CletusMusashi

Just imagine the possibilities if it teamed up with a helium balloon.

Good god, is there really no escape from Spike arguments? Besides, for a Buffyverse character that truly radiates pure sexuality, the anti-Daryl you seek would be Lilah. I do quite agree about Daryl coming off as asexual. Over the years, I've sort of "tried him on" mentally as various other things. I was shipping him and Carol as recently as early Season 5, but eventually I had to conclude that it just wasn't that kind of chemistry. I also played with him being gay, and even toyed with there being a shameful brother on brother secret between him and Merle, since they did come from a very screwed up family. But none of those appear to have been the story that the writers were telling. It truly seems like they are deliberately writing him as asexual, which is kind of a weird choice for the character who they continue to dress up the way they do, but if there was supposed to be anything between him and Beth besides friendship, then it was horribly written. It's hard, in recent seasons, to separate "it looks like x because the writers intended x" from "it looks like x because the writers tried to draw y but failed." But if we assume "they intended x," then my take on the emo cigarette burning scene was that Daryl is hiding miserably in an asexual closet, and wishes that he had normal sexual urges, but doesn't. In his mind, a real man would have been in love with Beth after all their time together, and would therefore be even more bothered by her death than he, as a friend and surrogate older brother was. So he was making himself feel a bit more, as self-loathing punishment. My take on the scene would be similar, of course, if it was revealed that he was gay, but for that reveal to work, he would have to show an interest in males. He doesn't seem attracted to anyone. Except maybe that dead rabbit back at Joe's camp. This will probably continue to be my impression of that scene, and on him in general, until the writers finally give in to fan pressure and pair him up with somebody, thereby revealing that x was, in fact, a badly drawn y all along.

Honestly, the sad thing is that a lot's happened. I mean, in two days, they had a zombie parade, they fought off a Wolf pack, Glenn almost died, Coral beat up Ron, Ron got a loaded gun, the Hat returned from whatever adventure it was on (stay tuned for next week's flashback episode,) Abraham screamed at a zombie's face for ten minutes(and got a spiffy new uniform, and a BFG, and apparently revealed that Rosita is leaving too many loose ends on his ass... thanks for that information...) Morgan told his life story to a caged serial killer, Tara hooked up with somebody who hopefully has less plot armor than she herself does, Rosita got actual screen time, everybody called Morgan a dumbass, Father Pee Pants continued to wander around uselessly with two guns under his jacket, his church died of embarrassment and fell on the fence, Carol invented a new recipe called Death Casserole, Glenn took Enid's gun and gave her some balloons, all of the smart ASZhats like Heath and Aaron apparently snuck out of town to avoid the traditional mid-season massacre, Jessie went full Beth on somebody and then went back to making owl statues, Rick found a teleporter and got yelled at for openly admitting that most people on the show are only put there by the writers to serve as redshirts, Daryl's motorcycle was taken to a weird but boring kung fu wasteland that sucks the life out of an entire hour, and Sam squeezed into a closet and then grew too much to get back out of it. It's just that the narrative has been so strange and disjointed that it feels like less. I know if all that shit happened around me in that time span I'd be pretty damned tired.

I think I've been reading the relationship thread too much. For a minute there I was like "Why on earth is there an abbreviation for Sasha, Abraham, and... Daryl?"

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Spencer throws grapnel. "Dude. Look at me. I'm Batman." Rick: "NO! I'M BATMAN!"

That sounds like a pretty action-packed scene, for the ten minutes that this show would allow a dog to live.

Although if they suddenly give Daryl a bowl cut, that will be hilarious!

The church has fallen. So... who was is charge of that? Right. Father Pee Pants.

If Glenn is alive, then any time he's in danger from then on will just be a joke. I mean, come on. He's been tied to a chair with a Walker attacking, he's been left unconscious at the prison, and now this? It's like back when one of DS9's favorite stories was to have Chief O'brien tortured for an hour, except that at least that was always shown and well acted. I'm afraid that what TWD has planned is more akin to O'Brien disappearing for a few episodes and then wandering in and saying "Oh, hi. Sorry I'm late. Ran into some Cardassians, got tortured, you know, the usual schtick." Rick of like Rick and his RV teleportation adventure. And if Glenn is dead, then just let him be dead already. At this point I don't even get what they're waiting for. Is he eventually going to show up as a zombie? And still be perfectly recognizable? Because when you get eaten by a hundred zombies, not only does your body remain intact enough to walk around and still have your shirt and pants mostly intact, but it also leaves your face conveniently uneaten. At least if you're a main character. Funny how the zombies always know who to just bite once and then leave alone.

Escaped Wolf: I'm going to kill everyone here and put your heads up on pikes. Morgan:Okay, that does it. You're in double time out, mister. Everyone Else: What's a pike?

OK, some of these are just getting silly! However, if Father Gabriel were to get impossibly lucky and piss everyone off even more than he does already... that would be called Peechonne...

Since I won't be home to watch it live, I assume that we'll finally get an answer to the Glenn question. And that some asshole at work will insist on spoiling it for me. Besides that... I'm guessing that maybe "Head's Up" refers to Carl getting fitted for a new hat. We haven't seen the usual one in a few weeks now. I think it's out looking for Glenn. Either that, or the title refers to what their heads are up, and the entire episode will be nothing but close-up ass shots. I need to go double-check the AMC schedule to see when the replay is. I don't want to get stuck sitting through another episode of "Into the Badshow."

