#SCORPION SEASON 4 WISH LIST

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SCORPION/QUINTIS S4 WISH LIST:

Here is a list of thing I want to see happen on Scorpion in s4: 

Things I want to see/know/hear about in S4: 

QUINTIS/TOBY-HAPPY RELATED:

Quintis talking about the events of past year and/or talking about “when is the right time” aka proper conclusion to the Cd-baby plot with them talking about..things. And deciding when the right time would be, and what option they will choose (bio kid, adoption)

Quintis pregnancy plot or adoption plot (I would prefer a pregnancy plot...after the events of 3x07, but I’d also love an adoption story, which is still very fitting for them)* #ep403getstheballrollingkinda

If there is a Quintis pregnancy, I hope we don’t jump from “month 1″ to “month 9″ fast, but instead get to see the whole, or at least most of the, journey. because this plot gives opportunity for some pretty great comedy (grumpy, tough mechanic with a big belly putting everyone in their places who think a pregnant lady cannot work. a’la Brennan/Bones style + using Toby as an errands boy) + some sweet Quintis moments (Toby will go all out and do all that "sweet/annoying” stuff like talking to the belly, and reading to the baby, and so on...) And we’d get emotional plot...with her worrying that something could happen during childbirth (like it did with her mom), and worry about the genius/normal possibility, plus worrying about becoming parents... even if that was addressed already during the s3 Cd-baby plot... 

If there is a Quintis baby, then I personally hope he/she will be a genius (even if they won’t know for a little while). Though two geniuses raising a “normal” would also make an interesting story, I’d love to see Quintis & The Team raising a genius & teaching him/her... their skills (like they’re doing with Ralph, though they started with him only at age 9...now we could start with age 9 days...)

If there is a Quintis baby, then unless they name him/her Marcus or Grace, they better come up with a great name. Also.. my vote still goes to baby girl, because the team needs more girls-power, and the team’s already growing a boy-genius (Ralph), so they need a girl-genius (Baby Quintis), too. 

NEW! Since we know there will be a Quintis family plot (pregnancy or adoption...is the question...) and we know there have been several mentions of Toby’s gambling past, and since Happy’s emotional storyline lead to the Quintis wedding, then it’s only logical that it’ll be Toby’s emotional storyline thatll lead to a Quintis baby. And I hope that they’ll use of of these “dramatic” scenarious: a) have Collins be the threat (to pregnant Happy, to their newborn baby or their adopted kid); b)  Have Collins play some more mind games and “drive” Toby to gambling/almost gambling...and we’d explore the addict storyline this way; c) have “Bruno” or someone from Toby’s past be a threat...demanding payment...now that both Quintis & TeamScorpion are extra broke + Quintis is planning to have a child. Making him just stressed or actually gamble.; d) Have there be some fertility issues or Quintis thinking this isn’t happening for them, but then happening for real  (opposite of S3 Cd-baby plot: in s3 they were excited aboiut a baby that never was...in s they would then be unhappy (worried, anxious) about not having a baby, when there actually would be one... That’s as far as I want them to go with “fertility issues” for these two. Drama is loved by tv writers, and it looks great on screen, but 100% “no” is in my books not an option for these two. If I have one wish...it’s that the show would let them have also a bio kid...

If there is a Quintis baby... Allie could be the first “nanny”...until Patrick is out/back again. Or they could bring back Ray...again. ETA: Or expand Patty’s (Sly’s team-mate for his other job...as the Alderman) job description.  Or Ada, who will be cured by then. (Ada could replace Happy in the field til she’s on maternity leave/stuck in the garage and/or be the babysitter for a while) Or someone else from the past.. Or the team could just stay in the Garage, to babysit the littlest genius, one member at a time (different team member in each ep/during each case...they’ve used this option a lot in s2 & s3 already...) Basically... if they wanted to..they could make it work storyline wise (and production wise...with working with small humans on set) The logistics, both for the fictional characters and the real world production team might be a lot to handle, but it can be done! 

The Quintis place (that we will finally see Happy’s place/... now Quintis place/home) - that set has to be built for S4, and I want to see it...how they’ve combined their stuff, and what their home looks like after they’ve settled in. I just want to see Toby’s hat hanging on a coat-hook in the hallway, and their things “mixed” (Happy & her tools, Toby & his books) - their two personal styles combined, creating a new...”their” place... I cannot wait to see the set for their house/apartment. 

Quintis “domestic” scene - not a “bedroom” scene as some mean it, but them just being home, casually - watching cop shows on tv together, reading books, playing board-games, building something, teaching each-other each others skill sets, just talking or bickering or “fighting” about little things (”no the picture goes on that wall” ...”no, it goes on THAT wall...”), waking up together (we gotta get confirmation if Happy is the little spoon or not...after 2x13 we gotta know)... 

Toby carrying Happy to bed (or to the sofa), and covering her up with a blanket, after she’s fallen asleep 

Happy taking care of a sick Toby/Toby taking care of a sick Happy 

Quintis movie-nights (it’s been hinted that they’re both movie fans, and love watching tv shows, so...) - seeing them watch a movie/tv marathon...

Happy wearing Toby’s clothes (his Harvard-Tee, his hoodies... works both for pregnant Happy...whose clothes don’t fit her anymore, and for non-pregnant Happy ...who just likes “to feel him close” that way)

Quintis "You can leave your hat on” scene...where this song plays and/or Happy says this to Toby...before we cut to black (end of scene/ep). We know she secretly loves the hat, and we know they (both!) love to dress up for “alone time”, so... this is in character.  #weneedaconfirmationabouthowHappyreallyfeelsaboutthehat #iloveyourhat #icanseehistupidhat 

Quintis dancing to “Shiny Happy People” at their home/in the extra baby room/in the Garage/on the rooftop... recreating the 2x13 Patrick & Grace Quinn - Happy’s parents - scene from the VHS tape Happy watched. Bonus points if Happy is pregnant during this dance scene. 

Quintis team-work during cases! Happy getting to show off her mechanic skills & Toby getting to show off his doctor skills. And vice versa/in reverse - Toby showing off what he’s learned from her & Happy showing off what shes learned from him. #ep405 #ep410

Quintis teaching each other their skills (a’la 1x13 deleted end scene style: Toby teaching Happy about noticing human behaviour -- like he did in 3x22 with that hand placement comment and medicine & Happy teaching Toby mechanics, buildings stuff, etc...)

The return of significant little things/presents - the dollhouse from 2x04 (that they worked on together in season 2), the rocking chair (from 3x06 that Toby “built” for Happy and their kid), the “attaboy” key-fob (that Happy gave Toby as a present in 3x11), the “Sparking Mike ” toy robot (that Toby gave Happy as a present), the “Toby Dick” framed picture (from 3x22)...among other things. I want to see all those items in the Quintis home...and their places in their home... Several can be used as decorating the “extra room” aka future baby Grace/Marcus Quinn-Curtis room. #ep407

Married Quintis being the same two adorable genius dorks, bickering, and being simply themselves... (confirming that simply signing some papers doesn’t mean that a person’s personality changes completely, and they still remain themselves, even if they do change, and adapt to each other more and more...) #everysingleepisode

Quintis still adapting to living together & being married. Fun storylines and scenes about them getting used to the “changes” in their lives. (They moved in together, officially, in ep 322, and got to cohabitate only for a month til their wedding day & the 3-week “deserted island” adventure aka their “honeymoon”... so it’s still kinda new for them...

Quintis honeymoon... a proper one. Not really seeing their honeymoon (they, and the whole team, really need a long vacation after the year of crazy events they’ve had...so 6 weeks off is a must...and good reason for a timejump on the show...) but seeing them leave for their vacation, and returning after... #idontthinkthiswillhappenforthem

Quintis duet! Quintis singing....together. Or one of them playing the piano/an intrument, and the other one singing... #kinda

Quintis high5-s, Quintis fist-bumps, Quintis foreheard/top-of-the-head kisses, Quintis hugs, Quintis kisses #LittleSweetQuintisMoments#401 #402 

Quintis nicknames! More nicknames from Toby. But also from Happy! #getcreativewithnicknames #401 #402 

Quintis Garage Rooftop scenes! Quintis/Team at Kovelsky’s scenes

Flashback to 2x13 rooftop cuddling in the tent (what happened after the ep ended)

Flashback to the moment when Quintis became official - the when, how... revealed in detail (either shown visually as a flashback, or revealed in words/by someone telling the story)

Quintis planting an oak tree (their tree, “a mighty love oak”) and/or tend to one they planted on their wedding day/during/after the honeymoon  PS. If it’s not a topic in S3 finale/wedding ep, then definitely in s4, please

Toby’s “new” car! After his old blue convertible was blown up in last seasons premiere... did Happy fix it up, or did Toby already got a new car (or have they just carpooled/both drove Happy’s truck), or will he be getting a new car... will they be getting a new car (a “family car”) soon? 

Perfect Quintis Christmas! 

Quintis book-club! Toby reading two books at once (and Happy admiring the sight) and Happy reading a book and/or Toby/Happy both reading a book... #bookreadingdate #quietnightathomeorinthegarage 

Quintis as the support team in the Garage (a la 3x08) - both Toby & Happy staying behind during a case, and being together in the Garage, communicating via comms with the others. 

Toby’s new computer and mobile phone backgrounds/wallpapers to be shown. The old/usual “playing cards decks wallpaper” replaced with something else, possibly Happy/Quintis/team related. 

A Valentine’s day episode! Quintis Valentines day! 

Quintis anniversary! Quintis 1st wedding anniversary (May 2018....a year after their May 2017 wedding), Quintis 1st date/get together anniversary... 

Happy (and the team) having to save Toby’s life during a case (kind of like Toby did in 2x13 in the South Pole, and/or the team did in 2x12 at the dam...but not like 2x06...where she kinda did already...)

Toby and his gambling past - Bruno & his debts (payment plan) story line brought back/continued and finished. Learn to identity of Bruno, and learn more about Toby’s debts etc.  PS. If it’s not a topic in S3 finale/wedding ep, then definitely in s4, please

NEW! (added after s4 premiere) Quintis/TeamScorpion Vs Collins. He’ll be back...we all know it. And while I think he’ll go after Walt/Paige/Ralph...I kinda wish that maybe he’ll go after Happy (pregnant Happy) or Quintis kid... so we’d get a great emotional storyline. And see again the fierce Happy. Cause they’re all scared of Queen Happy...also Collins. She is a worthy opponent to him, and after 224 she would so extra scary if the bearded trickster tried to hurt her/her gamily again. 

TEAM/OTHER CHARACTERS RELATED:

Sly and “Megan Dodd Pediatric Care Unit/Ward” - that plot was dropped too fast (no explanation given why & no mention of this plot or why it was “forgotten” in any of the interviews or dvd extras...or anywhere), with no resolution at the end of s2. One way to bring it back (after so much time, and make it seem natural) is simply to have it be related to Quintis baby - they visit the place when the baby is born (it’s obvious Quintis baby is gonna be born “in the middle of nowhere, during a mission”..but after that they will go to the hospital for a checkup, and it’d be a great time to “casually” mention MDPCW, and give “closure” to that “dropped” plot, with just one little scene)

Storyline for Sly! #ep401 #ep402 #ep403

Storyline for Cabe! #ep402 #ep403

Ada (Happy’s mechanic friend, Ada Pearce, from 3x18) to be mentioned or returning. Either we hear how Walt’s search for a donor match goes and how her life in the bubble/after getting out of the bubble has gone OR we actually get to see her again. Ada would be a perfect “replacement” on the team on the field while Happy is stuck in the Garage. As in: for the Happy/Quintis pregnancy plot (that is coming..in the future) Cause while Toby and others (as seen in 3x16, 3x14, etc) have picked up things from Happy’s skillset, it would be better to have a “mechanic” on the team during missions. Or just extra member of the team (like Tim was for a while - two federal agents instead of one) Or...she could be the nanny/babysitter. 

More (mentions, at least) of the Mechan-Chicks! website and the mechanchiks and their fun adventures/teamwork. They helped fix Ada’s house after the 3x18 case/events. They must do similar projects..more often..now... 

The return of old “fan fave” characters: Collins as the teams main opponent and the shows main villain, Ray #Ray-turn, Allie, Ada, Maya, Megan (in flashbacks...somehow), Patrick (Happy’s dad), Drew (Ralph’s dad), Walt’s parents, Patty (3x15) etc... #Patty403 #Allie403 #Ray405 #Richard405 

Allie returning (since she obviously isn’t really a fan of working for Patel, then she might enjoy another job change), and she cold become the Scorpion “office assistant” or the (Quintis baby) nanny/babysitter while others are on missions. 

The return of Mark Collins. Collins vs Cyclone (in whatever form, please) #ep401 #ep402 #

Team Scorpion VS Team Anti-Scorpion. The Team facing an enemy, who are geniuses & like them, only with bad intentions. Two teams of geniuses going against each other. The team meeting their match(es).

Grandpa/Dad Cabe & his kiddos (the team) scenes/moments/storylines.... 

More Ralph/Team, Ralph/Quintis, Ralph/Sly, Ralph/Walt...scenes and storylines.

Ferret Bueller - seen again, or his fate mentioned. #

A team origins episode (story) - how everyone met (in detail) We’ve gotten glimpses of the backstory and “how I met everyone” in past episodes - 1x02, 1x03, 1x10, 1x22, 3x23... but we don’t know all the details and haven’t really seen the “flashbacks” to the first meetings or the early days of the team...when they were still “building the company”

A case involving a baby/toddler/child that the team has to protect & take care of (babysit, take custody of during the case), and Quintis is tasked with looking after the kid. (a la Peraltiago in 4x16 with Terry’s kids) And this leads to them having the “babies” talk and/or be a test-run for their future (if it’s already conformed they’re going to be parents)

Cases with animals/living creatures (deer in 4x03 already confirmed). Unless they’re saving the case with scorpions for the shows series finale/last season, I hope to see also a case involving a scorpion...soon. 

Happy building stuff! Happy making more presents to her family members (like she’s built stuff for Sly & “Megan” & Toby - Birdroni, photo phrames, comics humidifier, wedding band, keychain) & Toby “building” stuff... #ep402

The Curtis Clan - an episode/storyline focused on Toby and his family/parents - finally meeting his dad/mom/parents/family. He’s the last team members whose parent(s) we haven’t met. Or heard much about at all. PS. If it’s not a topic in S3 finale/wedding ep, then definitely in s4, please

The story behind Toby’s fedora/hat - when did it become his signature look, and the reasons behind it...etc

The story behind Toby’s “bracelet” - what’s the significance of it?

*Here’s one scenario for the Quintis pregnancy/baby plot (reveal) IN A SEPARATE POST 

This is the first, very initial list. More things will be added to the list...with time. 

