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The Report Card – Fantasy High Junior Year Ep 19/20

Blinded By Rage

Welcome back for a final time this year to Fantasy High where we’re covering both parts of the finale in one go!

Last we left off here, the Bad Kids had gotten control of the Hangman post dragon fight on election night and were flying back to a much changed Elmville, sky turned an angry red in the process of becoming the divine domain of rage.

When we return, they’re running out of clouds to ride on and need to pick a place to land. Fabian is concerned about just plopping a chunk of his house randomly in town but time is of the essence so they land at school on the Bloodrush field. It’s 10:20 PM, so they have less than two hours until the polls close at midnight. All the non-Bad Kid students get the hell out of Dodge because they’re useless in a crisis as always and all the brave and competent students (read: The Seven) have graduated.

Brennan rules that, despite how crazy it was, the K2 Divine Intervention was technically buttoned up and allows Kristen to choose a special effect. She wants K2 back to help with spellcasting which Brennan grants (and will live to regret).

Elmville is NOT doing well. It’s like 107 degrees and they can hear sirens and gunshots. There’s some real The Purge energy. Mazey has the duffel bag of votes but says she’s not allowed to count them until midnight so they all take a short rest to get their stuff back. They send Jawbone and Ragh to make sure Lydia is OK. They also strategize and throw on a bunch of buffs. Gorgug drinks his crazy strength potion he got as a present from Riz that takes him to a 25 Str. Adaine casts Rary’s Telepathic Bond so everyone can communicate telepathically plus Fly on Fabian, Gorgug, and herself. Kristen handcuffs the duffel bag of votes to Mazey for safekeeping. Perhaps, most crucially, Kristen has K2 cast Ice Feat which has ascended from a mistake to a bit to a homebrew spell with the following effects:

Every creature targeted by this spell takes a level of exhaustion and 1d12 cold damage.

The targets are cured of all disease and poison.

All creatures targeted by this spell make constitution saving throws with advantage and their hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 2d10.

The targets gain immunity to fire damage and the stunned condition.

Remember that last one for later.

Anyway, there’s a lot more that they do but I’ll mention stuff if they come up in a big way. For now, let’s bust into the gym where Porter plus Jace and the Rat Grinders are trying and failing to do the ritual because they never got the proper name (highlighted by Buddy who in his same blind earnestness from before he was rage star’d thinks Bakarath is the true name and they’re just not believing hard enough).

Porter is furious that he was tricked into using the wrong name and grows to an enormous size, doing the foot stomp stun thing from earlier in the season but Ice Feast gives immunity to the stun condition so with a successful “Loser says what?” from Gorgug, it’s time to roll for initiative!

To set the scene, the gym (and all of Elmville really) is breaking apart. Team Porter has invoked all this energy but can’t do anything with it so it’s kind of like a ticking time bomb ready to explode. The floor of the gym is cracking and there’s bubbling lava underneath–lava that is actually the carcass of Ankarna and the rage domain is spilling into the material plane.

I also want to mention that even though several people have abilities/spells active that allow them to see Invisibility, no one can see Kipperlilly. We learn later it’s because she’d never been truly invisible, she’s just that good at hiding.

As always, I’m gonna just hit highlights for the fight but ooh man, there are some highlights:

Riz on his first turn does a super clutch casting of Slow which gums up the works for the Rat Grinders for a big chunk of the fight.

Just as they planned earlier (both in game and as we learned during the AP, out of game) Oisin is the top priority to deal with. A tag team of Fig and Gorgug gets him off the board in the first round before he can even cast a single spell.

Ivy attacks the Hangman on her turn and Fabian returns the favor by brutally one-shotting her his next turn. Like, *extremely* brutally. He has low key had it out for her since she was mean about Mazey way back at the top of the season. But even Mazey (who is joining the fight because they can’t actually kill her, logistically speaking since she needs to count the votes) is like hmm, don’t know if I *love* that. (For the record, Ivy is killed first but Oisin is attacked first. That’s why I have them in this order).

After Ruben hits everyone with a 9th level spell (highest level a spell can be for anyone not familiar) Fig gives up on the dude. Once the 9th level spells get broken out, the time for talking is over. In disguise as Wanda, she rips a very confused Ruben a new one for not being receptive to any of her attempts to coax him onto a redemption arc. She eventually blasts him into hell which sounds brutal until you remember that it’s functionally just her office.

Because the Rat Grinders are clustered together in a very non-strategic way, Adaine is able to hit them all with Synaptic Static which not only does damage but also forces a bunch of their spellcasters to lose Concentration on spells. Everyone but Buddy I believe.

Kipperlilly gets Riz with 8 points of damage but he gets her with 21 damage on his Attack of Opportunity as she escapes which is almost triple. That’s crazy!

And I wanna pause here to make a quick point. The Rat Grinders are kind of bad at this. Like, they have all these high level abilities–and we know Brennan can be brutal in how he runs NPCs cause we’ve seen them in Neverafter and ACOC. But the Rat Grinders are just seriously dropping like flies. And that’s due to a combination of three things. One, the Intrepid Heroes and by extension the Bad Kids are just really good at this. They’ve had a lot of practice and they’ve had time to strategize. They read the rules. They’re making clutch decisions. Of course they’re good at what they’re doing. Secondly, they got some great rolls. For instance, initiative worked out that they had the opportunity to merc Oisin before he could start slinging 9th level wizard spells. And finally, as we learned in the AP, the Rat Grinders had level 20 abilities but they were still very squishy because they didn’t level up properly.

Anyway, back to the fight.

Jace splits himself into 4 copies and finally gets Ankarana’s name with a Detect Thoughts on Fig. That’s not the only road block for the Bad Kids. They’re doing really well considering but also taking some Ls. Fabian drops (as does Fig later) and Adaine gets caught with Flesh to Stone.

Riz tries to find Kipperlilly and, when he can’t, he goes under the gym floorboards, shoots at Porter, and introduces the last big element to this combat: with his last 5 feet of movement, he jumps into the lava to hide. Because, as Emily mouthed to him a few minutes earlier, because of Ice Feast, they’re all immune to Fire Damage. Brennan forgot to account for that. The lava is only a hazard for his NPCs. The Bad Kids are all immune. Kipperlilly is so baffled that she goes, “What the fuck?” and gives away her position.

From this point on, utilizing the combo of Fly and fire immunity to stay out of range of enemies–either in the sky or below the gym floorboards in/near the lava–becomes a major part of their strategy. For instance, Kristen goes under there to do some Mass Healing without being a target.

Porter in this fight is very fearsome. He has Legendary Actions and he can attack so hard that you get hit just from the air moving so fast before his weapon even hits you. Later on in the two-parter, he stops on Gorgug’s skull and gives him two death saves. It’s a whole world of hurt.

But, the Bad Kids also are no-selling him at every single turn. He insults them but they just say he was a shitty teacher. He tries to activate their rage crystals but, guess what? They all avoided taking a rage token all season so it has no effect. He even tries to give them a speech about how the school sucks and they should be on his side but they’re like, my brother in Ankarna, YOU’RE a big part of why the school has been sucking. Adaine and Fig have great back to back lines. Fig accuses him of having no principles, just pride. And Adaine says the school didn’t MAKE them waste their summer on the Night Yorb quest. That was their mistake and they fixed it. He seems a bit surprised and confused that they won’t engage with his philosophy but that’s really on him if he thought THIS would tempt the Bad Kids at all. They’re great at getting mad all on their own. All he’s offering is the destruction of their homes.

Riz on his next turn sets himself up in a purposefully clumsy hiding spot where he will be easily visible to anyone looking for him but they will have to get in melee range to hit him and he readies an action to catch a spell.

On Fig’s turn, she gets away from Porter to get in position but that earns her a nasty attack of opportunity from him that's so powerful it starts carbonizing her blood (which is what happened to Yolanda you'll remember so now we know for sure who killed her). But once she gets away from him, she is safe in the lava (which is also Ankarana’s body). She tells Ankarna that she needs to choose her own path and then does a huge Fireball (which is the actual killing blow on Ruben btw). The Fireball also breaks Buddy’s concentration on the spell he’s been holding all fight which was a Banishment on the ballot box. They now have a way to get the votes delivered!

This is where part 1 ends but we’re rolling this all together for the recap so let’s keep going!

(I also have to note that for part two, everyone but Brennan is dressed in emo gear. Do with that info what you will.)

Fabian pulls out Bakur’s gem and throws him out like a Pokemon. He doesn’t break out right away but Brennan takes the opportunity to intro a new mechanic where portals open and on a high enough roll, the Bad Kids can call allies to help.

Fabian ALSO has the idea to push Jace (well, one of the 4 Jaces) into the lava which, surprise surprise, the fighter/dancer is stronger than the waifish sorcerer. And that’s 18d10 damage so yeah. This fight largely becomes the throwing people into lava challenge. And can you blame them? That’s so much damage!

We get a little bit of elucidation about how the rage crystals work. Porter is a kind of hive queen and he can exert influence over the people with crystals in their chest. We see him do it to Jace and we see crystals leave the chests of Oisin, Ivy, and Ruben (well not his chest cause he’s in hell but from where he was standing). The crystals are parasitic and jump ship to try and find new hosts.

Mazey gets rage star’d. Bad! K2 Banishes Buddy. Good! (Extra good bc K2 is Invisible and can’t be Counterspelled)

Porter chugs some devil’s honey and calls to Ankarna that he’s trying to rez her so he can worship her which we know is a lie cause his real goal is to usurp her. Fig and Kristen treat her like a friend who’s getting back with her shitty ex and are like girl he’s lying to you!

In one of my fave moments of the ep, Kipperlilly falls for the trap Riz laid in part one, going to attack him where he’s awkwardly positioned and not realizing that he was actually forcing her to jump over a pit of lava. The moment she does, he hits her with a Hold Person which stops her in her tracks and causes her to fall straight into the lava. Riz gets in the last word in this one-sided rivalry, “Very good on paper, but no practical application.”

She sinks into the lava and, as she does, we see she doesn’t have a visible rage crystal (only a symbol) because, unlike the others, she is a full willing participant. (Note: She DOES have a crystal to be clear, Brennan mentions that later, it’s just put in a different way).

Mary Ann fully jumps into the lava to attack Fig, tanking the damage and downing a very injured Fig in one hit.

Adaine gets a very clutch move next, whisking all her injured friends to safer parts of the battlefield and drawing a legendary action from Porter even though she’s one of the least tanky members of the group. But with her Mirror Images, she gets off scott free! Adaine, Battle Wizard!

Since Mazey is under rage control, Porter tries to make her disband the school but a Clippy style pop up of Arthur Aguefort shows up to say that mind controlling the class president to make them do stuff doesn’t count, you have to win fair and square. The things that this man plans for vs what he overlooks is baffling.

Not only that but with Kipperlilly dead (and no cleric to heal her since Buddy is banished) their plan is kind of screwed. Even if they can rig the vote, their candidate is dead.

When Jace and Porter are squabbling about plan logistics, Porter says, “Figure it out Stardiamond or I’ll kill you again,” which confirms that Jace got roped into the plan that way. Maybe Porter knew he needed someone with spells?

Gorgug gets a Nat 20 to pop up (from Porter downing him and giving him 2 death saves as I mentioned earlier) and then destroy another Jace clone, again with lava.

Gonna pause again to say that I am really skimming over a lot here. Battle episodes are just not conducive to straight up recaps when they’re this long and involved. I’m gonna steal a trick of Adaine and quickly reposition everyone so you know the state of the battlefield where I’m jumping back in with the plot-forward part of the fight. Bakur has busted out of his gem but isn’t sure which side to join at first. The Bad Kids eventually are able to roll high enough to get some allies on the field–Ragh/Lydia/Sandra Lynn/Jawbone/Gorthalax plus Squeem and Balthazar (but don’t worry too much about them. The most notable things there are Lydia does a sick wheelchair jump assistant by Ragh to get an attack in and Squeem heals everyone with cortados). Mary Ann goes down to lava. Fabian is able to break Mazey out of her rage with The Power Of Getting Your Kisses In and they make it official vis a vis boyfriend/girlfriend titles.

Fig and Kristen try to tag team to tell Ankarna that Porter is lying to her but they don’t make the Dispel Magic roll to get rid of the Devil’s Honey. You know who does though? With a crit? As she farts and days Blimey?

Yeah, I told you Brennan was going to live to regret letting her live. Zac takes over again and Brennan just says, “No,” and leaves for a bit while everyone else howls with laughter.

Brennan is so over it that he rules that, after this fight, K2 will be granted true life (Pinnochio style) and then banished to real life actual England. (Which seems dangerous considering Unsleeping City takes place irl but dig your own grave man).

ANYWAY, All Of That aside, the Dispel Magic does work and Bakur is able to see the lies despite the Devil’s Honey. He joins the fight on the BK’s side.

Also the bird cop shows up to shoot the last Jace. Don’t worry about it.

OK, so going into the endgame of this fight, All the Rat Grinders are dead except for Buddy who is Banished. Bakur is there, and fighting with our heroes. Some of their allies have arrived. Mazey and Fabian and both down. All but one Jace (the one who got shot) is fully off the board. And they still have to convince Ankarna that Porter is a big liar.

OK, pieces repositioned, let’s finish this fight up.

Having just been brought up by Sandra Lynn (like I said, I skimmed a LOT), it’s Adaine’s turn and she decides to do something uncharacteristic for a wizard. She takes a leap of faith. She uses her earworm present from Fabian to cast Detect Thoughts on all of her friends in range (Kristen and Fig) plus Bakur and Porter.

According to the wording of the card (which I assume has been partially homebrewed for the setting bc it’s a bit different than the one in the official book), using the earworm to cast Detect Thoughts sends the information gleaned to the nearest extraplanar creature. Which in this case is Ankarna.

The Devil’s Honey is dispelled now so it’s just up to if Porter makes his save or not (Adaine tells her friends to fail on purpose). He makes it, but Gorgug throws one of his inventions–a flashbang grenade–at him with another great line. He goes out of his rage and says, “Hey. Don’t be blinded by rage.” FLASH! The grenade goes off and he’s distracted enough to fail the save. His thoughts get broadcasted right to Ankarna.

