#HOOOOOO BOY THERE BETTER BE A SEASON 3

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Thoughts on MAW episodes 9 and 10

Episode 9:

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALL WEEK OMGGGGGGG

Damn there’s already tension with Val…oof

Poor Jack 😭

Stupid Tylor…there was no valet

Fear Co’s scare floor is so much bigger holy shit

THE GREMLIN’S NAME IS CHOMPY ILY SO MUCH CHOMPY

It’s okay, bby. I hate being touched too

Still a HUGE fan of Joy

That PARALLEL

Val befriending all the kids is sweet af 🥹🥹🥹

Huh…Pete (The Claw) is there…

awwww MIFT is so supportive

Ooooh Joy doesn’t like losing….kinda reminds me of another lizard monster

I kinda expected Fear Co to be toxic���.

Awww look at the photo on Crab Cakes’ desk

fuckin simp

OH SHIT IT’S BEN NOOOO

Tylor nooooooo…..

Hey remember when Sully told Tylor how he felt when he accidentally scared Boo? NOW YOU KNOW WHY, TYLOR

EX VIBES EX VIBES EX VIBES I TOLD YA’LL CUTTER AND SUNNY ARE EXES

JILL STOP BLAMING MI

Wow even Chet doesn’t know

RANDALL!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAA

I KNEW JOHNNY SHOULDN’T BE TRUSTED! I KNEW IT!!!! HE’S EVIL!!!

Episode 10:

Ig Randall stayed in ROR….damn

RANDY HAS A SCAR!!!!!

Awww that’s sweet of Johnny to save Randall

Whoever guessed Randall was behind it…ya’ll were right.

Oh god how’s Claire gonna feel about this…

YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT WORTHINGTON

Lmao Randy’s still got it

CHETWETTER HFHFHFHY

YES TYLOR TELL THEM THE TRUTH

Guess everyone knows about Randall

YASSSS LESBIANS!!!

THEY KEPT THE SCREAM EXTRACTOR????

Awww Roger :)

DUNCAN’S IMPRESSION HFHFHFHG

I know Joy ain’t buyin it

THOSE ACTING SKILLS THO

With how alike Randall and Joy are, I wonder if they know each other

Of course Roz is head of Merc

OH FUCK RANDALL

As much as I want Randall to reform, it’s still fun seeing him as a villain

“THERE CAN BE ONLY ONNEEEEEE!”

JACK IS ME LMAOOOO

Oh shit, Chet :0

YAS TYLOR!

JOHNNY I HOPE CLAIRE DIVORCES YOUR ASS

You know what? Good for Chet

Tylor and Val bonding with Ben 😭😭😭😭😭😭

CHOMPY IS CRYING 🥹🥹🥹🥹 (also Joy’s face lmao)

Alastair….,🥺

Holy fuck that was a good episode. And the last line “Home Run, kid. Home run.”

My one complaint is that we didn’t see Oozma Kappa BUT we’ll see if there’s a season 3

I gotta change my headcanons with Atlas and Sam but they’ll definitely reform Randall in the future

All I gotta say for now is that Atlas’ disappointment is immeasurable and their day is ruined

[toujoursmiraculous]

Thoughts and Reaction to Gang of Secrets!

I'm very late today at writing this because life ;-; You know it's a bigger episode when they start off with a problem. Ladybug doesn't want to detransform so she's desperate to find reasons to remain Ladybug. I love how the entire time, Chat Noir knows something's wrong and wants to get her to talk about what it is, but she just tries to pretend she's fine. If anything, Chat Noir would probably be the best person to talk to considering everything he's dealt with too both with Kagami and his responsibility as Chat! She could mention that she was seeing someone but they broke up because of her secret, and she could tell him how much being the Guardian's having an affect on her. All perfectly well and good without exposing any identities or things like that with questions for details asked. Instead she puts up a front with him and pretends she's okay in front of him and it's just so sad. :/ I understand why she doesn't, probably because she doesn't want him to know how much she's struggling. But ugh my heart hurts for her. Chat: I know where we can go where we won't have to talk! Ladybug: Yes, take me there Chat! *in the theater* Ladybug: You lead me into a trap. I MEAN HE'S NOT WRONG THOUGH! Not many places you can go where it's okay or encouraged to not talk without there being an awkward silence. But that cracked me UP. Also that casual attempt to wrap his arm around her lolol still hasn't give up, I see. I also find it simultaneously hilarious and extremely depressing that Ladybug's ranting like that in the theater because of a romance movie. When your heart is broken, that's probably the last thing you want to be doing. And Chat Noir yanking her down asking that she be quiet 😂 Literally just rants her entire love life out for everyone including Chat to hear in that theater. CHAT NOIR, YOU BETTER BE LISTENING BECAUSE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ADRIEN HERE "She takes a long time to tell him and stutters and blah blah blah" lol sound familiar, sunshine? If anything please have him recall this later and be like, wait, didn't Ladybug say girls stutter around a guy when she likes him? BAM. Then he's off on his path towards Marinette. I can dream. Ladybug: And how do you know if he loves her? IMPOSSIBLE. Adrien: No, Marinette couldn't possibly be in love with me. *eyetwitch* But at the end of the day. This is Marinette ranting to Adrien about how she had to give up on Adrien and then couldn't make things work with Luka because of her secret. Ooof. And poor Chat having to apologize for everyone because Ladybug's disturbing them XDD THE GIRL SAVES EVERYBODY'S LIVES PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE PISSED SHE'S RUINING A MOVIE THEY CAN JUST REWATCH? 😂 She's clearly having a hard time right now, c'mon people! Chat can tell she has a broken heart. This boy is so sweet. He wants her to at least admit that and talk about it so she can feel better but you know, Ladybug's stubborn. I WANT TO GO SWIMMING LET'S GO SWIMMING CHAT, WOO HOOOOOO! Ladybug acting like Chat to hide her pain just like how Chat acts like Chat to hide his pain. YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S FINE. :') It doesn't matter how much pain she's dealing with, those pictures mean too much to her to remove them. x3 Thanks Juleka for showing us how sad Luka is now, that's very helpful. Marinette's been going into the bathroom at school to cry, and then had planned stupid looking glasses to hide her tears so people wouldn't have to know she's cried because wearing a ridiculous pair of glasses that's embarrassing is better than being asked what's wrong. Because the pain I feel for her wasn't already enough. Ugh I adore Trixx. Trixx being the voice of reason when Tikki's not there, trying to help and letting her know that Tikki may need to rest too when she's so upset it doesn't cross her mind. And the tears in her eyes when she apologizes to Tikki for not thinking of her like she should. ;-; SO MUCH PAIN. OH DANG Alya was literally a second away from seeing a detransforming Marinette lol But she did say DETRANSFORMATION or well in the English dub it'll be "Spots

off" I love Rose, she's really sweet. and considerate But she also shouldn't be touching things in others rooms like that. I never liked it when my friends went around my room touching stuff. Also didn't help that a couple of them stole from me... but it's just not a cool thing to do. Would've probably ended up much better had she not had to desperately hide an exposed Miracle Box. But then we wouldn't have had what happens so it's all good c: Marinette saying she doesn't want to be friends with the girls anymore

It hit Alya deep. Everyone else is like *le gasp* but her eyes all shrunken like that, you can tell it really got to her hard.

This entire exchange right here. Alya's glance at her in the first picture is piercing, like I can feel that OOF feeling in my chest when I see it. The new music dramatizes it so well that a lot of people probably didn't pay attention to it the first time around. Can we just appreciate how these animators got all these emotions so right and did such a good job animating everything for us? And those that work on the music too? Everything's so spot on. Marinette's red-rimmed eyes is so well done. "No, it can't end like this!" Awww Alix getting super upset too x3 I honestly think Alix could be the next one.... you know what I mean BUT I'll wait until the end to talk about it. Trixx pulling a Plagg and rescuing Marinette! x3 I seriously love Trixx, I really do. I know the other Kwami's got mad, but if he hadn't done that it would've been disaster, probably. And the episode wouldn't have ended how it did! And Plagg knowing it was Trixx who caused the Eiffel Tower to be all weird xD Why do I get the feeling the relationship between Trixx and Plagg would be like that of Chat Noir and Rena Rouge? And I want to point out, we got 7 whole seconds of Adrien again! Aren't we lucky? The last time we got so little of Adrien in an episode was when we had his parallel episode Lies. I don't think that'll happen this time but I do hope it means more Adrien later on. Ladybug: They're after Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Chat Noir: Okay but remember everybody likes her (so don't go thinking she's a bad person for causing their akumatizations) Yes, I read between the lines. Ladybug being able to get through to Lady Wifi and have her deakumatize herself was absolutely amazing! I know Chloe was the first to fight off being akumatized but once you're akumatized it's obviously extremely hard to break. That says a lot about Alya. "Because you're an incredible friend, Ladybug." One, AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Two, did you notice the little jerk of her head, gesturing to Ladybug like that when she said it?? It's the little details guys that make this so good. 😍 "Chat Noir, nooooo!" Guys, we got our tiny little Marichat scene! It's not actually real, but still! (okay but why do I also get this really weird feeling like something like this may end up being real later?) Alya giving Ladybug that hug 😭 Marinette has such good, supportive friends. I love them all. x.x YES THANK YOU. Alya's finally realizing there are more things going on with her than just boys. One of the things that's always irked me since Chameleon is that any issue Marinette has, be it with Lila or otherwise, she always assumes it has to do with Adrien. Of course, at the time she didn't know she was Ladybug but she should've still listened and realized there's something else up. But now she finally is noticing and I love how she was going to respect her regardless and not push. Pushing has always been one of Alya's characteristics, but she knew whatever it was was something too big and serious to push her on. "Marinette, I'm your best friend, and I always will be." 😭😭😭 This episode brought me so close to tears so many times. Marinette admitting she's keeping secrets, lying to everyone. Admitting that that's why she draws a line between her and Adrien, and why her and Luka didn't work out. Alya saying however heavy it is, they'll carry it together (MY HEART) And then Marinette saying "If I tell you, things between us will never be the same. It's going to destroy everything, change it all." It sounds like this girl is thinking about Chat Blanc and oop there's the sound of my heart breaking again. So much paaaain. "Je suis Ladybug." YESSSSSSS Why they had to leave it off on a cliffhanger But YESSSSSSS First, the expressions she had flash on her face, the gasp 😮, then the expression like she's trying to get her mind to process. Then if you notice, Marinette gives a little nod, as if letting her know that it's true. Then the way her eyebrows furrow and pulls her into the hug as she understands all that she has on her shoulders as that music plays. I'm getting

