Hey #3!

Okay, time for a Tower Prep rewatch! Here goes!

I’ve missed liveblogging! Last time I did was 4 years ago for a 3 year long Ouat Rewatch! Can’t believe it’s been that long since then! Maybe I’ll do one for the Wilds next. 

This poor kid. Ian said they were friends. I wonder what he must’ve thought happened to Ian that he can’t even contact him anymore. 

I remember Ian being my favourite character when I first watched. I thought he was cool as hell. I’ve rewatched a few times since then, but it’s been years since my last rewatch so I’m curious to find out if that changes. I also thought Ray was a really interesting character.

Could definitely do with Ian’s preflex ability. The amount of times I’ve walked into the same-ass doors. Reflexes, where you at??

Oh, Andrew’s his friends name! Poor Andrew!

Ow! Ian that is so violent. I forgot he could get like that. 

Ian must have trained in martial arts. He always seems to have that knowledge when fighting and training. 

I forgot Ian had a dad for sone reason. 

I always wonder if his mum, or I guess, parents had any choice in him attending Tower. And, honestly, the way his mum says “you haven’t even begun to realise who you are”, makes me wonder if he inherited powers from her. I just feel like, in media, I’ve seen several parents say that just before their kid’s about to inherit the family’s super secret magic powers.  

Hi Whisper! 

Would be so creeped out if I was playing an online game & someone knew my name & said they were looking forward to our next encounter. Time to log off and flee the country, Ian. 

The fact that Tower has access to a sound that can knock people out is terrifying.

I like that transition scene. 

Ian’s roommates are so mean to him straight away. Maybe they didn’t want another roommate, or something. Just, instant dislike as soon as he wakes up. I wonder if someone told them to treat him like that. But they might just be looking for a way to entertain themselves at the new guy’s expense. They also seem to know how he’ll behave upon waking up “Here he goes” “Here comes the jitterbug”. So maybe that’s how they reacted at first. Or maybe they’ve seen other students react that way. I wonder if they all did that to each other. And I wonder if, other they done this to other roommates like their former roommate Redfang/Stephen.

Ray just said it’s kinda nice to have a new roommate. So maybe he was gonna give Ian a chance. 

I wonder if they thought Stephen/Redfang was a “total freak” because he ran & didn’t conform to Tower’s rules. It sounds like Stephen didn’t handle being at Tower very well. 

Ian’s orientation feels kinda like Alice in Wonderland - from the map drawn onto a playing card, to the watching eyes. Definitely feels more like it’s designed to disorientate. But, then and again, Ian’s orientation was messed up by Don. 

I like the look of this glass part of the building surrounded by the forest. I don’t think we see it again. 

Apparently the perimeter wall is a hologram. It’s a shame Ian didn’t try to get past it. I would’ve tried climbing one of the trees right in front of it & jumping to the other side. 

Buffer seems to be lacrosse on skates with hoops! 

Why are they beating him with their sticks like that? I get he’s interrupting their game, but ouch! 

I used to think Cal was just arrogant, but now I think he might just be feeling perpetually irritated coz of the constant overstimulation he must be being subjected to with his super hearing & training. *Sends him my ear defenders*

“Every year a new kid gets sent down to get his but kicked by the buffer team” I wonder if Don had done that to those kids, or if it’s some kind of Tower Prep hazing tradition. I mean, I’m guessing Coach has been there a lot longer than Don, so it probably happened years before Don got there. 

Coach seemed to feel guilty about not telling Ian more when Ian asks in desperation. Maybe he’s remembering how confused & desperate he felt when he first arrived at Tower. 

I’m surprised Ray let Ian push him outta the way like that without retaliating.

So, I guess all these other students at orientation arrived the same day as Ian. They seem kinda calm about it. Maybe they weren’t kidnapped and went willingly, thinking it’s just a “good school”. 

The way they show Headmaster on the video, instantly followed by the introduction of CJ. 

I wonder if CJ saying “I can’t stand kids who can’t get with the programme was really just for show or if a part of her genuinely believes that.

