#I think my favourite episode is still the one where they all turn into babies it’s just so fucking funny

[bluewithpurplepolkadots]

I’m watching Disneys Hercules TV series again and frankly I think if it was a big thing for people to watch and talk about today Adonis and Hercules would probably do numbers in modern fandom. People would scream at that golden apples and Gaia episode.

I’m just saying. People so would.

Also Cassandra is quite frankly the best and I love her.

And Aphrodite as well. She’s really probably the next best god after Hades in this show easily. Though Hermes is a good third. Also got to love Pain and Panic.

[love-belle]

paper rings !!!

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ in which she would say yes, even with paper rings.

or

for when you're certain that they're your person. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

social media au irl // lewis hamilton x fem!reader

warnings - language

author's note - one of the cutest things i have ever written, loved this request!! i hope you like it, i love you, thank you for reading <3

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≡;- ꒰ °real life ꒱

"hey, baby."

"hey," lewis mumbled, not sparing y/n a single glance as he continued to watch a random episode of modern family.

"how was your night?" y/n continued to make conversation with him, removing her high heels and discarding her handbag. she walked towards where he was at and kissed the top of his head before petting roscoe a few times. "sorry, there was traffic and then i had to drop aaliyah at her boyfriend's place cause she got too drunk to drive."

"'s okay," was all lewis said, making y/n frown as she turned back to look at him. he was still watching the tv, his head thrown back against the back of the couch with roscoe next to him.

"uh — i'll be right back, i need to change," y/n spoke, her confusion only growing as her fiancé gave no reply, not even a slight hum as an indication that he had heard her.

moving towards their bedroom, y/n could feel herself grow more confused, thinking of all of the possible reasons as to why lewis would be so short and distant with her.

maybe he was just having a bad day? maybe he was just tired? was he sick? did i do something? another rumour of me hooking up with my best friend? he found out i broke his favourite vase?

her mind swarming with plausible to way-too-ridiculous reasons, she didn't even notice her changing her own clothes until she was left staring at the heap that was her dress by her feet. picking it up and throwing it on the bed, she made her way towards the living room, hoping that maybe she just imagined it. that it was just ber overthinking mind that over analysed a situation.

"hey," y/n spoke again, walking around to the couch to the front of it. sensing that she wanted to sit here, roscoe stood up and moved a bit, just enough so that y/n could scoot in and then laid back, this time on her. "hey," lewis replied, his eyes flickering to her before he focused again on the show in front of him.

okay so, maybe she didn't imagine it.

"what are we watching?" y/n questioned, scratching behind roscoe's ears, desperate to make a conversation with him, seeing him for the first time since this afternoon.

"modern family," lewis sighed exasperated and as much as y/n hated to admit it, it made her feel like he didn't want her there at the moment. sure, he may have had his reasons but it didn't feel exactly good, noticing that her fiancé didn't wanna be around her at the moment.

as long as she's been with lewis, almost seven years, they've always communicated with each other. from the smallest of things like when y/n told lewis that she hated his choice of carpet for their living room to the biggest and the most important stuff like when lewis talked to y/n about wanting to wait until after they were married to have kids.

and the best thing about this was the other always understood. lewis understood that yeah, bright pink did clash with the warm and pastel tones of their home and y/n did understand that waiting until they were fully settled down was the best option.

and now, watching him not talk to her when there was obviously something bothering him was a bit confusing but still, she knew it was best to give him some space.

"uh — i'll be in the bedroom," y/n spoke, her voice just barely above a whisper and she knew he heard her because of the way his face changed and the way he turned to look at her with the slightest bit of confusion showing in his eyes. "it's been a long night and i just really want to sleep."

"okay," lewis whispered back and gave her a small smile, the most reaction she'd been able to get out of him since she came home.

"good night," y/n stood up, kissing roscoe's on the head before she turned toward lewis, who was watching his with an unreasonable look on his face. "good night, baby, i love you."

she barely heard an 'i love you' back before she was walking away from the couch and towards their bedroom. closing the door behind her, she picked up her dress from the bed and placed it on the chair by the dressing table, making a mental note to take it to the dry cleaners. after looking at herself one more time in the mirror and removing whatever was left of her makeup, she was in bed, covers drawn up to her chest.

y/n didn't know how long she laid there for, moving in and out of sleep. her mind was still stuck on lewis like a broken record, wondering what had happened while she was out. in the midst of her analysis, she didn't hear the footsteps approach the door until the person was right in front of it and the handle twisted and y/n quickly closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep just so he wouldn't question her about what she was doing.

the door opened and closed and the soft patter of footsteps could be heard.

there was silence for a full minute before lewis got in next to her, the sheet rustling. for the first five minutes, he stayed on his own side and y/n had to resist the urge to pull him closer to her, finding it hard to sleep when he was not holding her. then, he turned towards her and y/n had a feeling he was starting at her, finding it harder and harder to not let her expression change. she could feel movement next to her and ruled it out as lewis getting comfortable until a hand moved to lay across her abdomen and pulled her closer.

she heard lewis inhale deeply, his head moving to lay in the crook of her neck. she could feel his warm breath on the exposed part of her collarbone, feeling the goosebumps rise on her skin. she shifted against him, her hand moving to hold him closer.

they stayed like that for what felt like mere minutes, their breathing the only sound in the room along with the ticking of the clock with each passing second. y/n figured lewis fell asleep, with how even his breathing was and she was about to move to get a bit more comfortable when he spoke.

"i'm sorry," his voice was quiet in the room, his thumb tracing circles on her stomach where her tank top had risen up slightly. "for ignoring you, kind of and being distant. i know you don't like it."

"it's okay, lew. i just want you to be able to talk to me, whenever you feel like," y/n assured him, kissing the top of his head.

"it's a stupid thing, really," lewis chuckled half heartedly, his body vibrating against hers. "don't even worry about it."

"i always worry about it when it comes to you, you know that," y/n reminded him, making him look at her. "and it's not stupid if it bothers you. what is it, love?"

"it's just that — " lewis stopped before he could continue, taking a deep breath before speaking again. "you weren't wearing your engagement ring, when you were out with your friends and then that post you posted on your instagram, people took notice of that and they were all like 'why isn't she wearing her ring' and 'did they break up' and there were some hate comments too. i reported them, by the way. and then, i don't know, i just kinda got into too much overthinking and just made myself upset over nothing and i ignored you and you went back when it was so clear you just wanted to talk to me and i feel — "

he was interrupted by a kiss.

y/n kissed in the middle of his rambling, pulling him closer with the front of his t-shirt while one of her hands rested on his cheek. a surprised noise left lewis' mouth before he melted into the kiss, tilting his head so that he could deepen the kiss.

y/n pulled away, making lewis chase her lips once again and she gave him another soft kiss before pulling back fully and looking at him with a soft smile.

"do you not like the ring?" was the first thing that came out of his mouth, making y/n furrow her eyebrows.

"what?"

"do you not like the ring?" lewis repeated himself, sitting up slightly. "because if so, i can get you another one and this time you can come with me. i chose that one all by myself and i wasn't even really sure about it being 'you' because your style literally changes every week and i can totally understand if you don't like it like — that's totally valid and i'm sure — "

"oh, my god," y/n sat up straight, folding legs under her as she looked at her fiancé. "you think i don't like the ring?"

"... yeah."

"lewis," y/n dragged out the 's', standing up from the bed and rapidly moving towards her dresser, opening a small box and pulling out her ring, her engagement ring. "this the most beautiful ring i have ever seen in my life."

and it was, really. it had intricate patterns throughout the band, with a giant diamond sitting in the middle with several diamonds surrounding it. and what made it even more special was the fact that lewis had his initials, along with hers engraved on the inside of the ring. that's what made y/n fall in love with it.

"really?" lewis asked hopefully from the bed, watching her make her towards his side of the bed. she sat down next to him and took his hand in hers, the ring still clutched in her free hand.

"but that ring is not the reason i said yes, you know that, right? like, you could ask me to marry you with a ring made out of tissue paper and foil and i would still end up saying yes," y/n whispered, leaning in closer and placing a soft kiss on his lips before she gave him the ring and put out her hand for him to slide it on. "as long as it's you asking me that damn question."

lewis chuckled, sliding on the ring onto her ring finger and kissing it. he looked at her, the smile being so genuine that it shone in his eyes and y/n could see him being in love and she knew she was no different from him.

"marry me, will you?" lewis asked again, in the empty room with no one, no shining lights, no crowd standing there applauding, no extravagant arrangement of flowers, just them, a total contrast to when he had first asked the question. even though the answer was already yes, he couldn't help but ask. just so he could hear it one more time.

"only because you asked so nicely," y/n teased him, making lewis chuckle before he leaned in, closing the gap between them.

no shining lights, no crowd standing there applauding, no extravagant arrangement of flowers, just them.

yet, somehow, this managed to be even more special than that one.

