Doctor Who "The Witch's Familiar" Review

Hey whadda ya know, it is possible for a Doctor Who episode to go by without being confusing. This is The Witch's Familar, the second part of last week's episode where The Doctor, Clara & Missy were taken captive by the Daleks on Skaro. Now, Clara & Missy who were supposedly killed last episode are revealed to have just teleported away and are now trying to make their way back to The Doctor, speaking of, The Doctor spends the majority of the episode with his arch-nemesis Davros as he is slowly dying.

*Spoilers Ahead*

So let's talk about that, Davros is dying, and in his dying hours he seems to have changed, he now shows remorse and even empathy for The Doctor's situation. I feel like some classic fans will hate this because, well it's Davros, he's evil in a wheelchair. But that's what death can do to some people, knowing you're going to die can cause change, make you rethink of your life and the people around you, you could even turn to your greatest enemy and beg for help. And it's not like this is out of the blue, we see him as a child, when he's still innocent and changing, they set up a believable way for us to sympathise with him and make him more complex. Then some would complain about The Doctor helping him...except that is exactly what The Doctor would do. The Doctor is compassionate, forgiving, and well...A Doctor. He's tried to help his enemies multiple times in the past, including Davros and if Davros came to him, pleading for help and showing that he's changed, The Doctor would help, no question. Of course that doesn't mean he's stupid. When Davros betrayed him-because even if he's sympathetic he's still evil in a wheelchair-The Doctor had a plan of course, because even when your greatest enemy is dying and you're helping, you don't let your guard down. Then they end it in the most perfect of ways, Davros and The Daleks defeated but The Doctor still doing what's right. He goes back in time and saves young Davros, showed him compassion and mercy, a lesson so simple it could alter the course of history, because that's what The Doctor does, he saves people, he saves as many as possible.

Then there's Missy & Clara, this was also a lot of fun, Missy is as evil as she is helpful, both her and Clara have the same goal in mind but Missy is not only sinister but clever, she tricks Clara, threatens her and even at one point tries to kill her, but well, Clara has no choice, she's her only chance of getting out of there and saving The Doctor. She always keeps you on your toes and you have no idea what she's going to do next. Though i do have issue with the way they end her story, she tries to trick The Doctor into killing Clara and the only punishment he gives her is a warning, but to be fair he knows it's gonna be trouble for her to get off Skaro on her own, but then when she is surrounded by Daleks she says she has a "very clever idea" and then cuts away; that feels more like the writers saying "ehhh, we'll figure it out later".

Also best joke of the night "Proposition: Davros is an insane, paranoid genius who has survived among several billion trigger-happy mini-tanks for centuries. Conclusion: I'm definitely having his chair." I have to say, this season of Doctor who has been really funny so far and we're only two episodes in. I really feel like they've finally found a good blend for Capaldi's Doctor, still grumpy and impatient but also comedic and confident, and of course, always has a plan at the last minute to save the day.

This was a really good episode, in fact it might be one of the best episodes in that past few series, the conversations between Davros and The Doctor were great, the jokes were hilarious though leaving Missy's conclusion a little too open ended. I'm giving The Witch's Familiar a 9/10.

-Danny

Dragon Age: Inquisition - Cheap Thoughts

Dragon Age: Inquisition is the latest game from Bioware, one of my favourite developers, it was released in November 2014 and I have only just finished it. Yeah with Dragon Age games I have a weird playthrough, i'll play a bunch then put it down for months and then pick it up again and get even more addicted. In this case i put a lot more effort into Inquisition than Origins (Never played Dragon Age II) and my gameplay total clocks in at around 80 hours...so let's talk about this game. Dragon Age: Inquisition is a Fantasy RPG and is set in the medieval fantasy world of Thedas, were many of the worlds leaders of both politics & religion are all killed simultaneously in a strange explosion with only one survivor, you. You have also been given a strange power that allows you to close rifts, tears in the fabric of reality due to the unnatural explosion which allows demons to come through and terrorise your world. In the wake of this disaster, several remaining groups all come together to form the Inquisition with you as their leader, the Inquisitor. Your task is to recruit more members to join your Inquisition and close the giant rift in the sky that threatens to destroy our world, being controlled by a man claiming to be a god, Corypheus.

