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I can’t believe the show did that.

I am not ok with this.

True I find the word itself triggering. It makes for very very uncomfortable viewing. But it also just seems unnecessary. Why go there? Yes I’m touchy, I know I am but it’s a sore subject. I’m too sad even for a sad face.

To attempt to be positive I did like Myka’s “did you have to ask?” about whether she could remember the coordinates. I do like it when she shows competence.

I do also love a good treasure hunt but who builds these ‘secret’ lairs? Someone has to but then how are they still secret?

“HG wasn’t a baddie” – I do love how Myka instinctively defends HG.

Oh and I haven’t said this but it needs to be said Jinksy is underrated. I like him. Aaron Ashmore was epic as Johnny Jaqobis in Killjoys, same sort of dependable friend too.

Anyway I’m sorry I just hate it. I flinch everytime that word is said. I get storylines are important for visibility and stuff but I choose my TV carefully. The real world is hard enough. Give me fantasy battles of multiple vying caretakers not… that.

I kinda wish they hadn’t killed Charlotte. That plot thread didn’t lead where I thought but she still had potential.

One more episode left in the season. I got to say this season hasn’t been as good as I hoped. There has been some awesome obviously but /shrug I don’t know, maybe all shows eventually wind up better in my head.

#anti a certain plot which I can’t bear to name #got to be honest right now Claudia and Jinksy are saving it

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So season 4 of Warehouse 13 isn’t engaging me like the first three I have to admit. Pete seems even dumber and more annoying (sorry Pete fans).

Now I have got to the Emily Lake episode.

The highlight was “Rock on ladies” because that was cool 🙂 Also Myka and HG were both pretty badass at times. HG’s takedown of Briggs both times “I did warn you detective”. Pete saying “no killing Myka will be super pissed” and HG’s eyeroll reminded me of the good times.

and then yeah :/

Myka was blunt about HG’s potential reasons and as a Bering and Wells shipper I want to believe Myka was right buuuut I think that might be unfair suggesting that HG can’t have real feelings. I mean all the talk of a “normal life” was well less than romantic to put it nicely. That being said people choose lives and relationships for a variety of reasons. I mean love can be all consuming but imo it can also be a choice because of what people need. Is that fair to their partner? I don’t know. It comes down to honesty I guess because everyone has the right to choose.

I did kinda like Myka deciding to take care of it on her own, sort of protective Myka on the case vibe. I don’t think Myka would take that kind of risk for just anyone, I did get shipper feeling vibes.

I liked how HG’s first question was “Myka are you ok?” and then HG gave Myka her tesla and sure it was just in my head but I remembered the grappler and I take what connections I can get ok?

HG’s expression when she saw the empty chair with the undone rope was so proud and actually kinda heart wrenching. They never did a flashback really of HG interacting with Christina (Buried hallucination aside) and I think it is so accurate that such a strong woman would raise a girl who saves herself, no damsel in distress here. It’s a glimpse of HG as a mother and ouch my feels.

Claudia smelling apples oh my. The warehouse secret sign of liking someone and I’m going to cry 🙁 actually while on Claudia I do love her generally but particularly good episode for her. My only question really is whether she appreciates what the immortality aspect will be like as she is not good at letting people go. Relatable :/ I feel for her a lot.

“You will never lose this friend”

Yikes. First casting them as friends… I get that the show didn’t explicitly go there prior but that whole conversation just struck me as a) awkward and b) a thinly veiled ‘fuck you’ to Bering and Wells shippers with a large side of gay panic. Ugh ok being semi-reasonable I liked that Myka put HG first and said what she thought HG needed to hear and was very supportive. Ugh I don’t know, not exactly my ships finest hour and this was the first time they were on screen together this season.

“Maybe just coffee next time” “Or save the world see what happens”

Can I just pretend the context was different? Because this exchange is gold. If I was actually writing still I would totally use this over and over. I live for their banter.

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Just watched Star Wars: Rebels and half my ship got killed off 🙁 🙁 🙁 right after the three big words I love you

Although perhaps it was karma for that truly terrible haircut (I jest!)

Honestly I know anything between Episodes 3 and 4 is probably going to be sad because the rebellion was losing until the Battle of Yavin and A New Hope BUT still there’s only five episodes left of the show I was beginning to think it might work out.

BUT logic does say that given how alone Luke was supposed to be as a Jedi let’s just say Ezra is now on the endangered list.

/sigh I just hope the show can make the five episodes without bumping off Hera or Sabine or I really will cry.

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So HG finally made it back to Warehouse 13 after that premiere, finally. Seriously I was beginning to think she wasn’t going to show up and I was missing her badly.

and thoughts! HG did the right thing in informing Mrs Frederick – very responsible 🙂

The eye flicker with “don’t talk to anyone, don’t trust anyone” spoke to my shipper heart because I bet HG was thinking of Myka and not wanting to cut off communication, needing to at least tell her why vs. her renewed dedication to doing ‘the right thing’ which is what Myka would want but in between now and eventual problem solved is a lot of miscommunication and potential heartache.

