u/NewMGFantasyWriter

It is always SO cool to hear kids rooting for heroes! We don't even know this kid, but he knows as well as anyone else that this villain gang's gotta go DOWN! And all he needs to do is whisper 2 words.

Also, Hawkgirl, the Thanagarian, leading the war cry is so fitting! It's also a cool detail that the more Earthly heroes are staying on the ground while the aliens and space cop are flying!

Also, think about Batman here! He probably never thought he'd be IN a position like this! But he's got 6 comrades who'd die for him and vice versa, and now he gets to stand tall with them in a 7v7 showdown in front of the whole world!

You know what pissed me off throughout season 12? The sheer arrogance of the BMOL, coming in with their smug attitude when they did NOTHING these past 12 years, especially when our team just stopped the end of the universe!

But you know who deserved better? Mick freaking Davies!

At first, he was like all the others, but you know what? He showed potential! He doubted the precious "code."

A young boy devoted to their order, having been a street rat before they found him? Perfect setup for a shift-in-allegiance arc! And he was getting there!

Killing that werewolf made him sick, as it should.

He let them try to cure Claire.

He let Eileen live for her mistake.

He confronted the woman that convinced him to kill his best friend when he was just a kid.

Here's what you simply don't do with characters like this: KILL them off just when their arc reaches its peak! I mean, come on! That is NOT how you do this arc! There's a total lack of catharsis in events like this! Even if the arc ends in death, don't do it RIGHT at the turn! Let him CONTRIBUTE something with this shift! Smuggle some vital secret for Sam and Dean, protect them from a colleague, take one of his superiors down with him! But NO! He's just shot in the back of the head during his defiant speech!

Good writing lets arcs like these end in a cathartic way, and give it some actual meaning! The only thing I'm getting from this is that the BMOL are dicks, which I already knew.

Mick just dies for nothing. Just like Gabriel. JUST when we can actually root for him!

Seriously, WHO saw this coming after Question's introduction?!

One is a vengeful, rogue vigilante, and the other is a conspiracy kook! Not only that, one of them JUST got kicked out of the Justice League!

But......it just works! They're cute together! HOW?!

"I'm not even in the Justice League anymore. You're lucky to have me along."

"Hardly. You're drawn to my eccentric charm."

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"You were right. I am the ugliest guy of all time."

"Not in my eyes."

But sometimes, one nutjob just needs another.

Working with J'onn J'onzz being an honor is obvious enough, but Flash?

Flash has always thought highly of Batman. I love the dynamic these 2 had in the show!

Batman doesn't trust anyone......until he does. He just prepares. And once he trusts them, it's a privilege to work with these great people. This is so much better than him calling himself a bad person or something.

He calls himself a part-timer, but he always goes above and beyond for his friends, including the heart-on-his-sleeve goofball that is Wally West, and he'll gladly die before any of them have to.

Not to mention Flash's reaction. He just sits down defeated, knowing he can't do anything. He doesn't wanna lose one of his big bros!

Chuck deserved every word. He's just a manchild who craves entertainment. He doesn't deserve to be worshipped.

For 15 YEARS, he toyed with them, manipulated them, all because they were his "favorite show." The Winchesters have suffered like no one else, because God doesn't care about them.

"WHY DON'T YOU JUST SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND END IT?!"

Chuck gave them sentience. He gave them the ability to be aware. That gives them the right to hate what he's done to them, no matter how omnipotent he is. It makes all of this more than a mere story.

Dean doesn't care who he's talking to. NO one can toy with them like that!

And remember, he ALWAYS felt this way. If God was omnipotent, Michael and Lucifer shouldn't have even been a threat. Sam shouldn't have had to jump into that pit.

And they're done letting him toy with them.

Dean is FAMOUSLY not the praying type. Cas is a major exception in his opinions on angels, for good reason, but Sam's dying after nearly completing the trials. Cas is in the wind, so what the hell?

He gambles and asks every angel willing to listen for help. He knows they have a hundred reasons to be pissed at each other, but he doesn't see another option. If they can help him, he'll owe them one. And at this point? They KNOW his help is worth a lot!

