#okay he has a gf too hooray! like literally every other of your characters in this series

[snoppy]

leo valdez post link pls 🙏

oh no babe i meant post as in after tlh.... 😭

#my feelings on it tho -> I feel book 1 of hoo did a decent job characterizing jason piper and leo #even if there were some extremely questionable stereotypes with piper and leo (as there almost always are with poc in rr) #so that's fine. but post that when the whole seventh wheel thing starts? it feels so underbaked and ill written #for me leo has two major conflicts: dilemma related to his power + mom's death and his seventh wheel stuff #its been a long time since i read the books so idr much about the first one #but i remember being severely irritated that leos arc just boiled down to him being desperate for a girlfriend to outrun the seventh wheel #not just that but his personality being written as really irritating and honestly a little weird (?) when it came to that sometimes #(there was a leo-frank rivalry over hazel?? am i right? idk) #the sammy thing was weird too tbh #ok and the whole resolution with calypso? not really a fan #(i don't like the fact that everyone else had to be in a relationship to emphasize the seventh wheel either but what can you do) #to me it should have been about leo getting over his fear of his power which made him isolate himself in the first place while #realizing he doesn't have to hit on every female character they meet #the entire prophecy feels more like a finding comfort within oneself thing more than a get a girlfriend thing! just being honest! #and the calypso resolution jumps through so many hoops and burns through so many words to be such an uninteresting ending #okay he has a gf too hooray! like literally every other of your characters in this series #sorry for ranting about this 8 year old series lmao

[bambihanson]

Okay, that was an... episode. Thoughts under the cut.

Overall: Not the strongest start to a new season, but there wasn’t a lot that made me like, Mad. Granted at this point there’s not much worse they can do than killing Quentin; the only way to go is up… I hope.

Positives

I still love these characters. Like I really do, they have a special place in my heart, even when the writers are fucking around. Every time someone else popped up on screen for the first time in a year I grinned.

I ESPECIALLY love seeing the dynamic duo Margo and Eliot back together. They’re my babes.

The sense of humor is still sharp, as expected. With a few exceptions, of course. Not every joke is gonna land. I never worry about them fucking the humor up too much - granted I’m biased bc it’s my sense of humor to a tee. Since as a late millennial/early gen Z raised by the internet I have a garbage brain.

I think we need badass, independent Julia after that shitshow end to her Goddess arc so I’m glad she’s taking the helm here. I feel like she’s kind of replacing Quentin as the Main main character which makes sense. Preferably Quentin would still be here, but the deed has already been done. They’ve already made it clear they’re not gonna retcon that shit anytime soon.

Negatives

Idk why they’re trying to tease Q coming back when it’s mostly been confirmed he’s not coming back this season.

Like seriously it makes sense for Alice and Julia to want to contact him but as someone in the real world with context it felt like a kick in the head

“Closest friends” BOOOOO MARGO WOULD KNOW BETTER. THE WRITERS SHOULD KNOW BETTER. STOP FUCKING PRETENDING THEY NEVER LOVED EACH OTHER AT LEAST OWN YOUR FUCK UP.

I hate hate hate hate hate the pig man. Like did the character bestowing the quest on Julia HAVE to be that guy??? Who thought this was funny/a good idea??? It’s like one joke (him being a literal chauvinist pig).

Not that it’s not like they didn’t write themself into this position, but I’m so tired of Eliot suffering. At least they stayed consistent with how he acts when he’s depressed/grieving (eg he can be insensitive and self medicates to hell and back).

Nitpicks

There’s so much… weird about Penny 23 and Julia’s relationship??? Idk how to feel about it. Like it’d be wholesome without all the baggage tbh

Josh x Margo is also really weird. Like suddenly she cares so much about this guy??? Like they’ve had sweet moments too but it started weird and is just… WEIRD. Not to be biased but if you’re gonna pair Margo up with someone, Fen would make the most sense.

I really don’t care about the subplot with the hedge witches. Like I love Kady but the whole mark subplot is so boring and pointless, they’re just trying too hard to give her something to do outside the main plot. Maybe I’ll change my mind as it develops but for now 😴

I still think it’d be a better finale/season if Fillory had been what died and not Q. Just sayin’

Too petty to be an actual negative but QUENTIN STILL BEING DEAD IS A NEGATIVE FOR SURE

Random Reactions Throughout (aka posts I would have made liveblogging)

Professor Penny!

This Penny feels a lot like Arjun tbh??? Like in most scenes he’s very Penny but in moments with Julia he’s very Arjun

“I’d fuck our corpses” - Margo Hanson

The girl cosplaying as Fen is SO CUTE

I forgot how much I hate Alice’s mom. Like she has her funny lines/moments but she’s the fucking worst

ALICE DO YOU NOT KNOW BY NOW SEANCES ARE A BAD IDEA DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WITH CHARLIE

“Then came my boring brother, Umber!” Wow shade

This play reminds me of the pie people episode of Star vs where the exact same thing happens with the whole play mocking the royals

“BoooOOOOOooo what’s a taker”

Margo looks like she’s gonna fucking kill a bitch

EL HASN’T READ THE FILLORY AND FURTHER BOOKS HDKDKDHDJSJ guess Q never harassed him enough. That’d be like me not forcing my gf to read The Monstrumologist books damn

Hooray for acknowledging Alice’s discipline!

The Clock Dwarf is a mood

Are we finally gonna find out how the fuck Alice becomes Cassandra this season? Bc they could easily go down that road

Fogg not being a semi-high functioning alcoholic??? What has the world come to

Leave it to the magicians to start a scene with a character at the end of a masturbation anecdote

“What would you say to the pig?” Uh, go fuck yourself??

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the signal has something to do with the Apocalypse

I just realized ALICE IS WEARING T SHIRTS AND PANTS FOR ONCE

Now we get to find out what horrible demonic thing she’s gonna end up summoning instead of Q… or maybe we will next week

BITCH WAIT SHE MADE A Q GOLEMN???

Bonus: Dumb Sapphic Brain Thoughts

JULIA IS SO BEAUTIFUL??? PENNY’S REACTION TO HER OUTFIT IS A MOOD

Me Love Margo

The bi jumped out, Eliot is beautiful too. Even in his mourning look 😞

I love Kady in a blazer

I ALSO LOVE KADY IN A PONYTAIL DAMN

I love when Summer’s voice gets all low and rough like that. It’s hot af

#the magicians #the magicians spoilers #season 5