#GIVE INSIDE JOB THE SEASON 2 IT DESERVES!!!!!!!!!

[beebeewoop]

I have a weapon and I'm not afraid to use it

[number1mingyustan]

-Cuffing Season-

His Thighs

boyfriend!mingyu x fem!reader

Warnings: established relationship, cursing, explicit smut, dry humping, thigh grinding, size kink, premature orgasms, cumming untouched, teasing, begging, mentions of porn

Summary: He won’t always give you what you want, but sometimes it’s just what you need

Word Count: 1.7k

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(a/n: i wanna post more but school has been kicking my ass and i barely have time to write 😔)

“Why are you staring at me like that?” Mingyu asks, popping a grape into his mouth. He’s leaning against the kitchen counter with the bowl of grapes on his left.

“I wasn’t staring at you.”

You were totally staring at him. Mingyu currently stands across from you in the kitchen dripping in sweat. He’s wearing all black, a compression shirt and shorts.

Shorts.

On leg day.

He’s spent the last hour and a half in the gym inside of your apartment building. You’ve just finished renovating the old guest room so Mingyu could have his own personal gym in your home.

He hasn’t been able to work out as much as he wants since he’s always on the job or spending time with you. So the best solution was to turn the guest room you don’t use into a gym so Mingyu can still workout and be at home with you.

One thing he didn’t take into account was just how much it would affect you.

“You sure about that? It seems like you were.” He smirks at you.

You’re going weak in the knees. He’s not even doing anything and you’re practically drooling over him. He just looks so good.

His clothes fit him tighter than they did 2 hours ago. His muscles are so prominent, especially in his thighs. He’s not even purposely flexing yet his muscles are bulging out.

“Someone just needs to check your ego. ‘M not as obsessed with you as you think.” You raise an eyebrow at him.

You’re lying through your fucking teeth right now.

Mingyu pops another grape in his mouth and let’s out a genuine chuckle. “So defensive for someone who wasn’t staring.”

You cross your arms and your legs and lean back into the chair.

He shrugs. “Saw your eyes drift down to my dick like… 4 times baby. You’re not nearly as subtle as you think you are. ‘S okay to ask for something you want, you know.”

You narrow your eyes at him. “I was not staring at your dick!”

He licks his lips slowly. “Yeah? What were you looking at then baby? Don’t bother trying to lie to me either.”

“Was staring at your thighs,” You mumble.

A cocky smirk forms on your boyfriends face. “Maybe I should hit legs every day then. ‘S cute having a secret admirer.”

“Not a secret… just your admirer,” You look up at him softly.

Your words rush straight to his head and his cock. You’re so shameless. He breathes out. “Shit, come here.”

He pulls you in by the waist, pressing his thigh between your legs.

“I saw this in a porno once,” He licks his lips.

You roll your eyes. “You and your porn…”

“Hmph.” He begins lifting up your skirt. “Complain all you want but you always love the stuff we try from my pornos. Besides…. you watch way more porn than I do.”

You roll your eyes again. “I only watch when you’re away on business trips. Besides, I watch our videos, not faceless strangers. ‘S not the same.”

“I’m just a man after all baby,” He grins, pressing his thigh harder against you. “I promise you won’t be complaining when you’re cumming on my thigh in a few.”

His words send a shiver through your body. You didn’t think the friction would be enough, but you’re already dripping on his thigh.

“You’re not gonna fuck me?” You pout, grinding against his thigh slowly.

He shakes his head. “You’ve such an attitude with me today, don’t think you deserve it.”

It’s like a flip switches inside of you every time things go sexual with him. You were giving him attitude mere minutes ago but now you’re whining desperately and begging him to fuck you.

“Please Gyu… ‘M sorry. Just want your cock…… you told me I could ask when I wanted something. I’m asking nicely,” You look up at him with desperation in your eyes. You don’t even realize how much faster you’ve started grinding against him.

“No baby, you have to learn your lesson. I can’t just give you what you want cuz you said sorry. Gotta punish you a little.”

You whine, head falling down into his large chest. He towers above you, staring down at you almost condescendingly. Your hands grip his shirt harder and you tug at the material clinging to his skin. You hold onto him, clinging tighter to him and pulling yourself closer.

“So greedy baby, begging for my cock like you’re not about to cum on my thigh,” He stares down at you.

“Can’t cum like this,” You pant. “Not enough.”

“It’s more than enough, you’re just greedy. Absolutely insatiable,” He whispers into your ear. He decides to help you out, pushing your panties to the side so your bare bottom meets his thigh.

You groan, pressing yourself harder against him and picking up the pace of your movements. “Fuck me please. Need your cock so bad.” You whine.

“No,” He tells you firmly.

You let out a whine. “But Gyu… you’re already so hard.”

You reach your hand out toward his cock. It’s so big and hard, poking out through the material of both his underwear and shorts. You’re practically salivating, aching to release him from the confines of his clothing and bounce on it.

But he stops you.

Before you can touch him, he reacts quickly and grabs you by both your wrists. He flips your position so it’s now your back resting against the counter and he holds your wrists behind your back firmly. You let out a shaky breath when your back meets the counter.

His thigh is still wedged between yours but the grip he has on your wrists is tight. His other hand now holds your chin and he tilts your head back, forcing you to look at him.

You’re violently throbbing against his thigh. He’s got you pressed so closely against the counter and his body you can hardly move your hips. The friction is now minimal and miserable.

“Keep your hands to yourself,” He grits. “You take what I give you like a good girl or you get nothing. Do that shit again and I’ll stop right now and I won’t touch you again for a week.”

You whimper in response. “You’re so cruel.”

“And you’re a brat. Gotta keep you in check sometimes, pretty girl,” He licks his lips. “You gonna be grateful for what I give you now?”

You nod eagerly without hesitation. Your obedience brings a smile to his face and he releases the grip on your wrists. You find your hands clinging to his shirt again as you begin grinding on his thigh.

You feel like a teenager again. Having to work for your orgasms and hump like a bitch in heat. But the friction is just oh so good. Mingyu tenses his thigh, causing you to moan out and whimper pathetically.

“Oh fuck,” He lets out breathily.

Your knee nudges against the underside of his cock, rubbing against it just enough to have him twitching in his shorts. Building pleasure making precum stain the cotton, steadily leaking out the tip and through both layers separating the two of you.

He adjusts himself in his shorts,lightly palming over his cock and squeezing over his cockhead to avoid cumming himself. He’s not concerned about his own orgasm, but your thigh brushing up against him might just get him there anyway.

Your knees brushes against him so lightly, but it’s driving him crazy. His cock is so big and hard, poking out through the material of his shorts. He ignores it, despite it being so hard to miss and ignore. His attention is on you.

Your hips stutter forward, desperate as you rut against Mingyu’s thigh. He can feel the way you’re pulsing, arousal dripping down his skin. It’s so wet and messy, dribbles of arousal sticking to skin and fabric. The wet noises and your small gasps of pleasure making his cock twitch with every jittery rut of your hips. Your mind feels hazy and your legs feel weak.

His big hands settle back onto your hips, pulling you forward, helping you roll your hips faster. He’s so smitten by your clit dragging against his warm skin.

Your head dips lower into his chest when he tenses his thigh again. You moan loudly and your grip on his shirt tightens. You just need something to hold onto as you feel your high approaching.

He coaxes you through it, talking down at you as his big hands continue to guide your hips. “C’mon pretty girl, that’s it. Cum for me.”

He keeps his thigh tensed, grabbing you by your hair and tilting your head back. He forces you to look at him when you cum. His gaze is lustful and hazy and it has you falling apart in seconds.

You struggle to keep your eyes open, but you know how much it pisses Mingyu off. He wants to see you fall apart and he wants you to watch him. Tears of desperation drip from your eyes as you force them open and rut against his thigh erratically.