Adaine says, "Is this justice? Is this a new dawn?"

In this moment, Brennan lets everyone roll as a cleric of Ankarna for Divine Intervention. I cannot BELIEVE he lets K2 roll but, thankfully, she doesn’t actually get it. It’s Fabian, unconscious and appropriately in a kind of liminal state that’s able to do it (Note: Mazey is supposed to be down at this point so I don’t know how this next thing happens–whether it’s just a continuity blip or in his head or whatever but I’m just reporting what happened at the table, OK?). In his unconscious state, Mazey is really emotional about Fabian going down. She says that he's a really great and caring person even outside all of the things that make him traditionally cool and she wishes they could have lost their V Cards together. Ankarna, goddess of justice, will NOT let such an injustice stand. That’s enough to make her emerge from the lava, fully formed (and Fig, who has the keys to her domain, of course lets her in). She pops up and immediately slices Porter in half with a huge ass god sword. Sayonara Porter! Maybe you can be a boat in hell with Goldenhoard.

Things start to calm, but it’s still all weird and liminal as Ankarna’s domain is being reestablished. Everyone is separated and Brennan asks them all for a moment of something unfair that they regret accepting. What follows is a bit similar to the American Dream sequence in Unsleeping City where Ankarna offers each of them a chance for vengeance/justice but is turned down.

Gorgug thinks of Porter unfairly writing him off. Kristen thinks of her bio family. Adaine sees her parents pitting her against her sister who she could have been loving this whole time. Riz sees how hard it was to connect with people but also how he pushed Fig and Kristen this year and sees a bit of Kipperlilly in himself. Fig sees all of her internal conflict from the past year from not being able to make a pact with herself to not being able to act for help. Fabian sees the burden of living up to his father's legacy. Ankarna heals everyone of their wounds but then sadly sends them to a Twilight Forest (presumably Cass’s domain) when they politely say that they appreciate the offer but don’t need vengeance.

Fabian does have a moment come from this however as Gorthalax and Bakur tag team to bring Bill in for a little heart to heart with Fabian where he says that he’d love his son even if he wasn’t a Maximum Legend and he’d give up his legacy for one more day to spend with Fabian.

(Also, Lydia and Bakur are cool now. They talked it out off screen.)

With all of that, everyone is now together and Cass is holding Ankarna who is badly injured. Ankarna kind of has the attitude that Cass had at the end of last season where it was like, it doesn’t seem like anyone really needs me and all I’ve done is cause trouble so maybe I shouldn’t be here. The Bad Kids reassure her that she’s more than just her usefulness and that contrary to her declaration that she has no followers, she has at least six in the six of them. Ankarna cries happy tears.

Cass and Ankarna are about to leave to have a well deserved reunion but Kristen holds them up to ask about where the hell Kalina is. Ankarna gets all agitated because she’s NEVER trusted that cat and she’s damn near about to go on a crusade to find her as soon as Kristen brings up her suspicions. Before they leave, they have some business to attend to.

They raise Rat Grinders (sans Kipperlilly since she was a willing participant) and Ankarna takes her name off of Lucy and Yolanda’s bodies so they can be raised. Then, Cass takes a selfie with Kristen and Ankarna and drafts a social media post to send to Craig to post because Kristen may be great in a foxhole, but she’s not the most organized person in Spyre.

With this all wrapped up, Aguefort (and Ayda!) finally show up but the Bad Kids absolutely refuse to let him take credit for their victory. Mazey counts the votes. Adaine gets Aguefort to remove the bit in the bylaws about drugs being illegal (he calls it “narc shit).

Riz pulls Kristen aside to make sure she actually wants to be president and that she’s not just doing it for his sake and she says yeah, (though she later says she wants him to be VP with her which he is very down for).

Bobby Dawn tries to leave town (without even taking his grandkid!) but Fabian is chasing his ass down for all of his bullshit against his friends.

Lucy is brought back and confirms that her friends killed her but also says that Ruben was one of her best friends before this started, implying that he was fully personality changed by the rage stars (unlike Kipperlilly who was maybe made more extreme but was rageful from the start). We see this in action when Ruben is brought back, basically tabula rasa. He has no memories of his emo persona and is really stressed to have lost his puka shell necklace. Ivy and Oisin seem like they have more memories and are ashamed of what they did but there’s not an explanation given of why the difference in effect.

Mary Ann is basically the same and has a very abrupt conversation with Gorgug where she asks him if he has a girlfriend, much to everyone’s delight. Gorgug is so baffled and frustrated but finally lands on, “She’s so hot,” to everyone's further delight.

Time for epilogues y’all!

Kristen decides to be a cleric for not just Cass but Ankarna too. She even talks to Tracker (who is on a break from both Nara and Nara's money) about maybe poaching Galacaea from Sol’s pantheon. She also drops Gertie for the possibility of getting into a situationship with Tracker, earning herself a nemesis.

Riz decides to try and chill out a little and switch from coffee to tea. He still thinks change can be scary but he recognizes that without change, he never would have met his friends.

Aelwyn delivers a letter from the Court of Stars to Adaine which they open over ice cream sundaes at Basrar’s. Apparently, some wizard is starting shit in Sylvere–their mother. They’re both ready to plan a road trip to go kill that bitch, but before their sister murder quest (a normal thing for sisters to do) Aelwyn says that she hopes she and Adaine can eat ice cream and do magic together forever, and that if the price to have Adaine was suffering their shitty parents, it was a worthy trade. Adaine happily agrees.

Fabian gets the Tornado to put his house back and rolls for his first time with Mazey. The dice are not on his side but luckily Mazey likes him for his personality, lol. His mom and Gilear show up and announce that they’re expecting…a dog…to guard the new baby. Also Telemaine is moving in. Fabian is distraught, even moreso when he gets a ping on Nemesis Alert. The unborn baby has already declared themselves his nemesis. At least Cathilda is also back!

Like Riz, Gorgug also takes some time to relax since he's no longer taking 4 classes at once. He hangs with his parents and gets some presents for Fig since she was such a big help to him this year. He also makes things official with Mary Ann. Aguefort asks if he's considered being a teacher after he graduates and Ayda boasts that she always knew he was special. Aguefort also stops just short of saying he might be the bad guy next year and disappears into a flock of birds when questioned. Maddening as always.

Fig gets some time with Sandra Lynn who is very supportive of her (which is saying a lot considering Fig has Porter’s literal balls on a chain, do not even ask). She decides school isn’t for her and drops out which she is a little concerned Ayda might judge her for since she’s so studious but Ayda says that learning isn’t confined to a classroom and starts a spell to link Leviathan to her domain in hell. Ageufort is also OK with her dropping out personally, but he does warn her that attack robots WILL be tracking her down for dropping out. Insane, but she’s not too worried about that. She just wants some alone time with Ayda.

And finally, two bits of unfinished business. Unseen to the Bad Kids, Buddy pops out of his Banishment, still a true believer in Bakarath. He believes SO HARD that a baby god comes into existence. Then, out of the shadows KALINA appears and says, "Buddy, we gotta get the fuck out of here. They are coming for us. Your grandfather is not gonna fucking believe this."

And that’s it! End of season. Class dismissed!

Plot Post Mortem

OK y’all there was a LOT going on this season and not everything was neatly wrapped up but I’m gonna take a little bit of time to try and put together what we do know.

We know that Porter was the ultimate puppetmaster of his plot and everyone else was an underling of his to some degree. Jace had a visible rage star in him so it seems that he was forcibly drafted rather than being a fully willing participant.

The Rat Grinders formed a party (at that time called the High Five Heroes) Freshman Year. They went to the Mountains of Chaos for Spring Break. Near the end of Sophomore Year, all of her friends killed her.

The Rat Grinders are on record as just grinding rats which seems to be a half lie because we know from talking to rats that they WERE doing that for a time but eventually Porter recruited them and started farming XP for them.

And we know that Kipperlilly was a willing participant of the plan but the other Rat Grinders were forced.

So my best guess for the series of events here are as follows. In Freshman Year or so, Porter forced Jace into having a crystal so he can have a minion with spells (again, Porter does explicitly say he killed Jace). He spends the year scouting for a good candidate for his plan and finds an already naturally aggro Kipperlilly.

He starts showing an interest in her and lets her in on his plan. She’s super down because she’s already bitter about the perceived injustice of the system. He feeds her unhealthy thought processes. This is why she starts having more rage outburst in Sophomore Year.

Now it’s never made clear when the other Rat Grinders join the plan and how that goes down. The popular theory is that they all died in the Mountains of Chaos but that doesn’t quite make sense. The only way that works is if everyone died except for Lucy. Why would she leave Lucy alive though? Because she was the closest to her? Was it just happenstance? Another possibility is that once they got there, Kipperlilly was the only one willing to get rage star’d and everyone else got cold feet. So, once they got home, she started putting the pressure on everyone else and eventually started killing them one by one to forcibly recruit them, ending with the dogpile on Lucy. This is all speculation of course, I’m just trying to square the info we know to be true with the bits of lore we have. Kipperlilly expected Lucy to come back like the others and they didn’t. With her dead, they needed a new cleric for the plan which is why Buddy Dawn was drafted.

Kipperlilly DID have a rage star–it just wasn’t put into her by force. She chose to take it on. It’s not entirely clear how much it affected her–or anyone’s–actions or personality. Emo Ruben still spoke fondly of Lucy and seemed sad about her death. Kipperlilly was more unhinged in Junior Year but it’s not like she was super hinged before.

It’s also not clear how much autonomy you have when you’re rage star’d. It seems to me that the rage star doesn’t really mind control you so much as play up the rageful thoughts you already have–for instance Adaine when she almost gets rage star’d saying that if she was consumed by rage she’d destroy Falinel and Sylvaire looking for her mom. It CAN mind control you if Porter uses an action to control you but most of the time you’re just an angry version of yourself (though Ruben’s complete personality swap raises questions).

Anyway, that’s the best I can figure. No need to keep spinning wheels now that the season is done.

Honor Roll

Adaine Abernant for Some Unorthodox Wizardry

I am biased towards Adaine but I think she deserves her props this episode.

A Wizard putting themselves in a position where they have to tank damage is so risky, but she cares about her friends enough to Scatter them to safety and hope her Mirror Images do their job.

A Wizard getting in melee range with a Pally/Barb seems like a recipe for disaster but Adaine was able to parry Porter with her sword.

And having faith isn’t really in a Wizard’s wheelhouse but she has enough faith in her friends to try a big swing in reaching out to Ankarna.

(Big Honorable Mentions to Riz trapping KP and Gorgug using his grenade on Porter in the climax).

Detention

Kipperlilly for Being a Bad Rogue

I’m not even giving her this spot for being a bad guy. I’m giving her this spot for being a ROGUE and not HIDING when the plan hinged on her SURVIVING TO THE END. Girl, what were you doing in melee range??? You have a crossbow, bitch, use it! Frankly she shouldn’t have even been on the battlefield, but I know for story reasons she had to be. But if she had to be there she could have played it waaaaaay smarter.

Random Thoughts

Oisin was rage star’d but I have to assume his grandma wasn’t, right? I mean she was buddies with Kalvaxus so she probably just is OK with pillaging and evil. From her POV was it just like oh thank Helio my nerdy-ass grandson finally got cool.

The way that gods work in this world always kind of trips me up. Because gods have been established to not be autonomous individuals in the way that people are. Saying, “Choose your own path” is nice, but it doesn’t really make sense when your personality is literally decided by your followers. They’re more mirrors than they are people. Same thing with morality. If it’s not Ankarna’s fault that she was made into a rageful conqueror, it’s also not Helio’s fault that he’s a fratty college boy (allegedly, I still think that’s more what Kristen felt than what was textually there). Unless we’re saying that each god has a “true self” and anything that pulls them from that is anomalous, then it’s hard to have conversations about gods while viewing them as people with direct agency.

What was up with the vision Adaine kept having? Was that a trick to get them to have that party? Because they probably wouldn’t have done that without her visions. Who did that? Was it a Dream spell like Fig was doing to Ruben?

I didn’t mention it but it was very funny for Adaine to pull a Brer Rabbit: Ohhhh noooo. Please don’t throw me in the laaavaaaaaa.

Who was watching Fig/Wanda “die” in the window, Brennan????? You never told us!!!!

I thought it was sweet when Kristen was like I do wish I had a sister and Adaine was like, I’m your sister :)

I’ll prob make a longer post on this later but I really do not understand why the Ankarna plot is what was picked for this season when it’s so similar to the Cass plot from last season: Goddess of a concept that can be good but people find scary/are skeptical about is changed by the actions of their followers into something monstrous that is being manipulated by bad actors in the current day who the Bad Kids win over to their side and one of them becomes the prophet/champion of. It even has the beat of the goddess, post-rezzing, being like, “Idk if you really need me.” They’re even married! I don’t have a problem with Ankarna the character but she does feel a bit like a rehash of Cass’s storybeats, just in orange instead of purple.

I still have some thoughts but they’ll get answered over the next week as I go through the remaining asks in my ask box and I’ve been working on this for hours so I’m gonna cut this short. As a whole, I thought this season was so much fun! Plot-wise it was probably the muddiest of all the Spyre seasons and I would def have changed stuff but it didn’t hinder my week-to-week enjoyment and it’s always a good time hanging out with the Bad Kids. (Also you all know that the #1 thing I’m here for is Abernant Sisters content and I was extremely catered to in this regard, lol).

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bengiyo · 1 year ago

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Only Friends Ep 9 Stray Thoughts

Last week, Mew is going through it and is exploring who he might be if he wasn't trying to stay on the straight and narrow. Mew and Ray aren't exactly working, but they decide to host a costume party for Halloween. At the party Ray has Mew try coke, and also breaks up Sand's attempt to kiss another man (which I am salty about). Mew only kisses Ray in front of Top. Boston is still in the outs, but Cheum's brother Atom goes home with Boston. The cops show up and almost arrest Ray, but Top pays them off. Top then takes Mew home and oversteps so many lines it's not even funny.

