#I kinda feel bad they had to destroy a retro tv

[unforeseen-idiot]

Shovelwarewolf Season 3

Oh boy the season where things got really interesting, an actual antagonist with a face and everything?, a new location for our favorite angry werewolf?, ALIENS! Excellent season in my book and lets get into why.

E.T the Extra-Terrestrial: Great opener, I love the theme of this season being infamously bad games fits well with Biffalo's whole schtick. I love the back and forth they have with each other. I love the scene where Ivan resolves to get out of the pit, fails once and tries again, and then fails a second time and then rages, just felt really real.

Super Man 64: Another great episode, the Martha bit was maybe a little on the nose, but I still find it funny. I love SWW's commitment to this three-hole punch bit, it starts out as a regular SWW threat, but the fact that he keeps building on it slays me. I love SWW's dramatics in this episode. Plus we get more evidence on the Star Fox Adventures theory.

Night Trap: Ah yes, the game that would turn everyone into serial killing rapists according to the government. Solid episode, like the CDI Zelda games, the dialogue makes SWW's quips even better. I love that Biffalo finally acknowledges the whole glass shattering thing, and his random story about eating a run-over waffle. Gotta love SWW's total pettiness with the vase. He also gave a pretty solid "Reason you suck speech" to that weird general guy. Plus this is the first time we've actually seen Ivan playing a game as a human since Mortal Kombat Mythologies just thought it was cool. And of course the ending twist with Bubsy, so good.

Bubsy 3D: Oh my what a terrible game, it actually hurts thinking about playing it. This is a pretty ok episode, its best parts are in the beginning when we get Biffalo's true motives (seriously he wants to take pictures with kids someone stop him) and the ending when he's so pissed about losing his custom Bubsy Playstation. Plus his utter glee at Bubsy is pretty funny. We also get a solid cliffhanger at the end.

Link the Faces of Evil: Oh what an excellent sequel to last season, the dialogue is only funnier with the slam poetry, reused cutscenes, and SQUADALA WE ARE OFF! I love this episode so much it has great one liners and an acknowledgment of Susan (I remember watching the episode and thinking the exact thing when he said it). I also Love the Shawshank tribute and the chase through the dessert that ends with him being abducted, it probably made no sense to people at the time, but it's so freaking funny.

The Grinch: We've now arrived at the season finale, it's pretty good I like the animations for Mr. Wolf. The setup is decent, not revealing too much of the aliens yet while still giving us a plausible way for him to play games (of course his coma dreams involve shovelware). I know it was meant to serve the Grinch parody, but SWW without a lab coat or otherwise just looks wrong. So Cindy Lou Rareware is a neat character, but she reminds me so much of this girl I knew in middle school it's a little jarring. The ending always makes me feel a little hopeless, like dang the guy is just stuck.

Music:

Season 3 Opening: Oh what a great intro. The strings in the beginning and the banjo, folksy style really sell the creepy vibes of Buffalo Bub and the season's setup.

Season 3 Transformation: It's pretty good, I like the guitar in it. It doesn't really do a whole lot but it serves the purpose very well.

Demented Furry: Excellent villain theme for Biffalo. It gives off a great mistrusting and creepy feel that goes great with our Bubsy obsessed hillbilly.

Demented Furry (Choir Version): Same song, but with a slower piano and an awesome sounding choir behind it. Very foreboding.

Live or Die: Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. This song man. THIS SONG! It goes so freaking hard. The metal guitar riffs, the brass, the synth it all comes together so well. I never paid much attention to it until now and I fell in love. It completely creates a great climatic tension to a very tense scene.

Mr. Wolf: It's a Grinch parody. Does a great job especially when coupled with the animation. The singer is so petty with lines like, "Someone should through you back in a 39 and a half foot hole" like dude that probably traumatized him, lay off.

Couch Gag: This is a pretty good one, just Biffalo Bub being Biffalo Bub and playing with action figures (I feel like AJ improvised these, not in a bad way just that this feels like stuff he'd come up with on the fly). The last one was honestly so real, like you'd think that you'd make your "if you're watching this I'm dead video" a little funny to lighten the mood, but I mean, it would probably just bum me out too.

So ye overall, I love the season, great set, great tension, great villain, and horrible games. It also sets up a very good season coming up.

[39isabop-blog]

Tag!

I was tagged by @unicornsapplesandstuff. Babe, I appreciate getting these so much! I always go overboard and write literal books for each of the answers, so prepare to get to know me real well. 

1. How tall are you?

5′5, but I’m pretty sure I lied on my licence and said I’m 5′6. Oh well!

