#spoilers for 2x12 under the cut <3

[thr4ce]

man it's been hours and i'm still thinking about kara's speech at the funeral.

i think... her feelings about cain are so complex and difficult to put into words, but there's this dichotomy there that is, in my view, inherently linked to kara's childhood abuse. there's a knowledge in her that cain's methods are far too extreme to some extent, and that natural desire to rebel against such strictures, especially and particularly when she knows there's a better way to get something done - and naturally her loyalty to adama is ever-present, front and centre. she will always choose him, always. however she also, simultaneously, thinks that cain is right in a lot of ideological respects. her decisiveness, her assertiveness, her willingness to do what needs to be done even when it's unsavoury. all of that wrapped up in the fact that she made kara her cag, gave her praise and consideration, made her feel important. the way cain runs her ship is so much more in alignment with kara's subconscious philosophy as leoben laid it out - that suffering is necessary and human, that pain is the defining trait of the human race. [we're not friends, you're the cag.] she reveres military tradition. cain is, even if she may not like it on a conscious level, her platonic ideal of a commander. much like socrata, cain says she has a deep sense of faith in kara, but unlike socrata she empathises with and is kind to kara - she validates kara's desire to return to caprica, and when kara completes her mission, cain says, aloud, that she is proud of her. (i draw this comparison not because i think kara sees a mother figure in cain but because there are shadows of socrata's treatment in every single relationship kara ever forms in her life, especially the romantic ones.) throughout the entirety of the arc kara outwardly protests cain's decisionmaking far less than lee does. "it's done," she says of her promotion and his demotion; she accepts it immediately. kara historically disavows the chain of command when she does not view the superior in question as someone worthy of her respect, but cain is perhaps the commanding officer that has earned it most wholly, apart from adama. she desperately did not want to kill cain, but she would have, for her father.

#spoilers for 2x12 under the cut <3 #idk why i thought it was 2x10 what am i smoking #child abuse tw #this is honestly just a long ass ramble that doesn't quite manage to go anywhere but i have a LOT of thoughts

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Austin & Ally

One-Shots (Austin/Ally)

Make a Move ('Cause I'm Ready) -- In which Austin and Ally come up with more excuses to kiss after several failed attempts under the mistletoe, and maybe, possibly, finally get their act together. Post-"Mix Ups & Mistletoe." Rated G.

Multi-Chapter (Austin/Ally)

Speak Aloud What Until Now I've Only Sung -- It takes eleven years of bad timing, and one called off engagement, but eventually they figure it out. Austin/Ally through the years. Rated T; complete (4/4). 

Merlin

One-Shots (Arthur/Gwen)

Burnt Chicken Never Won Fair Lady -- Modern AU. As Arthur navigates cooking a dead bird while simultaneously wooing Gwen, Gwen tries to survive Arthur's attempts to impress her, an old man who really doesn't like her, and Morgana's innuendos. Rated T. Fragment of Light -- Spec fic for 4x11 (includes some spec for 4x09 and 4x10, with the airing of 4x09 rendering most of this AU). When Arthur banishes Gwen from Camelot, he must come to grips with his mistake and let go of the life he destroyed. Meanwhile, Gwen struggles with the loss of not only her future but her confidence in the future of Camelot as well. Rated T.

A Handful of Sand -- After several months of war, Uther finally decides to pursue an alliance with one of the neighboring kingdoms. But with Camelot run dry of both money and knights there is little he can offer in return … save his son. Written for Drabble Challenge #3 at ag_fics (first place). Rated G. Multa Paucis -- More than once Gaius’s words turn Gwen’s world upside down, changing her (and her relationship with Arthur) forever. Written for Drabble Challenge #2 at ag_fics (first place). Rated G. There's So Much More Than Me and You -- Her loyalty to Camelot and faith in its future knows no bounds, and it'll be her downfall. Written for the Queen of Hearts Spec!Fest. Rated T (cw: mention of possible main character death). To Bargain a Heart (or at Least a Kiss) -- Based on Colin Morgan’s interview with the 7PM Project, in which he revealed that a S3 episode begins with Arthur and Merlin taking part in a bar brawl. Arthur returns, injured, and it is Gwen, hardly amused by Arthur’s latest escapade, who tends to him. Rated G. We Are Just Breakable Girls and Boys -- Hours after Morgana's departure, Arthur and Gwen deal with the fallout and their own feelings of guilt. Spoilers for 2x12. Rated G.

