#and then lo and behold i was at the last episode

[heavencasteel420]

S3 is worse in the sense that there’s too much stuff I don’t care about, but S4 is worse in the sense that it’s more poorly constructed.

[miscellaneousrenaissant]

Ah, The Ancient Magus' Bride of it all...

[spiderscribe]

writer's block has been kicking my brain like a soccer ball for the past few days, so i'm taking a short break from fic writing. in the meantime i caved to tumblr peer pressure and started watching arcane

[frenchtwistresistance]

Match Game ‘77 question: Did you hear the terrible news from down in the orange groves? They just discovered that drinking orange juice makes you _____.

The contestant says sterile, Just Some Guy and Brett have said gay.

Gene: Now wait a minute, Charles. You don’t have to answer the question, but you have a public forum here. Would you like to say a few words about Anita Bryant?

A beat.

Charles: Who?

[robertsbarbie]

i swear this guy is the bad guy/ villain in EVERYTHING he’s in i’ve never once seen him be a decent human being

[grimandghoulish]

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[hauntedparadisebandana]

More Desmond hcs cause I love him so much.

Desmond is the type of person to sleep everywhere but where he's supposed to. The others can't figure out if it's because of the bleeding effect and his episodes or if he's genuinely sleeping in weird places. They had an idea to lock his room door at night, but they didn't want to treat him like an asylum patient. There's been a few instances where Shaun has walked into the kitchen and has found des sleeping on the counter or even inside the cabinets.

"Hmmm, I'm in a chamomile mood today," mumbles Shaun as he walks into the kitchen yawning.

He fills the kettle with water and puts it on the stove. He lazily leans against the counter and waits, trying not to fall asleep. Then, a muffled voice fills his ears.

"You making tea? I want some too, please."

Shaun's eyes shoot open like he's seen Jesus himself. He stands up straight and frantically looks around.

"Christ, I'm hearing voices... I should've done the evaluation." He runs a hand down his face, rethinking his life choices.

"Nope, no ghost. Just your good pal Desmond." At this, Shaun is confused. Where is his voice coming from? He then gets the bright idea to look inside the cabinets, the only place Desmond could hide. Crouching down his opens up a door, and lo and behold, desmond is in there.

"Why on earth are you in the cabinets desmond?" Shaun says with an exasperated sigh.

"I'm actually not sure, I just woke up in here. Ugh my back hurts."

"Well, yeah, you fell asleep crammed inside a cabinet."

"About that tea, though, I want some."

"Oh- uh yeah, sure, tea for you too." He closes the cabinet door, "Wait!" The door opens again, "what is it, Desmond?" "Can you add honey to mine, please? " "Yes, you can have honey."

The same goes for rebecca and Lucy. Rebecca remembers the last time she tried to go to bed peacefully, she didn't.

Rebecca yawns and turns over, eyes still closed. She's feels something is off, it's warmer than usual, way warmer, and her bed feels...heavier? She opens her eyes, coming face to face with Desmond. All snuggled up under her sheets, leg thrown over hers, staring like this was an everyday occurrence.

"Jiminy Christmas! Fuck Desmond! what the hell are you doing in my bed?!" Rebecca whisper yells.

"Your bed so warm, you mind if I sleep here? I think my heater is broken in my room."

Rebecca sighs out loud,

"Did you make sure it was plugged in? Cause you did that last time des."

Desmond thinks back to his heater. Now that he thinks about it, it probably wasn't plugged into the wall. But who cares? He's warm now.

"Probably not, but it's too late. I'm already lying down."

"Ughhhhhh, fine, you can stay. Just don't hog the blanket, and don't kick me."

"Ok ok I won't. Goodnight becca."

"Night des."

FYI, Rebecca got kicked at least 3 times that night.

Lucy has had her share of being scared shitless by Desmond, too, in her room as well.

Lucy sits up and stretches, just waking up. Checking her clock, she sees its 5am, no use in going back to sleep now.

"I could really start the grocery list today. The fridge is pretty empty -" she freezes, holding back a yell with her eyes wide as she stares straight into the corner at her hanging chair. Something tall, resembling a person is in it, its way to dark in her room to see.

She shudders, reaching for her bed side lamp she flicks it on in a hurry.

"Oh what the hell."

There sits Desmond, sitting inside Lucy's chair with a blanket draped over him, he even brought his own pillow. Yet he's so tall. He looks a bit uncomfortable.

She stands up and walks over to Desmond, patting his shoulder.

"Des wake up, you can sleep in my bed."