PS. This list does not include anything about the shows lead ship/main couple... on purpose. Not because I don’t have thoughts on them (the Ralph, Walt, Paige family & dynamic... because I do), but because I’ve decided not to blog about this ship, hence leaving out anything related to their storylines. Also from this list.

Post created/Last update: April 25th, 2017/Oct 6th, 2017

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This Week in BL

April 2021 Part 3

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. 

Ongoing Series - Thai

Second Chance Ep 3 - this is proper YA, they are dealing with actual high school issues, picking uni, first crushes, online dating, etc... We even got a senior prom trope which almost never happens in Thai stuff (just the freshman uni competition variant). Standard plot pacing means PaperFah’s kiss was too early, might indicate we’re moving to uni in the second half of the series? Tropes included: let me feed you, hand hold, black & white striped shirt, floppy drunk & first kiss. 

Y-Destiny Ep 3 - the first MaxNat ep. Such fun to see them playing different characters. This one is enemies to lovers, tutor/student, but it’s using the “poor little rich kid loose cannon” archetype. Nat is doing his best, but it’s leaving me cold. Lots of tropes tho: boyfriend’s closet, floppy drunk, pillow clutch, the loom & water bottle. 

Lovely Writer Ep 8 - solid installment, good use of many tropes. I really like the leads and I’m glad there isn’t much side dish action, SibGene gave us: punish, touch your face, boyfriend claiming, kissing, sleep cuddling, symmetry, rooftop, cheek kiss, hand hold, and pillow clutch. 

Call It What You Want Ep 3-4 - couldn’t find the subs, don’t really care, will watch if it crosses my radar, otherwise I’m just not into it.  

Brothers Ep 11 - the “everyone wants Chol” show continues (but WHY?), he and Tri are cute together, and now I kinda just want Prab to end up with the twins. I’m confused by the teachers, but Boston showed up (from UWMA), and my boys KhunKaow got together (YES!), so I’m ultimately delighted with the episode. 

Fish Upon The Sky Ep 2 - the makeover happened, and we go from cute with glasses and braces to cute without them. (I’m reminded of those 90′s Pygmalion teen movies where the girl has glasses + ponytail and then *GASP* does not and *GASP* she’s HOT. This was the BL version.) Meanwhile, writers better be careful with Pi, he’s getting too tsundere to like. Did you see they gave AJ a 2gether music intro & pick up line? Well, it’s actually his brother JJ who plays Ohm in 2g. I cackled. GMMTV - you so cheeky. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai 

HIStory 4: Close To You (Taiwan) Ep 5 - half way point. My poor confused babies. It was a really sweet episode... if what happened before hadn’t happened in the way that it had. Also, these boys have a GREAT friendship but are probably the worst advice givers ever. 

Most Peaceful Place (Vietnam) Ep 3 fin - so cute! Our boys confessed and got together. There was an adorable mutual kiss (I love me a mutual, like Ingredients). Afterwards, they actually seemed to communicate with each other about both sex and their relationship. OMG. How original for BL! This was the last episode, so the series is short, but I still enjoyed it very much. RECOMMENDED. 

My Lascivious Boss (Vietnam) Ep 1-2 - oh boy this one is rough, we started out with homophobia child abuse and moved on to family drama + drunken dub-con one night stand. But production values and subs are better than normal for Vietnam (You Are My Boy levels) + our queer babies are out & proud + it’s higher heat + I’m weak. So I’m watching. 

Word of Honor (China) Ep 25-27 - honestly not much happened, lots of back story. Things are looking dire for the ghosts unless they can turn the Scorpion (I LOVE HIM, he’s my precious deadly baby). Don’t know how they managed to make loosing a battle with an immortal sword god ex-friend cute... but they did. Did some calculations and at 36 eps, mathematically speaking, ep 30 will be the equivalent of a standard BL ep 11. Should I be scared for next week? 

Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (Korea) Ep 1-2 - it’s so effing adorbs, soft bois do old fashioned tropes like arranged marriage + evil stepsisters meets the more modern fake relationship + secret identity in a surprisingly comfortable mix. It launched with baby is a floppy drunk, forced proximity, performative I saw you feed him, and some fun gay panic. It’s a lot lighter and faster paced than I was expecting, but this is Korea so I don’t know why I’m surprised. 

Stand Alones 

K-pop band OnlyOneOf dropped a new MV that is basically BL bait, using many of the tropes we know and love. I promise I’m not trying to lure anyone into K-pop I just thought it was interesting how consciously they’re yaoi dipping. 

Spin-off We Best Love Fighting Mr. 2nd, Shou Zhen | the Only Love Letter Once Written (SERIOUSLY WITH THE TITLES TAIWAN?) anyway there’s a something or other 25 minutes featuring Pei Shou Yi and his boy that aired Friday. It’s about 10 minutes of reboot footage with 15 min of new content, mostly set in the past. It entirely rests on Chih Tian Shih’s acting, fortunately for us he’s great. However, it doesn’t substantially change or add to these characters’ arcs from the finale of WBL season 2. I don’t know if there will be more or if this was just an extra footage fan service. 

COLOR RUSH GOT ITS MOVIE!!! Okay this is almost the tipping point for me to get Viki Standard. It’s listed at 1:56 minutes long but the original series had only c.120 running time - that is a lot of new content. Although i was disappointed by To My Star’s movie I loved Wish You’s, so I am hoping Color Rush got Wish You level treatment. That said, I feel Color Rush the series is damn near perfect already, hard to improve on perfection. 

Breaking News

Close Friend the series got an updated trailer featuring MaxNat (no subs) so if you like them in Y-Destiny or in Why R U get ready for them to play different characters again, this time for a sports romance segment. Like Y-Destiny, Close Friend looks to be another series of vignettes (Original trailer) coming April 22. 

2gether the movie (Thai trailer) was intended release April 22 but is now postponed due to a surge in C19 cases in Thailand.

Tell the World I Love You, a Thai BL movie that was supposed to release last week, is similarly delayed.  

My Ride has been postponed indefinitely with no airing date. 

The Miracle of Teddy Bear got a teaser vid, no eng subs. 

Gossip

Thai BL actors Nanon (Bad Buddy), Yoon (YYY), and Mark Siwat (LBC, Bite Me) have tested positive for C19. Press releases stated they’re fine, tho filming has paused fore their various projects, obvs. (No word on whether Nanon’s current project was Bad Buddy or not, although it seems likely given his recent Arm Share episode.) 

Next Week Looks Like This:

Some shows may be listed later than actual air date for International accessibility reasons.

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.

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She-Ra Character Names, in order from least to most ridiculous.

Listen. I love this show with my whole heart. And I know a lot of these names are unavoidable artifacts of the 80s show and you can’t hold that against them. But some of them are just hilariously bad, and in your heart you know that to be true.

Before we begin, special shout-out to Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio for having just normal person names. I can’t even include them on this list because they’re too normal. They won the Etheria name lottery. Congrats, guys. (Also this is only characters through Season 2 right now because that’s as far as I’ve gotten.)

So here’s 20 names from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, starting with the least ridiculous.

20. Micah. It’s unusual, sure, but you wouldn’t see this name on a classroom list and wonder what planet he’s from. Heck, I knew a Micah growing up. Extra points for being a “sparkly” name that fits as the father of someone named Glimmer.

19. Glimmer. As a name for a magical princess, this is perfect. It’s fun and pretty and has just the right amount of sparkle to it. It’s not “normal” but it’s not ridiculous.

18. Shadow Weaver. Loses points for being clearly more like a title than a name, but wins points for pure drama, so it evens out.

17. Madam Razz. Definitely has an 80s flavor, but Madam isn’t an inherently ridiculous title, and hey, Razz could totally be short for something normal, I guess.

16. Entrapta. Of the weirdly self-descriptive princess names, this is definitely the least stupid. Appealingly strange and not too on-the-nose. I mean, she could have been Robotica or something. This is much better.

15. Bow. As far as sound, this could be a totally normal name. Adding that W to the end costs it a lot points, though -- not only is he an archer named Bow ha-ha-get-it, but now it’s also the name of frilly things you put on a skirt. I can’t ignore that when evaluating name silliness.

14. Hordak. This is a pretty rad villain name, honestly. It’s got everything going for it, except the “Horde” link is a bit obvious.

13. Scorpia. The DRAMA of this name, my gosh. A little too dramatic, of course, but she is a cartoon villain. (Antagonist, at least. I can’t in any conscience call this darling girl a villain.) Minus points for belonging to a literal scorpion person.

12. Netossa. This is a silly self-descriptive on-the-nose princess name, but one so well-disguised the character herself had to point that out. Wish more of them were like that.

11. Swift Wind. Honestly, it’s the perfect name for the rainbow pegasus-unicorn steed of a magical transformation heroine. So perfect it makes me want to throw up a little, but you gotta hate the game, not the player.

10. Adora. This name has a lot going for it. It has a very natural name-like flow, thanks to its resemblance to perfectly normal names like Dora and Adele. But it has to lose points for the final result’s excessive... adorableness.

9. Angella. The only reason this one is so far down the list is because the character has literal angel wings. The name itself is actually a very nice balance of familiar and fantasy.

8. Huntara. There are worse ways to feminize Hunter, if you feel the absolute driving need to do so. But I just hate this name. I hate it. No, I will not be taking criticism

7. Mermista. We’re really getting into silly territory here. (But at least it’s not Mermaida.)

6. Spinnerella. Is it better or worse that this princess name references Cinderella?

5. Perfuma. Literally the only defense I can offer of this name is that it’s less obvious than Blossom.

4. Catra. It honestly pains me to put this name so far down the ridiculous scale, because the sound of it fits her so well. But she’s a cat-person named Catra. I can’t just let that pass.

3. Frosta. *groans*

2. Castaspella. You have no idea how hard it was to even type this name. Who came up with this and how can we punish them? Thank heaven the show calls her Casta 99% of the time.

1. She-Ra. I’ve noticed the show tends to pronounce this more like Sheera or even Shira, a move that does a lot to make it sound more natural and less absurd. I applaud this. We all should. Because how do any of us watch this show with a straight face? It’s called SHE-RA. Like, “raaahh!!” but with a SHE. It’s only a hair better than its brother-show, He-Man. This is killing me. But there’s nothing to be done. She-Ra is the foundation of the show, it’s the one name you can’t change. We just have to accept this. I need a drink.

[meant-to-be-a-hero]

Ranger Rankings - Power Rangers RPM

Premise - 5

RPM is such a major departure from the preceding seasons. The post apocalyptic, Rangers on the back foot approach is really great, and it gives the whole season a totally different feel.

Character Dynamics - 4.5

This season really shines in this department, but it does it in subtle ways. Relationships evolve, characters grow closer, and it's not just a case of pairing everyone off and being done with it.

There's Scott's issues with his dad, the Dillon/Scott/Summer triangle, Doctor K and her becoming closer to everyone, Flynn and Gemma's little thing, Ziggy and Doctor K, Ziggy and Dillon...the list goes on. There's a lot of moving parts, and the show often looks at more than one per episode. It's refreshing, and it makes the show feel more mature.

It's nice not to have the Red Ranger as the main focus for a change too, you could argue that Dillon's the real main character, a bit like how Wes was the main character of Time Force even though Jen was the leader of the team.

Support character-wise, Doctor K was fantastic, one of the best mentors in ages. She's scathingly sarcastic, but with a gentleness and an almost childlike innocence underneath. Pairing her and Ziggy together was a great choice.

Scott's dad was alright, he had a bit more personality than the usual military commander characters, but not by much. I did appreciate the recurring military guys like Hicks and Vasquez - it made the whole Hybrid reveal mean a bit more at the end when we got to see actual people we'd seen through the season succumbing to Venjix, rather than it just being all randomers.

Sixth Ranger Arc - 2

Gem and Gemma are...problematic, if you ask me. I get that they're meant to be endearing, but I found them mostly just irritating, and the fact that no one questions the fact that they're clearly not mentally developed enough to be on the front lines of a battle, like at all, bugs me.

They've got a nice relationship with Doctor K, and I like that they're seeded before they turn up, but they suffer from the same kind of issue that a lot of the Sixth Rangers have recently, in that they turn up, join the team, and then fade into the background. I don't think Gem even has a spotlight, I couldn't tell you one thing about him that sets him apart from his sister, whereas Gemma at least has that one episode where she and Flynn team up on the Road Attack Zord.

Honestly, the best plot point for Gem and Gemma was when Venjix deleted them in the finale, which sounds mean, but it also showed that they were superfluous to the team - losing them was an emotional blow, but not one that really hurt the team dynamic at all.

Plot Development - 4

This is another great area for this season. While the fight against Venjix is the overarching plot, the show goes through phases where that's not even the biggest issue, like the Omega City arc, the Tenaya-7 redemption arc, and the flashback six episodes or so near the beginning of the series. Plus there are recurring plot points, like Ziggy and the Scorpions, that fade and come back later on, and it all builds to a really well done finale - I haven't felt that much adrenaline for non-Ranger battles since the Lightspeed Rescue finale.

Villains - 2.5

I know that Venjix is a computer virus, but could he be any blander? He just yells at people. His plans are basically all the same, and even when he gets a body of his own, he just doesn't...do anything. He has literally no personality, which I guess is the point, but it doesn't make for the best villains. Even King Mondo, also mechanical, had something to work with.

Things do look up near the end of the season when Kilobyte turns up, he adds some much needed dissension to the ranks, and the three part arc where Shifter goes rogue gave me good Frax vibes.

Easily the best part of the villain team was Tenaya - she had the sass, and the wherewithal to back it up. I do wish we got more than one episode of her being good before she got re-brainwashed again, but that's the same thing I said when they did the same thing with Astronema during In Space, so I should really be used to it by now.

Given how bland the villains are, it's a testament to how good the other characters are that this season's still really good.

Overall - 3.60

Hottest Ranger - There really was a lot to go on this season; I'm gunna give it to Dillon because he has the brooding bad boy thing and I'm weak, but Scott, Flynn, and even Ziggy had something going for them that kept them in the running.

Notable Episodes:

Doctor K - The best of the flashback episodes. Pulls triple duty by introducing Gem and Gemma, the truth behind Venjix, and explaining why Doctor K is the way she is.

The Dome Dolls - Birds of Prey, eat your heart out.

And...Action! - Not a particularly good episode, but remarkable in that it's so bizarre. The Rangers stay in character while explaining behind the scenes stuff, so it's like...Power Rangers filming Power Rangers. So weird.

Key To The Past/Beyond A Doubt/Control+Alt+Delete - Three part redemption arc with some big reveals, and I'm a sucker for a good villain face turn.

Danger And Destiny (Parts 1+2) - Because you can't be Power Rangers without an epic finale that's equal parts Mad Max and Battlestar Galactica, and has an absolutely brilliant way of getting rid of the villain of the season.

