In Which Hinn Watches the Last Two Eps of Season 1, and
WARNING, BELOW REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON FINALE, THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE, AND THE INVASION TRAILER(S). SERIOUSLY. DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED.
In which Hinn is joyful and horrified, ships and laughs, weeps, predicts the future of Young Justice, and declares that the world needs more Billy Batson.
Yeah, sorry this took so long. I've had Internet problems.
Okay, before we begin, I'll admit things. I was spoiled on several aspects of the season finale, thanks to TVTropes people who watched the sub-titled versions, and accidentally reading posts in the Anonymous Meme that were spoiler marked, but I didn't realize it until it was too late.
These spoilers included:
A) Roy was a Cadmus Clone, and the Mole. However, I did not know how long Roy had been a clone. I assumed he had been grabbed shortly before Infiltrator.
B) That the JL were mind-controlled. I guessed Starro was behind it, because, well, it was Starro.
C) Rocket and Kaldur would have some sort of pairing thing. Didn't know to what degree though.
D) Same post informed me that KF and Arty finally killed that UST.
So we open up with the JL Induction ceremony. Supes makes a speech, Rocket is awesome and her voice is epic, and she's so pretty, and the Atom is smaller than his card. LOL.
Oh, and Billy got to stay on the JL! *sighs in relief* That's good. I love Billy. Kicking him out of the JL might make it harder for me to see him.
Aaaaanddd... Robin totally knows that Cheshire's her sister. Poor Arty. Robin, stop trolling.
Wait, don't. I love it.
Oh Jade. Save the flirting for Roy. And Artemis smiles, I love those two sisters!
The Riddler's puns are really bad. But the fight is awesome and badass and happy.
Oh dear, Supey and the Shields (Rock band name. Seriously) again. DON'T YOU DARE HURT ARTEMIS, CONNER, I DON'T CARE HOW ANGRY YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KILL YOUR TEAMMATES!
But this led to an awesome line. "We're sisters. I don't want you dead." I love that messed up family, I really do.
Nearly as much as the Batfamily.
And Batman tells them, "Good job." So heartwarming. Everything is good. I worry 'bout the Starro stuff. Raquel wishes Icon good luck. Black Canary says there's a party. Everything is good.
Oh shit. Conner, what are you doing, DON'T GO TO SANTA PRISCA, THIS HAS TRAP WRITTEN ON IT IN THREE INCH LETTERS, YOU HAVE SUPERVISION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!
QUEEN BEE, AT LEAST YOU ARE NO LONGER CREEPIN' ON BB, BUT STAY AWAY FROM CONNER, YOU PEDO-LADY! OH SHIT, IT'S SPORTSMASTER. OH SHIT, IT'S BANE. OH SHIT, THE LIGHT GAVE BANE SOMETHING.
ARTEMIS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??
M'GANN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??????
CONNER, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THANK GOD YOU CAN'T LIE!
LUTHER, DAMMIT, DON'T USE "RED SON"
I think I broke my caps lock. I'll try to stick with normal font from now own,
OR AT LEAST I WILL, BUT NOW WE GET FLASHBACKS, AND CONNER TOLD THEM EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL at Robin's reaction.
AND THEN ARTEMIS CAME FORWARD, AND MY HEART NEARLY BURST, BECAUSE SHE TOLD THEM, AND THEY STILL LOVE HER, SHE'S A PART OF THE TEAM, AND THEY ARE FAMILY, AND I AM GOING TO TOSS LILO AND STITCH REFERENCES AROUND.
Ahem.
AND M'GANN SHOWED HER TRUE FORM AND... (tries to figure out how to show my love for this moment)
CONNER ALREADY KNEW. HE KNEW. HE KNEW WHO SHE WAS, AND HE ACCEPTED IT, AND HE LOVES HER, AND HE HOLDS HER HAND, AND I DIE OF SHIPPER HAPPINESS.
And then there is a fight, and Jade leaves, and there's a cute "souvenir" moment, and I squeal, but they don't kiss, but I don't care, the awesomeness is too much.
And now we get a cut to the Watchtower, and FUCK. Roy just brainwashed THE WHOLE FUCKING JUSTICE LEAGUE.
AND I KNOW THIS MAKES ME A BAD PERSON, BUT I LOVE HIS REACTION. SO FUNNY.
GO AWAY VANDAL SAVAGE. DON'T HURT MY BABIES.
