#LIKE HOW TF IS THAT JOES FAULT

[andrwgarfields]

weird that agathario stans have something against billy/joe just because viewers pay attention to him as well 😭 and i saw someone tweeting abt how aaa’s popularity is based on agathario fans and how they won’t watch a s2 if its based on billy like ??? the entitlement is just bonkers

[bisluthq]

how is it Joe’s fault that she dumped him for another guy and lbr had been cheating on him with that same guy Iol, sure he didn’t want to go to zero bond on pap walks but no one has asked what did SHE do to joe, her partner of 6 years, who she admitted previously to picking fights with and blowing things out of proportion and making him “blue”. that’s what I think is weird is abt TTPD, it plays into some of her worst habits of wanting to settle scores. matty did some bad shit in how he ended it but also taylor was lovebombing tf outta him too lol with her grand gestures, writing a song telling him he painted all her nights colors she’s searched for since, calling him a meteor strike, i love you onstage, saying she’d never been so happy in her life onstage etc. that’s why they’re so toxic because it’s like two narcissistic artists who know what to say to the other. and I totally get why she wants to get it off her chest but again to me it’s like she gave into that ‘teenage petulance’, where what happened was somehow BOTH of the men’s faults despite her literally being smart savvy billionaire Taylor Swift.

”that’s why they’re so toxic because it’s like two narcissistic artists who know what to say to the other” - Tatty are very toxic.

Joe I think just… wasn’t what she wanted anymore lol and that’s like 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ he wasn’t making an effort in the way she needed and she was right to leave.

[white-poppie]

Chaotic Tokyorev  Headcanons

A/N: This is very chaotic so be warned. Who said woman can’t be funny? Kiss my ass :3

(Bonus: Random memes i found)

Tokyo 卍 Revengers (東京卍リベンジャーズ)

Mikey

Manz has severe like severeee indigestion problems. Like all this guy does is eat and sleep?? So he burps so loud. Imagine being in a meeting, complete silence, lots of focus and this midget just goes BURRRPPP.

He is so hecking annoying like bro stop sending Beluga videos at 3AM, poor Draken is trying to sleep.

He once changed Draken’s ringtone to CPR by Cuppcake. They were in a meeting and Draken recieved a call,oh boy, entire of Toman saw Draken’s dArK ImPulSes while the background music kept playing. “I am here to serve you customer service~~”

Draken

Man is too tall to be in Japan lmao, that one time he was walking with Mikey, he miscalculated how much he would need to bend to enter the door way. Ended up bonking his face straight into the wall.

He is barely ever sleep at night, reasons: overthinking, living in a brothel and most importantly, Baji and Mikey who send him random videos that he has to pretend to not find funny. Like that one time Baji sent him a video of Spongebob saying ‘YOAIMO’ on loop.

He is so quiet sometimes you would think there is something wrong. What actually goes in his mind is: ‘What if Baji suddenly shat in his pants again in the middle of a fight?’ or ‘if the earth is round, is it Mikey’s fault?’

Draken:

Me: 🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗

Baji

is the kind of person who’s only response to any kind of insult is “YoUr MoM.”

Like Mf its not my mom who cried because I had to repeat a school year. 

You : “Baji you look like shit.”  Baji: “jOe MAmA” *insert windshield wiper laugh*  My guy, you aint funny 😐😑

He once went to Ken saying, “Oi do you know Draken?” Draken is like: 😐 brother wut Baji: DRAKEN DEEZ NUTS-

(He ended up face flat on ground that day)

Chifuyu

Best boy 😤

I just knowww he reads soo much smut and weirdass wattpad books. Like the books he reads are so Satire.

the shit is like: marked by the alpha, sold to the mafia boss by my parents, kidnapped by One direction,  BTS are my bullies and I fall in love with them and  the vampire is my mate.

I don’t even need to be told twice. He is a twice stan, no questions asked. e was home alone and was playing some songs while bathing. After he came out a particular song: TT by Twice started playing and boi he couldn’t resist dancing. He wasn’t aware that baji had come home and the door was a little open, Baji saw him dancing with exaggerated steps with only a towel .

In case you wanna see the steps: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxG_GPqC87wi8QjUpoI4IbwcPmo3flsJpS

Kazutora

He gets anxious so easilyy (he is me, I am him).

Once he was with Chifuyu helping in the ship, stalking one of the crates he by mistake dropped an item on Chifuyu’s leg.

He got confused between saying:  ‘Are you okay?’ and ‘I am sorry’

He ended up yelling at his face, “ARE YOU SORRY?” And Chifuyu is just like: 🙂 tf you high on dood?

He has some...interesting choice of words when it comes to certain things. Like one time Chifuyu and him were watching a movie and he randomly went, “damn, her Tatas are so big.” Chifuyu ended up spilling the cold drink on his tatas due to laughing so much instead.

If bad things happen in your life, don’t blame yourself-

Mitsuya

Okay so we know he is an amazing brother you takes good care of his sisters. But for some reason the rest of toman also expects him to take care of them?

Like that one time when Baji set fire to car when people were still inside and he was forced to apologize to a veryy naked couple in the middle of the road at that time.

Or when when a girl was fixated upon Hakkai and he had to pretend to be his boyfriend to drive her off.

And also at the time when a very sleepy Mikey showed up in the middle of the night asking him for some snacks and everything was finished so he made him have half-cooked rice with peanut butter. 

Hakkai

Pretty Boyyy🥺❤❤ And also fruity icon. Mf have you seen his wallpaper? “Takaa channn”

The Tiktok kid who puts TW on the weirdest of things. Like: TW! : bunny-hats, dirty shoes and sometimes even TW! Asian ppl. My love, you ARE Asian.

He forgets about how huge he is sometimes, so he ends up breaking so many things.

Like that one time Mitsuya dared him to hold a girl’s hand. He did so, she felt comfortable and they started walking, he suddenly lifted his arm up and that poor girl was dangling like a keychain:  🧍‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️. Thank fully her arm didn’t break, but he never held hands with anyone again.

hands and doors aren’t the only things this boy can break

HMMM... lets take a moment and think about Hakkai’s wallpaper :))

Sanzu

All we accept in this house is Sanzu slander :)) 

Sanzu stans be jumping red flags like its olympics all year

Mf got so high once, he started humping a tree...in a kids park.

A parent came upto him and asked, “sir what are you, doing, this is a kids park, please keep that in mind.”

He looked dead in their eye, blinked and said, “Oh, I am sorry, I’ll turn on my kiddie mode.” (2 minutes later)

Sanzu: “WHAT DOES A FOX SAY?” Kids:  Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!!

Also once he said to Bonten Mikey that his hair  looks like that of a karen. Ran and Rindou feared for his life that day.

Unironically says YEET when he throws something.

Has a group chat with Ran and Rindou called The Boyz 🥶🔥⛓

JOJO NO KIMYO NA BOKEN AIZU OIFU HEABWEN

Smiley ( Kawata Nahoya)

This boy right here is a menace to society.

This guy has so much lice in his hair. He never washes it. Souya was once looking at him picking something from his hair and chewing it. Mf was picking out lice and eating it like a hecking monkey. (Bro how did you not get Aids by now?)

He sleep-talks. A lot. Him and Souya were sleeping one day and baby boy started whimpering. Poor Angry thought he was having a bad dream and tried to wake him up. He ended up getting kicked in the face while him yelling “WHAT DA DOG DOIN?”

He once thought that him and Souya should name their attacks like those in MHA and Naruto.  The neighbours were just looking at them yelling while standing 4 feet away from each other like:  🧍‍♂️  and yelling like Naruto and Sasuke “SOUYAAA” “NAHOYAA” “SOUYAAA” “NAHOYAA” “ROUNDO HOUSEO KICKKEU!!” ”ONE PUNCHO IN YOUR FACEUU!!” and all this while standing like a statue.

“DIE, YAY, MURDER, YAY” : Master Oogway

Angry (Kawata Souya)

This little gremlin, he is so pretty:(((

He is so respectful that its funny. 

So once he had a s/o. They were all dressed up for him, *wink wonk*. So they are just lying there like draw me like one of your french girls. And bro he opened the door. Stood there staring into their soul for a few seconds, turned around and slammed the door in their face while yelling, “I am sorry I should have knocked!” Ruined the whole mood.

