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Beebo the God of War

Featured article candidates/Beebo the God of War/archive1

Nominator(s): Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Beebo the God of War" is the ninth episode of the third season of the science-fiction series Legends of Tomorrow. The episode is considered a turning point for the series from the self serious drama to a wacky nonsense comedy. Prior to the nomination I consulted with who was listed as a mentor User:Gen. Quon.

This is my first FAC so I'm fully expecting this to fail. It recently underwent a GOCE copy edit and a PR If anything I'm shooting for this to pass on renomination. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UC

Welcome to FAC, and good luck with the process. I'll pop in when I can, but two early-bird questions in response to This is my first FAC so I'm fully expecting this to fail: has the article been to Peer Review, and have you found a more experienced FA writer who might be willing to act as a mentor? Both come highly recommended to help with a first nomination and to help things go smoothly. Just looking through briefly, there are a couple of small typographical, tone and MoS errors which would probably be caught and fixed quickly on a pre-FAC PR. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 14:47, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did take it to PR (though there was limited engagement) and have the article copy edited. I also consulted a mentor. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 15:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent: who's mentoring it? Normally they are tagged in the nomination. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 15:19, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UndercoverClassicist: it was User:Gen. Quon Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 20:31, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm! I'll take a look at it here in a bit.--Gen. Quon_[Talk] 02:08, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Initial thoughts/comments

One thing that stands out to me at the moment: FAs need to be written for a general audience, which means that readers who don't know anything about the show or its setting should be able to find everything they need here. You can see this, for example, in FAs like Pilot (Supernatural) or The Stolen Earth, where they manage to introduce most of the important characters and ideas without unduly bogging the article down. Some examples of unanswered questions as I read:

In this episode, Martin Stein (Graeme McComb) and a Beebo doll (Ben Diskin) are sent to Vinland,: I can look this up and find out that it means that the episode is set circa 1000 CE, but could the article tell me that instead?
We talk about a Beebo doll several times, but I am fairly clueless as to what one of these things is, or if it has broader significance in the series.
After the death of Martin Stein in the previous episode: I get the sense that this was important. Was it? Why?
The Legends bring Stein onto the Waverider: is that a ship? Is there anything special about it?
The episode's title is a reference to its basis in Norse mythology: how exactly does the title relate to Norse mythology?

On a very simplistic level, if you look at other FAs on TV show episodes, you'll notice there's simply a lot more there: we have very little in this one about the writing, for example, and most are able to get more substance and pull out more coherent themes in the Reception section (see The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9), for example, or Home (The X-Files)). Of course, this may partly reflect the fact that not everything on television makes the same sort of splash, either in critical writing or in the public consciousness, but equally might suggest that there's more to be found and added here. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 21:10, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@UndercoverClassicist: I have clairifed the above. But yes I believe that I may have exusted all production info out there. I'll do another check to make sure Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 22:08, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Drive-by comment

Two refs seem to be duplicated (refs 6 and 23 as well as refs 13 and 47). --Jens Lallensack (talk) 20:20, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:40, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]