#francis pollock

Aaaaaaaand here’s Mona and Francis as well, bc I was super bored on my day off

i mean, look:

We start we Suzie’s version of the story in which she is the hero and everyone else is trying to destroy her happiness. They need to stop. Or else. Not sorry you lost. She defeated Rowdy 3 but they managed to crack the crystal in her wand. This made it malfunction so Todd could buy time venting at her (I loved Todd protecting Amanda). And then shooting her with the air gun. And then The Beast and Todd took the wand from her for long enough for Amanda to open the portal again and for Dirk and Mona (and even Friedkin) to bring project Moloch to Wendimoor. This was a team work. She lost because of all the people who worked together to save the world from her. The family they built for themselves could stand up to Suzie’s selfish lust for power and control.

Yes, Moloch is a boy again now that he’s back in Wendimoor and his name is Francis (Pollock, male, no longer infant). Just like I hoped he did bring everyone back and it's perfect. Silas and Panto are back together. Their families are now welcoming each other and everyone is happy. Even Farson who is back with the Wood folk and The Boy is there with Wakti just like she prophetised.

The take over was long in the making but in the end, poor, stupid Hugo Friedkin understood what Ken with all his reading couldn’t. He learnt the lesson Riggins has been trying to teach him all last season - the Projects should not be contained. They need to do what they need to do. And thus Friedkin and Ken basically switched places on the good and evil scale. And only Mr. Priest seems happy with this ending.  

Now supervisor Adams is the evil one leading Blackwing and trying to collect the subjects. He’s taking control of things. Bringing order to the Universe. We started the season feeling bad for Ken and now he's someone the Bart feels the need to kill while Friedkin made heroic sacrifice to save Dirk, Francis and Wendimoor and now he's at the backstage of reality. And he finally gets it. How things change.

I liked that Friedkin gets a redemption of a kind. This is a show in which the Universe rewards people for realising who they are and the role they need to play. He understands he’s was the bad guy, the villain in this story. He realises he was stupid and easily manipulated. And then when presented with a choice he makes the right one. Good for you, Hugo Friedkin, but I still haven’t forgotten about Estevez.

But I don’t want to believe this is the end for Ken. He has never been perfect - he used to work for bad people if they paid right before Bart. And then he was abducted by a crazy killer and his life became chaos and death. He barely survived and then spent months trapped in a cab with just dog as company and occasional visit from men in hazmat suits torturing him with electric shocks. His need to take control of his life and the crazy around him is understandable. Dirk and Bart have wished the same. So hopefully he will see the error of his ways. Or he’ll become another Suzie.

Bart has killed again but the most heartbreaking is that she lost her friends. She started looking for her friend Ken but now that she has found him he is no longer her friend. Panto might be back but she can’t stay. And Ken has become someone she can no longer trust. She wanted to stop killing but she ended up slaughtering armies anyway. And now she’s hiding in Blackwing more alone than ever. But even thought Bart just learnt that not killing when Universe asks can lead to even bigger body count she still let Ken live. Let’s hope this means redemption for him. On the other hand - you can't lock Bart in. Locks don’t work on her. Not even in Blackwing.

The things that came to real world from Wendimor: all the Kellum Knights weapons and armour (unknown metal), their bodies, Mage's body, Air Gun, The Beast and 2 wands (Amanda has Suzies but Mage's is still out there). I wonder which of those will lead to horrible and unpredictable consequences.

Now Amanda has come to her powers. She can open portals and go to the backstage of reality. She believes in herself (Todd on the other hand is back on anti-pararibulitis meds). The leader of Rowdy 3 is planning on using her visions to track all of the chosen by the Universe and helping to save it from falling apart. The Universe is frying at the seems and just single people working apart are not enough. It might have something to do with Blackwing keeping them locked up for too long.

The other evil Mage is dead. But the only person who could stop super powerful, dark wizard by herself is severely wounded and so is Tina and Hobbs. Good thing that Moloch not only sends Todd to help them but also makes him and AmbooLents. And for now Blackwing has decided to let them go so Farah is no longer wanted and Tina and Hobbs just had to sign NDAs. They can all recuperate and play cards in peace. And she gets to keep her badge. And she and Todd and Dirk can have their Holistic Detective Agency (Cases Solved With Arguable Efficiency). With Mona hiding in their stuff (she really like being that stress toy).

I have a theory about who/what “the boy” is or is connected to.

The boat.

It’s the first thing to pop up in the teaser and, as we learn in the first episode of season two, the boat is named “The infant, male, pollock, francis”. Farah’s brother tells us it’s been there since the fifties.

What’s a boy? An infant male. But who is Pollock, Francis? Maybe Francis Pollock, an early twentieth-century Canadian science fiction writer who died in the fifties.

Major character death

Because it’s Rue’s final scene

Trigger warnings for all the things from that scene basically

“That was fantastic, Francis!”

“Thanks Svlad, I- huh..” the boy looked down. A crossbow bolt pierced his stomach, a clear through shot from somewhere up ahead.

Zed from district 1 emerged from the thick cover of leaves, stalking closer. The limbs of nearby trees shook as several birds took flight.

“Hey, asshole!”

Zed turned to face the voice-

Thwap! A blade embedded itself in his forehead, his body dropping to the muddy ground.

Svlad only had eyes for Francis. He grabbed the younger boy before he toppled over.

“Francis? Oh, oh no. No, nonono, Francis, whoa, it’s okay you’re gonna be okay, oh no,”

“Svlad?” Francis whispered, reaching out for his ally as he sunk down to slump against him in the dirt. “Where’s Bart?”

As if on cue, Bart appeared at Francis’ other side. With barely a moment’s hesitation her hand whipped out to hold one of his.

“Francis.. oh. I’m sorry. I was late,” Bart’s voice was steady, but her eyes betrayed her anxiety.

“It’s okay Bart. It wasn’t your fault...” Francis’ grimace made it clear what was on his mind. They both knew.

Twenty four victims. Only one victor.

It was inevitable, but that didn’t make anything easier.

She shifted away.

“Svlad, promise me you’ll keep going as long as you can. I know you have a purpose, a meaning. You’re special, I can tell.”

“I can’t, I don’t,” he shook his head stubbornly, tears welling in his eyes.

“Tell me a story then. Please, tell me a story... before I go?” Francis gazed up at Svlad, at the retreating Bart; his eyes softening as the blood drained from his face.

Svlad couldn’t do anything but obey.

“Once there was a detective, who found friends in the strangest and most difficult of places...”