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Okay, next episode. We open with RA running away from GA, AM, and the Flash. He's getting his ass kicked, and oh shit, there comes a train...
And he's fine. That's good.
We cut to the Title Card, and then the Team dscussing the Mole. Mind-controlled!Bats confirms that my spoilers were correct (thanks a lot, YJ Meme), but then I went. O_o.
Three years. Three fucking years. The Light kidnapped Roy almost as soon as he became Speedy. Wow. Just... wow. I'd thought they'd have nabbed him while he was breaking out Doctor Roquette in Inflitrator. Or maybe just before that. But three years ago? Greg Weisman, I applaud you.
So the Team goes into angst mode. Zatanna comforts Robin. Artemis almost comforts Wally, but doesn't, clearly unsure of where their relationship is standing at that point. Spitfire, why are you so awesome?
RT is about to infect Aqualad. (Don't you dare!) Luckily, RT shuts down. So Aqualad tells Rocket, Kid Flash, Robin, and Zatanna to figure out the problem, while he takes Supey, Miss M, and Arty to go find Roy. Zatanna has an idea, clearly intending to use John Smith.
Then comes Black Canary, who attacks them, (don't hurt my babies, Dinah!) but Raquel subdues her by trapping her in a energy barrier with knock-out gas in it.
Savage, aparently having figured out something was wrong, sends Billy, Fate, and Icon to get the kids, but they've escaped via Super-Cycle. John Smith gives exposition, and then we cut to the others.
Kaldur reveals that he knows where Roy would be hiding, and then we get one of the most heartwarming moments in the series. I love those two. I even ship them a little. Not as much as Roy/Cheshire, but still. Best bit about no character bashing rule on the Anonymous Meme--I'm not as afraid to read pairings I wouldn't normally ship. Character bashing drives me off so many ships. Like Zutarra. And Rob/Rae.
And then we have the Team meet up, and Dinah wakes up. Oh shit.
But I suppose the whole point was to make it more believable when RT, RA, and BC show up, claiming to be brainwashed again. But LOL, nope, Vandal and Klarion don't fall for that, and have Hal Jordan subdue them.
Then we see the Team sneaking in, and beginning to take down the Justice League. Plastic Man goes down, followed by Hawk Man and the Atom. (Love how they did that one. Poor guy. So many size jokes.)
Klarion realizes what's going on, (admittedly in the most hilariously clueless way possible), and then alerts Vandal of the problem. Cue more ass kicking.
Okay, time to dissolve into incoherency again. I seem to do this a lot.
Artemis/Wally tag-teaming, this is awsome.
Zatanna had Billy say Shazam! And then he collided, and is Billy, and adorable, but he didn't speak, so I am sad.
But poor Zatanna! Billy, hug the girl! She needs hugs!
a;lsdkihgpoqidhj;flkadsjhpoqihwepto THIS IS ALL SO BADASS AND AWESOME, I THINK MY PILLOW IS DYING! (Poor thing.)
Airlock? Wow. Spitfire cuteness!
BRUCE WAYNE, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HURT DICK! CLARK KENT, IF YOU HURT CONNER, I WILL FIND THE KRYPTONITE!
WONDIE, DON'T HURT RAQUEL, YOU WANTED HER IN THE LEAGUE!
SUPERMAN, YOU HURT WOLF. PREPARE TO DIE.
Oh look, I don't need to find the Kryptonite. Robin did it for me. Good boy.
FUCK. STAGE TWO? STAY STILL, LIGHT, DAMMIT, I WANT YOU TO STOP WINNING!
BUT WHO CARES ABOUT VILLAINS, THEY SAVED THE LEAGUE AND
A;OSIDHPQGFOIERGHQPOKWDJFKPQOWIERUHADLKGF'QIUEP[OIUR-19837URODSIFJKALDRJN819-ED09JLKJOIU-0EKAWJFDKIQJPOIWEJRQIWOEQJRIKWEPJF;QLKEW
"I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO."
SPITFIRE! MY SHIP, MY SHIIIIPPPP! SO CUTE!
AND THEN CONNER/MEGAN D'AWWW, AND THEN, OMG, CHALANT, CHALANT, CHALANT... AND THEN ROCKET/KALDUR... EH, WHY NOT? I LIKE HER. :)
LOL, RED TORNADO.
