#sp hell breaks loose spoilers

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thoughts on hell breaks loose

ok y’all i KNOWWW i’m like a month late but honestly this was a strugglebus for me to read, despite being so short. and normally i whizz through SP books in a day or two, but this was just painful to read. 

tagging @facelessxchurch as i promised to be a massive hater (i hope that’s ok!! :’) and that this lived up to your expectations lolol)

SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT !!!

starting out with the positives of HBL so i dont look like a COMPLETE hater!! so what i liked:  

the usual SP humour was in there and it’ll never fail to make me laugh

ghastly lore!! finding out about ghastly’s past relationships and his parents!!! 

mev and serpine canonly wearing wigs (& serpine’s wig being snatched) because they may be complete villains but GOD DAMMIT, THEY’RE VILLAINS THAT HAVE AN ✨ AESTHETIC ✨

rima being the best blink-and-you’ll-miss-it new character since phase 1

the saracen vs delicat fight (was hilarious if you look past the chivalry bullshit convo)

seeing mr bliss and meritorious again!!! and just the elders in gen!! they were fucking cool!!

seeing hopeless & him interacting with everyone (we have no choice but to stan) 

dexter vex being dexter vex

now we’re going hater mode and here are all the things i had problems with: 

literally everything else. ok bye

jk 

firstly. where the hell was china/the diablerie???? anyone??? okay now i’ve got that out the way...

terrible writing

Landy’s writing has always been simple but this story is like… simpler than simple. The sentences are also oddly structured and it SEEMS like he tried to give the characters’ speech an old timey vibe but it just comes off as... really awkward sounding.

the battles for this story were unreadable for me, i found myself skipping past them because there was just no substance/detail there, or if there was detail it was just filler (looking at the last fight with the dead men vs mevolent’s gang) 

i just got bored. and i never get bored with an SP book, but 3 chapters in and i left the book for a month before i could read it again, because there seemed to be no plot until the very end.

lack of characterisation

what are the personality traits of ghastly’s mother in this? i couldn’t tell ya. hell, what were the traits of ANY character in this story? what was the point of introducing ghastly’s mum after hyping her up for so many years if you won’t utilise her?

adding onto this, all the characters just read as samey for me, if we took away the names of the characters for dialogue etc i literally would NOT be able to tell who said what, because they all had the same personality.

which brings me to the stone sisters. they had so much potential but they were just SO boring. rapture had 0 personality and i didnt care that ghastly fell in love with her. i don’t even know how he did.

also found it wild that landy is trying to push a (forced) romance between ghastly and rapture. obviously ghastly would have other people he’s interested in before tanith but is it really necessary for a story this short? Like the anselm backstory + his parent’s lore would’ve been enough, the romance didn’t add anything to this shitty story.

valkyrie fuckin’ cain

dear landy, valkyrie cain doesnt have to be in every single story. the plot does not have to revolve around her. this has been a public announcement.

why oh WHY did this bitch rock up out of nowhere halfway through the story? 

in the end it’s not like she even does much. plus if it’s a story ABOUT THE DEAD MEN, keep it about THEM, not her. 

at one part she brags about all of her stupid powers and it’s at this point that i start drinking to forget how awful this story is

most of her conversations are just ripped from the pages of when she spoke to meritorious in the OTHER parallel dimension. what was the point??? 

oh pee pee poo poo angry birds!!!11 

fuck valkyrie cain she should’ve stayed tf out of HBL

other moments from when i live-reacted to this god damn story but can’t be bothered to write about fully:

Already like one page into the book and I feel like the writing is off…? Idk I’ve been reading phase one again recently so mb its just that I forgot what phase 2 writing is like (if HBL is similar writing wise to phase 2?)

Literally two pages in and theres already typos. Someone get this man’s editor an editor.

I dunno I feel like this book is trying too hard but simultaneously not trying AT ALL

Im getting a fucking drink. Maybe that’ll make this bearable.

Im in so much pain reading this book now. And I cant stop cringing. Someone tell me when its over pLEASE

Everyone’s dyng what the fuck

Landy really is obsessed with the “ooo it was all a dream” trope shit and “ooo the timeline that never happened” bullshit huh

And for my final thought:

if the hidden god bullshit is a set up for phase 3 I don’t even WANNA know

[dead-men-disco]

Anton deciding whether or not he likes someone entirely based off of how they treat Ghastly is the cutest damn thing I've ever seen

Anton is a sweetheart!!!! He adores his friends so much!!!!! And you fools sleep on him!!

