#Season 5 finale

[astrinexvier]

🖖🖖LIVE LONG AND PROSPER🖖🖖

SPOILERSSS!!

THANK YOU FOR CHANGING MY LIFE FOREVER SAMATHON RUTHERFORD

i fuking love you and your nerdy rantings and your fucking badass backstory and your badass besties. you're the silver lining or shall I say chromatic interface to my...uh er I dunno whatever. I love you! and I will miss you so much!

(came in as a glitchy cyborg and came out a happy normal ma with an orion girlfriend ) fuck ya.

Like all that implant ever did was give him particle headaches! he never truly needed it did he? WIthout it he seems so much happier like truly happy. That's so damn precious. I kinda wish he had a badass scar tho that's just me haha.

[riddlerthethievingwarlock]

Ain't no such thing as Christmas Eve, just the day my heart shattered 'cause of a show labeled "family friendly."

LIARS

(Fyi, it's not a Diamond of the Day AU, just a damn good magic reveal fic)

[billiejean485]

Just for the quick record:

I don't dislike the fact that Marinette is keeping secrets from Adrien from a writing POV. I think it's very in-character for her and the whole setup for her going through with that decision has been executed well (3+/5 on my rating scale).

What I fear is what will happen in the future because of it, and what the writers will do with it.

[masternia]

THESE 2 ARE MY EVERYTHING. IVE ALWAYS KNOWN THEY WOULD BE CANON AND NOW LOOK AT THEM THRIVING IN THE FINALE

[ramen8008]

I'M SORRY but the finale just came back to me and DID GABRIEL FUcKING USE HIS LAST WORDS TO TELL MARINETTE TO MAKE HIM A HERO?!?

Not to apologize to Adrien on his behalf??

Not to make Adrien happy??

Not to say he regrets being the reason Natalie died?!

Not that he regrets not being a good father?!?

NO THIS GODS DAM SELFISH PSYCHO of a man left his son ORPHAN and only cared to be known as a hero when gods know he doesn't deserve it?!?!

WHAT THE HELL?!?

[castlesprincess]

HE KEPT GUILLERMOS OLD GLASSES

[mongonga]

[spending-life-pretending]

Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir / What We Do in the Shadows, 5x10, “Exit Interview”

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH SIGMA!!!!!! We've waited since 2019 and we have to keep waiting!?!?! Asagiri-sensei, I'm begging! 🙏

(Was he the person fighting Akutagawa and Atsushi two hours later? Maybe. Am I delusional? Most likely.)

[silver-lining-on-raven-wings]

Hopes for Tomorrow's Finale: Why Fukuzawa Must Survive

People keep saying that Fukuzawa "must die" for narrative purposes: that otherwise, Kunikida will never realize his potential, or that Ranpo will never become serious... and that All Men Are Created Equal was supposed to be discarded anyway.

It's all so dismissive and it makes me sad since these same fans are the ones who will do mental gymnastics with full-prop-mounting to justify Dazai's own death cheat.

And I get it - we all have our favorites, after all. The ones that carry our investment for an artistic piece. My own favorites are Fukuzawa and Ranpo: their familial dynamic, specifically.

And if I have to submit my own 'evidence,' it would be the above panel. This scene is from an Anthology chapter, but even if it weren't, we have to consider Ranpo's ongoing dilemma with recognition of his Non-Gift.

If we're talking about narrative and what pieces fit where, I'm convinced that Fukuzawa has to remain, at least for this reason... Because no one else can have this conversation with Ranpo about how the idea of a Gift was peddled, but only to save him from his own defeatism. And how, these days, he doesn't need it and is in fact more impressive for it.

Yosano can't be the one for this talk. Neither can Dazai, for all of his straightforward advice.

I want to believe that Ranpo's father-figure will stay by his side, to guide him through this next step (his fulfillment as a Non-Gift user while still feeling special) and simply... to still be his family. Ranpo can't be orphaned twice over in so little time.

But well, we'll find out tomorrow.

[thebennsofdallas]

Nandor the Relentless, for the win!

I have a confession to make. I’m a Nandor-is-really-smart-he’s-just-grown-lazy-over-700-years truther. He couldn’t have become Supreme Viceroy, ruling over an empire, by being a big dummy. Now, yes, there is much evidence over the centuries to disprove this — the many, many, many undeserving men who became powerful without a brain in their head — but Nandor the Relentless is not one of those (imho). 

Nandor has been a vampire for centuries. And life as a vampire is a shiftless, isolating, chaotic existence. They don’t have to try hard to do anything. They can move things, light stuff on fire, hypnotize people to do their will with a wave of their hand. And, in addition, Nandor has struggled with his mental health, too, the one thing that he has no control over. So, he has become complacent, unmotivated, depressed, lonely.