emotional just writing this. 😭 This episode is just so amazingly good in so many ways, I don't think I can actually cover it all. I'm very impressed. I've loved nearly every episode this show has put out, even those that a lot of people seem to hate. But this one, I don't see how this could actually be hated if you're trying to think of everything that happened from Marinette's point of view, her thoughts, feelings, struggles, depression. I will say, personally I hoped Chat Noir would learn who Ladybug is first. He's been such a good partner, very thoughtful, always putting his life on the line. He's also been dealing with a lot of the same struggles. I felt like he deserved to know first. However, this isn't about who deserves what, it's about what Marinette needs. It's not that she doesn't want to tell him who she is! Don't misunderstand. There are many times throughout the past 3 seasons where she wants to or regrets not being able to. But now, Chat Blanc's in her mind. She knows what could happen if she tells him with Hawk Moth still there, so she can't do it. So instead, she tries to pretend in front of him that she's fine even though talking to him about everything would help and fix so much. In her mind, that's not an option. I just hope that when he finds out she told someone else first, he doesn't think that she doesn't trust him enough to tell him. Next I thought maybe Alix. That way it'd be more understandable to Chat that she'd know, after all future Bunnyx clearly knows and said to Ladybug that she chose her because she's capable of keeping secrets (notice how Alya said that to Ladybug in the alley? I bet Alix will find out in the near future. Maybe not this season, but she'll find out.) But that's for another time. But now Alya knows! Her best friend, the one to have her back and will no doubt have it even more so now! Watch out, Lila. Alya doesn't hold back so I can imagine how vicious she could be to her (and I can't wait). And that brings up a very interesting thought. Alya will realize Adrien has been the only one to have her back in Lila situations. Why would he do that, hmm? When everyone else was so sure Lila's an angel and Marinette must be bad for saying anything negative about her. Journalist Alya, incoming! There's also the matters of Alya bringing up Marinette's feelings for Chat Noir because duh, everybody can see how much she loves him! There are even photos of them kissing, one of which happened in front of Alya's own eyes! Though affected by an akuma, they all know that kiss didn't happen because of it. And of course, Alya has brought up twice in the show so far that Adrien and Chat Noir could be the same person. And last time Alya said that neither of them could be Ladybug and Chat Noir. Except, she's now found out that Marinette is Ladybug. So maybe Adrien could after all be Chat Noir. I look forward to seeing how their new dynamic is. I wonder how this affects their relationship with the other girls. And I'm most curious about how Nino and Adrien may react to this change. I thought during Truth and Lies both that their best friends were going to find out about their breakups. Gang of Secrets was Alya finding out. Even though I feel like another parallel episode is just wishful thinking, I can't help but think it may be a possibility. Nino and the boys are going to wonder what's up with Adrien too. They're going to wonder why he's not with Kagami anymore so suddenly. So what if i the end, Chat Noir ends up telling Nino? I could see it, if this takes place shortly after Gang of Secrets, where she tells Chat that she's confided her identity in a very close friend and somehow they agree that he can tell someone too that he trusts to make it fair. It'd be an amazing way to exercise Ladybug's trust in Chat Noir too. Then we'd have both Alya and Nino in on it, keeping their best friend's secrets for them without knowing about the other one. Oh that'd be so beautiful! And also let them keep their Miraculouses too after the charms are given to them and Alya has the ability to break

free after being akumatized. I adore Rena and Carapace so much I'd be ecstatic if they kept them. 😭 Anyway, so much potential can come out of this episode and I honestly cannot wait until episode 4!!

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*THE* mean-girl-dean-girl's Supernatural reboot MEGAPOST!

I'm gonna stick a little "keeping reading" here because hoooooo boy, this is a very long post.

Let's start with

Plot

Season 1

Dean kills John while they are out on a hunt in a crime of passion, but Dean doesn't remember because he blacked out. Cue Dean going to Stanford to get Sam and tell him "Dad's on a hunting trip... and he hasn't been home in a couple days."

The audience doesn't know what happened to John, but slowly figures it out with Dean and Sam as Dean slowly remembers what happened that night.

The entire first season, the boys are following the trail John left and fighting monsters as well. They find out Dean was with John, Sam realizes Dean has an unreliable memory, they have heart to hearts about their childhood and the fire, they find John's body, "how could you kill Dad?" but maybe Dean didn't kill dad, whooaaaaaa, misdirection.

It was actually good ole yeller eyes (Azazel) and he made it look like Dean killed John.

Okay, now let's move on to the first episode

Not sure how the opening would work, I would like the story of the fire to be revealed over the course of the first season, but maybe the opening scene could be a little bit of an establishing character relationships and backstory, idk, I haven't thought that far yet.

I'm thinking maybe it's like, Dean gets back to a motel room covered in blood and he listens to a voicemail on his phone from John saying he was on a hunt or something, I don't really know lol.

HOWEVER

I do know that after the intro rolls, we get a scene of Sam waking up to his alarm and "Nine to Five" by Dolly Parton starts playing.

Y'all know where this is going.

Cue a montage of Sam's normal Stanford college life (him sitting through lectures, walking through the campus with friends) spliced with scenes of Dean absolutely slaughtering a nest of vampires (or some other monsters, whatever works best.)

But

Now onto

Characters!!! (And descriptions)

Dean Winchester

Some lovely person on this site made edits of Dean with platinum blond hair and it made me feel some kind of way so we're doing that, homie's gonna have platinum blond hair

Side note about the hair, later when the brothers are running from the FBI he dyes it a dirty blond/light brown (insert jackles hair color controversy here) as a disguise.

He also gets tattoos because we were robbed.

Speaking of tattoos, concept: when Dean comes back from Hell, all of his tattoos are gone. His body is a clean slate, devoid of tattoos, scars, etc. So he gets his tattoos done all over again, which he doesn't mind because he made some bad, drunk tattoo decisions in his youth.

(And before you ask, yes, he does get one for Cas, either a bee or Cas's name in enochian, something cute.)

Dean goes to therapy after Sam gets sent to the Cage.

It's actually court mandated because he got in trouble, lol, he would never go to therapy on his own.

Along with the hair, Dean gets to be the grade A twunk we all know he is.

Sam Winchester

His hair gets longer in every scene he's in

No jk, but imagine

King of Microaggressions

Sam starts off like the sweetheart he is in season 1 but in later seasons he starts enjoying killing a little too much...

It's that demon blood, ba-by!!!

He brings up issues of morality to Dean, i.e. killing monsters who aren't hurting anyone. (Yes I know this is contradictory to my previous statement, but these two facets of Sam can and will coexist.)

Sam and Jess's relationship is explored further, meaning we'll need to start with a different inciting incident, but that's fine, I think everyone can agree fridgings are *(thumbs down)*

Sam doesn't truly know what happened the night of the fire until later, and then he understands why Dean is so protective of him.

Jess

She gets to live beyond the first episode

She is also trans

No, I don't feel like I have to explain myself and I won't 💜

She urges Sam to join Dean in a search for their brother, kind of gets pulled into the hunter lifestyle by association lol.

She dies on a rusty nail after fighting vampires on a routine hunt with Sam

No jk!!!

But imagine....

She's amazing and I love her and Lucifer also uses her as leverage against Sam and possesses her because I think that'd be cool.

She supports Sam 100% and also she and Dean are buddies, pals if you will.

She meets Cas Thee El and immediately she Knows, that is a homosexual.

She dies still so that we can have a Saileen Endgame but she's not dying the first episode or in a fridging. Not on my watch.

Castiel

He gets to keep his raw, light-fixture-exploding power.

I want more of that "I pulled you out of hell, I can throw you back in" energy except over dumb shit like Dean not cleaning up after himself.

He looks like a Dilf in every scene he's in, yeah, that's right, dilf with a capital D for *(GUNSHOTS)* *(gets sent to horny jail)*

Claire

She gets pink hair

And more time with Cas

And maybe a nose piercing

Feel like she should be able to kill a couple angels onscreen, punch a couple homophobes

She gets to meet Jack and teaches him swears and fun slang words.

She deserves it.

Jack

I says "that's my baby and I'm proud."

Jack starts off as a baby, but like Amara he grows up super quickly.

Like, baby to 11 year old in a couple days or less.

This is because Jack's emotional age on the show is on par with that of a 5th grader.

It's at this point when he's a young kid that he runs away from the Bunker and shenanigans ensue.

It's also at this point that Dean threatens to k*ll him.

(Still not sure if I want that in my Supernatural (threatened infanticide? In my Supernatural? It's more likely than you think) but we'll see. We'll see.)

Throughout a majority of season 13, Jack is like an 11 y.o. kid

Season 14 he's like a 16 y.o. teenager

Season 15 he's 21, you get the picture.

Listen, I love Alex Calvert a lot. He's great.

But Jack is a child and should be a child.

Kelly Kline

Kelly, baby, stay right where you are, you're perfect.

Eileen

SHE DOESN'T DIE

SHE GETS TO BE IN THE FINALE BECAUSE SHE'S AMAZING AND I LOVE HER.

BLURRY WIFE WHO? I ONLY KNOW SAILEEN ENDGAME!

She teaches Claire and Jack swears in sign-language. Castiel is not impressed.

John

J*hn W*nchester stans, DNI.

He's dead.

We only see him in flashbacks and only sometimes hear his voice in voice overs.

He's not "down the road" from Dean in Heaven, in fact he instead gets to wander around in some Purgatory like Hell for the rest of his time :)

People who get to say "fuck" on the show:

Cas (but only Once)

Jody

Bobby

Now onto other things

I want more of

Ghostfacers

(they need more screentime because I love them)

Dean/Benny

We know they had a thing.

They definitely had a thing.

Demon Dean

Again, I feel like more should've been done with this. All that build up for what, 2 episodes? was not utilized well at all.

Dean's Bisexuality

Straight Dean truthers DNI, my Supernatural is a show about love and being true to yourself

You think Supernatural is a show about 2 straight brothers fighting monsters?

Naw bitch, this is a show about the Gay Experience

He will get to have relations with men on this show.

Of course, only after John dies does he, y'know, display it. Maybe he kisses Cas on his dad's grave just to fuck John over, make him roll in grave.

We all agree John would be/is a homophobe piece of shit, right?

Okay, glad we're on the same page.

Dads

3 men and a baby with Jack is what I'm saying.

I love it when the Trio are father-figures to younger troubled characters they see themselves in, even better if it's like reluctant-but-loving father figure, oh, that trope gets me every time :'^)

Dadstiel and DadDean are my favorites, but I like it when Sam plays "Uncle Sam" to kids too lol.

"Fellas, is it gay to want a tight knit family with your husband, his son, his vessel's daughter, your brother, his wife, your cop mother figure and her wife and their adopted daughters? Asking for a friend."

Garth

Biggest flaw of Supernatural was underutilizing Garth.

I will never not be bitter that Garth was only in like, 7 episodes out of the whole 15 season series.

Every episode with Garth gets immediately 5 times better.

I love Garth.

Follow ups on characters who had entire episodes featured around them and then just... vanished???

This is mostly about Jesse, the magic kid whose imagination ruled an entire town like, his daddy was a demon and nothing came of that kid??? Only one episode about him?? No follow up???

KID CAN MANIPULATE REALITY AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A FOLLOW UP ON THAT?????

Uh, there was that one episode with Ennis the guy whose girlfriend was killed by a monster? I think?? Who we never see again, that was weird.

Tamara from season 3, episode 1.

And of course-

Cassie

She was so cool, and then we never saw her again :////

She gets to be a badass.

Religious imagery

As a former Catholic school student who has become for the most part, disillusioned with religion, religious imagery in TV shows like Supernatural make my brain go "brrrrrr."

Fun episodes!!!

Like, after season 6 or so, there's a drop in funny episodes

I'm talking Changing Channels, The French Mistake type stuff. (Scoobynatural is an outlier and should not be counted.)

So anyway

In my version we would have more fun episodes

I'm thinking

GENDER-SWAP EPISODE, BABY!!

(why they didn't do that in the original, we'll never know.)

An episode where Dean gets to wear eyeliner

That's it, end of post.

I want less

Racism

Yeah I feel like this is self explanatory, nearly every reoccurring character in SPN is white, and black side characters normally die in the episode they first appear in, or they'll be featured as a villain (Uriel, Raphael, Billie, etc)

Also there's a lot of... uh... asian fetishism featured in the show (what with "Busty Asian Beauties) that's really gross, also Kevin was a bit of a stereotype...

