Before I go into the chapter... I need to vent... sorry guys...
Okay, I really, REALLY, don't like season three. It's just... bad. It doesn't follow any of the preset plot points! (Warning, spoilers ahead, so I'll put a line where you can skip if you don't want to read the spoilers)
1. The love triangle. Pre-season three, it was always, and I must repeat, ALWAYS, NyaXJay. Jay was awkward but sweet, Nya was smart and nice, and the whole thing was very well done for a kid's show. It developed and was very sweet, subtle but always there. Then with season three, Cole got in there. It doesn't make sense! Two seasons went by and he barely even talked to Nya! Nonsense.
2. The personality changes. Jay has become jealous of Cole and tries to 'fight' for Nya. Cole has become weird, awkward flirt with Nya who he really showed no feelings for in the past two seasons. Zane goes into a shoehorned relationship and just acts... weird. Kai, the hothead, is now the calm, collected common sense person. Come on.
3. The Serpentine. Skales married, a father, and not evil? I could definitely see isolation underground doing that, and he acts normal. The Serpentine living underground and being glad for that since they didn't get messed up with the Overlord? Okay, makes sense. Changing ALL of Serpentine history with a prophecy and saying they warned the humans, used the Great Devourer to get the humans to hide underground for their own safety, and when that failed going underground themselves and swearing to never return to the surface to avoid the prophecy? So season one basically never happened. I mean, wasn't the entire reason the Serpentine were eager to get out was since they were locked away by humans, not by choice? And the Great Devourer was released to get revenge, right? So how does this make sense?
4. P.I.X.A.L. So, we've got a female nindroid. I get that, but I feel as if the whole 'ZanexP.I.X.A.L.' was just rushed. She's bad... then good. Then gets shut off. Then Zane takes out half of his power source to turn her back on. Okay, but P.I.X.A.L. then *sigh* contributes to the love triangle, which again makes no sense, and with a half a power source comes problems. Episode 4, Zane laments that by giving P.I.X.A.L. half of his power source, he can't use Spinjitzu and is somewhat useless. And in episode three... they put in a really bad cliche since it's robots. Long story short, since his power source is down to half, Zane teams up with P.I.X.A.L. to use Spinjitzu. What comes out of his mouth? "It's as if we were made to be together!"... Really? The writers were great with pairing Jay and Nya, why couldn't they try that with P.I.X.A.L. and Zane? The only thing I liked about P.I.X.A.L. is she's the only person who sees the shoehorned relationship as weird and is confused. She goes to her creator, feeling odd about the fact she believes she 'belongs' to her creator, but wants to be with Zane. That was really a scene which I thought showed character development.
Okay, rant done. Kind of my own flame on season three. And yes, I get that a lot of people probably like season three. I'm just really annoyed, because I liked season two and how it ended and when I saw episode 1 of season 3 I was like, 'oh yes new season yay!'. Now, I'm like, 'no. just... NO.'.
Back to what I was going to put at the beginning BEFORE I watched episodes 3 and 4 of season 3:
Okay... we just got a very, very interesting review/flame... Here is the review in it's entirety...
3rd Doctor: I am... appalled. So very appalled by what you said of Reinette on Doctor Who. It's because of people like you that feminism is a joke and that women are still treated so poorly. How can they be treated otherwise by society when members of their own gender are doing it for society? Because how DARE any woman express the slightest bit of sexuality lest she be labelled a 's***' and a 'tart'.
Reinette Poisson in real life was one of the finest, most accomplished women to have ever lived. You, you sad, pathetic person, barely scrape the sheer enormity of her place in history and the impact she had, let alone her legacy and her brilliance. In terms of the episode itself, I loved Reinette - she was intelligent, kind, compassionate, and she would have been a worthy companion to the Doctor and was one of the best love interests to him the show has ever had.
In terms of this travesty you have the nerve to call a Doctor Who fan fic, the Doctor is so hideous out of character and so completely and utterly cruel that I in no way believe you are a Doctor Who fan at all. You clearly have no idea what the show means, let alone who the characters are.
This was a pointlessly mean, awful story and you are a sorry excuse for a human being.
Yeah... and the critique starts!
Clearly, you didn't read the fic. This is NOT a Doctor Who fic. This is a Ninjago fic. There is NO mention of Reinette in the entire fic, though Doctor Who is mentioned.