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This joke made not one but two people laugh so of course I had to draw it (hbl spoilers)

That one moment where everyone else is doing Dramatic Confessions (tm) and Anton is, presumably, still sitting there on the ground like

[Image ID: A digital drawing of Anton Shudder, a muscular irish-eastern asian man with long black hair and violet-tinted gray eyes, sitting on the ground, leaning against a wall. Both the wall and the ground are cracked and stained with blood. Anton has one of his knees up and one hand to his chest, stained with blood. He is wearing a black jacket, gray trousers, black boots, a gray vest and a white shirt. His hair is tangled and limp, and he is bleeding from his nose. He has eyebags and one black eye. He is looking down with an empty expression. Wobbly thought bubbles are placed next to him, with the following sentences written with wobbly, black handwriting: “What is the gross domestic product of Finland?” “What is Finland?” “Why are the birds angry?” “I love bleeding to death” / End ID]

[shudderue]

fucking FINALLY and it's in a spin off and the entire world is about to be erased. could cry tbh

[facelessxchurch]

I wrote my thoughts down while reading HBL, plus some the-morning-after thoughts.

MASSIVE Spoilers for "Hell Breaks Loose" under the 'Read More'. These are spoilers for the entire book including the big twist, so read at your own peril.

Too much talk about Skulduggery. Even when he's not present he remains the focal point, I hate it.

So far Ghastly seems to be the only POV character.

Why the fuck are my Bois wearing wigs???

Honestly, no one on their right mind would send a special force with a leader that has a personal grudge against one of the people they are meant to protect. This is beyond stupid.

Speaking of beyond stupid. The notion that some rando assassin could kill Mevolent is ridiculous, he is a god amongst men. Would be nice if Landy would remember that and stop doing him dirty.

So Ghastly is crushing on the leader of the masked sisters. And Saracen is of course trying to fuck her. Only proofing my dislike of him right again.

Remember that part on the Grimoire that says one of the FO bloodlines was cut short during the war? Yeah, found the fucker.

That fight was complete bullshit.

Nice to see an FO follower making a point of herself not believing her side to be evil. But fucking hell that dialog feels forced.

Dear god's, too many people in this book like to blabber on. Also, first Skul is going on about dinosaurs and now this part about the earth's gravitational pull and ancient knowledge about this planet. This is just Landy feeling smart BC he skimmed over a few wiki articles for like five seconds. Move on with the damn story.

Huh, Mev dealing with the gate is pretty close to the fake cover I made.

Skul keeps getting praised as a genius but he keeps doing stupid stuff like running at three overpowered enemies surrounded by their soldiers without a goddamn plan

As much as I enjoyed Baron stepping in the way and beating the shit out of Skul while Nef watches, Baron and Mev abandoning him is fucking bullshit and exactly what I feared would happen :/ poor Nef just keeps getting captured

Aaaaand Skul's stupidity doomed the world

Ghastly's mother showed up.

"for a parley Mevolent will want to have Serpine back" THEN WHY DID HE LEAVE HIM IN THE FIRST FUCKING PLACE??? IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A FLICK OF HIS WRIST TO HAVE AN UNCONSCIOUS NEF FLOAT INTO HIS ARMS

They really do like putting bracelets on Nef

The voice. I can't believe Landy ripped off the fucking mouth of Sauron, what the fuck. Everybody knows LotR. Then again the Luke Skywalker thing was even worse. How is any of this legal?

FUCKING TIME TRAVELING VALKYRIE CAIN WE CAN'T GET EVEN ONE BOOK WITHOUT THST FUCKING STUPID WORTHLESS CUNT even more annoying was people predicting Valkyrie would travel back to war times ever since time travel became canon. Also there is a whole long-ass fic about exactly that premise.

The story just got a lot more convoluted and stupid. But now I know why this book is meant to be read after phase 2.

And let me guess, since Val is an overpowered Mary-Sue, they don't technically need Mev anymore to close the gate and she will do it instead

This feels like an unpleasant mix of exposition dump and getting lectured and I'm not here for it.

Nef is such a dramatic little shit, I love him!

Aaaaand he's dead.

Ah fucking hell, one of the only reasons I bought the book in the first place just died and I swear half the dialogue in this book is just about Ghastly's love life. Just continue the damn story and resurrect my bastard snek man >:/

Huh, nice trap from Mev. That's why I love the man <3 guess he must have known Nef was dead when he wasn't at the meeting and didn't take too kindly to it.

"kill him twice" "prime him for death" this plot makes less sense by the second. also, called Mev no longer being needed to close the portal.

Needless animal cruelty so you know the bad guys are the bad guys (this is not referring to the faceless followers btw)

Fighting literal children.

The Italian guy Valkyrie needs to talk to is randomly able to speak English.

And Skul turned into Vile. The scene seems like a parallel to Val turning 'permanently' into Darquesse in LSoDM

His entire skeleton got disintegrated yet that fucker put himself back together with shadows. Landy really made his shitty self-insert immortal, huh?

