#One piece episode 313

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IT ONLY TOOK A HUNDRED EPISODES-

KOBY AND HELMUPPET FINALLLYYYYYYYY

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Zoro being the one to warn the crew about marines coming ahdjahska

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My Top 5 Bleach Filler Characters, Appropos of Nothing

5. Inaba Kagerouza, Reigai Arc

Inaba is, simply put, the pinnacle of Soul Society worldbuilding. He's got this long dramatic backstory and a bunch of rage bottled up in his chest, but also a guy needs a paycheck, so he's just been doing the R&D grind for a hundred years. He knows a shit-ton about the Dangai, which is relevant to his evil scheme, but it's also just his day job (also the Dangai owns, I want a PhD in "the Dangai"). No one else in Squad 12 seems to have the least bit of beef with him, even after he builds an evil duplicate of every person in the Gotei. Unlike a lot of mad scientist characters, he's good with his weapon. Maybe he's weirdly jacked under his villainous smock?? Also, his evil scheme was generally well thought out, and took into account the fact that the Gotei is a bunch of buffoons. ngl, I kinda wish his plan had succeeded, if only for the fact that it would probably really piss Aizen off.

4. Ran'Tao, Bount Arc

Everything about Ran'Tao owns, including:

Sexy glasses

Condemned so hard by the Central 46 that they gave her a kidou seal back tattoo

KIDOU. SHOTGUN.

Stabbed Kariya in the gut

Noped out at the end of the arc because Who Needs the Gotei's Shit?

3. Kuchiki Kouga, Zanpakutou Rebellion Arc I think that when you hear the story about how Byakuya was forbidden from marrying Hisana because she was a commoner, you're supposed to feel this great sense of injustice, like wow! Byakuya actually showed character by standing up for his love! And that's great and all, and then you get the Zanpakutou Rebellion Vintage Kuchiki Bullshit Flashbacks and it's like, oh, the last guy they married into the clan mass murdered a bunch of people and then they had to seal him up in a cave and I feel like that's an important piece of context in the entire Kuchiki Family-Being-a-Bitch-About-Who-Byakuya-Marries debacle.

Which isn't to exonerate the Kuchiki, here! It's very clear that Kouga wasn't that bad before he got pushed over the brink by Kuchiki family machinations. I mean, this is very much an Everyone's The Asshole situation.

I love the fact that they never come out and say that Kouga is Byakuya's uncle, but he's very obviously Byakuya's uncle.

I love the fact that he dramatically cut his kenseikan off with his sword and threw them at Ginrei and they made a gree card of it.

I love that he appears to be exactly Renji's height and has one chunk of hair that is the same color as Renji's and he over-accessorizes horrifically, and at best the Squad Six old-timer's had to be like "Byakuya don't do this to us again" when he hired Renji, and at worst there's a chance that Renji the secret baby that was born after Kouga was banished and he was hidden away in the Rukon so he didn't screw up the succession line but he's actually the true Heir to the Kuchiki.

2. Harugasaki Seizo, standalone episode 313 This dude had a homoerotic rivalry with Ikkaku (doomed, of course, because who could compete with Yumichika?), lost his shinigami powers when he took a blow meant for Ikkaku, and then spent the next hundred years putting his entire pussy into doing laundry for Squad 11. This man invented yearning, even if he did choose the worst possible person in the history of ever as the target of his affection.

1. Amagai Shuusuke, New Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc He looks like Ross Poldark. He can't hold his liquor. No one knows who witnessed his Captain's Exam. Ukitake and Kyouraku tried to talk him into a threesome. He was nice to Kira. His bankai was a tuba that made a foghorn noise when it belched out fire. His dad was the shinigami equivalent of a narc, who got done dirty by the Captain-Commander. He fought the Dangai Cleaner and won. I love him more than anything.

Honorable Mention: Kenryuu and Enryuu, New Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc Because they are an important reminder that for all the shinigami buffoonery I am forced to witness, day in and day out, some people graduate from Shin'ou, get shikai even, and still can't get hired by the Gotei.

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Relationships post about Nancy Drew S4

***Warning Spoilers ahead for the whole season up until 410 and theories onward***

After calming down after each episode and looking back at the season as a whole, I know I am in the minority of people who are actually enjoying this season so far and thinking that the writing is BRILLIANT this season. Having said that, here are some thoughts that I have about the relationships going on this season.

The mystery is a whole other topic and I am so intrigued by it. It has so many moving parts I can't quite piece everything together. So I am enjoying that ride as well and can't wait to see how this whole mystery unfolds by the last episode!

