#also: it is kinda weird to be interviewed for a job by a dude who used to sub for your p.e teacher in like 5th grade lmao

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

my job interview today lasted like 50 minutes which apparently is long ?? so let's all hope that's a good sign bc i really got a good feeling from the principals

[taffywabbit]

idk if i'm way off the mark on this, but the way some people are responding to that Guillermo del Toro interview about the decline of studio animation is a bit frustrating to me. specifically the bit where he talks about "emoji animation" and how everything is over-animated and pushed too far and things are rarely allowed to not be ultra-cartoony (y'know, because animation always needs to be marketable to children who are never trusted to have attention spans, right?). like, i think he's generally correct about it! but some folks are taking the wrong message away from that.

i've seen people going off about how "soulless" and "corporate" various recent examples are, and talking about these pieces of media as though they're the result of some kind of personal failing or lack of skill/range on the part of the animators, and it's just like. do people realize that's the only animation you're usually allowed to DO in the industry, unless you get incredibly lucky and land yourself on a project/studio that's unusually cool?

when i was in college for animation it was literally drilled into us nonstop that everything had to be pushed more, that exaggeration was not a guideline or a sometimes-treat but a hard rule that always had to be applied regardless of what was going on, because the viewer couldn't be trusted to pick up on subtlety and we sure as hell couldn't be trusted to convey it. you ever wonder why there's such a specific vibe to a lot of self-directed student films, particularly ones that are focused on character acting/interaction or deep emotions and introspection (especially when there's minimal/no dialogue)? it's because for a lot of young animators, they haven't had the freedom to experiment with realism and subtlety up to that point and they're likely not going to have it again for a while (or at all, unless their career path leads to higher positions where they might have more creative direction over the things they work on. which also becomes a lot less likely if they're anything other than a cishet white dude, for what it's worth).

i would LOVE to see more nuanced, realistic, understated motion and acting in animation. i WANT more characters to be able to express what they're feeling through natural body language and facial cues and for scenes to allow me to breathe instead of spelling everything out in giant bold flashing text all the time. what del Toro wants to see changed in the animation industry sounds great, and i hope others join him in seeking to revamp what modern animation is allowed to be.

but as things currently stand, and as they've stood for a long while now, most artists doing the grunt work on the shows and movies you see are completely at the mercy of corporations and networks who have a vested interest in producing a very specific kind of marketable and cost-efficient media all the time. (and by extension that style is ALSO what's taught in most animation schools, because their job more than anything is to grind you down into a perfect little sweatshop worker who will bend over backwards to meet quotas and get your work approved and not question the higher-ups, even if you have little to no personal investment in the projects you're working on, so that the studios who employ you can maintain their good reputations or whatever)

anyways idk what my point was here, this really just sorta became a rant and my views have undoubtedly been coloured by my own personal experiences (this kinda shit is largely why i dropped out before my last year of animation school, for the record).

i guess just be kind to folks in the animation industry? they've had it fucking rough nonstop for well over a century (the majority of them are still not unionized and there's HUGE pushback against doing so in many places). i assure you they are doing their best to infuse the latest uninspired illumination flick or weird spinoff kids' show with literally any amount of soul they can. you don't have to like the stuff that gets produced by any means! be a hater! i'm certainly not gonna stop you. just remember where these creative decisions come from and why these conditions exist, and consider that when YOU watched something and thought "hmm that could've been done better", you can bet your ass someone actually working on it probably thought the same thing but couldn't do anything about it. these things WILL change as the industry itself improves, but in the meantime folks have to pay their rent, and that usually means doing what they're told and working in a way that will minimize revisions and meet quotas so they can keep their jobs. it sucks, but it is what it is.

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

OC interview

Thanks @mk-writes-stuff here!

Rules: answer the following questions in the POV of an OC!

How have I not done Robbie, Noelle, or Kelsey?? I'll do Robbie so he's next to Akash.

Are you named after anyone?

“Nope. [Pause] Wait, I actually don't know.... ... Hold on.” *pulls out his phone and immediately texts his mom "hey mutti did you know anyone named robert in alium and did you name me after him"*

When was the last time you cried?

“Inside Out 2. I think I'm justified.”

Do you have kids?

*bursts out laughing* “Dude, how old do ya think I AM?!”

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

“Wait, hold on, I have to think about this. [Pause] mmm... Nah, I think my humor is more random and silly. And a bit of sass.”

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

“Dude, do you think I'm paying that much attention?? I have no idea. Maybe like...three things about them. Like three traits. Hair, clothes, skin tone... Maybe glasses. Or another defining feature. I dunno, it just depends on the person. This is a weird question. Who thinks about these things?!”

What’s your eye colour?

“Brown but everyone says they're black. I think that's scientifically impossible, but Alii are odd creatures. Maybe my eyes are black! Who knows?!”

Scary movies or happy endings?

“... What? That doesn't make sense.” (he's thinking that these are not opposites and his brain short circuited)

Any special talents?

“Uh...well, I guess I'm, like, witty. I think I'm funny. I'm good in school if I can focus. Uh... I can act! Yeah that's cool. I'm awesome at the improv warmup games.”

Where were you born?

“Hold on.” *texts his mom "oh btw i also need to know where i was born like was it here or in alium"

Do you have any pets?

“I'm too irresponsible for a pet. Akash would have to take care of them.”

What sort of sports do you play?

“Hahahahaha, good one. Seriously, though, my depth perception and hand-eye coordination actually sucks. Please, for everyone's safety, don't put me in sports.”

How tall are you?

“Five-foot-six. Which is a perfectly acceptable yet kinda boring height to be. Been this tall since, like, fifth grade, though, so it is rather annoying. I was easily the tallest in the class, including my teacher, but then my body decided, 'y'know what? You're done!' and Akash is taller than me now; it sucks.”

What was your favourite subject in school?

“I like the robotics class a lot, but I gotta say theater. I have wayyy too much fun in that class! I'll never forget the time I had to wear a sweater vest for a duo performance I did where I played a reflection.”

What is your dream job?

“Ahhhh too many things to choose from! Robotics is super cool, but do I want to do that for the rest of my life?! I don't think so, as a career. What about theater?! Acting would be awesome. I'd like to have my own YouTube channel, too, and just make bank playing Fortnite. Man, this is hard.”

Other Interviews: Wade, Jazlyn, Gwen, Lexi, Carla, Carmen, Maddie, Liam, Ash, Rose, Akash

✨Robbie intro✨

Tagging @inkednotebook @museandquill @paeliae-occasionally @buffythevampirelover @cataclysmic-writer

+ ANYONE ELSE

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Are you named after anyone? When was the last time you cried? Do you have kids? Do you use sarcasm a lot? What’s the first thing you notice about people? What’s your eye colour? Scary movies or happy endings? Any special talents? Where were you born? Do you have any pets? What sort of sports do you play? How tall are you? What was your favourite subject in school? What is your dream job?

[bleedingcoffee42]

He was an intelligent officer after all, so keeping his cake hole shut was a part of his job. Plus, dunno, but it amused him. Especially TvRon, he was trolling folks with smokes and ENJOYED it (appearing like a ghost from the mist, pretending he didn't really know the names while he probably memoried them all like the good S-2 officer he was, scaring the shit out of the poor souls - he was thriving).

But the fact you could have said shit about him and he was meh, but the first moment someone said something incorrect or bad about his family/friends and he was packing to fly over and to offer idiots cigarettes was heartwarming.

I think you said somewhere that Nix not saying a shit for bob was smart and I have to agree. Two Shutup Kings, lol

I think Ambrose's brain was cooked, because he focused on Winters and his ways of managing a company. And then he got Sparky and his all ideas were probably fucked (I so don't feel sorry for him, there are so many mistakes in his books, wrrrr).

Did a lot of Easy guys mention they liked/thought Speirs was a good Captain?

Matheson sounded like he thought Speirs was collecting Pokemons or something and felt salty he didn't manage *rolls eyes*.

Probably, I'm not the only one who is eternally bitter NO ONE called him Sparky in the show.

Ikr? Like ok, guy was mysterious but come on. His time in Dog feels like the surface was just touched. And his records after WWII are quite cryptic and general, so high five for being suspicious.

(If I'm annoying with all of these messages, just tell, I will shut up).

NO. Keep the messages coming! I love this shit! I have so many thoughts on everything and they're all bouncing around my head!

His story really does boil down to his statement of "You ever notice it's always I heard this from someone else?" and its true. Narrow down the handful of guys who have seen things first hand. The series does a great job of showing the gossip.

Matheson's issue is just weird. He's the only one who seems to think Speirs problem was that he was a slut. LOL. He's talking about him into the 60s! the gossip about Speirs was even circulating around the Pentagon.

