#also yeah i'm not gonna bother watching season 4

[aliferousdreamer]

i'm sorry the umbrella academy did what?????

[apocalypticdemon]

I would say I have no explanation for this, but uh. I really do. Behold: the first ideas for a Terror IndyCar AU that has possessed me for the last 36 straight hours. It would not leave me alone until I put some of it to paper.

Behold: Crozier as an established, relatively liked, if cynical, driver, upstart rookie James Fitzjames, and Hickey, who is, as always, totally normal and not causing problems.

The art is rushed, but I needed to purge the demons as fast as I could

[thehyperfixationspeedrunner]

HIIIIIIIIIII WE HAVENT TALKED IN A WHILE HRU

WHICH HYPERFIXATION ARE YOU ON NOW HUH 👀

AND WOULD YOU REC?

HIIIIIII, I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND I'M IN EXAMS SEASON SO I'M NOT DOING GREAT, HRU???

Girl, you just opened a big bag of worms cause this hyperfixation has taken over the other like 4 that were in my mind at the same time (one of them since January).

There are just a few things I have to warn you about the show before I throw my words at you: there is blood and violence, they do not shy from that; there is physical abuse mentioned and shown (although it's just shown in one scene, if that's the only thing bothering you but you wanna watch I can tell you when to skip); there is cursing, nothing major just what a high schooler would normally curse; abusive relationships and bullies are subjects that are heavily spoken about; death, don't know if that's a trigger but better safe that sorry and I'm pretty sure that's it

First, I have to ask you two questions:

Do you like supernatural stuff?

Do you like gays?

If the answer to both of them is yes, then you need to watch dead boy detectives. It's a series about two ghosts (Edwin Payne- "the brains", spent 70 years in hell, sassy little bitch, from London 1916 and speaks like it, gay, a fucking nerd, somehow everyone is in love with him except his crush (more like the crush doesn't know that he is in love with him, but whatever), so much trauma it's insane, tumblr's favourite; Charles Rowland- said crush, "the brawns", so bisexual but doesn't know it yet, do you know that character that is so charismatic and funny but actually has so much fucking trauma? That's him, daddy issues (because of abuse), from 1989, has a magical bag, so fucking british, so fucking protective of his friends it's insaneee like he will kill someone for them) and these two ghosts are detectives and solve cases to ghosts so they can move on to the afterlife.

This show is so fucking well written, you have no idea, like Charles and Edwin's relationship is so unique, because even though there is a romantic subtext they are best friends before eveything and they know eachother so well it's so rare to see such good friendship where they are so open with eachother in media specially between men (also their ship name is painland, if that's not enough reason to watch the show idk what is).

Another great example of the amazing writing is that characters like Charles normally have their trauma super overlooked, but in this show his trauma is treated so well, there is still a lot to work from it (reason 484837 why I need a season 2) but the other characters actually see his trauma and acknowledge it, it's so fucking satisfying to me because these type of characters are always my favourites but they always have that lack of development (I sometimes confuse between my mutuals who likes what but I'm pretty sure you have read hoo so you know Leo Valdez? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about).

Speaking of development, they do not leave characters behind. There is this character called Niko Sasaki, who is this girl who loves anime and loves love and is always so positive and so sweet and always thinking of others. Now, when someone describes this type of character, my first reaction is "oh, so she's just the comedic relief who is going to have a shallow ass personality" (no shade to that type of characters, shade to the writers who leave them behind), BUT SHE'S NOT. She also has her traumas (dead dad, literally almost dies, more shit that I don't wanna spoil) and they acknowledge it and they develop her. She may not be one of the main focuses of season 1 (I'm pretty sure if we get a season 2, she's gonna have more screen time because of... [spoilers]) but she still has some character development, in the 3rd episode they are solving a pretty brutal case and she says that she doesn't want to be part of it because she litterally almost died the previous week and it's totally okay, she stays at home watching scooby doo and eating noodles, again so fucking satisfying.

Since we're talking about Niko, I have to talk about the dynamics of this show because OMG THE DYNAMICS OF THIS SHOW. Like, you look at the way I described Niko and the way I described the boys and you would think that they would focus on Niko and Charles relationship, right? The two charismatic kids, makes sense. Wrong, it's actually Niko and Edwin's. At first, you're like "you're gonna pair Mr. Horrible at relationships with other people and hates physical touch with Ms. Loves love and hugs fucking everyone?" BUY IT WORKS, IT WORKS SO GODDAMN WELL, IT'S INSANE, they easily became my favourite dynamic of all times, it's so fucking good. Actually, Charles and Niko is the only dynamic that isn't really developed in this show (which is a crime honestly, how could they).

Another thing is that there is one (1) antagonist out of four who isn't likeable. And that fucker is litterally Crystal's abusive demon ex (I've realised now that I haven't talked about my queen yet, she's a bitch, she's a physic, she's fucking badass, she doesn't know who she is until the 8th episode (not in a philosophical way, she litterally loses her memory) and her dynamic with Edwin is fucking hilarious, it's an on going competion of who gets to be the bitcher). There is a witch who is immortal, kidnaps young girls to feed to her snake and has an obsession with getting revenge on the boys and Crystal (they hadn't met Niko when they confronted her for the first time), but she serves cunt everytime she's on screen and she's so hilarious, you love to hate her and deep down you also love her. There is a cat king who is the reason Crystal, Edwin and Charles get stuck in the town they spend the season (they live in London, the town is somewhere on the US coast, technically it's just Edwin who is stuck, but they're all ride or die) all because he wants to fuck Edwin but Edwin doesn't, but his hilarious and annoying in a funny way and a loser and a simp. There is a woman from the afterlife office who spends the whole season trying to catch the boys (who are running away from death, it's a whole thing), fails and ends up stuck with them, I just got mad at her when she interrupted a love confession, but we got it later so it's fine. Then there's David the demon (yes, that's his name, yes, that's hilarious) who is Crystal's abusive ex, is able to get inside her mind whenever he wants and is just so fucking annoying (but is such a great simbol of abusive relationships and how much they scare you even after it's over).

Also, no one, and I mean no one, in this fucking show is straight, whether it is confirmed or not it doesn't matter (although 4 of the nine recurent characters are canonically queer).

Don't know if you heard about it, but this is from the same universe as the show The Sandman and there are two cameos in this show (both Death and Despair get a scene).

There are two things that weren't perfect in this show: the fact that Charles and Niko got one (1) scene together (fucking crime) and the CGI, not that it's all bad it's just they focused on the more visual scenes that make you go uuhh and aaahhh but there is a roof where they sometimes talk where the CGI is so bad, but it's just background shit, do not decide not to watch because of it the only scenes like that are the roof scenes and a scene in the forest (again, background shit).

I did just spend around an hour writing all of this, you are not gonna read this whole ass essay, but just watch the show, it's on illegal sites Netflix (although if you have Netflix, put it, even if it's just background noise, we need the views, this is Netflix and a not that cheap queer show we're talking about)

[frogychu]

Antirrhinum Ch. 3

ellie x gn!reader

ch. 3 of 4

other parts: 1 / 2 / 4

word count: 2.5k

Hanahaki (花吐き病) ; disease affecting the lungs, proven to be caused by keeping one's true feelings hidden for too long Or Where you and Ellie have been friends for years until she finally slips up, coughing up petals in front of you.

a/n: of course its also posted on AO3 here if u wnna read there instead 🫶 ty for the love and all the reblogs!!

You and Ellie had spent almost all night on your roof, talking and watching the stars. You learned that green was her favourite colour, that her favourite season was fall, plus when and where she got all of her scars.

Much as you liked to hear her talk, she was insistent on asking you things and learning more about you. Her eyes would light up as she listened to you rant about something you liked or anything that was bothering you.

At one point, you figured that if you were really going to let your guard down around her, she would have to learn something crucial. “I have something else to tell you.”

She shoots you a look of genuine worry. “What's up?”

“I watched Curtis and Viper the other day.”

You watch as her soft expression quickly turns into a shit-eating grin. “Yeah? Without me and everything? I'm impressed, did you even like it?”

“Yeah, I did,” you twiddled with your hands, “I mean, now I'll have to watch the second one.”

Honestly, you wanted to watch it with Ellie, you wanted her to pick up on your hints at least a little. Who knew if she even liked you back, it wasn't really asking her out on a date, you just wanted to spend time with her.

You both cut each other off trying to speak.

“Did you want-”

“I was wonder-”

Ellie panicked. “Fuck, sorry, go ahead.”

“No, no, it's fine! What did you want to tell me?” You answer, trying to be polite.

“Uh,” you can tell she's nervous by the way she plays with her hands, “You could come over and watch the second movie. With me I mean.”

Your eyes lit up at her advance. “Yeah, that’d be fun, when were you thinking?”

“I was thinking like, maybe now? This is nice but it's fucking freezing.”

You nod your head. “Yup agreed.”

She gets up and pats the snow off of her pants and extends her hand to help you up. You can't help but feel your face get flush while you hold her calloused hand; somehow it's still warm despite her complaining about the cold.

You both get down from the roof safely and she walks you back to her garage, still holding onto your hand as you made your way over. You immediately warm up once you get through the door, her fireplace roaring in the corner.

Her small house is still exactly the same as a few hours ago, blunt still put out in the ashtray from earlier. You couldn't help but wince as you remember your argument from earlier, even if you've already made up.

Ellie motions for you to sit on her bed and crouches in front of her TV, trying to find the DVD on her shelves. You sit at the edge of her bed nervously, legs and hands stuck together, scared to take up too much space in the room. Even if you two were closer now, you couldn't help but still feel a little awkward.

She takes out a movie from her shelf after a while of rummaging and looks at your awkward posture. “I'm not gonna bite you know.”

“Oh, sorry.” You answered, as you moved back to lay on the bed more comfortably, your back resting on the headboard. She quickly joins you in bed after setting up her tv and sits beside you, leaving about a foot between the two of you.

Awkward.

The two of you watch the movie mostly in silence. Sometimes you'll give an offhand comment about something that happened, or Ellie will try to make you laugh with a stupid joke, but most of it was just the two of you sitting stiffly beside each other.

About halfway through the film, you notice your movie-watching partner slowly start to nod off, eyes droopy and head having a hard time staying upright. She eventually gives in and lets her head droop onto your shoulder, causing you to jump.

You sat there, not daring to wake her up; she looked too peaceful. Besides, she has had quite the day so you decided to let her rest, even if by this point the movie was over and it was just the blue screen of the TV keeping you company.

Eventually, you couldn't help but be lulled to sleep by her presence. Her soft snores and warm body, now clung onto you from her lack of awareness, force you to fall asleep with her by your side.

-

You jolt awake from strange sounds coming from the bathroom. Somehow you had made it under the blankets, and Ellie was no longer beside you. You start to get worried as you deduce that the weird sound was loud hacking and wheezing, and it was definitely her making those sounds.

Before you had the chance to knock on the door to make sure she was okay, the door opens slowly and you pretend to still be asleep. The bed creeks and you feel it sink in on her side as she sits on the edge for a while. She lets out a shaky breath before getting back into bed with you, pulling herself into the crook of your neck, and wrapping her arms around your waist.

Faint sobs fill the silence of the room as she cries into you, feeling the hot tears on your neck. You don't know what's wrong, you wish you could help but you don't know how, she won't tell you. So, you sit there, letting her get it all out before she falls back asleep, without her knowing that you're here for her.

You don't know if it would make it better or worse.

-

Oddly enough, you have a dream while you're asleep.

It's about the first time you and Ellie had ever met.

You're back as your 16-year-old self, just getting used to living in Jackson. Though your body isn't your own, you're still able to think your own thoughts. This particular vision is of you moving into your house, slowly unpacking the contents of your frayed backpack with the very few items you owned, making you feel appreciative of the things you have now.

Then, the time jumps; you’re with Maria. She’s telling you about all of the possible jobs available for you to do. You had chosen gardening to start, before moving on to patrol. Your heart feels full and warm as you reminisce on your gardener days, hands always dirty trying to make a nice patch of flowers nearby, even if you weren't really supposed to.

Snapdragons, or Antirrhinums, a wildflower native to the surrounding area. Even if they were everywhere, it felt nice to take care of some of your own, they smelled nice and were easy to take care of.

As soon as you blink, your hands are out of the soil, a knife in hand instead. It was your first patrol with Ellie, you had never talked to each other beforehand. The sun is warm on your skin, making you miss spring. Ellie was easy to talk to, you immediately felt comfortable around her and you were glad to finally talk to someone your age other than Jesse.

Maria had given you an easy patrol route to start you off, passing through a lot of scenery to help you get used to this line of work. She had thoroughly explained to you the route and even showed you a map, so when Ellie decided to stray off the path to show you something, you were afraid.

That is until you got to where she wanted to go, looking out into a field of flowers.

Antirrhinums scattered through an opening of trees, dense and lush with all of their different colours. You can see Ellie behind you smiling at you softly, proud of her find, saying she noticed how you liked growing them. The amount was definitely exaggerated, but you knew that it was because your brain liked the memory. A time before the fighting started, when you were simply happy to gain a new friend who cared about you.

It was serene.

-

For the first time in a while, you wake up peacefully, Ellie in your arms and soft light coming through the window warming your face.

Up until you remembered you both had morning patrol. Although this time, it wasn't a race, it wasn't a battle, there were no arguments; simply the rush of getting there on time.

You wake Ellie up quickly, nudging her a little hard until her eyes open, and hastily tell her that you were both going to be late for work. She wasted no time getting up, not acknowledging the fact that you were both sleeping together, and got ready.

You grab your coat and sprint to your house for your backpack, not even bothering to change clothes while you were there.

Ellie greets you at the door as you leave, startling you a little.

“You ready?” She asks.

“Yup, yes, let's just go.” You reply, hurriedly making your way over to her.

She wasted no time running out into the street, you quickly followed behind, until you ran into the crowd of people already working in town. Neither of you think anything of it as you interlock hands, weaving through everyone in your way.

You're pretty fond of all of this physical touch that's been happening between the two of you; whatever the meaning behind it was you’re just glad she's getting comfortable around you. Once you get to the stables, Jesse looks at the two of you holding hands with a puzzled look. Ellie notices and lets go, slapping her hand against her thigh very loudly.

“El, can I talk to you for a sec,” he turns to look at you, “privately.”

She clears her throat. “Yeah, sure”

They talk for a while. Who knows what they're even talking about, it couldn't possibly be because you were late, he would have scolded you both and move on. To make matters worse, they keep shooting glances at you, which only makes you look at the ground and play with your hands as to avoid their gaze.

After what feels like forever they part ways and Ellie walks back over to you with your gun in hand. “Here,” she hands you your gun and brushes past you to grab Shimmer. “Jesse just said we're doing the upper neighbourhood trails.”

He could've just said that to both of us.

‘Oh, ok.” You answered a little dryly.

Something was totally up, but none of the pieces were connecting together. It was bothering you, gears constantly turning in your head over what your patrol partner could possibly be hiding from you.

Ellie brings out your horse and hops on, extending her hand with added flare to help you up. “My liege.”

“How chivalrous!” You laughed.

She shrugs, “I felt like being nice.”

You hold onto her tightly as you set on course for patrol yet again.

-

There's light conversations happening during the route. Ellie asks you if you enjoyed the movie last night and you say yes despite not being able to recall any of it. Even if your crush on her was still very new, she clouded your mind simply by being around you. Even now as your arms are wrapped around her, you can't help but think of how it felt to lay together, bodies intertwined.

Though the moment was bittersweet since she had cried for god knows how long. You didn't want her to be upset anymore, you can't stand it. You're thinking of bringing it up.

You want her to feel safe around you and talk to you about these things.

“So…” you nudge her side, trying to get her attention.

“Hm?”

“Do you want to tell me what's up with you? First, you're skipping out on patrol, then you're all weird and sick, even Jesse has been super weird with me lately. You promised you'd tell me why you skipped out anyway.”

“Can we maybe not talk about this while we're on patrol? Besides, we're here.”

There are a few houses and a gas station, but it's quiet. There probably aren’t even any infected in any of these buildings but, it's your job to check anyway. She was probably just trying to deflect from the conversation.

Typical.

“Alright, fine.” You give in anyway and hop off of the horse.

You tie up Shimmer on a tree and quickly follow Ellie across the street to the gas station.

“You do the house, I'll take care of this place.” She orders you.

“Shouldn't we go in together? You know, teamwork?”

“We’ll be fine, besides we both have our guns, just in case.”

“Okay, fine.” You relented and made your way over to the small house besides the gas station.

It was quiet, but you were still cautious when you opened the front door. The exploration was short since the house was so small, and just as you thought, there was no infected inside.

Ready to call this an easy win, you made your way out of the house with a little pep in your step, until-

Pow, pow.

Gunshots.

You felt the world go in slow motion as your mind suddenly clouded with adrenaline, sprinting towards the nearby building as if your life depended on it. Your whole body trembling with fear as you pulled out your gun and held it in front of you as you swung the door open at full force.

There were two runners still alive in the building, one coming towards you as soon as you came in, you wasted no time shooting it down. You quickly shot the other one coming for Ellie, finding herself helpless against the wall.

Only sounds of gurgling infected and your ragged heavy breathing filled the silence until reality hit you.

“Ellie!” You ran to be by her side, worriedly checking her body for injury, “Are you bit? What the hell happened?” Her head was still facing away from you, she didn't speak for a while, “Ellie? Look at me, say something please!”

You forcefully grab her cheeks and turn her to make her look at you. Her face is full of blood and-

Petals.

Tears start streaming down your face, mouth agape as you stare at each other. You're unsure of what to say, words are too much and not enough all at the same time. She leans her head back onto the wall as you let go of her face, tears pooling in the corner of her eyes.

Hanahaki. You swore that sometimes it didn't even feel like a real thing. You understood even less why anyone would hold back their feelings for that long, it was so easy to avoid if you were honest with whoever you loved.

But, as you stared at the petals for longer, even studying a fully intact small bud, everything started to come together. You would recognize those flowers anywhere.

Fucking Snapdragons.

a/n: r u screaming crying throwing up yet anyways the part after this one im guessing will be the last one!! ty for all of the love on this fic🫶🫶

tags: @champagnelovers101 @florenceisacoolname @cherriesnwatermelons @sufloerfs @sawaagyapong @kayler-23 @ciaireredfleid @boosaye @kyootsies @intrnetdoll @zoddiachead @blairfox04 @roarriita @prrimordiais @addisonnie @sparkleswonderland @minustwofingers @trilogyss

[dalesramblingsblog]

And so Jeri Taylor goes out on a script that... well, is a little too conservative for its own good in places. I mean, I get why someone like Torres would have an instinctive gut reaction to a Cardassian, even before she finds out that he's the 24th century's answer to Mengele/von Braun/Strughold.

