#anyway I'm gonna see how far i get before the episode bye

[essektheylyss]

Okay but I did finish the first Worlds Beyond Number episode and immediately picked up The Infinite Playground again and I do think anyone doing anything creative, anyone involved in a hobby- or fun-based community (like fandom!), and anyone who likes games of any sort or game-based media should check out this book.

[marley-manson]

Finally watched the Xena finale, thanks to the fanon episode order treating it as a midseason soft finale that gets fixed by When Fates Collide lol.

And man, it really was a hot mess. I could barely follow the plot, and many aspects were very arbitrary and like, revealed off-screen. The most hilarious of course being Xena suddenly announcing, like a minute before the end of the episode, that oh actually apparently she has to stay dead, sorry Gab, xoxo

It is VERY Xena though to have a plotline where Xena anticlimactically dies in the pre-credits scene at the beginning of part 2 and both you and the characters assume for the rest of the episode that she's going to come back to life like usual until the tragic twist lol.

Akemi was... resoundingly mediocre as one of Xena's exes. Her only personality traits were 'proto-Gabrielle' and 'wants to kill her dad.' Also like... was there incest subtext there? Like it was implied that the little creepy afterlife she was in was like, her dad's ghosts' personal brothel or something? But like I said, the plot was very hard to follow.

The themes were also a mess of course, it's been said many times but yeah ignoring the central theme of the show (atonement is pointless if you're doing good now) in favour of redemption thru death was dumb, the set up was dumb (we're blaming Xena for 40k deaths because she set a couple dudes on fire in self defense? Man at least give me an actual deliberate atrocity here), and choosing death over Gabrielle was like a dumb reverse Ides of March. Also Gabrielle just going like, 'damn okay I guess, bye forever,' was unbelievable. Even if Xena wants to backslide, I'm pretty sure Gabrielle would force her to come back to life anyway, fuck those souls. Like, it's not even clear how Xena's death helps them? Killing Akemi's evil dad again freed them from torment or whatever, who cares if they don't get avenged? What is a state of grace? How will they be lost, if she comes back to life? People go unavenged all the time, deal with it.

That said, I'd been under the impression that somehow Xena's death here contradicts the whole reincarnation thing, but I didn't get that at all? Idt there's any stipulation that she has to stay in the Japanese afterlife, just that she has to be killed and stay dead, and it does make sense since in their next lives Xena is a lot older than Gabrielle, so she should logically die a few decades earlier.

On the more positive side of things, it was very fun to see Gabrielle shining as ~the new Xena~ Love to see her kicking that one dude's ass twice, and the moment she catches the chakram is super cool. The non-Xena chakram-catch has always been framed as an 'oh shit, this woman's gonna be hardcore as hell' moment in the show so I love that they use it to show how far Gab's come.

And of course, gay gay gay homosexual gay. Like, season 6 is the point where I would say it is textual if only the show didn't go out of its way to scream "IT'S STILL AMBIGUOUS" a couple times lol (reporter's question in You Are There, fans in Soul Possession saying "yay Xena and Gabrielle are finally together" when they hear Harry and Mattie are married, eg.) "If I only had thirty seconds to live, this is how I'd want to spend them: looking into your eyes. I love you, Gabrielle." Like goddamn. I appreciate this cast and crew so much. Plus the incredibly thinly veiled makeout scene <3

Finally, while I think her chatting with Xena at the very end was meant to be more metaphorical or symbolic rather than literally Gabrielle talking to herself, it was an unfortunately funny image and a pretty terrible final scene imo. I do like the 'I hear they're in need of a girl with a chakram' reprise though, I gotta admit. Go kick some ass babe <3

And despite very much not liking that Xena dies in the finale, I would still read/watch the shit out of Gabrielle's now-single adventures as a just-as-invincible gay hero, kicking ass, fucking women without ever settling down with anyone, telling stories about Xena and becoming even more famous herself.

[howlingday]

So you really really really really don't like Mercury so what are your thoughts on Emerald?

Okay, I'm gonna put this out there, and I am well aware of the hypocrisy of what I'm about to say.

I like Emerald and I think she's earned her redemption reformation.

