#Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It Season 2
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Today’s Maid of the Day: Kotonoha Kanade from Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita
#anime#kotonoha kanade#rikei ga koi ni ochita no de shoumei shitemita#science fell in love so i tried to prove it#anime maid#maid of the day#the end of season 2 left me traumatized
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Aside from the fact that the last ep of the second season decided to turn into a psychological thriller for some reason, I really enjoyed Science Fell In Love, So I Tried To Prove It. It's a cute sciencey romcom but gets deeper towards the end.
#i love kanade so much#def one of my fav female anime characters#but this anime really had such good female characters#science fell in love so i tried to prove it#anime#i hope there is a season 3 coz im so interested in ena and kosuke too they are so cute#the ending of season 2 was......meh and i hope they just forget about it if they ever make a season 3#coz yukimura and himoro are like parents to kanade imo so i would hate for it to be ruined (but i don't think they'll ruin it?)
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ANIME WINTER 2022
Attack on Titan season 4 part 2 🔥
Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc 🔥 (Tengen I love you!)
Karakai jozu no Takagi-san season 3 (it was so cute!!!)🥰
Love of Kill
My Dress-up Darling
Orient
Police in a Pod
Requiem of the Rose King
Sabikui Bisco 🔥
Shaman King
Tokyo 24th Ward
Vanitas no Carte season 2 🔥
ANIME SPRING 2022
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai 🔥
Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness
Heroines Run the Show
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War season 3 🔥
Komi Can't Communicate season 2
Love After World Domination
Requiem of the Rose King
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It season 2
Spy x Family 🔥
Summer Time Rendering
The Rising of the Shield Hero season 2
Tomodachi Game
ANIME SUMMER 2022
Summer Time Rendering
Tokyo Mew Mew New
Orient season 2
ANIME FALL 2022
All Saints Street (so surprisingly cute!!!)
Bleach 🔥🔥🔥
Blue Lock
Chainsaw Man
Spy x Family season 2 🔥
My Hero Academia season 6 🔥
Play It Cool, Guys
Raven of the Inner Palace 🔥
To Your Eternity season 2
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! season 2
Bonus: anime watched during the year
Attack on Titan season 1 rewatch
Durarara!! 🔥
Haikyuu!! season 1-2 rewatch
Trigun 🔥
#anime#anime of the year#anime 2022#attack on titan#demon slayer#karakai jouzu no takagi san#my dress up darling#police in a pod#requiem of the rose king#sabikui bisco#tokyo 24th ward#vanitas no carte#aharen san wa hakarenai#heroines run the show#kaguya sama love is war#komi can't communicate#science fell in love so i tried to prove it#spy x family#summer time rendering#the rising of the shield hero#tomodachi game#tokyo mew mew new#all saints street#bleach tybw#blue lock#chainsaw man#my hero academia#play it cool guys#raven of the inner palace#trigun
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Do you watch any other anime besides My Hero Academia?
I do. My Hero Academia is currently the subject of my hyper-fixation. Some favorites include JoJo's Bizarre Adventure [Still miffed Stone Ocean is Netflix exclusive.] Fairy Tail Restaurant to Another World Science Fell in Love So I Tried To Prove It Bleach [Really miffed it was taken off crunchy roll.] Demon Slayer Food Wars School Live [Wish they'd make a second season already.] Gundam Wing Ranma 1/2
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Another win for the STEM’s besties
#YESSS I am excited for this!!!#you know what y’all hated on this too much it was actually kinda funny SKSKSKS#I like the ships and characters and the op and Ed slapped I hope season 2 is good#rikekoi#anime#science fell in love so i tried to prove it
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Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei Shitemita
Rating: 2/3
Categories: adult couple, college, comedy, dub, educational, manga adaptation, romance, school, seinen
One day Himuro Ayame confesses to her fellow lab partner Yukimura Shinya that she seems to have fallen in love with him. However as they are both very scientifically minded these feelings makes no logical sense. What began this development? What factors caused this to happen? And so begins their quest to scientically explain how one falls in love.
S1, 12 eps
#Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It#Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei Shitemita#RikeKoi#2/3#adult couple#college#comedy#dub#educational#manga adaptation#romance#school#seinen#1 season only#7 - 13 episodes#short series#anime recommendation
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Anime Discovery - TIME OF THE SEASON Spring 2022 Wrap-Up
This season, new anime was a comfort to a fucked-up world.