But the weirdness of Kim, who as far as we know has no real direct emotional stake in the matter (but then again who knows, we can't even decide if he has a girlfriend back home) basically going "Well you know what those people are like" about Cardassians is... jarring.

Like yeah the Cardassians have done some fucked up shit, as, it turns out, has Crell, but it's not because they're inherently biologically predisposed to being evil.

Also man I'd really invest a lot more in Tabor's plight if he didn't appear spontaneously from the woodwork this one week. But again, this is Voyager, I get that we've apparently decided that recurring characters are anathema unless they're named Naomi Wildman. In many respects the more surprising thing is learning that he apparently comes back in Season 7, I honestly thought bro was gonna get killed off as soon as he was standing conspicuously close to that engineering console next to Seven.

(And as for Naomi's mother? Pfft sorry Samantha you're going to have to take a nice seat in the void next to Joe Carey and Libby and all the other people on this show we forgot about the existence of. Though at least she still gets referenced, if only because they kinda have to. But then again, why bother to make a point of saving her in Once Upon a Time if you're not going to feature her in the "present" of the show ever again?)

But eh, it led to some nice scenes making use of Mulgrew and Picardo, and Discount Ted Danson (I'm sorry David Clennon I never watched thirtysomething or The Thing) was a pretty solid guest star. Kinda sad that by all accounts this is the last thing Jeri Taylor has written in the past twenty-six years, I had my issues with the ethics of her scripts a lot of the time but she was very good at the basic nuts and bolts of running Voyager and generally having it be watchable, if rarely exceptional. And again, Season 4 was the best season of Voyager to date by a country mile.

[lesbianrobin]

i would just like to say that byler is boring as hell. like all other ships in st have soul they have energy, they have angst even some of the non canonical ones (well written stoncy/ steddie loml). but byler is just, damsel in distress x depressed hero. maybe it's cause the fandom has completely watered down both will and Mike to that stereotype when they aren't that to fit them in heterosexual gender norms of relationships, but idk I get bored about byler

my personal issue with will is honestly like 90% just the fact that he doesn't feel like a super fleshed-out character to me so i'm not very invested in him. mike felt the same in s4 to be fair but like. will wasn't even There in s1 and was possessed for almost all of s2 and barely did anything in s3 and s4. which wouldn't even necessarily be a problem yknow eddie's only in one season robin's only in two but the problem is that noah schnapp is not that good at acting and you can Tell that he's absolutely phoning it in whenever he isn't like the focus of a scene. usually if you watch a character like eddie or robin in any given scene even if they're just hanging out in the background they're still in character and they're interacting with other characters/the environment and reacting to whatever's going on but noah literally doesn't even bother like if you try watching him in any big group scene he's usually just. there. noah's allergy to acting seems to have spread somehow to finn in s4 so all of their scenes together just do not hit for me personally they all feel very. high school play quality acting. sorry finn.

which brings me to the issue with byler which is that their most impactful moments occur when will is either in the upside down or not fully himself. mike's devotion to will in s1 and s2 pretty much forms the entire basis for the ship yknow because by the time will is actually Around mike is dating el and generally more concerned with her than he is with will, and the moments they Do have aren't as effective as things like the will possession scenes. i don't read any byler ship content so idk how they write the little fellas so i won't speak on that but it wouldn't surprise me if that damsel/hero dynamic is popular because that's like. what the best canon byler content (s1/2) Is.

now that will is actually around they tend to argue and the arguments are literally always because will feels like mike is leaving him behind and he's upset that mike and el are dating. which i don't even object to as a storyline actually but my point is that the crux of the conflict between their characters is literally that will has feelings for mike that mike does not return. so if you're approaching byler as a ship where mike Does return will's feelings, you kinda have to just. invent a whole new dynamic for them bc you've lost a lot of their s3/4 canon dynamic. and a lot of people aren't great at coming up with interesting dynamics and new conflicts between characters to keep things engaging.

also all of that said: i want to be clear that i know a lot of byler fans are kids and i am not trying to bully fifteen year olds who see something valuable in some fifteen year old characters and write fics about them. i'm sure a lot of people write wonderful fics about their little guys and have fun and find fulfillment in it and i'm never gonna hate on that. i'm just explaining my own perspective here and all of my negative byler energies are 100% directed toward the weirdo adults who are obsessed with the ship and insist it's going canon and get angry and send hate to people that disagree with them. also toward the ones who say weird ableist and misogynistic things about el those people can go fuck themselves.

anyway yeah <3

[norman-ratri-truther]

LEGO MONKIE KID SPOILERS FOR SEASON 4 UNDER THE CUT BECAUSE I AM GOING INSANE AND NEED TO TALK ABT THIS SHOW:

(BTW IF U WANNA WATCH EPISODE 1 OF SEASON 4 HERES THE LINK FOR A FANSUB THAT JUST CAME OUT!!)

okay I'm gonna have to rewatch it bcz as always this show is pretty faced paced and I might've missed a bit (although partially my fault I was tryna eat at the same time as watching it) but holy shit that was incredible

I'm waiting for fansubs to come out before I watch each episode as I don't speak Chinese and would rather not watch the episodes uncaptioned, so this is completely about Season 4 Episode 1! I'm gonna make a post like this for each episode I think!

So far, I love it! I can't place my thoughts exactly on why or how but it's definitely the best season premiere yet, I was worried going into it because I know member(s) of the crew who really helped shape the show left after season 3 but it seems the show is in very good hands still!

Something that's always bothered me, seems to be less longer present in this first episode at least

It's always a pet peeve of mine when none of the characters in a world other than the main ones really seem like they're there, if that makes sense? Like, there just isn't ever much interaction between the main characters and just the normal civilians I can think of a few times where it happens but thats it, and it just makes the world feel a little less real when the background characters never speak or do anything other than stand or walk there. But there was a bit more interaction between the main cast and the random people on the street and that made it feel just a little more of a real world rather than one that only exists for the main cast

Also the scene where MK was talking about how much he messed up nearly made me cry . I feel so bad for him omg

but yeah I literally do not have anything bad to say about this show as a whole aside from the fast pacing which, to be honest they have to squeeze so much in a small and short episode order so I can't blame them

[corrodedbisexual]

Hey uh I really really hope I'm not bothering you with this ask, but what show are the guys from your latest post from? I keep seeing steddy but I just get more pictures lmao, again sorry for the ask but like you said in the tags that was HOT

Oh my. My dear, if you think that would be bothering me you severely underestimate my inability to shut up about these two. Please sit down and get comfortable, help yourself to some popcorn.

Steddie (with an ie, bc Steve+Eddie) is a ship that grew specifically from season 4 of Stranger Things. Now I do recommend watching the whole thing, because it is very very good, and also the one half responsible for the HOT is there from the start. Steve Harrington, aka world's best babysitter, aka everyone's favorite babygirl.

But if you wanna jump into season 4 just for the ship, it's also a viable option, every season has its own story arc (although things from prev seasons are obviously referenced both in canon and fanfiction). And season 4 is where we meet this precious creature. Dungeon master, resident metalhead, freaky queer boy Eddie Munson.

And at some point, they meet. (Well, on the show. They did go to the same school, so there's a whole, whole lotta fanon about that.) Aaaaand the way they meet is... well, more than enough to jumpstart all the pictures you might have been seeing.

From that point until season end, I gotta admit there's not a lot. But that was more than enough for many to decide they are destined for each other, and build a giant temple of Steddie that now has thousands of fanworks. (Also, the actual season ending is pretty much universally ignored.)

There's few words. They have exactly one private conversation and it's... intense. The rest is a whole lot of looks and vibes.

Also, some throwing of clothes at each other.

And co-parenting of their son who worships them both. (I'm not gonna explain that further. It is what it is, it only makes sense after watching.)

And, well. I mean. Just these two. Yeah. Yeah.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[bustyasianbeautiespod]

Episode 70 Transcript: Car Sex Hand on Window

[intro guitar music]

G: Hello! My name is Grey.

C: And my name is Crystal.

G: And this is Busty Asian Beauties, a Supernatural commentary podcast where I, someone who has seen this show several times...

C: And I, someone who only knows about the show through social media, discuss every single episode of Supernatural from start to finish. Also, we are both Asian.

G: Both Asian. For this episode, we will be discussing Season 4, Episode 10: "Heaven and Hell"- boring-ass title.

C: The most low effort title in the entire world.

G: Written by Eric Kripke-

C: No.

G: - directed by J. Miller Tobin.

C: Wait. This was a Kripke?

G: This was a Kripke.

C: He only writes like, two a season, and it's usually the opener and the closer. Like, he bothered descending the Earth to meet the mortals for 4.10, and it's like, not even that good?

G: I'm assuming this is like, a mid-season situation

C: Like, a hiatus occurred after this or something?

G: Perhaps. Not sure.

C: Pergaps.

G: Well, first of all, I want to say that when you first watched this episode, you messaged me and said that you don't give a shit. [C laughs] And I was like, "Huh. Maybe Crystal had a change of heart or whatever."

C: Yeah.

G: 'Cause when you message me about episodes, it's always like, "Oh, I love this, like, what's happening," or "I hate what's happening." It's never like, "I do not give a single shit about this episode." But I would say, especially for an episode written by Eric Kripke, this episode is so not Supernatural.

C: Hmm.

G: And I think a big part of it is it's not a case episode.

C: That's true.

G: So it just doesn't feel like an episode of Supernatural. And I get it-

C: Yeah, all they're doing is running away from the angels, running away from the demons, like, okay, whatever?

G: Yeah.

C: Like, what's happening? Who care?

G: Yeah. Like, I mean, the thing about Supernatural is it is so reliant- like, the vibes of the show are so reliant on the episodic nature of it. So when you take away the episodic nature of it, like, obviously, this episode cannot exist without the previous one, you know? And when you start taking that away, it kind of like, removes an essence of the show that I personally really like. And like, later on in the show, in like, season 14, 13, 15, like, it is more understandable because that's like, of a different era already. But here in Season 4, it is jarring to have an episode that's like, not a finale episode but is a two-parter. And it feels a little bit like, "Eh. [petulant voice] I don't care because there's not a case, and I'm used to a case, [C laughs] and I'm used to the format, and it's not following the format!" you know?

C: Yeah, yeah. And it literally isn't.

G: Yeah. It literally isn't.

C: I thought the reveal at the end was so cheap, cheesy, [G laughs] overwrought, who give a shit.

G: No, because, like, the thing is, I knew it was coming, just fundamentally, but I also knew specifically that it was gonna be this episode, because in "Yellow Fever," when Eric Kripke was like, "[teary] There's gonna be a reveal in episode 10." Like, I knew that it was this reveal, it would happen this episode.

C: Oh, I don't mean about the torture. Sorry. I meant the reveal that like, "Oh, this was their [overlapping] plan all along to bring the angels and demons together."

G: It's so corny!

C: Like, fuck off. No, it wasn't.

G: It literally wasn't.

C: Dean sold them out for real, and Ruby wanted to sell them out for real in my heart.

G: It's so corny, it's so corny! This episode, kind of not good. But let's get into it. What did you know about this episode before you watched it?

C: So I knew we'd have the Anna angel reveal, and that the vial of her grace would show up, and at some point she would smash it and become a full-blown angel. And obviously, I knew about car sex hand on window, which is, you know, every AMV maker's favorite clip in the entire universe, and that, like, it would come after Anna was revealed to be an angel and after, like, Dean, in some way, shared about the Hell torture with her. So they're like, whatever, at their like, most authentic selves, and then they continue to have no chemistry [G sighs] as they have car sex hand on window.

G: I hate it. Can we just get it out of the way? I hate how they did the sex scene. I hate the precursor to it. I genuinely thought it was so weird, like, the way they- it happened. The way it happened was so odd. [C laughs] And I like, I didn't catch who was the writer at the beginning. And like, in the middle of the episode, I was like, "I don't really want to look it up right now." So the rest of the episode, it was just brewing in my head, like, "Who could have possibly written this [C laughing] so fucking weird, like, 'I'm gonna bring up your deepest trauma, and then I'm gonna proposition you' situation?" And you know what? It was Eric Kripke. I should have known.

C: It sure was. Yeah. Also, I didn't know who the writer was until you said it, which may be clear from how I reacted. But yeah, this episode was so mediocre to me that I didn't bother looking up the writer. So we had slightly different but similar experiences regarding that.

Well, at least he gave us car sex hand on window-

G: It truly was car sex hand on window.

C: - so that Meg x Kelly AMV could flourish. [G laughs]

G: That's gonna be the title of this episode. [both laughing] For real.

Well, let us begin.

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G: We start first with our "Road So Far," which is like, it's nothing. It's whatever. And it kind of seamlessly moves into the continuation of what happened from last episode, which is, you know. Uriel and Cas show up, and they're like, "Give us Anna. She has to die." And Sam is very- well, this is the actual episode now. We're starting the episode. And it's Sam being like, "Why? Why do you want her?" They are trying to be to extract information, and Uriel is kind of taunting them,  saying that like, "Oh, don't worry about it. I'll kill her gently." Oh, I love this. Dean's like, "You guys are heartless sons of bitches, you know that?" And Cas just goes, "As a matter of fact, we are. [both] And?" Love that. Love that! You know, Cas doesn't have any lines this episode, but he has such an interesting presence! [C laughing] Like, he barely says anything. In fact, he says nothing of like, substance. Did you know this? He doesn't say anything that like, matters.

C: You're right.

G: Yeah, but everything that he is to say is conveyed is in looks, and like, being the prettiest angel alive while being strangled to death.

C: Yeah. Yup.

G: He set the record for that, yeah.

C: He did. Good for him.

G: And that is all of his contribution to this episode. He doesn't say anything. And it is such an interesting way to do his character. I keep on saying that. [both laugh] Every time he shows up, "What an interesting way-" like, it is very interesting, right?

C: Yeah. I agree.

G: What are we supposed to take from the fact that Cas doesn't say anything that is revealing or anything. Like, it's all Uriel. There is some kind of reason why they do it like that, which Uriel says later, right? Like, there's a reason why Cas is not around. But that reasoning just makes you think about it more. It's like, "Oh," like- because we know what happens to Cas in the future, right? Like, it's revealed that whenever he disobeys, he gets sent up to Heaven and then gets rebooted, basically.

C: Yup.

G: And like, the way Uriel words it later - we're just skipping around this episode. But basically, Uriel says, right, like, "Oh, like, Cas is fond of you, and that's why he's not the one talking to you right now. He has this weakness. He likes you." And it makes you think, like, "Oh, is he being punished for that right now? Is that why he's not here? And like, is that why he's so quiet recently, like, in this episode? Because, like, after the Samhain- [laughs] 'Sam Hayne' situation [C laughs], like, he got booted upstairs?" It makes you think. Makes you think.

C: Makes you think!

G: Makes you think. Well, anyway, Cas says that like, "Anna is not innocent." And Uriel says that, "Oh, Anna is even worse than this abomination you're screwing," meaning Ruby.

C: Yeah.

G: And Uriel calls her a demon whore before attacking her.

C: Which, yeah.

G: Sad!

C: But also like, out of character, I think. Like, his insults are more creative than that.

G: Yeah, it's like, "mud monkey," what did he call her?

C: He calls her [both] a stain.

G: A stain! Which I love.

C: Yeah. He's poetic. Like, there are moments in this episode where I'm like, “That's not Uriel. That's the writer."

G: And it was Eric Kripke.

C: I think the biggest one is his bro moment with Dean in the dream?

G: The angel pie cake, or whatever? Angel food cake?

C: Yeah. I was like, "He would not fucking say that." But you know. It was, in fact, an Eric Kripke episode.

G: They start a little fight scene, I suppose, where Uriel out takes Ruby, beats her up, pins her against the wall. And then [laughs] there were some very interesting scenes between Dean and Ruby this episode.

C: Right.

G: Like, I feel like if I was watching this the first time, I would be like, "Huh! Are you trying to do something here?"

C: Oh, really?

G: Yeah. Like, I legitimately- that was like, my knee-jerk reaction. There are legitimately moments where it's like, "Huh!"

C: No.

G: Like they share a look, or like, you know, like, she gets pinned against a wall, right, and Dean is like, first to attack. First to come to her rescue. And I was like, "Huh." I mean, obviously, I don't think that now, because I know how this show pans out, but I think there would have been a part of me, if I was seeing this for the first time, who was like, "Are they gonna do a love triangle?" [laughs] That's a bit funny.

C: I just don't think Supernatural would have Dean steal Sam's girl. That doesn't seem like a storyline they'd go for.

G: [laughing] No, but like, that's fucking hilarious, though. [laughing]

C: But it would be fucking hilarious. Yeah.

G: It'd be really funny.

C: I just think all of this is just his complete change of heart since hearing how she saved Sam's life, blah blah blah. Like, they're just hammering that in.

G: I literally- like, against the screen, like, while I was watching this, I went, "Oh my god! He's un-misogynized." [C laughing] And he literally did unmisogynize.

Yeah. And Cas is proceeding towards the room where Anna is, and Sam tries to stop him by going, "Cas. Stop. Please."

C: They're in love for real.

G: I love that because "Cas," you know, first time of Sam saying "Cas," I think. Fun! And is this the first time that somebody calls Cas "Cas" in his face?

C: Huh. Okay, wait. So when Dean said it, it was-

G: Towards Sam.

C: - in "Metamorphosis" towards Sam.

G: Yeah.

C: I think this is- is this? This is maybe the first time. Sastiel's real.

G: It took me out a little bit, because, like, I feel like Cas would be like, "Huh!" Like, he would have the same reaction as me as with like, the, "Huh! That's odd." But, you know, he doesn't have that reaction. Instead, he has the reaction of making Sam collapse to the ground with a boop to the forehead. And then there's just this completely blinding light that envelopes the entire room. Castiel, Uriel, they get like, blasted out. We see that interesting thing that they do with the effects when an angel gets blasted away, which is like, their wings are visible, for like, a split second. I do love that.

Dean is helping Ruby up. [C laughs] They're having a moment. [laughing] What if I start Deanruby truthing? Like, what will become of us?

C: I don't know.

G: It will be the worst thing I've ever done.

C: I feel like a lot of characters are shippable. I support you.

G: That's true. Yeah.

C: Though, I mean, I will only support you up until the time when he is very, very mean to her again.

G: Yeah. Anyway, they enter the room where Anna was, and it's bloody.

C: Yess.