Its either 'he was the most hated man in the company' by someone who got to dig out boulders with an entrenching tool, or Winters who was judgy about how he was with enlisted men, or Tab who was in love with Winters. As far as guys who said he was the best CO. Off the top of my head, Martin, Shames, Lyall. Carson and Gibson were favorable. Lipton and Winters both said (according to Ambrose) he was the 'cruelest man I ever met' but also the best combat officer. Webster kinda has a crush on him. I don't see anyone criticizing him in combat though, just his down time hobbies and how he treated some of the enlisted guys. Dudes were dressing up in enemy uniforms and going to show off to him, like? Who does that to the guy they hate? Lyall runs up to him several times and asks 'Mother may I steal this?' and he's like 'Sure.'

Tom Gibson seems to be the only one with any stories from Dog Co, defensive of Sparky, but he also thought Welsh was running Easy the whole time. There was a guy in a subreddit who said his grandpa was in Dog and the saying was that it wasn't Speirs that got shot when he ran out into battle it was the guy right behind him.

John G.. Mayer went on patrols with him in Holland and Speirs is trying to put him in for commendations and promotions the guy keeps telling him to shove it. Speirs is just like 'Ok dude' and rips up the letters and moves on.

The level of chill about everyone talking all this shit is incredible, it's why I started suspecting his Intelligence work was more involved than talking with Nixon or Shames in HQ. He was on someone's radar, because they interviewed him for that Coke/Toll House/Spotlight Parade thing

[trans-ralsei]

recently met up with a cis junior from journalism school who graduated and became a freelance photographer. dude was quite smart and savvy and good at his work; he interned at the French Press, which was often seen as a mark of 'oh you're the top student in our class' at the time

at the time i was in my final year, and he went to a mixer for foreign correspondents (i.e. people who worked for an overseas news organisation) and bumped into my former boss and colleague

i had interned at the Asian unit of a Buzzfeed competitor at the time (it would be two years before they laid off the whole unit) and i thought i had a pretty good time. it was a name brand! i got to interview the creator of We Bare Bears when he was in my home city! i got to trek through a rock festival while half drunk and broadcasting live on Facebook and listen to Floating Points! it's 100% of my 17 wikipedia citations!

apparently my former boss and colleague said something really unsavoury about me, which sent me into an anxiety spiral. as a young boy i'd thought that this was it, it was functionally the end of my career that i worked really hard for and i might as well fucking die

he absolutely refused to tell me about it then because it would mean that he was a gossip or snitch and that was a bad look, especially within the foreign correspondents circle, which only added to the anxiety since it had to be something REALLY bad and I had been aiming to get a job at a news wire or foreign news organisation when I graduated

so it was really funny when seven years later i sat him down at a steakhouse and asked casually what that was all about and he went:

"they all just thought you were weird"

which, come to think of it, wasn't untrue! egg me was super neurodivergent and would hyperfocus on things and try to do them to perfection! egg me was also really disgustingly depressed, alone and horny at the time, and had also been kinda obsessed with getting the campus cat welfare organisation on track, so much so that a professor called me 'cat boy!'

whatever it was, egg me WAS super weird and while it would probably have fucking hurt if this was said to my face it was definitely fucking true lmao

so this was just really funny to me, the one thing i felt anxious about for a whole month turned out to be really stupid. like yeah i'm weird so what. hahahahahahaha

[defectivevillain]

struck by your lightning, chii

reader’s pronouns: he/him

here’s chapter one [you’ll want to read this first, otherwise this part won’t make much sense]

as i mentioned in part one, this is a chat fic and the formatting was mostly made for ao3. it’s a lil wonky here, so here’s the ao3 version if you’d prefer to read that :)

a lil recap of last chapter: you're assigned to work the red carpet at a national awards gala. there, you interview tons of celebrities, including kaminari! kaminari is super nice & you leave the event feeling exhausted, relieved, and satisfied all at once. you return home to take a light nap, only to wake up to a notification from your phone. it seems kaminari is texting you...? that's weird.

Direct Message

You: SKJNFIOE LK>BFGJSL B>GEJRHKR BLWUIFKGJ ER

Kaminari Denki: u good?

You: TOTALLY COMPLETELY FINE

Kaminari Denki: OKAY, GOOD ?

You: YEP…

You: 😶

Kaminari Denki: 😶 😶

You: sorry i didn’t believe you

You: i have to be careful with messages from unknown numbers…

You: well, you get it, i’m sure.

Kaminari Denki: ya i get it

You: also, i have something to say to you

Kaminari Denki: wassup

You: waffles are better fck u

Kaminari Denki: ur so wrong.

You: I AM ABSOTLEUYL NOT

Kaminari Denki: LMFAO YOU ABSOTLEUYL ARE

You: FUCK U

Kaminari Denki: 😘

You: hold on. hold onnnnnn.

You: how’d u get this number ??

You: pls don’t tell me my number is leaked

Kaminari Denki: nahhh it’s not leaked

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You have to breathe a sigh of relief at that. It’s not like you’re an important public figure or anything, but the thought of anyone having access to your phone number sends shivers down your spine. You already get enough spam calls.

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Kaminari Denki: i got ur number cuz…

Kaminari Denki: idol perks

You: you just asked my coworker, didn’t you

Kaminari Denki: yup

You: sigh…

Kaminari Denki: they told me that if i hurt you

Kaminari Denki: they’d murder me

You: gsjfdkheng3oaejk….

You: just give me a moment to scream

Kaminari Denki: …

You: ok im bck

Kaminari Denki: LOL dude ur good dw abt it 😭

Kaminari Denki: i thought it was kinda cute actually

You: unfortunately, they were dead fucking serious… they could kill a bitch

You: i wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already killed someone, actually…

Kaminari Denki: well that’s comforting

You: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You: also, congrats on the award !

Kaminari Denki: thx

Kaminari Denki: does this mean you’ll listen to my music now?

You: maybe

Kaminari Denki: hmph :/

You: why?

Kaminari Denki: why what?

You: idk. why do you care? it’s not like my listening will give you any money

Kaminari Denki: …

Kaminari Denki: cause ur cute and i like you?

You: what

Kaminari Denki: wha

You: what

Kaminari Denki: wha

You:

Kaminari Denki: welp i’m just gonna go then 🏃🏃🏃

You: no waittt

You: sorry, you just surprised me

Kaminari Denki: no one’s ever said that to you before?

You: well, i mean, yeah, but…

Kaminari Denki: who. when. where. why.

You: plssss

You: what album should i start on then

Kaminari Denki: lightning

You: oki

Kaminari Denki: tell me how u like it after ;0

You: okiii

You: alr i’m gonna go to bed

Kaminari Denki: gn (´｡• ω •｡`)

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Kaminari: it’s been a week are you alive

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You grimace at the notification displayed on your lock screen. Admittedly, you hadn’t meant to ignore him- time just slipped away from you. Guilt stews in your chest all the same.

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You: no i’m definitely not

Kaminari: sooo what’d ya think

You: oh SHIT that’s what i forgot to do

You: im so sorryyyyy the agency has been running me ragged 🙏

Kaminari: don’t apologize for doing ur job,, lol

Kaminari: what are they having you do?

You: whaleeee

You: before, i was more of a local reporter

You: but since the awards, i’ve actually been interviewing other celebrities and stuff

Kaminari: oh

You: it’s weird, tbh

Kaminari: ya a lot of music folks are pretty weird

You: says you

Kaminari: oi! i’m not weird 😡

You: im jk lolll

Kaminari: you know for a reporter you have awful grammar

You: well fck u2 then

Kaminari: :P

You: people keep recognizing me now,,, it’s weird

You: like literally a girl came up to me yesterday and was like “you interviewed kaminari!!”

Kaminari: oh shit lol

You: right?

You: other than that, i’ve been good

You: hbu? you’ve probably been busy

Kaminari: nah, not that much. just writing new music.

You: oh cool

You: speaking of music

You: i really liked your album

Kaminari: rly? u listened to it?

You: ofc i did!!!! it was cool

Kaminari Denki: what was ur fave song :P

You: probably shockwave!

You: it was very heartfelt

Kaminari: yeah… i wrote that one in the midst of a breakup

You: awe :(

You: at least it made a great song, haha

Kaminari Denki: yeah, that’s a good way to think about it actually

You: 😌

Kaminari Denki: so what other music do you listen to, then?

Kaminari Denki: besides mine, obviously

You: i listen to sero’s music sometimes

Kaminari Denki: skljehgeiroljhngejlrkshg

You: have you heard of him?

Kaminari Denki: …

Kaminari Denki: yes

You:

Kaminari Denki:

You:

You: r u good?

You: u got rly weird all of a sudden

Kaminari Denki: one sec, i need to kill a bitch

You: wut

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Direct Message

Kaminari: SERO I AM GOING TO MURDER YOU

Sero Brain Cells: I’M SORRY I DIDN’T MEAN TO RIP YOUR POSTER

Sero Brain Cells: IT WAS AN ACCIDENTTTTTT

Kaminari: what

Sero Brain Cells: what

Kaminari: what poster.