Now I know what some of you reading this are thinking. "How could you like Emerald, but not Mercury?! She's just as guilty as he is!" To which I respond, "No, she isn't."

In her first active role in "Best Day Ever," she and Mercury murdered Tukson. But wait! If you look carefully enough, we see that Emerald did aid in the assault, but she didn't deal the killing blow on the rebel Faunus. But accessory to murder is still just as bad as murder, technically speaking.

"But she's a thief, and thieves are bad!" is something I can also hear some of you say (starting to sound like Literature Devil here, but thankfully, I won't be as insulting). And yes, Emerald is a straight up thief and steals whatever lien she can, but that's kind of part of her allusion to Aladdin, who was also a thief, and both characters steal to survive. I would also like to direct your attention to other notable thieves that are just as beloved as Emerald, such as Sly Cooper, Catwoman, and Roman Torchwick, all of whom are bad guys, to some extent of evil or another, but all of them also have a chance to do good... Well, except Torchwick, but he's more interested in the thrill of the steal than in the mass murder of an entire city.

Which brings us to the defining scene that separates someone like Emerald from someone like Mercury...

Look at this. REALLY look at this. In this scene, we have Cinder Fall, admiring her handiwork at bringing both the White Fang AND the Grimm into Beacon, causing the deaths of hundreds, maybe even THOUSANDS of innocent people. And there's Mercury FUCKING RECORDING THE VIDEO WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE! SERIOUSLY, HOW AM I THE BAD GUY FOR NOT LIKING HIM?! ...And then there's Emerald, who says, and I quote- Actually, you know what? Let's get the whole gang quoting here. Let's see what EVERYONE in this picture is saying. Oh, and in case you were wondering, this is from the transcript for the episode "Battle of Beacon":

Emerald is CLEARLY remorseful. So why does she keep doing this? Because of the same reason Harley Quinn was with the fucking Joker. Love.

Cinder: Beautiful.

Emerald: (with a sorrowful expression on her face) It's almost sad.

Cinder: It's horrendous. Focus on the Atlesian Knights.

Mercury: Oh, I'm getting all of it.

Cinder: Good. Continue the broadcast until the end.

Suddenly, a tremor rocks the three of them.

Cinder: And do not miss what happens next.

Cinder walks off as Mercury continues filming with an evil grin on his face, while Emerald's expression only grows more worrisome.

And that's her fatal flaw. She loved Cinder, either platonic or romantic, and she would have done ANYTHING for her. And when it turns out Cinder not only doesn't care about her, but about anyone, she leaves, but not before getting a teary-eyed good-bye with Mercury, who is leaving to help destroy the world with Tyrian.

"BUT WAIT! Why should Emerald get the redemption and not Mercury?!" Somebody cries from the distance. Because Emerald suddenly gets something Mercury doesn't anymore. Opportunity. She's got a chance to break free while Mercury is too far and away for her to help So sad for Mercury...

Anyway, where does that leave us with Emerald now? Is she truly redeemed? Is she only getting special treatment because she's a girl, like people on reddit are saying, and that Mercury deserves it more? In reverse order, no, no, and in a better place than she was before.

Emerald isn't redeemed yet, but she has a chance to be now that she's reformed. Real quick, I want to explain the difference between the two. When a character is reformed, it means that they are no longer doing something they were doing before, kind of like a guy who got out of jail and is now on parole. He's still an asshole, but he's not doing any crime things. When a character is redeemed, it means that they are no longer doing any of the harmful things they used to do and have completely made up for their mistakes in the past, kind of like a girl who used to bully kids in school but is now taking part in her community to not only stop bullying but preventing it from ever happening again. For an example of this, look at Discord and Sunset Shimmer from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Or for those of you who don't care for MLP, Zuko at the start of Book Three and Zuko by the end of Book Three.

In summary, Emerald hasn't redeemed herself yet to make up for her past mistakes (though mistake might be putting down "accessory to war crimes" just a nip), BUT she's on the right track for it. She's now out of Team Salem, with Team Ozma, and is now doing her part to save the world. And the fact that she's been like that since the start puts her MILES ahead of Mercury, even before her switch in Volume 8.