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Season 9, Mission 4: Out of the Past

Heist

~

[birds twitter]

AMELIA SPENS: Okay team, let's go over this one more time. General Bakari has sent Abel a distress call from a remote Tunisian base, Red Scorpion, which is probably home to red fungus and definitely home to one Ernest Van Ark.

PETER LYNNE: Oh, despite the fact that you, you know, um, what was it? Oh yes, blew him up with a rocket launcher, Five! That's... [laughs] It's typical! My luck. We get Janine back safe, and oh, who pops up but the devil himself?

AMELIA SPENS: Bakari wants a team to sneak something out of Red Scorpion. Our hope is that it's a red fungus countermeasure. To get there, our team needs to infiltrate New Agadir, a city in the middle of the desert, while posing as Death's Hand, a mercenary group whose greatest hits include assassinating a blue chip CEO using a neurotoxin-tipped knitting needle and overthrowing at least three heads of state.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: This is all so exciting! Proper Mission Impossible stuff!

AMELIA SPENS: Peter, remind me why you brought the new person along. It's Frances, isn't it? From the Hebrides?

FRANCES DEMPSEY: I wanted to try a run. Janine said I could come because it's a low-danger assignment, and because I promised to stop asking to be on the Tunisia team if she let me. I overheard Sam talking about the mission.

AMELIA SPENS: Marvellous. Janine should add “make Sam keep a secret” to her bucket list. [sighs] At least you're not pestering me to let you go. I've already had to veto Jody's involvement. I need her here working with me to train runners on McShell tower protocol.

PETER LYNNE: [laughs] I bet she was thrilled about that.

AMELIA SPENS: Anyway, our problem is getting a team to Tunisia. The information in Bakari's transmission enabled us to contact the Maghreb Protectorate, a government which operates in what used to be parts of Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Another government, that's incredible!

AMELIA SPENS: Yes, well, they're no use to us yet. They have no jurisdiction over New Agadir, and besides, our governments do not yet trust each other enough for them to provide assistance. Our team can't risk crossing Europe - too many unknowns - and our few ships are all either exploring or acting as repeater stations for overseas agents - too far out to be useful.

All we have left are small coastal merchants. I've found one scow captain willing to take people to Tunisia, but he's cautious. He wants the latest nautical charts. Pre-apocalypse, obviously. Not a lot of hydrographic surveys since Z-Day. You're approaching the London home of Horatio Brewer, famous British investor. Should have what we want.

PETER LYNNE: Are we sure about that, Amelia?

AMELIA SPENS: Fairly. Mr. Brewer was a keen yachtsman. Old Ministry intel says he planned to escape Z-Day by sailing to a second home on the Tunisian coast. Had all the prep work done, then his neighborhood turned gray. We think zoms got him, but he was keeping his preparation safe in a basement vault.

PETER LYNNE: Great. So basically, we're looting a dead man's travel plans. Lovely. Um, see that street across the park, Five? That'll be his, so better hurry while it's still light out. Come on, everybody. Run!

~

[birds twitter]

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Wow, this is a classy street. Look at the mansions. That one's got ivory cherubs carved over the gates.

PETER LYNNE: Neighborhood's in pretty awful condition, though. You've got overgrown gardens, smashed windows. No sign of V-types though, thank God. Dearg made me a prototype one-man burn cube, Five, sewn right into my chest. Anti-P-type measure. Got the trigger, but not massively eager to try it.

AMELIA SPENS: Maybe not, but it's the only reason I'm letting you near Tunisia.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: So Amelia, who exactly are these Death’s Hands people? Will they be tough to impersonate?

PETER LYNNE: Frances...

AMELIA SPENS: Oh, they're a nasty bunch. Former special ops, freelance since Z-Day. Bakari says they've been traveling the world as hired guns. Their rep gets them a lot of private security gigs. He's given us contact details for the real team, so we can lure them out of our operation’s way.

PETER LYNNE: Frankly, I don't think we should be trusting Bakari. This whole thing is probably a trap, which is why, Frances, Janine said that you can't – [zombies moan] Oh, God damn it!

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Uh, isn't that the place we want? Big Georgian house covered in ivy?

PETER LYNNE: Well, Amelia, there's a horde of zoms milling outside Brewer's house, so we can't make it to the entrance.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Well, we could gain entry by the house next door. Look at the big white mansion. Its roof's half collapsed, sloping into the road. We could clamber across it, jump to Brewer's roof, and get in through his attic window.

AMELIA SPENS: You know Peter, I'm warming to the new blood. Quickly then, off you go. I've got the scow captain waiting on tenterhooks. I need this deal closed ASAP. Run!

~

PETER LYNNE: Amelia, we um, we got in through the attic window, followed a ladder leading deeper into the house. Now we've found a sort of private antique collection? So we're in a carpeted hall full of artifacts in glass cases.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: They've got plaques. That's a Roman bust, Celtic coins, an Egyptian amulet. That's a Carthaginian pot from Tunisia. Shouldn't these be in a museum?

AMELIA SPENS: Ah, well, Mr. Brewer was a rather avid black market trader, made a fortune trafficking plundered historical artifacts. Actually, it might make a good impression if our little expedition returns some stolen goods. Grab the Carthaginian pot, Peter.

PETER LYNNE: Oh, burglary with Amelia, just like old times. So let's see. It's a classic. We've got the pot on the pedestal, so if I just lift its case - [alarm blares] Ah. I honestly didn't think the alarm battery would have lasted this long. Um, Five, grab that pot, would you?

[zombies moan]

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Uh, guys, apparently there are zoms in the house too, coming up the stairs behind Five. Six big ones in dark suits.

PETER LYNNE: Oh, that'll be Brewer's former home security. Alarm's got their attention. Hello! Still on the job, eh, boys?

AMELIA SPENS: Wish I could find staff that dedicated. No need to waste rounds, blueprint says there's a master bedroom down the corridor on your left. Brewer always left a spare key in the lock for his mistress. If you can lure the zombies in, you can trap them there. Run!

~

FRANCES DEMSPEY: Keep going, Five, there's the door past the amphora vases. God, how big is this house?

AMELIA SPENS: It was originally five smaller houses that were joined together behind a Georgian facade. Brewer felt he needed the space.

[door creaks open, floor creaks]

PETER LYNNE: Amelia, we're in the bedroom. There's a – ooh, four-poster bed, lovely. Uh, photos of Brewer and his family. Nice mustache. It's very Howard Hughesian. Um, Frances, you okay?

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Zombies! I forgot how scary they are up close. Didn't have them on Dearg. I'm actually shaking.

PETER LYNNE: Oh, uh, oh yeah, of course. No no no, um, it's okay, Frances. See, so the key was in the door and um, here's what we're gonna do. We're all going to get behind the bed. This room's really big, so when the zoms come at us, we'll then be able to circle around and lock them all in.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: The house isn't in the best structural condition. There are big cracks in the walls, and that creaking probably means the floor is compromised. If any more bodies start stomping in here -

[zombies growl]

PETER LYNNE: See, there are the zoms and they're... coming straight over the bed, so run for the - ! No, no, no! [shouts]

[floor collapses, glass shatters, PETER and FRANCES cough]

AMELIA SPENS: Peter, Five? What happened?

FRANCES DEMSPEY: The floor gave way under the bed! [coughs] The zoms were too much weight. It just smashed down through the house, took the zoms with it.

[house creaks]

PETER LYNNE: This house is definitely unstable. Yep, uh, sounds like the whole place is coming down.

AMELIA SPENS: If you follow the corridor outside the bedroom, you'll find stairs. Take them down to the basement. It's a reinforced garage, should remain intact if the house collapses. Plus, it's where that vault is. Hurry up, you don't have long to grab those charts, and they're absolutely vital.

PETER LYNNE: Oh, also um, there's a horde of zombies chasing us. Come on, run!

~

[zombies moan, house creaks]

PETER LYNNE: Yep, there's the stairs, Five. Straight down, down you go.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: The chandeliers overhead are really shaking. Five, look out!

[chandelier falls, glass shatters]

PETER LYNNE: [laughs] That was close! Chandelier smashed right through the stairs. Could have done without the glass shards in my face, to be perfectly honest. Um, edge around the hole it's left in the stairs. [house creaks, zombies moan] Oh, fantastic. Amelia, we just passed the ground floor and I can hear more zombies barging into the house. So that'll be the horde from outside, attracted to all the noise.

AMELIA SPENS: Just keep following the stairs down. There are exits in the basement, but you have to reach the vault first. Run!

~

PETER LYNNE: Yep, yep, yep. Five, close the door, close the door! [door slams shut] Oh, good. Amelia, we've made it. We're in the basement garage, and the stairwell’s collapsed behind us. Ooh, this is a huge concrete car park. There's tons of fancy cars. There's Bentleys, BMWs... a Model T? All right, just, could you give me a minute, Five? I've just got to pick some chandelier out of my face and eyes.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: That's amazing. Your wounds, the way they're healing. Enhanced cell regeneration? The scientists on Dearg talked about it. [gasps] This is what Van Ark did to you!

PETER LYNNE: Yes, it is. Not really looking forward to meeting him again. Rather pull my kidneys out, honestly. But Janine is not leaving me behind this time. I just got her back and I won't lose her again.

FRANCES DEMSPEY: Dearg was his, you know. I was trapped there for ages. If you're going to a Van Ark lab, I can help. And honestly, I can't stay in Abel. It's funny, when we got security fixed at Dearg, first place I wanted to see was where Alice lived. But being there... a lot of older runners, they look at me, they see her. It's hard.

That's why I really came today. I needed to get out. And I guess I started to feel... if I was going to be her ghost, I might as well run, like she did. I don't want to be a ghost, Peter, and I don't want to go back to Dearg. I want to see the world, find out where I fit in.

AMELIA SPENS: People, you should get moving. That wasn't the only staircase leading to the basement.

PETER LYNNE: Over there, Five, look. It's built into the concrete wall, huge round metal door. That looks like a vault to me. Come on, run!

~

PETER LYNNE: Amelia, we're at the vault door. Here's the C-4. Do the honors, Five. [explosion] [coughs] Okay. Okay, right. Uh, vault is a big gray room with shelves, lots of shelves. Uh, model yachts, dusty piles of... ooh, gold. Five, Frances, look for those charts.

[paper rustles]

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Hey look, found a massive file on a shelf titled Inventory. It's an index of Brewer’s deals and trade contacts. There's a whole chapter on Tunisia.

PETER LYNNE: [laughs] Gotcha! There's tons of nautical charts on this desk under the sextant. [dragging footsteps] Uh, what was that sound? Five, could you go and check behind the shelf of canned food? [zombie groans] Oh, good. Hello! Amelia, we've found Brewer. Looks like he locked himself in here after he'd been bitten, entombed with his wealth like a rubbish pharaoh.

[laughs] Oh good, we've also got a zombie wife and two zombie children in the shadows. Welcome, everyone. He's taken his whole family down with him. [more zombies growl] And that is going to be the rest of the zombies in the garage. So Five, Frances, we're gonna move towards the door. Need an exit now, Amelia.

AMELIA SPENS: There's a ramp on the west end of the car park, leads up to the surface. The shutters open from inside. Hurry, get the charts to safety, run!

~

PETER LYNNE: Okay Five, Frances, I think we've lost the zoms. Street looks clear behind us.

AMELIA SPENS: Well, I'd call that a success. Five even kept the Carthaginian pot. Now we've got the charts, I can have people heading to Tunisia in days.

PETER LYNNE: Janine's finalized the team. It's her, me, Five, Sam, Maxine, and uh, computer expert. Look, I-I am sorry Frances, uh, but honestly, you are safer here. We're going a long way from home, and trust me, Van Ark isn't to be taken lightly.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: Wait a second, look at this. The folder I took, it's full of photos, Brewer logging artifacts he traded. Look at this Roman mosaic from Tunisia, the symbol in the corner.

PETER LYNNE: That is the endless circle from Mor Island.

FRANCES DEMPSEY: That's not all. Brewer's notes say he sold the mosaic to a military base code-named Red Scorpion in Tunisia before Z-Day. He says the commander of the Red Scorpion base scared him, told him not to record any names. Whatever that place is, it's definitely connected to the fungus, and they've known about it since way before we have.

~

[shadowcipher17]

MLP FIM Finale Rankings from Best to Worst

Since I did my ranking list for the best to worst MLP premieres I had to do the finales. These are my own opinions from what I watched and how I liked them.

*The Ending of The End and The Last Problem count as one finale since it premiered as a 90 minute finale on Discovery Family as “three parts”*

1. Twilight’s Kingdom- 10/10

Hands down the best season finale of the entire series. The way the episodes were playing out and the visuals and the narrative, I honestly think this was supposed to be the series finale (despite me knowing the Season 3 was initially supposed to be the final season). This finale doesn’t feel rushed and has a good story behind it while concluding the best arc in the series. It felt like the crew went all out on this finale compared to others. We get introduced to Tirek and he posed a legit threat and practically won. Even I have to agree with him that the Mane 6 unlocking the Rainbow Power and Scorpion's Medallion being Twilight’s key was pure luck. I wasn’t disappointed in Discord betraying everyone because he was still on the fence to begin with, he only got “reformed” towards the end of Season 3 and he was only in 1 stand alone episode besides the premiere and the finale both of which were his fault but after Tirek betrayed him he was GENUINELY sorry for his actions and was even remorseful. Overall, I thought the finale was excellent for the good pacing, especially action, and Discord’ redemption.

2. A Canterlot Wedding- 9.5/10

A Canterlot Wedding despite taking notes out of The Little Mermaid was really fun and enjoyable. The songs were great. This Day Aria to this day is still one of my favorite MLP songs (oddly enough the villain songs following are good except one). Cadence, Shining Armor were great characters and I honestly wish that we got more development from both of them. And last but not least Chrysalis. Her best portrayal was in this two parter. She played everyone easily and nearly won. The only thing that did her in was only Twilight. Personality wise she was hammy, evil, fun and her reveal was genuinely terrifying. Overall, A Canterlot Wedding is a two parter that I’d definitely sit through again and enjoy it.

3. Magical Mystery Cure- 9/10

Magical Mystery Cure was a fun one to watch. Even though I felt that a few songs could’ve been cut out (Morning in Ponyville, Behold Princess Twilight) the songs were all good. Celestia’s Ballad made me emotional, but Find a Way is my favorite of all the songs. As for the story itself, it was interesting to see the Mane 5 with each other’s cutie marks and witnessing how they’d each tackle each other’s destinies...even though they’re naturally bad at them. I also liked how Twilight helped the others by fixing their destinies and as a reward she figured out her own destiny. It wasn’t as stakes heavy as future finales but it was a fun watch.

