Five Things From: Seven Deadly Sins 3×3, The Sacred Treasure Lostvayne

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Five Things From. This time we are looking back at season 3 episode 3 of the Seven Deadly Sins anime, The Sacred Treasure Lostvayne. Which five things stood out and for what reasons? Let’s take a closer look…

1. Numbers Game

A scene early in the episode saw the new villain team having a conversation and all I could think was “why are there so many of them?” There doesn’t need to be that many! An overcrowded cast was what hurt the show’s first season because you can’t develop everyone as well as you would want. Even if they were to trim it down to seven from ten so that they were a sort of evil mirror version of the Sins would at least be a little better! It just makes it harder to get invested!

2. Albion

The group ended up getting teleported to Camelot to battle an enormous, stone golem. They referred to it as an Albion and I wonder where the name came from. Was it chosen as a reference to them being in Camelot and “Albion” is what those who lived in Camelot called England during that time period? Or was it just a coincidence and this is something that Golems are often referred to? I can’t say that I’m overly familiar with their mythology.😅

3. Cannons

The Albion itself was a very formidable adversary that put up a very good fight against Meliodas. It even created a set of cannons out of its own body at one point! Quite often, the Sins are so powerful and as a result some of their battles with foes can be quite anticlimactic. This one managed to remain engaging and entertaining while letting Meliodas show off the almighty power of his newest weapon.

4. Diane VS Gowther

They teased us with a glimpse of Gowther and Diane battling it out before Gowther saw the error of his ways before restoring the memories of those he took with Guila being surprisingly okay about the whole thing. It felt like they were either teasing the potential of a villainous arc or they were  showing how dangerous the powers that Gowther possesses could be if they ended up in the wrong hands.

5. Dolls

We also got a very peculiar bit of origin story about Gowther. It turns out that he was actually a doll which was then bought to life in some way…ok. I guess that explains why he is even less aware of human feelings and emotions than the other Sins are. Still felt pretty random and out-there though. Surely we now have to meet his creator at some point then???

Five Things From: The Owl House 2×12, Elsewhere and Elsewhen

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Five Things From. This time we are looking back at season 2 episode 12 of The Owl House, Elsewhere and Elsewhen. Which five things stood out and for what reasons? Lets take a closer look…

1. Boards

We got a look at a notice board of sorts in Luz’s room which had a selection of various pictures, notes and messages. As well as a thoughtful message from King about remembering to drink water (he put blood first but then crossed it out), we saw that Luz needed to buy Amity a new glove…just one? Can you buy them not in a pair?

2. What’s in a name

Two points combined into one here regarding names. First of all, since when had Lilith gone by the nickname Lulu? I genuinely was sat thinking “who is this woman?” before realising that it was actually Lilith. The second part related to an elder witch known as “Flora D’esplora”. Luz said that she had questions about her name and I’m pretty sure it is the same as mine: did she steal that name from Dora the Explorer?

3. Revel Responsibly

While looking through a time pool (a much better name than a time puddle), Luz spotted a Viking group looking to revel so hard with one mentioning revelling themselves to death…whatever that means. However, later in the episode Luz takes a Viking helmet from  a skeleton. Was it the same guy? Did he actually revel himself to death? It that’s true then we all need to be very careful with ourselves!

4. Philip

Luz and Lilith met the explorer (Philip) and after this episode, he surely has to be either the Emperor or linked to the Titan in some way. He couldn’t contain his villainous betrayal though as he had to write about it immediately in his journal. If he would have kept it to himself for just a little bit longer then Luz would have been none the wiser!

5. Plot Twist

I was very surprised that since the show was doing a time travel episode, they didn’t go down the road of having them get seemingly trapped in the past or at least overtly tease it. They didn’t need to and I’m not saying that they should have but it just surprised me that it didn’t happen.

Five Things From: The Owl House 2×11, Follies at the Coven Day Parade

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Five Things From. This time we are looking back at season 2 episode 11 of The Owl House, Follies at the Coven Day Parade. Which five things stood out and for what reasons? Let’s take a closer look…

1. Messaging

The episode started with Luz creating a message for her mum. Is her phone able to still connect with the human world. That is pretty good reception if so because I can’t imagine that the Boiling Isles is set up with 4G. Luckily, she wasn’t trying to livestream her since there were some pretty creepy and crazy things going on which Luz might want to consider editing out!

2. Amity and Willow

There was a short scene between Amity and Willow which reflected how many friendship groups in real life operate. You have those members of the group who often ended up hanging out together but not usually one on one. When it does happen, it tends to stand out as a sort of anomaly. If anyone has seen Friends, Rachel and Chandler with the cheesecake is a good example of this.

3. Hooty

Hooty is once again causing me to burst out into laughter unashamedly. The exchange in question occurred while Hooty and King were operating a large sculpture of the Emperor from inside it during the parade. One of the guards shouted “Kill the monstrosity” to which Hooty quickly quipped back, “not the first time I’ve heard that.” Self-deprecating humour at its finest.

4. Kikimura

The Emperor’s underling was back, now with added mommy issues. They teased her becoming good but then had her double down on being evil all along. She was rather easily seduced back to the side of the Emperor with promises of a promotion. She didn’t get it, instead being told that being allowed to live was her reward for not following through with her betrayal. This all come from a hedge witch called Terra whose plant themed offense sets her up to be a very interesting secondary antagonist.

5. Reveals

In what appeared to be a slightly meta moment, Willow and Gus reacted very underwhelmingly to the Emperor’s identity reveal. This was surely a nod to how the character’s face had been purposely concealed for so long with a very underwhelming payoff happening. The Emperor did also talk about the day of unity and you have to believe that is where we will reach the season finale with all sorts of magical madness kicking off. I for one can’t wait!

Five Things From: Modern Family 3×8, After the Fire

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Five Things From. This time we are looking back at season 3 episode 8 of Modern Family, After the Fire. Which five things stood out and for what reasons? Let’s take a closer look…

1. Early Insult

Claire ended up getting indirectly insulted early on and her look to camera made it all the funnier. People had kindly donated stuff to see at a yard sale to raise money for fire victims (who Jay took pride in pointing out that the cupboard he put in for them was the only structure still standing). One lady said she was only able to donate a few old, out of date clothes. Claire pulls it out and of course it the exact same shirt that she is currently wearing.

2. Sleep Clowning

I am genuinely scared that sleep clowning may be an actual thing. Somehow Cam is able to get into clown makeup and costume while asleep. Does he just get dressed up and then go back to his bed? Does he juggle or make balloon animals in his sleep too? I am both intrigued and scared in equal parts.

3. Trucks

Cam could operate large vehicles and he wanted to make sure that everyone knew about it. His pride got the better of him though as he ended up stuck in a very tricky position as he caused damage to the truck and probably the other vehicles he bumped into as well. I liked how they addressed him wanting to prove himself to dismiss stereotypes as he wanted to prove that gay men can do everything that straight men do. An important message for sure but one that got him and the Dumphey girls into a very stressful situation. It was fun seeing the girls with Cam though as they don’t often end up together in scenes except for when the whole family is together.

4. Age is just a number

It turns out that Claire is older than Gloria. I always presumed that they were close in age but that Gloria was a little older. Age shouldn’t matter in a relationship if they are both happy and adults and it made me laugh how Jay proudly declared it to his daughter to further frustrate her.

5. A costly Education

“I have 3 kids and at least 1 is going to college. Worst case scenario, they all  go.” Phil is considering the important things before giving up his current job to take a new one.

Jay told him to gamble on himself which was a sweet moment between him and Phil and also some genuinely good advice.