[lionydoorin]

Yeahhhh once again I bet, and I can tell you that the actress who plays the mom is absolutely amazing haha! Well, to be fair, my friend and I (the one I mentioned about the Anika stuff) think that the Evil Dead movies are funny and not really scary (but they're gory for sure, and you really feel pain for the characters)

Ohhhh yeah! X and Pearl are amazing! Don't know about your friend, but my favourite out of the two was Pearl... Like that "please I'm a staaaaar" line was way too funny! Mia Goth is absolutely amazing in this role! Fear Street is a nice watch too! It's far from my favourite movie (well, guess I should say trilogy of movies?) but if you like the story, you should have a good time in front of it anyway! From what I remember, it wasn't that bloody/gory, but there are a few scenes/deaths in which you'll definitely close your eyes! But I agree with him, if you ever feel like it, you should give it a try!

And yeah! All those movies you talked about are great! And if you liked Carrie, maybe you should try to see "I'm not okay with this!" It's a short series, VERY similar to Carrie (the power, the fact it happens at puberty, the missing father (even though in this case it's sadder), the ball where someone dies and the mc is covered in blood and flees...) and it's honestly very fun! Sadly it was cancelled, but if you've never seen it, and still wanna give it a try, it's only 7 episodes that last around 20 minutes (without the credits)! Sophia Lillis is the one who plays the main character, she also played one of the main characters in "It"! It might not be a strong argument but I really like her, so I'm just saying haha

pearl was also his favourite!!! it's funny because i know the entire plot and stuff because i always ask him to tell me all about it. i also needed to read scream's entire plot before i watched the movies because i wanted to Know what to expect from the kills !! i know for other people it might seem not fun cause eh ur taking all of the fun away but i just feel safe and love it even more bc i get to Know stuff and pay attention to other details KAJSKDAKSD

and yeah i havent actually watched fear street because of some of the kills he told me! i remember there's one with a bread cutting machine and when he told me i was like oh. uh. um. i'm not ready for this. doesn't matter how explicit it is!

which is funny because i SHOULD be able to handle gore considering what i'm gonna work with. but i can't? something's just different?

and YEAH i've been meaning to watch i am not okay with this because i got major carrie vibes from it!!! i don't know if it's inspired by carrie but i'm sure it has at least a few nods to it :)) and it's gay so. a win-win.

and bye thats funny, why do you guys think evil dead is funny?? 👁️👁️

[blossominghunnie]

01

Minnie's POV

I was packing for the road trip I would be having with my boyfriend, Eric, my sisters Madelaine, who's the youngest and Maelyn, who's the oldest, and my friends Josephine, Blake, HueningKai, Jeno, Dorothy, Jaeden, Evangeline, and Louis. Oh, and Jaeden's annoying best friend, Summer.

And it's not that I didn't like her, she was just... very hyper and VERY talkative. She also wasn't a fan of me, I never knew why. Maybe it was just because I was very close with Jaeden and she was jealous? I would discover that later.

Anyway, after an hour I finally finished and decided to lay in my bed and watch Netflix.

I was halfway through True Beauty's last episode when I heard my ringtone, Movie Star by CIX. I picked my phone with a smile knowing who was calling.

“Hi!”

“Hello, beautiful.” Eric spoke, I knew he was smiling too. “How are you? Ready for the trip?”

“I'm kinda tired but yeah! Super excited.” I spoke happily. “You?”

“Same, can't believe it's gonna be our last trip with everyone. But, it's gonna be fun and we're going to remember it for the rest of our lives.”

“Yeah, that's true.”

“Anyway, I'm very bored right now and I reallyyy miss you, can I go see you?” I knew him so well that I could see his cute pouting and irresistible puppy eyes, which made it hard to resist.

“Sure, honey!” I giggled.

“Great! See you in a bit!”

“Okay, love you!”

“Love you too, Min!”

I ended the call smiling. He was so adorable, and always made my heart melt.

I resumed the show and minutes after I finished it my door opened, thinking it was Eric I almost jumped out of my bed but stopped when I saw it was my older sister, Maelyn.

“Hey, Tina!”

“Hey, Big Sis.” I greeted her. “What's up?”

“Sooo...” I could tell she was a little nervous. “You remember the blind date that Marisa set me up?”