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y/n wasn't there when lewis woke up, just a post it note, along with a small box on her side of the bed saying that she was called to her office a bit early and wouldn't be home until late afternoon.

lewis smiled as he looked at the numerous hearts drawn on the note. he kept the note aside, mentally noting that he would have to add it to his collection of notes he had received from y/n throughout the course of their relationship. he took the box and opened it, his face scrunched up in confusion before he smiled, a laugh leaving him as he took out the contents of the box.

it was a paper ring.

the most simple thing yet he knew he would choose this over a million something diamond ring. a small heart on the top with the ridges along the band, it was perfect.

there was another note attached to it, just one simple line and it had lewis smiling for the rest of the day

'i like shiny things but i'd marry u with paper rings ♡'

yeah, he made the right choice marrying her.

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[theemporium]

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this was so cute and so self-projecting kqedjewfkqd thank you for requesting! and sorry not sorry to the team jeremiah girls!!🫶🏽

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If there was one mistake Max made when it came to your relationship, it was agreeing to binge tv shows with you.

And yet, he fell for the trap every single time. 

Personally, Max was never one to get overly invested in tv shows or movies. He would enjoy them, there were a few he wouldn’t mind rewatching on the odd rainy day. But he never got attached, whether it be to the show or the plot or the characters. 

Not in the way you did.

He had to admit that he did find it adoring just how invested you got. If you liked the show, you were all in. You had your favourite characters and your comfort episodes. For the short time you watched the show until you finished, it was a hefty topic in most of your conversations. You got angry and sad and upset and excited over these shows. Max had never really experienced anything like it. 

And usually—usually—he genuinely did find it adorable. 

But sometimes there were moments like this one where he majorly regretted watching the show with you.

“I just don’t get how everybody can’t see the clear endgame!”

“Mhm.”

“Like, from music and cinematography and—”

“Mhm.”

“She has to end up with Conrad! She has to! I mean,” you paused for a moment as you let out a scoff. “Who would choose Jeremiah? He just lurks in the background with his creepy blue eyes and weird stare!”

“Mhm,” Max hummed like he had been doing for the last fifteen minutes before he paused. He frowned, opening his eyes to look over at you. “Wait, you don’t think my blue eyes are creepy, right?”

“Of course not, baby,” you murmured with a soft smile. “You have pretty ocean eyes. Jeremiah Fisher has the eyes of a white walker.”

Max snorted. 

“I’m serious, Max. They stare into your soul.”

“I think you forget that I watched the show with you, Trouble,” he murmured as his eyes fell shut again, taking in a deep breath as he desperately tried to fall asleep like his body was begging him to do so. 

But you had just finished the last episode of season two, you were riled up, and now instead of going to bed and cuddling with him like he wanted, you were sat criss-crossed on the bed as you rambled away about a show Max stopped thinking about the second the tv turned off.

“He is just the clear second option when Conrad is there, all dreamy and perfect and still in love with her and—”

You never got a chance to finish your sentence before Max had sat up, his fingers tangled in your hair as he kissed you mid-sentence. You felt breathless and flushed, and it didn’t take long for you to sink into his embrace as he pulled you back down onto the bed until you were lying on top of him.

“I know you’re angry but you need sleep,” he murmured against your lips as he settled his arms around your middle. “We both do.”

“Mhm,” you hummed, still a little dazed from the kiss.

“And I would prefer to have my girlfriend in my arms rather than talking about some other man being dreamy or whatever you said,” Max added.

You laughed lightly as you nuzzled yourself further into his embrace. “You are Team Conrad though, right?” 

“Of course, Trouble,” he murmured and pressed a kiss to the crown of your head. “Now for the love of god, please fucking go to sleep.”

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[diazsdimples]

Fuck It Friday!

Tagged by @theotherbuckley who's just uploaded her first smut fic!!! Go check it out!

I really did say "fuck it" today and started a new wip. Don't look at me. This one is forecast to be short and sweet though so check back with me in a couple of days when it's over 10k and consuming my life!

Buck wasn’t moping. Certainly not. He doesn’t mope. Not at all. Not even if it’s been a whole 24 hours since he last saw his boyfriend. The relationship is still new and exciting enough that he wants to spend all his time wrapped up in those strong arms and forget about everything except the soft lips pressed to his forehead. He doesn’t want to come across as clingy though. It’s always been a bit of an insecurity of Buck’s, that people will thing he’s a bit, well, much. So, instead of grabbing his phone and scrolling through his contacts until he finds his boyfriends number so he can call him and beg to come over, Buck throws himself on his couch and begins to aimlessly scroll through the daytime television options, until he finally settles on Married at First Sight. He's just gasping at the first dinner party (one of the brides stormed out in tears!) when his phone begins to buzz. Thinking that finally, finally, his beloved is calling and asking to hang out, Buck throws himself at his phone hands shaking with excitement as he turns it over and reads the caller ID. Christopher Diaz. Ah well, the next best thing it is then. “Hey, Chris!” Buck answers, trying not to let his initial disappointment show in his voice. He’s got all the time in the world for this kid, even if he’s becoming a moody teenager with a wit that’s as sharp as a whip, just like his father. “Hey Buck! Are you doing anything today?” Christopher’s voice is a little tinny through his phone’s speaker, cracking a little. It’s hard to tell if it’s the shitty service he sometimes gets if the wind is blowing in a funny direction, or if Christopher’s voice has started breaking. He suspects it’s the latter, based purely off the phone call he’d received a couple of days prior where Eddie had spent the entire call giggling down the phone about how Christopher had cracked a massive high during an argument about screen time. Buck hums, pretending to think. “Hmmmm, my diary looks pretty booked. Says right here that I’ve got to watch three episodes of crappy reality tv and then eat loads of fried chicken. I’m swamped.” “Buck,” Christopher says flatly and Buck laughs, loud and ringing through the loft. “I’m only kidding. What’s up, kid?” “The baby hippo has finally born at the zoo and we have to go see it! Can you come over today, please?” Buck can practically picture Christopher bouncing up and down with excitement as he relays this information. Despite months of insistence that he’s “too old for the zoo”, Christopher has been eagerly following their resident hippo’s pregnancy, sending Buck updates as fast as the zoo will come out with them. Really, he’s been grooming Buck for this trip for months. “What does your dad have to say about this?” Buck asks, already knowing the answer. “He says it’s fine as long as you’re up for it,” comes the reply, and Buck doesn’t miss the almost pleading edge to Christopher’s voice. “Pleaaaase, Buck? A baby hippo!” “Okay, okay, okay!” Buck laughs, hauling himself off the couch and collecting his keys. “I’ll be there in a moment.” Buck hangs up the phone and rushes around the loft to collect his keys, a hoodie and a bottle of water, all previous thoughts of despair about the lack of contact from his boyfriend gone from his mind at the prospect of seeing his two favourite people.

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IWTV rewatch

Season 1 episode 1 [In Throes of Increasing Wonder...] - part 2/2

- [Louis] "It bears repeating, I did not consider myself a homosexual man at the time" - yeah that was the repression talking. "I ended up embracing my sexuality" - oh did you? That why people still write you as an altar boy?

- [Daniel] "We're not here for me" - not yet, Danny, not yet... Your turn will come.

- [Louis] "I had never let myself to feel emotionally close to anyone, much less a man" - okay, this boy needs a thousand hugs. Who's volunteering? Never mind, outta my way, I'm volunteering.

- [Louis] "You could be a lot of things in New Orleans, but an openly gay Negro man was not one of them" - sadly I'm pretty sure the rule still applies in many parts of the world today. Oh, hey, another social commentary! Love those.

- [Louis] "I vowed never to return again. I shut that night out of my mind and turned my attentions back to life as it was before" - sure Jan. Meanwhile Lestat is premiering the yellow dressing gown of wallowing and depression.

- Aaaand it's been a month. Grace's wedding. She's so pretty. "Altar Boys Come Dancing Everyday For God" - excuse me while I go dying of laughter. But also, hey, y'all ready for Louis to lose all of his societal markers and all of his culture? That's gonna hurt. Another reason why making Louis Black is the best choice ever. There's culture here, there's community, and Louis' about to be cut off from all of that, the music, the dancing, the traditions and rituals. But also, if we consider book canon, the Creole community of NOLA and its ties with voodoo are going to come into focus later on. I don't think Rolin Jones will adapt Merrick, but still, it's there and it makes what happens in Merrick to Louis even more intense when you picture Creole Louis instead of white Louis.

- [Paul] "I think you should get married next" - what did I say about provoking the universe? One way or another everything gets manifested.

- [Paul] "'You think Levi loves her enough? You know, Grace needs a lot of love.' [Louis] 'I do.' [Paul] 'Do you think he's givin' her everything he's got inside of him?' [Louis] 'Mm-mh.'"

This. This little exchange is very, very crucial. Grace ain't the only Du Lac sibling who needs a lot of love. Grace ain't the only Du Lac sibling who needs their partner to give them everything they have. Now consider Lestat: does he love Louis? At this point he loves an idea of Louis, an ideal. Will he come to actually love the true Louis? Yes. Will it be enough? Definitely no. Why? Because he didn't give Louis everything, and that's what Louis needed. Now the other problem, because there is another problem, because the fault definitely does not lie only in Lestat, is that Louis cut himself off from loving, by his own words. Louis doesn't allow himself to love, and thus, doesn't allow himself to be loved. And Lestat, Lestat similarly does not open himself up entirely, therefore does not love truly. *big sigh* Gonna take a good century and more, but we'll get there.

