#SIMMONS. DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN. LOL.

[leonardalphachurch]

i voted no for every character on that blog besides price and caboose ftr

[adasknife]

In the Mendez's house scene between Ada and Wesker, I saw someone mentioning once that Wesker has a needle in his hands, filled with... Blood? Certainly preparing something. We saw that he definitely has plans eith Krauser's mutated body, but I'm curious what he can pull out of Ada.

Ada's plaga was a special kind, because it was given by a specific type of monster, Pesanta and I saw someone in YT comments saying that Pesanta is the name of a Catalan folklore creature (researched it and came out true lol. The features of that dog/cat is similar to what sleep paralysis demons do, it fits exactly to what that monster in the game does. Giving realistic hallucinations and even hurting.) and when Ada killed that creature, her plaga died as well, but that happens waaaay later, it's too late when she got purified.

i think i have a post running around my account of my opinions of the difference of ada's and leon/ashley's plagas. and i saw a couple of other posts trying to think of that as well. but i don't truly know if I can't fully stand on my ideas.

in a couple of the files, it is said that the amber controls the 'parasites', which can mean two things. either 1, because las plagas literally means the plague/the parasites. it literally means nothing since there's no difference in what a normal villager and like lord saddler. or option 2, there's indeed a power imbalance like ramon's and mendez's in las plagas.

considering every plagas has shown a difference. like ada's black robe being able to pop out eggs and ramon inability to do the same. and that nearly every plagas we see is won differently, and it seems like it's a different insect as well. i will say a weak: yes.

like you said, ada is having hallucinations, and leon and ashley in the story don't really have them the way ada does.

and considering that wesker is a bio-scientist.

wesker is taking samples of everyone on the island makes sense, but now we fall into another question.

was the scene of seeing wesker with ada's blood important or not? we can deduce two conclusions into the plot.

one: no. the only important thing of seeing that scene was that wesker was just taking samples. we needed a why wesker was on the island even if he sent ada. a reason to explain how he took the body that belonged to krauser.

two: the weak possibilities of the future of re6. i have read a theory when separate ways first came out that wesker will probably try to sell ada's blood to simmons, so he'll make her clone. i lowkey doubt but like this theory. if i correctly remember important beats of the story, simmons does have ada's dna. is it possible that wesker would be petty enough to sell ada's blood to a possible stalker because she betrayed him.

yeah. especially if wesker is already done with the blood (getting his sample of las plagas from her blood) and that carla even needed to get the veronica virus to perfect the c virus and probably would need ada's plagas verison of it. remember that carla came out of an egg in re6?

now i'm bullshitting with theories

[jade-kyo]

RvB 20th rewatch: s1

Here it is, after giving myself some time to let the post restoration emotions settle I am finally commencing my 20th rewatch of RvB 1-13. I’ll be sharing my thoughts as I go and doing a few other special things. I’ll also be rewatching the PSAs, miniseries, and some of the extra stuff that’s on the dvds! Welp let’s get started with season 1!

Trocadero really didn’t have to go that hard right out the gate but they did that for us

Grimmons and chucker really started it all huh…

Also the way one of Sarge’s first lines is a grimmons joke istg

The way the characters are so well established right from the get go- they say so much with so little. Like right away you get that Sarge doesn’t like Grif and Simmons sucks up to Sarge without them ever directly saying it. They just have natural flowing and sounding dialogue that allows you to infer all this information so easily and I just RAAAHHHH THIS SHOWS DIALOGUE IS SO GOOD

“A walrus” “didn’t I just tell you to stop making up animals!” Is one of my favorite lines in the whole show I quote it so frequently

DONUT MY BELOVED REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE JUST A NORMAL DUDE

Remember when Caboose called Tex a slut? Absolutely wild times fr

I love how this show allows its characters to have bad comebacks and lame jokes. It’s part of what makes the characters feel so damn real cause let’s face it- we all fail to have witty comebacks from time to time

“WHO IS RUNNING THIS ARMY” a line that came back to bite RT in the ass so many times lol

Love how the character that can’t aim for shit had the sniper as his signature weapon. One of the funniest bits in the show.

Also love how in the time that they spent arguing over the teleporter they could’ve walked to Donut 😂

“What the fuck are you babbling about” is also one of my most quoted lines

Donut really was the only normal one in the beginning lol

Ah the true inciting incident- Church’s first death. If that hadn’t happened we’d probably have an entirely different show.

Remember when Vic was also normal

TEX MY BELOVED

“That makes you a gay robot” Caboose predicted the entire story in one line

Church: explaining that he’s a ghost. // Tex who knows the entire truth: oh I am going to milk the shit out of this

Girlie really just said yes and to a bit Church didn’t know he was a part of

GOD THE UNINTENTIONAL FORESHADOWING IS CRAZY FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

“I never told him… he was my son” imagine if In restoration when Sarge dies he told Grif he was his son… honestly that single throw back could’ve redeemed the entire season for me could you IMAGINE I would have LOST IT

Church’s determination to save Tex being their downfall is such an established thing all the way back in season 1 and it follows the entire series and I just AGDJGAKSHSKHSKDGDJHD

They were doomed from the start

They could never escape the cycle

O’Malley my beloved

Holy shit the nostalgia hit hard during those credits, it’s only season 1 and I’m already getting teary eyed I’m not gonna survive this rewatch

Welp season 1 is done! God I love this show so much. Truly there are no words for how much it means to me. It just feels like coming home every time I watch it.

[fishfingersalad]

Rvb skating hcs, bc I miss skating but I can’t figure out how to put the brake back on my blades, and where I live is rlly hilly so I need it or else I'm trapped in the cul-de-sac.

Putting a break cause its a real long list lol

Skateboards:

Alpha Church (Can’t actually skateboard, swears he can but he's sooo wobbly) Tex (Can actually skateboard, makes fun of church) Tucker (Between Church and Tex’s levels, hes decent at it) Wash (Don’t think I need to explain this one) Niner (I’ve seen a lot of wheelchair niner hcs, shed totally do wheelchair skateboarding) Palomo (Falls over a lot, but hey he just keeps on going.) Bitters (Absolutely holds it over Palomos head that he’s better at skateboarding) Theta (canon)

Rollerskates:

Kai (Dunno if this one needs an explanation, she might like derby ngl) Donut (He seems like he’d use them as transportation, just skatin around) South (She’d do roller derby and get so competitive about it) CT (Seen some videos of people doing sweet flips and tricks w skates) Ohio (She gives me the vibe of someone who’s got cool iridescent pink roller skates) Andersmith (Picked up skating cause the younger lieutenants were into it) Matthews (He’s a bit unbalanced, but he’s determined)

Rollerblades:

Carolina (Speed, blades are faster than skates) Simmons (He is shaky as hell, but he is trying. Won’t skate anywhere that’s not flat.) Kimball (Lina taught her, they race) Dr Grey (Dunno, just vibes) Jensen (Much like Simmons but with more uneven terrain) Epsilon Church (Picked blades so he could skate w Lina, and to be different from Wash n Alpha) Omega/O’malley (I'm just picturing him chasing people around at high speeds, cackling) Eta (Wanted to try something new, and to spend time w Theta)

Iceskates:

Florida (Specifically figure skating) Felix (Honestly idk, he’s cold and sharp like an ice skate) Delta (He’d ramble about why it’s an intellectual sport, but actually just thinks its fun) Sigma (He’d be rlly pretentious about it)

Scooter:

York (Guy has no balance but still wants to be included) Iota (Cheers on Eta and Theta, does sick scooter tricks)