“Yeah! You told me a few days ago that you would tell me the deets later!” I said remembering her words. “Is this my lucky day?”

“It is!” She laughed. “Are you free right now?”

“Yep, Eric's coming but he won't be here in like an hour or two, you know his house is kinda far away and he isn't the fastest.”

“True.” She smiled and sighed, while walking to my bed and sitting by me. “You won't believe who was the boy I went out with.”

I thought for a second, the only crush I knew my sister had was Braeden and I doubted it was him, since he moved to LA when the two of them were in their Junior Year.

I shook my head, as I didn’t know. “Who?”

“Braeden.” I guess I was wrong.

“Whaat? Really?” She nodded. “This can't be a coincidence, I know it's fate!”

“You and your fate. It's obviously not, it was just luck, I guess.”

“Yeah, yeah. Keep telling yourself that.” I rolled my eyes. It was quiet for a minute until I had an extraordinary thought. “What if he comes with us to Springfield?”

“What? Why?” She started becoming stressed. “I don't think that's a very good idea, Tina.”

“Why not, Mae-Mae? You'll get to spend time with your crush and I get to make fun of you when you do something embarrassing. It's a win-win.” I said jokingly, well half jokingly. She gave me a bad look. “I'm kiddinggg. It'll be fun!”

“I don't know, Little Sis.”

“Just think about it, okay? But do it fast because the trip's only two days away.” We laughed a little and she just nodded.

“Okay, I will go now. I want to watch Supernatural before dinner. See you later, Tina!” She spoke while getting up from my bed and walking out the door.

“Bye, Mae-Mae!”

I really hoped my sister said yes. Braeden was pretty cool and I always thought they would look cute together.

After that encounter, I decided to rewatch Cobra Kai while I waited for my boyfriend. And yes, I had watched it before but it had become one of my favorite shows. I had binge watched it so many times I lost count.

I was on the second episode when my door opened, again. I was under my covers so I lazily stretched my neck to see who it was. It was my slow but cute boyfriend, smiling at me.

“Hi, cutie.”

“Hi, sweetheart. Missed me?” He asked, as he walked towards my bed and layed next to me.

“Me? Apparently you're the one that can't live without me.” I teased him.

“Can't argue with that.” He gave me a quick kiss and hugged me tightly. I loved his embrace, he was so cuddly. “Are you seriously watching CK, again?”

“Duh, obviously. There's no such thing as too much Robbie Keene.” I smiled at him, teasingly. “Look at him! He's so cute!”

I could see him roll his eyes playfully. “Cuter than me?”

“No one's cuter than you, honey.” I winked at him, which made him blush.

“You guys disgust me.” We heard an annoying voice in the corridor, which made us look at it.

“It's not my fault that you're single and that Kai doesn't look at you that way.” Madelaine rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue at me.

“I hate you, Mins.”

She slammed my door, so I yelled at her. “Love you too, Mads!”

After that I turned to my boyfriend with a smile. “Please tell me we're not turning into one of those cheesy couples.”

“Would that be so bad?”

“Hmm, I don't know.” We laughed and he hugged me tighter.

We spent the rest of the night cuddling and watching Netflix.

Who knew that that would be the last time in a while that we would be happy and in peace.

Synopsis: In which a group of friends decide to go on a trip together and end up being stuck in a terrifying adventure.

Prologue ≈⌲ 02

Masterlist

[tracle0]

hello hey hi and a splendid saturday to you, I come bearing a question for the wip4 gang and that question is: what is each of their most significant memories? additionally, are there any memories they would jump at the chance to get rid of? ok bye please have an excellent day \o/ (and before you yell at me I'm going to sleep now I swear)

I’m glad that when you even LOOK at me you think ‘oh sleep time’ I am Pavlov and you are my dog and this metaphor is stupid I will answer your question now

I’m gonna... assume this is uhh pre-story question because I know for a fact that at least three characters would change their answer to at least one question if it was post-story. My house, my rules. 

Keaton’s most significant memory is p r o b a b l y the time when he was in year 12 (17), and he was called to the head of sixth form office. He’d been at this school since year 7 (11), and had realised he was trans in year 8 (12/13), and had then been fighting for the right to use his bathroom ever since. This had previously resulted in punishment. In year 10 (15), he made progress, being allowed to use the disabled bathroom, but he wanted the men's bathroom dammit. 

