#sneeze and stella are us in this episode

[kilfeur]

J'ai adoré ce moment Rayllum, avec Rayla qui découvre le journal d'Esmerelda et qui la comprend car elle, aussi, elle avait quitté Callum pour retrouver Viren. Et que Callum parle de son père biologique qui était un écrivain et un poète mais qui avait une maladie respiratoire. Mais le ton monte quand Callum lui révèle qu'il a utilisé la magie noire et là Rayla lui dit que pour le bien de tous, il doit la sacrifier. Car elle est inquiète pour lui, j'ai bien aimé ce dialogue montrant ce que signifie le bien pour tous en détriment de la personne. Et du coup, il redemande à Rayla de le tuer si Aaravos prend possession de lui. Je crains pour Callum maintenant !

I loved the Rayllum moment, with Rayla discovering Esmerelda's diary and understanding her because she, too, had left Callum to find Viren. And Callum talking about his biological father, who was a writer and poet but had a respiratory illness. But the tone rises when Callum reveals that he has used dark magic, and Rayla tells him that for the good of all, he must sacrifice her. Because she's worried about him, I liked this dialogue showing what good for all means at the expense of the individual. And then he asks Rayla again to kill him if Aaravos takes possession of him. I fear for Callum now!

[fraks]

LEVERAGE REDEMPTION 1x11 THE JACKAL JOB

- ngl, this was the episode i was most excited for. maybe. or maybe it was 1x16 from the episode title alone. but then this was a very close second. FINALLY a flashback episode for gina. her role in van gogh job was pretty small, and her part in db cooper job practically nonexistent. and now this! IT'S WHAT SHE DESERVES. though i have to admit right off the bat: i'm not feeling any of the flashback wigs. especially with how gorgeous sophie's own hair has been this season.

- that said, i felt slightly underwhelmed at several points in the episode, in part because i (thought i) knew what was coming. i even complained to @cminerva that the cons in redemption are more predictable than they were in the original. and in some ways, they are, but the show immediately proved me wrong anyway by taking what i thought happened and saying "lol nope try again next time". and i LOVE THEM FOR IT.

- anyway, let's get started. breanna having to do community service is hilarious to me. and sophie driving her around to do it. :') i know gina said that sophie isn't really a mother figure to breanna the way she sort of was to parker and hardison in the original, and i agree (she's definitely mentor and teacher, but not really a mother figure, especially since i think breanna has a little crush on our miss devereaux), but i do love their scenes together.

- AND THEN SHE CATCHES THE PHONE LIFT. this is the second time this season that sophie devereaux has caught someone stealing and made them her "project". :')

- sophie is wearing that top again that makes her boobs look spectacular. i'm very fond of that top.

- this was the first episode i watched without @cminerva, so i only got to yell vague things at her. very disappointing, that, but i probably wouldn't have been coherent enough for proper discussion anyway.

- "she said she fell in love with a mark—cardinal sin of any con." okay now i want some au fic where harry is (one of) the mark(s) cause he's still a bad guy but he already has doubts, and sophie falls in love with him before they even discover he's secretly been working against his clients or whatever. ANY TAKERS?

- "let's go steal the world's greatest grifter." gina said it in an interview the other day, that she loves getting to say all the "let's go steal"s this season, and I LOVE IT TOO. but sophie, darling, YOU're the world's greatest grifter.

- "he looks like a used car salesman's sneeze!" lmfao parker i love you and your crazy similes.

- "sophie hasn't taught me that con yet." okay LISTEN. a) he said "sophie" again. and b) THIS IS CANON CONFIRMATION of something @cminerva and i have been suspecting for ages—sophie is TEACHING HIM ABOUT CONS. not just the active grifting bits, but also the theory behind it. and i just. late nights, with takeout and wine or beer, just the two of them sitting together in the old theatre. CHINHANDS.

- harry has definitely gotten better at the grifts. he must have put in a LOT of time practising with a certain teacher. 😏 and i can say from personal experience that having a crush on someone who's teaching you things is THE best motivation for learning and doing well.