CLARK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING CONNER? A;LSDKJFRPQOIWEHPGFOWQIJDFPQOIEWJF;LKDSJF;ALDKJF,
WOO-HOO! YOU HAVE JUST MADE THE "SUPERMAN SHOULD JUST GROW UP ALREADY" TAG OBSOLETE! GOOD JOB CLARK! NOW INTRODUCE HIM TO LOIS, AND WE GET A BIG HAPPY SUPER-FAMILY!
*takes deep breath* Okay, I'm better now.
Clone!Roy angst, (Poor guy. Jade, go find him and have Foe Yay. It will cheer him up.)
Oh joy, looks like Guardian's a clone too. They've shut him down, Cadmus is in shambles, they're making off with Match (oh shit) and Roy Harper, the original.
Thank God we get a new episode tomorrow.
Soo... Invasion predictions/thoughts.
Okay, judging from those pics and previews, we're getting Beast Boy, Wonder Girl (probably Cassie, which makes me sad, because I wanted Donna, but oh well), Lagoon Boy, Raven, Blue Beatle (yes), Bumblebee (fuck yeah), Batgirl (fuck yeah!), Nightwing (OMG, YESSS!), and possibly Robin II? (Let it be Jason, let it be Jason. I'm sorry, I love Tim, but Jason is far to ignored in other universes. It's just not fair on him. Tim got to be in the DCAU, but Jason didn't. Jason's only animated appearance was in Batman: Under the Red Hood, and they killed him, as usual. I want him to be in Young Justice, and stay alive, and get his own ID, and not be Doomed by Canon! :( )
So... time loop. Calling it. That's prediction #1.
#2: Aliens will invade. (Chip shot, yes, but anyways...)
#3: Wally and Artemis will get together, but it will be rocky.
#4: Jade and Roy will team up to look for Speedy.
#5: Raquel and Kaldur will have UST.
#6: Billy will be cute.
#7: At least one team member will die. I don't want it to happen, so I'm calling it. That's how it works.
#8: Artemis will choose a new name, because it looks like she'll be going more mainstream.
#9: Babs/Dick/Zatanna love triangle.
#10: Conner/Clark awkward bonding.
#11: More Plastic Man, Atom, and Icon.
#12: M'gann will become more confident.
#13: We will see Secret again.
And... #14... let's see. Oh! Like I suggested in my Straysverse fic, there will be a girl's night in Gotham. It will be badass.
In which Hinn is joyful and horrified, ships and laughs, weeps, predicts the future of Young Justice, and declares that the world needs more Billy Batson.
Yeah, sorry this took so long. I've had Internet problems.
Okay, before we begin, I'll admit things. I was spoiled on several aspects of the season finale, thanks to TVTropes people who watched the sub-titled versions, and accidentally reading posts in the Anonymous Meme that were spoiler marked, but I didn't realize it until it was too late.
These spoilers included:
A) Roy was a Cadmus Clone, and the Mole. However, I did not know how long Roy had been a clone. I assumed he had been grabbed shortly before Infiltrator.
B) That the JL were mind-controlled. I guessed Starro was behind it, because, well, it was Starro.
C) Rocket and Kaldur would have some sort of pairing thing. Didn't know to what degree though.
D) Same post informed me that KF and Arty finally killed that UST.
So we open up with the JL Induction ceremony. Supes makes a speech, Rocket is awesome and her voice is epic, and she's so pretty, and the Atom is smaller than his card. LOL.
Oh, and Billy got to stay on the JL! *sighs in relief* That's good. I love Billy. Kicking him out of the JL might make it harder for me to see him.
Aaaaanddd... Robin totally knows that Cheshire's her sister. Poor Arty. Robin, stop trolling.
Wait, don't. I love it.
Oh Jade. Save the flirting for Roy. And Artemis smiles, I love those two sisters!
The Riddler's puns are really bad. But the fight is awesome and badass and happy.
Oh dear, Supey and the Shields (Rock band name. Seriously) again. DON'T YOU DARE HURT ARTEMIS, CONNER, I DON'T CARE HOW ANGRY YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KILL YOUR TEAMMATES!
But this led to an awesome line. "We're sisters. I don't want you dead." I love that messed up family, I really do.
Nearly as much as the Batfamily.
And Batman tells them, "Good job." So heartwarming. Everything is good. I worry 'bout the Starro stuff. Raquel wishes Icon good luck. Black Canary says there's a party. Everything is good.
