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The Flash - review of 5a

I might as well issue the disclaimer that I haven't watched for 5 years but I binged earlier in 2018 and season 5 is the only season I've watched weekly from start to finish. So let's get this started with the character rundown review.

BARRY - I think he steps it up most seasons---partially due to him screwing up and timeline and having to learn from his own mistakes by fixing it at the last minute. We've had some amazing West-Allen moments from Iris saving him to trying to figure out the villain of the week to parenting. When Nora revealed that she was a few years old when he disappeared I thought the main things on Barry's mind would be to connect with his daughter, save some time to figure out cicada and use whatever energy he had left to try to find a way to change his fate so he could be there for his daughter and wife. However he doesn't seem like he's that worried about it. Back when they thought Iris would be killed, he was so worried about fixing that scenario because he wanted to alway have the love of his life so why is he not concerned about it when the future is without him? Someone help me out because that blows me. He's had some great father moments with Nora as well but he's cautions because he knows eventually that she's going to have to go back to 2049. I'm glad he defended Iris through their intense moments. Mature Barry is amazing. It just seems to me like he's preparing them for time without him. Like when Iris and Nora after they found out why she was so mad, it seemed like he wanted them to repair their relationship because he wanted them in a good place for when he's not there for them. I hope in 5b he can get to Nora before she messes up- I mean more than she already has due to teaming up with Thawne. Fatherhood has blinded him a bit and I think he needs to think sometimes with his head over his heart because he will need to be on his toes to help his daughter see Thawne for the monster he is.

IRIS - I found myself on Iris' side of the Nora argument, not that I agree completely(more on that later). It was frustrating to see all her efforts rebuffed by Nora at the beginning but I love that they're getting closer now. HOWEVER, I think that she will be hurt the most by Nora working with Thawne because it's like after everything they've done to be in this happy place, you find out that your daughter is working with him after all that he's done to your husband. She's gotten it from all aspects. Barry was manipulated by him, she never was able to truly know her mother-in-law because this monster killed her, Eddie(RIP), and now your daughter is getting manipulated by him. As far as a leader for the team I think she's getting far better and can scope out a lot of things. I want her to get back into her love of journalism in the back half of the season, she needs something to separate her, if only for a minute. Whatever the fallout from this Nora debacle is, I hope they at least are in a good place by the time she leaves. I think I'm worried about what next year's crisis is going to do to the whole family.

Nora - Let me get this out, Nora is 28(she said she was a few years old when Barry disappeared, so I'm assuming she was born in 2020 or 2021). So that'd put her age 28-29 and I just always say 28, I could be wrong but oh well. Anyways, Nora does not act like a woman in her late 20s, she acts like a spoiled brat who had no patience at all. She whines and pouts when she doesn't get her way and she doesn't see things from other people's standpoint. Don't get me wrong, I like her, I just wish she was more mature and acted her age. I think a more mature Nora could benefit the team, more than this version of her that needs a pep talk from a parent or grandparent each time. I'm sure she's trying to stop Barry from disappearing, but she has a lot on her plate - trying to get to know Barry, trying to help them stop Cicada, trying to stop Barry from disappearing in the future, and working with and giving information to thawne. Given the maturity level she's displayed I 100% think she's being manipulated. He probably promised her there was a way to save Barry and she wanted it so bad she didn't care how it happened or why. I don't think she has ill intentions but working with the wrong people can screw everything up. Like when Barry wanted to go back and save his mom - which I feel like she should know this if she cared to ask. Moving right along, in the back half I hope she wises up and realizes she's being manipulated before she ruins something in the long run. Extra: if she says I love you at some point to both Iris and Barry....I..will..cry. like super hard.

Nora and Iris: while I do think that dampening her powers seems cruel, I will say that I lean more towards Iris' side in this argument but I will talk about Nora's side first including some things I'm fuzzy on that I may need you guys to clear up for me if you wants. Nora, it must be hard to go through your whole life normal when you have an extraordinary side. And I felt so bad that she said the part that hurt the most was not finding out from your mom. Here's the thing, Zari(from Legends) is from around the same time as Nora where metahumans aren't safe right? so wouldn't that be a reasonable thing for Iris to think of? After losing her husband/best friend/love of her life, she doesn't want to lose her daughter too. Also, Iris isn't tech savy, she couldn't have made the chip, neither is she a doctor therefore couldn't have inserted the chip. So why is she only mad at Iris for something she couldn't have done alone. What if it was Barry's idea and Iris didn't believe it was a good idea until he disappeared and then she agreed to it, Cisco made it, and Caitlin put it in her. Maybe somehow later she crossed paths with Thawne disguised as Wells and to gain her trust he told her about the chip, so she'd feel alone-since the person closest to her in the world hid that from her- and turns to him for help learning her powers. My main thing is this, we see flashbacks to a young Nora in the flash museum, it's hard for me to believe that she knows she's The Flash's daughter but doesn't suspect she has powers until she's 28. She's had the chip out 6 months and is running back time, time traveling and the team just thinks she figured that out all on her own?

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Charmed 1x01 Reboot ''Pilot''

Recap/Thoughts Post. Be aware that our differences and opinions make us unique, this is a respectful place to air ideas so no hatefulness.

When I heard about the Charmed reboot, I was skeptical because I grew up with and adored the original show. The Halliwell Sisters will forever hold a place in my heart. I think it was actually the first series I ever tuned into on a regular basis. However, I enjoyed the show more after Prue died and Paige entered the how. I was a young person and I felt like Paige was more refreshing and relatable to my generation, I didn't really care when Prue was killed off. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are my power of 3. The powers that be should've brought the original girls back. But that wasn't the case so I tried to go into this with an open mind. Here we go....

Like the newer look, the house is gorgeous. Interested in what magical being attacked the mom.