G: She is bloody. Like, she cut open her arm, and her palm is just full of blood. And then we we pan to the mirror that's in front of her, and there's bloody sigils on it. And basically, Anna is saying like, "I don't think this killed them. I sent them away, but like, I don't know how I did it. I just know how to do it. And then I did it." And then that is the end of our intro.

C: Indeed it is.

I do wanna say that like, that fight scene like, it was like, Cas didn't get his hands dirty at all, like, he just put Sam to sleep and did nothing else, whereas, like, I feel like they sent Uriel after Ruby like, right away and like, had him punching her and stuff, and like- I don't- like, there's really only like, two main angels - three after Anna shows up - so far. And it's Cas and Uriel. And they're trying to make Cas more likeable by like, making Uriel less likeable.

G: Yeah.

C: And it just feels weird to do that when the the foil who you're supposed to hate is a Black man, and the one that you're supposed to like is a white man.

G: Yeah. I think this is the part of the show where they start changing it up a little bit because Misha had good-

C: Ratings.

G: - had a good reception. Yeah.

C: I don't get how Supernatural works. Like, people keep talking about how they changed the story midway through the season because of reviews.

G: I also don't- I don't think that's possible. Is that possible?

C: Didn't- I thought you made all of it already! What do you mean? [G laughs]

G: No, because, like, I thought about this, too, because, like, in Season 7, they bring Cas back, towards the end of the season, yeah. But like, they did bring him back. And it's like, "Well, that's odd. They just completely rewrote, like, the end of that season to accommodate Cas coming back?"

C: Right. Yeah, I don't- What is the schedule of writing and filming and shit?

G: I know. You know what? I am curious, but not curious enough to look shit up.

C: Fair.

G: So if you or a loved one has every suffered through the set that is Supernatural, do tell us what the schedule is like.

C: Yeah, yeah, please do.

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C: We cut to a little bit later in the cabin, and Sam and Dean are talking. And they're like, "What do they mean by blah blah blah blah blah?" So Sam gets tasked with doing research on her. And Dean gets tasked with getting Anna to a safe place. So he takes her to Bobby's panic room, which we have seen earlier.

G: Yeah! Ruby can't enter!

C: Yeah, no, the shot is that Anna's sitting there, and Dean's like, talking and saying like, "Hey, because of all the iron walls and the salt, like, demons can't even touch the joint." And then we just like, [laughing] pan over to Ruby standing outside with her arms crossed.

G: She's like, "Kind of racist." [C sighs] Which is, again, like, they're aware of the implications of the things that they are doing in this show.

C: Yeah, I don't- on one hand, I think it's just the fact that, like, sometimes people just use "racist" to mean "discriminatory." Like, they just consider it like, a synonym, which I think is pretty annoying because racism is like, a specific thing with specific mechanisms that is different from like, fantasy racism or whatever. But yeah, next, like, if they're saying this, like, are they aware? Are they aware that killing monsters is bad? [G laughs] Hello? Hello, Eric Kripke?

Yeah. So she tosses them some hex bags that will apparently hide them from angels and demons. And Dean says, like, "Thanks, Ruby." And there is a moment where she's like, "What? Dean's being nice to me?" So I mean, I guess I could see where you're coming from, but I guess I just considered it like, them hammering in the 4.09 change of heart.

And according to Anna, there is absolutely no talk on angel radio at all. Anna's like, "Okay, so like, we're in a bad spot. You guys are all scared, right?" I think, like, Dean and Ruby exchange a look, and Dean's like, "Eh, no." But then, you know, Sam shows up, and Dean leaves, and he tells Ruby to keep an eye on Anna, which did automatically make me insane, like the fact that, like, Anna, is like, trapped in this like, iron tower for her safety, and Ruby is like, a loyal knight who's guarding her, but like, is physically unable to go inside and touch her. Like, that, too, is yuri. And it literally is. [G laughs]

G: It literally is.

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G: We're at Bobby's, like, the living room area, and Sam and Dean- there's a plot thread that starts here [laughs], which is where they're talking about like, "Where the fuck is Bobby?" I don't know. It's such a weird thread.

C: Yeah, I don't get it.

G: Is it a joke? Or like, he really is in the Dominican. He says that he's "at hedonism." What does that mean?

C: What is that?

G: And like, later, Sam- like, Dean goes like, "Get him out of hedonism." And I was like, "What is happening?" [both laugh]

C: Is that the name of a club? [G laughs]

G: Is it?

C: I'm gonna look up "Hedonism Dominican" and see if anything comes up.

There's like, a resort called Hedonism in Jamaica, but I'm not getting anything from the Dominican Republic. So.

G: It's just odd in general. Let's say there is a resort called The Hedonism in the Dominican Republic, right? Like, why are Sam and Dean privy to that? Is this just like, a hunter stop? Like, "Oh, yeah, hunters going on vacation. We're going to the Dominican Republic, hanging out in The Hedonism," like, what?

C: I don't know. I think that I think that the resort in Jamaica is sort of famous because it's like- I don't know. People are saying it's like, an adult-themed resort. So like, I don't- maybe it's just like, something Dean would know about.

G: I guess that is the implication, because, like, Dean says, like, "He's at Hedonism, wearing like, a trucker cap, and like, swinging at a hammock." And Sam goes, like, "Ugh. Now, like, that image is in my brain forever."

C: Oh, the idea is that he's only in the trucker hat. I see.

G: And it's like, I don't know. So many lines in this episode are like, "Haha, funny sex joke," and Sam going like, "[petulant, angry] I don't like sex jokes! [C laughing] They're so unfunny!" [G laughing]

C: Yeah. Right, of course Eric Kripke originated "Dude, you're confusing real life with porn again."

G: Yeah. Anyway, what they find on Anna is that, you know, she has parents.

C: Well, we know that. [both laugh] They were super dead last episode.

G: It's so funny when they start this bit, because it's like, "Yeah, this is her parents." And it's like, "Yeah, they're pretty normal family." But like, what's new is that when Anna was like, two years old, she had like- she'd get quote-unquote "hysterical" anytime that her dad was close to her because she believed that she had a different dad, and that her real dad wanted to kill her.

C: Yeah. Which is so [both] interesting.

G: It is interesting. Like, my first reaction as this information was being relayed to me was, "Oh, when she was two years old, did her like, dad get possessed?" And then she was like, "That's not my dad, that's somebody else!" Like, "That's a demon possessing my dad." But like, as the revelation goes on further, it's like, "Oh, like, God hates her so much and wants her dead so much, it's unreal." Which is fun.

C: Yeah, yeah. It's so good. It's so interesting.

G: This, like, actually brought up something in my head, which is that, Anna, right now, is around my age.

C: Yeah, she's 23? 22?

G: Yeah. Like, she's around our age. What if tomorrow we wake up and we're like, "We are angels. And also, God wants me dead." Like, it's so much. And I understand that like, when she receives her knowledge that she's an angel, she receives all the knowledge from like, angelhood, right?

C: Yeah.

G: But god, that that must be a lot. Because she didn't turn into an angel the moment she recalled the memories. She was still human with human emotions, right?

C: Yeah.

G: She just had angel memories. And if we are to believe that angels and humans have different emotional capabilities, which I personally don't believe, but- like, I believe that angels feel the same, it's just like, fucking- they're weird shit about it. [C laughs] But like, this episode, you're meant to believe that like, "Oh, angels aren't capable of that kind of guilt or that kind of being apologetic or whatever," because Anna says it to Cas's face.

C: Yeah.

G: So if we are to believe that, I do wonder what Anna was feeling at the time. 'Cause, like, she never had full knowledge of her angelhood while in a human body with human emotions. So like, I don't know. I wonder if it felt different for her, or like did she realize in that moment that, like, "Oh, the things that I felt when I was an angel are the things I'm feeling now as a human. It's just that now I am allowed to feel them because I am human, whereas when I was an angel, it was like, we were all pretending to not feel anything."

C: Yeah.

G: I don't know. It brings up a lot of interesting points, but none of them are gonna be answering this episode.

C: [laughs] Yeah.

G: And you know what? Probably not through the rest of Supernatural. C: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, she's a woman. She can't have complex thoughts! What are you thinking about? [G laughs]

G: It is-' cause angelhood in Supernatural is one of the most interesting things that they do, mostly because they don't do it. [C laughs] Like, they don't know what they're doing. And you know what? I think it was last episode, there was a review that was like, "Oh, like, the thing about the angels is they don't know what they were doing, and like, they just made it up as they went." And like, I think, honestly, that's what makes it so fun. Because, like, obviously, now, they're building up this plot where it's like, "Oh, the angels don't feel the same as humans." And then later, they just go like, "Yeah, probably not. Eh." But like, that kind of back and forth is what makes it so interesting to think about.

C: Mm-hm.

G: Hell yeah.

C: Hell yeah. Though I feel like they also like, combine like, Cas becoming more like, quote-unquote "human" with him losing more of his grace. So like, I feel like they do still want to go with the like, "Angels don't really feel exactly the same as humans." Which is like, fine if they don't. But yeah, I don't know.

G: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the Cas thing is interesting because he becomes human and then regains his grace, so like- h- wh- does becoming human fundamentally change your processing when you become an angel?

C: Buckleming sure thought that it did. Buckleming was like, "Now that Cas is a human, he's a heterosexual male who wants to fuck and suck." [G laughs]

G: Yeah. Anyway.

C: Whatever, we'll get to that horrid thing when we get to it.

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G: This is the bit in the episode where the, "Dude, you're kind of using porn with reality again" bit starts with Dean just being like, "Hahaha! Who actually is her father? The plumber?" And Sam's like, "Shut the fuck up, Dean." [C laughs] But yeah. They're just saying- they're exchanging about how like, "Oh, I wonder what Anna is hiding? Like, what does it all mean?" And then Anna like, shows up, and Ruby is right beside her.

C: Yes! I love women.

G: And she goes, "Why don't you just ask me to my face?"

C: [laughing] And then they ask her to her face, and she says, "I don't know." [both laughing]

G: "[angry] Why don't you say that to my face? Why don't you ask me directly?" And then she just goes, "Yeah, I don't know. [C laughing] You probably should figure it out on your own. Sorry." So real of her. There's a funny bit where Dean goes like, "Oh, good job watching her, Ruby," and Ruby just goes, "I am watching her!" So real of them.

C: They literally- they broke through the veil of iron and salt through their gay love and saved the day.

Speaking of what Anna's secret is, like, the Monster of the Week 4.09 episode brought up an interesting point, which is that, like, our opening with Anna sees her move the cabinet, right? And like, they said that maybe the writers- like, maybe initial viewers would think that Anna is, like, another missing psychic kid, because, like, Sam's the other person we've seen do telekinesis who's like, a human. So then, like, the dad thing could be like, people might think that there's an Azazel thing going on here?

G: Ohh.

C: Which would be neat. And I feel like there are Sam and Anna parallels in the like, "something fundamentally wrong with you when you're a baby" thing, which is like, I wonder- I feel like there were opportunities for Sam and Anna to connect this episode that were never realized because they just shove her with Dean all the time.

G: Yeah.

C: But like, the one time that they do talk is when he's sort of like, trying to interrogate her in this scene, but also like, trying to be gentle about it. And like, I do want to know if he's like, "Wow, she's just like me for real" at any point.

G: I mean, you know Sam. He thinks that of everyone.

C: That's true.

G: He sees anyone, he's like, "Just like me for real." [C laughs]

C: Good for him.

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C: So they go- oh, they don't go to Pamela's. They fetch Pamela to come to Bobby's place so that she can like, help with the whole Anna situation. And Sam goes up to say hi to her, like, in a way that you would like, talk to like, a spooked horse. [G laughs]

G: Yeah.

C: Which I think was a result of him being ableist.

G: Yeah.

C: 'Cause he's all like, "[whispering] Oh my god, Pamela! Hi!"

G: Hii.

C: Hii. And she goes, "Sam!" And he's like, "[whispering, emotional] It's me. It's Sam!"

G: "It's me!"

C: Like, okay, dude. Shut up. [G laughs]

She sort of plays along with him where she's like, "[whispering] Oh my god, Sam, is that you?" And then she goes like, "You know how I know it's you?" And then she slaps his ass- no, she grabs it, which, come on, Pamela.

G: No, I think she slaps it because there's a sound of like-

C: Okay. Yeah, okay, she slaps it. Come on, Pamela. I know this was like, established as her main personality trait in "Laz Rising" already, which was another Eric Kripke special.

I guess Pamela's just an Eric Kripke OC that he's like, "What if there was a MILF?" And like, I can respect that most of the time, but, like, come on, Pamela.

G: The- you know. I wouldn't classify her as a MILF, necessarily, but she is like, giving like, "Oh, this woman is older than Sam" vibes. And like, you know, like, in media, there is that stereotype of a woman who's like, older and like, "Oh, she's like, a cougar," like, "hypersexual," blah blah blah. And you know, just tired of it. And [laughing] they do it a lot in Supernatural. They're obsessed with MILFs, like, going up to Sam and Dean being like, "Heyy," and Sam being like, "Nah."

C: "No, you're old and ugly and smell bad."

G: Like, at some point- like, do you remember that one that's like, "Oh, older women is like cheese or fine wine-"

C: Oh, right, they age.

G: And Sam goes, [both] "I'm lactose intolerant." [laughing] He's so fucking funny.

C: Yeah, yeah, I've seen multiple posts that are like, "Sam is bisexual, except in 'Ask Jeeves,' he's definitely gay."

G: He is definitely gay there.

C: Yeah. She slaps his ass, calls it perky, and also says that "you could bounce a nickel off of that thing." Which like, yeah, at least, she's not saying Dean's like- what, "You could fit that ass on a nickel" or whatever the fuck he was saying about Casey in "Sin City." Like, at least she's saying the accurate phrase

And then she says, like, "I can tell it's you, and I can tell that it's like, a demon over there, and Anna over there," and like, she points accurately, "And that you've been looking at my boobs due to my psychic powers give me more senses than most." And this is just like, the end of them trying to engage with Pamela as a disabled character. Like, they just go like, "Well, she has powers, so she like, can basically see. The end." Which I find very, very annoying.

G: It is a little bit frustrating.

C: Yeah.

G: I mean, there is like, you know, at the end of Season 5- well, not the end, but like, throughout Season 5, they also do like, a whole disability arc with Bobby.

C: Oh, yeah, Bobby loses his legs or something, right? G: Yeah, loses mobility with his legs. And then, like, it gets returned to him by Crowley or whatever. And there is like, from what I remember, there is like, a substantial part where it's like, Bobby reckoning with like, "Oh, I lost this." But I don't remember how well it was actually handled.

C: Yeah, I doubt that it was handled well.

G: Let's look forward to it! C: Yayyy.

G: Yay.

C: Yeah, Pamela doesn't use a cane or anything, and like, there's a scene later where she like, closes Anna's eyelids, and like, have to be very precise like, in your vision to like, know where someone's eyelids are, and to like, not press hard enough to hurt them. So yeah, they just fully go like, "She's blind, but like, she's not."

G: "She's psychic!"

C: "She's psychic!" Ugh. Boring, overwrought, boo.

So she introduces herself to Anna,  and says that she just wants to like, do this because she's mad at angels in general because Castiel burned her eyes out. And then, like, she takes off- oh, by the way, she's been wearing sunglasses the whole time, which is like, another media trope, or whatever, and like- I swear, like, I know that some blind people like, sunglasses, but like, unless they still have some vision and they're like, photosensitive, it's just to like, make other people feel better and I feel like in media, it's just so the actors who almost always are not blind can continue acting under the sunglasses without having to have contacts in. Very annoying. Yeah, she takes off her sunglasses and shows Anna that like, she has like, these plastic eyes that she's put in that are like, completely white. And she says that they're there to make her look extra psychic so that it's good for business. Which- And yeah, the the blind prophet, blind psychic thing is another, you know, trope in media throughout the ages that is like, another way of like, dehumanizing blind people by mystifying them. So like, yeah, we've got, we've got a lot going on in this in this brief scene.

G: Yeah.

C: But after that, Anna smiles at her in like, a very nice way. Like, all her teeth are showing, and like, we see this smile like, directed at Ruby last episode and directed at Dean last episode, when, like, Dean was being funny, and it made her feel better or whatever. And I just think that she has more chemistry with both Pamela and Ruby than like, she has with Dean. Like, it's not even a question.

G: It is- whatever quote-unquote "chemistry" she is supposed to have with Dean [C laughing], it's just not happening! Like, I'm so sorry.

C: It's just not. It's not there.

G: Well, first of all, the writing of their scenes together are a bit odd. Okay. Well, first, the thing I want to bring up about this scene is, I like the fact that when they were walking towards the room, they were like, holding each other. I thought that was really nice. Like, Anna's hands are wrapped around Pamela's waist, and Pamela has her like, arms around-

C: Aww.

G: Anna's shoulders, and that made me go, "Aww, that's so nice! They're friends, they're besties."

C: Yeah.

G: And the thing that I want to mention now is that- [sighs] like, the chemistry between Anna and Dean, I think a big part of it is that Dean just didn't seem interested in her, like, at all, until she was like, "I'm gonna give you a kissy-kissy!" And then suddenly, he is like, "Ah." [C laughs] I mean, but like, there was no part of him that was like, "Ooh, I have a crush on this girl," or like, whatever whatever. And I understand that like, it's a weird time., so like, he probably actually shouldn't. But like, I don't know. It's just odd that for once, Dean is normal about a woman. [C laughing] Like, they had like, a heart-to-heart earlier, and that wasn't tinged by anything. Like, it wasn't like- there was no endgoal of like, sex or whatever in that conversation. And they were talking like normal people. And I think, in the head, I was thinking, "Oh, they're gonna have sex after this. How odd. [C laughs] 'Cause there's nothing here."

C: There really isn't.

G: And you know what? Even right before they have sex, there was nothing there.

C: Yeah, yeah. Like, when she puts her hand on his face, it's so like, clinical and like, detached. I don't know. It's just. There's nothing there.

G: It's so odd!

C: I don't think that she wants to do anything, and I don't think that he wants to do anything.

G: Like- [laughing] the fact that Dean and Ruby had more chemistry in this episode [both laughing] than Dean and Anna is so funny to me.

C: Yeah.

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C: Inside Bobby's panic room, Pamela, like, her special psychic abilities are counting down from 5.

G: Well, first of all, I want to point out the positioning in this room. So Anna is like, lying down, Pamela's right beside her. Dean is a little bit far away from them, but he's still in the room. Ruby is, of course, outside. [overlapping] Sam's by the door-

C: So he can hang out with her!

G: Super cute!

C: It's so cute.

G: They're in love.

C: They really are.