Oh shit. Conner, what are you doing, DON'T GO TO SANTA PRISCA, THIS HAS TRAP WRITTEN ON IT IN THREE INCH LETTERS, YOU HAVE SUPERVISION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!
QUEEN BEE, AT LEAST YOU ARE NO LONGER CREEPIN' ON BB, BUT STAY AWAY FROM CONNER, YOU PEDO-LADY! OH SHIT, IT'S SPORTSMASTER. OH SHIT, IT'S BANE. OH SHIT, THE LIGHT GAVE BANE SOMETHING.
ARTEMIS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??
M'GANN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??????
CONNER, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THANK GOD YOU CAN'T LIE!
LUTHER, DAMMIT, DON'T USE "RED SON"
I think I broke my caps lock. I'll try to stick with normal font from now own,
OR AT LEAST I WILL, BUT NOW WE GET FLASHBACKS, AND CONNER TOLD THEM EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL at Robin's reaction.
AND THEN ARTEMIS CAME FORWARD, AND MY HEART NEARLY BURST, BECAUSE SHE TOLD THEM, AND THEY STILL LOVE HER, SHE'S A PART OF THE TEAM, AND THEY ARE FAMILY, AND I AM GOING TO TOSS LILO AND STITCH REFERENCES AROUND.
Ahem.
AND M'GANN SHOWED HER TRUE FORM AND... (tries to figure out how to show my love for this moment)
CONNER ALREADY KNEW. HE KNEW. HE KNEW WHO SHE WAS, AND HE ACCEPTED IT, AND HE LOVES HER, AND HE HOLDS HER HAND, AND I DIE OF SHIPPER HAPPINESS.
And then there is a fight, and Jade leaves, and there's a cute "souvenir" moment, and I squeal, but they don't kiss, but I don't care, the awesomeness is too much.
And now we get a cut to the Watchtower, and FUCK. Roy just brainwashed THE WHOLE FUCKING JUSTICE LEAGUE.
AND I KNOW THIS MAKES ME A BAD PERSON, BUT I LOVE HIS REACTION. SO FUNNY.
GO AWAY VANDAL SAVAGE. DON'T HURT MY BABIES.
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...
...
...
Okay, next episode. We open with RA running away from GA, AM, and the Flash. He's getting his ass kicked, and oh shit, there comes a train...
And he's fine. That's good.
We cut to the Title Card, and then the Team dscussing the Mole. Mind-controlled!Bats confirms that my spoilers were correct (thanks a lot, YJ Meme), but then I went. O_o.
Three years. Three fucking years. The Light kidnapped Roy almost as soon as he became Speedy. Wow. Just... wow. I'd thought they'd have nabbed him while he was breaking out Doctor Roquette in Inflitrator. Or maybe just before that. But three years ago? Greg Weisman, I applaud you.
So the Team goes into angst mode. Zatanna comforts Robin. Artemis almost comforts Wally, but doesn't, clearly unsure of where their relationship is standing at that point. Spitfire, why are you so awesome?
RT is about to infect Aqualad. (Don't you dare!) Luckily, RT shuts down. So Aqualad tells Rocket, Kid Flash, Robin, and Zatanna to figure out the problem, while he takes Supey, Miss M, and Arty to go find Roy. Zatanna has an idea, clearly intending to use John Smith.
Then comes Black Canary, who attacks them, (don't hurt my babies, Dinah!) but Raquel subdues her by trapping her in a energy barrier with knock-out gas in it.
Savage, aparently having figured out something was wrong, sends Billy, Fate, and Icon to get the kids, but they've escaped via Super-Cycle. John Smith gives exposition, and then we cut to the others.
Kaldur reveals that he knows where Roy would be hiding, and then we get one of the most heartwarming moments in the series. I love those two. I even ship them a little. Not as much as Roy/Cheshire, but still. Best bit about no character bashing rule on the Anonymous Meme--I'm not as afraid to read pairings I wouldn't normally ship. Character bashing drives me off so many ships. Like Zutarra. And Rob/Rae.
And then we have the Team meet up, and Dinah wakes up. Oh shit.
But I suppose the whole point was to make it more believable when RT, RA, and BC show up, claiming to be brainwashed again. But LOL, nope, Vandal and Klarion don't fall for that, and have Hal Jordan subdue them.
Then we see the Team sneaking in, and beginning to take down the Justice League. Plastic Man goes down, followed by Hawk Man and the Atom. (Love how they did that one. Poor guy. So many size jokes.)