Maggie: I think she's very true to her age, a college freshman so she's just 18ish. She doesn't act too old or too young- I love it. Most kids that age only care about their social lives and nothing more. I think she's using the sorority pledge thing as a distraction from being depressed over the mother dying. I'm glad she got to use her powers for helping her possessed ex.

Mel: Control freak older sister- classic. Piper had control freak qualities too so I don't know why people are hating on her for the same reasons. I understood her obsession with her mother's death because it was clear she knew her mother well so there was no reason to believe or signs pointing to her falling on ''accident''. I don't like how she is allowing her one track mind to consume and hinder her relationships(i.e Nico and with Maggie as well as she said she doesn't even like to be home anymore).

Macy: I like Macy she's just trying to figure out the other half of herself. she seems intelligent, a quality that not only helped in this episode but will help in the times to come. I think her and Galvin are cute together, I'm interested in seeing where it goes. She's uptight yes but meeting your sisters -who your dead mother decided to raise but gave you up-is a cause for stress. Once she loosens up, I think her power will be pretty bad ass.

Harry: I don't like Harry, to me he comes off as creepy. His comic relief only works half the time. I think I need to see a serious side of him to make further judgments so I will hold off.

Monster or the week: I like the better effects. I like the visuals better which just comes with the better technology. I like the modern take on it and will continue to see the story unfold

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Aria walking into Spencer’s house all like

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Marco: We got a finger from your husband, he was apparently murdered when we thought he was missing 

 Alison:

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For the PLL questionnaire, 11, 22, and 25!

I’d be Hanna probably, I think AD might die, and yes I’d go see the movie

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PLL Fan Questionaire- answer and pass along!

1. When did you start watching PLL? 2. Who is your favorite liar and why? 3. Who is your least favorite liar? 4. What’s your favorite season and why? 5. What is your least favorite season? 6. Who is your favorite PLL guy? 7. Which ship is your favorite? 8. Which ship(s) do you think will last? 9. What is your favorite quote? 10. What is your favorite PLL moment? 11. If you could be any character, who would you play? 12. Who is your favorite A? 13. What is your least favorite PLL moment? 14. Favorite PLL parent? 15. Favorite non-liar character? 16. Who do you think killed Cece? 17. Who do you think is Cece’s father? 18. Who do you think killed Jessica? 19. Who do you think is working for AD? 20. Who do you think is AD? 21. What will be your new fave show when PLL is over? 22. What do you think will happen to AD after the reveal? 23. If you could bring any character back from the dead who would it be? 24. What question do you want answered the most? 25. Would you go see a PLL movie? 26. Character you’d kill off? 27. Are you glad it’s ending? 28. What will you miss the most 29. Pick any character that you’d kill, marry, or kiss 30. Your theory?

Reblog with your answers and pass along! Love to see your answers! PLL army!

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Alison Dilaurentis: the rundown

Season 1, 2, and 3: Alison Dilaurentis is the queen bee mean girl who can manipulate any and everyone just by looking at them who sloooooooooowly evolves into a good person whose life gets shaken up at every turn. So much is centered basically around her death and people trying to figure out who did this and why. We get small glimpses of how mean and how many secrets she held and the way she turned the secrets into ammunition for blackmail. Now I’ve characterized these seasons together obviously because she was ''dead'' for these seasons. Knowing what we know now, she wasn't always so bad, she did save their lives on several occasions; she saved Emily from the barn, saved Aria from Meredith drugging her to get those pages,etc. It was harder to see her humanity in these seasons.

Season 4:

4B definitely stood out the most because we were finally able to confirm that she was alive, even though we were all thinking it from the beginning. I applaud Sasha's portrayal in the finale for how raw Ali was discussing events leading up to her disappearance, her retelling of her mother burying her was amazing.

Season 5:

I had so many mixed feelings of Ali over the course of this season. I went from feeling bad for her for not only fleeing a mad(wo)man but after all that, she gets home and her mom is dead in the backyard, to being mad at her for going back to her manipulative ways to feeling sorry for her once again for being wrongly convicted of murder. I think at some point in the season we all felt like she was guilty of something and that she was right back to manipulating as if she never left town in the first place. That disappointed me because I wanted her change to come quicker than it did but anyways moving forward. It was way too obvious that she didn't kill Mona and the girls thinking she did provided us with a lot of filler episodes that we didn't need. However it gave us more scenes with Cece that we should've been able to pick up on quicker. She went above and beyond to help her and I sat there thinking ‘’why?’’. When she was convicted they drug her through the mud sure she was a bully but cmon they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Alison could kill her. They didn't have a body, no nothing. Secondly with or without her injury that never healed as a kid, she could never throw Mona around and the fact they said that she could made me laugh at their incompetence.

Season 6:

I’m glad that she was able to come through for the girls after they were taken by A in the dollhouse because we all know Rosewood PD was full of crap. Next up, I loved midseason finale obviously because it was her and Cece just face to face finding out information from the source. I do get Ali’s sympathy for her but at the same time I could never let someone who did so much to me and my closest friends back into my good graces so easily. Five years forward, although I was shocked to find Ali teaching, seeing her in action, it made sense. I’m glad that she worked her way through her past to become a good person. I don't think she should've begged the girls to come see her before the hearing, it proved that she could still get to them but not in the same manipulative way that she use to. She got what she wanted, her sister back, though it only lasted for one night. We got to see raw, sad Ali again and I was there for it. I'm glad she was there for Emily during her procedure, shows that her friendship isn't one sided when it comes to the other girls. One thing I dislike about the whole Alison being kind thing is that they made her seem so gullible when it came to Elliot Archer. She was so quick to want to get married and fell for his manipulations.

