#*stefon voice* this episode has everything

[shania-twain]

rollisi in 25x11

[saltygilmores]

THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS: S3/EP6: TAKE THE DEVILED EGGS Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2002

Links to all previous episodes can be found in my Pinned Post.

Pre Opening Credits Filler: Lorelai and Rory are sorting junk mail . Of course I had to google whether or not "Shreiber's" was ever a real catalog. Google results were inconclusive. Lorelai's Poconos shirt is really cute.

Post opening credits sequence: A town meeting.

Miss Patty and Babette are too good for this world.

I love seeing Luke smile. As the entire room rises to exit, Taylor instructs them not to leave and everyone immediately listens. I will never understand how he has this much power or why Luke dutifully attends every one of thse things.

Stefon from SNL voice: This hot new club, Stars Hollow Town Meeting, has everything. Animal cruelty, blind obedience, women who pick up dates at funerals, politicians dunking on neurodivergent loners, protest supression.

(tac·i��turn /ˈtasəˌtərn/ adjective (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.)

Pretty rich for Lorelai to be dunking on loners when the guy she's in love with has no friends and her daughter has one friend.

At least the loner must be intelligent. Evidenced by the fact that he doesn't waste his time in town meetings. But seriously...imagine you're this guy minding his own business just trying to buy some books and enact political change with protest so the mayor-type-guy calls everyone in town together to dunk on how weird and creepy and quiet you are behind your back (see also: Jess, who was also a child. And who also has to endure shitty comments about not being talkative enough).

Is Kirk the only neurodivergent person in Stars Hollow who is allowed to be himself?

With our powers combined, we are our the Neurodivergent And/Or Deeply Misunderstood Outcast Super Squad! Kirk! A guy who talks to mailboxes! A quiet guy who likes books! Another quiet guy who likes books! Town Troubador! Rory!

Look who else is way too smart to waste his time at a town meeting. His precious whacking off time is over, Luke is heading home, and he is outta here.

Now, let's say the Gilmore Girls in-show timeline lines up with the air dates of the episodes (which it tends to do much of the time). "Teach Me Tonight" aired April 30th, 2002. This episode aired on November 5th, 2002. 6 months and 6 days prior to this town meeting. Rory's not-even-broken arm has healed. Lorelai, kindly...get the fuck over it and shut up. Lorelai: when did Jess get a car? Luke: None of your god damn beeswax. Luke had no idea Jess had a car.

I always found it interesting that Jess was raised in the city his whole life, but knew how to drive. Many (but not all) New Yorkers get around on foot or public transportation and many never even learn to drive at all. But there's just no way Liz was a New Yorker who had a car that Jess could borrow, she wasn't helping him practice, she wasn't paying for lessons with an instructor, and before he arrived in The Hollow the only life he knew was getting around on public transport and walking. We come to learn he knows a bit about car repair as well. And he's only 18. Definitely not saying it's implausible or unbelievable that he knows how to drive. Far from it. Just something to ponder. Jess is scrappy. He finds a way. Lorelai has the absolute fucking audacity to tell Luke "You needs to get a handle on Jess" because he wasn't aware of this car purchase. How about you get a handle on your perfect child before she sleeps with her married ex boyfriend and steals a boat huh. How bout them apples.

OMG OMG.

Narrator: Lorelai Gilmore was in fact, not sorry for equating a 6 month old minor car accident that caused a hairline wrist fracture with 1st degree murder, and she would not butt out now or ever again.

[holdingonforheaven]

TBB S3E5

*stefon voice* This episode has EVERYTHING

first of all, Crosshair back with his family 😭😭😭😭😭

actual discussion of Crosshair's tremor

ECHO

an Echo/Omega hug 💜

snarkiness

emotional vulnerability

Omega being the tired older/little sister

Crosshair being the annoying younger/big brother

but also simultaneously showing more emotional maturity than hunter??? "Don't hold it against him; he's just worried about you." Goddamn, he really is Omega's third parent

WRECKER SAVED CROSSHAIR'S ARMOR 😭😭😭 wrecker, ily

returning to the outpost

ice vultures!