"The Return" oh whom???

I noticed Top didn't tell Mew they slept together or about the cops. Also noting that Mew rejected his touch.

Ray is still doing this possessive thing with Sand, and Sand just can't sever ties.

Okay, fuck Top. I was trying to be a bit more sympathetic to this man, but unironically recording Ray in a compromising position after everything they've been through is shitty.

Boston doesn't look to be feeling that great about the encounter with Atom.

GLAMPING!! WHERE DID SAND AND NICK RENT THIS TRAILER AND HOW DID THEY GET IT HERE?

"Team Second Option" oh my God. Love this loser camping trip.

"Good can't buy love." Yo is so right.

Top telling Mew to love himself more? Nah, fuck that.

I'm loving the music the last few episodes.

Ray is so consistent. Why can't he have it? He also knows this is still somehow about Top.

See, this why I don't like being location tagged on socials. Ray is about to drive out and ruin the Loser Camping Trip.

These losers are definitely 20. Their favorite Pixar film is Inside Out and not A Bug's Life or Wall-E?

YES! SAND AND NICK SHOULD TRY IT OUT! I loved this. Every queer is not compatible. Two bottoms don't make an outfit, but three is a sisterhood. (This is a joke and not an assessment of Sand and Nick's roles in sex)

This is now the third time Ray has asked for a threesome with Sand.

I'm actually so annoyed with Ray for ruining the Loser Camping Trip and their cuddle.

We were so close to a Mama Sandwich. I haven't seen one since The Fosters.

Of course Top shows up and gets to play boyfriend for the moms.

Nick, you are not helping!! You should have stayed to cockblock.

"He doesn't know we're still sleeping together." And "So we're secret lovers." Everyone in my notes who tried to tell me I was wrong, I would like an apology.

At least Sand finally stood up for himself.

I'm not feeling Top this week at all. Lesbians, please read your son's reactions.

Here we go with the Daddy stuff.

Okay, I'm having fun with Mark and Papang.

Boston just gets no peace this episode.

Aww, Boston was actually touched by Nick's goodbye.

Well well well. Thrusting.

I'm so glad Mew stated for the audience that he was only using Ray to hurt Top.

I like that Mew and Ray found a way back to friendship.

Oooh, Mew asserted that he wasn't possessed. He was just hurt.

Oh, are we not reconciling with Boston?

MOND!!! MIX WASN'T BOEING? I LOVE THIS.

There is so much next week. Mew meeting Boeing. Ray going to rehab. Sand having a regular absent father. Boston spiraling.

I feel so vindicated this week. Sand and Ray were fucking the whole time. Mew was knowingly using Ray. Mew didn't want Top touching him. Nick and Sand tried it out. I won.

#only friends the series #only friends meta #thai bl #thai drama #bl series #Ben watches

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penultimate-step · 8 months ago

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Oshi no Ko 143 Reaction

This was a fun chapter. Ruby getting aggressive finally forcing Aqua to stop ignoring the problems in their relationship that have been simmering for 20 chaps now and actually have a conversation that puts it all out in the open. They're mostly saying stuff I predicted in advance, but some of it took me by surprise.

One bit that made me stand up and !!! was this page:

I thought I was doing something interesting when I compared Ruby's feelings towards Gorou to Aqua's feelings about Ai in my last two analyses but she just came out and said it directly on page, haha. I feel pretty validated.

I still stand behind most of what I wrote last week after this chapter. Ruby is desperately trying to make this a romance, but her best pitch is "I care about you in the same way we cared about idols in our past lives. Parasocially and without regard for the actual person, because I need to put somebody on an idealized pedestal or else I'll kill myself. This is what romance is, right?" Girl with so so so many issues, I love her.

The one thing that did really take me by surprise was the bit where she listed off Aqua's flaws as a person. In the past I assumed that Ruby was intentionally ignoring these flaws and making up a version of Aqua that didn't exist in her head. The way in her mind he's drawn like a romance hero and how she makes excuses for all the things she took issue with before lead me to believe she was intentionally distancing "Gorou, her idol" from "Aqua, the person, her brother" in her head. I'm not sure how to square this knowledge with the way she is (textually, now!) putting him on a pedestal. If I had to guess, I would think she actually is aware of who Aqua is as a person - she was friends with him as Gorou before and siblings for 18 years, she should know him better than anybody - but is intentionally separating this knowledge from the figure she is idolizing, because she needs to keep ahold of something for her mental stability.

I'm reminded of an analysis post of OnK ep 1 I read on tumblr almost a year ago, I forget who posted it so I can't properly credit it but it's not my own thoughts. (if anybody else remembers it please let me know so I can link it!) They contrasted Gorou's parasocial fan relationship with Ai to Ryosuke, the stalker who killed him: both put were fans of Ai, the Idol, but when confronted with the reality that she was more than an idol, that she had relationships and would have children, Gorou decided that the health and happiness of Ai the person was more important than his image of Ai the Idol, and did his best as a doctor to help her, while Ryosuke's reaction to having his image of the Idol shattered was to try and destroy Ai the person. The analysis put forth the idea that this was contrasting healthy vs unhealthy methods of being a fan - that there's nothing wrong with being a fan of someone, necessarily, but you have to keep in mind that you aren't entitled to anything about them, and there's always a real person underneath the performance.

I didn't fully agree with it - in my post about how the series portrays different kinds of love I talked about how it came down very harshly on dishonest and idolizing love - but I did think it was very interesting (obviously as I still remember it almost a year later). Anyway Ruby's approach to Aqua this chapter made me think of that a lot. She makes a big deal out of how Aqua is her idol, their relationship is idol/fan, and she can ignore all his flaws - but at the same time she points out that she does actually know what those flaws are. It puts her in something of a strange position. What would she do if her image of The Doctor, Her Idol, no longer existed, and she was left with just Aqua? Would she care for the person, or be mad at losing the illusion? According to this chapter she fits into neither of those, she chooses to pretend that the illusion still exists even while staring directly at the reality. Ruby seems aware that she is essentially using the idea of the doctor as a coping mechanism, but doesn't want to admit that this desire is directly in tension with the idea about caring about Aqua as a person, romantically or otherwise.

As for Aqua, it's great that he's finally being a little honest with his emotions and feelings after so long, to the one person who is really able to understand the context.

However, I think he's still holding a lot back, especially in the latter half of the chapter, because there are things he doesn't feel that he can say to Ruby, specifically about their relationship. He seems hesitant to directly tell Ruby that he can't be her lover or her idol, he can only be himself - even when he tries to tell her that he can't be the person he was she just brushes it off - and I think with how Ruby's mental health is holding on by a thread he is unwilling to do anything to jeopardize it, even if it means accepting the spot on her pedestal.

My read of the relationship between Gorou and Sarina 22 years ago was that they were genuine friends at the time. Regardless of difference in age and position they were both socially isolated people who found one person they felt they could be honest and open with. This makes their current relationship even sadder - Ruby has twisted the memory of their old friendship into dreams of romance and idolatry to fuel the desire to live one more day. Aqua, who in his last life would have been willing to do almost anything to get her to keep living, is forced to cut away his own relationship to her, both last life friend and current life brother, because being dishonest - being an idol - is the only way he can see to keep her alive and healthy. Both have already cut away most of their other bonds for the sake of the revenge plan, and now they can't even be fully honest with each other. Very tragic stuff.

All in all I really really liked this chapter. The interactions between Ruby and Aqua has always been multiple layers of relationships and mindsets existing on top of one another, and that just makes it super interesting for me. I love it whenever that leads to character tension. They've been friends and siblings and idols and all of that has to coexist, its a very unique kind of character writing that Oshi no Ko does well and I don't see very often and makes me care for the series a lot. I think I have a much more positive view of this arc than most of the fandom because the trainwreck of their relationship is one of the series highlights to me, so chapters like this, where exactly how bad their mindsets have gotten are placed as the main focus, are some of my favorite story beats.

I know there's a lot of negativity about this chap but I'm having a good time over here in my corner. Not sure if it's because I've been letting my thoughts about the series out in posts a lot more recently or because I liked this specific chapter a lot but this is definitely most I've been invested in the series for a while now. I think I was letting the Discourse kind of sour things for me and now I have mentally exorcised it from my mind.

#oshi no ko #oshi no ko spoilers #step.animanga #step.live

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jenyifer · 3 months ago

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The trainee ep 7 initial reaction

Okay so didn’t do an ep 6 cause idk I watched it but I was so worried about the GL plot I didn’t want to talk about it. However this week I have enough to NEVER watch that part of the ep again as girl who loves girls computer programmer. So I’m only gonna talk about it once.

LETS DO THE FUN PART OF THE PHOTO REVIEW NOW

Awww the butterfly walk lol nothing can go wrong today!!! Ryan fully in his fantasy after last ep and who can blame him. Go on Cinderella take your twirl on the cat walk.

Actually I think Jane has some insight about his reincarnated lover from previous lives hehe Ryan has some split personality thing going on again when hungry. I mean I buy it. We all know no one else can play multiple boys in the same body as Gun. Also I’ll note here for later Jane realizes something is wrong with Ryan right away. 🥹 he wants Ryan to be his good assistant and friend. Just good developments there.

Okay so I get what Jane is saying here. The bottle exploding is hella dangerous. Also Jane knows Ryan has been spaced out lately and is frustrated cause he doesn’t know why. I’d assume that’s why he’s so emotional about this mistake. It’s possible Jane sees himself in Ryan trying not to rely on anyone else? But Jane knows Ryan could have called Pie at the very least. Mistakes happen but this one was a big one.

I also think this is a good point too if Ryan isn’t needed don’t come and mope or make more mistakes. Something has obvs been wrong with him. Now Jane doesn’t phrase this right but he does apologize so good good

Precious Gunnie Tear. I really like this some cause it’s like Ryan is trying to resist at all costs but it boils over and he can’t keep his most inner thoughts in. He heard Jane’s words as a rejection from the team from his usefulness Ryan desperately wants to find his place

One sentence too far but 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 good relationship movement. I don’t know how Jane can interpret this in any other way after their week.

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Okay it’s hating time so move on people who want me to kiss ass instead of sharing my actual opinion. I’m only going to do this once hopefully.

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I’ve made the mistake of dating a 20 year old when I was 26. You’d think that wouldn’t be too crazy of an age gap. However I was just at a totally different place in my life than her. My thing is 30 years old you think it’s okay to hit on and kiss back a 21 year old you know is in a relationship? You know their brain is still developing? Also do you really think that’s going to be fulfilling. No. She’s a piece of shit. Especially since she is her mentor has been taking the girl out of the office on the company’s dime. Of course she thinks Judy is super woman. Just irresponsible. Judy definitely understands what’s going on with Bah-me and her boyfriend and still decides to do this?! Really…. Okay.

Onto Bah-mee complaining her boyfriend doesn’t talk to her. Nowwwww I’m a computer programmer I have worked with guys who take their work home with them to finish it up at 3am or slept in the office SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEIR JOB. Couldn’t be me but it happens. Idk why Tae is doing all the work in the production room as an intern. I’d be worried he would fuck up put under pressure and that HR might murder me for over working the intern. Set that aside. Guys like Tae work fucking hard. But you know what? Most of them adore their loved ones. Work hard and rent a hot air balloon guys. Work hard take their girl on a 2 week long trip. So does tae not talk? Or is because she has long ago given up. He’s been working she’s seen him working FOR HER TO PLAY HARD. Idk it’s just ugh disgusting. I just think of my coworkers who could never think of cheating yeah they might purposely miss out on their kids stuff but their wives? Oh man I know all their names and where they like to go to dinner etc. EVEN THOUGH sometimes they work like idiots.

I think it’s the best they break up Bah-Meee and Judy can go be evil lesbians and Tae can be a computer guy making lots of money to spoil his future girl with it.

#the trainee ep 7 #the trainee the series #jane x ryan #janeryan #offgun #the trainee episode 7 #Jenny’s watching

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hiest-4738 · 8 months ago

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A spooky month theory about a guy we havent even heard the voice of yet

yk this fella?

thats him, obviously i sadly dont have the proof of this but pelo said we've seen this guy BEFORE the picture he's an old-ish guy, who is not any old guy that's appeared in the series(hes def not mr wonder and gregor is not only present in the same ep, but also bald) so lemme give my theory on who he could be

this picture shows that he is approximately one bob tall considering how neither of them have changed much in like 20 years i imagine the size difference has not changed either the fella is also definitely a little chubby, and currently has quite a big bald spot

i know somebody who also has ALL of these things. hear me out...

he is ALSO one bob tall! and before you say "nuhuh hes dead", OBJECTION.

he was put in a poster with all the important characters on it, going after jaune, who didnt even EXIST when he did and we didnt actually see him die. as jack said, "IT" was still "MOVING" during the LAST second of the ep 3 alternate ending. and so HOW did he surivive all those gunshots? well, hes in the cult. same one as bob, we ALL remember bob right? well what did bob do? he was able to be alive after "dying" and being shot a million times. SOUNDS FAMILIAR, HUH?

could i be wrong? OH DEFINITELY THIS IS VERY FAR-FETCHED and we havent even heard the fella's VOICE yet so they could be very different or even not even voice acted by the same person(pelo's known to do things like that when a character looks different but is the same character, VA'd by the same person. think dexter/dexfella) but at the same time we dont really know right now so im just throwing in my 2 cents here

#spooky month #i am not adding this into my official hcs cuz this is WAAY too soon

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magadauthan · 7 months ago

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Ep 17: Rem Saverem

Day 17 of @trigun98watchparty : Vash and Knives get their origin story.

The viewer has learned over the last sixteen episodes that Vash is not an ordinary human being, or a human being at all. He's prone to weeping at moments of crisis with the name "Rem" on his lips. Now we get some answers.

Rem isn't particularly well characterized in the anime, for obvious reasons; she hadn't been fully written yet. Apparently she was inspired by Ellen Ripley, which is pretty badass.