Season 7:

I know there’s plenty more to come for her since she’s pregnant. Lets get to this pregnancy though shall we? I think that the baby is Emily’s, it could be Archers or AD’s or maybe they won't even want to know but I feel like the baby is Emily’s because I don't think they will bring up that Emily’s eggs getting destroyed for no reason. it is a perfect opportunity to make Emison happen- which we’ve felt that was going to happen from the beginning, friends don't just flirt and kiss for years and nothing just not happen, cmon people. I'm excited to see how this pregnancy plays out.

Fave Moments So Far:

When they found out she was alive “Did ya miss me?’’

“That’s immortality my darling’’

When the jury came back with a guilty verdict- that scene was amazing

Working to save the girls from the dollhouse

When telling the girls what all happened the night she left

When she came to Aria to warn her about Meredith

Emison moments

7a finale Emison moment “that’s not why, I promise’’

What I want from her in the final 10 episodes:

her figuring out her sexuality(which we’ve been promised would happen since season 5), I want her to find happiness(hopefully with Emily), for her to have a smooth pregnancy, to strengthen her friendships with the other girls, to keep growing as a good person

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Emily Fields: the rundown

Season 1: 

Emily is characterized as a young talented athlete with a promising future in swimming all the while questioning her sexuality who turned into a confident strong woman who sometimes faces slumps but bounces back and trusts her heart. Always the loyal one. In this season we see her begin to question followed by confirming her sexuality and being more confident in it. I'll always be an Emaya fan, got to respect a first love with so much chemistry. Although I did feel in the beginning that Maya sort of pressured her into coming out at certain points, I feel like when that moment came it was great. I'm glad she told her dad first, I love how she always had the daddy’s little girl dynamic. Even though Pam is my favorite PLL mom, I was irked when she didn't initially accept her daughter but I was like yaaaas when she stood up for her against Paige’s dad. Which brings me to Paige in the first Paily encounter. I’ve disliked Paige from the beginning I can't like someone who attempts to drown someone I like so much. Emily I'll chalk that little fling to being young and naive. Worst season for Emily fashion wise but character wise, fantastic.

Season 2:

Emily decided to give Samara a chance which I think would have been a good relationship had it not been for A ruining things prematurely. ANYWHO, how creeptastic was the fashion show. Other than that, A really worked hard to not only keep her in Rosewood, but ruin her future as well. I’ve said from the beginning that Emily and Hanna get physically hurt worse, hate it or love it its my opinion and thats how I feel(Ali excluded, only speaking of the core four). Once Emily got the all clear from her mother to stay in Rosewood, A decides to replace her muscle rub with HGH leading to an ulcer. That was wild. Bravo for Maya coming back, I think they would still be together had she not got killed. I’m glad that at the end of the day they knew how they felt about each other, regardless of the tragedy that would soon follow, more cool dad points for Wayne Fields for helping her search when Maya went missing. Again I hate that at a point in this season the parents took Dr. Sullivan’s crap advice and made them split up for a short time but all the girls played up a great set up to catch A. Granted, once again, Emily was physically harmed. Then the whole almost died due to being locked in the barn thing, if it wasn't for Ali she would've been done-zo at 16. Mona was def off her rocker at that point.

Season 3:

The summer they spent apart doing their own thing seemed to work the least in her favor, due to her not knowing how to grieve properly. I find it odd that the new A came for her first by the whole drugging and placing her at Ali’s grave. This is the season where Paily officially kicked off and although I'm not a fan, they had their share of good moments. When Nate came to town I knew something was fishy. I still to this day don't know why Maya’s family didn't give her information about funeral arrangements etc considering they were together but I digress. I wasn't entirely surprised when he came unhinged and almost killed her but damn “the lady killer” episode was one of my favorite summer finales.

Season 4:

Only thing that really happened to her individually was her taking her mom’s pills and ‘’someone’’ calling social services. Emision had a nice little reunion though. Mama Fields struggled by almost getting ran over in her own living room, it broke my heart watching her break down in the hotel.

Season 5:

I knew she’d be too quick to welcome Alison back and then she was lashing out at everyone else who thought otherwise. Then Ali started disappointing her and then she started accusing her of being A. I feel like most of this season everything she did was Ali related. Paige punked out and left. Then when Ali was found innocent via the liars, she felt like she owed her an apology. I think Ali could chop her arm off and shed still forgive her. 

Season 6:

Once out of the dollhouse, she fell right back into the whole dating anyone who walks past her by starting something with Sara Harvey, even though she was a complete stranger that you invite to live with you. I think she should’ve focused less on helping her and more on helping the other girls then she wouldn't have felt so blindsided by Cece revealing that Sara was red coat(she deserved to be hit btw). Five years forward she comes out the least successful with practically nothing going for herself and the worst of it all is that Wayne Fields is dead. Out of all the PLL dad and they kill Emily’s dad, not Hanna’s piece of shit dad who doesn't support her or Byron who cheats but somehow manages to divorce and get his wife back or Peter who has secret kids, they kill WAYNE. damn them. I wasn't going to touch on the whole eggs thing because I knew AD would find a way to f that up. If my eggs were destroyed I'd have plenty more things to say.

Season 7:

I dont hate the whole Sabrina thing and if Emison wasn't endgame I'd want them to work it out. I don't know why she feels so compelled to let Paige know everything but whatevs. Although it’s kind of rude of me to say but I'm glad she hit Noel when he was coming at her and Hanna, even though he ended up falling and getting his head chopped off. Emily is once again there for Ali, and regardless of if the baby is Emily’s, I have the sneaking suspicion that she’s going to help her raise the baby.

Fave moments so far:

Her coming out

Emaya

“You don't have a monopoly on pain, Spencer”

“So Meredith is our alibi? see you in jail”

Emison

When she found out about her dad’s heart condition after he saved her at the school.

Her showdown with Sydney

Season 4 when her highlights were poppin’

What I want for her in the final 10 episodes:

Her to finally be happy with one person as opposed to bouncing from girl to girl,  how emission evolves, the aftermath of AD and the liars friendship afterwards.

