#lor-zod
My review for Rocket’s arc in Young Justice Phantoms
Transcript under the cut
Hello!
This video will be a review of season 4, episodes 18-21 of Young Justice so there will be spoilers.
Okay so I liked the arc decently well enough. There were parts that I really enjoyed and parts that I found lacking. Which is how I feel about all of the other arcs. Each one had things that I liked and didn’t like. Now with this one, it’s Rocket’s arc and my main issue with it is that it just didn’t focus that much on Rocket. I feel like we didn’t learn that much about her as a character. I mean we kind of did with her interactions with her son and such but we didn’t get anything at all about her backstory.
Now in the comics, that being Milestone Comics, Rocket - real name Raquel Ervin - actually becomes a hero by talking a guy named Augustus Freeman into becoming a hero - this being Icon. They actually met when Raquel broke into his house and tried to rob him. Then she saw that he had superpowers and thought he would make a great hero. She demanded to be his sidekick and she designed their costumes! But none of this is mentioned in Young Justice so there is the possibility that this isn’t her backstory on the show. Still, I would have liked to have seen some backstory for her, whether it’s the same as in the comics or not.
In the other arcs, we did get to learn new things about the focus characters, or at least saw some of their backstory. With the first arc, we got to learn more about M’gann’s relationship with her family and that really added to her character. Way back in season one she mentions that she always wanted an Earth sister and implies that she didn’t get along with her sisters on Mars. And in her arc we got to meet one of those sisters and their interactions with each other really added a layer to M’gann’s character. In Artemis’s arc we see great interactions with her sister Jade and even flashbacks that add some context to some of their interactions in season 1. In Kaldur’s arc, there was an episode where he talks to his parents about the past and we learn more about his backstory which explains his personality pretty well. Zatanna’s arc is a little lacking in this area, the same with Rocket’s. We did get some flashbacks of her childhood but that was from her father’s perspective, not her own but it did still give us insight into her character a little bit. Now I do think Zatanna’s arc suffers from not focusing on her so much as it focuses on Klarion and Vandal Savage. I feel like Rocket’s arc suffers similarly by focusing a little too much on the Zod family.
I did like the parts in episode 19 when Lor-Zod was explaining his backstory and it was inter-cut with Saturn Girl and Chameleon Boy telling the same story but from their perspectives. Like from Lor’s point of view, he is in the right for wanting to rescue his parents while the Legion thought he was evil for that because his parents are criminals. It was really cool to see differing viewpoints of the same events. I thought it was an interesting way of handling a lot of exposition.
Now I did actually like Lor-Zod to be honest. Didn’t really care for General Zod but I never really like him in any adaptation. He’s just not a character that I enjoy. Lor-Zod’s determination to get his parents out of the Phantom Zone was kind of sweet though. Like yeah I know they’re villains and have done awful things but still it was sweet. Even if it is kind of far removed from the comics. Lor in the comics actually fights against his parents and gets raised by Superman and Lois as a Kent. Maybe that could still happen in Young Justice? Time travel is possible so maybe Superman could travel in time and then take baby Lor away… uhm although that would be kidnapping… hmm so maybe not… Anyway. I found the song they sang in the Phantom Zone kind of cringy. I know that’s a small thing but when they started singing I was like, “Really? Y’all are doing this?” I get that it was supposed to be brainwashing Conner into being loyal to Zod but still. I felt like it lasted too long. I know it wasn’t very long but I feel like a couple of verses could have been cut and that little extra time could have been given to, I don’t know, Rocket.
I just feel like she didn’t get enough screen time for it being her arc.
