Yep, doing this again. I still sometimes get hits on the book 1 posts so I figured someone must like them. Most of it will be after a page break so it won’t take up your whole feed, but let’s start with this neat tone setter.

Mirror Tulip messed them up.

The series of cars MT visited for the opening was a pretty good way to show her doing what she set out to do at the end of her episode in book 1. Though I did prefer her short hair, I guess I’m not in charge.

You are not too good for carrot ho-downs!

If anyone remembers my post about the chrome car night last season, I really wanted them to explore the reflection/bladerunner possibilities of the mirror guys. So this whole sequence is my jam.

The unhatted one wants sempai to notice him so bad. I’m rooting for you, Hatless.

When the animal of the house picks the one non-animal person there to glom onto.

And I thought regular Tulip was graceful.

Meme this.

Pictures taken seconds before disaster.

Ugh, this is going to become a shipping thing, isn’t it?

Yep.

Oh, that’s definitely the intent. Or at least what the internet has taught me to expect of the intent.

Overall the first episode of the night got me really excited for things to come, though the second episode was a little less exciting. As far as the reflection rules go I hope they expand on them at some point since eyes and MT herself reflect one could argue anywhere that’s not utterly black would allow the Flex to jump out of her or someone around them, but that might just be too realistic a rule for this kind of thing.

I’m glad Jesse’s a different kind of character from Tulip, though that’s not to say I’m super fond of him. He’s that guy who has to be friends with everyone or at least make everyone get along, and it would seem that’s exactly what got him picked up by the train. His number goes up and down during the tree section; up when he’s trying to get the feuding families to get along and down in moments where he seemingly gives up, if only momentarily. I like that he’s basically got the opposite problem of Tulip. While she basically needed to learn to get along with other people, he needs to learn that not everyone can get along or at least doesn’t want/need to.