#kung fu cw

[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

The CW really shot itself in the foot by canceling Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirl, Nancy Drew and Kung fu. Those were some of the networks strongest shows, they all had a good amount of seasons and strong loyal fan bases.

The network only has two good shows now: All American and All American Homecoming

[a-lil-bi-furious]

Top 10 Ships Involving POC in 10 Different Fandoms (Round 4)

Thanks to the wonderful @welldressedllama for the tag! 🥰 Just for funsies, this time I’m doing enemies-to-lovers/rivals-to-lovers/maybe-not-traditional-enemies-but-way-too-antagonistic-to-not-fit-the-bill-to-lovers edition. In no particular order:

1) Macy Vaughn x Abigael Jameson-Caine (Macigael) - Charmed CW

I ultimately respect the AbiMel plot, but these two were literally Right There. Excellent chemistry from moment one and they perfectly mirrored each other with Macy as a witch with demon blood (struggling with darkness) and Abigael as a demon with witch blood (struggling to accept lightness). To think of what could have been with the two of them and the acceptance of good and bad and the whole complex mess of the self makes me insaneeee

2) Nicky Shen x Zhilan Zhang (Zhicky) - Kung Fu CW

Idek what to say their dynamic was just so fun and watching them begrudgingly grow close was chef's kiss.

3) Eve Polastri x Villanelle (Villaneve) - Killing Eve

Literally THE enemies to lovers imho. What more do I need to say? Eve said seduction into my darkness? Yes please. Villanelle said feel emotions for one (1) woman and obsess over her? Okay. They're enemies AND lovers. They've both tried to kill each other. So? They get each other like no one else. No one's doing it like them

4) Scott McCall x Theo Raeken (Sceo) - Teen Wolf

Sorry but I'm clawing at the walls, gnawing on my hands, howling at the moon over them. Exploring all the tension and the guilt and the fear and the longing is delicious. And the layer of long-lost friends? The subtle seduction into trust and the mutual destruction on Theo's part? Sorry I'm crazy about it sorry.

5) Mona Vanderwaal x Spencer Hastings (Vanderstings/Spemona?) - Pretty Little Liars

Somebody in this fandom needs to tell me right meow why they're not a bigger thing??? Quintessential 'they hate each other's guts but no one matches their freak better'. Throw Hanna in the mix and that's the perfect formulation, but they hold their own on enemies-to-lovers grounds sooooooo well.

6) Raven Reyes x John Murphy (Murven) - The 100

Truth be told they're not my top ship for each other BUT they are the epitome of enemies to friends (to lovers). Some of the best relationship development I can think of.

7) Bonnie Bennett x Nora Hildegard (Bonnora) - The Vampire Diaries

Literally why were they not a thing? Bonenzo ily but look at them! They had such a fun little antagonistic flirty thing and Nora was canonically crushing on Bonnie. All I want is queer Bonnie and I was so close to having it

8) Kitty Covey x Yuri Han (Kitturi) - XO Kitty

Kitty literally took one look at rival Yuri making music and crossed that thin line from hate to love. Girl was like "I will take this Angry tension and transform it into Sexual tension" and I respect that

9) Kathani "Kate" Sharma x Anthony Bridgerton (Kanthony) - Bridgerton

I've only watched one full episode and seen random bits here and there but I'm obsessed with her and I'm obsessed with them. Literally scene one I was all in. They are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires

10) Luke Alvez x Penelope Garcia (Garvez) - Criminal Minds

I missed Morgan as much as the next guy, but Penelope and Luke's banter and chemistry is unmatched. Shame on the new seasons for lying to me and saying they went on a date but didn't have the same chemistry, that is such Bull

Honorable mention: Zafira x Nasir (Nasira? Nafira?) from the Sands of Arawiya duology, who I feel I cannot officially include because I have only read a small excerpt so far, but I expect to like very much

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3

As always, no pressure whatsoever, but I’ll tag @freddieslater @aconfusedidentity @userlaylivia @scribeoffate @sees-writes @rhyslahey and anyone else who wants to play! :)

[arbitrarygreay]

So there's this very common fandom trope (which, admittedly, is often true to life) about how a collective shares a braincel, gets dumber together, etc. Something I realized that I really like about CW Kung Fu is that they don't do this. The Shen Family genuinely gets smarter when they get together, more capable. And this is yet even more funny because they put all of that increased competence to work in the service of CRIME SHENANIGANS (and being so good about it). If you told me "heartwarming martial arts story about a dumplings family restaurant" was actually a heist-a-week show, I would raise my eyebrows at you, but that Burn Notice pedigree shows through in the best way. Another aspect that makes it more enjoyable than the "get dumber together" variant is that their personalities do still shift a little bit when together. Especially for the sibling trio, there is still that slight edge of competitiveness. They get just that little judgey, ribbing each other on their decisions. Becoming more capable means that they are even more aware of the ways others fall short (including the people they are criming), and the writers and cast are so good at pointing those ways out with either the dialogue or their facial expressions that are refreshingly comedic.