Other:

Grif (I think he’d have a longboard that he rides around) Sarge (Quad bike) Doc (Also a longboarder) Idaho (I think he’d prefer dirt bike racing) Iowa (Quad bike, it’s like a mongoose) Caboose (Mountain bike, no real explanation, just vibes)

Doesn’t skate (or bike or anything):

Lopez (He prefers cars, might've made an electric skateboard at some point but doesn't rlly use it) Wyoming (Can’t see him skating at all ngl) North (Cheers everyone else on and records videos) Maine (First aid) Locus (Tried to skate once and fell over. Now he just broods from the benches.) Doyle (Too nervous, prefers to just watch) Gamma (I don’t think he’d go outside much ngl)

[simmonsized]

🥑🌻🪐🥐☁️🎨 🧩 for Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game

1. 🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

Probably the members of my Broblematic server (@outofstrings (bird and fae collectively, u may know of the Post-Cal ask blog), @future-geometries (Jess u are the first person I thought of) and definitely @alexharrier , who I think would probably hide me from the law even if I didn't explain the crime. I am not including beloved @chaton-katreal because I think she is too gentle, i would not want to muck up her life with murder!)

Or you know, my actual partner @notanotherdoodleblog probably LOL

All fantastic people, worth of hiding crimes.

2. 🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

Honestly most of my friends are pretty busy adulting 8( so we don't get to talk as much as I'd like to. @eggwyrt because our timezones are almost earth opposites. I love u!!!! I miss you!!

3. 🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

- I've got two real life best friends that I get together with and have coffee every weekend together, and sometimes do other things, and this is significant to me because adulthood makes it hard to keep friends, let alone see them.

- I got into the marine ecology lab at my school that I have been pushing for entrance into, despite missing a pre-req. I get to be on a boat for eight hours next quarter! Woohoo!

- I got fanart for a fic I am very proud of but very rarely interact with anybody about, which has boosted my confidence and made me feel really good, and each comment I've gotten since they posted the art has made my heart sing extra loud!

4. 🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh

Tbh I can't think of anything off the top of my head. My partner and I met through RVB, however, so we reference old seasons to each other fairly regularly, and I like to think we have a pretty good time c:

5. ☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?

(i do not even like Simmons that much but it's a solid username and now is part of my brand. also I am classically a blue team girly lol)

6. 🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

This is an impossible task. Insurmountable, even. There are several!! Many!!! How can I pick one?? So I will list a few:

A. Everything anyone has ever drawn for my fanfics at all ever.

B. SPECIFICALLY everything @alexharrier has drawn for me, ever. Especially specially specially these two gifs which actually make me fucking insane every time I see them.

Honestly, this had me making sounds so incoherent only dogs could hear them, years ago when I did not consider my fic would be special to anyone. I really really really treasure them.

Also both my birthday gifts, Bro at Disneyland, and Bro at Home Depot 💕

C. This artwork for RNG chapter 66, from @101-sve . It is also special to me, and it's been my wallpaper on my phone ever since c: the atmosphere, the warmth, the halo of their hair i just... Yeah!!!!

D. Recent, probably familiar still, this Holy Fucking Shit Beautiful Atmospheric work of art for metempsychosis!!!! by @askinsufferableprickmod . I really actually cannot stop looking at it. It's so gorgeous, and honestly even if it had nothing to do with me I would still be in love with it. The concept of the kids are Gods, as beings outside the mortal world they made for themselves, all that is visible here, and I really really love it!

* I know all of these are things people have drawn for me, for my content, but honestly that is why they are my favorites! It is touching to see someone put heart into something that is related to something you, yourself, also put heart into!!! I love it!!!! I love these talented artists!!!!!

ALSO: we all know Theater of Coolty, but it is so beloved to me, I can recite it in my sleep lol.

7. 🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately

On top of the other reasons I said I don't like things, you do actually have to convince me 6 times outta 10 if you want me to read a Homestuck fic in the third person. There is just something to the flavor of 2nd person that hits different. There is a reason different perspectives exist, and I think they can all be utilized well, but something about that classic, well-patterned "you, and then you" just gets me, you know?

[wbne]

Finished restoration. Thoughts below (spoilers ofc)

SISTER!!! 479ER!!!!!!!!!!!! SHEILA!!!!!!!!!

What did they do to you Dylan

Caboose just casually knowing Spanish. Sheila translating the spanish into english for Lopez. Hilarious

I know this show is the "standing around and talking" show but the scenes where they were just recapping a bunch of stuff kind of frustrated me

Sad Sarge died. Really wish he didn't :[ I will admit that the scene building up to it made me feel very tense. "Nothing bad ever happens to the kennedys" lookin ass. Didnt feel much in the actual moment though. Just went "oh the theories were actually right"

Doc??? Doc????? Hello???? This one definitely hit me more. What the hell. I was really confused about the whole Wash situation but that explains things a bit better

(Did Hullum just want the characters he voiced to die?)

"Hey numb-nuts. You call that grief? Drop and give me 40 boo-hoos" ok all things considered that was pretty funny

Honestly that whole talk with Carolina and Wash... man. Pain. Also dead Freelancers cameo yay :]

WHERE'S DONUT

Cliff scene LOL. Wash you dummy

Texas finally won! And the scene of Church and her walking in the recovery unit made me happy. They reunited... (before... y'know)

Simmons got his time to shine. I'm happy. Also cocking the shotgun one handed? Not even with his robot arm? Whew

Also I don't care what anyone says ow-sicka-ow-ow was funny

'bow chika bye now' bye chika bye now tucker :((

Also hello the torture? "Ten Years, Executing" LEAVE TUCKER ALONE!!!

LEAVE THETA AND DELTA ALONE TOO!!! Delta telling Theta to come help him when Sigma was being mean... I MISS YOU DELTA

Grimmons and Grimmons fans in shambles. What do you mean he's frigging leaving. What. How did we have "Come with me" and "Goodbye Simmons" in the same movie. That "come with me" made me verbally say "Grimmons..." out loud and you just make it not happen? You're killing me guys. Making S19 non-canon just for this alone /hj (but also /s)

Spent most of the movie either going "WOAH X CHARACTER IS HERE" or "what on earth is going on". Overall it was... eh?

I liked the whole Doc & Wash thing, Tucker's turmoil, Chex scene at the end and Simmons being a bit of a badass but otherwise it was ok... Caboose did also get to shine a bit (whilst also getting grabbed by the throat a lot (leave him alone)) so that is actually quite nice.

I might need to let my thoughts simmer a bit cuz I can feel myself pingponging on how I felt about X and Y. Overall... I think... considering the state of RT and constraints, it wasn't too bad? But compared to other seasons... yeaaah.

I think I'll have S17 as my jumpoff point (S14-17 you are canon to me), but I will consider some things from S19 to be canon. Just not sure what yet. (Simmons can be a cool guy in canon though... he deserves that :])

I'm glad Burnie got to end his show, at the very least.

I am also very glad fanfiction exists

Thanks for the good times RvB o7 bow chika bye now

[sapphire-weapon]

Talking about her writing... the point to me is that the main theme of the series, bioterrorism, is such a heavy and complex issue, so a moraly grey character would require the same complexity as well and i never felt that the writing staff perceived this in the original timeline. is straight up "oh she is in fact a mercenary, but see, she never really gives the samples to the bad guys even thought we dont explain how the fuck she pays her bills like this and never faced the consequences of betraying this psychos", and that's so fucking boring, nonsense and frustating.

