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Moon 6; Clan or no, Fallingpaw felt that it was her duty to protect Juniper.

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[allwillbeone]

Me, a comic reader vs ABC’s “Marvel’s Inhumans” show ep 1 & 2, a live blogging at Discord(revised version)

Me, watching the cursed Inhumans show in few minutes and Triton got shot while Black Bolt and Medusa are having sexy time: I can't, I can't keep up with the show anymore

This is bad, I can tell the show is bad in these few minutes No I'll finish it in spite

[Under the cut because it’s a long post with a bunch of nonsense, tldr: The X-Men didn’t suffer for this]

And Medusa ignored the important call because they are having sex I can understand why the audience rooted for Maximus at first

Now for 4 minutes? The sexy time is ended but I got really cheap CGI cityscape The show is worse than I expected

The city of Attilan is uglier than any brutalist apartment And the lunascape scene looks like a Play Station 2 game, not even 3, PS2 Maximus' first appearance looks so... basic, if I didn't know he's Max I thought him one of the citizens

I really feel sorry for those actors, they are doing their job amazingly but the writing and costumes and setting and CGI and props are bad, so bad, stupidly bad

The X-Men and the Royal family didn't suffer for this

8 minutes and here we go, eugenics shit against one of their family members? And were you expecting I'm going to root for the royal family, writers?? It's really bad... I'm watching the show only 10 minutes and it already makes me hate the show

I mean, it was 2017? and this shit is worse than in 60s comics

Yeah they can't keep romani people and asian people's ethnicity but keep slavery and eugenics shits I even don't understand why MCU so much loves those facial hairs on non facial hair characters

Gorgon: let's destroy the moon rover Karnak: Wow, how mature Humans: Oh no it looks like a hoof that crushed our rover Medusa and Max: shit... BB: Okay do nothing

Umm... is this why Max thought he has to be in charge...?

Medusa, you ignored a really important call and stopped your husband to answer the call because you gave your priority to sexy time, and now you act like you are a dignified queen with authority This show makes my eyes roll hard

Suddenly Karnak starts bubbling on some nihilistic nonsense in the middle of the terrigenesis ceremony and Gorgon being a eugenicist shit against a family member again. And they'll wonder why one of them revolt against them? I also wonder why...

The scene of Lockjaw's first appearance is something off...  he moves like a bad animatronics Ummm, why Crystal has to cover her hand with a cloth if they just grab terrigen crystal with the bare hand from a box?

I'm not sure I can finish the show... this is worse than what I heard...

Well, no one sans Max willing to engage the boy that seems gets nothing from terrigenesis, even the boy suddenly collapsing and having a seizure on the floor... wow, so cold. While Crystal is fawning over that cheep CGI butterfly wing girl, you are so basic, Crys

They've lost my respect one by one Only Triton and Max keep me have some respect as characters but I'm sure the writing will also screw them Poor Triton

And Triton's makeup is also... bad

The actor of Maximus really had the charisma and the charm in his acting, alas the plot and the writing are so bad

Oh Max starts his "revolution" as a pep talk to lower caste people, and he's smol, smoler than the boy, so smol, they got  the actor that could represent him perfectly but Marvel was stupid so they gave him that boring superhero movie black leather and ugly facial hairs instead of iconic Jack Kirby armors or evil mad scientist lab coat

In dinner or lunch or idk, Karnak is being rude and gross out of nowhere to a female servant, and I can't understand what did the showrunner want to describe by the scene

He and Gorgon are dicks to people without any reason

Yeah, and only asian man being a dick to a white lady out of nowhere.... it seems really... a red flag And only black man being an extremely eugenics scum to his family member is... also... a big red flag

Now Max reveals Triton's death and apparently the mission was secret to even Karnak so BB is getting accused at the dinner table. And BB's excuse is "Oh no you never know he really dead" lmao And he thought it's good to invite nuhumans to the moon because "They are family" while treating your moon people with useless/no power as slaves because of the limitation of the resource? Oh yeah, you go Max, you notice the obvious problem

And BB's answer is "Not now, trust me" Oh yeah, maybe going to Earth is "not now", but "getting nuhumans from earth because they are our family uwu" is also not now imo

It's still over 20 minutes and I can't believe I can find those stupidness from the show easily

I need to eat mushrooms to survive this

Maximus: -Calling out his big bro's BS and storming out of the dining- Karnak: Maximus is dangerous, but I'm loyal to you, trust me

Karnak, it's not a good way to gain people's trust

BB takes a big gun out of Gorgon's hand. Gorgon... a gun... Crystal's dress looks like nipples are showing throw the fabric It's just a fold on the fabric apparently but uh...