You’re a moaning mess, hips rolling against his tensed thigh with no sense of rhythm as your orgasm courses through your body. It’s intense, way more intense than you imagined. Especially considering the way you didn’t think you could cum like this just minutes ago.

Your knees really go weak and nearly give out as you fall limp against his chest, burying your face back against his legs.

You let out a small gasp into his skin when you feel his cock throbbing against your hip. His hands grip your hips tightly and he lets out a long groan with his head tilted back. His adam’s apple is prominent as he leans back and ruins his shorts.

Your mouth opens in awe when you watch his thick release spurt through his shorts. White cum dribbles and stains the black material as he rolls his hips upwards, bringing you both down from your highs slowly.

“Shit,” He whispers.

He pulls himself away from you, looking down at the mess you’ve made.

You’re still lightly panting, looking down between the gap separating you two and taking mental note of the mess.

“Shower?” You finally ask.

“Yeah,” He breathes out. “Needed one anyway after the gym.”

You lean against the counter lazily. Your legs are still shaky. “You gonna fuck me properly in the shower?”

He licks his lips and smirks at you. He shrugs before walking out of the kitchen and toward the bathroom. “Only one way to find out.”

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[miss-may-i]

Miss May I: Season 5 Part 41

Richie: Bella! Bella, come back here!

Richie: Bella, what's going on with you lately? You're not acting like yourself. You've always been emotional, but not like this.

Isabella: Is it so wrong that I love so deeply?

Richie: If it's causing you this much pain, then yeah. Is this about your parents?

Isabella: It's not even just them, it's everybody. Everyone is moving on with their lives and there's no place for me.

Richie: Well then--

Isabella: I know what you're going to say. That I need to move on with my life too, but how?

Richie: How about we talk about this inside? Believe it or not, but I really do love you and don't want you catching a cold.

Isabella: *Sniff*

Isabella: Okay.

Isabella: I guess I just never saw things turning out like this. I always thought I'd live with my parents until it was time for us to live together. Then we'd all be one big happy family. But now... Now I don't even know if I believe in marriage. What's the point if everything can just ... end?

Richie: It's true a lot of marriages end in divorce, but a lot don't either. I admit, I'm not ready to get married right now. But that's also why I'm here. It's so that I can get a good job and give you the life you deserve. Marriage, a big house, cute clothes, kids. I want these things as much as you do, but to do it right takes a lot of work. And I'm not going to go through all of this work just to throw it all away and get a divorce however many years from now.

Isabella: I know and I really appreciate how hard you're working. I do, I really do. This is just hard for me. You're here at college, and Damian and Julian are always working.

Richie: I know you have your heart set on being a stay at home mom, but getting a job, even if it's part-time, or some hobbies really wouldn't hurt. You're a great friend, daughter, girlfriend, and I know you'll be a great wife and mother, but who is Isabella the individual?

Isabella: I guess that's what I'm having a hard time figuring out...

Isabella: How did you figure out you want to get into business?

Richie: Well, it was a few things. I wouldn't say I'm passionate about business, but I knew I'd need a good job to support you. Plus, I'm smart and know I can do it. I like the challenge.

Isabella: Wow, it all sounds so cool when you put it like that. What about for someone who's not very smart?

Richie: You're smart ... in your own way. You'll find something. You just won't know what it is until you try it.

Richie: How about this: you stay the night here then I'll drop you off at the bus station tomorrow before my first class?

Isabella: I do.

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What if we kissed in the Maize Maze?

Ok so I wanted to start posting my Soulmates AU for Raindrop month, but writing for my Medieval one is going waay better than planned and it's confusing me to have 2 separate backstories in my head at once, so while I still have *checks calendar* 5 DAYS, here's a little stand-alone ficlet!

What if we kissed in the Maize Maze? A Midwest Emo Ghouls AU ficlet

Rating: T Content: fluff, literally that's it just fluff Words: 615

Lots of love to @alwaysjustmina for organizing this month again this year, I love any excuse to write about our soggy boys!! 🌦️🖤

hello @revengeghoulette, here is your summons as promised!! 🫡

Read below, or on AO3!

Haymaking season was coming to an end, and Swiss, Mountain and all the ghouls who pitched in to help were looking forward to a well-deserved break. To celebrate the end of the season, Swiss had built a maze out of hay bales for the children and kits of the town, as well as some of the more enthusiastic adults.

The whole community had come together to put on a party at the ghouls' farm. Mountain and his colleagues from the hardware store had built fairground games, Dew had dragged the church's speakers down on a trailer and was playing records Mist had brought from her shop. Aurora's cafe had a small pop-up, and Cirrus had brought a vat of apple cider, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, for the younger guests. Cumulus was in her element, her little face-painting stall attracting such a sizeable queue that Sunshine had jumped in to help out. Phantom was taking his new role as Youth Pastor – and more recently Sunday School teacher – very seriously, replacing her in supervising a very intense game of tag. While Mountain minded the hay maze, Swiss was giving rides on the haycart he had hitched to the back of his tractor, driving the children and kits up and down the field in the warm afternoon sunshine.

After closing time, once the families had gone home, the ghouls had the place to themselves without getting in the way of the fun of the younger members of the community. Rain and Dew were the last ones left inside the maze. Aurora and Mist had quickly disappeared somewhere together, Sunny, Cirrus and Cumulus were deep into their mission of finishing off the cider now that their responsibilities were over, the three of them covered in rainbow paint and body glitter.

Dewdrop and Rain walked hand in hand through the maze, quietly drinking in each other’s company in the balmy evening air. Making it to the centre of the maze they sat down on a bale, surrounded by golden walls on all sides as the amber glow of sunset spread across the sky. Dew leaned his head on Rain’s shoulder, utterly content in the moment.

“It’s beautiful.” Rain commented, as they watched the play of colours around them. “Just like you.”

Dew turned his face to bury it in Rain’s neck, bashful.

“You are, and I’m so proud of you, taking over from Aeth like you did. You’re doing such a great job, love! Look at how the town and harvest are flourishing. I’m honoured to call you my husband.”

Never one to take compliments well, Dew redirected Rain’s affections by capturing his lips in a searing kiss. The pair lost themselves in each other, the cooling temperatures went unnoticed past the warmth of their bodies, the slight prickliness of the hay nothing compared to the soft slide of their lips.

By the time they came up for air, Dew having squirmed his way into Rain’s lap, the sky was glowing a deep russet colour. From outside the maze, they could hear the sounds of the others packing up to leave.

“Alright lovebirds, time to come out or I’ll send the dogs in!” they heard Swiss call. The pair only giggled, Rain placing feather-light kisses across Dew’s cheekbones while he blushed the colour of the sky.

“You don’t have a dog!” Dew hollered back as he struggled to hold in his giggles.

“Hi Dewy.” deadpanned Mountain.

Eventually, Dew and Rain managed to find their way out of the maze, neither wanting to be found and carried out by the giant earth ghoul.

“Nice straw hat, Rain.” smirked Swiss, “although normally you weave it into itself, not directly into your hair!”

[freakyshibs]

Shows that were canned too early that deserved better (imo)

We all hate it when we get wayy too invested into a show with good characters, an interesting plot, and a solid setup right? Well it seems that the networks for these shows didn’t really see it that way sadly, some of these shows are known, others aren’t, but this is just gonna be me rambling about how we didn’t get more of these said shows 😭

The Owl House

Now this one I wont dig deep into too long? We did get a solid ending in the end, but we were definitely robbed of a full season 3

The fact that this was Disneys next big thing, (like Gravity Falls) and still got axed kinda baffles me a bit because executives love big ratings

I heard they cancelled it because of it ‘not fitting the disney brand’ (mostly because there were two main gay characters in it) which I thought was super unfair, because they really were that homophobic 💀

All in all, I enjoyed this show and wanted a full season 3

Close Enough

From Regular Show creator J.G Quintel, this show was definitely more for an older audience, and let me say they did amazing at it.