- The shots of Louis and Paul on the roof at sunrise are gorgeous. Light's absolutely gorgeous. Don't know if it was shot on location or in studio, but that whole scene is bathed in warm lights, ethereal light, it's truly gorgeous.

- "'I love you Louis.' 'And I love you too, baby brother'" - exit Paul, pursued by his birdies. Others have written about it better than I (need to find that post), but that's the last thing that Paul says to his brother. Those are the last words Louis says to his most favourite person in the whole wide world. Understandably, that messes him up and he locks the words away deep deep down, buried where they can't hurt anyone else, because in Louis' grief and guilt, it's the words that pushed Paul to jump. Better not to say them and risk the ones he loves. Except you can't live your life and love people locking away the love. You need to get the words out to truly give them power. And that's Louis' downfall after all. He gave some words too much power that didn't need it, shouldn't have that power, and he took the power from some words that should never have lost it.

- [Louis] "That was the last sunrise I ever saw. Perhaps the kindest thing the dark gift has given me. I don't miss the sun, the reminders it carries." - yeah understandable. Do seek out some therapy tho.

- I appreciate how Daniel closes his laptop and follows Louis on the balcony. It shows the depths of his compassion, or even, empathy.

- Oh, hey, social commentary on the world of the 2020s, now. This show keeps on giving. [Louis] "This virus, it turned the world sideways" - yeah, well, perhaps not enough, 'cause look at us four years after/into the pandemic, not a lot has changed, has it? I think it needs a few more turns of the screw.

- [Daniel] "'I get it. I' m gonna die. They're gonna die. But not the vampire.' [Louis] 'The vampire is bored. The human was destroyed.'" - okay Louis you have got to stop hanging out only with Armand, it's not doing good for your psyche.

I love how vampirism corrects the physical aspects (within limits), repairs the broken and bleeding, but can do nothing against the mental illness. Born as a mortal with depression and anxiety? Too bad, that goes on as a vampire, and bad news everyone, now you can't even properly kill yourself! Enjoy an eternity with the parasite in your brain.

- [Mama du Lac] "You must have said something to him, Louis, to make him do that to himself." - we have a contender for Mother of the Year here, guys. Pretty sure she can compete against Gabrielle. The violence of the mother telling her oldest son he's at fault for the youngest's suicide. And now "Paul's in Hell because of you" GREAT GEE THANKS MAMA. I'm gonna go take a swim in the Mississippi.

- [Louis] "Lestat's ambush had disoriented me." - yeah, you have a stalker, baby boy. And depression. And a mother who hates you. And a dead brother. And the weight of being a Black gay man in 1910 New Orleans. That's. That's a looooooot. Oh, and your only friend Miss Lily got Lucy-ed. Babe you need a break and the story hasn't even properly started, lmao.

- "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. Grievously sinned. I'm a drunk, Lord. I'm a liar. I am a thief, Lord. I profit off the miseries of other men, and I do it easy. Drugs, liquor, women. I-I-I-I lure them in and grab what they got, Lord. I take daughters with no homes and I-I put 'em out on the street, Lord, and I lie to myself saying I-I'm giving them a roof and food and dollar bills in they pocket, but I look in the mirror, I know what I am - the big man in the big house, stuffing cotton in my ears so I can't hear their cries. And Lord, I dragged my family into this mess with me. I shame my father. I f- I failed my brother. I lost my mother and sister, and rather than fix it like a man should, Lord, I run like a coward. I run to the bottle. I run to the grift. I run to bad beds. I-I laid down with a man. I laid down with the Devil. And he has roots in me, all his spindly roots in me, and I can't think nothin' anymore but his voice and his words! Please, help me! I am weak! I wanna die!"

Sorry, I needed to put the entire tirade because jesus h christ, ALL THE AWARDS FOR JACOB. The voice quivering. The staccato of the confession, the rhythm of the repetition, "Lord". The crescendo, the way the voice quickens, the way Louis is shivering and spitting out the words as if they're razor blades hurting his throat as he speaks them. This man needs all the awards, now.

And also because this. This is the heart of Louis in the first part of his story. The grief. The powerlessness. The shame. The self-hatred. The religious turmoil. The fact that it's so easy for him to do bad things.

The parallel with Lestat, Lestat who was the pourvoyeur of food for his impoverished family back in the Auvergne, Wolfkiller Lestat who took on his shoulder the responsibility of putting food on his family's table even when his family never had a kind word or gesture for him, even when his family hurt him the most.

And finally, oooh, book spoiler, the "spindly roots" of the Devil/Lestat in him, the tentacles of Amel inside each and every vampire and how Louis was the first one to get free of this influence. Oh, the writers are clever. So clever. And this speech is so brilliantly written. And delivered.

- And finally Lestat the hunter. Lestat the killer. Lestat the monster. The monster with too many emotions.

"This primitive country has picked you clean. It has shackled you in permanent exile. Every room you enter, every hat you're forced to wear - the stern landlord, the deferential businessman, the loyal son - all these roles you conform to and none of them your true nature. What rage you must feel as you choke on your sorrow. The first time I laid eyes on you, your beautiful face, I saw that sorrow. I did not know how it got there or why it was so voluminous. I can take away that sorrow, Louis. I can give you that death you begged your feeble, blind, degenerate, nonexistent god for. But I can do it... joyfully. I can swap this life of shame, swap it out for a Dark Gift and a power you can't begin to imagine. You just have to ask me for it. You just have to nod your beautiful head... and say yes. I love you, Louis. You are loved. I send my love to you, and you send it back round to me. And this circle, this home we barely had a glimpse of... know it frightens me as much as it does you."

Oh, boy, Lords have mercy on me, a second absolutely stunning morceau de bravoure in the span of ten minutes, another epicness of writing and acting and delivering, just as many awards for Sam for heaven's sake, that was phenomenal.

And now onto the content itself. Just as with Louis, this is the heart of Lestat at that point of time, that which explains him - or could explain him, but we have to remember that those are Louis' words about Lestat's words. Louis' version of what Lestat said. But here we see, the loneliness of Lestat, his fear of being alone always. We see his one true big dream, to have a home, to belong, to be a part of something bigger than himself where he'd be seen, he'd be loved, he'd matter. The dream he achieves in the final books of the series, Prince Lestat, the dream that takes him more than two hundred years to reach. The dream he thought, felt, believed was possible alongside Louis. Except neither Lestat nor Louis were ready at this point. Because there is still so much they don't know. About themselves, about vampiric nature, about the world at large. About love and what love is, what love can be, what love should be, what love shouldn't be. Because yes, Lestat does love Louis. Fell first, as we'd say. But fell broken and twisted, didn't understand the nature of this love, didn't realize that you cannot love an ideal, an image, an icon, that you must love a real being with all their flaws and complexities and paradoxes.

And another thing is how at the start, Louis is hang up on his religious upbringing and its trauma, while Lestat rejected it all, or claims that he did. And then the steam inverses, and in the late 20th century (if we go by book canon), Louis's full on atheist and doesn't care anymore about religion (written black on white in the books), while Lestat is going through crisis of faith after crisis of faith (Akasha, the body thief, Memnoch...). They're not traveling the same Devil's road, and their roads are not joining together, not yet, not for a very long time, and all their efforts to make their separate roads one singular one will harm them more than if they hadn't done anything.

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[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

Unbelievable where they chose to end the last episode.

What else am I supposed to do except start another one immediately? 🤬

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Do we really need these two idiots on the scene right now?

They do seem to be hinting that Qi Heng is past his incel phase, though, so that is always a plus.

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LMAO, of course he would run into a burning building to rescue Minglan 🤣🤣

I guess he's not past his incel phase after all, but I dislike her a whole lot so I can't even feel sorry for her for having a poor excuse for a husband.

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Oh, thank goodness.

At least it is turned the right way.

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LMFAO, impropriety?

What do think will happen? That he and Minglan will fuck while she's giving birth and the house around them is burning down?

Anyway, I am no huge fan of his, but go, Qi Heng, go! I don't care who saves her, as long as she's saved!

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LMAO, seethe.

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OMG!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

How is he big and fat, though, if he was born prematurely?

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LMAO, this is NOT a newborn 🤣🤣

These huge, perfectly clean, not at all crinkled babies always crack me up during childbirth scenes 🤣🤣

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This was the stupidest thing I've seen happen on this show.

First of all, her, bursting in like the deranged lunatic she is, just stabbing people left and right, and then Gu Tingye showing up yet again, to overshadow Minglan during yet another pivotal moment that should have been entirely hers. This was so unnecessary.

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It should have been Minglan to end Aunt Kang, one way or another. I am beyond mad they took this from her to give the spotlight to Gu Tingye. This was supposed to be her CULMINATION, what we were watching her grow towards, and in the end, she was just a weak woman who needed protecting from the big strong man. So disappointing, 67 whole episodes of character development flushed down the drain.

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LMAO, no good news for schemers and evildoers today!

I can't stop laughing at her flabbergasted face 🤣🤣

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Didn't they say in the last episode that she had gone into labour prematurely?

They can't even keep their plot straight.

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All else aside, this baby is the cutest!!

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Can someone please explain to me what the hell happened here?