Sero Brain Cells: ohshit💀

Kaminari: sero. what poster.

Sero Brain Cells: ur limited edition one….? ha…… ha……

Kaminari: wow i am literally going to kill you twice

Sero Brain Cells: NO PLS SPARE ME

Kaminari: and to think that wasn’t even what i was going to talk to you about

Kaminari: damn

Kaminari: ok. focus, kaminari.

Sero Brain Cells: i swear i’ll make it up to you bro

Kaminari: you will?

Sero Brain Cells: yes just ask for a favor. any favor and i’ll do it

Kaminari: perfect. stop making music forever.

Sero Brain Cells: okay

Kaminari: nice

Sero Brain Cells: great

Kaminari: perfect

Sero Brain Cells: wait WHAT THE FUCK

Kaminari: u heard me hoe

Sero Brain Cells: wtf crawled up ur ass dude

Kaminari: i asked my friend what kind of music he listens to and he said yours

Sero Brain Cells: holy shit ur talking to that reporter?

Kaminari: HOW IN THE HELL

Kaminari: LITERALLY HOW DID YOU KNOW

Sero Brain Cells: lmfaooo

Sero Brain Cells: kami, i know all of ur other friends. bc they’re also my friends.

Kaminari: sighhhhh

Sero Brain Cells: anyway. he listens to my music?

Kaminari: -_-

Sero Brain Cells: that’s cool tbh

Kaminari: -_-

Sero Brain Cells: give him my number, will u?

Kaminari: i despise you

Kaminari: why are we friends

Sero Brain Cells: because i’m sexy and hot and funny?

Kaminari:

Sero: <3 ?

Kaminari: … <3

Sero Brain Cells: and bc i make good music? ;)

Kaminari is offline.

Sero Brain Cells: damn 💀

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Direct Message

You: u good, dude…? it's been a few days…

Kaminari Denki: definitely… dude.

You: don’t kill sero, pls? I like his music :$

Kaminari Denki: oof

You: i’m messing with you

You: although i do actually like his music a lot

Kaminari Denki: staHp

You: but i like ur music more ;)

Kaminari Denki: DSNJKGLJSNJGFKSGJLS

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Direct Message

Kaminari Denki: oh!! also!!! i completely forgot- u left ur placard on the red carpet the other day

You: oh FUCKKKKKK MEEEEE

Kaminari Denki: i mean if you insist

You:

Kaminari Denki:

You:

Kaminari Denki: [placard.jpg]

[placard.jpg]: A picture of the ever-familiar placard that you had at the red carpet. The back is filled with your rampant scribblings and notes. It’s hardly legible once you really look at it. Upon closer investigation, there’s a note in glittery gold ink at the bottom with a cute doodle of a Pikachu. Evidently, that was Kaminari’s doing.  

You: AKSJHGSDJSHJKHJS THANK YOU FOR SAVING IT

You: omfg that would’ve been so bad if someone else had gotten ahold of it…

Kaminari Denki: yeah some of these notes are hilarious, dude

Kaminari Denki: “Don’t ask Ground Zero anything. Ever.”

You: NOOOOOO you weren’t supposed to see that

Kaminari Denki: “Don’t ask Shoto about his father,” is a rly good one actually

You: oh goddddd pls spare me

Kaminari Denki: dude it’s okay calm down

Kaminari Denki: do u want it back

You: yeah ig

You: wouldn’t want to leak industry secrets 🙄

You: since u have it… can u just mail it to me

Kaminari Denki: don’t have ur address

You: well i’ll just give it to you then, dude

Kaminari Denki: i don’t have postal

You: wut 😶

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Direct Message

Kaminari: DUDE HELP MEEEEE

Kaminari: SOS SOS SO FUCKING S

Sero Brain Cells: what’d u do this time

Kaminari: so yk how the cuteass reporter dropped his placard and i picked it up

Sero Brain Cells: u did??? dawg ur whipped 💀

Kaminari: THAT’S NOT IMPORTANT

Kaminari: but anyway i texted him abt it today and he said i could just mail it to him

Kaminari: but!! i was hoping to see him again and obv i didn’t want that to happen

Sero Brain Cells: and????

Kaminari: and… [textconvo.screenshot]

Sero Brain Cells: oh i know you did nottttt

Kaminari: I PANICKED AND SAID I DIDN’T HAVE POSTAL

Sero Brain Cells: yeah,,,, i can see that…..

Kaminari: I'M SO DONE

Sero Brain Cells: dude no ur not

Kaminari: wut

Sero Brain Cells: this is ur chance!!!!!! u can get him to hang out w u by offering to give him the placard thingy

Kaminari: have i ever told u that ur a genius

Sero Brain Cells: not enough, evidently

Kaminari: WELL UR A GENIUS

Kaminari is offline.

Sero Brain Cells: well, ty

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Direct Message

Kaminari Denki: oi i have an idea

You: what’s up

Kaminari Denki: abt the placard

You: yes?

Kaminari Denki: ur agency’s near that one cafe right

You: espressobeanz? yes

Kaminari Denki: i can meet u there tmrw

You: um what

Kaminari Denki: ?

You:

Kaminari Denki:

You: wait what

Kaminari Denki: what?

You: idk, just… don’t you have more important things to do

Kaminari Denki: not rly

You: ok…

Kaminari Denki: plus i wanna hang out :(

You: ohhhh oki

You: wait holup holdup

You: the cafe is kinda public… r u gonna be ok

Kaminari Denki: why wouldn’t i be

You: idk don’t you get mobbed in public whenever people recognize you

Kaminari Denki: i mean yeah but it’s fine

You: u sure?

Kaminari Denki: yep!

You: okiii sounds like a plan then

Kaminari Denki: cool

You: i get off work at 3pm so let’s just meet then?

Kaminari Denki: 👍

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Direct Message

Kaminari: omfg sero ur forgiven for ripping my poster

Sero Brain Cells: HOORAY

Kaminari: im meeting w him tomorrow Ψ(`_´ # )↝

Sero Brain Cells: niiiiice!!

Kaminari: i'm so scared

Sero Brain Cells: what why

Kaminari: i'm scaredddd

Sero Brain Cells: okay okay don’t freak out

Sero Brain Cells: have you picked out an outfit?

Kaminari: nope

Sero Brain Cells: okay so here’s what we’ll do. I’ll meet u at ur place tn and i’ll help u pick out something to wear

Kaminari: and i’ll order food

Sero Brain Cells: YES NOW U GET IT

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You throw your phone on the couch and bury your head in your hands. Your heart is racing at the thought of seeing Kaminari again. You have to pause and take a deep breath to calm yourself down. Thankfully, you have the rest of today to spend freaking about and picking out ten different outfits that you’ll never wear.

As for right now, though… It’s time to distract yourself. You pull up a Youtube video and resolutely pretend not to think about your date tomorrow.  

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chapter 3

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thx for reading <33333

tagging: @tejas-kris​ and @felmierr​ :0 

[dojae-huh]

Ok,so I’ll try not to rant too much but I can’t promise anything! Hahah. So I guess kind of context? I’m not really into a lot of groups; what I usually do is I’ll find a few random or ‘funny moments’ videos of the group that I’m interested in and if I find myself having fun with them and they get me hooked I usually end up searching them up little by little and get to know them through their content or random interviews(as much as one can,it’s important to always remember that most of the time these personalities are curated). I kinda watch to see who stands out,which positions does everybody have,who is usually the most teased or who does most teasing for that matter,etc. Of course this led me to Doyoung, he was a main vocal, and had that kind of ‘underdog’ vibe that usually makes me more interested or makes me want to bias one even more. Then I kinda begin to search content more focused on the specific person that stood out for me (it’s not that it completely erases the other members for me,or that I don’t care about them,it’s just that naturally you wish to see more of your bias) and when I do that I usually watch to see this specific person’s,Doyoung in this case, dynamics with the different members in the group. Some pairs stand out to me more than others bc of their chemistry,being johndo and dotae here. I start indulging in their moments or ships because of the sweetness of the bond and also because I like watching my bias being appreciated, I won’t lie. So,some time goes by (keep in mind this all happened last year,after ay-yo era) and I’m like ok this Taeyong dude is obsessed with Doyoung like what is going on; I’ve never seen a friendship so deep before in idol world I guess,so I started thinking well surely I’m not crazy and there’s something more going on right? But the fact that it’s so blatant and out there? It got me perplexed. I became a serious dotae truther, like surely my eyes were not lying to me? Lmao. Anyways in one of the many Doyoung videos or edits that I’ve watched it compared the different ships (doyu,dojae,dowoo) and I thought it was for fun,I didn’t think people actually believed in them,I mean how could they when they had dotae right in front of them?. At the time dowoo caught my eye, and one of the first things I watched was that live with Mark and Jungwoo, where Doyoung asked what did he want for his birthday I think, and just judging from the first impression I was like ok well they got a point Jungwoo does look like he has a slight crush on Do (I mean,a good compilation can make any pair look good and get you thinking). But dojae? I was like…what even is there to see? (Boy was I wrong) I went on a mission and was like ok what could possibly make this ship so popular? I mean they look amazing together sure but are they even that close?. One thing lead to another and I found this blog, I kinda started reading 1 or 2 posts ironically at first; but then was like you know what,let me put myself in their pov and interact with new content from this perspective,like I’m looking at a huge crush or ‘relationship’ for that matter. I wasn’t quite convinced at the beginning,but the more I looked at it that way and found more ‘jaedo lore’ the more I couldn’t escape the small moments,gazes,weird interactions,things that just simply could not make sense unless I was watching a huge crush or a relationship; I guess suddenly one day it just “clicked” and keeping in mind I had still half of the information I had now I had so much more to uncover 😭. I remember being like well two people who actually have active feelings for each other and are in their context would rarely behave like dotae; it’s really a case of you don’t see it until you SEE it,and then you can’t stop seeing it lmao.They do an impressive job at concealing I must say, evidenced by my attention going to dotae,dowoo or even johndo before these 2 even crossed my mind.

