#big mouth season 5 trailer

[sparrowlucero]

ik you were joking but I would be genuinely interested to hear about the flux cowriting credits strife if you feel like going into detail on it

So I have a big conspiracy theory about season 13 of Doctor Who ("Flux"), namely that there's a lost episode was scripted and even possibly filmed in near entirety, but ended up being cut and cannibalized in post production due to behind the scenes issues, and the fandom has yet to pick up on it.

For anyone who doesn't watch the show: Flux is a miniseries of Doctor Who; a full season was not commissioned because it was produced during Covid. The most important stuff about it for the purposes of this post are:

It's 6 episodes long (¹). The episodes are all directly continuous and could not be shuffled around. (I should clarify here that, no, the showrunner can't simply choose on a whim to make 10 episodes, or only make 4; they had to stick to 6, as that was the amount they were picked up and scheduled for)

The showrunner, Chris Chibnall , wrote every episode apart from episode 4 (Village of the Angels) which he has a co-writing credit on.

(More subjectively but perhaps relevant) The season is largely considered to be kind of a structural mess and (less subjectively) there appears to some abnormal and consistent production issues (²)

So the first thing I need to evidence here is that Chris Chibnall, aforementioned showrunner and writer of the entire season, was late. Like, really late.

Word of mouth gossip had been circulating for a while that there was some sort of on-set problem involving filming having to be paused because he was still finishing scripts: (³)

This would later be confirmed at a Gallifrey One panel (⁴) with Matt Strevens, the executive producer, who suggests that filming stopped to allow Chris Chibnall to finish scripts; he further implies that large swathes of episode 5/Block 2 weren't written until Episode 4/Block 1 (in which Kevin McNally debuts) was filming:

So with that context, let's talk about that Episode 4, "Village of the Angels", the only episode not attributed solely to Chris Chibnall. Co written by Maxine Alderton.

The filming pics reveal an interesting bit of trivia for Village: namely, the clapperboards show that the story was actually filmed as episode 5, not 4:

As the above tweet suggests, this doesn't make much sense. The miniseries is, again, a single continuous plot. It's not like they flipped Village and the current episode 5, Survivors of the Flux; the latter explicitly takes place chronologically after it. And yet, Village having been intended as the penultimate episode 5 is further evidenced by the original trailer for it, in which a character states that the story takes place on the 28th of November. This line is dubbed over in the final episode and subsequent trailers to instead say the 21st:

Why is this line important enough to dub? Because that's meant to line up with the air date of the episode. Episode 4 aired on the 21st and 5 on the 28th. But something happened in post production, and now it's episode 4 on the 21st instead (⁵):

So if none of these episodes were moved around but it does seem like Village was meant to be episode 5, where and what is the original episode 4?

I have a theory.

Flux has a recurring subplot involving two side characters, a married couple (Bel and Vinder) who have been separated by the titular disaster and are traveling the universe to reunite with each other. This story is told through segments sprinkled throughout the episodes. These have a different writing style (including a diary-esque narration only present in these scenes) and an internally consistent visual style that looks somewhat different to the other parts of the season.

Village of the Angels, for instance, is a moody, dark episode set in a village in the 1960s:

However, Bel and Vinder's segments in the episode have a somewhat different look:

On top of this, they never intersect with the episode's A plot (literally or in any clear thematic way), and the majority of these segments piece together into one single scene that seems to have been cut up.

So, what I think is that the bel and vinder scenes across the middle of the season were originally a single full story, an episode 4 that took a breather from the main plot and characters to follow the lives of these two side characters; the differing visual and writing style is due to it originally having been filmed separately and with a somewhat different artistic intent. I believe Chris Chibnall's cowriting credit on Angels exists because these specific scenes are from a script he wrote, but that otherwise the Angel script can be credited solely to Maxine Alderton by normal cowriting standards.

"But wait," you might say, "I thought there were already 6 episodes that are all plot relevant? If no episodes existing right now can be cut, how could this 7th episode exist?"

Remember this tidbit:

The adventures in question comprise a large amount of the next episode (Episode 5: Survivors of the Flux), nearly 20 minutes of a 50ish minute runtime (and frankly, much of the rest of the episode is somewhat fluffy build up that feels like it's taking advantage of an extended runtime). A version without this added plot would, in my opinion, only warrant one final episode rather than two.

I think the showrunner, still scrambling to finish scripts as the episodes were being filmed, and making a snap decision to include a new major subplot (⁶), wrote a finale script so long and with so many plot threads that the only way to keep all this material of was to split it into two episodes, 5 and 6. And because they only could only make 6, he had to get rid of one of the previous 5 episodes - the already scripted and filmed ones - to make room for this new episode 5. A tough order when it's a plot-heavy miniseries... if not for episode 4 being a standalone divergence from the main plot about the lives of two side characters, one that could, in theory, be cut up and dispersed throughout the season without continuity issues for the main story.

(Some notes and clarifications under the cut)

(1) some sources initially reported the episode count as 8; this wasn't inaccurate - the 2022 new years/easter special were part of the episode order. Flux itself was always meant to be 6 episodes long. (2) A few of the production issues include: - episodes filming without a second draft:

- the fx team that had been on the show since 2005 abruptly leaving midseason (because they "didn't feel like part of the team anymore") and returning as soon as the creative team changed, including the head of the studio implying they weren't properly credited (mild vfx body horror warning in link):

- people working on additional projects such as books not receiving clear information on the characters they were assigned to write:

- and likely a director who was put on hold due to a script being rewritten:

Among other things I can't directly cite at the moment, including vfx artists having to do whole episodes solo in crunch time and writers not being told their work was massively overhauled until it aired due to major changes being extremely late in production.

While I don't wish to pontificate too much here and many of these things are pretty normal by themselves, I do think it could paint a picture of a production where an episode well into filming may genuinely be cut on a whim and without consideration for the crew, artists, etc. working on the show. (3) This reddit post comes from a leaker who was known to be consistently accurate. (4) Gallifrey One does not allow filming of panels. I know Kevin's livetweets of panels to be accurate. (5) It's very, very unlikely the entire season was moved back a week, as the premier is a Halloween special that was certainly always intended to air on Oct. 31st. (6) I don't wish to insinuate Chris Chibnall is, throughout his career, an inherently poor showrunner, but I do think that maybe his jump from police procedural - a genre that doesn't involve quite as much concept art, vfx work, marketing, convention panels, set building, episodic storytelling, and keeping in touch with expanded universe producers - to flagship science fiction adventure show may have contributed to some of these issues, especially when he was already in the mindset that things could be changed on a whim (perhaps not such a major issue when it's broadchurch and no new sets need be built)

(source) Basically I don't really think this is "the showrunner's fault" or anything; more that a perfect storm of a showrunner who was habitually late on scripts, used to writing lowkey cop dramas, covid, an entirely serialized season, etc. may have led to these issues

[autumn816]

Trick or treat 🎃 :D

I have been wanting to write something in this universe and I finally got to it.

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Alice · 11-24

let me know if you guys want pt. 2… more

🎵 Contains: Kiss me - @Ed Sheeran

Image 1- Gewis selfie

Text-  Gewis moments that altered my brain chemistry pt. 1

Image 2- The first on-set picture of George and Lewis. They are both sitting on a foldable chair. Lewis is doing a peace sign. George is smiling around his sandwich. 

Text- Lewis being so impressed by George’s acting that he went to talk to Sebastian to give him a bigger role in the show (Seb was already planning to do that because he was also impressed but it’s the thought that counts)

Image 3- A shaky image of George curled around Lewis, his head tucked into Lewis’ neck. Lewis has a big smile on his face and his eyes closed. 

Text- when George won recurring actor in season 1 and Lewis was the first person he hugged. Our first on camera gewis hug!!

Image 4- Comic con. Lewis and George are sitting on wooden chairs on the stage. Lewis is holding his mic close to his mouth and pointing his other hand at George. George looks like he is about to say something as well.

Text- “He would say his hips don’t lie.” I don’t even need to say anything else

Image 5- The same comic con. George is crouching behind a kid and holding his arms. Lewis is looking at them fondly and has his phone in his hand.

Text- Lewis taking pictures of George and the kid

Image 6- Kid George standing on the side with a phone in his hand and a young Lewis talking to someone else

Text- 11 year old George with 24 year old Lewis. He has always been a fan

Image 7- young Lewis is slumped down, his arm wrapped around kid George and his hand is curved around his upper arm. Their faces are close together and both of them are smiling.

Text- <<< previous picture context. When George finally posted the picture he took with Lewis

Image 8- A posed picture of George and Lewis. George has his arm around Lewis’ shoulder while Lewis has his arm around George’s waist, both of them smiling at the camera. 