Also also it's super yucky how they kill the gods from other religions like???? Uh??? That's super disrespectful, let's not do that????

I know Supernatural is like, inherently racist because monsters are a separate race that are seen as some dangerous "other" that must be eradicated by hunters in a form of genocide-

Okay we won't get into that but

Still

Stop killing all your POC

Fridgings/Unecessary murders of female characters

I know Supernatural starts with a fridging, so this will be a hard thing to remedy, but

One death that really pissed me off was the death of Charlie

Yeah, that was pointless and we're not doing that. Charlie gets to live and be an awesome aunt to Jack.

And also Claire

Charlie Bradbury Superiority

Charlie and Garth get to meet because they're nerd/geek solidarity.

British Men of Letters

I fucking hate these guys

They're "litcherally" the worst.

The worst part is that the actors they have playing the British AREN'T. EVEN. BRITISH.

And you can tell

Uh, and that's all for now, I'll add more later.

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Hey! This comes as a genuine question from a person with 0 knowledge: what went wrong with Voltron? I've seen it being pretty popular, even compared to Avatar, so I thought about giving it a try, but now pretty much everyone treats it as some kind of taboo, what did it do to deserve such condemnation?

Hoooooo boy okay before I get started I’m just gonna say this is all my opinion and I have no intention of starting shit with anyone over this.

So basically the first season, while admittedly a bit overhyped at the time, was really good, it had a likeable and diverse main cast and they did a good job at building up intrigue and a lot of people, myself included, thought it had the potential to be The Next AvatarTM. Basically we overhyped it but for good reason. Season 2 was when the problems started as that’s when they started to really push Keith as the main guy over the others, with Allura, Lance and Hunk in particular (the characters with the darkest skin tones at that...) really getting the shit end of the stick whereas previously it felt like everyone had an equal amount of focus, and season 3 was an improvement but still had its fair share of problems, so basically seasons 2 and 3 were kinda disappointing but ultimately still entertaining and there was still hope it could get back on track.

However, while season 1 had 11 episodes and season 2 had 13, starting with season 3 they started doing this dumb thing where they’d split each of the remaining season in half and release them as separate seasons. So like for example seasons 3 and 4 were supposed to be one 13 episode season, but instead the first 7 episodes were released as season 3 and the remaining 6 were released as season 4, and this was also the case with seasons 5/6 and 7/8. And because of this format all the seasons after 2 felt really rushed, underwhelming and incomplete. Because of this, season 4 was the point where I personally gave up on the show cause it only had like, one episode that was pretty good and the rest of the season was boring as fuck. And I didn’t watch season 5-onward but from what I’ve heard none of them got any better. And I believe the reason for this is that the writers were basically shitting out the plot as they went along and had no clue where they were going with any of this shit, like for example apparently there was some shit about Lance getting an important sword thing that was never brought up again. They couldn’t even be clear about the characters’ ages which resulted in the infamous shipping discourse but that’s a whole other can of worms.

The real reason people stuck with the show so long was the characters, and the way they were all handled was the show’s biggest crime. Keith was made into a creator’s pet who hogged the spotlight, Pidge didn’t get much of an arc outside of looking for her brother for four seasons and the looking for her dad for the remaining seasons, Lance wasn’t allowed to have any personality traits other than being comic relief and hitting on Allura which got tired quickly and apparently they became an official couple even though she was always annoyed by his flirting, Hunk was reduced to just being a source of fat jokes which were admittedly present in the first season but they were few and far between whereas in later seasons they became his main thing and his other traits were largely forgotten, and the injustices Shiro and Allura were subjected to are enough to fill out their own separate essays but in Shiro’s case it culminated in him being confirmed gay via word of god ala Dumbledore for diversity points only for his partner to die offscreen, and in Allura’s case it culminated in the only black girl in the show dying in the finale for like, literally no fuckin reason.

That’s just the deal with the show itself but I’m not getting into the fandom cause it was just. A lot. It was a lot, like you just had to be there, it was the kind of batshit that words couldn’t do justice. But yeah overall I think that volt ron was designed specifically to humble people like me who didn’t have superwholock phases and make us realize we’re not immune to the big cringe and to this day I live in constant fear that one day I’ll post something controversial and someone will instantly own me by screenshotting the volt ron tags in my blog’s search bar.

[jessamygriffin]

The Legend

Dear @youcantdothatpod

Hello, Hockey Coven, it is I, one of the two responsible for the Pierre-Édouard Bellemare DreamBoat Manifesto of old, penning this under my normal Tumblr journal instead of the hockey one for no good reason, and I come to you, with respect, and with full knowledge of certain coven members love of Russian players (though this one is not a Siberian) to ask for either a history lesson or dream boat nomination for my guy - for having an interesting life, to say the least. He is my favorite Russian player. Yes, possibly even over Ovi. 

And yet he never made the NHL.

Oh. My. GOD. some listeners must be thinking at this point. Why even BOTHER with this guy??? he’s not in the fucking NHL!

(And can I just say, in this case, we must never be the Bettmans of the hockey world, who was bloated with hubris thinking to bring hockey like a Messiah to the unenlightened Asian continent a few years back [ha ha fuck off, they’ve had hockey here as long as the NHL has existed? I live in Japan btw] and we must not think that the NHL is the end-all-be-all of hockey aspiration. It wasn’t. It isn’t. Times were different. There wasn’t even a KHL at the time our story begins.)

I bring him to your attention because he is THE BEST.

His story begins in the Siberian IHL, passing a pretty tough try-out as a kid to start playing for the Red Army team, CSKA Moscow.

I feel like I ought not throw in all his info here? Maybe just a few highlights? And some comments. Ok who am I kidding it will get long.

Here: Vladislav Tretiak.

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, goalie, current president of the IIHFR.

He won a lot of shit. I’ll just link the Wiki here - it’s a list.

He looks kinda like Spock, but in the best red-blooded ways, not that I would ever judge anyone for wanting to get freaky with a green-blooded half-alien. His goalie training looks a lot like cossack dance.

(MUTE THIS VIDEO THO)

There’s some other worse quality vids of him doing similar and playing with his son, so. There’s that. Skip ahead to the tennis ball part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfOsCVakvs

He started hockey kinda late, at age 11.

And Canadian hockeys LOVED him. *See below pic of jersey swap with Wayne Gretzky for proof.

Really, you gasp. Say it ain’t so! Impossible!!!

Truth.

How did the so-called hockey world (which of course was based in NA according to old boring hockey men) discover this Dumbo-eared wunderkind? The 1972 Summit Series.

(Yes, he grew his hair out and covered the mudflaps, and it was MUCH BETTER, sorry Vladdy.)

‘Ho hum,’ said the Canadians, ‘Russia thinks they are good at hockey, how ‘bout we have the Summit Series and quash their pretensions? That gold medal in Sapporo? a FLUKE. Ha ha, look at their goalie, this will be a cakewalk, he let in EIGHT GOALS in this game we just saw, oh well, let’s go have a beer and light up a dart, eh, boys? Eight games, pfft. We’ll sweep them.’

Joke was on them - Vladdy or Vladik was gettiing married the next day and weirdly? Couldn’t concentrate.

Summit Series ended up with one tie, 3 Russian wins and 4 Canadian, with the Canadians playing their dirty rough style, and the Russians their smooth, machine-cog style. That series was a gongshow of biased refereeing, Russian goal judges not turning on goals lights, and teams leaving the bench to have Canadian or Russian tantrums. Actual ankle-breaking occured.

Canadians had two goalies. Russian had one. He was 20. My boy. He KILLED it. And to say the Canadians were pretty horned about about this alien cheekboned man-child after expected a blow-out? MASSIVE understatement, HUGELY horny. As they should have been. Ken Dryden LOVED him. Jacques Plante himself, maybe feeling sorry for the kid, came and talked to him before the tournament started and let him know how different players would try to score. ‘A big help,’ Vladdy said. ‘I don’t know why he did that.’  LOTS of players were in awe. Canada was turned upside, Toronto became Tijuana and nothing was ever the same. The Interest in Russian Players was, officially, a Thing. (Kharlamov was a big part of the interest but that’s a whole ‘nother story.)

The horniness was, in fact, so uncontainable that several NHL teams expressed an interest, and one team was bold enough to draft him in 1983, when he was the ripe age of 31, which at the time was not TOTALLY hockey-old for goalies and players like it is now. Yes, the Habs. Consider that 3 years later rookie Patrick Roy backstopped the Canadiens to several Stanley Cups, and imagine what they could have been even earlier, with Tretiak. HOooooO.  Serge Savard hit up Moscow four times during the winter of ‘84 to try and secure his release.

Russian wouldn’t let him go, of course. Tretiak was a only lieutenant-colonel in the Soviet army, and not playing the high level hockey he had previously, and thusly COULD be replaced in the system. Soviet officials ultimately vetoed a transfer. “Oooh his dad was a major, how can we let this son of a distinguished man go and play HOCKEY, it’s a disGRACE!” Or at least that’s what we were told. Okay, Jan.

He quit playing at age 32. Thirty fucking two!!!  He’d done his 4th Olympics in a row by this point in 1984, and had the honour of carrying the flag for his nation, though he said it was probably because no one else had done 4 Olympics in a row. He wanted to spend more time with his family, and asked Tikhonov, coach of the national team and CSKA to let him have, ya know. Quality family time. (You’ll remember this douche from previous Russia Hockey Stories.) Tikhonov said, no, you live at the compound like everyone else for 11 months of the year. Ah ha ha.

Roll back a few years, for a grudge. Tretiak, if you’ll recall from the Miracle on Ice, was pulled from the game against the Americans by ol’ Tikky after letting in ONE (1) goal in the first period. All the Russians knew, but would never say until much much later, what a massive mistake that was - and you know the Miracle story anyway. Tretiak said himself it was a mistake, and he wouldn’t have lost the game. 

So, all things considered, in spite of having loads of playing life left in those kicky legs, Tretiak noped out and retired, for the reason of  being denied time with his family. And not getting to go abroad to play, which was probably a bitter pill and so quitting while he was still useful was a good Fuck You to the officials who used him up like a tissue playing hockey for his team and country. And of course, he was exhausted. At age 32.  "I'd played fifteen years with the Army Club and the National Team without a break. Backup goalies came and went, as did three generations of forwards and defensemen, but through four Olympic Games, all the important ones with the professionals, all the World Championships, all the Izvestia tournaments, it was I who played in the net."

Frankly, he should have just defected like others did later. Sent his family to watch him in a tournament and done a Sound-of-Music-esque Von Tretiak escape out the Zamboni exit, over the mountains and far away.

He would have been the first if he had. One of the most famous players in Russia, leaving for a career in the corrupt West. I’m glad he at least thought about it a little, even if it never happened. God, that would have been great. I’m glad that the NHL were able to pull their xenophobic heads from their asses enough to know greatness, and to want that brilliance shining on their teams.

But really, in the end, the man done him dirty. “In spite of aggressive discussions with Soviet authorities, Canadiens' general manager Serge Savard was unable to secure Tretiak's release for Montreal. "I would have loved to play in the Forum," Tretiak admits. "I was hoping to one day play in the NHL. I would have liked to do it even for just one season. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. I regret not having the chance." “

Still, the NHL and hockey in NA didn’t forget him. There were laurels left to be given.

He was the first Russian to be inducted into the HHoF, and the first to be entered without ever having played in the NHL.

Was he done with hockey? Heck no. Remember when I said Canadians loved him? It may have been mentioned a time or five.