Well… I did say I didn’t promise anything in the beginning!!

-cookingvliveanon

All this and I don’t know if I answered your question actually, I don’t remember the exact thing that I watched or read that made me be like; wait…this is it!! But I know for sure it was after The Unity started,because I remember being so happy for the dotae “Space” dance section lol. But what really helped me see were the other members actually, when something sus went down between them or they had enough to associate them through a joke or whatever it may be,they instantly had these sheepish smiles on their faces looking at one or the two of them given the situation. They did not react like that with dotae or johndo for that matter,huge contrast. But yeah,thank you for letting me and others see the light with your endless dedication to this blog!

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I like rants, so no worries. Without context your story wouldn't be as clear. Many new fans found JaeDo after a TaeDo phase, heh. Do you know that when Do joined trainees the first thing Tae said to him is that Do should befriend Jaehyun (because they are of the similar age)? Heh.

I came into the fandom exactly when JaeDo got together (end of April of 2018), so I was free of the years of false shipping hopes (there were people who believed they dated in 2016 but broke up later (2017 drought)) and was lucky to get to know them at their most infatuated with each other period. Plus Vlive was a big thing back then (with subs!!!), it helped me immensely to figure things out. I wasn't biased one was or another, and I had lots of material to work with.

Can you imagine the time when it was Doyoung who pursued Taeyong? Heh. (Limitless and Cherry Bomb eras). I guess there are enough of deep friendships amongs idols, just most of the pairs are "dudebros" for whom exessive sentimentality outside of fanservice is strange. Taeyong is a unique case. Plus, I think he goes so overboard due to competition with JaeDo as well. Subtletly is not enough. There are too many people fighting for Doyoung's attention.

Many see Jaehyun's crush but have hardships seeing through Doyoung (who is so caring and tactile with everyone). Two things to look for is Doyoung having no defence against Jae (his reaction to teasing, for example) and he likes to eneter Jae's intimate zone, to shorten the distance. The latter is subtle, but very habitual. You just need to catch him being relaxed, when he forgets to keep himself in check. Currently JaeDo is in small details and occasional "what is happening?" moments, like the Cinderella one or the magic carpet.

[chibivesicle]

Hey!

I know I’ve already left a few asks here(I just love your meta okay?) and I had an idea- I saw a comment on the r/Trigun subreddit that Stampede should have picked up where the 98 anime left off, and after reading your thoughts on how you would fix Stampede, here’s my idea; Trigun Stampede but instead of a “reimagining” it’s a direct sequel to the 98 series but pulls from Maximum and instead of just picking and choosing stuff it keeps MOSTLY faithful but reworks and maybe streamlines different parts so it fits in with the timeline of the 98 anime and where it ended, picking up where the last episode of the anime left off.

I just wanted to know your thoughts and how you would make it work?

Hello there,

Thanks for another question! I honestly, would have preferred a full redo of the manga, but maybe keeping the first 5 episodes of the '98 with world building "filler" episodes and then dove into a more manga accurate story. The beauty of those first 5 were it takes him until that 5th episode to draw his gun and fire. The build up and tension was perfect and matched the side story in the manga where Vash uses a target to perfectly hit people so they don't die. I however, would add in more non-canon plot points with Meryl and Milly to keep the magic sauce that was Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl and Milly. These are easy tweaks that could have been added into a refreshed version. Honestly, the quartet character dynamics was great.

The '98 anime did the best with what it could do, but a more streamlined less wandering version of Trigun Maximum would likely have resonated well with older fans. For example there were some random chapters that were action packed but really didn't serve the plot (especially around the Eye of Michael) and Wolfwood got some side chapters which did flesh out his character more but lead to further wandering. I think a major problem with this was the fact they either had to make a 12 episode series or 24 to match current broadcasting 'standards' which was not the case with the '98 anime operating on the considerably older model of the 26 episode season. Though in that case they were animating with cels and Studio Orange is 3D CG. I have no idea how the time/effort per episode compares.

With how long the manga was, I think Stampede needed at least 2 or 3 seasons (say minimum of the 12 episodes per season) or 2 seasons with the (12 + 12 combo like for Spy x Family etc. giving a total of 48 which, damn would likely get the job done).

It got the 'Cliff Notes' version of events and the weird pacing shows. The major problem is that the story never had time to breathe and it just needed to be longer so it could have a more natural progression. Too many things were blink and miss it or sure you totally got X b/c if you squint you'll understand a complex concept.

It is clear that the predominantly (American) English language fandom was expecting the FMA Brotherhood treatment. That was not this and I can honestly see how disappointing it was. For me, I rewatched it back in December and was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up and fun it was. Reading the manga filled in some gaps a but also left me confused and finding a more manga accurate anime would have made my happy. We all know this is not what happened. They went in a sci fi direction (confirmed by more than one interview of staff on the project) created a whole new world and concept. I have also really noticed but will have no stats to back this up; but there is a clear demographic divide on how Stampede was received. I hate to generalize, but it seems dudes who are mainly straight cis-het men, who watched the anime a long time ago (and are super anime watchers consuming way more than I do in short periods) seem to give it the most positive reviews. They say it seems the same, sure it looks different and they kinda sorta miss Milly but its fine otherwise. Maybe I'm wrong since those are also the people who - not surprisingly - have the loudest voices on the internet be it Youtube channels and general prominence. However, as soon as you shift to other viewers there is a lot more concern. Many women are upset at the poor female characterization across the board in Trigun where all of the women were made shadows of their former selves. None of my female friends who watched the original enjoyed what happened to the women in Stampede. Queer fans also seem to have a more negative view with so many of the gay, trans, non-binary aspects of the original cast now gone. [Legato, Elendira, Zazie] 'Cause Legato barely appeared and his huge crush on Knives is not the same as in the manga. Elendira - gone and Zazie hasn't gotten good characterization as well. I'm not saying all people of one demographic can be correlated with their feelings towards it, but it does seem to have general vibes. And it is hard to tell something like this without a statistically robust analysis but it is what I've noticed. Maybe I'm wrong, and I'm toodling around in my small patch of the web but that's what I've observed. Not many straight cis het men are like, "Oh yeah, I really noticed how the female characters are either dead mother figures or cute uwu waifus or literal children. I wonder how other viewers who miss strong female representation now feel?"

I'm not here to stoke a culture war and virtue signal or anything like that. Nor am I falling into the woke SJW whatever you call it. I've sat through enough actual [and incredibly depressing] seminars about studies on the role of diversity and representation in fields (mine specifically being STEM) and when I learned that for women to have proper representation in biology textbooks, it would take another 100 years, I cringed. When you learned at the current rate it would take 500 years for black scientists to be properly represented - it - just - well, fuck. Feel free to think about this for any group that are not cis-het white men. And then feel icky and sad.

Now, is this fair to place such high standards on a product made in a specific cultural context for entertainment? I mean, likely not, the whole point is to have fun and make money through merch.

Buuuuuuuttttt . . . .

I know that diversity in media has a long way to go and it was sad to see a diverse manga lose that diversity in the more recent version. Until media companies and production studios and teams 'get it' they won't realize that there is a market for it. Which is hilarious since the original was way more diverse and interesting than Stampede. Seriously, why are there no black people in Stampede? This leaves me scratching my head in confusion since Kekkai Sensen has an even more diverse cast! Nightow clearly writes these types of characters on purpose. It didn't get lost when Bones did the first two seasons of Kekkai Sensen. Hell, the inherent diversity of Kekkai Sensen is literally written into actual dialogue in the chapter/OVA King of the King of the Restaurants.

I didn't mean to fall into a rabbit hole, but I'm really thinking there are going to be very different responses and 'fix-it' solutions for what fans had wanted to see or hoped they'd see with this. Okay, I'm going to shut up now. But yeah, I'd do a early '98 anime with manga hybrid as my reboot for Trigun.