So let's start by talking about the technicals of this game, in comparison to Origins, this game is beautiful. The textures, lip syncing, detail and diversity amongst both characters and environments are a major step up in comparison to Origins which honestly, already feels dated even though it's only 6 years old. Also there are far less glitches and frame rate issues in comparison to Origins, very few times did I experience bugs, except in Skyhold (The HUB World) where I kept finding glitches galore, mind you I did keep jumping from several stories forcing the game to load those sections instantly, so i may have cheated the game a tad there. Some people have said the game doesn't look that good and character models are still stiff with limited movement, which is partially true but I still think it's the best Bioware game and being honest graphics have never been Bioware's strongest suit, they've always focused more on gameplay and story.

Talking of, the gameplay in this game is also great, not that much has changed since Origins from what I can remember though it does run smoother and is more fun to play. I will say the best class is clearly the Mage, you're less likely to get attacked seeing as you fight from a range and you have such a wide range of attacks, fire, lightning, ice, spirit, etc. Rouge is also a really good class to play as, having both range and close combat fighting styles but Warrior is easily the least interesting. All of the attacks feel the same and though Warrior's do have the best defence making them useful for swarms of enemies, they're the least interesting. Though the biggest problem is everyone moves too slowly, including the horses. Also i almost never needed the tactical view or the extra potions you could use apart from healing potions. It also seems like there's a bit of a disadvantage in the levelling system, i could be fighting someone the exact same level as me yet they'll have so much more health and more powerful weapons, that just doesn't seem fair or balanced. Then there's the upgrade system which i'm usually half/half on. I almost never take full advantage of the upgrades systems. In this case i spent a lot of time focusing on weapons and armour but only a little bit of time upgrading them individually, especially seeing as after spending ages perfecting a weapon you'll find an even better one through some loot. But overall the combat is a lot of fun and the upgrading system is good enough that you will understand the necessary portions.

Finally there's the story, which some people have complained is too simplistic in comparison to the original...um, was I the only one who felt the original story sucked? It was pretty much a Lord of the Rings rip off, just replace Orcs with Darkspawn and the Grey Wardens were a boring group to fight for. Here, there is a clear antagonist with goals and feels like a legitimate threat and instead of being a Lord of the Rings rip off, it's a Game of Thrones rip off, but it does it in the best way, not copying the story or environments, but the focus on the politics and morality of your choices, making the story much more fascinating and complex, not the simplified version that was Origins. But the complexities come in the details, the story itself can be pretty simplified, bad guy is bringing demons into the world, good guys need to stop him. The Inquisition I found to be much more interesting than the Grey Wardens, you have several advisers, Josephine who focuses on democracy and politics, Cullen who leads your armies and Leliana who is your spymaster. They often disagree on the best approach and they all have great points that make the Inquisiton feel much more diverse and interesting to be a part of.

Then there are the characters. You've heard me talk about another Bioware series a lot and that being Mass Effect and how they have the greatest ensemble of characters of all time yet surprisingly I found Origins to have a very forgettable cast of characters, in fact i can't even remember most of them. While this ensemble isn't Mass Effect level great, they are fantastic. Everyone has interesting personalities and view points and they actually interact with each other while you're out on missions and that can effect certain dialogue options. Though my favourite moment is in one cutscene where you're playing a card game with them and getting drunk, making them feel much more fleshed out and believable as friends. Even characters like Cassandra or Cullen who i felt i wasn't going to like turned out to be awesome. Blackwall who I thought was going to be my least favourite actually has a really good backstory. My least favourite is probably Vivienne simply because i didn't have that good of a friendship with her and i didn't feel like she even cared that much about the cause, also she was the least powerful Mage in my team. As for romance, because I played as a female I romanced Sera and i felt that was a great choice, my Inquisitor was very respectful of other people and was even a bit of a goody two shoes, so having someone like Sera to make my Inquisitor more playful and goof off and take some more risks felt like a great mixture, she made me loosen up a bit more while i made her take things more seriously, I thought they were a really cute couple. Speaking of The Inquisitor, there's also a great variety of character choices, you can choose your species, class and backstory and these will have actual effects on the story and how other characters view you. So me playing as a female elf lead to a lot of backlash from some people who thought of me as a lower class citizen and then i get to prove them wrong by saving their asses, making it feel much more like an underdog story and much more personal that way.