So i'm really glad with remake timeline at least trying to develop some nuances over this, and i kind of understand people like the anon of a few days ago because it's so annoying get her stans just ignoring the fact that why the hell there would be a redemption arc setting like this if she didn't made any mistake.

i mean let's be honest here tho, resident evil has literally never treated bioterrorism as a complex issue. it's very black and white in the RE universe. bioterrorism exists so that we can have the main protagonists do cool action guy shit against big monsters.

but ada does give the samples to the bad guys -- at least, on the occasions that she actually gets them. she would have still given the G-virus to wesker, if she'd had it. you'd also have to believe that she's also gotten other shit for him over the years, considering he actually goes back and contracts her again for the plaga even after she fucked up with G. somewhere in the six years in between, ada "redeemed" herself in wesker's eyes and got back into his good graces.

and she did give not one, but two plaga samples to simmons (the one from RE4 and the one from damnation).

the issue is that we don't know why.

we don't know why she worked for wesker for years and years. we don't know why she gave plagas to simmons. it seems a little counterintuitive, since she gives the samples to these fucking guys and then helps leon clean up the mess that's caused after she hands the shit over.

either she's actually legitimately unintelligent and thinks that simmons isn't going to do anything bad with the plagas (which i do not believe is the case), or she thinks that because simmons is the US's NSA that leon will somehow sniff it out and it'll be fine (which he then doesn't actually do, so that begs the question why she continues to rely on him), or she's been in some way acting under duress this entire time (LOL), or she's literally just in it for the money and has a fucked up "i'll deal with it later" mindset.

the correct answer is:

none of the above, because she's literally just a dragon lady stereotype who's there to look sexy and drag leon around by the libido.

it seems like remake is gearing up to turn her into a character that's like... she's been doing this for so long that she just filters it all out as noise and literally has never had any reason to think about what she's doing any deeper than "do job, get paid" until leon inspires a change of heart in her and she snaps back into reality, but by then it's too late.

which is cool. i hope they follow through with that. because her character makes absolutely no sense on its own in OG in a context divorced from leon.

[maleyanderecafe]

I was replaying Resident Evil 6, and actually, Derek Simmons from that game is a good, dark example of a male yandere. He was in love with Ada Wong and so obsessed with her that after Ada cut ties with him, he performed horrific experimens on over 10,000 women to try and make his own personal clone of her. Plus when he's fought a couple times he says some pretty possessive shit about Ada. Repulsive man, but great example of a male yandere lol

I've never actually played any of the Resident Evil games, so I had to go deep diving and try to find the summary for these games, watch a couple of videos and have Cherry explain me about the weird shenanigans of this game. Watching the cutscenes makes me think of those shooter games in arcades, because that's what it feels like.

Derek Simmons is born in a powerful family where he worked with Ada, and fell in love with her. However, Ada ended up rejecting him and fleeing after he bombed Raccoon City to get rid of evidence. Derek became obsessed with Ada, and continued to make the viruses and experimentations to recreate Ada with the help of Carla, who was infatuated with him. Eventually he found out that Carla could be used to make a copy of Ada, which eventually succeeded, and he grooms her into becoming Ada, though Carla eventually does find out what Simmons was doing to her. She gets revenge by infecting him with a virus, to which in this case he ends up being obsessed with the real Ada until he dies, attempting to kill Leon for taking her away from him.

For a villain yandere I do think he's pretty neat in terms of motives considering while it is pretty horrible that he did that to all those women, I do think that it's very fitting for a horror game. Plus, I think that scene where he turns into like 2000 abominations that Leon and Ada shooting at him is really cool as well. It's always nice to see how different yanderes can be made even in a horror context. I did think that was pretty cool, haha.

[rakkikuroba]

Some of the hardest boss in RE in my opinion and my experience.

No note for Neil or Alex because I struggled more with Pedro that with them lol

12. Mr X. I was too horny to really concentrate on the fight.

11. Lisa Trevor. Giving Barry his gun back for her to just punch him out of the platform made me so fucking angry. Also the Tyrant killed him during the last fight when I was trying to keep everyone alive :)))

10. 20h of gameplay to spent 10min on the last bad guy?? i didn’t like RE4. And I certainly didn’t like the fight against Saddler.

9. Wesker. I have something like 10 tries and 5 of them are me trying to figure out how im supposed to kill the fuckers while struggling with keeping ammos. Sheva was really fucking useless.

8. Jack Norman. Jack is in this because he is honestly the most fucked up BOWs bro could teleport and make illusion of him. Overall it’s was pattern recognition (thx autism) that beat his ass. Also he is terrifying? And Chris was absolutely useless.

7. The Haos. I didn’t have bullet anymore so I would wait for Piers to attack for me. It was long because the bot in RE6 are useless and they kept not healing me while standing right next to me?? And the Haos’s kind of the only memorable boss in RE6 because Piers dies right after :(

6. Jack Krauser this time. (To explain i played the og) COULDN’T THEY TELL ME SOONER I NEED TO USE MY KNIFE??? Leon went kaboom so much because of this

5. Nemesis. Not even going to specify which fight. The two last one. Carlos was useless "Careful more zombies coming" I KNOW IT’S THE 6TH TIME YOURE TELLING ME I CAN’T SHOOT NEMESIS WHEN HES RUNNING ON FUCKING WALL. And i couldn’t figure out how to shoot bro with the big gun.

4. Excella and the cadavers. GUESS WHO ALSO WAS USELESS DURING THIS FIGHT?? SHEVA!! (At least she helped with Jill because i just shot Jill without thinking lol.

3. William but only with Leon (?). Like i spent so long trying to correctly shoot him without him throwing shit at me and with Claire I did it in under 10min??? Then he beat my ass again in Darkside Chronicles. I didn’t feel very sad for him very long…

2. Alexia. Alexia is a pain in the ass. And a naked one. Im at the very end, I have 10 ammos left, Claire’s mourning, my health bar is red. And you’re in a very small space AGAIN. She sends little insects that one-shotted me and then when you finished phase 1 you get phase 2 where she fucking flies and you have to shoot her except she flies and dodges and sends fireball. Almost rage quit (then 5min after Chris get his ass whooped by Wesker)

Special mention for Pedro, ily you’re not on this list because i didn’t beat you with Claire the first time i played lol.

For the fat T-Abyss zombies. You were a pain in the ass because you could one shot me (the most annoying part was the hundred of other zombies who kept spawning)

Not special mention for Simmons. Because you just couldn’t take a hint and kept coming back in another animal, lion, t-rex, fly??? Not even the same animals group?? I can’t remember who else i fought in Re6 because it wasn’t rememberable.

For the little guy in re4, can’t remember his name. Annoying but kinda cathartic ?

And for the OG tyrant, eat shit. But good job killing Wesker lol

Who else did we fight? Do we fight a boss in RE0? I don’t think we did? I mean the plant but not really we exploded it. The plant? I can’t remember the name of the guy im too tired it will come back tomorrow.

1. THE FUCKING TYRANT IN CODE VERONICA. MY SWORN ENEMY. THE VIDEO GAME ENEMY I PROBABLY SPENT THE MOST TIME TRYING TO BEAT. Im not even kidding it took me 3 days to beat his ass. I was in tears when i finally pushed his ass out of my plane. He’s the fucker i don’t want to see in the Remake lol.

[leonardalphachurch]

unrebloggable bc this is not finished but do you all want to see my attempts at definitively proving that all of seasons 1-10 takes place on the same planet. it’s. So Much. under a read more bc it’s LONG.

okay so like a month ago i made this chart:

sorry if you can’t read this it’ll all be explained anyway. anyway here’s what i wrote today. when i made the chart i checked references but today was 100% from memory which is why there’s no episode numbers lol. note that i’m using the map names for zanzibar, high ground and rat’s nest, though those are not their canon names. i’ll probably replace them if i ever finish this.

