Rule of the Kestrels

Count me in.

Epic first episode Spider. Really had the stakes set high and kept them there to the very end. Although Adrian didn't bite the big one, it did feel utterly satisfying to see Webley get instead. I admit, I felt out of the groove with watching this again, but it was still a darn good show. Ambition is written all over this, I can just tell. By the way, will you be making a third season, or are you going the Gravity Falls route?

I'm currently shooting the Season 2 finale. Yeah, this will blow Season 1 out of the water.

Episode 1 Trivia:
-This episode probably has the widest range of filming. The first scene was shot (alongside the Season 1 finale) in January 2015, while the ending was filmed in March 2016.
-Most of the filming was done in May 2015.
-Adrian debuts his new, less douchebaggy hair in this one. A lot of characters will have design changes for this season.
-Xerxes wasn't originally going to wear his original armor, but I remembered that Kenbo wanted to see him in full armor last season so I brought it back.
-In case you didn't notice, there's a new intro.
-Adrian was originally going to be much more apologetic at the beginning, but he changed it so he'd blame Eileen at first and therefore get a better character arc.
-I didn't really try to hide that Adrian lived; he was on many of the posters.
-Captain Marks was originally just going to be in that one scene, but later I thought of a way to tie him in to the whole story.
-In case you didn't notice, Derion (Rhaenos's twin planet) was mentioned.
-I had Adrian find his dad's journal just so it could be taken away. In a lot of series, the characters have something like that which holds all the answers, so I thought I'd subvert that by burning it right after it's introduced.
-Also, I decided to break Adrian's gun. That was always the one thing he had from his father so I took it away. That, and I have only one and I kept losing it.
-I had Zetian explain the Blade of Zuan in "Incursion" last season with the story in mind that Eileen would eventually get stabbed by that thing.
-The meaning of the title was to show Adrian finally had no way out. No Tecumseh, No Webley, No Jett. The only ally he had wanted to kill him, so that was different.
-The bounty hunters who save Adrian at the end have been on the show before. If you remember where they were from, you get a cookie.
-The Rhyolitian who attacked Adrian wasn't working for Xerxes or Cyrus. His master will be introduced later.

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Season 2, Episode 2 Trivia:
-The meaning of the title is intentionally ambiguous.
-From this episode on, Jett will be a main character.
-There's reason Jett acted a bit off in this one.
-Fortan, Willis, and Genna all cameod in "Stoned" last year with the intention of bringing them back later.
-Once again, like in Season 1, Eileen will be out of the action for the first few eps.
-Due to Xerxes using the cube to prolong himself, he is a very controversial figure among Rhyolitians.
-This marks the first appearance of the home of the Rhyolitians. They live on Derion, Rhaenos's twin planet. The atmosphere of Derion is distinctly cyan and this was done so Rhaenos and Derion could be easily distinguished. All indoor scenes on Derion will look normal however.
-This episode introduces the new models for Adrian and Jett. Jett has new armor since he blew up his last one, and Adrian has painted his armor darker and has better, more mature hair. This was originally going to be his Season 1 appearance but I decided to save it for later.
-As this episode revealed, Lord Stoneman actually survived his "death" in Season 1.
-The Stoneman organization is very familiar with Rhyolitians, and finding them is a central duty. This is why they captured Artemisia in Season 1 and why Jett knows them well.
-This was Adrian's first kill since "Incursion"

Sorry for taking so long to watch it. I'd give it a solid 8.5/10. Great to see Jett back (or Seb as I think I'll call him now ), liked seeing that Adrian is showing some signs of decency (just) and I like how the plot's setting him up as possibly making a big betrayal. I can only imagine how bad the consequences would be Also, I do wonder how Seb's going to handle the fact when he, inevitably, finds out about Eileen's little secret. You're throwing me a lot of possibilities to think of Spider and I'm really enjoying that, top job

Next episode "Major Leagues" will be up tomorrow. As for filming, everything is completely done except the finale.

Actually, I think I'll just release Episode 3 or Friday and go from there.

So, I finally finished Season 1 (and I'm really sorry it took me so long to get around to it). I have to say that you did an amazing job, Spider. It was so fun seeing the entire story unfold, and I'm really excited to see what you have of Season 2 so far.

I grew to really dislike Adrian, but that's okay because I really liked Eileen and felt bad for her at the end of it all. You did a really good job of shifting the focus of the main character from Adrian to Eileen. Phineas was also a total a-hole the entire time and I was always hoping that he would die in the most painful way possible. I'm guessing it was your goal to sort of make him the Joffrey of the series? I was sort of bummed that Zander died a bit earlier on though. He was an awesome character and did a good job of putting Adrian in his place.

Again, sorry it took me so long to get to it, but I really enjoyed it in the end and I'm really excited to start watching Season 2.

Random image from later on:

Oh yeah, the end of "Major Leagues" is obvious GOT reference.

EP16 up tomorrow.