Didn't she set fire to the house with that lantern?

Or were there two fires, one set by her and one by Shitou as revenge? I am so confused.

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I just rewatched this scene. So, at the very least Tingwei and his wife believe that Shitou set fire to their house too as revenge.

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She is done with being respectful, LMAO 🤣🤣

It is time someone told these psychopaths to stop. Everyone just keeps coddling and enabling them until they burn everything down. Quite literally.

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LMAO, she is now blaming Gu Tingye for her bad relationship with her son and his wife. Of course.

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Oof, sweetie, that smacks of PPD 😬

Let's not go there, there are *checks notes* six more episodes to go, which means enough time for a major showdown or two, what with the Wangs still out there and pissed off, and Lady Qin losing her everloving mind just across the yard from you. You need to stay sane!

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I mean, it's not like I don't see their point and all, but is additionally pissing off an already pissed Emperor really a good idea? 😬

It's not like they have an HR department here where they can go if their boss decides to, idk, make them a head shorter or something.

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Welp. Here we go.

Here I was, worrying about the Wangs and the Gus, completely forgetting the dumpster fire that are these ungrateful royals.

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The cutest 🧡

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Delightful.

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So, the Emperor has lost his entire goddamned mind.

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Everybody is losing their goddamned mind this episode.

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LMFAO

Shitou remains my favourite! 🤗

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OH MY GOD

Invoking Aunt Kang as her witness? 😬😬 That is not going to go down the way she expects it to.

[very-grownup]

Hello friends and welcome to episode seven of Brother (motorbikes), in which I'm not going to say things get worse before they get better because a young man has died and it doesn't get worse than tragic death. But it does continue to be in that same pit of worst for our boy Halik.

There are two kinds of bus rides in fiction. The exciting, hopeful one as someone travels to a new place or is starting some other kind of journey and happens to be on a bus. Then there's this kind of bus ride, which looks far more like an actual bus ride.

The bus HAS taken Halik to a new job, though, which could be the start of something new and hopeful, but it is not motorbike related. He's gotten a job as a sparring partner at the gym where his older brother, Jilili, works. The regulars are not impressed.

It's in the city, but news travels, which leads to awkward questions like this.

I hope you enjoy Kudusjan Anivar's pained, forced, insincere smile, because it gets a real workout this episode and next. My poor sunshine boy.

Since the motorbike thing seems to be a less than ideal thing to focus on right now, where should investors and development focus for the future of this community? BABY PUTTING IT INTO FRUIT FESTIVALS.

Do things feel less lively because of the specter of death hanging over the community, because of the pivot away from motorbikes and into fruit, or because Celine's designated love interest has gone to the city?

This is Boss Berk (in the glasses), ready and financed for a new rally race centered on Dapu. He's the one who organized the race that killed Karim, the favourite race of everyone in Dapu. The balls on this man. I am mostly drawing attention to this because the subtitles call him "Boss Berk".

Now unemployed and unhoused, Lin Hao is ready to begin his professional motorbiking career. It turns out? It's expensive.

Perhaps?

But suggesting Lin Hao try employment so he can pay for all the shit you need to pay for if you're going to do motorbike shit is the greatest betrayal ever perpetrated on this young man.

Boss Berk is still trying to pitch doing another motorbike rally race and tries to sweeten the proposal with 'this time we'll make rules about helmets'.

I'm terrible at guessing ages but it feels like Jilili is Halik's significantly older brother. When introducing Halik to people a couple times he mentions that they're full brothers, not half brothers.

Look at the hope burning in Halik's eyes at the prospect of long-term wrestling target employment.

I think Jilili knows Halik does not want this job. I think Jilili knows Halik is not going to be particularly good at this job.

But he's a good boy who just wants to do what he can to support his best friend's widow and little girl, even though no one in Karim's family want to see him ever again.

And now an interlude about ketchup.

[mzannthropy]

The Count of Monte Cristo limited series Episode 5 thoughts

Things are heating up and some of the participants are starting to sweat! Enter two of the favourites, Haydee and Eugenie! (Spoilers under the cut.)

I actually watched this twice bc I took a break from watching yesterday and then couldn't remember all the details, which is typical for me, and I took notes the second time. So this will get quite detailed.

Hermine and Villefort have a secret meeting in a carriage while he's on the way from the court and discuss the story told by the count at the dinner party in Auteuil. Villefort swears the baby was dead when he buried him but Hermine has been in distress ever since the party and she is not sure that the count is just telling tales. Villefort reminds her they will be ruined if anything comes out. It's called think before you stick your dick into a woman who is not your wife, Gerard.

Villefort has engaged Boville, an inspector of the police, to make enquiries about the count. Boville gives him the details he dug up on Jacques Zaccone, but of course that's exactly what the count wants them to think.

The count comes to the bank of Danglars to open an account. While they talk, the count lets Danglars know he has looked into him and that he knows he used to work for Morrel and Sons.

Haydee arrives at the count's house in Paris. Now, you know how I have been making fun of that one line in that Variety article: "Haydee is not a frightened slave, but a brave and empowered woman." Well, at the first sight of her, stepping out the carriage, she looks very frightened. But why the hell wouldn't she be? Like, is it a crime to be scared after going through what she went through and now been sold to another stranger? She won't even let Jacopo take her bag (side note, the bag she carries reminds me of the bag Anne of Green Gables has in the Sullivan adaptation. Anne is my favourite heroine of all time.) Jacopo leads her inside, where he introduces Isabelle, that character I have been wondering about, who has been hired as her maid. Isabelle shows her around; Haydee has her own rooms and the whole upper floor, but she is still confused. When the count returns home, he finds her sitting on the stairs with her bag and she asks him what he means to do with her and calls him "master". To which the count responds that she is free now. He knows she is the daughter of Ali Pasha and that her father was betrayed and killed in Algiers (if I understand this correctly, this Haydee is Algerian, not Albanian). The man the count bought her from was the sultan of Amir--a very quick Google search didn't bring up anything relevant, so I take it he is fictional. They sit down and have tea and talk and the count is very gentle with her and even gives her a sort of a trigger warning before he starts asking her questions about her father. He has been invited to the annual ball at the de Morcerfs and has asked her to come as his plus one and then buys her new dresses. And honestly, I like the way they handled this. Also, I ship them.

Breakfast at de Morcerf is like reading a Lady Whistledown column (for those who don't know, that's a Bridgerton reference). Albert informs his parents that the count opened an account with Danglars and Fernand casually talks about Hermine's affair with Debray, who gives her insider information on stocks which she passes to her husband.

The count does his shenanigans with the telegraph while he drugs the operator. The guy was only out for a few minutes. Video here. As a result, Danglars sells his Spanish bonds and is not happy when it turns out there was no uprising in Spain. He admonishes Debray and orders him to return the money he lost on this blunder.

The count meets the Morrels at what appears to be a club. Old M. Morrel passed away and Julie and Max sold his business and moved to Paris. Later he visits them and finds out they still keep the purse that contained the money that saved them. Max says their father believed their saviour came from beyond the grave and that it was Edmond Dantes.

Valentine wheels her grandfather around in the wheelchair in their garden. She's so sweet. Little Edouard has some sort of seizure and his mother applies the substance she got from the count at the dinner party. It works, the seizure stops.

Valentine is not happy about having to be married to Franz and Albert is not happy about having to be married to Eugenie. (He considers her a friend he's known from childhood.) He confides this to the count, who promises to help. He also knows about Max and valentine, as Valentine came to the Morrel's house while he was visiting and he saw they were in love.

So far no strict confirmation of Eugenie and Louise's relationship but it is suggestive. Hopefully we'll see more of them.

At the ball, the count and Mercedes talk and she asks him about Haydee and tells him that "people will talk" bc Haydee lives at his house. Like, lady, the biggest gossipers live at your own house, and also, what's it to you? Speaking of which, de Morcerfs' maid Marie is having an affair with Caderousse.

As for Caderousse, the count orders him not to come to his house again and only communicate via Jacopo. He knows there are policemen outside his house (Villefort's work.) The count plainly shows the absolute contempt he has for Caderousse.

The count sends Jacopo to Rome to get Vampa and bring him to Paris. Vampa still owes him for saving Peppino, who was Vampa's cousin. From what I've been told, Vampa will play a fake aristocrat in Paris, who I guess will court Eugenie. We'll see how that goes. No Benedetto/Andrea so far, but he exists in this universe.

I realise I like all the young people in this story. Most of the actors don't have many credits to their name, so I hope this series will be a good start for them. The acting is good all around, except for the dude who plays Debray, idk he seems to me a bit stilted.

[averywiseanimatedcat]

Rewatching Good Omens season 2

Episode 2, ‘The clue’ post 3

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They really gettin it with these shots.

Man.

Think I needa lie down again.

“Where did you hear it?”

“Uhhh this morning? Out my mouth?”

FUCK OFF GABRIEL WITH YOUR SMART ASS CUTE JIM CHARACTER.

Glasses off in the bookshop; my third and favourite son to whom I leave all my earthly belongings

Glasses off in the land of Uz: a broadway spinoff

Ooooo big scary Angel + simping.