His brother knows everything that happens in his life. Your crush on Mitsuya? Smileys knows. You skipping a class? Smiley knows. The time when Chifuyu tried to subtly fart? Smiley knows. Baji’s crappy “Deez” jokes? Smiley KNOWS.

He just such a cute little and fragile dandelion UwU who can turn Ran into Ranabelle UwU.

Shuji Hanma

As much as I hate this bitch...he is hot in the timeskip only)

You think Hakkai was bad? He makes wholeass overdramatic TikTok povs. Shit is like: “I am your boyfriend and the police is arresting me.” Mf goes  making such weird faces. 

He gets sooo mad when you compare him to Nishinoya from Haikyuu.

He also says “SHEESH’ and lip-bites obnoxiously

Oh did I forget to mention about how he tried to  make that one video of doing the ‘bapsae’ hip thrust? I am talking about this thing. Yeah...dude lost his balance due to bending too much, mf was so AGRESSIVE when I tell you. It wasn’t even hot anymore, looked like he was having an itch. smh

The clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/dX6RTlhW2ZY?feature=share

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[daisy-chain11]

There are people on twitter mostly, hating on Joseph quinn cuz he got nominated for an award and caleb didnt and like. They wouldnt even be nominated in the same categories (hes got a supporting role nomination, which caleb wouldnt have been even nominated for) , and its not josephs fault some award shows overlook black actors. Why are they even bringing joseph into it and being horrible tf

This annoys me so much. People saying ‘how is he nominated for 1 hours screen time’ like it’s a SUPPORTING actor nomination, that’s literally what it means!

I completely understand the implications of Caleb not being nominated, throughout his entire time on ST. I do think he deserved a nomination, and it’s incredibly sus that he’s the only one of the main S4 players who didn’t get a nod. BUT…how is that anything to do with Joe or Eddie?

Plus I didn’t see the outrage like this when Robert Englund got an Emmy nom for his 5 mins as Victor Creel- because that’s the nature of the award. SUPPORTING.

[genoc1d3r]

my turn to cry - thoughts on 3-1b

ok this has actually gotta be my favorite chapter cause holy shit so much stuff happened.

I played the Alice/kanna route and afterwards I watched a vod with the reko/shin route in which ranmaru and naomichi died before the banquet, so BIG SPOILER WARNING FOR BOTH ROUTES

Mafia Princess Sara??: Ok so first off, back in the beginning of 2020, I had a theory that Sara was a mafia heiress and that the death game was supposed to be something to “prepare” her. And that her memories were wiped or she was initially supposed to be kept blind to this whole thing (In 3-1a when everybody saw the consent form for the very first time everybody felt a sense of deja vu, except for Sara. Because why would they need her consent when she is the sole focus of the game and it’s all for her) This theory was mainly supplied by my confusion surrounding the hiring of Kai, cause why would mr Chidouin hire a former assassin to protect her?? How did he even know Kai??? But yeah, the whole thing with Shinobu Gokujo and deciding a new don through a death game just adds a lil more validity to this theory.

Sara’s real father: I also had a mini theory that Gashu Satou was her real father, but that was mostly cause of their hair color and how it would def make Sara’s hair color make more sense genetics-wise (but kai has black hair, so its most likely that his mother had black hair, which would also disprove this mini-theory but yk im not here to prove it just talk about it). And that Gashu knew of Mr. Chidouin and gave Sara to him, and it would also explain why mr Chidouin chose Kai of all people to look after her and why Kai could only watch her from a distance, in case she realized the truth that he was her brother/half-brother or something. 

GREENBLINGS CANON AAAAAAAA: I love this, I love this so much oh my god. Now I can replay and cry after 2-2 cause nankidai hates us :’). I dont have an issue with this specifically, I’m just a bit bothered by how the whole thing went. There was some buildup yea, and the cg with kanna, kugie, and shin was amazing. And that lil bit about nice hallucinations made me tear up a bit. But, then everybody kinda just moved on? and idk this whole chapter was a fuckign roller coaster I could barely keep up.

Autistic Gin <3: I’m autistic myself and I have seen many characters who are autistic-coded or exhibit many signs of autism but have never been straight up confirmed (Ex: Vera Misham from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney). And even then, these characters usually share similar personality traits like being aloof and reserved. So it’s nice to see that Gin is representing autism in a relatively realistic manner with his hyperfixations, vocal tics, and issues with socializing. Even after nearly dying like 17 times he’s still doing well and I genuinely wish for his survival and happiness.

Ranmaru’s death: Both of Ranmaru’s deaths, (if you or if you don’t fail the electricity absorption minigame) the death feels so... off? I was really attached to him as a character, yet his death didn’t impact as much as Joe’s or Nao’s did. During his Banquet death, one second he had his really cute smiling sprite but then whoops oh no guys weird drill screw thing kills him (again). I still can barely comprehend it because it all just happened so fast. Like no cg or anything. I was honestly kinda disappointed. The “delayed” one does a better job at his death scene, but again, it was wayyy too quick and completely dismissed as everybody just moves on to defeat Maple 2.0. I at least would’ve appreciated a better transition than Midori just saying “well anyways–”

 Ranmaru’s extremely quick descent into madness in the shin route: I actually liked this idea of Ranmaru willing to go to such extremes for Sara. However, theres barely time for any of this to develop? Like again, everything just happens so fast??? I would've definitely liked if there were little hints around before the body discovery that ranmaru was gonna do something like this, just a little time for development would really be cool.

Mr. Policeman/Mr. Tazuna???: After I finished, I actually looked on the wiki to see if it said anything about his son that he mentioned and I found this: 

But yeah thats cool

The thing about Q-taro: I’m gonna say it now, I’ve liked Q-taro ever since the aftermath of 1-2, and Q-taro haters have added absolutely nothing to this fandom. Everybody saw him as a child-hater, I see him as a guy who’ll do anything to survive and succeed. I mean that wish is kinda what got him into the death game. And yeah he did try to leave that one time, but that’s what getting thrown into traumatic killing games does for you, most people don’t want to die, they want to live, no matter what it takes. We can’t all be the main character and choose to cooperate with everybody and be the “good” person in that situation. Even Sara has those extremely selfish moments and those intrusive thoughts of winning and leaving. 

This whole thing should also be applied to Ranmaru. Ranmaru has gone through so much shit in such a brief amount of time, to the point where he was considering to/actually kill people to escape with the one person he trusted in this hellhole. In that situation, Sara’s kinda at fault here, cause without Joe she’s lost her sense of morality which resulted in her becoming selfish and well... honestly kinda toxic. This emotional manipulation is really what set Ranmaru off, however it was 100% his decision to fucking kill somebody and murder’s bad. Still love him though.

But back to Qtaro, I really enjoyed the extra substance given to him in this chapter, it’s nice to see the development from being selfish to feeling deep remorse to protecting the dolls of the first trial victims, most notably Mai. As he completely forgives her for stabbing him. The chapter did a great job at fueling my already intense love for Q-taro (and it actually convinced my best friend who claims to hate Q-taro with every bone of her body to like him too!) I also love the father-son dynamic between him and Gin. I find this relationship to be really important cause Gin’s father is an abusive alcoholic and Q-taro’s an orphan who’s never had a proper role-model in his life. So it’s beautiful that despite not having anybody there for him when he was younger he can still be a good figure for another child.

Predictions/hopes for the next part: 

I just want to see whether Shin already knew about Kanna being his sister, and if he doesn’t I want a reveal. Right. Now.

A Ranmaru/Joe/Q-taro/Kai/ “Hinako” revival, p l e a se  they died so soon

More info about the people involved in the Hades Incident/Shinobu Gokujo

More info regarding Meister

Sara going on Maury

Who tf is “Hinako”????

I really hope that there isn't any specific good/bad ending. Like I want every ending to be equally bad and good yk? like equal consequences and good stuff.

Yo wtf happened to Sara’s mom?? Is she gonna come back and play a more important role in the story?? Are her parents gonna come back as floor masters???

I want things to actually change  depending on whether you picked Alice or reko, cause so far they’ve played extremely minor roles.