**LONG post alert under the cut. Again, spoiler warning for the whole season.**

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Again, I am one of the few people who thinks that the writing this season is brilliant. I know I will probably be attacked for this post but I need to get my thoughts out.

As painful as this season has been to Nace, and believe me I get it, I love how the writers are actually depicting their relationship amongst everyone else's. HERE ME OUT:

This season definitely has the Drew Crew growing up. They are still friends and still there for each other, but they are starting their "adult" lives. At the start of the season, we have Nick still co-owning the Claw, *not sure what is going on with the youth center*, and the whole running for council thing, Bess is in charge of the Historical Society, George still co-owns the Claw and is shadowing Judge Abbot and going to school for law, Nancy has her investigative business, and Ace is an assistant at the Morgue.

With that being said, they have also shifted their friend dynamic to an adult friendship dynamic. With the way that the timeline is depicted in the show, with some episodes taking place over just a single day, I'm not surprised at how some relationships are depicted onscreen. It's very realistic.

I know that a lot of people don't like that Ace always seems to be in the morgue and away from the crew, but he IS the only one with an actual 9-5 job that he can't get away from, so this doesn't actually shock me. This is a job he said he loved in 313 so I can see him not wanting to mess that up. With that, Nick still seems to visit him and check in on him, bringing him lunch and making sure he talks to someone at least once a day and Bess seems to go and visit him occasionally and appears to have a great relationship with Rebecca this season which we hear about but don't actually see. As soon as someone needs him, or calls him, he always helps out still while being at "work" so to me, he isn't as distant as some might think he is. And I don't think that the writers are doing him dirty as some people think either. There is a LOT that happens in an episode and it can feel like he is distant but he really isn't. (we get in him scrubs, I'm NOT complaining about that either!)

He is also still with the crew when he can be! He was with everyone in 402 and 403. He was with Nick at the Claw in 404/405? He was with everyone in rescuing Nancy in 406, playing the game in 407, and obviously the whole of 408, except the last scene. (And while I would have loved if Ace was there for that scene, I also am not mad about him fishing with his dad....more on that phone call later.)

Getting into it:

I love Nancy and Nick's BFF era this season. I also love that Nick seems to be dad #3 of the group and I'm here for it. We start out S1 with them in a relationship which didn't work out and never really had a friendship, so it's nice to see them have one now and get past that awkwardness. Nancy can lean on Nick, she knows this, and he seems to be the only one. Major growth here!

Nick and George: S3 ended with them in a bit of a mess but I am liking where their relationship is kind of headed. George admits that there are some days where it is hard to be friends with Nick but they are working on it and the friendship is growing. The body swap episode (408) proved that. Nick being there for George and her date was a sweet touch. I would love for them to get back together but even if they don't, I'm happy to see George trying with someone and I do love Jade!

Nick and Ace: Living to finally see this friendship. We get snippets of it over the course of the other 3 seasons but now we are finally starting to see it. Nick being there for Ace and hearing him out, giving advice, I love them seeing them together.

Bess and George: I am happy that Bess at least has George fighting on her side this season with Carson. Their friendship really grew and I actually liked that Bess and George said they are best friends, because they are! And yes, while Bess said "Don't tell Ace" and everyone got a little mad, you can have more than one best friend. I do!

Bess and Ace: They are still very much plantachors! They know each other well and they still seem to have a solid friendship even though we aren't seeing it much this season. Like I said before, Bess still seems to visit him in the morgue and she also seems to have a good relationship with Rebecca now which is implying that a lot of their friendship is offscreen this season. In 402, Ace said he went to Bess for moral support about finding out about the curse, and she went to everyone else. So, STILL my favorite plantanchors!

Nick and Bess: I am LOVING this friendship that came out of the past seasons. They are helping each other out a lot this season and Nick is there for Bess still with the whole situation about the Historical Society and the "witch-hunt" storyline. keep it coming!

Nancy and Bess: these two seem to have grown into sisters. They have a great friendship even though we don't see it a lot but they are there for each other in a heartbeat!

Here we go!

Nancy and Ace

Where do I even start? The most epic of slow burn romances out there. There have been so many crumbs over the last 3 seasons all leading up to this!

This is a love for either of them that they have never experienced before. While both Nancy and Ace have had other relationships, they don't even come close to the love that they feel for each other. They have admitted that they are the loves of each other's lives and Nancy admitted that Ace is her person...... That's HUGE.