[lesbianmaxevans]

Althea & Zhilan || Alias

[Image Description: Five stacked gifs from Kung Fu.

Nicky: Zhilan, tell Althea you’re fine. Zhilan: Oh, I’m fine. Got past the guards, made it to the checkpoint. Even managed not to kill anyone, as you requested. Althea laughs quietly. Zhilan, smiling: At least, I’m pretty sure. Nicky shakes her head. Zhilan, concerned: There was that one guard that -- Althea: Zhilan. Thank you. Zhilan nods.]

[dotthings]

Hello, yes, what's this, TW and KF did not have the "H" marker for HBO Max original previously. Are they both going to continue as HBO Max originals? I am cautiously...curious about this.

(from FlixPatrol)

[sadmurderouswomen]

Kung Fu s03e11

[hoyas-big-head]

Kung Fu S03E10

[wolfshystuff]

Me and my mum started to watch Kung Fu and we loved it!

My favorite charachter is Althea and my mum's favorite is Nicky

[ohheyalex]

Now that I know for sure Kung Fu is done my heart is sad. This show was so special and just overall a joy. The characters, the writing, the costumes and honestly everything about the series was amazing. For the first time I had no issues with a show it was perfect for me. So I’ll be finally watching the series finale tomorrow

[thelolarahaii]

oh they want me dead

[gwydionmisha]

Kung Fu CW

Things I like about Kung Fu CW besides the obvious in no particular order:

a. Healing generational trauma is a through line.

b. Season two correctly identifies Gentrification as the real villain.

c. Season three points out that privatization and militarization of police forces combined with mass surveillance and data mining algorithms is the kind of big bad that can end freedom forever.

d. Redemption arcs that take a long time, require action that demonstrates change of behavior and the reformed villains need to  be willing to sacrifice themselves to come all the way back instead of a half assed apology and all is forgiven.

[nickyandhenry]

crazy things are happening tonight on CW Kung Fu

[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

Has Nicky been tall this entire time?!?

[televisionpromos]

Kung Fu 3x13 "Beginning" Promo (Season Finale) - THE SEARCH FOR XIAO — After uncovering Xiao’s master plan, Nicky and the team find themselves in a race against the clock to stop her before it’s too late. Tzi Ma, Kheng Hua Tan, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida, Eddie Liu, Gavin Stenhouse, Yvonne Chapman, Vanessa Kai, Tony Chung and J.B. Tadena also star. Joe Menendez directed the episode written by Christina M. Kim & Robert Berens. Original airdate 3/8/2023.

[lesbianmaxevans]

Kung Fu || Alias

[Image Description: Three stacked gifs from Kung Fu.

Althea: I’m still mad at Zhilan. Nicky, over the comms: The slap? Althea: The poncho. She out-dressed me.]

[dotthings]

This might be some very good news going on for those putting their hopes on HBO Max with TW and Kung Fu.

The Winchesters in the US is running at 20x on parrot analytics. This is GOOD. Now add in how high TW charted on HBO Max worldwide, where it breathed on GOT's neck. Yes in fact that does make TW desirable to the CW. US domestic streaming value. If it charts that high worldwide, imagine how it would be doing on the cw app. Some of us have pointed that out multiple times, while antis tried to claim the HBO Max worldwide numbers were irrelevant. The US parrot analytic numbers are further proof. However, if keeping the spn IP on its platform doesn't suit CW Nexstar's plans, if they want to ease out of genre, do more sitcoms, and lawyer-cop-firefighter, CW becomes moot, and HBO Max is going to want it. WBD wants that spn universe revenue. This is not in fact a bubble show, it's only a bubble show due to uncertainties in how CW is going to plan its lineup going forward. I haven't been worried about TW, but if anyone was worried it being removed from CW was the end of all things, no, certainly not, and I've said for a while I felt like it would be better for the IP to be on HBO Max not CW.

Kung Fu in the US is running at 16.5x Which also looks to me like good news for Kung Fu and its value to WBD on HBO Max, so I am feeling more and more hopeful about a Kung Fu continuation.

TW and spn universe and Kung Fu, on HBO Max as originals. Let's gooooooooo.

(Gotham Knights might get scooped up by HBO Max too, if CW decides to get out of the superhero game, but the difficulties of predicting there is it's not just about numbers, it's about the creative decisions of Gunn and Safran for their new unified dc universe).