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the cutest people at starship spotted together ! (real)
#they r so CUTEEEE#alternative caption for this was 'demographic = me' coz this is for me#I love dayoung .. just so much#and that's my SON#they r just so cute ...:'(((#I miss starship game caterers now ....😢#I might rewatch soon<3#dayoung and hyeongjun peak besties now#and once again it's for ME#hyeongjun#sweetie boy#dayoung#wjsn#cravity#vids#vitytok
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-“I think we’re gonna have to kill this guy, Jet.” -“Damn.”
#and that’s a glock fact™️#anyways I’m 3000 years late to this meme 😭 but! I just hit 30 followers so I wanna share smth special :3#my fanart#jet black#greg otgw#fanart#cowboy bebop fanart#otgw fanart#I hecked up on Greg’s hands- they were too small and I applied the paint too heavily so I could barely ink over them when I finished 🥲#this is my favorite art that I’ve done of Jet tho!!#cowboy bebop#over the garden wall#bout that time of year for a rewatch#ugh I can’t believe it’s almost fall- that means it’s gonna be winter soon and I will suffer immensely#traditional media#I can never get the pictures of my watercolors to look right but this is close enough#fun fact tho: I spent MONTHS hemming and hawing over the sketch- his cybernetic arm can be so tricky to draw and in the reference photo—#—it wasn’t even with/shaped the same as his other arm and it fucked with me sm. took forever to get it to look right but I’m very pleased#might do a version of this without Greg bc that’s how happy I am with it
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you're telling me it's already BEEN A YEAR since I became obsessed with this family? BD fandom how we feeling
#buddy daddies#ok i know the 1 year anni is on the 7th but i had to post now#i promise i'll make art soon just the end of the year stuff into the new year is stressful#i really hope to create something for this weekend#the way these 3 took over my brain for this long already.... who even was i before all this#i might rewatch the anime and cry all over again from love
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been wanting to draw luis for a while now
(no context re4r spoilers under the cut)
i just really wanted to draw this if im being honest.
#chapter 11 sucks! im not looking forward to replaying it in my future playthroughs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1#its lke dmc5 mission 18 to me. the chapter itself is hard to get through both gameplay wise and emotionally.#im not gonna recover from this for awhile. and the games already throwing more things at me. i love this game it might be my fav re game <3#im so close to finishing the game i need more free time soon to do that#resident evil#luis serra#leon s kennedy#allyart#i hope its obvious that i drew that second sketch without rewatching the scene#i cant do that bc 1. im afraid of spoilers and 2. i cant. i physically cant. i cried when i got to that and i will cry again#so if it doesnt look accurate just know its bc i didnt have refs and i was too busy sobbing my eyes out to remember how the scene looked#re4r is a great game it brings me so much pain <3
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Wouldn’t want him getting lost now, would we (Patreon)
#Doodles#SCII#ZEX#The Captain#DAX#Me quietly while watching Muppet Treasure Island: Don't | My brain: Haha anyway- ♪#I don't even have to reread! My brain just does this nonsense! It's still Right There at the forefront of my mind#At this rate I'll have to go pick up Treasure Island from the library *shakes fist* Stevensonnnnnnnnnnn#I will admit that the itch to reread has been growing but mmmmn I've got fics to vet for printing! And that one's technically unfinished!#I mean I might break soon lol but mmmmnnnnn!#Same thing when I was in a Treasure Planet mood years(?! how has it been that long and I still haven't rewatched!) ago#Anyway yes these were inspired by rewatching Muppet Treasure Island lol - it's just one interpretation after the other!#If you happen to go seeking out Professional Pirate you might recognize the second shot as when Jim has been kidnapped by the pirates#I kinda just interpolated from there lol#Same vibe as the set I made a while ago of ZEX piercing the Captain - there's just Something So about ZEX leaving a mark on him!#Not directly altering him (at least more than skin-deep haha) but decorating him! Dressing him up! There's Something about that#Like a living museum - how much does ZEX project onto the Captain? There's a lot of weird vibes around them <3#He wants A Human and he has His Human but hmmm ♪#Well for the time being that's his only human - and seeing as he's collared but without a leash in the last one he's not running away!#It's progress haha#Hhhh drawing the Captain in pirate garb really is one of my favourites <3 I had so much fun the first times around and it's still fun!#His hair is for some reason I cannot explain easier to draw in this setting - there is no explanation I can think of but it is! Why fight it#ZEX is also very fun to draw in pirate gear haha ♫ I really think it's one of his handsomest interpretations#I always think he's pretty! But something about the pirate aesthetic adds to his masculinity? :0#He's still a swishy pirate hehe ♥ Maybe it's the open chest on his tunic haha I just think he's very handsome!