There's a lot to unpack in this ep and it's not particularly silly, except for Knives' very relatable "I am so done with my mother and brother's shit" face. So, musings.

--The theme of going to the mats to save a child runs through all of Trigun and TriMax. Both Rem and WW will selflessly put themselves in harm's way to protect the young and innocent. Their methods are different.

...their outcomes are the same.

--Rem sees the two Independents as babies in need of care instead of aberrant monsters. To her, they are angels from God, and imo at least part of that is because she likely envisioned building a home and maybe having children with her (lover? husband?) Alex in their new world before he died. Vash and Knives are gifts to her to fill that void of emptiness.

--Brought this up last post, but it's worth remembering that for all their hyperintelligence and accelerated growth, Vash and Knives don't have the human experience of a toddler in their terrible twos/threes. Kids take things as black or white. They do not do nuance; they don't have any length of experience. Everything that's happening right now is the first and only time it's ever happened. How can you consider situations or instances relative to one another, if you have no experience? Or if your experience comes from what you saw on the computer?

--Knives is very aware of his own intelligence and his non-human superiority, but his emotional quotient is zero, and even as he gains experience, he sees no reason to bother with it. Either all humans are good, or all humans are bad. They take and don't give. Even if they do give, they don't fit with the paradigm and are disregarded. He's a child, with no nuance at all.

--Rem's philosophy is that no one has the intrinsic right to deprive another being of its life. The fallacy Knives can't resolve is that everyone has to eat (except him, in Tristamp... hmmm.) He's not wrong; the spider has to eat something. But I think there's a distinction between killing something because you feel like it or think they deserve it, and killing something because you're hungry.

--Back to the black and white - Knives can't resolve that either, because it's nuance, and when it comes to people... he's perfectly fine with messing with the crew's heads to show Vash and Rem that they're wrong. Steve is a dick and an abuser and possibly a rapist (it's unclear whether he actually did rape Mary or whether Knives made her think that he did) but does he deserve to die for it?

--When it comes down to it... I don't think anyone has a black and white answer. That's as far as I'm going with that.

--Vash clearly struggles with this same question but falls on the side of not killing anyone, no matter how threatened he or his loved ones are. Does he have the right to kill anyone? Probably not. Is he justified if there's no other way out? Guess we'll find out.

On a personal note... I appreciate Rem a lot more now than I did 20 years ago, before kids. It ain't easy. She had two of them at once and she did her damn best. Give the woman her mom jeans and a lifetime of appreciation for getting in there and putting her money where her mouth was. That corn ain't gonna shuck itself.

#trigun #trigun 98 #trigun 98 watch party #Day 17 #rem saverem #vash the stampede #millions knives

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argumentl · 1 year ago

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The Freedom of Expression Ep 20 - Shopping in Shimokitazawa

(Long post - Kaoru showing his fashion preferences, and buying a new item)

K: Hi, this is The Freedom of Expression, I'm Kaoru from Dir en grey.

J: And I'm Joe Yokomizo.

K: Its so hot!!

J: Agh, yes! Its almost pointless saying it at this stage, but we still can't help it.

K: Why has it been so hot recently??

J: I don't know, but its the first thing you wanna say, right?

K: Isn't it always super hot whenever we film on location?

J: Haha, yes, but at least its not raining.

K: Well, yeah.

J: A lot of typoons come in this season, so we are lucky to get a sunny day in that sense. But actually, I was gonna say, there is something slightly different about today...someone is missing. Isn't it strange?

K: Huh? Whats going on?

J: Well, we are here in Shimokitazawa this morning...

K: Yeah, its kinda early, right?

J: Yeah...well, its early for us.

K: Haha

J: But Tasai didn't turn up at the meeting time. He is usually always on time, right?

K: He is usually early.

J: Yeah, he is always the first to arrive, isn't he? So I thought it was a bit strange for him not to be here, so I called him, but he didn't answer. If he was on his way, he'd answer, right? So I thought, Huh??, and tried calling him again. Eventually he answered, and he was like, 'Joe, whats wrong, why are you calling me at this time in the morning?'

K: Haha

J: 'Nevermind "whats wrong"! We are filming on location today!!', and he was like, 'Oh my god , oh my god!! I'll come now!'

K: Haha

J: He was really panicking.

K: So, he's still coming even though we started filming already?

J: Yep, hopefully. I don't want to give away too much personal info, but he doesn't live far from Shimokitazawa, haha.

K: Oh, so he'll probably be here.

J: Yes, everyone look out for his reaction when he arrives! Anyway, so we are in Shimokitazawa today, in front of this sign for Azuma dōri. Leader, do you know this area?

K: Well, I've been here a few times, but not tonnes.

J: Oh really?! You are not that familiar with it?

K: Not really, no.

J: Shimokitazawa is the place for bandmen to hang out thought, isn't it?

K: Yeah, so I've come here to drink and stuff, but I haven't really had a look around the streets much. Having said that, I do feel like around here has changed a lot since before. The train tracks have disappeared!

J: Yeah, the tracks have moved underground, and there was some talk about having tall buildings here. But the locals fought against this, saying that Shimokitazawa is not that kind of neighborhood, so now its just as we can see here. There is also a lot of redevelopment going on, there used be so many filthy, old shops here, but now there are a lot of really nice places. Ok, so why have we come to Shimokitazawa? Well, on the last live broadcast, we talked about going to record stores, didn't we? Do you remember, Leader?

K: Yeah, we did say that.

J: So today we are gonna visit the famous store Disc Union! Do you know this store?

K: Yes. I've never been to the branch in Shimokitazawa, but I've been to others.

J: Yeah, i buy a lot of records, so Disc Union has been very useful. From where I live, I tend to use the Shinjuku branch, but there are loads of musician types who live in Shimokitazawa, right? So, who knows, we might get some rare finds. We will have a walk through Shimokitazawa and then check out Disc Union, but we won't do any editing to the footage.

K: Will it be ok?

J: I don't know, anything could happen. Like just then with cars and motobikes driving right in front of the camera.

K: Well, we can't do anything about that.

J: Right. Anyway, yeah, so no editing. I'll just do the notifications before we get started. Uh, we are still taking comments, thoughts, and messages, and questions, anything is ok. Twitter users can use the tag TFOE. The first part of this show is free for anyone to watch, but the second part is for members only. If you become a channel member, you can watch this live broadcast in the archives for a year, and there will be member only videos. So please do join using the link at the top of the screen, and enjoy the show to the end. Ok, Tasai still isn't here, but should we get started?

K: Yep

J: So, there is a second hand clothes store right before our eyes that I think you probably like the look of, Leader. You like second hand clothes, don't you? Is this shirt you are wearing now a second hand shirt?

K: No, this isn't second hand.

J: Oh, it isn't? Well, anyway, Shimokitazawa is known as THE place for second hand clothes, so we will have a look at this store SPiCe, which is right by the station. Lets go!

*They walk towards the store, and enter a flight of stairs up to the 2nd floor*

J: Aghh, I'm so relieved to be going indoors.

K: Haha, yeh, this is what its like on location.

J: My vision is suffering coming into the dark all of a sudden!

K: Haha

J: *entering the store* Ah, this is nice, Tshirts of course. Hello, thanks for having us.

K: Hello

J: The staff member is wearing a Ramones shirt, of course.

K: Oh yeah.

J: It really feels like Shimokitazawa. *To staff member* Whats your name?!

Staff: My real name?

J: Either, anything is ok!

Staff: Uh, I'm Ōhori, I just started working here 1 month ago.

J: Thank you Ōhori san! What are your biggest sellers here?

Staff: All sorts of genres and styles, ringer tshirts, band shirts, hip hop shirts. Its an amazing store where you can be made over into any fashion style you choose.

J: Oh great! Well, Leader, lets start looking around. Tell us if you see anything you like...Oh, my eyes are drawn straight to the tshirts!

K: Right

J: Cause you can never have enough tshirts in Summer.

K: Haha, yeah, I end up changing a few times a day.

J: Yeah, especially when filming on location...Ah, here are the hip hop tshirts.

K: Yeah, and band shirts.

J: You like this kind of thing, don't you, Leader? Agh, I wanna look at them all. I wonder how much they cost?

K: Well, probably not that much. The ones hanging up above here will be expensive.

J: Ah, yeh of course. That Beatles one will be expensive. I wanna find something for a good price. Ahhh

K: *mocking Joe* Ahhh, haha.

J: Yeah, forgive me, its early, its hot, my head may still not working as well as it should, but Im ok, don't worry. Anyway, lets find some good items. *To staff* Do you have any items to recommend?

Staff: What genre do you like?

J: Leader, what genre?

K: Uh, like movie tshirts.

Staff: Well, if you like movie shirts, we have this 'The Fire In The Sky' shirt. Also, hmm, we recently got another one over here...

J: Are tshirts usually sold for about ¥10,000?

Staff: The cheap ones go for about ¥4000, and the expensive ones are like this one. This is ¥44,000.

J: Which one??

Staff: The Eminem one.

J: ¥44,000?! Leader! Leader! Leader!

K: Nah, I'm not that into Eminem, hahaha.

J: ¥44,000! What about this one?

Staff: Thats a Van Gogh print shirt.

J: How much is it?

Staff: Thats ¥33,000.

J: Ahhh. What about the Pink Floyd one?

Staff: Yep, that a 'The Wall' shirt, thats ¥14,390.

J: Ahh, ok. I thought the ones hanging up would have a more extravagant price tag, but around ¥10,000 is not that bad.

K: Yeah, its affordable, right?

J: Yeah. Look, there are more over here. That looks like tie-dye...Oh!! The Grateful Dead!!

K: Thats for you, no doubt. It looks good.

J: It does!

K: Its ¥9900.

J: Yeah, I could get this.

K: Show the camera.

J: I'm a huge fan of The Grateful Dead. I was at Fuji Rock up until yesterday, and I wore Grateful Dead tshirts the whole time. It's ¥9900, ¥9900..

K: Haha

J: If I say it five times, it might get cheaper, haha. Im trying to think of how to get discounts, but I doubt the staff will give me any, haha. Oh look, this one is good too, The Stones (Voodoo Lounge)!

K: Yeah, and it looks the right size for you.

J: The price is...omg!...¥25,900.

K: No problem, surely.

J: Leader, you should get this!

K: I'm not that into The Stones though.

J: Oh, but it suits you! Leader! Leader! It looks cool on you!

K: It does, doesn't it? haha

J: Right?? Whether or not you actually like The Stones is a seperate issue.

K: Well, yeah.

J: ¥25,900...

K: The pattern is cute. Joe, you should get this.

J: No, it suits you more.

K: It suits you too.

J: Ahh, maybe if it was cheaper..

K: If it was any cheaper it would be too cheap! haha.

J: I have no money left, haha. But these types of shirts are great, they have such an impact...Ah, Leader, you found something! What is it?

K: Its a KMFDM shirt.

J: Ah, hold it up to you...That won't be very expensive. It looks good. How much is it?

K: ¥14,000.

J: Ohhh...But that Stones shirt!

K: Haha

J: *picking up another shirt* I can never have enough of this kind of shirt.

K: Yeah, that is nice.

J: Ok, the price, how much is it?! It says 'WE ARE SO FUCKED'..

K: The price is ¥6500

J: I could get this. It has a print on the back too. This is nice. But...ahhh..

K: You like the Stones shirt?

J: Yeah

K: What about this one?

J: Oh, its a simple design.

K: Its a Greenday Crew shirt.

J: Oh yeah, it says 'Local Crew' on it.

K: This is good.

J: Plus is doesn't really look second hand.

K: Right?

J: It looks like its probably only been worn about once.

K: Its ¥14,000. Size XL.

J: What size do you like for tshirts? Still oversized?

K: Yeah, I like a bigger size.

J: This shirt works well if you wear jewelry or stuff.

K: Yeah.

J:...Don't you want a Slipknot shirt? You probably already have one, right?

K: No, I don't have one.

J: You don't??

K: No, but it's difficult to wear a Slipknot shirt out anywhere, haha.

J: Yeah, haha. I get you, I understand that. Thats not a slight on Slipknot though, right? Its just difficult to wear it anywhere.

K: Yeah, haha.

J: Ah, that Pink Floyd shirt is good too.

K: Yeah, that well-known cover.

J: I bet thats expensive.

Staff: Not really, its ¥14,000.

J: Ahh, not that bad. This is an odd thing to say, but aren't second hand shirts going through a bit of a gradual price boom at the moment?

Staff: Yeah, the prices are seasonal..

J: So we should buy in this season?

Staff: Yeah, now is the cheapest time to get them.

J: They will only get more expensive from now on?

Staff: Yep.

J: So if we see something we like, we should get it. Plus we might not get the same luck again if we find something good.

K: Ahh! *points to the Stones (Voodoo) shirt*

J: Haha, but its over ¥20,000. I could get the Grateful Dead one instead. ¥10,000 is managable, but ¥20,000 is a bit steep for me. Anyway, lets have a look at the other end of the store...they have button up shirts, pants/trousers. Leader, you like these kinda summer shirts, don't you?

K: Yeah *finds a leopard print hawaiian style summer shirt* This is nice.

J: You could even end up showing your nipples with that.

K: I could wear this.

J: Yeah, that is very you.

K: I like shirts like this.

J: Yeah, especially in the summer.

K: *finds a shirt with beach scene print* This is pretty ordinary, but I could wear this too.

J: Its very summery. Leader, do you wear shorts?

K: Yeah, I do. Look, there are shorts here.

J: Ahh, I think you should get these! haha *hands Kaoru some orange and blue striped shorts* You wouldn't wear those, would you??

K: No, not this kind of thing.

J: They look like they would suit Europeans.

K: Like a fashionable older guy, or something?

J: Yeah, yeah.

K: *finds some camouflage print shorts* I like these.

J: Yeah, thats more like it.

K: They are ¥2900.

J: That's cheap!

K: Yeah. I might buy these, haha.

J: Oh! A purchase??

K: I could easily wear these.