The shows humor didn’t revolve around cussing or sex jokes, (which is what I see all the time now in modern adult animation) and the show was definitely funny!

Unfortunately though, Max cancelled it after 3 seasons due to the merge of Discovery + and HBO Max, with Max canning alot of shows during that time, this being one of them

We kinda sorta got left on a cliffhanger of sorts?? At least imo. Liked the show and wish we had more

Wander Over Yonder

For a show made by Craig McCracken (Powerpuff Girls, Fosters Home) you’d think it would be popular and have a bunch of seasons right?

Well no, with this show only having two seasons after Disney cancelled it because ‘80 episodes were enough for this show’ which is kinda dumb?? I dunno I just don’t like executives and rules and stuff

I remember this show from my childhood, it was really good in my opinion, I feel like we could’ve had more if Disney didn’t cancel it as early as it did

Love you WOY 🫡

Inside Job

The fact that this show left on a cliffhanger too made me even more upset that Netflix cancelled it as early as they did

Not only was this another adult animated show that didn’t rely on cussing or sex jokes, the story was actually really interesting too and if the show did continue, we would’ve had a happy ending

Screw Netflix actually I will never forgive them for this one

Grojband

I CANNOT stress enough about how this show deserved so much more than what it got, I actually would’ve put it at number one, but the next one is kinda justifiable so ._.

From Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton (Total Drama Island) this show featured a kid and his friends that were in a band, and used lead singers sisters diary as lyric ideas, bc they suck at writing them

And I loved it

I swear I don’t think I’ve ever been heavily interested in and emotionally attached to the characters in a show before, it was so good

The songs in this show were also heavenly, I suggest you give them a listen, theyre really good!

Also another reason I really liked the show was because it was a Canadian toon that didn’t revolve around gross out humor (I applaud them for that)

Unfortunately this was a show Cartoon Network screwed over BIG time, with when it came out during the summer it was airing, kids were mostly outside playing, never really gaining an audience, and then after the first half of the season aired, it was on a 2 YEAR hiatus. With fans questioning if the show would ever come back

Fortunately it did! Except Cartoon Network shoved it on their app, and a year later shoved it onto their sister channel, Boomerang. Then, after the show FINALLY ended their first season, the show was immediately cancelled, with Cartoon Network never really giving it a chance

The whole way Cartoon Network handled this show frustrated me immensely, with it having a decent fanbase, and people wanted more (me being one of them:()

The creators even had alot of plans for next said season, but I guess we will never get to see them (unless a Clone High situation happens but that’s doubtful)

Show was very underrated and deserved SO much more, Cartoon Network fumbled this one and the last show Im about to mention

Sym Bionic Titan

This sci fi animated series by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexters Lab) only lasted one season with 20 episodes

With Cartoon Network cancelling it because of the failure to produce a TOY LINE

The fact this show got axed because of toys just makes me so upset

This was one of those shows that also left on a cliffhanger sadly, so we never really got to see how this show properly ended

With Genndy even saying that he wrote 10 more episodes, but now we will never get to see them

ALSO THE SHOWS SOUNDTRACK WAS SO GOOD?! Love when shows put banger songs in the bg, reminded me so much of Clone High

Anyways thats pretty much it? These are just my opinion tho, everyone is entirely different

[remarcely]

I think everyone has realised by now how cinematically beautiful Season 2 of Loki is, but there's one scene I want to focus on for a second, and that's Sylvie's scene in the record shop.

Not only does this section of Season 2 Episode 5 have some incredible visuals and works of CGI unheard of with Marvels rushed standards, but it explains so perfectly Sylvie's realization and understanding without a single word voicing her own thoughts.

Sylvie got out. She left the TVA, got a normal job, a normal life, and a normal friend; Lyle. A regular non-variant human friend who owns a record shop. This was her reward.

Something important to remember about Sylvie is that she was labelled as 'Variant' and taken to be killed by the TVA when she was a child, around the age of ten. She has spent over half of her life running in fear, which turned quickly into anger at the injustice of her fate. What do you think happens when you tell a child they have no right to exist? No one even remembers why she was taken.

She's earned this life of absolute blessed nothing, but that doesn't make the previous decades vanish. So she buys records, feels through music, and after slipping back into the never ending cycle of the TVA she goes to Lyle's store and puts on a sad song. She sinks into the leather couch, closes her eyes, and feels- a privilege she has only been allowed since she quite literally killed for it.

Then everything falls apart. The universe around her decays, she watches Lyle dissipate into strings, and is reminded of everything the small child inside her is begging to forget.

Sylvie is alone and is forced to acknowledge the one truth, through out all of space and time, that she can never out run.

The universe does not care.

It doesn't care that she's been fighting for as long as she can remember, that she it tired, and it doesn't give a single damn about what she is owed. Bad things happen all the time and there is no single person out there, directing them to the bad people as if they're checking off a list. Destiny is not justice. It's not even a roll of the dice. It's a case of the right place and the right time.

And Sylvie knows that she is one of the very few people that has the power to change at least this, the strings and collapse of the multiverse. Somewhere out there, there are thousands of Sylvie's and each one deserves the chance to live as much as her.

So, as her record swirls up into nothingness, she makes up her mind. A glowing orange portal opens behind her and she leaves, back to the TVA.

The colours and music express the melancholy of this decision so well, because this isn't some heroes epiphany. None of these characters are heroes, they are tricksters, variants, and people who worked for the system that wiped out truly countless lives. They are the people who were in the right place at the right time and saw fit to change that.

Loki Season 2 gives what may be one of my favourite discussions about power and the people that wield it. It is not a thing to be craved, it is something to be suffered. Power isn't fun, it's not meant to make you happy, it is simply something that must be carried on your shoulders as a burden.

All of these characters lose something so that others can have the blessing of existence. They may regain it again later on, like Sylvie having chance number who-knows what at a regular life in the finale, but that doesn't negate the lifetime of suffering that exists in her shadow, always with her and one step behind.

Loki didn't have a happy ending, but it did have the right one.

[incorrecttowerofgodquotes]

Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Season 2 Episode 6 Review

- Suletta needs to learn proper coping techniques fast. Just ignoring the problem doesn’t make it go away. All that does is let it build up inside you until you snap. However, since the very beginning, Suletta has acted as a doormat, letting people walk all over her without speaking up for herself. She deserves to be sad, she deserves to be angry. Being a people-pleaser will only just tear her apart more. Luckily, both Chuchu and Eri realized this, and while Chuchu went about it the healthier way, it was good of Eri to finally cut off Suletta. She needs to establish a life outside of being Aerial’s pilot. It might have been what she was made for, but fuck destiny and parental expectations! Live your own life tanuki!

- Earth House claiming the best supporting character spots simply by recognizing what’s wrong with Suletta and actually acting on it, especially Chuchu. She pushes Suletta to express her true feelings and makes the plan to go see Miorine so she can explain herself. She’s grown up from the violent little doggy she was before. She uses her anger to push her forward, but she isn’t letting it take over her like Norea

- Poor Lauda is projecting his insecurities onto Suletta (though he isn’t really wrong.) He’s dedicated his life and self worth into supporting his brother, much like Suletta with Aerial, and now that Miorine’s the one by his side, he feels empty. He needs to come into his own as person and separate himself from his brother. I can only hope his adorable girlfriend Petra can help him through these times.

- Lauda and Felsi thanking Chuchu made me weak. They’re so honorable. But what shot me in the heart was Felsi’s smile and look back at Chuchu before she ran off. She loves that poofy girl so much. I’d love to see the two go to Earth and fight together

- I feel so bad for Martin. He did the right thing in reporting Nika because she never explained herself despite him giving her multiple chances, and he wanted to protect the rest of his friends. Dude’s carrying a heavy weight on his shoulders, but his little therapy session just made it worse.