OK, OK, things that happened in the past 3 months…… Let’s see…. people bitching about that slap at the Oscars when the one presenter absolutely deserved every bit of that slap and some hosts milking that for a bit when everyone else moved on; recent tragedies around us that kept on happening that I don’t want bring up here especially one thing that happened recently (you know it, don’t act like…
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#Aharen-san wa Hakarenai#Anime#Anime Discovery#Ascendance of a Bookworm#Birdie Wing: Golf Girls Story#Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness#Don&039;t Hurt Me My Healer#Estab-Life: Great Escape#Healer Girl#Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task#I&039;m Quitting Heroing#In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki#Kaguya-Sama: Love is War#Love After World Domination#Miss Shaciku and the Little Baby Ghost#Part III#RPG Real Estate#Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It. r=1-sinθ#Season 2#Shikimori&039;s Not Just A Cutie#Spring 2022#Spy X Family#The Dawn of the Witch#The Executioner and Her Way of Life#The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody#Tiger and Bunny#Time of the Season#Tomodachi Game#Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs#Vampire in the Garden
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Well, it’s that time of year again. The time to reflect on everything and really stop and think. 2021 had a lot of highs and lows when it came to anime, but through it all, we all came away with something grand.
A song. A story. A memory. 2021 gave us so many amazing things. And now, as we begin to close out the year, I want to share with you all my personal faves that I watched through it all.
Keep in mind, not everything in my list of what I watched was from this year. Some of it was from last year. Others are far older. But every title I watched this year to completion was time well spent. And these are my opinions on what I watched. I’ll keep it all under the read more so that this doesn’t take up your entire dash.
Now with that, let’s get to the list!
HERE IS FANDOM’S PERSONAL ANIME AWARDS FOR SHOWS THEY WATCHED IN 2021!!!!
BEST SCI-FI goes to Planetes
This was a toss up between Planetes and Astra: Lost in Space, but I felt that Planetes just beat out Astra. A series about space garbage men that has truly stood the test of time that more people should check out. If you enjoy stuff like Cowboy Bebop or Wolf’s Rain or shows with similar tones, then you’ll like this show.
BEST FANTASY goes to To Your Eternity
Listen, I know there were tons of Fantasy shows out there this year. And I tried to keep up with them. But the one that I feel earns the title of Best Fantasy goes to this show. Fushi’s journey and the world he inhabits is incredible and you will not be disappointed.
BEST MYSTERY goes to ODDTAXI
What more do I need to say? There are few anime that I would say are 100% Perfect. This is one of them. No detail is overlooked. No amount of character interaction is filler. Everything has a point and purpose to the great end. If you haven’t seen it already, what are you waiting for?!
BEST SHORT SERIES goes to Pui Pui Molcar
It’s a stop motion show about sentient Guinea Pig cars. Need I say more?
BEST DRAMA goes to GANKUTSUOU: The Count of Monte Christo
It’s the Count of Monte Christo. In space. With aliens and funky artwork. And it somehow works. I don’t know how better to sell it.
BEST SLICE OF LIFE goes to Yuru Camp
Cute girls do camping things and it was honestly the show I needed when I finally hit the burnout of the last 2 years.
BEST OST goes to Vivy: Fluorite Eyes Song
This soundtrack was far too good and was worth the hype alone. But paired with the animation and it was absolutely elevated.
BEST SEQUEL goes to Uma Musume Season 2
I tried so, so hard. This year had so many good sequel seasons. But the one I felt was the strongest was this one. I still stop and think about it from time to time. And its a season that stands on its own. It’s simply fantastic.
BEST COMMUNITY goes to Shirobako
Bringing back this award, this is in regards to characters and setting and how they interact. And the community of the setting of Shirobako are simply amazing to watch and I wish these people were my fellow co-workers.
BEST ONGOING goes to Ranking of Kings
I HAD TO GET THIS SHOW ON HERE SOMEHOW AND IT WILL PROBABLY MAKE MY BEST OF 2022 IF THE SEASON STICKS THE LANDING.
Best Romance goes to Science Fell in Love, so I Decided to Prove It
Two nerds who are so into science that they need to use science to prove they are in love. Shenanigans ensue. It’s too cute.
BEST FRIENDSHIP goes to Astra: Lost in Space
There were a lot of great anime I watched this year that I felt deserve this award, but without spoiling anything, the friendship between the crew of the Astra is something that I felt deserved recognition the most.
BEST FIGHT goes to Kyojuro Rengoku VS Akaza from Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc
I STILL GET THE FEELS OVER THIS FIGHT OKAY?!?! I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS!
BEST ISEKAI goes to Ascendance of a Bookworm
It was a close race between this and Realist Hero, but I felt that Bookworm had a more solid open ending that both allows for further story, as well as leaves a viewer satisfied in the case a new season cannot be produced. (Luckily, both are getting new seasons soon, but point still stands.)
BEST COMEDY goes to Zombieland Saga Seasons 1 and 2
Zombie. Idols. Need I say more?
BEST INSERT SONG goes to Dawn Breaks from Given
It was so, so hard to pick an insert song this year, but I felt this song had more of what I was looking for in terms of something both emotional and memorable. If you haven’t listened to it, please do.
BEST OP is a DRAW! This award goes to ODDTAXI and PRETTY BOY DETECTIVE CLUB!
Listen, these two have amazing animation and very fitting songs that perfectly encapsulate their respective shows and what to expect from them. Both are worthy of watching on their own.
BEST ED goes to BEASTARS Season 2.
The animation and the music are both just so soothing and are a welcome change of pace compared to the action and suspense of the main show and OP.
