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Delicious in Dungeon – Tentacles/Stew

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Delicious in Dungeon - Tentacles/Stew

While worrying about the wounded Marcille (Emily Rudd) the party gets an unexpected reunion when another party, with their former associate Namari (Akira Miki) as guide, comes across their path. Through Namari’s eyes we see how the party has changed since his departure as their old friend is introduced to one of the party’s celebratory feast after the successfully defeat a tentacle monster. Namari also helps Senshi (SungWon Cho) defeat the Undine that bested the party in the last episode.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Omashu / Into the Dark

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Omashu / Into the Dark

Shuffling around events of the original series a bit, “Omashu” and “Into the Dark” provide Aang‘s (Gordon Cormier) journey into the Earth Kingdom where Aang, Sokka (Ian Ousley), and Katara (Kiawentiio) disagree over how to help the city’s fight against the Fire Nation. Here we get Jet (Sebastian Amoruso) whose scruffy rebel act hides a darker purpose and the conflict of the Mechanist (Danny Pudi) attempting to keep his city safe from harsher attacks from Fire Benders. Adapting parts of four different episodes and mashing them together, not unsurprisingly, turns out to not work all that well.

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Damsel

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Damsel

Damsel works better in concept than in execution. Millie Bobby Brown stars as Elodie, the smart and capable daughter Lord Bayford (Ray Winstone) in a remote region hit hard in recent years. The chance to save the kingdom comes in the form of a marriage proposal for Elodie from Prince Henry (Nick Robinson) and his family (Milo Twomey and Robin Wright) who rule over a realm for more rich than that of Elodie’s father. The family accepts the arranged marriage which goes off without a hitch at least until Elodie is thrown into a dragon’s lair as tribute to the creature that once ravaged these lands.

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Delicious in Dungeon – Raspberries/Grilled Meat

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Delicious in Dungeon - Raspberries/Grilled Meat

Growing ever closer to the last sighting of the Red Dragon, the party attempts to rest which becomes harder after Marcille (Emily Rudd) accidentally awakens an Undine and depletes herself of Mana and blood to fight off the creature. The episode is more notable for Marcille’s comments on the dungeon’s ecosystem which lead her to think back on her friendship with Falin (Lisa Reimold), their first meeting, and how the unusual girl made Marcille look at the world and magic in an entirely different way. The Grilled Kelpie, the dish of the episode, comes not from creatures introduced in this adventure but the previous one, and is chosen by Senshi (SungWon Cho) to help restore Marcille’s strength.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Warriors

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Warriors

The second episode of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender gives us Aang‘s (Gordon Cormier) short time on Kyoshi Island. There are several pleasant changes from the animated version most noticeably Aang not needing to showoff to impress and removing Sokka‘s (Ian Ousley) toxic masculinity and sexist attitude from the episode altogether. I also quite enjoyed Maria Zhang‘s version of Suki, one of the original series’ best supporting characters, and the mutual attraction the two pair share. Memorable moments mostly center around the Sokka and Suki together, although the episode also provides a memorable example of what an Avatar in control of their powers can accomplish when Avatar Kyoshi (Yvonne Chapman) takes control of Aang and dispels Fire Nation intruders from the island.

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