A big point of contention in the show’s fandom is how she handled her son Amistad’s Autism and then how her feelings about that were mirrored to her feelings about Orion. Now I don’t have Autism or claustrophobia so I can’t really speak on how accurately either of those were portrayed. I’ve seen people saying that Amistad was written relatively accurately as an Autistic characters and I’ve seen people say that it wasn’t actually great representation. I think it’s important to note that people with Autism aren’t a monolith and each person is different. I saw a lot of people saying that him eating the cookie in a specific way and being sensitive to strong smells and not liking disruptions to his routine were things that many Autistic people can relate to. Some were more upset about how Raquel handled Amistad than how Amistad was portrayed. I saw people say that it was accurate that parents of Autistic children would be frustrated and I saw people say that Raquel shouldn’t have been so dismissive of Amistad’s needs. I personally didn’t like that scene at the beginning of episode 18 where she’s pretending to look for his wool hat. Like she looks under the couch and stuff and keeps saying “no hat” over and over which felt condescending. I get it was to show her frustration and stress but still I kind of wish that part was left out. Even Amistad’s facial expression during that scene showed that it was upsetting him. But you can argue that this is just a character flaw for Raquel and that all good characters should have some type of flaw, which is fair; characters should have flaws, even heroes. But still I can understand why many fans didn’t like this aspect of her character or how the show handled it.
This sort of plays into her judgement of Orion as well. So I understand her calling him a monster after he becomes unstable and hits those two larvae children. I get that and I don’t blame her for having apprehensions about negotiating peace with him. The problem that I have with her judgement of Orion is how she felt about him after learning his biological father is Darkseid. I mean, she has several teammates who have evil relatives. She’s friends with Artemis, isn’t she? And Artemis’s dad is a villain and Raquel never seemed to judge her for that. Granted, Sportsmaster isn’t quite on the level of evil as Darkseid but you get my point. It just felt kind of out of character for her to judge someone for having an evil family member.
Though I will say, it was good that she acknowledged that they got off on the wrong foot and apologized. It was at the beginning of episode 20 and while it wasn’t actually Orion but Ma’alefa’ak, it was good that she realized they needed to make amends. She didn’t know it wasn’t actually Orion of course but it was still a nice gesture that showed Rocket’s maturity.
Okay, yeah Orion could be a jerk and stand-offish but really the only bad thing he did was hit the two larvae. And, yeah that was bad; he shouldn’t have done that but still. I feel like Rocket was a little too judgemental of him. Like when she got mad at him during the meeting for saying their off-topic conversation was of little importance. He was definitely a jerk in the way that he worded it but he was right. Them sidetracking the peace negotiation with talks of romance and birthdays was kind of… unprofessional. I think Orion was right to call them out for that. I get Bear wanting to extend his condolences about Superboy’s death but the conversation should have ended there.
The only really important thing we got from that off-topic conversation was that Forager was thinking of staying on New Genesis. But to be honest, I don’t really care much about that. Okay, a little bit of a tangent: I had some issues with season three and one of those issues was that I just didn’t care that much about the new characters. I didn’t care at all about Brion, or Helga, or Forager. I just didn’t care about them! The only new character that I even kind of cared about was Halo. And speaking of them, I don’t like that the writers had Rocket use the wrong pronouns for Halo. Okay, I know Violet said that they didn’t mind she/her pronouns but they did very clearly state that they preferred they/them pronouns. Now they only said this to Harper Row but I would have assumed that they could tell the whole team. I can understand the New Genesis gods not knowing and calling Halo “she” by mistake but I feel like Rocket should have referred to them with ya’know “them.” But I’m going to blame the writers for this.
Going back to Forager though, since I didn’t care that much about him in season three, I didn’t really care about the romance either. It was kind of cute. Them reading Shakespeare made me think of Jason Spisak’s YouTube videos of Wally Reading the Classics, which did warm my heart a little bit. (I’ll link on of them down below.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftf-sMzRuBY For context, Jason Spisak is the voice actor for Forager and Wally West so I liked the little reference to him as Wally quoting Shakespeare. He voices another character doesn’t he?….
OH! Razer! He also voices Razer. That’s something else that happens. Boy do I have some feelings about Razer. I LOVED seeing him again. Was not expecting it in the slightest. So Razer is a character who had only ever appeared in Green Lantern: the Animated Series. This was a show that aired when Young Justice seasons one and two were airing on Cartoon Network and were both canceled at the same time. Which is a real shame because Green Lantern: the Animated Series was actually a really good show. I’m not even a big fan of the Green Lanterns but I did still really enjoy that show. And now one of its main characters has appeared in Young Justice. Could this mean a revival for Green Lantern? Maybe? I could only hope. It deserves a season two.
