The fact that his shield absorbs vibrations is the critical bit for what we see him do with it, too. It means that when, say, Thor smashes it with a hammer it doesn't drive him down into the ground/crush him like a bug (but leave the shield ok). It's super hard and really impressive like that too, but it's really…

Disney is American, though. Horrific violence and a pretty large amount of gore is ok for children, as long as you don't see women's nipples or hear any swears.

Snart: "Oh yes, yes he has one of those. Well I suppose it's not his per se. Actually it belongs to that serial killer from Star City but he lets the Flash use it for people too."

Marden: "…we're going to KILL the FLASH! How about it Snart?"

I've always loved that feature of The Flash. A lot of the superheroes are directly feared/hated, or there's a deep seated ambivalence among the people involved, but people in Central City are just straight up "Dude we have The Flash. That is awesome."

Would you refer to shipping them as a… Leonarry indulgence?

"Dude you're basically just wearing weird glasses and a hat. From up close I do recognize my boyfriend."

I secretly interpret "Earth 2" as "Earth too" whenever he says it, as if he's saying roughly "yes that thing that's true on whatever this planet is is true on the planet earth as well".

Flash: "Trickster! We know you're in there because we used the reflection of a toy in your cornea to track you here, so come out and surrender!"

It would be hilarious if Earth 2 Harrison Wells was still just the reverse flash, only one that had really screwed up and managed to kill the flash (he was trying to cause) in the process of killing his mother.

Still I feel like Snart's childhood was noticeably harder than anyone else in the room's, so it wasn't an entirely fair line.

At the beginning I think it was because he needed Ward to guide him to Fitzetc. But once he saw them in his telescope there certainly wasn't any reason to keep him around that I could tell.

"Innocent black man mistreated by the police/justice system" hasn't gotten less topical than it was in the '70s, though, so it would still work.

My guess is that it comes off as strange because most of what we see of Cage here is him trying to stay under the radar which requires playing things very very cool. So when he does act more belligerent or takes strong action it seems off, because for the most part he's trying very very hard not to do that. (My…

That's probably part of it too. They did have an pretty large extended bit about PTSD, though.

I liked his little story about his GI Joes melting into a ball while saving his sister's barbies. Yay! Heroic! How did the dream house catch fire again! Shut up don't think about it! He's so noble!

I also like that as far as his style goes it looks like he kind of genuinely does know how to fight for real, it's just that once you add unbreakable skin and super strength into the picture there's really no point to it. He doesn't just flail around a bunch - he clearly knows how to use his weight, grab people, and…

I hadn't thought of this but it's a really good point. Reva was absolutely involved with something and Jessica wanting desperately to know what it was makes complete sense.

And then afterwards a retrospective review covering the whole thing, and also six months from now a Jessica Jones classic set of reviews, and then…

"Sweet Fucking Christmas!"