#THIS ONE IS SO CHEESY BUT PROB THE MOST ACCURATE

[eitelle]

hiii yay!! congrats on 50+, could I get a haikyu matchup? I've never done one before hehe uhh but things about me is im very into art/design, I like spicy food, my height is 5'5 and I'm a scorpio, I'm organized but I can lose motivation easily, I like to read and spend money huehueee

ahh ok i match you with: akaashi keji!!

hcs:

BOOKSTORE‼️ DATES‼️

food and art and like just nerdy w food dates help-

yall are that one couple everyone just overlooks

like not super touchy or into pda

but yall still are always w each other no matter what most of the time

so ur also the couple everyone wants to be like

share cusyody w bokuto

if hes not w akaashi, hes w u

and if hes not w u hes w akaashi

bo would literally pick you up and then akaashi would lowkey be fuming

so in order to pay him back,,, kithes and cuddles at whosever house

SMALL TOWN DATES ‼️

def that one thrifting couple

hes ur motivation so when hes near you u have like such weird surges of “im gonna do this” just by him existing near you

and vice versa

would sing you to sleep

and u would use him as a muse or yalls love as inspo for art <3

THAT GIF >>>>

imagine:

you and akaashi in a bookstore studying when you realize uou need dinner as you ran out of ur lunch.

“kaashi can we go get some food from the ramen place across the street?” you ask poking at the emerald eyed setter.

a light blush coming onto his cheecks at your words even after 2 years of being together he mutters a yes, cleans up yalls things and leads u two out like a gentleman.

after eating some spicy ramen and talking some more, you walk down the street to a bridge where the two of you lean a bit over the railing, hands holding each others and laughing at inside jokes.

from an outsiders point of view, it would look like any hs romance. just young love; a simple fling. but the two of you knew that your love could transcend time.

what in the cheesy 😀

abyways sjdbhdjehd

ART BREEDER‼️ AKAASHI ‼️

now texts :)

THATS FUNNY SJSHDHJDCH ANYWAYS HOPE YOU LIKED IT <3

[knybits]

Ik u said requests r closed, so u definitely don't have to do this one. But, I really just want tanjirou validating his trans partner. Dysphorias been really shitty recently n he's a huge comfort character of mine. Again, u definitely don't have to do this, and I wouldn't blame u if u didn't. Ty for reading.

anon,,, for you??? anything :,,) 

im sorry youve been going through this, and i hope these hc’s bring you, and anyone for this matter, comfort ;-; please know that if you want to talk, youre welcome to slip into my dm’s!! i hope this fandom treats you well love 💕

i had a friend with the same experience and hardship look these over to make sure they were ok and as accurate as possible to trans or nonbinary experiences n stuff, but if theres anything wrong please let me know!! i know this is different for everyone, and i hope i did this right. i dont want to make light of how awful body dysphoria for trans n nonbinary people can be. as always, i kept this as gender neutral as possible! 

Tanjirou x trans!s/o 

Boy drinks his respect you juice every hour dont forget that 

Ngl he probs wont understand at first bc he was raised in the mountains 

But once you explain it to him he’ll understand it within seconds

But he’ll love you all the same no matter your gender or any history behind it!!

When you’re going through hard times with your dysphoria he’ll remind you that his nose recognizes you as the gender you really are, then give you a hug to comfort you 

He’ll go shopping with you to help you pick out clothes that make you feel safe and comfortable, and he’ll bring along nezuko and zenitsu to help you bc they seem the most stylishly inclined (have you SEEN zenitsu in overalls?? Also nezuko in general???) 

When and if youre comfortable with it, he’ll pepper your face with kisses to reassure that he loves you exactly as you are

He’ll do that cheesy thing where he kisses your eyes, then your cheeks, then your nose, then you lips, all while saying stuff like “i love this about you, and this and this and this” and damn happy tears spring from the BOTH of you

He’ll go with you to get your hormones or help you before and after your surgery and make sure to pamper you to let you know that he IS there for you!!

[seenashblog]

Nash Watches & Rates Cheesy Hallmark & Lifetime Winter Movies So You Don’t Have To

a.k.a. -  Nash Records Her Viewings Of Hallmark & Lifetime Winter Movies, which are fanfic in visual form & are gold. And yes, it’s a apparently a legit sub-genre. Best I can tell, if it’s not Christmas or Valentines, and there’s snow, then it goes. Spoilers abound.)

Note: This adventure has been moved to here from my main blog @seenashwrite, so my SPN peeps can rest assured they’ll not be exposed to this any longer - I have a feeling I’ll not be done purging my soul for a while yet��#bless my heart

As per last time during the Christmas round-ups, 4 and 5 stars mean the best of the lot, 3 stars means it’s not necessarily a waste of your time, 2 stars is up to your discretion, and 1 star means it is time you will never get back.

Winter's Dream (Kristy Hot Damn Swanson, Dean Mothafukkin' Cain - Hallmark)

With it packing this level of stardom, how can it go wrong? Understand that I can take or leave Dean Cain, but Kristy Swanson is the shit. 

The official summary/another summary from somewhere:

When a former ski champion re-enters the competitive world after a 16-year-old downhill racer asks for help, she finds a new love and reawakens an old passion.

Former pro skier, Kat, is asked to coach a younger skier, named Anna, and finds love with the girl's widowed father, Ty.

These are both kinda garbage summaries - I mean, they're accurate, but it doesn't paint the whole picture. There's nothing really to spoil, and though it hits a couple things on a winter bingo (still forthcoming), they're more the Hallmark staples, such as the kid (in this case, a really great teen gal who's a good actress) who brings people together, and that the lodge/the resort is in danger of being lost, and somebody teaches somebody else how to skate, and that shit, but the bottom line is it's a fine watch. It's not spectacular, but it's not dipped in cheese, and there's some really pretty shots of the skiing (especially something they do at the end), plus kudos for the body doubles (the ones doing the actual skiing) were spot-on, and the teen actress did an impressive end-of-run stop at one point, you know it's her because she immediately whips off her mask.

Bottom line, this movie woulda been ass if not for Swanson and Cain, who didn't have greeeeat chemistry, though they made it work. In any event, the script was solid - like I say, not a great deal of cheese and any lines that were aren't sticking out to me because they were delivered so well - so I'm actually gonna rate this one decently high.

4/5 stars

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Love on the Sidelines (this dude who's been in three movies I've seen so far, John Reardon, and some basic blonde chick who is vaguely familiar - Hallmark)

This isn’t technically a winter one, I don’t think, but it’s on, so it counts.

So they try to throw you from the get-go with "Is injured dude gonna be the love interest which is totally inappropriate since he's her boss and clearly got about 12 years on her and has made multiple patronizing comments to her, about how physically strong she is and about her classic car and about her abilities in general, or is it the other dude on the team who took an immediate interest in her and has thus far been polite and respectful and friendly and flirty?"

(By the way, main dude has cock-blocked his friend, but he has a model girlfriend [who is styled to be a stereotype from extensions to heels] and it's also shown he has no idea about stuff she likes/is into, such as her favorite flowers - but chick knew because she had 'em out for their romantic dinner. That's right, it's part of her assistant duties - and she's supposed to be helping him with activities of daily living stuff - is to prep his bone zones.)

If they make dude #2 turn out to be a douche and that main dude is somehow awesome underneath all his shit----- what am I saying, of course they are. The latter, that is. You know I'm right. Hundred percent.