[talkingtea]

Ok here’s why I personally thought BL S4 was a hot mess (but still better than anything TF has recently released)

SPOILERS

Overall the storyline was all over the place. They brought in new characters that were obviously supposed to facilitate with the main actors’ storyline but I felt like it was empty and took away from it instead? There was too much focus on the painkiller, he had a plot that just didn’t make sense (I think it’s because they were setting him up for his own show but he had like 2 whole eps dedicated to him that just didn’t fit). Same old with Tobias, Lala, Lady eve etc. Villains doing the same thing season after season is just boring. It’s was clear that Crisis changed things in their lives but it was never fully explained so there were just these huge plot holes that made no sense. All the characters had no development, it actually felt like they were reverting. The “Jen changing identity” plot was surprising the saving grace of the season.

Jeff: Completely unhinged in the first few episodes. Attacking police unprovoked, getting into fights, refusing to be BL when there was war going on in freeland. It was so bad, it even had me wondering what the hell happened to those ‘Injustice Protocols’?? They named dropped the flash in an ep so Barry was present in his life but did nothing? Do those protocols only apply to when Barry is a danger to others?? Anyway, he was basically a Joe level deadbeat at some point. And everything we established about his character in S1 and his development was basically destroyed. His relationship with Lynn and the girls was non-existent. Armageddon Jeff did him a favour.

Jen/Anissa: No development at all. Jen stayed the troublemaking hothead “little girl” that doesn’t listen, but worse. I could never figure out what they were doing with her character?? Like I understand she’s supposed to be a teen but the attitude she has all the time was exhausting to watch. Anissa stayed the same. Like I couldn’t even tell you what her character arc has been throughout the show? Consistently angry? And her powers never grew which bothered me. They could’ve done a lot more with her. Career driven but still makes time for everyone, supportive, loved by the people, wants to protect others, proud to be black and a lesbian etc. She could’ve stolen the show if they let her.

Lynn: Lynn… Oh don’t even get me started on her 😭. It’s like they sat down and put together all the ways they could make her unlikeable. Do you know how Mirror Iris was towards Barry? She was like that but 1000x worse. Which annoyed me the most because it just fit into so many stereotypes about black women. She somehow managed to blame Jeff for literally everything. Tobias is trying to ruin their life? Jeffs fault. The girls got injured on a mission that he told them not to go on? Jeff’s fault? It rained today? Jeff’s fault. The milk is expired? Jeff’s fault. And she was completely unsympathetic to the fact that he was still grieving (she actually told him to get over it). I think the biggest mistake they made with the show was trying to force a relationship between them when there didn’t need to be one. They were separated for a reason, she could’ve still been a part of the show and family without the romance needing to be rekindled. The flash has many faults, but I will always be thankful that they wrote Iris as a matriarch that is proud of and supports her superhero husband and kids. Lynn on the other hand… And this isn’t just S4, she was like this throughout the duration of the show. But she was also let down as a character because her family were very unsupportive of her addiction and brushed off her ideas a lot because she wasn’t “like them”.

I could honestly go into more detail, but spoilers and also I feel like I’m being too critical about the show. It has its faults, but it’s not too bad. Maybe it was cancelled before it could reach it’s full potential 🤷🏽‍♀️

Sorry this was a lot longer than I intended it to be

☕️☕️☕️

[kendalroys]

ok so im gonna say it cause why tf not

I love Booker as you all know. i personally myself don’t agree with the 100 year exile. but I get that other people do. like okay that’s your opinion. I get the take that the team also needs space from him from what he did. 

but one thing that kinda drives me nuts is seeing people be like “Booker sold his friends out to be tortured and experimented on” because like. that was never. part of the plan. and I get that it is 100% his and Copley’s fault that it DID go that far. but I get weird when i see people act like it was part of Booker’s plan for the team to be captured and tortured. the plan was clearly always supposed to just get DNA samples from the scene where they get killed then come back to alive first (which didn’t work out cause of how they killed everyone else - yes they didnt think it through right. someone just yesterday talked about this here and put it down more coherently for sure.

anyway my point is , booker didn’t “sell” the family out to be tortured. for one he wasn’t planning on making a profit from this shit he planned to find a way to die from it. he didnt plan for anyone to be captured (see copley being like “I can get you one” - that one was obviously just gonna be Booker himself). and yeah again, he could have gone about it in a way where jsut he was harmed. but the mental illness part of it all like him and Copley didnt think striaght. they were very much focusesd on their plans. getting help so someone didnt suffer the way his wife did - Copley, and dying - Booker

so im just like ajgijag idk every time i see it i just go a ‘lil insane just a ‘lil 

(also still mad about the person who said Booker is basically Joe and Nicky’s abuser yeah) 

[wickedpact]

I saw someone comment that if nicky and joe actually had a speed-run version of a romance it wouldn't be much better than rey/kylo (ie: nicky's redemption should be a *process* and not a single act; it'd take more than just "i'm switching sides and fighting with you" for joe to truly forgive him... which is ENTIRELY reasonable/understandable) - do you think the comparison is fair? (I mean, Nicky wasn't a space nazi but he WAS an indoctrinated religious radical)

well..... no, for a variety of reasons (allow me to say beforehand that i dont really... hate r*ylo or r*ylo in general but im.. hm, not a fan of the ship or the sequel trilogy)

edit: i am actually going to put this under a cut bc its longer than i thought it was when i wrote it

first of all i think theres something to be said abt the fact that ben (im just gonna call him ben so this post doesnt come up in search) is a space nazi. hes part of a fictional group of people who oppress a different fictional group of people, despite having some inspiration taken from rl. nicky was part of an invasion force that existed in real history, a part of a war that has had far-reaching effects in the real world to this day. as much as nicolo himself is fictional, neither the crusades nor the ideologies that had a part in fueling them are. so it feels a bit crass to compare the two.

(also like.. man, the sith blew up two (three?) planets. thats like several billion people each, how are you supposed to compare almost cartoonish villainy like that to real life?)

secondly ben had like... presumably more power over the situation than nicky did, idk what the situation is for ben’s backstory in canon terms rn, (its been more or less retconned a couple times i believe), but ben was the child of two powerful and privileged people and likely received all the education in the world on why Murder And Fascism Bad.

he was like? supposedly groomed by snoke, but what does that even mean? anakin went to the dark side bc he valued the life of his wife more than the lives of all the jedi. simple as that. he was manipulated but he still willingly assisted in a genocide to achieve his own personal goals, how can you just step back and say ‘ben was manipulated into it its not his fault’ when he no doubt knew better that Blowing Up Planets Bad. but then even on top of that.. .we dont really know nicky’s exact situation prior to the crusades which brings me to the next point,

what we know abt nicky’s mindset in the crusades era:

greg said once that ‘it was a time of religious hatred’ which is. vague.

one of the promo vids said nicky was ‘ a young knight who had left the priesthood behind to follow the crusade ‘ which is.. vague

nicky himself said ‘he was taught to hate’ joe’s ‘people’ which is... vague

the comics shows a dialogue-less couple of panels of joe and nicky killing each other which is..................... vague

we really dont know that much about nicky’s situation other than he was ‘taught to hate’, which is how all hatred works, hatred isnt a biologically ingrained behavior, its always taught. ‘taught to hate’ can mean everything from someone slapping him on the back one day and going ‘hey those muslims suck’ to full ass brainwashing, who tf knows. we can only guess based off historical information, and tog has proven itself to not be historically accurate several times over now. so you really cant compare nicky’s mindset to ben’s bc we dont know what nicky’s mindset was.

but even then theres a difference between ‘i was taught incorrect information and i formerly believed i was doing a good thing and i now am beginning to realize that i am not’ and ‘ive been knowingly evil (literally red lightsaber and all) for literal years but ive just decided to change my mind bc i had a vision of my father (whomst i murdered) asking me to be good again’

(i mean come on, ben was actively resisting his good impulses. ‘forgive me i feel the pull to the light again’. )

lastly i also dont think thats fair to tog bc i wouldnt count r*ylo as a ‘speedrun’. it was set up in tlj, the problem with r*ylo is that it was bounced between two directors who not only had different visions for the franchise, but conflicting visions for the franchise and? seemingly they didnt collaborate at all. so if it feels like ben and rey were ping pong-ing back and forth between being enemies and borderline-lovers, its bc they were created by two men with completely different ideas of what the relationship looked like + they were at the mercy of a company which has pretty singlemindedly dedicated itself to lowest-common-denominator media that offends Nobody and thus tried to pass them off as pseudo-canon so neither the shippers nor the antis would get Mad. tog doesnt have these problems.