Klarion realizes what's going on, (admittedly in the most hilariously clueless way possible), and then alerts Vandal of the problem. Cue more ass kicking.
Okay, time to dissolve into incoherency again. I seem to do this a lot.
Artemis/Wally tag-teaming, this is awsome.
Zatanna had Billy say Shazam! And then he collided, and is Billy, and adorable, but he didn't speak, so I am sad.
But poor Zatanna! Billy, hug the girl! She needs hugs!
a;lsdkihgpoqidhj;flkadsjhpoqihwepto THIS IS ALL SO BADASS AND AWESOME, I THINK MY PILLOW IS DYING! (Poor thing.)
Airlock? Wow. Spitfire cuteness!
BRUCE WAYNE, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HURT DICK! CLARK KENT, IF YOU HURT CONNER, I WILL FIND THE KRYPTONITE!
WONDIE, DON'T HURT RAQUEL, YOU WANTED HER IN THE LEAGUE!
SUPERMAN, YOU HURT WOLF. PREPARE TO DIE.
Oh look, I don't need to find the Kryptonite. Robin did it for me. Good boy.
FUCK. STAGE TWO? STAY STILL, LIGHT, DAMMIT, I WANT YOU TO STOP WINNING!
BUT WHO CARES ABOUT VILLAINS, THEY SAVED THE LEAGUE AND
A;OSIDHPQGFOIERGHQPOKWDJFKPQOWIERUHADLKGF'QIUEP[OIUR-19837URODSIFJKALDRJN819-ED09JLKJOIU-0EKAWJFDKIQJPOIWEJRQIWOEQJRIKWEPJF;QLKEW
"I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO."
SPITFIRE! MY SHIP, MY SHIIIIPPPP! SO CUTE!
AND THEN CONNER/MEGAN D'AWWW, AND THEN, OMG, CHALANT, CHALANT, CHALANT... AND THEN ROCKET/KALDUR... EH, WHY NOT? I LIKE HER. :)
LOL, RED TORNADO.
CLARK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING CONNER? A;LSDKJFRPQOIWEHPGFOWQIJDFPQOIEWJF;LKDSJF;ALDKJF,
WOO-HOO! YOU HAVE JUST MADE THE "SUPERMAN SHOULD JUST GROW UP ALREADY" TAG OBSOLETE! GOOD JOB CLARK! NOW INTRODUCE HIM TO LOIS, AND WE GET A BIG HAPPY SUPER-FAMILY!
*takes deep breath* Okay, I'm better now.
Clone!Roy angst, (Poor guy. Jade, go find him and have Foe Yay. It will cheer him up.)
Oh joy, looks like Guardian's a clone too. They've shut him down, Cadmus is in shambles, they're making off with Match (oh shit) and Roy Harper, the original.
Thank God we get a new episode tomorrow.
Soo... Invasion predictions/thoughts.
Okay, judging from those pics and previews, we're getting Beast Boy, Wonder Girl (probably Cassie, which makes me sad, because I wanted Donna, but oh well), Lagoon Boy, Raven, Blue Beatle (yes), Bumblebee (fuck yeah), Batgirl (fuck yeah!), Nightwing (OMG, YESSS!), and possibly Robin II? (Let it be Jason, let it be Jason. I'm sorry, I love Tim, but Jason is far to ignored in other universes. It's just not fair on him. Tim got to be in the DCAU, but Jason didn't. Jason's only animated appearance was in Batman: Under the Red Hood, and they killed him, as usual. I want him to be in Young Justice, and stay alive, and get his own ID, and not be Doomed by Canon! :( )
So... time loop. Calling it. That's prediction #1.
#2: Aliens will invade. (Chip shot, yes, but anyways...)
#3: Wally and Artemis will get together, but it will be rocky.
#4: Jade and Roy will team up to look for Speedy.
#5: Raquel and Kaldur will have UST.
#6: Billy will be cute.
#7: At least one team member will die. I don't want it to happen, so I'm calling it. That's how it works.
#8: Artemis will choose a new name, because it looks like she'll be going more mainstream.
#9: Babs/Dick/Zatanna love triangle.
#10: Conner/Clark awkward bonding.
#11: More Plastic Man, Atom, and Icon.
#12: M'gann will become more confident.
#13: We will see Secret again.
And... #14... let's see. Oh! Like I suggested in my Straysverse fic, there will be a girl's night in Gotham. It will be badass.