Noneofyourbusiness

And he was at a school event targeting fresh-faced young people for recruitment and obliquely compared himself to comet finder Charles Messier spending "lonely hours" looking for "fleeting little jewels". Something about Ellie and Peter made him decided he'd found what he was looking for. Made him come across really creepily, as either desperate to produce vampire 'children' or a pedophile/ephebophile stalker. Yes. Yes. No.

Personally, I suspect it was mostly an excuse to challenge Lilandra. Deathbird tried to overthrow her once before in the previous series and made a deal with Apocalypse to do so (who left her high-and-dry after abducting Oracle, the telepathic member of the Imperial Guard, since he was really out to gather psychics to power the Axis of Time and recreate the universe). That was neat!

Deathbird (given name Cal'syee Neramani) and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard were fighting Ronan the Accuser (seen in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie), a champion of the Kree Empire, which is ruled by the Supreme Intelligence (seen in the Captain Marvel movie). The Shi'ar, the Kree and the Skrulls are the three major alien empires in Marvel Comics, each of them based in a different galaxy (none of which is our own Milky Way). They all go to war on and off frequently, especially the Kree and Skrulls. All three empires felt threatened by the emergence of Dark Phoenix, and the Kree and Skrulls each sent an observer to Jean's execution by the Shi'ar in the Dark Phoenix Saga in the original. Apparently, the Shi'ar and Kree are at war right now and the Shi'ar are winning. The Kree are from the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Skrulls are from the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Shi'ar are from an unnamed galaxy.

IIRC, in the comics the handwave was that she could use electromagnetism to rearrange molecules on her person.

Like when she turned her civilian clothes into her costume with her powers in the pilot episode of the animated series which I just rewatched.

All Aes Sedai are allowed to marry, the fact that they rarely do is voluntary and also a consequence of their differences from most people. Yes, Leane is in the show: https://wheeloftime.fandom.com/wiki/Leane_Sharif

Dunk and Egg have both been cast!: https://winteriscoming.net/posts/george-r-r-martin-signs-off-on-dunk-and-egg-casting-you-re-going-to-love-him-01hv1tkfas6w

Indeed. Terry Brooks's 1977 The Sword of Shannara followed LOTR very closely, too, but the Shannara series developed its distinct flavor.

Scandal. Even if Oliver were dead, it being publicly known his mother had an affair could only be embarrassing for James and might result in him being excluded from social circles, and Oliver wouldn't want that. He probably told James on his deathbed, though, since Clara sensed he knows more than he's saying. Maybe he wanted James to disinherit Frederick and James didn't go along with it. In which case, we'll hear about it in due time. It seemed like it was the first time Fletcher had seen him there. Thanks for letting us know!

? Eliza didn't want to go anywhere. She was still adjusting William's pillow when the episode faded out. And this is Matt Olsen's first acting role. Laura Marcus has had more, but not all that many. Her longest-running was 13 episodes of Bad Education. I'm not sure what you mean here. We already knew Henry had done that. Both of them must have studied the adult actors' performances. I'm half Scottish, and yes. His voice sounded exactly like Stuart Martin's at times. My mother thought so, too, and she's married to a Scotsman. That would have worked. I guess they didn't think of it. They didn't say it was depressing, although with the Russians it's a good bet. Watching Young William, I was struck by how different he was from the young man he would eventually take under his wing.

Oh, why not? (I don't have it)

Yes, several characters and places have Arthurian-derived names: Moiraine Damodred = Morgan/Morgana al'Lan Mandragoran = Lancelot Nynaeve al'Meara = Nivaine/Nimue Egwene al'Vere = Guinevere Elayne Trakand = Elaine Thom Merrilin = Merlin Morgase Trakand = Morgause Gawyn Trakand = Gawain Artur Paendrag Tanreall, known as Artur Hawkwing = Arthur Pendragon Tar Avalon = Avalon Caemlyn = Camlann

And the Bellasises could have pulled strings because they wanted their in-laws to be titled. Possible, but I wouldn't bet on her not being exactly who she seems. Fortunately, I don't find her dull.

Frederick mentioned that background in the first episode as well. The Marquise: Commerce and the British aristocrat, I thought they did not mix. Frederick: My family has always believed in hard work. Once, it was a necessity and now it is a choice. (later) Frederick: Do you have any idea how hard I've had to work to earn my place? To succeed in the face of the sneers, and the snide remarks, "the merchant", "the tradesman's grandson made good" Obvious explanation is that the elder James was given a title before he died. I agree, it's too easy. Yes. The previous episode established that the Marquise made lots of money through investments and that Frederick wanted to go into business with her. And biologically, they're second cousins.