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TEAM 2:00 (NTX) ✧ JAEMIN ↳ PEAK TIME 2R : TEAM A DANCE UNIT
#jaemin#hong jaemin#ntx#kflops#nugudom#peak time#jtbc peak time#mine: gif#ntx.meg#hehe hi anon <33 lmk if there was a stage in particular u wanted me to try gifing or a particular interview segment or anything !!!#anyway i hope u like these :')#so so so sorry like. they SAY these are 1080p and i simply don't believe it !!!#anyway <3 i think i might simply do a peak time rewatch soon LOL#so if anyone has any other requests lmk <33 i'll work my way through them as i rewatch!#hiszabina#userbbie#higabi#dearestmillie#rosieblr#tuserchrissy#usermairin
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how's your day
me sleepy
#asks#zzzzzzz#okay to actually answer im doing good!!! just really tired#art school is HARD chat i was busy all week and ill be busy most the weekend doing homework#BUT despite everything the rest of episode 3’s add-ons and episode 4 especially is coming SOON#i looked at old episode 4 boards a bit ago and got really emotional sniff theyre everything to me sniff#i think episode 4 might be my favorite of the season#in other news i watched the new tpot this morning they cooked so hard like what the freak????? so good#and rewatched the new drdt if you know you know unfortunately…. a fan NOT A FAN OF DR THOUGH I PROMISE#and i miss my best friend and im really gay /p HELP#and thatsabout it#thanks for asking :D
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It's so impossible to convince anyone to watch Lawrence of Arabia 😭 it's like "oh yeah there's this film! And it's so well done and beautiful!! The cinematography and the music is insane! The history and the characters are so interesting!!! It's even pretty reminiscent of that other film you like: Dune!!!! ....but its *cough cough* four hours long..."
#even my parents who saw it on re-release in theaters#and even bought the record of the soundtrack bcs they were so in love w it#will never rewatch it with me 😭😭😭#it IS a huge time commitment i understand that#i literally watched it across 3 nights bcs it was so long#but its very difficult to get other people to put in that time 🤧#i just really hope the one theater near me shows it sometime :/#they show old movies so im very hopeful#but i think it might be even harder to convince someone to sit in a theater for four hours....#and tbh im really thinking of rewatching it soon bcs dune and my schooling made me appreciate it more#but ah man i like to introduce films to people on rewatch yknow?#like ah come along on this journey with me!!!!#my friend said she'd think abt it 🥺#catie.rambling.txt
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Ron's Gone Wrong: An Analysis
I recently rewatched (most of) Ron's Gone Wrong and remembered a few reviews I'd read of it, describing how its message seemed muddied and not very clear...which, ultimately, is true.
But, with that said, there's something I realise about it that it almost gets right (literally, all the way up to its second-last climax is so perfect, and even its ascent to its final climax is still consistent with this realisation). The realisation is that there's one thing it describes really well:
Artificial/Algorithmic "Friendship" vs Organic Relationships
It seems almost simple or obvious that this is the message the movie tried to portray, but the way that it ultimately ended tells me that they either missed the point they were making or someone else forced them to have a different ending (sadly, I think it's the former). I cannot call it a bad movie for missing that point (it's still one my most watched recent movies), but it makes me wonder what it could've been had it brought this point home.