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Aria Montgomery: the rundown

Season 1:

Aria is categorized as the artsy family oriented girl who spent time away from Rosewood for a year while keeping a family secret who transformed into a girl who found love in a seemingly hopeless place with her teacher while her family is falling apart. Might I say that Byron is awful for having his teenage daughter keep his secret, that put her in an impossible position because all she wanted to do was keep her family together. Its a lot for a 16 year old to handle. Cue her and Ezra’s first encounter which was way too quick to my liking. I think they should’ve tried harder to stay away from each other, I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship that I would have to hide from the world—which is what they fought about during the course of this season. She forced herself into a relationship with Noel then they all thought he was A after the whole I See You thing on the car window. I do like how she stuck by her friends. I feel like she was the most skeptical about Alison’s bull than the rest in this season.

Season 2:

Although during this season she was more free to be with Ezra since he wasn’t her teacher at this point but I feel like if she can’t be with him around her family and friends then there’s no point. Ezra should feel gross by dating a kid. Don’t get me wrong, they have their cute moments, are loyal to each other, and have strong feelings for one another I just feel like it should’ve started when she was 18 because if the Rosewood PD was full of competent officers, Ezra would’ve been in some serious trouble. Cue Jason and her little thing where he was semi obsessive with the pictures, idk how I feel about that. Is Rosewood a place where men in their 20s go cruising for high school girls to date. I think this is the season she had that “hey, I have options’’ approach to dating. The thing that I hated about this season was when the parents got the Liars to separate but at the same time I love that it gave them time to trick A(even though it didn’t work out exactly how they planned, I loved it). I thought Dr. Sullivan was full of crap.

Season 3: 

I saw a lot of growth in Aria in the next two seasons but I noticed a lot of her growing moments have to do with her relationship with Ezra. The whole train thing was pretty intense. That whole being in a crate with a dead Garrett Reynolds should’ve been traumatizing for her. I have to say, out of all the times that Ali came to them, when she came to Aria it was my favorite.

Season 4:

When Maggie came to town she had to put things realistically and first started asking herself “can I do this? he has a child”, “can I see this in my future?”, “should I be dating someone my own age?” cue Jake. I enjoyed her relationship with Jake, they were on the same level and I think it had her thinking that she can survive without Ezra, I know their relationship was intense but Jake was a realistic choice considering age, common interests, and clicking quickly. But just like Maggie pushing her away, that led to her being pulled back in when the truth about Malcolm’s paternity was revealed.he went through a lot in season 4 with lashing out at Ezra for his “book” (which I loved) finding out that Alison is alive, etc. 

Season 5:

When Ezra got shot- it gave them more in depth memories and tested them- I was not surprised when they had sex a month later. Her character has such a great dynamic with the whole Shana thing(minus the whole YouTubing her funeral thing but anyways-moving along) I think she should’ve turned to the other girls more instead of trying to check on Jenna because of her guilt. Em went through the same murder-by-self-defense thing, she could’ve turned to her or the others instead of trying to create some distance. The whole dollhouse fiasco was ridiculous but I loved the scene when they found out the verdict was read out, it showed that no matter what happened leading up to that that their friendship was so strong.

Season 6:

I feel like she was the most traumatized post-dollhouse, I love how it was portrayed, gave her more depth. Five years forward I’m glad at Cece’s hearing she told the truth. I find Byron and Ella’s second marriage irrelevant, only thing that would’ve made me perk up would’ve been Mike attending; it was sweet and special that Aria officiated it though. Moving right along, I don’t think Ezria should be engaged because they broke up way before the season 6 time jump making it about 6 years since they’ve been together plus they didn’t see each other during the time jump, they had sex and then in a week or so’s time he was down on one knee, how is that realistic..Over the course of 7 years I think the most impressive thing about her is how much she’s matured, she thinks about things and calculates her moves instead of her younger and impulsive days. Bravo soon to be Mrs. Fitz.

Season 7:

So far I feel like she’s the one who was most determined for normalcy. I think she just wanted to keep her relationship with Ezra solid, I’m glad she kept him from the dark and depressing state he was in in 6A. Other than rekindling Ezria, she hasn’t been doing much in the first half of this season which is probably due to her having a good arc in 7b. 

Fave moments so far:

the emotions she felt watching Ezra find Nicole

accepting the proposal

her fashion sense

being honest at Cece’s hearing

“don’t look at me, I’m ready to hang a sign ’‘bitch can see!”

“she chipped us? she frickin chipped us”

the meltdown after finding out Ezra played her

officiating her parent’s wedding

the night she brought Ali back to Welby

when her and Spencer almost froze to death

What I want from her in the final 10 episodes:

I want her to really be clear about her relationship with ezra before marrying him. if after that she decides she wants to marry him then so be it, get married, have your career, have your man, start a family and be happy. If not draw the line with Ezra, give him back the ring and don’t go back to him.

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Hanna Marin: the rundown

Season 1:

Hanna is portrayed as once ugly duckling turned Rosewood High's it-girl, equipped with faithful sidekick Mona, and sticky fingers when it comes to department stores. I think Hanna masked her insecurities by pretending to be someone full of confidence but she's really a good friend and cares about her mother. And even though her father is a dead beat piece of crap scumbag, she still loves him and that's a source of insecurities that have outgrown as the series progressed. I didn't like the chemistry between her and Sean and I like how that fizzled out when she met Caleb. A was definitely gunning for her with that car, she bounced back quickly.

Season 2:

Hanna went through it this season with her scumbag dad marrying Isabel but it wasn't a too eventful season for her individually. I'm glad Haleb reunited(and it feels so goood..sorry, started singing).

Season 3:

After all Mona has done to them over the course of the first two seasons, Hanna still went to visit her crazy ass. I don't think she should've given Mona the time of day after all that bullcrap. Mona had no reason for doing all that because she felt like they were stealing Hanna away from her boo hoo Hanna was loyal to her and got stabbed in the back in return. I think she gave Mona too much power over her. I think she should've told the girls.