Text- Lewis saying he hasn’t always been the best actor to work with and yet George always says that Lewis is the benchmark and no one else can compare in the future 

Image 9- A blurry screenshot of George and Lewis on the bed. George is lying under a blanket while Lewis only has the upper half of his body on the bed. Their heads are tilted towards each other. 

Text- when Alex went on live and he was showing around the trailers. He barged into George’s trailer and we got this little gem before Alex started panicking and tried to act like nothing happened

Image 10- George and Lewis are standing close. Lewis’ eyes are on George’s lips and his own tongue is swiping his lower lip through his parted mouth. 

Text- when Lewis couldn’t stop staring at George’s lips during the TV at the season 3 premiere and kept licking his own

Image 11- A candid picture of Lewis and George being in Lewis’ dressing room. Lewis is sitting on a chair, getting some touch ups done. George is leaning back on the mirror wall and grinning while looking at Lewis. 

Text- George admitting that sometimes the line blur between acting and reality when he is with Lewis. That it’s so easy to slip into their roles and it’s so hard to get out of them because they are so comfortable with each other

Image 12- A fan picture of Lewis signing something while Sebastian is standing next to him, his hand clasped on Lewis’ shoulder. 

Text- A fan asking Lewis if he is dating George and Sebastian answering “he wishes.” Seb was crazy for that 

Image 13- Lewis and George are sitting next to each other on the airplane. George is pointing at something on his TV screen while Lewis is looking over.

Text- when Sebastian revealed that Lewis flew earlier than he was supposed to during season 1 promotions because George was nervous for his first ever big public appearance and Lewis wanted to be there for him

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Halloween ask games

[chaifootsteps]

I felt nothing in the huge climax. from Pens confession, to Angel and husks conversation, down to the final kill to Adam. nothing felt earned. lucifers bond with Charlie, Charlie bonds with hell, the goals they wanted to reach. i felt nothing other than just a hunger for when this all would make sense. for a reason to nod my head and agree that it all makes sense. that there are still answers to questions. but the reason for this all is that there wasn't anything that gave me that reason to feel what the characters felt. we don't get to know them. we don't get to see them at their worst and work up to their best. everyone has something to work towards and that whole idea to see what it was, who they were before, and what that goal they each wanted to make their efforts matter fell flat. went mute. went unseen, uncared for. why do i care that they care about the hotel? we don't see any of Charlie's hard work pay off. we just skip to 5 months later with characters having no change to themselves other than being told that they have. we don't see Angel taking better means of handling himself, husk being easier on the patrons, or pen finding better confidence in his approaches. we see nothing of the sort being worked on. where these characters have their own episodes to explore these human sides of themselves that still beat in them if they just listen for it. we just get told they did it. When these moments of care we need to feel come at us, I ask, why should i care? when you pull the same move of "but why, why can't you do this, let me egg you on till you turn around with tears in your eyes, rendering me shocked" twice, once with Angel and once with Lucifer only a few episodes apart, why should I care? you did it once already, and now you do it again nearly in the same vein. when watching them smile, putting things back together, pressing F to pentious [im going to save him], and just being sunny side up. i just felt anger. it wasn't earned. nothing was earned. no one did anything to earn this joy. charlie did nothing to earn this. lucifer did nothing to earn this, no one did anything to earn this ending because we saw no work to this. Just Angel being abused was the worst of a demon and his abuser. we don't see anyone else suffer the fate of being in hell. not pentious with why hes there. not nifty with why she's there. not even husk with his deal with AL and the only time was when he bad-mouthed him behind his back. but we dont see the gravity of his own deal. just angels and it happens twice , once for literally no reason other than to just give people the reminder of how big and mean val is and how meek and easy to attack Angel is for vivs pleasure. nothing was earned at the end. no one won anything and nothing has changed. if i am to be corrected, i remember one of the trailers did show there would be a season 2 on the Twitter i think? i may be wrong. the show was just an unearned nothing sammich. also, Al's swearing rots my soul. why is he swearing so much. i held better standards than for Al to swear as much as they made him. it takes away whatever charm, behavior, and manners, are left with him. I'm not saying the man isn't allowed one potty word, in certain instances, I feel like him letting out a swift "damn it to hell." would work if he was in hot water. but him just swearing like angel or husk. "oo im gonna fuckin kill you." doesn't scare me. or put that fear I should have or expect others to have in me. as Al just has tentacles and gets a growth spurt. I won't lie, his demon form is very boring. just long limbs, big horns, and black gunk coming out your back. very boring indeed.

I like that, a hunger for when this all would make sense. That sums up Viv's work in a nutshell, and that moment never comes.

[luna-andra]

The Shadows Return | Simon 'Ghost' Riley x OC Retired AU | Chapter 5: Apologies

Summary: Ghost has to make up for lost time somehow, and figure out what the hell is going on in his backwater village

Author's Note: Already working on chapter 6, this story is starting to ramp up!

Content warning: slow burn, eventual smut, 18+ only, fluff, mentions of mental health

If this is the first time you're seeing this, Chapter 1 is here. You can find the rest on my masterlist! Next chapter

Word count: 5.8k

Johnny only caught the tail end of their conversation. Andra sounded pissed. Oh yeah, she really gave the door something to fear with how hard it slammed. Johnny turned to Simon’s direction, “What happened?”

His glare could cut a man. “Nothing.”

Johnny went to open his mouth but said nothing. He came back to the front for something work related, and he really didn’t want to get in the middle of whatever went down between the two.

He knows Simon has been reclusive the past several days. Or has it been a few weeks now? Either way, this was feeling like one of his inevitable episodes. The kind that makes him shut everyone out, starting with the people less close to him. Johnny gauged it that way, and he knew if it came down to Simon shunning him out, then it’s getting bad.

Johnny put down the tablet on the countertop beside Simon’s arm. “Thomas completed the diagnostics on the red sedan, call ‘em for me will ya’?”

A comprehensive grunt was all the acknowledgement Johnny was going to get out of Simon right now. He pivoted on his foot and headed straight back into the garage. A minute later, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

Thank you for helping me out these past few months.

Johnny’s lips fell into a thin line on his face. Does this message have anything to do with what went down in the lobby? He didn’t like how finite her words sounded, like she was bidding the both of them farewell out of her life.

Andra took a while to respond back to Johnny, giving him time to focus on the brake pad change he needed to finish up. He wiped his hands clean before picking up his phone.

Sort of.

Okay, yes.

I don’t want you to feel obligated to keep in contact with me now that everything is gonna go back to the way it was.

Johnny sighed, shaking his head softly as his fingers flew across the screen. You’re OUR friend now, you’re not getting rid of us that easily, lass. He made sure to put ‘our’ in big letters.

This would pass. Johnny knew that, Simon would come around once he’s had his fill of solitude, but Andra didn’t see it that way. Understandably so, she had every right to be upset. She’s given Simon a level of grace and patience that would only come from a caregiver. Johnny has noticed the way she would shake her head and sigh after reading the short, one-worded messages she would get from Simon, and to be frank, Johnny couldn’t excuse his best friend’s behavior any longer. 

He could feel a pair of glaring eyes burning into the back of his neck from his supervisor, so Johnny shoved the phone back into his pocket and returned to work.

Simon was being a real prick.

-----

It was Andra’s first Sunday morning with her truck. After she picked it up from the shop, she drove it around for a few hours, having to blow off the irritation she felt after that interaction with Ghost.

It was running, alright. She made it drive out to a neighboring village and then back home. Even when she came home, the spurn of Ghost treating her that way kept nagging at her like a mosquito bite on the back of her neck. It shouldn’t have bothered her for days on end, but it did.

But today was Sunday, and Andra was determined to start the week off on a better note. Fixed truck, crop rotation was only a few weeks away from a new season, she had much to look forward to. Along with an empty seat at the stand.

She thought until a familiar truck drove up her driveway.

Andra finished tethering her trailer to her truck and went out to meet Johnny at the front. “Hey, what are you doing here?”

Johnny shut the door and hit the lock button on the key fob, setting off the short chirp of the horn. “What does it look like? You didn’t think I was gonna stop comin’ just because you got your truck back, did you?” He clicked his teeth and shook his head with faux disappointment and a smirk. “Besides, I like havin’ more money in my pocket from not goin’ out to the pub to drink it away, our Sunday mornings have been keepin’ me sober.”

She couldn’t help the smile escaping her. “That’s good to hear. I’m almost done loading everything, just help me with the table and chairs.”

“You got it.”

Autumn never fails to bring the gloomy overcast for majority of the season. And with the temperatures dropping enough, it allowed for Ghost to wear a light hoodie to keep the misty sprinkles of rain off of him. He tried to ignore the out-of-place energy that worked hard to veil over him. It was one thing to wear the mask in the shop, or when he was at least around Johnny, but going to the farmer’s market made him feel severely out of place.

He took one more second before grabbing the paper-wrapped parcel and left his truck, then followed the sporadic groups of people heading towards the vending stalls.