So, without waffling on for too much longer, here's a quick analysis on how it goes about this message, and why it's a good message that doesn't inherently contradict the pervasiveness of social media (even if it also didn't do much about that point)
Barney vs Friendship
The beginning of the movie shows us a "revolutionary invention", designed for making friends: The Bubble Bot (B-Bot for short). From the get-go, we're given a presentation of what the modern friend-making dynamic intends to be: Interact with interests and media, share them online, and the algorithm uses that to help connect with others who shares those interests and enjoyment of media. It's an intentional reflection of modern social media, albeit a somewhat simplified version.
It quickly shifts to a large number of kids connecting to their B-Bots for the first time in a short montage, cut at the end with a hand touching a similarly-coloured door. An assumedly unintentional, but well-placed, contrast and summary of the story. Here we meet Barney.
Without rehashing too much of the beginning of the movie, we learn that everyone else at his school (supposedly?) has a B-Bot and he's the only one without it. Similarly, he doesn't have any friends he talks to during school (or outside of it apart from family). He himself states that he "kinda, actually" needs a B-Bot to make friends these days. One could call this a simple set up to the idea of "You won't make real friends using computers" by starting us off with a B-Bot-less Barney...if it weren't for the fact that he gets one the next day.
This is when we really start to see what I mean by "Barney vs Friendship": His attitude towards what his new B-Bot should be is pretty consistent with how everyone else has been using them: "You are meant to be my friend, and know everything about me." It's hammered in later on during the friendship montage, with Barney making a board on "How to be my friend" (underline by me).
Barney's perception of friendship, then, is revealed as "You are my friend. You are on my side. You like the things I like." A very selfish and self-centred perception. This might seem to set up Barney to be a selfish person...but isn't that how the algorithm is supposed to work? Finding people with the same interesting ("the things I like") and rejecting those who don't share it (which we see at the school, two B-Bots rejecting each other, and thus the two kids, Savannah and Ava, simply walk away from each other). It isn't Barney's fault his understanding of friendship is like this. He's been inundated and surrounded by it.
Barney vs Ron
Up to this point (after the school "riot"), we see Ron as trying so hard to be Barney's friend, to the point of taking Savannah's words to heart and going outside to find people to be friends with Barney (since Ron wants to not be pointless and is connected to Barney). It isn't until now that Ron asks the question: "Barney, are you my friend?"
Barney's response is typical and expected: "What do you mean? My dad bought you for me." After all, Ron is just a robot, right? It does make the idea of the message "Artificial Friendship vs Organic Relationship" difficult to apply since Barney literally doesn't see Ron as a person. He's just a self-moving machine designed to be a friend.
But, interestingly enough, that makes Ron a perfect vehicle for the message. A machine that was intended to just follow the algorithm, instead forced to (and willing to) create their own way through life by whatever limited tools it has access to. Even in the moments Barney sees Ron as just a machine, he's also treated him as an important person in his life.
When they meet up again in Barney's shed, it all finally shifts into what it always should've been: A two-way street. They'd already spent so much time bonding, regardless of the way they'd perceived each other before then (Barney seeing Ron as just a friend machine, Ron seeing Barney as the one person he needed to be a friend to), that the change to actually being a friend to each other and allowing each other's individuality to shine but never be the only priority allows them both to be better friends, differences and all.
To contrast, we also follow in pieces the journeys of Savannah, Rich, Noah, and Ava's own experiences with their functioning-as-intended B-Bots. We see Savannah and Ava miss an opportunity to be friends (and Ava's loneliness from very few B-Bot owners showing an interest in science). We see Noah's constant struggle to be at the top of the leaderboard. We see Rich attention-starved and making as much "content" as he can just to get some. Instead of exploring the possibilities of relationships with people who may not share the same interests, they're steadfast focused on what they're used to, never really getting a chance to evolve it into something more joyful (more on that later)
Barney & Ron vs The World
...a dramatic subtitle, but this is when the two of them run off, away from Bubble's attempt to capture Ron to stem the damage they've seen from him. Barney still doesn't have any friends aside from Ron, and Ron doesn't have any friends aside from Barney. Barney refuses to lose his one and only friend, so they run off, separated from the rest of the world, and just...enjoy each other's company.