Speaking of Green Lanterns, it was sad that Tomar Re died. And it was extra sad that he was killed by a Kryptonian considering he tried to save Krypton. I do love some irony. But he shouldn’t feel guilty about not saving Krypton because really what could he have done to stop a sun from dying? Oh and it was interesting to learn that he knew Superman’s biological father and uncle. So we have confirmation that Zor-El existed on Earth-16 so maybe his daughter Kara does too. It would be cool to see Supergirl show up at some point.
My only issue with that would be that there are already soooo, so many characters in Young Justice. It felt crowded back in season two and it’s only gotten worse. I think that’s one of the reasons why some of the arcs and story lines don’t follow their focus character all that much: because there are too many characters vying for lines and screen time.
Maybe if there were less characters, we could have gotten to see more of Rocket.
I hope she’s featured strongly in the next arc, which I know will be Nightwing’s, but that’s set up as being about finding Conner and Rocket can definitely help with that since she now has some key knowledge about the Phantom Zone projector getting destroyed and all. She did see Bioship’s lasers destroy the projector, even if she doesn’t know what it was. So maybe we’ll see a lot of her in the last arc. I’m looking forward to it!
Let me know what your thoughts were! Did you love this arc? Hate it? Feel indifferent to it? Should there have been more of Rocket? Do you think they handled Amistad’s Autism well? Or not? Let me know! I’m always interested in what other people thought.
Bye!
He’s so dramatic with the pose and the greeting. I love him!
I love it when Kryptonians are still able to see Speedsters.
Dru Zod about Superboy
So what I’m getting is getting Chris Kent back is not impossible yet.
hmm i wonder how lor-zod will—
oh he’s dead. he’s just dead.
And with that season 4 of Young Justice comes to a close
Spoilers
- Ok first and foremost
- Fucking called it!
- Dick faking his death and slowing his heartbeat (taught by Batman)
- Also Bart!!!
- Anyways onto the fight scene,
- I thought it was pretty good. I liked how everyone was fighting and seemed in a way dynamic (is that the word I’m looking for?) What I’m trying to say it flowed great
- My heart when Conner remembered his family from the scene when he and Clark talked back in season 1 but also him meeting the Kent’s and him being brought in and then Conner meeting Jonny (also conformation that it IS Jonathan Samuel Kent (the Jon from Super Sons) and not some random son of Superman named Jon (there are many of those)
- I love that Dick told M’gann to go off on these clowns and unleash her demigoddess
- And she did
- I love that we got to see her go off but like also keep in control. Like you can tell that she is at full force but isn’t loosing control like she did when she was younger.
- I am so glad M’comm didn’t kill Danny. I was worried there for a second. Then he started fighting and he got to fight M’comm in his mind himself.
- I love that Bart after being held prisoner for days?weeks? He’s running around and it just made me smile
- Till he got hit and Artemis called him kid
- I love the Artemis and Dick team up!
- Also when Conner didn’t “recognize Kaldur as family” I was like yeah it the beard
- When M’comm fell into the boom tube to the phantom zone and M’gann said that he was happy that Conner died was just hit me so hard.
- Rocket coming in hot
- I was not expecting that! It was great!
- I love how Metron is just like so chaotic and like so petty.
- And I completely forgot about the smudge stain on the wall in the cave. I just wrote it off like that’s just a red herring or something. But the fact that it was Lor Zod made me so happy(?) because the story came like full circle kinda.
- The sunrise at the end of the fight signaling a new day (a new *fill in the blank*) was pretty.
- So the Villains got their own planets
- M’comm got Durla which coincidently is Chameleon Boy’s home planet. They’re both shapeshifters but what is this mean in the grand scheme of things? Like we can assume that the A’ashenn become the race Chameleon Boy is. So should we assume that maybe the G’arrunn and the B’lahdenn become another race too? I heard about the theory that Saturn Girl is a descendent of M’gann so maybe?
- Then we got Daxxam and Ursa. I don’t know what she’s going to do? But I do know and was thinking of this since he was first introduced, Lor Zod is Chris Kent and he is an adopted son of Lois and Clark. So that might still happen.