To think he had driven past this parking lot several times on Sundays and never thought to shop here. Ghost didn’t even like doing his own grocery shopping, that’s why he spends so much money on grocery deliveries. And purchasing anything else felt like a waste on him, unless it was ammunition and new guns.

As he neared the rows and rows of stalls, the chatter of customers and sellers became coherent. If people were looking at him, he paid no attention to the curious and apprehensive eyes. He was looking for Andra, gripping the now faintly damp parcel a little tighter. After wandering through the second row, Ghost spotted the forest green truck chockfull of crates of vegetables, parked in reverse and the tailgate open to the little figure with chestnut brown hair, loosely curled.

Her hair has grown.

That’s what happens when you don’t see someone for a while, Ghost sniped at himself.

He rounded the corner and strode closer to her stall, customers in his path giving him a wide berth, and caught sight of her lost in concentration as she packaged a customer’s brown paper bag. Her warm smile of farewell did something to his stomach. It was his turn to approach her.

Andra lifted her head long enough to see him, and her face relaxed from the smile she had. “Hi, stranger.”

Whatever he had prepared to tell her, it went off like a land mine and left him with nothing. There was a passive-aggressive tone in her voice, not that he blamed her. He basically cut her off with nothing to justify as to why. Guess this was part of seeking forgiveness.

“Surprised to see you here.” She kept prepping more brown bags as she waited for his response. “Or were you looking for Johnny?”

“No, he’s probably trying to slip out of his date’s bed.”

Her eyebrows lifted. “So you knew about his date with the girl from the chip shop, too? Glad to know he didn’t get the cutoff I did.”

His eyes looked down at her moving hands. “I deserved that.”

Andra stopped concentrating on the bags and rested a hand on her hip the way a fed-up mother would. “You deserve a lot of things, Ghost, but I don’t have it in me to be cruel.” Her eyes caught a glimpse of what Ghost was clutching to before she looked back down. “Found something you like at one of the vendors?”

“Actually,” his hand placed the wrapped parcel onto the table and slid it towards Andra. “It’s for you.”

Andra's expression shifted to curiosity. “Is it some kind of peace offering?” She picked up the rectangular parcel, probably knew what it already was given the shape and the weight of it.

“You could say that.” Ghost watched with apprehension as she meticulously peeled back the wrapping, sliding out what she discovered was a hardback cover of the next book in the series she was reading.

Her eyebrows relaxed; a softness overwhelmed her eyes. “You got your hands on a hardback?” she tilted the book to see the pages. “With the sprayed edge?” Her fingers traced the pattern of sigils and swirls decorating the pages. “This is a special edition…” Andra looked back up to him, her expression had his insides tangling. “I haven’t even seen one of these.”

Ghost didn’t know what to do with his hands, so they stayed by his side clenching and relaxing over and over. “The cranky, old stager that runs Raven & Crow helped me get my hands on it.” He wasn’t going to bring up how much of a pain in the ass the geezer was for him, nor was he going to bring up how the old man knew immediately who he was trying to get this for. He told Ghost a lovely young woman was coming in frequently looking for the sequel, but by the time she showed up, the one or two copies he ordered were gone. The payoff was well worth it.

Andra held the book to her chest like a schoolgirl clutching a textbook, tapping her index finger on its back. “I’ll have to think on your apology.” Ghost was about to nod when she gave him a smirk. “Okay I forgive you.”

His shoulders fell and he let out a gentle laugh. “That’s wonderful to hear.” There was a couple of people behind him that formed a line, agitated with how long they have been waiting. “I’ll let you get back to your business –“

“I have an hour here left,” Andra spoke up before he could move. “If you want, I have another chair that you can pull up. That’s if you don’t have anything else to do…”

Ghost stepped aside to let customers walk up. “I was going to find things to keep myself busy. I’ll help you bag, but I can’t guarantee I’ll be as useful as Johnny.”

Andra laughed hard at that. “You give him way too much credit.”

It had been years, more like decades by now, since Ghost had done any sort of grocery bagging. It brought him back to his first part-time job at the corner convenience store he had during his last few years of secondary school. The money always found its way into his mom’s wallet or purse when she wasn’t looking since she never accepted it from him directly. It was unfortunate when his dad got a hold of it, using it for booze and drugs instead of the water and heat bills. It was even more unfortunate when the old man ended up with a bloody nose for leaving them cold.

Ghost enjoyed watching Andra work in her element. This was her expertise, and everyone delighted in her energy. It even had Ghost grinning beneath his mask. There were a few patrons that gave Ghost double take looks as if they wanted to say something but didn’t.

He found himself scanning the faces of her patrons and passersby that took a glance at stalls here and there. Old faces, young faces, faces of children, faces shrouded by umbrellas or hooded jackets. And a face that he swore he’s seen more than once, coming around again and again in the time he decided to sit down with Andra beneath the canopy. The person’s behavior and body language made him tense.

Andra’s patient explanation about difference between the various species of squash and tomatoes pulled him away from the man that caught Ghost staring him down.

“The B grade-lookin’ veggies go in that crate,” Andra pointed behind her. “I take them for myself, or in this case I’m gonna take them to the ranch for the breeder’s animals.” There was excitement in her voice. “I’m gonna visit my new goats.”

His eyes went back to the spot the man last was, only to find someone else in his place buying from another vendor.

“I remember you saying something about them.” Ghost recalled, suddenly feeling shame since it was on the day she was picking up her truck. “Are you taking them home?”

Andra shook her head. “No, they have a few more weeks with their mama.”

Ghost looked at her with mild surprise. “There’s multiple?”

“Just two, they’re twins.” Andra said goodbye to the last customer for the day and started to pack up. “Would you like to come with me to meet them? Since it sounds like you have time in that busy schedule of yours.”

Ghost didn’t miss the nibble Andra took at her lower lip. “I can fit some time in.” He quipped back.

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The book looked like it belonged on her shelves. Andra grinned to herself as she angled it just the right way to stand out, giving the book its own moment of fame amongst her collection. A really smooth apology gift, in her opinion. Andra was simply happy that Ghost came back around.

Even though Ghost didn’t explain his sudden absence, Andra had a feeling that this was one of those times Johnny had warned her about. She just wasn’t prepared for how much it would impact her. At least he seems to be doing good; the bags underneath his eyes weren’t as dark as the last time she saw him.

Andra locked up the house with a happy Sammy in tow, letting her roam free off of a leash. She was bringing Sammy along to meet the new goats, part of the process of making sure the animals weren’t going to be a threat to each other and getting used to each other’s scents.

Ghost had transferred the crate of B-grade veggies to the bed of his truck on his own accord. Andra was about to ask when he started, “You mind if we take my truck?” He scratched the back of his masked head sheepishly. “I only ask because I got more leg room in mine…”

Andra held back a giggle as she approached the passenger door. “Not at all, as long as you’re okay with Sammy in the back.” He gave her a nod of the head, leading Sammy to the back of the opened tailgate and shutting it once she hopped up. “I’ll punch in the address in your Maps.” She slid in for what started to feel like an all-too familiar truck, and realized she didn’t have to adjust the seat like she’s done before. Andra tried hiding the grimace from the blossoming thought of another woman being in his truck.

She realized how ridiculous that was when he easily passed an open phone to her. Not even to his navigation app, but the home screen with the default earth background still on it. Before opening the navigator, she opened the camera and angled the phone to catch a shot of her and Ghost on the screen. “Hey.”

Ghost glanced in confusion, and blinked after he heard the sound of the fake camera shutter. He shook his head with a soft laugh and started the truck. “I trust you with my phone for the first time and you’re over there snappin’ pictures.”

Andra’s fingers tapped against the screen as she typed in the address. The navigator started and Andra placed the phone on the dock Ghost had set up on the dashboard. “Who told you it was a good idea to do that?”

Ghost shifted the truck’s gear to drive and made a U-turn to drive towards the shared road, the navigator chiming away its directions. The ETA displayed a twenty-minute drive, and Andra comfortably filled the silence with conversation.

He missed how magnetic her energy is, making his guilt come back with a vengeance. But listening to her talk about how business is going, how the truck has been running better than it was before, and how she was preparing for the winter season made all of that melt away.

If Andra wasn’t holding it against him, he needed to put it to rest.

“And what about you?” Andra turned to Ghost. “Anything interesting with you?”

Her sudden pivot to him threw him off. “No, just work.”

She sat up in her seat, her eyes still fixated on him. “Just work? You don’t have any hobbies, or places you like to go to mull things over?”

Ghost just shook his head. He didn’t really know what to say. Okay, that was a lie, but he didn’t want to go in depth with how he got too close to her, how her jasmine and vanilla scent wouldn’t leave him, the same way her scent was now filling the cabin of his truck once more. He didn’t want to explain how feeling her silky skin took days, weeks, to leave the calloused pads of his hands, and how it took all of his will to pull away from her.