In the montage and subsequent scenes, we see more bonding from both of them. Ron is still trying to be a good friend, but Barney gives him a chance to say things for himself and to do things for himself, even if Barney doesn't like it. Even when they argue later from the stress of living outdoors in the woods, they stick together and try to keep warm.
There's not a lot to say about these scenes, except that we see a very stark differences from when they'd first met. It's almost as if this is where we get to see how far they've come as friends. We've seen the relationship grow over time, shifting from seeing each other as a particular purpose into treating each other as individuals. A shift that would've been impossible if Ron simply followed the same algorithm the others did.
Would Barney have found friends if Ron functioned as intended? Would Ron have shown the personality he does if he had ever been connected to the Bubble Network? Would there have ever been a discussion on how to actually make friends? It isn't until later that we find a likely answer to all of these: No. Barney would have fallen into the same trap every other B-Bot user did: A constant hunger for validation that only resulted in disconnection and loneliness.
It al comes to a head when they both find themselves in danger from being caught by Bubble (by remote-controlled B-Bots being controlled without user consent or knowledge. Makes one wonder~). Barney does everything he can to hide and protect Ron (which only succeeds due to Andrew's complete disregard to human life), even risk death from asthma. Ron then does everything he can to ensure Barney doesn't die in the woods, even if it meant being taken away and destroyed.
It's a beautiful relationship, given a chance due to them having to discover who each other were over time and in an organic matter. Ron had to learn Barney's interests manually and even began to observe new things about him over time. Barney shifted the way he looked at Ron to seeing him as his own person, and spent the time to learn his own likes and desires.
Barney vs "Ron's Gone Wrong"
I figure it's also important to include where - in my opinion - the movie loses the message and the storytellers mess up. In the last segment of the movie, we have Ron having been connected to the Bubble Network and losing everything that made him unique, each interaction with Barney being a shallow facsimile of what made Barney become best friends with him (right down to Ron's individuality being erased).
I'm sure there was a way to make this work, but it instead has Barney try to rescue Ron's personality (a backup Marc created somehow) and then, after getting it back, Ron sharing his personality with every other B-Bot (due to seeing how the original algorithm just lead to sad kids disconnected from each other) at the cost of his own life (although that's technically ambiguous, especially with the ending).
I'm...not sure what the intent is, but it misses something big. What made Ron special to Barney was not simply that he existed outside of the mould that every other B-Bot was forced to fit into. It was that Barney got to know him and his eccentricities, and Ron got to grow and evolve alongside Barney. They both grew organically alongside each other, and demonstrated the need for a more natural approach to friendship making compared to the rigidity of the algorithmic connections that occurred through the B-Bots (and not questioning this algorithm or given much chance to examine the issues).
By simply sharing Ron's personality to every other B-Bot, it only really achieves one thing right in relation to the message: It forces each person to operate on their B-Bots level and develop their own connection to their now-chaotic buddy (I suppose not focusing on "online vs offline" as far as friendships go was also a good point for it, as it didn't really feel like a strong enough point for the movie and there's better ways to go about such a message.)
Had there been a greater focus on how it was that Barney's friendship had developed - or at least some kind of portrayal that the updated B-Bots weren't just copies of Ron but had actually become wide and varied individuals for their owners(?) to get to know - the ending might've been able to work better. Ron's sacrifice was a tragedy, but it displayed Ron's sheer selflessness and self-developed kindness and generosity.
If there's one scene that at least supports the message of "Artificial/Algorithmic Friendship vs Organic Relationships", it's the moment Barney sees how unhappy his former-now-again friends as they stare at their B-Bots screens and try to make some semblance of happiness, however shallow it is. Having a contrast of their artificially-built connection compared to Barney and Ron's hard-earnt friendship felt like a good way to help demonstrate the point. I just wish it could've lead to a more satisfying ending.
Barney and Friends
This is just a short little bit, but I wanted to at least point out one other good thing that happens in the last segment and ending. Barney may have started out friendless, but his friendship with Ron and Ron's selfless sacrifice (to get him medical attention) allowed Barney to reconnect with his former friends. It was a moment of realisation for Savannah, Ava, Noah, and Rich: After all this time, they let their friendship decay and be lost.