i think the idea of joe and nicky blinking once at each other and just immediately falling in love is, while fun and hilarious, a bit silly realistically bc thats generally not how feelings Work (I Dont Believe In Love At First Sight). going on a 24hr murder-bender and immediately going ‘oh wait im actually in love with this person who just brutally murdered me’ isnt comparable to two people who have a couple hours’ worth of content focused around essentially being inside of eachother’s brains and learning why the other Is The Way They Are. r*ylo didnt come out of nowhere, it was lead up to (just really poorly)

realistically, i think joe and nicky would like. at least have to get to know each other a little before they could convincingly fall in love imo, but theres rlly nothing comparable there with ben and rey to me

[rigelsenshis]

the old guard + dæmons

a completely self-indulgent au bcos dæmons sit squarely in the Top Five Best Storytelling Concepts Ever Created and i will absolutely fight you on this it’s the hill i will die on

i made a post about this that evolved in a beautiful thread, with so many great ideas being shared by a lot of wonderful people, and then spent a couple of days thinking about possible shapes and possible names and this probably longer-than-comfortable post is the result of all that so i hope you enjoy let’s discuss let’s talk about this god i just love dæmons so much

first things first, some ground rules of how dæmons might work when taking into account the old guard’s particular flavor of immortality. @fleurdufeu suggested that the dæmon gets Severed with the person’s first death, the one that triggers immortality. and with each death (@en-sam-malas also brought this up) the dæmon can travel farther and farther away and can stay awake when their human is sleeping, contributing to the general idea of Otherness™ the old guard carries with them, especially in a world with a dæmons. @dearest--gertrude also suggested that just like the first deaths takes longer to return back from, dæmons would be slower to reappear— taking maybe two or three days the first time (which would add to the shock of having discovered immortality bcos like??? i’m alive??? and without my dæmon??? what the fuck???) to movie-time when the dæmon’s body is already there even before the human comes back to life. which only leads to the fact that when the final death comes the dæmon does disappear in a puff of golden dust like in hdm and creates a general wave of Angst (like i imagine that’s how Andy and Quynh knew that it was Lykon’s time, bcos his dæmon just disappeared and didn’t return)

@en-sam-malas added two Great Ideas, which is that most of the old guard would not have grown up with the taboo of not touching other people’s dæmons and so would use them in battle against other humans (which highlights their Otherness™ once again), and that their dæmons can probably undergo changes of shape— not as frequent as a child but following big traumatic events, like their first death, huge losses and grief and so on, and that’s the idea i’ve built on when looking for suitable shapes for each of them so here we fucking go (note that i did omit Lykon bcos we know so little of him atm but maybe when more material comes out we’ll be able to figure him out better???)

Nile

i’d like to think that as times grow more modern, dæmons’ names grow more modern as well— bcos Nile’s from Chicago, her dæmon could be called Jazz (bcos of the city’s history with the music genre) or Hopper (bcos Hopper’s Nighthawks is in Chicago and Nile loves art??? is it a stretch??? i’m open to better ideas for sure). her dæmon probably settled sometime after her father’s death into a german shepherd, as suggested by @stevie-harrington bcos in hdm many soldiers are shown to have a dog dæmon and dog dæmons are reliable and intelligent, pack animals that can hold their own in a fight. when she comes back from her first death Hopper is not with her, which only adds to the uneasiness the other marines feel around her bcos how tf is she alive without her dæmon this is just Wrong. he reappears when she wakes up in the back of the van, and it’s only on the plane that she realised that something is different about him and that he’s not exactly a german shepherd anymore— i’d like for his first changed shape to be one of those dogs that could be wolves and toy the line between the two (bcos it’s a bit more wild and also bcos i’d like Andy to have a wold dæmon and for Nile’s to resemble Andy’s since it’s vaguely implied she will take her place as leader of the old guard)

Booker

Booker’s dæmon is called Manette (which means “bitter”/”bitterness” and i mean,,,,nomen omen) and when it first settled it was a marmoset, as suggested by both @mewbotz and @fleurdufeu, an animal dexterous enough to help him with his forgeries and also deeply family oriented (marmosets mate for life are very involved in bringing up younglings which would make sense to Booker falling deep into desperation once his family passes). Manette changes the first time when he dies, and again @fleurdufeu suggests she could turn into a carrion crow to blend in with the others while Booker hangs for three/four days, brings him idk insects to eat and stays on his shoulder and they both cry bcos they don’t understand what happened to them and they feel each other but they’re also so different (crows are also family oriented and they mimic sounds so in theory she’s like her previous form but also with trauma and the imagery of death). she could turn into a cinereous vulture when the last members of Booker’s family die, reserved and passive and isolated, and then during movie-time she’s something even smaller, maybe even a mouse, bcos grief has twisted Booker into something that he himself cannot recognise and he sleeps with Manette in his hands like he used to do when she was a monkey and it feels almost the same but not quite. i’d assume that after the ordeal with Quynh she changes shape again, maybe if he starts healing up a bit??? 

Nicky + Joe

they go together bcos a) obviously and b) their dæmons have very similar stories and changes of shape so it makes sense for me to talk about them together

i called Nicky’s dæmon Glauca, which is a sort of shortening of the Homeric epithet given to the goddess Athena, glaukôpis aka bright-eyed (you get it??? like Nicky himself when will Luca’s eyes leave me in peace the answer is never). bcos he was born in a coastal city i’d like to his dæmon to have settled into a sea bird, and i chose the shape of a scopoli’s shearwater, a bird that’s native to Liguria and a good swimmer

i chose Zahara for Joe’s dæmon, a name that means most exquisite bcos i thought about the fact that he was an artist and a poet but i’m Very Much Open to more informed opinions than mine. Zahara’s first shape could have been a fennec, native to Northern Africa and a very outgoing kind of animal which i feel would match Joe’s personality

the first change for both of them is, again obviously, when they kill each other for the first time. when they find their dæmons again after having spent like three days in a blind rage and confusion and pain and where is my dæmon have it lost her what have i become it’s his fault they’re both smaller in dimension, bcos they’re in shock, and more vicious than their original shape, so i picked a stoat for Nicky and a genette for Joe— both small carnivores, native one to Europe and the other to North Africa, and they just tear into each other again for a not-better-specified amount of days it’s just sword scimitar teeth claws whatever. i then see Nicky and Joe sort of “making peace” and travelling together from Jerusalem to the sea, where they part ways, and the shock is so great, the reflection they go through when they’re apart so massive that causes another change, this one the farthest away from their “personality” as they struggle to understand who they are now and what they have become. Zahara becomes a blackbird and Glauca a cape hare, shapes that neither of them feel like are right

when they both start to make peace with what they have become and realise that there might be Feelings popping out, say like a couple of centuries after Jerusalem they’ve caught glimpses of each other in other Crusades and such, both dæmons change into cats. smaller cats for now, and when Joe and Nicky go and look for each other and find each other in Malta and realise that they love each other and share some poetic and lyrical declaration of eternal adoration they wake up and find their dæmons in similar shapes— big cats, like @mewbotz suggested. Joe’s dæmon settles into a leopard, majestic and sun-like, while Nicky’s becomes a panther, hiding in the shadows, fiercely protective and betraying Nicky’s nature of actually being a Pretty Dangerous Guy. and @mewbotz goes on to say that Joe and Nicky are so inseparable that their dæmons actually follow the other around, a way to always make sure they’re safe, and so it looks like Joe’s the one with Glauca the panther and Nicky’s the one with Zahara the leopard and in that way they’re never really apart and it’s Beautiful