- WHAT THE FUCK SECELIA!

- Girl created a whole catholic confession booth on the school to figure out the student’s dirty secrets. Interesting thing though, is that it’s Rouji’s Haro instead of the normal ones. The normal Haro’s are connected to the authorities and report everything but since Rouji’s is custom, it probably doesn’t have that feature. And is Secelia doing this just because she likes gossip or because she’s now taking her job seriously and wants to weed out any dangerous individuals? Or is the Burion House sort of like a secret police that monitors everyone?

- Shaddiq ONCE AGAIN is a total snake, but he’s definitely bit off more than he could chew by meeting with Prospera. If Shaddiq is two steps ahead of our main cast, Prospera is at the top of the stairs ready to push him down

- Peil House is the worst group of people I’ve ever seen in my life. They literally just let a computer decide the fates of orphaned children and pick out which ones they’ll experiment on. Elan Prime was lucky. He could have ended up another Enhanced Person if fate decided to be a dick. Which probably only makes El5n even more pissed. Like, he could have been the special one, but instead some computer decided he wasn’t important enough

- Speaking of El5n, my beloved, tight lips my ass. Bro just spilled the whole tea on Peil to two random fugitives. Shows just how much he hates them. But poor Nika wasn’t expecting to have to deal with all that and now she’s floundering. Maybe she’ll start working on Gundams that don’t kill people. Also El5n calling out Norea and pointing out the similarities between each other all while she’s trying to stab him is hot and I ship them so hard. Nika should ask Sabina for a separate room or she’ll be witness to their hatefucking

- Finally we see the Schwarzette! There’s been so much discussion about this suit, what it was or who would pilot it, and now we get to see it in all its glory. We’ll have to see if the AI will take on the Permet strain or if it’ll hurt the pilot.

- If this anime wasn’t political already, then we’re about to get sooooo political. Miorine is gonna have a hard time connecting with the rioters considering her position and personality. Maybe Guel will be able to help her navigate, and maybe even use his Dawn of Fold connections. Personally, if they want to help, I think setting up field hospitals would be the first best step but that’s just me

- The swole chad Kenanji has now joined the group and I’m so excited. Bro was hyped up in the prologue and then dropped off the face of the earth. But considering he’s on the same spaceship as Prospera, I don’t think he’ll be getting out of it alive

- Eri’s a savage. She allowed Suletta to come to her just to tell her she’s ditching her. Like, I know she’s trying to help, but she could have been gentler. And activating the Permet really didn’t help either.

- Prospera actually does something nice and stops using Suletta for her revenge. But she still doesn’t explain anything and this leaves Suletta a sobbing broken mess out in space. Truly the mother of the year. But the way she defers to Eri shows that ultimately, she’s a broken woman who just wants her daughter back. Everything she’s done is all so she can be with Eri again, ignoring the thousands of people she’s trampled

Next episode is gonna be painful as well. I don’t expect good things to happen on Earth, especially not since karma magnet Guel and warcrime MILF Prospera are there. Also since Shaddiq was the title vocalist, maybe we’ll get more of his backstory?

[beauty-and-passion]

FSS3 Episode 2: Never enough

Welcome to the second episode of FSS3! Let's keep going with the character growth, these boys really deserve it.

Updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

What is FFS3 - Introduction - Season 2 finale - previous episode - next episode

AO3 link for this episode

DISCLAIMER: As said in the introductory post, Fanders Sides Season 3 (season 2 finale included) could have triggering themes/scenes. Please keep that in mind before reading.

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It’s the day of the audition for the hero’s role.

Thomas is behind the stage, waiting for his turn. Remus and Logan are on his sides, Virgil is behind them, biting his nails.

Remus is bouncing, excited and ready to go. Logan is giving Thomas the last bits of advice: it’s almost his turn, so he and Virgil are both quite nervous.

Remus shrugs: it’s okay, it will be a great performance!

Thomas reminds him that they should play the hero’s monologue, not the serial killer’s. Is Remus really ready for that?

Remus confirms, still with the same confidence: sure, he can perfectly do it. It won’t be so hard!

Before Thomas can express more doubts, someone calls his name, so he rushes on stage. Remus runs after him, Virgil and Logan follow and watch from a distance.

Thomas takes a long breath and starts with the monologue: the hero proclaims his past victories, talks about the enemies he already defeated, shows how strong and powerful he is and narrates about all the times he was in danger and, despite the difficulties, still won.

Remus recites the lines, accompanies every word with a movement, a pose, an expression. And everything he does, Thomas does it the same, by mimicking it to perfection.

Still, something isn’t working. Despite the perfect overlap between Thomas’ and Remus’ actions, voices and expressions, something is still missing.

Logan notices first: it’s not a bad performance, he says to Virgil, but it’s not the best performance. It’s not what Thomas can really do.

On stage, Remus seems to notice as well and his expression changes into a pensieve one: it’s clear he’s thinking of a solution, trying to find out what’s wrong.

And then, his eyes light up and he suddenly stops.

Thomas fumbles a bit, caught by surprise by the sudden lack of creativity. Still, he keeps reciting the monologue.

Logan intervenes and immediately runs on stage. He approaches Remus and asks him what’s wrong, to which Remus replies with just four words: “I am not enough”.

Logan is taken aback by this. He says this is preposterous: he’s doing a very good job, he’s helping Thomas! Sure, he never worked alongside Thomas like he’s doing now, but he’s not bad at all. He’s showing he can be useful. This is the only chance he has and will ever have to prove it. And Logan knows he can do it.

Remus shakes his head, so Logan insists: Remus is enough. He has the power of a Creativity. He’s clever, he’s resourceful. He can do anything he puts his mind into. And if he needs help, Logan will give him all the help he needs…

But Remus stops him: he knows he can do anything he wants, he says. When he said he wasn’t enough, he didn’t mean he’s not good. He meant that he’s not enough by himself.

Before Logan can reply, Remus asks him to take his place. Logan is confused and tries to say something, but Remus stops him again: they both know he’s a lot more than just logic. That’s his chance too. And without giving Logan time to reply, he just leaves.

Remus sinks and rises up again, this time in a field - the same one from the season 2 finale. He walks toward a cabin and, without knocking at the door, opens it.

Inside the cabin, there is just one table, one window and one sideboard with shelves. The table is full of things: fruits assembled to form a still life, a canvas with a charcoal sketch, powder colors, sprays, liquid colors, lacquers, flowers hanging from the ceiling, books piled up, scattered notes on a scrapbook and an opened journal.

Roman is there, standing in front of the table. As soon as he hears the door opening, he turns around. What is Remus doing here? Roman specifically asked for some time alone, why is his brother there? Shouldn’t he be helping Thomas?

Remus approaches his brother, then asks if Roman feels like him.

If Roman was annoyed before, he’s confused now. What does that mean?

Do you feel the same?, Remus insists. Do you feel ideas burning like a fire inside you? Do you feel them consuming your organs and throat, until you can do nothing but release them?

Roman looks at the table full of stuff, the tiny cabin full of things. He nods. He was thinking and reflecting on himself and the more he thought, the more ideas had. To the point, they were suffocating him and he couldn’t keep them hidden anymore.

So he asked for some time alone to… understand them. To experiment. To let them flow and see what he was able to do with them.

But still (and his expression turns into frustration) no matter what he starts doing, he can’t find a way to finish it. He lets the ideas flow, but then there’s always something missing. He ends them and he’s not satisfied. They’re not like he figured them in his mind. And he can’t pinpoint exactly what he’s doing wrong.

Remus looks at him, at his frustration, at the room full of stuff, at the half-finished projects. And then, he says Roman will never be enough for Thomas. His creativity will never be enough to cover all the needs Thomas has. He will always miss something. His ideas will always be unfinished.

He turns to Roman: he looks hurt, almost on the verge of tears. 

