Talk:Auslly/@comment-5704212-20121125230013

I saw this on tumblr, every word of it is true: I had today’s topic planned out, but we had the new promos drop for the crossover yesterday so I’m radically shifting around my topics around so that I can use today’s Food for Thought on breaking down the promos (1 & 2). It’s a double episode so this is a double FFT so be prepared for a long read. Let’s do this!

Editing wise on these promos, they’re surprisingly in order for the most part. The episode will start in Miami, quickly move to NYC for the first half and then go back to Miami in the second half of the show. The first half 30min will be devoted to the A&A plot line of Austin performing in Time’s Square while the latter will focus on Jessie and Austin’s dual music career. In total, we have three song performances in the crossover too.

So let’s analyze these promos. First off, Trish claims that she booked Austin for a Time’s Square performance but do we really have faith in Trish’s ability to secure a gig like that? Look at her track record, tends to mess each of Austin’s booking up in some way. Plus, take a look at the crowd scene at 0:24 and 0:52. Based on the crowd the square is to the left of the shot which is the way Jessie and Emma are heading, yet strangely Team Austin is moving AWAY from the square. I wonder why? I think what happens is that Team Austin goes to Time’s Square thinking that’s where Trish booked them, only to find that it’s a different venue, hence why they’re moving away from the square. This would make sense based off the spoilers we got about the episode where Trish booked Austin at a pizza place called Time’s Square. We don’t know how true that spoiler is but I’m willing to bet that wherever that rooftop stage is, that it’s not the “main” stage for New Years. It’s close, but still off so where is the stage really at?

I’m interested to see how the helicopter scene goes over. We know it’s the idea Jessie comes with to get Austin to his concert on time due to the crowded city streets, but what is the reason for Austin being on a rope ladder on a moving helicopter? Let’s also mention the Auslly moment in the helicopter where is finally sinks in that he’s living his dream and he gets choked up when asking Ally “Is this really happening?” That Auslly moment, right there, should make any possible Aussie moments in this episode inconsequential. Besides, we know an Aussie romance isn’t going to form in in one episode.

Eventually he’ll make it to this random rooftop stage and perform “Can You Feel It” and everyone will go crazy. We’ll also see the ball drop so the Auslly shippers will get either a hug, or potentially a kiss out of that scene, though the hug seems more likely. All this gets us to the half-way point in the crossover.

The second half is nearly all Jessie centered starting with Team Austin being invited to the Ross Apartment and Jessie (with the help of Emma) realizing that now’s the perfect time to try and ask Austin to help just start her music/writing career. I think Ally enjoys Jessie’s company in the episode up until this point, since she’s Austin’s writer, not Jessie. I think that Austin ultimately agrees to duet with Jessie since, without her, he wouldn’t have made his performance the night prior, owing Jessie. Also, I think he has a soft spot for helping fellow artists get their start, especially since Jessie wrote her own song unlike T-Fame!

So the whole group casts off for Miami for Austin’s Mall concert. Ultimately, Ally is going to be upset by the whole Austin & Jessie pairing and eventually Austin will reassure her that’s its just one song and say something like “You’re the only partner in my life” and it’ll be one big Auslly moment that Auslly shippers will go crazy for.

As for the duet itself, I know we’re lead to believe that it’s going to be on the mall stage because we see Austin and Jessie take the stage together, but the promo never actually shows them both singing on stage. I think the “Face-to-Face” is instead performed as a montage spanning both NYC and Miami where they’re doing the constant finger pointing to the sky in the Sonic Boom, Ross apartment balcony, and dropped New Year’s ball sets (because that’s clearly how people dance).

I’m still at a loss as to where “Christmas Soul” fits into this episode. It’s the last song that’s in the episode but it doesn’t seem to fit well anywhere. Logically it should be performed in Miami before Team Austin heads to NYC when it’s still Christmas but the only performance footage we’ve seen is from the at the end of the episode after New Year’s so it’s a mystery.

One seemingly re-occurring thing in the promo worth noting is Austin’s silver shoes. If you look closely, Austin is not wearing one of his shoes twice in the promos. He’s carrying his shoe when he gets out of the Ross’ elevator and at 0:19 in the main promo Emma has his shoe while the Ross’ are looking down at the street concerned. Austin wouldn’t carry one of his shoes around without a reason let alone give it to Emma so he can hobble around NYC in one shoe on the biggest night of his life! That shoe has plot significance and I want to know why!

Overall, this is going to be a big episode for both shows and the network. I’m looking forward to it and you guys should be too. For those worried about the whole inclusion of Jessie I count many more Auslly moments than Aussie (if any) so fret not and enjoy the episode come December 7th because its going to be epic!