G: Sam and Ruby are fucking real.

C: God. So yeah, she decides to hypnotize Anna, but, like, all she does is say, like, "When I count down from 5, when I hit 0, you'll be in hypnosis." Like, were there like, any herbs, or like, anything that she brought her? Like, does she just have a special voice such that her counting down from 5 does something?

G: Yeah. She gives her the tingles from the ASMR. [C laughs]

C: Yeah. So, you know, she like, tells Anna, like, "Hey, relax, I'm counting down." And then she asks her about how she knew about the sigils, how she can hear the angels, and Anna says, "I don't know." [G laughs] And she asks about her dad. She says, "His name is Rich Milton."

G: [laughs] I love that.

C: Yeah. But yeah, Pamela tells her to look further back to like, when she was very young, and Anna like, starts resisting. She says she really doesn't want to think about that shit. And Pamela presses until Anna starts screaming like, "No, no, no! He's gonna kill me! He's gonna kill me!" And it's like, quite interesting, I think. She's like, thrashing around. And then she fucking explodes the lightbulbs in the room!

G: Yeah, ala Cas in the barn.

C: "Laz Rising" in the barn.

G: Which is like, I think, that was like, our first hint of like, "Oh. [both] She's an angel."

C: Yeah. Very fun, very cool  And then, like, Dean, like, tries to approach to calm her down, and she sends him fly across the fucking room, baby.

G: Hell yeah. And Pamela just goes like, "Okay. You'll wake up in 1, 2..." [C laughs] Like, he literally just counts down and everything was okay.

C: And it works.

G: Batshit.

C: Yeah, I don't get how her psychic abilities work.

G: But I do love this shot of Pamela, like, holding down Anna's head. Like, as she lifts her hand, Anna's eyes, like, open. And she looks soo angelic.

C: She does. She does. Like, when she gets up, her hair is a bit mussed, but like, it looks fantastic like that.

G: Yeah. And then, agh, Anna goes like, "Thank you. That helped a lot. I remember now." And Dean asks the same question he asks Cas, like, the first time. "Who are you?" And it's so interesting to me, because Anna says, "I'm an angel."

C: Right, not of the Lord.

G: Compared to Cas's "I'm an angel of the Lord," it's, ahh!

C: Yeah, 'cause she's not of the Lord! G: She's not of the Lord, she's just an angel.

C: Agh. Yeah. Love her. Also, like, another fun detail is that I think during the hypnosis and stuff, like, there are moments where, like, Sam and Ruby are looking at each other, like, in a like, "Oh, what's going on? Huh?" sort of way. And like, I think that's really nice, because I think like, the person that you look at for, like, the "Huh, what's going on?" look in a room of people is like, your number one, you know what I mean?

G: Yeah. Yeah! I know what you mean.

C: Like, my favorite friend is the one that I'm looking at when I go, "Hey, what's going on?" And like, I assume that she's looking back at me. Like, yeah. Like, it's not Dean. Like, Ruby's his number one for this.

G: Hell yeah. I love it. Sam and Ruby, they're so real.

C: Yeah. [laughs]

G: I mean, they are real. But like, they are realer than- they are realer.

C: Yeah. I agree.

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G: Anyway, we go back to upstairs, and- Fascinating to me that they were like, "Oh, we just found out that Anna is an angel, but let's go upstairs. Let's get out of the completely safe safe room." Yeah, they head upstairs, and Anna is making the argument that like, "Oh, I'm not like the others-"

C: Just like Ruby is not like other demons!

G: Ruby was like, "I don't find that reassuring." And Pamela's like, "Yeah, I don't either." But, you know, they have to deal with it.

So she reveals that Castiel and Uriel used to be her work buddies, and they were "in the same foxhole." That's what she used. And Dean goes, "So like, were they like, your bosses or something?"

C: Misogyny.

G: And Anna goes, "Try the other way around." And Dean just goes, "Look at you!" And I was like, "You are such a misogynist!" [C laughs] What a misogynist.

Yeah. And Anna is like, "Yeah, I have a death sentence on my head because I disobeyed," and yeah. She fell to earth and became human. And Anna says that the way you do this is you just rip out your grace, which- grace being like, the angel energy. You know what? It's still one of the weirdest things in this show, like, what does it mean?

C: Yeah, also, she didn't have a physical form in heaven or anything, did she? Or well, I guess she did have a physical form because she was stationed on Earth, but, like, how do you rip your grace out of yourself if, like, without a vessel, you are just, your grace, I'm assuming?

G: I have no idea. I have no idea what the fuck a grace is. [C laughs] 'Cause, I mean, later on in the show they do this thing where, like, anyone's grace can work for any angel.

C: But you get sick or something, right?

G: Yeah, but like, it's still so weird. I don't know. It's so odd.

C: Hmm. Don't know.

G: Anyway, she took out her grace, and then, you know, her mom got pregnant, and now she's here. And she just forgot. Because she forgor. Because, you know.

C: Yeah. She says that it hurts the way that it hurts if you try to cut your kidney out with a butter knife, which I liked. That's very powerful imagery. And like, a butter knife is not sharp. Like, you have to fucking hack at your skin for so long. Like, that's a fun image. Though, in the future, like, if you just make a little cut in an angel's throat, you can sippy-sip the grace out of them like a juice box, so who knows?

G: Yeah.

Ruby speaks up and says, "Oh, we are so fucking screwed," 'cause like, obviously angels want you dead, but Hell wants you alive to interview you. Like, you know, you're someone they can torture, someone they can kill.

C: "Sister, you're the Stanley Cup."

G: "Sister, you're the Stanley Cup." [C laughs] So- Eric Kripke is such an odd, odd writer. Can you believe he gave us gems such as-

C: "Lazarus Rising"?

G: - Season 2, Episode?

C: Yeah. "In My Time of Dying" was very good.

G: "In My Time of Dying" is still one of the- I would say, of all the episodes we have taken up in this show, it's gotta be like, my favorite thing to have talked about.

C: Yeah.

G: Like, that ep was amazing. But still, Eric Kripke- [C laughs] he's not winning things right now in this episode.

C: Yeah.

G: Anyway, Anna's, like, "Well, I'm just gonna get back my grace." And Dean makes some weird reference that's like, "Oh, you're just gonna take some divine bong hit, and then you're Roma Downey?" And Anna was like, "Yeah." [C laughs] You know what? I respect that. Like, if Dean, like, tries to, quote, "clarify" a statement [C laughs] that I just said by saying something that is so weird and obscure, I'll just be like, "Yeah, you're probably right. I don't give a shit." So I feel Anna in this sense.

Anyway, Anna was like, "Yeah, I don't know where my grace is, though, because I was, in fact, falling 10,000 miles per hour." And Sam was like, "Oh, you were literally falling?" And she was like, "Yeah." And Sam immediately went, "Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! Were you falling in a way that like, is visible? Like, maybe like, a comet?" And Anna's like, "Huh. Why do you ask?" And then Sam is on research mode, baby!

C: Yeah. Yeah. So cute.

G: I love this. Like, usually when they do like, a Sam, like, "Oh, Sam's so smart!" thing, it feels a bit odd the way they do it. But this one, I actually really like. I like it because it's like, "Oh, he's such a quick thinker." And also he just knows, like, a lot of obscure shit. Like, my bet here is that some dated an astrology gay, and then he was like, "Oh, oh, yeah, there was a comet, huh? [both laughing] And it- did it retrograde whatever whatever?" And then now, he's just keenly aware of, like, the weird comet because it did, in fact, affect the astrological situation of 1985.

C: That is true. Yeah.

G: I love that.

C: I love that as well.

So yeah, he's in Bobby's library with Ruby, 'cause they're in love, and he finds a record of a meteorite that vanished in the night sky over northwestern Ohio in March of '85. And that was like, 9 months before Anna was born, and she was born in that area of Ohio. And Ruby says, "You're pretty buff for a nerd."

G: I love that.

C: Whcih is a fun line. I don't know if she would say that. Maybe she would. But I think it's fun, no matter what.  And there was another meteor over Kentucky at the same time, so that was probably Anna's grace. You know, they don't really know what to do about that. But then Ruby starts apologizing. Like, she says, like, "I'm sorry for bringing you like, this whole mess, 'cause if I'd known that Heaven and Hell were after this girl, I just wouldn't have told you about it." She calls the two factions "Godzilla and Mothra."

G: Which does come back later.

C: Yeah. Yeah. And then, like, Sam's like, "Well, we can't just like, abandon Anna." And he's like, "Yes, I know, like, the angels scare you." And Ruby immediately is like, "I want to go into manipulative mode," and I love her for that. She's like, "[baby voice] Oh my god, no! I'm so scawed of Alastair, and I need you to exorcise him with your demon powers, and I need you to drink blood so that you can therefore exorcise him better!" And like, she's so correct.

G: Real.

C: And I think she is actually scared of him, because he sucks. And yeah, so she starts like, going hard in on the, "Your abilities are getting shitty. Like, you need to like, juice yourself up." And Sam's like, "How do I do that?" And Ruby is like, "You know." And okay, the thing is that we don't learn that it's demon blood until like- until what? Like, until 4.20?

G: Well, definitely before 4.20 because "On the Head of a Pin," it was already revealed.

C: Oh, it was already revealed?

G: Yeah.

C: Okay.

G: Not sure if that was the first reveal or not.

C:  I feel like they're like, keeping it in the shadows right now. Like, they're trying to treat it like it's like some huge reveal. And like, is it supposed to be a huge reveal because it's like, "Oh, that's obviously bad." Like, is that what they're trying to say?

G: Yeah. They are.

C: I- stop kinkshaming.

G: "Sam's doing this deeply immoral thing," yeah. That's the point.

C: Ugh. Boring, tired, whatever. It's hot, and that's about all I feel about it.

You know, Sam goes like, "No, I'm not doing that anymore." And he, like, holds firm and Ruby, you know, respects that for now and says, like, "Okay, well, we are all going to fucking die [laughs] if Anna doesn't get her grace back, so let's see how this goes." Yeah. Meanwhile, we had our Samruby scene, and now we're like- what was the post that was like, "The plan for Season 4 was just like, for Sam to have an evil demon girlfriend and for Dean to have a nice angel girlfriend, but then Cas disrupted all that." So yeah.

G: I mean, that's allegedly what happened.

C: Yeah. Yeah. So we have Dean and his nice angel girlfriend that he has no chemistry with. And yeah, so we start with like, a shot of the night sky, which is pretty pretty and which I've used in several AMVs because it's the only one I'm aware of in Supernatural. And then Anna's like, hanging out, sitting on the hood of a car, looking at the sky. And, you know, Dean shows up. She asks if Pamela got home okay, which I know is just supposed to establish why Dean was gone, but I think it's because she has a thing for Pamela. And yeah, Pamela left because this was just too much, she didn't want to get involved. And he asks Anna- well, first of all, Anna says, like, "You guys should like, also leave and abandon me. Like, whatever." Dean does not want to do that. And then he asks why they saved him, like, why Cas raised him from Hell. And Anna says, like, "I don't have any info on that from angel radio."

G: [laughs] I love how every time they ask Anna anything, she's like, "I don't know." [both laugh] I respect that.

C: Yeah, yeah, she is just like me for real. Dean then asks why she chose to fall because people all suck. And Anna says, "I don't know. There's loyalty, forgiveness, love." And I like that she opens with loyalty because, like, I feel like anyone's immediate thought is like, "Don't angels have that already because of like, their faith and obedience to God?" But it's like, they are obedient to God, but they are not like, loyal to each other. Like, they will turn on each other no matter what, as long as the orders are given. So like, that would be something that you'd like, really want. Like, if you were going to fall to Earth, you'd be like, "I actually do want people who are loyal to me for me." So that's nice. And I like that forgiveness is the second one, because that comes up later. Dean, counters with pain, Annaa counters with chocolate cake, Dean counters with guilt, which, like, Sam's not here. What are you talking about? You're not the Catholic one. [G laughing]

G: He literally expresses so much guilt later in this episode.

C: Whatever. Like, he's not Sam. Who cares?

G: Whateber. Whateber.

C: Whateber. And then Anna counters with sex. And Dean's like, "Ahaha! You got me there!" And I guess like, that's supposed to be foreshadowing, which I don't know. What ever. Also, I I do want to hear about all of Anna's, like, college shenanigans. Because I'm assuming she didn't get to fuck much while she was like, in high school and such because her dad's like, what? Like, a priest? A dea- not a priest. Like a church guy. So yeah, whatever. I look forward to knowing about all the women she's slept with in college because that's canon to me. She goes on and says, like, the reason why she fell is for every emotion, even the bad ones, and she'd give anything not to go back. Which is odd given that she's currently like, looking for her grace to become an angel again? Like, is go back like, physically become an angel again, or like, going back to Heaven.

G: No, yeah. Becoming an angel. Like, the point here is that like, "Oh, I don't want to do it, but I have to do it because I have to survive."

C: Yeah, yeah. Alright, whateber. Anna should like, read a little about nature versus nurture. Dean says, like, "Oh, well, I hate feelings. Feelings are overrated. And you guys are powerful and perfect. You don't doubt yourselves, or God, or anything." Which I guess is- I feel like if I think about like, what Dean wants, those things aren't really top of the list, but the implication of the scene is like, he really, really desires these things. And I guess it's just because of the torturing people in Hell that he feels this way. So whatebs.

Yeah, Anna says that angles don't get to choose anything, they only get to obey. And then she says, "Dean, do you know how many angels have actually seen God? Seen his face?" And Dean says, "All of you?" And Anna says, "Four angels. Four. And I'm not one of them." Which I think is so cool. I feel like I am- like, last time when I said- or maybe in 4.07 when I said, like- Yeah, I think it is just like, the archangels saying like, "Oh, hey, guys, God like, totally said this." Like, that is what's happening. Like, all the orders are just one of the archangels going like, "Uh, I want something to happen. I'm gonna tell everyone that God said it." Or is it known that God is missing from Heaven. Or like, is that a reveal later?

G: I think that's revealed in "Dark Side of the Moon" with Joshua and Cas looking for him.

C: Cool, yeah, alright.

G: And that's why he throws the fucking necklace in the trash. [laughs] Jesus Christ. [C laughs] Truly a fucking necklace of all time.

C: Indeed. Dean goes, "Well, then, how do you even know there is a God?" And Anna says, "We have to take it on faith, which we're killed if we don't have." Who like, started this thing? Like, which archangel is like, "I'm gonna give the order that any angel without faith will be killed." I don't know. Seems like some Michael bullshit to me.

And then we get the information that Anna was stationed on Earth for 2,000 years, but all she did was like, watch. Which, like, I think that's cool. Like, what was her job? What was she watching for?

Because, like, Cas was not- was Cas stationed on Earth for the same amount time? Because, like, if she was his boss, were they all like, just here, hanging out and watching humanity? Because I feel like I just assume that Cas is oftentimes- like, is usually in Heaven and only came down, for, like, "Lily Sunder," and this. But like, was he actually here the whole time?

G: I have no idea. But there is the implication that he was down more than he thinks he is because of all the wipes.

C: The memory wipes, yeah. Okay.

And she says she was "Silent, invisible, out on the road, sick for home, waiting on orders from an unknowable father I can't begin to understand." Which, you know, is phrased like one of those "then I would have two nickels posts." Like, just so specifically vague so that Dean could be like, "OMG, she's just like me for real."

G: I mean, specifically, she was like, "I'm on the road," like, why-

C: Yeah, like, no you weren't! You weren't on the road!

G: You were not on the road

C: [laughing] You were literally not on that road.

Like, sometimes the fact that this is the Sam and Dean show and every character as a mirror is like, interesting to me, and sometimes like, in this case, I just wish that she could just be Anna.

So, you know, Dean starts laughing. And she's like, "What? What's so funny?" And he's like, "Oh, I can relate. Due to how you phrased that so that it doesn't even have anything to do with your experience and only has things to do with my experience." And then Sam shows up and says, like, "Hey, I found some info." So they cut to Bobby's library.

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G: Back inside, they start talking about the field that basically like, in the span of 6 months, an oak just grew there, and it was like, the biggest oak in the area. And it was like, "It's a century old!" and they do this bit where it's like, "Oh, like, instead of a crater, instead of like, destruction, the grace was pure creation." [C laughs] So corny!

Anyway, they're driving down, and it's night. This scene is so odd to me, because it's like, it doesn't matter, and it's like, they've filmed an entire car scene-

C: For a sex joke.

G: - which I know takes forever to do. But they filmed this solely to make this joke of like, Sam and Dean are in the front seat, and Ruby and Anna are in the backseat, and Dean just goes, "Ha. So funny," and Ruby is like, "What is it?" And Dean's like, "Yeah, it's just an angel and a demon riding in the backseat. It's like, a set up to a bad joke or a Penthouse Forum letter," which I have no idea what that is. I'm assuming it's some form of pornography.

C: Yeah, let me look up Penthouse Forum just to-

G: And like, the thing is, it's so nonsense. It's like, what is the point here?

C: I don't know. At least we have a shot of Anna and Ruby sitting next to each other that people can put in an Annaruby gifset.

G: I think one of the funniest things, like, Impala bits ever in this show is still that one where in "No Exit," I think, when Sam and Jo are in the backseat, [C laughs] and Ellen and Dean are in front, and it was your typical like, "Oh, like, the person you respect should be like, in the front seat, and then the kids are in the back," that's legitimately what it felt like. And I thought it was so funny. And you know what? This one? It's nothing to that. That's peak comedy. That's peak car comedy.

But yeah, they arrive at the field, and there's just a beautiful oak, and it looks so like, fantasy land! It's like, "Wow, there's an oak! There might as well be waterfall on this side of the oak with how beautiful this all this is!"

C: Yeah, there's moss on it. It looks great.

G: Yeah. Anna approaches it, and the grace is not there. Somebody has taken it.

C: Yep.

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C: We're in some barn that they're in shelter, and they're all like, panicking a bit and trying to come up with plans. And you know, Ruby says, like, "Anna can't protect us. So yeah, we could maybe fight like, one side of Heaven or Hell, but we cannot do both." And then, apparently on radio- on angel radio- there's like, a looped recording that says, like, "Dean Winchester gives us Anna by midnight, or we hurl him back to damnation."

G: Hell yeah.

C: And Sam immediately goes like, "Anna. Do you know of any weapon that works on an angel?" And Anna goes like, "What? To kill them?" and Sam's like, "Uh-huh." which I think is so fun.

G: He's so real.

C: Yeah, Sam's arc, it has moved very quickly, but I do think it's fun that he's now immediately down to murder angels. And okay, the thing is that, like, Sam doesn't actually kill an angel until Miriam in 13.01.