BLOOD GULCH -> RAT’S NEST: In season 6, episode , Sarge leaves Blood Gulch and arrives to Rat’s Nest on a warthog

(NOTE: Wash is explicitly stated to have to downgrade his armor to go back to BGC, while Sarge seemingly upgrades without comment. Is this a diegetic change? Shrug.)

RAT’S NEST -> BLOOD GULCH: In season 6 episode , Sarge, Grif, and Simmons leave Rat’s Nest and arrive to Zanzibar on a warthog.

ZANZIBAR -> BLOOD GULCH: In season 3, episode , Sarge, Grif, Simmons and Donut leave Zanzibar and arrive to Blood Gulch on a warthog and a ghost, respectively. In season 4, episode , Church leaves Zanzibar and arrives to Blood Gulch presumably on foot.

ZANZIBAR -> QUEST: Throughout season 4, Tucker, Caboose, Andy and the alien walk from Zanzibar through all the various locations associated with the quest (Great Burning Plains, Great Swamp, Great Freezing Plains).

QUEST -> BLOOD GULCH: In season 4 episode , the quest crew leave from the final quest location and arrive back to Blood Gulch presumably on foot.

ZANZIBAR -> DESERT: In season 10, episode , the entire BGC leave Zanzibar and arrive to the desert on warthogs.

DESERT -> STORAGE: In season 8, episode , Caboose and Epsilon walk/float from the desert to the offsite storage unit. In episode , Sarge, Grif, Simmons and Tucker also NEED TO CHECK THIS I FORGET

STORAGE -> SIDEWINDER: In season 8, episode , Tex and Church NEED TO CHECK . In episode , Wash, Meta, and Doc also NEED TO CHECK on a warthog.

(NOTE: Sidewinder is stated o be an ice planet in season 1, episode , as well as seemingly shown to be an ice planet in season 10 episode . Whether or not Sidewinder is on a separate planet is up for interpretation.)

DESERT -> YORK DEATH: In season 10, episode , Carolina and Epsilon leave the desert and arrive to the site of York’s death on a mongoose.

YORK DEATH -> NORTH DEATH: In Recovery One, episode , Wash leaves York’s death site and arrives to North’s death site on a warthog

NORTH DEATH -> CITY (R1): In Recovery One, episode , Wash and South leave North’s death site via warthog, which we later see with them when they are in the city. NEED TO CHECK THIS.

(NOTE: The city where York and Tex meet in Out of Mind is never shown to be traveled to or from, therefore cannot be confirmed to be on the same planet. I believe it is a valid interpretation to assume the city in Recovery One is the same as the city in Out of Mind, but this is speculative and unconfirmed.)

YORK DEATH -> VALHALLA: In season 10, episode , Carolina and Epsilon leave York’s death site and arrive to Valhalla on a mongoose

VALHALLA -> DESERT: In season 7, episode , Sarge, Simmons, and Caboose travel from Valhalla to the desert via warthog, through the water. In season 8, episode , NEED TO CHECK

DESERT -> VALHALLA: In season 8, episode , Sarge and Grif drive from the desert to Valhalla via Warthog. In episode , Church and Caboose NEED TO CHECK. In season 10, the BGC travels from the desert to Valhalla via warthog. NEED TO CHECK ALL OF THIS

VALHALLA -> STORAGE: In season 10 they go from Valhalla to the storage unit but i really don’t remember the exact sequence. they end in valhalla, so do they go back and forth? NEED TO CHECK

VALHALLA -> COMMAND: In season 6, episode , the guys travel from Valhalla to Command via tank.

(NOTE: There is the possibility to connect Command to Zanzibar, though it’s speculative. In season 10, episode , the cast travels from the place the UNSC is storing Epsilon to Zanzibar via warthogs. Both Command and the UNSC storage facility use parts of the Halo map “Standoff” to portray their exteriors. However, the UNSC storage facility uses the map “Orbital” for its interior while Command uses a variety of other maps. For example part of command uses the map “High Ground,” which is the base Church was at for 14 months between seasons 5 and 6. This shows that simply using the parts of the same map is not enough to be considered proof of two places being the same location. Therefore it cannot be confirmed whether or not it should be Command or a separate storage location that connects to Zanzibar.)

VALHALLA -> HIGH GROUND: In season 6, episode , Church, Wash, and Caboose travel from Valhalla to High Ground via mongooses. NEED TO CHECK

HIGH GROUND -> VALHALLA: In season 6, episode , Church states that he, Wash, and Caboose walked from High Ground to Valhalla.

HIGH GROUND -> ZANZIBAR: In season 6, episode , The Meta leaves High Ground on a mongoose which is later seen at Zanzibar. NEED TO CHECK

The places that remain unconnected to the rest of the planet are Battle Creek and the city in Out of Mind. Battle Creek is only accessed via teleporter and the OoM city has already been explained. There’s also the teleporter nexus but I don’t consider that a. place. though anyway it is only accessible via teleporter.

so uh. yeah. this is what i do with my time.

[ya-boi-yamori]

Finally watched Restoration here's my thoughts!:

Soo first of all HOW DARE THEY NOT HAVE DONUT. All they could do is add him in a gag?? I mean it was funny, I love cheerleader Donut but they should have had him for the final episode. Especially for Sarge. I don't really know where he went Doc mentioned him but that's it. Were they not able to get Dan to come back? Donut could have at least showed up at the end and Simmons could have explained what happened idk. Also what exactly happened to Doc anyway? It wasn't until Carolina said something that I realized he was dead? I guess he died at Chorus so maybe everything past Chorus was non-cannon? I guess nothing really tied into the Blues and Reds or the Shinso Paradox. So I think that's the biggest problem is that it's a bit confusing I don't know what's canon and what's not and what we should take into account. Burnie did what he could with what he had but he could of worked it a bit better(*cough**cough* Donut) Also wish they explored Tucker a bit more like he went through a traumatic experience and they barely explored past him coming back, maybe he could of been the one to stall Meta so Tex could retrieve the AIs. It was also a bit slow overall. Ok enough gripe, I loved how it all wrapped around! Sarge's death literally broke me😭😭 At first I honestly thought it was going to be some sort of gag which I'm glad it wasn't (because I felt like that would have ruined the moment) Sarge going back to save Caboose, giving Simmons leadership and admitting he always liked Grif was so sweet, yes a bit sappy, but the titual RvB sweet. Also CHEX!! They are the Hetero couple ever!! I love them so much it's stupid! I'm so glad they got to be together again even if it was in a Marvel level set-up lol. And I'm glad Carolina showed up I was so scared she wasn't going to, it was driving me crazy not seeing her with Wash. Which why did she leave him exactly? I know they wanted the big reveal when she showed up to help fight, but she would not have left Wash alone imo. I think the fights where good, a bit all over the place at times but fun overall. Anyway Caboose is the best character fr, also Micheal did a good job with his voice ! I don't think Tucker will leave, since Caboose would be alone, it would be cool it they showed us that but whatever. I'm glad Grif was able to leave, he deserves a rest, I like to believe that like Geoff he's chilling and making a podcast with the other reds :) (tho urm Grif and Simmons should have kissed🙄) I HOPE THEY SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN!! I also loved the Lucifur cameo, he was so cute, I wonder who's cat that is in reality? I think I'll give Restoration a 3.5/4 out of 5 not perfect but I'm so glad I watched it! A big big thank you to the team and Rooster Teeth in general I'm glad it was able to grow and advance for 21 years. Rest in peace RvB and RT let your inspiration live on and I can't wait to see what each employee accomplishes in the near future. This right here really is why we're here, Thank you❤️💙

