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thesoftboiledegg · 6 months
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"Unmortricken" was a lot. In fact, it might have been a little too much.
To start, I loved the glimpse of what exists outside the Central Finite Curve. The visuals were stunning and reminded me of M.C. Escher's drawings. The Jetson-like family was a nice touch--if anything can happen, who says they can't have different animation styles? All those colorful portals make me wonder what's lurking just out of sight.
It's also funny that the space outside the Curve is full of Rick's favorite thing: crystals. If he took a trip there, he'd come back with his pockets stuffed with gemstones.
Evil Morty's reappearance gave us a decent character study. Since he wasn't the antagonist, we saw him interact with the C-137s as a regular person. Morty's a little impressed, and Rick has a grudging respect for him. Others have called Evil Morty the Rickest Morty, and I agree: similar intelligence, similar technology and similar bloodthirst.
I was glad that he left in the end because that's what his character arc is about anyway. He doesn't want to be part of anyone else's story, not even another Morty's.
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However, that's also part of the issue that I had with this episode. Seeing Evil Morty was great, but it was also a little...pointless? You could've had the same story without him. He's not working with Prime, and he has no ties to C-137 after "Rickmurai Jack," so it felt like the writers just said "Hey, you know what would be cool?"
I'm not against writers having fun and giving the audience what they want. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (yeah, groan at me, Marvel haters) is fan service in blockbuster form, and it was one of the best theater experiences I've ever had.
Still, if Evil Morty came back, I think he should've had a separate episode. The episode juggled C-137 Rick, Morty, Evil Morty and Prime Rick pretty well, giving them satisfying interactions with each other, but no Evil Morty would've meant more relationship development for the C-137s.
Evil Morty's backstory also didn't reveal much about him. I mean--yeah, we all figured that he had an abusive Rick and got fed up. The fact that he had a "regular" Rick instead of a deranged lunatic does make a point about the banality of abuse. Monsters aren't always raving maniacs who torture people in their basements. Ordinary people can wear you down with a slow drip of toxicity and neglect.
I enjoyed this episode, and Evil Morty's return was exciting, but cramming the series' two biggest antagonists and storylines into twenty minutes was a little overwhelming. New plot developments kept showing up, too: Rick found Prime! Prime's various lairs! Omega device! I would've preferred a two-parter.
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I'll admit that if you told me that we'd see Evil Morty and Rick Prime in the same shot, I never would have believed you, but here we are.
On that note, Prime's characterization was perfect. No attempt at a cutesy, sad backstory; he's a laughing monster until the end. And is it really the end? He has regeneration abilities, but C-137 acts like he's dead and even gives up the search. This leaves us with a few options:
C-137 killed him.
Prime fooled C-137 into thinking that he's dead when he isn't.
C-137's keeping him alive for later use.
Hopefully, this is more complicated than it looks because I'll be disappointed if this is the end of Prime. He's a brilliant reflection of C-137: the Rick he'd be without his tiny shred of humanity.
And Prime's a maniac, but he tells C-137 the truth. Rick broke into Prime's house. He pretended he belonged with this group of strangers. He latched on to Prime's grandson because he never had his own. His brutal, violent streak never went away no matter how long he tried to play house.
Prime says "Admit it! You would have been me!" In season three and parts of season four, Rick was close. His love for his family--love that he pretended he didn't have--and desire for their approval just barely pulled him back. But what kept that spark alive? How close was he to becoming a cold, unfeeling shell?
In the end, C-137's not satisfied after he destroys Prime--and weirdly, I'm not satisfied, either. Beating Prime to an unrecognizable pulp doesn't bring Rick's original family back. It doesn't erase the atrocities that Rick's committed. It doesn't make his grief go away. It doesn't change the fact that Rick teetered on the edge of turning into the monster that he despised.
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What's more satisfying is that Rick didn't turn out like Prime. His Morty doesn't give two shits about Prime, but he loves him. He hugs him in relief (come on, Rick, hug him back already!), cries out "Rick? Rick!" and shakes his body when he thinks he's dead, and talks excitedly as they return home.