People are like losing their chickens over this jersey she's tailored to be a "girl fit" - you know what I mean, it's not a box with sleeves, there's tailoring to it, so the sleeves aren't so ginormous and it's tapered on the sides. This jersey's been the topic of about three interactions thus far and we're only 40 minutes (so 30 mins airtime) in. They're all "Wow!" and "This is so creative!" and "My wife would love that, where'd you get it!"  Y'all, google for this, that type of jersey, I mean. [pause] Nevermind, here:

I put in the mystical combo of "women's NFL football jersey".

THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY

Hey, and heh-heh.... quick bonus....

WHYENNE!!!! THAT BITCH IS EVERYWHERE

But hey, how else would we know that fashion design is her passion? Scriptin' be hard, yo. Speaking of her clothes skillz - "I think there's more to him," she says to BFF, whose wedding dress she's fitting. First, *eyeroll*. Second, if your friend is trying to watch a football game and learn the basics, don't let them fit you for your farging wedding at the same time. Which is what is happening.

There's twinkly magical music when his hand runs over hers when they're both searching under the couch, feeling around for his dropped cell phone.

*more eyeroll*

I do like the car, it's a red Mustang.... early 70s, maybe?.... but I can say I don't care for the shade of red, it's a little too cherry popsicle or hooker scarlet lipstick.

(My dream car is probs a Mustang muscle in black, but as far as zoom-zooms go, I tell ya, a friend of mine had a Porsche Boxster, and What. A. Ride., and he'd offered to teach me how to drive stick on it - not a euphemism, I swear, I was 16, my dad was his mentor, he's like the child my father never had - I'M A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT OKAY - so like my big brother, and anyhow, it was so beautiful I gasped at the very thought. But sweet babby jeebus, those suckers are smooth rides. None of this matters.)

Anyway, she keeps having trouble starting it, and I can tell by the sound it isn't the alternator, nor is it the battery, nor is it a belt, nor is she flooding the engine. I know fuck-all about cars as a general rule, but I know those sounds because I've experienced all of them. It has now gone to commercial, as he's just looked under the hood and announced after 3.8 seconds "Yup, I think I see your problem."  He must have x-ray vision. I am on pins-and-needles, shivering with anticipation.

Back from commercial, he's shutting the hood and she's saying "Wow you did it!" and wiping grease from his face. He's got an absolutely wrecked calf/ankle/foot (and straight up, they've done a good job making it all seem legit, props to... well, props... and make-up), but you're telling me he was standing and bent over long enough to get all greasy, and he's supposed to be - most of the time - either sitting or standing with that bitch elevated. This was stupid. This was a stupid, wholly unnecessary scene. Oh except we find out - because it's visible in the back seat - that she's read his children's book.

That's right. He's written a children's book.

Dude's mom: "I think he's dating the wrong type of women". Subtle, screenwriters, subtle. Now he's sneaking and working out. I really hope they show his ankle buckling out at a wicked angle. I'm gross like that. Twinkly music plays as she waits for him in the locker room while he's in with the sports trainer because he shouldn't have been working out.

Forgot to mention there's an awesome dog, this really beautiful Dane, and of course it loves her and hates Stereotype, because reasons for him to go ga-ga. She's honestly not bad, I have zero issue with the actress, nor with this actor, they're actually both good, but between the music and this script, I'm fighting over what rating to give it. (Checks clock) Welp, the next 45 minutes should tell me. It's dragging ass, I'll tell you that, though.

Like, nothing's happened. Nothing. He has an injury, she's his new personal assistant. I can list traits they each have. I've seen groups of moments. I don't know what the story is. Is it just "they get closer and fall in lurve"? That's... not a story. That's a series of facts. People meet their partners/spouses via the workplace all the time. What's the plot? What's the conflict? The obstacles? The tension? The OOMPH, I'd call it, is missing. This is what kills me about most fanfic - they just tell me stuff, they aren't showing me a new perspective or a twist or a unique take or differing interpretation that's still supported by canon, or an inventive plot that or what-the-hell-ever. Dean and Whyenne were in the bunker and they researched and they cooked and they talked about Cas and Sam, and they argued about her going on a hunt, then they kissed, the end! That's not a story, that's a daydream. I've digressed.

Now he's texted her "the emergency code" while she's at her best friend's wedding, and turns out it's because he's cranky because his sister said he's got to learn how to not be the center of attention. And she - I am proud to say - lets. Him. Have. It.  Part of what she says is - Can you do *anything* for yourself?!  And he goes - This!  And he kisses her, and it takes her off guard, but then they go for it, and I am actually happy for them.

Shit. I still hate that this isn't a story, but holy hell the difference when some conflict is introduced. Ahhhhhmazeballs. Conflict, however minor, is what shows us who these people we're watching/reading really are - and no, conflict does not mean angst, nor does it mean some sort of heart-breaking, can't-take-it-back fight, nor does it mean life-and-death, just divergent paths or opinions is all it takes. I've digressed again.

My interest is piqued because we have a half-hour to go, and typically this is how Hallmark blows their wad in the last fifteen.

[time passes]

Okay, a couple things turned out decent. Y'all will *love* what the best friend pulls at the end, and she and her hubby have been great throughout, but this one particular thing was clutch. And everybody had chemistry, family and friends and romance alike. It just can't help the lack of story, and I really detest the manner in which they made lead dude a jerk - there's other ways to do that besides going the lazy route, a.k.a. being sexist. It's not as bad as a two (a.k.a. - this is a matter of taste), because there's some objectively good stuff.... on the other hand, my lord is dragged. So I'm going with a three, because it's a toss-up as to whether you're gonna really like it, or think "Meh".

3/5 Stars

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One Winter Weekend / One Winter Proposal (Taylor Cole, some other people - Hallmark)

So the former was in last year's winter line-up, the latter in this one. Taylor Cole played Sarah Blake on SPN. I see she's also on deck for some detective thing on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

And.... that's all I got to say about that.

I genuinely tried to watch these. They played them back-to-back, and speaking of backs, mine was acting up so I was laid out, and I thought - all right, this'll kill some time. And I fell asleep at 6 p.m., y'all. I took ibuprofen, I was not getting liquored up, I slept plenty the night before, and I fell the fuck to sleep. These movies are boring as fuck. 

I saw no sparks, and there were two couples from which to divine said spark. The co-lead chick was incredibly annoying, she plays everything too perky, and it's really evident in scenes with her romantic interest, who is a good actor and came off completely naturally. Actually, he should've been the main-main male lead, I bet he'd have had great chemistry with Cole, who's a better actor than the dude they had her paired with, but I say all that to say, the script was... meh. The pacing of both movies was weird, and the conflicts that were in them (see above for discussion on what conflict in stories actually is) were nothingburgers. It was stupid. Don't waste your time, seriously.

1/5 stars

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We interject for a non-review that needs to be mentioned. Oh, Lifetime. Holy shitsnacks.

Double Mommy (I... I don't know... people... - Lifetime)

This is the synopsis:

Ryan discovers his friend Bryce is the father of one of his girlfriend's twin babies and that he date raped her at a party over the summer. With college looming over Bryce's head, he will stop at nothing to make sure that he clears his name.

Because the guys' feelz are what's important, here.

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The Birthday Wish (Jessy Schram, who only acts one way and that is coked-up squirrel with blonde barrel curls - Hallmark)

This is the official summary, and it should let you know how pleased I was to watch this:

On her birthday, a woman who desperately wants her boyfriend to propose to her wishes for the opportunity to see into the future, with surprising results.