J: Ohh, Leader is thinking about it. ¥2900, so cheap.

K: Yeah

J: The Tshirts are a bit expensive, but I suppose it can't be helped if there is a price boom.

K: Its because everyone here is wearing them...Oh, those Dragonball shirts are good.

J: I wonder how much they cost...Excuse me, how much are the Dragonball shirts?

Staff: These were made in America, so I think they are about ¥22,000. *checks price* Yes, ¥22,000.

J: You know all the prices well!

K: Thats expensive!

Staff: They are both around ¥22,000.

K: Probably because they are American made.

J: Imported second hand. I bet these are popular.

Staff: Yeah, this, and Akira and stuff are popular.

K: Ahh, Akira, yeah, that will be expensive. That can't be helped.

J: Yeah.

K: You don't often see second hand Akira shirts though, right?

J: Yeah, if you buy it, you wanna keep it.

K: Oh, look! This is good *finds an In-and-out burger shirt* I wanna eat there.

J: Yeah, me too. Let's go on location overseas one day!

K: Hahaha

J: It would be tough with this exchange rate.

K: Yeah, that would be one expensive hamburger.

J: It'd be over ¥1000 right? Like $8/9 or $12 for a meal set. Thats close to ¥2000 from our perspective....Are these hip hop tshirts? Oh, movies!

K: Yeah, Halloween.

J: And its cheap, ¥5400. But you like a bigger size, right?

K: Yeah.

J: Is this just about right, size wise?

K: Yeah...Halloween.

J: You found a good one, ¥5400, ¥5400..

K: You keep doing that even when its cheap, haha.

J: The price is the first thing I say, I just do, the design comes after that, haha.

K: You look at the design last? haha

J: Yeah, well I usually just go for white or black anyway. Oh, there are sweaters too, and all these tshirts folded in piles....Def Lepard, Nirvana..

K: Nirvana shirts are still really expensive.

J: Yeah, the originals are. You often see replicas though.

K: Look, this one says 'DIR'.

J: Oh yeah!

K: Its DIRTBO??

J: Oh, I see, I didn't even realise!

K: Hahaha

J: Have you ever found a Dir tshirt in a second hand store?

K: No, I haven't.

J: I guess people don't want to sell them.

K: No, there is no demand for them.

J: I think there would be! Ah, I see more Nirvana shirts here.

K: I've always thought this, but you buy band tshirts and stuff new, right? And you wear them and wash them loads of times, but they never stay as in good condition as all these.

J: I suppose if these are bought from America...

K: But over there they still shove them in huge washing machines all the time. They will still wear out.

J: But over there, they use dryers, they don't really dry clothes outdoors. So there is that, and they probably use different detergent than Japan.

K: Ah, they use more heavy duty stuff?

J: Yeah, and when they are imported to Japan, they wash them again before putting them in stores. Thats why they look so nice.

K: They all smell the same, don't they?

J: They do! Second hand clothes stores have a very particular smell. I really like it.

K: So do I.

J: This is unrelated, but when I was born..

K: No, we don't wanna hear!

J: Really? haha, listen to me!

K: Oh, ok. Haha.

J: When I was born, my mum apparently really loved the smell of dirty drains, (She) was always trying to smell the drain. (*Japanese often omits pronouns, so here Kaoru thinks Joe is referring to himself smelling drains, but he is actually talking about his mother for both the liking and the smelling of drains*)

K: You? Haha, gross.

J: And I became the type of man I am now, haha. Its usually a bad smell right? But I think its like when women are pregnant, their tastes can change, they can start to hate things they used to love etc. Well, she suddenly started to love the smell of dirty drains! She was always searching for the drain to smell it.

K: Oh, your mother?!

J: Yes, and this is the child that formed.

K: You are made of the smell of dirty drains? haha. I don't think so.

J: I'm drainman, haha. Anyway, we'd better start heading on to the next store, say in about 5 minutes. So, Leader, if you want to buy anything here, now is the time. There are still areas we haven't looked at.

K: I like this.

J: Oh thats cute, thats a real second hand shirt. An American comic strip print.

K: Its ¥20,000.

J: Now see, since we are on location here, its gonna be hard to leave here if we don't buy something!

*Staff laughing*

K: *clapping* Jo~e! Jo~e!

J: This would be the perfect time for Tasai to arrive!

K: Hahaha

J: You could buy those shorts, and we could leave, but its not very Japanese to just leave without buying anything, especially when we are coming and filming in here! Should we do Rock Paper Scissors?

K: Thats even less polite! Hahaha

J: No, I mean, I really do want to buy that tshirt...but hey, its August from tomorow right?

K: Huh?

J: I mean, I'm on a budget each month. I'll be a different person tomorow, haha. This month I went to Fuji Rock, I spent a lot...I'm on a commoner's budget.

K: Ahh, ok.

J: I really want those two shirts, I just feel like we shouldn't leave without buying something. But I don't have the courage to buy them. You are the one who has to buy something. You could buy those shorts?

K: Yeah, I can buy those.

J: Oh, good!

K: I like this tshirt, I just wish the size was a bit bigger.

J: XXL is best, right?

K: Yeah...hmm, how much is that Rob Zombie tshirt?

J: The staff just said 'Ah!'. Does that mean its gonna be really expensive? haha.

Staff: Its ¥22,900.

K: Ah, yeh, of course.

J: 'Cause its a big sized Rob Zombie shirt. Its cool though...Its times like this I wish I was the type of man who could buy that Voodoo shirt.

K: You could buy it.

J: It IS cute.

K: It is really good. That The Grateful Dead shirt is more common. The Voodoo one is rarer.

J: Its the perfect size.

K: It really suits you. You could wear it on your late night shows.

J: Would I look cool?

K: Yes

J: Ahh, for now Leader you just buy those shorts.

K: Hahaha

J: In the meantime...

K: Really? But I like this Greenday shirt too.

J: Ok, buy that! How much was it again?

K: ¥14,000.

J: Ah, thats ok. Oh, the cameraman is behind you.

K: Hmm, ok I'll buy the shorts.

J: Are you gonna try them on?

K: No, I'll just hold them up against me.

J: They'll probably fit you...I wish Niconama would let us have ¥30,000 each for shopping. Then I could buy the voodoo shirt.

K: ¥30,000 each? Haha, thats quite a lot.

J: Yeah, like ¥100,000 between us. Does it say the size on the shorts?

K: Well, I can tell they will fit by looking at them.

Staff: I think they are about M size.

J: What about the size in inches?

Staff: Ah, Im not sure. If they are American military...

J: I think they are. Kaoru, don't you need to try them on?

K: No

J: Ok, well, we pondered over a lot of things, but ended up with shorts in the end.

K: Huh?

J: We looked at so many tshirts, but then just decided on shorts.

K: Is that how it is?

J: No no, its not a bad thing, haha. I just don't have it in me to let us leave without buying something. Where is Tasai?!

K: *finding a NIN shirt* Oh! I have this shirt!

J: Really? That makes me want to buy it.

K: Its a bit small.

J: Yeah, if only it was a bit bigger. But I do remember you wearing this somewhere.

K: Yeah

J: If only it was bigger...I do like that double sided print tshirt though.

K: Which one?

J: This one. I'm not sure about the size though.

K: The size looks ok on you.

J: Does it?

K: What brand is it?

J: Im not sure....Oh, my phone's going, that must be Tasai. That sucker is on his way! Hold on, let me answer.

K: During the show!? Hahaha

J: Helloo? Where are you? Do you know the east exit? If you come out of the east exit, and then look immediately to your right, you'll see a sign for the store 'SPiCe' on the second floor. Can you see it? Ok, come up here...Tasai is coming, I can't believe he will be here. *Joe continues to talk on the phone to Tasai*

K: Ok, I'll buy these now then.

Staff: Thank you.

K: Where is Toru? I don't have any cash on me....*shouts down the stairs* Toru! I need your wallet.

J: Lets make Tasai buy something as a forfeit.

K: Do you take card?

Staff: Yes, we do.

J: Well, I'm glad we were able to do some shopping, and glad that Tasai is coming.

Staff: Thats ¥2900, with tax it comes to ¥3190.

K: Ok, I'll pay by card please.

J: Here he is! At last!

T: I'm so sorry!!

J: What on earth are you doing??!

T: I'm so sorry! I hope you are all ok.

J: We are not ok! You'll have to buy something for us to make up for it!

T: Anything!

J: Tasai, this Voodoo Lounge shirt would be good. Is it too small for you??

T: Joe, you have good taste.

J: It won't fit you though.

T: Its ok, I'll buy it.

J: Have you checked the price? Its so cheap.

T: I'll put it on now.

J: Check the price though.

T: How much is it?...Omg, its expensive! Its ok, I'll still buy it.

J: Haha, ahhh. Hey but, Leader liked the look of this Greenday shirt too.

T: Oh, this is for Kaoru? Thats ok.

J: Really??

T: Yeah

K: Hahaha

J: You are so sweaty!

T: Haha, Hi everyone.

J: You look like Cunning Takayama!

K: Hahaha

T: Eh?

J: What happened, did you just forget about the plan today?

K: Put that tshirt back first, you'll get sweat on it.

J: Ah, right, yeah.

T: I think I forgot what day it was.

J: Didn't you get the group mail?! *laughs at Tasai trying to mop sweat off his face*

T: I didn't realise it was this week, I was just in the gym. Then my phone rang, and I wondered why you were calling. Then you told me you were already getting started, and I thought OMG!, and rushed here.

K: Are you actually free for the rest of the day? Apart from the gym?

T: Yeah, I was wondering what I should do with the day after the gym, haha. I'm sorry.

J: No, its good, we are glad you are here.

T: Don't be late, people!

J: You were panicking, right?

T:· Yeah, it was terrible.

J: I've done that once before on this show.

K: Oh, you have! Thats right.

J: It happens sometimes. Anyway, now that we've bought something, should we go to the next place?

T: Really? Ok, I'll come back and buy this tshirt later! Ok, off we go!!

J: Haha, why so sudden??!

T: Oh, sorry, haha.

J: A big thank you to the staff for having us! Everyone, come and check out the stuff at SPiCe.

T: Right next to the station in Shimokitazawa.

J: Yep, zero seconds from the station. Its the closest second hand clothes store to Shimokitazawa station. It has a lot of great stuff, and a lot of things which Kaoru liked, so please check it out. Ok, lets go to Disc Union. Thank you! *walking out* Ahh, that was good. You came at just the right time, Tasai.

T: Oh really? Good.

K: You got here quite quickly.

T: Well, I wasn't far.

J: Its a right turn from the entrance.

T: Right, ok. Shimokitazawa is my hometown. The camera is behind us? Ok.

J: But its hot!

T: Yeah, it is.

J: Today is certainly a hot day.

K: You wanna get rid your clothes, not buy more. Its too hot.

J: Yeah. Leader, how are you managing in this heat? But I guess you are just working at home at lot, are you?

K: Well, I do like going out for walks.

J: Oh, you do go out??

K: Yeah, I do feel the need to get some sun. Not always though.

J: Ahh, I thought you would be shut up inside the whole summer.

K: Well, I am shut up inside a lot..

J: But you get out for walks a bit too.

K: Yeah

T: Kaoru, I saw on your Insta that you'd been to Asakusa.

K: Yep, I was there. There is this crepe shop there, they did actually once make an offer to this show for us to come and eat there.

J: Oh, lets go next time.

K: But anyway, Im doing my art exhibition, and at the same time I'm gonna be doing a collaboration with that crepe shop. So I just went to check out the store, we made a video for my blog TheThe Day.

J: Wow, collaboration crepes?

K: Yeah, they've done Dir collaborations there before.

T: ...Collaboration crepes?

K: Yeah.

J: What, you make crepes with your product theme or something?

K: I have these characters Krim&Zon, I'm using those as the theme.

J: Ahh, I'm sure the fans will love that! But it seems a shame to eat it, haha.

K: You have to eat it. So, yeh, they invited this show to go there too, but we couldn't due to timing.

T: Do you draw Krim&Zon pictures on thr crepes?

K: Its not drawing, but kind of foods resembling the characters, or something with a small print on. But I haven't actually finalized them yet.

J: Well, thats something to look forward to.

T: Thats from September, right?

K: Yeah. By the way, its actually July when we are filming this.

J: Yes, so you still have time to get it done. Ok, lets cross the road here.

T: There is a lot of performance halls here.

K: Yeah, Shimokitazawa has that image.

J: Yep, its a theatre town, a live house town. Its brilliant at night, it has a very different atmosphere from Shibuya or Shinjuku.

K: Yeah.

J: Its exciting to drink here.

T: And there are a lot more second hand clothes stores here now.

K: Yeah, we've just been to one.

T: Oh, did you?

K: Hahaha

J: Yeah, you weren't there, were you?! Too busy at the gym.

K: You got there right when we finished.

J: How can you even go to the gym this early in the morning?? You are like a celebrity!

T: No, I'm not like a celebrity.

K: Wasn't SHELTER (*venue name*)around here somewhere? Oh, there it is. I've been there before.

T: Have you played live there before?

K: No

J: Has Dir ever played in Shimokitazawa?

K: I don't think so, no....Ah, there it is!

J: Yep, thats Disc Union. A bit further up is The Suzunari theatre.

T: There is also a famous soup curry restaurant up there too.

K: Ahh. Should we cross the road here?

J: Yes....Ahh, but its hot! I'm sure a lot of the viewers have been here.

K: We could get a beer somewhere around here, haha.

J: Thats a nice idea! Its quite compact here, so it feels like there is more stuff here than Shibuya, and its not as busy as Shinjuku. Its the best place to go out for a walk and go shopping.

T: Kaoru, you said you don't come here much?

K: Not much, no.

J: For me, I always feel like this is the place where bandmen or theatre people like to drink. Either here or Koenji.

K: Ah, I've been to Koenji a lot of times. I tend to go there.

J: You are a Koenji guy?

K: Yeah.