My only real problem story wise is that your decisions will effect whether characters approve or disapprove of your actions and this is ultimately a pointless system because you don't know how much characters approve or disapprove of you overall and you never feel like they will actually leave the party if they disapprove too much. Then in the ending there's no threat of anyone dying like in Mass Effect 2, which i loved and made it feel much more intense. But overall I loved the story and the characters are the best in all of the Dragon Age series, so if you want to know here is my order from best to worst: Sera, Varric, Cassandra, Dorian, Solas, Iron Bull, Cullen, Josephine, Cole, Lilienna, Blackwall, Vivienne.

Dragon Age: Inquisiton is an improvement over Origins in every way possible, graphically it's beautiful, the combat is engaging and great, the story and characters are excellent and is what makes this game so great and makes me love it. My only problems are minor with the gameplay a few glitches here or there. I'm giving Dragon Age: Inquisition a very high 9/10.

-Danny

Gravity Falls "Roadside Attraction" Review

I don't have a whole lot to say about this one, the gang goes on a roadtrip and vandalises other tourist traps, except that's not actually the plot at all as much as it is a distraction. The real plot revolves around Dipper trying to find a way to flirt with girls and accidently starts to lead on Candy...Oh god we're gonna get a bunch of Dipper and Candy shippers aren't we? Fuck fandoms. So yeah, a lot of the focus in this episode is Dipper learning to flirt with girls and then learning a lesson that it's wrong to lead them on...which is both a stupid lesson to teach kids and an impractical one for when they're older. Yes i know they have to tone down the material for kids because...well they're kids, but there's nothing wrong with flirting with multiple girls and then getting their numbers, that's not you commiting to a relationship, you're allowed to explore your options before then...more importantly, why is this a subject being talked about in a kids show!? Yes a lot of adults watch the show but the fact that it's softed up so much for kids makes the lesson void for them as well and the idea of this being a lesson kids need to know is just stupid.

So yeah, wasn't a fan of the plot, what about the comedy? It was fine. There weren't any gutbusters like last episode and it upsets me that Soos was barely in this one (Though he does still have the best jokes). Though I must admit i'm liking how much Candy & Grenda are getting involved in the show, not only because them & Mabel remind me a lot of girls i used to know when i was their age but also just because of how funny they are, particularly Grenda. But honestly, that's about all I have to say for this episode. The jokes were okay, the story was dumb (and not in a good way) and it's just another okay episode, seriously, what is with this trend of one great episode and one good one? I give this episode a 5/10 (I think that might be lowest score i've given any episode so far).

-Danny

Is It Ever Okay To Pirate?

A conversation that's old as home media itself. You often hear from the media industry that piracy is killing it, you know, like how Taylor Swift seems to believe it'll bankrupt her despite the fact she's worth fucking millions, seriously, if she stopped making music right now, she'd be financially secure the rest of her life as well as her great great grandkids. But really you can't blame them for being upset, they're a business, stealing is illegal and what they were originally supposed to make money off of, they now haven't. Now some people respond to this with "oh but it's an art form! They should just be glad people are talking about it!" well...yes and no. On one hand, it is good that people are viewing your work and very much like it. But on the other, it is completely up to the artists on whether or not they want to give the product away for free or make you pay for it. However the media does tend to over compensate for this and make a bigger deal out of it than it really is. Piracy isn't killing the industry, only a minority of people pirate, but honestly the more the industry punishes consumers as a whole makes more people pirate. Remember when Xbox One was going to have that stupid lock system to prevent a game from being played on two consoles, they said it was to fight piracy, but it would also kill the used game market as well as punish players who wanted to share games with their friends.

Then again, at the same time, consumers who do pirate often take advantage of it. I pirate all the time, i'm not gonna lie, but if i like a product then i want to support the artists. I pirated John Wick because the movie didn't come out in England until 6 months after America, I didn't want to wait that long so i pirated it, and i enjoyed it so much i went to go see it in theatres eventually and bought it on blu-ray. I also pirated Transformers: Age of Extinction because i knew it was going to be trash and i didn't want to support an awful movie, it sucked and i'm glad i didn't give it my money because i didn't have an enjoyable experience, some might say that's a poor excuse but it's how i feel, and besides, it didn't hurt the box office what with it making over a billion dollars. But then there are times were I have to pirate products. I was really looking forward to watching The Boondock Saints but to my surprise there is no England release, so i pirated the movie, loved it and bought the stupid German version because A: it's the only one that'll work on my dvd player and B: I wanted to support the movie. But even when i don't purchase a product, i do still want to support it. Bob's Burgers is a phenomenal show, but it has no dvd or blu-ray release here in England, hell i don't even know if it airs on a channel here. So i watch it online and tell as many people as i can to watch it, maybe then with a big enough audience to get a home media release.