Rick's going to therapy, which Prime would have mocked. He went from having nobody to living with FIVE kids if you count Morty and Summer. Even he and his Jerry are pretty tight.
Rick knows this, but he still feels empty all the time. Vengeance doesn't work, drinking doesn't work...wouldn't it be easier if he just switched off his humanity and laughed at everything, even his own death?
But now that he knows how it feels to be loved, especially by his hypothetical grandson, I think he'll always find himself at the Smiths' doorstep.
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gnnosis · 10 months
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it’s a sad song. but we sing it anyway.
[ the anthropocene reviewed, animated / “permanent,” the milk carton kids / richard siken / the good place 4x12 / the raven king, maggie stiefvater / hadestown (2017) / ted lasso 3x12 / elsa beskow / “no complaints,” noah kahan / angels in america ]
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jordybuzz · 2 years
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⚠️spoilers for the new Cuphead S2 trailer⚠️I'm SO excited for the Cuphead season 2 AHHHHHHH
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Idk why but I love Cuphead in a coat he's so cuteeee
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OMG THE FRICKEN CYCLOPS FROM RUGGED RIDGE HATE HIM love the cameo tho✋
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Damn Chalice do you need a Snickers? 👀
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Dude Captain Brineybeard looks so cool I'm excited to see him:)
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I really hope we will see all of the Phantom Express; Blind Specter would look so good in full animation! (Yeah he's my favorite out of them)
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YES FUCK BOWL BOY
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SLAY QUEEN SLAY
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I can't wait to see more of the chaotic trio! This season’s gonna be amazing 🤩
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eastcoastkid · 2 years
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If yall get this show canceled before we get a season 3 because you can’t articulate your criticisms as anything more than “BOYS 😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬 1 star” its on sight
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mattzerella-sticks · 2 years
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Now that all three episodes are done... I've got some thoughts about the main mystery of Soldier Boy.
First off, not only will they be tackling the toxic masculinity at the core of Soldier Boy's personality (and I think we'll be seeing other characters grappling with it like Billy, Hughie, Homelander, etc.) but with him I also think we're getting into the beginning of the systemic brutality supes introduced by patrolling the streets to stop crime - a reference to the systemic brutality that persists in the real world, especially against minorities; which the show has hinted at in earlier seasons and progressively ramped up with every new season.
I mean it's at the heart of Marvin's issue with Soldier Boy - the very reason his family fell apart was because of him in ways we don't know yet. It dealt with the lawsuit, yes, but I can't remember what the lawsuit was about if they ever mentioned it. Just that it was against Vought. I had a feeling there was going to be something between Marvin and Soldier Boy, like they had a conflict wholly different from the main beef between the boys and the supes. Mainly from social media, it seemed like they were doing more together and had a closer bond than a few of the others. Hell, a source of the conflict might be Soldier Boy siding with the Boys against Vought - which rubs Marvin the wrong way because of the pain Soldier Boy caused his family, and others through his negligent and excessive actions.
And not to scapegoat him because what Soldier Boy did was inexcusable, but a way they will probably try and frame it within the story, as touched upon in interviews with Jensen, is his excessiveness in the battlefield is unresolved trauma from the war. I think this is clear when we see Soldier Boy going in on that guy with his shield and, even though we know they're toast, Soilder Boy hammers away. I think he sets himself on autopilot and goes at it until the episode runs its course. It worked during the war. The only problem is super heroics isn't war. Vought never should have sent him out in cities. Though Soldier Boy is still at fault here for not wanting to retire, which I think will tie in to both Homelander and Billy's arcs surmised by Homelander perfectly of people trying to make them retire, but they don't want to.
Soldier Boy didn't think there was anything wrong with him. And, given his prejudices we know he has due to Jensen telling us he's the most cancellable man on Earth, he probably didn't see anything wrong with the collateral damage he caused nor the people who were hurt in the crossfire or, like the man Blue Falcon killed, were mistakenly accused of wrongdoing.