In 1988, hockey royalty got married - Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones. Befitting royalty, her dress cost $40,000, and gifts filled three rooms of the hotel. Notably, amongst them was a gold swan from a certain Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak. Why??? Swans are good luck, said Vladdy. They mate for life. And lo, the couple is still together.

In 1990, Mike Keenan hired him to be a goalie coach for the Blackhawks, and was (again) so turned on by his mastery that he suggested the 38 year could still play in the NHL? Vladik laughed and said no, but coaching was the next best thing. He worked with the best - Belfour, Hasek, Thibault, and you’ll be shocked that loads of tendies wear his #20 in tribute. He runs - or ran? website not updated in a while - the most challenging goalie school in NA in Toronto in summers.

He worked with the ‘Hawks until 2007, and then went on to be a pillar in Russian hockey leadership. Coach. Etc.

He wrote a book, which was really what got me into Russian hockey - it was wild to me at the time when I read it in high school some (Cough cough) years ago, so alien. But it’s chock full of the stories you love. His first coach Tarasov, wanted him because he was ‘tall’ (6′ is tall in Russia???) and had ‘huge hands’ and reminded him of Jacques Plante. The book’s pretty frank about hockey history and the role ‘Miracle on Ice’ played into a kind of American propaganda, which is refreshing. He was politely horrified by seeing Canadian players smoking. His training was bonkers, and included tree-climbing at speed. The Russian team was always trying new stuff, and one time decided on sports psychology, which a teammate helpfully volunteered Vladik for, ‘He’s the most important player, he’s the last defence, work with him!’ (since no one else wanted to). The positive thinking mantras seemed to work as at the next practice they were amazed by his clean play and kicks. But lol, no, next game he got blown out, and was probably glad to send the sports shrink on the way.

And he was crushed  when his teammate, Valeri Kharlamov, with whom he played so long, died at the young age of 33 in a car accident. But Kharlamov is a guy for another section of Hockey Histories.

So. This dream boat.

Ok. I know y’all prefer a defection story, and I think some listeners also? But. Here’s the thing. It’s sexy and romantic but also traumatic as fuck to ditch your country, your life in that political climate, to play the game. And dangerous,  shit man. 1983. U.S.S.R.!!! People still got disappeared! It was fine to treat players like garbage and lock them up for months in a compound and not let them see family! And I sometimes get the feeling that people consider the NHL the pinnacle, like, what a fool is Tretiak? who wouldn’t throw away everything to play NHL hockey? But that’s like, Bettman thinking, that the NHL is the best and perfect when we all know it’s fucking garbage, I know the current KHL has issues, SO MANY it would be a three hour podcast to talk about! So there’s no high ground, really. And in the end, Vladislav Tretiak made a choice that did good by himself, going on to a successful post-hockey career and the upper echelons of Russian hockey, and did well by his family, and of course, being patriotic is sexy, as anyone screeching at their team during the current World Cup of hockey knows. It’s okay that he stayed there. It’s fucking sexy NOT to defect, sometimes. Dude was a champion either way, his life is not a tragedy or lesser for not having played in the NHL and I really want people to know that. 

"For me, it was all, and all of it is with me forever."

Yes, there is life and hockey beyond the NHL. 

And it’s beautiful.

[kiss-kiss-fuck-me-up]

20 Questions

I was tagged by @au-where-everyone-lived . I really appreciate getting tagged in this stuff but I nearly always forget to do them so I’m doing it immideatly!! Now I won’t forget, take THAT shit brain.

So you answer 20 questions then tag 20 (as many) people you want to get to know better.

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1) Name: Emelyn

2) Nicknames: Em, Emmy, and Mels. I will respond to “babe” whether it’s directed at me or not.

3) Height: 5'6"

4) Orientation: Lesbian, Biromantic, poooooooossibly on the ace spectrum (ace flux or ace fluid, maybe).

5) Nationality: I’m Ameican (help me)

6) Favorite Fruit: Strawberry or Orange!

7) Favorite Season: I like Spring and Summer. And Winter. Fall is also good

8) Favorite Flower: Carnations or Peonies

9) Favorite Scent: I have this Clementine and Honey candle I can’t stop smelling. Also the way my girlfriend smells ((I just bought her new cologne and it’s FANTASTIC))

10) Favorite color: Most anything pastel/light baby colored. Pink especially.

11) Favorite Animal: I’m really not sure, I’ve never had one. I love fuzzy things!

12) Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Tea or Hot Chocolate, depending on my mood. I would drink coffee but caffeine is bad for my anxiety.

13) Average Hours of Sleep: 6-7, though I really need 8.

14) Dog or Cat Person: I love both, but in the end I think I prefer cats!

15) Favorite Fictional Character: Hoooooo boy. Big question! I love Ariel, Wonder Woman, Toothless, Garnet, and Harry Potter, to name a few.

16) Number of Blankets you Sleep With: Never more than 1, I get hot very easily.

17) Dream Trip: I would love to visit Germany someday, particularly Köln and the black forest region! I’d also love to visit Manila with my girlfriend someday so I can learn more about her and her culture.

18) Blog Created: oh god. I have no fucking clue. 2, 3 years ago???? Too long

19) Number of Followers: 3 hundred something, I don’t want to think about how many are probably porn bots

20) Random Fact: I really really reaaaaaaaaaaaaally love chocolate, a lot.

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Now to tag some people!! Anybody who wants to do this totally can, but how about @thebostonwasteland , @criticalmemer , and @faithiiii ! And of course nobody *has* to do it even if you’re tagged. Have fun! Edit: adding @demonlily1 to the list because I wanted to tag you but forgot your url fuccin rip shit brain wins after all

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ishqbaaz 04.10.17 lb

wow, mishra still has a job. i thought khanna had taken over all of those duties. 

his face as she bitches about him.

“GAPPI AUR JHOOTA KISM KA INSAAN.” LMAO

dadi’s a terrible actor. truly terrible. 

LMAO LOOK AT HIS PRIDE AT DADI’S PRAISE. BUDDY, GRANDMAS AREN’T THE MOST OBJECTIVE OF PEOPLE.

“billu ke tante”

honestly, they should just change the name of the show to this.

i am mesmerized by all the faces he’s making. a work of art. 

HA! HA HA! PAKAD LIYAAAAAAAAAAAA

LOLOLOL TOO LATE. 

snorttttttttttttt. son, give uppp. absolutely no one here is convinced you’re talking to mishra. 

“it’s not fair on ME shivaay. shivaay.” 

what a fucking idiot. 

“hazaar nahi hai, shivaay is a rare name ok!!!!!!”

this idiot’s commitment to his plan lasted a whole hour. like, what a weakass loser. 

“inki PATELI mein aa gayi main.” 

anika’s on fire with her new vocabulary today. 

snort. bitching about the ring. 

USKE BAARE MEIN KUCH BHI BOLO, CHALEGA. RING KE BAARE MEIN MAT BOLO!!!!!! HE SPENT A WHOLE DAY ON IT. IT’S RING #69!!!! 

hehehehehehehe 69 😏😏😏😏

“iska toh time up ho gaya.” 

oh my heart why is she so beautiful and adorable and ughhhhhhhhhh she’s ruining my life shivaay how the fuck could you do this to her?!!? if she was my wife i wouldn’t let her leave my siiiiiiiiight. 

KAANCHO KA HRITHIK ROSHAN HAHAHAHAHA

lmaooooo she’s trading it for a dinner settttttttttttt

“jab dene waale ko emotion ki padi nahi hai, toh main kya emotion ka achchaar daaloongi?” 

preach!!!!! 

LOL DADI IS SUCH TRAITOR. zero value for khoon and khaandaan. 

his teeth clenching rage tho. 

omgggggggggg, he just legit climbed over the table. billu fucking hell, you’re the worsttttt at this.

“aapko bada pata hai iske baare mein.” 

shit’s getting serious. 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand KNOCK OUT. straight to the fucking heart. 

fake wife who looks like the real wife is here. 

ugh om, how can you be so good at one relationship and so fucking crap at another???? can’t you just be shit at everything so i can haaaate you??

also, ouff, what even is your face. *kisses the screen* 

he hasn’t said a sherrrrr for a really long time though. 

ok i’m crying at the sher. fuck you ommmmmmmmmm. i’m trying to haaate you here! 

“can i get a hug??”

lol these two always have the most emotional hugs when rudra isn’t here. guess his position in the bromance is really clear now. 

yeahhhhh, sureeeee, bada aaya share karne waala. 

billu’s fooling absolutely NO ONE with his bs. like... golden kela for your efforts, son. 

LOL OF COURSE OM’S HERE TO DO BHAABI’S BIDDING. 

MY GOD DOES ANYONE EVEN LOVE SHIVAAY ANYMORE, OR DO THEY JUST CONSIDER HIM ANIKA’S HUSBAND AND TOLERATE HIM????

even though this is all for a purpose, i’m glad om is at least talking about his relationship and problems. 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOPS! 

“bitch, you are in soooooooooooooooo much trouble.”

[inside billu’s head]:

OM, EVEN “AMNESIAC” SHIVAAY REMEMBERS YOUR DAMN WIFE. TU BHI KABHI YAAD KARLE, BEHENCH....

god anika, such pissssss poooooor hiding job.

is anika in some kinda danger from tanya/tanya’s boss? like he seemed more spooked by the fact that tanya is also here, rather than just anika snooping. 

“tu kya kar raha hai, aur kyun kar raha hai, yeh sirf tu jaanta hai.” 

the tagline to the show “billu ke tante” 

“... teri wajah se, kisi ka dil toot raha hai.” 

ok, weeping like a bitch baby rn. the aniKara brotp is steadily climbing to be up there for me with shivRi. 

also lord, i can’t help but think of @nawaazishein‘s latest text post meme where it was like “is a wreck, gives others lifestyle advice.” OM THE FUCK YOU EVEN DOING WITH YOUR DAMN LIFE???? 

ok tanya’s dead eyed stare is creeping me out. she looks like if someone stole jankee’s soul and made her into a zombie. 

lol the oberois are suchhhhhh a big corporation and they still maintain PAPER records of accounts???? why do you not have a software that generates reports with the click of a button???? 

loving tej’s jazzzzzzy pink and blue files. 

OOOOOOOOOOOH KHOOOOOOOOOON 

tej’s gotten a creepyyyy invite to the mills tooooo. 

OMG A CASSETTE PLAYER. THAT’S THE MOST SHOCKING THING RN. WHERE THE FUCK EVEN DID SOMEONE GET ONE OF THOSE FROM?????

oh hoooooo, saare ke saaare buddhe mile hue hai. 

abhay’s making his shark waale moves on chashmish. 

“kyunki woh mera bhai hai. aur main apne bhaiyyon ke liye kuch bhi kar sakta hoon.” 

ok he’s deffffffffffinitely shivaay’s chota bhai. or something. 

oh shakti ji, you’ll need all the divine providence you can get.

yup. he’s gotten his fun little invite too! it’s a paaaaaaaaaarty! 

no srsly, this chotu shark singh oberoi is way better at business than the original and i really want him to take everything over already. he’s so well prepared and has all the paperwork all ready and shiz! 

lmao i knewwwwwww he’d fuck chashmish over in some way. after that exploding house stunt, i’d come to expect it. 

ooooh he kinda looks like my rare white-boy crush, jake gyllenhaal. *love for abhay intensifies*

PLEASE ABHAY, PLEASE BE GOOD AND NOT EVIL. COZ I LOVE YOU, YOU BABY BADASS. 

ooooooooooooh, is it a clue, that he spray painted an S??? is abhay an alias? does his real name start with S??? 

shankar? to keep with the lord shiva theme? 

murder party’s getting staaaaaaaaaaaaaarted at the millllllls! 

god bless your faaaaaaaace. 

yeh shaayari bhi karta hai. my god, is he some kinda genetic hybrid/chimera of the three oBros? 

i mean rudra has no redeeming quality other than muscle tone, so... i guess that’s his contribution to the perfection that is abhay? 

i love how he calls om “ghalib” 

“tabaahi” seems to be abhay’s favourite word, and tbh i’m a little concerned. 

my favourite word is “snack”. because i love snacks. 