I'm a sorry excuse for a human being? Did my review in another fic get this flame? For the record, in that story, Reinette was being a bitch. Yes, it may not have been a historically accurate story. But until later, Reinette was a manipulative and cold person. I agree that later, she is much kinder.
Okay, I guess you could argue I was a bit harsh in said reviews. After all, what Reinette really deserved in the story was for someone to show her exactly how horrible she was being to the Doctor and to her husband. But might I remind you I was in a phase of 'I love this story oh my god and I hate Reinette'. In the story, Reinette was supposed to be a hateable, then likeable character. I DID NOT WRITE IT. In fact, I have never even written a Doctor Who fic.
So, I have come to the conclusion that one of two things happened:
You flamed the wrong fic, as everything in your argument was carefully written, well-supported, and to the point... yet it cannot be connected to this fanfiction as it is based on the assumption this is a Doctor Who fic and Reinette appears in it...
Note that I heavily doubt this; who flames the wrong fic? And does it so... elaborately?
You are punishing me for a review I did months ago...
Also doubtful, because... WHY? Why go to such lengths MONTHS AFTER I reviewed it? I had other fics up which this person could have flamed...
In the end... your saving grace is the fact you constructed your argument very well. It was detailed, gave supporting evidence, and even gave a bit of personal opinion without going over the top! Grammar and spelling were very well done, no mistakes as far as I could find, so overall it would have been an A+!... If this flame was actually related to this story...
So instead, as you completely missed the mark for flaming... C-/D+. Sorry, missing the fic you're trying to flame lowers the grade by A LOT.
do0m:
Now, I will cheerfully agree with alexia that you seem to have confused two fics from entirely different fandoms. If you have simply uploaded the wrong review to the wrong fic, I would be delighted to review the fic meant for us, especially as this review was of a higher order of flame than most. The only reason that I label this as a flame, in fact, is because your main point is an opinion, and is unsubstantiated by evidence. If you had given an example of how Reinette was accomplished, or the Doctor overly cruel, I would consider this an excellent critical review, regardless of my own views. Personally, I do believe that Reinette was extraordinarily accomplished, however I have always felt that the romance in that episode was relatively contrived, and Reinette was misrepresented as a childish or overly impulsive person, and only included to produce drama.
All in all, I have to grade you as a D-, however, not only because of the incorrect fic this was posted to, but also because you directly insulted the author, whom I must assume you have never met, although I could always be wrong.
AL1321: With that... on with the chapter!
With no small effort, Moppet was successfully calmed down, mainly through Lane's explanation that her actions were exceptionally un-ladylike, and splattering Lloyd's brains across the ship would only get her on Santa's naughty list, which, in a cartoon universe, is no small threat.
The next day, Nya entered the girls' room the next morning. "The ship's landed. We're going to go into the village for supplies in half an hour."
"Got it." Alexia mumbled, still half-asleep and annoyed at the intrusion.
Once Nya left, Moppet hopped up, "Can I get a toy or candy or something? Pretty please?"
"Mops, we don't even have money," Alexia groaned.
Lane chose this moment to look up, "Actually, that might not be true."
Alexia blinked, "What?"
Lane sighed, then reached down into her pocket and pulled out a handful of shining coins, then another, and another...
"They just seem to turn up," she said, shrugging.
Moppet reached into the depths of her own pockets, but only found a few pieces of stale candy. She looked sad for a moment, but then shrugged and ate them anyway.
Lane gave a knowing look, "And when did you put those in your pocket?"
Moppet paused, "I didn't..."
"Wait, if you've got coins in your pockets, what else have you got in there?" Alexia asked.
Lane shrugged, "We seem to be able to find anything that might be in there normally, the weapons the first time seem to have been a special circumstance…" She reached deeper into her pocket until her elbow nearly disappeared, but suddenly pulled it out, exclaiming, "Ow, something bit me!"
After judicious use of Moppet's (unwilling) arm, a set of prank dentures were eventually removed (and thrown away) along with several pencils, an impressive array of coinage, and an umbrella. "Ooooookay, how much money did you find in there?" Alexia asked.
Lane just shrugged, "I can't seem to find much each time I reach in, but it's always there. I think I got out about fifty bucks over the last few pulls."