4. The Best Night Ever- 9/10

For the first finale out of nine, The Best Night Ever was FUN! I’d watch this episode again and again and I’d laugh every single time. “At The Gala” was a good song. But the best part was easily how everything went from decent to completely wrong within the span of twenty minutes. I haven’t seen this episode in years but somehow I remember exactly what goes down from start to finish. I liked the moral (at the time) that everything doesn’t have to be perfect or go exactly how you wanted or planned but as long as you’re with your friends you’ll be ok. I liked how the moral was grounded into the episode. But yeah, this episode was loads of fun and it wasn’t stake heavy. No bad guys. No threat to Equestria. No needing the Elements of Harmony. Just seven friends trying to enjoy a nice night at a party but things go 0 to 100 real quick and hjinks ensue. That’s it. And it was perfect!

5. Shadow Play- 6/10

Shadow Play is decent. There were a few things I liked and a few things I didn’t like. 

I liked all of the Pillars. Yes, I even enjoyed Starswirl even though he was a grump the majority of the time. I liked the interactions with the Pillars and each of the Mane 5. I LOVED the design of The Pony of Shadows however I didn’t really care for Stygian...mostly because he didn’t really appear until the second half...of the second half of the two parter. 

Originally I felt sympathy for Stygian but then I watched it a second time and both him and The Pillars were in the wrong: Stygian for stealing the artifacts and the Pillars for outright banishing him without question. This could’ve been avoided with simple communication. 

I cared more for Stygian in the comics since he got more of a fleshed out backstory. I loved the Sirens cameo. As far as characters go, everyone was fine...except for Starlight. She had to constantly remind everyone of how bad and the events of The Cutie Remark which got on my nerves a lot. You were bad, we get it, that was two seasons ago. But my real issue is the Tree of Harmony being created by the Pillars. Yeah, no thanks. In my eyes, the Tree and Elements were a mysterious crystalized tree in the Everfree Forest and nothing more. You can take that part out and everything about the Tree is still the same. Keep it’s sentience, have it be a self defense living being. I didn’t need that. 

I think the overall issue is that the finale and the second half of the season is supposed to be an “arc” like Season 4 but it doesn’t work. It didn’t have a build up like Season 4 did. Sure, they mentioned the other five pillars but they were mainly recollected from the Mane 5 as stories, but that’s it. It tries to be a heavy stakes finale but it doesn’t work.

But once again...Shadow Play was decent.

6. The Ending of The End- 4.5/10

Now I know, this isn’t technically isn’t the series finale because of The Last Problem but it’s the finale of the two parters and compared to others it was very underwhelming. It was nice seeing old time characters come back as refrences but it was underwhelming compared to the finales above...and two of those finales didn’t even have stakes that bad. I didn’t like the Season 9 arc overall and because the twist affected Season 9 in it’s entirety it was bad. I’ll just say that I didn’t like the Grogar twist at all but I got into that in my review. I say that this was underwhelming because the action was bland and didn’t amount to anything and there weren’t really heavy stakes and I didn’t care for the villains and wished that Grogar was the big bad villain.

7. School Raze- 4/10

I’ll give School Raze this...at least it was refreshing to see a non sympathetic villain. But that’s all I’m giving it. The writer’s chose to make a plot twist (that got spoiled by early leaks) by having a child be a villain. And said child actually gets punished...as opposed to two antagonists that nearly did worse things to Equestria but got reformed and friendship.  Now don’t get me wrong she deserved it but it could’ve been less controversy if she was an adult. But at first I thought she was fine but on my second viewing...she didn’t really need to exist. Chrysalis could’ve been Cozy Glow the entire time and could’ve been a real threat and it would’ve made sense. But this finale was also meh.

8. The Cutie Remark- 2/10

I’m making this one quick. The best part of the episodes were the alternate timelines. Nightmare Moon easily has the best timeline in my opnion. It was nice seeing previous villains again and where they’re winning. Spike was a good supporting crutch for Twilight during the stuff that she went through. Everything with Starlight was GARBAGE! No I didn’t like that Starlight got reformed just like that, she damn well deserved a punishment for what she did. Heck, no other villain even came close to what she pulled on Twilight. And her reasoning for doing this and her whole cutie mark society is because her friend saved her from falling books by levitating them and that’s how Starlight turned so bitter to do what she did. That’s it, I’m not talking about this anymore. This WAS going to be my least favorite but the alternate timelines were the saving grace and that the finale in S6 is worse.

2023 Look Back: The Cutie Remark doesn’t really serve as a finale when I looked back on it. I had to ask myself: What is this finale concluding? Starlight? No, was only a premiere antagonist and had basic cameos in the background that people could’ve missed. Not really conclusive. The Cutie Map? No, none of the Mane 6 get called by the map and it even gets broken thanks to Starlight so that can’t be it. Cutie marks in general? Yes, there was an overall theme this season about cutie marks, but the finale didn’t really tie any of that together. The closest I could see of conclusion was...accomplishment.

Slice of Life was the 100th episode of the show by that point and was celebrated by being a background pony episode

Crusaders of the Lost Mark was the accomplishment of the CMC getting their cutie marks

Cadence and Shining Armor decide to have a baby

Luna lets go of Nightmare Moon for good

The Cutie Remark indirectly has the potential failures of the Mane 6 beating all the previous villains and how much they matter to Equestria

  9. To Where And Back Again- 1/10

I did enjoy Trixie, Discord, and Throax. But everything else was a huge mess. The biggest issue is obviously shafting everyone so that Starlight can be the hero. This should’ve been Spike’s finale not Starlight’s. He was the one who befriended Thorax not Starlight. Chrysalis got the Celestia treatment where she just sits on her throne and lets her minions do all the work instead of actively getting out there and posing a threat like she did in S2 and her S5 alternate self. And you have the most powerful ponies in Equestria...and none of them capture her. Yeah, I don’t have the energy for this one. Too many bad memories.

But these are my rankings for the MLP finales.

[aion-rsa]

HBO Max New Releases: May 2021

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Do not adjust your WiFi settings. No, you are not experiencing a severe case of Deja Streaming-vu. HBO Max’s list of new releases for May 2021 are indeed highlighted by two very recent WarnerMedia hits.

For starters, Tenet finally makes its long-awaited HBO Max this month. Mark your calendars as May 1 is the day that you can finally watch Christopher Nolan’s latest cerebral thriller. Of course, Tenet already had its theatrical release, but obviously that was not really an option for many of us. In addition to Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984 makes its triumphant return to HBO Max this month on May 13. The Wonder Woman sequel already premiered on HBO Max this past December, now it’s getting a second run on the streamer.

In terms of newer originals, May is relatively light for HBO Max. The Jean Smart-starring comedy Hacks premieres on May 13. The latest Adventure Time: Distant Lands special arrives on May 20. May also contains two prominent finales with The Nevers closing out part 1 of its first season on May 15 and Mare of Easttown wrapping up its case on May 30.

It’s also not a big month for Warner Bros. theatrical releases. The only one to speak of is Those Who Wish Me Dead on May 14. Thankfully that will be augmented by some library titles on May 1 including The Interview, Jackie Brown, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Here is everything else to expect in May 2021.

HBO Max New Releases – May 2021

TBA Gomorrah, Season 4 (Max Original) Oslo, (HBO Original Film)

May 1 17 Again, 2009 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012 (HBO) Anaconda, 1997 Anger Management, 2003 (HBO) Baby Boom, 1987 (HBO) Barry Lyndon, 1975 Black Hawk Down, 2001 The Cable Guy, 1996 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005 Cursed, 2005 (HBO) Daddy Day Care, 2003 Darkest Hour, 2017 (HBO) Darkness, 2004 (Extended Version) (HBO) The Dirty Dozen, 1967 Dumb & Dumber, 1994 Employee Of The Month, 2006 (HBO) Firehouse Dog, 2007 (HBO) Flight of the Intruder, 1991 (HBO) Free Willy, 1993 Frida, 2002 (HBO) Generation Por Que? (HBO) God’s Not Dead, 2014 (HBO) Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987 (HBO) Happy Feet Two, 2011 Happy Feet, 2006 Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man, 1991 (HBO) Hercules, 1983 (HBO) Igby Goes Down, 2002 (HBO) Igor, 2008 (HBO) Insomnia, 2002 (HBO) The Interview, 2014 Jackie Brown, 1997 Kansas, 1988 (HBO) Magic Mike, 2012 Menace II Society, 1993 Michael, 1996 (HBO) Mortal Kombat, 1995 Movie 43, 2013 (HBO) Muriel’s Wedding, 1995 (HBO) My Baby’s Daddy, 2004 (HBO) Mystery Date, 1991 (HBO) Norbit, 2007 (HBO) Para Rosa (For Rosa) (HBO) Precious, 2009 (HBO) Rabid, 1977 (HBO) Romance & Cigarettes, 2007 (HBO) Rosewater, 2014 (HBO) Rudy, 1993 Rush Hour 2, 2001 Rush Hour 3, 2007 Rush Hour, 1998 Save The Last Dance, 2001 (HBO) Save The Last Dance 2, 2006 (HBO) Senseless, 1998 (HBO) Separate Tables, 1958 (HBO) Serpico, 1974 (HBO) Serving Sara, 2002 (HBO) Summer Rental, 1985 (HBO) Tenet, 2020 (HBO) The Debt, 2010 (HBO) The Immigrant, 2014 (HBO) The Kingdom, 2007 (HBO) The Last Of The Finest, 1990 (HBO) The Perfect Man, 2005 (HBO) The Tuxedo, 2002 (HBO) The Wings Of The Dove, 1997 (HBO) The Witches Of Eastwick, 1987 (HBO) Tomcats, 2001 (HBO) Trust Me, 2014 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection, 2012 Varsity Blues, 1999 (HBO) Welcome To Sarajevo, 1997 (HBO) When Harry Met Sally, 1989 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971 Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 2018 (HBO) Words And Pictures, 2014 (HBO)

May 2 Uri and Ella, Season 1

May 3 300: Rise of an Empire, 2014 Pray, Obey, Kill — HBO Docu-Series Finale

May 6 Hunger, 2008 Legendary: Season 2 (Max Original) Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949 That Damn Michael Che — Max Original Series Premiere West Side Story — TCM CFF Opening Night, 1961

May 7 La Boda De Rosa (Rosa’s Wedding) (HBO)

May 8 Greenland, 2020 (HBO) Re:ZERO — Starting Life in Another World: Season 2, (Subtitled, Episodes 14-25) (Crunchyroll Collection)

May 9 Axios (HBO)

May 10 Jujutsu Kaisen: Season 1, (Subtitled, Episodes 13-24) (Crunchyroll Collection) Race for the White House: Season 2 The Crime of the Century — Two-Part Documentary Premiere (HBO)

May 13 Hacks — Max Original Series Premiere Wonder Woman 1984 — 2020 (HBO)

May 14 Those Who Wish Me Dead — Warner Bros. Film Premiere, 2021

May 15 The Personal History Of David Copperfield, 2020 (HBO) The Nevers: Part 1 Finale (HBO)

May 19 Apple & Onion, Season 2A

May 20 Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Together Again — Max Original The Big Shot with Bethenny — Max Original Season Finale Ellen’s Next Great Designer — Max Original Season Finale Territorio (Close Quarters) (HBO) This Is Life with Lisa Ling: Season 7

May 23 In Treatment: Season 4 Premiere (HBO)

May 25 Cinderella Man, 2005 (HBO) Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

May 26 Curious George, 2006 (HBO)

May 28 A Black Lady Sketch Show: Season 2 Finale (HBO)

May 30 Mare of Easttown: Limited Series Finale (HBO)

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Leaving HBO Max – May 2021

May 11 Mud, 2013

May 13 Bullitt, 1968 The Searchers, 1956 Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949 West Side Story, 1961

May 16 Annabelle Comes Home, 2019 (HBO)

May 23 Mortal Kombat, 2021

May 28 The Operative, 2019 (HBO)

May 31 All About My Mother, 1999 All the President’s Men, 1976 Amistad, 1997 (HBO) The Avengers, 1998 The Beguiled, 2017 (HBO) The Bishop’s Wife, 1947 Black Christmas, 2019 (HBO) The Blind Side, 2009 (HBO) Blood Work, 2002 Blue Streak, 1999 Bombshell, 1933 The Book Of Henry, 2011 (HBO) Book Of Shadows: The Blair Witch 2, 2000 The Bridges Of Madison County, 1995 Butterfield 8, 1960 Captain Blood, 1935 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1958 Cats, 2019 (HBO) The Cider House Rules, 1999 (HBO) Cinema Paradiso, 1990 (Director’s Cut) (HBO) Cradle 2 The Grave, 2003 Critical Care, 1997 (HBO) Cruel Intentions, 1999 (HBO) The Dancer Upstairs, 2003 (HBO) Dangerous Liaisons, 1988 The Dead Don’t Die, 2019 (HBO) The Dead Pool, 1988 Death Becomes Her, 1992 (HBO) Defending Your Life, 1991 Dirty Dancing, 1987 (HBO) Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, 2004 (HBO) Dolores Claiborne, 1995 Doubt, 2008 (HBO) Downhill, 2020 (HBO) Driving Miss Daisy, 1989 Drop Dead Gorgeous, 1999 East Of Eden, 1955 Emma, 1996 (HBO) Emma., 2020 (HBO) A Face In The Crowd, 1957 Father Of The Bride, 1950 Flipped, 2010 Giant, 1956 Heartbreak Ridge, 1986 Hot Fuzz, 2007 (HBO) Hunger, 2008 Jaws, 1975 (HBO) Jaws 2, 1978 (HBO) Jetsons: The Movie, 1990 (HBO) Justice League: Gods And Monsters, 2015 A Kiss Before Dying, 1991 (HBO) The Last King Of Scotland, 2006 (HBO) The Last Kiss, 2006 (HBO) Lego: Justice League: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom!, 2015 Life As We Know It, 2010 Life With Father, 1947 Little Women, 1949 Living Out Loud, 1998 The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996 Magnum Force, 1973 March Of The Penguins, 2005 The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 The Matrix, 1999 Maverick, 1994 Misery, 1990 (HBO) Mortal Kombat, 1995 Mortal Kombat Annihilation, 1997 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, 2020 Nell, 1994 (HBO) Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, 2020 (HBO) Papillon, 1973 A Patch Of Blue, 1965 Phantom, 2013 (HBO) Phantom Thread, 2017 (HBO) Project X, 2012 (Extended Version) (HBO) Ray, 2004 (HBO) Richie Rich (Movie), 1994 A Room With A View, 1986 (HBO) Sanctum, 2011 (HBO) Scream, 1996 Scream 2, 1997 Scream 3, 2000 Se7En, 1995 Selena, 1997 Shaun Of The Dead, 2004 (HBO) Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, 2011 (HBO) Skyline, 2010 (HBO) Snakes On A Plane, 2006 Snow White And The Huntsman, 2012 (Unrated Version) (HBO) Stuart Little, 1999 Stuart Little 2, 2002 The Thin Man, 1934 Tightrope, 1984 True Grit, 2010 (HBO) Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family, 2011 Unforgiven, 1992 Veronica Mars, 2014 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, 2007 Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, 1966 X-Men: Dark Phoenix, 2019 (HBO) X-Men: First Class, 2011 (HBO) You Can’t Take It With You, 1938