But Remus keeps talking and says he will also never be enough. Even if Thomas won’t stifle him anymore, even if he accepts all of his ideas, Remus will never be enough. Even if Remus tries to change into something more family-friendly, he will never be good enough. He will always miss something.

While Remus talks, we see the situation on stage: Thomas is still fumbling a bit, while the monologue keeps going: the hero doesn’t sound too sure, while talking about his victories. His voice fades, while he asks himself if he was enough. Did he do everything he could to save those people? Did he do everything he could, to avoid more victims? Did he really do his best?

Logan looks around, searching for a solution. He cannot leave Thomas alone, so he asks Virgil to come on stage and help, but Virgil vehemently shakes his head and hides behind the stage.

Logan is left alone, while Thomas falls on his knees, still playing the monologue. Maybe, the hero says, he didn’t do everything he could. Maybe he wasn’t enough.

Silence falls and so Logan gets on his knees as well, mimicking Thomas’ pose. Then, he starts reciting the lines. He didn’t do his best, the hero says. He could’ve done better. He could’ve saved more lives. But without him, more lives would’ve been lost. Without him, more children would’ve lost their families. He wasn’t perfect, but he tried his best. He put his life on the line. He did what his heart told him to do.

Thoma tries to follow Logan’s words, but there isn’t a perfect overlap. His words and actions are a bit delayed. And Logan is still a bit stiffy in his poses, words and expressions.

We cut back to Remus. He’s still talking and he tells Roman that, no matter how hard they try, their ideas will always miss something. Roman cannot handle the full creative process by himself and Remus cannot do that either.

However… he says as he picks up the brushes and bends on the canvas. He puts colors on it, while still talking.

He and Roman will always be useless by themselves, he says. Always. Because they are two halves of a full Creativity. A gore-y, creepy, dark part and a stupid, dull, boring part.

(“Hey!”, Roman protests)

Remus leaves the canvas to the side and picks up a few flowers, to throw them on the scrapbook.

They are two halves, he insists while pressing them down. And they will always be incomplete by themselves, because they will miss what the other can do. Roman is good at exploring and refining ideas, but bad at making them. Remus is full of ideas, but not patient enough to develop them.

While he talks, he picks a few leaves, drips them in liquid color, then throws them on the journal.

By themselves, they will never make a masterpiece, he says and walks away, to show Roman the table full of projects. But together…

Roman approaches the table. The canvas is finished and his draft, which was so precise and elegant, is now colored in vibrant tones with a pop texture. The flowers in the scrapbook are not enclosed in the beautiful rectangles Roman made for them, but they sit between the words, as if words and leaves are one huge painting decorated by empty, embroidered frames.

While the journal was just elegant notes in black on white paper. But when Roman removes the leaves, he notices they left prints of colors, dots and splashes that light up the pages in a much funnier, more interesting way.

From that, the camera shows us Logan and Thomas on stage. While he keeps playing the monologue, Logan’s movements slowly become less rigid, his expressions soften, his words are much more fluid. And the delay between his actions and Thomas’ becomes less and less evident. We can finally see Thomas perfectly mimicking his words, actions and expressions. In a perfect overlap, we shift from Logan saying his lines, to Thomas finishing those same lines.

While we keep seeing them, the camera alternates to show us Roman turning to Remus. For 30 years of his life, he says, he saw Remus as something bad, because that was his way of thinking: everything that didn’t follow the concept of “hero = good” was automatically bad. So, Remus was bad too.

But once Roman realized he could be anything he wanted, that he could be a hero and a villain at the same time, he got struck by a realization: if he could be good and bad, then there was no need to divide between these two concepts. And so, there was no need to divide between Sides. There was no “us” vs “them” anymore. No more “good Sides” and “evil Sides”.

You were ashamed of yourself, Remus says.

I was, Roman admits. I still am. I still have a lot to learn. This is why I locked myself here and tried to create something: to prove I learned my lesson and was worthy of another chance. But nothing came out of these experiments, no idea was truly completed… until you came here.

Remus shows him a grin: some things never change, don’t they? He should always intervene, to save his brother’s ass.

Roman laughs. He asks Remus if he wants to try: would you like to do this together?

Remus offers his hand: let’s show what we can do, to that bunch of pussies out there.

Roman accepts his hand and we go back on the stage. Logan is steering Thomas into the final part of the monologue: the hero is aware of his past mistakes, he knows he could’ve done better. But he also knows he changed something. He made a difference. So, this time, he will use his experience as a lesson and face this new fight with a more mature mentality.

While Logan talks, Roman’s voice overlaps and reconnects with his last lines. Logan blinks, caught by surprise: he turns around, sees the two Creativities and exchanges a gaze with Remus. Remus nods and picks from Roman’s words, while walking on stage. Roman follows him, still reciting the lines. Remus continues, with a new action, new expressions.

Logan slowly retreats, while the two Creativities keep exchanging lines, shifting from one action to the other, their movements and expressions naturally flowing from one to the other.

And Thomas follows them both, mimicking their expressions, their gestures, their enthusiasm, into an ending full of hope and determination.

Thomas ends his monologue and, in the silent theater, he bows.

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END CARD

Thomas returns home and everyone is excited: Roman and Remus are enthusiastic, Logan confirms it was an excellent performance, even Virgil is satisfied.

Thomas thanks them all very much: Logan and Virgil did a great job at keeping everything in line and the twins have been amazing! Gosh, he’s so happy Roman is back! But is it okay for Roman too? Does he need more time for himself?

Roman confirms everything is okay now. He got what he needed. He just has one tiny request: he wants to keep working together with his brother.

Virgil’s happy expression turns into worry. Thomas is a bit worried too, but also confused. Is he sure?

Yes, Roman confirms. Remus helped with the performance, so he wants to see what else his brother can do.

Remus takes that as a challenge: he’s full of ideas he wants to try.

Perfect, says Roman in the same defiant tone. Give them to me, I will make something good out of them.

With a huge grin, Remus confirms he can’t wait to see that.

Still, Virgil looks a bit worried. He asks Roman if he’s really really sure he wants to work with Remus. To which, Roman replies that yes, he’s sure. He wants to give him another chance.

From his side, Thomas says that if Roman is okay with that, he’s okay too. He trusts Roman and wants him to explore the concept of creativity as much as he wants. He knows Roman will make something great out of it.

Roman is very moved by this, he thanks Thomas with a grateful expression. Then, Thomas says goodbye to all of them and all the Sides sink.

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Logan rises again in a bedroom, in front of Thomas’ degree certificate. A voice behind him says it sucks when someone doesn’t acknowledge your contributions, doesn’t it?

Logan turns around: Remus is sitting cross-legged on Thomas’ bed. He’s looking at him with the usual mischievous spark in his eyes.

Logan says Thomas thanked him, Remus replies that this wasn’t even remotely enough. Logan didn’t just “keep everything in line”: he gave Remus more time to talk with Roman and covered for both Creativities, by guiding Thomas through his monologue. He did something incredible. And Thomas should’ve acknowledged it.

Logan shrugs: he’s used to Thomas not recognizing his job.

Doesn’t it piss you?, Remus asks. Don’t you feel your blood boil?

Logan closes his hands into fists, purses his lips. Then, he turns around and apologizes to Remus: he did the same thing in WTIT, didn’t he? He didn’t acknowledge Remus’ contributions. He should’ve paid attention and helped him get his points through Thomas, instead of forcing Thomas to follow a plan he wasn’t interested in. Remus is useful and Logan knows it: he should’ve helped, instead of opposing him.

Remus says that the same goes for Logan: he is not just Thomas’ logical Side, he is a lot more than that. And Thomas needs him too.

Logan turns around and repeats he is just doing his job.

You can do a lot more, Remus insists. You can play a role in the creative process.

Logan shakes his head and says this is ridiculous. This is Remus’ and Roman’s field, not Logan’s.

Then, he quickly sinks and leaves Remus alone.