I can’t believe they’ve got whole psychological profiles for each student. It’s giving The Wilds! Tower must have either watched & studied them for a while prior to their enrollment or they got a lot of info from their parents, and probs their previous schools too. 

Oh, he has studied martial arts! 

Some students must have tried to attack Headmaster after being brought to him post-kidnap, especially with him being so infuriating with his answers to questions & smug about believing he knows who they are at their very core. 

Ooh, Pink reference in the first episode of this, just like the Wilds! Just started my gazillionth rewatch of the Wilds last weekend. 

One of the Monitors, Monica, says she’s from “a little place where people didn’t understand me.” It makes sense that she’d feel more welcomed somewhere that embraces powers, but it makes me sad coz I bet the faculty used their knowledge of her feeling that way to manipulate & brainwash the heck outta her and other Monitors. She’s not the only Monitor who says something like that.

Don’t blame Gabe for acting out in class. The way the teachers pretend everything's normal. Straight up send me to West Campus! I’m not doing homework for my kidnappers! 

Don looking through Ian’s phone. Yup, this kid definitely has boundary issues to say the least.

I love that “You sure about that?” moment with Ray. Love the foreshadowing for him having powers that aren’t to be taken lightly. And I love that he gives Ian a choice. And even his roommates give Ian fair warning.  

The Gnomes! It looked like Headmaster told the Gnomes to let Ian go through the forest last time. 

I’m a bit confused about Tower’s location. For the longest time I thought it was on an island because of the scene where Ian runs to the edge of the forest and it’s revealed he’s standing on a cliff over the sea.I thought it was like that all the way around. So I thought that even if they could get past the Gnomes & the perimeter wall they’d have to make a boat or swim to get somewhere with other people. According to wiki, it’s on a remote peninsula, so that could mean there’s nothing else on land outside of Tower for miles, or it could mean there are people & buildings on the other side of the wall. I liked the idea that it was a remote island coz it made it all the more inescapable. It could still be a small peninsula on an island according to wiki, with even a few possible islands that match the location clues listed, but not sure. 

Oh, Suki, Gabe & CJ are trying to leave on this night too. I wonder what it was that finally pushed them over the head. Had to be CJ’s idea on her dad’s orders. 

It sounds like Suki’s parents might have been arguing over whether Suki should go to the school or not. 

I feel like CJ would’ve had an easier time lying if she made something up instead of saying she has no memory pre-Tower Prep. So she might be telling the truth about that. Her father could’ve brought her there when she was very young. Or could’ve straight up had her memory wiped by Specs. 

I always feel a bit conflicted about most of their powers being seemingly rather subtle. On the one hand, it’s cool to think people with those kinda powers could exist, but on the other hand, I love X-Men & it would’ve been cool to see them go all out. I found this show by looking up “shows with mutants”, so it would’ve been fun, but I guess that’s what The Gifted & Mutant X are for xD.

“Till I drop the disguise, and become me again. Whoever that is.” I forgot about Suki saying this line! It makes sense that she’s struggling to find her identity with the ability to sound like anyone. I like details like that, that explore the consequences of specific abilities. Poor Suki!

I wish we got to see Gabe’s ability being successful more times. I know he’s learning how to use them at the school, but damn, if his abilities were more consistent he’d be unstoppable. Could straight up tell the teachers to send everyone. But then there wouldn’t be a plot, so I guess it’s good he has limits. 

Oh, the Gnomes do use the sound!

I love how protective Ian is of them already.  

I should really take up martial arts. My dad’s a black belt karate teacher, and I somehow don’t know a single move! But I also don’t wanna hurt anybody, so that’d make training difficult.

Man, I can’t believe they ran out naked like that. I’d have at least put on a towel! Maybe they didn’t bring any for some reason?

So, at least Suki, Gabe and Ian all think their parents decided to send them there. I wonder where they would’ve gone if they’d escaped.

I feel like I remember feeling so creeped out when it was revealed that no one knew who sent the “I’m scared too” message to Ian