Which I think is also why brutality by supes (which, at this point I'll say is supposed to reflect police brutality) will be a major conflict within A-Train's season storyline and explains why he is doing a Kendall Jenner-esque Pepsi commercial in his new suit. It also ties into recurring themes of corporations creating inauthenticity when pursuing real social issues through a capitalistic lens. It's also refreshing to see the supe lens turned inwards because for all of season 1 and most of season 2, with supes in the military whatnot, we got the metaphor of the supes being a representation of the American aggression overseas and how easily killing indiscriminately can be covered up when you are fighting an 'enemy', when you have the resources to cover your ass and "make sure nothing ever changes". But we also know Vought and the government do it here, too. We were introduced to it. And it was the major driving force of both Hughie and Billy's arcs in the first season. However this season we're getting a look at truly how pervasive this issue is, spanning decades and throughout the superhero community. So it makes sense that Hughie turned to a scorched Earth strategy because in this world the bad guy, Edgar, really has thought ten steps ahead on EVERYTHING.
Like, the Victoria reveal alone showed him how far down the line he's been planning what I think was his ultimate end goal from before Homelander - which was to get rid of supes once and for all.
He pushed to have supes in the military because he knew how disastrous it would be. He had someone on the inside pushing his second interest, which was to make sure supes never get in the military. His company perfects the V24 formula after rigorous testing and, like Bob Singer said, makes bank for the rest of his life off a government contract. I bet he came up with this plan after dealing with the ultimate diva superhero - Soldier Boy himself.
Which is why I think he might join with the Boys against Vought. Because he took down Soldier Boy.
I think bringing them down to Nicaragua was just an excuse to have the Russians 'kill' Soldier Boy and Vought would ferry him away so he can't bother anyone ever again. I think they did it - Edgar did it - because after all these years Soldier Boy started becoming too wildly than even they could control. Which is why he's so calm when dealing with Homelander, because he must have something to take care of him with. I mean, sure, Victoria would probably blow him to ashes. But also something else. This man does not go into anything without ten back-up plans.
However even the most prepared man can be caught off guard, and it's usually when whoever he's up against makes a choice against their nature, or one that is too risky. He's so safe and logical, he thinks everyone - at the end of the day - will make the same choices. He didn't expect Billy to finally show mercy on a supe, and give up any chance of being with his wife. He didn't expect Homelander to blow up like that at his birthday celebration. He didn't expect Stormfront's nazi past to ever see the light of day.
So I think them freeing Soldier Boy will be an ace up their sleeve in the fight against Vought, even if he goes back to work for the very same company. At least it might unsettle Edgar enough he'll be distracted. It might have him on edge if it's revealed he had a part to play in Soldier Boy's disappearance.
There's more I could say but don't see how I can make it tie-in so I'll snippet it in this paragraph. Soldier Boy's past being tied with Black Noir's in a way I hope we get from Black Noir's pov because I'm sure Soldier Boy had something to do with why he ended up scarred, even if it was Noir being in the wrong place wrong time. Marvin and Monique's divorce and the fact that her new beau might be drinking the kool-aid from Homelander. MORE OF FRENCHIE'S BACKSTORY (he's a little Dean-coded, too, no?) Kimiko working towards pushing past the trauma that keeps her from speaking, and what that means for the musical finale. How we're peeling back the layers on Soldier Boy and Vought's past before even meeting him in person, and what that means for the solid gold dancers bts photo that was shared (was it in the present or in the past?) How Marvin's shirt had NWA on it and, as Laz said, Marvin's shirts hint at plot points in the episode and I think the plot point was Fuck the Police.