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1-30 for the music asks please🥰💕 (if it's not too much🤣)

Thank you, it's going to be a long list, hope you are prepared. xDD

1:A song you like with a color in the title - Cross Gene - Black or White - Ha Sung Woon - Blue - Mr. Big - Green-Tinted Sixties Mind

2:A song you like with a number in the title - Bryan Adams - Summer of '69

3:A song that reminds you of summertime - YooA - Bon Voyage - BOL4 - 여행 - Winner - Island - Sandra - Heaven Can Wait

4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about - DuelJewel - Vamp Ash, a fromer friend with who the friendship ended badly, introduced me to DuelJewel with this song back then and everytime I listened to DuelJewel I was reminded of her and how she treated me. Fortunately today I can listen peacefully to DuelJewel without having bad memories coming back. ♥

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD - Cody Matthew Johnson feat. Suicide Silence - Subhuman (or short: Dante's Theme Song from DMC5) - Sandra - In The Heat Of The Night - Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

6:A song that makes you want to dance - U-KISS - Neverland (my get-hyped song Nr. 1) - BTOB - 신바람 (my get-hyped song Nr. 2) - Oh My Girl - Dun Dun Dance

7:A song to drive to - Shaun - Bad Habits, Way Back Home - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

8:A song about drugs or alcohol I guess I'm too innocent since I had a really hard time coming up with a song, but I found one. xDD - Nickelback - Bottoms Up

9:A song that makes you happy - Cross Gene - 비상 - TWICE - Alcohol-Free - Oh Hayoung - Don't Make Me Laugh - Sandra - (Life May Be) A Big Insanity

10:A song that makes you sad - VIXX - 손의 이별 - iKON - I'm Okay - IM - 미치겠어 (Sad Story)

11:A song that you never get tired of - Bee Gees - Closer Than Close - Sandra - Little Girl - Mr. Big - To Be With You

12:A song from your preteen years - Blue - Breath Easy - Owl City - Fireflies - Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)

13:One of your favorite 80’s songs Don't worry, I'll keep it short. xDD - Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You - Toto - Africa - Heart - These Dreams - Foreigner - Say You Will

14:A song that you would love played at your wedding I am forever alone and never going to get married but hypothetically, I would love this songs to be played. - Bryan Adams - Heaven - Robin Gibb - Juliet - George Benson - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

15:A song that is a cover by another artist - Heart - Alone (Orginial song by i-Ten) - Sandra - Everlasting Love (Original song by Robert Knight) - Kra - 雨音はショパンの調べ (Original song by Gazebo) - a-ha - Crying In The Rain (Original song by The Everly Brothers)

16:One of your favorite classical songs - Beethoven - Silence (Stille) - Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers, Swan Lake Op. 20: I. Scene - Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (love all 4)

17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke - Bee Gees - You Win Again - Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars - a-ha - Slender Frame

18:A song from the year that you were born - Madonna - Frozen - Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Jennifer Paige - Crush

19:A song that makes you think about life - JJ Project - Tomorrow, Today

20:A song that has many meanings to you - Robin Gibb - Another Lonely Night In New York - Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good - a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.

21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title - Bon Jovi - Joey - Gazebo - I Like Chopin - Robin Gibb - Juliet

22:A song that moves you forward - I'm sorry I don't think there is one...

23:A song that you think everybody should listen to - Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls - Robin Gibb - Another Lonely Night In New York - YooA - Bon Voyage - Whitesnake - Is This Love - U-KISS - Stalker - INFINITE - The Eye - a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - VIXX - Scentist - Sandra - Little Girl - B.I - 해변 (illa illa)

24:A song by a band you wish were still together - Bee Gees - Rings Around The Moon (R.I.P. Maurice & Robin) - MEJIBRAY - 醜詠 - AND -Eccentric Agent- - Liberate, CODE「B」

25:A song by an artist no longer living - Robin Gibb - Boys Do Fall In Love - Talk Talk - Such A Shame - Linkin Park - Papercut

Rest in Peace

26:A song that makes you want to fall in love - a-ha - Stay On These Roads - Bee Gees - How To Fall In Love, Pt. 1; How Deep Is Your Love - Woo Jinyoung x Kim Hyunsoo - 설레고 난리 (Falling in love)

27:A song that breaks your heart - Bon Jovi - (It's Hard) Letting You Go - Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest - BOL4 - 나의 사춘기에게 - Sojung - Stay Here

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love - Robin Gibb - How Old Are You? - Chanyeol - Wind Of Change (Original song by Scorpions) - Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love

29:A song that you remember from your childhood - Michael Jackson - Earth Song - Robbie Williams - Feel - Bryan Adams - Here I Am

30:A song that reminds you of yourself - Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

It's like the lyrics are written right out of my heart and soul.

Thanks again, it was fun. ♥

[exhaustedmaddie]

i have been tagged by that dork @aeroplane-overthesea​ to do, what i assume is 20 songs by answering the qustions?? i can only assume coz he overestimated by spanish fluency

FYI it’s really hard to pick JUST ONE, in some cases i did but it’s not the only song that fits the particular category

1. A song you like with a color in the title: Pink Triangle by Weezer

2. A song you like with a number in the title: 99 Luftballons by Nena

3. A song that reminds you of summertime: Fire by Kasabian, Summer’s End by Foo Fighters or She’s Thunderstorms by Arctic Monkeys

4. A song that reminds you of someone you’d rather forget: The Sails of Charon by Scorpions, most of Black Sabbath songs and few Zeppelin songs 🙃

5. A song that needs to be played loud: Bad Guy by Billie Eilish

6. A song that makes you wanna dance: Wannabe in LA by Eagles of Death Metal

7. A song that makes you happy: Saint Cecilia by Foo Fighters (also good for playing loud)

8. A song you never get tired of: anything by Foo Fighters really

9. A song that you would love played at your wedding: Happy by The Daylights, It’s a Hard Life by Queen, Miłość Miłość by Zalewski, Father Figure by George Michael

10. A song that is covered by another artist: List of Demands by The Kills, or Desperado (originally by Rhianna) also by The Kills

11. A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke: Under Pressure by Queen & Bowie would be fun, or Tonight You Belong to me by Patience and Prudence - that one that Ed Ved did on Ukulele Songs

12. A song that makes you think about life: No Ceiling by Eddie Vedder, or Home by Foo Fighters

13. A song with a person’s name in the title: Billie Holiday by Warpaint

14. A song that you think everyone should listen to: Glorified High or No Worries by Sarah Jaffe, actually anything by Sarah Jaffe coz her albums are just like a spectrum of genres, also ilomilo by Billie Eilish

15. A song by a band you wish were still together: River of Deceit by Mad Season

16. A song by an artist who is no longer living: Love Hate Love by Alice in Chains

17. A song that makes you wanna fall in love: Slow Show by The National, Next to Me by Imagine Dragons

18. A song that breaks your heart: I Will Always Love You but original Dolly Parton version, or I Should’ve Known by Foo Fighters

19. A song you remember from your childhood: La Tortura by Shakira (gay awakening HELLOOOOO), By the Way by RHCP, Enola Gay by OMD, Take on Me by a-ha, Toxic by Britney Spears, Viva Forever by Spice Girls or anything from the pop charts in the 90s

20. A song that reminds you of yourself: Pink Rabbits or Brainy, both by The National

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[threshasketch]

Painting Per Episode Master List

I’m painting a picture per episode of Supernatural to improve my digital painting skills! Each painting uses a screencap as a reference. I’ll add links to paintings for each episode as I complete them. 

The reference screencap gets posted with each painting over on my Twitter account, and I make step by step gifs of my painting process for each episode as well. 

Enjoying my work? Please consider supporting me on Patreon. It’s a “pledge any amount you want” type of situation, and I’m jobless at the moment, so I appreciate it very, very much. ♥ For one-time tips, see also: buy me a Ko-Fi? 

Okay, here's the episode list proper. As you can see, this project’s gonna take me awhile:

Season 1:

1 - Pilot  | 2 - Wendigo | 3 - Dead in the Water | 4 - Phantom Traveler | 5 - Bloody Mary | 6 - Skin | 7 - Hook Man | 8 - Bugs | 9 - Home | 10 - Asylum | 11 - Scarecrow | 12 - Faith | 13 - Route 666 | 14 - Nightmare | 15 - The Benders | 16 - Shadow | 17 - Hell House | 18 - Something Wicked | 19 - Provenance | 20 - Dead Man’s Blood | 21 - Salvation | 22 - Devil’s Trap

Season 2: 

1 - In My Time of Dying  | 2 - Everybody Loves a Clown | 3 - Bloodlust | 4 - Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things | 5 - Simon Said | 6 - No Exit | 7 - The Usual Suspects | 8 - Crossroad Blues | 9 - Croatoan | 10 - Hunted | 11 - Playthings | 12 - Nightshifter | 13 - Houses of the Holy | 14 - Born Under a Bad Sign | 15 - Tall Tales | 16 - Roadkill | 17 - Heart | 18 - Hollywood Babylon | 19 - Folsom Prison Blues | 20 - What Is and What Should Never Be | 21 - All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1 | 22 - All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2

Season 3: 

1 - The Magnificent Seven  | 2 - The Kids Are Alright | 3 - Bad Day at Black Rock | 4 - Sin City | 5 - Bedtime Stories | 6 - Red Sky at Morning | 7 - Fresh Blood | 8 - A Very Supernatural Christmas | 9 - Malleus Maleficarum | 10 - Dream a Little Dream of Me | 11 - Mystery Spot | 12 - Jus in Bello | 13 - Ghostfacers | 14 - Long Distance Call | 15 - Time is on My Side | 16 - No Rest for the Wicked

Season 4: 

1 - Lazarus Rising  | 2 - Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester | 3 - In the Beginning | 4 - Metamorphosis | 5 - Monster Movie | 6 - Yellow Fever | 7 - It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester | 8 - Wishful Thinking | 9 - I Know What You Did Last Summer | 10 - Heaven and Hell | 11 - Family Remains | 12 - Criss Angel is a Douche Bag | 13 - After School Special | 14 - Sex and Violence | 15 - Death Takes a Holiday | 16 - On the Head of a Pin | 17 - It’s a Terrible Life | 18 - The Monster at the End of This Book | 19 - Jump the Shark | 20 - The Rapture | 21 - When the Levee Breaks | 22 - Lucifer Rising

Season 5: 

1 - Sympathy for the Devil  | 2 - Good God, Y’All | 3 - Free to Be You and Me | 4 - The End | 5 - Fallen Idols | 6 - I Believe the Children Are Our Future | 7 - The Curious Case of Dean Winchester | 8 - Changing Channels | 9 - The Real Ghostbusters | 10 - Abandon All Hope | 11 - Sam, Interrupted | 12 - Swap Meat | 13 - The Song Remains the Same | 14 - My Bloody Valentine | 15 - Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid | 16 - Dark Side of the Moon | 17 - 99 Problems | 18 - Point of No Return | 19 - Hammer of the Gods | 20 - The Devil You Know | 21 - Two Minutes to Midnight | 22 - Swan Song

Season 6: 

1 - Exile on Main St.  | 2 - Two and a Half Men | 3 - The Third Man | 4 - Weekend at Bobby’s | 5 - Live Free or Twihard | 6 - You Can’t Handle the Truth | 7 - Family Matters | 8 - All Dogs Go to Heaven | 9 - Clap Your Hands If You Believe | 10 - Caged Heat | 11 - Appointment in Samarra | 12 - Like a Virgin | 13 - Unforgiven | 14 - Mannequin 3: The Reckoning | 15 - The French Mistake | 16 - And Then There Were None | 17 - My Heart Will Go On | 18 - Frontierland | 19 - Mommy Dearest | 20 - The Man Who Would Be Kind | 21 - Let it Bleed | 22 - The Man Who Knew Too Much

Season 7: 

1 - Meet the New Boss  | 2 - Hello, Cruel World | 3 - The Girl Next Door | 4 - Defending Your Life | 5 - Shut Up, Dr. Phil | 6 - Slash Fiction | 7 - The Mentalists | 8 - Season Seven, Time for a Wedding! | 9 - How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters | 10 - Death’s Door | 11 - Adventures in Babysitting | 12 - Time After Time | The Slice Girls | 14 - Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie | 15 - Repo Man | 16 - Out with the Old | 17 - The Born-Again Identity | 18 - Party On, Garth | 19 - Of Grave Importance | 20 - The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo | 21 - Reading is Fundamental | 22 - There Will Be Blood | 23 - Survival of the Fittest

Season 8: 

1 - We Need to Talk About Kevin  | 2 - What’s Up, Tiger Mommy? | 3 - Heartache | 4 - Bitten | 5 - Blood Brother | 6 - Southern Comfort | 7 - A Little Slice of Kevin | 8 - Hunteri Heroici | 9 - Citizen Fang | 10 - Torn and Frayed | 11 - LARP and the Real Girl | 12 - As Time Goes By | 13 - Everybody Hates Hitler | 14 - Trial and Error | 15 - Man’s Best Friend with Benefits | 16 - Remember the Titans | 17 - Goodbye, Stranger | 18 - Freaks and Geeks | 19 - Taxi Driver | 20 - Pac-Man Fever | 21 - The Great Escapist | 22 - Clip Show | 23 - Sacrifice

Season 9: 

1 - I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here  | 2 - Devil May Care | 3 - I’m No Angel | 4 - Slumber Party | 5 - Dog Dean Afternoon | 6 - Heaven Can’t Wait | 7 - Bad Boys | 8 - Rock and a Hard Place | 9 - Holy Terror | 10 - Road Trip | 11 - First Born | 12 - Sharp Teeth | 13 - The Purge | 14 - Captives | 15 - #thinman | 16 - Blade Runners | 17 - Mother’s Little Helper | 18 - Meta Fiction | 19 - Alex Annie Alexis Ann | 20 - Bloodlines | 21 - King of the Damned | 22 - Stairway to Heaven | 23 - Do You Believe in Miracles?