They have both done so much growing up over the seasons to be able to recognize this. So, this season:

While yes, there is a lot of pain, I believe it actually grew their relationship and the writing is done very well here. Yes, Ace wound up breaking Nancy's heart at the end of 403, but Nancy broke his heart first.

This whole journey after that is them coming back together and trying to figure it out. They don't know what it is like to be "just friends" with each other and we definitely see that. Nick calls Ace out on this and you can see him agreeing! It was never just about friendship for him. Ace admitted that he still wants to be with her more than anything, but watching her almost die in his arms definitely scared him. This isn't a hallucination from Temperance, this was REAL, and Nancy ALMOST died. If Ace looses Nancy, he's losing a piece of himself and he won't know what to do. He finally understood what Nancy went through in that hallucination and understood why she stayed away. That thought is what scares him into running away and giving up because he would rather see her alive and with someone else than risking her life. That whole speech he gives her at the end of 405 was incredibly written, as heartbreaking as it was. He was very openly honest with her here too. He told Nancy that she deserves to be happy and with someone who can love her completely, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD RIP HIM APART. He was honest!! And Nancy knew that! Nancy still loves him greatly and she doesn't know how to be around him either without those feelings rising to the surface. Everything they have done was for each other, so to take a step back, they don't know how and I think this is beautifully shown up to this point!

They are trying to be just friends, and failing. This is why it is hurt after hurt and the fights we have been seeing all season because there is still too much feeling there. They keep trying to give each other space but winds up being impossible. Ace still helping with the mystery and being part of that friend group is keeping her attached to Ace.

Tristan happened to be in the right place at the right time. While I think there is something more there (mystery pertaining), at this point, yes he is uncomplicated and easy. And NOT cursed. (well, until the sin eater reveal in 410)

But Nancy can't bring herself to let more feelings in because she is still hung up on Ace. She felt guilty when she found out that Ace saw her with Tristan and immediately tried to tell him about it. Ace being nonchalant about it on the outside affected her, you can visibly see it, and she doesn't know what to do with that.

Ace however, is still very much hurting on the inside. He just doesn't show it. He told Nancy to move on and this is what she is trying to do. So he is braving it, and trying to let her. Still being affected by this however, leads to the fight at the end of 407. Nancy needs Ace to give her space so she can try to heal. This is understandable. They never really got a chance to really be together so Ace doesn't know how hard it is for her. Nancy had that WHOLE hallucination, multiple days with him, to know what she's trying to walk away from. So, he agrees and leaves her to it which we see Nancy crying because yes, that still hurts.

Then, Nancy texts the whole group that she needs help and to meet at the Claw ASAP. Despite everything, Ace still shows up because she needs help, and she tells him this. Ace still showing up knocks her a bit because yes she still wants the space, but it means a lot to her.

Spending the day in each other's bodies doesn't help either. But this was the turning point. They had to work together, and be together for the day and that really proved to them that they are better together, whether they like it or not. Cut to the end of the episode when Nancy tells Ace to go be with his dad. There was a LOT that was loaded in to that speech. She was talking about making memories with his dad and still being able to because she lost Kate, but she was also talking about them. "All that's left are memories. That's all you're really left with...just messy, stupid memories that stick around..." She's still remembering him. And I think Ace caught that meaning too. There is so much they can say to each other without actually saying it and this is one of those moments.

After Ace goes fishing with his dad, he realizes that he can't stay apart from her. Now for the phone call:

Again, this is the turning point. Ace told Nancy that he is a better person with her in his life. Nancy admitted that she wasn't happy without him in hers.

However, before this, Ace still tells Nancy, again, that it still hurts to be her friend right now. Why? Because he still loves her. You don't get over that that quickly and Nancy knows she still loves him. There was something in that pause from Ace where you knew he wanted to say more but held himself back. This is where it takes a turn.

The next couple of episodes their whole relationship seems to change. Nancy is freaking out about saving Tristan, which understandable, but something seemed really off.

In 409, we hear that Tristan has been trying to ask Nancy out for a bit... a few days, but she doesn't answer him because she doesn't know if this is what she wants. After she shoots him and they are trying to save him in 410, that's where it hit me that something is wrong. She refers to Ace as her ex and tells Tristan she just got out of a relationship, which isn't entirely wrong, but they way she's explaining it doesn't sound right.

One line got me...."Sure, call my ex to help the guy I like". Why would she not want Nick to call Ace? He's been helping her this whole time and he still helped when she got stuck. So why now?

Here is my theory........After we find out at the end of 410 that Nancy was the last sinner, this whole couple of episodes makes more sense.