Anyway, called to head of sixth form, assumed it was related to that issue. Pessimistic about the whole ordeal. 

Turned out there was another student in like year 9 who had come out as trans as well, and the school had gone ‘UHHHHHHHHH LET’S DO BETTER THIS TIME’ so Keaton, being the only other trans student in this rural Norfolk school, was assigned as her... mentor??? I guess? 

He was half like ‘fuck y’all’ and half like ‘I will not let this young woman go through the same shit you all put me through, I will guard her like a HAWK’. He was still not allowed to use his bathroom, but he makes her fight a little easier; she’s allowed to use her bathroom in year 10, after he left. They still meet up every now and then for coffee. 

Memory to be rid of: First day on a Professional Set, he walked backwards whilst taking a tea order and fell into a bin. Terrible first impression. He still got jobs afterwards, but sometimes people will be like ‘oh yeah I’ve heard of you you’re the bin guy’ and he wants to punch them. 

This is getting long already I’m gonna put the rest under a cut

I know you’re here for Mika so I’ll go to them, most significant memory: probably his first pride? He didn’t intend to go to pride, but he was in the city on the day of pride and just walked past all these rainbows and flags and people being so open and proud and themselves. He was maybe fifteen, and had been having those fun Gender Feels that you try and hide at age fifteen, because you’re only fifteen and most people tell you you’re not old enough to know anything about yourself, yknow? 

Someone gave him a flyer at one point, and when he got back to his Ultra Christian Household, he hid it and would read through it some nights. When he had it memorised, he started to explore more about queerness online. He’s the guy who can tell you all about LGBT history due to this research. This was only done in the city on the library computers, where his trail couldn’t be tracked. It gave him some sort of start for labels, some sort of safe space, some sort of New Approach to everything he’d been feeling. 

Memory to be rid of: last day in Ultra Christian School. He was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school and it wasn’t awful until he was about fourteen, at which point he started to grow his hair. They told him to cut it constantly. He was punished for it. He kept the hair. 

It got bad but it wasn’t until he was about seventeen that it really buckled; first real notable psychotic episode. He told people, they were convinced it was some sort of possession, convinced he’d sinned, convinced of all these horrible things about him and drove him out until he could ‘act normally’ again. He did not go back. 

In all honesty, the second he turned 18, he took his savings from various dead grandparents and a part-time job, bought a second-hand (maybe third-hand) camper-van and left home. 

He goes back for Christmas only. 

Mooooving on, Lynne! Who I do not talk about enough; she’s also part of the documentary squad, and actually the reason the whole squad exists. Producer and director, she’s very cool okcoolthanks

Most significant memory: That one time she was thirteen and her parents had officially declared their divorce. She was living with her dad and it was really, really weird and she was not enjoying it. Divorce is a big deal to some families, and this family was one of them, and she was really unsure about her entire future. 

Cue Mika, young and mostly obedient, kicking down the door (not literally) and kidnapping her (again, not literally) to come pick blackberries with him (very literally). They stayed out until the sun went down in early Autumn. She forgot about the divorce for a small amount of time. They ended the day eating fish and chips straight from the paper whilst sitting in a tree and talking about nothing important at all. 

They made jam out of the blackberries the next day. It was gross. Both of them refused to admit it was gross. 

Memory to be rid of: She went camping one time with friends from school. Lynne is Muslim and so did not go to Catholic school with Mika, they just lived near each other, and so school friends went ‘hey we’re going camping you should come’ she did come. 

It was a mess. They were fifteen and determined to drink, and English peer pressure to drink is weird, so she did take some drink but didn’t drink it. Someone threw up on her tent and blamed it on her. No-one bought any food or water, the only thing she was able to drink was lemonade bought for mixing and that had ants in it within two hours. 

She woke up first and left them all there, then walked home because she was meant to be lift-sharing. It took an hour and a half. She preferred that to being in the car. 

That group wasn’t her only group of friends, but it was her main group, so things were awkward for a while. 