One-Shots (Gen)

A Pirate's Life (is Not for Spoiled Princes) -- Set in pre-Merlin Camelot. Arthur, Morgana, and Gwen play a game of pirates. Written for the lovely mustbethursday3 for Camelot_Love's Spring Fling. Rated G. Hints of pre-Arthur/Gwen.

Spider-Man (MCU)

Multi-Chapter (Peter/MJ)

scars are souvenirs you never lose -- A boy walks into the donut shop the next day. The interaction lasts all of three minutes. And when the door closes behind Peter Parker—when Michelle feels the return of that sharp ache and constant confusion she’s lived with since November—it’s only then that she realizes. She mentions the encounter to Ned, because she's always sharing customer service stories and this is certainly one of the stranger ones. But she keeps her realization to herself—she's not sure how to tell him, not when she barely understands it herself. Because a stranger walked into the donut shop, and for three minutes, her life had made sense. MJ (and Ned) searching for answers in a post-NWH world. Rated T; complete (5/5).

someone out there who can bring me back to you -- Six months ago, Peter Parker was declared killed in action on his way back from his last mission. MJ knows it's a cover up, and nothing's going to stop her from finding out the truth--not time travel, not murder bots, and certainly not the woman MJ knows is responsible for his disappearance: Eleanor Bishop. But 14-year-old Michelle Jones-Watson? Yeah, she might complicate things. An Adam Project AU. Rated M; in progress (4/6).

#fic masterlist #mine #fanvid masterlist

[spnwatch]

Season 2: The Rankings

Whew. Oh boy.

They were still puttering about in season 1 to an extent. But now? Now they’ve really hit their stride. This season was a veritable chocolate box of delights and I ate my way through it. The overall myth arc was kind of nonsensical, but that emotional throughline? Christ. Spn buries SO MUCH emotional complexity into its leads, and they cashed in every cent in that two part finale. It packs one hell of a punch. And yeah, okay, I knew the broad strokes, the twists and turns. It’s hard not to be spoilered for a season of tv that aired over a decade ago. But reader! It mattered not!! I. Still. Wept. That’s when you know it’s the good kush.  1.) 2x12: NIGHTSHIFTER. This one just snagged the top spot by merit of its sheer ambition. Supernatural often feels like a very empty universe to me, just two guys and one car drifting from place to place. Which is fine, it makes for compelling TV, but they totally flipped the script here and this episode really dazzles precisely because of that contrast. It’s a huge, cinematic episode, a metropolitan setting full of uncontrollable elements, and it’s great to see Sam and Dean so profoundly vulnerable. The outside world is pressing up against the windows. They have sniper dots trained on them! They are, literally and figuratively, out of their depth! We’re not in Kansas any more, baby. God, I haven’t even mentioned the supporting characters. The entire mandroid rant deserves an Emmy. Victor Henrickson’s entrance! Heist movie antics! Agh!  10/10  

2.) 2x07: THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Again this episode was a cut above precisely because it showed us what the brothers look like from the outside: sketchy as all hell. It’s so good when reality ensures, because it’s great to be reminded they lead objectively insane lives! Through Linda Blair’s eyes we get to see just how unknowable, feral and amoral they appear to the eyes of polite society. Put under a microscope like this, they’re scary guys! They’re just not socialised like normal people. They don’t really care about being arrested, or about the felonies. Getting arrested is an irritant above everything else. They’re still working the case from the inside. They’re professionals; excellent liars, and totally in sync with each other. The handwritten notes they pass, like delinquent school kids! A delight! The thrill lies in watching Blair slowly unwrap their strange logic, and unravel the mystery of both the brothers and the ghost. Ugh, what a great perspective shift. I’m 100% here for it. 10/10 