Although you honestly know what the biggest deterrent to piracy is? Just make shit reasonably priced. I don't pirate games but with £40-50 per game is ridiculous and i honestly can't blame people if they don't want to buy that. And the same with television, charging up to £30 per season. I've only just watched all the Rocky movies this year and you know why? Because I found a new blu-ray for all 6 movies for only £20, there, i get some great movies (and some not great ones) and the studio gets my money. This is one of the reasons I pirate a lot of anime (or watch it on Netflix) £40 for the first season blu-ray of Attack on Titan? Go fuck yourself. £25 for two DVD's of Miyazaki movies? Go fuck yourself. And hell, some people in the industry love piracy. The Arctic Monkey's had their first album pirated a lot, but it didn't bother them because it lead to so many people finding out about them and made them massive, the same with the crew of How I Met Your Mother when they learnt their show was the most pirated comedy of all time, they were just glad people were still watching (Especially in those last few seasons).

The big reason why i've started talking about this is because of a recent video by KickThePJ (Or technically PJTheKick) a YouTuber who makes short films and sketches who has just made his first professional webseries Oscar's Hotel, with a proper cast, sets, make-up, even costumes developed by the Jim Henson company and is charging £6.99 or $9.99 for the whole series. Like I said, if he wants to charge for it, that's up to him, he's given plenty of free content in the past on YouTube and this is the biggest (and most expensive) project he's ever done, if he feels it's worth paying for then it's his right. Even then, you're basically paying just over £1 per episode so it's still a good deal if you think about it. Why I bring this up is because in his recent video he talked about how he disdains people pirating the show. Now this is a case where it's much more reasonable than Taylor Swift, like i said it's a great price but more than that it's because it's an independent project with a much smaller and niche audience. If 100 people pirate it then that (ratio wise) is a much more significant portion of the audience in that case. It's the same with Jon Schnepp's documentary "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?" it's an independent documentary that he spent over a year of his life working on and if 100 people were to pirate his film then that would be a much larger audience than if people pirated an actual Superman film.

SIDE NOTE: I would recommend both Oscar's Hotel and The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened, both are very good.

So is piracy ever justifed? Well like most things in the world it's not as black & white as you might think. There are benefits from piracy, if people like your product they'll tell other people about it so you get word of mouth and for those who don't abuse their power of piracy will support the show in some way by buying home media or merchandise. But at the same time, if you pirate something and you don't like it that doesn't count as justification because they still gave you a product, you could argue it isn't worth the asking price but even then you should still have to give them something. But on the other hand there are plenty of people out there who pirate out of neccessity and can't afford all of these things and life without art or culture is no life at all. But it is the artists right to charge if they want and if you pirate then you're breaking the law, but most of the time they have an audience so big it won't affect them financially. But on the other other hand there are artists who are a lot smaller and for them piracy is a legitimate problem. God, it's so much easier to see the world in black & white. Grey...I don't know what to do with grey...

-Danny

Voice Actors Are Going On Strike

Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of TV and Radio or (SAG-AFTRA for short) are debating whether or not voice actors should be going on strike. Why would they be going on strike you might ask? Well simply put, they're not paid enough. You'd be surprised how little voice actors get paid in comparison to live action actors, even those that play some incredibly iconic roles don't get paid that much. That's why for so many voice actors who portray famous characters will also play incredibly small roles such as "soldier #3" because they need to be constantly working. So why are they going on strike now? Because the money is there to pay them more and they're not getting it. It should be states this is mostly due to conflicts with video game publishers, this is where voice actors feel they're getting the most ripped off.