'Cause I love seeing "desperate" and "woman" in the same sentence about my main character! This was precisely what you think based on the summary - though I will say Schram doesn't play it "desperate" so that was kind've a weird word for them to use - she somehow has these premonitions (it's never explained) and the boyfriend's a dick and she ends up with her co-worker who's a great guy. The end.

1/5 stars

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Once Upon A Prince (Megan Park, who is familiar though I don't know how, and a quite charming British fellow who isn't really, he's actually from Canada by way of New York but sounds really damn convincing - Hallmark)

Also unsure this is “winter”, but it’s worth talking about. Seriously. Still, let's get the shite - and it's minor! - out of the way.

First complaint: they blew their wad in the title. Not that we don't get the scoop fairly quickly, but... welp, no we don't, the beans aren't spilled for a while - they *easily* could've skirted it, and they HAVE, it's very nicely and smoothly done, I mean, you can divine it but it's not plot anvil'd, his situation unfolds gradually across the first act, which is so refreshing. Whoever titled it was the screw-up. I'm looking at you, Hallmark execs. All their titles spoil.

Second complaint... despite the adept nature they handled main dude's backstory, there's a really bad clunker of an anvil in that first bit - we know exactly how he's gonna propose to her in the end because they shoe-horned in really abrupt and almost non-sequitur dialogue for her wherein she tells him her dream proposal not terribly long after meeting him. It was weird and awkward. I mean, the fuck. I get she was still rattled as her longtime boyfriend with whom she had both business and personal futures planned out breaking up with her in the prior scene(s), but shit. They do recover a bit by having our dude - and damn, I love him, I genuinely do - comment something to the effect of "Well oftentimes it's easier to tell a stranger things we can't tell the ones to whom we're close". My point is, they knew it was a dog of a line, but I thought of three options to get the topic out there over the course of them getting to know each other just while I’ve sat here typing this recap - hell, they revisit the damn location later, when they are friends vs. strangers! It was bad writing.

Third complaint... y'all know by now: I hate the fake made-up countries. And this one is (wait for it) Cambria. Google Cambria. Go ahead. I'll wait. [pause] Nevermind, I'll just tell you, and this isn't because I have some bizarre encyclopedic knowledge of the way-back-when in Jolly Ol', it's because - well - I'm a reformed dinosaur nerd, and that overlaps with having an understanding of geology, because fossils. There, I said it. There were charts and sketches and stuff of the various periods of dino development from National Geographics on bedroom walls. I had it bad. For the record, I loved the book Jurassic Park, and the first movie was great, and the rest are good for laughs. The last two are good for mocking. I probably would've been a paleontologist, except for when my Christian father, who at the time  I thought was the smartest man in the world (and he is objectively intelligent in many ways) told me God put the dinosaurs in the earth, that there's no way the earth is as old as science proves. (I say proves, he said claims.) 'Cause, y'know, an almighty being is totes into pranks. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Funsies. I've digressed.

The quick-and-dirty is that the Cambrian is the geologic period that's from around 550 million years ago. (Okay this part I'll look up, because I'm so nerdy.... yup, I see it's 542-488 mil.) Anyhow, the dude that coined the name found the goods, the exemplars that proved this stage in earth history/backed up earth's age in Wales. And the area now known as Wales used to be called Cambria a way long time ago. Not millions time ago, of course. Trilobites and whatever can't speak... THAT WE KNOW OF. So I don't know if somebody was just like "Oh, that sounds like it could be a country" or somebody was being cute, thinking Cambria wasn't real, like it was something akin to Camelot, I've no idea. Who cares, it's stupid.

However.

Guys.... y'all.... my peeps.... um.... this'n is a keeper, so I'm not going to break it down and spoil it. It is very much worth watching, if you're into these types of movies, because it differs in a huge, very positive manner. Here's why this movie is above average for Hellmark: there's legitimate conflict (see above, re: what that means), and - most importantly - they are friends. They are buddies. They genuinely like each other. This isn't just about romantic love, this is about two people who care about what happens to each other. They care that the other person is living a life in  which they are happy.

There's also some realism here, not because it's an identical situation (it is not, trust) but in the broad strokes, I think of the Prince Harry-Meghan Markle situation. Middleton is uppercrust Brit stock, if memory serves (I'm not looking it up) with some sort of pseudo-distant-whatever royal line connection. She was gold for William, she's a good option for a queen (I mean, I'm sure there's duchesses out there, but that ain't who Wills loved). Now, Markle? So far from what would be called uppercrust. So, so very far. And yeah, yeah, I get that it's not as big a deal since he's not direct but more adjacent in line to the throne, but c'mon. It was a big deal. And you know all the ways why, I won't go through them here. My dude broke about a bazillion years' worth of tradition, and good on him.

And at the end of the day, that's what this movie is about - making your own way, creating your own traditions, adapting the old traditions, having confidence to do the things you're good at, the things you believe you're meant to do, and doing them the way you think is best. Is this a deep movie? No, it's fucking Hallmark, haven't you been paying attention? You think they let us escape without a super-rushed, wrap-it-up-in-the-last-five-minutes ending? You know better. I'll tell you this, though - it may not be deep, but it ain't shallow. And it's the best royal movie we've had so far, despite the too much haste with information-giving in the beginning and with the title and, as you'll find out, a really bleh last line... and of course with him being king of Fossilville. (I'm not letting that go.)

You're going to love him, he's a doll and classy and darling the entire time. You're going to love her, she's self-assured and fun and mature and hard-working. And you're really going to love John the valet. We find ourselves at ratings time and, somewhat shockingly:

5/5 stars

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Past entries below

Winter Castle (people you’ve never heard of - Hallmark)

Holy shit, cliché on parade and nobody can act?! Jack-friggin’-pot. Zero chemistry amongst anyone, from family to friendship to romance?! Hot damn.

So they’re all at this place for a destination wedding (a.k.a, Selfish And Life-Disrupting And Huge Expense For Guests Thing And Oh Here’s Our Registry Too, come at me brah), and everyone is staying in a hotel. HA! KIDDING! They’re all in this giant faux igloo, and by “faux” I mean there are these church-esque doors in what is, I guess, a specially-flown-in iceberg on land. Google tells me it’s an actual place.

Anyway, through the doors you’ll find hallways (that have people carved into them, not creepy at all) which are lined with rooms. Suites? I never saw a bathroom door, doesn’t damn matter, nobody poos in Hallmark’s world. Oh, also, for lighting, we have Target pillar candles, then everything’s backlit in ‘80s neon:

Are they shitting me?

But that’s beside the point. Point is, it may be pretty to look at but in execution, it’s stupid. No way people haven’t had to peace out and find a new joint to stay in because of near or actual hypothermia. Based on the warm, cozy, wood-floored, windowed, staircase-and-balcony-having rehearsal dinner area in a large building with stone wall exterior, this hotel actually has some, y'know, hotel to it. Lodge? Who cares, but I bring it up because of the standard precocious child who is there to bring everybody together whilst turning into a popsicle.