- awwwmaaaaaaaaan i think i know where they're going with this ep and i'm equal parts delighted and disappointed. is what i said to @cminerva so i wouldn't spoiler her. what i meant was: i was delighted that leverage, a very Straight show aside from breanna's hinted-at sexuality and the never-quite-confirmed ot3, finally had a queer storyline! and part of me was disappointed because i was hoping they'd let noah wyle play the mark stella fell in love with, like they did with beth+aldis in van gogh and beth+christian in db cooper. and then i was disappointed again when we didn't even see gina bellman kiss a woman. thank the universe for coupling, ahem. and it was a little weird that none of the cast other than gina was in the flashbacks to stella's life. in both other flashback jobs, the entire main cast was playing some of the characters.

- calling harry straight is a bit of an insult. he's CLEARLY bisexual. though i have to admit i've kind of had it up to here with television's fetishisation of wlw relationships. i mean, this show is not the worst by far, but. it does make me uncomfortable.

- "hey, i own a table just like that." (...) "i have that chair, too. and that lamp. wait a second! is this all my stuff?" HARRY YOU GIANT DORK. you have terrible taste in furniture. but also, CANON CONFIRMATION OF HARRY LIVING AT THE BASE INSTEAD OF HIS OWN APARTMENT. @cminerva!

- "we needed used crap that looked expensive. and boring. like... you." OUCH.

- lmao in one of the flashbacks, they're playing that db cooper song in the background. how terribly meta. 🥰

- romy as stella's kid! :') she's super cute.

- "it's not easy to look at your life." have i mentioned how absolutely in love i am with harry wilson? he's such a fantastic character both from a storytelling perspective and as a human being. GIVE ME ALL THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND MATURE MEN PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

- "if you'd known it was gonna end... would you have still left with jo?" THANKS FOR THAT PUNCH IN THE GUT, LEVERAGE. so that's what sophie has been struggling with all this time, huh? figuring out if all the pain was worth it. "never define love by its length, only by its depth." i... i'm not ready to go into details, but god i really needed to hear that, personally.

- oh shit okay. oh SHIT. OKAY. i might be reading into this, but stella saying she had some of her greatest adventures after losing the love of her life, "life is about the journey", and then to have that interrupted by harry???? that is some INSANE metaphor shit for harry/sophie. MAYBE.

- stella and sophie grifting together is PEAK leverage. :')

- "ZEE parker?" 😂

- "you were right. i lost someone. his name was nate. he was my greatest score. and i would give anything for one more day with him." WHY DO YOU HAVE TO COME FOR MY HEART LIKE THAT, SHOW? WHYYYY. 😭 i loved this ship so much. and i still do. always will.

- yeaaah i wasn't reading into things. at all. that was a very deliberate choice they made in that scene earlier.

- THE ENDING OF THIS EPISODE IS EVERYTHING. "penny for your thoughts." - "just wondering what my next adventure is gonna be." - "buy you a cup of joe?" OHMYGOD. OH. MY. GOD. SHE'S LEANING INTO HIM ON "MY NEXT ADVENTURE". HE'S LOOKING AT HER LIKE SHE'S EVERYTHING TO HIM. THEY WALK OFF TOGETHER, HER HAND TUCKED INTO THE CROOK OF HIS ARM, WHILE "I JUST WANT TO BE WITH YOU" PLAYS. AND THEY LOOK SO GOOD TOGETHER. HOLY CRAP. SAY IT WITH ME: E N D G A M E

[unseelie-bitch]

Season 2 Episode 22: Last Resorts

Okay in this 'previously on' I just noticed a shot in which all three of the Trix are making the 'suprised pikachu' face and it's HONESTLY hilarious

Bloom... Bloom you cannot each take out ten monsters most of you don't even have magic

Flora actually just told Bloom, Stella and Musa to fly off and save themselves LMAO

Never thought I'd say this but YES RIVEN

Cannot believe you ALL left Layla

Layla the most efficant way to leave "big blue" is not climbing back up the cliff you just fell down

Trix I hate to break it to you but you ALSO couldn't capture the fairies like don't start insulting the monsters here

