#S2 needs to be here NOW !!!

[ideologyofone]

I am 99.9% certain Caitlyn is the one who breaks things off with Vi

In the pit fighter clip, Vi is clearly spiraling

She’s heavily drinking, sleeping in a closet for an apartment, has 0 regards for her safety or wellbeing or anything really

And I’ve seen a lot of people say Vi has a ton of reasons to spiral that don’t even have to do with Cait, which is so true but

She’s not having hallucinations of those things. She’s not hallucinating Vander or Mylo or even Jinx, she’s hallucinating Caitlyn

She sees her in the crowd dancing, she sees her in the Kiramman crest flags (hanging in the undercity for some reason? 🤔)

And we also see this guy hanging out with Vi at the bar and basically taking care of her, is one of the enforcers from Caitlyn’s squad

So while Vi does have a lot of reasons to spiral that have nothing to do with Caitlyn, whatever happened between them was the last straw

Caitlyn leaving her, is what finally breaks her

[goodgirlwhoshopeful]

I’m sorry this is random but I scrolled by it again today:

Every time I see this candid/pap shot from DDBA2, all I can think is that he’s pulling the most Matt Murdock™️ Expression ever.

This is 100% his “I know you’re right, Karen, but man I hate it when you’re right when all I want to do is go and punch something” face.

[aymmgreen]

[netherregionblog]

⚠️REMINDER⚠️

WHATEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO GO HARASS THE CAST, CREW, OR ANYONE IN GENERAL!!!!

[clementineofmine]

Heyyo, who else remembers that before he left Five was Viktor's closest confidant? And then, when Five returns in S1 and one of his first moves is to confide in Viktor? And Viktor gives him a metaphorical pat on the head and a thats nice dear and refers him to therapy?

And then in S2 when Five again goes to find Viktor, and Viktor again shuts him down over and over again?

These two deserve a mulligan and a chance to get their shit together, so I wrote it as part of my Same Weird Family post S2 series epilogues (but you can also read it as a one shot) - I've Got Friends in Low Places - enjoy!

[pynkhues]

Lestat is sitting on a pillow in the next shot. I mean, come on!

Anon!!!! I have watched this scene 1,200 times and still somehow never noticed that they straight up have him lower back / butt supported on a bolster cushion. I've lightened a screencap to share, and:

Yeah, haha.

[sinvulkt]

Please consider

Mini!warwick Jinx

When Jinx get saved from death by Singed in s1, instead of just injecting her with Shimmer, he actually transform her into a werwolf like Warwick, but younger (so you get Warwick and his cub :3.) Because that’s been a proven method to stop dying people from dying apparently.

Silco now has to care for two wolves now. Because this did successfully make Warwick wake up and Silco and him have things to chat about. Whenever he truly become himself again I mean, since that’s no garantee XD

Meanwhile Vi lurks around ~ and is probably gonna get very confused

[cheesesteakphil]

YOU MAKE-A MY DREAMS COME TRUEEEEE

[whirlybirbs]

I kinda wanna watch thunderbirds bc it looked interesting and I like bucky but also I haven't watched any of their seemingly dozens of spin of shows I don't know who all the other characters are, so like will I even know what's going on? Do you think it'd be worth bothering with the MCU at this point?

GIRL! I DON’T KNOW SHIT ABOUT SHIT!

i am MAKING SHIT UP NOW. mcu WHO! that’s MY fuck ass super soldier with his BITCHIN BOB!

[bambiraptorx]

if you know you know

[clover-dose]

they weren't lying abt the Umamusume global localization being incredible. i've been playing for 3 hours while marking off irl tasks and the attention to detail in everything is so awesome

[anotherferalrat]

My cousin convinced me to finish arcane so we speedran it all in one night...

This is what hell feels like.

[sarucane]

Stede's *sob* Last Story (Kinda)

(Parentheses in title because I'm a big believer in stories having a life of their own, and hell this is the kind of thing where a cast would agree to a movie in 10 years, and that's before we get to fanfic...but as far as OFMD the tv show goes, this is the last one)

Stede's last story doesn't really begin with him. It begins with Ed.

Ed's the one who's suggested being innkeepers. Who decided he wanted to stay on this island, to set aside the impossible bird and rest on land. Ed's adding one more story to his cacaphony of contradictory stories. But this one isn't an extreme "I'm THIS now, and my name is JEFF." It isn't a death, or a personality shift. It's a story he'd like to "give a go."

Stede used to be so obsessed with his own stories that he couldn't--or didn't dare--see what others thought of them. He had to learn to set some stories aside, in order to live the life he wanted to live.

And that's just what he's done here. The life he wants to live is one with Ed, and this is the life Ed needs to live.

This is the story Ed's telling. So, Stede tells it too. With his whole heart, and no second thoughts, none of the doubts and fears that plagued him for so long.

Stede may be binding himself to land now, to Ed, but he's more free than he's ever been--to tell any story he wants.

Ed is more scared than Stede. Is too willing, as always, to tell a story that devalues himself.

But Stede takes that story and transforms it. Because telling a story together is far, far more powerful than telling a story alone.

So Stede takes Ed's story and transforms it. Into something full of honest hope. No more buying a boat and crew and pretending to be a pirate hoping it'll change him; no more clinging to vision without action. The house needs work. The relationship needs work. The story won't become reality all by itself.

But it can.

And I love that Ed doesn't quite engage with this (yet). That even now at what turns out to be the end, he's still a bit more uncertain than Stede because he's just not as secure as Stede yet. Because that's honest.