LMAO RUDRA HANDLING A LAND DEAL IS THE BIGGEST JOKE. EVER. LIKE I WOULD LITERALLY TRUST KHANNA TO GET WORK DONE BETTER THAN RUDRA. I WOULD TRUST SAHILLLLL TO GET WORK DONE BETTER THAN RUDRA. (sumo’s voice calling him “cryyyyy babyyyyy” echoing in my head.)

also, i didn’t even notice rudra was missing. i was just... relieved that he was leaving bhavya the fuck alone. 

GET A MOVE ON WITH THIS MILL WAALA RAAZ ALREADY.

each one of these 4 be thinking ‘it’s bad enough having to see these people in my own home, where i live, but to meet them outside too? ugh.’ 

is this kalyani mills raaz related to shivaay’s thing, or is that a whooooole different thing? ALSO ARE EITHER OF THESE THINGS RELATED TO THE WHOLE RAAZ DADI DIDN’T WANT ANIKA TO DISCOVER???? THERE’S TOO MANY FUCKING RAAZS HERE AND I’M CONFUSED. 

LET QUEEN SVETLANA BE BEHIND THIS!!!!!!!!

jhanvi’s defense of tej has me rolling my eyes but i am loving shakti’s defense of pinky. i just like supportive husbands ok??!??!

ok whaaaaaaaat did you awful fuckers doooooooooo??? 

OMG GAURIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII *jumps into screen and smothers my girl with hugs and kisses* 

oh she was in bareilly to look after MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

OH GOD GAURI YOU STUPID GIRL FUCK OMKARA. LIKE........... IN A NON SEXUAL WAY. FUCK HIM TO FUCKING FUCK, HE’S THE FUCKING WORST. 

LAAYAK?!?!?! PYAAR?!?!?! GIRL OUFFFFFF AKAL GHAAAS CHARRNE GAYI HAI KYA TUMHARI???????????????

jab jaate waqt nahi bataaya, toh aate waqt kyun bataa rahi ho??? 

typical desi husband/dad waala phone picking up: “hmmm?”

OMFG HE HUNG UP ON HER WHAT A RUDEASS BITCH I HATE HIMMMMMMMMMM

tumhaare “jhaanse” mein nahi phasne waala. omfg. die omkara. no really, just.... die. for a little bit. till i can stop being so mad. 

OMG BHAVYA’S ACTUALLY AT HER JOB. LOOK HOW PRODUCTIVE SHE’S BEING WHEN RUDRA ISN’T FUCKING UP HER LIFE

omg just taaaaaaaaaaaake the mithai bhavya. it’s fesitval season too. like... what even is dusshera/diwali without eating your own weight in kaaju katlis??? 

anti corruption???? rishwat??? this better not be some new shit rudra has put in her life. i wouldn’t put it past him to pull such crap. 

lmao why the fuck would she keep proof of her taking bribes in the files of her office?!!?!?!?

oh shit the mithaiiiii box is gonna have money.

ok literally who cares about this issue about bhavya??? there’s so many other plots that need resolving???? 

also, is this a sultan thing or.....???? 

mill incident happened 25 years ago. meaning shivaay was about 8, and om about 2 or 3. rudra and prinku were non existent. 

oh man, what a glorious-sounding time. take me back to then, so i can live in a world where there’s no rudra or prinku!!!!!!!!! 

interesting use of the word “tabaaahi”, pinky! hmmmmmm, who’s been using that word a lot lately???? 

ugh it’s just gonna be something lame like they set the mills on fire for insurance money coz they were in financial trouble or some shit. 

is this the same incident that tia’s dad was implicated in? i need to go back and investigate. 

kamaaal hai gauri, you told this punkass english teacher where you were going but no one in the house???? like, you could have just told dadi/jhanvi if you didn’t wanna bother shivika about it. 

ugh arjun no one wants your fucking love advice, you shady-hotel-visiting weirdo. 

OH GOD DON’T MAKE HER REHEARSE. 1. IT’S WEIRD AND PERSONAL. AND 2. OF COURSE OM IS GOING TO HEAR THIS AND HIS FUCKED UP BRAIN IS GOING TO FUCK IT UP FURTHER

UGH I CAN’T EVEN WATCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

while shivaay has the wholesome power of detecting wife’s presence, this creep has the superpower of super hearing. that he’s using to eavesdrop on his wife. 

gosh and he looks so creepy, like a fucking serial killer. jesus how can one man look so entirely different in two scenes???

GHINNNNNNNNNNN TOH MUJHE TUMPE AATI OMKARA YOU SUCKKKKKK OMG YOU SUCK MORE THAN WORK ON A WEEKEND AND THAT’S ONE OF THE SUCKIEST THINGS EVER.

siiiiiiiiiiiiigh. as usual, yet another woman’s hasta-khelta, mostly perfect life has been ruined to the power of tiffany after coming in contact with the oberois. 

thank god sumo, mallika and tia got out when they could. 

i hope wherever she is, ragini is thanking her lucky stars. and that she’s married vikram. 

at least officer dad believes her. 

YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKES THIS CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. i genuinely got scared and screamed a little. 

ugh this hug is giving me michmichiiiii. get your filthyyyyy paws off my girl! 

but also, him struggling with both rage and having missed her and wanting to genuinely hug her. *sighhhhhh* oh omki. why are you so fuckeddd uppppp?????????????

OK THEY NEED TO STOP WITH THE JUMP SHOTS COZ I’M GENUINELY A LITTLE SCARED OF KUNAL RIGHT NOW 

ugh this fakeassssssssss bitchhhhhh i hate him sooooo much my godddddddd.

oh shit, don’t want your surpriseeeee. don’t wantttt. 

GOOD. END THE RELATIONSHIP. FREE HER ALREADY. I JUST WANT MY GIRL TO BE FREE OF YOUR SOUL-SUCKING, TOXIC PRESENCE. YOU’RE NOT EVEN WORTHY OF CHAATOFYING THE DHOOL OFF MY QUEEN’S FEET. YOU IRREDEEMABLE FUCKWIT OF THE FIRST ORDER. 

shivaay just can’t keep away from this “random strange woman who’s calling herself his wife”. 

oh god i’m fucking crying at her breakdown already, how am i going to watch it tomorrow???? 

ok, thank god he gave up the act and hugged her back. 

BUT OH NO, TANYA IS WATCHING AND HE’S ABOUT TO BREAK MY GIRL’S HEART AGAIN!!!!!11!!!! 

[junker-town]

Aaron Rodgers trusts the hell out of Aaron Jones and here’s the proof

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images

3 key audibles showed just how dangerous the Aaron-to-Aaron combination can be.

Aaron Rodgers has been without top wide receiver Davante Adams since Week 4. In his four games since, his passing output has risen from 267 yards per game to just under 314 each week.

The reason for this surge? A little extra freedom from head coach Matt LaFleur, and a lot of extra trust in tailback Aaron Jones.

Jones has emerged as more than just a runner out of the backfield for the Packers. With Adams out, Jones has been responsible for 551 yards from scrimmage and seven touchdowns in four games. That’s not quite how LaFleur has drawn it up; Jones only had more than 13 carries in one week in that span. Instead, it’s been a function of Rodgers’ nearly unrivaled ability to improvise, audible, and exploit mismatches that have allowed the former fifth-round pick to shine.

That’s put Jones at the top of his QB’s wish list when it comes to cracking defenses in the face of pressure. Against the Chiefs, the Packers were forced to shift to a quick-hit passing game instead of the deep ball. Rodgers threw only five passes 15+ yards downfield in 33 attempts in Week 8 (15.2 percent). Over his prior three games, per NFL Next Gen Stats, he’d thrown 28 such passes in 118 throws (23.7 percent).

But Green Bay knew exactly how to burn Kansas City’s pressure-heavy defense because it had seen it before. Chicago forced Rodgers into a similarly rushed outlook back in the team’s season opener. And while a better Bears defense had used that strategy to limit the Pack to just 10 points, Green Bay had a new plan to torch an overzealous defense: Jones.

How did he do it? Three of the Packers’ biggest plays in a 31-24 win involved Rodgers, Jones, and some timely improvisation at the line of scrimmage.

Let’s take a deeper look at these three plays and what they meant to the Packers.

Play No. 1: Rodgers hit Jones with a deep sideline pass for a 50-yard gain

This was a simple and obvious adjustment for Rodgers facing second-and-10 with 3:30 remaining in the first quarter. Jones was covered by an inside linebacker with little hope of catching up to him, so the QB motioned him out wide where he was less likely to draw over-the-top safety help.

Anthony Hitchens had no prayer of running with a faster, younger back and the play resulted in a massive gain as Green Bay threatened to turn this game into an early rout:

Aaron Rodgers sees his RB is covered by an inside linebacker, so he splits him wide and then proceeds to roast him. Hoooooo boy pic.twitter.com/qZDO2oxCiT

— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) October 28, 2019

That touchdown was called back when Jones was ruled out of bounds upon review, but it still led to seven points minutes later. Rodgers effectively turned his running back into a wideout to broil the Chiefs, trusting a player who’d made his bones in the backfield to beat an underprepared opponent with a sideline route.

It wasn’t especially challenging, but Jones completed it to perfection.

Play No. 2: Rodgers connected with Jones on a screen pass for a 67-yard touchdown

Jones flew past his outmatched assignment down the sideline, but that was early in the game. Then the KC blitz started to show its advantage in the trenches against an offensive line missing David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga due to injury. Chiefs coach Andy Reid was content to throw extra linebackers at a quarterback who struggled to get the ball to his top wideout targets all night — Geronimo Allison and Marquez Valdes-Scantling combined for just two catches on five targets in Arrowhead Stadium.

As Kansas City’s pressure became a theme, getting the ball out in two seconds or less was a priority. The Packers were relying on at-the-line audibles more than ever when they faced second-and-2 with 8:16 left in the game. While the first half had seen the team take its time in the huddle, Green Bay shifted gears to allow Rodgers extra time to survey the landscape at the line of scrimmage and bark out new directions.

This worked as intended when he saw the same Hitchens mismatch in the fourth quarter of a tie game. Rodgers slid Jones into position for a wide receiver screen, and then watched him glide 67 yards to the end zone.

Rodgers sees Jones in 1-on-1 coverage against an ILB, motions him into a quick screen, lets his touchdown machine RB clean up from there pic.twitter.com/KnEfV3Kkds

— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) October 28, 2019

Jones got the message to drop back for a WR screen loud and clear and instantly rewarded his QB’s faith — and his wideouts’ downfield blocking. It only took two unplanned routes for Jones to crack 100 yards receiving.

That was also the game’s deciding score.

Play No. 3: Aaron Jones ran off tackle for 4 yards

Rodgers’ most important pre-snap adjustment may have been a mundane play that garnered a fraction of the yardage of his other big audibles. Green Bay led 31-24 when it faced a vital third down late in the game.