I think I'll wrap this up and say Soldier Boy really adds an extra and much needed angle that the Boys were missing. I think this season we've seen Hughie and Billy go through their arcs and now they're in the free fall between arcs where they don't know what to do or who they are. I think we are going to see major developments with Marvin, Frenchie, and Kimiko (which I am EXCITED for). I think that Edgar is right, and that there shouldn't be any more superhero teams because it just leads to mess after mess. And even though that's how it might end, Homelander won't go down without a fight and will make good on his promise of scorched earth.
I still think (and hope) we get some gay Soldier Boy. Villainous dicks can still suck some dick lol.
Also it'd be very funny if Crimson Countess really fell into the trap of loving someone who wasn't into her (even though that might still be the case, I would personally prefer it being because he likes men more than women; but will also accept him saying she's gotten too old for him with a side of him being in a three-way with another man). Plus it would mirror the situation between Deep and Cassandra perfectly.
There's still more that will be revealed throughout the season, but these three episodes really laid the groundwork for everything I'm betting the show will tackle in the rest of the season.
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Dead Boy Detectives Review - Gothic Horror Gets Gen Z Flair
Picture Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H Watson re-imagined as amateur teen detectives, infused with gothic horror elements and modern Gen-Z sensibilities - you get the 2024 Netflix series "Dead Boy Detectives". Sort of.
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram) Picture Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H Watson re-imagined as amateur teen detectives, infused with gothic horror elements and modern Gen-Z sensibilities – you get the 2024 Netflix series “Dead Boy Detectives”. Sort of. Its leads Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have many things in common – they are both inquisitive teen boys, they are…
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galacticstarslove17 · 9 months
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I Have No Words About The Movie Today...
Ohhh GOODNESS!!! T~T (Spoiler, If you Never Watch It, It's On Kisscartoon For Free!)
IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S STILL BEAUTIFUL!!!! I DON'T KNOW WHY MOVIE IS BEAUTIFUL, TOO MUCH TEARING IN MY EYES!!
NEW 2 CHARACTERS LOOKS GOOD!! (Even That Mantilla and Bobbi, They Cool!! T~T 🥹😭)
They Went Back To Colorado Springs, Ohhh Boy, I'm glad They Back on The Old Town!! T~T
Even Dean Didn't Turn Into A Vampire (Aww Man ToT I Wish I could Draw Dean As a Vampire Soon), BUT I WOULD LOVE IT IF HE TURN INTO A VAMPIRE!! >0<"
AAAAA!! AND THE SWEET MOMENT OF THE ENDING....
The POST CREDIT GOT ME, After The Movie was Over, I was about CRYING (Almost) and Screaming For This Last Scenes!! 😭 🥹 (I Guess Rusty is a MAMA)
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My Reaction:
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I Have No Words To Say This About The Film, But It's Beautiful Since I Saw Barbie Movie On Yesterday (I Will Review Next Week) BUT NOW THIS!! OHHHHH MY GODDDDDDD!!! 😭😭😭😭
I Know I was Been Watching This Series For 4 Years In 2019, Rewatch The Series Around Last Sunday To Last Thursday, And Watch The Movie!
Thank You Jackson And Doc For Making This Series Goes, For Over 20th Years!!
And Go Team Venture 🥹✌️
(Please Watch This Movie, IT'S MAKE ME CRY AND TEARING FOR THIS SCENES OF THE MEMORIES!! ;~;)
The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (10/10)
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geekyanglophile · 9 months
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Lmao why was this song on the Crowley playlist I made in 2019. 🤣
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dualredundancy · 5 months
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sexyvixen7 · 2 years
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Another glowing review for Jensen & the entire season!
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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir – Season 4: Episode 20 & 23
The black & red color palette of these stills though *chefs kiss* wasn’t even intentional.
I loved me some ponytail Adrien. It’s super fitting too because I had a crush for many years who wore a ponytail. I got flashbacks from that.