 3.) 2x09: CROATOAN. Ugh, this setting. Small Town Gothic, complete with eerie mist, hostile locals and creepy Stepford vibes. Sam really shone in this episode. He’s so soothing and giant, and it made his suffering at the end all the more devastaing. The real reason this episode ranks so highly is their conversation in the surgery. It just killed me. Dean’s sheer, bone-deep exhaustion, his admission that he’s tired of the life. Sam’s despair, because he knows Dean won’t leave. The performances were so steller. I can’t even really think too deeply about it because it makes me too crazy. 10/10  

 4.) 2x21: ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE: PART ONE. I loved this finale so much more than the finale in Season 1, LOL. It might just be because I’m more invested now, who knows. The opening of this episode is a piece of art: Boston playing on the car stereo, the rain, the small cafe, the lighting. Gorgeous. I love when they have to interact with ordinary people! It adds so much: texture, humour, personality! It draws things out of Sam and Dean that we just don’t see when they have each other to bounce off of. It was so good to see Ava and Andy again. “I just woke up in freakin’ Frontierland!” The gang’s all here, folks! This episode would rank higher, but recieves minus points for the long boring speech the demon gives Sam, and killing off the first gay in the show 0.2 seconds after her introduction. Anyway. The ending of course unzipped me; Dean cradling Sam’s dead body, muttering “It’s okay, it’s not even that bad.” The elation of their reunion, so devastaingly cut short! Sam, twenty two years old, bleeding out in the mud. The sheer, hopelessness of it all. The horror. My notes for the end of the episode simply read: “Dean oh Christ. Oh my God. Oh no.” It’s just one of those scenes that stay with you long after the credits start rolling. 9/10   

5.) 2x20: WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE. I never thought I could be so profoundly upset by watching a man happily mowing a lawn. Dean’s trauma over the loss of his mother has undercut the whole show up until this point, and here it bursts to the fore. What really got me was the simplicity of it all. Just a sit-down dinner, an engagement. A beer on the porch. Fuck, he deserves it. He deserves everything. All the performances were great, they really served to show there’s a whole life in these AU characters. The fact it wasn’t all perfect was bizarrely more devastating. AU Sam’s weird straight hair and dorky jacket sealed the deal for me, as did his baffled terror in the warehouse. But even here, with no training and no idea what’s happening, he gets into the Impala! Because that’s his brother! Because I’m a huge baby I had to remove points because of how upsetting I found Sam’s quiet hostility towards Dean, HA. But that’s really just a testament to how well-realised their dynamic has become by the second season. 9/10  

 6.) 2x15: TALL TALES. Every single thing Sam does in any of Dean’s memories. Also alien slowdance set to “Lady in Red.” Also Bobby breaking them up like they’re petulant children. Gold, all of it gold. 9/10 

 7.)  2x11: PLAYTHINGS. So I’m a slut for a cool setting, obviously. Turns out, Supernatural did The Haunting of Bly Manor fifteen years ago. The swimming pool! The attic! Creepy dolls! The weird little playground! This episode has it all! I loved the saga between the ghost sister and the old lady, which would honestly make a killer movie in its own right. But I’m digressing. The main star of this episode was, of course, Dean’s profound and escalating sexual insecurities. “Well, you are kinda butch. People probably think you’re overcompensating.” FATALITY. I would’ve placed this one higher but the weird incestuous undertones kinda squicked me out... however, I did think we were meant to be creeped out by it, which is more than I can say for some other uh. Instances. It was, after all, beautifully paralelled at the end with the two sisters reuniting in death. “I can’t leave here, and you can’t leave me.” SHUDDER. Also, honestly, can Sam have one (1) breakdown on his own without Dean’s own emotional baggage taking over? Older siblings, smh. 9/10

8.) 2x22: ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE: PART TWO. This one ranks lower than part one purely because I thought the yellow-eyed demon’s overall plot was kinda nonsensical, and I cared not for John’s weird deux ex machina moment. Like do you expect me to feel sorry for that bitch? I don’t! Anyway, that being said, let’s move on to Dean’s eyes in the junkyard when Bobby asks him, “do you have that low an opinion of yourself?” They’re so flat. So dead, like a shark’s. He doesn’t need to say anything back, because it’s all over his face. That non-expression says it all. This is the culmination of the emotional arc that began with his savage beatdown of the Impala in episode 2x02. To call it survivor’s guilt wouldn’t even begin to cover what Dean goes through this episode. It’s all in Ackles’ performance; in the the way he yells, “What am I supposed to do now, Sammy?” The complete claustrophobia of it all. There’s nothing for it but to make the deal. Dean’s been moving inexorably towards this moment for the entire season. 9/10   