"Hmmmm?" He groans, not fully awake yet.

"You can sleep in my bed. You look uncomfortable over here."

"Hm, thanks," Desmond goes to stand, "Ugh, wait, headache."

"From the bleeds?" "No, stood up too fast."

Lucy grabs Desmond by the arm and leads him to the bed. "Sleep now, I know you barely get any as it is." She expects a rebuttal but is surprised when he is fast asleep again, and this time, he looks comfortable. She leaves him there, making her way into the living room where Rebecca and Shaun are watching whatever is good on TV.

"Shaun, Becca, we need to get this Desmond sleeping situation under control."

"Agreed"

"Agreed"

[smallpwbbles]

Oh gosh, I think it's time for me to speak up!

I first became intimately acquainted with the Sonic franchise in 2022, just about as soon as Sonic movie 2 came out. My meet came out completely by accident, I had just watched (what I thought were) all the interesting movies, which at the time I thought were Marvel, Mandalorian, and Transformers.

I wrote "family movies" in a search engine, and went to a random site with a list of movies. And lo and behold, almost at the very end I saw the cover of the first Sonic movie and a brief description. I thought the look of the movie Sonic was weird but funny and decided to watch it. The whole day that followed was like I was missing from reality. The first movie was followed by the second one, which was just filmed on an amateur camera in a theater , with crappy sound and freezes and casino ads then.

I was puzzled: the movie wasn't serious and childish, and my media sensitivity screamed that the movie was silly and meant for preschoolers, but my imagination exploded. I couldn't stop thinking about the hilarious and explosive nature of this guy, and his story in general, I was literally IT'S STUPID, IT'S HORRIBLY STUPID BUT I LIKE HIM SO MUCH, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH GOD WHAT AM I GONNA DO, and the tragic character stories, the graphics of the movie, the cute relationship between Sonic and Tom was a pain in my brain. The second movie was just as well received. I watched them several times in a row, downloaded all the music from there and was no longer embarrassed by my "childhood fascination" and marveled.

Soon after that I started reading in Wikipedia who Sonic was, and it turned out that there were many comics and animated series about him (I didn't realize that he was a game character, and had little interest in games). I watched all of Sonic X and was impressed. Sonic's funny nature for me at the time was intertwined with seriousness and coolness then. Sonic Boom I only watched a few episodes, and the ones with Shadow in them I liked the best. After that came Fleetway comics and something similar. After a while I discovered IDW comics and Ghosts of the Future.

It wasn't until the end, after creating my Tumblr account that I started learning about Sonic games and their stories. And only in the last six months I started to notice some flaws in the plot of games, movies, but I never treated it with criticism. Sonic became for me a symbol of freedom and a ray of light leading me through life, no matter what kind of games and movies, critics and fans presented him.

Everyone sees something in Sonic that makes them love this guy! And I'm glad I didn't get into Sonic fandom before I watched and read his story from various sources and formed my own independent opinion about him :]

This just put a stupid smile on my face god I love this so much for you!

[rrat-king]

imagine for but a moment, that you are me:

last night me and my friends wanted to smoke, only to find we did not have a lighter in my apartment. all good. i keep a lighter in my car. so i went out to grab my car lighter and lo and behold there is a piece of paper stuck under my windshield wiper. i thought maybe it was a ticket from the towing company at my apartment cuz i had registered my car wrong.

it was not a ticket. it was in fact this piece of paper:

now. at first i thought oh, fun joke, my roommate must have stuck that there cuz we watch game changer together, so i grab my lighter and head back to my apartment. i make a comment about it to my roommate.

she did not leave the note.

now i'm spiraling. i understand brennan lee mulligan on deep personal level because what the fuck. why did someone leave that note on my car? am i in a secret game changer episode somehow? has sam been here the whole time?

thank god, my roommate pointed out that i have a dropout bumper sticker so someone in my complex must have seen it and left the note on my car as a little i see you moment.

all this to say, if you left this note on my car and see this know that you gave me an existential crisis and also! pls dm me. we can watch game changer together

[virtualpolicedeer]

couldn't sleep last night due to coffee intake so i was just watching random shows and landed on lost season 3 around 4 AM ( i have not watched a single episode of lost. ) lo and behold, the man that came across the screen around 10 minutes into the episode.

zep(p). no way. hindle.

and he's hanging around a man named john.

yall should have seen my (silent) reaction

[spatial-jump]

Spoilers for all episodes of the Umbrella Academy Season 4 and profanity below.