Quynh

bcos they’re both so old, i have this idea that neither Quynh not Andy remember the actual very first shape their dæmon took (like Andy says that she doesn’t remember the faces of her sisters, for example). i’d like for him to be called Giao Long, a name lifted from Vietnamese myths about dragons, but again i only acquired this knowledge through internet searches so if anyone more informed wants to weigh in i’d be Very Happy

when Quynh’s riding with Andy, her dæmon is a crested serpent eagle, as suggested by @fleurdufeu, with the beautiful image of it flying close to Quynh’s arrow as it sails towards its target like @mewbotz said. the fact that their dæmons are so eerie and strange contribute to the English townspeople believing Quynh and Andy are witches, and when they throw Quynh overboard her dæmon is left flying above the water and it’s just a horrible cycle of madness with the dæmon changing shape to a bird to a fish to an insect reaching her into her cage flying above just mad with grief and pain like Quynh herself is

they find each other when she gets out but they’re both broken and twisted in an ugly way, and the dæmon has turned into something she can keep close— i’d partial to the idea of a snake bcos she was “a pit viper in a fight” and even tho they can separate like every other immortal they never do bcos the trauma is too great

Andy

i got Andy’s dæmon’s name from the Italian wikipedia page about Scythians and for the life of me i can’t find the same info in english but like, apparently there was a mythical/semi-mythical Scythian king called Colassai??? i find it a very fitting name and like Andy herself he could have shortened it to Cole in the modern age

Andy doesn’t remember his first shape (but i realised the deer was a pretty important animal in Scythian culture so maybe it could have been one???), but when she meets Lykon her dæmon is a wild boar— still an earthbound animal, brutal in a fight to match her axe-wielding fighting style. when she meets Quynh, their dæmons match (immortal wives and immortal husbands with matching dæmons for the win) and @fleurdufeu suggested it might be a golden eagle, The™ steppes’ predator

losing Quynh definitely triggers a change of shape and Andy’s dæmon becomes earthbound once again, as if Quynh’s death clipped its wings, and it become maybe a fox??? smaller, still vicious, still useful in a fight. then, when Andy’s in Australia with Achilles (as per the comics but also the movie bcos i think they showed Andy’s portrait in the cave) her dæmon could take the shape of an Australian-born animal, maybe a dingo??? and in movie-time her dæmon is a full out wolf, leader of the pack, brutal in a fight— and Nile’s dæmon slowly starts to resemble Andy’s wolf

and that’s the end of this dissertation-length monstrosity if you managed to get here wow i’m truly Moved

[andrwgarfields]

That subset of stans is so odd, we got this great show with a fun group of actors who love each other, there’s plenty to enjoy even if you aren’t a fan of every character and every actor. But it seems like they’re constantly looking for opportunities to be miserable and antagonize Joe/Billy and his fans, just because he ended up having a larger role in the show than Aubrey/Rio. Which anyone who was paying any attention to the promo (or literally just read the show’s synopsis lol) would have known was the case from the beginning. I saw one of them complaining that the Assembled video didn’t talk about the Agathario kiss but did talk about the Wiccan costume like 😭 They talked about all the characters’ costumes and none of the kisses?? Because the video was mostly about celebrating the work of the costume and production designers, who deserve their flowers? I knew there would be negativity around Agatha All Along from the incels, I didn’t expect so much of it to come from inside the house smh

YKNOW WHAT THEY WERE MAD ABOUT? THEY WERE MAD CAUSE THE ASSEMBLED SHOWED ANOTHER BILLY/EDDIE KISS THAT WAS NOT IN THE SHOW, BUT AGATHARIO DID NOT HAVE ANY like thats what they were mad about like i beg you pls stop being pathetic like how tf is this any of joes fault? Also some were mad cause it “told them what they already know” like…isnt that the whole point😭

Its so weird how they turned against joe and got so angry because ONE episode was dedicated towards him and when NOTHING was promised regarding a certain ship so idk where they got the idea that this ship was supposed to be the CENTRAL PLOT of the show and pray tell why are they not seeing more of agatha and rio like huh????? we’ve always known its abt agatha and this mysterious teen we were supposed to find out abt. Its the way they act so entitled that i cannot stand it. Ppl do watch because of other characters and not a ship yknow 🤮😭

and very much agree like hate from incels i understand, its so repetitive i can ignore. But this hate from ppl who watch the show i cannot get. Also anon we’re apparently the dumb ones who do not have media literacy cause its supposed to be about agatha and rio duhhhh thats why ppl are always speculating abt who teen is and also why kathryn and joe did all the press together lol oh we’re also the evil ones cause we keep asking them to shut up when all we want is them to shut up abt joe lol ohoh also loving joe means we’re misogynistic and lesbophobic 😱

[dreamofstarlight]

I always hate reading something about Rosemary and people always go "they ruined her" like who tf is they??? why do people put all her siblings along with their father?? it's blaming someone for their grandfather's actions. All the siblings loved Rosemary and Rosemary loved them and they were all angry with their father for what happened. She would never wish a curse upon her siblings who she loved. It's just so annoying. The whole curse thing itself is annoying bc like what curse??? people die in big families and lots of them lived to old age, hell Rose lived to be 104. If a curse was real the trumps would've had it.

IT'S ALL JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY SR'S FAULT. like most things in the family. Most of the kids were very very mad that their father went through with the procedure when he was told multiple times by the surgeon that he wasn't sure it would work and it was a very new procedure. they were even angrier that she was exiled from the family and wasn't told where she was.

On the topic of the curse, they were a political family before candidates had security and secret service was intense and protection for the president was obnoxious but necessary, they even have a particular way of holding the door for the president so he's protected. After Jack was shot, they stopped having open-top car parades. The Inauguration Walk is the only time they do something like that. After Bobby died every major candidate hired an increased personal security force. Ted was an idiot for the Chappaquiddick incident, and it would have never happened if Bobby wasn't killed. Most of them have died of natural causes or old age. As I've pointed out with a lot of the third generation, they had to grieve publicly twice in a decade, had to have the whole world say goodbye to their uncle or dad. Funeral service? public. burial? public. them being shot and killed? public. they didn't get privacy at the most emotional and turbulent times of their lives so for them to be expected to just act normally and not give into any vices. The oldest RFK boys had to become surrogate fathers for their younger siblings. Joe II and Bobby Jr had to be pallbearers for their father at 16 and 14. They were going through major traumatic experiences and maybe that affected how they act but no one wants to examine that. It's all just a curse, not anything that happened during these kid's most formative years.

[bisluthq]

even when presented with pure facts gnat somehow finds a way to deflect and claim Joe isn’t using taylor to his advantage I’m crying

Obviously dating one of the most famous woman in the world will give his social media a boost, everyone has eyes on what he will do, if he’ll post about her, etc etc. But how is that his fault lmfao? If he was using her for his advantage he would USE her like post pictures of her or whatever tf lol y’all make zero sense

Ya no one is saying it’s not Swifties providing his engagement. It is. But that’s like why he’s a hermit because he doesn’t use her.

[jean----ralphio]

IT’S BoB LIVEBLOG TIME

Episode 1 is under the cut!

Warning, I swear a lot... and am very in love with RSJ so a lot of this was just me pointing at the screen and screaming RICH and then remembering you can’t see me so writing it down...

Episode 1: Curahee! Curaahhee? Curraahhee? I can’t spell so I’m renaming it Ross is a punk bitch

Buckle up my babies, this will be a carcrash!

00:01 Here we fucking go aw yis

00:11 Aw who’s this? I wish they named the gentlemen at the start of the episodes, I wanna know who is who :s

00:25 Shifty, is that you my angel son?

00:41 OMG you guys… these men are breaking my heart </3

01:06 Lord, men were committing suicide because they couldn’t go to fight? That mentality… man. Oh my God, you angels. Babies.

01:36 No jokes allowed, every man is <3

01:40 Now that I’m humbled and we’re all well and truly miserable…the credits, ugh, my heart. The score is amaziiiing. Some of the footage is actual war-time footage, I read, which is a brilliant touch.

02:01 DICK <3

02:13 DICK’S HUSBAND <3

02:18 RSJ’S NAAAAAME

02:27 JFC this music makes me so emotional. Look there’s Matthew Settle’s face. That makes me emotional too

02:48 Ah it’s Roe <3

03:48 I’m trying to pick them all out in the line-up but I can’t tell who is who. Are we supposed to be able to? There’s a short one in the middle, is that Harry?

03:49 I’m not drunk enough to handle this

04:10 Upottery? Ah it’s so English I love it. That’s not a name! Wtf is up with English place-names, you guys have the weirdest names. Upottery? Seriously? Is it only potters that live there? I’m so confused

04:22 Close up of Roe! Perfect. I approve.