Adrien’s reaction to seeing that Ladybug was Marinette was so lovely and loving. He said “I just found out that one of my closest friends is the person I love and admire most in this world”. I mean, how do they do it? How do they come out and say everything I’m feeling in my heart??.....in a kid’s show?? Then later in episode 23, he tries to be a different (better) guy for Ladybug by changing into Cat Walker. He does this because she’s constantly not involving Cat Noir in her team battles, her plans, nor sharing with him who the other miraculous holders are. I guess he figures if he changes she’ll want him around more, and if it ain’t the sweetest thing to DO FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE I don’t know what is. She then of course falls in love with Cat Walker and realizes she misses and needs Cat Noir, so Adrien goes back to being him.
I also love how Luka is the only person who knows who they both are. My guy, the all-so-perfect, all-so-wonderful, all-so-trustworthy Luka.
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This was really cute. I really liked that we had a whole host of queer characters (especially that we got an aro/ace side character!). I also really loved that Shirataki had a bisexual awakening. It was so fun to see him get to that “oh, ooh!” moment. And Enoki was just adorable! I loved that he was so cheerful, even when he was faced with Shirataki’s grumpy and gloomy self. I think the only complaint I have for this manga is that the sex scene felt a little out of character, it felt a little like Shirataki was trying to pressure Enoki into it. And that just isn’t them. But I think overall this was a really great manga. It’s getting four out of five stars from me.
Reading Challenge Prompt Fills:
Shop Your Shelves: stand alone
Romance Readathon: pastel colors on the cover, lgbtq+ rep
Bonus photo:
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She’s just so cute!
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sweeturis · 2 years
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the duffers CANNOT put smalltown boy by bronski beat as the first song on mike’s official playlist and then make byler unrequited and act like mike is straight
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I finished Season One of The Boys. *SPOILERS*
Thoughts!
HoLYSHIT. THAT CLIFFHANGER. I knew about some of it because of spoilers, but jesus christ it was fun to watch. My god.
Hughie's a sweetheart. As much as I wasn't sure how much I'd like him (I tend to find the MCs of shows like this boring), I actually really love him? Even though he does Bad Shit there's this adorably dorky core I can't help but find super endearing. His and Annie's relationship is like a backbone of sugar to keep this show getting too dark.
STARLIGHT'S MY BABYGIRL. Ugh. I love her so much. Her powers are rad, her costume is so cheesy in a cute way and the way she manages to balance being a nice girl at her core with plenty of flaws and badassery is just *chefs kiss*. The show never lets her get too perfect, so when she does win it's so much more satisfying.
I'm back and forth about whether I like Billy or not. Sometimes he's cool and other times I get sick of his cliched "waaah my wife is dead so I'm gonna be an angry cunt to everyone" schtick. I guess he does a good job of showing that humans contribute to the cycle of corporations, Supes and civilians, but I couldn't bring myself to care much about his angst about Becca. Idk if it's her actress but her doe-eyed face and "ooh I'm so vulnerable" thing got really sickening. Not saying she deserved anything she got but I didn't like Becca. She's just a plot device in this season. I mean, so was Robin but she came off more like an actual person and not just a victim.
I love Frenchie and Kimiko!! Their ship is just so adorable by itself but overall I just love them both, Frenchie's so cool and then such a soft boy for her and Kimiko learning how to be a human again with his kindness towards her is just so SWEET. That scene where she brushes her hair and paints her nails and comes out of the bathroom, I was like, "I know Frenchie's going to compliment her!" and when his eyes lit up at the sight of her I about died.
I don't have any particular opinion on MM, except his nickname is dumb. He's just kinda there.
Okay, okay, OKAY. Let me add a disclaimer: I don't condone anything the character does, I KNOW he's evil and he gets a lot worse, and that is BAD and so forth. Okay?
BUT.