Can we talk about how in this flashback this is the first time we see Azirphale really TRUST Crowley. This is maybe their 4th meeting we know about. We know Azi hasn’t seen him since the flood so it’s been a while. They hardly know each other at this point.

It also starts a pattern where we see Crowley is willing to stick his neck out quite confidently to do what he he thinks is right but Aziraphale is always questioning himself. Azi looks to others to show him what’s right and wrong where Crowley has already decided what he thinks should be done and he just does it. I think that’s what attracts Azirphale, it’s Crowleys confidence and self assurance in knowing what he’s doing is right and he doesn’t need to ask anyones permission to do it. Which is why it’s quite comical that Azirphale tries to tell Crowley he’s on heavens side in the cellar when Crowleys never been on anyone’s side, ever. Crowley has never been ‘owned’ truely, it’s just not his personality. He’s far to much of an independent entity to ever have such alliances. And if he does they’re temporary and only when it’s convenient. The exception being the relationship he builds with Aziraphale.

But Azirphale is still stuck thinking in this black and white way where you can only be on one side or the other. While Crowleys always existed outside of that.

This season also really shows how Crowley picks and chooses who he is kind to. He’s kind and sweet to Jobs daughter, and is generally nice to Azirphale. He’s nice to Muriel as well when she turns up. I think he sees intention rather than behaviour, he sees Aziraphale has good intentions and wants to do the right thing so he is kind to him. He sees the child and Muriel as just oblivious, innocent bystanders. Which is what he was when before he was cast out. Which is why I cry over this demonic baby.

Ok back to the funny stuff what IS this face. Michael is having to much this fun this season.

Disaster ADHD bitch sitting exhibit #6. And unsure if he is drunk or he just can’t walk straight/trips everywhere which is on brand for any decent, well mannered ADHD disaster. I choose to believe that he can’t walk straight ever. Because he isn’t straight. And has ADHD.

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[theimaginatrix27]

I've been in the Star Trek fandom spaces long enough, time to talk publicly about a thing that I am injecting into every fic where it is relevant

So if you've been paying attention to my blog the last couple months, you will know I am a huge fan of @enbygesserit 's work. They write the absolute best Dominion lore and fic I have ever had the pleasure of reading/encountering, and I eat up each new piece like my favourite confectionery.

What I am about to discuss predates any exposure I had to their work by at least thirteen years.

And the ship it surrounds was my DS9 OTP for two entire decades (before I discovered the O'Brien polycule and now my DS9 otp is a "One True Polyamorous tangle", but moving on).

That ship being Kiraodo. My heart broke when Odo confessed his love to an apparently dying Kira, she said she loved him back, and that was the clue for him to realise she was not Kira at all. And then when the Female Changeling Voice of the Link told him Kira would never love him because he was a Changeling, I was a tiny sad twelve-yo who thought, "But I love him!" And then I wanted it to be a thing.

And when I found out it was a thing in canon but they had to part ways at the end of the series, I was happy and sad at the same time.

I was a teenager, I didn't know the relationship felt awkward to some (though to be fair I still hated Children of Time and what the alternate/Gaia Odo did, but I address that in another fic so it's fine). I just wanted the sad Changeling and the fiery Bajoran to prove the mean Changeling wrong.

But also, I acknowledged to myself, even in 2009-10, that it would not be fair to Odo at all to make him leave his people again so quickly. I felt sympathetic toward the Changelings/Founders even as a teenager who had not and would not see DS9 in its entirety (curse you, cable TV! You with your reruns and exorbitant prices making it so hard for us to keep you for more than a few months at a time!) Anyways, I knew even then that I didn't want to take Odo away from his people again, even for him and Kira to be together.

So what was my solution?

Here were the canon points I considered at age nineteen (I was creating the bare bones of the Galactic Warp AU at the time and also had a strict must-adhere-to-canon policy for any fanfic ideas I'd had at the time):

The Great Link turned Odo into a solid.

The baby Changeling in The Begotten turned him back, at the cost of its life (but maybe not if it hadn't already been dying).

Therefore, it is canonically possible for a solid to become a Changeling.

What if Kira had been Changelinged?

WHY IS THAT NOT CANON?

I have this as a significant plot point in any Kiraodo content I'm going to write, so if you see Kiraodo becoming a thing in any fic, expect to see Changeling Kira show up somewhere.

"But wait!" someone yells. "You just said you didn't want to take Odo from his people, and Kira's Bajoranness is a huge part of her identity! And you're gonna just take that away from her?"

No, actually. You think the Prophets give a shit whether or not Kira's corporeal form is solid? Fuck no, they're not corporeal and time is not linear for them! The Kira is always the Kira. The Kira is always of Bajor. The Kira is always beloved of the Prophets.

This holds true in every single fic in which I have inserted this. Kira doesn't always become a Changeling full time (some of my AUs have magic), but more importantly, She never stops being Bajoran in the ways that really matter.

Which, if this had been a canon episode, would have been emphasised by the Prophets themselves and I am not taking critique on this.

"But the Founders would never do this in canon!" I hear you cry. "They hate solids and the Voice doesn't like Kira especially!"

First of all, the convoluted love triangle between Odo, Kira and the Voice was stupid.

Second of all, it doesn't even have to be them who do it, we got other more powerful entities around! Q was basically banned from DS9, sure, but what if Kira and Odo weren't on DS9?

Here's my idea for how this could have happened in canon, if the writers had really wanted to sell us the ship.

Odo and Kira have been away on a mission together (doesn't matter where, they just have to be off the station). It's sometime in Season 6, post the Dominion occupation of DS9. When the runabout returns, Odo coms the station and says he needs to give them warning about something, and they're going to have to take him at his word, however hard that may be.

"What's wrong?" Sisko asks. "And where's Major Kira?"

In response, Odo holds up his bucket. There is a Changeling in goo form inside.

"There was an—incident while we were returning from our mission. It was successful, by the way."

Sisko stares at the screen intently for a moment.

"Are you saying," he asks slowly, "that Major Kira was replaced by a Changeling?"

"No, Captain," Odo responds. "I am saying this Changeling is Major Kira."

Cue opening theme!

And possibly this would be a two-parter! I feel that with the whole theme of DS9 being nuance, and with the Dominion being such a big deal, it deserves to be!

Basically the plot would first involve a flashback to Q popping in while Kira and Odo are arguing about something Changeling-related or whatever, going "You know, I've been watching you and yours for a while now—from a safe distance of course—and frankly, I've been surprised by the lack of nuance with regard to the Founders."

And Kira's all, "Oh come on, don't you start with this high-and-mighty attitude! I read all the records about you after your last visit to Deep Space 9, you don't have any room to talk!"

"And neither do you," Q fires back. "You think your terrible acts were justified, don't you? Oh, you know they were dreadful, the fact that you could be so violent distressed you so! But when it comes down to it, you can sleep at night, because you helped drive out the Cardassians and set Bajor free. But when the Dominion imposes their order on their part of the galaxy because they used to be oppressed and were traumatised, you sit there on what moral high ground you have and pass judgment on them!"

"I don't need to hear this! Especially not from you! Sisko made you stay away from the station—from us! Now get off this runabout and leave us alone."

"Oh, you do need to hear it, Nerys. But if you insist on me leaving, let me do so on my terms. Don't worry, my little firework, I'll make sure you don't need my help undoing this." And he snaps his fingers and disappears.

And Kira's form begins to melt and she barely has time to call Odo's name before she dissolves into Changeling goo.

Back on DS9, everyone's a bit frantic after seeing the runabout footage, which confirms Odo's story. He links with her and is able to help her reform after a little time, during which we get to hear panicked Kira thoughts and some cool visuals of what the link is like for her. We get a scene after she's able to shift back into herself where Jadzia quips that she's got purple hair and Cardassian neck ridges or something, which is not amusing to her at all.

Then there's a whole discussion on how they're going to fix her before the rest of the Federation finds out, because "Are they going to believe the testimony of one rogue Changeling and the footage from a runabout computer? What if they decide Kira's a threat and take her into custody?"

And the answer is pretty obvious, especially after Julian examines a sample of her matrix and discovers traces of her dna are still in it.

They have to take her to the Great Link so she can be restored to solidity. The Founders are rather good at genetic manipulation, after all. It'll be fine!

Except they're at war, and the Voice does not like Kira, which forms the majority of the conflict, as they have to convince any Dominion forces they meet that "Seriously, we are not here to fight, please don't blow us up, we just want to help our friend, yes we mean it, don't fire!"

And in the end Kira has to pretend to be a Founder just to get the various ships to leave them alone, and it's weird as fuck for her but she makes it to the Great Link and the Voice is there and doesn't believe her at first until they link and she gets proof from her memories.

Which leads to Kira finding out about the morphogenic virus early, and being incensed, because "Look, I don't like you, but that's crossing multiple lines! I'd never have signed off on that if it were up to me, and I know Sisko wouldn't either! Doctor Bashir's brilliant—he can help you, I'm sure of it."

"Even if we did not help you right away?"

"I can wait, if I have to. I'm kind of getting used to this whole thing. It's been—an interesting experience."