Seeing them, then, be together and hanging out alongside Barney? It showed another element of an organic relationship: Organic connections. Algorithms can give you other connection points, but it may leave you limited to other perspectives too similar to your own. Organic connections, though, force you to figure out if this thing that you never really thought about before is something you like or not, and if this person's appreciation and interest in it is something you like. It's one of those things that can just grow on its own and become something beautiful.
Just to note: I do not believe online friendships are worse than offline relationships, nor more shallow. Rather, it's algorithmic friendships that fall flat. The power of the internet is that it lets you get in touch with so many people you normally wouldn't have the chance to. Leaving it entirely in the hands of an algorithm (and not thinking critically about it) has you miss out on the beauty of the mish-mash nature of the internet. It's why Tumblr's such a fun place to be~ ^^
Conclusion
So yeah. The thing that always disappointed me most about the movie isn't that it didn't stick the landing. It's that it has such a beautiful message and the story it tells is so heart-warming and charming, but the message isn't carried to the end so you wonder if it was ever intended (I believe it was, but it's hard to say).
Seeing the way Barney and Ron's friendship evolves - and the way they each grow as individuals - contrasted with everyone else using B-Bots as they were originally designed/programmed makes for a pretty compelling portrayal of the differences between a friendship formed and informed by entirely through an algorithm, and a relationship that grew from organic interactions that, even when influenced by expectations from and of each other, created something much more different and complex and much more fulfilling for the two of them.
It's a beautiful friendship, and it's still worth watching to the end~
Bonus
It's more a funny coincidence I noticed, but the way that Andrew kicks Marc out when Ron loses his individuality, and then how Andrew was removed and Marc taking charge again when Ron's personality was distributed to every other B-Bot? Almost feels like its own reference to that message (Algorithmic Friendships may be ubiquitous and everywhere, but ultimately Organic Relationships will last the test of time)
A funny comparison honestly~
#rons gone wrong#ron's gone wrong#analysis#hetalks#theytalk#This is all first draft so don't expect it to be all that concise or completely consistent ^^''#...this also might be the longest post I've made XD#But I really do feel passionate about this movie. I rarely rewatch a movie so soon after its initial watch.. but I watch this movie about#4 times within 3 days including the day I initially watched it#And it stuck with me based on pretty much everything within the movie. The concepts.. the sounds.. the characters? So good~#And it wasn't until now that I could formulate what it was about the story I loved and what about the ending I just didn't enjoy#It was never about the dangers of social media (though it definitely used that as part of its story).#It was always about the restrictions of the algorithm and the freedom - and challenges - of not having one (in regard to making connections#...though I wanna say its most likely biggest intended message was ''Making friends'' and how the algorithm will never make as good a frien#as something made with your own two hands seemed more something that just came with it due to how it told that story
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can i get some Ws in the chat for me today folks?!
#ooc; onion girl enthusiast#((i had a job interview today and it went really well!! dare i say i might be in my employment era soon..fingers crossed))#((also at LAST got put on antidepressants hopefully i react fine to them!))#((AND i got to rewatch the h.unger g.ames with two of my friends one of which hadnt seen it before))#((i feel good for once lets GOOOO))#((so!!! writing soon!!!))#((either tonight or tomorrow after my lectures <3))
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9-1-1 LONE STAR IS CANCELLED 😭😭😭💔💔💔
The article I read said it's pretty dang definitive, not gonna get picked up but I just. Not only is it my favorite of the 9-1-1s, it's a huge loss of queer representation. And I just. I know that technically/to a lot of people, 9-1-1 is a better show. But not enough that it deserves to be picked up and Lone Star doesn't.
I'm angry and I'm sad and I'm real tired of this happening xd. Not to even mention that we'll go through the final season without Sierra. Just pay your freaking actors, and this wouldn't happen.
