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NowonSA
Jul 19, 2013

I am the sexiest poster in the world!

1994 Toyota Celica posted:

i hope in the next season Fogg has to spend even more time out in the field

and I wonder what Julia's happy place could even look like, if Elliot's was the Physical Kids house

I'd think given how much she wanted to be at Brakebills and use magic a Brakebills classroom is a real possibility. Could be something more outright comforting given what the pursuit of magic ended up doing to her, if she had a happy family life then her family home for instance.

I really liked the suit callback with Fogg, was nice to see that rad custom order do crazy magic BS. Fun to see more varied uses of magic in this episode too, we got the now standard instant slices, telekinesis, and blasts of force, but also a tiny fireball, instant teleport, and people turned into puppies. Good stuff all around, and I'm totally on board to see a proper magic free for all next episode. We haven't seen Alice doing full-bore battle magic in quite awhile, I'm keen to see her bust out crazy light-based attacks while hopped up on extra magic.

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Tokubetsu
Dec 18, 2007

Love Is Not Enough
cool little teaser for the finale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rrNTxTEh6w

anothergod
Apr 11, 2016

Whatever happened to Irene McAllister?

Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!
She’s still out there and the McAllisters could end up being a long term villain for the next season once the immediacy of the twin gods is wrapped up.



VV Didn't that feature prominently in the Renard stuff?

Macdeo Lurjtux fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Apr 13, 2019

Shuffle
Feb 3, 2011

DEA Sloth!
No Fast Movements!
Julia's happy place is probably under that table with the fillory map she and Q drew as kids.

SLOSifl
Aug 10, 2002


Shuffle posted:

Julia's happy place is probably under that table with the fillory map she and Q drew as kids.
Julia’s happy place will just be her standing in a Hilton Garden Inn lobby flatly telling another guest it’s “supposed to be a nice day” as they pass

Sab Sabbington
Sep 18, 2016

In my restless dreams I see that town...

Flagstaff, Arizona
Well gently caress.

I'm still pretty sure there's going to be a flip once Eliot's actually back and it's going to resolve the Q/Alice story, but given how clearly on-point the writing has been this season--even if it makes sense for Quentin to kind of question everything at the moment--was a huge misstep and it sucks.

I was so sure that speech to the plant was going to end with Q admitting the only thing he's loved about Fillory is the time he got to spend with Eliot that I kept waiting for it, and hoo boy did that not happen. I like what they've done with Q, I like what he's said about growing up, but bruh.

ETA: I guess Arjun Gupta tweeted the other day that he doesn't know (I don't buy that), but that it isn't the end of the road for Quentin and Eliot, and that the writers are aware of what that relationship might mean for the characters and in a broader storytelling context.

One thing I realized after watching the episode is just how invested in that I managed to get right after the Eliot episode this season, and how it's just managed to build up since then? I didn't expect it, and I'm positive it's just how incredible that duo of episodes were, but there was something about seeing something completely new on TV that I didn't expect but felt totally natural was gratifying even if it didn't immediately apply to my context. Either way, watch them kill Q or Eliot and reveal it was one of them getting off the elevator.

ETA2: Okay I've fallen into a rabbit hole (topical on 2 fronts) but nevermind that previous worry check this out because I 100% missed it:

https://twitter.com/ellelipson/status/1116115021233176578

Sab Sabbington fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Apr 13, 2019

1994 Toyota Celica
Sep 11, 2008

by Nyc_Tattoo

ThePagey posted:

Well gently caress.

I'm still pretty sure there's going to be a flip once Eliot's actually back and it's going to resolve the Q/Alice story, but given how clearly on-point the writing has been this season--even if it makes sense for Quentin to kind of question everything at the moment--was a huge misstep and it sucks.

I was so sure that speech to the plant was going to end with Q admitting the only thing he's loved about Fillory is the time he got to spend with Eliot that I kept waiting for it, and hoo boy did that not happen. I like what they've done with Q, I like what he's said about growing up, but bruh.

elliot had his chance and he loving blew it

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Yeah, it's most likely that Q bites it.

Chalks
Sep 30, 2009

1994 Toyota Celica posted:

elliot had his chance and he loving blew it

Yeah, that is kind of the point of that whole painful memory for Elliot. He blew his chance at happiness with Q there so it's not too surprising that it might not pan out for the two of them.

That said, Q's explanation for why he forgave Alice felt weird to me. Forgiving her by putting himself in her shoes and understanding that she thought she was doing the right thing I could buy, but his reasoning is basically "you suck but I should have expected it". Her actions betrayed them but they did come from good intentions, I'm not sure never trusting anyone ever is the right thing to take away here.