Medusa: You can't trust Maximus, we can discuss that BB: -signing, apparently he doesn't want to discuss this-

Oh at least he loves his lil bro to some degree

Everything in the show looks fake af, but yes Medusa's hair is the worst

Oh no I didn't notice the scene is switching to the flashback scene because the switching sequence is bad, and it means oh no that scene

[Flashback scene: BB and Medusa first meeting] aaaaaaaaaa Um, not yet... just a short "first contact" scene...

I'm afraid Max starts wooing Medusa out of nowhere, um...

To be honest it doesn't make any sense in the narrative of the show so far but anything didn't make sense in the show so I can let it go

It's kinda ironic that Max was the one who got precognition power in comics, while he saw the chance in the boy with precog power in the show

Umm, this Iso look-like character is... Auran...?

And Auran got killed by Max(with BB's power) in comics, wow ironic

Attilan in comics: Sci-fi city with a bunch of weird spires and alien buildings Attilan in the show: Are these... maximum-security prisons???

The scene is supposed to be in the rooftop garden on the palace, but it looks like a patio in a prison.

An old guy from the genetic council: It's treason, Auran arrest him, I'm really sorry things become like this Auran: -beat the old man til death-

idk why but it feels kinda comedic...

Then the scene is Oahu island because maybe Triton is there? Wow, nice vacation Triton

While Karnak is playing with a moon rover and guarding people are like "Hey, king Maximus' order, bitch!" and Karnak is like "king Maximus? ... oh shit" lmao

Wow, Max, you are the one who made those humans shoot Triton? And now you are trying to kill Gorgon? ... well, this Gorgon has been an extremely eugenicist scum to you and never stop being a dick, I can't blame you about Gorgon in the narrative, go ahead

And those henchmen are really incompetent, where are the suspense and drama

Karnak: Maximus betrayed us and the royal guards with him Gorgon: wtf I'm the head of the royal guards Wow Gorgon, apparently you have no popularity with them...

Now the royal guards are trying to get Medusa and a fight scene begin... the CGI on her hair is soooo hideous, it's almost comedic And playing "Paint It Black"? Seriously???

Finally someone in the royal guard uses their power to take down the target instead of attacking people like humans that they are disregarding

Max, holding a hair clipper: I have no choice Medusa: If you do this I never forgive you Max: (Surprised Pikachu face meme)

TBH Medusa's line here sounds really... stupid... he's committing a coup against your husband, do you think he would mind of your feelings about your hair??? But apparently, he would mind because idk whatever reason And why they just leave her, at least confine her or do something, you are committing a coup!

Oh no THAT SCENE!!! [Flashback scene: BB killed their parents with "WHY"]

wait, is the man in the left is... younger Max? He looks like an adult man here and much older than younger BB

(No apparently it's the present BB watching his younger self, it's really confusing and I have mild prosopagnosia)

So now, royals get Hawaii vacation, congrats

And BB makes a scene in the middle of Honolulu, and Lockjaw just disappeared before things got into a big mess, bad dog

Medusa: I have to find Black Bolt -riding a bus with tourists- Karnak: I have to find my king -trying to go down a cliff and fall-

Wow, Max is talking Crys about her privilege and propagandas Crys: You make me sick, you are just a human Wow, this Crys is worse than comic Crys

not because of his personality or something, but because he has no power??? Oh yes, she needs a mediocre human's dick even she can be a eugenicist scum to her own family member The show is really bad

They only keep the bad parts of comic canon in the show

It's already over 50 minutes so far, and I can't find any good part in the show... other than those unfortunate actors' acting skills

Gorgon is walking into the sea and battling with crashing waves in vain because he feels emo for Triton

And nice surfers rescue him because... apparently... he can't swim...? And those surfers are too nice and chill, they knew Inhumans already because of plot or something like that and just listening Gorgon's story while sharing beers. They are too nice

Crys can contact Medusa because Auran just dropped her comlink and leave it? Those people are supposed to be elite guards but they are so incompetent, even can't hold their childish princess Oh apparently it was Auran's plot to catch Medusa, much better

Gorgon: You should leave Surfers: Why we have to leave our beach Gorgon: because I challenged my cousin and here will be the battleground

Umm... in that case who has to leave the beach is you, Gorgon...

