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HOPE MIKAELSON APPRECIATION WEEK: DAY THREE —favorite relationship: hayley + hope

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master-post of my good girls gif-sets

So this post isn’t a navigation or anything it’s just a list of my creations organised into

gif-set collections

brio gif-sets

solo rio gif-sets

solo beth gif-sets

parallels

edits

scenes from different seasons/episodes

random gif-sets

If you want more scenes from a specific episode, search it on my blog using the tag ‘gg 1.01′ with the episode/season you want to see more of. This is simply just my own creations but that tag will offer other peoples!

With that said and done, here is my many MANY (seriously stop me) gif-sets from the show:

my gif-set collections

every time beth & rio look at each other

best outfits on good girls

manny montana in every episode of graceland

good girls appreciation week

brio + multiple different scenes

outsiders opinions:

dean being obsessed with brio

the girls + others

outsiders + being engrossed with brio

beth & rio + ‘breaking up’

rio + flirting with beth

rio + being amused by beth

rio + asking beth a question

rio + looking respectfully at beth’s boobs

rio + calling beth, ‘elizabeth’

rio + touching beth

[part 1]

[part 2]

beth + wanting rio’s attention

rio + wanting beth’s attention

beth + joking with rio

rio + being honest with beth about his personal life

rio + having tunnel vision with beth

rio + crime proposing to beth

rio + the many nicknames he calls beth

rio + calling beth darlin’

brio + beth’s kitchen

black&white moments of different brio scenes

beth + rio’s name

rainbow of brio moments

golden lighting of brio moments

brio + looking back at each other

rio + liking the money beth makes

rio

rio + saying mama

rio + his neck tattoo

rio + his hands

[part 1]

[part 2]

[part 3]

rio + his little jump

rio + saying champ

rio + rolling his shoulders

rio + leaning against something watching beth

rio + his reaction to beth in 3.08 bar scene

rio + repeating ‘cool’ & ‘chill’

rio’s promo video [season 3]

hoodie rio returns

6 gifs of rio smiling with the quote, “clever as the devil, twice as pretty”

manny adding things to the script to help rio’s character

rio with the lyrics of labrinth’s song, mount everest

rio + walking

rio + building a model plane

rio + being polite to service workers

rio + ducking to avoid a tree

beth

being pretty af during season 3

3 gifs of beth causing chaos / 3 gifs of her looking beautiful with the quote “she was chaos and beauty intertwined”

beth + her kids

i am looking respectfully ma’am

parallels

rio + liking beth’s business ideas [2.06 & 3.11]

rio + watching beth be a dork [2.05 & 3.10]

beth + getting ready for her man (rio) [3.08 & 3.09]

beth + getting ready for her man (rio) again [2.04 & 3.08]

beth + offering rio anything [2.04 & 3.08]

brio + discussing payment [1.04 & 3.08]

rio + checking beth out at a bar [2.04 & 3.08]

rio + caring about beth’s image then no longer caring [1.02 & 3.03]

beth + ignoring dean’s ‘i love you’ and his ‘really?’ when beth says she doesn’t want to be around rio [3.03 & 3.05]

beth + demanding rio’s attention by throwing things [1.09 & 3.10]

beth robbing rio VS ruby robbing stan [2.06 & 3.11]

beth & rio asking the other not to steal from them/hold a gun to their head [1.07 & 3.07]

beth + awkwardly smiling at rio [2.09 & 3.03]

rio telling beth she’s his girl VS beth telling the girls he isn’t her boy [3.03 & 3.10]

beth & rio  checking each other out as the other walks away [1.03 & 3.10]

beth & rio telling people to put their panties on [1.01 & 2.13]

beth telling rio to sit down VS someone telling beth to sit down [2.01 & 2.07]

beth asking annie if she checked her pocket vs annie asking ruby [1.05 & 3.11]

beth getting for rio & feeling good about herself + rio liking what he sees [3.08 & 3.09]

rio holding beths neck while he threatens her VS holding it while having sex with her [1.07 & 2.04]

