#again the casting is perfect

[heartstopperthoughts]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Beware the Whisker Wizard!

(Based on this post)

[intermundia]

there were many things i loved about the finale of skeleton crew, but the one that's making me the most emotional the next day is the memory of the arrival of "the real good guys" aka the new republic in their x-wings. it was a triumphant moment, deeply satisfying to that kid inside of me who loved x-wings, and had hope for the future of the galaxy after endor. disney+ shows over and over tried to turn the new republic into a bureaucratic failure, so similar to the empire it replaced, unable to adequately govern the galaxy, doomed to be annihilated by the fascist first order it allowed to fester through negligence. it was a breath of fresh air and a warm reassurance that they are the good guys, always were. it's possible to have democratic government that protects the people from those who would seek to harm them. it's a hopeful message that has been missing for so long, just like the skeleton crew show itself carries the heart of star wars and the dream of freedom and adventure to a new generation. it's important to have hope that people will choose to help each other and serve the interests of peace and justice. it just really nailed the ending and i could not be happier honestly

[thevalleyisjolly]

Thinking about how many of the main characters in Andor Season 1 are, from their perspective, living in different stories and genres. Syril is the classic disgraced detective obsessing over the failure of his last case. Dedra is the brilliant lone career woman in a high-pressure male-dominated workplace. Skeen, Nemik, Taramyn, Gorn are the unlikely band of misfits attempting to pull off the heist of the century; Vel and Cinta are embroiled in espionage intrigue with Luthen. Mon Mothma's deep in the midst of a political thriller, complete with the trope of a troubled home life. Kino and all the prisoners of Narkina 5 are caught up in a grim prison drama.

Part of the brilliance of the show is that it embraces each of these characters as the protagonist of their own narratives. Dedra is very clearly an antagonist to most of the other characters, but in her interactions with her colleagues and Syril, you can sympathize with how she is dismissed and put down and harassed. Syril's scenes wouldn't be out of place in a detective show - the lone officer, demoted from his position, waking up every morning to a depressing house and a mindnumbing job yet continuing to pursue his self-identified duty with a relentless sense of righteousness and persecution. Mon Mothma's story tangentially intersects with Cassian's, but both enriches and is enriched by the contrast in perspective - the broader context of galaxy-wide politics with the immediate realities that people live with, including for Mon herself through the impact on her family life.

And then we come back to Ferrix. Maarva, Bix, Brasso, Bee, Wilmon, the Daughters, the Time Grappler, the whole community. Where the season starts and where the season ends, with a call to fight the Empire and a community that answers. A community full of different people with different motivations and methods and views and yet maybe that's the point of the whole story. Even though on an individual level, characters might seem like they're in different stories or genres, facing their own challenges and seeking their own goals, everything occurs under the context of Imperial fascism. No one can escape it, no matter what story they think they're in or how big or small their role in it.

Syril and Dedra aren't just lone agents dismissed by their superiors, they're people embracing a fascist system and doing everything they can to uphold it despite how they themselves have been treated by that system. The Aldhani team, Mon Mothma, Luthen, their enemies aren't really the garrison at the dam or the ISB's surveillance or the endless rebel infighting; they're only the immediate faces of the Empire's oppression and division. The Narkina 5 prisoners aren't just trying to live. If all they wanted was to stay alive, they could have continued working until they died. It's the Empire who is responsible for how they're being treated, and they'd rather die trying to take them down.

The uprising on Rix Road brings it all home. After all the places that the season has taken us, all the challenges and arcs that these characters have faced, it comes back full circle to where we started - with ordinary people living under fascist rule. Some work with it, some against it, most try to keep their heads down and survive it. All alone in their personal stories and obstacles...except they aren't, not really. The Empire's rot is in all their lives. There is no escaping the reach of fascism, no matter what kind of life they try to lead or what decisions they make. Individualism won't save anyone - in fact, it's what the Empire wants. For everyone to feel alone, either singular and insignificant against an insurmountable force or otherwise striving endlessly to be the exception above the masses, the heroic underdog who overcomes massive obstacles (and everyone else) to save the day and get what they want.

Ferrix wakes up and in doing so they wake everyone up. None of them exist alone. Everyone is part of this, whether they are for or against the Empire. And when all these people and their stories come together, meeting, clashing, struggling, harmonizing... that's when a revolution starts coming into its own.

[phantasieandmirare]

Hello it’s being mad about Shadow and Bone getting cancelled hours again

[spotaus]

Eyy, King Reaper and his beloved Mage Geno designs <3

[suuho]

"Wait for me in the woods, dear Gav. I love you."

GAVIN CREEL as Cinderella's Prince & JASON FORBACH as Rapunzel's Prince in INTO THE WOODS

[redge]

You know it's crazy how I am really very convinced that Five is an old man stuck in a teen's body.

Like that Reginald and Five conversation in Season 2 Episode 6? The whole scene I never thought there was something wrong with Five drinking, or Five talking things like "when we were kids" or Five saying he gave Reginald such a hard time as a kid as if it's not a kid's body speaking of it. The scene was simply two old men talking over a drink. Plain and simple.

I remember Aidan answering this question "what message would you give to someone who wants to be an actor" and aside from researching a character, he concluded his answer with "you just really need to make friends with the make believe" and I am very sure Aidan practice what he preach. He loves TUA comics so he knows his character, and he really got me with that make believe that he is indeed an old man in a teenagers body.

In season 4, Aidan is no longer a teenager acting as an adult but he's already an adult acting as an old man but even that was convincing for me. Also the way he played all those Five alternatives? Booth Five is very reminiscent of Five in season 1 and season 2. Drunk Five? We've seen that in season 3. Brisket Five? Oh what a joy to see a smiling-not-living-on-the-edge Five. I mean to separate all those Fives as if they're really different versions of you? What an astounding actor.

I know he is now focusing on his music but I am excited to see him in the next role he will portray just as much as I am excited in the music he is making.

[mmelolabelle]

I cannot believe people were so pissy about Assad’s casting as Armand, look at him —

The man looks like every homo-repressed renaissance painter’s wet dream - like 10/10 would paint him as Jesus or several angels into as many frescoes as possible.

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

[wishfulsketching]

My feel good/nostalgia/always cheers me up show is, of all the shows in the world, The Invisible Man 2000-2002. I-MAN.

I more than recommend it.

[anotherfanaccount]

That was perfect. Everything. They can make a sequel because they have a perfect setup for it. But it's okay if they don't too.

The end credits were so perfect too. All those characters made the drama and it's only right to credit them all.

The satisfaction when a drama starts and ends on a brilliant note. 10/10. No notes. Everything was so perfect.

Writer🫡

It's her first drama. It's her FIRST DRAMA. I'm so waiting for her next ones.

[sparring-spirals]

OK. WAIT. blackforager, arasha lalani, and courtney miller all on s2 of smartypants society is WILD actually, everyone is in for a treat.

[bullseyelover]

parallels lol

[dunaldoodles]

Casually redesigns the main antagonist of TFA just for a roleplay server-

Megs deserved some helicopter blade wings! And claws! Honestly he deserves a lot, but most of it may just be me.

[djarinvettel]

bro i have missed charlie cox as matt