MOST UNDERRATED goes to Kemono Jihen
Horror. Mystery. Found Family. Criminally under watched. Please give it a watch.
MOST HEARTWARMING goes to The Saint’s Power is Omnipotent
This anime was just gentle. Soft. Warm. A nice romance and sweet fantasy isekai.
MOST DELICIOUS goes to Restaurant to Another World Season 2
It’s hard to watch this and not get hungry.
GUILTY PLEASURE goes to Fairy Ranmaru
I will not justify this one. It’s just pure, unapologetic, queer fun. It’s not good, but it’s not bad. It’s just fun.
MOST ADORABLE goes to My Senpai is Annoying
Look, I’m a sucker for the “Tiny-Grumpy-Human and Giant Goofy Teddy Bear” dynamic, okay? Sue me.
BEST REWATCH goes to Akudama Drive
I cannot describe how much better this show gets with every rewatch, okay? Just...give it a watch if you haven’t already.
MOST EMOTIONAL SCENE goes to Episode 1 of To Yuor Eternity
My feels...will never recover....
MOST FUN DUB goes to Sk8 The Infinity
HEY BITCHES AND BROS AND NONBINARY HOES!
This dub just gets me.
The DESERVED BETTER award goes to Way of the House Husband
If ANY anime adaptation should have gotten the One Punch Man treatment, it should have been this one. You’re better off ripping the audio from the show and placing it over manga edits. I’ve never seen an anime that made me think a premise wasn’t funny the way this one did.
MOST DISSAPOINTING is also a draw! This award goes to B: The Beginning- Succession and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou/Sotsu
With B: The Beginning, it was just disappointing. I hardly remember anything from the season. I keep waiting and waiting for a part 2, wondering if maybe there’s something I’m missing. The music was boring, the fighting wasn’t memorable. I wish they’d just either left it at one season or actually stopped to consider “is this any good?”
With Higurashi Gou/Sotsu, however, this is one that the more I think about it, the more I try to fit it into the overall narrative of Higurashi. The more I try to make sense of its themes and story, the more pissed off I get. This just feels like a giant spit in the face after being thrown into a pile of cow manure. Even if I were to take it as its own thing outside of canon, it just doesn’t make it any better. It’s not even worth it beyond the music.
And now, the ranking of:
THE TOP TEN ANIME I WATCHED IN 2021!
10) Pretty Boy Detective Club 9) Astra: Lost in Space 8) Gankutsuou - The Count of Monte Christo 7) Ascendance of a Bookworm 6) Planetes 5) Kemono Jihen 4) Uma Musume Season 2 3) Sk8 The Infinity 2) To Your Eternity 1) ODDTAXI
And there you have it! My rankings for anime I watched this past year! Were there some you think I missed? Are there any you think I should give a watch? Any your favorites? Let me know!
Thank you all for taking the time to read this post and I look forward to seeing you all in 2022!
#fandom reviews#anime#2021#Odd Taxi#to your eternity#sk8 the infinity#uma musume pretty derby#kemono jihen#planetes#ascendance of a bookworm#gankutsuou the count of monte christo#astra lost in space#pretty boy detective club#akudama drive#given#beastars#yuru camp#my senpai is annoying#vivy: fluorite eye's song#fairy ranmaru#way of the house husband#higurashi sotsu#b the beginning#demon slayer#pui pui molcar#shirobako#zombieland saga#ranking of kings#ousama ranking#science fell in love so i tried to prove it
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So, this one surprised me...
Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei Shite Mita or Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It what an anime! Was it like 10/10? No, not at all, but it did indeed surprised me. I thought it would be something like “just one more of your daily romantic comedies” and it was waaay more than that! Especially season 2. Season 1 was a-ok, it did an amazing story set up and it was really interesting, but season 2 took things a bit deeper. Till episode 6, everything was amazing, beautiful, I even cried watching episodes 5 and 6. These episodes showed love in different ways (and I honestly think there is a person there who should’ve been arrested but.....ahahahahahahha) and how amazing it is to love someone and what love may mean in different perspectives for people. So cute, so amazing, so great. But from episode 7 on things changed a bit, focusing on another character her love problems and normal problems, with an ending I, personally, wasn’t expecting much but I should’ve seen it coming (the clues were all there all the time and at the same time they weren’t????? I got seriously confused!!) yet, episode 11 got my heart racing (not in a “racing because of love” way) and I kinda felt a bit relived with episode 12 ending. It was indeed an anime that surprised me, full of easter eggs (mainly on season 1), things that left me thinking for many nights and I couldn’t barely fall asleep and it was a very well done work. It may not be for teens, but young adults/adults for sure! I recommend it, watch it if you can and I hope that, if you’re a nerd like me, you’ll know why I was so surprised by it. Hope you people enjoy this one too, thanks :)
#Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei Shite Mita#Science Fell in Love so I tried to Prove it#RikeiKoi#Science Fell in Love#Anime#My review#I really enjoyed it
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Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove it, season 2, episode 3
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tagged by @nikiforova! thank you so much, gaby!!\(^▽^)/
reveal your watch & rewatch anime/drama/TV list
currently watching (anime): todomachi game, the greatest demon lord is reborn as a typical nobody, komi can’t communicate part 2, kaguya-sama: love is war ultra romantic, shikimori’s not just a cutie, summer time render, science fell in love so i tried to prove it, spy x family, x, and yuu yuu hakusho
currently watching (tv): derry girls s3 and lucifer but i haven’t watched an ep in months bye.