J: Ok, so we have arrived at Disc Union. Lets stand over here. So Disc Union in Shimokitazawa sells records and Cds of all genres, Rock, JPop, Jazz, Soul, anything. We are gonna search for some records here today! But actually, Dir en grey released a record too, right?

K: Yes

J: Oh, congratulations *claps* Is it sold out?

K: I'm not sure, there might be some left in stores.

J: Ah, here it is.*Staff passes Phalaris LP to Joe, who passes it to Kaoru* It looks cool! I wanna see the inside too.

K: There is a lot to see.

J: Yeah, you can do that with records. Ok, so for the rest of the show we will be searching through loads of records, so please keep watching. But unfortunately, the free part ends here, so our Disc Union searching will make up the paid half, and you can look forward to whatever discoveries Kaoru makes. Can we also do a present for the viewers? Yep, ok. Tasai will see to that.

T: I'll pay for it myself.

K: Hahaha

J: So please become a channel member to enjoy all this. Ok, I'll just explain how it works. The second part is for members only, so you have to join if you wanr to watch it. If you join, you can watch this broadcast in the archives for one year, and you will get a members only video in the coming days. Here's how to join, click the blue link at the top of thr screen. Thanks for pointing, Leader. You will then get a page asking you to choose your payment method. Choose your method, and click proceed, enter your details, and you're done. If you haven't joined yet, please do so to enjoy the rest of the show. Leader, before we move on, do you have any announcements?

K: Uh, we have a tour starting from November. And my art exhibition Nouteikarano2 will start in September, so please check it out. You two should come too.

J, T: Of course!

J: Yes, I'll go to both.

T: I'm looking forward to the exhibition.

J: Yeah. How are your preparations going?

K: Well, I've finished most of the art.

J: Ok, well everyone can look forward to that. Lets have a quick break here, and the members only section will start very soon, so just wait there. See you there!

T: Don't be late!

J: Exactly!

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JRWI EP 100 LIVEBLOG UNDER THE CUT FOR EXTRA SPOILER PROTECTION

"the journey begins, for the 100th time" "you bet your tiddies it does" JWJFJEJTJH

ohh they're having a good time something's gonna go horribly wrong

earl bbeg real

wetma gills

"words hard. me tired. me drunk." jay I love you jsjfjejf

enza gonna help jay make a new body for alphonze 👀

drey disconnected w/the group?

"the longer you're down there, the more it twists you" ohh that's not good. instantly worried about arlin.

"if arlin's still down there, it's because it couldn't." "that man had a big ol' heart, even that giant body couldn't fit it." DREYYYYYY

"Sometimes I think I should dive in there alone. But I know I'm not strong enough without them" CHIP. CHIP YOURE GONNA KILL ME.

chip and drey are gonna KILL me augh

"we're gonna go down there, and we're gonna bust him out. whatever happens happens. we'll survive. we always do." RRGHHDHHDG

AW GILLION JSHFJJEJGJFJF

"sometimes its good to be bad jay give me the word" LMAOOOOO

GILLION SOUNDS LIKE HES GONNA START CRYING BRO JSHFJDJ

QUEEN KSHFJDJDUW

WOOO DOWNTIME❗️❗️❗️

HES MAILING CASPIAN'S PRESENTS!!!!!!!!

"happy birdday! you can nae nae, but now you can... ;)" JSJFJDJG GILL

" 'Well, for you...' he gets lost in your eyes for a second" JWJFJSJGJEJJTJ

NAT 20 ON RIZZING RIZZ RIZZ

"EVERYONE now has cannons and healing potions except for ME!!!!!!!!" gill in his spoiled brat arc

NEW TITLE GILLION TIDESTRIDER RIZZ REVEREND

"We are so, so unbelievably wanted" "they WANT us"

TWO CANNONS AND ONE BALLISTA HELL YES????

ohh I love enza

forgot abt cliff hangar

IS HE RIZZING UP CLIFF???????

"To know the books, you need to have read the books, where the FUCK are the books, Jay???????"

GILL TRYING TO RIZZ UP CLIFF NOW

HES PLAYING ALONG??? JAY TRIED TO GIVE HIM THE GOLD AND HE STOPPED HER??????????

"A world that's turned it's back / it's seas be turned to black / the black sea is all that's left / history be put to rest / the survivors will rewrite it / fight on, fight on until united / hope our wrongs be righted / flee the black sea at last / free from it at last

why are gill and chip so down to flirt with people today jsjfjsjd

CAPTAIN FIVE O' CLOCK SHADOW JSIFJDJJF

CAPTAIN HENDRIX. TIEFLING. REGAL BUT RELAXED. IF THIS MFER ISNT NIKLAUS HES GOTTA BE RELATED TO HIM RIGHT

FINN TIDESTRIDER FINN TIDESTRIDER FINN TIDESTRIDER

the island of frozen roses ooh

ohhhh he just wrote about their journeys. ik its like obvious but that means so much to be actually.

OHHHHHHH OLLIES ROOM OH MY GODDDDDDD

OH FUCK OFF HES GIVING HIM ARLIN'S COIN OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

BIZLY YOURE GOING TO KILL ME IM GOING TO DIE BIZLY THIS IS SO NICE

"even when you are old and decrepit, you will always be our small boy, who we keep on the ship, and in our hearts" thank you gill

chip don't grill her about this now godddd.

CAPTAIN SHADOWBEARD IS OLLIES DAD

bellamy. oh bellamy. im so sorry.

captain shadowbeard was the last pirate lord that went missing ohhh my god. it was a year ago. and when ollie went missing months later. oh my god this poor woman.

"You guys are gonna get attacked tonight" grizz ik you're joking but I don't fucking trust you at all

ALPHOZE ALPHONZE ALPHONZE

DANGER INCOMING???

THEY JUST LEFT THE ISLAND

KIRA I LOVE YOU BUT NO

JAY YOURE GONNA BOARD THEIR SHIP????

THERE HE IS. FUCK OFF JAYSON GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY

Gillion what are you planning 👀

"jay who did you see" "oh just my father and kira you know" "oh"

THE SWORD IS IN HIS FUCKING CHEST STILL LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

DREY PANICKING LMAO

FUCK OFF JAYSON FUCK OFF JAYSON FUCK OFF JAYSON FUCK OFF JAYSON FUCK OFF JAYSON

YOOOOOOOOOO GILLION CLUTCH??????

GILLION CLUTCH GILLION CLUTCH

JAYSON YOU CHEATING BASTARD

HELLO PIXEL ART THIS IS SO COOL?????????

CHIP DONT LEAVE THEM????

DONT FUCKING LAUGH LIKE THAT GRIZZ

gillion less clutch than expected.........

alphonze is gonna die again bro they JUST got him back! AND the boat!

Gillion absorb elements pog

QUEEN JSHFJDJFJFH LOVE YOU

thank you alphonze we love you alphonze <3

USING THE WHALEBONE SWORD TO CAST SPELLS ON JAYSON????

jayson I hate you smile

TRAP HIM IN THE FUCKING MIRROR JAY GET HIS ASS

GET HIS ASS JAY GET HIS ASS

"You could be found innocent, by the way" "not for what I'm about to do :)"

MOTHER MOON JSJFJDJ

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT GILL ISNT SCARED OF JAYSON ANYMORE❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

GILLION CLUTCH ONCE AGAIN

MOTHEFUCKER HAS LEGENDARY ACTIONS I FORGOT

HE STOLE JAY'S BRAND BRO

"DAMN looks like you're as good a shot as you are a PARENT" "your quips only seal your fate" "damn, were you already burning?" gillion tidestrider I love you

"Your fighting is meaningless, for your gods have fallen" HELLO JAYSON WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???? IM NOT MOVING ON FROM THIS DID THE ARTIFICIAL LEVIATHAN PLAN WORK??????? ARE YOU JUST PSYCHING GILL OUT?????????????

YOOOOO GRYFFON MVP FOURTH CAPTAIN

"If they miss, I will roll to hit gillion"

CANNON #1 HITS JAYSON FUCK YES QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!

EARL FUCKING WHIFS IT

gets harpooned in the ass and stabbed further in the chest sjfjeh

gill is so fucking funny engaging w/jayson lmao

"she's a BIRD are you PROUD OF HER YET? she has WINGS and they're COOLER THAN YOURS and they generate more LIFT" gill hyping up jay to her dad my beloved

makes eye contact with a fucking wizard. drops disguise and said "aight you handle these monkeys I got shit to do"

isn't the whole crew on the ship? or does grizz just mean on top deck

gryffon I love you

RETURN OF 5 FT GILL

HOLY SHIT?????? 10 FT TALL THUNDER GOD GILLION

YOU MOTHEFUCKER???????

NAT 20 DEX SAVE FROM GILLION HOLY SHIT HE DESERVES THIS❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️ GILLION ON THAT KING SHIT TODAY

ANOTHER SHIP????

MARSHALL JOHN THE GRANDBERRY PIRATES MY FUCKING BELOVED

"IF YOU KILLED MY GODS HOW IS MARSHALL JOHN RIGHT HERE?!"

PROPHETIC SCREW UP STRIKES ONCE AGAIN

CASPIAAAAAAN

"YO IS THIS GUY FUCKING BOTHERING YOU?!" LOVE YOU LIZZIE

"I can deal with that later. But right now, you're attacking my friends. And I can tell you have no intention to spare them. So I'll give you the same treatment back. So you're gonna attack me, or...I'm gonna take you down." JAY JAY JAY JAY JAY JAYYYYYY

APPLY HUNTERS MARK BY PUNCHING HIM IN HIS UGLY ASS FUCKING FACE GET HIS ASS GET HIS ASS GET HIS ASS

"I thought you said next time you saw me, I wouldn't be your daughter anymore." "Now that I've seen how much you've changed, I mean it" go fuck yourself jayson <3

GRYFFON WAIT GRYFFON ARE YOU OKAY GRYFFON IF YOU DIE I WILL LOSE MY MIND

GILLION HEAL YOURSELF FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

GRIZZ IF YOU FUCKING KILL GILL AGAIN ISTG

GILLION HEAL YOURSELF

"if Jay's still fighting, I am too."

"Nice try, but Ollie's mom was way more pissed 😎"

lizzie??? did you??? did you actually kill ava or are you surprised???

GILL GOING CRAZY WITH THE NAT 20s

"It's okay I can dodge it!" the mentality of the episode

JSJFJSJF HE ABANDONS SHIP WITH THE WIZARD HES TAKING THE WIZARD HES A FRIEND

I fully believe lizzie didn't kill ava actually. don't believe jayson at all fuck this guy

If Gryffon is dead. If Gryffon is dead.

GILLION. GILLION ASKING JAY IF SHE CAN DO THIS. GILLION SUPPORTING JAY THIS WHOLE EP. RRRRIVHFGR IM GONNA DIE

gillion: just let me know where you need me. And I'll be there.

jay: right now you're right where you need to be. thank you.

gillion: aye aye, captain.

MARSHALL JOHN SOLOS

john and gill immediately going bro mode jsjfjsj

don't make me feel bad for jayson. I won't do it. piece of shit.

GILLION. IF YOU DIE.

GOES DOWN PROTECTING JAY GILLION YOURE GONNA KILL ME.

THE NAVY HAS GRYFFON

THANK YOU JAY THANK YOU JAY THANK YOU JAY

"You keep saying that people took me away from you. No one took me away from you, dad. You haven't had me for a long time. You lost me. You lost me in the lies, the training, your obsession with your work, it was all you cared about. Things change, dad. After ava died, you weren't there. You weren't there for me or for mom. And when I tell you we hurt, we struggled, I say we hurt and struggled so goddamn much. And I'm sure you did too, but you made it so goddamn clear where your priorities lied with the family. And in my grieving, you were the only one who wasn't there. Jayson Ferin, you are someone I've known my entire life. You've known me longer than I can remember, and maybe I've made decisions that you don't agree with, but they are my decisions, and I would've hoped that in the years you've known me, that you would give me even a modicum of trust, a modicum of what I saw in you my entire goddamn childhood. And now, you stand here in front of me again, you're making the same mistakes... You don't get to just take me back, you need to earn it. And the way it stands, you're on a fast track to lose both me, and your wife. You are the strongest man I've ever known but you are a fucking pathetic father. So come on. Go ahead, finish it, do your fucking job, if that's where your priorities still lay, as they always have."

persuasion with advantage and dm inspiration. so deserved holy shit jay. i am. speechless.

"For the first time in my life, since I became a pirate, I was able to feel free."

get the fuck OUT of here jayson go AWAY

jayson I'd ask why you don't fucking ask may yourself but I don't want you anywhere near her :)

thank fucking god hes gone.

"that's my boy right there, that's my BOY, I'm on your ass, I'm like glue on something that glues on" "this is the beginning of something, this is the beginning of a whirlwind of whoopass on kira I'm telling you now" bizly has the right idea get the panda man back

gill still didn't get the whalebone sword back ✌️😔

#jrwi riptide #jrwi spoilers #riptide spoilers #jrwilb #jrwi ep 100

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jiminsass-istant · 4 months ago

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https://www.tumblr.com/jiminsass-istant/758059091201572864/so-who-is-streaming-seven?source=share

First things first thank you for making this post cause i have seen everyone dragging LC .

Also LC doens't have any added versions to stream. All those streams are LC with only one version. That's a korean version which charts on global. His English version has separate streams and LC didn't had any covers and remixes don't get add for sp so yeah it's only one korean version for LC. Another thing is the playlisting cause seven has huge playlisting compared to LC. Seven was on TTH for a year(i don't know if it's still there or not) while as LC korean version spent 0 days in TTH. English version was added in TTH with low ranking for some 20 days. So yeah compared to seven LC was doing great given it was a song months older than seven. Seven has covers as well as clean and explicit version to stream which gets combined for sp yet jjks can manage only 2 But will be first ones to drag jm lol.