pride&prejudice paired with good girls

pride&prejudice paried with good girls again

edits

the weeknd lyrics

billie eilish lyrics

sabrina claudio lyrics

camila cabello lyrics

lorde lyrics

taylor swift lyrics

season 1

episode 2

rio smashing a doll & looking at beth for her reaction

episode 5

rio and his perfect face being pretty

episode 8

big gif of beth looking pretty when she robs the spa

episode 10

rio surprising agent turner and the crime boss comes out

season 2

episode 1

big gif of rio touching beth’s chin

episode 4

brio bathroom break + small details

big gifs of the bathroom break

epsiode 5

turner telling beth he was wishing she robbed the shop

episode 9

beth & rio kiss

two big gifs of rio being nervous when beth invites him into her bedroom

season 3

episode 1

rio’s first scene back

6 gifs of rio in the first episode

rio & marcus reuniting

beth losing it with dean’s mom

episode 3

beth telling rio she’s pregnant

rio reminding beth when they last had sex

rio + being his worst self in the episode

big gif from beth looking pretty

episode 4

rio + being the crime boss

rio + inspecting beth’s money

beth + telling mick she has kids and mick not caring

reactions of both beth&rio when she tells him she isn’t pregnant

episode 5

rio & lucy dicussing his neck tattoo

rio & realising he can use lucy for help instead of beth

ruby asking annie if she’s in physical therapy for her running

rio + saying ma girl to lucy while looking at beth

rio offering the girls a ride while only staring at beth the entire time

beth telling rio that without her the money will look like his son made it

dean saying he really wants beth to stay away from rio

big gif from rio being pretty and smiling

big gif of annie with a bird

episode 6

rio telling beth she’s business with 2 scenes from season 3 where he looks at her soft (where shes not just business)

episode 7

annie saving ruby’s life and ruby hating it

big gif from beth side eyeing max as he shoots

episode 8

beth making rio laugh with her ottoman joke

rio checking beth out then trying his hardest not to look at her again

rio saying pop it

beth talking to rio to ’try’ to save boomers life

beth looking at money and the fbi realising it’s a women making the money

ruby and stan discussing one of them being good

big gifs from the ottoman joke scene

episode 9

beth, rio & mick promo scene

beth & rio making eyes at each other in the promo

rio asking beth to take out a gun

rio + looking back at beth

rio + looking pretty and smiling at beth

episode 10

rio watching beth dance

rio reminding beth she doesn’t have a mattress

rio being pretty in a hoodie

mick asking beth if he can stop at ihop

rio & mick speaking spanish while ignoring beth

massive gif of rio looking at beth smiling

episode 11

rio smiling

mick mentioning his hot tub & rio staring at him afterwards

big gif from beth pouting as she pushes a box to rio

random

manny montana takes part in the NBC guessing game

manny montana + giving out puppy advice

manny montana being pretty with gifs of his hands

good girls survey results

christina's birthday post

congratulations on a season 4

brio bar scene analysis

the girls being their worst self + badass moments

mick + being iconic

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Precure Day 151

Episode: Yes! Precure 5 03 - “Who’s the Precure of Effervescence?” Date watched: 3 October 2019 Original air date: 18 February 2007 Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/wUrfDcF Project info and master list of posts: http://tinyurl.com/PCDabout

If you like drinking games, watch this episode and take a shot every time they say the word “effervescent” or variations and report back to me. Cure Lemonade’s title and role call describe her as “はじける” (hajikeru) which every translator to ever touch this show has seemed to agree translates best as “effervescent”, an uncommon word which can either mean bubbly (in the context of beverages) or lively and appealing, when talking about people. To reinforce my point, here’s every English sub I could get my hands on:

First off, here is the Arienai fansub from around 2007, the first ones to ever translate this episode to English and thus establish the use of the word “effervescent.”

Following Arienai’s disbandment, in 2009 TV-Nihon took up the task of subbing and I know from talking with him that their translator was very aware of the Areinai sub, and also pretty new to translating, so he probably took heavy inspiration from their choice.

Lastly, here is the version used by Pretty Cure Splash Subs in 2014, although they admit that they took the Arienai scripts for the earlier episodes and just tweaked them a tad.

Amusingly, “bubbly” in the sense of personality is a pretty good synonym. I can only assume that they keep coming back to “effervescent” because within the narrative, Nozomi and Rin are confused when Coco tells them there’s a Precure of “hajikeru” so they chose a less common word to convey that better. It feels a little clunky to read but what can you do. Anyway, enough about one word, what’s this episode about?

The Plot

Urara is auditioning for a show and the interviewers quiz her about her school life, since she seems upbeat. She’s unwilling to admit that she spends most of her time at school alone, and she can’t talk about seeing two upperclassmen turn into Precure, so she lies and says everything is great.

At school, Rin catches a Pinky with Coco, this time using a trumpet. He then explains that the two of them are the cures of hope and passion, and they still need to find the cures of intelligence, tranquility, and effervescence. (1 shot!) 

Over in Nightmare Corporate HQ, Bunbee tells Girinma he’s not performing up to standards, so he bring in the next consultant, a portly man named Gamao.

After school, Nozomi takes Coco home with her as a fairy, gives him a cream puff (the signature food of this show) and turns on the television. When her dad sits up from sleeping on the couch she quickly tries to hide Coco and distract her dad by pointing out Urara on the TV, saying she knows her.

The next day during lunch, Nozomi and Rin see Urara sitting alone and goes over to talk to her, saying she can ask them anything. So, Urara comes right out and asks what Precure is, causing the two girls to fumble for an answer before running off when the bell rings for the end of lunch. However, Nozomi comes back to retrieve her left-behind bento and decides to skip class and take Urara on a tour of the school grounds. When Rin and Coco find out about this they’re upset and they run off to find her, but Urara seems to be having a great time with Nozomi.

