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I just look forward to have what might be a whole episode of Mack and Deke together. I really love them constantly switching up the pairings this season.

I am currently not sure if the timeline is shot to hell...the Malicks who should be dead are dead now, for all we know the Malick left is still into religion, sure, Mac's parents died but I guess that just means that he and his brother now grow up with their relatives, and the lighthouse is shut down, just like it should be. The only "big" change I can see resulting from the current situation is that Hive now has no longer a reason to kill Stephanie. And if they come back to the present and figure out that she is still alive and now their next big enemy, well, I really liked the actress.

Perhaps the Kree simply didn't know that it was possible, plus, part of the "worth" was that the abilities were fairly unique.

Well, lot of excitement over the notion of Sousa/Daisy out there….not sure how I feel about that, if for no other reason that Daisy's love interests have this unfortunate habit of dying…..

Though a face is way more complex than the rest of the body. All those small movement involved in the mimic.

Well, I guess it wouldn't be AoS without a "Who can you trust" subplot. I admit, I had a hard time to stay invested in this episode. For the first time this season, it was just too predictable. I even saw the thing with the parents coming. They were just waaaaay to calm. Wow, Mack is older than I thought…. Eh, boring title card this time....somehow this was already putting me in a negative mindset I admit. The last ones just created so much excitement all on their own, that this one kind of hit the mood…. Let's hope that they only jumped for a year or two…..

In this case the writers aren't to blame. It was improp after all, the only ones who eventually wrote something were the contestants.

Yeah, their victory became officially after the last won game, and there have already been first celebrations. The Liverpool fans will be ecstatic the next weeks. Not sure if that is a good thing, though. Liverpool is a Corona hotspot, most likely because of a CL game between Liverpool and Madrid in March, during which fans from Spain were allowed to attend. And now Klopp has already criticised the fans for their careless celebration. This win might come with a high price in the end.

More that for Black Panther they actively looked for Black people for the first time and gave them a chance. I am pretty sure that there was more diversity behind the scenes for Captain Marvel, too, but that is because Brie Larson has a diversity clause in her contract. Anyway, we will have to see how Marvel Studios develops in the long run. Everyone knows that diversity was a fight when Perlmutter was in charge and that the first movies which were created after the studio was moved under Disney's control with Feige at the helm, the situation changed. It is also a matter of the director hired who is running around behind the scenes. They want for a female Asian director for the Eternals, so I guess they are getting away from the notion to hire diverse people only for diverse properties. Took them long enough but I guess slow process is still better than no process, even if process always takes way to long when it comes to those matters.

Oh, btw, as a German, could people please stop comparing completely reasonable measures to Nazi Germany? We are wearing masks in shops and public transport, thank you very much, and it is the ones who protest against the notion who tend to lean towards the far right (or towards batshit crazy). If masks were a danger to democracy, we wouldn't allow them. But they just aren't, they are a sign of caring for the community.

...the What if story asks the question "what if Peggy Carter had been Captain America"....nothing to do with go "What if" regarding Steve coming back as far as I know.

Okay, why does he have a boring tie painting but we are still waiting to see the eratica on his wall? Kind of hoped that he would mention marble race at one point. The eviction problem was so predictable. Especially in areas where Landlords have reason to think that they will find new renters soon despite the pandemic.

Well, apparently he still loved his sons….but otherwise…..

I am confused...if the partner knows that you will remove your condom at one point, how is it then still stealthing? I also don't see how there is much of a difference between gay and hetero people other that in one case you risk and illness and in the other case you risk and illness and pregnancy. If she thinks that it is more common for gay people to remove the condom as some sort of very specific sex play shouldn't the stance be "it is okay if your partner knows that you'll do it eventually"? and not "We have to understand the culture"? Her stance makes only sense if your give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she thought that the push to legislate this came out of some gay panicky stance. But that is really a stretch in this case because nobody knows what happens in the bedroom other than the partner in question.

Honestly, I would have played the "heartbroken fan" angle...she could have had "fan articles" as props and eventually just destroying it, she could have revealed a "Tattoo" with the name of the celebrity...any role in those challenges is just as boring as you make them.

Yeah, I agree. The win was well-deserved because on the one hand her team came well-prepared, with props and zingers they could throw in which were clearly pre-planned but came fairly naturally, but they also played off each other well, hitting the perfect balance of not allowing awkward moments while also leaving lines the time to breath. And what she and Shea both did well was acting even when they weren't talking. Sometimes I didn't even pay attention to what was said because I paid way more attention to her mimic. Honestly, usually I would have said "oh, well, put Shea in the top" but it is a team challenge and thanks to Alexis constantly stepping on her lines, Shea's team ended up being only the second best. so I am kind of okay with how it played out. Yeah, I think between India and Mayham, India was a little bit better. I mean, the whole licking story was still random, but the beginning when she was "discovered" by Ross was very natural. What I mean, she didn't immediately acted over the top, but did the "let's try to act innocent" gig. It was actually when Mayham joined the scene that the whole thing went downhill, with a slight pick-up when the vase fell (still not sure how she held it under her skirt the whole time. Mayham and improp is just not a good combination. She fails at it every single time.

If Daisy is put on the operation table to transfer her abilities, it would be great if Fitz turns up to rescue her. Not just because I miss Fitz, but because it would be a nice reversal of what he did in season five.

I am torn...on the one hand I respect that she sews the outfit herself and she has always a strong concept in them. But she always adds one thing too much, something which takes it from "oh, great" to outright tacky. This time around it were all the gold chains she wore. Okay...the stealthy thing...urgh….that just turned me off Cracker. Nope, just NOPE. There is no argument for this.