G: Yeah.

C: which is like, wow. Like, he's down for it here, but like, his first angel kill is in season 13.

G: No, because in Supernatural, they do this thing where Sam's main weapon is the demon knife, and Dean's main weapon is the angel blade. Which, I fundamentally think that's so fucking interesting. But yeah, so basically, when they're being attacked, and it's by demons, it's Sam's thing. And then when it's angel's, it's Dean's thing. And it's just like, a fascinating thing that they do.

C: Huh.

G: I don't even think it's on purpose. I think it's just they just wanted Sam to have the demon knife-

C: Yeah, his great-aunt Ruby's demon knife.

G: Yeah, they just stick him to the demons instead of the angels.

C: Yeah. Huh. Neat.

Anna says, "There's nothing that we can get to right now." You know, Dean's like, "We gotta get Bobby back from hedonism." [G laughs] Okay. Whatever. But yeah. They can't come up with any good plans. And then we cut to the woods, and Dean's like, reading a book by the car, and Anna approaches him and says that like, she's scared, but she wants to thank him for like, what he and Sam and Ruby have done to help her. And- [sighs] I just- she would not say that! They're like, "Oh, to really hammer in the parallels, we're gonna have Anna say, 'Maybe I don't deserve to be saved.'" Like. Okay? Like, unless this this is about like, her angel memories coming back and her remembering being like, really ruthless and killing people or whatever, but like, that just- that doesn't come up. Like, none of her angel history is even hinted at here besides that it exists because it's like, the Dean show right now. And I'm booing and hissing about that. She says that like, "Well, I disobeyed God, and, like, Lucifer disobeyed God, so that means that I'm just like him for real." And Dean says, like, "Okay, well, we we've all done things that we have to pay for." And he looks really uncomfortable. And Anna's like, "Okay, I have to tell you something, which is that on angel radio a week ago, I heard them talking about you, and I heard them talk about what you had done in Hell." And she goes, like, "It wasn't your fault. You should forgive yourself." And Dean's like, "I don't want to talk about that." And then she says something about how like, "Oh, like, when you can talk about, you can talk to me." And she puts like, her hand on his face and says, like, "You're not alone.? Which I guess is what Ruby said before she kissed Sam, right? Something like that? Was it "You are not alone"?

G: Yeah, I think so.

C: Okay, so yeah, they're really trying to do those parallels. And then she kisses Dean, and he goes, like, "Why'd do you do that?" due to the fact that they have no chemistry. Like, the kiss, is also so- like, they also kiss later, like, in front of Cas and Uriel. And it's also so like, it's like their mouths are covered in like, plastic wrap. [G laughing] You know? Like, they're just sliding off each other.

G: And the thing is, it's not like- like, I feel like I can recognize chemistry when I see it. Like, I thought Cassie and Dean wanted to fuck each other so bad it made them look stupid.

C: Yes.

G: But like, this one. It just doesn't work. Something about it.

C: They're just not into each other. They just aren't.

Yeah. And then, like, she says, like, "You know, it's our last night on Earth!" And Dean says, "You're stealing my best line." Except I did the Supernatural transcript search, and this is the first instance of the "last night on Earth" in Supernatural. Anna invented it, not Dean.

And then some corny-ass song starts playing. Apparently it's "Ready for Love" by Bad Company.

G: [laughing] Yeah. 

C: It's- yeah. I don't know. It's like, an extended sex scene. Like, it's longer than the Deancassie one, right? Like, I feel like it just took so long.

G: Yeah. There's a lot of like, caressing and touching and like-

C: Taking off clothes...

G: - they change positions.

C: Yeah, blah blah blah.

G: [laughing] And there's one where, like, I mean, I think that's the thing that most people remember from this is like, Anna puts her hand over the handprint.

C: Yes.

G: Which I think is so funny. [laughs] But what I basically remember from this is the like, the way like, it pans down to their legs-

C: There's a weird shot of Dean like, gripping her like, thighs or something?

G: I thought it was so odd the first time I watched this.

C: What was that for? Like, who? What? Okay. [G laughs]

C: Yeah. So yeah. Right. What was she thinking with the handprint thing?

G: I have no idea.

C: Yeah, I guess they were just like, "This will look cool." And then we get, you know, the most famous Supernatural shot of all time, which is like, the outside of the Impala. The inside is all fogged up, so you can't see anything. And then, like, a hand- is it Dean's hand? I don't even know.

G: I think it's Anna's.

C: Okay. There's a hand on like, the window like, because her like, arm is flung out, or whatever, and it like, slides down the foggy window, leaving a mark.

G: Yeah.

C: And, you know. Very, very important for anyone who wants to imply car sex for any characters who do not have car sex.

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G: The next scene is like, Sam and Ruby, except Sam is asleep and Ruby is sneaking out, and as she sneaks out, she burns her hex bag so that Alistair can find her. Which he does. And Alastair taunts her with the knife, and she's like, "Yeah, I'm not here for that. I'm here to talk." And her argument was, "I'm gonna give you the girl as long as you promise me and the Winchester boys' safety." Two more people show up, and is like, holding Ruby. Alastair is like, "I'm gonna make you a counter offer."

C: Also, he calls her like, "A devious, [overlapping] cowardly little slut." I just- I'm so so sick of all the Ruby insults being like, "You're a slut. You're a whore." Like, shut up! Ugh. I'm very sick of the gendered insults.

G: So as you can see from the way this scene is framed, Ruby is sneaking out from Sam. The thing that they do later, where it's like, "This was our plan all along!" [C laughs] just seems more and more stupid.

C: Yeah, I mean, I guess it's like, in retrospect, it's supposed to be like, "Oh, she's not actually sneaking out because they already agreed that they would do this at a certain hour, and Sam just happened to be asleep at the hour." Which is like, okay!

G: Sam's just sleepy!

C: Yeah, he's just eepy.

So next, we cut to the barn, but like, it is not the real barn; it is Dean's dream. So fun. Uriel shows up, and he says to him, "Look at that! It's so cute when the monkeys wear clothes." Which, he really is the funniest angel in the garrison. Like, they have been wearing clothes the whole time, so this is a weird time to bring it up. But, like, I don't know. It's a fun line. Dean says some shit. He says, "I don't normally see you off-leash. Where's your boss?" At what point was there any implication that Cas was Uriel's boss?

G: I mean, there was.

C: Really?

G: Yeah, like, he keeps on stopping Uriel from doing shit.

C: I just assumed that they were like, the same level or whatever, you know? Like, I didn't see anything in their behavior to indicate that, like, Cas had, like, the ultimate authority over him or anything. Like, yeah, Uriel will make a suggestion and Cas will be like, "Uh-uh," but like, it'll be uh-uh because, like, "Remember what the orders are." That just seems like two coworkers in the same position where, like, one of them is more of a stickler for the rules. It never felt like, "Remember what my orders are, or else I'll fire you," or like, whatever the fuck, you know?

G: Yeah. I think Dean has just has it in his head that Cas is "the boss" here. 'Cause like, the way he talks to Anna about it like, "Oh, Cas, was your boss?" and the way he talks to Uriel, "Cas is your boss."

C: Doesn't he say, "Oh, Cas and Uriel were your bosses?"

G: Yeah. But like, from context clues, he thinks Cas is Uriel's boss, and he thinks Cas and Uriel are Anna's boss. He thinks Cas is, for some reason, like, a bigger deal than he actually is.

C: Yeah. I- yeah. It just feels odd. Also, like, I just would assume that, like, the guy who has been sent to like, do the communications work with the humans would be like- like, if I had to choose, I'd say Uriel is the boss.

G: Because he thinks he's so fucking special! [C laughs] Like, that's the whole point.

C: Yeah, yeah. Just like in "Creep" by Radiohead.

G: That's true! [both laugh] Well, I think it's the opposite of what they think in "Creep" by Radiohead.

C: No, I'm saying the whole like, "You're so fucking special / I wish I was special." Dean's the creep in Radiohead.

G: No! Dean is, like, the one being creeped towards in "Creep" by Radiohead.

C: Oh, wait, okay, so Cas-

G: Because he already thinks he's so special.

C: Oh, right. He does think he is so special. Okay, yes, you got it. Correct. But yeah.

Right, so he thinks that like, because he's so special, anyone who's sent to talk to him is the boss, even though, like, all like, public outreach work, is like, not done by the boss, unless it's like, for publicity or what- whatever, I guess the angels aren't like, an actual company. I can't apply the same logic. But I think that Dean's assumption makes no sense whatsoever. And this is like, the second time that, like, he's assumed that, like, someone was a boss and like, I don't think they are, but I guess Supernatural does think that Cas is Uriel’s boss. Which, I don't know. I don't agree. Anyway. So yeah, Uriel goes like, "Castiel. Oh, he's not here. See, he has this weakness. He likes you." Which, yeah, okay, we are witnessing Destiel in real time. And, you know, he's like, "Okay, give us Anna." And Dean's like, "No, she has her grace back so like, she could totally beat your ass." And Uriel's like, "Uh, no, she doesn't. 'Cause I have it in a necklace around my neck." And he makes the bad move of showing it to Dean so that he knows where it is. Anna committed a serious crime, and so she cannot be forgiven, she cannot be an angel again. And Uriel's like, "She's not even human, technically, so why are you protecting her?" Which, I mean, does track with like, the former hunter track record of Sam and Dean. So I get that as an argument. And Dean's like, "Oh, I just like bothering you guys." And then, like, Uriel is like, "Wait, no. There's more." And then he just turns into like, a total like, bro. Like, he's chuckling-

G: Whatever the fuck they're doing with Uriel this episode is so odd. It is so odd.

C: He would not fucking say that! He's like, "You cut yourself a slice of angel food cake, didn't you?" And he's like, chortling and slapping Dean on the back, and like, doing like, chest bumps with him, and buying another round of jalapeno poppers. Like, it's so odd.

Dean, says, like, "Who cares? You're junkless down there. Like a Ken doll." Which, this is just like, an insult thing that he's doing. It's an odd thing to say, but Dean says odd things all the time. But he knows that Cas is possessing, like, a real guy. So like, wouldn't Uriel also be possessing a real guy? Most likely, there would be- Whatever. Whatever. Who cares? Dean wins if I think about what he says.

And Uriel threatens to put them back in Hell 'cause he says that "This is a whole lot bigger than the plans we have for you." Which, what does that mean? Like, Uriel is bluffing right? Like, they do need Dean. Like, getting Anna back is not actually that high of a priority for them.

G: Yeah.

C: Okay, so Dean's like, "Okay, throw me back in Hell." And Uriel does not. And he says, like, "I just have to know where to apply the right pressure to get you to give Anna up." Then we cut - I know later, like, Anna says, like, "Oh, they must have said that they would kill Sam if they didn't- if you didn't give me up." But like- so that's the implication? Like, we're just supposed to take that?

G: Yeah.

C: Okay, it just didn't feel particularly like that was implied in any way. But whatever. It was all their grand plan-

G: I mean, it's a hidden thing. It's like, "Oh, yeah, bullshit bullshit."

C: Blah blah blah blah blah. Okay. Yeah, whatever. And it was their grand master plan all along.

G: They didn't have to say it. They didn't have to say it.

C: Yeah.

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G: But anyway. We are at the fucking torture chamber. [laughing]

C: Is this the inauguration of the fucking boob strap torture table?

G: Of the boob strap! [laughing] We are at the boob strap torture chamber.

C: It's like, one of the worst things Eric Kripke has ever done.

G: Yeah. And it originated from him.

C: Yeah.

G: Yeah, basically, Alistair's there, torturing Ruby. He's saying a bunch of shit like "I don't like it here on Earth because, like, there's no flayed meat or whatever. But you know what? Let's just stay here and like, whatever." Like, he's just taunting Ruby.

C: You know what? If they put her in a little German girl bluntensmoken outfit for this, maybe I wouldn't be so mad.

G: What the hell are you talking about?

C: I'm talking about the table that Dean got strapped to in "Monster Movie."

G: Ah. [laughs] Okay.

Yeah, anyway, Alastair was like, "Oh, so, now, are you gonna tell me where Anna is?" And Ruby's like, "No, because if I tell you, you'll kill me. But you know what? I'll show you."

So we're back at the barn, and Sam's like, "Where's Ruby?" [laughing] This is getting stupider and stupider every- like, in retrospect. Anyway.

C: Yeah, I mean, the implication here is like, "Oh, 'cause like, she's supposed to be back by now, for like, the plan."

G: Yeah, I suppose so. But Dean is drinking, and Anna is asking if he's okay. He's like, "Yeah, I'm okay." And the implication here is like, he's stressed out from the dream, and like, blah blah blah! But apparently, this is part of their plan. The doors bust open! Castiel and Uriel enter. Yeah, they they say hello to Anna, and Sam's like, "[gasps] How did you find us?" And Cas starts this thing where, like, he just communicates by looks. And he like, looks over at Dean, and Sam's like, "[gasps] Dean?"

C: "How could you?"

G: But yeah. And Dean is like, "I'm sorry." And Anna is like, "I know what happened. They were either gonna kill me or kill you, Sam. I know how their filthy, filthy minds work." [C laughing] And Anna and Dean kiss goodbye. And there's like, [both laughing] a reaction shot from Cas. What an-

C: Just Cas! Why just Cas? Like, this entire scene, it's just cutting between like, the Winchesters and Anna, and then, like, just close-ups on Cas's face. Like, Uriel to is in this scene.

G: They don't give a shit. They literally are just like, "It's just Cas, and he's just gonna have the most mournful look in his eyes."

C: Well, yeah, I mean, the way that people cut it is like, they cut it so that it's just like, him looking down on the kiss. But what happens is that like, he doesn't look down.

G: He stares.

C: Anna says, "I forgive you," and then that's what he looks down in a way. Like, I feel like that's just what he is being affected by.

G: Anna turns around, and he says, like, "Okay. I'm not running anymore. I'm ready." And like, the music swells, and it's such, like, a fucking big scene, like, it feels like a big scene. [C laughs] And the thing about Supernatural that I always find so funny is they would do this, like, dramatic like, "before the commercial" scenes. And then, for us, there's no commercial. [laughing] So it just picks back up-

C: Like, they just keep talking after the swelling music.

G: Yeah. [laughs] And like, the angle of the camera changes so it's like, from a close-up on Anna's face to just like, a wide shot, and it's always the funniest thing. Yeah.

Cas says, "I'm sorry," and Anna, reiterating the whole, like, "Angels don't feel the same" thing goes like, "You're not. You don't know the feeling." Cas is saying that like, "Still. We still have history, despite all that." And Anna goes like, "I know, but like, orders are orders. So whatever." And then, suddenly, Alastair comes in, and he hastwo  demons that are holding Ruby. And like, the way that this is- the way that the blood is placed on her, it looks like- like, it's like, on her lower abdomen. Like, all the bleeding is from her lower abdomen. Which is such a visual. It's such a violence against women kind of like, visual. You know what I mean?

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: Because, like, that's where your reproductive organs are located. Like, your uterus and stuff.

C: Mm.

G: And, I don't know. It's just- like, I do wonder sometimes like, "Oh, if Ruby was not in a woman vessel, is this the kind of like, visual that they would do for like, bloody?" Like, nothing is on your face, you know? And I understand that like, it's because she wasn't beat up. She was tortured. Like, just there? She wasn't tortured anywhere else? I don't know. It's just- it sure was- I have reason to believe that it's like, a gender-motivated kind of placement of blood.

C: Yeah. And wasn't that where Mary's blood was? And Jess's?

Yeah. And also Eric Kripke's in "The French Mistake." [G laughing]

G: Yeah!

C: That's equality.

G: Yeah. Anyway, Alastair is like, "Oh, don't touch a hair on that girl's head. We're gonna take her." And then Uriel starts barging towards him.

C: He calls him a pussing sore, which I think is so fun. Like, the old Uriel is back, baby. They just like, make him weird whenever women are involved, seems like what happens here. Like, he's normal, like, doing his normal insults. But also, like, in the past, he just called Ruby a stain. Like, this is Eric Kripke just being weird about women.

G: Anyway, like, they just start trash talking each other. And then finally, they start attack.

C: I'm so disappointed in this fight scene. Like, it's literally angels versus demons, and they're just punching each other. [both laugh]

G: I was reading through the transcript, and there's just a line that's like, "Demon: AAH!" [C laughing] I respect that.

But yeah, that is what happens. Uriel starts exorcising the demons that he can lay his hands on-

C: He smites them. Like, they're dead for real. Like, they're not exorcised.

G: Yeah yeah yeah.

C: Which, is that the first time we see smiting?

G: Yeah, I suppose so.

C: It looks pretty cool.

G: Cas is also there. [C laughs] And he goes straight to Alastair. And he tries to smite Alastair, but it doesn't work, and, Alastair goes- What's that? He says- What did you say?

C: "Sorry, kiddo, [overlapping] why don't you go run back to Daddy?"

G: Yeah. Hell yeah. Alastair like, beats Cas up and like, now they're on the floor, and he is choking the hell out of Cas, and he is trying to send Cas back to Heaven, I assume. And then Dean comes to the fucking rescue with a crowbar and crows the bar over Alastair's head. And Alastair is like, "Oh, Dean, it's you. I'm so disappointed because you were such a promising young man." And Anna just sees an opportunity. Because, like, Uriel is choking or like, I don't know, like, smitng a demon. And she just takes the grace from him and then shatters it on the crowd, and then it enters her body. And she just screams over and over again, "Shut your eyes! Shut your eyes! Shut your eyes!" And then a very bright light happens. And now, she is an angel, and she has also completely disappeared.

C: Yup. And Alastair disappears with the bright white

G: Alastair? Oh, yeah. Like, he gets like, disappeared because of the angel grace, I assume.

C: Yeah. So they have the knife.

G: I mean, like, Cas does that. Remember? Or well, "remember," but like, he does that. And it's one of my favorite scenes. It's in season 8, I think.

C: Oh, yeah.

G: And he just lights up. And like, the threat, was like, the demon or whatever - I think it was Crowley or whatever - something stupid like that [C laughs]. It was like, "Oh, you're not gonna do it," and then Cas just goes like, "Try me." Or like, "You wanna bet?" or something, and then he just lights up. I love that!

C: Good for him.

G: If you light up, and you're an angel, you can expel a demon. Good for you.

C: Good for you!

G: Dean taunts Uriel. He's like, "Oh, are you gonna run after Anna, or are you scared?" Whatever whatever. Cas, like, stops Uriel and looks at Dean, and then they disappear.