Crosshair grieving Mayday 💔

Echo breaking up fights

TENSION

Hunter and Crosshair FINALLY addressing their issues

"I risked everything to get you that message, and you ignored it. You let Omega be taken to Tantiss." hOW DID I NEVER REALIZE CROSSHAIR IS MAD AT HUNTER FOR FAILING TO TAKE CARE OF OMEGA OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

"you're mad because she escaped with my help, not yours." i am chewing drywall

the team actually functioning as a TEAM. good old fashioned working together to reach a goal (in this case, not getting eaten by an ice worm)

Batcher just unquestioningly accepted as a member of the family, but also Batcher being Crosshair's emotional support animal 🖤 he loves that dog

Echo reminding Omega that she is helping the clones still stuck on Tantiss, and that the most important thing was for her to get out

1000000/10 good vibes, such an amazing ep overall

all it was missing was Tech

[jessbakescakes]

why is dead irish writers your #1 episode? Not saying you’re not valid but I would love to hear your propaganda

[Stefon from SNL voice] THIS EPISODE HAS EVERYTHING!

First and foremost, I love the Jed and Abbey dynamic. The "we've been married for decades and I'm sick of your shit" (affectionate) snark is so good. The bickering and the sarcasm is totally just their love language and I'm obsessed with it. ("I love you too, Jethro." "Don't call me that." "I think I will."// "Boo Boo, I gave up on getting you out the door in the late '70s." // "END, you idiot! Bitter END!")

Second, The Josh and Donna Waist Grab. It's such a casually intimate moment that sends me into outer space. Joshua, you are DATING ANOTHER WOMAN. Also the way he looks at Donna when he says "you look good"?? Goodbye! The Josh and Donna stuff this episode is iconic.

Speaking of, I love Boyfriend Josh. He really tries so hard, and I get frustrated with Amy's approach in this episode (she's not wrong! She's correct! But her approach isn't helpful for her BOYFRIEND), but! Boyfriend Josh hot? The way he dances with Amy, tucks her hand close to his chest? Gnawing at the bars of my enclosure.

The Abbey x everyone dynamic? The Abbey and CJ vibe? The Amy and Abbey vibe? The Abbey and Donna vibe!! Oh it's so good. I especially love that Abbey gets CALLED OUT by Donna, but she actually takes it to heart even if it kind of hits her wrong?? Abbey getting drunk with the women of the west wing (and Amy) is everything to me. (MY HUSBAND'S AN ENORMOUS JACKASS!)

Also the Bartlet-Charlie father-son stuff is so good. "Do you love her?" "Very deeply." "That'll work fine." It's INCREDIBLE stuff.

Plus, Donna getting a chance to shine! Her moment getting recognized by Abbey!

favorite little moments: "Hey. Jack Enlow?" "No, it's C.J. Cregg, we've met." "And laughed and laughed." // Amy playing with Abbey's skirt //"In my house, anyone who uses one word when they could have used ten just isn't trying hard." // "Go away." "All right." "Give me the olives." // "Who's Gerald?" "Pretty sure he means Leo." "Oh, do you have a new Chief of Staff?" "No." "Well, then, Gerald it is." // Abbey saying she's responsible for Josh and Amy followed immediately by "I hope Donna's coming!" (She knows.)

[magadauthan]

Ep 19: Hang Fire

*Stefon voice* This episode has everything.

Vash and WW acting like a couple of morons

A glimpse into Meryl and Milly's everyday life

Meryl on her way to freakin' go get her man

Vash in civvies (that button-down!)

A catchy song

V/M emotional constipation (catnip!!!)

OK @trigun98watchparty, let's begin the killing time recap.

--It's perfect that Meryl's friend is named Karen, because that mole near her mouth means she's a gossip. She does seem to care about Meryl, though. Wants her to get married and everything.

--Ofc her officemates want to hear all the skinny on her interactions with Vash the Stampede. Wouldn't you?

--Look how happy Meryl is. She's gonna find Vash and give him all the kisses a very stern talking-to. It's official, Meryl and Milly are off to the DIrty Jerz.

--Awwww, the bike broke down again. This is tip-top, grade-A, prime bickering between Vash and WW. "Actually, I'm dissing you, not your stupid broken motorcycle!" It's not Trigun if these two aren't squawking at each other.

--What the hell kind of nasty-ass spaghetti are they eating? It looks like it has Spam in it. That is just wrong. (yeah, I know, spaghetti western.) And WW gets stuck with the check, just like Vash threatened.

--The girls are so cute in their PJ's. I love that we know what most of the main characters wear to bed. (I bet WW wears the rattiest underpants you ever saw, with a tank undershirt.)

--I love that Vash has old friends all over the place. He and Max (and probably Doc) went out for Obi-Wan and Anakin-style Wild Adventures and probably ripped it up wherever they went.

--It has to be incredibly hard on Vash to watch his friends get older while he stays the same.

--Meryl will KICK YOU in the NUTS. < / cartman > Nice subverted panty shot, though it doesn't come through in English. Good luck "having fun" with Meryl or Milly.