Saracen and Dexter are canon now apparently.

Baron and Mev are back, but it's not the same without Neffie :(

I call bullshit on Mev not instantly annihilating fighting 3 Dead Men at once, especially since they are weakened and tired.

So Valkyrie still has the black lighting but only uses it on the goddamn floor and not on the overpowered enemy she had been fighting a minute prior

Mev losing to the necromancers AGAIN is fucking bullshit

Did Ghastly just beat Baron to death? While he himself was half dead? That too is bs

Now there are multiple timelines. The one we read about and another one where Val hooks up with the Dead Men (can't tell if she is joking or not) and one that might be the same timeline where she and Mev fight together and Mev seals the portal. Aaaaand she flicked him off before leaving. This is why no one likes you, Val.

Morning After Thoughts:

I don't think we actually know what Hopeless' discipline was. But since he was a Hidden Blade too I guess it's something similar to Tanith?

I'm still not over how we got drowned in dialogue when it came to the Dead Men, yet Mev and his nasties barely spoke, especially not to each other. I think the most interaction they had was Nef saying one line to Mev and Baron smiling when they ditched Nef.

Holy fuck, Nef was done so dirty in this. He got knocked out almost instantly, left behind, captured, poisoned and then torn apart. With each Nef scene I'm more convinced he's based on someone Landy doesn't like bc he just loved fucking up Nef.

He really enjoyed watching Mev just fucking annihilate the Sanctuary side eventho I call bullshit on some scenes like Mev not instantly killing the three very exhausted Dead Men at the end of the book and Baron managing to get beaten to death after he had essentially already won.

The part in the present fucking sucked and I call so hard bullshit on Mev losing to the necromancers again. They are like a mini cult, they would not have the numbers for that even after Mev is done with the Sanctuaries. It's probably bc Landy made Vile OP AF in this 🙄 Also, this future proves Mev right about mortals.

I'm in general VERY disappointed how Mev and his generals felt at times more like set dressing than anything else. Given the synopsis, this feels like a massive bait and switch :/ You want wartime stories? Whoops, it's Val again. Fuck you.

Btw it's really hard to root for Skul and the Dad Men bc their plan is always to just rush in and start hitting stuff. At least they got some well-deserved ass-kicking for that. Meanwhile, Mev is the only one that actually comes up with plans and successfully executes them. Once again, Mev feels more like the main character than the main characters do.

But at the same time Landy can't help himself but to make a parody of Mev, especially with this 'the voice' bullshit that made Mev just look ridiculous. Landy doesn't seem to know that a good villain can make or break the story. Just look at the recent Puss in Boots movie, the villains are so good, they are what most people are talking about.

Conclusion: This feels like a massive bait-and-switch. The synopsis promised wartime stories Mev and his generals taking a central role alongside the Dead Men. Instead, it was a mix between a romance story for Ghastly and a time travel story for Valkyrie. Also, everything gets reset in the end and what we actually read is just one of the timelines she messed up before finding a conveniently easy fix. So it's NOT a prequel story as advertised, it's an alternate timeline. So everything that happens there is non-canon bc it gets reset at the end of the book anyways. So once Val and her time travelling gets revealed (or at the latest point when Nef dies) there is no reason to be invested in this story anymore bc you can tell it's just gonna get reset anyways.

[xsuperhero-expertx]

🐍body bag🐍 4/?

Summary: Jugheads really short 5” Sister Wanted Revenge On Penny Peabody And The Ghoulies For What They Did To Her Brother

Some of this story will be extremely unrealistic

🚨Season Two Spoilers🚨

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:

Couldn’t bring myself to crop Jinjara out of the picture so just imagine her in a serpents jacket

Anyway the picture represents

Sweets and Scar, the engagement ring, their wedding bands and her new tattoo. (Just imagine the tattoo is of Sweet Peas (a flower)

——

Upon getting out of the hospital, Scar wanted to cover up the horrible scars on her upper arm and shoulder, with something positive that makes her feel safe, and well, alive. Her reason for being alive is Sweet Pea. He’s been there for her through thick and thin, if he hadn’t found her that day, she probably would’ve died frightened and alone, not afraid for herself, but for her brother.

—

Scar: “babe?”

Sp: “yeah?”

S: “I kinda wanna go talk to FP”

“The ceremony is in a month and I want him there. He’s my father after all, not a very good one, but a father none the less.”

Sp “I get it baby, I really do. Whenever you want to talk to him, I’ll be there. I’m always on your side remember? You’re mine and I am yours, so your problems, are my problems”

Fangs “dude, she’s got you wrapped around her finger” “you’re turning into a big softy”

Sp “do you really wanna cross me, fogarty?” He says standing up

Fangs just sighs and walks away mumbling under his breath how Sweet Pea is an ass.