Moving on from Documentary Squad, Percival! Percy Percival who I wish I could call Percy because it’s so much easier to write. 

Significant memory: winning an art contest when he was like. Eleven. Really living the high-life, ol’ Percival. It was a city-wide contest, with various age categories. He was part of the 11-18 clump, which put him at a disadvantage, but he still won. As a reward, his art was replicated on a mural in one of the shopping malls in town, and he got some fancy vouchers for a fancy art shop in the city. 

Winning the art contest made him go ‘oh wait I’m actually good at this thing I really like doing I should learn how to do that more’ and you could barely pry him away from his sketchbook from that point on. 

Those vouchers were stored away until he was 14 and doing art GCSE, at which point he bought a nice sketchbook and oil paints. He’s now very good at oil painting. I hate him for being good at oil painting. Oil painting SUCKS. 

Memory to be rid of: I’m torn between three and they’re all similar so I’ll go for all of them. 

#1 - losing an eye to Abby’s experiments. You read the lil short story I think (I know I checked just now) - she’s a very kind and loving sister who sometimes moves his body parts around. One time, he lost an eye and went blind for a few weeks. He had nightmares about it for months. It was very painful.

#2 - losing a finger. To Abby’s experiments. It was the middle finger on his left hand and it didn’t go back into place quickly enough - now it’s always numb and discoloured. Good news is he’s right-handed and not a musician so no worries about losing dexterity on that hand. 

#3 - losing two ribs. To Abby’s experiments.  There’s a very clear trend here. She wanted to try moving things she couldn’t see around. She moved two ribs away. She decided it was more dangerous to put them back. Now they just have two of Percival’s ribs lying around. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On that note, final person, this is very long. Abby! She’s fun. Most significant memory;

okay the word ‘significant’ has caught me off-guard several times cause like wow how do you figure out significant memories for people. I don’t have just one, yknow? But I think I know one for her. 

She’s the eldest out of her and Percival and, for a while, people wanted her to set an example for him, which she tried to do, but she wasn’t good at what people wanted her to be good at. She’s good with people. She’s good at very specific parts of biology. She’s good at psychology. She’s not good at school and tests. 

So, when Percival started to beat the standards she set for him, her parents almost... egged competition on. Played favourites, compared the two siblings. Nobody really noticed what she could do, they only cared about what she struggled with. And the parents were rarely around to help out with what she was struggled with. So she struggled on and tried to keep her head high.

Cue a family wedding, she was snooping around the snack table at the reception and overheard her parents talking about her. And how they were almost disappointed in her. How they were annoyed that she couldn’t be more like Percival, honestly, what did they do wrong? 

She got bitter. She pretends she doesn’t care but she’s bitter, and with no parents around to lash out at, she lashes out at Percival, who isn’t even aware. Good times. Not good times. Significant times. 

Memory to be rid of: Honestly? Probably hearing her parents talking about her at the family wedding. It stings. 

A n y w a y this was extremely long I like going into detail with short stories, if you read this far then thank you I appreciate it I will give you a feather from my feather collection. Probably a swan feather. I have a lot of swan feathers. 

[photolover82]

The Masked Singer Season 4 Episode 9: Group C Finals Thanksgiving Edition, Last 2 Advance to Super Six (Commentary and Guesses)

Hello, my fellow Masked Singer friends! Welcome (or welcome back) to Ana's Masked Singer recap, where I, Ana, recap every episode of the Masked Singer (excluding sing-a-longs and maybe Road to Finals, unless it’s interesting this season). This is a special edition of The Masked Singer (and in turn of the recap) because we had an episode on Thursday, Thanksgiving, instead of our regular Wednesday episode so this one is ✨extra special.✨ Happy belated Thanksgiving for anyone who lives in the States! Hope everyone had a great day! Anyways, let’s get into this... (don’t forget: like, comment, and follow for more)

Ok so, as with Group A's final, the Group C finals consisted of 3 contestants going head to head with 1 going straight to the super six and the remaining 2 facing the smack down...

The 3 Group C contestants were Broccoli 🥦 , Mushroom 🍄, Jellyfish 💚.

First up, was the Jellyfish 💚 who sang Don't Start Now by Dua Lipa.

