I am so amazed with how Young Justice controls all of my feelings. I just can't ever understand how this show just continues to deliver just such quality amazing animation and storylines. And ughhhh...let me just try to get this all down before I turn into a mess of feelings.
Beware: Spoilers under cut for "Bloodlines". Flash Family feels. Lian love. OMG LIAN YOU ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL!
BLOODLINES SEASON 2 EPISODE 6
It's the episode of the speedsters. THIS EPISODE. I feel like the title will forever put me into a fit of fangirling love. I love Bart. I don't love him as much as Wally, but Bart you are a ball of amazing beautiful love. I just want to limbo with you forever. I officially am giving you a chance to further allow me to love you. Your design and your voice? Right on. Just everything about you is perfection at this point. I really admire the fact that he keeps spewing the words "opps spoilers!" because that is what every young justice fan wants right now. We just want to know that everything will be okay and that one day we will end an episode on Saturday with happiness not inner turmoil of impending doom. But seriously...he's not even really spoiler alerting because there are things ticking in his head faster than anyone else can comprehend at the moment. His biggest task...saving Barry. The Flash. He has to save him because he honestly and truly believes that by coming to the past he can hopefully rewrite the future. Because guys the future is horrible. It's a black snowing pit of misery.
I saw the image of the future. 40 years into the future. AND. I. AM. TERRIFIED. In that moment I wanted to shake Bart and just ask him "WHAT DO YOU KNOW!? WHERE IS EVERYONE!? WHY IS THE FUTURE SO BLEAK?" Is this why he is truly hugging everyone? He's doing this because he probably has never seen these people. Or when he knew them...they were just fond memories. This kid has seen a lot in the short span of life that he is. But he's so grown up. Regardless of all the limboing and fast talk of excitement. It's got to be an act. He had to grow up fast to deal with the present that he used to live in. He went to the past because...it was his only hope. THINGS ARE SO BAD IN THE FUTURE BART HAD TO COME BACK TO THE PAST.
And while he's in the past it has to be so hard for him to just not say anything. He doesn't know what going into the past will do to his future. He has to be delicate. Probably the hardest thing for him...because really. He's in front of Barry, and I'm sure in his mind the entire time was that he just wants to know him. He wants to be able to have good times with him. I felt that in all of his movements. When he was just hugging everyone? Those were like the most painful hugs I've seen on a kids show. Desperation hugs. I don't care if anyone thinks I'm over analyzing this, but those hugs broke my heart. That last one with him and Barry. I am just sobbing because...my god. He's like clutching at him. And I feel like Barry knew how important this all was. So when he just hugged him back I felt like...oh my god...I felt so happy.
And Wally...I can't go a post without talking about how perfect you are and how much I love you. You are my hero. Always have been, always will be. He's become so...grown up. I notice he's become so much more cautious. It makes me wonder if he really wanted to wear that uniform again. He's supposed to be retired! He's supposed to be living the Stanford life with the love of his life. I just want to know everything about Wally. I want to know what got him to this point five years from the events of Auld Acquaintance. I want to know what is making his brain tick. His moods in this episode? Puzzling. Not gonna lie, I am super concerned. In the comics with his speed...that was something he always held back on because of Barry. ARE YOU HOLDING BACK WALLY!? IS THERE A FAR GREATER POTENTIAL IN YOU THAT YOU REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE?!?! What are you scared of? What is going on in that head of yours when both Bart and Barry are carrying you to safety? Are you okay with the fact that Barry's eyes are superior? Do you want to do this anymore? WILL YOU ACCEPT BART? I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING! SPOILER ALERT PLEASE!?!?!
Wally. I love you. You are always first in my heart. I want you to be everything that you are capable of. Don't just settle baby. Maybe you are content where you are right now, but never just settle especially if you can be so great. I know you will be though because that is what Wally is. He's great, and will forever hold that special place in my heart.
But enough of that rambling. His face. His precious face was so perfect in every scene. OMG. Every moment when he was making a face I just wanted to hold him in that perfect moment. WALLY WEST YOU ARE TOO PRECIOUS FOR THIS WORLD. YOUR FACES ARE KILLING ME AND MAKING ME A FANGIRL MESS. PLEASE COME BACK MORE OFTEN SO I CAN APPRECIATE YOU SOME MORE.
"I'll be back in a Flash!" OH GOD BARRY YOU ARE KILLING ME WITH YOUR PERFECT. I'M GLAD BART SAVED YOU. I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS UNIVERSE WITHOUT YOU.
LIKE...I HAD A HEART ATTACK WHEN HE WENT AHEAD. SO SELFLESS. AND OMG. YOU JUST FOUND OUT YOU ARE HAVING CHILDREN! WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO WRECKLESS!? OH YEAH BECAUSE YOU ARE A SUPERHERO AND YOU NEVER COME FIRST EVERYONE ALWAYS COMES FIRST! YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LIKE THIS WHO TRY AND THREATEN PEOPLE WILL STOP EXISTING SO THAT YOUR CHILDREN CAN BE HAPPY IN THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE NEEDS YOU TO LIVE BARRY! AHHHHHHHHHHHDLFKJSLKFJSLDKFJ I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!
Barry when I saw you put on your costume today and just that feeling of hopelessness that Bart gave me through out this episode...I nearly died. I THOUGHT THIS WAS IT AND BART HAD FAILED.
Oh my little babies you must save the future! JUST SAVE IT NOW SO I CAN FINALLY BE HAPPY!
Lian needs her own freakin'....post. Like...ugh this girl is going to really just eat away at me, isn't she? She wants to tear at my heart strings. I know what you are doing little girl. You want me to fall in love with you. You want me to feel all these things for you when Roy just smiles like that for you.
Dear Greg and Brandon,
You better give this girl the world. If you take her away...I will forever be a sobbing mess because you made her perfect and all I want to do is love her.
Thanks!
Next week we get Artemis. THIS BLOG CAN'T EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW. HOW WILL IT HANDLE ME WHEN DEPTHS PREMIERS!? I'M GOING TO DIE FROM THESE EMOTIONS! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!