I am not. The thing with Mayham is that she is usually very quiet, which I can imagine makes her popular with the other queens (I mean, who doesn't like someone who will let you talk and go along with whatever you want without a lot of fuss?), but once she ends up in those judging situations she is pretty quick in throwing out what previously nagged on her. She did it in her own season, and she did it this season again. And in general she doesn't take criticism very well. In real life this is most likely not much of an issue because in real life queens usually are more prone to complimenting each other. She might be 35 years of age, but consider her history. We know she grow up p... poor. It is implied that she picked up the name "Cracker" because others threw that word at her in the past. Then there was the whole Aquaria/Cracker drama, during which Cracker was constantly accused of copying Aquaria deliberately. Now, I have no idea what happened off the show, but the one time she did Aquaria's face style, it is kind of unlikely that she knew what face Aquaria would go for ahead of time, hence it is possible that their styles just overlapped and Cracker had the hardest time to distinguish herself from Aquaria (frankly, I have the feeling that she is kind of happy that due to her added weight they aren't quite as similar looking anymore). Then there was this moment in her own season when Asia basically said that her drag was subpar and that she didn't see a star in Cracker. Hearing something like that from a Queen as respected as Asia must have hurt badly, and she mentioned back then that this is something others have told her in the past, which is pretty harsh. In short, if you are told you whole life that you aren't good enough and you are always second to someone else, it is no wonder that you become insecure and overcompensate one way or another. In her original season Cracker did it by trying to moderate everything she did, this time she tried to go for an more open approach, which has lead to a lot of push-back from the other queens. Though it is also possible that Cracker tried to learn from Shangela and her strategy is to get as much screentime as possible by constantly being involved in some drama. Nevertheless, I am inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt. For now. If nothing else, I want her to stay around a little bit longer since she usually slays the runway. Regarding Shea: Yeah, she needs to take herself back a little bit. Everyone knows that Shea is a great dancer, but that alone doesn't make an overall winner. In her own season she wasn't exactly the big favourite, despite her many wins. I mean, most people were routing for Valentina and once she was eliminated, the fans were kind of split. Not that Shea isn't talented, but so are the other queens, and Jujube is crazy popular despite never winning a challenge before All-Stars, which is a talent in itself. In fact, other than India I can imagine every single one of them at the top in the end.

I wonder if it is an orange shag carpet….

I give Blair a pass for the challenge. It was kind of hard for her to interject because Jujube and Cracker were so focussed on each other and if she hadn't done anything, they would have rightly said that "she faded in the background". As it was she got a few good zingers in. The Overhead lighting aside, her continuing to film what was happening was a pretty good way to interject without it being too irritating, and she had a pretty good timing when to do it, too, once you had to consider that she had to interject somewhere in the conversation. Plus, her runway look was easily my favourite, since she had a different take on the cameo without getting so far away that I wouldn't have recognized it as an entry to the challenge, like Alexis did. Honestly, I had a little bit the impression that Alexis just wanted to show off the cool snow dress she had, so she stretched the theme of the challenge as far as possible in order to be able to show it off. Side-note: Cracker once said that she learned from Aquaria's performance as Melania Trump the worth of a good prop. I noted that she used a lot of props in this challenge (the pills, the money and later on they pulled out the "proof"). Regarding Mayham and India: I agree that they kind of got away from the challenge too much. Their role was supposed to be shop lifter and shop owner with a past. Turning this into both being addicted to licking basically ignored the brief. I mean, if the story had been that the theft happened due to the addiction, fine, but that connection was completely missing. It was just some random weird thing they threw in.

Honestly, I was so worried about Cracker, because while I was laughing about her the hardest, I feared that the Jury would overlook her more subtle jokes (like her pointing to the money stuffed in her breast area) with all the screaming going on and would pull the "you faded in the background" card. So glad that they noticed how much on point she was. Also, it was great to see her lip-sync. In her own season she only had to do it once and went for a very low-key performance, so it was great to finally see what she can do when she puts her heart into it. Morgan has a reputation as lipsync assassin? Since when? I think Ms Cracker was the clear winner of this this one. What she did by going down into the knees, that is very difficult to do, especially if you do it on high heels. I was frankly impressed. Honestly, I wouldn't have cared both Mayham or India had went. One way or another, it would have been a win for me. And I certainly don't blame Cracker for taking Mayham out because, let's be honest, if it had been the other way around Mayham would have gone for Cracker in a heart-beat. Or for anyone who she thought was stronger but she could push out of the competition. But honestly, Mayham was the weakest this week. India was at least on the runway a little bit better than she was. Even if it was a little bit on the tacky side, it was at least more than a boring leotard. And I guess everyone else went for Mayham partly because she wanted to push out Shea and partly because she acted so defeated. Regarding the drama: It's hard to tell what really happened with all the editing, but my bet is on Mayham complaining to Blair about Cracker during the last challenge and Blair just nodding along, which was then told to Cracker as Blair "conspiring" with Mayham. One way or another, Cracker needs to stop worrying about stuff like this and focus on the challenges. She gets way too easy into her head on her own, she really doesn't need to allow others to push her there on top of it. Shea is smart to not trust Alexis. I'll give it to Mayham: At least she was honest in the confessional that she wanted to push Shea out, even if she wasn't in the work room. The notion that India wasn't even a consideration for Alexis despite her getting the worst critiques in the last two episodes was some BS.

Honestly, I didn't even notice. But mostly because I paid more attention to anyone else.

Well, ideally they will jump back to five minutes after they left, so not a lot to look after for Piper....

It's not like Marvel Comics didn't explore Time travel. Still, they better get the story back on track...originally I thought that they would continue to jump forward, but at this point I don't know if they can do it without jumping backwards at one point. Maybe bringing Sousa back to 1955 with a handbook of what is supposed to happen, so that he ensures that it WILL happen that way as some hidden agent.