2x15 Fellowship of the Spear

"Amaya, take the Backstreet Boys."

Can I get that on a T-shirt, please?

Oh, this episode made me feel nostalgic. I remember back when I was a little baby nerd - 11, maybe 12 years old - I was completely obsessed with The Lord of the Rings. I would watch the entire trilogy (extended editions, no less) almost every weekend. Years have passed and I've moved on to other franchises (I've practically sold my soul to sci-fi, space operas and superheores at this point), but my love for LotR still remains. I was delighted by all the references in this episode. By far my favorite was Rip's speech mirroring that of Aragorn's in "Return of the King".

I'm not religious, but I was born and raised in a country that's 95% Roman Catholic, so it was a teeny tiny bit weird for me to hear the Legends casually say the words "Jesus' blood". I guess it's kind of hard to treat Christ as a historical figure instead of our Lord and Savior when you've only heard other people call him the latter your whole life.

Nate: "Maybe they don't know how to use it."
Legion of Doom: immediately know how to use it

Yeah, we're fucked.

I don't watch this show, but I've read in a magazine that in one of the episodes the characters meet Tolkien, so I decided to watch it since he is my favourite author.

However, Tolkien himself does not come Tolkien-like at all, he could have been anyone as I don't believe the real Tolkien would have behaved in the way shown in the episode. I am Catholic as Tolkien was and I believe for him the blood of Jesus would be the most holy thing, not to be used as a means to an end, no matter how noble in itself. It would be the most priceless relic to Tolkien and I don't think he would have helped the characters so readily to obtain it.

The protagonists say phrases which are reminiscent of what appears later in LotR (though they include allusions to Aragorn's speech at the Black Gate, which actually appears only in Peter Jackson's movie and not in Tolkien's novel, so somebody has not done their research right) in a way that is endearing at times but more often sound cheap. And anyway the eponymous spear is the most Tolkien-like artifact here, though I didn't like the characters very much and didn't care for any of them (maybe because I haven't watched earlier episodes), they all feel bland and uninteresting, only the conflicted African woman seems a more complex character.

Anyway, the protagonists healed Tolkien of his trench fever and returned him to the battlefield, but now that he is healthy, he would have to continue fighting and may get killed, so LotR might never be written. Nice job breaking it, heroes.

But as a wise man said once "The Legends are idiots". Someone should have stood up for Mick. How many times has he saved their lives? Ray should have stood up for him. I'm certainly passed at how they have been treating Mick. He's lost his best friend, he's saved your asses and lived in alternate timelines and yet you still don't trust him. I get the feeling that Amaya is the only one who understood him. Anyways, I totally support Mick': decision. He's done everything for the team and yet they treat him like and idiot and a mere criminal.

The tension and desperation at the end was amazing. So I guess now we're going to Thawnpoint, Doompoint? Legionpoint? It's time for him to reverse the fuck-up Barry did.

Sara giving Mick the spear to hold wasn't her finest moment. Speaking of, I loved Thawne's first line "This can't be happening. They're not smart enough for this to be happening". And once again, Thawne was right. But Mick's playing everyone. He's going to be the best quadruple agent in all the timelines.

So, I guess Gandalf = Rip; Mick = Gimli; Amaya = Boromir; Frodo = Ray; Sam = Nate and Mick = Gimli trying to destroy the Spear, but he'll turn out to be Sam.

Once again, Legend's killing it. I'm so hooked and it's a shame that there're only two episodes left. I'm gonna miss my little happy dysfunctional family. And there you go Mick, save the world!

One Spear to rule them all! I guess we have the trilogy:
1. The Fellowship of the Spear
2. The Two Timelines
3. The Return of Snart
The trilogy in just one episode.

Holy shit, this episode was amazing! I'm seriously getting too hooked on this, more than I should. This is not healthy at all. Legends has become one of my favourites shows. It's amazing how nonsensical it is and how hooked I am.

I adore the LOTR and when Rip gave Aragorn's speech at the Black Gate I was literally tearing up. It was the highlight of the episode for me. I loved that bit, really loved it. This is one of my favourite parts of the movie and they managed to do it perfectly. Holy shit! My favourite reference out of all the references. Cause they were left and right! The scene when they said "I'm in" felt like "you have my sword, my bow, and my axe". And that Church was definitely a reminiscent of the Mines of Moria. I only missed one "You shall not pass", but I'm cool with it.

Those legend-puns are absolutely awesome. Did anyone else catch that Stein's "One does not simply"? I was laughing my ass off, my parents were confused.

Sara calling Ray, Nate and Rip the Backstreet Boys while they were casually posing made it for me. It was hilarious.

"Well, if that's not an entrance line I don't know what it is", man I freaking love Damian Darhk.

"on your feet you fool of a Tolkien" was amazing. I was laughing so hard I had to pause.

I'm so glad Captain Cold is finally back and evil. In a weird way I want him to stay evil. He's absolutely amazing and I missed him so much. He does have some of the best lines: "Sit, Mick. Fetch, Mick. Good boy, Mick. Woof" And now that he and Mick are best buddies again (or at least temporarily) it will be a pleasure to watch. And now, it's up to Mick Rory to save the world. Seriously, it's so hard not to be manipulated by Snart. No wonder he's the Mayor on Earth-2.