[dogfags]

blah blah journaling here bc my laptop still don't work

this week has been super stressful but my car is finally working again and it didn't cost as much as I thought. Chris and I had a little trial run of us living together bc he had to stay for a week to drive me around everywhere (bless him). praying he gets this job he just interviewed for so he can move in asap. and yes I have hangups about moving in with yet another partner after not dating for a total year but like 😭 dude idk how anybody can afford to live on their own. me and Tara can't make rent with just the 2 of us and it'd be really nice to be able to save some money. and after my car broke down I for sure couldn't afford to split the house bills 50/50. it was Tara's idea to invite Chris otherwise I never would have suggested it. and we both have our weird feelings and fears about it, to a healthy degree I'd say. I mean idk. my attitude rn is kinda like, I think I've already been through the worst it could possibly get with moving in with a partner? like there's no way it could be worse than That, even if we do break up. we have our own separate spaces also which was the only saving grace me and my ex had after we broke up so that's good. but I also just don't rly see things going so poorly. I mean idk. u never rly know somebody. but Chris just SEEMS different and has actually told me he wants to marry me and be with me forever etc. he is a more open and honest communicator than anyone else I've ever dated. won't be like my ex where he went off and binged a bunch of drugs then lied to me about it, bought a gun and brought it into our house, cheated on me, broke up w me then threatened me with suicide when I decided to move on. like actually fucking crazy person type shit. I can't believe I put up with so much in my last relationship. literally a nightmare. and I can't believe ppl were blaming ME for all that shit 😭 idfk dude. I'm so glad to be out of that situation and living my life now. as stressful as it is rn with school and work I'm still so much better off than I was. Chris is actually a huge sweetheart and shows me affection and loves me in the ways I need to be. and spends time with me. and talks to me lol. like I'm Sorry but after talking over all this with my therapist for so long I've kinda come to the conclusion that none of that shit was my fault. it sucks that some ppl got caught in the crossfire but again it wasn't my fault. I'll take ownership of going back on my word by sleeping w somebody at the house. that was shitty but also? maybe don't cheat on me and lie to me the entire relationship and I'd actually gaf 😭 he got his stupid little "revenge" for that anyway lmfao. I just fr cannot believe the shit I've been through with the awful awful people I've dated.

in an ideal world Chris and I could live on our own for a bit before we move in together but the job market is fucked, the housing market is fucked, and neither of us could rly afford to do that. sooo we just gunna have to move in together. and I was rly reluctant at first but everyone I've talked to has been super in support of it bc he's just such a good guy. plus we've been friends for a few years anyway so it's not like I started dating this stranger then he moved in. we used to talk semi regularly in college. would have hung out if I ever had time.

for a second I was worried I'm like, a bad person who does horrible things and I Have made bad choices don't get me wrong but like. I'm not evil or irredeemable. I have all these friends now who actually love me?? and I made them myself? wild. also quite literally everyone I've talked to about the past events have been like ya dude ur a victim 😭 I feel more guilty about the shit that happened w Friday than I do w my recent ex. bc some of that was objectively my fault bc I was in such a horrible manic episode I was acting crazy. they did kinda SA me but like. idk man. I'm insane sometimes.

the whole thing with that friend saying that "my stress is not their problem" kinda just. idk. idk if we will ever rly be close again. they kind of refused to apologize for anything they said to me or for screwing me over in housing. plus all the shitty posts they made about me. like idk. we talked it over irl and like kinda made up? but I still don't think she ever even said she's sorry lol. and for months I blamed myself for my ex being suicidal bc of all that. until my therapist and I went over it again and again and I've kinda just realized none of that was rly my fault. if anything staying with my ex after the first incident was my mistake. but I felt rly trapped bc we lived together. that's what is so hard about living with a partner especially when you haven't been with them super long. like idk. I have a good feeling abt Chris. I genuinely do want to spend my life with him. I never rly felt that way abt my ex. even when they were moving in I was like ya this is fine/fun for now. but I never felt like my ex was my soulmate or anything. not that I rly believe in that shit. but Chris and I just connect and get each other on a different level. it's the first time I've ever rly felt truly understood by someone.

the things I feel guilty for are more like, I feel guilty for staying with the people who hurt me even after I've already accepted in my mind that they aren't the one. and I do that bc I'm scared of being alone and scared of confronting myself and the reality that it's not a perfect love story or whatever. and my ex did try to fucking. reel me back in after we broke up and keep me there but not fully there. but I removed him from my life after I had had enough and I am proud of myself for that. I don't need someone like that in my life, even as a friend. wishing the best for u but I don't want to be there to see it. after Friday SAd me I should have just ended it but again I stayed bc I was scared. and what I feel most shame for is manically scrounging up a plan to break up without actually breaking up and then making a fool of myself by "proposing" like God that's just so embarrassing lol. but idk like my therapist said I can't fully blame myself for the decisions I make when I'm in a manic episode bc that's just straight up Not Me. like part of the diagnostic criteria for a manic episode is making choices you would not otherwise make. I'm not crazy. I was just deeply traumatized and triggered and couldn't find a way out of it. then ofc they tried to screw me over in every way possible. I make bad choices in people I date. and I look back and I'm like, but if I'm the common denominator of all these people I dated, aren't I the shitty one?? like surely I pushed these people to madness right lol like they weren't bad people they just became corrupted bc I forced them into craziness. idkkkk my therapist also says I can't look at it like that. and that people with lifelong CPTSD often end up in abusive relationships bc of trauma and patterns and shit. so. there's that

while I am wary of possibly repeating my shitty patterns I also just have a good feeling about Chris. I'm at a point in my life where I'm done dating "for fun" like I actually want to find someone to spend my life with now. and I think he could be it. like idk people are like "when u know u know" and I just Know with him. he's such a good person, basically everything I've ever wanted out of a partner. he's smart as fuck and creative and interesting and sweet and loves my friends and has a lot of his own friends and we have similar ways of thinking and want the same things out of life. same lifestyles and same plans for our futures. he's highly emotionally intelligent and I feel like he'd never lie to me. I can trust him. he's always there for me. he's very helpful and never complains about helping me. he helps without even being asked. like mans fr just did our dishes. and I KNOW THE BAR IS IN HELL but fr lmao. I was a little apprehensive at first about dating, and I'm a little apprehensive about moving in together, but my gut says this is right and will help us both out a lot financially. and emotionally tbh.

so yea those are my updates. hopefully he gets this job and then can move in in September. and then I just have 6 months of school left. it feels like I have to grind forever for the rest of my life but it won't be forever. I just gotta get through this and it'll all be worth it. blaaaghdjdnns

[pokemon-teacology]

I'm back!!! I have been since Sunday, whoops, but I've been busy getting back into class, so no updates for yall.

However! I'm back now, home was great, I travelled out to stow-on side to see the kids. Apparently the little pink dude that had the attitude problem fully bowled down their mural and revealed an old statue??? Sonia would not stop texting me it was wild.

The statue actually looks really cool! I don't really understand why the mural was covering it but I'm glad it's out in the open now.

Anyway updates on trainers, Glo and Hop beat Bea and Vic beat Alistair (still weird to me that they let a kid run a government building but he did a good job). It wasnt too difficult thanks to their larger and more diverse teams. Gareth and his granddaughter did great, too! They truly fucked up Alistair's team with their linoone, zippy.

Carl is... Definitely also there. He now has a togepi, which was firing all sorts of attacks all over the place. He faced Bea, and in her interview afterwards she praised him???

"His strategy was so complicated and well thought-out that I could not understand. He was a formidable opponent."

Whereas Carl's interview:

"I have no idea what happened. I didnt recognise a single move that Tepi [the togepi] fired. I didn't know Tegepi could learn that?????"

The rotom drone capturing the match identified the attack as a prismatic laser???? Which is. Whilde. I assume the togepi knows metronome.

Everyone else did fine! That Marnie girl with the morpeko has been Killing it lately, which I love for her. Im excited to see her battle one of the kids from postwick when they face off in the finals. Brandy and I had a great time catching up with the battles after I got back.

As for the visit itself, I saw my relatives and their Pokémon, helped my nans around their gardens, and met up with my childhood bestie. I saw my dad and his girlfriend's new house, too! It's a nice house. My brother and I hung out a ton, too. I've missed him :)

I went to Stow-On-Side the day before the kids set off to Balonlea, we got foodstuffs from the shops and had a picnic next to the entrance of the glimwood tangle. I was wearing a nice hat that day, and it got stolen by some impidimps >:( so we had to go into the glimwood tangle to get it back from those little shits. They're lucky that they're cute, otherwise I'd be furious. I've found (and by that I mean I've been told by my buddy who had one) that playing along with their games is the easiest way to get your stuff back, and they especially like then you mess with them back. Despite not enjoying having my hat stolen, I actually had a really fun time :D I got to spend time with the kiddos, too, which was great.

