X-Men: The (fan fic) Series

TL;DR – Captain Old Spice steals the largest Ring Pop ever and Robin, erm, Speedy, makes his entrance.

Seriously, I don’t usually diss on props but that ruby looked like a Ring Pop… like it was candy. It just made me laugh.

Moving on, nice to see Captain Old Spice (or Baltar if you must) on the screen again, but much like Crichton, what a waste of the man’s talents. The Dodger must be pretty slick though because how in the world did he get that collar on Felicity without her kicking him or at least screaming, cause I’m pretty sure she could have easily just jumped back and shouted and the jig would have been up. But assuming he is that quick, how did he slip it on and not get it caught in her hair?

This episode also sees the introduction of Roy Harper Jr, aka Speedy, though they are probably going to skip the whole Robin-esqe storyline of Roy being adopted by Oliver and jump ahead to Roy being Red Arrow (especially since he was wearing that red hoodie). Not sure how it will play out but we’ll be seeing more of him in the coming episodes. I like how he was snarky with Thea, he didn’t completely win me over but there is promise there.

Overall, there was a distinct lack of Thea and whingeing in this episode, always a plus. The constant need to put Oliver into some kind of relationship… thing… has already worn its welcome. The flashback was again a pointless waste of space, okay, so Oliver made a tough choice, thank you, we get that, it’s not like we can’t infer it from the fact he spent five years on the island with a bunch of psychopaths.

Still, Felicity has shown herself to be the heart of the group and that made the first half of the episode rather enjoyable. Things are definitely looking up as that’s two episodes in a row that haven’t made me scream WTF or STFU, let’s hope this continues and the quality starts to rise. With China White back in the mix (and with better hair), things should get interesting.