What the actual fuck was that finale?? Was I watching the same thing directors looked at and went, “Yeah, this is cool!”

Those last two episodes were a total shit show. An absolutely horrendous finale to a wonderful TV show.

The first thing I am so fucking pissed about is how they’ve written Five in this season. They ruined him. They tore apart the aloof apocalypse-obsessed arsehole who loves his family, destroyed it, spat on it, and then danced on the grave before crushing it under an anvil.

In no fucking timeline whatsoever would Five and Lila be a thing. I understand where some people would come from to defend it — that yes, they were both isolated for seven years and could only find company in each other, distorting their relationship as they sought comfort which mistakenly and incorrectly transpired into ‘love’. No, it’s messed up. It’s so fucking messed up and creates unnecessary drama that the writers probably wanted since they were undeniably lacking in the finale. When I first saw the camera angles and shots they were getting prior to Year Five in the subway, I was naïvely thinking, “Surely not. Please don’t tell me this is where I think it’s going.” And lo and behold, I was right. And I’ve never hated to be right so much in my entire life.

Lila (WHO HAS THREE ADORABLE CHILDREN WITH DIEGO, BY THE WAY) has known Five for absolutely ages — since he was in the body of a thirteen-year-old child. Mentally, he’s however many decades older. Regarding the actors, Aidan and Ritu, themselves, there is a fifteen-year gap between them. But my point is, Five is not a home-wrecker. Five is the type of character who would not deliberately fuck around with his brother’s wife because he absolutely adores his family. It’s not in the nature that has been presented to us, and goes completely against his values — and for what? To serve exclusively as a shitty love triangle so that Diego and Five would fight in the finale and break up the family even more at the most crucial point for them?

Five is your textbook example of a pragmatist. He knows how to prioritise, and would certainly not decide that the time to fight Diego was when two of their siblings were badly injured and another had merged to bring about the Cleanse — a.k.a. end of the world, again.

I am so, so disappointed with this, especially as Five is the character I’ve had the strongest attachment to, ever. I think I’ve managed to disconnect S4 him from the first three (that fucking greasy rat’s nest hair of his has finally been given a beneficial purpose), but I’m still sick to my stomach.

Anyway, next thing: the episodes. I know we were told in advance about how there were only going to be six episodes, and we knew they had a lot to fit in to make it work.

It didn’t. It was executed very poorly. I understand some fans didn’t like the unnecessary subplots and fillers from the previous seasons, but S4 was a bit too rushed? I mean, they found and drank the marigold within the first episode. And floundered around at the end, not even bothering to stop the Cleanse until it had been aired on TV. I get they might’ve wanted to make the show more fast-paced, but it could’ve been handled differently. They didn’t have to do a ‘Stranger ThingsTM’ and make four goddamn films for a Part One. They just needed to properly iron out everything, and that didn’t happen, which is a massive shame.

The finale itself (not the erasing their identities, but from the moment Ben is shot) deserves some YouTuber to pick it apart with a four hour video until it’s dust. It was badly structured. Normally, you see a rather pleasant — not exactly linear, but in the concept we’re progressing positively — pattern as the episodes and plots build up to the finale. We see the family find out about an apocalypse, they fight and break off individually, then they slowly pair up, eventually coming together to save the world. This was not like that.

Instead, you had one sibling fucking around in a subway with his physically much older and mentally much younger sister-in-law, another that was hopelessly obsessed with a girl he just met (but no hate for him — no one exactly told him that being closer to Jennifer was just harming them both and the world), one germaphobe who, despite not taking drugs or drinking, is off looting money wherever he can find it and deciding that was the moment to pay off his debts??, three others doing fuck knows, and then the last one who actually gives a shit, teamed up with his hideous father, and tried to prevent him from killing Ben as long as possible because he knows what it’s like to end the world, and is therefore the only one who did anything useful. God, that was a long sentence, so I’m sorry for those of you who struggle with it.

The finale was not your Umbrella Academy finale. Once everyone had (I say this in the lightest way) been ‘brought together’, they had no bloody idea what to do. In the meantime, they’d disbanded about three times within the thirty minutes of screening because of petty fights and the drama I’ve already discussed. Five leaving them at the most essential moment (due to Lila and Diego, blah, blah, blah) was an error in his character. This old man has survived through apocalypses, the one who tries to round everyone up despite everything he has seen. Even with his doubts in the S3 finale, he was still there — and his doubts were shared enough that they created a majority. In this S4 finale, there was no majority. It was just Five, and Five alone. There were gaping holes and shredded pieces of the beautifully developed characters the show had done so well in portraying. They did this with Allison during that scene in S3, where they took her villain arc too far. There are so many flaws in this, and there is definitely many people out there who can communicate it better and more concisely, but here is my two pennies anyway.