The poor kid is bundled within an inch of her life, dumb bunny-eared toboggan to puffy jacket, and is burrito’d in a sleeping bag, with a quilt on this bed that looks to be carved out of ice, as well, and I say “as well” because our leading lady is shown frequently perched on what looks to be a chair carved out of ice (fur puffy thing for ass protection) with her laptop on a table carved out of ice when she’s face-timing her Not Gay Male Best Friend in a bow-tie and sweater vest back home, and - bonus! - he doubles as The One Person Of Color. Now, if memory serves, legit igloos made by actual First Nation(s) folks (meaning both Canadian and American - specifically, Alaskan - and probs any groups that found themselves in the way-way-North in the way-back-when and had to come up with this genius or, you know, die) are actually pretty damn warm once the fire gets cranking. Not to say you don’t keep some fierce socks and gloves on, that’s plain smart, but enclosed space with heat is enclosed space with heat - just don’t lick the walls. That’s good advice, igloo or otherwise.

On that topic, via the article linked above, says one of the actresses:

“It’s like an igloo,” Mullen told the Standard. “The further you go into the hotel, it gets colder and colder. As you walk down the hallway into the different rooms, it’s just getting into your bones.” She said every time they called “Cut!,” everyone would put on jackets to warm up.

She’s incorrect - that’s not like an igloo. It’s too big, that’s why it doesn’t stay warm. I have *zero* desire to go to this place. That sounds like Dante’s Frosty The Snowman circle of hell. I digress.

I say all that to say, this movie is straight dumb because the script is basic bitch, they were leaning on the location and hard. It gets a star because they tried in the sense that they did use a unique setting, but the rest was neglected (the story and the casting). Everything else was so blaaaaaand, and the acting was so stilted and unnatural, and they cast the mother with someone who looks the exact same age as the lead gal/her sister (the bride), and then there’s this one chick character who was so pathetically desperate, and the leading man was such a pussy who wouldn’t make a fucking decision, and they had our leading lady be all *sniffle* and tolerating that shit AND SHE JUST MET HIM BY THE WAY, and I just…. ugh.

1/5 stars

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Royal Matchmaker (Bethany Joy Lenz - Hallmark)

This isn’t an “official” Winter '19 jam, google tells me it’s from the '18 spring movies, but everybody’s bundled up, so I’m calling bullshit. It ain’t half-bad, despite the fact that it’s a “royal” one, who’d-a-thunk? There was one over Christmas that got a 4 (see link up top), and I never would’ve predicted it. But that was an oldie-goldie, this is now. This one has the traditional royal romance beats and, no shit, the sidekick is the same one from another “royal”, the absolutely horrid “Christmas At The Palace”, from Christmas ‘18. I cannot reiterate how bad that movie was - not ”My Christmas Love“ bad, but bad.

All right, so - she’s a matchmaker from NYC, which is at least a new take on what’s coming next - and you guessed it, a prince HAS to get married or some reason, even though it’s mentioned they are under a Parliamentary system and not a monarchy, but he still has to because it’s the 17th century, oh wait no it’s not. The king, who is from a random made-up locale (*sigh*) has hired her (and said partner) to find a suitable wife for his son, who’s presented as the typical eligible rich bachelor, and “presented as” is the key phrase. It’s one of the things I like about this plot, but it doesn’t outweigh the bleeeccchhh.

For one, it wears me out, the making-up of countries. It’s distracting. If you’re gonna do royalty, the right move is to have the royal not be a king/prince but make it a duke/duchess jam, refer to the locale vaguely as a duchy in England or Ireland or Scotland or Sweden or Norway or whatever Americans will fall for, 'cause as a rule, Americans aren’t typically hip to other countries’ jams. Hell, say someone is a prince/princess, but it’s more in inherited title only - that’s what the 4 from the Christmas list did right. Nobody called him “Prince Whatever”, he wasn’t presented as this hot commodity, it was a nothing burger, we didn’t even find out that he had the title til near the end of the movie. I’ve digressed, back to this flick.

I detest the royal garb they’ve got lead dude in at the conclusion, it looks like you or I waltzed into Party City and slapped down $30 and walked back to the set. It’s ill-tailored and in too-bright colors and is, again, something utterly distracting that could’ve been avoided, and same with the king’s, too-small jacket to too-long length of slacks. All the women, including our main gal, are in prom dresses straight off the rack from Sears and J.C. Penney’s. This is not praise. The men are all in identical rented tuxedos with clip bow-ties. Thanks, I hate it.

I mean, and I hate that there’s a ball at the end at all, but it goes hand-in-hand with the core premise, which is that they’re on a tight schedule - ol’ Bethany has 4 weeks. They, of course, fall in love with one another, and props to casting because these two look good together and have decent chemistry, but that could be because Lenz knocks these movies out of the park - this is the third… maybe the fourth… that I’ve seen with her - she elevates everything she’s in. When I mentioned her to a friend, I was told she also elevated some shitty TV show that I never watched, so perhaps you are already familiar with her.

Anyhow, once again there’s too much filler and the ending draaaaaaags and then BOOM it’s done in the last three minutes, which is standard for these movies (both Lifetime and Hallmark), I’d say, about 95% of the time. The story was good in that the prince wasn’t a typical playboy and he kept his philanthropic side a secret because he didn’t want press invading these small villages and whatever he was helping rebuild - he genuinely likes getting his hands dirty and he actually knows how to do shit, he fixes a radiator at a community center at one point. Eh. I dunno. It had such potential in the front half, then just shit the bed in the back half, so it was half of a waste of my time. But you may dig it. It’s far from the worst of Hallmark’s offerings but, again, I think it’s because of Lenz, she’s the only thing getting it up from a 1/5.

2/5 stars

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Oh… oh mah… what the… we interrupt the winter fare for what looks like a rando that’s snuck in and christ on a cracker, no. No. No. NO. The summary:

A woman begins an online relationship with a famous photographer, not realizing that she is actually communicating with the man’s young son.

This caught my ear because as I was sitting here writing up the last movie, it came on, and I hear this woman’s voice, her typing (so it’s her voice in her mind), then a man’s voice (as she’s reading), and I looked up when the man’s voice started switching to a kid’s (boy’s) voice back and forth every sentence or so - and then I looked at that summary, and….

NO

"Chance at Romance”, it’s called –> 0/5 stars, I don’t even need to watch it, what a stupid garbage fucking premise, and it’s gross, and I hope that shit kid gets punished, like as in, no computer til he’s old enough to own his own home and pay for his own internet, because scumbag kid. If he has the balls to pull this catfishing shitstorm on a fucking adult and gets away with it, what the fuck will he do to manipulate girls his own age? Gross. IT’S A GROSS PREMISE YOU GREETING CARD FUCKTARDS

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Love On Ice (Andrew Walker, who’s in every fourth movie, and  the lead chick’s familiar her name is Julie Berman - Hallmark)

Former pro skater, now teaching - don’t worry, it’s not the aforementioned “Christmas At The Palace”, despite the similar M.O. - and decides to go for one last run at regionals because the new coach in town who’s teaching the next big thing is like “You used to be the next big thing, why don’t you undo eight years of not training aggressively in, like, a couple weeks and compete against the girl I’ve been hired to make a winner, and I’ll coach you both, because I have a boner for you and your shitty blonde extensions! No, that’s not what he says, but that’s the deal, yo. The next-big-thing’s got an overbearing mother and, once his boner gets found out, here comes a new coach that used to be the former-next-big-thing’s coach, and she’s a horrible actress, she can’t play sneaky-evil to save her life. I liked the two leads, and they did a better job than the other ice skating scenes/movies with concealing the real skater actors, but overall this was as boring as watching paint dry, I just wanted it to be over.

