#1 grainy blorbo

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[blakbonnet]

Quick question if you don't mind. I've been in my feelings about season 1 today, specifically about Lucius spending time with Ed and Stede and their overall dynamic from that season. I know a lot has happened but they shared less screentime together and I missed them as a trio. Is there anything you miss from season 1 that wasn't in season 2?

I loved s1 but s2 is something that appealed a lot more to me. I've actually rewatched it a lot more than s1 (which I only watched maybe 2 to 3 times start to finish, yeah I know).

I do miss the bright and colourful lighting of s1 the most ngl. Even the dark scenes were so well lit while s2 is kinda grainy - purely talking about quality here. I understand why there are darker and moodier scenes in s2 compared to s1, everything about s1 being so Disney style coloured because it's stede pov and s2 is Ed's but I do miss the bright colors.

The second thing is Stede's outfits. Like we can all disagree on the change in outfit styles and the commentary on masculinity etc etc but purely from a lover of Stede in frills perspective, give my boy his cute clothes back and also his sproingy curls 😭

Crew interactions like Lucius that you mentioned, yeah, missed those but tbh I'm glad they were sacrificed to give Ed and Stede more time. I love the crew of the Revenge but I'm here for more scenes of my blorbos hahsjdjd

[torchickentacos]

THINGS I SAID I'D DO THAT I STILL NEED TO DO. PINNING SO I CAN KEEP TRACK

-toss blorbos in movies/games they don't belong in (drew-manaphy movie like I told mutuals I'd do months ago after the deoxys movie post SORRY IT'S IN MY DRAFTS 1/3 FINISHED!!!!!, pokeani pmd au I messed with for after-pokeani new series idea, et cetera)

-future redesigns of pokeani characters, edit preexisting official art of game sprites/models/whatever you call them from xy/oras/sm/usum era mostly

-ship bracket since other people love chaos as much as I do (/joking, I'd rather not be the harbinger of war but it'll be fun)

-pokeani ost stuff

-gather rare hoenn movie art/screenshots from credit scenes, make them higher quality (most likely lots of redrawing on top of them to make it sharper since they're too grainy to just edit normally). for funsies.

[geraniumsky]

I have a confession. I used to be, as a very amused friend told me on Wednesday, scornful about Supernatural. Too dumb (I've been devotedly fannish about some very dumb shows), too misogynistic (we're soaking in it right? And alas?), the fandom is too big and crazy (well there are sure to be some sane, pleasant people and I've already met some on Discord).

I did think the actors were cute though, especially Misha Collins. (More about that later), and I treated Destiel fanfic as a fun palate cleanser from my active fandoms, because for sure there are some amazing writers.

And then I just kinda got a wee bit obsessed with Castiel? It's not like there weren't a lot of gif sets and vids out there, and the end result is that I now own a box set, and Castiel might be my woobie-cinnamon roll-blorbo, but you need context, and you only get that by watching at least some of the earlier episodes. So I did, and I've got about half of season 1 under my belt. (I have this on a dreamwidth post if you're interested in that format)

I still have the same issues with the pilot that I did when I first watched over ten years ago now - namely that Constance is both too vague and yet not vague enough in why she does what she does. Murdering your own children to punish your husband's infidelity is one thing, but her victims aren't all faithless - Sam for example. Also, that's three dead women in one ep, which is A Lot. So yeah, I can see why I bounced off this back in the day, regardless of it being a decently put together piece of television.

Skin is just a nice piece of horror, and the ongoing development of the brothers Winchester's relationship is one of the best things in season 1. It's not like there was an entire fandom and ship based on it after all, right?

I think my favourite ep as a stand alone is Faith. It all holds together completely, there are no 'buts' about plausibility, it's really well done.

I like Sam a lot better than I expected to, which I guess is maybe down to some of Jared's hair and acting choices in later eps which are ones I've seen Youtube clips of? But yeah, I like young Sam, I feel for him, I enjoy the dynamic with him and Dean. And Dean's a cheeky little shit, bravado and genuine courage all mixed up.

Shadow was fun, but even in an earlier time, how does a waitress afford that nice apartment? Asking the important questions here.

I like John - he's played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who's a solid actor, but I am definitely seeing where the John Winchester's A+ parenting tag came from. Are these young men your soldiers or your sons, John. And as for Dean knowing that Azazel is possessing John because John would rip him a new one over 'wasting' one of the Colt's bullets? Ouch.

Season 1 commits to that gritty, grainy aesthetic, with some actually rather beautiful shots, and I like it. I understand that changes as the show progresses, and I will reserve judgement.

That is an amazing cliffhanger at the end of season 1, and now I have a weekend to make a start on season 2.