIS SPEECH AHHH VIVA LA REVOLUCION

The ending title card with just the static and no music was so unsettling when I first watched this episode

#BringHimHome

Episode 13: Rebel Resolve

Why are we stealing this walker again?

Rogue Walker: A Star Wars Story

Oh right they needed to find where Kanan was

FULCRUM!  I BET IT'S SNOKE

Ugh this was all such a sucky situation for them

Looks like the kids are at it again

Tarkin when Kanan is screaming in pain:

Oh gosh Ezra's bow is embarrassing

Ooop Hera is PISSEd

This is the first time Ezra started taking more charge with the Ghost crew and me gusta

Now THAT is a Chopper paint job to be proud of

Unrelated but my roommate and s/o are like cuddling and bein all cute and I'm just here in a corner watching Star Wars Rebels and I feel like that represents my life really well

I can't believe Chopper just pushed-- wait no I completely can

MUSTAFAR more like MUSTAFUCKED am I right??

Episode 14: Fire Across the Galaxy

Last one!  I can't believe I managed to pull this off

What a lovely explosion

I just dabbed on the title sequence

RETURN OF THE DEAD-TIE

Mustafar is the same color of a particularly nasty shit I once had

This whole scene with the Inquisitor and Kanan was just y i k e s and o u c h

HERE COMES THE TEAM

They really managed to cram a lot into 22 minutes like nice job

OH FUCK IT'S THE INQUISHITOR

GET FUCKED EZRA BRIDGER.  

Lol I actually thought he might be seriously injured the first time I saw this

The Inquisitor's smile with the teeth looks straight out of a Colgate commercial

Kanan's lightsaber game is SO ON TOP

Damn Ezra those scars

I DABBED LIKE SIX TIMES WHEN THE INquiSITOR DID THAT OH-SO-GRACEFUL FALL

HERE COMES THE REBEL SQUAD 2.0

MEGA NUT

THE HUG.  OH THE HUG

I REMEMBER I WAS SO HYPED WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME.  LIKE MY BROTHER'S STREAM IN THE OTHER ROOM WAS A FEW SECONDS BEHIND AND WHEN wait

"THE PROTOCAL HAS CHANGED!!!!!"

AHHHHHHHHHHh

Anyways his stream was a few seconds behind and so like our yelps of joy were like 4 seconds apart and it was great

I know Ezra's matured a lot but whenever I see him around important folks all I can think of is

oh shit here comes dat boi

[thoughtfulpaperback]

Spoilers !!!! Stayed up so I could watch Charmed 02x01!!!! Spoilers

Non spoilers stuff first.

My reaction to pretty much the whole episode

Y'all!!!!!! Both good and bad! I was just super excited and glad for it to be back. And so shaken by all the changes and the mysteries!So in general I would give this episode 8/10. Only because I save my 9 and 10. But back to my normal format of these things. I'll start with 3 things I liked and 3 that I didnt although, I'd say it is less dislike and more on the fence.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

1. Hacy moments

For real's though, Macy's internal Harry has my theorizing mind going off and I loved all the double meanings in thier interactions (macy and real harry too) I mean the" I am not leaving you" was nice, but Delirious-Macy-mind-Harry saying "i am different do you like it?" And Macy being all like "yes".

I mean okay various meanings here

1. Obviously it isn't really Harry so of course mind harry is different

2. Macy's perspection of Harry is changing (level of attraction to Harry is growing)

3.But --I am putting on my theorizing cap on--I feel like since the poison hit Macy but had her trying to go home then 1) mind Harry (maybe possibly evil twin Harry hmmm..) may be trying to seduce Macy to the dark side or to fully embrace her demon side since he keeps telling her to come home or 2) mind Harry is death since she was poisoned and her attempts at following the voice almost got her run over by a car. So coming home is like death saying come back since you were technically dead.

Maybe evil twin Harry, mind harry, or Death as Mind Harry has only taken Harry's form because it is the best way to get to Macy, meaning the internal attraction is already strong). So it is also an ominous "I am different" in that realm.

Who knows? I love the mystery though!

And of course while the poison siphoning scene and the "macy please" is going to drive all us Hacy fans crazy for a bit. My favorite bit of dialogue is actually the last bit before they enter the house. When Macy tells harry there is nothing here and Harry all sexy over the shoulder looks at her and says " are you sure?" . . .