- I loved the little moment we got with the Kent’s breaking the news about Conner to Jon and the video message of the wedding.
- Everyone is at the wedding!
- M’gann’s parents are here! With her sister! I love the conclusion we got with her sister saying that she’s decided to change her name back to M’ree M’orzz. I wished we got to see her more.
- Gar talked to Perdita and I liked it. Perdita saying that she still loved Gar and forgives him but has moved on and so should he. It was a nice moment. While I would love for them to get back together, I also love that even though you love a person you can move on from someone and take yourself out of a relationship after a bad situation. Plus it didn’t make it seem like she is required to get back together with him just because he apologizes. Gar’s not a bad person and she knows that. But she has moved on and I think they’ll be friends.
- I wonder if the break up is setting up Raven? Possible but maybe not
- Also we now know that the future is back on and Conner still has his role as doing something very importaint.
- Any guesses?
- You know how I said everyone was at the wedding well…
- ICICLE JR IS HERE!!!!!
- Oh my god! I’m SO glad he made it in this season! He’s crying too!
- He also caught the bouquet. (Artemis’s (new) new love interest?!?)
- Lucas making the classic wedding jokes
- Jon running to give them their rings was so cute!!!
- The speeches they gave about their love for one another was good!
- Is Black Canary hinting at Heroes in Crisis?!?
- Didn’t everyone hated that?!?
- Cause if I remember correctly when it came out all of you were yelling
- Anyways I’m not complete sure my memory is right on that but what I remember clearly is that WALLY WEST appears in that!
- Also Wally kills people
- But WALLY WEST is in that ALIVE
- Also why is this Black Canary’s reasoning? Like that is some people’s issues but that isn’t really the problem with someone like Gar. Gar was grieving. He was grieving poorly but grieving. He needed to be with people and to talk to them. Going to a place even if it would be more peaceful is not a guaranteed solution nor is it really a solution. It could help the solution but it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day where you get help or only matters if and what type of help you get. The reason why they have a lot of them have mental health issues is because they’re heroes. You need to find a solution to that. Not worry about how many.
- That after credits scene
- For one finally got an update of Mary. I’m happy they didn’t leave us hanging till next season (is there a next season?!?)
- But the bigger deal is
- Kara is here and I have so many questions like why was she in the Phantom Zone? Did Vandal Savage specifically chose her because he knew of her connection? Or was it a coincidence? Was it Klarion who picked her out?
- Anyways overall a great season finale! It closed the some plots that had to be close this season but also hinted at more to come in the next.
- I think this season was pretty good. Yes there were some problems but like at this point most shows do. While I do believe we can hope for better and expect better, I do think that this was pretty good (considering that they worked on this during the shut down I think). The arcs ranged from pretty good to great. I only really have a problem with two of the arcs. Well ones a problem and ones a question.
- The problem I have with one of the arcs is Rocket’s. I just felt like it was really focused on the characters. Like the plot there was mostly set up and like everything else felt kinda well background. I did like Razer and the bugs and Rocket’s son, but I felt like it wasn’t really focused on any characters really and I know that probably sounds crazy because it probably is. Does anyone get what I’m trying to say? Like I can’t fully remember what happened besides Razer, Tomar-Re dying, Forager becoming a Green Lantern, Jay being great, Amistad being amazing, the legion and Bart and like that’s it. It just felt weaker than the others.
- The question is how does Artemis’s fit into this? Like everyone had call backs to their arcs but like Artemis had none. It’s like hers could be taken away and it wouldn’t affect the plot. And that makes me mad because I loved her part. But I felt like there had to be something there and the only thing is the ending with for one Ra’s doing what Dinah talked about in a way and that ending scene with Lady Shiva and Talia looking evil which means they’re future villains. I guess? Unknown. This has me worried about what they have in store for Jason and Damian. What are your thoughts on how her arc fits?
See you guys next season!
My God was not expecting it to go so hard in the second to last episode of the season
Spoilers
- Ok first thing’s first
- The amount of like Omg what is happening hit me a lot
- and not the I’m confused what is happening but like the man this is really happening they’re going hard in the second to last episode and in the next episode they have to conclude everything
- Let’s start it off
- First let’s talk about Bart
- Omg he’s here again and the first thing he asks is to get his collar taken off.
