#billie wbwp

[livebloggingkidshows]

So I've been watching Wizards Beyond Waverly Place and I'm so confused as to why Roman and Milo aren't wizards. Like Jerry wasn't even a wizard anymore when he had kids and all three of them had magic. And clearly Justin still has his powers, but neither of his kids do? For some reason?

Also, unrelated, but where is Billie's family? Does she have one?

[acedisneyprincess]

Despite my issues with the reboot I love Wizards Beyond Waverly Place so much. It’s got a lot of heart and Billie is young Alex to a tee and she’s just trying so hard and I feel for her so much.

[leoisbabygirl]

Speaking of witch bots, here's Billie!

[becauseitsyouandi]

WBWP rantings and questions (to be added on upon)

How tf did Justin expect to hide his secret from his family? Roman is probably in middle school so around ~12 years old. At this point Roman should’ve presented as a Wizard and gone through that wizard puberty. Is he going to have to wear the floppy hat?

Max being rich is a win !! My mans is smart and resourceful as seen when he sold bottled water. Max finally getting what he deserves. I hope Jake comes in at least one episode as a guest star.

Justin: “A wise wizard once told me: ‘You fail only if you give up.’” I’m done so cute 🥺

David Henrie I need you to find some loophole on how Justin was able to do magic at the end of episode 1. He is married and not at Wiztech anymore. Is Justin only able to ‘turn on’ the lair? Doesn’t that still count as magic?

How short of a time Justin was actually a Professor at Wiztech is CRAZY— Justin turns 34 in ep 1 of WBWP. Roman is approximately 12~ years old. So if Roman was born when Justin was 22, let’s say he met Giana at 20. Justin was made a Wiztech Professor at age 19. That is barely anytime to be a Professor

Alex: “So, what? You just hide out here in Staten Island and deny who you are?” She clocked him 💀

Justin you are a full grown man hiding your whole ass identity as a wizard to your wife and kids. Just admit she’s your beard to hide the fact that you want to be with your sister 😒

Justin pulled Alex by the hand in ep 1 to have a ‘private discussion’ moment !! What a throwback 😍

Mark my words Billie and Roman are getting together. Not this season, but if they have a season added on, this will be tried. It’s a bit ‘Justin/Alex if they were kept best friends as planned*’

The monsters at least at episode 1 are very intense compared to our campy WOWP. The scariest thing there was a jealous boyfriend who would wolf out and eat your ex whole. I wonder how the tone will be since they’re trying to build a plot of Billie saving the world. I think it’s nice that there is a pressure like that added in. WOWP had more of a sitcom feel especially in seasons 1-2 where the formula “Alex uses magic badly, she must fix it in order to have her parents not ground her.” was beat to death

*The whole ‘Justin-and-Alex were written as best friends then made into siblings!’ thing may be a rumor, idk. I haven’t seen any sources for or against it… except for having eyes ofc but don’t get me started

[becauseitsyouandi]

Drama? In the WOWP fandom? In 2024? Never.

I may be a Justin Russo apologist, but it’s hard for me to excuse David Henrie all the time.

David has been a controversial figure in WOWP media off and on. Earlier this month David and the WBWP cast was filming a promotional where they were asked to pick out of a list of characters who should be come back to WBWP. As seen in the video David explicitly expresses his shock that one actor is on the list. This is because Dan Benson (Zeke) now posts adult content. Dan commented below the comment saying to an extent “Suck my dick”, and now David blocked Dan from social media.

My issue is not with David’s moral reasoning. I understand that someone who makes adult content can’t be greenlighted to be featured on a children’s show. Especially since when you google his name his photos aren’t family friendly.

My issue with David is how he made a big deal of Dan’s name being in the Buzzfeed quiz. If the point was Dan shouldn’t be on WBWP to shield children away from potentially finding pornographic content, then making multiple comments about and pulling faces to the camera is not helping his cause. Same thing with Mimi Gianopulos (Giada). Instead of giggling about Dan’s character being on the list, his character should’ve been plainly said and just not voted on. I found it strange that the children actors were also laughing— Billie and Roman’s actors are 14 years old. Milo’s actor is 11. Why are they aware Dan works in OF, or that there is some issue? That’s just wrong.

If David really cared about protecting children, he would’ve skipped the question entirely and the footage could’ve been edited.

Now I don’t think Dan is innocent. Sure, Dan posted on Tiktok how he turned to adult content after dealing with his nudes being leaked. I do think he tried to use an emotional ploy to gain sympathy, and to try and keep the traction he was getting to his account due to the Buzzfeed video controversy. That is valid, but I don’t like how Dan still mentions how he worked on WOWP in his instagram bio.

Especially since he uses this insta profile to get an audience for his 0F. Stating that you were a character on a popular children’s show then dropping your 0F link right after? Classy.

Don’t come at me, I don’t think David’s completely in the wrong for this— 40% of me wishes that he would’ve just engaged more appropriately in the video, but 60% of me wishes that Buzzfeed edited the video instead of keeping the drama in. It’s a children’s show, not all attention is good attention.

Where is PR when you need them ??