Season 10: 

1 - Black | 2 - Reichenbach | 3 - Soul Survivor | 4 - Paper Moon | 5 - Fan Fiction | 6 - Ask Jeeves | 7 - Girls, Girls, Girls | 8 - Hibbing 911 | 9 - The Things We Left Behind | 10 - The Hunter Games | 11 - There’s No Place Like Home | 12 - About a Boy | 13 - Halt & Catch Fire | 14 - The Executioner’s Song | 15 - The Things They Carried | 16 - Paint It Black | 17 - Inside Man | 18 - Book of the Damned | 19 - The Werther Project | 20 - Angel Heart | 21 - Dark Dynasty | 22 - The Prisoner | 23 - Brother’s Keeper

Season 11: 

1 - Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire  | 2 - Form and Void | 3 - The Bad Seed | 4 - Baby | 5 - Thin Lizzie | 6 - Our Little World | 7 - Plush | 8 - Just My Imagination | 9 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 10 - The Devil in the Details | 11 - Into the Mystic | 12 - Don’t You Forget About Me | 13 - Love Hurts | 14 - The Vessel | 15 - Beyond the Mat | 16 - Safe House | 17 - Red Meat | 18 - Hell’s Angel | 19 - The Chitters | 20 - Don’t Call Me Shurley | 21 - All in the Family | 22 - We Happy Few | 23 - Alpha and Omega

Season 12: 

1 - Keep Calm and Carry On  | 2 - Mamma Mia | 3 - The Foundry | 4 - American Nightmare | 5 - The One You’ve Been Waiting For | 6 - Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox | 7 - Rock Never Dies | 8 - LOTUS | 9 - First Blood | 10 - Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets | 11 - Regarding Dean | 12 - Stuck in the Middle (With You) | 13 - Family Feud | 14 - The Raid | 15 - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell | 16 - Ladies Drink Free | 17 - The British Invasion | 18 - The Memory Remains | 19 - The Future | 20 - Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes | 21 - There’s Something About Mary | 22 - Who We Are | 23 - All Along the Watchtower

Season 13: 

1 - Lost and Found  | 2 - The Rising Son | 3 - Patience | 4 - The Big Empty | 5 - Advanced Thanatology | 6 - Tombstone | 7 - War of the Worlds | 8 - The Scorpion and the Frog | 9 - The Bad Place | 10 - Wayward Sisters | 11 - Breakdown | 12 - Various & Sundry Villains | 13 - Devil’s Bargain | 14 - Good Intentions | 15 - A Most Holy Man | 16 - ScoobyNatural | 17 - The Thing | 18 - Bring ‘Em Back Alive | 19 - Funeralia | 20 - Unfinished Business | 21 - Beat the Devil | 22 - Exodus | 23 - Let the Good Times Roll

Season 14:

1 - Stranger in a Strange Land | 2 - Gods and Monsters | 3 - The Scar | 4 - Mint Condition | 5 - Nightmare Logic | 6 - Optimism | 7 - Unhuman Nature | 8 - Byzantium | 9 - The Spear | 10 - Nihilism | 11 - Damaged Goods | 12 - Prophet and Loss | 13 - Lebanon | 14 - Ouroboros | 15 - Peace of Mind | 16 - Don’t Go in the Woods | 17 - Game Night | 18 - Absence | 19 - Jack in the Box | 20 - Moriah

Season 15:

1 - Back and to the Future   | 2 - Raising Hell | 3 - The Rupture   | 4 - Atomic Monsters   | 5 - Proverbs 17:3   | 6 - Golden Time   | 7 - Last Call   | 8 - ??? | 9 - ??? | 10 - ??? | 11 - ??? | 12 - ??? | 13 - ??? | 14 - ??? | 15 - ??? | 16 - ??? | 17 - ??? | 18 - ??? | 19 - ??? | 20 - ???

[aspiestvmusings]

Scorpion 4x12 Sneak Peek #2

Sneak Peek video clip #2 from Scorpion episode 4x12 “A Christmas Car-Roll”, airing Monday, December 18th, 2017 at 10PM

Source:  SpoilerTV 

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL

April 2021 Part 4 

it’s my birthday week! *raises a glass of pink milk* 

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Second Chance Ep 4 - oh noes my babies are all so sad! Teen angst for the win. Tropes included: crying in shower, a very significant hand hold, & striped shirts. (At this point over half the cast has been in stripes.) 

Love Machine Ep 1 - not gonna lie, I barely made it through the first half, this is a short run LOW budget experimental web series and it’s not good. Dropped.  

Lovely Writer Ep 9 - I like it when LW gets serious because there are fewer dumb sound effects, but oof Aey, poor baby. How many Aeys have I known over the years? Rejected, broken, angry, lonely, and lashing out. On a different note, I haven’t see the “sex drug made us do it” plot device since 1980s Johanna Lindsey. Props to that cocktail rearing its ugly head. (yeh yeh) ZOMBIE TROPE ALERT. (Is this the point where I remind the world at a-play doesn’t have to hurt? Well, it doesn’t! Toys, prep, and lube people. Sheesh.) Anygay, zombie trope is put safely back underground. Please don’t let it rise again? (I KNOW, I’ll stop now.) So this was a rough episode, especially the back end. (Okay now I’ll REALLY stop.)  Seriously tho, BL doesn’t do a massive coming out family drama scene often. I liked LW’s handling of this one. Hard to watch but compelling. 

Close Friend Ep 1 (OhmFluke) - very cute snapshot into a LTR featuring an overworked music producer and his student BF. That’s the chassis for this whole series, each one has to do with the song & is a portrayal of that song’s message. Essentially, the theme of this one was remembering to make time for your partner. I enjoyed that. OhmFluke gave us easy casual familiar affection and a kiss, but no BL tropes, just romance. 

Fish Upon The Sky Ep 3 - Pi is a total spazz & the ghost story bit was... well, it was something wasn’t it? Lots of tropes: fixing his clothes, wound tending, drag baby around, piggyback, head in lap, hand hold, and ending on a drunk kiss. I just noticed Pi uses guu/mueng with Mork, but Mork’s a year older. (So I have a new entry onto the linguistic brats list.)  So rude and presumptuous. Also I gotta say this, don’t wear watches when you’re working on a cadaver, mmky boys? 

Y-Destiny Ep 4 - look MaxNat have great chemistry, this ep had loads of great tropes (e.g. cheek kiss, rooftop, public claiming via phone), it’s not their fault I’m just not wild about these characters. I do like Nuea’s wanna-be idol wardrobe though. And Sun is sporting the red bag version of Tharn’s black bag that I wanted so bad in TT2. (I wonder if I can score a knock off when I’m over there?) Regardless, I basically grinned all the way through this installment, so that’s another thumbs up from me for Y-Destiny. Who knew I’d come around? Man would I love to see these two get their own series. 

Brothers Ep 12 - teacher/student exposed! But the power of boys on phones will overcome all. No KhunKaow for me, so of course I found this ep tragically disappointing. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

HIStory 4: Close To You (Taiwan) Ep 6 - MuRen is officially a yaoi manga character in the flesh. H4′s outright mockery/subversion of tropes “don’t touch him he’s mine,” + “touch my lip & think of kissing” makes the fact that other (way more damaging) tropes are being blithely utilized without critique almost - dare i say it? - insulting. YongJie is trash but I’m the one who feels like trash because I want to forgive him. How aptly abusive & dysfunctional we all are. I don’t know whether to applaud H4 or start drinking. (Maybe this is the show I should invent a cocktail for? Who am I kidding? This is totally a jello shots show.) 

Friend or Lover (Taiwan) Ep 2 - I thought this was only a microfilm but turns out it’s a web series. It’s cute. I’m enjoying it. 

My Lascivious Boss (Vietnam) Ep 3 - subs take a while to drop but it’s still better than average. I like a secret identity trope, I love a grumpy/sunshine pairing, and the side couple is great but this ep was slow. With only 6 total (I assume) they better get the main couple together next ep or the improved quality of this series will be sacrificed on the alter of pacing issues. 

Word of Honor (China) Ep 28-30 - slowed down to focus on bad guys (yawn...ooo Scorpion...yawn again). Then baby gets kidnapped, other baby goes crazy, and old friends turn up. We end on DOOM because mathematically this was an episode 11. All boxes checked.

Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (Korea) Ep 3-4 - how is this show SO DAMN CUTE & weirdly wholesome at the same time? Another one of those: Will Korea resolve this satisfactorily in 4 short eps? But I seem to say that half way through every Korean BL. These days, I have complete faith. Warm fuzzies for everyone. 

Stand Alones

Color Rush movie is the same as the series. There is a stinger at the VERY end (untranslated) but which I’m assuming has something to do with the missing mother. Is this a possible indication of a 2nd season? Hopefully someone will eng sub the stinger and post it out into the universe. So yeah, Color Rush movie = To My Star style, sadly, not Wish You. That said, I did enjoy watching with different subs. The first version I watched was fan subbed, and they were better on English colloquialisms. Viki’s subs are better on Korean colloquialisms. 

Breaking News 

Bunch of new press on Thailand’s I Told the Sunset About You 2 AKA I Promised You the Moon. Here’s a master post on the subject with all the links you could ever want. It will start airing May 27th 8 pm (Thai time) on LINETV.

New Thai Bl Golden Blood got a teaser trailer. Stars familiar side dish Gun Napat (Techno from LBC) as a rich kid who needs a bodyguard. Yeah, it looks to be the Thai version of Where Your Eyes Linger which is FINE. I love me a bodyguard romance. DO EETTT Thailand. Trailer contains ALL the tropes: dry his hair, piggyback, cooking together, and more, plus good smooches. It looks GREAT. Also cheeper to make then KinPorsche and it might get funded due to of residual enthusiasm. Also GOOD TITLE. 

Close Friend got another teaser trailer this one for Talay & Yoon (no subs). 

Taiwan has a new BL coming out... eventually. Looks to be a new franchise like the HIStory series with different couple(s) each season. It’s the first Taiwanese BL from a major in-country network. The first installment is titled Be Loved in House: I Do (seriously Taiwan, could we talk about your titles?). It stars a familiar face, Aaron Lai from HIStory: My Hero. It’s a grumpy/tsundere boss/employee office-set BL with some forced proximity to push them together. (Nods to Japan.) No release date, but (unlike Thailand) Taiwan usually doesn’t make announcements without content & serious intent. 

Gossip 

Taiwanese BL NOVEL Miracle dropped a trailer, no subs or translation. According to YouTube comments it was supposed to be part of HIStory3 but MODC took on its slot. Still it’s kinda fun to see what might have been.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Some shows may be listed later than actual air date for International accessibility reasons.

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something. 

[bestreasonstowriterecordreviews]

✰ BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2017 ✰

✰✰✰✰✰  5th ANNIVERSARY  ✰✰✰✰✰

It’s time to feast from the grapevine of 2017 with 103 (+ 171 more) of the…  

✰ BEST REASONS TO WRITE FUCKIN’ RECORD REVIEWS IN 2017 ✰

(all long playing records unless otherwise noted; also, this list was created with links to every item, but the links aren’t appearing, so you’ll have to direct your web browser searches the old fashioned way)

✰✰  TAIWAN HOUSING PROJECT Veblen Death Mask  (Kill Rock Stars) ✰✰

✰  HAND & LEG  Hand & Leg (Black Gladiator)

✰  MARCIA BASSETT & SAMARA LUBELSKI  Live NYC (Feeding Tube) 

✰  CHROMASTHETIC  Gold Sound cassette  (Time Release)

✰  ANTIETAM  Intimations of Immortality (Motorific)

✰  girlSperm  gSp (Thrilling Living)

✰  CHUCK JOHNSON  Balsams (VDSQ)

✰  RODENTICIDE Rodenticide (Self Sabotage)

✰  ANGIE Shyness (Rice Is Nice/DERO Arcade, Australia)

✰  BLOODY SHOW Let America Pay cassette (Superdreamer)

✰  MICHAEL BEACH  Gravity/Repulsion (Spectacular Commodity)

✰  ANTHONY PASQUAROSA  Abbandonato Da Dio Nazione (VDSQ)

✰  ALBERT DEMUTH Corporate Rights 7″ (self-released)

✰  MOUNTAIN MOVERS Mountain Movers (Trouble In Mind)

✰  X-POP  Alphabet Cereal ep cassette  (Chemical Imbalance., Australia) 

✰  DANA Dana (Heel Turn)

✰  GOSPEL OF MARS Gospel Of Mars (Amish)

✰  PRIVATE SORROW  Fake Lions (Mystery Plane, U.K.)

✰  JUDY & THE JERKS  3 Songs cassette (Earth Girl) &  Alive At The Skatepark cassette (Earth Girl)

✰  PIERRE & BASTIEN Musique Grecque (sdz, France)

✰  XETAS  The Tower (12XU)

✰  JAIMIE BRANCH Fly Or Die (International Anthem Recording Company)

✰  STEFAN CHRISTENSEN Shake Off The Village (C/Site Recordings) & Open Day 7″(I Dischi Del Barone, Sweden)

✰  LISE BARKAS & LISA KAÜFFERT Lo Becat cd-r (Soleis Bleus, France)

✰  USA/MEXICO Laredo (12XU)

✰  PREGNANCY Urgency (Emotional Response)

✰  FULLY GLAZED Full Glazed cassette (The Loki Label)

✰  DARK TEA  Dark Tea cassette (self-released) & Bright Flame (bandcamp DL) 

✰  SYLVIA COURVOISIER & MARY HALVORSON Crop Circles (Relative Pitch)

✰  KAY ODYSSEY  What’s A Woman To Do? (Little Bit)

✰  THE DOLL/STEFAN NEVILLE  1974 8″ lathe (stabbies etc, NZ)

✰  CLARINETTE The Now Of Then (Feeding Tube)

✰  ERIK KRAMER A House, Floating In The Middle Of A Lake cassette (Anthropocene Recordings)

✰  AKI ONDA/TASHI DORJI/CHE CHEN ‘HAZ-,BINS cassette (Black Pollen Press)

✰  KATE CARR The Story Surrounds Us cassette (The Helen Scarsdale Agency) & From A Wind Turbine To Vultures (And Back) cassette (Flaming Pines, U.K.)

✰  BLACK TRUMPETS Blue Blew It cassette (Ikuisuus, Finland)

✰  SUSPIRIANS  Ti Bon Ange (Super Secret Records)

✰  YEAR OF BIRDS White Death To Power Alan (Odd Box, U.K.) & Stanhill Wonder 7″ (Third Uncle)

✰  DAVID WEST with TEARDROPS Cherry On Willow (Tough Love, U.K.)