Andra continued. “Or how about a night out at one of the pubs to find yourself a pretty lady to share the company with only to regret it in the morning?”

He fought the urge to roll his eyes. “I’m not Johnny. And what about you?” He challenged. “Found a lad to take you out on the town?”

She laughed at that. “No, there’s no one coming to pick me up and bringing me back before eleven.”

Ghost’s hands gripped the steering wheel a little too hard. So, who’s black sedan was driving down the road then? His motion sensors had alerted him of a car he’s never seen before a few times throughout the time span they weren’t in contact with one another. He thought about looking up the license plate a few times, but let it go out of respect for Andra’s privacy.

That hesitation went right out the window with this new development brought to him.

Andra shifted in her seat, relaxing further into the drive. “I guess we’re alike in some ways.”

“How do you reckon?”

“Too busy focused with work to let anyone else into our lives.” There was a tone of sadness in her voice she was trying to hide. “But I have a feeling you’ve grown too comfortable with being alone.”

Ghost felt like she was peering into him, and he didn’t know how to feel about that.

Andra took a second to speak again. “Did you distance yourself from me because of…” she couldn’t finish her question, but she didn’t have to for Ghost to know what she was alluding to.

Every muscle in his body tensed, and his mouth went dry.

“Your destination is on the right.”

The navigator interrupted the tension between the two of them. Ghost turned into the gravel road, passing underneath the wrought iron gate that displayed Blue Crescent Ranch.

Ghost parked a distance away from the other vehicle on the property and killed the engine. Andra looked straight ahead as she murmured, “You don’t have to answer that, sorry I brought it up.” Before she could open the passenger door, Ghost reached across her and stopped her, his hand gripping hers.

Andra’s head twisted to face him, her honey eyes wide with question. Fuck, that look did things to him. “It wasn’t your fault.” That wasn’t necessarily a lie; he wouldn’t blame her for his self-destructive tendencies. “I needed some time alone.”

Her eyes darted back and forth, looking into his eyes as if she was trying to delve deeper into a place she shouldn’t be. But she nodded. “Okay.” That single word was charged with so much trust and understanding, it twisted his heart.

Ghost removed his hand from hers, pulling himself back from the extreme close proximity he had put them in. “Let’s go meet your goats.”

A smile returned to her lovely face. “Okay.”

 Andra couldn’t say enough good things about Jasmine. She had met her at the farmer’s market – shocker – a few years ago and stayed in touch with her here and there after she had bought the chickens off of her. In truth, Andra wanted to be close friends with her, but both of their jobs kept them busy enough to not have any time to catch up very often.

Such was her life about all of the cool and wonderful people that have come and gone in the past years.

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A gorgeous, umber, brown-skinned Jasmine strolled out from her lovely cottage home to meet her guests, sporting fitted blue jeans and a long-sleeve plaid shirt and boots, her dark kinky hair wisping in the gentle breeze. Her jade green eyes crinkled with her smile as she went in for a warm hug, and Andra accepted her graciously, taking in her scent of orange and bergamot on her hair. “So good to see you again,” Jasmine greeted, her accent just as rich as Ghost’s.

She pulled away and acknowledged Sammy’s bubbly presence, giving her a good rub down and cooing praises. After the happy canine had her fill, she found Ghost lingering behind Andra like her shadow.

Before Jasmine could ask, Andra reached out to Ghost, summoning him to her side. “Jasmine, this is my neighbor, Simon, but we call him Ghost.” Something about saying Ghost’s first name made her stomach flip, and by judging his body language, it must have done something to him, too.

Jasmine extended her hand out politely, and Ghost shook. “A pleasure to meet you.”

“Likewise.”

Jasmine turned to Andra and waved for the two of them to follow her, walking on a path that led them to the acres of rolling, green fields. “Ready to meet your kids?”

Andra beamed a wide smile. “I’ve been thinking about them all week! How did mama do during labor?”

“She did so good!” Jasmine turned to Andra once she walked beside her. “I had those kids delivered in the middle of the night. She started contractions early in the day, I had everything prepped for a week now.”

Andra crooned an ‘aww’, the smile on her face growing brighter. Talk of the goats made the conversation in the truck fade away, and it felt like Ghost was putting it on the back burner as well as he started asking Jasmine about her ranch.

Jasmine had inherited Blue Crescent Ranch from her family and cared for her aging father while running everything. It was massive, and from the look of it she had several employees to help her take care of all of the animals. Goats, sheep, cows, horses, alpacas, and some emus.

They arrived at a cowshed that was housing the mother goat and her kids. “I am letting them bond before they go out and meet the rest of the goats, so that means Sammy is going to meet them before the rest of the flock.”

Ghost stood at the entrance of the cowshed. “I’ll let you have the first moments with ‘em.” He crossed his arms over his chest as he leaned against the doorway.

Andra nodded and handed him her phone for him to hold on to, then kept following Jasmine to the back stall. Jasmine’s voice was low, “So, your ‘neighbor’?”

Her cheeks warmed at the insinuation. “Yes, my neighbor.”

“And when did you start talking to your neighbor who happens to wear a mask?” Jasmine’s eyebrow shot up.

Andra looked over her shoulder to make sure they were out of earshot and found Ghost occupied on a phone call. “We met in the summer, he found me off the side of the road after my truck died on me, and fate had it that he’s a mechanic and he helped me get it fixed.”

“Right,” Jasmine nodded as if she’s processing this information, “And why the mask?”

Andra leaned against the wooden post she stopped beside. “He’s ex-military, I don’t really know why.”

“Have you ever seen his face?”

Boy, she was getting the full interview right now, and it had been so long since she thought about what she felt about his decision to hide behind a mask. It was unsettling for the very first time they met, but when Johnny treated it with just as much normality as if it were a N-95 mask, Andra never pushed the subject with Ghost.

“No.” Andra answered, trepidation apparent in Jasmine’s eyes as if what Andra was saying was completely insane. It probably was. “But I respect it.”

Jasmine blinked. “So I have no description to go by but a man in a skull mask if you ever go missing.”

Andra nudged her. “He’s nice. He’s never given me a reason to feel in danger and I’m friends with his best friend who served in the forces with him.”

“I think I’ll stop asking questions while I’m ahead.” Jasmine started walking again, and Andra followed. “Here they are.”

Andra squealed as she saw the two little black baby goats nursing on their sleep-deprived mother, little tails wagging faster than Sammy’s ever could. Sammy’s nose pressed against the bars of the enclosure, sniffling curiously.

They were adorable. Both of them were jet black, one of them had a tuff of white on the end of its tail.

“Both of them are boys,” Jasmine began to open the stall while Andra commanded Sammy to stay, “Did you want to come in?”

Andra was so ready to meet them. She had to gain the trust from mama first before she could get close to the kids, and it took a minute before mama allowed them to hop onto her lap. She sat on the clean bed of hay with the babies, giggling in immense joy as they sniffed and licked her.

Ghost met up with them after attending to his phone call to find Andra snuggling the baby goats. She caught his silhouette in her peripheral and looked up with a wide smile. “Aren’t they precious?”

Andra swore he was smiling beneath that balaclava. “You got names for them yet?”

Her focus returned to the wily kids competing for her attention, thankfully she had two hands to pet both of them. “Oh yeah, I got names for them already.” Andra picked up the jet black kid to showcase him to Ghost. “This one will be Phantom,” then she picked up the other in the same fashion, “And this one is Shadow.”

Did his eye twitch? It made her mischievous grin harder to hold back. “You’re serious, aren’t you?”

“You had things to say about me naming my chicken Ted, so I figured I’d take a page out of your playbook.”

Jasmine was holding back her laughter and turned away.

Andra was too consumed by the copious amounts of affection the animals were giving her to realize what Ghost was doing until it was too late. “Andra.”

Her head shot up at the sound of Ghost saying her name to find him holding up a phone in a similar angle that she had done not too long ago, crouching down to make sure he had her in the frame. “Say payback.”

Ghost took the photo, and her mouth went slack in surprise. “Is that my phone!?”

Sammy trotted happily up the steps of the front porch and sat with a windshield-wiper tail on full blast, patiently waiting for Andra to open the front door. The energetic dog darted inside seconds after Andra swung the door open and left it open behind her. The two of them lingered on the front porch, Andra leaning against the threshold and Ghost standing close with his hands fisted in his jacket pockets.

“Thank you for coming along with me.” Andra started. “It was good seeing you again.”

“It was a pleasure.” Ghost looked out to the gray skies, the sprinkle of rain continuing its descent like it had been the whole morning. “I hope I didn’t make your friend uncomfortable.” He turned back to Andra to gauge her reaction.