Why all of a sudden, Tristan is now a "maybe" thing. Nancy altered her memories of her feelings for Ace, in turn altering his. I don't know if anything happened, but after that phone call, the only way they are going to move on is if those feelings for each other are gone. They can't be happy and still be friends. This was the only sure way.

Nancy doesn't want Ace to hurt anymore and she doesn't want to hurt either. But she doesn't NOT want him in her life. Hence, going to the black door.

If this winds up being right, WOW! this would be a great twist and I would love to see where this brings them!

I have absolute faith in the writers and know we are getting our endgame, so BRING IT ON.

as Kennedy says, "Ride the wave, baby!"

sorry for the rant!

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100 agree with you about 313 and that dinner scene. My fave part is how wonderfully nuanced it is. I love how we also get a glimpse into both of their traumas and how it bumps into each other; "the whole I want all of your pieces, no you don't want those pieces" exchange was so heartbreaking but also very real and it perfectly described their insecurities and baggage.

It's just such a well done conflict!! It's just their individual traumas bumping up against each other, it's both of them needing to figure out how to handle TK's re-started sobriety journey, it's TK learning that Carlos loves him so completely and shutting him out is going to hurt him and it's Carlos learning that it's not a personal failure if he can't be absolutely everything his loved ones need and sometimes taking care of TK means being secure enough in their love to let him have emotional intimacy with someone else. It's such a real and understandable conflict where nobody does anything horribly wrong and the resolution of it shows so much growth. I feel like it could have so easily been very clumsily executed, with Carlos being jealous of a cute man and the dialogue about emotional cheating etc, but it was done with such beautiful nuance. I love all the other Tarlos heavy episodes but idk if they've ever topped 3x13 in terms of the delicacy with which they handled a difficult situation and the way it was just drenched in love the entire time even when they weren't seeing eye to eye.

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I'm finally caught up with one piece anime! went through my liveblogging tag and the first post when I started watching one piece again was on june 3rd, around the episode where sanji was kidnapped by bege to bring him to the whole cake island for a wedding — episode 755. (that was the point where I left off op for another hyperfixation years ago).

313 episodes. I fucking watched 313 episodes in 1.5 months. I don't want to hear people say one piece is too long and too unrealistic to catch up ever again

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For people with actual culture and the ability to actual appreciate art and read critically, Vampire in the Garden is a beautiful, heart-felt take on classic star-crossed lovers via the medium of music in a painterly, evocative setting of the decaying culture of Russia’s slide from tsarist decadence into militant communist utilitarianism.

Where Humans have retreated behind tall concrete walls and use industrial technology, military might, and hard labour to survive the onslaught of blood-thirsty vampires and the cold of winter, the vampires live amidst decaying palaces and mansions awash in the lingering remnants of art, music, and history as their lower classes lose their minds to their hunger and their base instincts, starving for blood. Among them, our protagonists are both outcasts; a human girl disillusioned with the bleak and joyless life of the stronghold desperate for meaning, and the Queen of vampires, equally disheartened by the meaningless brutality and decline of her people and burdened by the tragedy of her lost love, who meet in the dark of night, both of their yearnings for more connected by the simple act of mournful song as they travel together to search for a paradise where they can live together, human and vampire and appreciate music and love in peace. Frankly; this movie is beautiful. The aesthetic of post-revolutionary industrial Russia feels under-utilized in similar media, and the depiction of the snowy reaches and dilapidated mansions as both harsh and deadly but also beautiful and serene comes across clearly between the more gritty struggles of human and vampire existence. Music and visuals are both pristine and evocative, and there’s plenty of vivid imagery reflecting the narrative.

The explicit and central homosexuality of the protagonists as both women-loving-women is integral to the story and serves to enhance the Shakespearean tale of love, war, and tragedy as their struggles to express themselves clash in parallel with the rigid expectations of their societies; a queen expected to marry and breed to continue her imperial bloodline, and a girl expected to surrender personal desires to the uncaring military machine.

No slouches either; the antagonists and deuteragonists of the film are no less ripe for dissection; men and women so wholly committed to the ideology of their regime that reconsideration is impossible; who have given their lives and their love to the cause and would sooner die than be broken by the weight of their sacrifices bearing down on them even as the lies unravel and reality confronts them head on.

I’d absolutely recommend Vampire in the Garden to anyone looking for anime with more artistic integrity and cinematic grandeur than mainstream fare, but it’s absolutely essential that it’s watched as one piece! Despite Netflix’s format and advertising, this is not a television series with 5 episodes! This is a feature-length movie cut into 5 parts! Please watch them all together!