—

After a while of setting in the corner of the wyrm talking and joking around with Fangs, Toni, and Sweet Pea. You’re all having fun, until Jughead walks over .

“Scar I gotta talk to you, it’s important”

Scar stands up and Sweet Pea goes to follow her. He Doesn’t really trust him. Like at all.

“No baby, it’ll be alright, stay here. It’s not like I can’t handle him”

Sweet Pea just chuckles

“Okay princess, whatever you say.”

—

Once inside the office Jughead sets on the desk and looks at her

“Scar, it’s totally unfair the way dad and mom treated you, it’s uncalled for. It’s totally unfair the way the serpents treat you because you’re a woman. It’s totally unfair that you’re not as respected as the rest, when honestly you deserve their respect and you have damn well earned it.” “Scar I love you with all my heart. And it is so fucking unfair that the serpents just fell in my lap when dad got arrested, even though you’ve been here for years and tried to step up, they just knocked you back down. But you never gave up fighting.”

“Scarlett, I want you to be a part of the ‘royal serpents’ “ Jughead chuckles

“I can’t go anywhere because all hell will break loose. I can’t just give up my position that’s not how the serpents work, they won’t stand for that.”

“But what I’m offering you is the same power I have, you can’t be my serpent queen because you’re my sister and that’d just be weird, but you can be your own queen, and Sweet Pea can be your king. I trust you both with the serpents. You’ve been serpents for years and you basically gave your life for us when you killed Penny. Sweet Pea has been loyal and always busted his ass to protect us, the younger serpents especially. So if you want it, I’m giving you half of my authority. You have the same power I do.” “I’m not letting them vote on this because they’ll vote you out, they don’t think your worthy enough.” “I don’t understand why, but it is what it is I guess.” “So you up for it?”

Scar: “Of course I’m up for it!”

“Thank you Jug. Seriously. I appreciate it”

——

Once Sweet Pea and Scar got home they somehow ended up cuddling on the couch, her between his legs, her back against his chest, Talking about their future and the ceremony and what they want for their lives together. They’re only seventeen, but it feels like they’ve been together forever. She would’ve died for him. She would die to defend him and his honor. And that damn well almost happened

Flashback

After killing Penny, she stands up victorious, she did what she set out to do. She looks up from the bat in Penny’s chest, meeting Malachai’s eyes in the process.

“You Killed her, yeah, but do you think you could handle us?” Malachai taunted

“Yeah I think I can” Scar rolls her eyes

“I ain’t getting my hands dirty but my boys will take care of you.”

The Ghoulies start taunting

There’s five of them

“Where’s your lover boy now?”

“Your skyscraper of a boyfriend can’t save you”

“You’re gonna wish you were dead when were done with you”

“Serpent slut”

“After we’re done with you, we’re gonna go after your freak boyfriend, and your little pink haired friend too”

“I don’t understand how Sweet Pea hasn’t beaten the shit out of you already?”

That was it. I’m done.

Punching him right in the face they all start attacking. From all sides. Punches, kicks, more punches. So I pick one of the bigger guys, I start hitting on him to tire him out, dodging, moving, all the while beating off the other ones too. When he started throwing punches again I started dodging them, standing in front of the Ghoulies, ducking, before he realizes I moved, he can’t slow his punches and punches the other idiot right in the face. Starting an all out Ghoulies war. So I pull out my blade ready to fight. Still out for blood, still wanting vengeance. I want someone to pay for what happened to Fangs, to jughead. I want justice to be served. And the corrupt sheriffs department won’t do shit.

The guys start attacking me again, instead of each other, none of them realizing I pulled my switchblade out. Kicking, punching, dodging, stabbing. One by one they fall to the ground.

The ones who initially attacked me are lying dead around me. More are coming to attack, but they stop upon hearing a loud whistle, “don’t attack boys, she did what we asked, she got rid of the bitch, and so we give her the heart and spare her life, simple. Now let’s go before I change my mind”

—-

Sp “babe you alright?” “You zoned out for like five minutes”

S “I’m good Pea, Really.”

“It’s just.. I gotta talk to you”

Getting up she straddles his waist instead of being between his legs, she looks him in the eyes, draping her arms around his neck, his hands on her hips.

Sp “and what would that be about?”

He says skeptically

S “Jug, He offered me half of the serpents”

Sp “What?!”