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AUTHOR’S NOTE

Character growth! Logan starting to show what he can do! Closure of WTIT!

Logan never had a chance to prove how useful he is for the creative process, so I wanted to force him to show that. We all know logic plays a fundamental role in everything creative, but he never had a chance to truly show that. He needed it. And I also needed to establish his point of view about it at the moment, which is “I have nothing to do with that”. At least now we’re sure what his position is.

The twins needed a confrontation, but in order to have that, Roman should’ve reached a more mature understanding. He should’ve realized that the world isn’t just “black” or “white”. Only after that, he can really talk with his brother and offer him a collaboration.

Speaking of Remus, again, I wanted to show his cleverness. Remus. Is. Intelligent. He’s freaking clever. And if he was so clever during WTIT to understand Logan’s problem, why shouldn’t he be clever enough to understand his own problem?

And then, WTIT. Logan and Remus needed another moment post-WTIT. Not because Remus needed an apology, but because Logan needed to apologize for his own lack of intelligence. Just like Remus, he’s just too clever to not recognize what he did wrong.

(I just like these two being very clever, okay?)

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[madame-fear]

I have said this about Shadow And Bone with season 2, their writers room (and Netflix and their marketing for it) and I will say it now about HBP MAX and Ryan Condal and their writers room.

THEY SHOULD LET ME IN THE WRITERS ROOM BECAUSE I CAN FIX THIS. I COULD TAKE DAEMON OUT OF HIS LUIGI'S HAUNTED MANSION ERA OR AT LEAST MAKE IT LESS...WHATEVER THAT WAS. AND NOT GIVE EVERYTHING JACE DID TO SOMEONE ELSE😭.

I am just that one 'let me in' meme okay lmao

I COULD TAKE DAEMON OUT OF HIS LUIGI'S HAUNTED MANSION ERA

THE WAY I LITERALLY SNORTED AT THIS BECAUSE OF HOW TRUE IT IS AHAJKSKDID MY MAN IS LITERALLY LIVING HIS OWN HAUNTED MANSION ERA AND I ALREADY GREW SICK AND TIRWD OF IT????? like okay WE GET IT,, this madnesd should have stopped when we got him banging his own mother LMAOOO 😭😭

Also Daemon is getting his ass haunted by almost every dead character in the show but I haven’t been given a single CRUMB of ghost/hallucination Luke... Imagine my outrage, bestie 🙄🙄

GIRLIE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID I bet that you and I could do a much better job inside HOTD than all the rest of the characters,, when will this madness end??? ALSO I FEEL LIKE JACE IS NOT BEING GIVEN THE PROPER ATTENTION HE DESERVES IM GOING MAD AHHSHDJ AHHHHH 😭

[ladyloveandjustice]

Winter 2023 Anime Overview: Two More Anime!

I already did a massive review of The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, check it out here! Highly rec'd show.

So here are the reviews of the other two shows I watched last season! (I also watched BOFURI season 2 but it's experiencing delays because of COVID and isn't finished yet. Also, I'm not caught up. Basically it's a fun relaxing show, though). Now onto the reviews!

Ippon Again!

Ippon Again! follows Michi, who plans to quit judo after middle school, but then the very girl she lost against in her last tournament gets her back in the game! From there, a scrappy high school girls judo team goes for the gold!

 It always feels like a miracle when we actually get a sports anime focused on girls that takes them seriously as athletes and doesn’t sexualize them to hell and back, and Ippon Again is one of those miracles. It’s an all around really solid sports anime with lovable characters. It does an especially good job fleshing out the rival team members just as much as our protagonists and making you really root for both of them- and the amount of attention paid to the opponents can make the matches feel genuinely unpredictable.

The show doesn’t really explain a lot of the judo terms, but they’re easy enough to pick up from context. It’s clear the show doesn’t have all the resources in the world from its reliance on freeze frames, but it has smart directing that knows how to cut corners to keep it looking good, and they do whip out some nice looking fluid animation for big moments like the fight in episode four and the fights in the final episodes. I did find the characters a bit hard to distinguish in the early going due to the show’s muted palette and character designs, but I recognized them all eventually.

Like most sports anime, it’s really gay but all the gayness is relegated to subtext (Michi likes to constantly mention she wants to get a boyfriend to the point where it feels almost like a parody, but it’s pointed out she’s never going to look for one because she cares about judo more). I do like the handsome lady that acts as team coach. Another thing I really appreciate is that there are heavier characters on the opposing teams at times, but no disparaging comments are made about their weight- in fact, it’s noted as an advantage.

Overall, it’s a good series that I’d recommend to any sports anime fan, especially ones hungry for sports anime that respects its female characters and pays attention to all the competitors!

Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

Kobayashi is a huge fan of the villainess character in an otome game, Liesalotte. The villainess is in love with the prince, but she’s such a tsundere that her feelings never get across to him! (When it comes to love, she lies a lot. Do you get it.). Tragically, Lieselotte’s inability to communicate her feelings leads her to die in almost every ending of the game. Kobayashi decides to sit down with her friend, Endo, and they do some live commentary on the game as they play it. Then they discover that the prince inside the game can actually hear their commentary! These game fans are determined to use this new found power to give their fave villainess the happy ending she deserves, and so they slowly start to change the plot of the game…

This is a clever twist on the villainess isekai genre and it’s pretty fun at times! (The prince's confusion over "tsun de rais" is great).

However, the production is noticeably struggling. I read a chunk of the manga alongside this out of curiosity, and the contrast between the two made this especially apparent. The animation is barely hanging in there and is much less expressive than the manga’s art, and the story suffers from skipping over a lot of moments that flesh out the characters in the manga in order to fit into the twelve episode runtime. Unlike with Magirevo, almost everything the anime omits is pretty necessary to help the characters feel fully rounded- for instance, one character realistically get angry that a parent lied to her in the manga, but the anime has to cut that for time, so she just seems to roll with it and feels less like a person with reasonable emotions as a result. The manga's story is just much better paced than the anime, and it looks really good and gets both the comedy and badass moments across a lot better.

There’s also a few sexist, heteronormative or just plain offputting moments/lines and moments in the anime aren’t in the manga (and it’s not just a matter of translation, because the art reflects it in one case).

All that said, the anime does complete the story while the manga is still ongoing. So if you want to know the end (and don't read light novels, since if you can't tell from the title, it is a light novel adaptation!), the anime's still a decent option.

As for the story itself, it’s pretty tropey but cute. I wish the commentary angle was implemented more, and I feel the show could have benefited from being willing to delve into the experience of fandom and the contrast between the two worlds a little more too. It’s worth noting that in-story games’ original love interests for the teenaged "heroine character" include a teacher and a pre-teen kid, though in the storyline of the actual show they both get with age-appropriate love interests.

 I was also pretty annoyed that a very combat-capable female character who is  initially put off by her love interests constant declarations he’ll protect her suddenly (and conveniently!) reveals that she hated physical fighting all along and wants him to be stronger and bleh. She’s given an in-story reason for this, but it feels very contrived to place her in an  “appropriate” feminine role. But then she still physically fights in the finale anyway?? (and so does Liesalotte) (and there’s a minor girl character that explicitly wants to be a knight who physically protects her fragile mage boyfriend even if the anime skips over most of that plotline) so…I guess that mollifies things a bit?? But why did it need to be there?

(It’s even weirder in the manga btw, because there’s a moment the anime skips over where she actually tells him to stop saying he’ll protect her and that they should protect each other and he agrees, which was a very sweet and good resolution! But then they go and undo it!)

All my caveats aside, the ending of the anime was just so completely ridiculous  and full of fannish wish fulfillment I couldn’t help but be endeared. You have an absolutely bizarre reinterpretation of Adam and Eve, a flip on the premise that brings everyone together in a fun way, a scenery chewing villain who’s dealt with in an unintentionally funny way, and it’s just a feast of pure cheese.