1/5 stars

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The Perfect Catch (Nikki DeLoach and… shock of all shocks, no not really… our old buddy, Andrew Walker - Hallmark)

I swear, I don’t know if Andrew Walker is on some mission from god, or being punished by him. I’m in the same boat, so I empathize. At least I’m not contracted. I can’t speak for him, but I remain happy for DHJ, that he’s escaped this purgatory, and is safe on the shore… at least, at present.

In any event, this one doesn’t seem like a "Winter official”, but there were jackets and no definite spring or fall standards (pastels or orange leaves), and it’s airing now, so here we are. It seems to be baseball season, so I know they mean for it to be spring, but they are wearing coat-coats, not it’s-still-kinda-chilly light jackets. I don’t fucking care, I watched it, so I’m reporting on it.

It ticks many boxes on the Winter Fanfic Bingo card (forthcoming), specifically the ones that are carryovers from Christmas and will be carried over to all the Hallmark/Lifetime movies regardless of time of year. Because being formulaic, when playing the long game, is cheap and efficient, and in the restaurant business, or products made on a factory line, or in healthcare standards, things of that ilk, you want streamlined coupled with the trieds-and-trues. In writing? Not-so-much. It’s lazy.

And speaking of restaurants, that’s the first box that got ticked - our leading lady owns a restaurant and, next box, it’s in danger of being lost. Other boxes include: our leading man is famous; he’s the character that comes back home, leaves/might leave, then changes mine/comes back, and it’s to stay!; adorable child who ideally will bring everyone together; a character’s parents are dead. Blah-blah. Blah-blah-blah. Blah-blaaaaah-blah-bleh. <—- that had more variety than this flick. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with this movie. It’s vanilla. It’s white bread. It’s mashed potatoes with no salt or a touch of sour cream mixed in, no loading with shredded sharp cheese and crumbled brown sugar-and-cracked-pepper bacon and the barest touch of chives. I’m hungry, shut up.

It doesn’t just get 1 star because it’s not bottom barrel - everyone’s competent in their acting, there’s nothing outlandishly stupid about the script, it’s not shellacked in Velveeta. I will say that they pull a little teensy, micro-twist with how they resolve his balancing a primo offer that in no way should he pass on career-wise fairly realistically. The very last scene is, of course, stupid and embarrassing.

2/5 stars

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The next movie has palm trees, so officially not Winter. But oof…. it’s got Kelly Rutherford and Cameron Mathison, both of whom are ringers. Hmmm. Yeah, I still ain’t subjecting myself to more than needed for this adventure. Oh, and they continue to play the basic-basic-BAAAAASIC-boring “Hope At Christmas” on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries", if you’re interested. It is a mystery to me as to why they continue to do so. Anyhow, there’s apparently 3 or 4 more brand spanking new offerings from Hallmark for the next several weeks.

More to come. I’ll reblog this with every new entry added to the top, so you can always just keep this post URL bookmarked if you think you missed it. Send an ask if you want to be tagged.

[cherryblossomchangbin]

Bias tag thingy

Tagged by: @bangchan-stole-my-lyfe

Who is your bias? -kihyun (fuck you Lizzy you finally managed to make me bias him. I still love minhyuk though) ~also only choosing kihyun over my other biases for lizzy’s benefit so we can compare her thoughts~

What made you notice them? -his eye smile. It’s just cute.  Plus his sass. And his caring nature. And sweet smile. (LOOK AT HIM HE’S SO SOFT)

~~Lizzy kinda got this one right. She said because he’s soft and cute~~

What’s your favourite thing about them? -the fact that he’s a complete fluffball but will out-sass you in .2 seconds

~~Lizzy said his hardworking nature and passion. She’s right that they are great points about him though~~

~fml he’s adorable~

~look at him being all judgy :,) ~ 

Who would initiate skinship more? Probably him? I’m not really that much of a touchy person but it would depend on how I’m feeling that day

~~Lizzy said me but like I said it really depends on how I’m feeling that day and what’s happened as to whether I would initiate skinship~~

Who would hog blankets more? Highkey me. I love being wrapped up in blankets and I always bunch them up and cuddle into them when I sleep. He’d probably have to fight me to get any of the covers

~~Lizzy got this one right. She also said I’d do it to see him all pouty and cute but honestly that would just be a bonus to me being all snuggled up like a burrito~~

Who would be more clingy? Urmmm I’m not sure. Generally I don’t think either of us would be that clingy? I think if my depression was getting to me I’d be slightly more clingy because I get afraid of being left alone. Or if he was stressed or had a bad day he’d be more clingy

~~ooooh Lizzy was right!! She said neither of us would be that clingy but if any it would be more him~~

Who would say ‘i love you’ first? Him. No doubt. I struggle with shit like that. It usually takes someone else to say it first for me to even realise that actually yeah I love them too. But after the first time there would be no problem saying it to each other. I might be shy the first few times he says it in front of other people though 

~~Lizzy out here tryna make me soft: “he would probably say I love you first. He’d been blushing and all shy probs and scared that you’d get mad or upset or something so he’d be really quiet and soft with his head down” lowkey might die when she writes a full on imagine about this~~

Who would be more easily flustered? I’m not too sure. I think it depends on the situation. When it comes down to compliments and stuff probably me because I literally have no idea how to accept them. But when it comes to me being extra af (which apparently I am? Idk ask lizzy) it would likely be him maybe out of embarrassment? I think we’d both get flustered though if we were randomly doing something and found the other had been watching us the whole time thinking it was cute 

~~LIZZY! HOE! YOU GOT THIS RIGHT AWSRTJDRGBWNRTNRWSDB~~

What cuddling position would you two have?  Tbh anything where his arms are around me making me feel safe (lizzy if you call me soft for this i will kill you)

~~HOE how are you being so accurate with these?! This ones right too!~~

Which colours remind you of them and why?  Pastel pink. Literally because he looks WAY too good in that colour. And because he extremely soft

~~HOE IDEK HOW YOU GOT THIS ONE RIGHT~~

What season would you want to spend with them? Autumn. It’s my favourite season with a lot of my favourite things. Plus more excuses for cuddles. But most important more excuse to steal his hoodies & jumpers 

~~I’m honestly questioning Lizzy’s psychic abilities at this point~~

Who would bake the cookies and who would steal the batter? We would both do both. Like we’d help each other cook and probably feed each other the batter ngl. I get to lick the spoon at the end though. That is non-negotiable. If he tries I’ll fight ~highkey we would play-fight so damn much and probably end up in fits of giggles every. single. time.~

~~Hoe didn’t even stumble. She straight up said me xD~~

Which one of you would make bad puns and how would the other react? I hate puns so much (ask kait). I’ve probably made one in my entire life? Plus Kihyun likes to tease and make jokes so he would probably make all the bad puns and I’d just stare at him blankly trying to remind myself why i put up with his shit

~~Okay so lizzy was kind of right thinking neither of us would make puns~~

~highkey me reacting to Kihyun’s puns ^^ ~ 

Who would want to adopt 50 dogs and cats? We would be adopting dogs. Because dogs are my favourite. Having an animals thats as soft as kihyun? I’m 100% down. (plus have you SEEN him with animals?) 