- A piece of his childhood trauMA
- Poor baby
- And then he slips back into his cheery persona when everyone’s there like will he ever get to be himself?
- I’m glad they told him about the OG Team trying to find him I hope we get a scene with Bart being hugged
- I hope he doesn’t leave for the future
- Please no
- Also I love that Forager’s willpower is strong enough to break free. I love it so much!
- Also I kinda respect General Zod a bit now
- Like he is evil and I still don’t like him but like he was trying to get his army- his people- out of the Zone and he also said that Conner is one of them now even though he’s part of the house of El
- Like I kinda respect that
- Clark talking about how he always wanted more Kryptonians but not at the cost of Earth breaks my heart and how he has to reject Zod’s offer because his people are the people of Earth not the people from Krypton
- I want more of this type of story. I’m pretty sure it exsist in the hundreds but like I feel like it’s not really talked about (in depth) or just a little brief mention in nowadays media (mostly focusing on him being a powerful god (Injustice) and not a person with godlike powers who is human)
- (Ignore my rant because I’m pretty sure it’s only based on my not relatively big amount of knowledge I’m still trying to catch up)
- Why did General Zod have to destroy things before he made his speech like I get it you have to be tough but like this is so unnecessary?
- I hope Conner snaps out of his reset by M’gann running over there to save him by telling him she loves him
- Or since they did show him earlier Jonny and Lois comes over because of Clark and Conner being there and snaps them out because of family
- Or both honestly
- Or the Icicle Jr appearance this season is that
- Like he just appears to snap him out of it
- Ok quick predictions about what is going to happen in the next episode
- One Dick is not dead
- Like this isn’t a prediction this is what happened.
- Like yeah his heart stopped beating. I get why you would think that, but like he was trained by Bruce and if you think he would train them to do that then like you don’t understand how paranoid Bruce is
- Oh yeah side note the Zod thing can probably end if you give Bruce like 10 minutes to drive over to Metropolis with his 500 lbs of Kryptonite and his new Kryptonite weapons that he’s been wanting to test out
- But if they don’t do the emotional thing with M’gann nor the Batman being Batman thing then you also get the possibility of:
- Lex and his Infinity Inc “saving” the day
- And finally Rocket
- My god that caught me off guard
- I’m betting you she’s not dead
- I don’t know where this going to lead but since I’ve been reading the Wally is alive theories this seems like something that would fit right in like Rocket ends up in something like the speed force and finds Wally
- Amistad’s cars at the end hit me in the feels
We’re getting ready for the final battle this episode
Spoilers
- I feel like not a lot happened this episode it was more of a set up for the big fight we’re going to see next episode.
- Tomar-Tu is so cute! It’s so sad that Tomar-Re had a son he never got to say good bye because he died a hero. Also, I’m not really familiar with the Green Lantern comics, but I find it really cool that a father and son are a part of the Green Lantern corps. I just find it interesting. First Razer now the this, I really need to read/watch up on them.
- Why can Lor- Zod just ask for information? Like again I’m not really familiar with Green Lantern comic lore but that just seems odd that you can just visit the prison without further questions other than if you have a record.
- Ok so M’gann found out, and like I thought she jumped at the possibility that Conner was alive. I’m kinda worried about the fall out.
- I slightly think that that will be the time the reveal the fake Wally dream thing to Artemis which will be dramatic but then again there’s not enough time to complete it in this season so next season (that will (probably) have a time skip) would be too long but that adds more drama.
- Poor Danny! I was wondering who was in that box. It’s so sad that not only was he trafficked but experimented on.
- Danny saying that it hurts to use his abilities as a living machine but says he can handle it because he wants to help the people who are helping him just almost makes me want to cry.
- I was like he better not die or I’m going to cry.
- M’comm…
- I swear to god if you killed that boy and not like knocked him out I’m going to be so mad.
- I like that they brought back J’emm and that he’s helping because he feels in dented to Conner (and probably M’gann too). I wonder if M’gann and J’emm are going to team up and take down M’comm. Either way I feel like M’comm is going to be taken down before the season ends. I don’t know how but it feels like he’s going to be defeated.