04:32 Is that the guy from Line of Duty? I think it is

04:39 Lip <3

04:44 Ew. GTFO Cobb. He doesn’t even go here

04:47 IS THAT RICH? RICH. ILY. ILY RICH. Please note that 94% of this will be a Rich-watch

04:53 Lieb stop. I am sure you are not a certified hairdresser

04:56 RICH. SMOKING. SMOKING RICH. More like smoking hot do you see what I did there?

05:20 I can categorically say that I love Joe Toye. I do. I love him. But every time I see Kirk Acevedo, all I think of is Charlie my baby from Fringe (awesome show, please watch it). And I just. Charlieee <3

05:39 Aw. They’re so sad

05:55 They’re so despondent. Guys. It’s fine

06:05 Fassy?? FASSY!!

06:18 God Damien is pretty

06:25 Nix that’s not how you flirt

06:57 Lol at Dick noting its happy hour. Thinking about taking Nix on a date, are we? I bet you are. Now THAT is how you flirt!

07:24 OMG the fucking flirting! GUYS. “And give up all this?” NIX SAYS AS HE CHECKS HIM OUT

07:37 Yeah, Nix, you’ll take him ‘to Chicago’ huh? Is that what they call it nowadays.

07:44 Do you want to be that cigarette? ‘Cos there is nothing heterosexual about that lingering look, Dick

08:18 ‘Murica time

08:25 Ross, fuck off. Nice jacket though. “You PEOPLE are at the position of attention” ugh GTFO. Dick’s sideye tho lol

08:52 NGL Ross does a great job at being super unlikeable

09:05 Noooo you don’t want it with Johnny Martin. You wont win. Yeah, walk away Ross

09:15 Careful around Lip too, or Speirs will materialize out of thin air and snap your neck

09:33 RICH. Don’t be scared of that douchebag, baby

09:43 What kind of question is that, there is nothing Lieb wants more!

09:50 It’s weird hearing Ross swear tho

10:26 Don’t argue with Johnny, baby. Also Roe OMG <3 Shane is freaking fit

10:43 Wow Lip is ripped

10:48 Oh no, poor baby. Lip leave him be ☹ </3

11:10 LOL I just noticed the drum by the door. It says ‘butts’ and it took me a seconds to realise it was for cigarettes. I am an adult (31-year-old married woman). I’ll laugh at the word butts if I want.

11:11 RICH

11:18 Lieb omg lol

11:39 RICH BABY NO! FUCK OFF ROSS! LEAVE HIM ALONE OR I WILL HAVE SPEIRS CUT YOU

11:52 I can’t take Ross seriously in those shorts. Hi-ho GTFO

12:07 Ew fuck off running up that, I’d just nope out like nah babe imma go chill with that sweet baby back in the butts cabin

12:18 Aw Dick <3 The juxtaposition of Dick as a leader compared to Sobel who sure he might be honing them into something formidable and skilled but he’s an asshole. He’s not a leader. He’s a bullying, abusive scumbag. Dick is an actual leader who protects them and supports them and encourages them and IHAVEALOTOFFEELINGSOK

12:43 You don’t deserve that sick jacket, Ross. Seriously. That is a boss jacket, I want it

13:04 Have they not stopped fucking working out all this time? Ugh

13:23 Oh good, Dick gets a boss jacket too. He deserves it.

13:30 I wish people had to ask me for permission to speak.

13:53 I just. He. I can’t with Dick Winters, you guys. I cannot. I have lost the ability to can. Like they’re so upset and tired and low and just with that little joke he boosts their morale back up from where Sobel fucking beat it down into the mud and makes everything lighter and they laugh and are less tense and I just. Fucking love you, Dick.

14:00 Is that my angel son? I see you Shifty, love you baby

14:03 RICH. DON’T TOUCH MY RICH.

14:07 Oh my God, address them yourself you weirdo, Ross. They’re right there, you’re right there! I had a colleague that used to do the same, would get me to speak to my employees for her when they were right there in front of her like… ‘can you tell x to do y for me pls…’ … I was like wtf you know you CAN talk to them… you won’t catch poor just by speaking to people lower down the pecking order

14:22 Fassy! Wtf they’re not supposed to drink? Dehydration is legit one of the most dangerous things, how tf can you turn them into high-key supersoldiers if they’re dehydrated? How is this man so dumb? The guy in front of Fassy tho omg. I bet Fassy’s boss wife Alicia Vikander won’t like her husband being treated that way… she’s so badass tho right?

14:26 He’s so dramatic! Ugh

15:11 Piss off omg

15:24 oh my DVD flipped its shit here, only picked back up at 16:30 don’t @ me

16:52 RICH WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO YOU RICH

17:21 Shifty my angel son

17:46 so sweet

18:04 Sink, babe, no he is the worst, stop

18:20 LOL no, he’s jel as fuck babe

18:32 NO FUN ALLOWED. Im sorry, that tie is so ugly

18:44 Simon Pegg??!!

18:51 Ross is so dramatic God shut up. it’s not a conspiracy, weirdo

19:10 “It’s a can of peaces, sir.” Iconic.

19:11 Dick’s tiny smile is equally iconic.

19:17 SHUT UP ROSS

19:44 He wants to be punched, I think, like he’s goading them. The sick fuck.

20:47 DON’T TRUST HIM, DICK!

21:02 ROE <3

21:31 Hoobler, aw <3

21:37 I warned you not to trust him, boys

21:54 Ah boys, oh no

22:04 RICH. Kick him, baby

22:17 Bull, punch him, seriously

22:24 Oh Luz <3

22:26 Yeah GTFO, suck it, bitch

23:06 Who is this? Fella’s hot

23:40 RICH. FASSY. WEB. TAB.

24:19 Suck it, Ross

24:30 Real footage?

24:41 Lol you suck Ross

25:23 RICH. SMOKING RICH.

25:26 Bill omg

25:45 Perco, baby, no. don’t talk to Johnny Martin. Don’t look at Johnny Martin. Don’t so much as think about Johnny Martin. He will fuck you up with his gaze alone, baby

25:56 Ah Luz

26:06 OK. That’s hot. Joe/Charlie don’t be hot. It confuses me

26:42 Winnix being husbands in the corner

27:42 YOU’RE in the wrong position, dumbass, it’s no one else’s fault

27:46 Dick’s come to save the day

27:56 Ross knows nothing omg

28:05 RICH. Even my Rich is confused, Ross, you dweeb

28:20 Lol at Dick dropping down ready for a fight

28:36 Fassy isn’t happy. That means Alicia Vikander is coming for you. Joe/Charlie is definitely not happy. Lip is upset. Think about your life, Ross, think about your choices. You know you’ve failed when Roe is judging you

28:57 Nix is like lol where tf is the alcohol tho

28:59 Harry! Harry is here! But yes, baby, you’re interrupting the husband’s foreplay, leave immediately

30:00 Lol at the Nix vs Ross staredown. Nix won

30:17 RICH. GUYS IT’S RICH

30:33 Do it, Lieb. Drop the grenade. Just don’t upset my angel son Shifty

30:40 He is a literal angel. Don’t corrupt him Lieb

30:59 Nix is having another crack at flirting. “Going my way” so suave omg. Omg stop. No wait don’t

31:09 “I’m not the intelligence officer.” Neither is Nix half the time babe let’s be fair

31:14 “If I told you I’d have to kill you.” Nix is getting better at flirting! He’s been attending flirting 101 classes it seems

31:40 They’re legit such husbands prove me wrong

32:00 He’s not joking, Dick

32:06 Harry’s like oh yay yes please

32:11 Lol Nix

33:03 Ugh. Men. I feel like that hold smells so bad.

33:09 RICH. Naw, Rich is sad he’s missing out on the flamingos.

33:32 Joe/Charlie you deserve a day to commemorate you tbh. I love you.

33:46 “My brother’s in North Africa, he says it’s hot.” Bill is iconic.

34:34 Lieb, honey, don’t, please

34:49 I feel you, random hot guy. Tipper?

35:05 Eyyy this place is nice, let’s all move there.

35:17 Shifty, my angel son, my baby <3

35:26 Yay, Harry gets a boss jacket too!

36:22 Mum and Dad of Easy. I’m low-key living for Lip’s little worried faces.