Instead, Ed focuses on the practical. On needing some food , on the need for a bit of violence.

But that doesn't change Stede's story. And neither does the crappy smell awaiting them inside.

This is a story of hope. And it can shape reality. A heap of painted wood can be a real boy, and a terrible smell can be a smell of the future.

And Stede holds true to that long enough for Ed to finally join in telling this story. To say, "love that," and stop trivializing or devaluing the story he wants to tell.

And then Stede says "Me too." They're in the same place, telling the same story.

And then--now that the story has legs, now that the core truth of love is where it belongs, at center --Stede doesn't cling to perfection, to completeness. He doesn't try to pretend the smell is nice, or doesn't bother him.

He embraces reality, and goes about doing what needs to be done to make the important story true.

A seabird to land; a unicorn still standing in defiance of everything and everyone; two mad queers packed with insecurity and trauma finding love and peace together.

A last story, gently setting aside any ugliness of reality, kindly shoring up insecurities, and seducing its listener into becoming another storyteller.

Stede's stories carried him from one family, to another, to one last and truest family. The one he chose, with both eyes open. Took him to a home he'll build with his own hands, alongside his love.

It's story that will shape his reality--and that of those who trust him--forever. A story he'll tell, forever.

Because now, he can. He knows how.

And he won't do it alone.

[cl-0v3r]

OH MY GOD HE'S HERE AND HE'S GORGEOUS AND?? HELLO??? WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM??? HE'S SO HE. HE. HE LOOKS SO HOT 😭 😭 😭

he LITERALLY went from "Hello sir, its nice to finally meet you" to "your daughter calls me daddy too" LIKEE?!?!. SIRRRRRUH????

WHAT DO YOU THINK MELS OPINION IS ABOUR THIS EVOLUTION?!?÷,$&-**!* EVERYONES OPINION?!?#,,$,$

[sskk-manifesto]

Next time we should just skip over ep 3 and do a chapters 84-87 reread

[kalosian-woods]

everything about 'Under the Pledging Tree!' is so amazing to me, its def top 5 XYZ episodes for sure. so much to dissect character wise too! with the trainers thought process on the gifts, the pokemon's interaction with each other and their reaction to the gifts, and even to the whole culture of the event! (seriously though, that scene of the music box clemont made playing while luxio and bunnelby watches/listens to it and the scene changes to clemont watching chespin eat the berries ash got for his pokemon with a content smile kills me)

also makes me wonder what the event would be like post-crisis; a lot of things would be different in the entire region, maybe Ramos invited the league to it as a break/breather? just spending time with familiar faces, celebrating life and the fact that they're all still in one piece without any worries,

-⚡ (unintentionally spreading my ecology bonnie propaganda... /j)

You're actually getting me to think about the culture of Kalos as a whole in order to have such an event. It's definitely a celebration of life and of the bonds made in it, with people taking the time to thank their Pokemon partners for all the help that they have given them for the year (as it's an annual holiday) (also so many Pokeball decorations heh). Considering it's celebrated in Coumarine as it is, do you think that it can also be celebrated around Kalos as well, or that some cities have their own festivals? Cause ngl, this one is so beautiful as it is, it has be a big one. The story about it is very sweet as well:

You can see the changing environments in the first three set of pictures, and coupled with the line 'reached this land' - could it be that these two have had their own Pokemon journey, so to speak, across all of Kalos and settled down in what is now known as Coumarine City, thus sparking the tradition? The badlands can be around Lumiose, for instance, and the winterscape around Snowbelle (also the whole idea of most people in the city vs more further out, hot vs cold, the start of the journey and the end of it with this series)? And the first gift actually being the most long-lasting one, the one where everyone rests their own gifts against??

To me, the essence of this tradition is honouring not just what you have brought to the relationship, but, as the presents have shown, who you are to each other. That's why Ash struggled so much with finding something from the stores - because that's not who he, or his team, really are. They're self-made, reliable, living off the earth and learning from everyone and everything around them. And again, that's applicable to everyone and their gifts!

Also the fact that the original founder of this festival started it to celebrate their efforts and their 'unchanging' friendship is so ugh to me, especially when you look at the Kalos Gang and know how much they have changed as it is. I mean, don't get me started on Clemont and Luxio (or even Bunnelby and Chespin, that's a whole thing too)! Or Serena looking at her two Pokemon and getting ready to face their first Showcase together, the festival celebrating their efforts before they've even seen the fruit of it. Just,, how much this ep means to me, please.

Post-Crisis would hold a lot of significance for sure! Now that I'm thinking about it, with the vines running rampant, there's probably going to be a lot of trust issues stemming around the big tree (and worries about it lasting long and that). I'm not going to go evil and say that it died or anything (especially since trees can live for thousands of years! and also because of magical Pokemon world :P), but there's going to be some tending involved to the tree before anything, to make sure that it's okay after, well, everything that's happened. Ramos probably invited them all before every year, you know, as a common curtesy, but he finds himself pleasantly surprised by the turnout this year.

He finds himself even more surprised about them pitching in to help with the set up. Overzealous and full of tenative hope, stringing up lights just the same as any other person, helping with the tree, taking breaks once in a while, sitting down and doing the countdown until the unpacking begins and the tree glows. It's comfortable, cozy, and different. They learn more abot each other and their Pokemon than they've ever expected.

'It's a thank you for the year. After everything that the Pokemon have gone through, of course.'

(It's also a thank you to them, from all the people who recognised them and even those who didn't, smiles across the field, laughing and talking and making plans for the next one. And safe to say, that's just another tradition that the League will make room for, for years to come.)