The videogame industry is the most profitable form of media that there is out there, the industry as a whole out grosses film and television, yet the actors don't get paid nearly the same. And for those of you who feel that because it's only voice acting means they're only doing half as much work, first of all, go fuck yourself, you clearly don't realise how much effort goes into voice acting. Second of all, performance capture is a thing, meaning most actors will also perform physically while doing their performance, so they are doing both vocal and physical performances. The next argument I hear against this is that voice actors aren't as famous as traditional actors and a lot of the time the reason why they get paid so much is because the name brings in a crowd. Now that is true, that's why the voice actors aren't asking for $22 Million a project, but they want and deserve a better pay cut. Grand Theft Auto V is literally the most profitable media product out there making over $3 Billion with the game alone, that's not even including tie-in merchandise like posters and t-shirts which would bring it closer to $4 billion.

This is why voice actors are now hoping for a new system, they get a smaller pay upfront for the project but then get a percentage cut of the sales, now granted it's not going be like 10% each, but even 0.5% would still be a massive influx of income for the actors. Because that's the thing, even though i've been calling them voice actors for this entire thing, they're more than that, they're actors, through and through and they deserve to be treated like it.

-Danny

Changes I Want For Flash Season 2

The Flash returns in just under 2 weeks and as you probably know, it was my favourite superhero show from the last tv year (Sorry Daredevil). But that doesn't mean it was perfect, i did have a few flaws that I hope they work out in the next season. But to be fair, i actually don't have that many flaws and even the ones i do, most of them are just nitpicks that i won't be tearing my hair out if they don't change, but nevertheless, they are still issues I have.

The first one is Cisco's constant referencing. Now look, I love Cisco and the one of his roles is to act as the geeky relatable character, and I love characters that constantly make references, Abed from Community is one of my favourite characters. The problem is how often they force in his references, take for example in the season finale, they talk about the possible end of the world and Cisco says "so long and thanks for all the fish" a reference to Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. But see it doesn't work because it's supposed to be a serious scene and he says it in such a serious manner it comes across as awkward, and even then, the best references are the ones that still make you laugh even if you don't get the humour, here, if you don't get the joke it is really confusing. This started a lot of more in the latter half of season one, after the show had gotten feedback from fans and they noticed they liked Cisco being geeky, so they decided to increase that ten fold by forcing in more nerdy references whether they fit or not. So in season two i want them to cut back on the forced references.

The next one is Barry's speed consistency, now i know he's still young and hasn't reached his full speed yet, but he's still fast enough to catch a bullet, he's fast enough to run on water, he's fast enough to travel through time! Barry is really fucking fast. So why a bunch of robot bees were able to keep up with him and why Captain Cold is able to aim fast enough to hit him with his ice gun, it's ridiculous and doesn't make sense. So in season two, don't put him in these type of situations where he can obviously outrun the problem.

And the final problem, and really this is the only serious problem I have with the show that I feel they have to change. Iris West. Pretty much everything about her is bad. In season one the only way how she tied into the story was as a love interest, as a potential love interest for Barry or an actual love interest for Eddie. Even then she was a horrible girlfriend for Eddie, she didn't trust him, she gave him an ultimatum because he kept secrets even though she keeps secrets herself, the hypocritical bitch. She never did anything nice for him and expected him to treat her like a queen. Then when she finds out Barry's secret she gets incredibly grumpy and self-entitled. Iris, here's a life lesson for you PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE SECRETS! Even her friendship with Barry, the two are supposed to be best friends and help each other out with their problems, but it's always him helping her, never the other way around. In one episode, Barry is sat in the coffee shop, very clearly upset, Iris walks in and says "oh no, we can't both be having the worst day ever, i was hoping to vent" and then proceeds to talk about her problems and doesn't even ask about Barry. Jesus lady! You're best friend is clearly upset and almost never complains about his problems and your first thought it "no! I get to complain!" at the very least ask him if he's okay you cunt! And now that Eddie is out of the picture, what is her role? Joe is a cop, Caitlin and Cisco are scientists, Professor Stein and Ronnie are scientists and superheroes. What does Iris add? What is her role? It took her 20 episodes before she even caught up with everyone else, her subplot of her becoming a reporter was boring as hell (Seriously, this is a show about superheroes, why do we care about her job?). Iris was an awfully written character in the first season in every sense so they have some massive improvements to be made. For starters, make her an emotional anchor for Barry, have her help with his problems, talk to him, be his shoulder to cry on and don't turn into a bitch everytime he does something you don't like. Next, don't feel like you have to force her into the story, don't make her part of the superhero gang, make her Barry's connection to a home and a normal life. But we don't want her to just be a tag along for Barry, give her an arc with Joe, maybe something about her mother comes up, maybe the two have conflict (that she is reasonably upset about for once) and give her an arc to go through and doesn't just feel like a tack on.