And after another link to confirm that yes, she means that and it's not even in a bad way, the Voice consents to help her regain her solid status and she goes into the Great Link, gets a small taste of the Founders' collective trauma and is deeply moved by it, bursting into tears when she emerges, once more humanoid. There's a whole final scene about how she wishes more people in the Federation could have experienced what she did, and then she goes to write a log entry on the whole thing or something.

But this would absolutely change the trajectory of the war because that's how DS9 works, so it wouldn't just be handwaved away. in subsequent episodes, Julian is able to find a cure—possibly with help from within the Dominion itself because the Founders would very much like to not die and Julian is being Julian at them and they're taking a real liking to him.

And the galaxy is saved because Q did a thing! But also Kira understands Odo better after this and their relationship is all the richer for it.

*Starts chanting* It should've been canon, it should've been canon, it should've been canon, IT SHOULD'VE BEEN CANON!

[tomyo]

Coming back around to my opinions on the animation now that DandaDan's anime is finally beyond what I initially saw.; I can't fully tell what it was that had upset me with the compositing initially because the problem has mostly gone away. It could be they updated the episodes after the theater release, it could be that the saved the budget for later episodes and ep1 being lackluster affected the feeling overall, or it could be I focused on the wrong things.

I definitely think no matter what airing a tv animation in a theater created a bad experience since the audio mixing and line work. I will also say if they had aired episode 4 in theaters, I probably would've felt a lot better after the experience.

The backgrounds got better for me but the character design can still be a little iffy, not as odd as Tallkarun but I still miss the manga's boxier features. Still grateful the fulfilled the potential of Okarun's hairstyle.

If anything, the most substantial aspect is the creativity of the cuts in this episode. When I was in the theater, they showed an interview segment in which the director expressed being a composition otaku and this really really really felt like that was sleeping through here. I feel really conflicted?? I think the first major one is the zoom to the eyes for memory to which I both like and kind of wish was just a normal cut. It's a very clever but I think I always built the tunnel scene in my head as a very slow creepy horror; a little darker shadows and more tension that the zoom can kind of destroy. It especially hits hard because Turbo granny counting and Momo's capture are some of my favourite early panels. I do think Okarun's eye cut works a lot nicer though because the jump to a close up if his eyes isn't as dramatic. The helicopter legs while very saru-esque I think was the best result one could expect from that plot point and I love the details they added in like Okarun grabbing for Momo to brace her and the two taking milliseconds to wordlessly get into piggyback mode again. On the opposite hand I HATE the running through town cut. Having them run throughout the town in some wide still cuts could of added some world building character and by doing the weird cg first person with the shadow people only made me feel more like there were corners cut. To add to it they had that really effective shot of them starting in the foreground before running further off only to be stopped by the crab. Now imagine, several cuts of them running through the street with no issue only to have the crab come in on the third or fourth cut? It's like taking the wrong turn in a maze or someone you thought you got away from shouting Boo! From behind you. But I'm guessing the whole point of it was to save on budget for the all out moment which actually fleshes out that part extremely well and helps build up an exciting finish. The final cut change is catching the train, it's actually a smart cut of them flying away when Momo grabs it but admittedly my feral momokarun brain misses the close up of her holding him.

The final part is how they changed plot points??? For some reason??? Nothing major but I noticed they took out the part where they notice the girl's faces on the back in exchange for a set up shot to Momo's train gambit. It's kinda an FMA situation where you still get to the same point in the end but the choice reframes how you feel about it. As you can guess I kind of prefer the manga version mostly because I think it adds to feeling the same surprise as turbo granny felt from it but in terms of good film direction the later makes more sense. There's a lot of little things like that that are give and take, like the designs I keep harping on. On one hand, I think they made Okarun look like a more competent design but the side effect is he looks too cool for the loser of a guy he's meant to feel like (no hunch, slimmer and less baby faced, fringe creating a more conventionally Shonen protag appearance). I think that's the same thing in general I feel complaint over, that to some extent Science Saru packaged the series into a cooler Shonen appearance when imo the manga at points conveyed a slower more contemplative pace (I think a lot about DDD's face close ups and how they feel out of a 90s romance like To Heart or Kare Kano). Sometimes it can feel like the desire to express DandaDan's quirkiness sadly undercuts the quieter moments. The sayonara scene though held up pretty well despite me wishing for a little more pause and an extra cut of Momo (the cut to black tho, 🤌)

Some final final praises; I like how goofy Snake Granny moved, again big praise to the cute extra bit with Okarun protecting Momo, In general Okarun's voice has been perfect and really captures the spretrum of cool Shonen dude to petulant child having a tantrum, it was exciting to finally hear Momo-chan and the first use even almost sounded like a -tan imo, and the little added scene of being scolded by the police was a thoughtful touch.

[hitchell-mope]

I finally finished Modern Family.

It took about four years. And that’s only because season ten arrived on Disneyplus in 2023 and season eleven arrived on Disneyplus on New Year’s Day 2024. Two and three years after I’d watched the first nine seasons during lockdown. But anyway. All is forgiven. Because it really was an amazing sitcom. So here’s my little retrospective.

What I liked about the show:

I think one of my favourite parts about the show is that Jay left Dede not because of an affair, but because he just couldn’t cope with her anymore. Even nowadays the man leaving the woman because the love had disappeared is an incredibly rare occurrence.

I like how well Mitchell and Cameron balance each other out. They’re both a little camp. But Mitchell has the realism going for him and Cameron is the sports honcho. I just think they did a good job of evening out the personality traits.

I know not many people agree. But I rather like Haley ending up with Dylan. I liked Andy as well. But sometimes the first love wins out you know?

Tying into point one. I liked that while Gloria was younger than Jay. She wasn’t YoungerTM than Jay. He was nearing sixty. She was in her mid thirties. Again. Even nowadays that kind of age gap is still an incredibly rare occurrence.

This is going to be controversial. BUT. I’m actually okay with the hbo type of jokes that they had. It’s probably because I watch supernatural and friends and the Simpsons. But in a show like this. The shipping options are kinda limited. Plus a lot of them were in the same age range. So looking at it from like a “Jane Goodall perspective”. I’m okay with the hbo type of jokes. It was just the right amount of Crossing The Line Twice.

Barring that one season nine episode. I’m happy that they never treated Dede with undeserved sympathy. That type of woman doesn’t deserve to be liked.

I really liked Joe. He was hilarious. It’s just a shame he didn’t get a lot of one on one interaction with Mitchell. Apart from that he was great.

Mitchell and Cameron’s wedding. It was a great two episodes.

Pepper Saltzman. He’s played by Nathan Lane. Where else was I going to put him?

Jay’s development with Mitchell. Claire was obviously his favourite. But it was nice to see how far he and Mitchell got by the end of the show.

What I didn’t like about the show:

This is a big one. While I liked that Alex and Arvin got together, at last someone that matched her intellect that she didn’t feel ashamed of finding physically attractive, I really did not like how she basically got shamed into quitting her lucrative career by a load of uppity college students. Just because she’s smart doesn’t mean she has to do the difficult job. She’s allowed to take the easy way out.

This is a little petty. But given Phil’s almost debilitating coulrophobia. It’s a shame that Fizbo and The Amazing Phil couldn’t take the circus world by storm.

I get that Claire wasn’t Dylan’s biggest fan. But for all her, justified, admonishments at Jay for how he treats Phil. She could’ve tried a little harder to break the cycle.

Pameron. Jessica. Tucker. She’s basically just a live action version of Gayle Genarro. Except lucid and aware of the chaos she causes. Baby Calhoun, however, is adorable.

Sal whatever-her-last-name-is. Hilarious. But grating.

Between all three of the Dunphy kids, Mitchell’s actor being part of the original cast for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Cameron’s whole thing. It’s a shame that the show never had a proper musical episode.

Dede. Just. Dede.

Farrah Marshall. Claire was right. She really WAS Dede reincarnated. Only more spacey.

The fact that Dylan and Haley got Mitchell and Cameron’s old house and not the new house that was literally perfect for a growing family like theirs.

The fact that Covid and the resultant lockdown turned the finale into an Allegedly Optimistic Ending. Which is why we really need a reunion movie

Character ranking: For the purposes of this I’ll be making clumps of characters because I just can’t decide. I’ll also be including the extended family. Like so.

Luke, Phil, Joe, Haley, Gloria, Dylan and Manny

Jay, Claire, Mitchell, Cameron, Lily, Alex, Poppy and George.

Frank, Merle, Barb and Calhoun.

Dede, Farrah, Jerry and Pam.

And that concludes my retrospective. Let me know if I missed anything out.

[mahou-furbies]

Closing thoughts on Mahou Tsukai Precure!

Since I ended up progressing at unexpectedly rapid speed with the first half of this season I wondered if I would manage to fit everything in this year's summary, and it turns out I did, with a couple days to spare too!

I had seen that the general opinion on this season skews negative, expect for the shippers, which I am not, so I didn't have too high expectations. But I'd say that for me it managed to crawl its way to mid tier.

Like I said in the first impressions post I somehow thought Mirai would be a more toned down lead, but unfortunately that was not the case. Especially in the beginning she really got on my nerves, with how she forced herself into Riko's company and how in many episodes her energetic and carefree way clashed with Riko. But things improved on this front when they properly became friends, and overall I think characters like this work better in a duo where attention can be divided more equally over a group where it can lead to the whole cast singing the praises for her virtues. In the end Mirai isn't the worst of her ilk but I didn't like her either. Cute clothes though.