S “He can’t leave his position because the serpents wouldn’t stand for it. They’d throw a riot if he gave them to me. He said I deserve to be their leader more than he does.” “He said it’d be weird for me to be his serpent queen considering I’m his sister. But he offered me authority. He said we’re not voting on it because they’ll vote me out because I’m a woman” “and so he told me I’ll run them with him. I’m as much of a serpent queen as he is king. He said I deserve it and Ive damn well earned it. He said he’s got his serpent queen, he’s got Betty. “ “So He asked me if you would like to be my serpent king, Sweets, What’dya say baby?” “Wanna run the serpents with me?”

Part:5

[fyeahwynonnaearp]

What Just Happened?!?: Whiskey Lullaby (S2E06)

I love this show. I don’t love often and I don’t love easily. So, do not take it lightly when I say, “I love Wynonna Earp.”

New & New-ish Character(s)

Poppy, Daughter of Hypnos (@kianamadeira): Caretaker of the dormant Hypnos until kidnapped by Tucker to become his pseudo-Waverly.

The Widows, previously known as the Women/Ladies In Black: The face stealing bitches strutting around Purgatory in their black Victorian mourning garb. Likes munching on whomever they just murdered, breaking seals that presumably help protect the Ghost River Triangle, and freezing people with their breath. At least now, they hate that little Tucker as much as the next Haught officer.

Agent Moody, AKA “Hey! It’s Art from Orphan Black!” (@KevinHanchard): The previous head honcho of BBD, Ghost River Triangle branch. He kindly informs the D&D Duo they are cut off from BBD before giving them a folder with info on The Widows.

Monster(s) of the Week

Hypnos, the Sandman: Chilling dormant in the Clockmaker Mansion until Tucker forcibly wakes him up; he was blackmailed into putting the entire town to sleep by the Widows. 

Final Thoughts (No Spoilers)

Holy emotions! This episode felt like the turning point of this season. It had a different tone compared to the rest of the first half. This was the first solo script from Caitlin D. Fryer (@cdemrys) who spent the first season as script coordinator, helping to write an episode and entered season two as story editor. The pacing was definitely slowed down, which worked well because it gave the characters time to catch up with the fuckery that went on in the past 7-or-so weeks after Willa’s death. 

Alternative title for this episode: In Which Emotions Are Felt. Not only is Wynonna dealing with the big plus sign and baby sister is not letting her avoid the topic, this season’s villains are also on the move. The Widows are hunting down seals and breaking seals and scheming. They are definitely scheming. Plus, Tucker is being Tucker. To make the situation even worse, there is no more BBD to back-up them up. No more resources. No more “I am the police...kinda”. No more income. No more healthcare? Well, they’re in Canada so they’re good. Thank Universal Healthcare. *ahem*

Anyways, Whiskey Lullaby was an emotional whirlwind of an episode with the Earp Sisters at the heart of it. They may each have their own relationship thingamajig going on, but that doesn’t interfere with their dynamic and their growing relationship with each other. 

Keep on reading for some spoiler-filled rants, theories, and general nonsense. No really, this one is long because I overanalyzed the crap out of this episode!

10 Things That Happened

1. The Powers To Be™ of Black Badge Division. I’ve mentioned previously about how the organization of BBD confuses me.  This scene with Moody and the D&D Duo provided more questions than answers. Here’s what I learned:

Basically, BBD has abandoned the Ghost River Triangle. Moody mentions the Powers To Be™ not wanting to spend anymore resources on something they deem a lost cause. It sounds plausible because, as we learned from season 1, there are other places and towns where demons run around like they’re on Rumspringa. But this begs the question: what is the ‘war’? Is it the 60-something Revenants left? Is it the new creatures that entered the Ghost River Triangle? Or is it with whatever is up with the Widows?

Black Badge Division is only “gone” in Ghost River Triangle (GRT). Correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds as if the “BBD HQ” Jeremy, Lucado, and Dolls were talking about was the GRT branch of BBD. It certainly sounds as if there are other operatives/agents/Deputy Marshals and there are other missions in other places. So, as a whole, BBD still exists just not in the GRT. 

“Black Badge was never a government agency”. Well, like the X-Files then? Regardless, without the backing of BBD, Dolls’ and Wynonna’s badges are meaningless. Before, they operated within a very loose definition of “law”. Now, within The Squad™, Nicole is the only legitimate member of law enforcement. If that has major importance/connotations, only time will tell. 

Who the fuck are The Powers To Be™?!?

2. “You’ve lost our husband’s favor. You’ve lost the gift.” We find out, definitively, that The Widows were the ones that broke the asshole seal and they want to find and break the rest. It’s safe to assume that they are witches and knew Constance Clootie, the Stone Witch; perhaps, the three were in the same coven. Because they are called ‘the Widows’, their husband/husbands is/are dead. I have two theories based on whether they share a husband or not.