~~She said me. She right.~~

Which one of you would nearly burn down the kitchen trying to microwave a pop tart and who would come to the rescue? I think we’re both too smart for that to happen. If anything we’ll be having to save Minhyuk & Jooheon from burning down the kitchen and then help clean up before dad shownu found out

~~I’m 10000% offended that Lizzy thinks I would burn down the house~~

Who likes to lean over tall railings and who pulls them back? It might sound weird but I love standing on railings and leaning over a little bit. There’s just something about it that makes me feel completely free but in total control at the same time. Kihyun is a worried boy though so he’d be holding onto me so I don’t actually fall ~cue titanic re-enactment lmfao~

~~Lizzy: “i could see you trying to lean over to get something that got stuck and Kihyun trying to pull you back and scolding you about how it’s dangerous” I sense another imagine idea? Honestly I think Lizzy knows more about this rship than we do~~

What would watching a horror film with them be like?  I HATE horror film. So it’s gonna be all cuddles. I’ll either be on my phone or have my face buried in his chest. No doubt he’d be laughing at me and teasing me. But i imagine there would come a point where he’d be in the middle of teasing me and then get scared himself and I would laugh so much my clumsy ass would probably end on the floor

~~Okay so Lizzy reckons that Kihyun would be scared but try to act cool. And I totally support that idea. But she also thought I’d scare him on purpose. But I think he’d be the one to try and scare me.~~

Who would be the cheesy flirt and who would be the smooth flirt? He’s a tease so he’d probably be the cheesy flirt. I’m not even going to talk about me because well.. pfft no 

~~ooh Lizzy said Kihyun is a cheesy flirt too!!~~

Who is more competitive? It depends what we’re doing. Although we’re both chill I think we can both be really competitive. And we’d both tease each other about losing

~~Hoe said me... idk whether to be offended?~~

Who would have to be give constant reminders? (remember to eat, don’t forget your keys, etc) I think we would do it to each other. Reminding each other to eat, drink water etc. With general things I think we’d be okay but we’d constantly be reminding the other to look after themselves

~~Lizzy said he’d give me reminders. It’s probably the most likely tbh. We’re both pretty caring people so would want to the other to look after themselves and to look after each other but generally I can be more forgetful. For example if I’m really focussing on something I will forget to eat~~

Who sends memes and who sends cute ‘i miss you texts’ at 3am? I’m always sending memes soo…. But i think if I was to send him a message at 3am his reply would be ‘why are you awake?’ instead of sending a meme or actually replying to what I said

~~Hoe said me. How knows me too well. Hoe has been on the receiving end of my memes many many times~~

~a meme I would send if he said he missed me st 3am~

Okay so out of like 20 questions (not including the bias question at the start) Lizzy got like 17 right?!?!?!? HOE HOW?! Honestly...... I’m impressed and kinda freaked out at the same time xD love you hoe

I tag: @kpopmainlizzy @darkaegyo @lesbianwomanking if you wanna do it 

[surveystodestressme]

212.

3000 questions survey pt. 2

101. Have you ever swerved off the road to avoid hitting something?

yeah

102. Compare your driving skills to something.

a toddler trying to drive a car lol

103. What food is romantic to you?

ice cream? idk, dessert i guess

104. Do you forgive and forget, just forgive but not forget, or neither?

i usually forgive but don’t forget

105. Have you ever had an out of body experience?  If so describe it.

yes!  one time i got a bad batch of weed and had an out of body experience.  it was like i was floating above my body and watching myself.  it was super weird

106. How easy is it for you to get along with people?

easy enough

107. Has someone ever given you a “last chance”?  If so, what was it for?

oh probably who knows

108. Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.

house chores

109. What’s your favorite thing to eat with your fingers?

fries

110. What is your favorite or most used cookbook?

i don’t think i even have a cookbook

111. What food best describes your personality?

idk

112. Would you ever do a ride along with a cop, if so what do you want to see?

yeah, anything really.

113. Do you think ignorance is bliss?

eh

114. Are you a pacifist?

no

115. What do you need to do to grow?

be a better person

116. What is something you wish you learned?

how to fix things

117. Where’s your favorite place to order pizza?

papa johns

118. Who taught you how to drive?

my drivers ed teacher

119. If you were to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize, what do you think It would be for?

oh i don’t know.  being a good person?

120. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

i think i ask enough questions, depends though i guess

121. Have you ever helped someone across the road?

a homeless man one time fell out of his wheel chair and my friend and i got out of our car to help him up and made sure he got across the street okay.

122. What is legal that you think should be illegal?

plenty of things

123. Would you rather own a private jet or luxury yacht?

jet

124. What’s the first impression you want to give people?

that i’m a good person?

125. Which would you rather have if you had to, a broken leg or a broken arm?

arm

126. What profession do you think is the most undervalued today?

a lot of them are

127. What is your favorite thing to put ice cream on or eat ice cream with?

whipped cream and cherry

128. Who would you love to collaborate with and what would you collaborate on?

morgan freeman, and anything

129.Where do you cut costs when you need to save?

grocery money, gas money

130. What was one thing you begged your parents for as a kid and they finally gave it to you?

a cat?

131. If you could have someone serenade you over a candlelight dinner, who would it be?

i know it sound cheesy, but my boyfriend tbh.  I’ve heard him actually sing twice in our relationship and we’ve been together for almost 5 years. 

132. Do you think horoscopes are accurate?

ehh sometimes

133. How do you describe millennial's?

they are millennial's that’s it

134. What have you ever ran from that you needed to face?

my fears

135.What makes you unique?

eh i don’t really think i’m that unique

136. Do you have a pet, if so what kind?

we have a cat and a dog

137. If you were a bartender, what famous person would you like to serve?

liam neeson or morgan freeman

138. If you could choose your last words, what would they be?

something cool

139. Do you have a calling on your life?

i want to be a veterinarian someday

140. Have you ever let someone win an argument even if you knew you were right, if so who?

yeah, i let my boyfriend win arguments all the time even though he’s usually wrong

141. Could you ever be a medial guinea pig?

i was in a clinical trail last year for an anthrax vaccine so yeah i’d do it again, it was easy and i made a lot of money

142. What is the most annoying thing about the opposite sex?

they're very hairy

143. How do you feel about investing your money?

don’t know much about investing tbh

144. What is something you’d like to grow instead of buying?

veggies

145. How do you like to take your coffee or tea?

i like my coffee with cream and sugar and my tea with a little bit of sugar

146. How smart is your significant other?  Which of you is smarter?

i think he is very smart.  i think we’re both intelligent about different subjects so it’s hard to say who’s smarter

147. What is your preferred swimming stroke?

i do not like swimming as i am not very good at it

148. Have you ever had something snowball out of control, if so what?

my life lol

149. What is the likelihood you’ll make the half-court at a game for some serious cash?

i don’t even know what this means

150.What is the main thing you like to do on vacations?

relax

151. Were you popular in school, if so what made you popular?

not at all lol. i mean people knew me but i definitely wasn’t popular

152. What risk would you take if you knew you wouldn’t fail?

oh plenty.

153. What was an offer you couldn’t refuse?

anything concerning money

154. Do you believe in angels?

nope

155. If you were guaranteed the correct answer to one question, what would you ask?

what happens after we die

156. Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?

never be able to make new ones

157. Have you ever been at the wrong place at the wrong time?  Where was it?

oh i’m sure but nothing i can think of specifically right now

158. Have you ever been whistled at in public?

yes

159. What is something totally relatable to you?

uhhh i don’t know

160. What’s the best pickup line you’ve ever heard?

oh god.  i don’t even know, i have heard some good ones over the years

161. Would you ever steal to provide for your family?

yes

162. In your opinion, who do you consider a visionary?

morgan freeman

163. If you could live forever, would you want to?

nope

164. What or who are you a champion for?

i’m a bowling champion

165. What is your favorite store at the mall?

hot topic and spencers were my favorite lol i haven’t been to a mall in ages

166. Have you ever touched a snake or would you?

yes! i love snakes

167. What do you think gets better with age?

sex?