And, once again, the Chiefs were burned by a changed play at the line of scrimmage that put the ball in Jones’ hands.

Rodgers looks at his 3rd-and-2 setup, audibles to a Jones carry, and gets the first. Matt LaFleur is going pretty hands off with his QB, which is absolutely the right decision pic.twitter.com/o7LZLciW8A

— Christian D'Andrea (@TrainIsland) October 28, 2019

Rodgers spotted the weakness, and the tailback did his job ��� this time, identifying the correct hole to push forward for the first down — to keep his team on track to victory. Jones got the ball on four of the next five plays after this dagger, too. He gained 25 yards and earned the first downs that allowed his team to kneel out a road win in one of the league’s most hostile environments.

Rodgers was riding his hot hand, sure, but he made it clear the third-year back is firmly in his circle of trust.

“I think the scheme is obviously giving him opportunities to do a lot more out of the backfield,” said Rodgers after Sunday’s win. “We’re splitting him out and throwing the ball to him. We kind of caught lightning in a bottle a couple times. We hit him on a 50-yard slant and go and then hit a screen pass for 70 or whatever. He’s a talented guy.”

Jones has earned his QB’s confidence, but the Packers will be fine when opposing defenses begin to swarm him

Jones’ latest big performance — he’d had a four-touchdown day in a 182-yard Week 5 win over the Cowboys — was thanks to a combination of his blossoming talent as an NFL running back and the Chiefs’ inability to recognize that. Future opponents are going to take a look at that game tape and make sure the Packers’ starting RB isn’t shadowed only by a slow linebacker going forward.

But Jones isn’t the only star at the top of the depth chart, as Adams is practicing with the team and could make his way back to the lineup shortly. When he returns, he’ll add more strength to a receiving corps that’s thrived due to its diversity. Through eight games, eight different players have had at least 50 receiving yards in a single game. Jamaal Williams has run for a team best 4.4 yards per carry, has four touchdown catches in seven games, and was the toe-tapping recipient of this minor miracle:

Unreal.@AaronRodgers12 magic on SNF! #GBvsKC | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/OzFFykBX0A

— Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 28, 2019

The basic takeaway from their Week 8 win is that the Packers are once again scary on offense. The bigger development is Rodgers’ ability to move his tailback around like a chess piece in order to put him in perfect position to strike. Green Bay survived its trip to Kansas City because its quarterback knew exactly how and when to deploy an overlooked asset, and that’s what ultimately kept the Chiefs’ comeback effort at bay.

That’s the gift Rodgers brings to his offense, but it won’t work unless he’s got a target who can turn his vision into game-breaking plays. On Sunday night, Jones was exactly that. And even when he can’t be, he’s now a big enough target to create space for his teammates to step up in his place.

[br0adwa5]

get to know me tag :)

hey hi hello i was tagged by @sincerelymikefaist for this tag (btw thanks for tagging me!!! i was so excited i love ur blog) but yeah here we go!

rules: answer the questions then tag people u want to know better!

name: allison

nickname: ally (everyone just calls me this lol don’t call me allison it sounds so Formal)

zodiac sign: sagittarius (but i don’t act like one)

hogwarts house: hufflepuff!!!!!

height: like 5″5.5? i was only supposed to be 5″3 but oops here we are

sexual orientation: straight

ethnicity: white (irish af)

favorite fruit: PINEAPPLE (but i also have been really liking peaches lately? idk maybe it will change to that)

favorite season: i like all of them for different reasons i cant choose it would feel like picking a favorite child

favorite book: hooOOOO BOY so my instinct answer is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell bc i’ve read that book at least 8 times no exaggeration but i also really like Holding Up the Universe and All the Bright Places broke my HEART im still not over it AND ILL GIVE YOU THE SUN HOLY MOLY (i need to stop now)

dream trip: tbh? i would just go to the city to see ben in deh again but i love ocean beach in cali man oh man

favorite fictional character: once again i feel like im picking a favorite child buttt probably noah from I’ll Give You The Sun (but I LOVE ALL OF THEM)

favorite flower: hydrengea! they’re so pretty!

favorite color: right now it’s YELLOW ALL THE WAY but pink and purple always have a place in my heart

favorite animal: DOGS

favorite band: ... my one direction obsession never fully faded okay 

hours of sleep: if i have something the next day usually 7-8 but if not then i sleep later bc i love to sleep

number of blankets: short answer? 4. long answer? 1 sheet, white comforter, pinkish blanket ive had since i was little and a blue really fuzzy one with gummy bears on it (im literally a four year old???)

last thing i googled: will roland michael in the bathroom (10/10 would reccomend)

how many blogs i follow: 120 (idk if this is a lot or not???)

how many followers i have: 128 (yes i am a Small Blog™)

do i get asks regularly: nope i think i’ve gotten one about deh stage door but other than that never (send me asks about anything i love talking!)

tagging: @benji-applebaumm (even tho i already know u lol) @jaredflyingsolo

@hotdamnitslaura @bens-platt (u don’t have to if u don’t want to but i love ur blogs!!)

[divine-colossus]

20 questions!

rules - answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you’d like to get to know better!

tagged by: @jububblyjo

name - Div

nicknames - Divvie, Diving

zodiac sign - Capricorn

height - 5′9 1/2″

orientation - heterosexual

nationality - USA

favorite fruit - APPLES :D

favorite season - Summer!

favorite book - aaagh this is too difficult! Any book from the inheritance cycle is pretty great though :3

favorite flower - white roses

favorite scent - woodsmoke or bonfires

favorite color - forest green or gold (if metallics are allowed that is)

favorite animal - hmmm snakes are pretty cool, but I’m not really one for pets. Maybe a turtle tho...

coffee, tea, or hot cocoa - HOT COCOA. I love chocolate in all forms :D

average sleep hours - 8-9 but I’m still always tired o^o)

cat or dog person - cats!

favorite fictional character - hoooooo boy James Holden from The Expanse is pretty cool, as well as Eragon from the Inheritance Cycle, but there’s honestly too many to choose from!

number of blankets you sleep with - 2 big comforters. I like to be warm and cushioned by a lot of fluff XD

dream trip - to revisit Japan! The trip was fantastic, but I think I’d have an even better time if I went back 

blog created - 2015

number of followers - 114

tagging: anyone who wants to do it! :DD

[operakitten]

 sooooooooo I was tagged by @oodlyenough haven’t done one of these in forever woo here we go

1. Coke or Pepsi: I prefer diet coke, but can drink either coke/pepsi as long as it isn’t plain coke, that shit’s disgusting

2: Disney or Dreamworks: disney

3: Coffee or tea: tea

4: Books or movies: books usually but I haven’t read much lately

5: Windows or Mac: windowns

6: DC or Marvel: marvel

7: Xbox or Playstation: I don’t own either

8: Dragon Age or Mass Effect: never played

9: Night owl or early riser: hoooooo boy, night owl

10: Cards or chess: cards

11: Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate

12: Vans or Converse: .....I work in a shoe store lmao. 

13: Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar: I don’t understand the question

14: Fluff or angst: por que no los dos

15: Beach or forest: beach, hands dow

16: Dogs or Cats: I like dogs from a distance because they scare me but they’re very cute. but I love my kitties!!!!

17: Clear skies or rain: the rain makes my depression worse

18: Cooking or eating out: I’m a good cook but like....it’s time consuming and I don’t wanna clean after. also I love to eat out in general

19: Spicy food or mild food: I like spicy!!!! I don’t always do well with like, heat-spicy food on the upper levels, but just like ‘this food is seasoned with lots of spices’ is my jam in general and also I love food in general, give me both tbh

20: Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas: halloween!!!!

21: Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot (and no the winter coats and AC’s are not an option): gross this is mean. cold.

22: If you could have a superpower, what would it be: invisibility? or the ability to stop time maybe

23: Animation or live action: are we talking like, manga adaptations or in general lmao. because I like both!!!!

24: Paragon or renegade: this meme is really heavy on questions for video game franchises I have no interest in

25: Baths or showers: shower 

26: Team Cap or Team Ironman: hdu kali, I love steve. but I do like tony too lmao

27: Fantasy or Sci-Fi: probably sci fi?? although I do like a good elf/dwarf etc

28: Do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they? If not do you think you will in future? I have adhd I have like ten thousand favorite quotes

29: Youtube or Netflix: netflix

30. Classic Disney, Disney Renaissance, or Modern Disney? renaissance or modern I guess

31. What would you tell your younger self? TAKE YOUR FUCKING MEDS

32. If you could change one thing about the world around you, what would it be? uhhhhhhhhh. yeah. the election. yeah.

33. Make music or listen to music? make, but it’s been a while!!! if by make you mean ‘perform’ and not ‘compose’

34. Shakespeare’s Comedies or Tragedies? I hate to parrot kali more but like....maan is my favorite to see performed, but the tragedies definitely read better

35. What Song do you have stuck in your head right now? NOTHING FOR ONCE

36. Going to a concert or to a huge party? concert, I can wear earplugs if it gets too loud

37. If you could meet a fictional character who would it be? yeahhhhhh probably ten. or hermione!!

38 . Do you have songs that makes you feel strong ? if so what are they ? we play fight song ALL THE TIME at work and I just laugh every time

39. Travel through time or through space? space!!!!!

I don’t tag people but like, do it if you want!!!

[im-no-jedi]

ok alright here we go here’s my super duper long ramble/fangirling post about S2 Voltron (SPOILERS APLENTY HERE) (MOBILE USERS BEWARE)

I’m gonna start off by saying that I would like to personally thank each and every single person who works on this show because OMG it is so. freaking. GOOD. especially the animation like???? let me hug everyone at Studio Mir please they are the BEST. and the music continues to be #On Point and exactly my type of music, please Dreamworks release a season two soundtrack PLEASE. also the pacing seemed better this time around?? season one felt SO rushed, like I blinked and it was over, but this season felt really well paced and not rushed at all, hallelujah \o/

ok now on to more specific things

I’m gonna sort my thoughts via each character cause that’s gonna be the easiest thing to do I think, also writing out my feelings for each episode would take much longer tbh

Shiro: UMMM. MY POOR BABY???? the season starts out with him already wounded and then proceeds to have him get attacked and thrown around by a bunch of alien beasts like???? can you not?????? making Shiro suffer is a running theme in this show and I DON’T WIKE IT. he suffered less from PTSD this time around tho, which I appreciated. he just suffered more physically instead hahahaha LET HIM REST FOR GOSH SAKES!!!!!! although I think I felt most bad for him during that rescue mission with Salv like OMFG poor Shiro LOL. him bonding with the black lion was.... OMG. I was so proud and happy for him. take that Zarkon you fudge nugget. also ALSO HIM BONDING WITH KEITH????? I WAS SCREAMING??????????? THE HUG??!?!?!?!???!??! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! *ahem* anyway, I’m not even gonna get into the finale cause frick dat he’s fine he just is hiding under the control panel and is gonna pop up and surprise everyone later it’ll be great you’ll see :) he’s fine guys :) he is F I N E :) :) :) :) 8)

