#becca dodged a bullet there tbh

[blindmagdalena]

Do you think Homie had any attachment to Becca? I get that he was just using her as a tool to get closer to Ryan, but in scenes with him in her house he looks really strange to me. Like, he smells her clothes? Demands breakfast? And, if I remember correctly, he suggested on making popcorn and watching a movie after Ryan fell asleep. Just imagine Becca with that thousand yard stare while Homelander puts his arm over her shoulders, bringing her close and rests his head on hers. A husband and a wife, if you will. That man is delusional.

attachment isn't really the right word imo. he most certainly had a vision for her, though. it was his dream come true! a wife and a son with all his EXACT same powers waiting for him in a curated little suburbia, just like they had in all his favorite childhood movies!

it was basically a movie set.

it was perfect.

except it wasn't. because she wasn't his wife. she was butcher's.

and i think the scene you bring up (where he's got her clothes) illustrates that perfectly. he's being a creep in this scene. he's rawdogging her milk jug, he's going through her belongings, he's smelling her clothes. he's building a narrative in his mind where this is his life. getting familiar. getting comfortable.

and then he finds the pictures of her and billy, and the illusion is shattered. he's angry. all of this SHOULD be his, and yet he's having to compete for it!

tbh i think he would have pursued becca a lot harder if stormfront hadn't entered the picture presenting as ideal wife/mother material, sharing her perfect sob story about outliving both her husband and child, and how she needs to fill that void now. wonder where she can find a husband and child. winkwink nudge nudge.

but yeah 100% delusional

[katzirra]

Becca told me to buy the Captain America game from fuckin' 2011?? And it's strangely rewarding. It's really simple and stupid but not bad?? I generally avoid franchise games like this because they're bad graphics and usually none of the voices or the writing is shit.

And the controls are usually garbage.

It's like taking place after you save Bucky in 1944?? And it's basically shutting down some sub Hydra group run by Zola and it's all fucking cheesy with Madame Hydra and their new project Master Man or whatever holy shit. HOLY SHIT. But the story is goofy and actually I love that it's not a linear movie script like they usually are? Keeps me actually interested. All the actors for the most part did their voices which is weird and nice actually?? The graphics are...what I expected.

But it kinda plays like a less clunky Arkham game tbh? Cap doing all his flips and twirls and shit and the way he flips through areas is really fun?? And like idk the battle mechanics feel pretty nice and the fact the block feels nice is new to me in a game. I MEAN YOU FIGHT WITH A SHIELD BUT COME ON. The flips and dodges arent always perfectly executed but it's...it handles in a way where combos and finishers are weirdly satisfying. ESPECIALLY THE BULLET DEFLECTS... Also tiny note of praise is keeping that weird tatty swoop he does when he catches his shield because the momentum would twist you back, but it's that weird exact thing from the movies that I appreciated because its legit? Good job.

I MISSED HAVING FUN WITH STUPID GAMES MAN. It's not one I'd ever have picked up normally but it's fun?? It's goofy, and I think we're gonna go save some Invaders soon and that's exciting.

[thesarahsiddonssocietysuddenly]

What annoys me most about ‘The Whole Thing’, is that not once did he ever apologize (at least I don’t think he did. tbh I couldn’t watch the entire thing).

But what he did do is reiterate that becca knew something was off, as if saying “you should have been expecting this”.

tbh tho, I’m glad becca dodged that bullet. Because to me, arie is like a giant mold out of the biggest jar of off-brand mayonnaise that’s been left in a hot car. I mean, the dude is 36 but he looks like he could easily be any of the girls’ father. And then you mix in the personality of a wet sock puppet. Becca doesn’t need that.

Poor lauren, she won Dusty Grandpa.