plan to watch: there’s a bunchhhh but the main ones are probably cowboy bebop, kill la kill, princess tutu, vinland saga, and the second season of zombieland saga
rewatching: just started rewatching 86 tonight with friends!!! that’s it though; i’m not much of a rewatcher tbh
tagging (as always no pressure to do this!!): @tenkoushimura, @tohmura, @okkotsu-yuutas, @himetsundere, @saznu
#tag game#i'm so bad about doing these i'm sorry#the majority of these are seasonal so we'll see if i stick with them#i did try the first ep of dance dance danseur but was kinda eh. if it seems to be well liked enough i'll continue it
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Anime & Manga Updates: 2021 Masterlist
Whoops, I did it again... I'm several months late lmao XD
Ignore this post if you want; this is purely for record-keeping and my own dorky desire to keep up with an old blogging habit lol
Anime/Manga Master Lists: 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
Manga, All Included:
Skip Beat (vol 7-34 reread)*
Inuyasha (vol 16-49 reread)*
Alice in the Country of Hearts (complete reread; 6 vol)
Alice in the Country of Hearts: The Mad Hatter's Late Night Tea Party (complete reread; 2 vol)
Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit (complete reread; 2 vol)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (complete reread; 12 vol)
Tail of the Moon (finished; vol 10-15)*
Kiss Him, Not Me! (vol 2)
Ceres: Celestial Legend (vol 1-4; reread first 2)
Vampire Knight: Memories (vol 4-6)
The Earl and the Fairy (vol 1)
Finished:
1 series (Tail of the Moon)
4 complete rereads (Alice in the Country of Hearts; The Mad Hatter's Late Night Tea Party; My Fanatic Rabbit; Sailor Moon)
[Note: * means I did not read the series all in a row, but overlapped them with others, particularly with the ones I ended up finishing.]
Tragically, I did not consume much "new" manga in 2021; I returned to working full-time hours so I was simply Too Tired
Anime, Finished Only: 28
Hyouka (22 ep)
Love Stage!! (10, +1 ep)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (28 ep)
Recovery of an MMO Junkie (10, +1 ep)
Anime-Gataris (12 ep)
Konohana Kitan (12 ep)
Kaguya-sama: Love is War (12 ep)
Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart (6 ep)
School Rumble: 2nd Semester (26 ep)
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure (39 ep)
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (12 ep)
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun (12 ep)
Black Cat (24 ep)
Free! Eternal Summer (13 ep)
Zombie Land Saga (12 ep)
Fruits Basket, 2019 (50 ep)
Fruits Basket: The Final (13 ep)
Nisekoi (20 ep)
Nisekoi: (12 ep)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (12 ep)
Interviews with Monster Girls (12, +1 ep)
Dance in the Vampire Bund (12 ep)
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (12 ep)
Inari Kon Kon (10 ep)
Servamp (12 ep)
Castle Town Dandelion (12 ep)
The Sacred Blacksmith (12 ep)
Emily of New Moon (26 ep)
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Incomplete titles below cut:
Unfinished in 2021: 30 (gave up 15; finished later 6; want to finish 9)
***: restarted (10 series)
(x).... (x): gave up
Magic User's Club
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (finished in 2023!)***
(x)Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic***(x)
(x)Denkigai no Honyo-san(x)
Ultra Maniac****
O Maidens in Your Savage Season***
(x)Gravitation(x)
Ghost Stories***
(x)Samurai Pizza Cats(x)
(x)Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts(x)***
(x)The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan (basically the chibi crack version of the show; it was incomprehensible)(x)
The Twelve Kingdoms
Revolutionary Girl Utena***
(x)Tales of Zestiria the X***(x)
Trigun (finished in early 2022!)
(x)Outlaw Star(x)
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits (finished in 2024!)
Okami-san & Her Seven Companions (finished in 2023!)
(x)Darker Than Black(x)
(x)Moeyo Ken(x)
(x)Aria the Animation(x)***
(x)Fate/Zero(x)
Blue Exorcist (finished in 2022!)
Gosick (finished in early 2022!)
(x)Flame of Recca(x)***
Chi's New Home/Chi's New Address
(x)The Blessings of the Campenella(x)
Arte
Arata the Legend
(x)Sands of Destruction(x)
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Roswell NM 3x11 Thoughts (I have a lot of thoughts!!!)