Pidge: A RELATABLE NERD WHO MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. I already felt a connection to Pidge last season, but this one was literally like OMG... it me... if I were smarter anyway... :P. she was precious as always, not taking any crap from those dumb boys. I LOVED her episode on the techie planet, it was so good. her having to rescue everyone in the end was just... *insert Pacha pic here*. also umm Harm and I kept making predictions throughout the entire season and saying “YOU GUYS SHOULD DO THIS” and then Pidge would always be the one to say the EXACT thing that Harm and I had been saying all along (like the Black Lion being the thing that Zarkon was tracking) and it was like YES!!!! GIRL!!!!!! GET SHIZZ DONE!!!!!!!!! seriously Pidge is like the support character of this team, without her, they would literally be dead right now. I freaking love her. she is the BEST \o/

Hunk: GIVE THIS BOY A FRIGGIN MEDAL. SERIOUSLY. and that medal would be for being the absolute biggest sweetheart EVER. OMG. I’m so glad they chose to put him and Keith together for the Weblum episode cause Keith needed someone like Hunk after what he had just gone through OMG. Hunk wasn’t demeaning to Keith at all, he was actually genuinely curious about what had happened to him??? I’m crying????? also I know everyone is complaining about him being reduced to comedic relief and only talking about food and all that but like... he stated in the Eye of the Storm episode that cooking was how he destressed?? it’s his hobby?? he likes cooking and eating food?? I get it, ya’ll want a chubby character who’s not just there to eat food all the time. well, from what I recall, Hunk used his smarts pretty darn often in the season, especially in the Weblum episode. also he’s still a big lovable goofball that everyone on the team loves and what’s better than that tbh?? NOBODY on the team makes fun of Hunk for liking to eat and cook, and honestly, that’s incredible. I absolutely LOVED the parts in the space mall episode where he was cooking in the food court and everybody was loving his food. he was doing what he loves to do, and he was being GOOD at it. as an overweight person who also likes to eat often, I support Hunk and his food eating/making endeavors ^3^

Lance: I... honestly wish I could say more about him. unlike with Hunk, I do agree with the fandom that Lance pretty much got shoved to the side this season. besides the mermaid and rescuing Salv episodes, he didn’t do much at all. he was hilarious as always, but I’m starting to see season three Sokka syndrome here, and I’m not sure how to feel. I don’t have a problem with him being a comedic character, but it feels like they’re taking away from the really important stuff with his character. he didn’t even mention his Earth family this time around. is that not an issue for him anymore? with Pidge and now Keith both looking for their families, I feel like this might impact Lance more in the coming seasons. I really hope they delve more into his character in S3 cause we didn’t get much of him in the first season either. poor Lance :\

Keith: DO I EVEN HAVE TO SAY IT. DO I. COME ON. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I’M GONNA SAY. I specifically saved Keith for last cause hoooooo BOY do I have a lot to say!!!!! firstly *SCREAMS FOR 84 YEARS*. secondly *SOBS FOR 84 MORE YEARS*. and lastly *DIES*. that is all. ........LOL jk. thank you thank you THANK YOU to the writers for giving him more of a focus this season. we complained that Keith was barely there in the first season and now this second season more than made up for it. this was Keith’s season, man. even more so than Shiro. I was one of the people who REALLY wanted Keith to be part Galra aND LO. THE WRITERS DELIVERED. *MORE SCREAMING*. I’m a bit disappointed that Thace wasn’t his father, but I’ll talk more about the Galra in a bit. also the fact that his mother is the one who’s a Galra? I didn’t even know there were female Galra since Haggar was the only female on the ship (and I was suspicious of her actually being a Galra anyway). but whatever, I’m not picky, IM JUST HAPPY IT’S A THING. The Blade of Marmora is my new Carnage of Krell and I’m gonna torture myself by watching it 20 more times hahahaha. I already mentioned the Shiro hug but also HE THINKS OF SHIRO LIKE A BROTHER??!?!!?!?!? UMMMMMMMMM??!??!!?!?!?!??!?!!?! I died to say the least. I’m still dying. I’m still dying A LOT. and and AND KEITH BEING PROTECTIVE OF SHIRO IN THE FIRST EPISODE?????? I CRIED????????? he was so supportive and helpful in this season, he really bonded more with the others, especially the Weblum episode OMG, I love his relationship with Hunk so much ;3;. and the stuff between him and Allura????? like I don’t ship it, but I was still screaming like... Keith is such a friggin sweetheart, he genuinely cares about everyone even though he doesn’t always show it, and he’s so loyal and protective and strong and I AM SO FREAKING IN LOVE WITH HIM HE IS PERFECT?????????????????????????? the fact that he was able to control the black lion in the first episode?????? he really is a good leader after all?????? this entire season was building Keith up so that he could take over for Shiro once he was gone and I’m??!!?!?!!?!!?! *SOBS FOR 84 YEARS AGAIN*. I’m honestly frightened for what the next season is gonna hold because nooooooo do not give Keith anymore grief and sorrow and worry, do NOT let him blame himself for losing Shiro, DO NOT MAKE HIM ANGSTY AGAIN, JUST LET HIM BE HAPPY AND FIND HIS FAMILY AND BE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE LEADER FOR SHIRO OK????????? that’s all I ask.... ;3;

ok that’s the main five, now on to the other characters...

Allura and Coran: I’m lumping them together because I can. Coran didn’t really change much this season, and I’m ok with that. I like him just the way that he is. the episode where he had the Slipperies was HYSTERICAL. I love him XD. Allura continues to just be... ok to me? I definitely don’t dislike her, but there are so many things about her that bothered me this season, it was hard for me to change my feelings about her at all. I got SO pissed at her about her issues with the Galra, it was ridiculous. especially when she was being a jerk to Keith, that was just infuriating. if this was the writers attempt at trying to showcase racism, then congrats to them cause they did a wonderful job at making me almost hate Allura LOL. I compare Allura to Katara a LOT, but unlike Katara, I feel like Allura might have more likable qualities to her. in terms of her racist feelings towards the Galra and Keith, she resolved them a heckuva lot quicker than Katara did with the Fire Nation, which I appreciated greatly. the way she handled her apology to Keith was even more satisfying than Katara’s apology to Zuko tbh. idk guys, I really want to like Allura more, and at times I like her more than others (like during the last couple episodes holy frick YOU GO GIRL \o/), but overall, I’m still just... ok with her. nothing more, nothing less. if I were to rank all of the main hero characters in order, she would probably be last. but I in no ways hate her, that’s for sure.

The Galra: again, lumping all together cause there are WAAAY too many characters that fit into this category for me to separate. like Keith, these guys were given a big focus this season, and I am SO GLAD. I really wanted to learn more about them in the first season, and I was super syked to learn that they weren’t all bad guys. the Blade of Marmora (the actual organization, not the episode of the same name) was SO. FRIGGIN. COOL. like yeah, they started off as a bunch of jerks, but thanks to the glorious efforts of my husband, they chilled out and joined with the team and kicked MAJOR butt in the finale, I was so friggin pleased. also Ulaz and Thace?? I’m hurt man. I’m hurt REAL bad. someone please tell me I’m not the only one who got Clone Trooper vibes from those two cause I AM HURT. if the Blade ends up being a bunch of sacrificial lambs for the rest of the season, IM WRITING A STRONGLY WORDED LETTER TO DREAMWORKS TO TELL THEM TO BACK THE FRICK OFF OF MY BOYS!!!!!!! also, like the Clones, I am conflicted on whether or not I want to adopt them all or marry them all but we won’t get into that *COUGH*. I hope more Galra join the Blade in the next season. and that we get to find out WHO TF THAT PERSON WAS THAT KEITH RESCUED INSIDE THE WEBLUM CAUSE I JUST KNOW THAT PERSON IS IMPORTANT SOMEHOW!!!! (calling it now, they’re related to Keith in some manner, also I think they were female). besides the Blade, I also enjoyed seeing other odd Galra that are actually part of Zarkon’s army, like Marvok and the cop from the space mall. more characters like them please \o/

aaaaand some final things to note

Zarkon literally turned into Megatron, he’s even in a coma like Megs was in the first season of TFP hahahaha

I had a theory that Haggar was a species other than Galra but I did NOT expect her to be Altean tbh

IF THEY NEVER SHOW OR MENTION THE COW AGAIN IM GOING TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WRITERS

forgot to mention it in Allura or Shiro’s sections but!!!! that hand hold!!! ALL ABOARD THE SHALLURA TRAIN 8D

immediately after finishing the season, I looked up Prince Lotor and I DO NOT WANT THEM TO CHANGE HIS CHARACTER AT ALL HE IS PERFECT THE WAY HE IS P L E A S E WRITERS OMG

please... let Pidge find her brother and dad soon... please writers...

I want more Altean history and I WANT TO KNOW WHO THE OTHER PREVIOUS PALADINS WERE

Harm and I couldn’t remember the name of the Taujeerians, so we just called them the Pooh aliens cause the leader was voiced by Jim Cummings (and they were really cute and chubby LOL)

that’s it :P

[sqrzos]

92 Statements Tag

thanks to @vangoghs-flowerss for tagging me, love you friend!

Rules: Answer the 92 Statements + tag 20 people.

Last:

1. Drink: Homemade iced tea 2. Phone call: to my dad, to see if he knew where a couple books were 3. Text message: my friend, answering and asking questions right now because this reminded me to text back 4. Song you listened to: Uh, something from Ceremonials by Florence + The Machine (not sure which song, I had a playlist on and all I remember is that it was Florence and not Hozier) 5. Time you cried: Oooh boy it’s actually been like, a week, maybe more

Have you:

6. Dated someone twice: HaH you’re funny. no. 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: nope 8. Been cheated on: I do not qualify my one experience with someone as a relationship, therefore he could not have cheated 9. Lost someone special: Yup, if family counts  10. Been depressed: Hoooooo boy am I ever 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Nope.

List 3 favorite colors: 

12-14. Green, blue, and purple (pretty much any shade of them)

In the last year have you:

15. Made new friends: Yep! 16. Fallen out of love: I don’t think I’ve ever fallen in it. 17. Laughed until you cried: No, but I have laughed until it hurt 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Not in the dramatic sense, no 19. Met someone who changed you: Honestly I don’t know. Do dogs count? 20. Found out your real friends: Nah, that happened in grade nine 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: Don’t have facebook

General:

22. How many Facebook friends do you know in real life: Don’t have facebook 23. Do you have any pets: Yes! Popper, a grouchy bearded dragon and Jackson, an over enthusiastic shepherd/rottweiler/unknown mix 24. Do you want to change your name: Nope! I like my current one pretty well, though some are definitely prettier 25. What did you do for your last birthday: Tried to go to mandarin with friends, couldn’t get a table despite having a reservation, and walked to panera instead. 26. what time did you wake up: 7:30 am 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: being in the first stages of sleep 28. Name something you can’t wait for: The next episodes of Teen Wolf, and the premier of The Bright Sessions season 4 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: when I was six, or this afternoon (birth mom vs step mom) 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I’d like to have stable mental health and a plan for the future please? 31. What are you listening to rn: the click of Popper’s timer for his lights, and the sound of my dad and brother in the house 32. Have you ever talked to a person named tom: Yep, my cousin 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: I have a slight headache right now and also persistent homophobia, racism, xenophobia, and other societal intolerances 34. Most visited websites: Tumblr and youtube, according to Chrome 35. Elementary: Yup, hated it 36. High school: Currently- it’s better than elementary but still not perfect 37. University: Listen man I have no plans for the future 38. Hair color: Medium brown 39. Long or short hair: Longish? I’d like if it was like, ‘Cheryl Blossom’ long 40. Do you have a crush on someone: other than recurring pangs when I look at old crushes, no 41. What do you like about yourself: My humour 42. Piercings: Just regular lobe piercings 43. Blood type: I have no idea 44. Nickname: Amy, Ames, or, when I was really little, Boo or Stumpy 45. Relationship status: Single  46. Zodiac: aquarius 47. Pronouns: she/her 48. Favorite tv show: Hooo boy I have bad taste. Teen Wolf and Supernatural, despite consistent issues regarding treatment of ‘minority’ characters (even though ‘minority’ is a bad concept cause it alienates ppl who aren’t ‘normal’ plus they outnumber the people who qualify as a ‘majority’). I just fall in love with characters and continue watching because I care about them! I can’t help it! 49. Tattoos: nope, but if I got any I’d get this one really small someday, plus the symbol my mom had tattooed that contains my name and a heart