If you want to watch something goofy and earnest and fun and don’t mind a clunky production and slightly rushed story , you could do a lot worse than this show. And hey, if the anime’s too threadbare for you, the manga’s getting published in English and it has great art! So you can always give that a look.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Hey can you give me some examples of early Chloe being provoked? is that the right word? anyway being provoked into her worse acts early on. I know you've talked about it before but like the only example I remember is Zombiezou

YEAH

So I stand by: Chloé's retailiation is rarely ever /justified/, but we do see that there is provocation behind some of her actions.

Examples:

Lady Wifi - One of the ones where Chloé's retaliation was genuinely justified. Alya was being a fucking creep and taking pictures of the inside of her locker.

Rogercop - Another justified one. Her bracelet was stolen, she has every right to be upset and accuse the classmates who are the only suspects. Especially when Roger refuses to do his job.

Kung Food - Slight debate on this one. Chloé was being a little snarky, but she was also being honest. As a judge who hates soup, a contestant who makes soup will not win many points. Marinette escalates and takes if further, making personal insults. Her retaliation is not justified, but it was provoked.

Zombizou - As you mentioned. She is minding her own business when the classmates start insulting her for *checks notes* not getting a birthday present for their teacher. Her retaliation is not justified, but it is provoked.

Frightningale - Chloé did legitimately get the part of Ladybug in Clara's video, but Marinette went 'no Chloé doesn't deserve good things ever' and decided to do something she hated(being in the spotlight) and risk her identity just to spite her. Chloé's retaliation is a bit out of proportion and hurt Clara more than Mari, but was absolutely provoked.

That's the ones in the ones I can think of in Season 1-2. There's also some other odd ones like Horrificator, where Chloé's reaction is understandable and something the rest of the class also does but she's just a bit meaner about it, or Darkblade, where she thinks that the bad thing she's doing is just how the situation is supposed to work and totally fine and normal, or Dark Cupid, where she might have been mean but is totally in her right to reject someone's feelings.

[thekatebridgerton]

Here me out. I think s4 could be philoise. Sophie is not introduced yet & even if the ball happened in s3 dont forget there I'd suppose to be a gap between their 1 meeting to when the story takes off. Plus 1 of the reason we're polin now is because they don't want to aggravate the fan, well the same applies for philoise. Add the actress playing Marina is sick she might not be up to return to a project so close to what she's going through her story could be wrapped in 1 scene or with her not even present in s3, paving the way for s4 philoise.

Okay so before I answer this I'd first like to encourage all of you to support Ruby Barker, who plays Marina. Like I always do. She's an amazing actress who has been trough a lot and deserves all the love.

Now for those of you who don't know the context, Ruby Barker was quite open about her hospitalization in May 2022 due to mental health problems. She has subsequently been posting pictures of what we assume is a happy and healthy path to recovery. BUT we haven't heard anything about her taking on new projects. Which likely means she's not ready to go back to work yet. (And honestly, acting, is a job, glamourous as it is, if any of us had a job that caused us to have mental health struggles, the least recommended thing would be to go back to that job, until healing was well and truly accomplished)

Because of the situation with Marina's actress I do think s4 is going to be Benophie. I love Phillip as much as any other Philoise fan, but 1) Benophie fans were left pretty high and dry after they polin season was announced 2) Eloise has a lot of growing up to do, before she's ready to start her journey towards true love. At least with Benedict, we know he is open to finding love.

I disagree with what you said about not wanting to aggravate Philoise fans. Because, and I say this with all the kindness in the word, Philoise fans are less rabid than Polin fans. They're even less rabid than Benophie fans. (by a landslide but they are). You will find that when push comes to shove, Philoise fans will be happier to wait for s5 than Benophie fans ever would (and I say this with all the love in the word, Benophie fans, you are as scary as the Polins)

In fact, with the recent recasting of Francesca, there is a possibility that s4 will mash up An Offer From A Gentleman and about half of what happens in When He was Wicked.

I'd also like to add something very very obvious about TSPWL. that for Philoise to happen benophie NEEDS TO EXIST FIRST. at least one quarter of TSPWL involves Eloise and Phillip going in and out of My Cottage. The philoise proposal happens in Sophie's study and the scene where Phillip saves Benophie's son from a fever is pretty pivotal for Phillip and Eloise character development. Netflix can't just cut that part out and I will seriously riot if they decide to substitute those scenes of Philoise bonding with Benophie, with Kanthony or Polin.

the point of showing in s1 and s2 how much closer Eloise is with Benedict than she is with the rest of her siblings. Is to draw a parallel of how they both fall inlove with people who love them and accept them for who they are. Both in Sophie, who has always seen Benedict as his own person, and never confuses him with Bridgerton #1 or Bridgerton #3. And with Phillip who sees everything that people consider flaws in Eloise and celebrates her for it.

isn't it also interesting that Eloise and Benedict have the only 2 Bridgerton spouses who have suffered childhood physical abuse as well. Because here are two people who need to be loved so desperately it hurts because they have received so little love in their pasts, and that just tugs at that weak spot inside of Benedict and Eloise. Because they can give all the love and they just want to feel needed but still maintain their independence and holding on to their right to do what they want in life. Sophie and Phillip not only need them, but also support their individuality and encourage their self expression to the extreme.

So when the Philoise season does come Benophie kinda needs to have already happened.

and that's the tea

[thatone-brightstar]

Finally finished Season 2 and here are my thoughts that no one asked for but I have to purge from my brain somehow:

Spoilers! (obvi) and theyre also all over the place

Okay, so for starters,

Richie's character development this season was absolute perfection to me. Like, thinking that Carmy sent him to stage just to get rid of him, only to find out that he actually does care enough for him to learn from a badass place and chef Terry telling him that "He isn't wrong" and that "Carmy has faith in him"??- STOP I wept-.

Also making him a swiftie was just so on brand for him- and having Gillian Jacobs as Tiff was amazing! My brain automatically went "oh Britta's in this?" on E6.

Speaking of- E6 had my hands going all clammy and my pulse quickening. I had to pause every few minutes to take a breath cause suddenly I was a teen again, walking on landmines as I try to not trigger a fight during the holidays. I'm Latina, specifically Mexican, so the huge family reunions every holiday were a must (20+ px) and I have not related more to Carmy than in the kitchen scene with Donna, she's spewing command after command and he's just trying to not fuck up anything she's telling him to do cause he knows the outcome will be horrendous when he does. And I say 'when' instead of 'if' because in those situations a fallout is always inevitable.

Sydne's inspiration montage was edited so beautifully, you can really see the gears turning in her head and I think how she takes inspiration from her surroundings is a clear indication of how in love she is with cooking, seeing it in everything.

Nat is a badass and I wanna give her a hug. She took on the role of project manager to this thing she didn't even want to be a part of in the first place, with not much support from Carmy, (also don't know if she still had her day job) whilst on top of that creating a whole human inside of her- like, that is ballsy if you ask me and she deserves everything good.

I was doing well getting over my taste of tatted cooks and now I have brain rot for Luca.

That is all, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk *bows*

PS. I'll talk about the whole Claire debacle on another post cause that deserves its own rant lol

[notwhatiam]

Okay, look. It’s not just that I personally love and relate to this silly conspiracy show so very much. It’s that creators, no matter what they are working on, fundamentally do NOT deserve to be treated like this. For context: Inside Job released a first season divided up into two parts, actually garnered a fairly sizable and very supportive fandom, and was officially granted a second season by Netflix. After writing Part 2 of the show around the prospect of getting to keep making it for longer (and probably getting things started with the promised second season), the creators are now being told that Netflix is going back on its deal and stopping the show in its tracks. Basically, a bunch of people who thought they had jobs doing what they loved for the foreseeable future no longer do, and the audience will never get to see the ending of their story.