- Also they brought back Orion too. This will be interesting because he’s Darkseid’s biological son which will be an interesting interaction with his minions.
- Also, am I the only one getting the vibes that Orion has a thing for Rocket. The whole Rocket would be good for this. It’s either that or he feels more comfortable with someone he knows. It could go either way honestly.
- The flashes of memories from the first season just made my heart swell. I have to rewatch soon!
- Bart!
- Oh no!
- Why is he stepping on you?!?
- Please tell me he’s not going to die! I can’t take it!
- Ok so I feel like there wasn’t a lot that actually happened so my predictions!
- I feel like the bad guys are going to be defeated but something is going to happen to Superman because of the Red Sun because it’s kinda odd that they brought him along unless they were thinking he could broker a truce being Kryptonian. Also the whole I killed Superman thing Conner got going on.
- Like I said before M’comm will probably be defeated.
- I also feel like something is going to happen to Bart. Not necessarily him dying (I hope) but like some change.
- Also I feel like the whole Wally being in the Phantom Zone theory has become even more of a possibility to me because
- The team and Wally both appear the same way as the Kryptonians and Phantom girl and if Conner thought he was died like I’ve seen people mention then he would still look normal because Superman looked normal in the Conner killing Superman hallucinations
- And the whole opening a portal that ANYONE can get through on both sides is an odd choice because they could have always written if a different way so there was no chance of anyone else getting out besides Conner and General Zod and Ursa
- I just had a horrible thought
- What if Bart runs into the portal taking Lor Zod with him?
- My poor heart
- Anyways what I’ve noticed is that every arc this season has been in a way brought back BESIDES Artemis’s and Zatanna’s
- You got J’emm and in a way, the legion and Superman from M’gann and Conner’s. You got Orion and Danny from Rocket’s. You got Aquaman back as Aquaman from Kaldur’s. All for the final battle.
- If you want you can also consider that this whole thing is happening because of Zatanna and her arc because of the Conner bus vision and the help from Doctor Fate and the magic from her arc.
- So I wonder how Artemis’s arc is going to play into this because there has to be a connection.
I felt like I went on an Odyssey with this arc (but not with Rocket)
Spoilers
- So in all, I liked this arc.
- But
- Rocket was barely in it and I wasn’t completely invested in her beside the first and this last episode really, but I did like how her growth ended. I feel like it wasn’t completely earned because we didn’t see a lot of her, but I do like the message. In a way, the message had more to do with her than her son which I like. It’s about her seeing him and others. It’s not their problem. It’s hers.
- Anyways, Metron
- Why was he acting like he’s above them and not giving them an explanation? Like honestly I get it like “I am the smartest one here and you don’t need to know what’s happening in detail but you are heroes and something is in danger go save it.” That for me was too funny for no reason I think I’m loosing it
- I love how Conner was like “I’ll save you” and Zod is like “bitch I’m already being saved”
- Also sad that he tried yo take her partner with him. At least we know he really cares about her and is not completely heartless.
- Possible weakness???
- Tomar- Re
- He sacrificed himself to save a planet because he didn’t want to fail saving a planet like Krypton again
- I just can’t
- I’m too busy crying
- He didn’t have enough power to have a shield and the thing and so
- He chose to save the planet instead of himself
- Guys
- Moving in before I cry, Forager is a green lantern.
- Because Tomar- Re died
- Anyways, with the whole Forager has to choose between earth and new genesis from last episode. I kinda like that Forager said she’ll leave her hive instead. I kinda like that they have no problems what so ever and are just simply in love. There’s like no drama and like that’s just the vibe with this ship.
- Also the whole Forager is now a Green Lantern is great. I hope we get to see more of her as a Green Lantern.
- Also I noticed that when she recited the Green Lantern Oath, she didn’t change her speaking pattern
- I love it!
- The adventures of Superboy in the Phantom Zone is coming to an end
- Also Phantom girl finally is up and she can get Conner out but I got a feeling it’s not going to be that simple
- Madame Xanadu at the beginning when she can’t get cell service in a swamp. I don’t know how to describe something that’s so funny and somewhat universally relatable
- Zatanna bullying Nabu into help her proves she’s girl boss.