Then there's Riko who in theory should be my fave, with her more serious mannerisms, but she's tied so strongly to Mirai who drags her down that I didn't end up getting a lot out of her. Still she was likable enough and I would have liked to see more of her working through her insecurities.

Mofurun also exists and… she's just too much, she's such an unbelievably cutesy, saccharine, twee, cloying mascot (especially the voice) that it's a definite no for me. However I must admit that she didn't really ~do~ anything wrong, like she doesn't instigate mascot-causes-trouble escapades and in general manages to be surprisingly chill and level-headed. So begrudgingly I have to concur that she makes for an alright mascot even though I certainly won't miss her.

So completely unexpectedly my favourite character turned out to be the magical baby, who knew? Though to be fair she had very little presence in her infant and baby forms and the next one skipped toddler and went right to small child. Her excited and a little out of breath "Haa!" simply works for me every single time she says it, and she also sounds super elegant in her Cure form; overall very good voice acting work on her. And green cure discourse aside I like her design a lot as well, especially the powerup form. She also has a unique role in both the story (her origin and final fate) and character dynamics (the child to Mirai and Riko's mothers), which is definitely a rarity in Precure. She was responsible for quite a lot of trouble though so logically I shouldn't like her as much as I do, but I've decided to open up my heart for her.

The plot was pretty weak, nobody watches Precure for the plot but here the pacing somehow felt particularly plodding and big revelations weren't set up well enough. Like the headmaster's Very Special Friend, that stuff came out of nowhere, and the show also switches its end boss in the middle but takes its sweet time introducing the new one so we're left with flat randos we know nothing about for way too long. Overall incredibly weak villains, might be an all-time low for Precure. I read that the overdesigned smug bishie one is more popular but to me he was just as boring as the rest.

The supporting cast was decent though and I really liked the three magical school classmates. Though there are two wolves inside me, and one of them wants more non-Cure friends for more varied character dynamics, but the other wants magical girl designs for everyone. I'm glad I knew not to expect them to become Cures though (even one-off side Cures) because otherwise I would have been disappointed.

Even if the story and villains were pretty weak, the finale was still great both in terms of epic mahou spectacle and emotional sendoff for the characters. And they spent a lot of time for a proper timeskip ending, I kept checking the runtime and wondering if they're actually going to focus on quiet character moments for over half of the episode and it turns out they did. So I'd say the ending was one of Precure's best. Or the actual final episode was terrible capitalistic drivel as far as I'm concerned but I'm just going to pretend it doesn't exist.

Final verdict is mixed feelings, with Ha-chan being the only real highlight, but the low points were still manageable. And now I'm ready for the sequel well in advance!

[servin-up-surveys]

survey #223

Are any of your friendships on a fine line? Nope! Very grateful for that.

If I search your room, will I find birth control? No. My pills are in the kitchen with my other meds.

Have you ever witnessed a birth? Only cats personally, other animals through videos that would circulate. I NEVER want to see a human birth, I don't even like seeing animals do it.

Are you often the last one to understand a joke? Yes, honestly. I wouldn't say always, but it definitely happens.

Have you ever slept in a tent, indoors or out? Yes to both. Never beyond my own yard though, haha. As kids, Dad would sometimes do it with us kids.

Are you mad right now? No.

Have you ever been on a farm? I have, briefly. We were picking up my sister from her friend's house, and she lived on a farm.

What are you listening to? I'm watching an episode of John Wolfe's Still Wakes the Deep LP.

Would you rather date someone five years older or five years younger than you? Older.

If you had to live off one type of fruit, which would you pick? Probably apples. I prefer strawberries and kiwi, but I more consistently enjoy apples.

How often do you drink Monster? I hate Monster. To be fair though, I'm not much better health-wise than Monster enjoyers, because after all, I fucking love Mountain Dew. So unhealthy it's not produced in I think the UK.

Are you short? I'm average height for a North American woman my age.

Can you ever get enough of mac ‘n’ cheese? I'm certain I could.

Are you allergic to nuts or dairy products? No.

Do you have trust issues? Yes, but they're not as bad as they were in the past. I also know that I tend to be maybe overly trusting towards women that appear motherly and very empathetic.

Do you think age matters in relationships? If a minor is involved, it absofuckinglutely does. Relationships with considerably large age gaps aren't for me personally, but adults can do what adults want in their own consenting relationships.

Has anyone ever called the cops on you? No.

Is the last person of the opposite sex you texted single? My dad is remarried.

Could you go a week without brushing your teeth? ... This is fucking humiliating, but I've done this. Executive dysfunction and debilitating depression. I paid for this though, I've had intense teeth work after this neglect, and it taught me good. I'm still not where I should be in caring for myself, but by god have I made progress.

Are you usually awake at midnight? Not usually, no.

Have you ever been peer pressured to smoke pot? No. I've never really been peer pressured, but even then, I've always been very good at sticking to my guns with this kinda stuff.

Do you ever actually drink milk alone? Yes, I love milk.

If you don’t have one already, would you consider getting an iPhone? No; I prefer Androids between the two.

What year were you born in? 1996.

Do you get jealous easily? Nah. I'm more prone to envy.

Have you ever done anything illegal? I've always been a person downloading shit illegally.

Do you use Twitter? No.

Who was the last person you hugged? My mom.

Do you listen to All Time Low? No.

Do you get leg cramps often? I've had a tendency lately of waking up and getting leg cramps? Especially if I stretch my leg even a smidge. It's not fun.

Have you ever met a celebrity? No.

Who was your first kiss? Jason, my first "real" boyfriend when I was 16.

What is your favourite food? I could say chocolate lmao, but that certainly doesn't count as like, real "food." My favorite *real* food is cheeseburgers, then I also like boneless hot wings and pizza and other unhealthy shit I shouldn't touch lol.

Do you use Skype? No.

Does it bother you when people have a collar turned up? The fuck should I care what people wear and how they wear it

As a kid did you like Barney, Baby Bop, or DJ more? Barney. I don't know what the other two are.

Have you been to the Bzoink Forums yet? I never had an account there, but I understand it shut down.

Have you ever pet a monkey? No.

Have you ever ridden a camel? No.

Do you like cupcakes? I do. I never knew I couldn't like cupcakes until my sister's husband made them for the kids, his are inedible to me.

Orange or lemon flavoring? Lemon.

Have you ever been to a Disney theme park? Disney World in Orlando.

Do you watch or listen to the news? No, shit's depressing.

What world issues concern you the most? A fucking lot, I don't even want to think of this right now.

Do you think that a woman can be an effective president? What a dumb fucking question.

Do you feel differently about love and sex now than you did at 17? OH YES

Would you ever join the military? Why or why not? lmfao hell no. Even if I was mentally well enough to join, I would never be fodder for the rich man's wars. They can solve their own goddamn problems without bringing violence into it. Maybe one day people in power will act like goddamn adults.

Do you or anyone you know play the violin? Not that I know of.

What is one of your favorite breakup songs? Maybe "If You Can't Hang" by Sleeping With Sirens, idk.

Are you someone who gets easily agitated by hearing someone chewing? Only if it's extremely obnoxious. Otherwise I don't tend to notice.

What's your favorite kind of oatmeal/porridge? Cinnamon apple. And it HAS to be cooked with milk, water is awful.

Have you ever ate a whole pizza in one sitting? No, at least, not a normal pizza. Maybe one of those smaller personal-sized pizzas you can get at the store.

What's something that always makes you cringe? Musicals. I wish I didn't have a cringe reaction to anything, cringe culture is so dumb.

What's something that always makes you emotional? Actually good dads. I didn't exactly get a great one.

What's your favorite pasta? Just normal spaghetti with tomato sauce and meatballs.

What's a social media site you have no interest in? Twitter.

Are you afraid of the dark? No.

Do you watch American Horror Story? No, I haven't for many years. I did enjoy the first season, though. Season two didn't do it for me (but I didn't finish it) and then I just didn't watch it after that.

Does your hometown have any urban legends/scary stories? My hometown is probably way too small for that.

What’s the scariest nightmare you remember having? I have some sort of condition where I have nightmares/terrors chronically so I could list plenty, but I don't want to. I just had one a few days ago that left me bawling to my mom.

Are you medicated? I've been bouncing between psych meds since fucking middle school.

Does your family/friends have a nickname for you? I mean, "Britt," but that's my nickname from everyone. My mom always gave her kids sweets nicknames though, and mine was "Twinkie." She still uses it occasionally lol.

Who’s some of your favorite YouTubers? I don't really watch Mark anymore, but Markiplier is still my favorite of all-time, I was fucking obsessed and he's still one of my biggest inspirations as a person. I love and respect him immensely. Some that are more relevant to me today include (in no real order) Game Grumps, Snake Discovery, John Wolfe, jacksepticeye, tarantula kat, NKFherping, Gab Smolders, others.

Do you have any phobias? Pregnancy, parasites (especially internal), vomit, general social phobia, whale sharks, slugs, heights (conditional), and I'm certain there's more I'm forgetting in the moment.

