#anyway this ep has been out for a hot minute. but im disappointed with the lack of tumblr outreach we have done. so i’m here to change that

[killmelastband]

lyrics: if i die i won’t be missed / i’m a twenty-six year old analyst / this feels like a dead-end job / when will i get off the clock? / i’m sorry, sir, to disappoint / i’ll send you my death plans via powerpoint / ‘cause fuck, no corporate diversity / until photo time, then certainly / you’ll never see me at an office social event! / no desire for all your awful intents! / got better things to do than listen to your shit! / to get through this, there’s no amount of grit / break my spine to keep me in place / that’s the price of the corporate race / got too much time to contemplate / my loans, my life, my low pay rate / this suit and tie is suffocating / my supervisors are berating / i follow what those fuckers say / my own free will is stripped away / eighty hour work week / where’s the time to shit or sleep? / excel spreadsheets are my life / can’t get home to see my wife / i’m losing my motivation / i really need a vacation / even then, i’d be on call / slam my head against the wall / break my spine to keep me in place / that’s the price of the corporate race / got too much time to contemplate / my loans, my life, my low pay rate / only continuing ‘cause i’m spiteful / stuck in the classic two-week cycle / thirteen days, i wanna quit / then hey, payday, wash the sorrow away / i’m so funny, i’m at HR on the daily / they keep questioning my general safety / got too much time to contemplate / my loans, my life, my low pay rate / break my spine to keep me in place / that’s the price to stay in the corporate race.

[chasethesun18]

50 questions you’ve never been asked

tagged by @goddess-clarke​ 🥰

What is the colour of your hairbrush? purple and black

Name a food you never eat? seafood and red meat

Are you typically too warm or too cold? i used to be too cold all the time and then i went through a time where i was too hot and now im back to somewhere in the middle but mostly cold. my fingers turn blue a lot lolol

What were you doing 45 minutes ago? mm so i just watched the premier of blindspot s5 and it is now dead to me and i will be forgetting this episode happened and not continuing the season. so ive spent the last hour trying to erase the ep from my memory and cheer myself up. its not working so now im answering 50 questions. as one does.

What is your favourite candy bar? oh i don't know. it changes. i really like peanut m&ms and york patties

Have you ever been to a professional sports event?  professional...maybe? i think i’ve possibly been to a pro baseball. im from the south and we dont do pro we only do college. ive been to..idk hundreds on hundreds of those

What is the last thing you said out loud? told my mom i loved her. cause im cute like that.

What is your favourite ice cream? i like vanilla with a lot of toppings. but also coffee and mint chocolate chip 

What was the last thing you had to drink? im drinking cherry vanilla coke zero. yes its 11:42pm. dont judge me.

Do you like your wallet? yeah its cute. its little and red 

What was the last thing you ate? salad with chicken (oo she healthy)

Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? yeah no. i haven't bought new clothes in forever. actually got into an argument with my mom about that today

The last sporting event you watched? BEFORE SPORTS WERE CANCELLED YOU MEAN????? baseball. 

What is your favourite flavour of popcorn? ....popcorn has flavors? idk salt?

Who is the last person you sent a text message to? my sister. about said blindspot premier. she's writing a book and considering killing off one of the characters and i told her i didn't want someone to get to the end of her book and wish she hadn't read it which is how i feel about blindspot rn

Ever go camping? i do, my major is parks and rec so im a ~big outdoors girl~ but im actually more into the historical preservation side of things and i dont really like camping but i have been dragged into it bc of my major

Do you take vitamins? no but i take a shit ton of medication. y'all didnt need to know that srry.

Do you go to church every Sunday? yes. before that got cancelled too. its fine.

Do you have a tan? i do! super proud of it. its the beginning stages

Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? pizza i hate chinese food

Do you drink your soda with a straw? yes

What colour socks do you usually wear? white

Do you ever drive above the speed limit? ....ok does anyone follow the exact speed limit? come on. ive never gotten a ticket tho

What terrifies you? a lot of things. small spaces. bugs. heights but only sometimes. losing a loved one. change. im an anxious person ok

Look to your left, what do you see? a wall (these are entertaining answers im serving yall)

What chore do you hate? vacuuming. GOSH I HATE IT. idk why but it pisses me off every time. i think its cause it makes me sweat and like why should i have to SWEAT from vacuuming? its so loud too i can't listen to music while i do it

What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? g’day mate

What’s your favourite soda? coke zero or dr pepper

Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru? drive-thru unless the drive-thru is too long and then it defeats the purpose of going for fast food so i go in

Who’s the last person you talked to? my mom

Favourite cut of beef? i dont eat red meat :P

Last song you listened to? holding on and letting go - ross copperman (tvd forever)

Last book you read? my major is reading heavy and my minor (history) is even more reading heavy. i had a history class this semester where i had to read 6 books in their entirety so that's the last thing i read. i havent read for fun since i started college lol. but i do still read fanfic and that counts

Favourite day of the week? friday. its the anticipation of the weekend without the disappointment of the weekend

Can you say the alphabet backwards? lol no

How do you like your coffee? if i make it myself i like it with creamer and splenda. if i get it out i like sugar free vanilla lattes with nonfat milk (yes im a basic bitch I KNOW. i also take a sip and if it tastes wrong i go ‘um excuse me is this the nOn FaT MiLk’ like im literally that bitch)

Favourite pair of shoes? aesthetically ive got some bomb heels but i havent had the occasion to wear those in a long time

The time you normally go to bed? before all this 11-1. now idk time is just a construct 

The time you normally get up? ..before all this 8/9 depending on what time my class was. now i force myself to get up around 9/10. i dont naturally wake up. if i dont set an alarm i will sleep until 1pm

What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? i like both but i havent seen many sunrises bc i dont wake up. so sunset

How many blankets on your bed? twooo

Describe your kitchen plates: the ones at my parents house are just plain white and the ones in my apartment are plain green. wow im plain.