HOLY FUCK I CANNOT GET OVER ANTONY STARR AS HOMELANDER. JESUS CHRISTMAS. HE'S SO TALENTED. I don't think I've been this blown away by a TV show villain since Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders, and me being the gigantic Tommy simp that I am, that's a big compliment. Homelander's just so fucking INTERESTING. Yes, he's a total psycho, unstable and narcissistic and petty af, but god does the man know how to work a room. The charisma! The way he smiles and shows too much fang! When his hair gets all messy when he gets mad! His crazy-af mood swings! The way he fucking purrs his lines when he's feeling especially powerful or sadistic? How he's basically canonically a Yandere?? The EYELASHES! The way the other characters shit themselves when they hear Homelander is coming! GOD, it's so, so fucking entertaining. (And YES, I find him hot, OKAY?! I know he looks like a waxwork figure sometimes and I know he's a violent manchild, but I'm such a villainfucker and you give me a good-looking, intensely charismatic but eerily unsettling villain with a fucked-up backstory to rival Mewtwo and powers that mean he treats being shot at like a mild drizzle? What was I meant to do? I am but a mere mortal!)
I'm very smug I figured out how The Boys were going to kill Translucent before they did it. The ol' Man on Fire treatment. As soon as he bragged that his skin was impenetrable, I knew it was already over.
I don't really have any strong opinions on the rest of the Seven? A-Train is meh, Queen Maeve and Black Noir barely do much all season and The Deep is just a fucking creeper and he doesn't even manage to be cool or scary like Homelander, he's just like a fishy date-rapist you could find in any old nightclub. I know Black Noir get some cool moments and I admittedly like his costume and how he's kind of an evil counterpart to Kimiko, but I just don't have much else to say. And I thought Maeve was kind of whiny.
Homelander killing Madelyn Stilwell was so fucking satisfying. I already knew he was gonna beforehand and how he'd do it, but I was still smiling when it happened. Maybe that's fucked up but she'd been annoying me all season and tbh she deserved it - she helped make Homelander the way he is and was grooming him to boot, so fuck her.
I can't wait for Season Two now!
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afabstract · 6 months
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Gen V Episode 6 Review
Marie, Andre, and Jordan are trapped in Cate's memories, can they find a way out? Read our quick review of Gen V Episode 6 starring Jaz Sinclair, London Thor, Derek Luh, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway and Maddie Phillips.
Thanks to episode 5 of “Gen V,” we all now know who was meddling with everyone’s memories and causing them to forget things – Cate Dunlap. With the cat out of the bag, everybody despises Cate (Maddie Phillips). However, before they can confront her about why she was manipulating their minds, Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), Jordan Li (London Thor/Derek Luh), and Andre (Chance Perdomo) find themselves…
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Season 2
Ep 5 - Reptile Boy
Bitch that Bollywood/Hindi reference came out of nowhere lmao. Wtf! Not sure how I feel.
Ahh, buffy and her angel dreams.
Giles, give buffy a break!
Another guy is into buffy lmao. Cordelia is gonna die.
Tom, a new guy, ahhh. Let's see how long you live.
Yeah, xander and willow will not make sense romantically. I mean it makes sense why they would develop crush/feelings but
Shut up, Angel. Just bone already.
Damn, the tension and chemistry between angel(I hate the ship name)🔥
Still can't stand Cordelia. Girl, shut up.
Angel barely says two words in the whole season let alone to you buffy.
Ahh to be in school and to think what a wild, great place is college.
Buffy's hair really suck in this episode. Gotta give Cordelia this one, she was right.
Buffy girl, you shouldn't have drank this much.
Knew these boys were culty. I swear all good-looking guys are.
Cordelia honey, what do you think buffy is , a supernatural encyclopedia .
'Angel how do you shave?', Damn, willow really be asking really questions. Genuinely though, how?
Damn willow.
Cordelia STFU.
Ewww, that was ugly and creepy. What in the name of the cult is this? At least find a hot God.
Angel better kill this green robe guy.
That was easy, the snake worm thing just died in one swing.
I still hate Cordelia. She's sometimes funny but still can't stand her.
Xander is funny.
Nothing really happened in this episode. I mean, its a still a filler episode but still was a little slow and less exciting. Wasn't as in it as I was in previous episodes.
No oz, no progress for oz/willow. A little progress for angel(why this name, people !).
That's all I guess, onto the next episode. See ya.
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