Performance Commentary: I really loved this performance, she has really improved so much! This song was the perfect choice for her voice, she really killed it! I do feel like she is slowly becoming one of my favorites!

Next up, we have Mushroom 🍄, who performed Unconditionally by Katy Perry.

Performance Commentary: Ok honestly this wasn't his best performance in my opinion, but it was still really good. Dude he like keeps changing his voice, it’s insane what he can do wow. I just feel like this song wasn’t the ideal choice for him, but I know it’s like him trying to throw us off with a variety of song choices... stay tuned because my guess on who he is has changed *gasp*.... yeah ik I changed my mind I’m shocked too lmao

Last but not least, it’s Broccoli 🥦 aka Brockstar performing Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger

Performance Commentary: I liked this performance too even though it was weaker than the other 2. There really isn’t anyone I hate in this season but he is my least favorite in this group ngl. The song choice was perfect for him, very old time-y which goes with the vibe of the costume and his voice in general. So, yeah nothing bad to say, I preferred the other 2 performances, but this one was still good.

Ok, so the winner who advanced automatically into the Super Six is...

Jellyfish 💚

That means that Mushroom 🍄 and Broccoli 🥦 are going into the SMACKDOWN.. and here’s how it went:

Compared to Group A, the 2 guys really gave a more typical smack down complete with some smack talk:

Mushroom 🍄 sang A Song For You by Donny Hathaway and

Broccoli 🥦 sang Take Me Down by Alabama

Mushroom commentary: Wow yeah this one was more like it, I wished he would have sung this in his actual performance because it suits him perfectly and I low key feel like he was showing his real tone here because he’s been playing with us and switching his voice every performance.

Broccoli commentary: Meh, yeah it was good, it suited his voice really nicely. The ending of that was really strong wow, the guy still got it! However, not as strong as Mushroom so the result didn’t surprise me unlike Group A’s result.

Having said that, the contestant who was eliminated was...

*DRUMROLL PLEASE*

Broccoli 🥦

who was revealed to be (as I knew):

Paul Anka

Ok yay got that woohoo! (7/9 correct so far yay!) I kind of expected that he would go home, I would be surprised if he didn’t but anyways the clues kind of gave it away to be Paul Anka:

Jason Mask- reference to his son-in-law who is also famous, Jason Bateman

Dice= Vegas reference, one of the first artists to find consistent success there

Moose = Canadian = he is from Canada 🇨🇦

Game Changing Turkey Clue (ya the clues were delivered via a 🦃 because thanksgiving ofc): he is older than a microwave = well a microwave was invented in 1946 and Paul Anka was born in 1941 so yup older than a microwave! .

Anyways, now let’s look at my guesses for the last 2 contestants going into the Super Six:

1. First we have Jellyfish 💚, who I'm doubling down on my guess for: Chloe Kim

Alright, so I'm so sure that it's her because of the clues:

The sister: she does have 2 sisters both older than her so it makes sense

Gold stapler= reference to her gold medal at the halfpipe (snowboarding) when she was 17 at the Olympics

Game changing clue: never been on a stage like this before = well, duh she is an Olympian & doesn't sing in like an actual stage, she probably does so in her room

2. As for the Mushroom 🍄, I have changed my guess from Jordan Fisher to.... Aloe Blacc

Ok, so I really want Jordan to be on the show (maybe next season?) but with these performances, I am leaning onto Aloe Blacc because they sound so similar to him and the clues also match up:

4.0 GPA and class president = he said this in an interview that he was a good student (in fact, in a previous clue package, they said turning music into a hobby, music was his hobby and he actually worked in a consulting firm before being famous)

Helping underprivileged youth= he has done a lot of charity work

Bull= he attended the Melbourne Red Bull Music Academy in 2006

Boxing ring= he performed in a WWE Wreslemania fight

Game changing clue: the name he goes by isn’t the name he was born with = Aloe Blacc is not his real name, it’s Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III

Anyways that’s it, peeps! See you guys next week for the SUPER SIX WOO!! I am so excited, there will be a triple eliminated, how insane, it’s gonna be an insane episode, I can’t wait! Bye guys! 👋🏼😘

[curedeity]

So I'm watching the forbidden ritual.