Do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage? so ya girl just turned 21 !!!! and no, im not a big fan. it all tastes like cough syrup. help.

Do you play cards?. my family does sometimes. i think its boring

What colour is your car? dark grey. her name is the black pearl. shes not black tho....

Can you change a tire? no but ive never tried

Your favourite province? ok this question is gonna show my ignorant american side and i dont want it to soooo

Favourite job you’ve ever had? i used to work at this place that did mommy and me music classes. i taught the one that was a drop off class called school skills so it was like k5 for 3-4 yrs old

How did you get your biggest scar? i dont have many scars. i have one above my eye from falling backwards into a rocking chair lol

What did you do today that made someone else happy? i dont know, honestly. i feel like im barely interacting with people. i ran errands with my mom and i think that made her happy...but she was in a bad mood so hard to tell lolol

anyway, this was fun and now im not thinking about that show. crap now im thinking about it. UGH.

tagging: @hpfangirl13 @amazalina @dorisquinn @rebel-belles @vivianelynne20 @modernlifehistorian (i know you're there) @sherlolly-siya @fromiftowhen

[gaarfielf]

k im gonna throw in my hot take on part 5 now i think the time has come where i’ve watched enough of the damn series i can make a coherent essay on whats what on what (putting it under a read more bc this shit is gonna be long and i dont want my followers to suffer too much)

I’ll do this character by character starting with the new ones

Ami: I’m having a hard time deciphering whether she’s being underutilized or over utilized because number 1) her character isn’t interesting enough to have her keep coming around, especially when her only connection to the group is Lupin. She hasn’t had any interaction with Goemon or Jigen that i know of and she hates Fujiko for ??? reasons. That being said, I would’ve preferred if she was fleshed out more because 2) literally having her be the distant girl that is quiet and doesn’t understand social norms is..... really boring. It’s almost as boring as having a female character whose only there as a set of boobs... (coughs). She isn’t interesting because they didn’t make her interesting, yeah? It’s hard to hate a character based on the fact alone they were clearly written by a man but I mean it very literally when I say she could’ve been something great. Having her confess her love to Lupin was straight up disgusting and I really expected more from tms in that vein. Putting romance where romance doesn’t need to be is bad enough let alone when you jack knife it in between a child and an adult. And for those of you saying ‘Oh hhhh she’s like nineteen’....look into your heart. Even if she is 1) she sure as hell doesn’t look it and 2) Lupin is like 40-50. In the wise words of me, children loving adults was a myth made up by pedophiles in support of the devil. Npot to mention pitting her against Fujiko because they both like Lupin?? I ain’t even gotta explain why that’s a pathetic excuse at writing. But I will. Fujiko is a grown ass woman so why the fuck would she care and Ami is a child who shouldn’t be in love with him anyway. She has truly been nothing in the series except a tool and even at that not a likable one.

Yata: Do I even have to say that I can’t write anything about a man who hasn’t had more than 4 minutes of screen time in the last 24 episodes? He was hyped up before the series started and he’s done nothing but be Zenigata’s personality in the place of Zenigata y’know. Actually speaking and having one for himself BUT WE’LL GET TO THAT LATER. He’s done nothing but yell and cry over literally nothing? Like he fights Zeni’s fights because for some reason Zenigata got super lazy this season (again, we’ll get into that later) and he’s just a pointless character.

Albert: Gay rep for life haha just kidding he was bad at that too. I think they literally introduced him as faux-gay rep because they know the fans wanted more sensitive interactions from their already existing male cast members and they were like ‘well that’s gay so we’ll give them this guy’. And speaking on behalf of myself - ‘I don’t want these’. So Albert shows up, supposedly having a HUGE connection to Lupin’s past and then............we never see him again. And they literally tell us nothing about him except he’s gay and works in the government. Apparently when we say ‘we want gay rep’ they hear ‘very minor gay character??’ and didn’t hear us say ‘no’ back. And every time I hear anyone say 1) ‘well, his connection to Lupin is supposed to be a mystery!’ I can feel hives growing on my skin because i’m allergic to bullshit like if they weren’t gonna tell us the connection, and whatever the connection is didn’t reveal anything new about the character outside of ‘Lupin knew somebody that wasn’t Jigen when he was younger’ then why?? mention it?? why make an entire arc dedicated to not telling us something if the end result was ‘it doesn’t matter who he is’? 2) ‘well they’re obviously cousins’ except they obviously aren’t. if they obviously were, they’d say that they were cousins. like if y’all are digging up bits of the manga from 40 years ago to say ‘there was a character who had the same last name’ but are also out here saying ‘Jigen doesnt have a sister bc they said that over 40 yers ago and haven’t mentioned it since’ then I ain’t got nothing to say to y’all, you’re just dodgy and ain’t worth the stress of talking to. 3) ‘they’re maybe gay’ well the cool thing about gay rep is that we don’t give honourary mentions out for series that were too cowardly to actually come right out and say it. So in conclusion, Albert was written by cowards who couldn’t decide what to do with him.

