Because Laurel was a horrible character. Hrad to work with that.

I mean hell, the Arrow might as well be called "everyone shits on Laurel."

I didn't get that far into Arrow to be fair, I thought it was so overrated.

Season one was pretty good, but season two has been amazing. It's really rare to see a modern network show that is willing to advance its ongoing plots so quickly but satisfyingly. It's like they actually don't want to horribly draw everything out.

But, um, yeah. Gaim. New deco on the mix suit. Woo.

Watched the subs last night, OH SHIT this show doesn't ever let up. Project Ark....planning to essentially murder 6 billion people is cold and something I never expected to hear in a show made for children. You think they could use those resources to manufacture more belts but I'm guessing Yggdrasil ran the numbers and it didn't work out. And of course Kouta's been broken now that he knows about Yuuya, interested to see if/how he can get back on his feet. My only small issue is that I expected Kouta to not only try out Peach against Takatora but also make a grab for his Lock Seed. But that's trivial.

I assumed the whole six billion thing is simply because if they only have ten years 'til Earth is fucked then they can only produce one billion belts in that time. And although cold and soulless, I guess it's logical to go with the numbers you've got and not let an army of six billion monsters grow in the meantime. It'd be nice to be young and naive like Kouta (which is what he is, no doubt about it) but playing the hero isn't usually worth the risk in the real world, and although this ISN'T the real world, Gaim is one of the most realistically, and wonderfully, ground series I've ever seen. Isn't it better to save one in seven, than risk overreaching and saving no one?

When I first watched the episode I was all DAMN SON but I'm honestly not sure whether Yggadrasill are "evil" or simply making the complex, grey area decisions that real world leaders make in real conflicts. And sometimes those leaders have to make choices that don't get them any friends.

I give props to both Yggadrasill but also the writers for making such a fantastically complex set of "villains". Give me one of your drivers and I'll happily do what you need for the greater good.

Thing is, we're only believing what Yggdrasil has told us.

There could be, and probably is, another option to stopping the forest.

Yggdrasil's only for the "greater good" because they claim their methods are the ONLY methods. Don't believe everything they say. Just because they haven't found another option, doesn't mean there isn't another option.

That sucks. The second season has been AWESOME. Mostly because they dropped the soap drama from season 1, and it's much more action focused. It's gotten a lot smarter, and feels less like Smallville-style "real life drama" except with superheroes running around, and more like an actual comic book adaptation. (except it's original but y'know...)

And they finally gave him a fucking mask.

I'm just sticking with the winning team, got nothing to gain by trying to be a hero.

Except, you know, saving everyone?

How quick to give up without even considering that just maybe Yggdrasil doesn't know everything?

I'm with Kaito here, this ain't a world saving, cutting the world down to a seventh will give us a chance to start again. Who knows, the new world could be better than this one.

What a defeatist attitude.

See the problem is, fictional characters thinking like that is okay, because it's fake. But man, life must suck super hard if you just want to blow up the world.