My Mons had a great time, too. Bonfire night happened, which they all really enjoy. Pokémon are kinda touch and go with fireworks, but mine have always been fine. Chomp was scared the first time he saw them and didn't like the noise as a gibble, so he had this set of

It sucks to have to leave them again, but I've only got a month more before the holiday season is upon us, meaning I'll have a whole month and a half off to spend with my family.

Sorry for my update being a bit disjointed and worded not super great, I just got back from dyeing my hair (I got red instead of pink whoops) at my friend's place and I'm absolutely shattered (tired) so I'm heading to bed. I just thought I'd update since I've been gone for almost two weeks (whoops)

[ramblingdisaster73]

Rambling thoughts as I rewatch 4x09 “Road Kill”

I thought it would be a younger version of herself from the promo & Natacha’s interview before the episode aired – BUT – I FUCKING LOVE how they did it. This is my favorite of all the ‘begins’ episodes from both 9-1-1 & LS

“Is that Marjan?” x3 – trying to figure out if the 2 Paul ones were the same one and the edited it weird or if it was in the script that he said it twice

You helped with that Tumor cake Marj.

I love that he doesn’t believe that she sold the bike & got $200 more.

So not subtle about the party – but these people are so happy to get her back and I love it.

Acts of service really is her love language

I love that the girl made it out of her relationship – I also love how they showed her doubts – that was so real. It isn’t easy leaving bad relationships – but in the end she overcame her fear – with the help of Marj.

The season of sisters – so funny. I am trying to figure out who is next – We know that Grace has 2 (Sierra’s irl sisters), Carlos has 2, and Marjan has at least 1.

As someone that performed in those 4-hour recitals – I agree -they get long and tedious – but can be absolutely adorable and hysterical at the same time.

This is actual a pretty decent spread – but yeah – that is kinda a lot of canapes

You are ALWAYS extra

They are so fucking adorable – they definitely dodged an LED bullet

Once again – they kill it with the music.

The thing about the red car – my guess is from Marjan’s memories – did the Mom crawl out of the car and die, then the father moved to the passenger side of the car? Because Marj was in the back on the drivers side behind her friends Dad. The placement when adult Marj checks them out confused me.

This is her second accident in 2 seasons

How long did she have to sit with her dead best friend and his parents after their accident?

I love her origin story – so much of who she is, why she is who she is, is so beautifully consistent with her character the last 3.5 seasons

We learned so much new info about her

Mateo gets very emotional when the people he loves are in distress – he showed us this in the first season when they found out Owen had cancer, it has continued through out the seasons. It makes sense that he would be as worked up as he is.

Good thing Grace is always at work when they need her

Kinda find it funny that the cop stays at the house while 3 firefighters go investigate.

Sucks for Rick – getting murdered for being a nice guy.

How does this cop NOT see the dead body or blood?

Grant did not cover it up that well

I also thought Grant was for sure going to kill the cop when he started walking back to his car.

The makeup department did an amazing job

TK reliving the events of who knows how long ago – this timeline taunts me daily – from Carlos’ kidnapping and now this

The acting this season has been phenomenal

“I hate to ask you this, but was she the victim or the perpetrator?” Carlos Reyes – I mean, it’s a fair question.

How the fuck did this dude bail himself out? Was the bail amount $5?

I think it is interesting that Marj was called Mouse when she was younger, but how that accident changed how she presented herself. She took her BFF’s mom’s advice and lived her true self – not as someone that was remotely quiet or shy.

This cop wasn’t at all suspicious of this dude? Like didn’t even bother running the plates?

She lost so much blood – I love that she used some of it to put up the ‘126’ on the wall.

Get a sister – Get a killer = season 3 of LS

This whole episode is so well done

“That girl can’t just see the sites like a normal tourist?” Paul ‘exhausted’ Strickland

Of course Grant borrowed his dad’s RV for a trip – guess he just never said how long that trip would be.

Survival instincts are crazy

“Are you a liar?” – child Marjan to Adult Marjan

His constant use of the word ‘friend’ gets super annoying after like the 3rd time he said it.

It is awesome how they had every part of the 126 (with a late cronut assist from Tommy) helping to find Marjan – and similar to 4x04 – Marjan saved herself – but had help in finishing the job

So I guess it is: get a sister – get a killer – save yourself from the killer – your family assists you getting medical help

The scene in the tunnel – The terror in Marjan’s eyes was something I FELT. Not just saw – but FELT

Flare to the neck – nice way for an abusive killer to die

Kinda happy it was extra painful, even if it was quick

Off topic – but I have been watching A LOT of Stranger Things – so the scene of Paul, Judd, and Owen all being on their radios made me laugh and think of the kids/teens (mostly the never-ending story scene)

Now Kylie will never have to look over her shoulder for her abusive ex again.

Owen’s face at the truck after they find the old man’s body – perfect expression of fear and grief.

I am so glad they cut the Nanteo scene in the hospital

Give them development, but this wasn’t the time

Super cute TK sleeping on Carlos

I do hope that they do something with what they have been sorta building up for them

SO FUCKING OVER THE DIET/NEGATIVE FOOD REFERENCES

None of these people do well with R&R – not a single one of them – But I think Grace and Owen are the worst

“It could be that our daughter just don’t got no interest at all” Judd Ryder – good luck buddy

“Who is here for Marjan Marwani” EVERYONE

“Why you guys first? Fine just don’t take too long.” Mateo being the youngest brother.

Another great quotable episode

I did love the reveal of it being a younger Marjan, showing us her parents

This was such a strong episode – from top to bottom, every member of the cast & crew really gave it their all – and it shows.

She looks so small in that hospital bed with her found brother & adopted dad, then her smile when she gets the flowers from her parents – such a great ending scene.

Looking forward to the rest of the season – It just keeps getting better.

[zumpietoo]

I'm gonna disagree with both sides here-----by and large? Only COLE has been soooperr supportive of Melted. And it has nothing to do with the sub that you can't afford the $10 per month for, ketel0bullshitchip.

Also, WTF are you "not letting shitty men (Cole) off the hook" about now? That he continues to breathe air? And love the deflection, too....so literally, anything that negates your fanfic is evvvolll? Including, you know, facts?

Wait, I thought you guys DGAF about Cole? Oh right, that was 2 seconds earlier....as for "wannabe Kris Jenner mommeee", ummm....Amy???

OML....STILL???? Dude, again, SweatBoi wishes he was Cole and PP's still so stuck on Cole she got with him because of this. Which is beyond pathetic. As is your endless obsession with Cole answering ONE question (that negated your other fanfic) in an interview, a year ago. The "tour" was TWO....

That said, to further Wayback Machine (before going to be productive for the day).....let's revisit the Halloween thing, since the BB chose to earlier:

The person who fabricated it was a Barfie/PJ (haaahh!!!) stan and it was entirely faked/disproven. And precisely why they promptly deactivated.

That said....

A) in further retrospect, it's soooperrr weird that PP chose to race off to LA for her hair, cuz during Covid (and actually beforehand), she was able to, repeatedly, find competent colorists in Vancouver...

B) My take is now she legit didn't trust herself to not attempt to fuck Hart right in front of everybody---or maybe at that point Sunny'd told her to back TF off or she'd cut a bitch (tho, later, 3some in Vegas, but, again, who knows?). Regardless? Kinda obvious it had way moar to do with PP's uncontrollable vag than her bad dye job.

C) PP unfollowed Kathy after her shoot by Cole dropped and PP thought they were fucking....

D) PP refollowed her for MaxMara, which she invited her to (for all we know, wanted to fuck Kathy, herself) and Kathy went to spy/bag on her.

Kisses, y'alll!!!!

[bignickrgxa2]

Man I watched the entire Katt Williams interview and I have thoughts:

Seems like a chill fuckin dude

Not a single fuck was given.

I don't have any opinion about the people he continuously destroyed but man I wouldn't wanna be them right now coz Katt comes across like a fucking freight train.

Seems kinda disingenuous about saying he doesn't shit on people to boost himself when he kinda does both, but slightly separately. But he's clearly a good guy who just has a lot to say and wants to clear the air.

Haven't seen anyone talk about the weird misogynistic/borderline homophobic shit? Here? I say borderline, because he openly promotes being positive about specifically gay people, but also hires "about 70% female" staff, including his "joint roller", because basically "ew man saliva in my mouth". Again, he seems like he's chill in general, but just some weird shit. Idk. Felt weird to me. Like in one breath he disses footballers for going to strip clubs and then later he literally says he goes to strip clubs idk. Weird flex but ok.

The whole toxic woman conversation was icky man. Weird vibes there.

I'm white as fuck so most of the black-centric stuff is basically not my area and I wouldn't wish to speak on shit I don't understand but again he sounds like a genuinely nice guy who just wants to lift people up with his wealth and connections. Which is nice.