Darcy can fully mind control anyone/thing she is INSANELY powerful

"I can handle this!" *immediately falls halfway down the cliff* nice one Bloom

They forgot to animate Stella and Musa's Charmix while they were literally transformed and talking about them lmao

Flora that was a bit of a backhanded compliment why are you so suprised Stella and Musa could get a spell right on their own

"Listen Stormy, keep your Dragadon away from Riven!" "Don't tell me you still have feelings for that broody little lug?!" "No! Gross!" Okay this is interesting because 1. The fact she specifically tells Stormy means Stormy almost certainly has something against Riven and 2. The way she instantly denys any attachment even though she was the one to actively end their relationship like... Stormy is clearly a jealous gf

"Okay fine, but I call Musa! I get to trample her so stay away!" I love Stormy

Icy says she doesn't care then IMMEDIATELY claims Stella iconic

Look I support the use of "witch" instead of 'bitch' but you canNOT use it to replace 'fuck'. They are not trying to "witch you up" and you know it

Why is Sky in a weed bush?

Riven just YOINKS Musa behind a tree

You can't just... drown the Trix lmao

OMG STORMY'S WET HAIR IS SO FUNNY

The flying bug swoops in at the last minute to attack

Layla please don't spiral you're okay bby!!

Layla got her Charmix!!

She looks even MORE like tinkerbell with her bag

"We can't pass up a nerd run!" Lmao they're still just edgy teens I don't care

[Tumblr deleted all my original comments past this point and I'm SUPER annoyed about it because I did a bunch of Trix analysis but oh well I guess - imma rewatch it and try to remember what I said but I just wanted to say I am a n g r y]

Chatter just yeeting onto the flowers what a baby

Ok I know the pixie sneezes are supposed to be cute but that is EXACTLY how I sneeze and I FEEL SO CALLED OUT

Timmy maybe don't loudly yell about the plan when the witches are RIGHT behind you

"Get him Stormy!" "I'm trying to!" Okay this is important!! Because Darcy was genuinely being supportive of her attempts to get Sky but Stormy replies as if she's being verbally attacked - it shows a lot of insecuirty on her part that she interprets Darcy's support as criticism and I'm just sad like she's constantly trying to prove herself to Icy and Darcy even if they don't realise it. Stormy I hope you're okay

"Darcy, wait up!" Stormy immediately goes to Darcy when she loses her dragadon - she doesn't even consider asking Icy for help. It shows how much Darkar is isolating Icy but his unintended conseqence is in bringing Darcy and Stormy closer together which is a risky move (lowkey want an Azula/Mai/Ty-lee situation) but also... Stormy is asking for help. Witches don't ask for help, especially the Trix, but Stormy is asking Darcy and that's very telling. Please give me a Darcy and Stormy redemption I know they won't but please

Stormy is now riding with Darcy and it's just cute

"Darcy, look out!" The //concern// ladies and gentlemen Stormy is WORRIED

Oh no they got caught >:(

Immediately free!

Riven's "Sweet! *Darcy breaks the net* ...not sweet" is actually so funny though

Okay this is also really interesting because we've just seen that there is more than enough room for two witches on a dragadon so logically all three of them could ride on Icy's now that they've lost their mounts. But they aren't. Darcy and Stormy are choosing to fly, even though Stormy JUST rode on Darcy's dragadon for a while which again shows the newly formed disconnect within the Trix. Darkar keeps using them individually but clearly favours Icy so obviously Darcy and Stormy are going to pair up even more than they already were, and throughout this series we've seen the two of them become closer which is likely not what Darkar intended at ALL when he chose Icy as his favourite witch because genuine affection is dangerous

Oop Icy fell into the trap

You didn't really think this through though lads like... witches can fly. Only the dragadon should be trapped here

HELIA DON'T SHOOT MY WITCHES

Also please don't say "dudes" it feels so unnatural

Bye Trix!!

Aww Techna's crying :(

She got her Charmix!!

Feels weird that ill pixies can only be healed with the flower of life but okay

PLEASE DON'T LAUGH AT FLORA SHE'S JUST NERVOUS WHY ARE THE RED FOUNTAIN GUYS SUCH DICKS