Season 4:

I think Hanna's connection with the girls got stronger as a whole this season. Hanna and Caleb got weaker-say what you want but this is the third breakup and he left her to figure out the secrets of a town that he's been to once with a girl he met on a bus, get real. I'm a Haleb shipper.

Season 5:

I feel like her identity crisis was for no reason and she slipped back into the slump of insecure Hanna. She didn't know who she was when Alison came back so she tried to be the person she wasn't, switching up her style so they look opposite and drinking way too much. I'm glad she realized the problem before it became a real one. I think that Hanna could've avoided the whole Ali made me mentality she had and just do her. Alison influenced her to upgrade herself but she damn sure didn't make her. Hanna is a stronger person than she gives herself credit for, and I would've loved if it'd been approached differently. At the same time I don't like how she wanted to get her out of town, I know she doesn't feel her true self when Ali is around but don't convince her to leave when she's in danger, Hanna is so much better than that. Hanna and Travis were cute for a minute but he's no Caleb. How Mona's "death" effected her showed a lot about forgiveness and how she can't help but be loyal. Moving on the 5b, how pissed was I when she got arrested? Very.

Season 6:

The peak of her maturity. I think that you could truly see how much she grew as a person. Her and Caleb were solid and there for one another. Her bond with her friends was strong as per usual. I love how they stuck together and got out of the dollhouse in the premiere. Flashing forward I'm glad she semi followed her dreams. When I found out that Haleb wouldn't be together when we came back for 6b I was salty about it, but Jordan seemed like a great guy and I think if she had not been summoned to rosewood that they would've made it. It seemed like he was willing to help her with whatever. I felt bad for him when she gave him the ring back. Ok the Haleb thing-----Caleb took a job in the city Hanna wanted to be with, with a salary that would allow her to follow her dreams, only to be neglected. I feel she was acting out of her character when they moved. Hanna always takes Caleb into consideration but then she didn't. Let's be clear, Hanna is an ASSISTANT, she's not some high up in the fashion industry that's making millions and jet setting across the globe, there was no reason to put being an assistant over a boyfriend who would do anything to make you happy. Hanna and Caleb were broken up for years and during the course of the breakup did not see each other. I don't feel like she should have been acting interested once he got with Spencer, that's not being a good friend. I'm a Haleb shipper and I think that their relationship post A should've been done better. Keep them together or apart. How many people have been with someone for two years, haven't seen them in 3 years and then see them and bam get back together? Nobody that's not realistic. Given the timeline of the show they've spent more years apart than together. Her taking charge- or so she thought, by trying to trick AD made my eyes roll back in my head. Although she didn't deserve the actions that followed- she pretty much put herself in harms way leading her to being kidnapped

Season 7:

Hanna was put through absolute hell by AD. In my opinion more physical pain happens to her and Emily. I'm glad that her and Caleb are getting back together and sealed the deal and that he gave her a sense of security after all the hell she's gone through. I do t think she should've gone rogue and went after Noel but I didn't hate it when she knocked his smart ass out. She should've thought it through and told the other girls. Several parallels happened with her thinking for a second time that Noel was A and her needing Mona to coach her into a lie again.

Favorite moments so far:

Haleb's first time Her style

Hanna being so accepting when Emily came out to her

Hanna's freak out when she saw that A signed her cast

"She's blind, she can't hear us"

To Jenna when they found out she could see "aren't you a sight for sore eyes"

Showing up to Jordan's office in that killer red outfit

"Why am I beeping I haven't even stolen anything yet"

Haleb 7a finale reunion

What I want from her in the final 10 episodes:

I want her to be happy with Caleb post AD. I want her to have the marriage and start the family that she wants. I can't wait to see how amazing her dress will be if she gets married on screen

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Spencer Hastings: the rundown

I’d like to applaud the growth of Spencer Hastings over the course of the series- and I don’t think the growth stopped at 7a.

Here’s my spencer character rundown.

Season 1:

Spencer was portrayed as the little sister that’s always in her older sister’s shadows—however I think Spencer is way smarter than Melissa. She let’s pressure get the best of her as well as repeating past mistakes(i.e keeping her lip’s on Melissa’s men). I love how her and Toby’s relationship began, I think that they brought out the open-mindedness of both of the character.

Season 2:

I don’t know about all of you but I knew if one liar would get trapped with A in the end, I knew it’d be Spencer. This was Spencer’s investigative season. She asked the right questions and found out things she did and didn’t want to know. I do wish they would’ve gone a different route when she found out Jason was her brother- I low-key hoped that they would develop a better brother sister bond. I’m proud that she finally spoke up to her father in this season. We also got a glimpse of her selflessness by sacrificing her relationship with Toby to keep him safe.

Season 3:

Spoby reunions - I live for them. It was a classy “first time” scene. This season was so bomb for her. One of my all time favorite moments was when she slapped Toby when she saw him in that hoodie *chills*. This season gave her so much depth-i.e when she thought Toby was dead which lead to her going to Radley. The whole fake A team ploy was kind of weak but served it’s purpose for the time being.

Season 4:

I’m glad she supported Toby in the whole figuring out what happened to his mother thing—even though it wasn’t my favorite storyline.