So those are changes I would want for season two of The Flash, will any of these things happen? Who knows, but we will find out very soon, seriously though, two weeks is too long to wait!

-Danny

Steven Universe "Nightmare Hospital" & "Sadie's Song" Review

Something I noticed was that these two episodes of Steven Universe had a lot in common, they were both written by the same people and were based around the female characters dealing with controlling mother issues. 'Nightmare Hospital' is based around Connie's mother finding Rose's sword and confiscating it, then at the hospital where she works, her, Connie and Steven are attacked by failed fusion gems and Connie reveals the truth about her training and she and Steven fight off the gems and save the day. While 'Sadie's Song' has Steven convince Sadie to enter a festival due to her great singing, until Sadie's mother finds out and decides to help, accidentally taking over the whole project, in the end Sadie doesn't perform in front of the crowd and instead Steven does it.

So let's start with Nightmare Hospital, something that I love is whenever I watch a cartoon and i think to myself "this is gonna be one of those episodes that scares the shit out of kids" and i always love that because i remember being a kid and getting scared at Goosebumps or Courage the Cowardly Dog and that nostalgic fear is always something fun to look back on and in a decade from now, kids will be doing the same thing with this. An empty hospital that is over run with these monsters who are trying to attack them, and above it all they have no faces meaning the audience can't get any form of emotion of empathy from the creatures and making them even more inhuman. I also really enjoyed how they handled Connie & her mother's relationship, yes the mother is incredibly controlling and doesn't even listen to her daughter. But after saving the day, the conversation that they have is what's really important. Usually whenever a big reveal like this happens, they go to one of two extremes, the parent either becomes even more controlling and would forbid Connie from ever seeing Steven again, or they become instantaneously liberal and give them complete freedom. In reality, a parent should probably go for something in the middle. She sees how strong this has made Connie, and it is a necessary life skill considering the attacks are becoming more frequent so she allows her to continue training, but also tells her to keep her informed about everything that goes on in her life, they make a compromise to please each other. The first step to protecting your child is to have their trust, and i think this is one of the best ways a show has handled the "parent finds out the truth about their kid" cartoon tropes.

Then there's Sadie's Song, which handled it...less well, but still handled it decently. Sadie is also sick of how controlling her mother is, but in this case she waits until the end and reaches her boiling point and freaks out at her mother. And while the two do still sit down and have a conversation, we don't hear what they say and we don't see the results of it. Unlike Connie's situation where she was constantly trying but her mother was being very stubborn, here Sadie doesn't try to even talk to her mother, who seems nice enough and clearly supports her daughter in new adventures, even if she does become far too involved, it's better than not caring at all and i'm sure if Sadie had talked to her before then she would have listened. Instead it's played out that Sadie is the misunderstood one and her mother is to blame when really, Sadie never even gave her a chance. And even then, Steven was just as involved and pushy as the mother, so why didn't he get shouted at? Though yet again this show subtly shows it's progressive and liberal attitude towards gender stereotypes by having Steven wear a dress and make-up, sing a pop song and everyone has almost no reaction to this, they mostly are focusing on Steven's performance and not his aesthetic. It's in my opinion the based way to challenge social conventions like this, don't even bring attention to it, don't even bring up the idea that it's weird for Steven to dress this way, it's much more effective to get your message across. But even though this is a nice bit of supporting your overall message, narrative speaking it's very formulaic and simple.

I'm giving Nightmare Hospital an 8/10 and Sadie's Song a 7/10.

So why did we get two Steven Universe episodes in a row about characters with mother issues? Well my guess is that it's building up to something involving Rose Quartz, Steven's Mother. Rose was the leader of the Crystal Gems and Steven has a lot to live up to, the same way how Connie and Sadie were pushed to live up to their parents expectations. Steven and his mother never had the chance to develop a relationship yet still feels pressured to live up to the expectations set by being the son of an incredibly powerful gem. Or maybe it's just the writers coping with their own personal issues, who knows. Guess we'll find out eventually.

-Danny