There is some really great commentary in the reviews for the books, but the gist of the general consensus is that Grossman was trying for metatext commentary of greek story conventions and fell into a giant trope trap in the climax of that particular arc. Ironically, I think he would have executed that part of the…

I think we're going to find out that the relationship between Monty's parents was much different than he thought, especially after he got locked up. I would put good money on the theory that Monty's dad really died because he was trying to stop them from killing and eating the children.

I think part of the problem is that they accidentally attracted a much smarter crowd than they were expecting. Many of their fans are adults who love nuanced stories and well developed characters. Lost was able to survive a massive drop-off in quality in S3 because it was 10mill+ live views per episode show. They…

He told Quentin that he found out about magic by accidentally killing a childhood bully in the first episode. It wasn't self-defense, it was from across the street. He pictured the bully getting hit by a bus for a fraction of a second and the guy died. I think it was really telling of his character in that he has…

Well I think part of the reason that they made Brakebills a graduate school is so they don't have to be as literal with the journey from pieces of shit to kings of Fillory. Kind of like how the underscored that neither Alice or Quinton are actually virgins. Instead of starting at 1 on their 10 step journey from pos to…

I think they're setting up the idea that Eliot intentionally models himself off of a stereotype. I think the twist is going to be that it's not even necessarily to cover up the Indiana on him, but rather because he is uncomfortable with how deadly he is when he's upset. If he is super blasé about everything then…

I think it will turn out to be a time traveler's dilemma situation where we still see Jane/Eliza, but it's past Jane/Eliza. Think River Song on Doctor Who.

There are times when it really works. Like it was sheer perfection when Penny called Q a "racist motherf-cker" or given that they're people discovering magic the occasional "holy sh-t" makes total sense. Personally, I'd much rather them race it up with bad words than throw in a bunch of unnecessary nudity.

I think they sort of made a mission statement with the "This is going to be weird, right?""It doesn't have to be," bit. They're saying they are going to reorient some of the weirdest bits to make more sense in a visual medium, but they're not going to shy away from the weird shit either.

I actually wish that they had been like "Well, you can't go back to New York, but you're welcome to stay here because that way the hedge witch who is obviously using you to hurt us can't use you to hurt us." Brakebills keeps making the same mistake. Expelling people just means that they can come back angry or can be…

Mike is the the Beast, right? I think that is what we were supposed to get from the last scene? It could be very interesting, especially if you consider that this would mean the jinn is more powerful than the Beast when following a command.

I don't think so. I think they got drunk and tried all night to get the spell to work. It didn't work until they had put some clothes back on and given up. I think they have sex in the next episode.

The story is clearly a take on colonialism, but the logic always breaks down if you squint at it. There are only a couple hundred people total and they have literally no one else in the whole world. No "home country", no allies. They don't even have any useful maps! Of anywhere. If you take someone's land, what you…

Well, anything but listen to her and respect her wishes if he thinks he has to protect her. I guess that was my point. I can see him killing her people if his jealousy made him think they were a "threat" to her, but so far he hasn't articulated that.

The thing that doesn't feel right is that they have clearly stated that Bellamy would do anything for Octavia. Even his f-ups in season 1 were all serviced by the idea that the only person he felt loyal to was Octavia. If they had even suggested that being jealous of Trikru "stealing" her from him was part of it, I…

Lindsey Morgan is the dark horse best young actor on the show. I really think she's the one who can bring the CoL storyline to life. I think setting up Murphy vs Raven is probably one of the best decisions they ever made. It's taking the two that punch so far above their weight class that it sometimes makes the A…

Yeah, but Raven would. I don't understand how she wasn't the first person he talked to when they got back to camp.

I think part of the reason people are so angry at the storyline is specifically because Gina was a hero. On some level it would make more sense if Bellamy didn't have a personal relationship with her. How can you be hellbent on avenging your girlfriend's death and completely ignore the giantass clue she died getting…

I re-watched the first season on Netflix and the Finn thing actually makes more sense at the time because the show was clearly telegraphing that the Delinquents were children. The death of Finn was supposed to signify that childhood was over. It worked on a meta-level and really helped usher in the "genre-shift" ie…

They even could have made it work better if they had let it at least be a case of misunderstanding. Pike doesn't know the differences between the clans, Bellamy is somehow misled into believing he is attacking the Ice Nation until it's too late. It just stinks of incredibly sloppy story-telling. What was the point of…