I got into the entertainment business because I thought creativity was valuable, and pretty much everything I’ve seen in Hollywood so far has proven otherwise. It’s really difficult to stare down the barrel of a life in this industry knowing that, even if you succeed in getting to create what you want, the handful of people in power can just randomly play god with your work in the shittiest possible ways. Even if you don’t watch this show in particular, the greater situation at play here is worth getting angry about. So, if you feel like shaking your fist at the tyranny of big corporations today, give this petition a sign and let Netflix know they made a bad move.

[neurodiversebones]

booth!! (for the mountain goats lyrics thing :D)

OH i have strong ideas about this . the lead singer of TMG is catholic and their music is FULL of catholic imagery (every song from The Life of The World To Come is named after a bible verse- my fav song from that album is hebrews 11:40 i fucking love that song) !! and a lot of their music focuses on survival, recovery, shitty pasts, and addiction so . VERY booth . this turned into deep booth character analysis through TMG so it's below the cut since it's long as hell

cotton: this is one of the top three songs of all time for me and is sooo booth-coded to me.

this song is for the soil / that's toxic clear down to the bedrock : booth thinks there's something fundamentally wrong with him because of his childhood. he is terrified of becoming his father and continuing that cycle of abuse

this song is for the people / who tell their families that they're sorry / for things they can't and won't feel sorry for : booth has... a lot of guilt engrained within him. he needs to make things right for everyone, needs to make sure that he is perfect and can never hurt anyone again. he feels the need to fix things he hasn't even done, make up for things he couldn't help but do.

this song is for the cars / that are right now headed silent down the highway / and it's dark and there is nobody driving / and something has got to give : this lyric reminds me a lot of young booth- hurtling toward something dangerous, knowing that really, the only way for this to stop is for either him or his father to die. something has got to give, and it's going to be him.

genesis 30:3 : this song is soooo booth being in love with brennan and loving her no matter what, wanting to do the best for her because she does the best for him.

talked about the days they said were sure to come / had a hard time believing : both of them grew up accepting that they were never really going to be happy. brennan believed she'd never be in love, and booth accepted that he'd never get to be with the woman he loved. this line specifically feels like late season 6 b&b to me, post hannah breakup but pre b&b getting together, in that weird sad self aware era (which is where we get some of my favourite b&b moments ever- blackout in the blizzard my BELOVED)

for several hours we lay there, the last ones of our kind / harder days coming, maybe i don't mind : the two of them find peace together once they *finally* stop chasing each other down. they know their lives are both hard, they know there will still be pain and hurt, but they love each other, and that's enough for now.

open up the promise of the day / drive the dark things away / i will do what you ask me to do / because of how i feel about you : booth would literally do anything to see brennan smile, to heal her from all the hurt she's experienced. she showed him what love and joy and safety felt like, and he wants her to feel the same. he would without a doubt, do anything for her.

spent gladiator 2 : this song is angry booth. it's his trauma, his hurt. the anger and betrayal he tries to keep inside of him but just... can't.

like a spent gladiator / crawling through the dust / who can count on his remaining limbs / all the people he can trust : booth really has never had anyone in his life. before brennan, the only people in his life he could genuinely trust to care about him were probably his pops and cam. he almost feels like he deserves it- like this is who he is, like it's his job to be alone and be hurt.

like someone who's found a small town to escape to / keeps one eye on his abandoned former self : even when he's started to heal (or... "heal"- sure, he isn't so outwardly angry, but he's not happy), he is terrified of becoming that person again. he's terrified of going back to that dark place, where he didn't care about anyone, because he really didn't care about himself.

stay in the game / just try to play through the pain : booth will never express his emotions, or let them get in the way of his work. he's always fine, no matter how miserable he is. he's always had to work through the pain, just live through it, because acknowledging it wouldn't make it stop, it'd just make it more real.

[squids-and-jellyfish]

The Phantom Thief

decided to try first person with this one. It's different but picks up in the same spot

part 9

Once I was finished buying my seeds, i headed back home with the tiny kitten in my arms. Carrying this precious baby made the walk seem much longer than usual. As I went under the town arch way an odd feeling ran through me. I had to much to do when I got home but sopmething felt very off.  My instintcs told me to turn around and run back to the safety of the small quirkly town. and yet I find  myself taking a step forward, and another. The trees along the path growing larger and looming down on me, the sun turning into darkness. Surely that cant be the case. Almostt back to the farm i swear I can see glowing eyes watching me as I go. Then up ahead like the light at the end of a tunnel the cabin comes in to view. And then the feeling is gone. 

“here we go kitty its okay. See we are home. Its not much but do you like it?” Holding the little guy up to look around. “ theres plenty of room for you to run around and play.” “Meow!” he purrs in affirmation, rubbing his face against mine before pushing out of my arms jumping to ground and running straight to the front door. A bell jingles and chimes as he pats is back and forth on the steps. Huh where did that come from? On my porch pinched in his claws is a silver bell tied around a purple envelope.  My heart drops and my breath catches. Oh no.  Not another letter. Snatching it up tearing at the paper like air, my feet overed in purple confetti. 

“I hope you like your gift! I thought it might be nice to give you something instead of always taking. 

Ps. I attached a bell for his collar. I like to think of it as a necklace though.

-The Phantom Thief”

What the fuck? This psycho broke into my home, went through my things, pretended to steal my jewelry and now has given me a cat. Who even does that? A crazy person that's who.  I could call for the police but what would I say,  hi officer yes I'd like to form a complaint that someone gave me a cat. Yeah that would go over so well. 

Wiping my brow from sweat and dirt I admire the job I've done. My pumpkin rows more of a zigzag that straight lines, the stakes for the eggplants all leaning at an angle but one. I made an attempt to create a design with the corn that came out like something a child would scribble. But it was done. I did pretty decent for someone who doesn't have a clue what they're doing. Fake it till you make it or whatever. More like fake it till you fail it. The last 2 seasons of produce I've tried to grow have ended up being small and flavorless. 

Trailing behind me the kitten jingles as I enter the cabin. He rams into the back of my ankles when I come to a dead stop just inside the threshold.  All the clothes scattered across the floor, neatly folded and sitting on the now made bed. The sink is clean from the days old dirty dishes. A bouquet of sunflowers in a vase sitting in the middle of the table. You mean to tell me I've had a vase this entire time. Wow I don't think this place has ever been this clean, even since before I moved in. I locked the door before taking yet another purple envelope,  this time clipped to a flower, and opening it. 

“You looked so beautiful this morning. I thought a pretty girl deserves pretty flowers.

-TPT”

Did this creep know they were my favorite or was this just a lucky guess. This whole day has been a roller-coaster. Up and down. I feel like I should search if something is missing but honestly I don't think I'd even be able to tell. They did say that they were giving today not taking so I'm sure it fine. And if it's not, I'm too tired to care. 

“what should your name be, I'm thinking maybe Oliver? Do you like that?” he comes and rubs his body around my feet weaving between them. “Okay let's try it out. Oliver. Oliver. Yeah that sounds good.” Now it's decided, I'll head to bed. 

In my pajamas sitting in bed, watching little Oliver play on the floor I glance at my clothes creating a new pile at the food of them bed. Great now I feel like shit for making a mess in my own home. Though I feel more like a guest here. I play with the thought of leaving for my new “house keeper” but nah that's rude. I should clean it up incase they come back and it angers this, stalker. That is what you'd call them right? My eyes wander the room, taking in the potential this place has. I never really noticed it before. With a little personalization it does have a certain charm to it. They settle on a pink food and water set on the ground next to the kitchenette. My eyes pop as realization hits me like smack to the head. “You're a girl! Well Oliver won't due in that case. Hmmm,” tapping my chin as I think to myself. What's a good name for a girl? Observing her features, she's almost white with a brown face and blue crossed eyes, a siamese.  “What about we drop the R and make it Olive? “meow meow!”