They get to the auditorium and Urara comments that she will stand on that stage someday! At this point, Nozomi declares that the two of them are good friends and reveals that she is a Pretty Cure, and don’t tell Rin. Well of course who should barge into the theater at that moment than Rin, with Coco on her heels, angry at Nozomi for cutting class and generally being a bad influence on the underclassman. But before Rin and Coco can properly chew her out, Gamao reveals himself and demands that they hand over the Dream Collet. Nozomi and Rin transform, urging Urara to run away, which she hesitates to do. Eventually she gets out, but she trips in the hallway, and after some introspection, decides to turn around and run back to help the two girls who protected her. Her strong feelings summon a yellow butterfly, allowing her to transform into Cure Lemonade! She unleashes her special attack, Precure Lemonade Flash, which takes the form of a flock of butterflies divebombing the Kowaina, freeing Dream and Rouge and allowing them to defeat the monster. Gamao runs off, complaining that he won’t get paid for this, and the auditorium resets to normal.

Outside, the girls remark that Urara is the perfect fit for the Cure of Effervescence, and Coco says he’ll fill her in on all the details after she and Nozomi serve detention for skipping class. However, the episode ends on a happy note, as the three new friends agree to work together from now on.

The Analysis

What I like about these shows with a larger roster of Cures is that it allows each girl to have their own reason for fighting. While all three girls so far have done it to protect someone, the motivation behind that protection has varied. Nozomi wants to help Coco revive his homeland. Rin wants to protect her oldest friend, Nozomi. Urara wants to save her newest friends, especially Nozomi, who saw that she was lonely and made it a point to spend time with her. Becoming a Precure ties directly into a personal problem in each of their lives, and that’s..... magical.

Urara in particular may hit close to home for some people, because achieving your dream can sometimes isolate you. Since Urara was always rehearsing or going to auditions, she didn’t have the time to make friends at school, and she was hurting for it. Nozomi was the first person to take notice of her, beyond simply being a celebrity. Nozomi saw a new student who seemed kinda lonely, and decided to show her a good time. The fact that she’s an aspiring celebrity is a side note for Nozomi, a cool thing to tell her parents, but it’s not why she approached her. They clicked in their first meeting and Nozomi decided she’d make a good friend. Then, when they were friends, Nozomi decided to tell her about Precure and their fight against Nightmare. Sure, it’s partly because Nozomi has little filter, but also she saw someone she could confide in. Unlike the other three members of the team, she didn’t pick out Urara as a good candidate to be a cure, Urara earned her spot purely of her own will. She literally ran away from the fight, but her concern for the others and desire to face her fears brought her back.

There’s a recurring trope in the team-building shows that I don’t like, though, which is that the existing heroines somehow find themselves conveniently disabled or unable to fight, making room for the new girl to swoop in, transform for the first time, and save the day. In the two-girl shows, if both of them got tied up, they had to use their wits to escape. I don’t mind it happening once or twice but it seems to be the only way the writers ever know how to introduce a new character is by making the other ones into jobbers.

On the villain side of things, we get to see a little more of Nightmare, which is always fun. Their HQ is a giant office building with devil horns!

You kind of have to wonder if this is just in the middle of downtown or if the other buildings are all in some ~evil dimension~. Also, we find out what happens to under-performers at Nightmare.... they get dropped down a shaft. Seems like kind of a hostile work environment but it’s great for setting the tone.

While I’m discussing Nightmare, let’s talk about Gamao in particular. Gama means “toad”, which is why Gamao is a toad. SHOCKING. Anyway, unlike the go-getter Girinma, Gamao is very simple-minded: he wants to get the Dream Collet so he can get paid, and isn’t interested in wasting time laying traps or listening to the girls’ life stories. He’s portrayed as a very portly man, looking kind of sloppy in his human form, not at all up to the normal appearance standards of a corporation. he wears cargo shorts, a t-shirt (it actually has a giant T on it), and an unbuttoned button-down shirt. Everybody else in the company wears a suit. Nightmare must be pretty desperate for employees if they let him work for them. Also, we now have a bee, a mantis, and a wasp, so let’s lay out the motif of Nightmare. All of them are animals that prey on butterflies, which of course are the motif of the cures. It’s a very clever pattern that I hadn’t even noticed until it was pointed out to me the other day.

This episode shows us very clearly what Karen must have seen during the first episode, when the auditorium magically restores itself after the battle. (check the gallery) It’s never explained how this happens in most shows, but it’s a constant so at least they allude to it. Indeed, their battle does not go entirely unnoticed this time, since even though they’re indoors, the commotion of the fight causes the students in Karen and Komachi’s class to turn their heads and wonder what’s going on. Karen is going to check it out, but Komachi stops her because they’re in the middle of class. I really like how proactive they are in trying to solve the mystery and very soon their time will come.

I think that about does it for my thoughts this time. Next time, what’s that minty smell? Look forward to it!

Pink Precure Catchphrase Count: 1 kettei!

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LEGACIES | S4E09: I Can’t Be The One To Stop You

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Legacies, 3.14

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