Anyway jadens already passed out and i am once again reintroduced to how much yugioh likes making its characters suffer

Ajdjsjdjsk this narration over the nightmare sequences is hilarious

WAIT THE ORICHALCHUM OR WHATEVER is that related to that season 4 plot of the original

GAME ON GETCHA GAME ON

"no kidding jaden. You woke up screaming. Like one title sequence earlier. I really dont know why im telling you this youre still panicking."

What happened to the voice acting i remember it being crazier than this? All these lines sound stiff COME ON BE MELODRAMATIC

Why does the animation make it look like jaden sits up when he passes out?

Jaden *in front of syrus*: friends? I dont have anymore friends. Whod wanna be friends with me after i commited murder?

You know ive kinda forgotten who adrian gecko is. Bad luck im going to have to deal with him then.

Exodia? EXODIAAAAAA

Yubel why did you give adrien the cards? Yubel whats your plan?

Zane: i wanted to get murdered by the king and you all stopped me.

Also uhhh whoever decided zane and aster should interact deserves a raise

CROWLER IVE MISSED YOU

Aster: well, welcome to nowhere (aster is already the best part of this episode)

Aster please i dare you to explain the plot of season 3. I dare you.

owo necklace??? Pretty necklace? Come on echo you could have a nicer picture in there

How is crowler not fired yet actually? He makes a good point

"So like jaden came here to rescue jesse, you came here to rescue adrien" wow they were not subtle with the gay coding i forgot how unsubtle this was

Aster is the type of middler schooler who would sing "kissing in a tree" to tease someone and he owns that entire vibe

"He always puts the needs of others before his own" DOES HE THOUGH. BECAUSE I THINK NOT

Aster: ok i was with you until you started talking about him being a king see i have functioning braincells right now and am serving as the audience surrogate, so i can obviously tell this is a weird situation. Now how about we talk about how my dad was killed for cards and now im trying to find his killer and i was part of a cult-

(I kinda forgot asters arc as well but you get the point)

Echo terribly written female character my beloved

WOW THEY JUST GOT SPIRALED SOMEWHERE HUH adrien i didnt know you were a spiral avatar

Aster: jaden, you ok? (Jaden lays barely able to open his eyes with shadows under them so strong he looks like 5 cups of coffee wouldnt be enough to wake him up)

Jaden: hello have you seen my boyfriend hes actually missing please help im depressed

Adriens vibes are creeping me out right nowwwwww

Oh wow the forced heterosexuality of adrien and aster arguing over echo

Adrien: listen. To become king. I just have to kill you echo.

WHY WONT THEY LET ECHO FIGHT FOR HERSELF

Theyre just standing in a pool of mud to duel

Syrus why are you being a loner?

Oh god oh god aster doesnt know about the exodia strategy. Aster youre gonna die.

I DONT WANT ASTER TO DIE HES THE BEST THING SO FAR

You know i think this plot would be solved much quicker if echo got to punch adrien

IS ITS NAME DESTINY HERO DUNKER??? DUNKER????

"The bell will toll for thee adrien" you can tell that aster is a theater kid

"Im not destroying your monster, im removing it from play" adrien you didnt have to hit aster that hard yknow hes like 16

Also can i say??? Crowler holding jaden up for the duel and being supportive??? I love it yes crowler is being a good mentor!

FINALLY HE CAUGHT ONTO THE EXODIA PLOT BUT NOPE HES REKTED

Bye bye aster

Yo why can yugi summon exodia randomly but adrien has to commit a murder to like dude its some cards, doesnt having the cards let you control the thing?

Zane: id do anything to win a duel. Except commit murder. Despite the fact i nearly murdered my little brother last seaskn.

Echo please dont he doesnt deserve you girl

YOU GUYS YOU COULD PHYSICALLY TACKLE HER YKNOW

So i have had a very ling day and just got my second covid shot, so i was hoping to feel more out of it than i am, but im just gonna go through with my plan anyway and watch episodes of cartoons out of context and see what happens. Gonna start with a yugioh gx episode from the second half of season three and we'll see how it goes. If you know an episode that would be hilarious to watch with no context, let me know and hopefully it will confuse me