 9.) 2x13: HOUSES OF THE HOLY. What a kooky little episode! Magic fingers! Sam’s costcutter seance purchases! The scooby-doo placemat he uses as a makeshift altar! I love him, your honour. Obviously this episode has a lot of *~dramatic irony~* in it because of the later seasons, but it stands alone as a total banger. I was so gutted for Sam when the "angel” was revealed. So many good little Sam moments to be found in this episode. His soft, quiet little revelation that he prays every day. His awkward, earnest explanation to the horrified priest! Dean gets some great moments chasing down the would-be rapist down those dark, snow-covered streets. His speech to Sam where he explains his lack of belief is brief, but it’s a total gut punch. Rounding it off with Knockin on Heaven’s Door was just the cherry on top. 9/10 

 10.) 2x14: BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN. Ahaha I love the way Dean acts whenever Sam’s psychic powers come up. He treats him like a rebellious teen, it’s so funny. “What’s going on with you, Sam? Smokin’, drinkin’?” As if Sam’s behaviour was a) at all under his control or b) anything Dean wouldn’t HIMSELF do. Dean’s just like, this isn’t how I raised you! Truly hysterical. The whole sequence between Meg!Sam and Jo was fantastic and horrible. Sam’s huge physique is never threatening, but it really was in that moment. The interplay between them was totally spine-tingling. Meg’s impression Sam slowly crumbling away over the course of the episode was so compelling and I’m sure it will be a really fun rewatch now I know the *twist*. 9/10  

Favourite lines this season: 

The way Sam says “black cat’s bone” in 2x08

“You’re not gonna go kill somebody because a ghost told you to, are you insane?!” - Dean, 2x13

“Dean, this is a very serious investigation, we don’t have time for your blah blah blah blah.” - Sam (according to Dean), 2x15

“I’m fine, except for every single thing that’s happening.” - Ava, 2x21 

#I feel like I'm exposing myself as a sam girl here #I love them equally I swear #supernatural #there's so much i left out like my comprehensive love for JO #what does she have? A KNIFE #I just didn't really dig NO EXIT as an episode sadly #spnwatch

[nativestarwrites]

7- Nightmare before Christmas

(19th - 21st December) Nightmares and night terrors   🎄

Mac has been taken, abducted from his own home at Christmas and Jack’s worst nightmare is about to come true.  Set immediately after 2x12 Mac and Jack.  Mentions of character death, warnings (and spoilers) in tags.

@whump-advent-calendar  (yes, I’m out of order again, #5 is turning out longer)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Previous prompts:

1-3 December: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

4-6 December: By Candle Light

10-12 December: Break the Ice

7-9 December: All the lights and decorations put up in anticipation

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Jack paced.

Back and forth, he walked past fallen Christmas trees and scattered baubles.  Broken glass and shattered lights.  Torn wrapping paper and crushed train sets.

Mac had put up one hell of a fight.  Jack could play it out in his head, picture the path it took around the room.  He’d sparred enough times with Mac, knew his moves and taught him a few moves of his own, he could see where it had begun and the dried pool of blood showed where it ended.

Nearly everyone had said to him that it wasn’t much blood, as if that could be any consolation.  There shouldn’t have been blood at all. They should be sat in Mac’s lounge, like beached whales from all the festive food and drink, watching a Christmas movie like Die Hard. Instead, Jack was standing in a crime scene, alone.

He wondered how long he should leave it before he headed back to Phoenix.  He’d promised Matty six hours of rest but surely she wouldn’t turn him away if he came back after five?  He looked at his watch, okay, four and half.  Jack circled the room once more, there had to be something here.  Something he missed.  What if Mac had managed to leave a clue before he was dragged away?

A short sharp knock on the door interrupted him.