They love hating on jm for no reason like they wake up in the morning and their first tweet will be dragging jm over something that has happened with jk too. Like i was Today years old when i got to know that 3D went to -53 spots in 2nd week from #5 to #58 and SNTY despite having more remixes #1 on TTH (I'm not sure about radio. About cover maybe it had i don't remember now) yet it went to #50 from #5 in 2nd week which is -45 spots yet they spend day nd night dragging LC which had -44 drop in second week all because BB changed their rules at last moment and Deleted LC's 100k+ sales. My point is why drag jm for something that has happened with jk too? Just because LC went from #1 and not #5 ??? It's same thing lol. But i never knew cause i always saw them dragging LC so i thought snty and 3D had done better. i was little inactive during that time so I'm not much updated about every chart but given how they dragged jm you'd think otherwise.

Anon is talking about this post of mine, first read this:

I thought LC had 2 versions- grey and pink (pink from the remix EP). Anyway, it's still 1/4th of what seven has. 3D and SNTY had such big drops too. The only song that was somewhat stable was Seven. The promotion for Seven was 'heavy' heavy and it gained good number of GP streams too.

All this time, it's becoming so clear that jjks are just kpoppies with side accounts. Huge in numbers, giving 150k likes to JK videos/photos too, but none of that reflecting in the streaming. Thank god jk has armies and label support because these twt pixels are useless. All they do is hate on jm and ass-kiss western fans.

Also, adding this post for you all to read about LC, let me know if I'm wrong:-

#park jimin #jimin

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adidegmez · 4 months ago

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invincible s1&2 spoilers

i'm starting to watch invincible for the first time and i wanted to write here.

i like the art style. and i thought episodes would be 20 minutes or something this is so much better.

s1 spoilers

s1 ep1(it's about time)

wow. ep was good i liked mark. but the end wow! i didnt see that coming. I saw Omni Man doing bad things before watching the series, but I didn't think it would happen this early. I liked the guardians. Why did he kill them?

s1 ep2(here goes nothing)

i like teen team. and eve. is omni-man lying? i think so. or did something else really happen? i think omni-man wants earth just for himself. and I didn't expect this much blood, at least not this early.

s1 ep3(who you calling ugly?)

guardians of the globe look a lot like the Justice League. mark would probably be better with eve. she'll understand him. but i like amber too. robot!? why?

s1 ep4(neil armstrong, eat your heart out)

yes, something is wrong with nolan. he is not truly a hero. If Superman or Spider-Man were in his place, they wouldn't be able to just stand by while the city is under attack. omni-man scares me. i dont know what comes next.

s1 ep5(that actually hurt)

omni-man let his son die. well, he is not dead but still he didnt save him. What was he thinking? i thought heroes were dead. im glad theyre still alive. and titan! He fooled invinvible.

s1 ep6(you look kinda dead)

its nice to see mark smile. i hope it can last, probably wont but still. whats robot doing? im glad william learned about invincible but amber should learn too. i really dont understand why omni-man killed the guardians. whats with the white house guy and his son we'll see i guess. eve is happy thats nice but mark… heroes cant have a normal relationship i guess.

s1 ep7(we need to talk)

I don't understand why omni-man killed the guardians. I can not understand. Why did he do it?

s1 ep8(where i really come from)

i thought Nolan was lying about his planet and its people. But judging by the name of this episode, Omni-Man may not be from Viltrum. we'll see. I liked that the logo became more bloody as the story progressed. Where is the invading alien? I think we will see it in season 2. this was so good. there are so much things to see in s2. i love mark. he changed his father and maybe in the future omni-man would help save the World because of his son. No one who knew Nolan believed he could do such a thing.

s2 spoilers

s2 ep1(a lesson for your next life)

This must be a different universe or another timeline or a dream. Mark doesn't do this. Someone must be controlling his mind. wasn't donald dead? it was a different dimension. and a villain is born. Mark already has a lot to take care of. now this!

s2 ep2(in about six hours i lose my virginity to a fish)

I hope mark and amber can make it work. The logo is starting to return to its old self. Does this indicate that things will get better? But this can't be, there are so many things, I don't know how it will turn into good?

s2 ep3(this missive, this machination!)

why? Why do they give up what they love for other people? I don't understand. In the TV series or movies I watch, most of the time, nerds compromise on the things they love to be normal. But I love them the way they are and I think they need to find nerds like themselves and live without compromising what they love. i dont know i just feel bad for the collection😅. who tells the story? i like allen. How is he still alive? I knew something was wrong with Thaedus. is allen dead now? seeing debbie, listening her stories makes me sad. nolan was a good dad and a good husband. and now he is gone. amber understands mark this is good. William helps mark. mark has amber eve William and debbie has no one. omni-man! i didnt think he would be back this early.

s2 ep4(it's been a while)

Nolan confuses me. I think he really liked Debbie and Mark. imo he is confused too. Debbie changed him. Maybe it would have been different if he wasn't a Viltrumite. He saved the aliens. He was doing heroism for his duty on Earth, but he didn't have to save those aliens, but he saved them anyways.

s2 ep5(this must come as a shock)

are dupli-kate and shrinking rae really dead? Why didn't Cecil send more heroes? Maybe then they could win. Allen is alive. Thaedus is a viltrumite?!

s2 ep6(it's not that simple)

what! rex died?! why? i thought someone would come and save him. Will the sequids return? They controlled Rudy's mind so I can't be sure. im glad debbie is raising the kid. dubli-kate is really dead.i liked her i liked them all. im glad rae and rex is alive(barely). amber and mark… they love each other. theyre good for each other but it wont work. i wish it could work. I think Rick will fight Invincible. he is a good guy if he was really him he wouldn't fight but he changed so I don't know what he'll do. sequids are back.

s2 ep7(i'm not going anywhere)

there ia 13th doctor cosplayer. i liked it. we saw her 3 times, i think it was the same woman. Am I paying too much attention or will something happen? first time okay second time was okay too but the 3rd time mark and amber was walkinkg and i saw her twice. It was very funny and cool that they animated every example Filip gave while he was talking. spider-man's hand gesture. I love the references. I wish they had erased Rick's memory too. It would be better. i liked april. I hope she doesn't do anything bad. amber and mark they always understood each other until the end. they still do. i wish things could be different but they cant be together. yes, allen is strong. but anissa was right they could save so many people. but what's bad is their attitude. If they had been a little more compassionate or kind, things could have been different. So many people would not have resisted and many worlds could have been saved with less loss.

s2 ep8(i thought you were stronger)

Talking dinosaurs? so many universe. mark is bad. The multiverse is confusing me. How can he be bad in so many universes and be good in this one? but im glad he is good in this one. is that batman? he really killed angstrom. i hope he can put this behind him. kate is alive! I hope mark and eve can be together. allen and nolan. Nolan is a nice guy I wish he wasn't a viltrumite. He was just raised wrong and if he had been raised by good people like Martha and Jonathan Kent he could have become like Superman. I think we can already see that he cares he cares about others genuinely. and thats because debbie and mark really changed him and i hope we can see that more in season 3.

I started the series by seeing a speech by Debbie. I wanted to watch it before, but his speech was really beautiful and tragic. and I immediately started watching the series yesterday. Before i started, I thought it was Nolan who broke his arm and that made everything worse, but at least Nolan is not that person anymore (He never hurt Debbie physically, but he did hurt some people, including her son). I thought Nolan was such a bad guy. he grew up in viltrum but the world changed, him debbie changed him. He loved Debbie, he loved Mark and Oliver. And I hope Nolan can do better things in the future.

this story was amazing. and animation is the perfect way to tell it. i really cant wait for season 3.

this story was tragic. i cried a lot. this Show might be my favorite superhero Project. i love marvel and dc. i saw a lot of superhero shows and movies but this was incredible. i dont know what to say but im glad i watced this Show. im glad i knew mark. and debbie. and nolan. they are amazing. i hope they'll get a happy ending.

i hope season 3 will come soon.

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aeternamente · 2 years ago

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(replies from @clavisa)

YESSS MY TIME HAS COME.

So Neverafter is the current season of College Humor’s actual play D&D show, Dimension 20. It’s a fairytale horror season, so the characters are figures from fairytales, but something has gone wrong. Little Red Riding Hood is now a werewolf, Sleeping Beauty’s prince never showed up, the Frog Prince is turning back into a frog, stuff like that. This season is super intense. I don’t know how much you’ve been spoiled on it, but yeah, they’re exploring some pretty dark themes, and character deaths are very much on the table.

I like it because it’s playing with fairytale tropes and narrative structure in a super interesting way. In the most recent episode especially, things are getting super meta. I don’t want to spoil too much, but my nerd brain is THRIVING. Also I’ve fallen in love with all of these actors over several seasons and they all create amazing characters and character arcs and relationships every time.

Currently, the only way to view episodes is on Dropout, College Humor’s streaming service. There is a 3 day free trial, so you can watch the 4 episodes that are out right now and watch ep. 5 when it comes out on Wednesday night before you decide if you want to pay for it. I find it to be a very worthwhile investment. Not only are there several seasons of Dimension 20, but I’m finding some of the other shows fun to watch too. (If you want a palate cleanser from Neverafter, the last D20 season, A Court of Fey and Flowers, is a lot of fun and right up your alley!)

#neverafter untag #(untag is the suffix i use when i'd rather not put it in the tag)#clavisa #replies

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I fell in love with the show a few weeks after it came out.

I discovered it on tumblr after some gifs came across my dash from episodes one and two...I was able to watch those two episodes in time for episode 3 to come out.

I've talked to people about it, but so far I haven't convinced anyone to watch it yet.

I'd call it an updated version of IWTV that manages to be really close to the heart of Anne Rice's original, while also exploring issues of race and sexuality that the original book only touched upon. I'd also emphasize how great the shift of time period is because the Jazz Age really isn't shown much in modern media, particularly vampire media, so it creates a really unique feel to the show.

Yes.

I read the book (the series up to and including TVA, though I can't remember if I went beyond that initially) about 20 years ago. After I watched the show I decided to try reading Prince Lestat, but quickly realized I needed to refresh my memory of the earlier books first. I've reread most of IWTV, and will be starting TVL and QotD soon.

My favourite change is the change of time period. Which is funny, because when I first saw the gifs and realized the time period was changed I was worried it would hurt the story. Instead, I found the change in time really made New Orleans stand out as something special- the music, the fashion, the people, the politics- in a way that it didn't in the books.

This one is incredibly tough. I'm going to say Jacob because he had the toughest job- in the wrong hands it's very, very easy to make Louis feel like a one-note character. The time period update and race change helped enrich the character for sure, but it's Jacob's performance that really sells it.

I've rewatched most of the episodes now, but I'm still trying to find time to rewatch the last episode.

Honestly not sure.

I can't really say until after I rewatch the last episode. Initially my fave was ep. 4 because it was the 'fluffiest' episode, but I'm less sure now.

Too many to choose from. Although I always get a kick out of Lestat's reaction to the opera tenor in ep.2 because, as a trained opera singer myself, his cringing reaction was the same as mine LOL

The entire soundtrack is amazing.

Rue Royale is so gorgeous and inviting.

Again, too many great ones to choose from. Claudia had several dresses that I would've happily worn, particularly her red dress from episode 7. I also love her purple outfit in the season 2 trailers.

I love the black and white photo/gif of the vampire family. If I could introduce Louis, Claudia and Armand to the work of an artist I would pick Canadian artist Emily Carr.

I'd be curious to reread A Doll's House. I actually performed in a comedic version of it years ago, but it's actually a very serious play and one that fits very well with season 1.

The killing of the tenor scene. Admittedly, I get why ep.2 is generally considered the weakest episode of the season, it's mostly an 'explain vampirism for the audience so we can get back to the meaty stuff' episode, but I do think the tenor scene is under-appreciated. It tends to be compared unfavourably to the equivalent scene in the film, but I think they're equally good, just different. The film goes for more straight up violent horror, while the show goes for a more subtle, existential horror. I keep thinking of how the tenor is ALIVE and listening while Lestat and Louis argue...and he's still alive long after the scene fades to black.

Impossible to choose. The dialogue was amazing.

Much like Jacob Anderson, I adore the 'dabble in fuckery' line

I'd have to rewatch the final episode before I can commit to one.

If I'm going strictly by season 1, I'd probably say Louis.

Fenwick. I get he serves a purpose, and he's supposed to be vile, but I was relieved when he died. I also find his death is the closest thing to a plot hole in season 1, as I can't imagine how Louis managed not to be a suspect for his murder, since he had a clear motive. The only thing I can think of is that Tom Anderson covered for him, but then it's never explicitly stated.

I'm assuming this isn't just about romantic relationships, so I'll say Louis and his mother. Florence is incredibly hypocritical and emotionally abusive towards Louis, it's hard to watch. Second least favourite is Grace and Levi...she just seems like such a beautiful firecracker and he's such a bland dud. In fairness, that's accurate to Grace's book husband though.

I love the complex relationship between Louis and Claudia. I love that the show went the father/daughter to brother/sister route. It's so much more tragic yet somehow more wholesome than their relationship in the book.

I'm gonna say Daniel and Armand. I can't wait to see them butting heads in season 2.

Not really.

Louis and Claudia. So I know my heart's gonna break. Runner up is Louis and Daniel, though I'm not 100% sure they're gonna stay platonic. In the book there were definite hints of Daniel having a crush on Louis, though in the show I can only see that being the case with past Daniel.

I would've liked to see a stronger bond between Lestat and Claudia. Yes, Louis is her favourite parent, but I feel her murder attempt on him would've had more impact if they'd built up the positive aspects of their relationship more.

Armand, Armand, Armand. Assad Zaman is so beautiful and so talented I can't wait to see him really sink his teeth into the character.

Theatre des Vampires. Specifically the trial.

The tower scene between Louis and Armand, where Armand tells him he wants him more than anything in the world. I also hope they use as much of the book's dialogue from that scene as possible because it's all gorgeous.

I'm trying to avoid making predictions LOL

I want to see Marius. I'm especially interested in seeing the relationship between Marius and Daniel, as I imagine it would be VERY different than in the books. There's no way bitter, cynical, old man Daniel is going to be as taken by Marius as young book Daniel was.