Wungus
Mar 5, 2004

Holy poo poo the pacing in this is leaving me breathless

crazypeltast52
May 5, 2010



Edit: still on, so I won’t post

theCalamity
Oct 23, 2010

Cry Havoc and let slip the Hogs of War
Holy poo poo

crazypeltast52
May 5, 2010



What!?

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


That was a very pretty shot.


Also, :(

Wungus
Mar 5, 2004

It's a cruel world :cry:

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


I'm not crying, you're crying.

theCalamity
Oct 23, 2010

Cry Havoc and let slip the Hogs of War
I’m actually crying

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
Someone spoil this for me in spoiler tags.

I’m not home.

crazypeltast52
May 5, 2010



A well done episode.

J33uk
Oct 24, 2005
So that honest to god felt like it's going to stick isn't it? poo poo.

crazypeltast52
May 5, 2010



Back in 2020.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


That's how it works, Syfy shows only do one season a year.

Gonz posted:

Someone spoil this for me in spoiler tags.

I’m not home.

You will cry when the cast sings A-Ha.

Wungus
Mar 5, 2004

I was just loving ugly crying for the last fifteen minutes straight. I have a headache. This is the best show on TV, I don't care what that says about me

J33uk
Oct 24, 2005
poo poo. Articles covering it are up. It's for real apparently. Wow

Edit: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-magicians-showrunners-explain-that-deliberate-and-1834107404

Lupus Rufus
Aug 11, 2008

Prepare for trouble!

And make it a double!
fuuuuuuuck this show, why'd they do that? I shoulda expected that.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


I really expected there to be some kind of last minute swerve to say, oh here's how he'll be back.

ShakeZula
Jun 17, 2003

Nobody move and nobody gets hurt.

That was a loving excellent finale, holy poo poo

geeves
Sep 16, 2004

muscles like this! posted:

I really expected there to be some kind of last minute swerve to say, oh here's how he'll be back.

There's a theory on reddit that if Quentin returns, it will tie into Quentin's previous journey to the underworld in Season 2.

Rocksicles
Oct 19, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo
Stella Maeve is doing an AMA tomorrow, questions going up atm is you want to ask hewr anything, or tell her she looks great in pigtails.

https://www.reddit.com/r/brakebills/comments/bed5ro/i_am_stella_maeve_i_play_julia_wicker_on_the/

J33uk
Oct 24, 2005

muscles like this! posted:

I really expected there to be some kind of last minute swerve to say, oh here's how he'll be back.

I think it was when they had this "Was this just me finally finding a way to commit suicide?" chat where I realized they were really going a long drat way otherwise. Also I feel that the Fresh Prince Josh is getting overlooked here.

geeves posted:

There's a theory on reddit that if Quentin returns, it will tie into Quentin's previous journey to the underworld in Season 2.

I really hope this isn't the case. I mean for one I'd look like a dumb rear end for buying in, but it feels like the sort of gimmick that this show is better than.

J33uk fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Apr 18, 2019

crazypeltast52
May 5, 2010



Fresh Prince Josh, Defender of the Flaky Pastry, Tarts Which Pop and Pockets Which Contain Hot Things.

Macdeo Lurjtux
Jul 5, 2011

BRRREADSTOOORRM!
Don’t forget ‘Flinger of Fish Magic’

Nihonniboku
Aug 11, 2004

YOU CAN FLY!!!

J33uk posted:

poo poo. Articles covering it are up. It's for real apparently. Wow

Edit: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-magicians-showrunners-explain-that-deliberate-and-1834107404

gently caress.

Emerson Cod
Apr 14, 2004

by Pragmatica
I want to know what the deal with the water spilling out from the mirror world was. The interview says that it's permanent and that he's not a regular next season but they worded that very specifically.

eke out
Feb 24, 2013



"The gently caress did they do to my castle?" was the best line

in a well actually
Jan 26, 2011

dude, you gotta end it on the rhyme

Emerson Cod posted:

I want to know what the deal with the water spilling out from the mirror world was. The interview says that it's permanent and that he's not a regular next season but they worded that very specifically.

Everett's hoarded magic?

cailleask
May 6, 2007





Holy poo poo, HOLY poo poo. And when A-ha came on. poo poo. That was one of the most amazing episodes I've seen in a really long time - impactful without being horror porn.

Trevor Hale
Dec 8, 2008

What have I become, my Swedish friend?

The biggest slow motion car crash in the world is watching an actor log on to twitter to ask what everyone thought of the episode when the fandom is already up in arms.

Poor Arjun.

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anothergod
Apr 11, 2016

I'm sure he knew it was coming. He knew it was crazy.

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