- When she said she needs a detective I legit screamed
- DICK GRAYSON YOU NEED DICK
- Like that set up was brilliant
- It was because we had really no kinda set up besides Conner’s death being the connecting thing which here it is too but it was a more pointing at the next arc thing
- Unless I missed something
- Another part I did scream at was when Jay said Bart I’m home
- The No that ripped through my vocal cords shocked not only my cat but me as well
- That was just
- Bart’s being held hostage and his family is going to be worried about him because he thinks protecting the time stream is more important than him and I just want someone to go to him and tell him he is a part of their time now
- Anyways, Rocket’s arc 6/10
- Needs more Rocket but has good set up for the next arc (which is slightly messed up)
- I’m so excited to see Dick
- We haven’t seen him yet in this season and we still have Jason who might be revealed
I hope this is setting up something big
(Oh my god! I didn’t get around to watching this week’s episode when it came out. I had so much homework and preparing for finals)
(Spoilers)
- Ok so I feel like not much really happened in this episode, but I feel like this is setting up for the final arc. Like they’ll complete Rocket’s arc, but besides her problems, the impact of what happens will set up the next arc.
- Let’s start of with Rocket because it’s her arc. I think they’re not doing a lot with her because she hasn’t had a big role in the series, but doesn’t mean she isn’t interesting.
- She still has her prejudice against Orion. I like how they tell her that he is the son of Highfather not Darkseid. They directly address it. In the next episode she’s probably going to see her son in him and maybe recognize what Orion’s parents (Highfather and Highmother) and probably the rest of the new gods treat him and the help they give him.
- Oh yeah, why is Amistad’s dad calling her when he knows she’s busy trying to save the world and then guilts her. I understand it’s about their son and that is as good as a reason you can have- a love one in need. But like he could have waited till she was done. It wasn’t really life or death or an immediate decision she needed to make right then and there. I also feel like he shouldn’t have attended that meeting alone because they’re both the parents. While I don’t agree with Rocket not wanting to give Amistad the tools to possibly be more successful than he is now, I do think she has a right to at least listen in on the discussion since she still has some type of custody.
- Sorry for that really long rant. It was just there for drama/enforcing Rocket’s dilemma.
- Anyways, on to Forager.
- Forager is in love with Forager and I’m like I can get behind this. It’s really cute and I can’t believe they made me think she was dead. Like I was going to riot. You give me a cute couple then kill one of them. Luckily, Forager was healed by Razer.
- I have no idea who is Razer, but I like him.
- I kinda can’t say a lot because I don’t know him, but he appears and I’m just like man, I want to know more. I feel like we were watching like the middle part of a story where the events that started a story has well past but the ending is far from hasn’t happen yet. This doesn’t mean it wasn’t interesting to watch. I might not know anything about him prior, but from what was written I got an idea. I got to see if the people who know him like him in this version.
- The statues made me laugh by the way
- Ok on to the main focal point of the episode. Even though it’s Rocket’s arc, I am curious about the back to the future group we got going on. The “I’m from another time but I’m still young” group have a talk. I love how Bart finally has someone to talk to about this. Also people he can relate to, but this brings up the question:
- If he could find all the parts and build a time machine so fast, why hasn’t he done it?
- The oblivious answer is because his time doesn’t exsist and he is outside of the time stream because of the radiation. Which side note: what is with that radiation? Why is it that radiation specifically causing that?
- Anyways, I’m slightly curious if the Justice League and the Team knows that he can build one. If they did, then, they’d probably pressure Bart to build one every time someone makes an (almost) earth ending mistake.
- Also Conner inspiring the Legion (@ Michael Bendis) I love that. I also love that Clark was the second best choice. Like ok I guess we have to work with what we got.
- Oh yeah, I haven’t talked about Lor Zod
- He’s fine.
- Honestly, I’m not very scared of him. He’s kinda just there in a way making impacts to the story, but like planting kryptonite doesn’t make you a good fighter. A good planner yes which I am impressed in, but like I don’t know what he’s going to do besides steal a machine. I’m more scared of General Zod.