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On the topic of Gundam Gays it’s extremely funny how quickly this incredibly well established franchise shot right into its lesbian engagement and then immediately shot down the first blush deniability for it I’m the kind of yuri bait enthusiast who is quite content to simmer in the Unspoken Text and veiled longings and plausible deniability and am wary to overly criticize it when it’s not overstaying its welcome

But to have Gundam of all things hit you in literally episode 1 with “It’s 2022 in Space and you’re still homophobic? That’s cringe.” is incredible.

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We actually literally just witnessed a trans girl win the grand finals of EVO 2022 Guilty Gear simultaneous with them announcing that Bridget is coming back to the game and is now She/Her

We actually live in this world for real

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If the gayness can be denied it can just as easily be called queerbaiting. Text (and subtext) is less impactful and meaningful than action, even in the right direction. I think if gay people say it's not good enough isn't that an indication that it isn't good enough or enough for them to feel represented?

No.

There’s been a concept in social media activism that the primary perceived value of queer content in media is how loudly it demonstrates inclusion of a particular identity, and a lot of popular media gets judged solely on this aspect, like it’s checking off a tickbox for binary approval. 

A kiss has been chosen by many of these circles to be the most concrete binary proof you can have for a character’s queer sexuality, but putting aside the fact that many identities don’t benefit from that at all; (theoretically a bi person would have to kiss 2 different genders to ‘prove’ themselves this way, why would a trans person kissing anyone prove anything, asexual or aromantic obviously inapplicable, etc) w 

It’s simply incorrect that text is less impactful than “action”, given that media is Text. The Text is what comprises its “action” and what it’s statement of intent is. A kiss is not action, a kiss is Text. A gay character that does kiss or meets whatever satisfaction the audience deems for “representation” is still a creation of Text as much as a gay character that never kisses anyone. There’s no separation there. This wholesale disregard of theme and meaning of text and subtext in fiction and instead only approving media-friendly headline screenshots is one of the greatest tragedies of modern popular culture.

Treating the ‘undeniable’ existence of a queer character as “action” and “representation’ and not examining the actual context of their inclusion and what the story says about their identity, their lives, and their experiences is how you get Disney’s First Gay Character popping up in the news twice a year- it’s become more important for the headlines to State that you have one than for them to actually be important or meaningfully written, or for the story to have anything to say about the character or their lives. At this point of popular social media understanding, Queerbaiting simply does not mean what people have begun to use it to describe. Queerbaiting was intended to refers to deliberate marketing attempts to accrue viewership by over-promising the presence or importance of queer content to Bait in queer viewers hoping to be included. The key part of Queerbaiting is the intentional misdirection here, and because of that there is a very important distinction between queer subtext that is created to build intentional undertones and that which is included specifically to tease and entice viewers with the promise of more.

Many anime shows that people accuse of queerbaiting are doing exactly the opposite; in the case of Flip Flappers the overwhelming Text of the story is largely and centrally focused on the burgeoning sexuality of a young girl as she grows up and realizes that what her heart desires may conflict with expectations set by herself, her family, and society at large. That remains true through to the end of the story where she makes a breakthrough in her understanding of herself and her place in life and her sexuality is a major part of that.

A kiss is not at all required for this, but because there isn’t one people somehow become convinced that the story is “baiting” them desptie the actual meat of the story itself being fundamentally about being queer. Now, there’s definitely room for subjective differences in appreciation here, especially taking more Yuri works as a whole (particular Slice of Life), in which many of them do place their queer undertones as a less central tenet that aren’t deeply explored. I’m not saying that you as an individual can’t feel that you’re not satisfied without a more substantial story; but it doesn’t mean these stories have Failed in their role of Representation; they still have value and purpose whether they meet that shallow criteria or not. And it doesn’t mean that they aren’t Real and these characters aren’t quite obviously gay to anyone paying even the slightest attention.

What I’m actually hearing most of the time is that people consider the capital r Representation buzzword to tick off a box of “HAS LESBIAN” to be more important to them than actually reading a Story about gay people that has something meaningful to say; Add further to this deeper disqualifying factors restricting death, tragedy, “unhealthy” relationships, etc. And you quickly begin to cut down the number of stories you accept to only those which portray a superficial, consumer-friendly veneer of queerness.

This is in itself a sanitization of Queer identity that doesn’t celebrate or represent anyone; it’s selling an idea of Queerness that is clean, palatable, easily accessed.