SHARED HUSBAND THEORY: The husband is being kept in a dormant state by the seals. By showing Hypnos, we learn it is possible to keep powerful demons in a dormant state. Widow!Mercedes also seem to despise Wyatt Earp. This can mean Wyatt killed their husband (making dormant!husband theory null) or Wyatt had a hand in creating the seals, which may explain the importance of The Plate™ and why it was owned by an Earp. The Plate™ could very well be connected to the third seal and was passed down the Earp family. Which brings the question, why wasn’t it already Earp property in the first place? Who took it from Edwin Earp? Who painted the 1952 Purgatory Fair over the Plate™?

SEPARATE HUSBANDS THEORY: “Our husbands’” but Widow!Beth was talking about two different, separate individuals. The fact that they’re identified as “Widows” means their husbands are dead. RIP. But, if their husbands are say supernatural and granted them both magical gifts/abilities and their husbands were the Stone Witch’s sons and they were killed by Wyatt Earp...

3. “What heir?”. It seemed that most, if not all, of the Bad Guy(s) of the Week knew about Wyatt Earp and Peacemaker and the Curse and the whole thing. We know that The Widows were kept by BBD, but not for how long. Honestly, when Widow!Mercedes asked the question I was like “Bitch! Where have you been?”. Then I realized that maybe, not ALL supernaturals/weird shit know about Peacemaker and the Earp Curse. But with the Widows, it’s definitely interesting that they don’t know about it. Why? Well...

Une: They clearly know of Wyatt Earp. So, they were around during his lifetime.

Deux: Sister Clootie. At the very least, they are of the same coven. Don’t they talk about what they’re up to? Like, “Hey, Sister Clootie. How was your day?”-”Sucks, but getting better. My sons were killed. Now I’m gonna find a way to curse Wyatt Earp for killing them.”

Trois: If my separate husbands theory is correct and they married the Stone Witch’s sons, they should know about the curse. Especially, if they helped cast the curse as revenge.

4. Ding-dong, the Stone Witch is dead. Although I was hoping we would see the return of Constance sometime this season, I am very much relieved she wasn’t a one-off forgotten villain. A lot of people are wondering why Doc is still alive if the Stone Witch died. REMEMBER: DOC HIMSELF HAS TO INFLICT THE DAMAGE TO THE STONE WITCH FOR HIM TO ALSO GET HURT. That is why Wynonna was the one to bury Constance in the salt flats. She wasn’t killed then because Doc wanted her to suffer as he did. Her death raises questions though. Is Doc no longer cursed? Is he now mortal? I know people are more worried about how Constance’s death affects Doc, but I think people should make the death of the Stone Witch a bigger deal! Why? (You guessed it) Here’s why:

SHE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE SPECIFICS AND HISTORY OF THE EARP CURSE!!! When Wynonna and Doc were burying her in the salt flats, she tried to bargain and negotiate with them, but the duo were not in a mood to compromise. Doc really was driven to enact his vengeance and Wynonna, let’s be real, will do things her way and only her way.

The Stone Witch has a very detailed knowledge of the Earp Curse and the Ghost River Triangle. I think us, as the audience, are in the same boat as the Earp Sisters; they’re not really quite sure about the the full story of the curse and Triangle other than send 77 former-humans killed by Wyatt back to hell with Peacemaker before the Heir dies. But Constance knows about the curse because she (as I remember, please correct me if I’m wrong) is intimately connected to the Earp Curse.

Constance was involved in the placing of the Earp Curse in the first place, which you know! kind of important and seems to be a The More You Know™-thing the Earp Sisters need. We need to remind ourselves how the Earp Curse began. No, really. I need to remember how because I might be confusing myself. The catalyst of the Curse™ was basically Wyatt Earp killed something(s) or someone(s) he probably shouldn’t have and now has to deal with the consequence. Wyatt killed Constance’s sons. Constance said they were “more than human” and were probably halflings - children with her demon husband. This means that they were mortal sons of a demon because they were killed pre-curse. Now, who placed the curse? It was the demon father, if I remember correctly. If it was Constance, the Earp Curse would probably end with her death and although she is a strong witch, I don’t think she alone could cast a curse as immense as the Earp Curse. Thus, it was the demon father (which I will call “Clootie Demon”) that cursed Wyatt. Where is the Clootie Demon? Are they also connected to The Widows since Constance is? Are they the one being held back by the seals? (I refer to the Clootie Demon as they because although a demon, I don’t want to misgender any creature. LOL. But, seriously. You never know.)