DOUBLE MEANING!!!! At least I took it both as the house, but also at thier relationship. Anyways moving on.....

2. Mel! Mel is queen. I am just gonna say that one of the things I didn't appreciate about the OG was that all the ladies (including super witch Prue) complained about thier jobs and wanted to have some normalcy. And listen I sympathized when it came to thier romantic lives (although most of it was thier own faults), sometimes it was just like "you are literally saving peoples lives, I get needing some me time but can you not act so flippantly over literal life or death of another person". So I really appreciated that Mel was ready to step up and was already acting as a leader. I know people like to compare her to Prue and for sure she shares some qualities, but Mel really is her own creature and has more openly embraced witchcraft and not complained about it (so far) unlike all the OG ladies and her sisters.

3. No powers. Okay? One of the primary issues in season 1 was that the girls were kinda over powered. I felt it was mostly Macy, but arguably Mel and Maggie as well. So now as they have to work to get them back and possibly discover new types of magic or avenues for magic, I think there is room for growth and character development as well as world building that wasnt there before. At first I was like, oh heck no! And no fair Macy is the only one powered! and obviously with either her demon side and/or evil twin Harry trying to get at her (sisters as well) she is going to have another big storyline. I just hope (and I feel confident in hoping this time) that these storylines will connect meaningfully and not just last minute. It feels like they are on a new tract and I am digging it so far

Now on to my on the fence list . . .

1) Witchness Protection. I dont mind the premise actually and think it is really clever. I just dont know how I feel about leaving Hilltown. While Hilltown wasnt really developed much the university was nice and I am sad that Lucy wont be a part of the story anymore given that Maggie cant go back and they basically are super far from home if michigan was 5 hours away. At least they get to keep the house and I assume Harry gets to live there now, unless he move into the base.

2) the Seattle setting. I think that it very much harkens to OG (which was set in san. Fran.). So I was just on the fence on how it was obviously cutting more ties to the OG and yet incorporating others. I think the san fran setting worked because since it is a real place that most people can imagine without ever visiting you can have broad shots do relatively little work trying to establish the setting. Not that it is easy, but creating fictional towns requires more work to be good. You have to establish the towns character the residents and general layout or else it might as well be any town. So in some ways the seattle base and constant travel will be easier than developing a town which will leave some more time to character and lore building. I will probably end up liking it but just on the fence while watching.

3. Evil Assassin's orbing. So I dont know if anyone noticed but it seemed to be a combination of Harry's new orbing effect and the old Dark Lighters smokey effect (arguably parker's shadow demon effect) The center was the orangy (from my screen) orb effect that Harry had (I like it better than the swirling in and out of last season). So obviously leaves lots of questions, and I an looking forward to that, but on the fence because of . . . Reasons. I'll just tell you. While I like the new orb effect better than probably the OG and the first season of the reboot, changing the effects always kind of takes me a moment to get used to. And now that the evil assassin has it's own type of orbing it is just more orbing effects and my brain is gonna take a moment to catch up.

How did y'all feel about it though? My fellow Hacy fans did I miss something? Please let me know what yall took away from it!

New to my reviewish lists (appreciation bullets). Things that I appreciated even though they are either small or not elaborated fully.

Harry still likes a good party! Nice to see Harry while getting more serious slice of the pie than the first half of the season is still funny. And I liked that he liked parties

Demon/witch war. So I mean I listed all the wars a war was the most realistic and natural course in previous posts and I cant believe I missed the one they seem to be going with. Elders offered protection as a government with them gone and whitelighters gone (arguably the hands and feet of the elders) witches are vulnerable to attacks. I new they would be and that demons would attack as the government fell but I was mostly thinking organization wise. I didnt think about the obvious omg witches didnt just lose a governing body they lost the built in protection that body provided which again should have been a DUH! Thing to realize but I miss it.

So the start of a rivalmance between Maggie and Jordan....definitely different from Parker if that is the direction they are heading. I am a sucker for a rivalmance

Love Triangle between dark Harry, Macy, and Harry. . .I didnt know I needed it until now

Wizard of oz reference. Nuff said.