“Oh no, she’s really lovely.” Andra���s lips turned up into a grin. “She’s just looking out for me.”

Ghost nodded. “I get why she was asking if you knew what I look like underneath the,” he pointed a finger to his masked face.

Now it was Andra’s turn to look away, nibbling at her lower lip from learning that he still heard what they said. “I just told her that... I respect it, and I honestly don’t mind.” His eyes were intense when she looked back at him, and her insides turned hot. “Is that weird?”

He let out an amused huff. “Completely bizarre.”

Andra shifted her weight onto her other foot, standing straight now and looking up to meet his gaze. “I respect your choice to remain hidden.” Her hands began to feel warm and clammy. “I had made the assumption in my mind that you pretty much wore it through your time in service, and – I don’t know...”

Andra struggled to manifest the thoughts into words even though this was something she has thought of before, but Ghost waited patiently, giving her his full attention to what she had to say. “Maybe it’s a physical metaphor of not being able to put that all behind you. As if the shadows have returned.”

Ghost looked extremely uncomfortable from her deduction. “The shadows haven’t returned, they just never left.” It sounded like he was struggling to keep his voice from faltering, and instead his response came out gruff.

Andra’s heart dropped to her stomach. His shadows were comparatively darker than hers, but they both had shadows all the same. She recognized that conviction in his words, believing so firmly that he’s still damaged and haunted by things that won’t stay buried. Her eyes softened once her gaze returned to his. “I hope this doesn’t mean you’re gonna disappear on me again.”

The pleading in her gaze pierced him in the chest. “I’ll do better.”

Her face turned up with a glimmer of faith. “I’ll accept that.”

“I’ll do you one better.” Ghost removed his hands from his pockets, palming his phone in one. “If you’re not doing anything Saturday morning, I would like to take you somewhere.”

Andra held herself back from looking too eager. “Are you asking me out on a date?”

“Doesn’t have to be a date. Just a little morning excursion if weather permits.”

Ghost really was trying, and it swelled something fierce in her heart. “Then I accept this invitation for our not-date.”

“I’ll see you Saturday morning, then.” Ghost left her front porch and hurried off to his truck to avoid getting rained on. Andra watched his truck drive back down the gravel path and make the left turn onto their shared road.

Her phone started to buzz in her pocket, Jasmine was calling to finish the conversation they had started. “Hey, no I’m free I just said bye to Ghost – oh my God, you’re impossible.”

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Ghost booted up his laptop after receiving Laswell’s brief message letting him know she sent over any information she could dig up with the license plate number he had given her. He had called her when they were at the Blue Crescent Ranch and while Andra was fawning over her goats. Shadow and Phantom... that woman. Ghost muttered a curse to himself after looking over the registration documents.

It was a dead end.

The license plates were registered under a 65-year-old woman, and the make and model of the vehicle did not match the black sedan that were sporting the plates.

Ghost sighed and leaned back in the chair, staring at the screen as he pulled off his balaclava. This new development put his defenses on high alert. There shouldn’t have been any reason for a person driving with stolen plates to be coming down their road as frequently as this one has been. Shouldn’t have stolen plates at all. A one-time occurrence wouldn’t be enough for him to look into it, but after reviewing every motion sensor alert, this car had traveled down the road and back a total of seven times since July. A week after Andra had gotten her truck from the shop.

It was now September.

Ghost detested himself for feeling some kind of relief when Andra first had told him she wasn’t seeing anyone. He still felt that way, but the distress of this unknown person superseded that. He also remembered that Andra didn’t have any form of security on her property.

He would have to rectify that. She would most likely agree with him that it would be rational to set up at least a few cameras around the outside of her house, and maybe he could convince her to set one up near her mailbox as well. There were a couple of spare cameras he had in storage from when he first set up his own security system back when he moved in.

Johnny, much to his chagrin, had helped him set up the cameras. He had set up his own at his flat, but it seemed like he only checks his doorbell camera every time he gets packages delivered as of late. He wasn’t as concerned about being hunted down the way Ghost was; the 141 had faked his death a year before they had actually completed their contract. It seemed like no matter how many times Ghost had faked his death, it felt like someone out there still knew that he would never stay dead.

Christ... Ghost rubbed his burning eyes and closed the laptop. What was he doing? He recalled what Price told him the day they were on their flight back home. Let Simon have a life now. It was clear what he meant; put away the mask, live a civilian life, find a nice woman, or man, to warm his bed.

Ghost wouldn’t allow himself the luxury of living, he managed to sabotage any connection that wasn’t Johnny, Price, or Gaz. He was certain Andra would have told Ghost to jog off after the cold shoulder he had given her.

Until she hadn’t.

And then she had to go and showcase how much she just might understand his issues. Her metaphors of shadows made his knees feel like they were ready to give out. It was like he was out in an open field with no cover, and she had him in her sights of a scope. Vulnerable.

Ghost picked up his phone sitting beside the closed laptop and found himself looking at the photo she had taken in the truck. He saw her cheery smile on the screen, reaching up all the way to her eyes. With his unexpecting glance in her direction in the background. There was an iridescence about her eyes, it had him looking for what felt like several minutes. He didn’t want to think about what those eyes looked like the day she left the auto shop.

A message from Andra startled his train of thought. What’s the dress code for our morning rendezvous?

The corner of his mouth turned up slightly as he responded. Wear sensible shoes for walking.

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[retrieve-the-kraken]

Okay, preliminary thoughts, after first time watching season 3 of Heartstopper.

SPOILERS!!!

(Some of these are just me screaming and probably lack context, i just wrote this really fast whilst watching, and then forgot what else was happening.)

MY BABIES ARE BACK!

- Not me doing a happy dance and squeeing with joy when Isaac says “I’m not in the mood to give my friends a vocab lesson.” SAME!

- Crying already.

- TORI!

- Nellie, like a good doggo, waiting for her dad outside the bathroom, really got me. That look!!!!!

- I loved Hailey Atwell as aunt Diane, but I still missed Olivia Colman so much… she made too much of an impact as Sarah, and you can really feel her absence.

- Screaming at the fact that they got Annette Badland (from Ted Lasso and Big Boys) to be Darcy’s gran!!! I love her, she’s perfect.

- OMG The Teachers ™

- If episode 3 was already getting to me and then episode 4 was super sad, I was still unprepared for the scene where Nick cries in Tao’s arms. (Something something Nick in his superhero outfit trying to be Charlie’s superhero, but also needing to cry, will delve more into that in my full episode analysis…)

- I weep every time I reread the comic when Charlie goes to talk to his parents, but hearing everything out of Charlie’s mouth made it even worse. I’m a mess…

- I honestly looooooved how they did episode 4, with the quick catch-up flashback structure and two perspectives. I didn’t think it would work, but it was great.

- It took me a whole 5 seconds to realize that when Nick said “vintage camera” he was referring to the HANDYCAM that Will’s dad used, and I honestly never thought I would feel the urge to punch Nick Nelson but I did…

- “I hope that when you get back you don’t feel like you have to lie to us anymore.” LOOOOOOOVED that whole home video they did for Charlie, perfect vibe, it was so nicely done. But that line really got me… Isaac was perfect this season.

- More crying…

- OMG the Charlie painting!!! All of Elle’s paintings! I wonder who made those really? Whose style is it? Have they ever talked about it??? I need to know!

- “I hope I get a soul”, “I hope I get mental health”. I didn’t know I could ask for these things for Christmas…

- Imogen was hilarious and so beautifully developed this season. Much like Nick, she’s going through a whole self-discovery phase, but hers is not as perfect.

- HENRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

- “Is this the boyfriend?” I need to talk soooo hard about the contrast between the two families. Nick has a whole family that loved him, except that he doesn’t get along with his brother and he has an absent dad, whilst Charlie has a difficult relationship with his family, but his sister really seems to get him. You can see the contrasting environment at Christmas, with the disjointed vibes at the Spring household, and the very warm and welcoming vibes at the Nelson household…

- Every time Tori pops us out of nowhere, it’s perfect. Love the spooked look on David’s face.

- Dysphoria talk!

- “Spare us the details”, “No! I want all the details!” I am Isaac and Isaac is me.

- I watched the trailer… I watched the clips… but I NEVER expected that Michael would be so FUCKING PERFECT. I need more of him. “Beautiful chaos.” I was in tears.

- “I don’t want to keep hurting you.” IMOGEEEEEEEN. Love this whole storyline. Can’t wait for more of them.

- Drunk Charlie!!! He’s so horny. Whilst drunk Nick is a little sad. And drunk Imogen is a bit of both. I’m more of a drunk Tara: extra anxious.

- As someone who just experienced a major meltdown at work, over which I’m still embarrassed, I love how Tara also went from “I want to die” to “IDGAF about anything” because that is the right response.