I have a lot more thoughts, but I’m currently bone-tired. I might post another rant if I remember anything else — but don’t be too surprised if it’s Five x Lila related.

I am thankful and appreciative that the Umbrella Academy was one of the lucky shows that saw its way to the very end, but I think all of us are entitled to a little disappointment at its quality and execution as it was brought to a close.

[fdrplayer]

JAX.001

I have things to say about the last episode of The Amazing Digital Circus because I'm alone and if I don't, I'll explode.

First, the episode was amazing as always and I love knowing more about the characters I care about (Even if it's kinda tragic). I'm still loving the mix of comedy/drama that make the cast more enjoyable. And why does Caine looks... wierd while he's on the office? Animation? Something related to the glitches at the end? idk, not enough brain power to theoryze about.

But you know what I do have enough brain power to theoryze about?

THIS

And maybe the truck-kun scene but that's to another day.

Why do I want to theorize about it? Because it's theory bait of course! The episode itself acknowledges it (There is a book on Caine's office that says Matpattheory, search it).

This plate implies a few things and I want to talk about them before Film Theory touches the subject and the only theories around are theirs. So, what does this implies? 3 main things:

Jax is a copy

Jax is a NPC (Who's also a copy)

Jax was the first

The first two are already existing theories but I'll explain them anyway.

JAX.001: THE COPY

This is simple. The original theory says everyone on the digital circus is a digital framework based on the consciousness of the real people that used the headset and the reason they can't take it off is because, to them, there is no headset; they are copies. JAX.001 is the Jax we know and hate/love, JAX.000 would be the real Jax.

JAX.001: ANOTHER ITERATION

On Episode 2, after closing Gummygoo's session, Caine states that if there are both Users and NPC's on the circus tent it would be difficult for him to recognize who's who. This started a witch hunt of who of our lovebable characters is a non playable one because of course there has to be one, why would he say it if that never happened before? Every single one of them went through the spotlight, but one stood among the rest...

This fucker.

Many reasons were given: He wants to create chaos and take control of the circus, he's resentful of the Users for not seeing them as sentient beings or because he knows he is an NPC, he's just bluffing to not be erased and more. I, personally, don't subscribe to this theory because it seems to be a justification of why he's a jerk to everyone (Spoiler Alert: I will contradict myself in a few paragraphs). But we cannot lie, the plate seems to be some kind of serialitation number with him being Iteration 001. But as I said on 1., what if there was a version 000? The original or a beta and what if Jax met the circus gang, tried to blend in, failed, but he tried again and succeded.

Why would I clame this? Let me inhale some copium and then I continue.

...

There.

Because of this good and handsome fella.

Ragatha said Caine likes to re-use npc's on different adventures and Lo and Behold, best boy is back!

But he remembers nothing, saddening both Pomni and myself. Yet she tries to connect with him to little effect, but that little is all I need. When Pomni names Gummygoo without this one telling his name, he tried to reach to Pomni, scared yet curious of why she knows it. Later when they're leaving, Pomni talks to him again and Gummygoo let it slide as the best boy he is.

So, what if this happened with Jax but he didn't let go. There was a first time, the crew met Jax and invite him in, he's off screened on screen and later they meet him again, he's creeped because they know him but he doesn't and this time he follows without them knowing; when Caine discovers him, Jax bluff and says he was always a User and the previous time was Caine's mistake. Since then, he's an inhabitant of The Tent.

Why is he a dick? idk maybe he was built that way or see reasons above. MOVING ON!

JAX.001: THE FIRST

Oh boy, here is my take.

I mentioned twice how there may has been a JAX.000, being the real Jax or a previous iteration. But normally the first official release or version or the first thing made is marked with a 1, basic math, therefore JAX.001 indicates Jax is the first... something. Why would I say he's the first User and not Kinger as HE stated? Because he's tired.

Kinger said on Ep. 1 that they don't need to eat, drink, nor sleep, implying the Users don't get tired as they're digital entities. If the only real thing are their consiousness - Coming back to 1., kinda-, the only type of fatigue they should feel is psychological. And that's what we see on Ep. 4 with Gangle and Jax; Gangle is clearly reliving experiences from her former life and the trauma and frustration she went through, but Jax is tired in a weird way. Pomni realizes, the always obnoxious rabbit speaked normally to her and leaved without a boom or breaking something. It may be a critique about the 9/5 job scheme and how the mask we create can't last forever, but that's what Gangle plot's about. Then why is he tired and seems even upset or like hearing a bad joke when he sees the plate? Maybe it is a bad joke. An inside joke. A remembrance.