168. Do you ever forward or reply to chain mails?

nope

169. What scientist in history is most credible?

there are plenty

170.  Have you ever been called immature, if so what were you doing to be called that?

yes, probably something really stupid and immature lol prob drawing a penis on something

171. Is there a place in your neighbordhood or city you’ve been meaning to visit, if so where?

the theater here. it’s a one theater cinema and i really wanna go but they usually don’t have a movie out i want to see

172. What slogan or jingle got stuck in your head forever?

like a good neighbor state farm is there

173. Could you ever grow your own food? 

yes! we started doing that last summer but we did it a little late in the season and they all died.  we are going to try for it again this summer and hopefully we will be more successful.

174. If you could be a bird, which would you be?

idk a bald eagle.  they’re badass

175. Do you watch foreign films, if so do you have a favorite?

i’ve watched foreign horror movies, not really my favorite as i’m not a fan of reading subtitles while watching a movie lol

176. What specific work of art do you admire most?

anything by van gogh

177. Which are cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

dragons

178. Has your work ever come between a relationship you were in, if so how?

my boyfriend complains that i work a lot but i need to in order to provide for us.  sometimes it annoys us but i don’t think it has affected anything drastically.

179. Have you ever needed to find yourself and if so are you still looking?

i mean yeah i did and i’m always still looking

180. What is your all-time favorite selfie, and what was going on in it?

i only post the good ones lol so they’re all my favorite

181.If you could have a clone to help you out when life gets busy, would you want one?

absolutely not.  that shit would go wrong i just know it

182. What are you “self taught”?

i taught myself a lot of things.

183. The beatles or rolling stones?

neither honestly.

184. What do you try and keep an open mind about?

everything

185. Would you rather ride along with a firefighter or police officer for a day?

police officer

186. Do you believe in the saying kill your enemies with kindness?

yeah i guess

187. What do you love most about the night sky?

everything honestly but the moon is probably my favorite

188. In the argument do you have to have the last word?

preferably

189. Have you ever participated in a fundraiser, if so for what cause?

yes, plenty of different ones.

190. What is the heaviest thing you can lift?

i can pick up my brother he’s around 150#

191. Would you ever consider training for a triathalon?

yeah sure if i was in a fitter state

192.What is your perfect pairing for coffee?

coffee cake

193. How strict are you going to be as a parent?

i will not be a parent

194. Who do you matter most to?

my family

195. What move director do you find completely genius?

i do not follow movie directors

196. What’s your favorite hobby?

drawing, playing video games, watching shows or movies

197. Do you think a person can be born evil?

i feel like it’s more of a learned behavior but idk

198. Do you believe in PDA (public displays of affection)?

i mean a little peck every now and then, holding hands, and hugging is cool but not like full blown making out.  that’s weird

199. Would you date anyone in a wheelchair or with a handicap?

yeah

200. What is an article of clothing you’ve bought or received second hand and loved wearing?

i love all of my animal themed clothing

[danny-fenton-is-legally-a-nerd]

If you had to rate the main DP characters on a scale of 1-10 what would it be and why

I’m not quite sure which scale you mean exactly but I’m just gonna do a “how much I like them on a scale of 1-10″

So strap yourselves in folks this is going to be a long one.Firstly, lets start with everyone’s favorite, Danny Fenton:

I would rate him a solid 9. He is my favorite character from the series because a lot of reasons. He is sarcastic, makes a lot of bad puns and is a generally likeable character! Also the character design is quite simple which makes him easier to draw in many different styles. Also, he is extremely relatable. Not quite the best student, gets bullied for multiple reasons and has not quite the best life altogether which helped me a lot as a kid watching the show because I realized there must be others out there, who are like me. and who are like Danny which sounds extremely cheesy but hey =) I love watching him getting his daily shit done and kind of struggling doing stuff. I gave him a 9 because there are still some aspects which i don’t quite get with his characteristics like, I don’t understand his crush on Paulina. I mean I fully get that this is just for “girl has a crush on his superhero alter ego” but come on, how can you crush on someone who treats you like shit on a daily basis? just…no Butch Hartman..no. Also I don’t get how the storylines in some episodes treat Dannys reactions to the bullying, like if I got those powers I sure as hell would use them sometimes to get some revenge! that’s just natural and I would have liked it much more tbh.But. the whole premise of the show is a typical “from underdog to hero” story and I quite like those! like veeery much! and Danny’s arc and how he begins to learn and to grow to become more confident and more powerful with his powers and his life altogether is just worthy for 9 solid points ^^

Now for everyone’s favorite ghostly hero, Danny Phantom:I chose to do him as an extra character, because to me, it never seemed like Fenton and Phantom are exactly the same person. which doesn’t even make sense because the whole show is about this exact point but you know what I mean

I would give Phantom like a 7. He is quite the hero and I love his way from the hated enemy of Amity Park to the most beloved hero which, by the way, saves the entire world at some point (yes PP was shit but I gotta write this in) I gave him “just” a 7 because, for reasons I don’t even know, I just don’t love the ghost fights and the action as much as Danny’s regular life. I would try to explain why but I can’t. That’s why the Reverse!Trio AU is one of my favorite things because here Danny doesn’t have this powers and is such a nerd! Don’t get me wrong I still love Danny and his ghost powers which are, tbh, the coolest thing a kid can dream about (bruh as a kid I would have loved to have such powers) He is still amazing and has the best hair in the show tbh but yeah. These are my thoughts on the ghost boy :DNow to the best ultra recyclo vegetarian. Sam Manson:

I don’t quite get why she hangs around Danny and Tucker all the time because they clearly got nothing in common. (like the “so this is basically danny phantom” video perfectly explained) but Sam is still a cool character. A strong female who fights for what she believes in and has some cool story arcs. for example I always loved the Undergrowth episode ^^ I would give her like a 6 to 7. Sam is cool but sometimes she kinda annoys me, I mean. If the episode is more Danny centered she is just, kinda, there. you know? I think the writers wanted a female character but sometimes they didn’t know what to do with her? It’s not her fault but the lack of story arcs made me not like her quite as much as Danny. Still tho one of my favorite episodes is more Sam centered which is “Fanning the Flames” bruh I could watch this episode all day ^^Now to everyone’s tech nerd, Tucker Foley:He clearly is “just” the comic relief character in the show but the phandom has made me love Tucker more than I ever had. He gets a solid 8. Tucker is really funny and smart and just a cool character with a cool style. Sure sometimes he gets jealous and I can justify his jealousy because come on, if your best friend got awesome superpowers who wouldn’t be jealous at some point? Still tho, like Sam, and with Tucker it’s even worse, he doesn’t get that much attention from the show and he is just, kinda, there. I wish he would have more episodes with him and the ones he already has don’t quite do it for me ? I just don’t like them and I just wish for more depth on his character. All I know is that he is a tech freak which likes meat and girls and honestly? A character needs more than that. But as I said, the phandom is there to help out ^^

Now to the best sister, Jazz Fenton:

She is not a main-main character I know but I wanted to talk about her because she is honestly the best?! A solid 10 is probs the most accurate. I said Danny is my fave and he still is but I gotta appreciate Jazz. She’s my second favorite and I just love her. I wish there were more episodes with her and I love that she was the one figuring his secret out. My Brother’s Keeper is still one of the best episodes and Jazz is such a unique character? How often did you see an approving and supportive older sister in old school cartoons? Her stories with Danny and their parents are the ones I love most about this show and I just love Jazz Fenton! These are my thoughts and thank you so much for asking it was really fun putting them into words! (sorry again for the long post but you asked)