Season 5:

Well this was a season where she was in 2 too many jumpsuits. I feel like they were really trying to pin random crimes on her. I got chills when the were being arrested when Alison was found guilty. I thought it was creepy that Melissa was being nice to her. Also, I found her “love interests” - Colin and Johnny- stupid and a waste of time. I didn’t approve of her trying to use Toby to get information since he became a cop

Season 6:

Her addiction resurfaced in 6a and after some point I was over it. I think she was an asset to the big picture but she was extremely obsessive with the Charles thing which I’ll get to later. Let’s get to the 5 years forward I’m so happy that they did because I got tire of them being in high school. Although a career in politics was a given to her I love the 23 year old Spencer, even more sophisticated than ever. What I’m about to say may piss people off but I loved Spaleb. I think that their relationship made a lot of sense they’re both mature, responsible, good, intelligent and kind hearted people. It made sense and they were so cute together for the short time that it lasted. I know they get a lot of flack but at the end of the day Hanna and Caleb had been broken up for years and in those years he and Spencer were getting close so I don’t want to hear that’s a out of the blue situation. Also Hanna and Caleb had not seen each other since their break up and same goes for Spencer and Toby. I’m a Haleb fan and a Spoby fan but get over it ppl.

Season 7: Even though not much has happened and I’ll probably end up updating this whole blog post at the end of the series lets do this anyways. I think Spencer being Mary’s daughter was inevitable lets get that out of the way first. Mary always had a weird vibe when coming around her so I wasn’t surprised she was her biological daughter. But might I add that I’m tired of every time a big family twist happens, it’s always involving the Hastings or Dilaurentis families. I think they could’ve gone with Aria or Hanna or someone else. I feel like this was done to keep Mary relevant to the big picture. It explains why Spencer was so obsessive when trying to figure out Charles but if she gets a sibling vibe, why didn’t she have it with Cece if they’re the same person. I don’t like the chain reacted that’ll be set off if Peter is her biological father and not adopted father. Peter being Spencer’s real father not only means that he stepped out on Veronica twice(who doesn’t deserve it bc I think she’s a great person, but did so with twins. That means that Spencer and Jason are first cousins and half siblings and that’s a little too close for comfort. And even though I was sad she got shot, I know she didn't die so I'm good

Fave moments so far:

The showdown when she found out Mona was A

Her style

When she broke up with Toby in order to protect him from A's wrath

"bitch crazy"

''bitch chipped us''

Spoby's first time

Asking Toby if she could kiss him one last time 😍

Spoby in general

Spaleb arc - "I need you to go get a glass, 'cause your girlfriends drinking all by herself and it's real sad"

What I want from her in the final 10 episodes:

A Spoby wedding

Her to reject Mary as her mother(harsh, I know, but Veronica has been a great mother to her and Mary has been a backstabbing snake since the day she showed up). I kind of wish Mary was just the surrogate.

Spencer helping Toby get through Yvonne dying and letting him feel again. Closer bond with Jason(won't happen)

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Character rundown

So guys it's been 7 seasons I think its a good time to do a character rundown so far. i'll probably do another one after the series finale.

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Theory time!

Stay with me on this one. This is just a quick possible theory.

Alison is pregnant.

I think that the fact that they showed Alison throwing up in 708 was something that we were supposed to pay attention to. She could’ve just told someone “I was so nervous I threw up” but they chose to show it instead. Marlene loves to make us think so she could be just messing with us but regardless I’m rolling with this theory.

The timeline of PLL seems to roll by relatively slowly. Alison is still technically a newlywed meaning the whole honeymoon probably has been weeks ago even though it was many episodes ago. I think that her throwing up was morning sickness and she’s about to get the shock of her life by bringing a child into this world.

HOWEVER! There is two possible scenarios

1. Alison is pregnant with Archer Dunhill’s baby. To add insult to injury and possible shock value for the summer finale. After this man tricked, drugged, institutionalized, lied, schemed, and stole every dime she’s had, it would totally send Ali into a spiral. This would keep Archer in her life for the rest of her life, through their child. She would never get the normalcy back that she’s trying so hard to get. There would have been plenty of time to inseminate Alison because she was sedated.

2. Alison is pregnant but with Emily’s child. Bare with me people….I find it hard to believe that A.D would steal Emily’s eggs and we never hear about it again. He/She has already warned Emily about “their child” when He/She sent her that package with the baby stuff in 6b. The baby could be Emily/Archer or Emily/A.D’s baby so that opens up two further things. This would be major shock value and a leeway to Emison. Think about it: Alison finds out about it and realizes Emily is the mother but also acknowledges the fact that Emily isn’t prepared to mother a child at this time so she agree to raise it together. This depends on if AD had access to Welby to inseminate her

-The only problem with the whole Alison being pregnant is the fact that Rollins was drugging her up. You’d think that that would damage the baby.

- When Archer took her out of Welby after knowing that she didn’t kill Charlotte. He could’ve been doing that to protect his child- not Alison, from AD. If Alison is carrying his and her baby, it would be the closest thing to having a child with Charlotte that he can get - it’s been said that when identical twins have children that although their kids are first cousins, their DNA is similar to that of them being siblings.

[holyshit-xo]

The last sentence of this whole post - does that mean it’s the reason why everyone thought Alison was in the grave at the beginning of the show when it was Bethany? Cause she’s the 2nd child so their blood results would be a match/similar?

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I think the reason why they thought it was Bethany was because a cop was falsifying something. Bethany couldn't have been the second child because her and Charlotte/Charles were the same age, the timeline never added up for Bethany to be the twin unless her and Charles were twins

Jessica and Mary are identical which would make Charlotte and Cece/ Charlotte and Jason's DNA be as similar as siblings even though they are 1st cousins biologically. Since finding out Spencer is the second child her DNA is similar to Alisons

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7x08: ''Exes and OMGs'' review

Thoughts on 7x08 Exes and OMGs -

Let's start with Ezria shall we? First of all, we knew that some obstacle was going to get in the way because nothing ever goes smoothly for them. I'm not even going to get into the fact that they've spent 5 years broken up and haven't seen each other but get back together for a week and then BAM their engaged-because that makes total sense. We knew the Nicole thing was going to pop up considering that someone called from her number and Aria deleted the call. These two have many issues. If Nicole is alive does he go back to her or continue with Aria? If so he's still going to sympathize and be there for Nicole thus making Aria insecure and jealous and back away from things or vise versa with Nicole. It wasn't a selfless act that Aria sent Ezra to Africa, it was guilt, nothing she ever does is truly selfless-- if she wouldn't have done this he would've either found a way, worried about it incessantly, or they would've had bigger issues leading to their millionth breakup. For Ezria fans I hope you get what you want and they quit dragging things to the ground. Also, cant wait for the flashback to her and Jason's relationship.