[the-firebird69]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man - Live At The Florida Theatre / 2015 (Offici...

and they do sing about his teachings. and  i learend kept to it am hmble as possible. 

but ghwb has the stuff morlock and to explain it. and more tapes fun ones like thetoe

caa

haahh lol fun ok

ghwb

and they attack his toes a bit not much he uses stuff and it is at bay mostly  is a worker ok 

mom

and we do too

ghwb

Olympus

and geeze ok im fine no and i did tons of heinous stuff. and out soon.  will be. and no he is not is ucut off i see that.  was vey mean to many they all look now see it. and ok mb get help and way too much for me and us our ace

gene simmons

and truet is over the top

Zues Hera

and me too ronnie james dio way too much he says it kiss and gene said it. who are you, what is the plan they have...and macs dont have a paralell and do act accordingly and we shall thank you and haha grandpay he is a three yoear old kinda ahhah

ok funny  not shrunken nt grown and huge.  will be and for his other job.  as Jurell and os oon and i have  that

ghwb some of it

[castle-dominion]

castle 6x22 veritas

the beckett framing episode liveblog, or the framing beckett episode? The episode where they frame beckett? the grammar is something & I don't want to confuse it with the s5 3xk one where they framed castle. framed past tense?

the framing beckett episode.

Ooh plot heaVY! lOVE A GOOD FLASHBACK SEQUENCE! (that wasn't supposed to be caps) Wait why is the audio like that? cut together? I only notice bc I record audiobooks & play with audio. It is otherwise great) Ooh what is going on with the van & hiding & night stuff? all suspicious-like. Nice camera. *talks to herself* like me! nice camera case. she was rushing to get in the car & follow & then she was slowly taking her notes? Not planning on piccing the notebook but u could. None of the other times were underlined, why underline this one?

Ooh nice lighting!

Oh he's in chicago? HE REALLY DID RESURRECT DERRICK STORM! He's done with his crazy hotel room days? Did that stop after alexis was born or after he fell in love with beckett or what? Lol those were the days. KB: That was lack of sleep, not lack of enthusiasm. Project? Who is jason marks? He was the guy earlier in the ep in the dark but,, who is he? KB: I don’t know. I backed off. (teasingly) See? I was being responsible. RC: No, being responsible means taking backup. (You think YOU are enough backup?) (con't) Maybe it’s time we brought Ryan and Esposito into the loop on this. What loop? What are y'all talking about & why are they NOT in the loop? KB: I love you RC: Yeah well, you better. It’s two weeks until the wedding and it’s too late to return the tux. s7 premier: *still has the tux* *& also it is folded really really weird*

DUN DUN DUN IT'S JASON MARKS she was there last night, she is going to become a suspect or smth Ryan loves her. You ok? & he looks pretty in blue. Girl... maybe tell them... girl maybe call Castle 23.59 & 2.00 but becks knows he was alive at 1:15. In fact, she was THERE in the middle of the kill window, she had opportunity & possibly motive & she's a cop so she has means. KB: Ryan, were there any witnesses? Anyone that saw a car driving away? She is asking that bc SHE might be seen tailing him. Why doesn't she come forward as a witness tho? I mean ig it could be bc she would have to explain WHY but yk. Or she'd become a suspect.

Why would he need to SPECIFY two block radius if they USUALLY do 2 blocks? "hunch" she says Was that a slur or was she saying "you know, just call it a hunch" Timeline will be easier for me to see once I get the actual ep. rn idk when becks was called to work & what time she was at home & what time she is back in the bullpen

Asks if she's ok <3 <3 they are FRIENDS they LOVE EACHOTHER & the LIGHTING "Hell of a hunch" he says looking at her

She was TRYING to find out who the driver was! DUN DUN DUN VULCAN SIMMONS IS DRIVING ah 1:16. she gonna get spotted? KR: What’s a drug lord like Vulcan Simmons doing mixed up with a DC political consultant anyway? us: *eyes emoji* Ok but we caught VS in relation to johanna's murder back in like s3, we figured out it was racken & becks went to almost assassinate him in what the s5 premier, so we know this was a bracken thing, did beckett not tell ryan & esposito that they have a real connection? Oh yeah it would be smart of him to periodically cut things off & rebuild.

RC: No. We talked about this. No unnecessary risks. s8 Castle: no *bugs bunny* He did MORE than just kill your mom. He had other ppl killed before, he's had other ppl killed after.

RC: We’ve been looking at Marks’s death like it’s a setback. What if it’s the breakthrough we need? That's true! Very true! RC: Vulcan Simmons just became the prime suspect in a murder investigation. You’ve been given an all-access pass to his life. We play our cards right, you nail him with this?

Why taking her into your office?

you SHOULD be kicked off the case! I love Gates <3 Maybe if she's off the case they need to TALK TO RYAN & ESPOSITO

My man would NOT cut a deal to implicate bracken, bracken would get him out somehow.

Ah yes new york no vehicles lol Why is it so dark? I wish it was lighter so I could pic his outfit.

I'm def going to need to wait to watch this to liveblog. (my uncle is over rn so we are watching smth else but I'm liveblogging off the transcript heh)

Castle sleeps with his door open?

girl destroying evidence. VS: Me lying dead? You here trespassing? With that big old grudge you carry? What are your bosses going to say to that? Me: & also she wouldn't kill u bc u r the path to bracken Doesn't he work for racken? u saying that?

ESPOSITO'S PROFILE PICTURE IN CASTLE'S PHONE SDFLKJKH

It's the middle of the night...? Why r u still at work & y r u calling HER in the middle of the night &.. ugh

Esposito calling Castle not Ryan not Gates. Wait... Esposito was calling Beckett but she wasn't picking up because she is out, that's why he called Castle. Rick doesn't SAY Kate is not present. Wait he calls it the vulcan simmons investigation

the audio is so... it changes bc ofc it does depending on if u r in the warehouse or quiet home.

I think when I watched this I totally thought becks killed him. Except I wouldn't bc they don't let our characters do that sort of thing.

Oh it's morning, not middle of the night. FIVE TIMES DURING A HALF HOUR? LONG TIME

vg *LOOKING AT BECKS* whoops caps.

Gates knows beckett knows VS's world? at least now the car is not inadmissable evidence. Love how Ryan calls castle away first & talks to him before going to , gates. Remember what happened last time?

Oh IA cool. Wait not cool that is for cops, oh no they're onto her, exceot kate said she didn't kill him .. Who is calling..? (kate totally shouldn't have gone or should have brought backup. Or a recording device.) wouldn't the killer KNOW how many shots they fired? couldn't they check the casings to the bullets they picked out? couldn't they check how many bullets they released from their magazine? (except since beckett is being framed-- unless she's lying to castle --then of course they'd leave one to trace back to her. & they'd also still dig em out so that it looks like a cop who knew what they were doing.) Vulcan Simmonas is not a small guy. Tbh a lot of medical complications aren't from ppl being fat, but from them being big. It happens from muscles too! Body builders also struggle with surgeries & stuff because they are big & heavy & bulky & hard to move!

Is that your personal gun or your cop gun? idrk how stuff like this works, not even in canada let alone the usa. (then again most guns in canada are not handguns, they're more for hunting or rural life.)

