Dive Deep into Creativity: Discover, Share, Inspire
This Show Is So Good - Blog Posts
Just started a rewatch and realised that, apart from my dad, I've never met anyone else who's seen Warehouse 13. So seeing that it does have a fandom is bringing me so much joy right now
A big talking point around Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld is the concern about it getting cancelled after the first season. Many people seem apprehensive about starting the show because they don't want to get invested in something that's going to leave them hanging. Many other people are pointing out this is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy; people don't watch the show because they're afraid it will get cancelled, and then it gets cancelled because not enough people watched the show.
I'm going to side-step that argument and make a different one: you should watch Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld because it's still a great show even if it does get cancelled after its first season. While it would be awesome for this show to continue, what we have right now is a rather complete story that doesn't leave you hanging. It doesn't end on a cliffhanger and there aren't really any loose threads after the finale. If someone told me Jentry Chau was intended to be one season only from the beginning, I'd believe them.
I'm not saying Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld shouldn't continue. I really want it to. What I'm saying is that you're not risking as much by watching the first season now as you may think it you are. The people that made the show have voiced that they want to make more, but they clearly made the first season to stand on its own in case they can't.
So please, watch Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld. It does not need more, but I and everyone else who's watched it really want more.
Little late but
Happy 15th Anniversary bbc Merlin
Watching ofmd for the third time be like *watches Ed and Stede be fascinated with each other prior to meeting* * Lucius is literally the glue holding this show together* *using they/them pronouns for Jim before the crew knows* *deep desire to help Izzy get laid despite kinda hating him* *cries*
Happy 10 year anniversary Odd Squad!
Odd Squad came out when I was starting Pre-k. I remember my younger self would race to the living room after school in order to not miss any new Season 1 episodes. When I got older, Season 2 came out. I will always appreciate Season 1, but I can never be thankful enough for Season 2.
I had a really bad teacher in 2nd grade, like to the point I didn't ever want to go to school. (Which was rare for me back then-I used to love going) (I actually ended up moving schools cause of that teacher, but that's a story for another day)
One of the only things. that could make me feel some semblance of happiness during that time were new and reruns of Season 2 Odd Squad episodes.
I love Otto, Olive, and Oscar, nothing can beat the OGs, but I remember seeing Olympia, Otis, and Oona on screen being one of the few things that could cheer me up.
I have only seen some Season 3 and Season 4 episodes (mostly because im not the target demographic for the show anymore), but this anniversary has inspired me to finish both seasons 3 and 4. (I feel like I owe it to that scared little 2nd grader, ya'know?)
Point is, Odd Squad has been there for me, in both the good and bad. It was/is the first fandom I've ever been in. The world and characters inspired my love for other fandoms, and has inspired me to try writing fanfiction.
Odd Squad Forever!
kit, jentry and the art of misunderstanding
this is basically just a really long post going over kit and jentry's interactions in eps 8 and 9 bc i've seen some people feel like their characterization took a sharp turn ("they made kit act like an incel", "they made jentry reject him just because he's a demon", etc), when i thought both their actions were perfectly understandable and a pretty natural evolution of their not-relationship. i think the key thing to remember when watching these scenes is that both characters have very different assumptions about the current status of their relationship, partly because they were never able to sit down and define it in the first place.
kit thinks he and jentry are functionally together, that any hesitation on jentry's part is the result of some fixable fault of his own, while jentry thinks they were never a thing to begin with, and especially not now after kit betrayed her trust.
so this is where the trouble really begins, tho i think even earlier in this conversation is when they started to be on different pages. up until this point, kit had been hoping she'd forgive him, and was taken aback when she said she wasn't looking for apologies. then she started reiterating her belief in his soul and relating to the feeling of being trapped with a life defined by someone else
jentry pov: even though i'm feeling deeply betrayed, kit doesn't deserve to be under anyone's thumb. we'll help each other out and then we'll part ways amicably. that'll make things right.