- Anyways, we get the backstory on him. In a way it’s kinda sweet that he wants to free his parents, but also no. Like I don’t know how to solve the problem but that’s not it. It’s a tragic story really.
- Also Zor-El was names dropped… is Kara coming soon?
- Also with the whole ten years from now
- What the fuck is happening then?
- I feel like it’s going to be about the kid/baby/toddler super heroes older dealing with something really big with Apokolips, and it was Conner who inspired or said something or did something with them.
- This also leads me to believe that if they needed a Kryptonian to do something in ten years it would be Jonathan Kent (Don’t @ Michael Bendis)
- Or
- Or since the timeline got messed up the new person to inspire the Legion could also be
- Wally West
- Since he hasn’t led the Team yet, maybe…
- Listen I know it might be far fetched to say Wally is alive but like it’s comics
- Who stays dead in comics?
First episode of Rocket’s arc
Spoliers
- Ok so quick note- I know basically nothing about Rocket. So I’ve no background knowledge of her so I can’t be like she in character here, but I do like her at least.
- Her son Amistad is autistic. I love how they established him by showing and only telling after showing Raquel trying to be a good mom and the conflict she has on a daily bases coparenting her kid.
- I also think this is going to be a kind of connection she’s going to have with Orion. Like she’ll see her son in him or something of that nature.
- Not that claustrophobia is the same as autism. They’re completely different disorders, but they do have the stigma of being not “normal” compared to others.
- They also show claustrophobia as a legit phobia and not a joke. Most times I see claustrophobia it’s a joke, so I kinda appreciate it. The fist time we see it it’s there but it’s more of a building to the next time we see it at the hive. At the hive he gets so angry and attacks KIDS. I was scared that the machine was going to kill them but then he shows up angry and I’m like “oh god please tell me he doesn’t kill the kids” no one died I shouldn’t have thought they were going to do that but it’s been a weird week.
- The motherbox therapy thing he’s got going on, I have no idea if that’s going to be a good thing or not.
- I just had a thought what if Halo could heal him? Does he need to be healed actually?
- Forager has a love interest maybe? Well new love interest because I think they were trying to get us to ship him with bioship
- The meeting with the others is going to be in chaos next episode because this is a tv show. Why wouldn’t it end up a disaster?
- Also I don’t want to sound like discriminating him but why is Jay here? Like don’t get me wrong I’m excited that he is because he’s a good character, but like why can’t he just relax with his grandson(?) Bart?
- Because he’s the new kid on the team.
- Next on the table: Conner
- Again, I completely forgot he’s in the phantom zone and bits of his story pop up between scenes. I still don’t know why I forget when I’m watching that he’s in the phantom zone because outside of watching I’m stressing about it.
- Anyways as he kept passing Lex, I was like phantoms
- this is his
- Don’t know why that didn’t click till now. I think I need more sleep or coffee
- Or both
- Also when Lex said to get rid of her and it showed phantom girl I was like it’s going to be about M’gann and then when it showed her I screamed
- They got married in the beginning of this season. You can’t take it back before the season ends. Like what was those 4 episodes?
- No divorce
- We got General Zod now… yay?
- I don’t know much about him but what’s he going to do?
- He’s a murderous Kryptonian. Other than be taken down by Conner who thinks himself is the murderous Kryptonian and his connection to what Lor Zod is doing (we’ll get to him) I’m not sure what’s he’s going to do but it will probably be cool so
- Now on to what’s going on in Apokolips
- It’s in a way nice to see what life is like on Apokolips is like
- It’s bad
- But in a way it’s nice to know that not everyone is all in
- Now on to the more pressing issue
- M’comm
- I swear to god
- why?
- Why do this? Like how is Darkseid going to help you in your fight for freedom/equality. I mean he might help with genocide part of you plan but like there has to be another more effective way
- Also go see your sister for therapy
- you need it
- But the grand reveal as to who was in the yellow bubble thingy
- It was
- Lor Zod
- Don’t know what’s his problem is with Conner but we’ll hopefully see at the end of the season
Rocket is alive and Lor-Zod meets his demise (4x26)
The Final Battle against the House of Zod (4x26)