First

51. Surgery: to cut back the thingy under my tongue cause I couldn’t eat as a baby 52. Hair dyed In different color: actually never dyed my hair. I’m too scared to bleach it and I feel like having it go darker would look bad on me 53. Sport: other than in gym class? Uhh horseback riding or swimming? Does swimming lessons that I sucked at count? 54. Vacation: There are photos of me in newfoundland when I was tiny? Idk if that was my first though 55. Pair of trainers: I have no idea man

More general

56. Eating: I had hash browns (I call them potato thingies so that might not be what they actually are) 57. Drinking: Again, either iced tea or water 58. I’m about to go: nowhere, I don’t leave my house unless I have to 59. Waiting for: Teen Wolf to come on so I can PATIENTLY wait to see my Hales 60. Want: mental stability, a billion dollars, and to be friends with some of the people I look up to (youtubers mostly) 61. Get married: Honestly maybe. Idk, that’s a long way off. 62. Career: Hoooooo boy I have no idea. I like learning how things are connected- maybe something about science, language, or history? 63. Favorite artist: Jazza from Draw With Jazza (I forget his real name but he’s a really fun guy) and all my friends who make art 64. Place you want to travel to: Ireland cause there’s old, pretty places. I heard something about norway having gorgeous forests?New Zealand is also gorgeous... And ofc Germany to meet my friendo @vangoghs-flowerss and also because it’s apparently really heckin pretty? From what I saw?  65. Favorite subject: Art cause I’ve got friends in that class, and history. Idk, any class is fascinating with the right teacher.

Which is better

66. Hugs or kisses: Hugs. I don’t like the feel of kisses much, and hugs are great and comforting as long as I have an escape route. 67. Lips or eyes: Eyes tbh 68. shorter or taller: Are we talking about me? I want to be tall so I can be an elven warrior, but if we’re talking about my preferences for others I don’t care 69. Older or younger: For a partner? I guess a little older so that I don’t have to be the mature one. Assistance in life would be great 70. nice arms or nice stomach: All stomachs are nice stomachs so I’m gonna say arms. 71. Sensitive or loud: Honestly sensitive for me and a partner. They can be loud sometimes, but I need someone who’d listen too. 72. hookup or relationship: Relationship. I might be ace sooooo... 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Like, both? In moderation? Neither totally complacent nor boring and stiff. Idk, I like having fun but I dislike bringing people to emergency rooms

Have you ever 74. kissed a stranger: Not even close 75. Drank hard liquor: What qualifies? I think the fact I have to ask means it’s a no 76. lost glasses/contact lenses: No, but I have broken them. 77. Turned someone down: Yes, but only after panicking, saying yes, then regretting it and admitting I don’t like them (this happened twice. Twice!) 78. sex on the first date: I’ve never even been on a date you’re overestimating how attractive I am here 79. Broken someone’s heart: I don’t think so? I hope not?  80. Had your heart broken: I’m a teenager I’ve never been in a serious relationship 81. Been arrested: Jesus christ no 82. Cried when someone died: No, even though both my mother and grandfather have died. My mom’s, I was too young to understand properly, and my grandfather, I wasn’t there and wasn’t really close to 83. fallen for a friend: Again, never been in love, but not really? I’ve thought about dating p much everyone but never really wanted to. It’s more of a ‘what if’ thing.

Do you believe in:

84. yourself: sometimes, rarely 85. Miracles: honestly? not really, unless you mean the everyday kind 86. Love at first sight: tbh sometimes. It takes effort to maintain though. 87. Santa Claus: cover your kid’s ears, folks...................no 88. Kiss in the first date: maybe. Depends how it went, and the context of the kiss (goodnight/goodbye cheek kiss? sure. random kiss while on the date? probably not.) 89. Angels: honestly maybe? I feel like if they do exist, they don’t interact with humans Other

90. current best friends name: Uhhhh I have a bunch and at least a couple would kill me if I didn’t pick them so... Amanda, Sia, and Lorena 91. Eye color: grey-green-bluish 92. Favorite movie: Don’t make me pick between The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, I can’t do it.

I tag : @disturbingpeopleismylife, @beriala ,,, I have no other friends on Tumblr other than my friend who tagged me in this

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TCM Eats: Zoe’s

Zoe’s (Harvard Square)

Zoe’s is a Harvard Square institution. It markets itself as a Greek diner, and it’s widely known for its brunch. With its cozy, tightly-packed table, large dining room, and long menu, Zoe’s is a diner for the masses. You may not be able to find your lobster caviar eggs florentine here, but you’ll definitely leave full.

We ate:

South of the Border omelette with Dark Rye toast

Double Play with scrambled eggs and bacon

We drank:

Coffee

Grapefruit juice

Matt’s Thoughts

Ok, so first and foremost: How did I not know Zoe’s existed? I must’ve walked by this place dozens of times, and I love me some diner breakfast. Talk about a b(r)unch of missed opportunities! After great deliberation over where we should go for brunch, Angela and I realized that what we both really wanted was straightforward diner food. And when you want diner food, nothing else will do. Enormous omelettes, unique homefries (how often have you gotten the *exact same* type of homefries from two different diners?), and bottomless coffee all sounded like heaven to me. We set out.

Walking into Zoe’s, the place just *smells* right. You’d know that diner smell anywhere. Eggs, bacon, coffee, toast, and all manner of fried carbs permeate the air, with the classic hustle and bustle of food-laden servers zipping around corners. The place even has booths, and tables that have that classic boomerang print.

Our server was amicable, and did such a good job of toeing that line between being attentive and playful, without coming off like an asshole. An example: Angela likes her eggs scrambled hard, and in this particular instance, I shook my head in disappointment. Now, I don’t know why I did that, but that’s neither here nor there. Our server asked me why I was doing it, and I just said something like “Oh, we’ve just come to an understanding about this.” We all laughed a little, and when I decided to have white toast with my eggs, he said “Man, you can have white toast at home. Order something better.” And opened the menu expertly straight to the toast section. Chortling and a bit chagrined, I chose the dark rye (it was a great choice).

The coffee was just fine diner coffee. You can put it in a mug, it’s hot, and you can drink it and feel more awake afterwards. I’m glad to have had it, and though I would never send someone to Zoe’s for the coffee, I don’t think I’d really be able to go again without ordering it (but I just love coffee). I tried Angela’s grapefruit juice, and hoooooo boy was it tannic. Definitely not for my taste, but as long as she liked it, I was happy.

Finally, our food came out! I couldn’t wait. The nicely browned omelette took up half the plate, and had a 4-stack of dark rye toast slathered in butter. Heaven. A generous portion of Zoe’s home fries took up the other half - this was the kind that’s parboiled, cooked until a little fluffy on the griddle, and then left to form a nice char before getting the final mix.

Laying down what I thought to be an expert ribbon of ketchup, I eagerly took my first bite of homefries. DISAPPOINTMENT! They were room temp! Not the piping hot potatoes I was expecting. Though they were well cooked, and the bits that had some char were great, this was for me a big oversight. I could have sent them back to get warmed up, I’m sure, but I honestly just didn’t care enough. Unfortunately, they were also a little underseasoned, but perked right up with some extra salt and pepper (I’m a little surprised that I had to salt diner homefries - I don’t think I’d ever done that before).

The omelette was, fortunately, an excellent choice. Fully chorizo, black beans, onions, peppers, corn, and a jack/cheddar blend, it was flavorful and extremely filling. I would have been happy with twice the amount of chorizo, because let’s be real, chorizo is delicious. Oddly, the omelette had baby corn, instead of corn kernels! I really wasn’t expecting this, to the extent that when I found my first piece of baby corn, I said out loud “Why is there baby corn in this omelette?” It wasn’t bad, per se, but I think real corn would have been a bit more on theme.

The toast was good, diner toast. Nice caraway flavor, plenty of butter. A well executed staple.

Zoe’s hit a lot of my New York diner points, but never quite knocked any out of the park. I’d be happy to go back, and would certainly choose it as a good option for a large group that wants breakfast (they have a lot of seating that can turn over quickly). I wouldn’t call Zoe’s a destination, per se, but I’d certainly feel happy if I had it in my neighborhood.

Angela’s Thoughts

Zoe’s is a brunch place that has a lot of happy memories attached to it, for me. It’s been a meeting place for group brunch and a quick hangover recovery stop many times. You walk in, and the smell of butter and fried potatoes hits you instantly, which really boosts the comfortable diner feel. In general, Zoe’s is crowded, popular, and affordable; it’s often packed at peak hours, but the waits are never too long because the space is large and the turnover time is pretty quick.

On this particular visit, we arrived at Zoe’s around 11:50, and only had to wait 5 minutes to get a table. Our waiter was friendly, witty, and patient (it took us a bit to decide what we were having). I had a craving for grapefruit juice and pancakes that morning, so I ordered a large grapefruit juice and the Double Play, which was two pancakes, two eggs, and two servings of the protein of your choice (bacon, sausage etc. - I went with bacon) with homefries on the side. Yes, this is a lot of food. No, I didn’t finish it all. Yes, I tried my best.

The grapefruit juice wasn’t fresh-squeezed or anything, but it had a nice sour, tannic flavor to it; I’m of the opinion that grapefruit juice should be more sour than sweet, so I was happy. Matt was not as much of a fan when he tried my juice. Caveat emptor.

I was really in the mood for diner pancakes, and these were a bit of a letdown. I recall ordering pancakes from Zoe’s before, and these were uncharacteristically poor. They were pale, doughy, and kind of bland, and the (pretty good quality) butter I swiped on them didn’t do quite enough to help out... I’m not really a fan of syrup (I know, I know…), so I didn’t try the syrup they provided, and can’t comment on its quality. I got through one of the two pancakes before throwing in the towel.

The eggs and potatoes were a bit underseasoned, so I added salt and pepper to both. That may be more a feature than a bug, though, since it allows everyone to season their food to taste (which may be beneficial when cooking in a diner). The eggs were just fine, and the potatoes were beautifully cooked. They were a skin-on red potato, mashed, cooked nice and fluffy on the inside, and perfectly crispy around the outside. I didn’t finish the potatoes, either, but that’s because I got full; I wish I’d had more space in my stomach for them.

The bacon deserves a shout-out as well. It was really good, very meaty and salty. It wasn’t as crispy as I’d generally prefer, but it was tasty. As I got full, I traded a strip of bacon for a bite of Matt’s omelette -- it was *really* good. It made me regret ordering the pancakes, to be honest. Zoe’s protip: go for the egg dishes.

All in all, I ended up stuffed for the price ($10.99 for my meal, which was pretty cheap for the generous serving). The menu is huge, so there’s bound to be something that everyone wants there, no matter how large or picky your group. Zoe’s is generally an easy go-to for me, when I want a quick, no-frills breakfast plate in a comfortable setting.

We give Zoe’s Kitchen 3 crispy homefry bits out of 5.