I think I’m going to start using my own domain, so I can change hosts if needed without having to change email addresses. This seems like it’s going to be an issue we’ll always need to be prepared to deal with.

I really liked this episode.

It was very silly and dumb.

The previous episodes were serious and dumb. I didn’t like them.

Silly and dumb, though, I like.

I’ve been struggling not to complain about the writing from right around the moment in the first episode when Vision first looked at Paladin and then flew away without questioning him. But I’m watching with my husband, and told him I was gonna try to bite my tongue.

And then JARVIS teased Vision about tying a better Windsor knot, and my husband blew up.

‘What?? WHAT!?! That’s a four-in-hand! These aren’t obscure knots!? Vision and JARVIS and every costume director would absolutely know the difference between a Windsor and a four-in-hand! There is just no way not to notice this! And Vision wouldn’t wear a Windsor! There’s a reason why …’

He went on for about 10 minutes, and he’s right. Maybe it’s minor. But… is it? It’s utterly sloppy. I suspect that Beatney and D’Arcy both know the difference, and are just trying not to let it distract them while acting. It’s like calling brown shoes black if you’re a British man who wears a tie. What’s the point of putting something like that in as a writer if you have no idea who your characters are and what that quip is supposed to mean?

I’m with my husband. It’s frustrating.

It made no sense for Vision to assert that he’d already reviewed all possible outcomes and confirmed that he’d checkmated Paladin and then to do exactly what Paladin wanted and then experience the obvious consequence of it.

Like… Huh?

The show is just nonsense, scene by scene.

As others have noted, these are fixable issues, so the choice not to is maddening.

I’m really struggling with Marvel shows these days.

Ironically, I think the problem is that they’re more like comics these days than they used to be. They run on vibes, and there’s no real expectation that the storytelling make sense. Why has Paladin confronted Vision twice with no plan to contain him? And his plan this time was to have him murder a slew of henchies before going into the trap box, and then not have any backup when Vision breaks out of the box, now vulnerable? Just skip the first part and save all the mercs for when it’s useful.

The whole show is like this. All of them are, tbh. I feel like Marvel just expects us not to notice that Vision and Paladin both attend a meeting with neither arriving with any particular objective other than to monologue and leave. How am I supposed to not notice how weird that feels? I don’t think I’m one of those picky viewers who complain about everything. That just genuinely feels completely off!

I’ll probably keep watching a little longer, but these shows feel like mid-tier fan fic at this point. I don’t like being put through this.