Can't think of one atm

I'm not sure how unpopular it is, but I think old Daniel will be turned into young Daniel somehow. I absolutely love Eric Bogosian, but I know they're planning to do at least 3 or 4 seasons of the show, and it'll get harder for him to film. I don't think it'll be a case of body switching either, I suspect it'll be his body getting younger. Yes, yes, I know vampires stay the age they are when turned, HOWEVER, there IS precedence for this. Gabrielle is described as returning to the fullness and beauty of her youth after Lestat changes her, and he was barely more than a fledgling when he made her. Armand is far older and more powerful, who's to say he can't rejuvenate Daniel?

This fandom is full of great meta.

I do read fanfiction, and I've read some great stories. While I tend to prefer stories that revolve around them being vampires, I have read some great human AUs as well.

There's a lot of great artwork out there, but I'd have to look up the creator's names. There's one artist who does some really phenomenal work where they make Armand look like a shadowy, flame eyed cryptid that I adore.

I've only completed one fanfic for this fandom. I got about halfway through a second one, but I got over-whelmed by how massive it was getting and haven't continued. I'll try to revisit it in the new year, or perhaps start a new one.

A year (and change) with our vampires: 2022/2023 in review!

When did you fall in love with the show?

How did you discover it or get interested in it?

Have you gotten anyone else to watch it?

Say you’re recommending the show right now, how would you pitch it?

Do you recommend the show to your IRLs?

Have you read the book (before or after watching)?

If you read the book, what are your favorite changes from page to screen?

Who’s your favorite actor?

Have you rewatched the first season?

What was your favorite episode of season one?

Has your favorite episode remained the same since you first finished the season?

What were your favorite moments of season one?

What was your favorite piece of music from the first season’s OST?

Do you have a favorite set?

What were your favorite costumes?

Do you have a favorite piece of art (book, movie, painting) that’s referenced or featured in the show?

Have you read or watched anything because it was referenced in the show?

What’s a scene you feel is underrated?

What was your favorite dialogue of season one?

What was your favorite one-liner of season one?

What was your favorite monologue of season one?

Who's your favorite character? Why?

Who’s your least favorite character?

What’s your least favorite relationship?

What’s your favorite (show) canon relationship?

What’s your favorite relationship that isn’t show canon (yet)?

Do you have an ideal endgame?

What’s your favorite (platonic) dynamic?

What’s a dynamic you would have liked to see more of in season one?

What’s a character you’re excited to see more of in season two?

What’s your most anticipated season two storyline?

Is there a specific moment or plot point you’re hoping to see next season?

What are some of your predictions for season two?

If you read the books beyond Interview, what’s a plot point or character you want to see in later seasons?

Share a headcanon of yours.

What’s an unpopular opinion you have?

Have you read any meta that completely blew your mind? Share with the class!

If you read fanfiction, do you have any favorites?

If you follow any fanartists, what are some art pieces you loved?

If you made any fanworks of your own, what are your personal favorites? Throw yourself some flowers!

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Yugioh S5 Ep 20: Pharaoh’s Cool New Trick

Digging my way through quite a pile of commission work (funny how these things only come all at once or not at all), nearing the light at the end of the tunnel, was looking forward to some free time to catch up on my many little side projects when I was asked to take off for a weekend to do some cat-sitting to which I would NEVER say no to a cat, so like...Rip this blog I guess, we only update like once a week nowadays, but what do you do?

That’s right, play Puzzles and Dragons! The only phone game worth paying any attention to! Where they just released Pegasus on their Yugioh Collab and he looks pretty great!

So I’m just gonna take a second for some art appreciation, because the Puzzles and Dragons art team is just A++++ honestly, and yes, I did pull 13 times to get a Pegasus in my monster box, and yes, he is a completely insane team leader that is absolutely broken when paired with Yugi (the numbers are so satisfying) but...look at him. He looks so good!

(also I finally got Joey Wheeler, and so now my gatcha cravings are settled. And, don’t worry, I play this game so much that I was there during Christmas when they offered like a bajillion stones for free so I didn’t actually use real money on this.)

Now PAD also released a Weevil and Rex, and I don’t know why, and neither does the art team because they still look pretty good but in comparison to all the mains, they sure do looks like just some shorty guys in some casuals.

though I gotta admit, I want to learn how the hell this art team does swooshy effects, because man, that would make my art so much better to just have flames violently exploding out of all my art. Why am I not doing that more often? I have the technology.

anyway, I didn’t bother trying to pull them. Maybe I’ll accidentally pull them when they eventually release a Duke Devlin. (also, RIP to the fact that Roland will probably never be in Puzzles and Dragons but like...I can only send them so many polite letters covered in stickers pretending I’m some 10 year old child and writing in my broken Hiragana “Roland in PAD?”. Thems the breaks. (They also might not remember who Roland is.))

Shoutouts to the card that Weevil is holding that is censoring this nipple on the booby spider, PS.

So because this is not actually a Puzzles and Dragons blog, and it’s been ten eons since I regularly updated so I could remember episode to episode...where the hell were we?

That’s right, we’re on an island now. This show’s wonderful obsession with evil islands (and spoiler, this is one of the few Yugioh Islands that doesn’t explode at the end. Mostly because Kaiba isn’t here to do it or this place would be cinder)

(read more island stuff under the cut)

Anyway, after announcing “hey guys! Screw islands!” Yugi immediately collapses and without any warning.

Apparently the armor is a big ol parasite, which is something that Yugi is so used to at this point that he refuses to admit that this is a problem. Just normal Muto stuff, refusing to tell anyone that he has a serious illness going on underneath that giant mass of hair.

(the sailor moon vibes coming off this weird orb energy)

Sort of feels like a call back to S1 when Yugi was clearly possessed and everyone else was like “He acting weird to you?” except it’s S5 and everyone has learned to never trust Yugi when he says he’s fine and they are responding like he is about to die. Which is correct.

Outside of the cave falls this scroll that is...glowing, I guess. So they open it up and get a bunch of hieroglyphs that give them the “riddle of light” and like youknow...it’s riddle stuff.

They’re doing this riddle for “wings.” And it’s like...everyone’s monster here has a set of wings or an ability to fly. Every single monster except for I dunno, flaming swordsman? Hell, Yugi himself had two sets of wings when he fused with Dark Magician (which was weird, and I still don’t like to think about what technically was going on there.) But we have to go and get ourselves even more wings.

Weirdly, Joey turns to Tea and does something that in any other show would be completely normal. He was like “you want to stay here with Yugi, don’t you?” and it was the first time Joey has ever actually addressed the fact that Tea and Yugi are close. Uncharted territory. I was amazed at the amount of casual shipping that is happening here. It’s almost like a normal ass relationship.

So the boys decide to go off, and be boys and tackle this themselves. And they shouldn’t have, because Tea is smart for this group, and also has the only healing spell.

Like if you’re playing D+D you wouldn’t typically leave your only healer behind. Just saying.

Also like...Grandpa Muto went with them? I guess he’d have to since he’s the translator but also...kind of weird to leave your grandson dying in a cave, but maybe that’s just the Muto lifestyle.

Do not be fooled by my caps, no one has addressed the Bakura in the puzzle for 3 seasons. I’m starting to think this show will never address the Bakura in the puzzle. Which honestly, that would be hilarious if they made a big deal out of that plot point and then couldn’t use it in the end.

And speaking of plot points that kind of come out of nowhere and don’t make full sense with the continuity of the show--Joey has regressed back to the 4th grade.

Hey show? What?

So like if you love Joey, this is not the arc for you, because this arc he is reduced to a Himbo and nothing else. Straight up didn’t know what an echo is, but is very strong and pretty, I guess.

This inevitably happens with any TV show becuase different people make different parts, and I’ve brought up before that sometimes it feels like some teams only have loose post-it notes of what any character should be like at any given point (ESPECIALLY with Seto Kaiba’s timeline) but like...

...Personally I’m mot so fond of this interpretation of Joey, kind of ignores Joey’s best traits, and makes Tristan look way too smart in comparison (and like I always pinned Tristan to be the Himbo of the group, but maybe it’s because they give Tristan so little else to do?)

And like don’t get me wrong, Joey’s a dumbass a lot of the time and needs to get corrected by his pals...but...to the point he doesn’t know what an echo is? He’s a dumbass in a High School student sort of way, youknow?

Anyway, they get down to this big ravine, and they have to destroy this stone while the light passes over it. Kind of feels like a Breath of the Wild shrine quest, actually. In fact, I think Breath of the Wild recycled the shadow/sunlight pathing quest like 4 or 5 times. (I love Breath of the Wild to death but boy did they run out of ideas at the end there.)

They have to fight a glass monster and it’s kind of like...do you know the game Balls 3D? probably not, but it looked like a bunch of random shapes stuck together like a 90′s animation. They basically went to war with shapes.

Pure Himbo energy, has several pokemon, but punches for his pokemon instead of using them. A power move if I ever saw one.

Youknow that would make pokemon a lot more interesting if you could like throw out your pikachu, and then choose to just physically run up to your opponents Eevee and sock it in the jaw. Raise of hands--I know you all would love a version of pokemon like that. Let Ash Ketchum punch a Ratata.

Bro has informed me that Ash does do something like this in the anime. But I’m not talking about the anime, I’m talking about the video game. Give me the option to physically combat my rival. This is what I want, Pokemon.

They discover a way to break the monolith, and the show thinks we’re like actually 7 years old (because the show is Y7, although I forget because it deals with so many dark themes) so the show is going to hold on to this puzzle for a while...just to fill time. And it’s fine because we gotta switch over to Pharaoh anyway.

Yami has this dream again. He attempts to fuse with Dark magician to overcome the dream, but alas, he is still not strong enough.

Yugi wakes up in this murky cave while Tea is out washing out like...some rag? (he’s also still got a rag, so I guess multiple rags were required for how sweaty Yugi is.)

Yugi says “I feel like I’m a new man!” a lot in this episode, and every time he calls himself a man like he’s some sort of adult it’s very funny to me.

And then this plot lore dropped.

I mean I guess inevitably it had to happen...

But man, end of an era. It was freakin hilarious while it lasted: that Pharaoh refused to read ancient Egyptian because it’s like 2002 and he is a High Schooler living in Japan and he actually doesn’t WANT to resolve the mystery of the puzzle. Maybe the people who made this arc don’t know about how in S2 and S3, the fact Pharaoh couldn’t read Marik’s back tatt was like...a really big issue. He couldn’t read the God card, he couldn’t even read that massive tablet that read “HEY PHARAOH THIS IS LITERALLY YOU”. KAIBA had to tell him how to read the God card for him. Freakin Seto “Magic is a lie” Kaiba had to tell him how to use the God Card because Pharaoh couldn’t read it.

But like...Pharaoh finally gave in at some point after the world was devoured by the Leviathan, and before Kaiba finished building Kaibaland (which was already built in S1 but wtv)

The timelines on this show have always been a mishmash...but this one is just like...

...show are you trying to convince me that at any point in this show after season Zero, Pharaoh had any idea what he was doing? Did he sap that brain energy straight out of Joey Wheeler so he could do this?

Wow.

(secretly hoping he forgets how to read Egyptian after this arc is over and the show goes back to the other development team)

Pharaohs reasoning is that, if this is the riddle of the light.....

....then where is the riddle of darkness????????????

and when Tea was like “Pharaoh that is not even remotely logic. Omg it’s so bright outside, lets go back to gross cave.” and Pharaoh was like “Tea! You got it!” and she was like “What the hell are you talking about?”

Not gonna lie, I saw the Orichalcos green, and I got concerned.

Anyway, Yugi gets very frustrated and was like “ugh, lets go save em. They’re gonna die (again.)” and marches down there as if he didn’t pass out an hour ago.

And he fuses with Dark Magician again while everyone else (including his grandpa) was like “Yugi are you freakin kidding me? The suit freakin kills you omg! Tea you had one freakin job!”

And then we get the plot twist that...I mean it makes sense but it was choreographed in a confusing way.

And out of no where this guy shows up again:

So this mysterious man shows up and says “If you don’t succeed you have to live here forever” which...nice...that would probably save the world a lot of problems if Yami got locked away and took his OP puzzle with him. And then this man also says “if you do succeed you become VERY POWERFUL” and Yami was like. “...”

This whole episode had a theme to it, where Tristan and Joey were trying to prove that they could do things on their own and without Yugi’s help. And honestly...felt a little bit misplaced. Yami’s the same guy who murdered Yugi last season with the Orichalcos so like...

...I mean he is probably more reliable than Tristan who once died and turned into a robot monkey for 10ish episodes.

and then they flew into a glowing door.

Folks, this was wild to look at.

This is wild.

And at this point I closed Photoshop and thought I was done. But then I looked at my timeline on the video and was like...wait...there’s more?

and I’m really glad I kept watching because it went back to Alex, who...is apparently just still at those steps in this haunted ass Pyramid.

Now we’re watching Yugioh.

I forgot for a second when they turned Joey into a Himbo and made Pharaoh literate, but we’re back. I mean...

...look at the liner art on this adult man.

So...I posit the question...has Alex spent the last 2-3 episodes doing nothing but applying eyeliner to his face in the dark? Because he absolutely has. And honestly, the vibe of being in a spooky haunted pyramid with barely any light, just applying eyeliner down the edge of your face...that’s a Yugioh vibe, if I ever saw one.

This arc is wild. Anyway, next episode we do even more fetch quests and riddles? Just going to guess now that we probably will.

(and for those new here, this is a link so you can read them from the top. Which, since we’re in S5, means you got like...hours of Yugioh content to read through. Enjoy the rewards of my weird hobby.)

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

#Yugioh #Yu-Gi-Oh #yami yugi #S5 #Ep20 #It's actually Ep 20 now I was wrong last time #Yugi muto #Grandpa Muto #Alexander the Great #Joey Wheeler #Tristan Taylor #Tea Gardner #TeaxYugi #never thought I would ever use that tag #in this show where they are canonically dating but sometimes it happens #Puzzles and Dragons #Because yes I had to talk about it. This collab is great

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