--"Total slaughter, total slaughter..."

--WW and his noodles, best silly face

--let's all take several moments to appreciate Vash's extreme hotness in his white button-down

--"Luck and persistence won't work forever." Especially with you conniving with Legato and co. to force his hand, eh, WW?

--"Tee hee, ma'am is so happy to see him. I'll give them a couple minutes alone."

--Vash/Meryl fanciers: Take a moment to go read "Biting My Tongue" and then come back.

--Vash and Meryl (at this point, anyway) could never admit in a thousand years that they might have missed one another. Meanwhile, WW likely took one look at Milly: "Big Girl! I missed you!" "I missed you too, Mr. Priest, it's so nice to see you again!" "I have a couple extra double dollars, do you want to go get some ice cream?" "That would be so nice of you, Mr. Priest! Yay!"

--Domo arigatou, Mr. Legato...

Thinking back on it... Vash starts to show a renewed determination to push back after his time with Grandma Sheryl and Lina. For two years (the anime is fuzzy on this so I'm using manga timeline) he got to be who he wanted to be - just another silly guy, living his life, doing ordinary things and being happy. No one knew whether he was alive, and he was able to live in peace. Which is pretty much all Vash genuinely wants. Without his brother chasing him and pulling the strings, he was able to accomplish that.

Vash has had a taste of what his life could be like without Knives being a dick to him all the time. So... what is he going to do about it?

[idrilka]

in which i'm telling everyone to go watch my country: the new age

so if you've been here or on my twitter at all during these past few weeks, you might have noticed my unhinged yelling about my country: the new age (and woo dohwan's beautiful, talented face). i finished the drama two weeks ago (immediately started rewatching from the beginning), and i honestly still haven't recovered. it flattened me like a pancake and left me just like that.

it's been a while since i got so invested in a piece of media (the last time was 2ha, and then i went on to write nearly 300k of ranwan fic, so this bodes well), and it took me completely by surprise. you know how sometimes you come across a piece of media that, completely out of the blue, rearranges you on the molecular level and you just know you'll never be the same afterwards? this is what this drama did to me, and i'm not exaggerating. i honestly went into it with zero expectations, thinking i was just going to watch it for woo dohwan's beautiful face, but, regrettably, it's just really fucking good all around. it might be my favorite kdrama i've ever watched?

*stefon voice* this drama has everything. do you want olympic level gay yearning? incredible antagonists? interesting plot and themes? fantastic fight choreography? an outrageously talented cast with excellent performances across the board and a host of fascinating supporting characters? a clever fucker with a fan? two protagonists who are absolutely unhinged about each other and love each other so much even as they practice stabbing as a form of foreplay? a searingly hot older woman with the richest voice you've heard? complex (if underutilized) female characters? costumes and styling so pretty it makes you want to chew on your arm? do you like to be made to feel all emotions known to man in a single moment? do you want to stay in a fetal position for two days after watching the last episode? do you want to think of nothing else for the rest of the week/month/year? WELL, THIS DRAMA IS FOR YOU THEN.

it's a historical court intrigue drama set against the backdrop of the fall of the goryeo kingdom and the rise of the joseon dynasty (~14th century), following two friends, seo hwi and nam seonho, who find themselves on the opposing sides of a political conflict. i can't even begin to express how good the central relationship of this drama is. it's a love story, and they fucking know it. the chemistry is sizzling. the knives are exquisite. there are so many layers to this relationship, and the lead actors do a phenomenal job with that. yang sejong gives a wonderfully understated yet extremely emotional performance as hwi, and the transformation hwi goes through is incredible to watch. woo dohwan as seonho is superb - intense, tragic, horribly misguided. the way this man acts makes me want to chew concrete.

and then!!! i usually don't gravitate towards antagonists/villains, but holy fuck, jang hyuk's performance as bangwon is such a tour de force. he is phenomenal, and he brings such nuance and complexity to bangwon that you literally can't tear your eyes away. (he also has a fan.) all three of them are absolute chemistry machines. all three could probably generate chemistry with a brick wall if needed, and this 100% shines through on screen. the strange, intense dynamic they're locked into is beyond delicious. the chemistry between bangwon and hwi is truly beyond. the "in love, divorced but still fucking" energy that seonho and hwi give off is everything. the parallels between seonho and bangwon are delectable. the complex nets of interpersonal dynamics make me want to weep with joy at how wonderfully nuanced they are.

