I don't know what to make of this suspicious "Wells Fargo" bruise on my ass. What could it mean?

[the_deep_magic]

Blurgh, the MTV feed isn't a whole lot better than the livestream -- it keeps pausing and skipping and occasionally the picture cuts out altogether.  BUT at least I could tell which character was which in the dark!

• Items of "Continuity": Stiles is still 16; Mrs. Stilinski and Heather's mother were best friends; Peter's eyes are beta blue, so even though the claw-memory thing is an alpha ritual, it would appear that betas can do it if they have some training; Allison doesn't know her mom tried to kill Scott (and Scott has got to be the nicest fucking guy in the history of time not to have told her); Ms. Morell's first name is Marin (?)


• This may be my personal feelings mixed with reading too much sappy fic plus many years' removal from actual teenage boys, but I found Stiles' interaction with Heather a bit sad.  A) They obviously haven't seen each other for a while; b) she calls him up out of the blue and invites him to a party without even telling him it's for her birthday; c) she's looking for somebody to get the "gross and painful" loss of virginity out of the way; and d) she drags Stiles down to the basement the second she sees him with barely a "hello."  It feels like she's just using him for sex, and while he said he was fine with it... I dunno.  I'm not a fan of the "teenage boys will do anything to get rid of their virginity" plot device; I never really watched teen movies, even when I was that age.  So, yeah, probably just me.  The condom thing was fucking hilarious, though.


• Okay, but here's what I can't believe: Stiles returns to the basement, which is covered with wine and shattered glass and blood.  There is also some blood on the wall beneath the window from where she was dragged up, though I couldn't tell if it was visible from Stiles' POV shot (stupid MTV feed).  Stiles finds a single shoe.  STILES IS NOT AT ALL SUSPICIOUS AND DOES NOT GO LOOKING FOR THE GIRL WHO WAS ABOUT TO RIP HIS CLOTHES OFF.  Even if he's embarrassed, thinking he was ditched, Heather supposedly means a lot to him, AND ALSO BLOOD.


• NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BAT LOFT!


• Peter knows what Deucalion looks like (in Isaac's memories) and that the twins can fist their way into Megatron... how?


• The bruises on Lydia and Allison's arm don't even look like they were made by fingers (and even if they did, The Girl would've had to exert enormous amounts of pressure to get them to bruise like that), yet Lydia is not the least bit curious.  Allison does some dumb shit this episode, but at least she's not completely vapid.


• Speaking of which, I really wish Lydia had gotten angry at Derek for the "helping to resurrect my dead uncle" line.  She did not help.  She was psychologically manipulated and tortured.  Lydia does not seem much like Lydia this season.  Or, well, she seems like First Season Lydia who pretended not to care about anything.


• Do the Forehead Twins only move in slo-mo?


• They're all taking econ again, and with the same teacher?  I took econ for exactly one semester in high school.  I mean, at least Finstock did some actual teaching, but still.


• Does anyone else find it hilarious that The Girl can brand people with corporate logos?  She should hire that shit out.  Do you have any idea how much money you could make if you could go around touching people and leaving a Starbucks logo on their skin?  Fuck invisibility; this is a practical super power.


• God, the ice bath thing was such bullshit.  I mean, I get that it was used for the visual, but putting body parts in ice water is one of the best ways we have of inducing and measuring pain.  Yeah, yeah, werewolf blah blah, but while it would certainly slow down your heart, it would not leave you in any position to speak.  Or have higher brain function.  Regardless, it didn't "half-transform" Isaac.  And when was it said that they needed to drown him first?  Is there even any point in me bitching about this?


• Actually, Deaton might be a sadist in league with the alpha pack.  He's reflected in Isaac's eyes right before Isaac pulls a Poltergeist and says "they're here."


• Did we actually hear Isaac say the thing about dragging the dead body and Erica?  Because I watched the scene at least three times (took me half a friggin' hour, too -- stupid MTV feed) and I never heard it.


• Stiles with the elbow-length latex glove, Derek's "big ol' fist" -- maybe it's because I'd spent the afternoon tweeting creampuffsteph about fisting, but I think they might be implying something here...


• Speaking of the "big guy/big ol' fist/big bad wolf" scene (what's on your mind there, Stiles?), I refuse to believe Stiles has never seen Kill Bill Vol. II.  If Uma Thurman can pull off the three-inch punch, I'm pretty sure an alpha werewolf can, too.


• Stiles asleep half on his bed, half on the piles of papers is adorable, but why not go right to his dad first?  He's the Sheriff; of course he was involved in the bank robbery case.  Stiles' detective skills appear to be at an all-time low here.


• Good god, at least Allison thought to cover her scent -- the one smart thing she did.  Also, that was obviously Heather's body in the storage room -- but why?


• I love the conversation between Stiles and Peter for many reasons, but chief among them is the fact that of course Stiles thinks werewolves live in lairs.  All he's seen is Derek hiding out in his burned-out house, complete with basement dungeon, the abandoned train depot, and a loft with a big-ass hole in the wall (and a big asshole for a tenant ::ba-dum ching::).


• Even though it's stupid, it is kind of sweet (and almost responsible) for Derek to go running right into the bank vault.  He finally knew where his missing betas were, and all the information he had to go on said they were in immediate danger.


• Peter says that whatever that mineral is scatters moonlight; he doesn't say it blocks it.  So here we have the Prisoner of Azkaban problem of werewolves conveniently not actually transforming until they're subject to direct moonlight.  I suppose we're to believe that the mineral has some kind of super-blocking properties, too, because otherwise all you'd have to do is keep the betas in the laundry room to keep them from wolfing out and killing people.  It wouldn't teach them control, of course, but Derek wasn't exactly doing a bang-up job of that, either.