Polite of him to let her know bc he respects her ig... *calling the ballistics report wrong* It's going to be like that time castle was framed. Yeah man, you still need to arrest her even if she didn't do it. Even if smth else is going on (I read a fanfic set after the roof hanging episode, s4e23 my nickname was still always which was already the ep title lol, with cole maddox, I feel like it would fit better after this episode. Except no that was also 3xk themed...) (*I considered nicknaming it the cole maddox one, the roof hanging one, & probs others.)

ooh she gone

I love Castle lol. & I love Gates. She was head of IA before this & she is just so good. Can't or won't?

RYAN ESPOSITO CASTLE & LT NEW TEAM, BECKETT GOT WRITTEN OFF THE SHOW. that would actually be interesting. A uniformed officer longtime background character made into a more prominent character? Ann Hastings, LT, Jenkins, I just wish we got more names of the other detectives too. *sighs dreamily* LT Scott Tolliver my beloved, body blocking the window for his friends. Ryan nice tie but sad face. *just discussing their little Family Things with LT right there* (at least he's just off to the side keeping watch) (& he loves them! He's willing to take some extra time escorting castle out!

OOH SMITH IS ALIVE! (barely looks like smith tho)

Nice flowers ah the swings! Not the library where she arrested him & he went when he escaped jail? Harbouring a fugitive? RC: For the couple that has everything. Two matching burner phones, GPS turned, of course. Couples that have matching burner phones together, stay together. (Except then this exact same arc continues & they do the other thing. In fact, that technically starts next episode even tho it really starts in s8...) KB: Listen, Castle, I can’ ask you to stick around anymore. RC: You don’t have to ask. I’m volunteering. (like the esposito fiancee one! I'm volunteering. They love each other. Btw I should clip this. I usually clip funny stuff but this is just...) (she has such an accent. she is ethnically slavic canadian-american, fillion is also canadian-american, but their accents are so different. Wait, wasn't fillion from edmonton? I know it's a city, but it is also alberta, maybe that's why I like his accent the most.)

& just a side note, she REALLY needs to hide her identity a bit more. Maybe tuck her hair up und-- wait. Julia Ogden moments. She's skinny enough (tho still nicely boobed) that she can pass for a boy (despite being nicely boobed), I said to tuck her hair up under a toque & then let the ends hang over her face like emo bangs & she's also p tall, maybe just put some shadow on your chin or above your lip. It only works from a distance but yk. & then also if you stick some lidocaine in your cheeks (or hold cottonballs in your mouth) it changes your face shape.

sito being sus. (he is rly bad at this. I thought he was military trained to be good at this. keeping secrets.)

know vs knew

Like the baudelaires getting in the newspaper while they were in the last chance general store.

Oh no someone in the stairwell. Or that. How did that call go to your ONLY RECENTLY PURCHASED BURNER PHONE? (unless they already had the burners for the "project")

He's late bc he was a little busy getting shot, like castle's dad MS: Yes, and I thought I’d found it. I got to one of Bracken’s men, who told me there was something that the Senator was afraid of. A recording made by a former associate to protect himself. A recording in which Bracken admits to murder. (wouldn't the man who recorded it have told him abt it tho?) Thanks bonvolio. What fold? Are you alone smith? Lol he's right: Detective, you are radioactive. You can’t even help yourself. WAIT THAT REMINDS ME OF YOU CAN'T EVEN HHHEALP YOURSELF BIG RATS BIGGER SACK HANG LOWER ETHAN NESTOR RUSSIAN ACCENT MOMENT

The one guy is really sus of rysposito. Btw I love how the depression anxiety substance abuse post traumatic stress disorder poster appears to have no commas between them. What move would you make if you DID know where they are? VG: Gentlemen Me, reading the transcript: *french accent* Gentlemenn I LOVE gates! VG: Beckett’s not a killer, I know that. But she’s going to go down for this open and shut unless I can protect her. And I can’t do that if I’m left in the dark. So if she’s being set up? I need to know why. Hasn't she killed someone before? Yeah I remember dick coonan was onscreen Ryan asks esposito permission first lol Imagine if gates didn't even KNOW that johanna was murdered lol. rysposito don't KNOW everything, not even as much as caskett do.

Don't u need to be 21 to get a hotel room in the usa? Just change her look not his? He's the famous one. KB: We’ll never find the truth if we run away. RC: Kate, we’re never going to find the truth if we’re dead. Castle ALWAYS knows a guy.

Oh good changing her hair. (You know, that would have been fun, we haven't had significant hair changes since s1 2 & 3, then s3's hair was half the time cool half the time .. exactly like the next several seasons.)

not gonna be castle babe. Unless it is & it's going to be funny tense moments. dun dun dun bracken himself! How tense! lmao it built character?? (but she can't move on from her mom's murder u said to her basically u couldn't move on from the death of the neighbourhood kid) (side note I like how vulcan simmons is Black & william bracken is white.) WB: (sighs) So I guess there’s no point in asking for your vote, is there? XD That's a really Something thing to happen, thing to say. poetic, sexy true. You have people for that, I want you... kinda romantic...

WB: There is no truth. Not anymore. Episode title: Veritas

What's in the pill? How long does it take for that pill to kick in? OOH HAVING SEEN THIS BEFORE I KNOW WHY SHE ASKS Well you surely have the jigsaw puzzle somewhere still...

Gates my beloved

Is she drinking it? Is it like when the murderer is trying to bury me alive & I keep eating the dirt faster than he can bury me so I stay alive? bc if she wanted, she could spit it out all over herself & ppl would be like "why did she get so much booze on herself if her blood alcohol wasn't even that bad?" Will Castle show up? Is thomas/sergio wearing gloves handling this gun? (yes) Drunken suicide. I see. She's playing a dangerous game getting it so close to him pushing her trigger... & boom! she's def drunk but she could also drink even Castle (a man who is big & has mass & def drank enough in his day) under the table in a contest. *spits out the pill which TOTALLY would have dissolved by now* These two ppl have just been killed... too bad we can't kill bracken as easily. Ok transcript, not only is she drunk, she is also just hit in the head. Call Castle Blood on the wall

Castle <3

Flashbacks & thoughts & clips & memories & ooh I love! Was monty friends with johanna?

OH YES I FORGOT THAT THIS WAS THE ONE WITH THE FLASHBACK. WELCOME BACK RSH!

INT – TWELFTH PRECINCT RECORDS ROOM (FLASHBACK) (so glad they remembered how they said they met) KB: You’re Montgomery. I mean, Captain Montgomery. (My man was already a captain at this point. When was he a detective? with the guy who went to prison & left information with his memaw?) RM: Do I know you, Officer … (he glances at her name badge) … Beckett? KB: No. No, sir. I just – I’ve always wanted to do what you do. I wanted to be in homicide. (& he brings her in!!! He really is her dad!) RM: Is that right? What are you doing now? KB: (confused) Patrol. RM: I can see that. But what are you doing in the archives? KB: I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t – I didn’t mean to be here. I know I shouldn’t be. But I - I was looking into a case. My mom’s homicide. He glances at the box of files. (So glad that-- I lost my thought) RM: Johanna Beckett. KB: Did you know her? RM: I know her case is unsolved. And you were reviewing the files to see if they might have missed something? (.. How much do you know? ig I'll find out as the ep goes on) KB: Yes, sir. RM: If the case is unsolved, chances are the answers aren’t in that file. (he right) KB’S face falls. RM: What did your mother do, Officer Beckett? KB: She was a lawyer. RM: And you think her death might have had something to do with a case she was handling? KB: Well the detective that was working her case, Raglan, said that it was just random, but – RM: Well did you look though her personal belongings? Old notebooks, journals, diaries? ..Cassette recordings?.. Stuff like that? KB: (nods) Yes, sir. Tons of times. But I haven’t found anything that seems relevant. RM: ... Well keep looking. (NO NO NO SAD YOU CAN SEE HIM) (con't) You never know when something might turn up. (Or maybe protect her by telling her to stop. Remember when she recovered for a bit? & then she relapsed. She really IS an addict.) KB nods. RM: Nice meeting you, Officer Beckett. He salutes her and she salutes back. He gives her a sad smile. RM: Sorry about your mom. KB: Thank you, sir. He leaves.