- The radio show scene proves that Yasmin Finney’s voice should be on everything. I could listen to her read scientific papers to me. Does anyone know if I can make her my satnav voice?

- Sincerely disappointed that Elle’s mum did not kick down the door and barge in and slap the interviewer, whilst Mr Argent tried to hold her back and Tao filmed the whole thing.

- But I wrote down everything that Elle said, because that’s going into my arsenal. “Trans people are not a debate”. PERIODT.

- Love how we see Nick hanging out with other people more, especially Tara, and how encouraging Tara is. Their friendship is so lovely.

- I honestly thought that Tao would say “I’m improving, I might even become the next… Elle Argent.”

- I never thought I would identify so hard with a fictional bisexual teen boy, but in the comic, and now here, when Nick talks about how much of his true self he was repressing before he figured out he was bi… I feel that.

- The whole uni road trip was perfect, but it felt too short. Also I wish we would have gotten the scene in which Nick and Charlie facetime and Nick gets a preview of Naked Charlie ™. *Was not prepared

- A little disappointed in Charlie’s rock band outfit, it looked nothing like the one in the comic… also, after seeing Joe Locke as Teen in “Agatha All Along”, I would have killed to see him in all black tight clothes. Nick’s head would have exploded, though…

- Although this season was definitely hornier, it wasn’t quite horny enough. Here’s hoping that season 4 (which will definitely happen) will be the horniest ever.

That’s it for now… I need to rewatch already…

[theweewooshowtookovermylife]

The 118 5 man band Analysis

So with 6B coming up I just wanted to analyze how the 118 is a five man band in the best way also I’m just a troupe nerd and love when this is used in interesting way

Bobby- Leader

The captain

Keeps the team on track

Tragic backstory

But the typical foil that would go to one of the lancers went to the Heart

Cause you can’t tell me Bobby and buck aren’t foils of each other

Eddie-Big Guy

Military/MMA training

Is usually the one to face off with bad guys and more obviously got into fight club

Heavy hitter usually doing the stunts and maneuvers

Protects the heart of the team (made the kidnappers in season 5 let buck go, held Buck’s hand while the others tried to remove the ladder truck, suspicious of Abby when she came back in s3, gave buck a home/family)

But is also a softie and is a smart mouth

(Hen and Chim can switch roles tho depending on what’s needed of them)

Chimney- Lancer/smart guy

Questions and helps Bobby, seen as a right hand seen as being a Interim captain

Has plans up his sleeves even if unconventional

Hen-Lancer/smart guy

Pushed Bobby to open up and always up to question his leadership but still work within the team dynamic and is his right hand in the fact he chose her to be a interim Captain

Has creative plans to get out of situations or how to help people

Buck-Heart (this is where the 911 writers went bit more unconventional considering the heart role usually went to a smart guy/ girl/ or child, and since you wouldn’t really see Buck’s Footballer, built like a brick wall stature and demeanor be a Heart but a Big guy instead narratively) (but I can sort of make the defense that Buck takes on the heart as sort of a child aspect in the fact that he’s the leader’s pseudo son even if the narrative doesn’t explicitly state it)

The emotional epicenter of the group and usually shows the most out right emotions

Takes on emotional baggage of the team (helps Eddie navigate his emotional/mental well-being in s5, was there to see and help Bobby when he broke down after his relapse in s1, helped Chris (Eddie’s emotions/heart in a way) to understand what’s happening when Eddie started dating, in a sense took on Bobby’s emotional baggage of causing the ladder truck bombing by doing the lawsuit.etc)

Tests the teams dynamic in emotional and mental ways (the lawsuit arc, tsunami, the ladder truck bombing etc.)

Usually the one to be put in distress see above and the most recent 6B trailer (being put in distress stems from the older variation of the heart also being the chick/damsel in distress that the leader/team had to save)

[classydreamlandalpaca]

Dragon Prince Season 5 Review Part 1

So I decided I would post my review of Season 5. I'm going to go more in-depth about the first four episodes in this post and post about the later 5 in another post. Overall I thought season 5 was great and is probably the best season of The Dragon Prince so far. Two episodes in particular I thought were amazing and deserve a spot on the top 10 best episodes of the whole series.

So I decided to split it this way because this season had two main story A plotlines. The first is Callum and Rayla going to the Bookery to find more information on how to defeat Aaravos. I thought the first few episodes did a really good job building up to what was going to happen in episode 4. I was actually really surprised by that corrupted banther attack in episode 2. Now I saw the banther in a trailer and I read Karim's short story. However, did I expect to actually see the banther eat Callum's horse and see blood flowing out of its mouth? No, I did not.

Episode 4 was one of those episodes I discussed earlier that I thought deserved a spot on the top 10 list. I was on the edge of my seat for this episode. I think a big part of this was that there were a lot of reoccurring characters in this episode so it genuinely felt like a character I like could potentially be killed off or be corrupted until the end of the show at least. I thought this was going to happen to Amaya and Corvus. Then Zubeia got bitten by one of the corrupted banthers. This episode was intense.

In the first four episodes, we also saw some character development. Mainly we saw Callum and Rayla learning to trust each other again. This resulted in a lot of Rayllum fluff and I loved it. This lead to Rayla telling Callum about her parents being trapped in the coins and Callum being super eager to help her get them out. I was really glad that they have a plan to get them out now and look forward to seeing what happens with that.

Now let's look at the subplots. I really loved Viren's dream sequences. I thought they did a really good of making you feel bad for Viren while making it clear that he's at fault for what happened to him. The saddest part for me was baby Soren running away from him in fear and Viren pleading with him to come back. It really made it clear that Viren loves Soren and really misses him. At the same time though it acknowledges that Soren made the right call by getting away from him. I also liked how the dreams showed that Viren put Claudia on a dark path and that she is probably going to end up worse than Viren. Give me evil Claudia.

We also start off with Karim's subplot. This subplot was cool because we saw Sol Regim again. We also learn that Karim wants to use the sunseed to cure Sol Regim's eyes. Now on the one hand it would be cool to see Sol Regim at full power again. Sol Regim in my opinion is the most intimidating of the arch dragons. His design and voice are perfect for his character. However, this would be really bad for pretty much everyone. Sol Regim would probably kill Zubeia and Zim and then after that, he would probably try to wipe out all the humans.

We didn't see too much of Ezran these first four episodes, but that makes sense. His main goal in the first four episodes was to talk to different dragons for help and he had Zubeia to fly him around and protect him. So not a lot happened with Ezran in the first four episodes, but most of the scenes he was in were pretty cool and had some cool looking dragons. If I had to complain about something regarding the first four episodes it's that Ezran has limited screen time.

So the first four episodes were a great start to a great season. As I said before I will be making another post that goes more in-depth for the last five episodes of season 5

[bearsbeetsbeskar]

Mando Ep 4 Thoughts

I was trying to live post as I watched the new episode this morning but I was also logged on remotely for work so I figured it would be best to do one post overall, but it looks like this season is picking up speed slowly and laying some groundwork for Dins arc!

Din continuing to show that loyalty to Karga after so many cycles like YES THATS OUR SPACE DADDY

I was foaming at the mouth when he stepped out from behind the other mandalorians, cause I distinctly remember that scene from the trailer - and can't get this idea out of my head for a fic cause imagine if you were part of the covert as Dins riduur just to see your husband walk out like that amongst the clan and lose your shit agsdhjkgashkdhksadjla

when Paz Visla got up to speak to the group I was 🙄🙄🙄 cause what is this mf gonna say now to undermine or dispute Dins POV but when he sided with them it was a nice surprise

CARSON IS BACK!!!! I am glad they brought him back because he did play a significant role throughout s1 and s2

it was very cool seeing the other mandalorians fighting together as a team and how coordinated they can be, we haven't seen much of that since s2 with Bo Katan and the other nightowls, such a contrast to Din's lone wolf MO

I think we all kind of knew that Moff Gideon escaped because even Giancarlo Esposito made it clear in interviews that he would be coming back so not that big of a surprise

the part that got me the most (and I'm sure many others) is the ARMORER BASICALLY DECLARING BO AS THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF MANDALORE WHO WILL BRING THEM TOGETHER TO RECLAIM THEIR HOMEWORLD BECAUSE SHE HAS WALKED BOTH WAYS???

has Din not walked both ways considering he revealed his face when he lost Grogu??? And he came to her seeking redemption and did what was asked of him by bathing in the mines of Mandalore??? And he also has the Darksaber??? And he provided for the covert when he was still bounty hunting as part of the guild??

Like Bo is there for all of 5 seconds and all of a sudden its like yes, she is the one to lead us, even though we have barely known her for that long and before that she was helmetless practically all the time

and naturally of course cause Din is Din, and he literally does not want any of this power for himself and he is happy to help as part of the covert, he is like yup thats cool with me, let her take the lead ashdjgasjkdhsahd

AM I MISSING SOMETHING????