His Kanye opinion is, in my opinion, absolutely spot on. I even agree with what he said about Kim, although I'd have said it perhaps differently lol

Shay is a really good interviewer, but he needs to just tighten up his game a touch. Like he's a 9/10. But great job just letting Katt absolutely bulldoze the interview, never cut him off, asked him interesting questions, some of them he'd already outlined previously in the interview but again, 9/10 isn't bad.

Honestly it's an absolute must watch interview. It reminds me of when the CM Punk interview on the Colt Cabana podcast dropped just under a decade ago.

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 135 Rundown

Spy X Family: The time of the big interview has finally come and the Forger family descends on it with military precision despite this school being the most uppity fucking place in the world. These guys are failing people based on the way they fucking walk up to the place and are trapping people into messing up their clothes by staging a trapped messy kid and they also have an escaped wild animal stampede but Yor can TKO a cow like nobody’s business so it’s fine. They also play the gag that they’re stupidly prepared and brought TWO sets of changes of clothes which is freaking hilarious but also like they just kinda appear right where they were in the new clothes like no time has passed so did they just get changed right there or what. Like the implication is they went off to change but they’re like ‘oh you guys can go get cleaned up’ and Loid’s just like ‘That won’t be necessary’ and they just fucking appear in new clothes. It’s really fucking funny honestly. Still the actual interview happens and they’ve got a dude that’s just trying to do his job, an angry bitter asshole, and the dude that’s been screaming about elegance the whole time and is basically already on their side. The questions are pretty typical and Anya gets through it by reading Loid’s mind and Loid basically tells the truth but makes it sound like they’ve been a family for a lot longer than they have. Also they do bring up the fact that the school is looking into the possibility of fake families but I guess they’re just really shit at it and nobody talked to Yor’s friends that definitely know she wasn’t married last week but okay. But yeah Asshole Mcdouchebag asks Anya who she loves most between Yor and her old mom and that activates Anya’s tragic backstory alarm and everyone is ready to beat the shit out of him but luckily restrain themselves just enough though Loid still breaks the table (just a note on that I’m pretty sure Loid doesn’t have Yor’s super strength and was just THAT pissed off so he’s just like a sneaky dude that hulked out for a moment). But luckily elegance guy takes to heart all the great things Loid was saying about the school and decks the asshole after they leave, it’s kinda nice they gave this fancypants guy a character arc about really believing in the values the school puts a show of upholding. Still the Forgers don’t know they’ve already passed so they get to sweat it out for another episode while Loid’s just having a BSOD like ‘uhhh maybe they like people that break their tables?’.

Inuyasha: This episode is kinda weird in that it’s the intersection of two types of filler gimmick episodes and a stock gimmick comedy plot. So we meet back up with the old filler lady monk who doesn’t have any power and Inuyasha and Shippo are fighting so it’s also a Shippo episode. The monk lady enlists their help protecting a bunch of village houses that have been broken into lately and comes up with a sutra that lets Shippo use his fox magic to turn invisible because we wanted to give Shippo a new power but have to make it conditional so he can’t use it outside of filler. So we have some shenanigans of him and Sango being invisible but it only lasts a few minutes so the gag is when Sango stalks Miroku he can see her almost right away and when Shippo goes to peek on Kagome’s tits or prank Inuyasha they just brush him off/beat him up like that episode of Rugrats with the vanishing cream. Shippo just thinks Inuyasha sniffed him out but Sango figures out the spell didn’t last long and… doesn’t tell Shippo because she doesn’t want to hurt his feelings I guess? But when Shippo’s guarding the house alone and is very visible to the demon Sango realizes this was a terrible idea and he’s prolly gonna die. The demon himself is pretty cool and appears as a paper thin man that can become fat when he sucks in air so he Paper Mario’s his way into the house to steal shiny stuff but Shippo’s able to kinda just steal it back and run away before Inuyasha can sniff them out and beat the guy up. Feel like they wanted to do more with Inuyasha and Shippo’s relationship in this episode since Kagome equates them to bickering brothers but aside from briefly acknowledging each other when fighting the demon nothing really comes of it. It’s another gag episode that’s not quite as funny as the last one but it’s alright I guess.

Yu Yu Hakusho: So the Goblin King game continues and the first bit is Gamer Girl Genkai absolutely wrecking shop at a helicopter game which I guess makes sense because it’s probably hard to make that look exciting. Gamemaster’s like ‘well cool we got her win out of the way so I don’t have to fight her’ which is probably fair like most of Genkai’s one on one fights are hilariously onesided unless you’re Toguro. Yusuke gets the easiest beat-em-up in the world and still almost loses but he manages to pull out a win so they only need to beat the Gamemaster himself once to claim victory. I vividly remember watching this as a kid because the way they make a quiz game such a display of shonen asshole one-upmanship is kind of spectacular. Kaito knows all the game’s questions and can pick them up based on the first syllable and their given answers but Gamemaster lets him do the first five questions so he can get the sequence of the code and by then he knows the complete order of the game’s RNG sequencing to know the questions before any part of the question actually pops up. That’s like some Death Note level of “I’m even geniusier than you’ shit. Kaito gets sick of losing so just guesses on a bunch of the questions and gets his three strikes before Gamemaster can get his tenth question, better to lose than be beaten I guess. Still Kurama figures out that with the game’s arcade Continue nature, they aren’t playing an elimination game but just a stalling game so they won’t die if they lose they’ll just keep playing the final boss over and over which theoretically would be great because they get infinite chances but also means Gamemaster’s confident enough that he’ll be able to keep whipping their butts for hours until the tunnel’s completed. The preview of this episode also has Kurama poetically wondering if he can morally kill a child in a way that really infatuated my edgy teenage soul back in the way with him talking about doing something he regrets like ‘I pray that I won’t but I know that I will’ like fantastic edgy teen anime OC gold man, fantastic job.

Jujutsu Kaisen: It’s time for the group’s first real mission and Gojo is out of town so there’s no saving them, this is basically the ‘Naruto and Sasuke vs Zabuza’ moment. Speaking of which our resident Sasuke Megumi is in the spotlight this time around since Nobara has like kind of an idea how things work and Yuji was legit thrown into this with zero training so yeah they go into the spirit’s Witch Labyrinth from Madoka and within like two minutes the kid they came in there to save is dead, Nobara’s captured by a bunch of mask trolls and Megumi’s white wolf is dead and there’s a naked flexing guy that cuts Yuji’s hand off. They also have a brief moral quandary that the place they’re in is a juvie center so all the kids there are kinda dicks so Megumi doesn’t want to go out of his way to save any of them but Yuji met the kid’s mom so he wants to help anyway and it’s a neat little conflict. But yeah Yuji wants to call out his Hollow side but Sukuna’s like ‘yeah bro I’ll kill your evil spirit for ya, and your friend and maybe you I don’t care like we got like 10% of my power max riding on this’ so Yuji wisely decides against that and sends Megumi to go save Nobara and get the fuck out of dodge so he can hulk out without anyone in the area. He fights the naked spirit thing for a bit and gets more appendages ripped off and does briefly figure out how to use a minor amount of Cursed Energy but it’s like some dude rocking up to Mike Tyson with exactly one move they got from a youtube tutorial. Still Megumi saves Nobara via frog and Yuji’s able to let Sukuna out and honestly this guy is a boss like he’s so entertaining to watch. He’s smart about it and wants to lead the spirit out so they can team up on Megumi to piss off Yuji but the spirit is piss scared of Sukuna and not all that smart and doesn’t wanna leave his stoop so Sukuna’s just like ‘fine guess I’ll do the thing’ and fucking wrecks this dude’s shit five ways to Sunday before using Tsukuyomi or some shit to bisect him fivefold and take his finger back. By then Sukuna’s like ‘yeah yeah I did your stupid shonen evil side bullshit lemme switch back now’ but to his surprise Yuji doesn’t come back out, presumably because he can’t switch back right away at this point.