Enzo: Boring. That’s literally all I have to say. Trying to give him depth by making Ami his daughter was predictable and not at all interesting. To be honest I completely forgot she was looking for her dad anyway because she didn’t seem to care that much about finding him either (or seem to care about anythign really). He’s a shitty villain and every time he speaks I got my finger on the right-key because I don’t care what he has to say and so far I haven’t missed anything good so yeah. Just disappointing.

I think that’s it??? For new characters?? So I’ll move onto the main cast

Jigen: I 👏 WANT 👏 JIGEN 👏 TO 👏 DO 👏 SOMETHING like good fucking God the man hasn’t done anything this whole series up until 24 where he got  5 minute scene dedicated to him killin’ cops (direct action) but like?? As a character he hasn’t progressed he has BARELY spoken and we’ve learned one new thing about him the whole series in the episode where he meets the daughter of a woman he used to work with. And that one thing that we learned was: he used to work with the mother of this girl. That’s it. Episode 24 he got a little bit of dialog with Lupin that I guess was supposed to be like character development but it was so weird because it was kind of directed at the audience?? So it’s like is he talking to me or to Jigen because if I was Jigen I would not have one goddamn clue what he was talking about. Also, he’s so depressing this season?? Right up until now we’ve seen very little personality from him aside from Angry and Complains a Lot. He smiles sometimes sure but like he doesn’t exactly have a lot to smile about this season considering he’s not really in the limelight anymore and is only brought back to foreshadow how much he hates technology and wants to retire. Personally, Jigen is one of my favourite characters and the fact he hasn’t achieved much this series is a big let-down

Goemon: I can’t even imagine how let down Goemon fans feel because again, up until Episode 23 he did nothing. He had an episode where he fell in love?? With a girl?? Disguised as a woman?? For some reason?? It was in one of the throwbacks and I’ll admit that maybe the episode made sense and I probably missed something but to me I had no clue what was going on. ANYWAY like his big scene in the spotlight is 3 episodes before the end of the series (its not like he’s a main character or anything) and he cuts Lupin. Because he thinks that he isn’t really his friend. That’s it that’s the only reason he almost murders his friend. Just kidding the other reason was that it was a half ass attempt at shock value to make sure the audience was still paying attention. They can’t seem to decide this season whether they want Goemon to be edgy or stupid but I think we’ve gotten a greta big helping of both so thanks tms /sarcasm/. They’ve really just dragged his character through the mud this season because he used to be stoic, mysterious, traditionalist but lowkey clumsy guy and then now he’s. I don’t even know how to describe it he’s just become so cutesy and edgy at the same time so we get him cutting Lupin in half right in front of UwU i eat my fish skin first ! I’m quirky ! like what am I supposed to feel about this grown man? He’s really too back-and-forth for me this season

Fujiko: I’M GONNA GET HEATED ABOUT THIS ONE SO BUCKLE UP I’ve never seen Fujiko written this poorly since TWCFM (yes i’m outting that as a bad series too so don’t @ me about that lil tidbit). She’s there as a piece of eyecandy bUT SHE IS SO POORLY DRAWN IT MAKES ME WONDER IF ANYBODY AT TMS HAS EVER SEEN A WOMAN IN THEIR LIFE TIME. Seriously her proportions are so off and outwardly repulsive looking it makes it hard not to skip anything she says in the series on account of how half-ass her character looks. Not limiting herself to being visually repulsive, she also has a half-ass personality. Suddenly Fujiko isn’t the come-and-go as she pleases, mysterious woman that gives Lupin intel on very high security operations she’s just. There. At some point in the series she said ‘a woman’s body is just a tool to get something she needs’ and I wanted to puke this is NOT Fujiko’s character at all and I’m disgusted that they’re brushing her off as a pair of walking talking boobs. Also her absolute lack of empathy is just mind numbing because they’re somehow trying to convince the audience that Lupin broke her heart due to wedding related reasons that still haunt her but? Seeing him cut almost in half does nothing for her? And then she deadpan ‘This is just how it is’ like this is just putting her in such an evil light that I hate because I love Fujiko! In every other season she’s fighty and sarcastic and witty AND NOT JUST THERE FOR EYE CANDY. And going back to the wedding thing, why is this being made into such a big deal? There’s literal episodes in other seasons called ‘Fujiko Doesn’t Look Right in a Wedding Dress’ ‘Fujiko Doesn’t Want to Be Married’ ‘A Ring Is Like a Trap’ like she 👏 don’t 👏 want 👏 to 👏 be 👏 married 👏. And the preview for the next ep shows her in a wedding dress so I’m ultimately preparing myself for the big season finale being them getting married.

hurray.

Final thought on Fujiko being, the episode where she picks up Lupin to save him from succumbing to his crossbow wound (easily the funniest thing thats happened all season) I mean. Yeah it’s kinda cool. I don’t really have any strong feelings about that like I’m not about to praise them for something like that when it was immediately followed by her and Ami slap fighting over him again.