Coming back to the statement of Kinger being there the longest, it came from Jax. Jax. Someone who's at best, an unreliable narrator and at worst, a complete liar. And we know Jax is the worst. Why should we believe him? He lies, threats, destroys... we should't trust anything he says. Yet. in the episode where we see someone literally throw their mask away, he's mask fell of. He's tired of everything. The plate is a reminder of how long he's been in the circus and everything that happened because of it. He saw everyone get in and nobody get out, the ones that left were exiled for being a threat to everyone else. We saw 7 or 8 crossed portrait rooms on Ep. 1, if Jax was the first, he experienced their fall to madness. But he endured. How? Maybe he knows something no one else does as he talked to an inexperenced Caine, knowledge he gatekeeps for the good of others or his own. Or maybe stucking to the jerk persona helps to not think about it too much; it wouldn't be the first time I see the trope of semi-immortal being stucking to an archetype to "mantain" their sanity (The one at the top of my head are The Fused of The Stormlight Archive).

Am I saying the reason he's an asshole is because it's a coping mechanism to not go insane? Yes and No, more no than yes. My take implicates as such but Gooseworkx said he will get worse, but when has an official statement stopped the fandom? That's what I thought (Although I do have a theory of WHY he's getting worse and it involves denial, truck-kun and religious connotations).

But yeah, that's it. Jax was the first user, went through shit and now he is tired as fuck.

Or maybe he's tired because he couldn't cause chaos and mischief in the last adventures idk.

[sickofthistoxicshit]

I feel like we were robbed of Cheddie last night.

Like there was definitely a chunk of good storytelling that was taken out in order to make room for whatever the hell transpired in that episode.

I'm guessing it would have gone a long way to further both Eddie’s and Buck’s stories, along with Madney in the midst.

Eddie knows that an adult conversation will not help, Buck loves to wallow, and Eddie is not there right now. He's trying to be happy in his own skin again.

He will sit with him, he will hear him out, but he knows that whatever the adults would say right now, because Buck is not ready to listen, will be futile.

So he will do whatever he can in a best friend capacity, but without his secret weapon he's currently useless.

So he conspires with Chimney, and Chimney tells Maddie and Sister, and brothers in law, become the best co-conspirators in this show.

Because bringing Jee and leaving on date night with no prior announcement has Eddie written all over it.

And lo and behold, Buck shakes himself out of his funk for that beautiful sweet little person entrusted to him.

The same little person who has been dragged across the USA to find her absent mother and dealt with a grieving father and faced the fear of mommy leaving again in S5, but that didn't stop her from moving on and be a happy toddler who's full of laughter and love.

Kind of like Christopher in a way.

And I'm betting Eddie knew that.

So yes, we were robbed because that could have tied it all in a neat little bow and wouldn't have taken much from the episode. It probably would have saved us some Brad cringe.

[friendofflowersandfrogs]

After that last episode I hope pjo fans reviewed their viewing conprension skills and learned to have a little faith. Y’all were so worried about that extra goddam pearl but Rick knows as well as us that the fact it’s 3 pearls is important. The fourth pearl serves to demonstrate that sally hasn’t been forgotten about and gave a little extra tension and angst when it was lost. And lo and behold, that’s exactly what happened. It was a smart addition. Y’all can calm down now.

[kaxtwenty]

Star Wars Rebels is one of my favorite shows. I can still remember back when it was just a planned project I'd occasionally hear about either online or in a commercial on Disney XD. I found it a bit funny at the time, because I remembered wondering what they were gonna name the next show after The Clone Wars--because obviously there was gonna be a show after The Clone Wars--and lo and behold I got my answer; Star Wars Rebels (way better than Star Wars Galactic Civil War). I caught the trailers, interviews and the character profile videos online and even managed to catch the shorts during the months leading up to the premiere. Little eleven year old me was optimistic that somehow this show would help fill the Clone Wars shaped hole in my heart.

And boy did it. I remember watching the premiere sitting on the floor, loving every second of it. I especially felt connected to Ezra, who, at that point, was the Star Wars protagonist that I was the closest to in age. Next thing I knew, three and a half years had gone by and the Rebels finale ended up being one of the most emotionally distressing episodes of television that I had ever viewed. At first I didn't like the epilogue funnily enough, but soon came to realize that it was perfect.