STOP....HANNA TIME! *does a dance*. Let me start off by saying I was always a haleb fan --they had a mature open and honest relationship. It ended YEARS ago due to Hanna putting her career above their relationship which surprised me. Over the course of time they haven't seen or spoken to each other. Realistically you're not going to have these unrequited feelings for your ex after years of not seeing or speaking to him for years, see him and poof the feelings are back. if you wanted him that bad you wouldn't have waited 3 days to come back for him but I digress. it's not like she was major in the fashion industry, she was an assistant. I just got sidetracked. Yes, their little goodbye was cute and I believe the will be together again- which I'm all for if it happens. I don't know what the hell she's trying to do at the end to be honest, it's like every time she goes at something alone it ends badly so why is she doing it again? did she not learn from when she was just kidnapped and tortured?

Spencer was looking through her family album, I feel like she was searching to prove that she's actually a Hastings instead of Mary Drake's secret kid. Just because you see baby photos of yourself doesn't make you biologically theirs Spence. I feel like if the girls really wanted to cancel themselves out they could just do a DNA test with Alison. She was on top of things with the old man though. I'm glad she didn't blow her cover with the doctor when they were on the phone. I really hope toby comes back to add insight.

Emily is just in limbo in her life a bit. It's like she's abandoned the fact that HER EGGS WERE STOLEN by AD- but noooo. *side eye*. I think Emily should get the job- and she probably will get it even though Paige has her degree and was a success story in the terms of swimming in the ivy leagues and being good enough for the Olympics. Getting this job will boost her confidence towards the direction her life is going. Also if she stays it is a good excuse for Emison to happen. Paige coming back and them rehashing their relationship gave me a bad taste in my mouth- they made it seem like they were perfectly happy then out of nowhere broke up, how do you have history with someone and not check on them when their father dies? Plus Paige creeping on Emily's date with Sabrina was weird. Paily will probably be lingering still but I don't think she should get in her way with the relationship. If Emison doesn't happen I think she should just stay with Sabrina- it's a mature budding relationship and she seems genuine.

Alison I really think you're pregnant. I know Marlene likes to mess with our heads but I think the fact that they showed her throwing up as opposed to her saying ''I was so nervous about my first day I threw up''. Could she be pregnant by Archer? Or AD if it's proven to be a man? Or perhaps with Emily's baby since Emily's eggs still haven't been recovered- maybe AD or Archer fertilized the egg and artificially inseminated her while she was sedated? Who knows.

-Other tidbits. How did the old man remember Charlotte's sex but not the second child? You'd think he'd remember the most recent baby. Charlotte would be 7-8 years older than the other child.

- again....what the hell are you doing hanna

-Why is Mary MIA?

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Theory time!

Stay with me on this one. This is just a quick possible theory.

Alison is pregnant.

I think that the fact that they showed Alison throwing up in 708 was something that we were supposed to pay attention to. She could've just told someone ''I was so nervous I threw up'' but they chose to show it instead. Marlene loves to make us think so she could be just messing with us but regardless I'm rolling with this theory.

The timeline of PLL seems to roll by relatively slowly. Alison is still technically a newlywed meaning the whole honeymoon probably has been weeks ago even though it was many episodes ago. I think that her throwing up was morning sickness and she's about to get the shock of her life by bringing a child into this world.

HOWEVER! There is two possible scenarios

1. Alison is pregnant with Archer Dunhill's baby. To add insult to injury and possible shock value for the summer finale. After this man tricked, drugged, institutionalized, lied, schemed, and stole every dime she's had, it would totally send Ali into a spiral. This would keep Archer in her life for the rest of her life, through their child. She would never get the normalcy back that she's trying so hard to get. There would have been plenty of time to inseminate Alison because she was sedated.

2. Alison is pregnant but with Emily's child. Bare with me people....I find it hard to believe that A.D would steal Emily's eggs and we never hear about it again. He/She has already warned Emily about ''their child'' when He/She sent her that package with the baby stuff in 6b. The baby could be Emily/Archer or Emily/A.D's baby so that opens up two further things. This would be major shock value and a leeway to Emison. Think about it: Alison finds out about it and realizes Emily is the mother but also acknowledges the fact that Emily isn't prepared to mother a child at this time so she agree to raise it together. This depends on if AD had access to Welby to inseminate her

-The only problem with the whole Alison being pregnant is the fact that Rollins was drugging her up. You'd think that that would damage the baby.

- When Archer took her out of Welby after knowing that she didn't kill Charlotte. He could've been doing that to protect his child- not Alison, from AD. If Alison is carrying his and her baby, it would be the closest thing to having a child with Charlotte that he can get - it's been said that when identical twins have children that although their kids are first cousins, their DNA is similar to that of them being siblings.

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It's been two years...

So it's been two long years since I lost my grandmother..731 days since her beautiful soul was on this earth. There have been graduations, holidays, new family members brought into this world, and only one thing has been missing... Tomorrow marks the two year anniversary of your death and boy it hasn't gotten easier since I got that call that you were gone. It put so much into perspective for me---it's absolutely wild how fast you came and went. At this point in my life, I've had more years with you than I've had without you but that won't always be the case. The years will go by and the details will become blurred and I'm not sure that I'm ready for that... You know what my first initial feelings were two years ago? That I would forget your voice...I struggled with the thought that I could forgot a voice that I've heard every single day for the 23 years that I had with you....but here I am and I can still hear your voice on the phone to me saying "you gonna spend the night with me, it's going to storm" when you were home alone or "you better turn that tv off, it's lightening" lol...I will never forget that The selfish part of me wishes you were still here cutting up with the rest of us but the grateful part of me is happy that my family has such an amazing guardian angel to watch over us. We are such a better, closer, and blessed family because you led us. So thank you GG, for showing us love, respect, guidance, courage, strength, and role model that you gave us for us as long as you did.