That’s simply not enough to satisfy me, and it shouldn’t be for you either. 

1,896 notes - Posted May 25, 2022

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One Piece Episodes 579 – 625

One Piece: Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend

One Piece Episodes 629 – 746

One Piece: Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and Inherited Will

One Piece Episodes 747 – 750

One Piece: Heart of Gold

One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0

One Piece Film: Gold

One Piece Episodes 751 – 896

One Piece: Stampede

One Piece Episodes 897 – 906

One Piece: Anime 20th Anniversary special: Episode 907

One Piece: Episodes 908 - Ongoing

[youngsamberg]

fave malex scene from 1 2 and 3

season 1: this season has so many great scenes that establish their relationship so i can't choose just one!!! the obvious ones are the "i never look away, not really" and "we connected like something–" "cosmic" scenes because DUH but another one that i love is the scene where michael shows alex his lair for the first time!! he brought liz in there like an episode or two ago and wouldn't show her certain things, but he immediately shows alex everything because he trusts him and "if anyone's gonna destroy me it might as well be you". and when michael talks about the console being his only way out, and alex realizes that michael is trying to find a way to leave the planet (and him), i think that's a really formative moment for alex and made him realize how important michael's presence in his life is. i mean alex realizes that he has a piece of michael's ship (or so he thought) and he literally doesn't give it to him because he doesn't want him to go!

season 2: obv alex singing to michael is INSANE but i also have to mention "you came" "you asked me to" because it's just six words and describes their entire dynamic. they're not together, michael is currently dating alex's best friend, and when michael needs to talk he texts ALEX of all people, and he shows up. because of course he does. because michael asked him to. i could talk about that ten second scene for hours

season 3: the scene in michael's lair in 313!! it just really showed how much they've grown. michael telling alex all, and i mean ALL, of his fears, and alex easily being able to calm michael down and decide that they can go through whatever happens next TOGETHER!! also michael vocalizing that all he really wanted to do was go on a date in public with him and walk down main street holding hands!!!!!!! i could cry just thinking about how sweet that was

[zhilan]

I feel like the show synopsis for 313 only talks about Jordan because the sisters are probably only going to realised Jordan is missing. But they have no reason to realise Abigael is. They might just realise Abi is stuck with Jordan ? And so work all together. Which I really want because we didn’t get a TCO/Jordy/Abigael scene in forever

Another possibility is that the actually got out of the tomb next episode and the danger of 313 is different but that’d be a lot of dangerous situations jordan got himself into in a short time lmao so probably not.

maybe, though i’m not entirely sure how it’ll work because jordan and abigael are stuck in different prison “island” thingies. and from the ep description, it doesn’t seem to be an action-saving mission, but rather a bargain. sort of like. we give you this, and you set jordan free in return type of thing. so i still don’t know how abigael would be worked into that, because... and i mean no shade at the sisters, this is just an opinion based on what’s been going on the last few episodes - macy would rather stick a hot poker in her eye, mel’s last interaction was an attempt to vanquish and a you’re irredeemable, and i doubt maggie cares. given where they currently stand, i really find it hard to entertain the idea that they’d want to ‘save’ abigael especially if it comes at a cost. (i suppose since the writers are inconsistent, it could still happen).

regardless, idk but i just really want abigael to be the one to save herself. especially because tomb of chaos is sort of a mind-game. so i want her to be able to piece things together, reflect, learn. rather than be pulled out of it by the charmed ones, because that feels pointless. 

laksjf oh my, i hope not. poor jordy. i just want him to have lots of chill, fun, happy days after the tomb of chaos.

[bettycooperoutfitwatch]

4x09 Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine

We’re awake. 

Present day Betty starts and ends the episode in bed.

The gray and pink henley first showed up in 105 (yes, that long ago), but we last saw it in 315.

MAYbe the tartan flannel pants she wore in 407, maybe not. 

Well. I saw this sweater, instantly leaned forward and said—out loud, alone, to my computer screen—’that sweater.’ The first thing I thought of was Monet’s Water-Lilies, and so I’ve been thinking of it as the Monet sweater ever since. (Please see catalogue numbers 1789, 1803, and Water Lilies (Agapanthus)—that links to the far right panel of the piece, please do use the super zoom.)

Hard to be so precise on the jacket in her arms—she’s got a number of fuzzy-collared numbers. Perhaps it’s the plum-collared bomber with the pink collar that first popped up in 313—the stripe on the cuff is similar. 

She wears this navy-and-green tartan crewneck—and this gorg coppery gold eyeshadow—for most of the ep. 