Lupin: In my days of watching Lupin movies/specials my slogan was ‘if the ratio of screen time in the movie between characters is 10:0 in Lupin’s favour then it ain’t a good movie’ and it’s ringing true to this season where it’s all about Lupin. I understand obviously it’s a series called Lupin III like I’m not stupid but the amount of ass kissing to his character is something else like they’re putting him on this huge pedestal like he’s a do-no-wrong kind of guy to the point where he’s boring because he’s done nothing wrong. Ever. He doesn’t argue with anybody he doesn’t have any strong emotions really (outside of that episode where Zenigata loses his memory we see him outwardly angry for a minute). It just makes him such a dry character when they try to mold him into being absolutely flawless and admirable. Also the amount of faking his own death and ‘oh no is he gonna die’ moments are just not entertaining. Like I said earlier when he got shot with the crossbow that was the hardest I’ve laughed in a long long time. It played like an SNL skit (you know what one). And again we aren’t learning anything new. Whose Albert to him!? We never got to know, What’s his relationship to Fujiko!? We’re probably gonna find out they’re getting married last episode after all the touching moments they had together this season like.... like uh.... when they uh... oh right they’ve barely spoken to each other all season. And when they did they were arguing. Love is in the air huh?

Zenigata: AI’ll try to keep this brief but Yata’s taken over his character this season. He’s barely spoken, he has like, NO energy or determination. After the episode where Lupin faked his death (the first time, not the proceeding 90 times) Zenigata just stopped appearing and stopped doing anything productive. If anything his character became an excuse for an info dump. Like oh we see a war torn area whats going on? Zenigata is conveniently nearby to say ‘these people are at war!’ and then outside character will tell a 18 paragraph history on him of whose at war and their history and then Zenigata says ‘okay’ and doesn’t appear again for the next 2 episodes.

Now for the closing thoughts I guess

i don’t know why they’re looking at Lupin having plot as separate from Lupin being episodic. Like they’ve separated him from adventure so he’s just doing the same things over and over again. Not to mention like I said earlier, the fans wanted to see more sensitive interactions between the already existing characters, and if anything, they’re farther apart and just really confusing and contradictory. It’s hard to get through an episode when every week its another ‘great time for another plot arc they’re never gonna finish’. When I watched episodes of Part 1 and 2 and 4 (not so much 3 because i can’t find anywhere to watch it lol) I’m pretty attentive all the way through because the series drops tidbits of information about the characters and they make the episode enjoyable to watch. This season is so dreary and dry I can’t find anything to enjoy about it because it’s just one disappointment after another. I’m trying to to sound bitchy as I type all this out but I mean I’m speaking as a fan who is just really disappointed. I know I’ve said ‘disappointed’ a lot in this whole thing but there isn’t another word to describe it because that’s really the way that I feel about part 5. Seeing my favourite characters on screen is supposed to make me feel happy and excited to see where they’re gonna go and what they’re gonna do not make me think “I hope they don’t ruin this character for me’ in every. single. episode. This season has been underwhelming, unenjoyable, inconsistent and just really exhausting to me overall.

i gotta go eat now so peace out and if you read to the end of all this then hopefully i’m not the only one in this boat but if you don’t agree with me then i guess thats just how it is yeah?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the callbacks were cool at first but now I just find they’re baiting me into thinking i’ll enjoy the episode because i’ll find something I liked from one of the better seasons in it. They’re just really overused at this point because these callbacks aren’t being used for anything. like ‘lupin is making his plan at the cagliostro castle!’ like. why. ‘detective melon is also angry at lupin!’ but if she isn’t like teaming up with zenigata or actually doing anything to find him why should i care. 

[coolmiddlename]

I don't think you ever did your final write up on season 8 Kitty, you gonna get back to that?

aww man, i didnt finish it because i think ive done a pretty great job expressing my thoughts on season 8. it was freaking amazing? but im gonna write up some of what i planned for that post here.

favourite episodes:

two swords is good because it introduces us to the more violent fern and shows finn being a doctor for shits and giggles (foreshadowing?). i get good feelings from this ep. and these days, also sad ones.

high strangeness - tree trunks is pretty entertaining by herself but this episode had a glorious combination of comedy, quiet pain, and…. strangeness. seeing tree trunks be ooo’s greatest activist was nothing short of a golden meme factory. and it was a lttle sad seeing pb explain what it was all about, perhaps even questioning her own sanity here… as for the candy attacking the aliens, if you remember all of pen ward’s previous work, you sure do get a Little Pink Best Buds vibe.

jelly beans have power - yknow when they ended pb’s arc w the whole Being A Pragmatic Coldass back in the Cooler, i wondered if she was going to stay interesting or get boring. well, lets just say the AT crew have exceeded my expectations. not to mention season 8 SURE BRINGS UP A LOT OF COMPETITION in the whole “morally questionable science lady” area. after the whole King of Ooo stuff the princess has been trying to rebuild her relationship with her citizens, and to see her hot-headedness make it crumble apart… well it must have been like looking into your soul and seeing something dreadful.

