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"I'm sorry, May. You're not welcome here."
Updated June 11, 2020.
Excuse me, Skye? Do you suddenly not remember everything S.H.I.E.L.D. has done for you? Girl, you better be doing that to protect her. Though, doing your Jedi force push on her isn't how you should be treating a friend even if it's for their own good. I never understood the Skye hate before. She was new to all this and she was still figuring out where her loyalties lay. It took a while to forge strong friendships, to feel like she could have a family here. Skye was still in a vulnerable, infirm place when her father found her. The bond with her team, with Coulson in particular, was not nearly what it's like now (she says writing from six seasons in the future). Considering all that, I still wanted to slap some sense into her for putting Coulson through that and not seeing how he cared for her. Hopefully, by the end of "S.O.S., Part 2," she'll discover what her mother did (and she did in a big way). Then I can put my slapping hand away.
I just want Skye to have a reunion with Coulson. Poor guy has the saddest eyes when she leaves. His job never allowed him to settle down. The one woman he loved thinks he's dead. Skye is the closest person to him. There are some rough patches and tremendous losses over the 7-year life of the series, but it always trends toward this beautiful father-daughter relationship.
By the way, I heard it from Clark and Chloe last night that there will be a next season!
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Exclusively revealed by Entertainment Weekly, this is the sixth and final print in the Art of Level 7 series for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. After everything that's happened this season, and particularly in the last five soul-crushing episodes of the Uprising arc, the "Beginning of the End" should be a really significant finale.
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"I also like how the branches of the trees are entwined in the Hydra logo at the top, and then seem to stretch into his brain, as if they’re controlling him."
Out of the five limited edition posters for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., this is my fourth favorite. I could never say any weren't favorites, because the show overall has been fantastic and the final episodes of the season are mind-blowing and have left a lot of fans emotional wrecks. But I don't have the money to spend right now, and I liked the previous print more. This one is a bit busy for my taste, and I feel like I would have to mount it so it rotates, though it grows on me more every time I look at it. It will likely have more significance and beauty once I see "Ragtag." ("Boy, was I was right about that one!" she says from all the way over here in 2020, having gone through the events of this episode and so much more. We're now in the seventh and final season, which started with Coulson dealing with his third resurrection—and the fans celebrating it—and the team racing through time. Just eleven episodes to go now. Looking forward to "Alien Commies from the Future!" which, as a title, is just fun.)
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It's Thursday again. You know what that means. At least, you do if you've read my Art of Level 7 posts for the last three Thursdays. It's time for the fourth lithograph in the Art of Level 7 series, which means there are only two more after this one. I have limited funds, so I may not buy this one, though it is a beauty that I'm sure will sell out rather quickly. (Read more about it at EW.com.) I'm trying to wait for "Beginning of the End" since it's the finale and will likely leave me yearning for the second season immediately.
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Updated June 9, 2020
Thought I was done for the day, but there's one more thing. This third poster in the Art of Level 7 series. I love this because it's sort of similar to what I've had in mind since Coulson died in The Avengers: a lone cellist playing in the dark with a spot of light on her. My version had her facing forward and I imagined a sort of ghostly Coulson just behind her, not knowing how he would return, only knowing that he should. One day, I may have a chance to actually draw it.
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Updated on June 6, 2020.
I skipped out on the poster for "Turn, Turn, Turn." I didn't know how incredible and game-changing that episode would be. Once I knew, the prints were all sold out. Since there are to be six posters and I can't possibly buy them all, I was going to wait, thinking that the later episodes would be more important, the most memorable. But Ward's actions last week were such a shock. No wonder they started with that one. "Providence" will be an emotionally trying one for the remaining agents now without a member they had come to rely on, who they thought was part of their family. The shield that protects the world is broken, the people we've come to know over the season now gutted and rudderless.
