#wizards beyond waverly place billie

[random-dragon-exe]

So I've been watching Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and so far I kinda like it.

There's some aspects that I'm getting used to like the focus on the new kid cast, but hey it's a reboot, so it kinda tracks. I also have a few questions as to why and how his kids aren't wizards and how he got fired. LIKE HOW? WHY would he be fired, he was no doubt the best candidate. I hope they elaborate.

I will say, Justin's character is still in tact and I love it. He's still the same as ever, and so was Alex.

(Also Max is a billionaire if heard correctly what?!)

Billie is...idk. I don't love or hate her. I don't really have that much to say. Other than I like how impulsive she is, yet how she has good heart and good intentions in her. I'm sure she'll grow on me later in the show.

The others are pretty fine too. Again the same boat as Billie. I know there's only 4 episodes out as of now, but for now, they're good.

I will say one thing though, my favorite character is Roman. Idk, I just like how he reacts to the magical shenanigans. Like, he's so done with it and that he's often pushed out of his comfort zone. So far I find him the funniest besides Justin and Billie.

The theme song is honestly pretty good. A part of me kinda wishes that Selena was the one to sing it but that's nostalgia talking. Billie's actress (forgot her name) sings it well and I like the intro sequence.

I kinda wish that the monsters were actors in costumes. (You know like the OG show). I think it would've been a cool idea to go that route and really amp up the designs with practical effects than the CGI, but that's just preference.

Other than that, I like the series so far. It's a decent follow-up to the WOWP and I'll keep watching it.

[carebooks]

i dont think we’re appreciating Wizards Beyond Waverly Place bringing back something that tv shows haven’t been doing in years: filler episodes.

there have been episodes of very simple premises like “oh, Billie’s old best friend visits and chaos erupts meanwhile Milo’s been turned into a gnome” or “the whole family ends up being a wizard immersive board game, costumes involved!” it’s fun, silly, and still brings forth emotional bonding and development for the main character (and other characters too).

[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?

[cecespuffs]

wow wizards beyond is very cool and silly! i sure do hope the fandom won't focus solely on justin and completely ignore the black protagonist that's very clearly disadvantaged & coping with the trauma of being kicked out of countless places

[lab-trash]

I just hope they lean away from

Billie=Alex

Roman= Justin

Milo= max

Yeah, I get that. I really hope they lean into Milo's irresponsibility as well, rather than just Billie's, which Max never really got. And hopefully that'll help to separate them from the original three.

I don't mind it too much, but I totally get where anyone might be coming from by hating it. Though I especially hate how they made Winter basically forget she and Roman were best friends. I know she's supposed to be a Harper figure, but she was originally Roman's best friend and now she's pretty much just Billie's. I hate that so much.

I kind of wish they instead introduced a Zeke like friend for Billie, creating two new friendship dynamics between Billie and that character, and with Roman and Winter's friendship. But yknow, they didn't do that.

What I might like is if they make Roman almost incompetent with magic, which obviously would separate him from Justin. But at the same time, I absolutely love Roman and would hate to see him devastated by him being bad at magic, so I'm torn. It does make sense for that to be the case though, especially since he wasn't great at magic when he swapped with Billie.

Like I mentioned, I hope that we see Milo being irresponsible with magic too, not just Billie, and that would hopefully give us better and more plots with Milo at the same time.

I will say, I already know I want Roman to win the wizard competition. Especially if he's bad at magic at the beginning, because then he'd really have to work for it. But I'm also biased because Roman is my favourite character.

I think it'd be cool if Milo won though, since Max automatically made him the underdog.

But Billie feels like she's gonna be the one to win, just because she's already so powerful. Although hey, maybe she won't even be part of the wizard competition; maybe the wizard world doesn't recognise found family, especially without legal adoption papers. Which I think is the path I'd prefer, especially if Billie's family tried to reclaim her, or if Alex officially adopted Billie instead of Justin, so they'd get around her needing to compete with the boys in the wizard competition but letting her officially become a Russo.

[fangforthememories]

[keelymind]

So I watched the Halloween episode of wizards beyond waverly last night “Something Wizard This Way Comes”, in opening scene was adorable that Billie was happily giving Roman and Milo scary gifts and later in the episode Roman was try to give Billie a good Halloween by watching movies and snacks which didn’t work but still adorable that he try, this episode was sweet in my opinion

[hed-romancer]

i have seen like three episodes of wizards beyond waverly place, most notably the first one.

and yeah, it's not very good. the first episode switches on a dime from a very well acted moments between alex and justin (that would not have been so good if selena and david didn't have years of experience acting as siblings) to just the most boring jokes followed by an undeserved laugh track.

justin's two sons just aren't interesting (also with how bad they're paralleling alex, justin, and max, except not siblings this time, i will yell (derogatory) if they ship billie and roman later on).

that being said! in episode one, there is this absolutely heartbreaking exchange between billie and justin where justin is trying to coach billie into banishing a monster and billie, panicking, says she can't do it and that her previous teachers were right not to believe in her. and you can just see justin's heart breaking for this kid as he tells her, no, she just had bad teachers. absolutely phenomenal acting by janice leann brown and david henrie, and you should at least watch episode one of the show for this one really good exchange, and also all the alex content.

taking the opportunity to link my favorite wizards of waverly place fanfic! As the Worm Turns by Dannyblue! Also taking the chance to link my own wowp fanfic, The Hat! It was inspired by As the Worm Turns, and both feature protective!Alex!

If you want or have other wowp fic recs (that don't contain incest!) hmu i have like four.

[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.

[johnsspacesuittight]

Watching wizards beyond Waverley place, I still think it’s a stupid name but whatever I get it, and god they copy and pasted Justin with Roman huh? I’m only saying this because he is thus automatically engineered to be my favourite character and I love him

[davenportdavenportdavenport]

In my heart there's a Billie/Winter slow burn in wbwp

[carebooks]

cannot wait for Wizards Beyond to tackle even more bad guys and seasonal storylines only to get to the true villain of the entire WOWP Universe:

The Family Wizard Competition

[leavememorieshere]

Ok, Listen, I haven’t seen Wizards Beyond Waverly Place yet.

Shocking, I know, I spent all my time on here yapping about how Excited I was to see it yet I haven’t seen it YET.

I have only seen the first episode, mainly because it’s on YouTube (which yay!!) but other than that, I haven’t seen it. Personally at least, But I have heard spoilers about it which having it being spoiled to me, hurt.

Like BRO. GIVE ME A WARNING BEFOREHAND ????? PUTTING THE WARNING IN THE CAPTION DOESNT DO ANYTHING.

People like me don’t READ the captions first 💔,

Anyways I just wanted to say,

Roman and Milo get a job (or part time) at the family substation in the future or in another location because they need money or because Justin and Giada got tired of seeing them at home all day, or Justin trying to keep his sons humble.

Trust *that smirking TikTok emoji* (let me live in this lie if it’s somehow debunked in the spin off).

[acecykes-dono2]

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place: Prophecy

You know maybe it's like Thor Ragnarok. In order to save everyone, Billie needs to destroy the world.

[cecespuffs]

what sends me i think is the show trying to force parallels between alex & billie by having every single character go she's REBELLIOUS and DANGEROUS and HATES AUTHORITY and then it cuts to the dangerous anti-authority rebel in question doing nice things to make her new dad happy as a thank you for taking her in

[house-of-maximoff]

The Original Is Better