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PRETTY LITTLE LIARS SEASON 6 EPISODE 10 “GAME OVER CHARLES”

I have a 70/30 reaction to this midseason finale. My after comments may be long so I’m going straight into my character rundowns. i’ll try to keep it short and sweet.

Hanna - I think that after all these years she’s grown as a person. I do not like that they didn’t tell what Hanna was doing - other than be in New York with Caleb. I cant wait to find out what she’s up to, especially since she looks to have a bun in her oven in the flash-forward pic -which I’m assuming happens later in the season because she is her normal size in this episode.

Spencer - I thought she’d be more into the whole story of how Bethany died considering her sister buried her and she’s been worried about it ever since she found out what Melissa did. A Hastings at Georgetown? Not bad Spence. Good job disarming that bomb, can we say what a perfect timing moment that was? Was that a course offered at Rosewood High.

Aria - Ok we knew Aria was going to be going to college in Savannah after her internship. Too me, Aria wasn’t effective in this episode, I mean she was shocked and everything and helped with cornering Sara while she was trying to set the bomb up but still. In the promo for the winter season it looks like she’s sneaking around with Ezria….ugh I don’t like the Ezria feels, sorry folks but I hope with time that she moves passed him.

Emily - I get the betrayal factor, but you should have suspected Sara from the moment that door closed, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST RED FLAG. That punch you gave was definitely justified, one of my favorite moments of this semi disappointing episode. About the flash-forward, a part that strikes me is that she’s moving a picture from her graduation out from in front of a photo of her father —-call me dumb but I think maybe Mr. Fields (aka my favorite pll dad) will die over the course of these next 5 years. Her and Toby are drinking a beer and they seem to be in a somber mood. Glad she’s going to college instead of on a mission trip to build houses

Alison - why the heck would you want to stay in Rosewood? I’d want to get the heck away. You mean to tell me that over the course of 5 years, she’s going to end things with Lorenzo, enter into a relationship, get engaged, married, go to and finish college, and end up teaching high school? Rosewood seems to make everyone successful at a young age in Rosewood.

Mona - Why did you just now have the “omg” moment when Cece said she hit Alison, you had to know that you didn’t hit her. You knew you killed Bethany and said absolutely NOTHING. How does that even happen?

Cece - I’m going to try to make this as short as I can. I understand that being trans is a difficult thing but I don’t think we got enough backstory. They could have and should have started telling this story last week so it wouldn’t be so rushed. She didn’t explain the transition but since Charles “died” at 16 I’m assuming that’s when it happened. I have no sympathy for her, she has done far too many things to these girls for her actions to be justified. It’s been 3 years since Cece stole the game from Mona and her reasoning was “the girls were happy you were gone” information that she got from a delusional Mona who was hopped up on meds herself —come on man. We waited years for this weak a$$ excuse. The reveal wasn’t shocking, everyone has been considering the transgender route for months and she was the most likely to be the character because there was only two characters that would fit the age range of Charles –her and Melissa. BTW who the hell calls in a bomb threat and sneaks off to a random high school and takes a yearbook photo?

Sara - ok this was shocking and unrealistic. I wish that they would’ve explained how Cece found Sara to begin with, did she kidnap her when she ran away or something? This was the bigger reveal to me but when I think back on it, is red coat and black veil really bad? She just seems to be following orders to me. She was black veil to make sure Wilden was dead after Cece killed him and then at the lodge she was just a decoy that Cece sent. She wasn’t the one who put Emily in the box, she wasn’t the red coat standing outside when Hanna got attacked in the store so what has she done? I’m not sure she’s a villain which makes me wonder. When she said she was protecting them I wonder if she’s stopped Cece from killing them on occasion. Anyways, the girls should’ve known something was up when she wouldn’t come in the room.

Mistakes - There is no way that this was planned for four years. We just met Cece in season 3. And ok Cece called in a bomb threat at UPenn to get out of school so she goes to Rosewood High and poses for the yearbook right? Well how the hell was she voted prom queen when they showed the yearbook for that class? they cant be this sloppy. Another thing Marion wasn’t in Radley when they did the flashback with Toby and Alison, she was at home, and Toby(in my opinion) looked to be in the 15-17 age range, Toby is a year older than the girls so that makes him 6-7 years younger than Charles but the night Bethany pushed Marion, Charles was 12. The whole timeline is screwed up, Bethany is not supposed to be the age of Charles but she looked a couple years older. Which  pegs the question how old is Leslie because if she’s old enough to be there when they escaped, she’s way too old to be Mona’s friend. I don’t agree with the fans who said the episode was transphobic I think that one of the biggest villains in TV is trans but she wasn’t a crazy person because she was trans, she was crazy because she was neglected. People are reading way too much into it and starting arguments with the writers of the show for no reason. Cece is fictional but I’ve seen more backlash from her than real people. It’s just a show. Granted, this was not my favorite episode or midseason finale but Mona being A wasn’t shocking either. You wanted answers and you got them so quit bitching at the people who gave them to you.

Additional info Marlene told EW:

Cece blew up Toby’s house, Cece is responsible for the elevator incident with Jason and Emily(she was mad but didn’t want to kill Jason), She’s the one who almost killed Jenna at Emily’s birthday. What was in the barrel? Cece stole a cadaver from a local medical school’s lab and put it in the barrel.

Ian did commit suicide - Mona took the body and wrote the suicide note to freak the girl’s out.

Wilden killed Garrett