Also having HG appear in two episodes with zero Myka interaction is not cool. It was extremely awesome to see her again though and I love that she was the secret agent Artie called about the dagger. Plus I really like how Mrs Frederick trusted her, maybe she would claim she just trusted her self-interest but ehh still a good moment.

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I got a Twitter back in the day when it was new. I deleted years ago as I had stopped using it. I found the 140 character limit too well limiting for what I wanted to ramble about. Some days though I miss it because I just want to scream into the void I guess.

Like today:

“I made coffee and left it at home. Now I’m without coffee and without my cup so I can’t make more :(“

Or my ever present “I’m sick and tired of feeling sick and tired” – which is more of a moan than I am comfortable rambling on tumblr about because I try not to spread the misery but ugh some days you know?

Or sometimes there are good things like “Yay I did my homework on time!” Or yesterday “Actually managed to read a fiction book – for fun! First time in ages, man I missed it”

Just you know life stuff which nobody gives a shit about but that’s not the point really, it’s like idk just to say to the world that I’m not invisible I guess. I’ve tried numerous times writing in a journal but I don’t do it at the time and then I forget when I have it in front of me.

Bleh idk

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Re: Killjoys I can explain away most seeming plot holes when I think hard enough but there is one from the finale which I can’t resolve.

“We of the nine are taught to fear the hullen from the cradle”

Buuuuut Pawter was of the nine, she was Sayah Simms for a hot minute, so if the nine were taught of the old enemy from an early age then Pawter would have known, and would therefore have said something?

The hullen did get easier to kill, more like paper soldiers, over time which also bothered me.

You know I’m thinking maybe I should do a rewatch just in case I’m remembering wrong and Pawter didn’t know that is what they were facing. If she hadn’t been brought in on that then it does add an extra element to Kendry stabbing her, as Pawter would have told Johnny everything.

Don’t mind me, my brain just likes thinking about these things and what ifs 🙂

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OMG ok watched the Killjoys finale

I want to post about it in detail as I have thoughts!! But I also know how tired I am and that it is the kinda thing that I probably won’t get round to so short version!

Incredibly well executed and it was as a perfect happy ending as they could make it. So TV execs take note this is what made it so good:

– ZERO character deaths

– hints at the adventures the characters will continue to have even though we aren’t watching

– sooooo many callbacks, they really tried to make sure nobody was forgotten

– our heroes won the day so there is a feeling of victory

The smile on my face might be bittersweet because I am genuinely sad that there will be no more Killjoys episodes but the smile is most definitely there.

It would have been so easy for them to have killed off one of the big 3 to prove the cost of war. Usually TV people think if they don’t kill someone off then the stakes won’t feel high – rubbish! This is TV, I can believe in the stakes without my heart being shattered.

Well with Killjoys my heart was safe. Sure there are things I wish they had explored more, and the whole Pippin resurrection thing was very fast, but I forgive them that because it made Zeph happy – it meant no character was left out of the happy ending. I mean Johnny didn’t get Pawter back 🙁 but he’s got Lucy and Clara and a life which is something.

I don’t know. I just thought it was really good.

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Ok I’m going to do it, I’m going to watch the last two episodes of Killjoys.

I am so sad that such a great show is coming to an end but I am grateful that the producers et al had plenty of notice so the finale should hopefully be good.

I’m too tired really for this but I don’t know when I’m not going to be tired and I can’t avoid spoilers forever.

/sighs I haven’t even watched it yet and I’m already missing this show.

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Watching Star Wars: Rebels and I find it interesting that Vader refers to Anakin Skywalker like he’s a separate person. He didn’t say “my apprentice lives” he said “Anakin Skywalker’s old apprentice”.

That is some serious distancing going on. Pushing away any connections to who he used to be like they aren’t connections to him anymore.

I’m still not all that fond of Zeb but I would love him to bang Vader’s helmet like he does with the stormtroopers and have Sabine maybe go “Remember Snips?” Because Anakin did deeply care about Ahsoka once. Perhaps after he eventually managed to twist it so that she had ‘abandoned him’ just like everyone else but that doesn’t change the fact that she is one of the few people still living that he cared about.

I love Ahsoka. I feel like the season 2 premiere was a bit all over the place and didn’t carry on that well from the finale. I was expecting it to pick up immediately I guess with some introduction for the Ghost crew as to who Ahsoka was. I guess maybe the TV people are trying to leave it a mystery for those who don’t know for some kind of reveal later.

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I have a love/hate relationship with discovering shows late.

One aspect of this is yay binge watching but boo so much canon material I haven’t seen.

I’ve had this with Agents of Shield. I watch an episode and something makes me want to write fanfic but I’m weeks/months behind and as I don’t want to be completely spoiled I have no idea if what I’m thinking is stupid or not based on the episodes I’ve not seen thanks to living in the U.K.

I’ve written canon-divergence of course but doing so knowingly (or before it gets rendered thus by canon) is different from exploring something that canon has dealt with and I just don’t know because I’m behind.

It’s a very frustrating feeling.

But seriously if “how Hera and Kanan” met isn’t covered at some point then I’m going to write it.