C: Now that I think about it, if the plan was to let the angels and demons fight it out so that Anna could escape, like, Dean broke from plan by like, taking time to save Cas. Well, I guess love is real.

G: And then they just go, like, "It was Sam's plan all along." [C snorts] And then Sam goes like, "Oh, Anna must be so happy now that she's an angel." [both laughing] Which is such a funny thing to say. She literally did say, like, "I stopped being an angel because I was so miserable."

C: Did she say that to him, though?

G: Yeah! She said it to everyone. And like Pamela, Ruby, like, everyone was there when she said that. Okay, well.

C: Yeah, Dean says, "I doubt it."

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C: So we cut to like, the epilogue, and it's just like, they're sitting on the Impala with beers. Aren't they tired of this by now? This happened so often. And Dean is finally like, "I know that you heard when Alastair said that, like, I had promise and shit." And Sam says, like, "Okay, but I'm not going to push you to tell me anything that you don't want to." And then Dean finally does open up. He's like, "It wasn't 4 months. Like, 4 months on Earth was around 40 years." And some makes an- reacts in the most underwhelming way possible.

G: He's just like, "Oh, damn." [laughs]

C: Yeah, he just like, shakes his head, and is like, "My god." Like, that's what you say when you like, hear a story about like, someone's cousin's cat getting run over, you know? Like, he's just like, "Oh. That sucks." And Dean's like, "Okay, like, the way the torture works is like, basically, they slice all like, your flesh and stuff off of you, and then probably also chop up your bones or whatever afterwards. And then like, that's a day, and then at the end of the day, you get like, made whole again, so that they can do it again." And then he said that like, at the end of each day, Alastair would come over and say that Dean could stop being tortured if he started torturing other souls. And for 30 years he held out and said no. But then, like, he couldn't do it anymore, and he did start torturing people, like, a bunch of people. He doesn't know how many. And the things he did to them were bad. And he's like, crying, or whatever the fuck, I guess.  And Sam's like, "Hey, man, like, 30 years is way longer than anyone else would have held out!" And Dean's like, "[overdramatic] How I feel? This? Inside me? [overlapping, G laughing] I wish I couldn't feel anything, Sammy. I wish I couldn't feel a damn thing." He's so corny.

G: I love it. It's so corny. It's so like, Dean Winchester, you know? His single man tear is, in fact, falling down his face.

C: Yeah. Oh, this is the episode with the deleted scene with Cas and Uriel in the forest!

G: Yeah.

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C: Okay, so it seems like they're in the woods, and Cas says that he "prayed on it," and the orders he received - so he receives orders by prayer? That's neat. - is that like, they aren't supposed to like, touch Sam Winchester. But like, when Uriel asks, "Why?" Cas says, "When have they ever told me why?" which is fun. Both of them are having a little bit of questioning. Uriel’s like, "Oh, but like, he has demon blood, and it's probably his fault that the demons showed up to fight us." Oh, right. Because I guess because they failed to give Anna, according to the ultimatum, they are supposed to go back and kill Sam. But they aren't.

G: But they're not. They can't kill a Ruby, too, because apparently, Heaven forbids it.

C: Yeah, and Uriel insults her in the same way again-

G: [laughs] Yeah.

C: Which is like, okay, Eric Kripke.

G: There is another deleted scene, and it's basically the scene where it's revealed that Anna is hearing from angel radio, right, that, like, Dean Winchester should give us by midnight or he's going to be back to Hell. And the only difference is literally Dean going, "Why only me? [C laughs] Why only me? Why are they singling me out? [both] It was Sam's fault too!" [both laughing]

C: God. So real.

G: [laughing] They are literally siblings. They are literally fucking siblings. It's so funny.

C: Yeah, it seems that the end of the scene is Uriel going, "What the fuck. What do you mean we can't kill all these people? You're joking." And Cas says, "I don't joke." and that clearly, up there thinks that Ruby and Sam are both somehow important to this apocalypse thing. And Uriel's like, "This sucks so bad." And Cas says, "You are proposing disobedience. Like Anna." You know what I'll have to do. And then Uriel leaves angy, and he says, "I'm going to go kill something." In another world, he would be a really good hunter. Alright. I guess that was the episode.

G: Yeah.

C: What do you think about it?

G: It's okay. I don't really give a shit about it.

C: I wa's fine.

G: Yeah. I don't even know what our best line is.

C: I liked the reveal that only four angels have seen the face of God. [G laughs]

G: Well, I know what my worst line is. Anna going, "Why don't you say it to my face?" [both laughing] and then they do, and she has absolutely no response to anything.

C: God, she's so funny.

G: I don't know, it was funny as hell. [both laughing] She's so real.

Literally like, "Why don't you ask me to my face?" "Well, is there anything you have to tell us?" [both] "No." [both laughing]

C: What's your best line?

G: I don't know. I think my best line has to be... "You're pretty buff for a nerd." [both laughing] I'm just bullshitting. Well, I thought that was funny. I didn't have a little chuckle.

C: Yeah, that was pretty funny. Also, when Cas said, "And?" That was pretty funny.

G: So real. We are heartless.

C: Yeah. I guess my first line was the four angels have seen the face of God thing. And my worst line is every time they made Uriel be weird about women, because he would not fucking do that.

G: Yeah, he's weird about everyone. Don't get wrong. But like, he's weird in a normal way.

C: Yeah, he's weird in an angel way about everyone. But he's weird in-

G: Yeah, not a misogynist way.

C: - like, a misogynist human man way when it comes to like, Ruby and Anna.

G: That's Eric Kripke.

C: Yeah, that's Eric Kripke.

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G: Okay. Well, what's our spreadsheet?

C: Let us spread those sheets. So we have- misogyny, yes we do.

G: I think a 2.

C: I think a 2 was what I was saying also. For racism, I- I feel like the more Uriel we get, and the more that they try to differentiate him and Cas and Anna, the more it feels racist. But I don't know what point value to give that. I feel like it seems like a situation where I would just give 1 for every single episode that he's in because it's just sort of like, there. But I don't know. Like, is it more?

G: I think this is the episode that starts it. And by "it" I do mean, like, all the Black angels that they have have this problem.

C: Besides Joshua? Is Joshua-

G: Joshua! Yeah, yeah. Joshua is like, a one-off angel. So we don't really see him like, develop as a character and everything, unlike Uriel and Raphael.

C: Yeah.

G: I love now that like, [mocking voice] I'm a podcaster, like, I say, "Raphael" in such an American way. "Raphael."

C: What way would you usually say it?

G: Well, Rah-feh-ELLuh. So, I don't know. Like, the stress is in a different place.

C: That makes sense.

C: Okay, yeah, this episode starts the trend of Black angels in Supernatural being antagonistic. And yeah, there are elements of this where, like, yeah, they give him misogyny against white women, which is something that we saw in both Gordon and Henriksen as a way to like, make you dislike this Black man. And like, he is the one who gets his hands dirty a lot more in the fighting. So yeah, it's- there's stuff. There's stuff. But I don't know what the number is.

G: I would say it's a 2 here.

C: Yeah, yeah, I think a 2 makes sense to me.

G: And homophobia...

C: I don't recall anything?

G: Oh my god, we're 0 across the board in Season 4. Wait, we're not.

C: No, we gave one homophobia point for no reason in "Wishful Thinking" [both laughing] just because we got bored of so many zeros. Well, Dean just called Amarettto and Irish Cream a girl drink, and we were like, "Well."

G: Yeah!

C: [both laughing] "We need to put a number in homophobia at some point. This is just as bad as everything else that's ever happened in the other columns," even though it really isn't.

G: Okay, well, that was our spreadsheets.

C: We already put it there. We don't take back points.

G: Okay, now, let's do our IMDb.

C: Alright. Well... Because "I Know What You Did Last Summer" only got an 8.6, even though I think it was like, pretty cool.

G: This one, I think, is an 8.3.

C: I'm- I'm gonna guess an 8.4. I feel like some people will be like, "It's so cool how they like, one-upped them," blah blah blah blah blah, "Of course Sam would come up with a plan like that."

G: Okay. Ugh, so corny. Okay, let me check.

Holy shit!

C: What?

G: It's an 8.8!

C: For what? Sick.

G: This is one of the worst episodes of Season 4. Bruh.

C: No it's not. [both laugh] But it's definitely a let-down after 4.09.

G: I don't know. Everyone's just like, "Yeah, this happened," which is what I feel about this episode. Like, yeah, it sure did happen. This one says, "One great scene does not make a good episode."

C: What was the great scene?

G: "I swear most people who rate this episode highly are almost exclusively thinking about Dean's 'It was 40 years.' It is one of the best scenes in the show. Acting-"

C: What?

G: "- writing, directing all come together to make a heartbreaking scene. Unfortunately, nothing else in this episode is worthwhile." [C laughs]

C: I guess we do have to think about how like, a lot of these reviews come from people who didn't know about the 40 years and like, torture shit, so like, this is a bigger deal. Like, all the reveals that we're like, "Blah blah blah, yeah, here's the episode where it's revealed," like, they don't know. So maybe it does seem neat. But also, like, it's been heavily hined out.

Yeah, no. This person agrees with me. "The fact that it's the same ridiculously overpowered people involved who could snap their neck with a twist just end up fist fighting. Hate it. As the mythology develops, angels and demons become more pathetic." [laughs]

G: Everyone is saying that the sex scene was bad.

C: Good. It was bad.

G: And like, lot of them are saying that it's corny because of the hand in the car window, right?

C: The hand in a car window is very important.

G: It is important. People hate the demon/angel shit. This person is like, "Oh, each episode drags on after the introduction to the demon/angel war." And this person is mad, because, like, "You should be faithful to the Christian interpretation!" blah blah blah.

C: Oh yeah, I saw that person. Yeah, yeah. "Heaven is a holy place without sin, not some horrid battleground with political agendas. That could never happen!" [laughs]

G: Wild.

C: Okay. There's someone who like, I think, made an account just to say this because their account is "AnnaShade." And they say that they don't like Anna because "She has driven kind of a wedge between the brothers."

G: Why?

C: "I don't think it's technically supposed to be there, but it is. They were kind of separate through both episodes of Anna." Like. Okay?

G: [laughing] This person is mad that Dean helps Ruby even though Sam is unconscious, like, a few steps away. [C laughing] Dasurv. I don't give a shit about Sam.

C: That's soo funny. Huh. This person asks, "Where is the humor of the two first seasons?" What do you mean? Was it funnier in the first two seasons? [G laughs]

G: I have no idea. I mean, it's obviously not. You know what's funny? I was thinking about this the other day because I saw this post that was like, "Oh, I was so happy when I was in high school. Like, I wasn't happy at the time, but in retrospect, I was happy."

C: [laughs] Oh my god.

G: I feel like that's how I feel about it, like, season 1 and 2. At least Season 1 of Supernatural.

C: Yeah, I'm like, "Oh my god, Season 1 was so good." And then I remember that, like, “Bugs” and “Route 666,” and like-

G: Like, we were dragging our feet. Like, we spent through that season because we were doing two episodes at the time, but like, it was wild. Like, we didn't like most of that season. But now we're like, "Oh, what a golden season! What a golden era of Supernatural!" [C laughs] And like, we were so annoyed by everything.

C: We really were! There's a lot of like, negative reviews in this section, even though it has an 8.8. I'm so glad that people are being haters.

This one says, "I don't liked the last scenes of sex, either. I see them unnecessary, though I know that the 13-year-old girls are charmed with if more than anything for seeing the Dean's back."

G: "The Dean?" [laughs]

C: Yeah. [laughs] "But they fall in love with two supernatural girls. Why not human girls? It's not serious and is stupid." [laughing]

G: Real.

C:  Okay. Someone else says, "I really don't like the way evil is winning over big time, and if this is the way the series will continue to play out, I will stop watching."

G: You don't like it when people are evil? That's so sad.

C: It is so sad. And the last person's just really mad Dean said "stick it where the sun shines" instead of "stick it where the sun don't shine."

G: But like, I think the point of that is like, the sun doesn't shine in Hell. So like, "Fuck off away from me." [C laughs] Like, I feel like that's the vibe.

C: Yeah, yeah.

G: So I think they're actually like, doing a subversion of that phrase, and this person is not getting it.

C: Yeah, I agree.

G: Yeah.

C: Oh, hey, I went on the Uriel actor’s IMDb because I hope that he's treated better in the future, and he's on 11 episodes of "Barry." Like, that's considered a good show, right?

G: "Berry"?

C: It's like, the one with Bill Hader in it.

G: No, I know. But like, I thought you, said berry. And I was like-

C: Oh, no, B-A-R-R-Y.

G: Okay.

C: Good for him.

G: Oh my god. I just noticed something! There are like, lists on this side if you go to the IMDb page. And there's like- this one is like, "Best Supernatural episodes ever!" "Supernatural faves!" I love that. All of these are like, made in fucking 2012, so good for them.

C: Oh, interesting, the episode title was "Hell's Angels" until just a few days before airing, because, like, they got like, a copyright notice served. So I guess that sort of explains why the title [overlapping] is so bad.

G: That’s it for this episode of Busty Asian Beauties. Next week, we will be discussing... wait. I haven't figured out next week.

C: Season 4, Episode 11: "Family Remains"?

G: It's "Family Remains." Leave us a rating wherever you get your podcasts.

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G: Which we actually are.

C: Yes. We’re actually on Tumblr. Our official tag is #BABPod, B-A-B-POD. Thank you to everyone who's donated to our Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/bustyasianbeautiespod, and check out our merch at babpod.redbubble.com.

G: Yeah. Leave us a r- no no no. If you want to email us, we’re at bustyasianbeautiespod@gmail.com. See you guys next time! [both] Bye!

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[beep]

G: Apparently I'm being so noisy because my cat just grabbed my hand and then started biting me.

C: Oh no!

G: Oh no! He's being clingy. Oh my god, he's still doing it! [both laugh] He's chewing on my hand. I'm so sorry. Why are you so mad at me? Ow! He's angy.

C: He's angy.

G: Anyway.

[just-my-type-x]

From enemies to lovers- Dylan O'brien

In which y/n doesn't really get along with her co-star, Dylan

Disclaimer - very long, I'm sorry, smut (it was my first time writing it, please be gentle, I'm sensitive to criticism), curse words

Italics - acting

Gif not mine

It was amazing working on Teen Wolf with all the people involved. I made great friends here and a new family was formed. Even tho i came in this show at once with Cody, who plays Theo, because i play his love interest, i feel like I've been playing this show since the beginning, since they all greeted us with such warmth. At first, obviously, i was pretty close to Cody since we were both the "new ones". We weren't actually new, because we've all seen movies of one another, it was just weird to get in the middle of a on going show and act like everyone is already your friend. After a few days, we all grew close to each other. Maybe all except for one.

Dylan and i don't get along at all. It's not like something had happened. I think it was just a mutual thing. When we first saw each other, it felt like a heavy rock above my head and ever since then i feel like he is the most arrogant person I've ever met. Holland was the first one to notice something was off with us and yet, when she asked us why, neither of us could give her an answer.

"Hey, watch out!", i yell towards Dylan as my football ball flies too high and almost reaches his head

"If you don't know how to play, leave it", he yelled back and left the ball to fall a bit further from where he was standing, leaving the trailer parking lot to the set

"Asshole", i say under my breath and make Tyler Posey and Hoechlin laugh. I smirk as well and wait for Posey to pick up the ball so we could continue playing

"Don't bother, nothing's gonna change between you two." he says as he throws the ball to Tyler

"Yeah i can see that. I mean, i saved his life and he's still an asshole", i catch the ball and keep it in my arms. "I tried to be nice the whole week.",i throw the ball to Posey, who catches it immediately and copies my hold of the ball

"You mean you were nice when you yelled at him at lunch that the last piece of banana bread was yours and when he ate you, you drank his whole vitamin water that he actually needed?"

"Or when he was on set and he had a really serious scene and you came up with the idea to go amd scare him along with Shelley? By the way, i liked those masks", H laughed and I tried to process the fact that i may have not been that nice after all.

"Ok, yeah, maybe you're right. I'll think of something. We're already on our 5 last episodes, i don't want to end this season with us still fighting over God knows what", i nervously bite my lip and put the ball next to a trailer after Samantha, Jeff's assistant tells us to head on set for filming.

"So, i have a slight change in this episode. It is last minute, i know, but i also know this 4 of you who are involved in the change can memorise new lines in half an hour. So, three of the actors who should've played this scene cannot make it here for this episode, i also changed some lines for tomorrow, since we're greeting them later that day. Now, i need Dylan O'brien, Susan, Cody and y/n to step forward. These are the new lines. Long story short, y/n, you and Stiles have to get something from Natalie Martin's office, but you can't get caught by her. As a distraction, since you're teenagers, you will act like the both of you didn't find another room to-"

"You want us to have sex in the office?", Dylan asks, frowned, holding the page of the new scenario

"No, not really. The idea is: y/n is on the desk, you're between her legs and you're kissing, but when you hear the door opening, you're going to put your hand under her skirt so it would look like an ongoing thing", Jeff says and i laugh, looking towards Dylan. He looks back and i shrug my shoulders, and his frown disappears. Dylan nods and tells Jeff that he understood the new assignment. We all took a 30 minute reading session, trying to memorise the new lines. Not gonna lie, the scene lools hilarious and it's much better than the drama that was supposed to happen.

After those 30 minutes expired, i went to the dressing room with Shelley, as she wanted to pick me an outfit, which made Krista, our "designer" a little mad. She chose a black short and loose skirt, which easily highlighted my round bum and defined my waist. As a top, Shelley chose a white, short and tight V-neck t-shirt, that stops right above my belly button. I took a pair of white AF1 and headed back on set, where the guys and Susan were already ready for shooting. Cody smirked when he saw me and i blushed, but i cheekily waved a hand through my hair, like a little diva. I always liked his flirty side and i always answered to it the same way. I guess this is how we got so close. Susan came next to me and put her hand on my back, saying that i look really beautiful and that she would kill to have my age to wear an outfit like this.

I looked at Dylan who was checking me out, head to toe and toe to head. He rested his chin on his hand and sticked his tongue out to water his lips. I blushed and moved my head in another direction, so he wouldn't see that i noticed what he was doing.

"Please go back to your seats", Jeff yells from his chair and Dylan and I go to the beginning of the hallway.

"Try to survive next to me, will ya?", i make fun of him but his answer is cut off by Jeff yelling "action"

"Where do you think it is?", i turn my head to Stiles and dodge a freshman on the hallway

"You mean where is the list that contains the seven deadly werewolves known in Beacon Hills?", Stiles asks sarcastically as ever and i roll my eyes before i stop in the middle of the hallway, other teenagers passing by

"No, the list with the seven deadly sins. Of course that one, dumbass", i sarcastically answer and add a little extra with the dumbass, which Dylan answers to by giving me an annoyed look. I hold back a smile and continue walking with him, until we reach Natalie's office door.