✰  WILLIAM PARKER QUARTETS  Meditation/Resurrection double cd (AUM Fidelity)

✰  the CAVEMEN Banned In B.C. 7″ (Weirdly)

✰  MICHAEL FOSTER & BEN BENNETT In It cassette (Astral Spirits)

✰  PLATES OF CAKE Let’s Not Deprive Each Other cassette (Unblinking Ear)

✰  ZAÏMPH  Transverse Presence cassette (No Rent)

✰  WURLD SERIES Air Goofy cassette (Melted Ice Cream, New Zealand)

✰  HEADROOM Head In The Clouds (Trouble In Mind)

✰  LORDS OF THYME The Future Of Things Past (Feeding Tube/Shagrat, U.K.)

✰  SEX TIDE  Possession Sessions (Feeding Tube)

✰  MARAUDEUR Maraudeur  (bruit direct disques, France)

✰  LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD Eghass Malan (Sahel Sounds)

✰  BRANDY Laugh Track cassette (self-released)

✰  LEILA BORDREUIL & ZACH ROWDEN  Hollow cassette (No Rent)

✰  RAYS  Rays (Trouble In Mind)

✰  ANDY REPTOID & THE HUMANOIDS Refridgerator 7″ (Total Punk) & Kill The Comma 7″(Emotional Response) & Pee-Pee EP (Goodbye Boozy, Italy)

✰  GUN SHY Gun Shy cassette (Cheat Prick)

✰  MARK EITZEL  Hey Mr. Ferryman (Merge)

✰  E42. A8 Niobium cassette (Tanuki, Belgium)

✰  BLAU BLAU Kiss Kiss (bandcamp DL)

✰  THE COWBOY The Cowboy (Fashionable Idiots)

✰  MARCELO DOS REIS & EVE RISSER  Timeless cd (JACC, Portugal)

✰   LIZ DURETTE Four Improvisations On Electric Piano (Ehse)

✰   MIDNIGHT MINES Since My Baby Left Me cassette & We Are The Primitives Of A New Era cassette (both The Loki Label)

✰  JENNY & JADE  Day Release 12″ lathe ep (stabbies etc, NZ)

✰  FEMME Chroma (bruit direct disques, France)

✰  PRIVATE ANARCHY Private Anarchy cassette (Round Bale Recordings)

✰  ERIC ARN  Orphic Resonance (Feeding Tube)

✰  PILL Aggressive Advertising cassette (Dull Tools)

✰  GAMARDAH FUNGUS Fairytales cd (Flaming Pines, U.K.)

✰  JON COLLIN Water And Rock Music, Volume I cd-r & The Nature (both Early Music, U.K. )

✰  Killed By Meth #2: Rust Belt Rockers comp (It’s Trash!)

✰  the TERMINALS Antiseptic (Ba Da Bing)

✰  SOURDURE  Mantras triple cassette (Standard in-Fi, France)

✰  The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne double cd (Scissor Tail)

✰  GLEN SCHENAU Addressing The Scar cassette (Tropical Cancer, Australia)

EKIN FIL Inflame: Original Soundtrack cassette & Ghosts Inside (both The Helen Scarsdale Agency)

✰  TARA CLERKIN Hello (Stolen Body Records, U.K.)

✰  LEE KONITZ  Frescalalto cd (impulse!, France)

✰  the STROPPIES The Stroppies cassette & It’s A Hit 7″ (Hobbies Galore, Australia)

✰  DELPHINE DORA & MOCKE  Le Corps Défendant (Okraïna, Belgium)

✰ QUIN GALAVIS  The Battery Line (Super Secret Records)

✰  HOUSE AND LAND House And Land (Thrill Jockey)

✰  C.I.A. DEBUTANTE  We Will Play For Spirits cassette (sdz, France)

✰  AILBHE NIC OIREACHTAIGH Oreing (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

✰  the BISCUITS Albatross 7″ (Ilk Ither, New Zealand)

✰  SYLVIA MONNIER Stock Shot & Addictive Sling cassette (Sacred Phrases)

✰  the GOLDEN BOYS Better Than Good Times (12XU)

✰  PALACE LIDO  Concrete cassette (Czaszka Records, U.K.)

✰  MARK FEEHAN  M.F. II (Richie Records)

✰  OBNOX Murder Radio (ever/never) & Niggative Approach (12XU)

✰  ALEXANDER Alexander (self-released) & ROB NOYES/ALEXANDER split 7″ (C/Site Recordings)

✰  TRIO 3: ANDREW CYRILLE/REGGIE WORKMAN/OLIVER LAKE Visiting Texture cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

✰  BARON SATURDAY Concrete Poetry cassette (Mystery Plane, U.K.)

✰  NINA HARKER Nina Harker cassette (Le Syndicat Des Scorpions, France)

✰  DAVID NANCE Do The Negative Boogie (Ba Da Bing)

GOLDEN PELICANS Disciples Of Blood (Goner)

ÆTHER JAG Amaranthine Stretch cassette (No Rent)

GAD WHIP In A Room (ever/never)

YANNICK DAUBY Magicien Rouch cassette (Tanuki, Belgium)

MAX LODERBAUER & JACEK SIENKIEWICZ  End cd (Recognition, Poland)

VÁR  By Ghost And Tape (Home Normal, Japan)

ANGELICA SANCHEZ TRIO Float The Edge cd (Clean Feed, Portugal)

LECH NIENARTOWICZ Nici cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

EKMAN & OWEN Ekman & Owen 7″ (Goodbye Boozy, Italy)

POU  Dimonis  (Metadona, Spain) 

HANS CHEW  Open Sea (At The Helm)

DALIA RAUDONIKYTÉ WITH Solitarius cd (New Focus Recordings)

GŪTARA KYŌ  Gütara Kyō  10″ (Slovenly/Mondo Mongo)

TUCKER THEODORE  Lady Hope cassette (Antiquated Future)

MIA SCHOEN Golden Hour (Albert’s Basement, Australia)

THE STRANGER The Void (bandcamp dl)

LAKES Silver Thorns 12″ EP (Paradise Daily, Australia)

Horrendous New Wave comp (Lumpy)

CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND Dreaming The Non-Dream (No Quarter)

TASHI DORJI & DAVID GRUBBA  Fixed Entrance Derivatives cassette (Sky Lantern)

SAMUEL TRUITT Thorns cassette (Melters)

HELTA SKELTA  Nightclubbin’  7″ (Deranged, British Columbia, Canada)

UV-TV Glass (Deranged, British Columbia, Canada) & Go Away 7″ (Emotional Response

HASH REDACTOR  Demo Tape 2017  (self-released bandcamp DL)

LEE NOBLE  The Hell You Come In cassette (No Kings)

PRETTY PRETTY Demo II cassette (Superdreamer)

AGUSTÍ MARTÍNEZ/EDUARD ALTABA/QUICU SAMSÓ On The Nature Of Will (Discordian bandcamp DL, Spain)

the TRENDEES  We Are Sonic Art (Melted Ice Cream, NZ/Albert’s Basement, Australia)

GREG ASHLEY  Pictures of Saint Paul Street (Trouble In Mind)

DAVE REMPIS  Solo cd  (Aerophonic)

TIN FOIL Tin Foil (Almost Ready)

HACO Qoosui cd (Room40, Australia)

PETER LEWIS Just Like Jack (Shagrat, U.K./Hookah)

PROSTITUTES Live At Cookout  (TRAM Planet)

ANTENES Shifting Zones 12″ (Silent Season, Canada)

LOFT Three Settlements Four Ways 12″ (Wisdom Teeth, U.K.) & Turn My Built Dances (The Astral Plane)

NEUTRALS  Promotional Cassette 2 cassette (Neutrals)

JOE MORRIS/BRAD BARRETT/ERIC STILLWELL Value (Glacial Erratic  bandcamp DL)

DARLINGCHEMICALIA Off Blonde (self-released bandcamp DL)

WV WHITE House Of The Spiritual Athletes (Anyway)

CHAVEZ Cockfighters 12″ (Matador)

RYAN GARBES  Living Ether cassette (Post-Materialization Music, Russia)

TRAMPOLINE TEAM Drug Culture 7″ (Space Taker Sounds/Pelican Pow Wow) & Trampoline Team/Mama split 7″ (Giveaway)

LAURA BAIRD  I Wish I Were A Sparrow (Ba Da Bing)

MAREIKE SAUER The Tension and the Body of the Woman of Mystery cd (Karl Schmidt Verlag, Germany) 

FNU CLONE Binary Or Die (Total Punk)

DAN MELCHIOR  Road Not Driving (ever/never)

$UN $KELETONS GET IT UP YERS TRIO R.I.P. Music & Absolutely Fucked In & Rust Belt UK cd-rs (Double Dot Dash!?, U.K.)   

VIOLENCE CREEPS Ease The Seed Bag 7″ (Drunken Sailor, U.K.) & The Gift Of Music + Singles cassette (Total Punk) & Northwest Tour Tape 2017 (self-released)

ERIC COPELAND��Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect (L.I.E.S.)

WIREHEADS  Lightning Ears (Tenth Court, Australia)

DANIEL LEVIN  Living (Smeraldina-Rima, Belgium)

the COWBOYS Vol. 4 (Drunken Sailor, U.K.)

IRENE KEPL SololoS cd (Fou, France) & Superstring Theory bandcamp download (SoundOut, Australia)

VIDEO DUCT Small Pets And Kitchenettes cassette (Maple Death, Italy)

SCUPPER Some Gauls (Blue Cheese Toothpaste)

MOSQUITOES Mosquitoes one sided 12″ (self-released, U.K.)

BLUE CHEMISE Influence On Dusk (Gravity Ventilator, Australia) & “The Music Lesson”/”Watcher At The Window” 7″ (I Dischi Del Barone, Sweden)

CONTRIBUTORS Contributors (Monofonus Press)

NICOLE MITCHELL Awakening II: Emerging Worlds cd (FPE)

KALEIDOSCOPE  Volume 3 (Feel It Records)

Ladyfest Boston 2017 cassette comp (Ladyfest)

BRIDGET HAYDEN  Incantations From Yin Valley cassette (Fort Evil Fruit, Ireland)

MIKE COOPER Raft (Room40, Australia)

MAZOZMA Heavy Death Head (Feeding Tube)

SUSS CUNTS Suss Cunts 7″ ep (Emotional Response) & “Newby” (Suss Cunts bandcamp DL)

MATT JENCIK  Weird Times (Hands In The Dark) 

somesurprises serious dreams cassette (Eiderdown Records)

CIGGIE WITCH Mad Music (Lost & Lonesome, Australia)

SUN VALLEY Black Canyons (bandcamp DL)

MORDECAI Abstract Recipe (Richie Records)

JANTAR Panisperna (MIE Music, U.K.)

SARAH DAVACHI  All My Circles Run (Students Of Decay)

KÜKEN  Küken (Drunken Sailor, U.K.)

ULAAN PASSERINE The Landscape of Memory (Worstward)

MY TEENAGE STRIDE Living In The Straight World cassette (Unblinking Ear)

SLOW TONGUED BEAUTY  The Absolution Of Royalty cassettes (No Rent)

DAVID FIRST Same Animal, Different Cages Vol. 3: Civil War Songs (for Solo Harmonica)  (Fabrica)

REBEKAH HELLER  Metafagote (New Focus Recordings)

DIANETICS Booked Learned 7″ (Weirdly) & And Psycho Horse cassette (Gut Freak)

SPARROW STEEPLE Steeple Two (Richie Records) & A Aardvark (ever/never)

WEATHER WEAPON II (self-released bandcamp DL)

KRISTY & THE KRAKS  Snakes On The Phone 7″ (Fettkakao, Austria)

STEPHAN CRUMP/INGRID LAUBROCK/CORY SMYTHE Planktonic Finales cd (Intakt, Switzerland)

NAG “Motorcycle Blue” + 2 7″ (Third Uncle/Chunklet) & False Anxiety 7″ (Total Punk) & No Flag + 2 7″ (Space Taker Sounds)

ROSS MANNING  Reflex In Waves (Room40, Australia) & 

Both Sides of the Cocoon cassette (Chemical Imbalance., Australia)

DANIEL LEVIN QUARTET Live At Firehouse 12 cd (Firehouse 12)

RAKTA Oculto Pelos Seres 7" (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos, U.K.)

MARBLED EYE EP II 7" (Melters/Digital Regress)

RIK & THE PIGS Blue Jean Queen 7″ (Feel It) & A Child’s Gator  (Total Punk)

US WEEKLY  US Weekly (Night Moves)

KEN IKEDA + DAVID TOOP Skin Tones cd (Home Normal, Japan)

L$D FUNDRAISER Drones On Lap Steel (self-released, NZ) + like, 30 others

MDOU MOCTAR  Sousoume Tamachek (Sahel Sounds)

CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA  Mirage (Room40, Australia)

the DREAM SYNDICATE  How Did I Find Myself Here? (Anti-)

DAY CREEPER  A Mirror To The Fire (Heel Turn/Superdreamer)

LITTLE MAZARN Little Mazarn (Self Sabotage)

BAUS Secret Bathroom Recordings (self-released bandcamp DL)

MARK CONE Now Showing (Neck Chop)

LÉONIE RISJETERRE Tresseterre cd (Soleils Bleus, France)

ENDLESS BOOGIE  Vibe Killer (No Quarter)

MCHY I PORØSTY Hypnagogic Polish Music For Teenage Mutants cd (Recognition, Poland)

DAG  Benefits Of Solitude (Bedroom Suck, Australia)

ANGEL DUST Excavatum cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

MAXIMUM ERNST with DANIEL CARTER  Maximum Ernst cd (ever/never)

BALLISTER: REMPIS/LONGBERG-HOLM/NILSEN-LOVE  Slag cd (Aerophonic)

RABBIT U.S. Rabbit U.S. lathe 7″ (Third Uncle)

INSTITUTE Subordination (Sacred Bones)

RUBBER MATE  Cha Boi  7″ (Total Punk) & Tour Tape MMXVII cassette (self-released)

MARY LATTIMORE Collected Pieces cassette (Ghostly International)

VERY MENTAL (Total Punk)

UNITED WATERS  The Narrows (Drawing Room)TYSHAWN SOREY Verisimilitude (Pi Recordings)

A GIANT DOG Toy (Merge)

DREAM WEAPON RITUAL The Uncanny Little Sparrows (Boring Machines, Italy)

SMALL WORLD EXPERIENCE Soft Knocks (Tenth Court, Australia)

DIRTY & HIS FISTS Dirty & HIs Fists 7″ (Feel It) 

ABBY LEE TEE  Hebert’s Archive cassette (Dinzu Artefacts)

BLANK STATEMENTS  Signs Are Rampant cassette (Hobbies Galore, New Zealand)

NOTS“Cruel Friend"/"Violence" 7″ (Goner) &  Live At Goner Records (Goner)

LEA BERTUCCI  All That Is Solid Melts Into Air cassette (NNA Tapes)

SICK THOUGHTS Songs About People You Hate (Neck Chop)

MOHLAO Landforms (Silent Season, Canada)

ISOTOPE SOAP Piñata Chaos 12" (Levande Begravd Records, Sweden) & The WOW! Signal EP 7" (Levande Begravd Records, Sweden)

JIM HAYNES Tiny Portraits 3″ cd-r (Flaming Pines, U.K.)