5. Hypnos, the Sandman. We saw in the first season that not all Revenants had purely evil intentions (I.e. Fish and Levi). This episode we are introduced to Hypnos, a powerful time-manipulating/sleep-inducing demon. However, he has been ironically sleeping for quite sometime in his cozy mansion with his daughter, Poppy, as his caretaker. The Widows also mention that his mansion had spells protecting him from other demons, which raises the question: what creatures are in the GRT for protection? Did Hypnos really deserve to die and sent to hell because he was a powerful demon that could be exploited by others? Side Note: Why did the Widows expect Hypnos to know them? Did he and he just has memory issues?

THEORY/QUESTIONS: Peacemaker sends Revenants back to hell and can only come back if the heir died before putting down all 77. Does the rule only apply to Revenants? Or do all that Peacemaker shoots count (glowing orange, of course)? If not, would demons such as Hypnos and Mikshun/Mictian come back and look for revenge?

I go back to this point again and again, but it bears mentioning that Juan Carlo called the GRT a sanctuary. Does Dolls know that some creatures stay in the Triangle for protection and #NotAllDemons are meant to be sent to hell? One thing that really really! irked me was when Dolls justified the shooting of Hypnos because “He’s still a demon!” I shamelessly yelled, “So are you! Well, sorta” at my TV. It broke my heart a bit that Hypnos didn’t even get to see that his daughter was safe before his death.

6. Poppy, the Sandman’s Daughter. We find out that Poppy ran away at the end of the episode. She’s an interesting character and I have a feeling (and I hope) we see more of her in the future. Why? Here’s why:

This is the SECOND TIME in the show we are introduced with the idea of supernaturals having offspring(s). First was with Constance Clootie and her two sons. She mentioned them being something more than human and it is assumed that the father was a demon (of sorts). I always was confused with how to classify Constance. Was she a human witch? Or a specific type of creature that happen to be a witch? I personally think she was completely human that just happen to be a witch. I like this idea more because it opens up a lot of possibilities about the citizens of Purgatory and the Triangle as a whole. I also thought it was really interesting that Dolls’ immediate first thought was that Poppy was Hypnos’ girlfriend/lover. As if he never thought a demon would be or could be a father. Which brings me to a rather obvious question, who is Poppy’s mother and is she still around?

Will Poppy return for revenge? Poppy will realize that Wynonna/Dolls killed her father. Is she still somewhere in the Triangle? Does she have the same powers as Hypnos?

7. “Each touch...every kiss”. Between giggly kisses and before tongue kisses, Nicole nervously asks Waverly if she did things with Waverly!Waverly or Gooverly. Like everyone, I still do question the kiss during the homecoming game and the “Not good enough” comment. 

Anyways, I completely melted in this scene. The music, how the it was portrayed. For me, it was perfect. I’ve read and heard some people grumbling about how Wayhaught should have talked more. How they should have sat down and have a serious conversation about the possession. How all their scenes are them making out and having the sex. People want to see them just snuggling on the couch and having dinners and watching TV. I get it. I do. But I think it’s important to remember that they have only been official for about 2 months and seven of those weeks, Waverly was unknowingly possessed and taking care of her grieving sister and dealing with her identity as maybe not-an-Earp. As Emily Andras mentioned, Wayhaught didn’t really get a honeymoon period. Plus, I like them not having instant domesticity. They still have a lot to learn about one another and I like to think they try to plan dates but Wynonna keeps interrupting and Nicole keeps needing to take shifts because she’s like the only cop in Purgatory other than Nedley. Seriously, where’s all the cops? While I would love to see more of them on-screen and not have to come up with off-screen head canons, I understand that the show is called Wynonna Earp and will mostly get the narrative through Wynonna. I am just thankful with how pure and sexy and adorable and real the relationship is. I am thankful with how giving and respectful and honest Kat and Dom are in their portrayal of two women in a relationship. How true to the characters they are and how free and giving they are to the scene. OK. Wayhaught rant over. NOTE: Waverly said things and they did things during the other times.

8. The Three Seals. We learn that the Widows are after these seals which were hidden in various consecrated/holy grounds within the Triangle (or just within Purgatory?). Two out of three are already broken and it is assumed that the seals are..well, sealing something. The location of the final seal has yet been identified. So, it’s speculation time!!

THEORY: The third seal is being hidden in the Purgatory Volunteer Fire Department. In episode 5, Let’s Pretend We’re Strangers, Ewan (leader of The Order) mentioned to Goononna that the VFD was built on the site of an old church, on consecrated land. In addition, the last episode left off with Ewan mentioning he is open to teaming up with Wynonna. So it is safe to say we will be seeing him again sometime this season. Perhaps the importance of The Plate™ will be explained. The Order wanted it for a specific reason and if that reason is solely because it bears their emblem and they would like to keep any Order memorabilia...then, BRAVA! Emily Andras, your trolling has reached levels I did not know existed.