I have this town close by one of my fave museums that has a population of 300 & it is really beautiful with historical stuff & I love it. Tbh it is more of an extension of the nearby city than its own town.

Wait was monty a legit associate? or was he just accidentally involved? I mean he wasn't... intentionally there but i I feel like once youre in you can't really get out. Which ig he couldn't, lockwood killed him. Ok so u can pronounce the g in belongings but u can't pronounce ANY t?

call ryan & esposito to do it for u

Sus. a pair of detectives out here taking a shift like this? They should have come in complaining "Why do we need to take a shift guarding her place? ugh. How annoying." grab the stuff & go grab the stuff & go grab *DROPS IT?* the stuff & go WHY ARE YOU WAITING THERE WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE STUFF NOW YOU HAVE TWO MINS TO SKIDADDLE FRICKING.. lol subpoena her notes so u write in shorthand. Love it. I love my own shorthand. Eth & thorn & ampersand & ampersand for "that" which is a thorn with a line... one of the many proposals for eng... I got in trouble in culinary school bc my shorthand was for me to read. I'm like "girl this workplan is for me, if you want someone else to read it give them the textbook i copied it from. if this was my restaurant we would use shorthand still but it would be less short & more standardized."

lol they would SO be able to decipher it Told u to get out. Why would she give it to her husband & child?

(I love esposito's unimpressed face, rystle look ashamed, beckett looks shocked) DONOVAN and his men have arrested CASTLE, BECKETT, RYAN, and ESPOSITO. None of them are happy as the elevator clicks open and they follow DONOVAN through the bullpen. GATES gapes at them when she notices from her office. (Poor gates) Yep. I'm not watching bc I don't have access, I'm on the transcript rn instead of looking up my school supplies or my bus route to my psych appt... but maybe I shall clip. I remember the bloopers the handcuffs came apart & esposito/JH ran away.

KB: The elephants RC: ??? (I'm glad he doesn't understand) "this one's good with money" what if castle DID get beckett to throw them out? & has she seriously never dropped them when moving? did she take them with her when she moved to DC? did she not sell them bc she was downsizing to travel? I'm getting a rock collection from a friend moving to australia.

Or you know, just... ask someone. Yell over to ann hastings who adores you. ask her to open the elephants. ask donovan to let you check your elephants. I mean he wouldn't let you. Shout to gates to do it once they take you to jail. Or maybe walk over there calmly so as not to arouse suspicion. Holy crap he pulls his gun on her! Heck yeah gates for taking down donovan's arm! Lol love the slow motion

There would either be more stuff before that on the tape or they would be at the end of the tape. (I wrot ethat during the transcript. There is actually a decent amount of audio that I didn't know was part of the recording while watching) Like how the audio still kind of sucks WAIT LAST EPISODE, THE ONE WITH THE Hi8, THAT WAS A LEADUP TO THIS) Wow language. Wowie! You were like "ooh you're mafia extorting! bad you! But I'll take your money!" & now you're like "I've had people fucking KILLED before"??? (he knows ppl bc he was assistant da, of COURSE he knows)

WB: Well it’s simple, Linda. I’m tired. The backroom deals, the corruption, the waste? Oh I figured it out. He is not just the guy saving his neighbourhood kid friend, he is not just doing senator things, he always has been about the money. Back with the extortion ring. He was doing this BEFORE the extortion ring. *sees beckett who is supposed to be dead* except they totally told him that becks escaped & killed his guys. He knew. He was saying "you can't be here" bc he thought becks was arrested. & discredited

he didn't do it, he hired dick coonan to do it. *catching this on film* Ooh music

& they're all just... no longer under arrest?

lmao ok. I love it.

But this is not the end of the season?

Hey with having already liveblogged while my unle was over yesterday from the transcript, I only spent an hour or so on this ep! Nice!

[m1ssjess]

Omg Prime has SEASON 1 of Top Chef

Thoughts on Season 1 Episode 1:

Where the fuck is Padma? I'm sorry Katie Lee but WHERE THE FUCK IS PADMA???

Tom Colicchio is a baby

Gail Simmons is a baby

Omg I totally remember who the final 3 are just from the intro

LEE ANNE was from this season!??

Omg the music is the same. The intro. The background music. It's weird because not much else seems the same (lighting, camera set up, stages etc) but the music is what is making me believe that this is honestly related to the show I watched last Thursday.

Omg I was 16 when I saw this for the first time

I DONT REMEMBER ALL THE FUCKING DRAMA

It's like just another reality show - which I hate. I was telling a co-worker about season 20 today and how the only reason I can stand top chef is because it's about the food 🤣

DUDE they have a girl who is HALF WAY THROUGH culinary school. JFC. Was the criteria that low??? One woman HAS ZERO RESTURANT EXPERIENCE.

DUDE IS JUST A SOMMELIER

Omg I still hate Tiffani.

Omg I think I love Tiffani.

That first quick fire challenge? Endure 30 minutes on the Line in a running restaurant. Holy cow how far has it come...

DUDE JUST STRAIGHT UP STARTS A VERBAL FIGHT with the guest judge. Holy shit. What a dick. Not even responding to criticism. "Chef did you throw out that sauce?" (Dude used his finger to taste a sauce while on the line in a resturant he literally just stepped into; Chef tore him a new one)

Omg they're shopping. they have an hour to shop??? It's so leisurely???

Wait what were the terms for the elimination challenge?? Signature dish for $30? For how many people? I literally do not know. I have picked this up from chatter in the grocery store.

The sommelier did a fricken wine tasting during their shop. That's how freaking long they had. JFC.

OMG mTHE TOP CHEF KITCHEN IS TINY

Tom is just carrying in the knife block 🤣

Omg they are cooking for each other. People look worried.

Omg. I am fairy certain that they hired Ken (finger tasting dude) as a plant to stir shit up because he is now SCREAMING "KARATE" noises in the kitchen to pump himself up??? 🤣

Jesus this is such a 00's reality show.

They are only making ONE PLATE????

Wait I do remeber some trivia about how the one plate thing pissed off Tom because the food got cold before the judges got to eat it. So to this day: they always have to make (minimum) two plates, one for tasting and one specifically for photography.

*counts* 1, 2, 3, 4... 5, 6, 7, 8 people tasting their food and they seriously just made one plate of food!!??

I thought the brief was to make your signature dish and no one is being prompted to explain why???

Ahahaha they all tore Ken's dish to shreds "I was expecting more with all the ego on display" 🤣

Wait wait wait I just realized THEY HAD 3 HOURS TO MAKE THAT ONE FUCKING PLATE OF FOOD 🤣

Ahahaha all the professional chef are not having any of the Sommelier's BS. I LOVE IT.

Omg it's so weird to see them all in the green room in casual clothes.

Man you can really tell the difference between the pro chefs and the *ahem* not by just their honest feedback of trying their competitor's foods.