After determining that Moppet had not made off with any coins ("But how else am I going to get more candy," she protested), Lane and Alexia quickly sorted the coins until each of the older girls had about twenty dollars to spend, and Moppet ten. "Remember, we are NOT spending this on ridiculous stuff. So no, Moppet, we are not letting you buy a dog!" Alexia instructed.
Lane stiffened, her tone very serious. "No. Dogs."
"Yes Lane," Moppet said, "this isn't enough anyway, I was planning on more candy."
Half an hour later, with breakfast in their stomachs (thankfully, Cole had yet to realize Lane's 'little arrangement' with the chore list), the ninja landed in Jamonicai Village. All of them were wearing regular clothing, which for Alexia, Lane, and Moppet meant fandom shirts and jeans. "Busy place." Alexia noted, as the village was full of people.
"Alright, I'm going with Jay to buy food. We'll need to meet back here in an hour." Nya instructed everyone.
Not comfortable with leaving Moppet to an insanely huge crowd, Lane tightly held Moppet's hand as they walked around. In the end, Moppet tugged Lane to a small candy stall. "Cotton candy please!"
The vendor chuckled, spinning the delicious sugar and handing it over in exchange for three bucks. "Cute sister." The vendor commented as Moppet fairly smashed her face into the sweet pink ball of candy.
Lane merely nodded, and sighed as she noted Moppet was already a quarter done. "I'm not buying you any more, Moppet, eat more slowly."
"But Lane..." Moppet whimpered. "It's sooooooooooo good!"
Alexia had wandered around, passing by people and looking around. "Dammit." She cursed, wishing she knew where the nearest Gamestop was, if Gamestop existed in this world.
"Need some help?" Alexia whipped around to find Kai behind her. Alexia shrugged.
"Never been here," she explained, embarrassed. "Is there a video game shop nearby?"
Slightly surprised at the notion of a girl being interested in video games (as his sister despised them), Kai took a moment to think before nodding. "C'mon, I'll take you there." Grabbing Alexia's hand unconsciously, Kai led her to a small, somewhat empty store.
Once inside, Alexia completely ignored the 'cooking' and 'fashion' games and walked over to the used game compartment. "Weird... Already played... God awful graphics... Basically just the last version with a few added bonuses..."
Kai watched, interested as Alexia narrowed down her search to about ten different games out of the seventy in the case. "That your girlfriend?" A store clerk asked.
Turning beet red, Kai shook his head quickly. "Just friends."
The store clerk raised an eyebrow but said nothing until Alexia shot up. "Okay... either a new installment in Pokemon or trying Monster Hunter... I'll take Pokemon, please."
After paying, Alexia and Kai returned to the meeting spot, finding Lane juggling a pile of purchases while Moppet sat nearby, sucking on a lollipop. "Little help?" Lane requested, trying to put some of her parcels down without breaking anything.
Alexia grabbed one of the heavier bags, and peeked inside to find various chemicals. "Lane, what the heck is in this bag?"
"Ipecac root and methylparaben. I looked for methylphenidate but couldn't find any. " Lane replied.
"And what are you going to use them for?" Alexia questioned.
"Science experiment." Lane told her.
After studying Lane, knowing her friend was a horrible liar, and figuring she wouldn't be on the worst end of it, Alexia accepted Lane's answer before sitting down.
Nya came with Jay in a few minutes, holding several grocery bags. "I saw a clothing store back there. Do you guys want to get some skirts or anything?"
Instead of replying, Alexia made a horrible, choking/vomiting sound (I actually do this when people ask me about things which disgust me) at the back of her throat. Everyone except Lane and Moppet looked at Alexia worried, and she cleared her throat. "Sorry, I meant to say," The sound came from her throat again, and Lane sighed, looking vaguely disappointed.
"She means, 'oh heck no, I would rather be thrown into a pit of boiling oil and/or burn in a casket for eternity," Lane explained, "she just tends to express this in the rudest form that is publicly acceptable."
"Oh, and 'I would rather burn said skirts in hellfire and freeze them in burning ice'," Moppet added, cheerfully, "she's really quite opinionated."
"What they said, with significantly more cursing in those sentences." Alexia clarified.
Looking slightly confused, Nya didn't bring up the subject again, and soon enough everyone returned to the ship, purchases in hand with the exception of Lloyd and Moppet, who had spent all their money on candy and had completed their sugar binge long before the group had even begun to walk.