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I'm almost sick

So I'm not usually an Amphibia blogger. I follow the show from a distance; I got into She-Ra about a month after the finale, a bunch of the people I followed for that got into the Owl House, I caught up with that right as Season 1 finished, and then I started seeing Amphibia stuff on my dash. I followed some Amphibia people, because the one's I saw on my dash are some of the funniest/chillest people I've seen on tumblr. And a bunch of YouTube Reaction channels I followed for Owl House stuff also did Amphbia. But I didn't really watch it myself, just learn through osmosis.

But I wanted to see True Colors before I got too many spoilers… so I watched it.

I wasn't ready.

I didn't know what to expect, and there were some definite twists and I was left with a tight feeling in my chest when I finished half-an-hour ago that hasn't gone away. I get emotional watching shows, but I've never felt sick like this. Matt Braly has created a wonderful shows that can tug on heartstrings in ways I didn't know they could be pulled. Now, I say twists, but… this is the old-school kind of twist, the GOOD kind--not the half-assed completely-out-of-left-field shit modern spoiler culture is designed to obfuscate. In fact, I can recall just about every twist being called MONTHS ago. But how Matt wove those into the story kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.

And we have the season 3 new opening to give us some hints of whats to come:

Anne and the Plantars are back in the human world; the Boonchuys seem like they've welcomed the Plantars in. Also, Mr. Boonchuy confirmed.

Marcy's in some sort of Bacta-tank looking device; is Andrias healing her because, or is she to become a vessel for Andrias' mysterious master? Poor Mar-mar.

What happens to Sasha and Grime; despite going to far and having Anne official end their friendship, Sasha proved herself to actually still care and Anne instinctively trusted her again in the fight. Are they simply tossed in a dungeon, do they manage to escape?

We see… a LOT of military helicopters in certain scenes of the opening. Are they preparing for the invasion (which would mean believing a teenager, even if she has talking frog people with her), are those scenes from AFTER the invasion begins, or are they hunting Anne and the Plantars?

Super Saiyanne is awesome, though in typical power-up mode style she can't hold it for long and it leaves her vulnerable. How quickly will she improve? I wonder if the other parts of the trio will be able to reclaim some of their gem power, or if it will remain uniquely Anne's thing (in other words, how Main Protagonist versus Ensemble will the Gem Trio be?).

Looks like when Season 3 roles around, I'm going to be getting up early to watch some cartoons.