"Didn't Lydia mention something about her mom doing a lot of research lately? You know, like the most known witches, or if vampires are real, type of stuff?", i ask and i come a little closer to Stiles, so i could talk to him without being heard by other people." I know it's illegal, but"

"Oh, my God no!", Stiles stops me before i finish my idea. "we're not breaking in. I saw my dad way too many times this week. Only at school", he throws his hands everywhere and i dodge one of his hands that almost hit me, which I'm not sure was on purpose or not.

"No, silly. We're not breaking in. Because... I have a copy of that key"

"You have what?", he asks in disbelief and even tho it's just acting, i find him really cute

"Yeah well, you know how Malia was failing her exams last semester?", i waited for him to nod so i could continue, "i made a copy of that key so i could go inside and change some of her grades on Natalie's computer.", i bite my lip, as scripted and Dylan stares at my lips, stuttering for a moment. I try not to smirk so i fake scratching my cheek, so i could hide my reaction.

"Wow, you're such a devoted friend. You know, in return, she would want to eat you"

"It would be my pleasure", i snap back and give Stiles the books i had in my arms so i could find the key to the office. Once i find it, i quickly unlock the door and enter when nobody seems to be paying attention.

"Oh wow we really did that. Lydia's going to kill us. Or maybe just you, she likes me", Stiles says as he's already searching for the piece of paper.

"Keep saying that to yourself Stilinski", i laugh and help him with the stack of papers from her desk.

We quickly go through hundreds of papers, until i finally reach for the one.

"I got it!", i happily raise it in the air and we both freak out when we see through the window from the door that Natalie is approaching fast.

"That's not good. Here, i know", Stiles says and starts to throw on the floor some papers, ignoring my desperate voice. "Sit here", he demands and i jump on the desk and he comes in between my legs. I shiver when his hands get on my lower back, but they're so back that he actually touches my ass. I blush at the sudden close space between us and I'm taken aback by his lips, that crush hungrily on mine. As i remember, this desire of kissing me wasn't in the script. I take a moment to realise how soft his lips are and what a great kisser he is. Stiles moves his hands on my thighs, dragging me on the desk so i could be closer to him. I moan softly when i reach him, my inner thighs touching his waist. The moment is perfect for him to stick hia tongue in my mouth and i take it happily. Stiles let's out a breath when my tongue is fighting for dominance with his. He pulls away, making me ache at the sudden stop. We make eye contact and i know it's his way of asking if it's ok for him to put his hand in between my thighs. I blink once and he gets the message, and he starts sliding his fingers under my skirt, very close to my area, and starts kissing my neck in the same time. Stiles places a few wet kisses on all my sweet spots, which causes goosebumps all over my body. He slightly touches my inner thigh with his index finger, looking deep into my eyes, before crashing his lips against mine again, more passionately than before. He wastes no time in using his tongue now, thing that makes me go crazy and i involuntarily drag him by the collar of his shirt and make him lean over the desk. The door shuts open and Natalie is there, shocked, looking how we're making out on her desk. We both stop and try to act surprised and shocked.

"What are you two doing here? For the love of God, Maya, get down", Natalie asks and crosses her arms at her chest

"We're sorry, we were just trying to find a spot", Stiles scratches the back of his neck and i look from him to her and from her to him

"How did you even get in here?"

"Oh, it was unlocked. That's why we used it", i say eagerly and motion to the door so Stiles could get the idea of leaving. We're sorry, again "

"Weren't you dating that guy? The new guy? Raeken?", she asks and i palm my forehead, oh yeah, one little forgotten detail

"Please don't tell him", i say with a high pitched voice, which makes her roll her eyes. She closes the door and we hear her wondering how long will it take her to get all the papers on the desk.

As we get further from the office, Stiles takes the list out and we start checking it out. Before we take a right on the hallway, Theo appears and grabs Stiles by the collar.

"Why were you kissing my girlfriend?", he asks angrily and i try to make him to let go of stiles

"Did your chimera senses tell you that? Or the toxic relationship you two have?"

"I can kill you right now and i don't have to be a chimera to do it", Theo says and slams Stiles on the lockers, freeing him

"Babe, that's enough, we got the list", i say and Jeff yells "cut". We immediately relax amd Cody apologises to Dylan for hitting him.

"Hey", Dylan approaches me at my trailer, as i was inhaling the midnight fresh air, trying to clear my thoughts

"What are you doing here?", i ask surprised

"I live 2 trailers aways, is that really a question?", we both laugh slightly and look at each other for a few moments. "It was nice today"

I tense when i hear him say that and i feel a sudden change of temperature.

"Yeah, it was. I appreciated your little 'ask', before you went in between my legs", i laugh and i immediately blush. And i think he did too

"Don't make it sound so outrageous", Dylan laughs and looks at me, checking for a certain reaction. "I'm sorry for being a jerk. I'm just.. I don't know. You came along and I'm in this weird place, relationship wise, and i knew i would fall in love with you. I tried to be as far away from you as possible.. I just got out of a long-term relationship and having you around made things complicated. Oh my Gosh it's so hard explaining ", he rambles a lot and arranges his hair nervously.

"Breath, and then continue. Take it slowly", i assure him and i put my hand on his knee

"I've seen you in every movie you ever starred in. You've been my celebrity crush for a while now and seeing you here makes me fall in love with you. And i don't think I'm ready for that. I know you're going to say that maybe we wouldn't even have gotten to that point, but i know i would've had. I know that at some point i would've taken you out on a date, i would develope feelings, maybe you too for me, but i would've ended everything because I didn't feel prepared. ", he inhales deeply and all i do is grab his face and kiss him hard.

Dylan is taken by surprise, but kisses me back instantly and slides his tongue in my mouth. I moan at the soft feeling and i deepen the kiss as well. I motion him to stand up amd he does so. I follow him and we get inside my trailer, where he quickly finds the bed and sits on it. He grabs my waist and pulls me on his lap. I obey immediately and as i sit down on him, i take off my t-shirt. He gasps when he sees my pastel pink lace bra, and immediately starts kissing my breasts. I moan loudly when he starts kissing on my collar bone and neck. Itake off his t-shirt and i push him on the bed, as i start kissing and biting on his soft neck skin.

"So you're fine with everything?", he asks breathing heavily

"More that fine", i say as i leave a trail kf kisses on his abs. I get to his pants and start undoing them, but as I'm about to pull the down, his hand reaches my chin and he motions it up so i could see him

"No, don't do that. I want you now, y/n."

I gasp when i hear his words and he starts kissing me again. His lips feel so amazing on mine, the years of experience on the screen showing their perks. He bites my lip softly and i get on top of him, rocking my hips on his hard member. He moves his hands on my ass and i smile into the kiss when he squeezes them.

"Just like that babe", i moan loudly at his words and melt in his embrace. Dylan grabs me and switches positions. He's on top of me, quickly taking off my skirt and he also takes care of his jeans. "Fuck, you look amazing"

"Am i good enough to get fucked good enough?", i ask innocently and Dylan's pupils dilated

"You're not gonna be able to walk tomorrow. This is how good you are and look", he quickly takes of my panties and i take off my bra. He gasps at the sight of my naked body and i bite my lip.

"Your turn", i smile and i look down at his boxers, his length being well shaped by the tight boxers. He was right when he said I won't walk the next day.

Dylan takes his boxers off painfully slow, but i have time to adjust my sight to the sight of his dick. He chuckles, realising how surprised i am.

"Do you mind of you go slowly? It's been a while", i plead, making eye contact with him. The lust in his eyes was undeniable and i was melting under him. I needed him. He kissed me shorty

"Of course. Tell me what you want or need. I'm gonna give you that", Dylan kisses my neck while he positions himself at my entering. He runs a finger between my folds, making me squirm under his touch at the sudden action. "Babe, you're so ready to take me". My eyes widen at his words, and i get turned on even more.

"Dylan, please", i plead again and a smile appears on his face

"Say my name again, babe"

"Dylan..", that's all it takes for him to put it in. The feeling of the bare skin makes us both moan loudly into each other's mouths and Dylan is eager to enter me all at once.

I gasp when he's half way in and he stops moving until i adjust to his width.

"Move", i say and he immediately resumes his entering. When he is fully in, he starts moving slowly, making both of us go crazy. As if he heard my thoughts, he takes it all out and puts is back in all at once, pounding in me. He grabs my hips and pins me onto the bed with his hands, as he is also holding himself up. "Fuck, right there", i say as he reaches the best angle to hit my g-spot.

"y/n, Gosh, you make me go so fucking crazy", Dylan moans in my ear. He stops and slips it out of me and he gives me a sign to turn around, on my all four. I position myself and he grabs my hips to get me closer to him. "You ready?", he assures and i nod. I grab the frame of the bed when he enters me nonchalantly. I hold onto it while the sound of our skin touching each other gets me closer and closer to the edge. "You're so wet for me", he moans and slaps one of my cheeks. As he said that, i really feel my juices coming down my inner thighs.

"Dylan, you're going to make me cum", i cry out as his length keeps finding its way deeper and deeper inside me. "Don't stop"

Dylan's grip on my hips tightens and i know I'll have bruises in the morning. His thrusts become sloppier and messy and i feel him harden inside me, signaling he's close too.

"I need you to fill me up", i moan as one hand chockes me, pulling my body closer to his chest. I start riding him from that position as well, our actions meeting in the middle, creating a much greater sensation

"I want you to drown me as you come for me babe", Dylan's voice is raspy, demanding. He moves one of my legs so they're creating a tighter spot for his dick. "Fuck, just like that. Oh yeah"

I rock my ass on his shaft as one of his hands is still around my neck and one is holding my breast. I lose it when his hand travels down my body and starts playing with my clit.

"Say my name, I'm so close babe"

As i hear his words, i feel myself getting to the edge.

"Dylan, baby.. Fuck, I'm cuming", my body starts shaking, making it impossible for my legs to still keep steady. "Dylan, please, i need you", i say as i drop back on tje bed and Dylan holds my ass up as he thrusts harder and harder in me. With a loud groan, i feel him cuming, his hot load driving me crazy. He collapses next to me, breathless and sweaty.

"i would've done the same on that desk", he says and we both laugh

"i think we should try it next time"

[mystic-myrtille]

How much of you shipping Lukanette is genuine, and how much is out of spite?

Short answer, My love for Lukanette was genuine from the start and had nothing to do with spite.

Long answer bc I'll use this ask as an opportunity to tell the story about how I started shipping Lukanette~

Back when I first made contact with the show and had watched 4 or 5 episodes, I knew the show was about the love square and I lowkey shipped it, but wasn't suuuuper into it which was mostly because I found Marinette's behavior around Adrien too exaggerated and cringy back then.

Then Captain Hardrock aires, they have their first interaction, and I was hooked immediately.

I understand why some people might say Luka's debut wasn't that great but it worked for me because the interaction between the two felt somehow natural and not forced. Marinette gets nervous as first but after she overcame that there's this genuine curiosity and fascination with how Luka sees or rather hears the world. And the way she resonates with the melody he plays for her is just... they immediately click. They've known each other for 30 seconds and I already feel like there's a connection there. It was more genuine, more heartfelt and more real than what I've seen from Adrienette at that time.

Then I just occasionally checked in on the show, watched a bunch of episodes here and there until I pretty much had seen every episode at least once and I kinda started to feel like the writing surrounding the love square is forced, at times random and just... not enjoyable for me. Adrien was always too angsty and passive for my taste anyway and Marinette's cringyness made me wanna die at times (I'm looking at you pupeteer 2). But the things that bothered me about Marinette suddenly didn't exist when she had an episode with Luka (refering to Silencer). Basically I liked the Marinette that was around Luka more than the Marinette around Adrien, because she felt more like a person with dreams and ambitions and I connected with her when with Luka, not when the show turned her into some boy-obsessed teenager everytime Adrien gets mentioned. Like, when it was about Adrienette, it seemed her life revolved around him too much. With Lukanette on the other hand, Marinette felt more like her own person who just happens to also have a crush.

Then I heared about Truth. And how Lukanette was gonna break up. And I got super pissed. I was looking forward to have a bunch of cute canon Lukanette episodes to gush over but no, Lukanette of course needed to die asap. This was also the time when my brain decided "yup we are really gonna obsess oder that dumpster fire of a show now". I made contact with salt for the first time and found myself agreeing with a lot of takes about the show (not just about the love quare but many others too, like Chloe's arc etc). I tried giving the love square another chance to redeem itself and I quickly realized the ship really isn't for me. The way it's written is stupid and how it managed to stay this popular in the first place is still a mystery to me. Mayyyyybe after watching Truth, a tiny bit of spite mixed in with my genuine love for Lukanette, but yeah the only thing I really did out of spite was watching season 4 and laughing about how bad the show is.

So yeah, to this day I stay in this corner of the fandom that loves Luka and Lukanette but hates the show overall (you might've seen that one post from Airi with the wall full of Lukanette pics and the person saying "I hate the show"? Never related to anything more😂)

[babymarvelbunny]

It's Just a Feeling

Pairing: Eddie Munson x Reader

Summary: You've been having this terrible feeling for some time now. In search of something to calm your nerves, you end up in the woods with Eddie.

Warnings: Drugs, Anxiety, Death

Word Count: 2.6K words

A/N: This is literally the second fic I've written on this account, and I do promise that most of my content will be Marvel, but since I've finished season 4 of Stranger Things I couldn't help myself. I had to write an Eddie fic. So here it is, enjoy. Part 2 is already in the works. (Also sorry if there's any mistakes)

Walking into the woods behind the school your mind was racing. All you need was something to take the edge off, no one would even know you were even back here. Let alone meeting up with the school freak. You and Eddie had never really spoken before, with you being a cheerleader and him being... well, him. There was never any reason for you two to interact, that was until you couldn't sleep at night. You spent most of your nights tossing and turning in bed when you should be fast asleep getting your beauty rest. Instead, you lay awake with this awful feeling in your stomach that something bad is going to happen. You can't explain it and you wish more than anything that it would go away, you have the worst undereye bags you've ever seen and you're having trouble focusing in class and at cheer practice. You can't think of anything else that could help you, so you walked up to Eddie after the big game today when he was leaving Hellfire club and asked him to meet you in the woods behind the school.

As you were walking through the woods towards the picnic table that Eddie did most of his deals at you got that feeling again, that sinking feeling in your stomach that something bad was going to happen. You closed your eyes and took deep breaths in hopes to calm yourself down. Just as you were working on slowing your heart rate you felt a hand on your arm. Startled, you jumped back and screamed, looking up you noticed it was just Eddie.

"Woah hey, I didn't mean to scare you, you alright?" Eddie asked with a serious look on his face, you could tell he really didn't mean to scare you. You took one last deep breath and shook your head to focus better.

"Uh, yeah I'm good... Do you have the stuff?" You didn't want to sound rude or anything but you really just wanted to go home and finally get some sleep. Eddie sat down at the picnic table and set a metal lunch box in front of him.

"Come sit. You know, most people try to sweet talk me into getting a deal." Eddie smiled and flipped open the lunch box. You slowly walked over and took a seat across from him.

"Yeah well... I'm not in the mood to talk about your hair or your band, I just wanna go home." You looked him in the eyes and you could tell he noticed there was something wrong with you.

"Hey, I know we don't really know each other and I know we're not friends. But if something's bothering you, you can tell me. I happen to be a really good listener." He smiled at you while resting his elbows on the table and placing his face in his hands as if waiting for you to tell him your story.

"Thanks Eddie, I don't really think you wanna hear about all my problems though, I'll just take the weed and leave you alone." You gave a soft smile back, trying to seem as nice as possible without having another panic attack, your heart just wouldn't stop racing.

"Oh I love hearing about other people's problems, reminds me that I'm not the only person with issues. It's okay if you don't want to talk about it right now, but I'm gonna right my number down and if you ever need someone to talk to, someone who won't judge you no matter what you say, don't hesitate to pick up the phone and call me." Eddie pulled a piece of paper and a pen out of the lunch box and scribbled down his number.

"Thanks Eddie that means a lot." You watched him write down his number while you tried to calm your nerves. Despite being so extremely tired your leg wouldn't stop bouncing. You placed your hand on top of your thigh and dug your nails into the skin in hopes to distract yourself.

"Okay, so here's my number, and here are the goods" Eddie smiled as he pushed his number and a bag of weed towards you.

"How much do I owe you? I only brought $20." You asked as you reached your hand into your jacket to pull out the money.

"You know what, don't even worry about it, it's your first time and you seem to be going through it. Plus, I'll give you the pretty girl discount, and with all that factored in, it brings your total to $0." Eddie laughed while he closed the lunch box. You chuckled softly and shook your head.

"You're a dork Munson, but seriously, thank you. You have no idea how much I need this" You smiled softly at Eddie and put the bag of weed into your pocket.

"Hey, Don't mention it, let me know if you ever need any more. You know where to find me." Eddie got up from the table and offered to walk you back to the school so you weren't wandering through the woods alone in the dark.

As you were walking out of the woods you came to a complete stop. Feeling your stomach drop completely, you fell into a cold sweat. It was like you were having an out-of-body experience. Your mind was somewhere else entirely, it looked like the Hawkens you knew, except different... darker... scarier.

"Hey! What's wrong? You okay?" Eddie was waving his hand in front of your face to get your attention but you couldn't see him, it was like you were stuck. You could hear a voice talking, one you couldn't recognize. It was saying something but you couldn't quite understand what was being said. As Eddie put his hands on your shoulders and shook you, the voice stopped and you came back to reality.

"What the hell happened Y/n?!" Eddie was looking at you with wide eyes and concern written all over his face. You looked up at him and shook your head.

"I... I don't know, it's been happening for about a week now. I can hear this voice in my head... but I can't make out what they're saying. I haven't been able to sleep much, I have this bad feeling and it won't go away... this feeling that something really terrible is gonna happen." You could feel the tears fill your eyes as Eddie gave you a sympathetic look. You shook your head and wiped away the tears before you could start crying.

"Sorry, you probably think I'm insane, I'm just gonna go. Thanks again." You had started to rush off in the direction of your house but Eddie grabbed your arm to stop you.

"Hey. Why don't you let me give you a ride home, after what I just witnessed you shouldn't be walking home alone in the dark." Eddie nudged his head in the direction of his van.

"Okay... I would really appreciate that thank you." You had felt better knowing that you wouldn't have to walk home alone, you were already on edge.