Wow, that was a lot.  Probably would've been even more if I could've actually seen the damn thing in any kind of definition.

Comments

[rhodynne.livejournal.com]

Okay, you be sure and tell me to go away if you need to, but I have absolutely No One to talk about this show with, and since you've opened yourself up...

~Heather and Stiles are a bit sad. Its becoming increasingly the most difficult thing to accept that Stiles can't get noticed by anyone. They're really going to have to do something about that.
But Dylan, man. They just put him on set and say "look for a condom" and then stand back and film it. all the love.

The thing about the basement- when he went back downstairs, it was completely clean. The Only thing out of place was her one shoe, it looked like she ran back upstairs. So, freaking mind shit without claws?

~Hopefully, its a plot device that Peter seems to know shit, I fear its just lazy storytelling; but as for the Wonder Twins, I think Isaac came back screaming "Why did no one TELL me this could happen?!?"
Cause I'd sure be screaming.

~I don't know about Lydia. I'm very afraid they're going to fuck her up. Not Holland, but Jeff and the crew. But I do like to think that anything Derek has to say to her is pretty much nothing she cares about. She's just, "wake me when you're done meebling."

~Education and BHHS. *sigh*
I do like that Coach is so good at Quarters. :-)

~Deaton, Jeezus Mary and Joseph! Don't try this at home, kids. Did you notice, though, when Isaac sought comfort in the tub, he grabbed Scott and not Derek? And Derek noticed? Did Isaac grab for his Heart!Alpha? ;-)

~We did NOT in fact here Isaac say anything about bodies, that was probably due to someone's idea of Dramatic Reveal.

~Stiles just likes to fuck with Derek, just to see if he can get "that look" on Derek's face. Although, later, he was probably thinking about Kill Bill and not connecting why, its just in his head.

~All the fisting jokes. Apparently Peter was over on the stairs laughing at his own fisting jokes, I have to rewatch it.

~Stiles has been hiding this stuff from his dad for about a year now. I think he's trained himself not to ask quite so much anymore. Maybe he's too excitable about how he's going to "show" Derek and he simply didn't think about his dad.

So cute, Sheriff doesn't hardly blink. How many times has he caught those boys asleep in some dumb configuration in the midst of the chaos of who-knows-what? :-D

~Allison covered her scent, but the heartbeat? And its not Heather, its probably Erica. :-(

~Stiles, and all of them, are very calm in Peter's presence. The last time he and Stiles were that close, he was going to bite Stiles. What did they do in the last 4 months that brought about this level of informality? Or is it just the nature of the situation? pleaseplease don't be lazy acting pleaseplease

~Darling Derek. "Here I come to save The DAYYYY!" I'm nervous about Cora. She's going to blame him; they'll have a big reuniting and love fest and she'll die...there's really no end to the terrible things that they could do with her.

~These writers are like puppies. "This'll be Cool!" "It doesn't make any sense." "Who cares? It'll be COOL!"
I just want to write MTV and offer to run continuity and to give them the names of some writers who will build them a coherent world that they can then play around in. And every time one of them starts with "This'll be so Cool!" they have to ask permission.

You're on the list, are you in? :-)

[the-deep-magic.livejournal.com]

No way! I love talking about this stuff, and it's impossible to do on Tumblr, where it seems like most of the fandom is. ::grumble grumble::

~Yeah, the gap between Dylan's ENORMOUS fan appeal and the fact that Stiles is often treated like he's invisible on the show is kind of jarring. I wonder if that's not on purpose, either to bait the Sterek (ugh, I hate that namesmush) shippers or appeal to female fans, like, "Hey, he's single"? Neither is a particularly nice option, but neither is the "nerd can't get laid" thing they've got going on, either.

~So Stiles didn't see any of the broken glass or anything? It was hard to tell from my screen. :oP But he DID look right at the windows she was dragged out of with bloody feet, so... ugh, I should just give up trying to make sense of this.

~Okay, I'll take your interpretation of Lydia's behavior towards Derek. And yeah, god knows what they're going to do with the character.

~Totally didn't notice Isaac grabbing for Scott -- I was mostly trying to listen for what he said. There's some dual-reality theories (http://theslashmanic.tumblr.com/post/52989477119/suaine-as-you-may-know-because-of-the-above) being floated around out there. They're probably not true, because I honestly don't think the writers are clever enough to pull that off (or think that highly of their audience's intelligence), but it's interesting to consider.

~Yeah, Peter was totally on the stairs laughing his ass off. Also, I'm trying to remember when the last time they all saw Peter was. Scott introduced him to Isaac, but I don't think anyone else knew he was hanging out in the warehouse when the Gerard thing went down. Am I misremembering? Because you're right, Stiles should definitely be more freaked out.

~I hope Stiles doesn't lie to his dad so much this season. I totally want the Sheriff to find out about werewolves, too, and not even wig out. Just be all "well, that explains a hell of a lot."

~Unless Jeff Davis was lying through his teeth in the Tumblr Q&A (a possibility that I won't discount), Gage Golightly is on the show for more than one episode, and we haven't seen her face yet. They may kill her off still, but I don't think they've done it yet. Unless, of course, there are flashbacks, in which case... I don't even know.

~There's talk about the actress who plays Cora having a pilot picked up for another show, so she may not be around very long. Even REAL LIFE is torturing Derek.

~I'm totally in! I am more than willing to flick ears and rap knuckles and keep the writers from producing another twin-fisting Transformer debacle.

[rhodynne.livejournal.com]

The important thing for you to know is that the basement was completely clean. No glass, no wine, no blood. I feel this will be important later.
How do I get a hold of Jeff Davis? Tumblr?
I also want to point out that phrases like " twin-fisting Transformer debacle" are exactly why you''re on the list.
:-D