Contrary to popular opinion I really liked this episode. Yes, the science was so made up it was funny, yes certain character choices are hilariously silly, yes there was a lot of scenes filled with exposition dump, yes characters disappearing for episodes not to be mentioned as if they don’t exist is jarring & annoying, and omg yes, the Wyatt arc (if you can call it that) fell flat and was a complete waste of valuable screen time. So yes, I agree with most everyone’s assessment. That said still a very enjoyable and entertaining episode setting up the final concluding 2 hours of the season. Let’s get into it.
Jones is highly entertaining, overly good looking, and sometimes hilarious villain. Nathan shines bringing charm and depth to the role. Its important to note that Jones hasn’t caused any lasting damage to the group. Sure, he has tried to kill various members, he’s responsible for putting Maria in a coma & has kidnapped half the cast basically, kept our heroes busy all season. But when it comes to killing or destruction it’s really been focused on the dregs or racist folks of the town, the poor scientist in Santa Fe (I think it was Santa Fe) & the lady at the university last week. No one of any real consequence to our heroes. Now I have no idea if Maria’s vision arc has concluded because it hasn’t been mentioned in forever, but I’m assuming that there will be a major death by season end. Noah killed Rosa and the 2 other girls, abused Isobel for 10 years and destroyed the lives of all the mains. For Jones to be a real big bad there’s got to be some long-lasting consequences to one or more of our mains. Though I’m going into the final 2 episodes with excitement there is some concern. I don’t think any of the mains will perish but I do worry about Sanders and even Heath. (I’m really worried about Sanders y’all especially after that promo!!!)
Jones negotiation with Liz was bizarre. Why negotiate at all? Wouldn’t he just threaten to kill or maim people…what the heck is Liz’s bargaining chip against an all-powerful, evil dictator? If she doesn’t do what he wants he can just start killing folks she loves. It really is that easy. I get the whole creativity inspiration thing but fear for those you love is a great motivator. I was so amused that after hours of discussion Liz pulls out the big guns… free the sheriff. Was that her wild card? Really Liz? She may be a kick-ass scientist with a boatload of courage and sass, but I wouldn’t have her negotiating any of my needs anytime soon.
Isobel and Rosa scenes continue to delight. I think it’s clear Rosa won’t be in Season 4 much. As much as I will miss her, I’m glad that she will find some peace and joy at art school, she deserves it. Unlike Wyatt who does not deserve any tranquility because his redemption (if you can call it that) was not earned. Instead, his memories were wiped along with it any true feelings of guilt and remorse. How can we believe he has truly changed? What happens if his memories return? So silly and completely wasteful screen time (no offense to the actor who is quite good and likable).
The Dallas and Max scenes were wonderful. Don’t get me wrong I prefer the show not tell method. And Dallas conveniently having the entire Oasis history in a memory from his father then regurgitating those memories to Max (and the audience) was not the best way to convey the story. However, the actor who plays Dallas is ridiculously charismatic and I could listen to him recite the phone book (do those still exist?) and be entertained. Plus, for one moment I truly believe that Dallas had gotten through to the constantly self-sacrificing, martyr that is Max Evans. But as the promo for finale proves with Max asking Michael (why Michael?) to kill him, the words didn’t stick. Oh Max…
Speaking of, I truly feel so bad for Max. He’s had it rough. In a span of couple weeks, he’s been told he is a clone of an evil dictator, he isn’t the Savior but in fact a weapon to bring down the real Savior who also isn’t really a savior but a genocidal maniac (Michael’s words not mine) who slaughtered half his planet. Not to mention the “there has to be 3” doesn’t include him, as he isn’t part of the triad. And that because he is a clone, he doesn’t actually have biological parents or siblings or anything, well Michael, by DNA sort of, maybe? Oh, and he is the only thing tethering the evil, psycho dictator to life. I mean…
My hope for Season 4 is that Max gets to process everything he has learned about his existence. He hasn’t expressed how he feels the entire season and he deserves to. I hope the writers don’t have him get over it by season’s end with one scene or worse just sweep it under the rug. Like being a clone of an evil psycho, to be used as a weapon, without any real connection to Isobel and Michael? That’s got to have some lasting effects…please writers let me see it on my screen.
Speaking of show not telling, Michael’s new powers. I not a fan of Michael telling us a story of how he used his mind control powers accidently when he was 18. Can we please see these scenes so we can feel the true emotional impact?
As for these powers, strap in, this is a doozy (and might be controversial). I, like Michael, feel that taking someone’s free will, no matter who they are is not a good power to have; it’s not fun, it’s not cool. Michael is right that’s some dark shit and a power that needs to be used very sparingly and with a ton of responsibility.