As you walked in the direction of Eddies van you noticed he had been saying something to you, but you hadn't been paying attention.

"Sorry what?" You asked as you stopped in front of the passenger side of the van.

"I was saying sorry about the mess, I haven't had a chance to really clean it that well" He had a light blush on his cheeks as if he were embarrassed.

"It's no problem I don't mind." Eddie opened the door for you and you hopped in. Once he had shut the door you took a moment to think about what happened, where did your mind go and why is this happening to you. You wonder if you were going crazy just like your dad had all those years ago. Once Eddie got in the van and started it you felt the warm air from the vent blow onto your face and you could feel yourself calm down a bit.

"So, you gonna tell me where I'm headed?" Eddie smiled in your direction, hands gripping the wheel ready for you to tell him where you lived.

"Oh shit, yeah, uh I live over at 2532 Maple Street." You mumbled.

"Alrighty then let's get you home, hey... isn't that the same street the Wheeler's lives on?" Eddie questioned.

"What? Oh, you mean Mike and Nancy? Yeah, they're my neighbor's." You smiled and looked out the window.

"Huh... small world, I've driven Mike home from Hellfire club too many times to count, who knew I was driving past your house on the daily." Eddie chuckled and looked over in your direction.

Throughout the entire drive home, you tried your best to keep your nerves calm. You kept thinking about your little episode earlier in the woods with Eddie, who was that voice, and what were they saying. You have never been able to make out exactly what the voice was saying and if they were even speaking to you directly, though deep down you knew they were talking to you. No matter how hard you tried you could feel something terrible was coming and that there was nothing you or anyone could do to stop it. Just as Eddie was pulling into your driveway he started speaking to you again.

"Okay, you're home safe now. Please remember what I said earlier, don't hesitate to call me if you need anything, I'm headed home right now anyway I have to meet Chrissy." Eddie said looking at the time on his watch. You scrunched your nose up in thought.

"Chrissy Cunningham?" You questioned, why would she need anything from Eddie, She was the picture of perfection.

"Yup, the head cheerleader herself. I guess she's been having some headaches or something, I don't know." Eddie shrugged not really caring. You looked over at your house and noticed the porch light flickering. You'll have to remember to tell your parents that they'll need to replace it.

"Thanks again for the ride, I guess I'll see you around." You gave Eddie a small smile and opened the door to jump out.

"Have a good night, let me know if the weed helps you sleep or if you need anything stronger," Eddie said.

You shut the van door and walked up to your driveway to your front door you knew Eddie dealt drugs stronger than weed, you just didn't want to mess with anything like that though. Not with the issues you already have, you would imagine it would make things way worse.

After walking through the front door you walked towards your room. hellbent on smoking and falling asleep. Once getting inside your room you sat on the bed, pulling out the weed from your pocket and the rolling papers you had stashed in your bedside table drawer. You rolled a joint as best as you could while your hands were shaking, it wasn't the best but it would work. You ignited the one end, brought the other to your lips, and inhaled. You felt instant relief, your nerves calmed down and you got a bit drowsy. You finished off the rest of the joint and decided to lay back in bed and close your eyes. Sleep eventually took over you.

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You awoke a few hours later to what sounded like stones being thrown at your bedroom window. You crawled out of bed to glace outside your window. Though it was extremely dark you could still make out the outline of Eddie. You lifted up your window and stuck your head out.

"What are you doing Munson? What time is it?" You admit you were a little bitter that he had woken you up when you had finally been able to fall asleep.

"You need to get down here right now!" Eddie was being as quiet as he could while still being as urgent as possible. You were worried, to say the least, you could tell he was freaking out.

"Okay Munson calm down, I'll be out in a second." You pulled your head back inside and shut the window before making your way out of your room to meet Eddie. Once you opened the front door Eddie grabbed your arm and pulled you outside, he looked like he'd seen a ghost.

"Are you okay Eddie? What's wrong? Did something happen?" You tried to calm him down by rubbing his arm and seeing what's got him so worked up.

"No, I'm not okay. I went home tonight after dropping you off and Chrissy came over, well we went inside and I was looking for the special k to give her, and when I came back to her she was in some sort of trance, kind of like the one you were in earlier today. Except she started to float off the ground and then all the bones in her body broke and she fell to the floor... I don't... I know I sound crazy and you might not believe me but I just felt like coming here would be better... with what you went through being so similar to Chrissy. I just don't know what just happened I'm scared." Eddie was on the verge of tears as he was explaining his experience with Chrissy.

"Wait... So, Chrissy's dead?" You weren't exactly sure what to say. You were in shock. You couldn't believe that your classmate was dead, someone you had known since you were a kid, dead. Eddie turned his head towards you and gave you a look.

"We're you even listening to what I was saying, she's not just dead, almost all the bones in her body broke, like all of them, and she was floating in the air, almost 6 feet off the floor. That shits not possible." Eddie looked you in the eyes and you could tell he was telling you the truth. I mean who would make something like this up.

"Okay, Eddie I believe you, is her body still at your trailer?" You were trying to be the reasonable one now, trying not to think about what Eddie had said about how right before Chrissy died she had had an episode just like the ones you had been having, was something like that going to happen to you?

"I mean yeah I didn't pick up her mutilated body and move it somewhere, I was scared man, I ran out of there so fast. Who knew if I was next." Eddie couldn't sit still as he was pacing back and forth in front of you.

"Okay well is there somewhere you can hide for now? I mean someone is gonna wonder where she is... what about Jason? I mean I heard them talking earlier today about having plans tonight, don't you think he's gonna wonder where she is?" You were starting to freak out.

"It doesn't matter anyway, my uncles gonna come home from work in the morning and see her, I mean everyone's gonna think this was me, I mean have no proof that it wasn't. God, I'm so fucked right now. Everyone already thinks I'm a freak, now I'll be a psycho too." You could tell Eddie was on the verge of a panic attack.

"Okay, do you know somewhere safe you can hide? I mean I'd offer you to stay here but it's not exactly the safest place, I mean my mom comes into my room all the time, she'd definitely see you." You were thinking of places you could hide Eddie, at least until you could figure out what was going on.

"I mean I could try Wheelers..."

[beevean]

Does the netflix Castlevania show get better? I loved the first season but I checked out pretty hard after season 2. Season 1 being three episodes felt perfect, but season 2 felt like they were stretching out 3 episodes worth of material across 8 episodes. Like 70% of the season is just Dracula moping in his castle with a bunch of filler vampires who never amount to anything, and three minor characters who are only there so they'll be established for later seasons game adaptions. When I saw season 3 was 10 episodes I didn't even bother.

Do they get better or is it just more swearing and gore?

I haven't watched it. I don't think I'd like it. If I dislike IDW Sonic, which was written by an alleged fan, how did Castlevania fare, which was written by someone who gleefully admitted that he didn't care for the source material and by the end of his short-lived collaboration with IGA he wanted to beat him up?

I am familiar with the general reception though. Season 2 was apparently the peak of the show, especially the last episode (I've watched Dracula's death, and yeah it got me in the feels), then Season 3 was darkness galore and mostly focused on the council of 4 vampire OCs that replaced Dracula as the villain, and at the end Alucard and Hector got raped and betrayed... out of spite for another writer who liked those characters. Yeah. And Season 4 tried so hard to undo the darkness of Season 3 that Dracula is now back and living with Lisa as if the dude did nothing wrong, Alucard forgot his trauma in the first episode, and Hector fell in love with his rapist. Not that the fans care, because the rapist in question is a pretty girl :)

(seriously, the biggest backlash I've seen about this point was not "woman rapes and enslaves man and their story is treated as romantic", it was "white woman rapes and enslaves a man of color", and... really?)

(this is what you consider "of color"? This is a Mediterranean man during summer! I'll give you "ambiguously brown" if you want to, but c'mon, admit that it's a sexism issue for once)

I'm also disappointed that they took Hector and Isaac from Curse of Darkness, which I've grown attached to, and turned them into different characters. Hector became much dumber and naive, a far cry from the badass he's in the game, but Isaac in particular, it's so sleazy: I get it, you don't want BDSM Central in your show because he's a gay stereotype, but what's the point in creating a completely different OC, with a completely different background, personality, race and religion, and then slap Isaac's name onto it? Just to say that you "fixed" him? You ain't fixed nothing, you cheated! Give me my BDSM disaster back, it's not like this show is for prudes! Or at least be honest and do with him what you did with Grant Danasty: ignore him because you don't like him! Now I can't find any kind of fanart and fanfic with those two because their Netflixvania versions replaced them!

Oh wait, you mentioned swears? Let me introduce you to Death :)

"but it's ORIGINAL, a spirit as old as time wouldn't care about sounding politeeeee" shut up it's so tryhard my soul is cringing

So yeah. If I'm gonna watch it, I'll do it ironically. If I can stand the amount of cringy dialogue. Alucard's prettiness might be my only source of motivation :\

[msgrumpygills]

I'm sorry, didn't Jensen say Chaos Machine was working on something SPN related with SPN alum in their virtual pannel? It's not like JP was completely blindsided. He said he was doing it months ago, just didn't give details. Also, isn't JP working on Walker? Didn't he say he wanted to work close to home? Didn't he say that overworking himself lead to his breakdown? Doesn't he already have like 4 other side projects going on? Like, why would Jensen involve him if JP was already busy enough? Doesn't he have a family to worry about? J and D are working together on this so it makes sense that wherever the might have to go for it, the kids will be with them, but Gen would most likely not be involved, so why bother? Is he itching to get away from his family that bad?

And you are absolutely right. It's a little (a lot) hypocritical for JP to hijack the spnfamily and turn it in to the walkerfamily, use spn easter eggs and actors to promote his show and get views, claim that his show will last longer than the show that gave him a majority of his fame, then get butthurt when Jensen ( who was equally involved in said show) makes his own spn project. Do the people who are pissed honestly think JP consulted Jensen about all the SPN junk he used? Also,it's a prequel about John and Mary. Dean and Sam weren't even born yet. "Sam Winchester won't be involved whatsoever" yeah no sh*t sherlock. He didn't exist yet. Jensen said he wasn't going to talk about it (again in the virtual panel) until he got the ball rolling. The other cast members made jokes about being on the show because they knew their characters weren't even involved in the story at that point. No one was except, John and Mary.

Like, the two of them worked together for 16 years, they are allowed to do their own thing without involving the other.

And as for the people saying " Well I guess Soldier Boy isn't going to be such a big role after all if Jensen already has another project lined up"... uh yeah..no shit. For a group of people who were complaining about h*llers joining The Boys fandom for Jensen, y'all sure act like you don't know how that show works either. I've read the comics so I knew SB wasn't gonna last long ( it could change idk) but like, no one is safe on that show except for The Boys themselves and select members of the Seven. Literally everyone dies. Have they even watched the show? The killed a main supe a few episodes in. Did they join the fandom for Jensen? Were they projecting? The character they made a big deal about last season got torn to shreds in the season finale. Like, c'mon pay attention. The supes are the bad guys.

And how does JP know Jensen wasn't going to involve him later? He doesn't. Instead he created public dramathis fandom is absolutely ridiculous sometimes, I swear.

You win the award for best ask today because you have brought ALL the points!

I doubt Jared asked Jensen's permission or anything like that before using SPN for his show, using the "family" thing for his new projects, or using his face for views and interest for his own personal gain. I can see him being upset if it was about Sam and Dean because of course he'd need to be involved, but a prequel before the boys' time? Why would Sam or Dean be involved?

We don't know if Jensen tried to tell Jared behind the scenes, but knowing what we know about Jensen, I don't think he did this as a dick move. He probably figured he wouldn't need to warn Jared considering SAM AND DEAN AREN'T EVEN INVOLVED. Also, HE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT WITH JARED. So him acting like this is some big surprise is shitty and manipulative. Can't let the CW golden child be outshined, now can we?

Maybe he's just worried that this show (if it even gets picked up, I think it's just in the works right now, no?) will do better than Walker and will further prove that Jared can't seem to hold his own. You can't sit there and distance yourself from the show to try and make yourself a big star (except when it comes to using it for your own personal gain) and then get pissed off when someone else takes the opportunity you didn't want.

Jared could have done something with SPN, a prequel, a sequel, whatever. He chose to take the job that was handed to him on a silver platter instead and wanted to try and be the next big thing. Jensen decided to do something with the show and that's his right.

The stans trying to downplay Jensen's role on The Boys seems like they're just looking for things to use against him. I don't think Jensen was acting like this was going to be his next big break and that he was going to be on a 15 season arc (cough cough), so the only people who thought that were the stans. Jensen has talked about being behind the camera for years, no? So it's no surprise that he's going to try and do something behind the scenes, and why not have it be SPN related for that debut?

Also, it was easy for Jared to just piss off to his new life as long as the fans keep lining his pocket. Jensen seems to want to do something for the fans that have been there since the beginning. Just comparing their behaviors since SPN ended, Jensen seems to want to do something for the fans rather than seeing them as dollar signs.

Again, Jared knew exactly what he was doing with those tweets. He doesn't have a very good track record with handling things privately, and I'm just glad he didn't doxx the Ackles' for being mean to him like he does with customer service workers.

I don't want to make assumptions about Jensen talking to Jared or not until we hear from him because it seems out of character for him. If he really didn't reach out, then yeah that's kinda crappy, but Jared is also getting karma for his shit behavior lately so it's a catch 22.

All in all, this might be the thing that officially makes me anti Jared.

[caitlinclark]

I'm not watching the next chi game(s) for my own sake. This team stays stressing me out. I hope Wade plays Dana (for her offense & to bother Sabrina on defense) and more of the "bench" because the starters looked a bit winded af the last 4 minutes. Also putting 2 ppl on Sabrina left others open to take shots that they kept making. just let sab get her points & properly guard everyone else. Damn, this team has got me heated this year lmao. Wade gotta do better but so do the starters (on defense).

lol i totally understand you 😂

i agree, i think dana might need to play before julie. julie has just looked almost scared to shoot sometimes and it can hurt their offense. i remember early in the season, the dana/bek/kah/az/cp lineup worked really well. i would like to see wade go to it a little.

they definitely looked tired, but i think the bench gotta give them more. besides azurá, they didn't get much more. bek was good on defense but they do need her to score a little more.

yeah, like if they're gonna hard hedge, they gotta do it more aggressively and the rotations gotta be sharper. otherwise new york guards are gonna take advantage of it. if they're not willing to do that, they need to stop sending the hard hedge and everyone just has to keep their player in front of them

lol i feel that 😂 90% of their games this season have been stressful

[weirdlyfitting]

Forgive me for being so late eheh, I couldn't figure out who's who or what's what from the list plus being busy irl BUT HEY! Finally I can join this countdown!

Ok so I'm gonna do like from day 1-recent

Favorite Character

Darius Bowman & Kenji Kon

TBFH I LOVE ALL CAMP FAM CHARACTERS. They all had great character development plus clear motivation on why they did what they did. Those stuff got handled so well and ugh it made me so hard to choose ahaha.

Anyway, I love Darius because he's such a dino nerd. Plus his "never give up" spirit that inspired me as the audience to stay strong when things do fall apart. He's such a precious boi 🥺

And then Kenji. *sigh I hated, HATED this boi since he got introduced. But then as the eps kept going, I realized that he's just a teen that made mistakes and learn from them. The scene in S1 ep 6, when the kids were doing kayak river thing and Kenji told Brooklyn to stop bothering Sammy? Yeah, that's when I doubted my hatred . In S2 I started to actually love his character! He's just so....dumb and innocent lmaooo. The thing is for a comedic character I loved how he also has depth and development :D

Favorite Friendship

CAMP FAM! (Darius, Ben, Kenji, Yaz, Sammy, Brooklyn)

First they're uh- reminded me of the losers club from IT *cough Ben and Eds *cough- especially

Anyway the dynamic and chemistry are awesome! I really hope in S3 there will be more deep convo like in S1 ep 7 (at the monorail, before Ben's near death fall). Them bonding with knowing and understanding each other's feelings is just 🥺😥😭💞

Favorite Ship

Dave & Roxie

Hmm I'm not into shipping but the closest that I really had interest with are Dave & Roxie and Darius & Brooklyn. But Dave & Roxie is just so cute and fun lol. Like the cool uncle and aunt that genuinely cared even if yes, they did made a lot of mistakes while doing it.

Favorite Funny Scene

S1 Ep 3, when Ben was the one who drive the gyrosphere (idk if this spelled right lmao) and Kenji being the passenger

There are many memorable funny scenes but THIS ONE was the first ever scene that made me wheezed (looking back, I used to think that CC wasn't that good oop- so yeah doubted it but hey look at where I am now!). Kenji's face and Dave and Roxie just "smile and wave" I remember holding my laugh so no one can get disturbed (the first time I watched CC was at night time lol)😭🤣

Favorite Sad Scene

After I rewatch S1, I changed my mind on Ben's near death fall and choose the convo in the monorail.

This isn't really a sad scene but to me when rewatching it, it made me cry. Like seriously real tears what-

"now that it's over, what are the odds if we'll see each other again", everyone is silent then Jurassic World/Park theme played YO I STARTED TO FEEL SO EMO ESPECIALLY WITH THE THEME PLAYED 😭

And then "My dad used to say this place was Allosaurus in the bag of chips" gosh when Darius' voice cracked it broke me- yes I crieeeeeed

Favorite Episode

S2 Ep 8

Ugh this episode and finale is much much better than S1 (it's not that I hated s1's finale it's just s1 was wayyyy more depressing man :( ). Camp fam is together again and Darius completed his arc here (he has serious guilt issue since Ben's fall and I'm glad it got resolved here). This episode was sooooo fun with the actions! And the cliffhanger? I was terrified of what'll come next, but overall I really really enjoy it ahaha 😁💖

And bonus : Kenji learned to ride a motorbike made me so happy when the first time I watched it. I relate so much because that time I was learning to ride one too haha.

Favorite Quote

"We're not GIVING UP! I get it. It's scary. This wasn't how today was supposed to be. Things aren't always going to go your way. Life is messy and sometimes, things fall apart. But that's okay. Because when that happen we pick up the pieces and keep going. And we never give up!" -Darius Bowman, S1 Ep 4

Ahh since I hear it I used this whenever I had a bad day and so many negative thoughts going in my mind. This quote is my comfort quote along with what Tulip said to One-One in The Unfinished Car from Infinity Train 💕

Okay so that's all for now. What's left is free space + season 3 airs! I'll use my free space for making edit from these lists and if I don't have time maybe I'll try to share my s3 review? Idk but I'll make sure I'm on time for the last list ;)