ISS (Endless Pussyfooting)  (Erste Theke Tonträger, Germany)

PREENING Beeters 7″ (Digital Regress)

MIKE MAJKOWSKI  Days And Other Days cassette (Astral Spirits)

RANGERS Texas Rock Bottom cd (Doom Trip)

KNOWSO Look At The Chart (Neck Chop)

CIRCUIT DES YEUX  Reaching For Indigo (Drag City)

WHIT DICKEY/MAT MANERI/MATTHEW SHIPP Vessel In Orbit cd (Aum Fidelity)

SWEET APPLE Sing The Night In Sorrow (Tee Pee)

LEDA ‎Gitarrmusik III-X (Förlag För Fri Musik, Sweden)

TROPICAL TRASH  Decisions' Empty Nest 7″ ep (Sophomore Lounge) &  A Dent In The Forever Can  cassette (The Loki Label)

GUILHEM LACOUX  La Traversée double cassette (Standard in-Fi, France)

IAN WILLIAM CRAIG Slow Vessels 12″ ep (130701, U.K.)

MOZART Nasty 7″ep (Iron Lung)

TREASURE HUNT with DENNIS WARREN’S FULL METAL REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE  Space Jam cassette (Moon Glyph)

CENTURY PALM Meet You (Deranged, British Columbia, Canada)

GATE  Highway Ghosts (self-released, New Zealand)

the FEELIES  In Between (Bar None)

SCHIZOS  Fuck Iggy Pop 7″ (Neck Chop)

VIOLENT QUAND ON AIME  Violent Quand On Ame 7″ (Le Syndicat des Scorpions, France)

HONEY New Moody Judy (Wharf Cat)

ANXIETY  Wild Life 7″ (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos, U.K.)

EARTH GIRL HELEN BROWN  Mercury & Mars & Saturn cassettes (all Empty Cellar)

the BLINDS The Blinds cassette (Hobbies Galore, Australia)

FRENCH VANILLA  French Vanilla cassette (Danger Collective)

HEAVY METAL  LP 2 (Static Age Musik, Germany) & LP 3 (Harbinger Sound, U.K.)

fEEDTIME  Gas  (In The Red) 

REESE McHENRY w/ SPIDER BAGS Bad Girl (Sophomore Lounge)

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[james-is-nasqueer]

This weekend I’ve got so much stuff to do and so little time

-School stuff (which is a whole other list on its own)

-Catch up on SuperCarlinBrothers videos

-Catch up on Dan & Phil’s live streams

-Catch up on Dan & Phil’s videos 

-Watch Scorpion’s season 4 premiere episode

-Pay a bit of attention to the TV because my high school is going against a HUGE rival and both teams are undefeated right now... well at least our visitor won’t be undefeated for long :D (we’re 7-0 right now, wish us good luck) *update: WE WON

-Watch around 2 & a half seasons of Supernatural before the 12th.

-Make sure I do not start ANY new shows

-more school stuff

-Catch up on Phan theories as of late

-Catch up on everything involving Fall Out Boy

-die

-Finish making this list

-Check on my fantasy football team that I’m probably failing with

-Add a bunch of my musical rehearsal dates into google calendar & invite my dad because he’s lazy

-Make sure I don’t stare at this list too much because I’m going to get really overwhelmed

-Ignore tumblr because ohmygodIwillnotgoofflineifIdaretocomeonforjust”fivemoreminutes”

-Spam @jadyninspires with “GOPACKGO” some time with the help of @davidinspires

-Be antisocial so that I can actually do the things on this list

-none of this is a joke I swear this list is legit

-stop saying “legit” because it sounds annoying

[izumiscurry]

92 Things Tag

RULES: FINISH THESE 92 STATMENTS AND TAG 20 PEOPLE. Thanks @maxwellbaemont @pbophelia @lanapowellblog @mermaidwarriorqueen for tagging me. Sorry I couldn’t uplode this earlier I was at the beach all day and ive been getting cought up with stuff.

THE LAST:

1. Drink: Water 2. Phone call: My Mom 3. Text message: Talking to one of my friends about comics. 4. Song you listened to: “Still Livings You” By The Scorpions 5. Time you cried: 1 ½ months ago.

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice: No  7. Kissed someone and regretted it: No 8. Been cheated on: Never and I won’t let that happen. 9. Lost someone special: Definitely 10. Been depressed: Nope 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: No

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Red 13. Aqua 14. Purple

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: Yes every year I make new freinds at school. And online I have to. 16. Fallen out of love: Yes every crush I have. 17. Laughed until you cried: Yes all the time I hang out with my relative’s. There really funny. 18. Found out someone was talking about you: No, I’m one of the nicest persons at school. 19. Met someone who changed you: Yes’ this year my new freinds made me get into manga and anime. Its good. 20. Found out who your friends are: Some of them but most of them have a great personally. 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: No, I haven’t missed anyone yet.

GENERAL:

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them, I only add people who I know.  23. Do you have any pets: I have two Red Eared Slider Turtles there so cute.  24. Do you want to change your name: Never in my life. My dad gave me a really unique name and I will cherish it till I die. 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: Nothing just have cake. 26. What time did you wake up: 10:00 am in the morning. I slept at 1:00 am yesterday and that’s why I slept so late. But I usually wake up at 8 or 9 am. 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Watching “Wreck It Ralph"  28. Name something you can’t wait for: Episode: 68 of Siren’s Lament. And season 3 of “Attack Of Titans” 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: 5 minute ago. 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: Being really shy. when it comes to being in front of people. Also the pack of being adventurous. 31. What are you listening right now: “Adventure Time” 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: No, I don’t know anyone with that name. 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: People who are in front of you and walk slowly. And also tumbler folowers who are NSFW and it’s gross. 34. Most visited Website: YouTube and Tumbler. 35. Mole/s: I don’t have any moles. 36. Mark/s: Many beauty marks on my face. A small birthmark on my left arm. A scratch that is healing on my right knee. And many scars from scrapes or cuts I had in the past. 37. Childhood dream: Becoming and Artist, Super Model, Photographer, and Baker I had many dreams as a child. 38. Hair color: Light-ish brown hair. 39. Long or short hair: Short right now but it us to be long. 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Not right now because I’m not in school. 41. What do you like about yourself: My creative mind and my great personality. 42. Piercings: Yes, one on each ear the average pressings. 43. Blood type: Idk I have to ask my doctor about that. 44. Nickname: Laly 45. Relationship status: Single and Happy. But sometimes I want someone to like me. 46. Zodiac: Aquarius. I’m a February baby. 47. Pronouns: She/Her 48. Favorite TV Show/s: Star Vs The Force Of Evil  49. Tattoos: No I’m pure but many in the future. 50. Right or left hand: I’m Right Handed 51. Surgery: No I will not get it unless it is for my health. 52. Hair dyed in different color: Never dues my hair. But if I was I would just lighten the tips or get red/orange tips. 53. Sport: I don’t play any sports but I like to play badminton and American football. 55. Vacation: I would ether go to Greece,Paris, or Hawaii. 56. Pair of trainers: Yes I have many trainers/sneakers I don’t wear them that much because I don’t go to school.

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating: Chips 58. Drinking: Water 59. I’m about to: watch YouTube. 61. Waiting for: New Chapter of Lookism. 62. Want: Everyone to accept everyone for who or what they are. What they believe in, what race they are, what gender they define as, and who they are attracted to. I’m Pretty much saying for people to not be homophobic or just respect everyone as a human being. 63. Get married: Yes it would be a dream. I don’t want to be lonely in life.  64. Career: Ether Criminal Justice, Modeling, Photography or be and Artist. 65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs are for anyone who deserves it and kisses are for someone special but hugs all the way. 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes one of the first thing you see when you walk to some one so eyes. 67. Shorter or taller: Taller I’m 5'3 ½ or 5'4 and i have a really tall family comepared to my other cousins or realitives. 68. Older or younger: Younger   70. Nice arms or nice stomach: My weakness is abs so I’d go for stomach. 71. Sensitive or loud: I’m sensitive in curtain subjest but loud in other’s. 72. Hook up or relationship: relationships are for the best for me. 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: I’m hesitant really hesitant. I never get in trouble at school.

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a stranger: No and never will unless I know them.  75. Drank hard liquor: Nope an never will, till I’m older. 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I ALWAYS lose my glasses in my house then end up being in my bed in the corner so ya. 77. Turned someone down: Yes when I was smaller someone likes me and I didn’t like them. 78. Sex in the first date: No and never will happens make it being together for like 4 years or so. 79. Broken someone’s heart: Nope and never will. 80. Had your heart broken: Many times when I realize my crush will never like me. 81. Been arrested: No and I hope that will never happen.  82. Cried when someone died: I would but I haven’t anyone close to me parish but when it happens I would cry. 83. Fallen for a friend: No but in the future if I have a good looking guy freind maby……

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself: Once in a while. 85. Miracles: Yes 100% 86. Love at first sight: No I personally believe we can be attracted or have a crush on someone at first sight. But for me I’d have to get to know that person alot to be in “love” with them. 87. Santa Claus: No, never have. I didn’t have a chimney as a child in my old house and my parents would write there names on the gifts so yah. 88. Kiss on the first date: Maby if me and the date really connected. But if I want to be hard to get maby a kiss on the cheek would leave him wanting more. Omg what am I writing. 89. Angels: Yes 🙌

OTHER:

90. Current best friend’s name: Sonia, Karla, Adriana, Lily, and Joselyn. I have many best freinds but these are my main gurlz. 91. Eyecolor: Brown 92. Favorite movie: The Lorax and Pitch Perfect 2 

I had fun writing the answers and I will pass on to the next 20 people to enjky and a few more people 😉. And also this took so loooong to write. @diamondsaregold @gayforgayle @elenasanchez @eleanorwiferley @jappyshappyplace @queen-kenna-rys @zigbadboy @choicestrash @endlessraj @jakemckenzie @xxchoicesxx @xo-endlessmayhem-xo @zahranamazis @zigisbisexual @jakemckenzieappreciationlife @andromeda117 @jakecollins @jakemckenziefanclub @alwaysanotheroc @justthatlass @kaitloyalist @mariathecoices

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Can You Answer the 1993 Mastermind Champion’s Doctor Who Questions?

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In March 1993, Doctor Who had been off-air for over three years. Paul McGann wouldn’t become the Doctor for another three, and it would be a further nine until Christopher Eccleston’s first appearance in the TARDIS. The fans though, were keeping the show alive – fans such as Gavin Fuller, who chose it as his specialist subject in BBC One quiz Mastermind.

Fuller scored an impressive 16 points in his two minutes on Doctor Who, and increased that to a total of 29 after the General Knowledge round. He won the episode and went on to become the 1993 series champion, answering questions on the Crusades and the Medieval Castle in the British Isles as his two other specialist subjects.

When the BBC recruited four Doctor Who trivia fans for a special Mastermind episode in 2005 to coincide with the show’s revival, Fuller – who had since become head of The Telegraph’s reference library and went on to write about Doctor Who for the newspaper – helped to set the questions (his own questions in 1993 were set by former Who executive producer John Nathan-Turner).

Incidentally the 2005 Mastermind special, which was broadcast on the 19th of March, a week before Doctor Who’s return, is a curio worth watching for Christopher Eccleston’s appearance. Brought on at the end to present the winner’s prize, presenter John Humphrys introduces Eccleston by name before adding “Or should I say, Doctor Who?” Eccleston responds, “You can for now, you can for now.” He then tells Humphrys that the long hours mean the show “really takes over your life”. “And will continue to do so,” replies Humphrys. “Yeah, we’ll see,” says Eccleston, non-committedly. We did see, three weeks later, when the BBC released a statement announcing Eccleston was leaving the role. Hindsight is 20-20.

Test your Classic Who knowledge on Fuller’s questions below, and see below the video to check your answers. 16 out of 18 with two passes is Fuller’s score to beat.

Questions

1. The Doctor’s travelling machine is called a TARDIS, what’s that an acronym of? 2. The first Doctor Who adventure ‘An Unearthly Child’ was set in two ages – the 1960s and which other? 3. Which 12-part Doctor Who adventure in the 1960s did a special Christmas story in the middle of the main plot? 4. Which actress played the gun-toting Captain Briggs in ‘Earthshock’ in 1982? 5. In which 1979 Doctor Who story did the Black Guardian, played by Valentine Dyall, first appear? 6. In ‘Revenge on Varos’ the Doctor visited the evil planet Varos to obtain which valuable commodity used by the TARDIS? 7. In 1967 two consecutive stories featured Gatwick Airport, one was ‘The Faceless Ones’, which was the other? 8. In ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ which war criminal headed the murderous Tong of the Black Scorpion which stalked Victorian London?

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9. From which village in Sussex did the Seventh Doctor’s Companion Melanie Bush hail? 10. Which author of Brain of Morbius used the pen name Robin Bland? 11. In which story did Doctor Who have an unwitting romance with an elderly lady called Cameca? 12. What was the title shared by the last episode of ‘The Romans’ and the final story of Jon Pertwee’s first season? 13. Which story from the Pertwee era with a scene of Chinese dialogue was the only Doctor Who story to use English subtitles?* 14. In ‘Logopolis’, what was the fate of Aunt Vanessa? 15. In ‘Terror of the Zygons’, which legendary monster appears as a Skarasen?  16. In ‘The Leisure Hive’, the monsters were called Foamasi which is said is a deliberate anagram of what? 17. What was the title of the 100th Doctor Who story shown in 1978? 18. In ‘The Gunfighters’ four-parter in 1966, three episodes were called ‘A Holiday for the Doctor’, ‘Johnny Ringo’ and ‘The OK Corral’, what was the other one?

Answers

1. Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space  2. ‘The Stone Age’ 3. ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’  4. Beryl Reid  5. Armageddon Factor  6. Zeiton-7  7. ‘Evil of the Daleks’  8. Magnus Greel  9. Pease Pottage  10. Terrance Dicks  11. ‘The Aztecs’  12. ‘Inferno’  13. ‘Mind of Evil’* 14. Shrunk/murdered by the Master  15. The Loch Ness Monster  16. Mafiosa  17. ‘Stones of Blood’  18. ‘Don’t Shoot the Pianist’ 

*Apparently English-language subtitles are also used in ‘The Curse of Fenric’ so give yourself a bonus point if you said that too.

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Mastermind returns to BBC One with new host Clive Marie on Monday the 23rd of August.

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