This show means a lot to me. It was never the most popular in the fandom, honestly it felt like a good chunk of TCW fans just wish it didn't exist, still bitter about Clone War's cancellation and blaming Rebels for it. The show was chided as childish and silly (this is a Star Wars show we're talking about btw), the animation was cheaper than the later few seasons of Clone Wars, the lower rating meant that it couldn't get away with the same level of violence as Clone Wars and the only things about it that were universally praised were the elements and characters that related to Clone Wars. It felt like Rebels, like many of its own characters, just couldn't escape the shadow of The Clone Wars. But those of us who watched and kept up with it, grew to love its characters, its art, its music and its story--we knew that Rebels was special in its own way. I honestly believe now that Rebels surpasses The Clone Wars in many regards and it's been exceedingly vindicating to see Rebels increase in popularity and become well-respected by the community at large.

Rebels still one of the only pieces of media to really make me engage with fandom at a deeper level, for better or worse. I definitely wouldn't have made this tumblr account last year if it weren't for me rewatching the show with my family and getting back into the swing of things. And I probably wouldn't have found the courage to try and get into art earlier this year if it weren't for that either. So...I owe this show a lot and I got more to say but...I don't think I'll ever find the words that could properly convey what this show means to me.

Happy 10th anniversary Star Wars Rebels, I'm thankful for the decade we've had together. I wish I had more to show my appreciation, but for now I suppose this study/redraw of some concept art I did for art class will do.

Shoutouts to Rebels Recon, y'all were an indelible part of the experience that more of the newer fans need to check out.

Star Wars Rebels Appreciation Week: Day #1 - Favorite Character

Ezra Bridger

[mini-jiminie]

many thanks to the chokehold that polaroids had on park jimin :)

When we talk about photography and who is the photographer of the group, our minds immediately hone in on jk because ofc, we have to put some respect on the founder of gcf's name.

Before gcf though, there was #슈가의_시선 (Suga's sight). This is a link to some of the photos that Yoongi used to post on twitter under the hashtag.

However, there's one person who simply doesn't get enough credit for his prowess with a camera.

^^ all those polaroids being from his personal collection

From 2017-18, jimin was a polaroid pictures connoisseur. Tears are being shed as I type this out but, when jm used to be really active on social media (😭) he'd bless us with the occasional photo dump here and there.

Speaking of, let's zoom in on that photo sitting right off-centre in that last little photo dump!

I wish I was joking when I say that this photo changed the trajectory of my life forever.

No, cause whose parents are these?? Who are these 90s high school sweethearts?

(they're actually my parents uwu)

Anyways. I've duped you all and this whole post thus far has just been a way for me to segway into something else I'd like to discuss:

Run BTS ep. 52 - BTS ESCAPE (aka. chaos ensues when you stick the tannies into an escape room)

Yes, the revolutionary polaroid was taken during the filming of this episode. This episode also shed some light onto the scam artist that is Jeon Jungkook.

So, the episode starts with seokjin and jimin being named team leaders (because they had prior experience doing escape rooms).

Both would randomly pick an escape room theme for their respective teams:

Jm picks 'Korean dry sauna'.

Someone makes his stance on jm's selection pretty clear from the get go:

(keep this in mind cause we're about to discuss the clownery that goes down later)

So they pick their teams and lo and behold, Mr 'I hate dry saunas' ends up in team 'Korean dry sauna'.

The question is, does jk think this is all an unfortunate turn of fate? Or, is jk fate himself?🤨

While everyone is just holding their sheets of paper, jk is attempting to camouflage with the wall while he subtly sneaks a peak.

It's almost as if the gags write themselves cause even glimpsing at 1/4 of the paper would've allowed them to see the name of the team (jungkook honey plssss)

Then #dry_sauna_hater, knowing he doesn't have the 'dry sauna' theme card, swaps with Tae.

#that moment when you get the escape room theme you didn't want #cause you cheated your way into getting it

Result of said cheating though: 🥰

This isn't even the first instance of jk trying to will a team with jm into existence

here he is not letting Mini Moni breathe

.....again:

them leaving out tae even when white makes up majority of the flag😭

here he is being the great wall of jungkook:

the foreshadowing by focusing on him during this scene😭

rlly left jm #bamboozled

Jungkook, I get you though. I rlly do.

anyways, im ending this post with my most favourite picture ever! bye!