Well, those didn't happen at least.

Unless Susan managed to fool him with the second pregnancy, it seems Oliver just had a low sperm count, like shelen said. So after more than eleven years, he finally conceived, and the miraculousness of it made him dote on James all the more. And James's birth likely was what spelled the end for any chance Oliver was going to treat Frederick well, now that he had a biological son to compare him to and whom he would wish were his heir instead of Frederick.

They have slaves. They break women's wills to make slaves of them. They kill people to take their land. That makes them an evil empire no matter what else they do and whatever delusions they have about being the good guys. Slave ownership and genocide in America were evil, too. A world where slavery continued forever would be just as unthinkable as one ruled by the Dark One.

They do not, unless in last defense of your own life, that of your Warder, or that of another Aes Sedai. The exception is for Shadowspawn and Darkfriends, not channelers as a whole.

Which, again, she would never do. Bertha is too proud; she would rather die than let an outsider know her husband betrayed her. It would absolutely shame them to have someone else know it happened. It happening clandestinely when no one can prove it may be common, but having an affair aired would most certainly shame the wife. The implication is that she isn't enough to sexually satisfy her husband. It getting out wouldn't socially embarrass the husband doing the cheating, but it would embarrass the wife being cheated on. You're also not taking into account the nature of the Russells' marriage. If George had committed adultery, it would cause scars in Bertha and George's relationship that would take a long time to fully heal, if ever. They married for love and she trusts him completely. Tainting that would be the point. Yes, absolutely. What she doesn't like most of all is Bertha feeling superior to her.

So? It's not like Turner would care if she herself looks bad to Bertha. She knows that ship has already sailed and regards her as an enemy. No, it wouldn't. Only if Bertha repeated it to Turner's husband or anyone else, which Bertha would never do because her husband having had an affair would shame Bertha herself. Otherwise, seducing Bertha's husband is something to gloat about and throw in her face. Making out to Bertha that Turner and George slept together, or that he was tempted by her advances and that's why he kept her on until Bertha fired her, only makes Bertha lose faith in George and doesn't hurt Turner.

If they become pariahs, they may find they care more than they thought. The only way that story would make George look bad is if Turner lies or leaves out salient facts about George showing no interest and throwing her out of his room. Basically. Anne Morris and Aurora Fane were resistant even after their husbands told them that. Until George did nearly ruin Charles Fane but relented on the condition that Aurora would work to get Bertha accepted in society.

As Ada mentioned in the previous episode, she's never been married. Last season, Agnes said that Ada was "allowed the tranquil life of a spinster" while she was not, as she had to marry Mr Van Rhijn to get herself and Ada out of poverty after their brother (Marian's father) blew their family fortune. I got the impression he lost his virginity. Even if not, he and Susan Blane appear to have genuine feelings for each other. It might turn out her paid companion is in fact her lover, come to think of it. John Adams IV, a fictional great-grandson of John Quincy Adams.

Maud Beaton. I had a feeling a couple weeks ago that if she returned this season, that would be how. Well, if she knew he was gay and was cool with being the beard it would be one thing. Many of these people aren't expecting to marry for love anyway, and Oscar would allow her a great deal of freedom. He'd have to come clean to her, though. This one is named Edward Morgan, so no. Well, there are some old money people involved in the new opera house already and she's trying to convert more of them. Archie Baldwin. Given that he called it off between them on George's instructions, no. We have yet to see how accepted Turner is. Mr Winterton wasn't married, so Turner didn't have to just be his mistress. We haven't seen yet. But she probably managed to get him infatuated enough with her to marry her by flattering him. This reminds me, Turner's first name was never given last season. I should hope it will be now. Girl ain't remotely old. We don't know the backstory of Watson becoming a valet yet. Just that his wife divorced him and took their daughter, and that he fell on hard times. Unclear in which order. He hasn't seen his daughter in many years. He was hanging around her home last season, and she didn't recognize him yet then.

All episode titles and synopses for the season were revealed here on Monday (mild spoilers, despite this being called a spoiler-free review): https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/review-disney-original-series-the-santa-clauses-season-2/