9. “Let’s play a new game”. Tucker the little fucker is channeling his inner “A”. We know the Widows gave him a magic-imbued necklace/ring(?) which made him immune to Hypnos’ sleeping spell. And as Hypnos told Wynonna, the body should remain unchanged. This means that Tucker was completely unharmed after jumping out the window (head first!) and that his shoulder remains bullet hole-free. Hypnos referred to him as the Widows’ “human familiar”. It could mean absolutely nothing or it could mean that he now has some sort of magical/supernatural attributes. All we know is that the Widows have no need to protect Tucker and they now want him gone for killing the Stone Witch. What makes Tucker think he can go up against the Widows and Officer Nicole Haught? Are there Gardner Family secrets yet to be uncovered?

10. “Poor asshole”. It is accepted that Doc Holliday is the official Baby Daddy. Doc Holliday impregnated his best friends great-great-grandaughter. The baby’s accelerated growth and actual conception is thought by Wynonna to be the consequence of the Curse. While it may be true that the Earp Curse was just ensuring the future of the Earp Heir lineage (assuming Waverly really isn’t biologically an Earp), it could also be due to the baby itself. Doc was cursed by Constance, but it was never fully explained what the curse entailed, only that Doc cannot harm the Stone Witch without also harming himself and he is cursed to live, and live and live and live. I think it’s interesting to note that while in the process of making Dolls’ serum, Doc and Rosita first used Doc’s blood but found that it didn’t work because they needed the pure blood of a demon. Is there a reason as to why they thought Doc’s blood would work? I have no knowledge of Peacemaker glowing orange when pointed at Doc, so he couldn’t be a demon. However, in the promo for episode 7, we see Doc being ‘stabbed’ in the back with a glowing-orange Peacemaker. What this means, we’ll shall see. In short, does Doc’s curse have an effect on Baby Donut Earp? With the death of the Stone Witch, do the terms and conditions of the curse change or is Doc curse-free and is now mortal?

If you somehow read through all my nonsense ranting and speculating, what are your thoughts? Let me know. Message me. Reply. I’d love to hear all thoughts, theories, rants, head canons, and general feels. BTW. Congrats for getting to the end. This one was long.

[friedesgreatscythe]

Mild P5 spoilers.

Those tiers of archangel bosses without a save point, with respawning assistance that restore them to full health over and over again, is some SMT bullshit the likes I haven’t experienced since mainline SMT games and boy, I am not in the mood for any of it.

I don’t know if I want to do that boss run again tomorrow--it really is like, five bosses in a row with no fucking save--since I have to go get blood tested for more psychiatric shit. Sunday is my first day of work, so I probably won’t want to do anything Persona-y then, too. And the coming week is a crapshoot with regards to my free time. I imagine I’ll get my schedule Sunday.

Honestly, my only complaint about P/ersona 5 is that its pacing is really weird in both plot AND combat. There’s long stretches of nothing happening, then all hell breaks loose. In Palaces/dungeons, the same thing applies: there’s a long sequence of multiple crammed-in bosses towards the end of the year, one right after the other, that would be significantly more difficult to handle if I didn’t have SP recharging items on everyone. It’s just a constant stream of it, and I don’t really have the patience for it, I guess. Thematically it makes sense, and story-wise it does too, but the actual execution of it in the game only makes me roll my eyes.

I think I need to fuse and grind a little more: we’re at level 68~70, and I should probably be level 75 to handle all these things competently.

I almost wish I’d chosen the Good ending now. The struggle for the True ending is some pure bullshit.

[shudderue]

the thing w hell breaks loose for me wasn't that it was bad. i actually think that landy's wild gods stuff started to fit in a bit better and become a bit more digestible because of it — it kind of casually showed that there are Loads Of Gods and they're real and kind of don't matter. refreshing imo in how he didn't bother going all out w them — they're there, they're real, ok it's still being shoved in but he's getting better at it

it was just the entirety of the second half having the same plot as until the end, down to the mortals going apeshit against the sorcerers. where was my fun dead men bonding where was my bickering where was my in depth look into the dead men as characters

it's just so... disappointing and it feels lazy. exactly halfway through it feels like landy just got sick of writing it and decided he was going to have the exact same regurgitated plot twist which wasn't even good the first time?

for a book i got because i was genuinely so excited to know about the dead men and their dynamic, we know:

hopeless likes cats

ghastly's mums name

ghastly's dad's discipline and (probably) how he died

saracen murdered his entire family and this is never expanded on???

vexrue would snog. hypothetically.

maybe a 3/10 overall, and that's for the first half. sigh.

and i haven't even gotten into how little we saw of the faceless people

[dead-men-disco]

Skulduggery: *bludgeons someone into unconsciousness instead of violently murdering them*

Ghastly: