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I imagine if you hire a venue and have a friend or whoever perform a wedding or "commitment" ceremony without any marriage license then you aren't going to be prosecuted or anything, since it's basically celebrating the fact that the guy's mistress is moving in and public. I doubt it would even be a "celestial" marriage just an excuse for a party and probably for wife#2 to use it as an opportunity to continue trying to become top dog. If he tried to put 2 on his insurance or otherwise claim her as legal then it would probably start a legal investigation. As stated above there are lawyers who can draft contract and documents for poly couples concerned about medical issues, wills and custody of children to give as much protection to the relationships as possible, but I doubt this group will get that far.

Well Felicity wasn't mentioned and it's not about her, nor was a potential Poly relationship (either in canon or CR's statement.) I ship (as such enough) Sara/Oliver true understanding of each other and I guess Nyssa could be included if we were talking Spear Wishes. Sara and Nyssa actually parted on OK terms with each other when Nyssa was on LOT. I really fail to see why that might be a "happy ending" for those people because duh similar as Flashpoint was included among why didn't Sara Lance, Cure Cancer, the Common Cold, World Peace and everything she ever (would) have wanted. But didn't because she's better than Malcolm Merlyn. But to slip that in a "Sara could have cured cancer/got Nyssa/Oliver together) among humanitarian causes is interesting.

Ok forgive me since this was a while ago but I was just browsing the thread again. Even if Sara should end all wars/cure cancer etc, why would she create a relationship between Nyssa and Oliver both her exs whom she still really cares about but don't like each other? I apologise if it was meant ironically but within all the other heavy world changing stuff this just struck me as interesting. If Sara had done all that, she'd have become a worse tyrant than any of the LOD. There's a phrase that came to mind when I watched it about "those who don't think they are worthy/should hold power are the only ones who can" (giant paraphrase) a lot of the other Legends probably would have tried to due so many good things and fucked up the world even more than Dinosaurs in LA 2017 (which wasn't part of the spear but the other stuff but she definitely helped create with some of her decisions). She's told Merlyn once before that you don't get to play god to get your own way. He's done it and all he's got to show for it is a dead wife, dead son, a daughter who hates him, one hand, *USE TO BE* RAG (Thanks DD) and a crappy apartment.

That's why I was surprised to see that Mexico really was a hook up that was not want Terrance wanted. They did get on and no one came to give her the hard sell about the contract whilst she had nowhere to run. I get that they both have secrets and Kyle thinks he needs to be in a longterm "relationship" after Lisbeth whom he is definitely not over. But I doubt anyone is going to blink an eye at Kyle dating an unknown actress for a while and if they break up so be it vs being with her for long enough to have kids and make her a household name and then divorcing her. If Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise hadn't been so weird during their relationship and/or had broken up long before (without the supposed subterfuge she had to create) no one would even give a shit about what either of them had/are doing privately. They could just as easily have created a narrative of Kyle looking "stoic and Manly" around and about and had people be on his side that way (especially as in general people are always more inclined to bitch about the woman). It will be interesting to see if they can tie this together.

You see I really don't mind this at all. The "brash American" sterotype does maybe have a basis in truth but she's been in the UK since she was 18 and is now 40s. People change. Her father (like many of his generation/background) were desperate to marry their daughters to Aristocrats so they could say their grandson was going to be an Earl. If Cora has always been brought up like this it make sense that she isn't doing the also very stereotypical "blowing their socks off with her modernisation and pluck". Because for one thing, she would have also had servants to do many things for her in Chicago and whilst society might have different incomprehensible rules on either side of the Atlantic, she probably would have felt more at home there than with the "middle west cowboy" Robert dared Mary into bringing home. And she did get upset about "her money" as well she should, but even her American self made Father transferred it as a dowry specifically for her husband's (estates) use and didn't get any guarantee that it (or at least a bigger part than her own dowry) could go to an eldest daughter if they failed to have a son. I don't hate Robert, I think he's an arse a lot of the time and increasingly unlisted to by his family but he's a born as a Victorian Tory landowner aristocrat, it's usually more notable if they *are* more politically/socially liberal (although that doesn't apply to mistresses for themselves a lot of the time). And Violet as the grandmother who's seen it all is generally fine with going from "shock horror" to practical "lets just deal with what's happened" to "well everyone knows but no one says anything.

The show hasn't been able to settle on that I don't think, or at least they want to have it both ways. They seemed to be at least trying for a genuine connection in the first scenes, then she gets the contract just sent over (by Terrance?) with the "divorce is not negotiable" clause, then he's slightly passive aggressive about why she's agreeing to it (for fame or money) and then tells he they can't just date because of his image and now they are being more passive aggressive/nice to each other. I guess that is supposed to be one of the conflicts.

What I don't understand is why they produce such awful patterns for their consultants to sell. Because yeah, mimes and sharks and in such nasty colours. If they produced better patterns then they'd get more money and their consultants would be able to shift more instead of getting fed up by hundreds of pieces they'll never be able to shift.

Or pay to support her journey not theirs. If she was doing this for free and encouraging others to join her that would be one thing but why would anyone want to pay for what they are currently offering? There are a ton of free websites, youtube clips etc that provide much better education on nutrition and exercise than STRIVE and much cheaper options if you want to pay for advice/meal plans etc.

In recent weeks there seem to have been a rash of consultant's videos on youtube etc "explaining" why people are leaving LLR, many seem to blame new consultants being too trigger happy to quit if their first month didn't go so well or that they didn't realise that you have to work at it. Nothing about the convoluted system, fugly prints or mandatory spends, but that's nothing compared to the Kool Aid drinking in some of those links. Yeah, such LLR can pay for private schools, swimming pools, new cars and probably private jets from the way that lady was going on. Yeah re mortgage your house so you have more money to throw away on a business that isn't even your own. I hope Meri enjoys "living her why" whilst she can because I doubt it's going to last much longer before this house of cards collapses and she has to move on to another MLM scheme again.

Hmm, guess there's always people willing to joing with someone who is on TV. So being slightly successful at getting a downline (the only way to make money) means you have to commit to even more items a month at minimum, which she is already having trouble shifting. Wow and MLM really is "the house always wins". You need to sign up loads of people to make any serious money from that and if you can do that when there are other sales/work opportunities for you, even if you are a stay at home Mom or retired etc. I get why these things are so popular. They allow people (and for this sort of product mostly women) to feel like they have a starter pack for a DIY own business with their own hours that fits with the kids and allows you to connect to a wide group of people doing the same thing and make friends but holy moly do your research first on what financial implications there will be. No one can count on their friends turning up every time for a shill-a-thon, especially as many of the people you might know will be shilling the same stuff or similar.

I would have thought Lance would be around just to witness his beloved Laurel (sort of) as a villain, though I guess he doesn't need to be a regular for that. But he hasn't had much to do at all this season and is fairly expendable. Thea has barely had anything to do and it would be easy to send her to pastures new. Diggle: Hope not but again he's had very little to do this season, even in comparison to previous years Chase: Probably gone? Curtis: I guess likely to stay but I wouldn't miss him much. Felicity: it would be a surprise if she left unless the "Slow Burn" of BC is a romance between her and GA next season and they need FS out of the way. They simply could be adding more and more regulars as the show ages as many shows do to give people time off to relax/do other projects at the same time etc. Also some of the cast will likely be on less than the full 23 ep contracts.

Well that will be a big cast, though not the biggest I guess. I wonder if anyone is leaving? I don't like Wild Dog and Nu!BC is ok but has hardly grabbed me. Edit: As Trisha says this will probably lessen the chances of a BS redemption arc I guess.

Well she was there when Superman/Clark dropped in last time and made it clear there was a very unrequited crush on Clark. Since then she's been on a Around the World cruise, so I say finale coincidence.

Yeah I miss the progression of his character too. Wasn't a big fan of his The Flash eps but he was great on LOT, shame WM wanted to leave, though I can't blame him if he wanted to do more Prison Break. They couldn't have Hero!Snart pop up now and then as they'd killed him off and picking him in and out of the WaveRider!Snart's journey would have been confusing for the few number of episodes they got. So I can see why they did what they did with what they had available. I think Mick Rory got a similar sort of progression this season though, I hope he stays on.

Oh I'm counting on it. And from some of the producers about redeeming BS and LL's "legacy". Oliver theoretically getting together with E2 BS and having a do over with her becoming BC etc is much worse than the sister swapping so no doubt that's the director they'll head for.

Very possibly. But as I said Slade gets very crazy and chatty with Oliver/anyone associated with Oliver. What are they going to do have him hold up a sign saying he's done talking, more killing to everyone he meets? You might as well have Billy Wintergreen come back from the dead to book end things. That guy had one line in like 10 episodes.

Argus also helpfully put the "OPEN" button to his sell right next to it. Even if only Thea's slim (dislocated) arm could reach it, it's not like they would *only* stash huge muscular guys in there and Slade is a hell of a manipulator. But that's why Waller is dead I suppose. He could record dialogue but Slade is usually really crazy chatter to Oliver (and anyone he wants to hurt Oliver with) and it's harder to record that well without both actors interacting and if they did it via a souped up skype I think it would just sound odd. But it wouldn't be the first time a TV show has done it. MB just sounds so determined that it's BS. If he was recording dialogue he's still agreed to be part of the show so I don't get why he's so emphatically bitchy about it. Especially as the only reason he wouldn't be filming in Van right now is because he's a regular on another show.

He could be being awkward to get attention/reaction from fans I guess or as some sort of tactic with the producers, though I have no idea what that would be. He's a regular on Shannara. I guess he could fly in briefly in for a couple of days to film his bit. I think film goes on until next week sometime. Why would they bother trolling anyone, it's not vague teasing it was just an announcement? Unless this is some sort of extra desperate and bizarre attempt to get people to tune in

Kyle does not seem like the guy that regularly toplines £100-200 budget plus movies and makes them successful, which I guess what they were going for here. I think being publicly gay for that situation is more likely to be a problem than if you're the lead on a successful TV show for example (although they might enter into "just for our careers relationships" as well I don't think there'd be such a massive hoopla about it, especially not at IHM). Kyle does seem to like women though. Murder or underage kids would be higher on the list or having been a teenage prostitute or something. Kyle said it was all about his "brand" that he can't be someone that women leave or people will think there's a problem. He was probably being truthful with that, but there *is* a big problem he needs to keep speculation away from. I guess the director is to set Megan up with blackmail material either his the IHM or both because she's pretty but not particularly amazing or charismatic around any of the guys. Or maybe she really is Marissa Cooper/Bella Swan here.

I think they were definitely going for a Rachel Dawes character, especially since this version of Arrow borrowed heavily from Nolan's trilogy. Crusading for Justice within with Law vs Vigilante, known each other from childhood but have a complicated connection, often antagonistic towards the main character and then her self defense skills were supposed to show she had the capability of becoming the BC later. Problem was IMO they actors had little chemistry, Quentin slipped into the role of Vilgilantism vs legal policing/justice and for me KC was never convincing as BC whilst in the mean time they cast the perfect Canary and sold a much stronger connection to Oliver (not necessarily romantic of course ) via their similarly damaged personalities and need to stop being assassins and start being more heroic. Even if KC is coming back as a regular villain it doesn't have to be every episode. How often do QL and TQ appear? And villains often take episodes off for weeks at a time. The only problem is if they try to sell a redemption arc and move her back into TA or god forbid, another attempt at being main LI, then they are definitely back where they started. I'm not sure I buy such an amazing contract for KC, but it's possible. Someone high up definitely likes her though. I can't decide whether that means the EPs who may not have wanted her back will write her minimally or if TPTB will want BS featured as much as possible. As for Sara, I don't think the writers considered the implications of the WC name at the time, I guess the just wanted to give her a canon name and parallel to BC. I don't think the writers on the show particularly like it since it's used like once a season and she rarely suits up for missions. She couldn't have been Green Canary for obvious reasons, Blue Canary. It would have been a better colour on CL anyway.

Oh absolutely. Any time a anyone says "it's going to be so exciting or they have so much story which we are absolutely going to get to" I know it's going to be really boring or they are being killed off.

Yes and then he asked to be let out. Nu!PrisonBreak is a loftier horizon. Apparently (hopefully for this show) it doesn't require a vast amount of Lincoln Burrows. I do think AD will be back in some capacity.

I don’t think either CL or BR are going anywhere for now. They both went to Paleyfest and are respectively the most recognisable actor and basically the lead actor of the ensemble. I loath it when TV writers reference GOT as “no one is safe” well first off, the GOT writers *were* following books full of bloodbaths so no it wasn’t surprising for anyone who read them, second you are NOT GOT: *shocking deaths* on this verse aren’t so shocking when you continually bring actors back and your writing is not good enough to handle. It’s basically just TV writer masturbation to reference vague things and compare themselves to the shows they think they wish they were writing. 2 in 2 out same as last year but I don’t think it will be shocking. Annoying maybe.

I enjoyed it. It was darker than LOT usually is and I was a little disappointed that the LOD returned to moustache twirling though. I was exactly right about what they would all want from a Doomworld except for Snart, who doesn't so much intricately plot heists anymore as turn up and make a withdrawal anytime he fancies. I guess its the affect of the Legion or that since he's no longer a regular or regularly recurring they aren't bothering with any layers. Ray yelling about cleaning "so many" toilets was hilarious, BR does so much better with the comedy than the Love Interests. I liked Sara and Malcolm's face off, that was something I was hoping for considering he's been responsible for 3 of her "deaths" and props for DD for noticing that she never stays dead. I don't think Amaya will either. I hope she's staying for next season but if she isn't that won't be how they write her off. I didn't have a problem with Felicity's cameo, although they hyped it up a lot for what it was. She went out defiant after all of her friends had been killed. She and Sara are friends in the true timeline so it's not a case of "humiliate the character or actress" IMHO.

Oh so they really didn't want me to see S6. A Laurel arc. Just nope.