All of Islands - yes this is cheating. do i give a fuck? no. uhhhh what were my fave eps? hide and seek was the part where i went “this is the best adventure time has ever been”. martin and minnie was not only realistic, making minnie my favourite side character to ever get that little screentime, it also hit all the right emotional notes as well as having a dash of humor. the light cloud kinda highlighted the differences between the humans and the oooish people, it made us all appreciate the wacky land of ooo I feel. finn could have had his life as a human and lived with his parents, but he would have possibly died during the plague, and he’d have never had all the amazing adventures that made him who he is. anyway finn’s kinda my second or third favourite character now which is a significant jump from a few years ago. 

all of elements because i just dont care. highlights: skyhooks was deeply ominous and had marshmalline humming greensleaves which is pretty gay, bespoken for looked like it was gonna be shitposty but ended up making betty of all people a compelling, sympathetic, and unpredictable character… the third one had the ice kingdom which i think is my second-favourite location… cloudy i didnt like on my first rewatch but on our rewatch i learnt to appreciate it for the heart-to-heart bro chat that it was… slime central had funky skating (slime kingdom ftw) and the BEST humor in the miniseries alongside jake fucking dying, happy warrior is my least favourite of the eps but thats because it was setup for the much more magnificient hero heart which is my favourite… the reason for that is because it’s worth the most analysis and has the heaviest atmosphere. from lsp eating marceline’s face to finn holding back his fear to pb going fucking nuts and all those chilling candy zombies, this was the climax of the miniseries for sure. skyhooks II was a cooldown after the climax and a sort of resolution. it could have been better but the way i think of it, we haven’t seen all the resolution yet. highlights? lsp being the hero (lol) and pb and marcy’s kingdom-takeover song. pb’s actions in elements make me think that the power made her exemplify all her negative, controlling traits. she tried to take over the other kingdoms to make people “happy” and they ended up losing all their individuality. remind you of The Thin Yellow Line? the same sorta goes for FP but not really cos FP’s only negative trait is her awful temper.

abstract because i fucking love jake. i know some people found this ep disappointing but i did not.

ketchup for best filler ep because it looked GORGEOUS, it made me SMILE, it had backstory and the tale of what Marceline did in Elements presented in such a charming way, we even saw BMO spin a tale about her mom…  I’m heartbroken that we probably wont be seeing any more guest animated episodes because this is my favourite one yet. 

whispers. I TOO AM DOOM. *thunk thak thunk thank splat*

three buckets is the best episode in the best season of adventure time, and i think it beats out The Lich as my favourite season finale. it’s sad, it’s dark, it’s sweet, it’s hilarious, it’s ominous, theres nothing to dislike about it. my favourite part was the last few minutes starting from when fern left finn alone in the cave. he freaks out for a while which makes us wonder if he might actually die in here, then the robot arm in a surprising twist turns out to have a pb-siri that thanks finn for what hes done which is cute. and finn discovers his salvation in the rock drill and fucking weed whacker. then he fights his clone  fern now COMPLETELY off the deep end, and just when finn is giving up,  well…

“What are you doing?”

“Weed whacking!”

“…What are you?”

“A weed whacker :D”

“It doesn’t have to have this… finnality!”

“F A T A L I T Y”

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

i think the end of this ep is more defined by what isn;t said than what is said. finn is so shocked that he can’t even talk. bmo gives us one final bout of dark humor. then we switch to…. Fern……. finally free of his shell but a mere ghost of what he was…. his look of pure rage as he gets picked up by who we believe could be a scholar of Golb…. uncle fucking gumbald. 

What a DEVASTATING finale,  and what a fantastic setup for the final arc of Adventure Time!

a comment i had to make about the last few eps is: it’s suspicious that we didnt get a followup for PB after Elements. but even though Peebles wasn’t in these eps, she didn’t feel absent either. especially with Marceline’s story in Ketchup, Fern’s remembering what he did in Whispers, and literally everything in the last 3 minutes of Three Buckets, i feel that there’s something big building up for her. we’ve yet to see the consequences Elements had on PB who was out of everyonne the most dangerous elemental, the one who took her powers to the furthest extreme. considering what happened in Jelly Beans Have Power, iiiii expect this followup to be soon. maybe it’ll be big? maybe it’ll be quiet. either way i look forward. and if i’m disappointed? well it’s happened before.

altogether season 8 is my favourite in the show for obvious reasons. i dont think season 9 has the possibility of topping it but i really cant wait to see what we get next either way, just in case it manages to be even better.  

no matter how adventure time ends, though, i think it’s going to hold a place in my heart for a long time.

[kathillards]

guess who watched kamen rider

hey y’all it’s kat @powerprincesses’ birthday on MARCH 24TH (but since that’s movie day, i’m giving this to her early) and i, being the dutiful-slash-whipped wife that i am, thought i’d do something special for it and i was like, well, pearl, you’ve already written her shit for the past two years, why not do something different?

so i watched an entire fucking series of japanese power rangers: bug eyes edition for her. can you believe that? me??? watch kamen rider??? i know

but here i am on the other side of kamen rider decade which i watched because a) he’s pink b) kat loves it c) it only has like 30 episodes thank god and d) he’s pink

i have great decision making-skills. anyway below the cut are all my honest unfiltered thoughts on what kat pitched to me as “kamen rider megaforce”. fair warning, it’s long, with pictures, and tailored for kat. read at your own risk.

i watched the first like nine episodes in a blur so here’s some random thoughts from them that aren’t strictly a liveblog:

NATSUMI IS SO CUTE

tsukasa is a weird asshole and its kind of hot?

actually he reminds me of me thats probably why its hot bc im self-obsessed

“put tsukasa’s bad photos here” he is a meme and i love it

natsumi hikari... these are both names ripped from toqger... i realize decade came first but like? elements of toqger?

every time she does the laughter pressure point thing to tsukasa i gain an extra year on my life

his laughter is so fucking dumb

freaky prophetic dreams = elements of megaforce much???