kit pov: hold up. 'make things right'? as in... make up? as in... a relationship is still on the table? :D
jentry pov: after the powers are gone there'll be nothing tying kit to me, and nothing tying either of us to mr cheng. he'll be free to move on and choose whatever new life he wants.
kit pov: she said 'you and me' like we're a pair! so she still wants to be with me after all :D we're reconnecting!!
so this is when kit starts getting possessive. there's definitely good old fashioned jealousy at play, but i also think kit was genuinely under the impression that he and jentry were reconnecting, and that jentry should have no reason to be interested in michael at this point.
back at school he's genuinely confused, because he has no idea jentry isn't into him anymore. he helped her get rid of the powers and made up with her, so now they should be back in business. he did the mum thing that's apparently a romantic gesture jentry likes, so shouldn't she be happy about it? look how thoughtful he's being!
jentry pov: ohhh shoot, he doesn't get that i don't wanna be with him anymore. i can't deal with any more stressful demon stuff......... how do i put this nicely...
kit pov: yep haha ^_^ no more powers, yay! it's like what you said back at my house! now that you don't have the powers nothing is getting in the way of our relationship anymore, like mr cheng and gugu's game. peace and love on planet earth <3
jentry pov: i need to let this dude down as GENTLY AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. i want to word this in a way that SCREAMS "you're an okay dude, just not what I personally want out of a relationship right now" because I know he has issues with his sense of identity. so i will focus on how the relationship itself can't be normal. this will hopefully take the brunt of rejection off him as an individual and lay the blame at the feet of unfortunate circumstances
kit pov: ohhhh so she WANTS to be in a relationship with me but i'm not acting normal enough
jentry pov: ok thank god. he gets that i don't want us to be together AND he took it gracefully.
kit pov: so she's saying we can be together... once i start acting more normal? that's slightly upsetting. but totally doable :)
jentry pov: i will now pursue michael since i've cleared things up with kit ^_^ yaaayyy
kit pov: what the hell??? i'm trying to be normal for her???? like she ASKED me to?? but now she's flirting with michael out of nowhere???
jentry pov: THIS CREEPY ASS DUDE KEEPS STALKING ME AFTER I TOLD HIM IM NOT INTERESTED
kit pov: i am doing Normal Displays of Normal Human Affection like she literally asked me to >:( ok well not literally but she INSINUATED
from his pov, she's not even giving him a chance to "correct" his behavior before she runs off with someone else, toying with his emotions. he's trying to "out-normal" michael to win her back, but it's frustrating and terrifying bc if there's one thing he Can Not handle it's rejection
jentry pov: this guy obviously can't take a gentle let-down, so I need to be more blunt about this. he stalked me, lied to me, tried to kill me. how can he NOT see why i don't want to be around him anymore? what the heck is his problem?? how much meaner do i need to be about this before he finally leaves me alone???
kit pov: ok, so the mask is coming off now. she said i was more human than i thought, that a soul is made up of the decisions you make, who you choose to be. but i didn't choose to be centuries old, i didn't choose to drain qi, those are all intrinsic parts of my demonic existence. was all that talk a lie? do i not have a soul after all? am i not human enough for her? was she just trying to spare my feelings this whole time?
jentry pov: he's so creepy and possessive, i hate this, why can't he just take no for an answer!!? (<- objectively true btw)
kit pov: she's avoiding the question, so she means 'yes' and is too proud to say it. she doesn't like me because i'm a demon, and if i was a normal human, we'd be together right now
so of course he gets so upset he punches the lockers. it's not extreme or out of character, he thinks everything jentry told him about his humanity was a lie. that there IS something inherently wrong with him that nothing but the acquisition of a soul could fix. that he's back to square one, that mr cheng was right, that no one could possibly love him in his natural state. that he is, inherently, down to his core, a monster.
but at least this time, he doesn't have to kill jentry to get what she he wants (because it was never really about her. he never prioritized her happiness. everything he did to change 'for' her was always about desperately maintaining the sense of human connection he craved)