Pulling out his weapon he silently made his way over, Mac would never forgive him if he pulled a gun on local carollers, but if this had taught Jack anything it was that you can never let down your guard, even at Christmas.  Hiding his gun behind the door, he cautiously opened it.

Deposited on the doormat was a curled up body, he was bare foot with dirty jeans.  His wrists and ankles all tied together with narrow ribbon and a big garish red bow stuck on the front of a torn t-shirt.

Mac.

Immediately, Jack dropped into a crouch, scanning the front yard.  Adrenaline shot through his system, and he flipped his knife out, quickly cutting through the ribbon as he held his gun steady at their surroundings.  He didn’t know who was watching.

“Mac!”

Nothing. He shook his shoulder, Mac was cold under his hand, his lips tinged blue.

“Mac!”

Making a snap decision, Jack scooped up Mac and carried him back into the house, slamming the door shut with a foot.  He ignored the way Mac’s head lolled limply in the crook of his arm.  Blood caked the left side of his head and more was smudged under his nose.

Jack laid him out carefully, mindful of any injuries he couldn’t see. Blood and bruises stained Mac’s bare skin and he was still.  Oh so still.  Jack ripped off the bow, tossing it behind him.  He only knew of one sick person who would do this to Mac and dump him on his own doorstep like a present.  There was a gift tag that had been hidden by the bow and Jack read it as he brushed back Mac’s hair and searched for Mac’s pulse.

HE’S NO FUN ANY MORE

And searched.

BUT HE BROKE SO BEAUTIFULLY

And searched.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, JACK

And searched.

MURDOC

“No!” Jack shouted.  “No no nonono no!  Mac, no!”  He screwed up the tag, throwing it away as he linked his fingers over Mac’s chest, locking his elbows, ready to start--

He glanced at Mac’s face.  Cold and pale and still.  Jack had seen death many times, he knew what it looked like, he knew when someone was gone. He didn’t realise he’d started crying until a tear splashed onto his hand.

“I’m so sorry, hoss.”  He whispered as more tears followed.  “I should have protected you, and now...”  Jack sniffed, scrubbing a hand over his face.  He took a deep breath and did what he was trained to do, he took his grief and stuffed it into a box, and jammed a lid on it.  Emotions would get him killed, and he couldn’t die, not yet.  “Now, that son of a bitch is going to pay.”

Somehow, Jack managed to stagger to his feet.  Checking his gun, he slipped the safety off and opened the door when he heard his name.

“Jack.” Whisper soft but clear none the less.

He spun around.  Great, now he was hearing things.

“Jack!”

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“Jack!”

He gasped, nearly headbutting Mac as he bolted up in bed, his heart racing.

“Mac?”

“Yeah, sounded like a bad one, so I decided to take my chances waking you.”

“Mac?” Jack weakly asked again, grabbing Mac’s forearm, unable to process what his eyes, and hands were telling him.  Alive, breathing, warm.

“Yeah?” Mac drew out the word, confused.  Before Jack yanked him into a hug, drawing an ungainly yelp out of Mac.  After a moment, Mac’s arms wrapped around Jack too, and he could feel the hesitation in his movements but right now Jack couldn’t explain.  He could only hold on, calming his fears with his boy in his arms.

“Really was a bad one, huh?” Mac said softly.

“The worst.”  Jack said, holding on tighter when he thought Mac might pull away, but instead Mac settled further onto the bed, clearly intending to give Jack as long as he needed.

“What are you doing here anyway?  Did I wake you?”

“Uh...”

Jack pulled back, looking at Mac properly, at his clear eyes and the dark shadows underneath them.

“Couldn’t sleep neither, huh?”  Jack asked, then without waiting for an answer suggested, “Christmas movie marathon?”

“You mean ‘how many Die Hard movies can we watch before we fall asleep?’”  Mac said smiling fondly.

Jack pretended to look confused.  “That’s what I said, Christmas movie marathon.”

Mac looked almost as relieved as Jack felt, clearly neither of them wanted to be alone nor would be getting much more sleep tonight.  But that was okay, after all, there were a lot of Die Hard movies and Jack couldn’t think of anyone better to watch them with.

#MacGyver #macgyver fanfiction #Jack Dalton #I wrote a thing #wac2020 #tw: death #temporary

[audresparza]

i have words about supergirl/maggie that i will put under the cut because i know it will be long, so a little synopsis of the almost 2k words i wrote:

maggie isn’t expendable, but there is one character that is and i will outline why i believe both things from a point of view that i believe to be critical and not just in favour of maggie as a fan of her.

over the course of season 2, they’ve been developing maggie. slowly and in the background, with not too much focus and too little depth, but it has happened. and what happened in her first episodes, led up to 219 as well. it’s a process. now, throughout the season, maggie wasn’t shown to be important in anything other than alex’s self discovery and this was an issue for her as a character but also led the audience to view her as easily replaced.

i don’t agree with this assessment. maggie has grown to be imperative to the development of other characters: alex and kara. alex, shown weekly, and kara, show in 2x19 primarily. by 2x15, maggie is already embedded in winn’s life that he calls her his “favourite pool shark” and she has his phone number. in 2x19, j’onn recognises the importance of maggie as a detective and as alex’s girlfriend (again, after his support in 2x12, although that was primarily directed towards alex). 

in 2x15, maggie and eliza have their first on screen interaction. i wish it had been longer because we hadn’t seen any before that moment but it happened nonetheless. and it was an important moment to note. eliza called her ‘sweetie’ and hugged her. this action was shown in season 1 towards both kara and alex. it means that eliza already cares for maggie. also her stance, next to alex and maggie, as they told jeremiah of their relationship. she was supportive and protective and there is an obvious signal that, should jeremiah not accept them, she would step in. maggie is already important to eliza, because maggie is important to alex and makes her happy.

in 2x19, we finally get some real interaction between kara and maggie. it’s charged and emotional and opposing because the episode was tense, scary, sad. but it started from valid problems maggie had in regards to supergirl. but it culminated in the two of them working together, saving alex, and kara finally realising that maggie isn’t going anywhere, she loves alex, and is important to alex. and j’onn, too. they hadn’t had anything at all. but in 2x19, they shared scenes, even one alone together with the criminal. and he hugged her. he was proud of her and happy that she got alex back. there is no way he won’t forever be grateful towards maggie for bringing her home. the hug was a great symbol.

in that moment, maggie was ingrained into the lives of kara and j’onn. she was embedded into the family for real and they all took her in with literal open arms. all of them. her interactions with them over the course of the season definitely opened up to 2x19 and hopefully will result in some more stuff in the finale episodes. maggie was the reason kara stopped, stepped back, and realised that her ‘punch first, ask questions never’ approach may not work. it was maggie that helped kara understand alex better, and her relationship with alex, and also her relationship with law enforcement as supergirl. which is something kara needed. it wasn’t forced and it didn’t come out of nowhere, it has been visible in the way maggie reacted to kara from episode 4. i’m sure in episode 3 she was just happy to see supergirl when her and alex came to rescue her. but aside from that, she didn’t really talk to her at all. it was her and alex.

maggie’s story has been primarily focused on alex and not a lot on her own development but that hasn’t necessarily been a bad thing. alex’s in season 1 was focused on kara and season 2 focused on hers. it’s crappy, sure but it isn’t the end of the world. especially when you step back and realise that despite all of this, maggie has been the reason for major moments in the season. even if they don’t seem that major as they’re happening. it’s because of her lack of screen time and the fact that she is barely used that makes it easy to overlook her importance. it’s shit but it’s a fact. but that’s just it, maggie is important. her story and her involvement in supergirl as a whole is an important and imperative piece of the series. without her, they wouldn’t have the moments that make the season what it is.

alex’s happiness.  that relies solely on maggie. it’s not to belittle her relationships with other characters that make her happy and are important too but her relationship with maggie is imperative to her character development. without her, alex wouldn’t be who she is, without a doubt. that is the case. and i know that people don’t like her or care about her but there is no way they could have pushed alex’s story to the level that it is without maggie. and if they broke up or maggie died? that would break alex. completely. it would be a moment irreversible in her life and she wouldn’t get over it. that isn’t me projecting or pretending that they couldn’t write it otherwise but given what we know and have seen, alex and maggie? they can’t live without each other. they literally told each other they’re going to be together for a lifetime. that doesn’t spell expendable to me. that tells me that maggie and alex? they’re always going to be together.

i’m not trying to be bias here, and excuse me if it came off in that way but i am just looking at it from a point of view that can show the importance and how she isn’t expendable when you look at the big picture.

now, there is one character that i would like to explore. mon-el. this isn’t a targeted harassment or whatever, and just because i don’t like him, it doesn’t mean i’m biased again. this is a critical analysis.

ever since he showed up, he has been front and center. his self confidence and worth have been through the roof whilst bringing kara down as a character, the relationship was rushed completely because she continuously said she didn’t like him and it came right off the back of her and james not working out. karamel aside, his character speaks loud and clear.

he will probably die.

and sure, maybe he won’t. maybe i’m wrong and he’ll live until season 100 and it will be the most boring thing in the world. but i don’t think i am. or i am not wrong that he won’t last long.

mon-el doesn’t have any story relevance outside of this daxamite plot line. there is literally nothing else he contributes to the story. he isn’t immersed in the danvers’ family like maggie is. after 2x15, eliza probably doesn’t hold too many great feelings towards him, after 2x19 maggie doesn’t seem to either and alex seems tired of him. j’onn showed disdain for him a few times, despite saving his ass on the daxamite ship. but he has never truly been accepted by anyone except kara and winn. no one. he has no ties to this group that aren’t just winn and kara and that? that speaks to me.

he has a lot of screentime most weeks. it’s kind of annoying but again, from a stand back perspective, it tells me something important: that mon-el can easily be removed from the narrative with barely a scratch. alex, maggie, j’onn, and james wouldn’t really care all that much.

but again, mon-el’s screentime is focused around his relationship with kara, his insistence on becoming a superhero (again, for kara though) and the daxam story with rhea. we know they won’t continue that into season 3 because they’ll get a new villain but it draws daxam to a close in the finale.

after that, i don’t really see where they could go. once rhea is dead, mon-el becomes the king of daxam and thus, he has the opportunity and the power to go back and change the planet for good. or be shot into the phantom zone like in the comics. but apparently they’re forgetting the deo is covered in lead and mon-el should already be dead because of it. so, death or going back to daxam.

this isn’t because i don’t like him and would like to see him go. it’s partly why. i mean, i wouldn’t object to it. but for real, mon-el is the one character with barely any ties to the main characters. he isn’t engaged with them and isn’t deep in the full narrative.

it’s weird to think about because he has so much screentime but he really has no relevance. not to be mean or biased. he literally has zero plot relevance outside of two things that are superficial at most. two stories that are likely to end as the season comes to a close. and the spoilers suggest he doesn’t have the best time in the finale, either. 

i’m under the true, unbiased, critical opinion that if there is any character that is truly expendable this season, it is mon-el. and if you can’t see that, that is your prerogative. you don’t have to agree with me or accept what i’ve said as fact because it isn’t. but it’s worth noting, anyway. and maybe they’ll both be here in season 3 onward but i wouldn’t bet on that. one of them will go and it will be the one that doesn’t bring them great press. one will go and it will be the one that has a story that ends with his mother.

no offense or anything but yeah, mon-el will die or go back to daxam. if it isn’t in the finale, it’ll be before season 4. it won’t shock me if either happen but it will shock me if they keep him any longer. but maggie? she’s in it for the long haul, i’d say. and i’d hope that i’m right on both accounts.

#Text #i ramble a lot #tldr: mon-el is expendable and maggie really isn't #she has ties to all the family members at this point #and other characters #and he doesn't... only two: kara and winn #she has deep roots in the underlying story of the main characters both #and he doesn't #she has the support and love of all the fam #and he really doesn't #her story doesn't come to an end with a villainous story at the end of season 2 #and his does #idk #this is SO fucking long and it's so late #and no one will read this but i am Tired because people don't get it #they don't look at this show from a critical pov #only from a biased fan view which i get #sometimes you can't separate from that view but i can #i can step back and think critically and analyse this type of stuff #i do media critiques at university but i've been doing them for years in other courses #i'm not good with words and i'm not good with analysis really but i tried #long post #sorry if you're on mobile not that you'll see this tag anyway