Are there any scented candles in the room you’re in? No.

Pancakes or French toast? Hmmm... I love both. I certainly eat more pancakes, though. I guess it depends on what I'm feeling at the time and how well they're prepared.

Did you have anything for breakfast today? Uh... what did I eat? Cereal, I think?

Are there any apps you’re addicted to? Not addicted, no. I have apps I like, but certainly no addictions to them. I know what addictions feel like, I'd know.

Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? Yes, a moose I got from a Cabela's store in Ohio that I named Brownie. I still have him and as I redecorate my room, I think I'm gonna sit him on my bedside table since it's kinda bare right now.

Do you still collect stuffed animals? Not so much anymore, but I CERTAINLY did growing up.

How do you feel about Spongebob? I love Spongebob, it has no reason to be as funny as it is for all ages imo lol. I don't seek out watching it, but it's on sometimes when Mom and I watch my sister's kids, and I enjoy it just fine. I watched it regularly growing up.

Do you have any nervous habits? Most prominently, I wring and knead my hands together. I avoid eye contact. I stutter. I sometimes even cry just because I'm uncomfortable. After getting gauges in my ears, me tampering with these became as common as messing with my hands.

Do you shape/fill in your eyebrows? No.

What’s your favorite comfort food to eat? Comfort food, ice cream. But my true comfort edible... thing is a drink, Mountain Dew Voltage.

What’s the last movie you watched in theaters? I literally have not been to the theater since I tried watching The Black Phone. I WANT to, badly, I was desperate to see the Barbie movie but didn't get to, and now I really wanna see Inside Out 2. We're just extremely in the hole money-wise right now, going to the theater isn't on our table right now.

Do you/did you ever have a Neopets account? Yes, I fucking loved Neopets growing up. I still love the art style and even tried making an account this past year, the naming system just annoyed me too much lmao, I gave up. I don't like adding numbers n shit to character names, it's just a pet peeve.

When’s the last time you were camping? I've never actually been camping.

Have you ever had eggs cooked over a campfire? No.

If you do drink, what’s your favorite alcoholic beverage? Sangrias. I only really like fruity stuff.

Are there any songs you’ve been listening to repetitively lately? I haven't been doing this too much lately, but the two I've been doing this most with lately is "Zwitter" and the full band version of "Los," both by Rammstein.

Do you have social anxiety? Severely. Severely. It's a lot more prominent offline than online, though. It is still very present online too though, especially when I'm dealing with unfamiliar people.

Have you ever had fried pickles? I have, but I don't think I've had good ones. To my memory, I wasn't impressed, and I know these are typically super adored.

Where’s your favorite place to go out to eat? Meh, depends on my mood. Most often I simply want McDonald's (I feel like I'm the only adult alive that genuinely enjoys McD's lmao), other times Bojangle's, but my favorite fast food place is actually Sonic, I'm just less often in the mood for it.

Cereal, granola, or oatmeal? I like all of these, but I definitely eat cereal the most.

[scruffyplayssonic]

Are the ArchieSonic comics actually an 80's/90's syndicated cartoon? Episode 44: Hero suddenly becomes six-to-eleven years old

Welcome back to my look at the ArchieSonic comic series, and how it shared a lot of the same story tropes as a typical ‘80s or ‘90s syndicated cartoon! Last time we had a look at the horrors of age, so this time we’re going to talk about the horrors of youth:

Episode 44: Hero suddenly becomes six-to-eleven years old 

I don’t think this actually happened in the comics, however we did see the rapid de-aging of characters in both Sonic X and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog!

That AoStH episode is one of my least favourites, in large part because baby Tails’ new catch phrase was, “Goo-goo poo-poo.” Ick. 😛

But since I can’t think of any cases of de-aging in ArchieSonic, now seems as good a time as any to talk about the two Sonic Kids super specials. After all, it wouldn’t be an 80’s/90’s franchise if there wasn’t a kiddified version of the characters, would it? Muppet Babies, Flintstones Kids, Tom & Jerry Kids, A Pup Named Scooby Doo, James Bond Jr, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Sabrina: The Animated Series, the list goes on and on. Heck, Archie Comics even did this with the Archie cast!

So, the Sonic Kids specials featured previously untold stories that took place when the cast were a lot younger. Super Special #5’s first story, “When You and I Were Young, Sally,” featured Sonic, Sally, Antoine, “Boomer” (Rotor’s childhood nickname), and Tails discovering the caverns beneath Knothole where they initially set up base in the early issues of the series, as well as Tails learning to fly for the first time. 

The second story, “Stop… Sonic Time!” (which I am only now realising is an MC Hammer reference, dammit Tom Rolston and Karl Bollers why?!) featured present day Sonic telling a story to a bunch of kids about how the younger Tails got his sneakers.

They turned out to be a gift from his uncle Merlin Prower, who was still in hiding at the time. This story also involved Sonic foiling Robotnik's latest plan, which involved using a ray that froze time.

The third story was not about the Freedom Fighters as kids at all, but instead was about Sonic, Sally and Antoine each telling Uncle Chuck contradicting stories of how they destroyed a Combot that attacked them.

I’ll get back to this story in a later episode.

Apparently the first Sonic Kids special was a hit, because Archie cranked out another one a year later, and this time Knuckles got to be included in the action. The first story, “Zoneward Bound,” featured Sonic and the other kids finding a ring in a well (the same well that Sonic got that same ring from in issue #0) before being flung into separate zones.

Sonic had his first confrontation with Dr Robotnik, Sally was confronted with a terrifying vision of what had happened to her father, and Tails, Antoine and Rotor fell through a void wearing each other’s heads and limbs.

Trippy.

The second story, “My Secret Guardian,” showed young Sally and her father, pre-Robotnik’s coup, taking a trip to the Floating Island where Sally encountered Knuckles for the first time.

This was mostly a rehash of stuff we’d already learned through the main series, but more fleshed out and with some new information revealed. The biggest thing we learned is that the real reason King Max took them to the island was to search for the ship his wife and son had been on which had been shot down during the Great War.

The third story, “Eve of Destruction," is my personal favourite of the Sonic Kids stories. This story showed us that Tails' father became one of the earliest victims of the roboticiser when he discovered Robotnik was planning to overthrow the King.

But while all that was going on, his pregnant wife was busy going into labour. Fortunately Sonic and Sally were able to get her to the hospital in time, carrying her in a wagon that Sonic towed.

I really like this one. There's a lot of cute stuff with Sonic and his friends, but there's also a lot of darkness there and a grim sense of foreboding. We know what's coming.

That’s all from me today. Were there actually any stories about the characters being de-aged that I didn’t think of? What do you think of the Sonic Kids specials? Let me know in the comments! Next time I’ll be tackling episode 45: Boys vs. girls! …did that ever even happen in ArchieSonic?

[humandisorderincarnatedean]

Top three seasons or top three episodes? 🤔

(Hi PK!!!! 👋👋👋👋👋)

I'll try to do both! so for top three episodes I've got:

Dark Side of the Moon. as much as I hate having to give dabb his due credit, and as much as I have become more aware of its flaws as a narrative, I kind of love all this episode does. I love that it kills off dean and sam in the first scene and sends them to heaven, it immediately sets it up as being such a different episode from anything that came before. I love that we see heaven for the first time, and how it's portrayed! I love the character and relationship studies for dean and sam, dean and mary. it just has a lot of elements that appeal to me! it's also beautiful

Faith. I'm a basic bitch and not afraid to own it. It's the best episode of season 1 and to me one of the most well-made episodes of the show. showstopping moment after showstopping moment.

What Is and What Should Never Be. you might have noticed the pattern by now, but I love a dean study! and while I love a good individual scene, this episode is basically all exploring dean's mind (at this moment in the show), his desires, his motivations, his self-image. there's again so much to love here

honourable mention goes to 11x04 Baby, we love you girl. gimme that car-centric motw with sibling bonding, deep late night conversations, and dean in daisy dukes

as for top 3 seasons

easy one, it's 5. always has been season 5. I have basically three metrics for how much I enjoy a season, 1. how much I like the overarching storyline, 2. how good the individual episodes are, and 3. how I feel about what the season does for the characters and relationships. season 5 slaps on all accounts. I love that the apocalypse is just happening for the entirety of this season, and most of the episodes are at the very least fun and there are a remarkable number of absolute classics. plus the michael sword arc is one of my favourites. blows a kiss to s5!

s11 :) my darling s11. again, remarkable number of good episodes considering it's a later season, I enjoy the amara plotline, and I love sam and dean's relationship in this one. it's also not a coincidence that my two top seasons are one where dean and sam succeed in the end, even if they don't 'win', the thing they were working towards gets done. I like a good ending! I'm a dw fan at heart

this one is a bit more up in the air because after 5 and 11 it's kind of just a free-for-all because many of the seasons are close in quality to me, but right now I'm gonna go with 3. I think she's underrated, she's the shortest season but still manages to pack in an incredible number of bangers. plus again a lot of good character stuff. s3 is like sam and dean's dark little world turning in on itself as the end nears, before exploding outward at the start of s4. and that's an interesting vibe :)

thank you for the question!!! love getting to share an opinion, have a lovely evening sweetheart!!! <3333333