Holy shit apparently the sommelier can actually cook.

Lol Ken's BS the night before is definitely playing into him being eliminated. There is clearly a more deserving person to go home but it's him.

THEY ARE STANDING INFRONT OF JUDGES TABLE IN CASUAL CLOTHING. THIS IS BULLSHIT.

Bleah. People are just sitting on the prep tables!???

Lol Gail and Tom's standards and critisims havn't change in 20 years.

Oh course Harold won. Of course Tiffani was in the top 3. It's just so abundantly clear that the professional chef are going to wipe this competition with their non-pro competitiors.

"Please pack your knives and go"

Omg the last minute of the episode was previews from the rest of the season and it was all interpersonal drama. Not even a single mention of food or the culinary challenges they are going to face. Jesus I am glad it's come a long way in the last 20 years...

[emptylotfiasco]

short story:

long story: ohh god what the fuck was that what the fuck was that. why did donut only have a single line in simmons' thoughts. why did carolina only appear at the end. the audacity to retcon season 15 onwards to make an even worse season. killing sarge. i feel like i just watched a marvel movie.

just. some of the characterisation was bad. its strange that the reds had to be convinced to go on the big mission to save everyone when they spent the whole show growing into their responsibilities and doing heroic shit. its strange they left caboose behind to get killed by the meta after they spent the whole show learning to get along and be ride or die with eachother. on the OPPOSITE end its strange that sarge gave grif that whole speech about being hard on him because he knew he could be better. lol no. he is a jerk to him because he doesnt care about how grif feels. and obviously, its strange that grif left simmons at the end, because being separated from the reds and blues would drive him crazy and fuck you that was his best friend for 18 seasons.

fans respond well to emotional moments in the previous seasons but this felt like an emotional jerk off session. just a whole lot of unearned emotional moments and deep conversations that felt stunted and out of place. the funeral scene was ten minutes long. there were so many conversations about wash's feelings (when carolina started to ask him about why he felt he had to earn doc's aid i was so over it. why are we delving into his self esteem issues right now after everything that happened.) there was always a balance between comedy/drama and they did not manage that. having more scenes wouldve made the moments feel earned and i know they couldnt do that but. i still wouldnt have included a lot of this stuff.

there was a lot of hand holding, with the excessive emotional conversations, the long, constant recaps of stuff that happened in previous seasons and the show-dont-tellness. it is obvious that epsilon split himself into other fragments. it is obvious that tucker is in the meta suit and he has all the fragments and is evil. maybe if they spent less time explaining everything they could fit more stuff lol. that is also something i feel applies to all the emotional shit, they could have used a lot more subtlety.

if they wanted a rounded season focused on reflection of all the previous seasons and character arcs (which it did feel like they were trying to do tbf) i think jason's original s18 pitch wouldve been good for it. this did feel like a giant collection of plot beats and i heard it was supposed to be a trilogy but was rushed so that makes sense and explains a lot of the problems. under no amount of time constraints could i forgive them fumbling grimmons though. fuck. they only have themselves to blame for that.

some things i liked: how tex was handled (that made me so happy that was so sweet. best tex lives fic and its written into the show<3 i know tex's VA left on bad terms with RT so the fact that she came back just makes me. god i love tex), carolina appeared that made me happy even though she shouldve been here the whole time but whatever. her and tex fighting the meta together was awesome. caboose snapping tucker out of it (im such a big fan of them<33). wash throwing himself off a cliff because thats the best way he can think to solve a situation. amazingly in character. any time the reds goofed off it made me giggle and kick my feet. the church youtube skit committed egregious sins i already mentioned but i think it was cute that it was in a 2D art style. the zoom security guards and basically the few bits of comedy always landed and were really funny.

anyways. i cant expect them to make a good season while their company is getting shut down. this was definitely rushed, probably not a finalised draft and done under time constraints. i dont blame them, i am not upset that it didnt deliver. but that does not mean it was good. im going to pretend it was another epsilon simulation. and im still writhing at them retconning season 15 for this.

hey akalegos... justg finished watching the new rvb season and unblocked all the tags i think im gonna throw up

How’s it going emptylotfiasco….

[a-shizno]

A rvb dnd au where Tex was originally supposed to be the BBG of the campaign but Church’s character rolled a nat20 in seduction leaving the DM scrambling to:

a) find a way to give her personality

b) salvage the plot with the fact that Tex is not only a PC’S girlfriend but and old flame (thanks a lot York)

c) Figure out how to act out said personality and said plot changes

D) not murder Wyoming about how much he’s laughing

(‘shut up i let York keep his character as a ghost because he died to a series of unfortunate nat1s from the group as a whole during the first session. Not because he was sulking’)

It all comes to fruition as the following:

• Carolina tried to kill off Tex a couple of sessions in. She wasn’t prepared to do more than a simple NPC and monologues as a DM and felt that her stilted characterization was not something she wanted to ruin the campaign

• explained that Tex had made a pack with a strange God to become a warlock so they could obtain their goal

• established that Lopez was an enchanted suit of armor that was cursed to speak Spanish. York decided possess said armor

• Wyoming (who was playing Sarge btw) got written in as a villain because his“don’t act like it’s that hard to fix a campaign! Just write in a secret boss that we never could’ve predicted being such a thorn in the side when we were so focused on Tex!” Speech was not taken as well as he hoped

• Carolina brought back Tex bc she actually missed being able to interact with the others in game

• North fucked up a side quest by picking up a cursed blade! (guess who he played). He was aware that the quest was to guide crunchbite to the artifact! He knew he shouldn’t touch the glowing sword! He was going to take it for the lols. Now he has earned his consequences!

(Too bad he adores Junior with all his heart, made him a custom figure and everything)

• Connie and South very much are Simmons and Grif respectfully and the fact that the irl pinning is so severe that they have accidentally made their characters act like a married couple

•Tex’s betrayal marks the end of the first campaign where they take a break so Carolina could make a new campaign for they characters

•mean time they played two shot Out of Mind, and Recovery One in which they see some very familiar characters

•PLOT TWIST TURNS OUT THESE WEAK GODS ARE ACTUALLY JUST PARTS OF THIS ONE YOUNG GOD! THAT HE WAS TRICKED INTO STRIPPING AWAY PEICES FROM HIMSELF BECAUSE THE TOWN THAT WORSHIPED HIM WAS UNDER SEIGE AND AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE!

bound to a relic that was hidden away He would give these smaller beings of ‘himself’ to do his will and help his people he would give them to the Director, the man he based his human visage after, not realizing that the siege was won and that the Director was now using these fragments to Gain more power as a ruler. He gives them to his strongest knights.

• Washington joins the campaign! He as new to DND, having tested the waters in the two shot and just just added himself but as a moody badass.

•Church is a god!

•The meta is still a thing and Maine, (who was very tickled to be the big bad) had been playing Lopez but took a break to play meta

•Church’s sacrifice is the end of another campaign!

•we tune back in on the new campaign! And Washington had a request for Carolina between stories

•even Maine was shocked when is was revealed by breaking Lopez’s sigil mid session that Sir Washington was a villain for this campaign, all except Florida

• Florida was heartbroken when he realized that two characters was too much for him at the moment and he had to choose between his characters. He eventually mentioned this to Wash who hinted that he could fix the issue

•he did not tell Florida beforehand the plan but he can’t complain bc it definitely solved the problem and the fact that he was able to save Doughnut’s life while giving Doc the spotlight was really great all around.

• with the artifact being saved Church is reborn as epsilon