2. What colour and style is your hair?

My hair’s a kinda boring brown, but it gets reddish in the summer. I’ve had it cut in many different ways, but now it’s growing out from a pixie cut so it’s short and wavy/curly, depending on how humid it it or how much conditioner I use. I have a v precise routine for hair care because I can’t deal with it otherwise. 

3. What colour are your eyes?

They’re green. But they’re a dark green. I wish they were a brighter green like my mom’s, but oh well. 

4. Do you wear glasses?

I’m a blind bitch who can’t see more than four inches in front of her face clearly without them. 

5. Do you wear braces?

Yeah, I had horrible teeth as a child. I literally had a bottom front tooth that was sideways and a giant gap between my front top teeth that I could fit a straw between. I also had to have an expander, which is another word for a medieval torture device that is glued to the roof of your mouth and cranked with a key to expand your top jaw. I had two sets of braces because my teeth were so bad, one when I was nine and the other when I was fourteen. I also got my wisdom teeth out at fourteen so they wouldn’t grow in and ruin all my dental work.

6. What is your fashion style?

I’m very retro inspired, from the 60s to the 80s. I have bell bottoms, really light wash jeans, white Beatles boots, etc. that are very throwback and I love to wear them. I also have a shirt that I call my John Deacon at Live Aid shirt, because it’s like a pink striped short-sleeve dad button-down that I wear tucked into my light wash jeans with a cropped jean jacket and my Adidas All-Stars. 

7. Full name?

Not gonna do this one, but my full first name is Samantha and my nickname is Sam. You can tell how well someone knows me by what they call me. The less you know me, the more likely you are to call me Samantha. If you’ve known me for years or are a good friend, you’re allowed to call me Sam. It’s a legit rule I have. You know your place in my hierarchy by what you can call me. And it’s NEVER Sammy. I absolutely hate that name and no one is allowed to call me that.

8. When were you born?

Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

9. Where are you from and where do you live now?

Fort Wayne, Indiana. I have moved once in my life, and it was from a small house to a bigger house before my brother was born in the literal exact same neighborhood. I am within walking distance of my old house. 

10. What school do you go to?

I’m at an offshoot campus of Purdue University. 

11. What kind of student are you?

I’m a self-destructive student. I adore school, but only when I’m doing something I like. I like the idea of school and academia, but it’s also a lot of work and I can be lazy and unmotivated pretty often. 

12. Do you like school?

Like I said previously, I love school. I love learning and I really can’t imagine not being in school. 

13. What are your favourite school subjects?

English, history, music, French

14. Favourite tv shows?

Bob’s Burgers, The Office, Broad City, Parks and Recreation, The Goldbergs, Mindhunter

15. Favorite movies?

BoRhap, Kingsman, Anastasia, The Heat

16. Favourite books?

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga, Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman

17. Favourite pastime?

Reading, writing, knitting, playing music

18. Do you have any regrets?

Not necessarily regrets, just things I look back on and realize were actually stupid for me to do. Like sneaking into a hookah lounge at fourteen. 

19. Dream job?

Rock star, or maybe a professor. I know, two totally different things. 

20. Would you like to get married someday?

Yes! 

21. Would you like to have kids someday?

Maybe, but only if I was with the absolute best partner and we were in a perfect place in our lives and the stars and planets align...

22. How many?

If the previous scenario comes true, then only one. A daughter, preferably. I don’t feel like I have the energy and thoughtfulness to have multiple children. Serious props to those who do, though. You’re the real heroes. 

23. Do you like shopping?

I’m a bit of a shopaholic. It’s not a problem or anything, but I also work at a clothing store and have the urge to buy everything that I think is cute. 

24. What countries have you visited?

I’ve been to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands. States in the US: Indiana (obviously), Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, Georgia, and Louisiana (New Orleans, specifically). Maybe Kentucky, I don’t remember. 

25. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?

Anything involving tornadoes. I have a really specific nightmare that I’ve had several times of a tornado ripping down my street and everyone being totally nonchalant about it, meanwhile I’m the only one freaking out that everything is going to get destroyed. 

26. Do you have any enemies?

Several. Just kidding. Idk. 

27. Do you have a s/o?

Currently working on that, working up the courage to ask them out on Monday. Pray for me lol

28. Do you believe in miracles?

I believe in coincidences and messages. For example, I know something good is going to happen to me if I hear a David Bowie song in the wild (i.e. not played by me on a playlist or something). I don’t know, it just kinda feels like hearing Bowie is the Universe’s way of telling me that it’s gonna be okay.