It's not just that either. We see angels reacting. It's just such a cool communication method! It also feels really earned after all his feats. If Dean Winchester is calling for help, it's serious and he's desperate. Whether it's out of compassion or self-interest, tons of angels would have reason to respond.

In season 4, his prayers were "See? I'm doing it, ok? You happy? Please just help me."

This time, he's putting everything into this prayer for his dying brother.

Yes, I know what I left out. Yes, it was on purpose, because everyone knows that moment! Other moments deserve recognition too!

That little girl needed to be told she'd be ok.

Superman was about to kill himself because all he cared about was killing Darkseid.

Batman has nothing but respect for Superman.

Long Shadow deserved to spend his final days where he belonged.

If that kryptonite warhead killed anyone, especially Superman, Cadmus would all pay.

Flash almost died stopping Brainiac. He deserved at least one original colleague supporting him on his appreciation day.

This Batman will always, always, always be the Batman, and it's not just from being a 100% badass!

This song deserves a full release! It's such a banger! I love how it steadily escalates until the flashback images!

Also, her voice is AMAZING!

But this isn't just a song, but a celebration. Mesogog is gone, and the Dino Rangers' duties are complete. Mercer and Randall have been freed. There's so much to celebrate.

"You don't want to stop it, do you?"

"Nope, never did."

Seriously, that realization Dean has about the Apocalypse just makes me drop my jaw!

Suddenly, a small part of it makes sense. Think about it. An archangel nearly killed Lilith just a few episodes ago, but Heaven's LOSING the Seals?! Come on! Especially with what even the regular angels have been able to do alone, it doesn't make sense, even with the 600 possible seals.

It was such a good twist that the higher-ups WANT Lucifer to come out so they can kill him once and for all! They don't give a damn about humans! They want to finish the battle and end their greatest enemy.

The rest of the conversation is amazing too!

Dean ONLY cares about what happens to all the people! It's still the Apocalypse! But it turns out there were 2 ways it could go down the whole time: half the planet or all of it. A war of this scale is too big to just allow to happen, even if Hell loses. But humanity gets screwed over, and for WHAT?! Some forced paradise?!

Zachariah tells Dean he'll stop Lucifer and will be rewarded beyond his wildest dreams, but Dean's not even listening! Instead, he asks an amazing question:

"Tell me something! Where's God in all this?"

That is such a powerful thing to ask! He HAS to have the answer! Surely, this wasn't the reason he was saved, right? Just to be Heaven's weapon in Armageddon? Surely his little bro wasn't praying to something that's just COOL with this, right?!

This is easily one of the best scenes in the show!

Ah, the sweet satisfaction of traveling to the past and meeting your defeated enemies! Azazel is invincible to almost anything on Earth, and even with the Colt in Dean's possession, he's still got him dead to rights.

But then he learns his days truly ARE numbered. He kills Mary someday? Well, the son he doesn't even give his power to will deliver justice!

The SMIRK Dean gives him because he's already done it! I love hearing him say it! Whether or not Azazel's grand endgame pays off, he at least won't be around to see it.

And Azazel resorts to a consolation prize from this conversation. He'll die at this boy's hands someday? Fine, he can at least make him watch his grandparents die first. Ugh, the bitter banter Azazel has with the Winchesters is always so good!

Literally how could he have put that better? He doesn't say something like "you belong here, not there." He completely validates J'onn's feelings, and why shouldn't he? He lost EVERYTHING!

But that doesn't mean he's alone. He just found 6 people who want him to stay, and Mars may be gone, but maybe Earth can help him as much as he can help it.

Even ugly season 1 cheekbones Supes had the right things to say in moments like this!

This has to be one of the funniest ways an episode has ended!

Joel BLEW it because he made assumptions!

Also, the other Rangers imitating a plane crashing and burning is just perfect! Epic fail!

"She designed . . ."

"Everything."

Joel hugging Chad for support is the icing! Like "......I totally played myself, didn't I?"

WHY did Snorunt have to show up so late and turn into a Glalie so fast?!

WHY is the song in this episode so obscure?!

WHY couldn't Max get more moments like this?!

WHY couldn't Ralts show up again?!