Either way, I feel like this is setting up a very good plot point for what will hopefully be the arc for season 3, for the conflict that will occur between Bo and Din, cause we know she will need the Darksaber to rule, and planting the seed that Mandalorians somehow had something to do with helping Moff Gideon escape was a nice touch

How is everyone else feeling about this episode and the season overall??

[punkbakerchristine]

1.Long. Hot (living in a trailer in carson city with fans and a big a/c unit the last couple of years we were there, yeah, it was hot). Lots of bathing suits and showing off my body—some things never change, I was wanting to wear bikinis even when I was fat. Always fun, though!

2. Do you enjoy thrilling rides like rollercoasters? yes yes yes

3. Buttercup from the powerpuff girls

4. The Picture of Dorian Grey

5. his eyes: they’re so soulful. his hair, so striking and soft in appearance. his body, so round and voluptuous and yet very strong. his mind, the way he sees thousands of years into the future with the tinge of a mad scientist and the simultaneous sweetness of a poet. his heart and how it seems locked away under a wall of ice, but it’s so soft and tender underneath (like a tootsie pop).

6. as of late, my skinny jeans with my belt and my doc martens/snow boots, and either nothing by my bra or a long-sleeved shirt tied up—i really, really love showing off my belly and my cleavage, too. I’ve also lost enough weight to wear my Doctor Who shirt again—I just have to find it 😅

7. Depressed. Left out, too.

8. as a matter of fact, I do. my teddy bear, my bunny, my koala, my llama, my cat, and my shark.

9. Stone Temple Pilots // Purple

10. hike—never did it before whereas i’ve gone out of town to stargaze a number of times.

11. No clue, tbh. There are so many I find relatable.

12. hot drinks

13. bright colors

14. breakfast for dinner (although pizza for breakfast is 🔥)

15. green thumb (BIG TIME)

16. My hair or my hips

17. Lawyer. I actually almost went to law school!

18. the chubbier ones (i like me a nice little belly; six pack abs are overdone and “try hard”, if you will)

19. invisibility

20. Hair (i don’t wear makeup)

21. An argument about glue sticks. me: this one is disappearing. them: but this one’s washable! me: this one’s disappearing. (for something like 5 minutes)

22. guy riding on a unicycle holding a pie in one hand. He was dressed normally, too!

23. Ice cream, trip to an art gallery or museum, and then take a walk on the beach? idk, I don’t really think about these things

24. A bit of both.

25. Depends on the party. If it’s a dinner or garden or holiday party, yes. But a house party? Nah, I could never try one of those.

26. Not really, when I think about it. I did at first, and it had its high notes, but I wasn’t crazy about it as time went on.

27. me

28. Pizza on Christmas Eve, also on the night before Thanksgiving. I also wanna try my hand at kanellängd for Christmas this year.

29. Hearty and loud (always has been, too)

30. Instagram or Twitter? instagram, hands down

31. Game of Thrones. I watched like 10 minutes of it once and couldn’t get into it. Sons of Anarchy, too, and the Walking Dead. Stranger Things is an odd example: I used to like it and then season 3 happened. And then it was inescapable in 2022, so I was royally turned off. Survivor, too: literally do not understand how that’s still on. (Then again, I watch Skinwalker Ranch, Star Talk, and the Great British Baking Show with Noel and Sandy, and I watched Glee when it was on, and I like anything Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond do, so it works out)

32. Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) by the Tragically Hip

33. yes yes yes!

34. Yes, and to the point of ridicule no less 😒

35. Who are your top 5 celebrity crushes? my crush (🤫), joey belladonna, billie joe armstrong, chris cornell, and mark lanegan

36. either hebrew or sign language

37. Space is too harsh and our blue marble is the oasis in it, so no.

38. sunflower

39. Hugs. Having my hair either brushed or washed.

40. Do you enjoy cuddling? SO MUCH. a little too much, imo

41. I like the aesthetic

42. Yes. Nope, not even a little bit.

43. Art, writing, and culinary stuff

44. “There is nothing more artistic than to love people.” -Vincent Van Gogh

45. very much so

46. I’d like to get a cardinal with a sunflower in its mouth on my thigh.

47. Hypocrisy, also lack of intelligence. I see far too many of both now.

48. I’m a go-getter in the right place.

49. “chubby, smart, layered (like shrek)”

50. No, but I have given BTS and Blackpink plenty of listens, though.

51. 26 hours.

52. cold, given the choice

53. flowers

54. can’t say I do

55. Would you believe I have never witnessed a prank before (and I grew up in the era of punk’d and Viva La Bam, too).

56. oh, god, so many to choose from! i like spice cake, apple pie (especially à la mode), blueberry pie, blackberry cobbler, strawberry shortcake, chocolate babka, key lime pie, princesstårte, blondies and anything with white chocolate or the whole “cookies and cream” thing, gingerbread cookies and cake, all of your little debbies

57. lol, no

58. So many

59. all of them

60. i’m apparently a natch at it

61. The Sex in the City movie. It’s not nearly as good as the show.

62. The Princess Bride, the Holy Grail, the Blues Brothers, anything Mel Brooks does

63. “bedroom pop” and “soundcloud rap”. both have been done to death and i don’t get the appeal of either.

64. Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails, Master of Puppets by Metallica, Lateralus by Tool, Practice What You Preach by Testament, Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin, Loveless by My Bloody Valentine, White Pony by Deftones, Leprosy by Death

65. Interviews with metal guys

66. Maybe?

67. ohhhh, yes

68. a piece of pie (i’m always craving a piece of pie, perhaps now more than when i was fat)

69. you’re talking to a kinkmaster general 😅

70. bought a house. my mom and stepdad inherited the house we live in now; when he died a few years ago, we got the place and now it’s just my mom and me. thing is i don’t want to buy a house: it’s just too much.

71. nirvhannah’s world and it’s got everything I love on it

72. Never been drunk before, but i did get tipsy, though: i got really chatty.

73. Middle of the morning, like 8 to 11.

74. I enjoy being babied, believe it or not.

75. here in the states: new york city, new orleans, and honolulu. internationally: auckland, suva, and tokyo

76. Haven’t had a best friend since middle school if you can believe that.

77. Annabelle, the three-legged cockapoo wonder dog, and Schnooki, the old man Jew boy feline of the mountain who adopted me (and no, his name is Schnooki, not Snooki à la the bimbo from Jersey Shore)

78. back scratches

79. Depends on the surprise

80. What’s your favorite picture of yourself? i have five, if you can believe that

81. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Goosebumps, Lord of the Rings, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Hatchet, Narnia, Animorphs, I Have Lived a Thousand Years, and (please don’t judge me) Harry Potter

82. i’m on the fence. i don’t mind kids, but i don’t like them enough to want any of my own (plus, i’m just not into the whole idea of having kids, either). i always pictured myself as more of a teacher, or the baker down the street who has a section in her bakery dedicated solely to baked goods for kids.

83. My heart-shaped choker made of hematite/iron ore. My Soundgarden pendant. A black leather bracelet with chain links and white rhinestones that my mom made for me. My day of the dead bracelet.

84. Take your pick from my dad punching a Rottweiler and knocking it out to save our family dog at the time to my dad and my aunt Chris drove to Tahoe from Simi Valley in the middle of summer with the heater stuck on and a window stuck closed to my uncle Lonny tapping on a bathroom window and whispering “stop it!” to a grizzly bear that broke into his car to me climbing a 900-foot hill solo when I was like 3 to the time I spent an entire afternoon to get King Animal or the time I cut class to get donuts.

85. without question

86. This time of year: nothing. In the winter: my Alex Skolnick trio shirt.

87. To be a paleontologist in business with my best friend at the time.

88. I don’t think I’ve ever had an otp, fictional or otherwise

89. Enter something into the county fair. Get my driver’s license proper—maybe my passport, too. Do my kinktober project. Do chalk on the walk again (after not doing it for 6 years).

90. Rebecca

91. Where the Red Fern Grows

92. Hobbiton. Traveling, learning, and lots of food, oh my!

93. The time Chris Cornell noticed me, followed me, and befriended me.

94. Pet-sitter for this older couple called the Deutschmans. I got to hang out with cats and feed birds!

95. The time I got fixed up, which was also my last date experience. Absolutely no chemistry whatsoever and the guy was more interested in buddying up with my stepdad than getting to know me.

96. “What time is it?”

97. Spontaneous, hands down

98. I really don’t know, tbh.

99. Skinwalker Ranch, before then season 10 of Project Runway, and before that the Grand Tour. Tells you everything about my emotional state.

