I need to do more journals, the last four in a row have been TV reviews.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Homecoming"

Okay, so love teleportation erases your memories, for some reason. That's sort of random and pointless.

A couple people seemed to misunderstand something I said last week: I know the Red Lanterns' motivation, but to me the show doesn't really use it to effectively make them sympathetic or anything. And that continues here---Atrocitus still comes off as a bastard who just wants to kill everyone, and even when the Zox guy takes over and makes peace he's presented as being selfish and annoying. (Well, that's probably inevitable when you're voiced by the Ice King.) I had heard that the Red Lanterns became more complex in the comics, but that never really seemed to happen here, which is kind of disappointing.

But anyway, those complaints aside, this episode was a pretty good finale. Kilowog, Saint Walker and Mogo taking on the Red Lantern Armada was definitely my favorite part. There's also pretty much confirmation that Razer has a thing for Aya, which is at least sort of compelling as a pairing.

Young Justice episode "Beneath"

I think the Scarab is tied with Beast Boy as my favorite new Teammate. Jaime runs into your typical Magical Native American and he's just like, "Too cliché. Must obliterate."

We need a bit more focus on the new characters, and I think the other subplot did a good job with Wonder Girl. We get a bit of a feel for Batgirl and Bumblebee but not much of their personalities. Actually that whole subplot felt a bit too crowded---we also got some good villains who did not have enough time to be as cool as they could have been. (How did Icicle Jr. and Devastation get out of jail, anyway? Maybe Hugo Strange just released everyone when he realized the JL was onto him.) The kidnapping scheme is intriguing, especially since it tied into Jaime's story (anyone else see that coming?)

Also, M'Gann just keeps brain-frying everyone now. She's been prominent in two episodes this season and we've gotten three comas. It's a miracle Superboy survived their break-up.

Also-also, according to fandom chatter, this Tai guy is supposed to be Apache Chief from the old Superfriends cartoon. What?

The Legend of Korra episode "Welcome to Republic City"

Seemed familiar somehow. And the show had been so innovative so far, too.