natsumi is troy burrows

i love this pink ranger

i love natsumi’s beanies

i have no clue what the fuck is happening

yusuke is cuuuuuuute

THE EPISODE W THE LITTLE KID RIDER AND HE ASKS YUSUKE IF THEY’RE FRIENDS AND YUSUKE’S FACE MELTS bitch i cried

yusuke has a v. good face

tsukasa is still a weird asshole and i still kinda dig it

natsumi is still great

all these other riders are cute...... i kno u told me ryuki is the one where everyone dies but hes so cute???

the one from blade is cute too

everyone is cute but especially yusuke and natsumi

i have no fucking clue what the plot is supposed to be there’s like an evil bat? and an evil old man? he reminds me of the evil old man from ghost

which i guess i should mention is technically my first kamen rider series that i watched twelve eps of and will finish one day

in case ur new here

whatever

why does kr have multiple evil old men

decade’s suit is so great and every time he morphs into a different rider i sigh

ok backing up but that bit in the ? third ? episode at the end where tsukasa is joking and smiling and natsumi yells at him that he’s freaking her out but she’s laughing? Pure

yusuke going “we’re a team right?” and tsukasa rolling his eyes? Pure

tsukasa being such a dick to those guys from blade... not pure but hilarious

OK BUT WHY WAS HE SUCH A DICK TO KAZUMA HE IS CUTE AND DOESNT DESERVE THIS

i just cant believe hes pink

he has a pink camera

hes a pink ranger

i love natsumi

OK HERE WE GO EPISODE 10 and beyond:

here’s the douche who stole genta’s zord...he is hot

this might just be me reading too deep into a kids show (haha when has THAT ever happened) but the shot of natsumi putting her hands around tsukasa’s waist like a belt in the theme song?? and then i think about how the belt and cards appeared to HER and she had to give them to tsukasa literally crossing barriers btwn worlds or whatever to get to him?? is she...is she his belt...his powers...are they hashtag INTERTWINED

maybe i am reading too deep into it but i love making girls the central protagonist so whatever i’m going with it

damn tsukasa looks good w/ his hair brushed back like that...

natsumi accuses this dude of “eat and run” and he does THIS?

uncalled for tbh

no u dont shut up

u know who looks good in everything? natsumi. the cap doesnt show it but she’s wearing pink knee high socks and its so cute

yusuke is such a prince

“i decided to get in your way” why is tsukasa Like That

he is definitely a scorpio

daiki might possibly be the only man who can make me think he’s attractive while wearing a baseball cap

i cannot BELIEB these monsters thought this girl was faiz AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE HER DUDE FRIEND WHO’S SPOKEN TWO LINES goodbye i hate kamen rider and everyone who works for toei

DIEND IS SUCH AN UGLY SUIT fjgdfkgdfgd i kinda dig it tho

is it meant to be diend like...the end....? or die?

y does every episode have to end on a cliffhanger

its six minutes into episode 11 and natsumi JUST showed up i want a refund?????

this is a gay outfit tho

episodes without natsumi are Pointless lets move on

why is he experimenting w/ his hair and why does it look so hot

that.....was really gay

um no offense but something fell out of the sky and tsukasa’s first instinct was to cover natsumi......okay.gif

natsumi is so sad that yusuke is leaving them :(

tsukasa is also sad he’s just hiding it under his seven layers of asshole

yusuke saving tsukasa......Pure

also gay....why is daiki Like That

tsukasa: you look pretty

yusuke: what

tsukasa: I SAID YOU LOOK SHITTY GOOD NIGHT

- actual dialogue that just happened

every time tsukasa gets called out for actually caring about people i laugh

is den-o literally kamen rider toqger...

why are so many of the kamen riders he visits literally monsters ?

why is tsukasa such an asshole and why is it hot

tsukasa spit-taking when someone actually likes his photos...relatable

oh my god in this one scene yusuke is wearing a red plaid shirt and natsumi is wearing red plaid socks wtf thats too adorable

me watching toku: just eternally cataloguing all the fashion

SPEAKING OF FASHION WTF IS THIS

“i look good in everything” yeah right tsukasa

tsukasa just goes around to different worlds and appoints himself the king of everything...relatable

pretty wack that natsumi and yusuke love tsukasa enough to believe he’ll protect them in a fight even though he’s a fucking dumbass

you know who does look good in everything...daiki

i didnt think i would miss tsukasa but its been 8 minutes into this episode and he hasn’t shown up to be an asshole yet..........disappointing

HE JUST SHOWED UP TO BE AN ASSHOLE all is right with the world again

tsukasa: daiki’s an asshole

this poor little boy: NO HE’S NOT >:(

daiki: yeah no i am totally an asshole

tsukasa turned hibiki into a disc thing and put it on top of this crab monster and now he’s beating it like a drum...

why is toku Like This

“he’s just a thief” shut up tsukasa you love him

oh my god he’s wearing bobby pins in his hair

“i’m so happy for you natsumi” ;_____; yusuke loves her...

i also love her

extreme lingering close-ups on tsukasa’s face make me uncomfortable

omg tsukasa going to take a photo of yusuke and natsumi jumping in AND THEM ALL SMILING AND LAUGHING TOGETHER GOODBYE

yes natsumi is a masterpiece thanks for recognizing it tsukasa

omg they’re all wearing pink i luv this team of pink rangers

anyone ever in the world: says the word ‘treasure’

daiki, barreling through the window: DID YOU SAY TREASURE I’M HERE TO ROB YOU

chill dude

tsukasa: lets go on a date

yusuke:

tsukasa: you’re paying

yusuke:

