Agents of SHIELD, season 1

[osprey_archer]

I finished season one of Agents of SHIELD. As much as I liked the first half of the season, they definitely kicked it up a notch in the post-Winter Soldier episodes! Like, I had to stop watching and come back later when Skye realized that Ward was Hydra, because OH MY GOD. The scenes where Skye knows Ward is Hydra and it's not at all clear whether

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[osprey_archer]

I had not! Skye, Simmons, and May pretending to be Charlie's angels. YES. I also love the blooper where Maria Hill says Fury instead of Stark, and tries to recover from it in character. Oh man.

And clearly the characters need to have a dance-off on show. For reasons, man! For reasons.

I think most fans do like May - I think this is often an unintended side effect of writers not worrying too much if a character is likeable, actually, because then the characters seem more raw and real. And also there's no sense that the writers are leaning over your shoulder going "HOW DO YOU LIKE X NOW?", which sometimes makes me feel contrary, like I don't want to like that character just out of spite.

Are there people who think Ward's actions were actually justified? Or does "support" in this case just mean that some people don't think he's composed of 100% pure unadulterated evil?

(Your icon reminds me! I thought Sitwell died in WS when the Winter Soldier tossed him in front of a semi. But then, Rumlow survived having a building fall on him. So is Sitwell still alive out there? Possibly double-agenting?)

[osprey_archer]

Wait wait wait, Ward is out of prison now and blowing up buses? WHAT. SHIELD, why so terrible at keeping people locked up?

[entwashian]

Hahahahahaha, don't get ahead of yourself!

[entwashian]

Haha, see that's how I feel about Fitz. We're supposed to feel bad for him, but I. just. don't. And it's made worse by the fact that we're obviously supposed to feel bad for him.

Yeahhhhh from what I understand, there are a lot of weird justification-y posts disguised as meta in which people say things like that Ward was trying to save Jemma & Fitz by ejecting them from the plane and other things like that.

There's a small but passionate force of us who believe in the continued beneficence and existence of Sitwell! Who, in one comics storyline, was brainwashed by HYDRA & turned against Fury!!!!!! He hasn't even been mentioned yet in S2 & it is DRIVING ME NUTS.

[entwashian]

There are so many times I thought that storyline was over, and I felt relief, but NOPE, they just keep bringing it back up.

...you should come talk with me about S2 in my latest LJ entry so we're not spamming poor Jin! (And because no one else has replied to it yet & I am sad & lonely.)