and as if that were not enough, there's a whole cast of truly multidimensional supporting characters! (park chido, my beloved!!! munbok! jeong beom! sungrok! madam seol! hwawol, my baby!!!) honestly, there's not one weak performance across this entire cast - everyone gives it their all. this drama features also the worst father in the history of fiction, and i'm including shi mei's dad and jin guangshan in that. nam jeon is the worst is so, so many different, despicable ways, but his actor sells it so, so well. i loved every minute of absolutely loathing him.

the weakest point of the drama is, in my opinion, the obligatory but ultimately pretty secondary attempt at a romantic plot, which would be much better served by focusing on the other aspects of hwi and huijae's dynamic, because there's a lot of crunchy stuff to dig into, and i love huijae otherwise and wouldn't want to see her cut from the story in the slightest. her conflicting loyalties are so compelling, and that's where i feel like the character shines the most. the romantic plot also falls flat when confronted with whatever the fuck seonho and hwi have going on at any given point in time, but i think the drama knows that, too, and isn't trying to fight it particularly seriously (or at all).

(i also didn't love all the music choices in this, but that i can still live with.)

and, to close this giant wall of yelling, this drama is just so pretty. the cinematography is beautiful, the costumes (which i admit i besmirched a little after the first episode) get progressively more and more stunning as we go on, and i would like to personally thank whoever did seonho's wig/extensions, because that's one of the best examples of hair work i've seen in a while, and also to congratulate the makeup artists on the excellent sculpting job they did on seonho - he gets progressively more snatched the older he gets and this is very good for me, personally.

oh, and if, after all this, you're still wondering what it's like to watch woo dohwan act, then thank you, tumblr user @jekkies, for providing this excellent quote, because it's exactly like that (except there's nothing to steal here because yang sejong is also stellar):

thank you for your attention, and please, go watch this drama. i will love you forever.

[orvreread]

Ep. 21 – Things That Can't Be Changed

*in stefon voice* this episode has everything. kim dokja dying. yoo joonghyuk freak out and acknowledgement of being companions. kim dokja unreliably narrating himself out of emotions. tragic reveal of 41 shin yoosung's life. 41 being a dick. dokkaebi being dicks. constellations being dicks. kim dokja and yoonghyuk fighting together. jung heewon getting a sponsor. and paul.

[edni23]

*Stefon voice* This episode has everything-

ted lasso season 3 episode 2 had it all: locker room himbos, a who’s on first bit, dani rojas face goal, boss ass bitch rebecca, emotional roy kent, keeley making work work for her, jealous jamie tartt, beard shrieking 19 times, shutting down rupert, TRENT CRIMM-

[gardenerian]

[thevampirediariesdiary]

there are a lot of gifsets queued of Elena breaking down.

but there are also a lot of gifsets queued of Damon and Bonnie hugging. so that’s something.

[homosandhomies]

*stefon snl voice* this episode has everything. fake nudes, being outed, attempted suicide, child marriage, lesbian subtext, texting while driving—

The Ultimate Episode Tournament: Round 1 Match 45

[eattheteabag]

Supernatural rewatch where I take screenshots every time I find Dean pretty. 1x13: Nightmare

[psychicpiss]

merlin challenge 2020

day four: favourite episode

ha, you fools. bold of you to assume i’m capable of picking a favourite episode (i got it down to three, okay???)

s05e03: the death song of uther pendragon

s04e06: a servant of two masters

s04e12-13: the sword in the stone

what do you mean this is two episodes not one

(i couldnt find anymore gifs for this one,,,, ive been doing this for like an hour now i give up ya feel)

bonus:

BONUS bonus:

gwen looked so good on her wedding day (and always) i can’t-

[dashiellqvverty]

hate crimes!!!! hate crimes!!!!!

[anthonycrowley]

AND confirmation house and cuddy slept together. stefon voice this episode has EVERYTHING-

ARE YOU TELLING ME HOUSE WOULD DO WILSON BEFORE YOU’D DO CHASE IS IN THE PISS KINK EPISODE

[starlightervarda]

*Stefon voice* This episode of Interview with the Vampire has everything

Band-Aid Baby exposing cracks in bad marriage

I’mNotAGirlNotYetAWoman.mp3

“You’re not my real mom!” *slams door*

The yuckiest serial killer trophies

Book smuggling

Bodies in the bayou

Skipping out on the Roaring 20s

TO THE WINDOOOOW! THROUGH THE WALL! TIL THE BLOOD RUNS DOWN THESE HALLS!

Lestat taking off like a rocket

Louis eating all those Rashid-is-Armand crack theories

A shot of a fatass raccoon 

babygirl pls leave him he’s a terrible stepfather and husband