I loved the scene between Sanders and Michael, but I have a couple issues with some of the dialogue. Sanders is the only living person (other than Jones) that knew and loved Nora. Thus, he can speak about her with authority. He is also the only person who is any kind of real parent figure in Michael’s. Thus, him saying Michael has no darkness can be believed. He knows Michael and he knows Nora. However, Sanders doesn’t know what its like to have powers, especially an immense power such as mind control. Though I appreciate Sanders’ perspective (and agree with him about the purity of Michael’s soul) I wasn’t a big fan of him brushing away Michael’s fears about having mind control powers and not wanting to use them. Yes, it’s important for Michael to recognize just because he has Jones’ power doesn’t mean he is or will ever become Jones. It’s not the powers that make a person. But the line about Nora not fearing her powers was not helpful. Nora’s powers were telekinesis, engineering (if genius is a power) and possibly miraculous crop growth. None of these powers take away a person’s ability to control their actions (well telekinesis to a certain point but in nowhere near actual mind control). So of course, Nora didn’t fear her powers.
I wish someone had validated Michael’s fears instead of brushing them away with a few words of you have no darkness or in Isobel’s case you aren’t like Jones/Noah. A person does not have to be evil or bad to misuse a power like mind control & for that misuse to have dire consequences. Can you imagine being able to make people do what you want them to do at any time? Even if your intent is to do good, it doesn’t mean it’s something that should be done or won’t have major consequences. Sort of like the ends justify means conversation between Jones and Liz. What is the line, do you recognize it and what’s to stop a person from inches towards the line and what happens if you cross it?
So, my wish for next season is for Michael like Max is given time to process what he has learned about himself and his powers. My wish is for Michael is to continue to struggle with when, how and if he should use the mind control power. That way even when faced with a racist sheriff that is holding a gun to his friends, he is careful, asks for consent and never takes advantage of this tremendous power. In addition, I do think it would be very interesting to continue to explore these powers and how they maybe could change a person? Take Max’s power to give and take away life force. He killed Noah and used that life force (and his own) to bring Rosa to back to life. Seems like a good exchange but ethically and morally having a person decide who lives or dies? And how would this all fit into religion with Dallas being a priest? These could make for some great conversations and strong character development. Fingers crossed we see some of it and not just get told in passing.
The music in the episode was amazing. The beginning with Nothing Else Matters and Jones is a tux… I mean… Also, the ending with the fight sequence, building the suspense, only for the reveal to be that Jones had wanted them all to come so he could trap Liz, Dallas, and Max along with Isobel and Michael (for extra leverage) in his mind. I’m confused about why everyone was sitting but Michael was standing? Is he able to move or is he able to resist his father’s mind control? I’m really looking forward to next week and for Team Human to come to the rescue (maybe).
Favorite lines of the episode:
Sanders to Michael: “You are just a pair of sad puppy dog eyes and a cowboy hat”
Jones to Team Alien & Liz: “Well, everyone seems a little tense” (LOL I love Jones!)
Dallas (or Isobel) writing on the wall to Jones: “KNOCK, KNOCK”
#roswell new mexico#michael guerin#liz ortecho#max evans#isobel evans#Dallas#Roswell season 3#Roswell nm#walt sanders#rosa ortecho#my thoughts
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so i’ve finally managed to binge my way through two seasons of She-ra and started the third...
and holy mother of fcuk you guys, I have fallen completely head-over-heels in love with the Entrapdak ship, please help
Visually I immediately fell in love with Hordak - skeletal, tall, glowing eyes, fangs, carved looking face - and his voice just made him so much better. His armor, his poise, how he sits on his throne, how the fcuk does this keep happening to me I keep falling in love with villains WHY
(it also helps that he’s not sexist like some villains can lean into)
And Entrapta... I just love her. She’s smart but scattered, always needing to do something with her hands, mind a million different places at once, kind of distant, identifies more with her machines than people most days, completely indifferent to morality so long as she can SCIENCE!!!, her weird and particular food preferences, the purple color scheme, her outright enthusiasm for everything she gets to do, her determination to continue on despite whatever setbacks and failures she suffers, her HAIR.... I love her to pieces (and maybe identify with her some??? idk)
I should have known this ship would take me fast and hard
i mean
Height Difference. Bubbly personality meets Grouchy. completely contrasting visual aesthetics. VILLAINS. the Respect they have for each other. The fact that when the grouchy one gets angry he doesn’t insult her and blames himself. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, that’s the good shit right there folks
And Season 3 Ep 2 made it all so much worse because
well
here’s a list, honestly
As they start the portal experiment, Hordak smiles softly at Entrapta
When it explodes, he pulls her back and shields her from the blast with his own body, which damages his life-sustaining armor
after he tells her to leave in anger, Entrapta coming back to check in on him, and make sure he’s okay
After Hordak collapses and passes out, her taking care of him during and after unconsciousness - blankets, soup, etc
Entrapta catching him as he collapses to his knees
Entrapta, after Hordak tries to push her away again, grabbing his hands, pinning them to his side, and pushing him back against the wall as she demands to know what’s happening with him and why - AND HIM ACQUIESCING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
Hordak spilling his entire backstory to her about being a clone, cast aside for his cloning defect and deemed a failure, his struggle to bring his king to him to prove he isn’t a failure and then feeling like he is, admitting as such
Entrapta immediately coming up with an idea to help him using First Ones tech (which is in short supply with them, so using a rare resource they can’t spare to help him better survive and fight)
Entrapta telling him it’s okay to need help and be imperfect
case in point? “Imperfection is beautiful - at least, to me.” While being lit up by sparks and a rainbow glow. Hordak just stares at her, awestruck
Hordak letting Entrapta manhandle him as she pleases without a fuss, showing trust that she won’t hurt him
Hordak immediately responding that Entrapta isn’t a failure when she says she is - not even a second of hesitation, just instantly reacting to say no she isn’t, essentially
Entrapta building him an exoskeleton to, quite literally, support him
Hordak very, VERY awkwardly trying to compliment her for her work and not quite knowing how to while she smiles at him
Hordak very dramatically stating that anyone who discounts her abilities or calls her a failures are idiots
Entrapta telling him she likes being his friend, and him just relaxing and smiling at her for that
I mean, after all of that - IN ONE EPISODE NO LESS - who couldn’t love this pairing? As friends, as a couple, as science bros.