- also literally just happened why is tsukasa LIKE THIS

tsukasa is the worst boyfriend ever

my fave decade trope: tsukasa is trying to fight and then he gets demorphed right in the middle of the battle for some reason or the other and just looks around dumbstruck probably wondering why his cool factor has lowered to 50% instead of 100%

jokes on him his cool factor is always at -95%

tsukasa being a model is a Bad Idea

a Very Bad Idea

natsumi yelling at tsukasa is so good every time

tsukasa: says literally anything ever

yusuke and natsumi: ???????????????????

this boy makes no sense i love him

what the FUCK is this hair

i feel like most of this liveblog is just me cataloging tsukasa’s various fashion choices

but i mean, he does more things with his hair than i do

he’s such a good pink ranger

decade’s power-up form is god-ugly

just thought i should mention that

needs more pink tbh

never let tsukasa try to lie and say he doesnt like daiki ever again hes a USELESS GAY

OR YUSUKE

THIS IS HIS FACE WHEN NATSUMI TELLS HIM YUSUKE IS GONE

useless

gay

he punches a tree bc natsumi got taken too what a loser

lmao this evil dude is like “who is this other kamen rider?? daiki’s friend??? daiki doesn’t HAVE friends”

joke’s on HIM

i had to cap daiki wearing purple even tho i am against male purples on general principle

he looks so good tho

he always looks good

“i want to save natsumi” okay

this is pretty gay tsukasa

wow it got even gayer

WOW

wow

the level of gay literally escalated from 100 to 1000 i am impressed

uh did he literally tie up daiki and then slowly walk in a circle around him and blatantly check him out...................................

tsukasa........................

tsukasa literally stops the other riders from joining the battle bc he knows daiki has to fight alone....what kind of otp goals

“wont you stop saying those corny lines” - daiki about tsukasa but also me about tsukasa

HELL YEAH NEXT EP IS THE SHINKENGER WORLD I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG

missed my samurai kids did u know i put my shinkenger marathon on hold for this shit so i could finish decade before march 24th

i know i know im such a great friend

HERE HE IS HERES GENTA my opinion on daiki has honestly not changed since i first saw him in shinkenger... he’s still a hot douche

and i love him

tsukasa every time he has no idea what’s going on: i know exactly what’s going on

HERE THEY ARE MY SAMURAI KIDS

wow i missed them

the things i do for you kat

i could be watching super sentai right now

yusuke protecting natsumi <3333

i just like this shot and also their faces

daiki beat up and bloody is a Look

EVIL MONSTER DIEND IS SO UGLY OH MY GOD GIVE IT BACK TO DAIKI PLS

takeru and tsukasa are both drama queens... this will end well i’m sure

he’s WEARING A LITTLE PINK PONYTAIL IN HIS HAIR GOODBYE

takeru always having to hold back genta from fighting kamen riders :’) my boys whom i raised

why is daiki such a dick

i love him

the shinkengers are such ABSOLUTE LOSERS I LOVE MY KIDS

natsumi.....loves tsukasa....so much

she shouldnt....but she does

wow @ this cinnamon tography....

tsukasa’s inspiring speeches are literally just him Saying Words

takeru: u know tsukasa i think ur an ok guy

tsukasa: ??????????? why????????????

takeru doesnt have a reason tsukasa its just the Power of Gay

takeru and tsukasa just shared a really long really gay look and it was...it was really gay

tsukasa’s face when natsumi tells him he’ll always have a place to return to and call home with them.....................goodbye

i love the hashtag romance of natsumi literally being tsukasa’s home but i am also mmmm at her having to be the girl waiting at home while the boys go off and fight like okay.gif

tsukasa literally took her cookie thats shaped LIKE HER HEAD and ate it...why is he like that

WHY IS HE SUCH A DICK i know hes only a dick to cover up his REAL FEELINGS but hes SUCH a DICK

PREVIEW FOR NEXT EP GOT ME FUCKED UP i cant believe im almost done and i dont want it to be over...

tsukasa has amnesia........interesting last-minute plot point

this show really is megaforce i love it

natsumi and yusuke’s matching plaid outfits are the best thing to ever happen to me

tsukasa immediately reaching to touch natsumi okaaaaaay

my dude did u have to lean so close to her face

this dramatic scarf look is a) very hot b) very scorpio (apparently scarves are a staple of our wardrobe) (not that i would know)

natsumi is...inviting him to stay in her world...with her...okay okay okay alright alright alright

its been ten minutes and daiki hasnt shown up i miss him

dfgjdfgddfgjd THIS WHILE WATCHING TSUKASA AND NATSUMI FIGHT yusuke is truly a man after my own heart

thats a joke, he’s already won my heart

SHE DOVE IN FRONT OF AN ATTACK FOR HIM BYEEEE

mmm tsukasa desperately yelling for natsumi to wake up is A Mood

good scene decade 10/10 i live for the #drama

him angrily asking if they can treat her + looking at her comatose body all broody and dramatique when yusuke tells him that her life is in danger.....okay mister “i hate the word friends”

the extreme offense on tsukasa’s face when daiki called natsumi “that girl” lmaoooo

the tsukasa/yusuke height difference is So Good

tsukasa looks So Fucking Good in that t-shirt/black jeans/scarf combo i’m really mad about it

tsukasa just punched daiki in the face... honestly im surprised it didnt happen sooner