But this year, there’s been a decided change in Nandor. He is OKAY. He recovered his commander mode, like during the pep talk he gave the house when he thought their lives were in danger. He’s laughed more than we’ve seen. Where last year, he was jealous of Laszlo’s closeness with Sean, now, he’s at ease calling the two of them best friends. 

And with the return of Nandor’s spirit and wisdom, his competency and his keen understanding, he faced the catastrophes in these last two episodes with renewed focus.

1) He’s been saying it for years, and Guillermo strongly disagreed, but Nandor knew that Guillermo wasn’t ready to be a vampire; as Nandor said, he knows Guillermo better than anyone. We believed that Nandor was just being a selfish dick about turning him. We believe Nandor has abandonment issues and maybe there is an element of that. But Nandor was telling the truth. Nandor said when the time was right, he would do it. And HE knew that the time wasn’t right.

2) When Patton Oswald (!) puts a bug in his ear about repairing his relationship with Guillermo rather than destroy it, Nandor does something truly deceitful and diabolical. And smart. He uses Guillermo’s dear mamá as bait to lure him in for their final confrontation. Nandor may pretend to know nothing of the things Guillermo does outside of the vampire house but he knows how much Guillermo loves his mamá. The superior little smirk on Nandor’s face when he’s on the phone with Guillermo and knows that he has Guillermo right where he wants him is smoking hot.

3) And when Guillermo arrives, the (sexual) tension goes through the roof. Nandor, again, with the smirky face while sitting on the sofa with Silvia, looking at photos of young Guillermo. He’s got the upper hand and he knows it. He’s the victor. He has a plan in motion and, of course, he knows Guillermo better than anyone. He knows that Guillermo won’t kill him.

4) Nandor has the answer to Guillermo’s slow, sluggish transformation. Laszlo, the man of science, didn’t have it after days of experimentation but Nandor did. He knows, at once, even in the midst of learning of Guillermo’s turning, he knows the Van Helsing blood is the problem. And later, when Guillermo comes home, he knows that he needs to taste human blood to complete the transformation and he has some ready to go. Another win for the very smart Supreme Viceroy.

5) And finally, when his fears about Guillermo’s readiness are confirmed, he is immediately proactive. On his own, Nandor conjures an elaborate ritual (with robes and banners!) to, in a way, allow Guillermo to save face. Nandor not only forgives Guillermo his transgression but helps him return to his former self. He reassures him afterwards, letting his hand rest on Guillermo’s shoulder for a long moment. He’s not afraid of Guillermo’s nearness anymore. Nandor is not afraid of anything anymore.

The low point of Nandor’s life — the Wellness cult disaster and the attempt at super slumber — is well behind him now. He’s regained a large measure of confidence in himself. He accepts the limitations of his eternal life and in doing so, he is able to look forward without the weight of that dark dread on his broad shoulders. His future is filled with those people that he can now view as his family — Nadja, Laszlo and even Colin Robinson. And his relationship with his good friend, Guillermo, his closest companion of almost 14 years, is brimming with promise. 

[billiejean485]

How come everyone is ignoring the obvious elephant in the room, like - HELLO?? SINCE WHEN WAS SACRIFICING SOMETHING TO GET YOUR WISH A THING???

It was NEVER mentioned before the S5 finale. What was ever said about using the "Ultimate power" (it wasn't even called a Wish before S4) was that it can have terrible consequences - making it very clear that you don't get to choose what those consequences are. (Okay, maybe the consequences of you sacrificing something can be great - but the term "sacrifice" was never there.)

Even Gimmi in their explanation very clearly states that something will happen in exchange for what you wished for, but never that you had a choice in the matter.

And all of a sudden....

Gimmi asks about the sacrifice, Gabriel chooses himself and Mari states that she would've sacrificed herself, like all of this was textbook knowledge (or Grimoire knowledge at least).

Honestly.... I am so done with inconsistencies in this show and how many times they'll just make up something so it would be plot convenient, give them no trouble because it wasn't in the canon till that moment (or there were opposite facts) and they could go on with the show.

[obiiow]

Thinking about how whoever holds the rings gets to control Adrien and Marinette is the last person to (unknowingly) give him a command and it’s just for him to be himself and be happy bro I am not OKAY 😭😭

[nixthelapin]

I still can’t believe they turned the Eiffel Tower into a Chia Pet

[castlesprincess]

Really truly spoiled with Nandor speaking Persian and then having his face covered in blood feeding