just... give it to me.
ALL OF IT
#she-ra princess of power#entrapdak#entrapta#hordak#h e l p#i've fallen and i can't get out#i may make a post later about my thoughts on the rest of this so far#honestly i'm enjoying it#but i just needed to flail a little bc#holy cow#it has been a while since i had a het ship just take me down in one fell swoop#i'm very gay you see
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A Ponderous Rewatch: Prologue
You know, I didn’t think this would happen. I didn’t go into bingeing the 2020 renewal of Animaniacs with the thought “I’m going to watch this and then go and watch the original Pinky and the Brain shorts and spin-off show and do a rewatch and loose analysis on the whole franchise with special attention on queer subtext and themes”. What I initially set out to do was simply watch the renewal and see if it lived up to the show I watched pretty regularly as a kid in the 90s…or at least what I remembered of it through the haze of decades worth of time.
Pinky and the Brain was my favorite set-up on Animaniacs back in the day. Back then I probably wouldn’t even have been able to tell you why beyond “I think it’s funny and the characters are fun to watch as they screw up trying to take over the world”. Other segments were funny to me back in the day, too. Slappy the squirrel was great in that she was basically just like the classic, near-timeless Looney Toons a la Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, but as an old lady toon who’s seen it all and tries to relate to the changing world while proving that the ol’ slapstick ways still work. The Goodfeathers were entertaining despite the fact that I was a literal child and didn’t even know that it was a big ol’ spoof of Goodfellas. Hell, I’ve still never seen Goodfellas, but three pigeons trying to carry themselves like macho tough guy mafia folks while being goddamn pigeons is still funny with or without that context. And as for the Warner siblings themselves? Their skits were pretty consistently great as well. Lots of that Bugs Bunny-like energy of putting terrible folks in their place when they annoy you while coupling it with the dynamic of three child siblings who are very, very active and much too clever for the average person. It was fun!
But as I watched the 2020 reboot with its stripped-down cast now largely consisting of just the Warner siblings and Pinky and the Brain segments for the season (And I’ll be honest, some of the segments from the 90s like Katie Kaboom, Buttons and Mindy, and the Hip-Hippos are ones I’ll be happy to never have return because they were godawful even back then), it brought into focus the strength of those segments compared to most of the others from the old 90s line-up: The strong dynamic and chemistry of the relationships between the main characters of those skits. The Warner siblings are a trio of kids who, despite being truly cut from the same wacky cloth as the most beloved of Looney Toon characters, also very much tap into a very realistic depiction of sibling relationships. Sure, they get on each other’s nerves sometimes. Sure, sometimes they have disagreements on how they view a certain situation. At the end of the day, however, they care about each other more than anything else and work in such perfect sync despite differences in who they are individually. Sure, Yakko is a talkative theater kid jackass who sasses back at the drop of a dime. Sure, Wakko is kinda quiet and spaced-out and he has the appetite of a garbage disposal. Sure, Dot is adorable and witty and loudly and proudly feminist with an oddly feral streak. But if any one of them is inconvenienced or picked on or threatened in any way by someone, even if that someone is a powerful celebrity of some sort? You bet your ass the other two will immediately back their sibling up and make their tormentor’s life a living hell for the next however long the skit lasts. They’re little gremlin children who love one another, and have a surprisingly tragic backstory that actually speaks to a lot of fans on several levels.
But, okay, the bond between the Warner siblings is great and fun. What about Pinky and the Brain? What makes their dynamic stand out?
Folks, that’s where things get a little more…interesting. To me, at least.
So, watching the beginning of the 2020 reboot got me to slowly remember the parts I loved about the Pinky and the Brain skits from Animaniacs…were actually from their spin-off show. And the things I remembered most clearly from the spin-off were the more heartwarming moments that showed how much they cared about and loved one another, despite Brain being exhausted by Pinky’s dimwitted antics at times. And for a supposedly continuity-light cartoon show, there was a surprising amount of consistency to the main duo and their motivations. There was even a handful of reoccurring side characters the audience was expected to recognize from past episodes, as well, which is a bit strange to have for a show that initially seemed to aim to be strictly episodic. I remembered the odd amount of depth there was to the series. Nothing groundbreaking, mind you, but definitely something more than the average comedy cartoon.