Oh Eldrac was in the show, I wonder how's he now Max wants to kill BB and Gorgon especially, and not mention to Karnak, he's fine with Karnak being alive... while he's not with Gorgon, lol

[Eldrac, looks like Doh the boss character of a retro video game Arkanoid] ...is this... Eldrac...? What they have done to you, you are boring here

BB feels awkward with his outfit and tries to change to norm clothes is definitely funny, finally I can find a good intentional comedy in the show... And he steals those outfit and hurts security guy, wow

[BB is getting arrested by Honolulu cops] Definitely they should make the show as a superhuman sitcom Like make Max a fabulous mad scientist and let him commit a coup in every week, and BB and co overthrow him and take back the throne at the end of the show. In Every Week.

[BB is running away from the cops and police cruisers] This is definitely a comedy material Marvel, are you telling me this is not a comedy show?

Police officer: Taser! Taser! -shoot taser- BB: Oof -destroying a police car accident because he can't hold his voice-

This BB is a weakass, comic BB has endured far worse, how could you have sexy time with your wife if mere human taser let you lost your control!?

[Police officers are beating the shit out of BB] Wow, be nice to an alien robber, honolulu police officers

Max grabbing his hand makes the boy see those visions, but putting an assuring hand on the boy's shoulder causes nothing and they are just okay...? Hmmm...

[Auran snaps a bus driver's neck] Auran you shouldn't kill a human just because they are trying to stop you entering a bus, people will be suspicious

Auran: -finding Medusa's broken comlink in the empty bus- Me: Oh yeah, Medusa ditched the comlink to hide her whereabouts and went to search BB Medusa: -appears behind the bus and attacking Auran and starts catfighting- Me: wtf

Medusa stubbed Auran with a pocket knife... isn't she supposed to be an elite royal guard!? Why everyone is stupid and weakass Medusa takes a comlink from Auran and tells BB she'll find him and kill Max, with tearful eyes, but I even don't feel any sympathy toward those slave owners... especially to that king who tried to invite more people while many people under his rule are already suffering the overpopulation...

And the mine scene... they are supposed to be a civilization with highly advanced tech, but they have to use their own bare hands and simple tool for mining? What about letting them use more safe and effective machines? Is it too much to ask?

Oh yes, they have no tech guy other than Maximus, apparently. This was why they depend on his technology for their city defense even he'd use it for his future coup(and show!Max is not a tech guy here, so they don't have any tech guy apparently)

Okay, I can see what they wanted to do. Jenkins and Lee's Inhumans second series and Hines' Silent War. I can see many references from those comics. But they couldn't make any coherent plot and story from them.

The showrunner thought their version was "more complicated, more real, and more compelling version" than comic Max and miserably failed because they wanted to do Inhumans vol.2 and Silent War and the very core part of the story is "Max has a point but his twisted mind and impulsiveness made his execution totally bad" It's sad that Once and Future Kings haven't written before their production This is why you are the worst showrunner in the MCU, mister Buck

So... this Auran has healing factor... she doesn't have anything that makes her Auran but okay...

I finished Episode 1 & 2, it feels like eternity

[emberfaye]

Regarding Mircea

There’s a lot of talk about him lately. I’m posting under a read more simply because this discussion will be jumping back and forth between books, including Ride the Storm.

So first off. Cassie is very much an untrustworthy narrator, we are in her head and see and hear things the way she perceives them. 

Growing up, she made herself as invisible as possible. Most vamps ignored her, or found amusement in her fears and “meekness”. Eugenie and Rafe were the two who stood out as being kindest and most important to her. She also spent plenty of time with Alphonse, but probably not alone and while he may have been kindly towards her, she feared him in a way she didn’t fear the other two.

Eugenie was older and very crotchety while Rafe was like a father, Cassie says. And these were the ones she spent her time around.

Until Mircea came to court at age, what, 11? And he was kind, but she didn’t have paternal feelings towards him. It has been established in the Dory books (When he meets Aiden and stinky), that Mircea is good with kids, and they adore him and he adores them right back. So the fact that he spent time with her isn’t unusual. Even if he added a bit more of his charm on than usual (in a non sexual way, simply by giving her more attention and time than most would. I compare it to the way an abused kid might get more consideration from a teacher or family member), this is still not necessarily creepy. He may never have intended for her to get a crush on him, or for that crush to be as strong as it was. I didn’t find anything he did inappropriate from a pragmatic point of view (which is the way the vampires have been framed). Should he have tried to get her out of the abuse of Tony’s court? In a normal every day society yes, but as far as how the book magical societies have been portrayed? He did the best he could.