DAIKI JUST KICKED HIM IN THE GUTS

“is natsu melon really that important” BITCH

tsukasa, after getting beat up: her name is NATSUMI

priorities, priorities

anyone else wanna MCFREAKIN DIE

YUSUKE LOVES NATSUMI SO MUCH ;___;

tsukasa being so devastated at natsumi’s death is... a lot

even tho obviously i am against fridging a girl for manpain on Principle

and daiki showing up to be like “she’s your treasure huh?” LMAO

MOTHERFUCKER HE TOOK PART OF HIS OWN LIFE TO GIVE HERS BACK

WHAT A PUNK ASS BITCH

man tsukasa smiling (i swear thats what hes doing) is hilarious

and gross

i hate him

i hate this

I LOVE YUSUKE WHAT AN ANGEL

lmao natsumi tells him she’ll always be waiting here for him and this is his reaction.....................dumb

“decade are you also a rider”

“maybe”

WHY IS TSUKASA LIKE THAT

WHY DID HE SAY IT IN ENGLISH

WHY WAS IT HOT

I HATE HIS ASS

anything: happens

that old dude: THIS TOO IS DECADE’S FAULT

first of all they’ve all been matching w/ the reds this episode and i love it

second of all i’m banning tsukasa from looking this hot forever goodbye

brooding in dimly-lit spaces..........gross

every time tsukasa.....every time

daiki: shows up and saves tsukasa

also daiki: i’m not here to save you

sounds fake but okay

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.....

dfjlgdfkgjd daiki just shows up and nobody knows how he got there

this is Gay

i dont want it to end...

my dude......chill

wow

w o w

i hate that outfit of tsukasa’s btw

just thought i’d mention that

by hate i mean he has no right to look so hot

THE FANGIRE QUEEN IS HOT

natsumi can get tsukasa to do anything w/ that laughter pressure point... Powerful

first of all: shut up tsukasa

second of all: RIDER CLUB MEETING

third of all: why is tsukasa So Tall

i want a refund on this show

daiki: friends...are the one treasure i dont have

BITCH

ITS NOT EVEN THE FINALE AND IM ABOUT TO MCFREAKIN LOSE IT

wooooooooooow thats gay

daiki: im doing this cuz we’re friends

daiki: we are friends right?

daiki: right tsukasa??????????

honey...sweetie...darling...this is the worst thing ever

ITS BEEN LIKE HALF A MINUTE INTO THE FINALE AND ALREADY THEY’RE HITTING ME W/ THIS OKAY OKAY OKAY

oh god hes crying

oh god

oh no

oh god

hm this is his face staring at his photo of natsumi alright alright alright

yusuke risking his own life, world, and potential disappearing to save tsukasa from the other riders............bye

YUSUKE DOING IT FOR NATSUMI........BYE

“i’m the only one allowed to defeat you” uh huh ok

daiki would never kill tsukasa so the actual translation of that is “i don’t want you to go and die”

HE LOOKS SO DEVASTED GOODBYE I HATE THIS

uhhh my momma says i gotta go home right now immediately

he is SO ANGRY

also comrades is code for “in love” right???

DAIKI AND YUSUKE CAME BACK FOR HIMMMMMMM

THEY ALL LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

“I SUPPOSE WE’RE FRIENDS”

“IF I CANT PROTECT YOUR SMILE I CAN’T PROTECT ANYONES”

THEYRE GONNA DEFEAT THE BAD GUYS WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP???????????

YUSUKE JUMPED IN FRONT OF AN ATTACK FOR TSUKASA AND I AM GONNA MCFREAKIN LOSE IT

oh my god its NOT OVER

pls i wanna die

this is a good look and i hate it

this is a good shot

this whole scene is a...good shot

“i have faith in you” woooooooooooow

“things have certainly gotten stupid havent they” shut up daiki

actually dont i love you pls come fix this

NATSUMI WENT TO FIND HIS CAMERA BYE

WHY DOES THE BEE WOMAN HAVE BEE TITTIES

I HATE THIS ENTIRE CONCEPT

biiiiiiiitch natsumi just transformed into a rider

oh my god

oh my god did he let her kill him

oh my god

thats the most stupid romantic thing he’s ever said

and he’s said a lot of stupid romantic things

mmmm daiki and natsumi...good shit

THEYRE RUNNING WHILE HOLDING HANDS OKAAAAAAAAAAAY

this whole scene just killed me......they never stop touching....i gotta go

“even if i wanted to, i cant forget him...that stupid face of his” ok daiki sure

[kat voice] bitch the fuck

BITCH DID THEY DEADASS REVIVE HIM WITH THE POWER OF LOVE

WHAT THE FUCK KINDA SHOW AM I WATCHING

tsukasa

smiling

at

natsumi

is

the

worst

thing

ever

now THAT’S how you ot4

ALL THE RIDERS CAME BACK FOR HIM 

"thats our world too” WOW

wow

this is the woooooooooooooooooooooorst

oh my godddddddd

oh my god

oh my god

anyway

i dont know what else to say i hate this

i cant believe i watched an entire season of kamen rider

i cant believe i ENJOYED it

i cant believe the state im in right now

i

wow

i want death

happy birthday kat