I'm never forgiving Fox for this
RIP 9-1-1 Lone Star, there's still hope for you in my heart :'(( <3
#9-1-1 lone star#911 lone star#oasis's 9-1-1 chatter#it doesn't freaking deserve this#and now I really need to rewatch and liveblog the s4 finale especially since s5 is premiering on the 23rd 😭😭#sigh#I'm just so tired of good shows getting cancelled#especially because this show means so much to me#I started watching just after season 2 finished airing which may not sound like lot for a currently 4 soon to be 5 season show#but that's 3 and a half almost 4 years#it was my first 9-1-1 show and it'll always be my favorite#and these characters just have a really special place in my heart :'(((#D:#I might post a lone star fic I wrote during season 4 but never posted#not like today#because I'm upset (over other things as well) and I really like that fic#but I feel like posting it some time soon and it could help me feel like I'm honoring its place in my life#maybe this season I'll finally finish the one I started writing soon after season 3 xD#anyway I also want to post it before the new season#sigh. .#anyway#I love you guys <3
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I love analyzing aphmau media like whats her backstory . where is it
#mina mumbles#aphmau#its so fun talking 2 mal abt it like we have 2 stand there 🧍♀️🧍🏼♀️where IS the backstory we know nothing abt aph as a character#despite time and time again watching her become one with the world its so cool#this is specifically abt mmw im rewatching it rn#but what ABT mmw aph. she has no backstory shes the weirdest village girl ever she so fun#i rlly do adore how she manages to start alot of her older rps as just letplays bc before u realise it theres actual lore its so fun#gonna be liveblogging thoughts abt mmw i might not explain idk we'll see <3#i wanna watch vp too but idk if ill get to it soon
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top five favorite musicals
1. legally blonde
2. TWISTEDDDD
3. spies are forever
4. the lightning thief
5. mamma mia
#i think twisted is a PHENOMENAL musical and if i was ranking by quality of musical itd be first but legally blonde is very special to me#for mamma mia im talking the musical not the movie#actually 5 might be avpm. another incredibly special musical to me#need to rewatch the first 3 SOON
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BTW . hyperfixating on pkmn soooo hard lately BUT object shows are existing in my brain again SO !!!! soon... soon......
#the new eps of stuff have made me HAPPY!!!#and also iv been gradually coming back to one which im SO happy abt#i was like hyperfixated on it so hard but. medication reaction </3 BUT IM OFF IT AND HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN FEELING BETTER#pkmn is also just easy for me to focus on when im low energy hence why i didnt go straight back to one#but i DO wanna rewatch one soon so i dont make a horrible horrible mistake#do have some stuff ive been drawing lately though :D!!!! might post some of those soon!!!!#/caps in tags#the moment i can go thru the tag and rb soooo much stuff? ill never have a problem AGAIN#ive been seeing so many one posts i wanna rb SO bad on my dash tho. but i have to go thru the tag. yknow how it is#(used to think that was the autism . but thinking on it now. probably compulsion LOL /lh)#(also unrelated to objects but IS related to that that i recently got like an actual diagnosis for ocd which HOORAY!!#theres no reason for me to share that im just excited. only on my object show sideblogs do you recieve awesome henry lore)
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i’m sooo overdo to watch cole and phoebe….. i miss them :(
#i would like to double feature them with jess <3#jess will be first and i’ll cry really hard and then cole and phoebe will bring the whimsy back :)#beth.txt#not tonight. probably not tomorrow. but soon…#i’m not watching a movie tonight i’ve got books… and books won the poll so i HAVE to read#and i also have to finish the guinevere chapter#actually i might do that tomorrow#actually i have to finish my nail polish so i do have to put on a movie because i can’t read with wet nails#need to make a poll on what to rewatch hold on
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something that I'm thinking about is making be excited, but I'm not too sure what it is anymore I went eeeeee in my brain and forgot everything.
#solglas says#it might be lifesteal#could be critical role or even d20#its probably d20 or cr tbh theres a new d20 trailer soon and i wanna know what it is#but also im like a tiny bit desperate to get to campaign 3 of cr and its driving me insane <-i almost gave into rewatching downfall earlier.#....even though i said id watch it again when i got there..#this really should be on my fandom blog just due to these tags#i just kind of started rambling down here#ohwell !!!! tehe
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