But this coat pops up! Please see also 315, 318, etc. 

🗣 TANGERINE 

living reflectionsssssss of a dream 🎶

Okay.

The FBI, ladies and gentlemen.

... (What could go wrong? This is going to be the best Christmas Walford’s ever had! etc)

Bébé Betty returns, looking much like we left her back in this moment in 405. 

Might this be...~foreshadowing~

Back to reality. ‘Reality.’ 

(Windowpane blanket, cozy. Who’s maintaining all the fires in the Cooper-Jones house? When’s the last time someone had that flue swept? I have questions.) 

Truly can’t stop won’t stop. 

(They really got their money’s worth with these overhead shots.)

A ~foreshadowing~ rock. A Rock of Great Portent. 

PINK. I defo have a lipstick this color. This coat is new and lovely. Her sweater’s got ruffled cuffs, something we’ve seen on Betty before (notably, first in 106), and a blue sunflower-esque knit. 

We’ve seen the boots, they’ve got the sturdy rubber soul. 

Pity the poor mf’er who finds Jason’s half-burned, bullet-hole ridden, water-logged, and taxidermied corpse somewhere down the river. 

Please take this moment to appreciate Betty’s appropriately citrusy bed linens. She’s actually been sleeping on these for several episodes, but we must admit they have a nice resonance here. 

I think Betty wore this pink v-neck in 405; lighting makes it a bit difficult to confirm. As it is—not the first time we’ve see her wear a pink v-neck to bed. 

The blue polka dot pants are new though!

SING IT

(Is this 2013??)

Doing some gentle math, and yet acknowledging that Riverdale exists in its own...time bubble, this places the murder-y flash-forward bits in February? And the arrest-y ones later on in the spring semester. 

But February break is not spring break!!!! Spring break typically coincides with Easter, but is usually standardized to March or April in the US (it varies by state, because states run their own educational systems.) February break—winter break, also a week long, isn’t even taken in some states, poor bastards—has never to my knowledge had the connotations of fun in the sun that ‘spring break’ does. This is retcon, surely.

It’s the Maple State, don’t dwell on it.

🕵️‍♀️

Hold up. You’re telling me Betty beaned her beloved with a rock in a dissociative fugue state à la Caramel? 

That rock looks like a potato 🥔

W a i t. Is that.

FUCK. It’s a dinosaur. What’s with the dinos??? This is the second instance this season. We’re one away from a motif. How’d we let this happen guys? I just don’t know how to interpret this. A paleontology hobby has never been mentioned. 

Whatever. Dino’s presence here adds yet another bomber/letterman-style jacket to Betty’s seemingly infinite array of outerwear (it’s a twin of her other reversible Coach jacket.) Her bedroom closet presumably has Narnia-level dimensions. 

The turtleneck appears beige-ish, and the plaid mini seems apropos, as she is ‘killing’ Jughead, Plaid King of Riverdale. Jk, but as has been mentioned several times, Betty in tartan is often a nod to Jughead—and she wears it (by my count) three separate times throughout this episode. Just observations.

Summary: Lucky seven. Two sets of pajamas, one outfit for bébé Betty, and one flash-forward look—homicide casual.  

I Own This: Did I stalk Monet sweater over the holiday season, and did it finally hit 50% off, and did I buy it? Reader, fuck yeah I did.

Backpack 2.0?: Betty doesn’t even appear at Riverdale High this episode. 

The fucking dinosaur count: I can’t believe it’s come to this. 

Best outfit: Mm. Tartan sweater? I like navy-and-green. Pink coat? Monet sweater. They’re all solid.

[theshyredpanda]

One piece episode 313

(Sanji giving zoro tea first...even before robin)

[spoiled-truth]

Miraculous Ladybug THEORY: Identity Reveal This Season

SPOILER ALERT!! 

All of this theory’s information is based on 1 episode title and summary that have been released but not the episodes themselves. If you do not wish to spoil yourselves, please scroll along. Otherwise, you’ve been warned.

I would like to put in one more warning. If you don’t know by now, Miraculous Ladybug has been having an issue where the episodes for this season have been airing out of order in relation to the plot and actual episode numberings. So my theory may be completely debunked if these episodes release in a different order than what has been projected at this point. However, I’m going by the timeline of product codes as opposed to release dates and order of what both wikipedia and the ML wiki say. I think the product numbers and order of release have been straightened out (let’s cross our fingers) so this warning hopefully shouldn’t go into effect. Without further ado, let’s begin.