36:33 THAT JACKET IS SICK AS FUCK I WANT 20

36:38 The fence is there, Ross, because you’re so fucking dumb

36:51 Guys, look, cows

37:06 He’s fucking useless. Hi Simon Pegg.

37:22 RICH

37:25 This whole scene gives me life and waters my crop

37:31 RICH <3. YOU GUYS. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. RICH RICH RICCCCHHHH

37:42 Poor Tip is so done

37:58 Simon Pegg is so confused

38:04 Good job, Tipper, I’m proud of you and your pretty face

38:10 Iconic

38:15 Keep it together Tip

38:54 The hand signals, no, I’d be like BABY. WHAT. I CAN’T UNDERSTAND YOU WTF. I’d last like a millisecond in the military lmao. Does my country even have one? Tbh probably not. Us Kiwis are too chill, cbf’ed with anything. Too busy watching rugby, drinking, and sulking that we can’t afford houses cos our housing market is fucked. But at least we beat Covid *shrugs*

39:06 ILY, old guy. You are the best thing in this episode, aside from Rich

39:22 But wait, there’s more weird Americans hopping out yo’ bushes

39:26 “Bloody hell!” Mood

39:47 “You’ve done it now, yanks, you’ve captured me!” He is such a mood. I love him.

39:54 FUCK OFF ROSS. “Would that be the enemy?” “As a matter of fact, yes.” DICK IS SO VALID I LOVE HIM THIS IS ICONIC.

40:25 Be free, moo-cows

40:40 LAMO GET WRECKED

41:00 Guys imma be straight with you. I’m on my third whiskey lmao.

41:10 Simon Pegg, please refrain from being a douchebag. Leave Dick and his husband to flirt in peace.

41:23 I love how Nix is like instantly suspicious. He knows.

41:39 Worried husband

41:45 “Misspelled court-marital.” Iconic

42:14 Ross, why you lying? So threatened and jel that you gotta lie omg.

42:50 God Damien is freaking hot. Guys.

42:57 Punk bitch Ross.

43:22 Dick is so BDE. It’s fucking hot.

43:30 Ross is shooketh tbh. Punk bitch.

43:36 AH! IT IS HIM! THE GUY FROM LINE OF DUTY S5!

43:50 That underbite must have hurt FJH a lot omg so committed.

44:02 Hey Lip <3

44:09 Johnny Martin has absolute BDE

44:22 God they’re willing to be killed just to not follow Ross. Same tbh.

44:57 This whole scene is BDE.

46:00 But Sink has the most BDE let’s be honest

46:44 The respect for Dick. Even after what they just went through. I AM EMOTIONAL.

46:58 He’s so worried like omg what have my troublesome sons done now

47:09 ROSS WHY YOU ALWAYS LYING??

48:09 Weak

48:24 Yeah, fuck off back to ‘Murica

48:34 Legit, can we acknowledge Ross did a great job (the actor). Really really well done, one of the best performances on the series tbh.

49:48 LMAO GET WRECKED PUNK BITCH

50:06 Dick just wanders about a lot on his own, huh?

50:50 What? What? I understand nothing of what the cockney guy is saying.

50:55 Me too, Hoob, the fuck.

51:00 RICH I SAW YOU

52:19 “Never put yourself in a position where you can take from these men.” Don’t omg I can’t, Dick, I’m weak, I can’t deal with these fucking feelings.

52:36 DAFUQ

52:40 OHHHH I get it. Right. Dick, you’re so smart. It’s a little sad they have to do all that just to get some answers and guidance but tbh it’s probably fair? Gotta be top secret so punk bitches like Ross can’t screw things up.

53:30 Hey Nix. Speak French to me any day.

53:48 Unf.

54:08 LMAO Lieb, how many cigarettes do you need!

54:10 NGL I paused here for a little while.

55:05 We could ALL use some brass knuckles, Joe/Charlie. Mood.

55:25 LOL Lieb is so nosy.

56:15 Oh no

57:00 Luz LMAO

57:10 Oh babies

57:13 Bill LMAO that’s not ice cream, yuck it looks like soup

57:28 God. All that effort. Not just logistically but emotionally, mentally, psychologically, to prepare, just to have it put off. Fuck.

57:38 That movie again. Poor boys.

57:47 That’s actually a really smart move, Johnny.

58:41 Oh no. I would lose it completely. Oh Bill </3

59:11 Naw, Dick dawdling around again

59:49 RICH I SEE YOU

1:00:08 AAAHHHH IT’S TOO CONFRONTING DON’T

1:00:48 NOOO I CAN’T aw Bill

1:01:09 Naww

1:01:16 RIIIIICH

1:01:20 It’s like they’re kiddies on a field trip and Dick is the teacher wrangling them lol

1:01:47 Lol their crap is so heavy Dick has to help pull them up. That’s actually really sweet.

1:01:51 I wish I could hold Rich’s hand

1:02:08 Oh God. I can’t. Like he’s helping them up BUT IT’S ALSO HIS WAY OF SAYING GOOD LUCK AND GOODBYE AND HAVING LIKE A MOMENT TO CONNECT WITH EACH OF THEM I CAN’T LIKE THE EYE CONTACT NO DICK STOP

1:02:19 LMAO at them having to shove each other into the plane

1:02:23 That look between him and Roe. Ugh. Like. You two gotta take care of your boys together. Brotp

1:03:22 Can someone explain the block on that guy’s helmet to me?

1:03:55 I’m sad. And scared. This series is so confronting. I’ve watched in annually since I was like 16 and I’m still so nervous for them.

1:05:37 Rich, I see you! I recognized his chin lmao

1:06:16 God, Dick be careful

1:10:00 This show. The feels. Every time.

[dancitron-days]

1984 French TV commercial for Turbo Magnum by Ceji Revell. Legend has it that this was what Hasbro was keen to license from Takara at Tokyo Toy Fair in 1983, and the Microchange / Diaclone toys that would become Transformers were simply there to sweeten the deal. Evidently Hasbro quickly reassessed things. Between how successful GI Joe had been, what Tonka was doing with Gobots, the addition of the designs acquired from Knickerbocker, and Joustra/GIG introducing Diaclone to Europe, the building blocks for TF were all there. Takara managed to secure licensing deals for Turbo Magnum with Hasbro, Ceji Joustra and GiG but Hasbro never did never did produce them for cost reasons. As a means of making it up to them, Takara was given the rights to use the Transformers IP in Japan. There's a great blog post by Maz on this if you want to learn more, which helped me fill in some of the blanks (like why no Hasbro Turbo Magnums exist!) It's mind-boggling to think so much of TF as we know it has its roots in this silly little car.

One last observation based on the George Dunsay TF Archive excerpt: the reason Takara started working with Hasbro in the first place (initially on Turbo Magnum) was because Mattel "did not treat [them] well". i.e. It's kinda Mattel's fault Transformers exists. THANKS GUYS.

[ren-deru-16]

Episode 7 (T-T)

Arima have been hanging out with the two but for some reason, there’s this bad feeling growing in her heart but she chose to push it down.

“Whoa! That’s so high!” Reki praised Lang when he reached the star graffiti on the wall.

“Amazing…” Arima’s jaw dropped.

“Ari, do you think you can pull that off?” He excitedly looked at his friend. “Ah, wait, you’re wearing a skirt…”

She sighed and steadied her board. “I told you before that I have no problems skating when wearing a skirt.”

She gained momentum and jumped on a wooden ramp and ran her board on the wall. Barely reaching the star, she clicked her tongue and landed perfectly.

“Not enough force on that jump…” she mumbled.

Reki whistled and ruffled her hair. “So close! I’m sure you’ll get it next time!”

“That elevation was amazing.” Langa was looking at her with his usual excited and sparkly face.

“That was the first time I see a girl skate wearing a skirt!” A boy behind them says when they saw them.

“I didn’t even see her panties at all! Amazing!” another boy said.

“That’s what you’re thinking?” the three teenagers thought with a sweat drop.

“Because I’m wearing shorts…” she mumbled.

*That night*

“I see that you two are still fighting as ever.” Arima notes as she crossed her arms in front of the two. “When will you stop arguing, mom and dad?”

“We’re not your parents!”

She deadpanned. “You guys basically adopted me at some point after introducing me to “S”.”