I do find it slightly creepy that all the vamps, Mircea included, sat around discussing who Cassie might most be interested in despite knowing her as an adult for exactly 0 seconds. However, as I have stated before, I view TtD as more of a pilot episode that doesn’t have all characterization and relationships down yet, more the idea of what they will be, and exaggerated to ensure that the series is picked up for the promise portrayed.

That said, even at this point Mircea is viewed through the eyes of Cassie, who had a childhood crush on him. And therefore she has an almost infallible view of him which leaks through her narration of him. And we didn’t get to see much of Mircea from the interrupted sexy times of TtD until we meet him again in England in the past, and the whole geis issue gets complicated. 

So then her childhood crush is basically turned up to 11, and he is confused and attracted, and we don’t get to see a naturally developing relationship because they flew right by it. And all the conversations and getting to know yous are skipped, which can and has happened in both real life and fictional portrayals of relationships, but which has to be addressed.

However, with the war amping up, and both people having lots of issues to deal with, they didn’t get to talk about everything that meant. And honestly, at this point I still didn’t find Mircea creepy or manipulative.

And then came book 3. Where Mircea began to keep Cassie away from the circle, where he dragged her to nowhere and left her handcuffed on a plane, where he treated her like a queen in front of his family members and yet still didn’t tell her basic things, and actively tried to shush her instead of empowering her in her new position.

And honestly, at this point I began to wonder, because Mircea was literally being called manipulative and sexy by Cassie, who was also wondering why he was with her when she had nothing to offer. Karen Chance wasn’t delving into his feelings, other than to have him sometimes lose control around Cassie, to tap into something primitive and wild and fierce during some emotional paragraphs. 

And then came Hunt the Moon, which was the first book I could see myself understanding the appeal of the ship, and the closest Mircea got to being the character we see in the Dory novels. He listens to Cassie, and gives her the help she asks for instead of thinking for her, he is fun and sassy and there for her.

Until he’s not. Until he assisted the Senate and the Circle to not allow Cassie to her own inauguration, not only diminishing all of the things he has told her regarding strength and listening to her, but also actively putting her in danger by providing her with no safe place to go. He shut her down in a (to me) cruel way. 

And then they avoid each other, except for a few sexy times and a fight about the action to take for the war. Granted, I mostly agree with Cassie during the fight, Mircea was not thinking clearly and about long term consequences and was pressuring her into saying yes to him, but Cassie also made an ultimatum at the wrong time and Mircea leaped into it, and it got worse. But that’s what happens when people are emotional when fighting...it escalates.

And then in Ride the Storm, we have a moment in the beginning where Mircea saves her, and then later it seems like they are addressing their issues and going to come to a good place, but he gets called away. Then Dory attacks, and Mircea restrains her. You can see that Mircea yells out for the Consul to not title Dory, and you can argue his intentions til the cows come home, but the fact of the matter is, if there has been time for Cassie to notice that Mircea has a foot fetish, then there has been time for Mircea to clear up his family matter if he was going to. 

And then the fight, and the flashbacks happened. And honestly? I am so here for this storyline. It’s gonna be painful, it’s gonna be dramatic, and it’s gonna be interesting.

Okay. So. If you’re still with me, I apologize for the length lol. All of that was from the storyline so far. My personal interpretation, is that Mircea does feel something for Cassie. For someone who feels as much as Mircea does, I can’t believe that he is ONLY manipulating her. Do I think it started off benign? Oh hell yes. Do I think that he continued manipulating her occasionally throughout the books? Also hell yes.

I don’t hate Mircea, by the way. I love him in the Dory books, and I hope that the next book brings him more to life and showcases a different side of him. I hope that he and Cassie can get some closure.

That said, I do believe that he has no idea that Cassie feels used and unloved right now from him. Whether it was intentional or not, I feel like Cassie thinks he never loved her, even though earlier in books she had a feeling he did. But between the adrenaline of getting attacked, to the shock at hearing that he had a daughter, and then the fight with him combined with the visions at the same time, how can she not feel used and cheapened? 

I don’t hate Mircea. However, if someone read the books and had experiences with someone like him and grew to hate him, I could understand. I’ll poke fun of any of the characters, tbh, and Mircea is relatively easy because Cassie has described him as perfect, when we know very much he’s not.

Anywho. Thanks for reading. =P