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Thesis: Ladybug and Chat Noir will know each other’s identities this season, specifically in the episode “Cat Blanc”.

Before I delve into this theory, it’s important we know the season chronology. So, here’s a list of all of the episodes of season 3 in order of product codes.

301 - Chameleon 302 - Animaestro 303 - Bakerix 304 - Backwarder 305 - Reflekdoll 306 - Weredad 307 - Silencer 308 - Oni-Chan 309 - Miraculer 310 - Oblivio 311 - Desperada 313 - Startrain 314 - Kwami Buster 315 - Feast 316 - Gamer 2.0 317 - Stormy Weather 2 318 - Ikari Gozen 319 - Timetagger 320 - Party Crasher 321 - The Puppeteer 2 322 - Cat Blanc 323 - Felix 324 - Ladybug 325 - Loveater 326 - Miracle Queen

The episodes that are bolded are the ones that we will be talking about today. The ones italicized are the episodes that have not aired as of this theory’s publication.

Now that we have that out of the way, let’s start with the beginning of the theory with an episode that has already aired: The Puppeteer 2.

At the end of the episode, Adrien and Marinette have the following exchange in the Agreste limousine:

Marinette: I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have kissed the statue. I didn’t know it was you, if I had, it wouldn’t have been a prank, because--

Adrien: No, no! It’s my fault. When you left the workshop, I was so worried you were mad at me, it made me do this prank and...

Marinette: Of course I wasn’t mad at you! I’m sorry that I made you believe that.

Adrien: Is that true? We’re still friends, you and me?

Marinette: Of course! But maybe we should stop playing pranks on each other!

Adrien: Ha, ha! I know, I’m not good with jokes. The girl I’m in love with doesn’t like ‘em either.

Marinette: The girl... you’re... in love with?

[Marinette backs away from Adrien and turns herself towards the car window.]

Adrien: Are you okay, Marinette?

Marinette: Yeah, yeah. I’m glad we’re friends.

After this scene plays out, Marinette gets out of the car at the bakery and laments about the conversation up in her bedroom. Tikki attempts to comfort her and Marinette seems to be playing along, as though trying to comfort herself, but the expression on her face shows emotional pain.

This is something that Marinette will not get over with easily.  The writers know this. And that is where the next chronological episode comes into play: “Cat Blanc.”

Here is the given summary for the following episode:

When Marinette makes a serious mistake, she must bear the consequences by confronting the one she could never have imagined could be akumatized.

Given by the episode title and the summary, it’s obvious this episode is about Chat Noir (called Cat Noir in the English, thus the episode title) getting akumatized. Using the events that occurred in the prior episode we can theorize and piece together what may happen in this episode.

Marinette is still heartbroken about Adrien calling her a friend and admitting he’s in love with someone else. Marinette, as Ladybug, rants to Chat Noir about her problems and in the process of doing so, slips out Adrien’s name, revealing who she is in the process. Ladybug realizes that she said Adrien’s name but doesn’t realize that she gave him the final piece of the puzzle, and either stops the conversation there and deals with an akumatized person or flat out leaves in a rush (depending on the timing of the conversation). Devastated, Chat Noir is vulnerable enough for Hawk Moth to akumatize him. Ladybug fixes the problem and apologizes and explains it all now that the two know each others’ identities.

The episode will most likely take a different turn of events, but I believe they’ll hit on the following points:

Marinette/Ladybug’s frustrations about Adrien are revealed to Adrien/Chat Noir

This is what causes Chat Noir to be akumatized

Because of the first point and how it causes chaos, their identities will be revealed to one another

Onto my last piece of evidence, the episode “Loveater”.

The following is the official summary for the episode:

Ladybug and Cat Noir confront Mr. and Mrs. Bourgeois, who have become "Loveater", a two-headed Cerberus that devours all the love in Paris. 

The trend that goes on in Miraculous Ladybug is that every season finale has majorly crippled the heroes and it’s their job to overcome said cripple and to save the day.

So why is the big villain someone who eats love?

One could hypothesize it’s because of the whole love square, that idea to me is incorrect because that would only impact one party. If they didn’t know their identities, Chat Noir/Adrien would only hate Ladybug while Marinette/Ladybug would only hate Adrien.

However, if the two knew each others’ identities and were in love and/or dating (and thus no longer a love square), both parties could effectively be crippled because they would hate both versions of themselves, being unable to get a break to save the day.

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And that, guys, gals, and pals, is my theory! What do you guys think? Have more evidence to support this theory or evidence to suggest otherwise? Go ahead and share it!