I think the costume changes may be a superpower in and of themselves. I mean, she can wear a skirt and girly shoes and somehow still manage to hide a pair of boots underneath! Even Clark Kent can't do that.

Well, yeah! I'd support Richonne too, as long as I got to be Rick!

Abraham's Cigar wishes that Sasha was a Bill Clinton fan.

I just think it should be her story. Her journey. Her discovery of who she is and what exactly that means in terms of the duel identities schtick. Having somebody hang around all day spoonfeeding it to her because He knows Superman hurts that.

After a big zombie battle, Michonne has enough to worry about cleaning her own hair. No way she's gonna mess with Daryl's. How about Daryl and Rosita? She kept Eugene and Abraham pretty well groomed. Or better yet, put Daryl with Jessie and put Rosita with Rick. Dealing with Rick is actually a lot like dealing with Abraham, and watching over Carl and Judith is no doubt far easier than watching over Eugene. Meanwhile, Jessie could clean up Daryl a little bit, and he could give her kids a strong, knowledgeable postapocalyptic role model who hasn't brutally killed their father. Granted, none of these characters have been seen making googly eyes at each other yet, so I'm really just sort of mixing and matching them like action figures... but how is that so different from the actual writers?

Here's a question: has the show actually given us any indication that (apart from powerful flight acceleration, which seems to me more like telekinesis or something than like actual muscle movement,) Kara actually has "super speed" as one of her powers in this version? The flight speed is useful, absolutely, but it's useful for a pretty specific set of situations. Either traveling noticeable distances, or using herself as a battering ram, or some combination therof. But how fast can she run? And how good is her motor control at high speeds? I mean, I could be the fastest athlete in the world when it comes to running, but still not be able to write my name or untie a rope any faster than a normal person. I kind of like the idea of her not having it, to be honest. There's already a show about The Flash.

No, it felt forced because he is boring. He exudes a "too cool"ness that makes him feel more like a Special Guest Star than like a person who actually belongs on the show. Also, having just read the recap.. Ojai, huh? I really thought they said Ohio. Well, if it'll involve James in a speedo I know we're going to see those entire four days now. Yay.

I think they tried way too hard to give a zany reason for Ravi to dump Stephanie. She's barely been on the show; did they really think we that invested in the relationship? Honestly, I wasn't even clear that there was anything monogamous there. With him and Peyton, yes, it seemed like they were very very serious before she ran off. But Stephanie is just one of a bunch of girls that he's dated since then. Are they going to have to keep giving him a Seinfeldian subplot for every single time he plays cowgirl and Indian? "She was a low talker, Liv." "You think that's bad? I think I just ate the brain of a doll collector." Actually, the Seinfeldification would probably leave Liv's subplots exactly the same... About Blaine...Stop trying to make Spuffy happen. I wonder if Penn and Teller watch this show.

This week was a lot better than the others. Yes, I know that Livewire is recycled from other media, but I also know that it's a show based on a long-running comic and so that's going to be a thing. I appreciate that instead of just having her show up and say "You're Superman's cousin? I HATE Superman!" they retooled her into a villain who is interested in this show's characters. They need to keep doing that. The family drama wasn't really my cup of tea, but I was okay with trudging through it because I understood that they were trying to establish family dynamics, and I knew that there wasn't going to be a sappy Thanksgiving episode every week anyhow. Then, they pleasantly surprised me by throwing a decent plot twist onto the end of it. Cat is more interesting with a few layers to her. It's not like she can't still chew scenery. Nobody talked about Superman except in a flashaback where it was necessary to that particular plot arc. And there was less Jimmy Awesome than usual. Oh, they still made sure to check in with him a few times, just so the entire show could come to a weird screeching halt, but at least they kept him out of the way of the main story. I wonder how many writers quit the show after finding out that James would not be attending Kara's family get-together. "But how can they possibly overcome their obstacles without HIM?" I hope to God we don't end up still having to endure an episode about his four days in Ohio. "But we must show the viewers what he was doing! He's the star!" Um... was he being handsome and cool? And besides that, doing absolutely nothing? Already know. Didn't miss it. More actual Supergirl eps like this week please.

I would be amazed to find out that that's an unpopular opinion. They were such a perfect fit that I was surprised by being surprised. The only thing about their 'ship that didn't work, in character, was the writers' panicky "oh shit, he's leaving the show!" breakup rationale.

Poor Glenn. If Maggie wasn't so busy Deanna-sitting, she would have made sure he wore more comfortable underwear. So Glenn was yelling because itchy loose folds of poorly fitted undershorts were adding injury to insult as he tried to get ten zombies and a 190 pound dead albatross off of him? I can accept that. I mean, as explanations of that scene go, it's far from my least favorite...

Maybe Rosita will get so pissed off at Abe that she'll hook up with Eugene. This would amuse me. But of course in an ideal world, Rosita would be with Tara. Eugene would be with the shrink, and then Sasha could maybe work okay with Abe. although I would prefer Sasha to be with somebody competent but sane, freeing up a sexually frustrated Abraham to drag Father Pee Pants on an insane buddy road trip through Wolf Country. As long as FPP dies in the process.