Quarantine entry #114 - July 13

Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Yesterday, my family had a big fight, and it is one of those fights where every side claims that the other side is the wrong one. Ouch. Given just how our biological family is, the fight was a screaming fest as well – just what we do not need. What next?..

My family and I do not understand each other, period. For example, I acquire the comic ‘Wonder Woman 77 meets Bionic Woman’. Ok, so, what does my family do? Later on, acquire a couple of completely random comics, one of which is part of a WW series that I don’t have and never had, and am never going to have, (not the biggest fan of WW, I am), and the other is a miscellany DC comic that I already have, actually, so this is a double-miss. …In addition, it is not related to the first one at all, so what were they thinking when they got it for me, I have no idea. And-?

…The ‘Stargirl’ TV series will have second season, big whoop. I am not a big fan of DC, actually, and on some level my comic acquiring was a mistake – I really should not have. However, what with the lockdown easing up only recently and in shorts and short-outs, I lost control and I got some karmic payback, and it is not pretty. Ah well, that is life for you, it is unavoidable, and then you die.

…People tend to get uncomfortable, when this sort of thing is raised, lately, and it is probably justified, what with the COVID-19 still zooming around. However, discomfort is no reason to ignore it either, so there is that. We are stuck, and I am tired of being the one who always backs down, so no. I am afraid that we will have more family fights in our future, though, again, this is my last week here, presumably, so I am going for not the immediate future – but I may be unreasonably optimistic here. What next?

Apparently, AoS is bringing back Jiaying – the mother of Skye/Daisy – for the series finale, probably for just one or two episodes, since S7 is all about Chronocons instead. And-?

And nothing. If this had occurred earlier, and not in the second half of S7, I could expect another ‘mini-special’, rather like the one that we got in real life – I am talking about the titular team being in the AC chronological territory – the late 1940s – and acquiring agent Sousa for the ride. Sadly, because it is AoS, it doesn’t look like much will be coming from this, because whatever the fans may write (and draw), but in real life, agent Daisy is pointed romantic-free, even though there was Robbie Reyes back in S4. Sadly, even though the Terminator movie that starred Gabriel Luna, (the Ghost Rider’s actor), did fall through, (and it was a good one), the Ghost Rider did not return to MCU, and his MCU TV series actually got cancelled, at least for the moment. Now that Disney+ has happened, who knows? The situation might become rebooted again.

…And as for Jiaying, in regards to the reboot? In the S2 finale, she was the main villain, (Grant and Kara aside). The last time we saw her was when Cal – MCU’s answer to Mr. Hyde – killed her to save Skye/Daisy, their daughter, (and he got T.A.H.I.T.I.’d next, even though it was Ward who was shaped up to have his memories erased – but AoS was bad-weird like this, so there). Now, will she be friend of foe? Moreover, how will Daisy react? Will enough people care? I do not know. Anything else?

…AoS S7 seems to be shaping up like some sort of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s last grand hurrah, a tour of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s – and the titular team’s – most memorable moments. Sadly, because the original team is not here, and the transition was handled badly, this does not work. Ah well, that is the story of S.H.I.E.L.D., and by now its’ viewers do not care, and neither does team Disney/Disney+. Go AoS, really.

…Well, this is it for now. See you all soon!