Cherry noticed that she was not in her usual self. “What’s wrong?”

She tightened her grip on her sleeves. “I have been having bad feelings recently… and…”

“Why do I feel like this is about Reki and Langa…?”

She bit her lower lip and looked away. “It’s probably nothing…”

“No, it’s definitely something.” Joe says.

“Never mind that. Reki and the others are waiting for you two over there.”

Joe was talking about something to them but Arima could only focus on grinding her teeth as that foreboding feeling is growing bigger. Upon seeing that Langa went up even higher and gained more air, she left, saying that she needs to get something to drink.

***

“DEVIL and Langa are the same, but at the same time, different.” Cherry explains after she left. “Both have skills, the guts, and they don’t back down. Their bodies don’t curl up and they have a strong core, too. However, Langa has a body that’s undergone a substantial amount of training while DEVIL doesn’t.”

“Yeah, Ari told me that she started skateboarding when she was six and did only skates in parks and empty lots all by herself.” Reki says.

“Langa is more refined in skills and technique.” Joe continues. “DEVIL…she’s very rough and she never tries to smoothen her moves. She’s like a wild animal. It’s ironic, really.”

“Don’t lump DEVIL like your women, you ape.” Cherry scoffed.

“I’m talking about her morning self!”

***

“SNOW’s amazing!”

“I know, right?”

“More like, who’s that redhead who’s always with SNOW?”

“No idea. Do you know?”

“Oh, that guy’s some lowlife that just hangs out with him.”

“No need to remember that guy.”

Arima kicked the wall next to the guys who were talking about Reki and kabe donned them, her red and gold eyes glowing under her hood.

“Heeek!”

“O-Oi, it’s DEVIL!”

“What does he want?”

“Hey.” She started, her voice slightly low filled with silent rage. “You guys have no right to insult Reki and call him a nobody. Want me to kick your ass, you fools?”

They started sweating bullets until she decided to just let them off with a click of her tongue.

“Damn it… I finally get it why I have been having these feelings…” She slid on the wall and pulled her hood further down her face “The gap between Reki and Langa might cause a rift between them…”

***

“I’m sorry for making the team lose.” Arima bowed to her classmates. “I’m really bad at sports…”

“It’s okay, Miyauchi-san!” one of her female classmates assured her. “We know that most of us aren’t that sporty too!”

Yeah, despite the fact that she skates, she’s sucks at sports activities for some reason.

“And besides, you played a big role in winning the dodge ball game earlier!”

“That’s already good enough!”

She smiled and bowed. “Thank you very much.”

As she cooled down on a bench, she saw that Reki’s class has a soccer game against their class. Langa kicked for the goal and they won.

“Uwaaah… Hasegawa-kun is so good, huh?” her seatmate, Nagatsu, said as she sat next to her while watching the boys. “He’s good with basketball too. You hang out with them every after class, right? Miyauchi-san?”

“…” She was not listening. “Yes… he’s really good at everything… but…”

“Miyauchi-san!”

She blinked and faced her. “E-Eh? W-What is it? I’m sorry for spacing out!”

Nagatsu pouts and shakes her. “Geez! I’m telling you to introduce me to Hasegawa-kun! You’re close with him, right?! Introduce me too!”

It’s obvious that she wanted to hook up with Langa.

Arima stood and grabbed her towel. “I’m sorry. I can’t do that.”

“Eh?! Why?! Don’t be greedy!”

“It’s not that.” She says before entering the building.

***

There’s an “S” that night but for the first time, Arima didn’t come.

“A-Arima…?” Reki was surprised to see her outside his house. She was wearing her usual attire when skating and she has her board with her.

“Hey.” She waved her hand. “I came for a late night visit.”

They entered his room and she apologized to his mother for intruding by gifting them her homemade sweets.

“Sorry if my room’s a mess.” He told her.

“I don’t mind. It was my fault for coming unannounced.” She sat on his chair while the teen leaned on the wall next to his bed.

Reki glanced at her. “Why didn’t you go with them? There’s an “S” tonight, right?”

She was in her half DEVIL mode. “Cherry and Joe already knew that I won’t be coming tonight.” She looked at him with her mismatched eyes. “I’m worried about you.”

“Eh?”

She sighed and leaned back on the chair. “Reki, we have been friends since third year in middle school. I know it’s not that long but by now, I can tell what you’re feeling right now.”

He didn’t answer and she didn’t push him to.

“I’ll stay here even if you don’t want to talk about it. I’m not pitying you, Reki, if that’s what you’re thinking. I’m staying because I’m worried.”

He flinched and she knew he thought of that. She can read him quite well as a result of their long friendship.

“But, I really wish he and Langa talk about this… their situation is driving me nuts in worry.” she thought.

“Why…?” he asked.

“Why, you ask… we’re friends, right? Do you really have to ask that?” she gave a small smile. “I want to talk to you about a lot of things but, I’m afraid of making things worse. I don’t want you to feel even more anxious and inferior of your skills. I’m sorry for being such an awkward friend, Reki. The only thing I can do right now is keep you company.”

***

When she returned back home at around dawn (they still have class so she had to go home after staying with Reki for the night), she received a mail from Cherry.

ADAM came last night.

A new message popped up.

He announced a tournament and made an entry for those who want to join. ADAM will also skate.

He sent her one but, she was surprised to see what written on the button.

Instead of “I’ll be waiting for you” the one on her entry says “The devil’s not invited”.

“What the heck, ADAM?” she gritted her teeth in frustration. She clicked that icon but the system says “error” or “forbidden”. She tried again but the results are still the same.

“He really didn’t want me to skate against him, huh?”

Arima messaged Cherry.

I wasn’t invited.

How come?

My entry says, “The devil’s not invited”. I tried clicking but all I get was error or forbidden. I really don’t get it.

I’ll think of something. I know that you want to skate against him after your last beef against him.

Yeah. Thank you, Cherry.

She threw her phone on the bed and flopped on the mattress. “Without a doubt…Langa will be invited too… This is bad…”

“It may be just my gut feeling but… Langa is being pulled in by ADAM…” she mumbled before putting her hand over her eyes.

When she heard that Reki argued with Langa that rainy night, saying that they don’t match up anymore, pains her to see the two put a wall between each other.

“Langa, I told you to stay away from ADAM… For both you and Reki’s sake…” she thought as she looked at her board. “Reki developed anxiousness and fear from ADAM due to that beef with him. Langa was engrossed because ADAM is a good skater after he saw the “world” in ADAM’s eyes. I couldn’t blame either of them but…

What can I do for those two to get back again?”

She did an ollie by the sidewalk while thinking.

“Should I crash my way to ADAM?”

This episode broke my heart. Why tf I'm sort of getting banana fish vibes in the last scene... (I'm aware that both have same directors and are under the same studio, i think)

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27/03/2020

I dont know how many days it’s been and tbh idrc at this point. I’ve been living in this hell for the past god knows how many days. it’s weird because I feel like we all share the same sense of boredom/loneliness. My need for freedom and companionship isn't greater than the next mans but boy it sure does feel like it when you’re all alone with no one to talk to. I’m becoming disillusioned to people/things again. the more time I take out and just pree others and how they do things, the more I realise they just dont care (about me). I’ve spent a lot of my time watching YOU on Netflix and I find joe’s character really interesting. dangerous to say considering he’s the one narrating. however I know he’s a narcasstic asshole who kills people for his own self serving megalomaniac sense of worth. I just find him interesting. im living in such weird times man. sometimes I wonder why im actually here. I didnt think Id get to place where im meaningfully asking myself that question. this whole life thing seems extremely and I mean EXTREMELY surreal to me. nothing seems balanced. I keep thinking about Marilyn. I dont know why either. i’ve been in my feelings cause she’s forgotten about me. I hate when people introduce to consistency only to leave in the end. you cant just decide when you want to fwm and when you dont want to. how tf is that acceptable? equally tho, im not yours and you’re not mine so in a way its not even  your fault im just feeling it more because im lonely. im mad but I know my madness will go away once you reach out again. because I cant keep reaching out to you. it wouldn't be fair on me. I fantasize about you though. probably shouldn't but fuck it you’re fuckin beautiful and you know the vibes. you know you’re mine in the summer. just so you know.  finished writing @ 00:44am