Chainsaw Man: Just when we think it’s all over and Denji’s saved Power and Meowy, his fucking arm gets ripped off before he can grope her like some 18+ version of that Twilight Zone episode where the dude breaks his glasses. Turns out the Leech Devil was boning the Bat Devil and is the Miss Piggy to his Kermit and wants to kill whoever killed him as I assume Miss Piggy would in the 18+ version of The Muppets. Still she’s apparently very vain and willing to let Denji off for being bishie enough but he has boobs to protect so he stays and fights. Still after all that he can only get his chainsaw like half a foot out of his head and has to swing his head around like Zabuza killing people with just the kunai in his mouth. It’s really funny how he’s just like ‘yeah if my dream’s so stupid then kill me and prove it’ and that’s a really badass thing to say when everyone around him has a better reason to do the things they’re doing but he actually loses so the series itself is like ‘yeah second base is a stupid dream bro’ but yeah this series really is paralleling Jujutsu Kaisen because we ALSO have our Sasuke surrogate with wolf powers coming into the spotlight this week. Aki summons his wolf devil thing using some skin and bites the Leech Devil in half. So yeah, problem solved but Power and Denji are still in trouble for running off the second they got ten feet of freedom so Aki’s just like ‘bro get some manners and two braincells to rub together or I’m gonna kill you’ and Denji’s just like ‘suggestion noted’. And they let Power go since Denji doesn’t tell anyone about her trying to kill him and I guess they don’t have enough evidence to go on or something. We get a nice little look into Aki’s life how he’s so particular and has even chilled out a little with Denji as a roommate and they’re at least not fighting constantly, though of course things need to get even CRAZIER so Power joins the apartment for a traditional Asuka-style NGE shakeup of the living arrangements. And turns out Power’s just like the worst roommate imaginable like it’s like trying to room with Tom Hanks after castaway and you have to re-train him how to use toilet paper and get him to stop talking to your volleyballs and bathe more than once a month but luckily for Denji he has absolutely no problem switching from digusted to horny when Power offers to give him his due gropes (god I kinda envy that like if someone so much as farts in front of me I’m not thinking of that person sexually for a little while).  

Ranking of Kings: So turns out the titular Ranking of Kings isn’t just a metaphor but is like an actual literal thing like a committee comes out to judge everyone and the top one gets a divine relic that makes the king disappear or drives them crazy… why does anyone want that? Like yeah ‘magical god item’ sounds cool but if literally everyone who’s gotten one got fucked up why would you go so hard to get it? Like shoot for number 2, you still get a good kingdom and your king doesn’t go crazy/missing and wreck everything. Turns out Daida is still on the kill Bojji train to make sure there’s not a rebellion from his supporters (like I get the idea but wouldn’t people still revolt if you made him a martyr? Idk feels like a no-win situation and keeping him alive to accept his position might be better). But yeah Daida isn’t as good at fighting the giant magic golem from the committee as his dad was so they bump the kingdom down a few ranks. Meanwhile Bojji’s errand/quest is kinda not going well since after giving a street performer more than they make in a year he gets his bag with the letter from his mom in it stolen. Luckily it just kinda… shows up again outside the town with nothing taken and no explanation, hope that gets explained later. Also there’s a scene where Bojji falls down a hole and is briefly adopted by an underground king man who teaches him about the giant cloud anus in the sky that reincarnates animals every night for people to eat and he’s just like ‘wanna see it firsthand?’ and pulls a sword on Bojji before Bojji runs away and never mentions it again, like this episode is just like three or four big lipped alligator moments strung together which I imagine flowed a lot better when this was a chapter-based story. Meanwhile Domas and other dude are reflecting on orders and Domas is just like ‘yeah rich people got it rough so I’ll do what they say no matter what’ and other dude is thinking about when he was crying over his dead parents and met Bojji who was also crying over HIS dead parents so they kinda bonded over that. Meanwhile they find a village with a literal gate to hell and Domas just fucking pushes Bojji into it while flashing back to training him as a kid and he’s like ‘bitch I said I’d do anything’ so… Bojji’s dead now I guess, short series damn. Also Daida’s having dreams about how Bojji’s the only hope for their kingdom so his first thought is to dig up his father’s corpse to suck on his zombie muscle juice and get strong I guess idfk.  

Vinland Saga: So Thors is legit wrecking Askeladd’s crew and even tosses Bjorn and his Mario Mushroom ass over to the second ship to join the fight over there. Thors is pretty sure he can probably take all the guys in the other boat too but it’d get messy with Thorfinn there and there’s still a bunch of archers ready to shoot them up top so really they only have the illusion of victory at this point unless Thors can scale a fjord before they can fire. So he challenges Askeladd to a duel so there’s not a bloodbath on both sides. Askeladd’s basically a Kenpachi Zaraki type and just wants to fight strong anime dudes and Thors is the only strong anime dude around so he’s like ‘sure bro’ and they fight and it’s pretty fucking cool cause Askeladd’s fast as hell (so like even if Thors could fight off the thirty dudes they had I don’t think he could fight them AND Askeladd plus the archers so there wasn’t much chance) and the duel is pretty grounded but still has some cool setpieces and strategies. But Thors of course comes out on top but isn’t willing to kill Askeladd and Askeladd’s like ‘bro we’re still pirates’ and they take Thorfinn hostage because Askeladd just wanted to fight tough guys but he wasn’t gonna let Thors get away all the same. Understanding the situation Thors spares Askeladd’s life knowing there’s no way for him to survive but if he goes quietly Askeladd will owe him and the shred of pride he has means he leaves the others alone. We also get the ‘A True Warrior Needs No Sword’ line because Thors wants to be the kind of person that can settle things without lethal force but he’s just too damn good with the sword. So yeah Askeladd quietly agrees to Thors’ terms and has the archers kill him and lets the others go, with Leif agreeing to bring Thors’ head to their king so they can be like ‘nah bro he’s not AWOL again he’s legit dead see’. They paint this as Thors being kinda cheated and losing because he was protecting everyone but like between the archers and everyone else they were at Askeladd’s mercy the whole time there was no way Thors was leaving even if they hadn’t taken Thorfinn hostage and cheated a bit. Since Thors was doing half the rowing on the ship by himself they just give the ship to Askeladd’s crew and leave on Leif’s ship but Thorfinn stows away on the old ship and has adopted his trademark dead soulless angry eyes at this point screaming into the storm about how he’s going to murder all the adult pirates who are now his only means of staying alive. Man this really is an Attack on Titan backstory arc. Askeladd says to just leave him as he’ll probably be dead soon anyway since it’s one kid on a ship by himself. I gotta wonder how did Leif’s crew not notice Thorfinn was missing? Like this is the SECOND time he’s done this in two days, the first time they assumed he was back in Iceland sulking somewhere so yeah that makes sense they didn’t necessarily check the ship for him but at this point there’s only like ten guys they have to keep track of and only so many places they can go on the ship how did no one in Leif’s group think to check for the sobbing kid whose dad just died?

[authorwithissues]

I've been emotionally cheating on my new job but I wasn't being too serious about it. I did an interview last week that went really well and they seemed to want me. They asked multiple times whether, if they offered, would I accept? And I said we'll I'd have to think about it. Which was true!

The export ladies here are great and friendly and competent and good coworkers all around. I did some team building with them last week which is why I was so on the fence.

But now I'm remembering how frustrating /my/ department is because I'm not on exports! I'm on imports! And imports has weird politics between the supervisor and manager and I feel like the divorce child caught in between! And my supervisor is just kinda hard to work with. He tells me to send an email on something brokerage related and thus not something i know much about, but he meanders around the point without ever getting to it which leaves me to flounder on wtf to say. And then two minutes later he'll tell me in-detail how to do a process that I wasnt asking about and that I already mastered a month and a half ago. My dude, you're admirably patient when I'm asking questions but you're also driving me insane.

The interviewer said he'd be in touch on whether he'd be making an offer by Friday. No word. I messaged the recruiter who had also said I'd hear back by Friday. He said he'd follow up. No word.

Now I'm looking wistfully in their direction like please. I've thought about it. And I've decided. I want you.

[selamat-linting]

there is this guy whose username is a compliment of a celebrity but he's the one who wrote the most ruthless takedown of him i've ever seen. im not talking about cheap shots you'd usually see in a jerk sub. no i mean paragraphs of text detailing why this celeb was the worst. and it was even well researched and detailed. like, i agree with him, but even his rant seems way too vicious for me. he's too passionate in a place where youre supposed to be all ironic.

and there's this other guy who would make fun of another dude and his fanbase on one comment but then write unironic gushing praise of him in the next. and both comments are in the same post. he's weird and kinda creepy.

and there's another guy whose job is making fatphobic new york accent jokes. i prayed for that person's downfall despite disliking the same guy. you can make fun of a fake tough guy without being fatphobic you asshole.

but thats just from circlejerk subs. snark subs are somehow even more impressive. i kept seeing this chick who kept telling people about how her husband feels about white influencer dramas, obviously passing off her opinion as someone elses.

the worst is snark threads dedicated on a single influencer. came across them once or twice, and its always some hyper obsessive shit. like hunting a school social media page with 300 followers to bitch on someone who shows up for three frames. dude yes that women says some nasty racist shit and scammed hundreds of people but why the fuck are you stalking her leave her alone.

you know im all about hating but maybe yall should touch grass. are you okay? Srsly.

(and if anyone asks why im lurking at the witches sacrament yes i like reading hater content its really fun, and i gotta admit a lot of gifs my fandom mutuals reblog are kinda stupid so i need a place to hate without shitting on their interests. also i love rumor mills and forgotten lore. i dont want to be my old kpop stan self but if anyone wants to shit on my faves on my post, i have their faves dirt locked and loaded at all times. and i actually have screenshots and interview timestamps)

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