So after watching the first few episodes of the reboot, I took to Tumblr to see if anyone remembered the old 90s show and to see how they were reacting to the new one. In doing so, I came across this post:
“i love that ppl make jokes abt a pinky and the brain version of the destiel confession because that. already happened....... the only difference is that brain pulls pinky out of superhell instead of dying on a barn nail”
Now, look, I’ve never watched Supernatural and only know it through Tumblr cultural osmosis, and at the time we were all riding off the high of the madness that was the finale of that show and the fallout from it. But ANYWAY…
This piqued my interest because 1. I didn’t remember watching an episode of Pinky and the Brain where anything like that happened, and 2. I was already picking up strong gay vibes from the reboot only a few episodes in. So, basically, I just had to hunt down this episode to sate my curiosity and see for myself if there was subtext in this 90s cartoon that I hadn’t quite picked up on as a kid.
I found the episode and started watching it. “Wow,” I said to myself, “this is a lot gayer than I remember…” And after finishing the episode, memories came flooding back to me:
That time the Brain fell for a girl mouse that was looked and acted lot like Pinky.
All those moments where Pinky would wear drag to disguise himself as Brain’s significant other in one way or another to further their plans for that episode, and how I could never remember it being ridiculed.
That one time they accidentally had a child together via a science mishap.
The ending of the Christmas special!...
And as I sat there, dumbstruck and searching Tumblr’s tags to see how far this particular rabbit hole (mouse hole?) went, everything finally clicked in my little bisexual mind.
This was one of the big reasons as to why I loved the Pinky and the Brain skits so much above all the others on Animaniacs all those years ago when I was a kid. It was the same sort of thing that subconsciously drew me to many of the cartoons and anime and media in general I loved as a child, back before I had the proper knowledge and self-awareness to know or express it.
Looking back on my life, I’d always gravitated to and resonated the most with stories and media with queer content in text or subtext. And sure, this cartoon was/is no Sailor Moon or Revolutionary Girl Utena with explorations of gender roles and queerness. It’s no Steven Universe or She-Ra with out and proud queer characters. It’s no The Little Mermaid or The Happy Prince where the stories were made by queer authors and subtextually about queer experience.
However…
However…!
I was surprised to find how deep the gay subtext went with Pinky and the Brain. Hell, I still am. This little Warner Brothers, Looney Toons-pedigree, continuity-light show about two lab mice trying to take over the world in bizarre, hilarious ways has such a weirdly continuous, heartfelt, touching, engaging, and sometimes outrageously raunchy queer undercurrent to it. All done in the 90s! It’s kind of baffling.
This is not to say that the creators and writers of the shows deliberately set out to do this. I don’t believe that anyone involved sat down and said to themselves “I’m going to make this so fucking gay!”. Sure, the voice actors of both Pinky and the Brain have said that they played the dynamic with “the energy of an old gay couple” and they’ve said plenty of suggestive or outright not safe for work things in the character’s voices in interviews and at convention panels. I firmly believe that they’re just having fun as the characters, just as much as I believe the writers were probably just having fun and putting in the gay subtext and suggestive lines as a kind of long running joke and seeing how far they could take it.
(By the time of the Pinky and the Brain comics, however, I’m not so sure. Some of the stuff they got away with in those issues is…amazing, to say the least.)
Regardless of actual intent, I think the writers of Pinky and the Brain (both old and new), have accidentally created a sort of subtextual, yet pretty powerful love story. And you know what? I want to rewatch this story for myself and write down my thoughts as I go along. I tried something similar quite a while back with Droids, and while I kind of ran out of steam as my life got busier and never finished, I have time now for something like this.
I should also say that I’m not out here to, like, convert anyone into shipping cartoon mice together. I imagine most people see Pinky and the Brain as nothing other than very close friends, and that’s a completely valid viewpoint to have. I doubt there will ever be some sort of canonization of a gay relationship between the two, as I imagine most of the writers on the new show (and hell, on the old one) are heterosexual themselves and would view such an idea as “ruining the comedy and the dynamic of the characters” or something similar. I’ve been in the fandom game long enough to know better than to hope and expect any media to sincerely tackle queer relationships in stories that only have the subtext there, especially in comedies.
I guess I’m doing this more to explore something I loved as a child and to see if I can find just as much if not more enjoyment from it as an adult, albeit maybe for different reasons. Hell, it’s also an opportunity to peek into a kind of time capsule from the 90s regarding how far queer subtext could be pushed back then, even when heavily couched in comedy. This is just a little project I wanna do for fun in my spare time. And hey, maybe a few of you out there will have some fun reading it too, who knows?
Either way, see you sometime soon in the new year.
#Pinky and the Brain#PatB#A ''little project'' I say as I look at the 65 episode list of the spin-off series...#What have I gotten myself into?
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