[sighfrancisco]

All the Greek pantheon asks! I was just gonna pick a few but there aren't that many

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Aphrodite: What do you love most about yourself? fuckin uhhhhhh,,,,probably my empathy bc it really fucks me over a lot but it’s also paved the way for some of my most emotionally intimate relationships

Apollo: Do you have any talents? i’m told that i write & draw decently

Ares: What small thing makes you angry? when the toilet paper goes the wrong way

Artemis: What are you hunting for in life? happiness & some vague illusion of adventure. which used to be like. i’m gonna work in forensics and solve mysteries for a living! but these days it’s more like fuck yeah i wanna teach english & history & have a little house or apartment with people i care about & spend time with my best friends & sometimes drive to places and explore them just because i can. take ridiculous & interesting vacations. go whale-watching one day

Athena: What is/was your best school subject?it was always a tie between english and history and in college it’s definitively english lmao

Demeter: Do you miss anyone? ye

Dionysus: Do you drink alcohol? If so, what’s your beverage of choice? this is a loaded question. i’ve kinda sworn off liquor forever because of one too many Bad Nights™ and I’m not drinking at all for 60 days to prove to myself that i can. i’m gonna be a wine mom now. what /tastes/ the best to me is champagne, lol

Eros: How do you define your sexuality? (vague hand gestures, an interpretive dance, smashes a window) y'know? (i’m pan + poly)

Gaia: Where’s your favorite place in the world? my grandma’s farm in northern michigan

Hades: Have you ever had a near-death experience? lol so many

Hecate: What do you think of magic? i’m literally a witch but i also have less faith in ~magic~ than i probably should. i recognize that lots of the rituals and whatnot i do that produce results are my own will at work rather than cosmic forces but i’ve had some experiences that utterly affirmed my belief in…something else & i love things like tarot. my views on spirituality are kinda complex and in this weird mix of hyperrational and wildly superstitious so hmu for more about that if you’re curious

Helios: Do you sunburn easily? HELLA

Hephaestus: What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever made or built? i once did this painting where i took photos of this rly cool tree that a ton of ppl had carved their initials into, decoupaged it onto canvas in intervals (like, a pic of the base of the tree near the bottom, a pic of the branches at the top, etc), and painted the spaces between the photos to make a tree comprised of photos and paintings. that was p cool. similarly i once smashed a disco ball with a hammer and used the mirrored tiles in a painting (which was weirdly also of a tree lol)

Hera: Are you the jealous type?not rly? it’s more like i’m the anxious type where i’m like. they like them better than me because i am THE WORST !!!!

Hermes: Have you ever stolen anything? a single piece of candy corn and i think a fake septum ring once from this rly shitty store (i cant remember if i went through with it or not)

Hestia: Where’s your home away from home? prob also my grandma’s farm in northern michigan. or i can be cheesy and say anywhere with my pals and it would also b accurate

Hyperion: Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? sunsets. sunrises generally mean that i’ve stayed up way too late again and it’s depressing lmao

Hypnos: What was your most recent dream about? it was a sleep-paralysis fueled nightmare! i also keep having these bizarre slice of life dreams feat. @tornad001 that are literally just everyday conversations that could happen or have happened that don’t seem to hold any deep significance but have been happening since we’ve been living together this summer

Iris: What’s your favorite color palate? i like pastels a lot as well as deep shades of red

Kronos: What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever eaten? what does this……….Mean (i guess you could say anything i eat with lactose bc i’m hella lactose intolerant but i Keep Doing It)

Nemesis: What’s a time you helped deliver justice? calling CPS on someone in my own life

Nike: What’s your most recent accomplishment? tbh? a B+ in bio lab

Nyx: What’s your favorite nighttime activity? ;)

Pan: What do you do for fun? ;;)) (video games, reading, reading /fanfic/, tumblr, movies, wikipedia articles, news articles)

Persephone: What’s your favorite season of the year? fall i think. my aesthetic is dependent on chilly weather

Poseidon: What’s your favorite sea creature? killer whales are one of my Special Interests and i will ramble about them for hours if left undeterred

Rhea: What’s your favorite type of nature? anything near a body of water (ideally freshwater)

Selene: What’s your favorite phase of the moon?full, esp when it’s a harvest moon

Tartarus: What’s your personal hell? tbh i went through it a few days ago and i survived so fight me binch i’ve been to hell and back (and back to hell…and back)

Thanatos: Is there anyone you just really, really hate? yeah

Uranus: What are your zodiac signs? leo according to the old, cancer according to the new (which is more accurate)

Zeus: What do you think about thunderstorms? love em

thanks for asking!

[mermaidsirennikita]

wow this all sounds like a huge Mess. Im sad Greer couldnt really be happy :/ Was pirate dude super hot at least did she have that fun times? One last question, do you think theyre going to try for something bittersweet for the ending of the series? Or go full on bleak, true to history kind of way? Again, thanks so much for answering!!

Tbh it’s been pretty good TV.  I’ve enjoyed most of season 4!  And he was yeah, she had fun times--he was cute and now he seems like a chill friend who like... Pierces their baby’s ears because if he’s gonna be a dad his kid’s gotta be blinged out.

As for the ending, I honestly am not sure.  Someone tweeted about the ending not being historically accurate which suggests that Mary will somehow get away.  Adelaide instagrammed a pic of herself and Rachel (the actress who plays Elizabeth) next to a chopping block.  I couldn’t tell if they’d aged up Liz a bit or just put her in a really heavy costume and wig.  The thing is that the team for the show got the cancellation news about 10 days before the finale was shot, so it sounds like they had to make some last-minute rewrites to give a proper ending.  With that being said, Mary’s plot in s4 has read largely like an ending (Catherine’s, not as much).  She really has nowhere to go after she’s imprisoned by Liz; she spent the last couple decades of her life being either passive or very indirectly active, as there’s great doubt as to whether or not she even chose to attempt treason against Elizabeth.  Not great TV, there.

The only thing is that they really could have dealt with the Darnley plot faster, the finale is coming up and he’s still alive.  Bothwell’s relationship with Mary is both rushed and not rushed, they should probs be having a full-blown affair at this point since he was her third husband after all (as to whether or not they had an affair irl or he simply kidnapped and raped her, it’s unknown, but for this kind of show I think they’d always err on the side of consensual, ill-advised affair and at any rate a lot of historians seem to support this idea these days anyway).  Certainly, his relationship with her doesn’t seem as intense as what she had with Francis.

I HOPE Mary will die because pretending she didn’t seems like a major cop-out for the show, not just a diversion from history.  I think it would be best if she died and we either got a brief montage/flashback before death a la The Tudors, or even a cheesy scene of her in the afterlife a la Gladiator.  There have been rumors that we might see her with Francis in the afterlife.  I’ve also heard that we’ll somehow see a scene with Mary and Catherine in the tower, and oof.  That’ll hurt.

I’m thinking heavily bittersweet, ending on Mary’s death but w/ hope for the future in her son as Elizabeth’s heir, but it’s always possible that Reign will be Reign and have Bash swoop in w/ druid magic or Elizabeth be like “listen I’ll kill someone else in your place if you run off and pretend to be a poor person for the rest of your life”.