100. When I got to meet Chris 🤍

Get to know me asks✨

So introverts who never talk to their mutuals can get to know each other lol

1. What were your summers like as a kid?

2. Do you enjoy thrilling rides like rollercoasters?

3. Who was your childhood hero?

4. What is your favorite book?

5. What do you find most attractive about your crush?

6. What’s your favorite outfit?

7. Does seeing people in love make you happy? Sad? Annoyed?

8. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

9. What CD did you play to death as a kid?

10. Hike to a mountain top to watch the sunrise or drive out of town to stargaze?

11. What song has the most relatable song lyrics to you?

12. Iced drinks or hot drinks?

13. Bright colors or neutral tones?

14. Breakfast for dinner or pizza for breakfast?

15. Do you have a green thumb or a black thumb?

16. What’s your favorite feature of yours?

17. Would you rather be a lawyer or a doctor?

18. What type do you tend to go for physically?

19. Power of invisibility or flight?

20. Would you rather wake up with your makeup magically done or your hair?

21. What’s the stupidest fight you’ve ever gotten into?

22. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen someone do in public?

23. What’s your dream date?

24. Do you tend to gravitate more toward using logic or intuition to make decisions?

25. Do you like parties?

26. Did you enjoy high school?

27. Who is the craziest person in your family and why?

28. What’s your favorite holiday tradition?

29. Can you describe your laugh?

30. Instagram or Twitter?

31. What’s a show that everyone loves that you didn’t?

32. What song is stuck in your head?

33. Do you like exercising?

34. Do you scare easily?

35. Who are your top 5 celebrity crushes?

36. If you could learn one language fluently what would it be?

37. Would you fly to the moon if given the opportunity?

38. What’s your favorite flower?

39. What non-sexual touch affects you the most?

40. Do you enjoy cuddling?

41. Do you like valentine’s day?

42. Do you enjoy driving and are you a good driver?

43. What would you be most likely to become famous for?

44. Do you have a favorite quote?

45. Are you a romantic?

46. Do you have any tattoos or want to get one?

47. Biggest pet peeve?

48. Favorite personality trait about yourself?

49. Sum up your type in three words.

50. Do you listen to Kpop and if so who is your bias and why?

51. What’s the longest you’ve ever stayed awake?

52. Hot or cold weather?

53. Bouquet of flowers or box of chocolates?

54. Can you do any good impressions?

55. What’s the best prank you’ve been witness to?

56. Favorite dessert?

57. Is there a vine or tik tok you quote often?

58. What tumblr post always makes you laugh?

59. What country that you haven’t been to do you want to visit most?

60. Can you cook and do you enjoy it?

61. What’s your guilty pleasure movie?

62. What’s your comfort movie?

63. Is there a genre of music you don’t like?

64. What’s an album that you think has no skips on it?

65. What’s your favorite thing to watch on youtube?

66. Would you make the first move to ask someone out?

67. Do you often dream or have nightmares that you remember when you wake up?

68. What are you craving right now?

69. What turns you on?

70. What’s something you haven’t done that you think most people have?

71. What genre is your favorite playlist right now and what’s it called?

72. Are you a sad or happy drunk? Chill or energetic drunk?

73. What time of day do you like best?

74. Do you tend to enjoy being babied or do you prefer to be the one taking care of someone else?

75. What top three cities do you want to travel to?

76. What’s your favorite feature about your best friend?

77. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

78. Back scratches or having your hair played with?

79. Do you like surprises?

80. What’s your favorite picture of yourself?

81. What books influenced you most as a child?

82. Do you like kids?

83. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? (or other accessory if you don’t wear any)

84. Any wild stories passed around in your family?

85. Do you consider yourself an independent person?

86. What are you most comfortable sleeping in?

87. What was your childhood dream?

88. What’s your fictional OTP?

89. What’s one thing you want to achieve this year?

90. What has been your favorite book you’ve read in the last 5 years?

91. What was the first movie to make you cry?

92. What book world would you live in if given the opportunity?

93. What’s your craziest work related story?

94. What’s the best job you’ve had so far?

95. Worst tinder or date experience?

96. What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up most mornings?

97. Are you more of a planner or a spontaneous adventurer?

98. Do you think you see yourself the way other people see you?

99. What’s the last show you binged?

100. What’s one of your fondest memories?

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PROGRAMACION TDT (PUFFYSTYLE TV Y RDJ SERIES)/(Septiembre 2023)

He aqui la programacion para el fin de semana en PuffyStyle Cinema (PUFFYSTYLE TV-PUFFYSTYLE TV HD)

SABADO 2:Operación Cacahuete

DOMINGO 3:Hotel Transilvania 2

SABADO 9:Los Minions

DOMINGO 10:Atrapa la bandera

SABADO 16:Del revés (Inside Out)

DOMINGO 17:La canción del mar

SABADO 23:Las aventuras de Peabody y Sherman

DOMINGO 24:Cómo entrenar a tu dragón 3

SABADO 30:Cómo entrenar a tu dragón 2

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JUEVIN DE ESTRENOS (RDJ SERIES-RDJ SERIES HD)

-BIG MOUTH (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4,T-5,T-6)

-PARADISE POLICE (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4)

-SUPER DRAGS (T-1)

-TRAILER PARK BOYS (T-1,T-2)

-F IS FOR FAMILY (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4,T-5)

-TUCA Y BERTIE (T-1)

-(DES)ENCANTO (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4)

-HOOPS (T-1)

-BOJACK HORSEMAN (T-1,T-2,T-3,T-4.T-5,T-6)

-SEX EDUCATION (T-1,T-2,T-3)

-Animaladas (2021)/(T-1)

-Ultrasecretos (2021)/(T-1,T-2)

-Squid Game (2021)

-Chicago Party Aunt (2021)/(T-1,T-2)

Estrenos en Septiembre

-Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou (11 Septiembre)

-Tokyo Mew Mew New ♡ 2nd Season (2022)/(11 Septiembre)

-Sakura,cazadora de cartas (11 Septiembre)

-Este mundo no me hará mala persona (11 Septiembre)

-Recursos Humanos (11 Septiembre)

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The Rookie season 6 release date

Given The Rookie has just debuted the season 5 finale, we’re a long way from knowing a season 6 release date. However, given the show found new life with viewers after it was moved to Tuesday nights on ABC and paired with The Rookie: Feds and Will Trent, we’d be surprised if it were moved to any other night. Once more information about a release rollout becomes available, we’ll pass along the update.

The Rookie season 6 plot

Given the show is still in pre-production, not much about the season 6 storylines are available. However, at the heart of the series is a police procedural that follows John Nolan as he continues to make headway in his law enforcement career, having changed professions a little later in life.

Over the course of five seasons, the show has not only taken John from the oldest trainee with the LAPD to the newest trainer of future officers, but it has also expanded the perspectives of the show, often portraying the ups and downs of those in John’s orbit like officers Bradford (Eric Winter), Chen (Melissa O’Neil) and Grey (Richard T. Jones).

As more information about The Rookie season 6 official synopsis becomes available, we’ll place it right here

The Rookie season 6 cast

As of publication, there hasn’t been any major casting news announced, meaning viewers should expect the major characters and their portrayers to return. Leading the way as Officer John Nolan is Nathan Fillion. Fillion has been in numerous hit shows throughout his career including Castle, Modern Family and Big Mouth, and he appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Also expected to return alongside Fillion are Alyssa Diaz (Ray Donovan: The Movie), Richard T. Jones (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Melissa O’Neil ( iZombie), Eric Winter (The Good Doctor) and Jenna Dewan (Superman & Lois).

The Rookie season 6 trailer

With the show only in pre-production, a trailer is not yet avaialble.

How to watch The Rookie season 6

The Rookie is an ABC original series and new episodes air live directly on the broadcast network. For those that have cut ties with traditional cable/satellite television, ABC is available on live TV streaming services such as Fubo TV, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV. New episodes can also be streamed the next day on Hulu.

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Big Mouth Season 5 Trailer Thoughts

So some thoughts I want to fire off really fast.

1. The themes of love and hate seem very strong for this season. Big Mouth is at its best when it’s playing into a particular theme, which is why season 2 is still the best season so far.

2. I’m glad to see Matthew show interest in Jay again. I literally made a whole post about how shallow and hollow Aiden is as a character, so I can’t say I’m going to miss the Maiden ship whatsoever. I’d rather see Matthew have a realistic love life than a perfect one. It’s rather telling that Aiden’s not even in the trailer.

3. I had a feeling Missy and Devon was going to become a ship, so I’m happy to see it heading in that direction.

4. I theorize that because Jessi is bitten by the love bug for Alli, but Connie’s not included, I assume this means that while she cares for Alli, she won’t be sexually attracted to her, and it won’t work out for them.

5. Since Nick and Missy end up teaming up in their hate boners this season, Devon is either going to get back with Devin, or someone else. But the only person he’s shown interacting with is punching Nick and possibly giving him his broken nose.

6. The main theme for this season is going to be learning about things like consent, jealousy, entitlement, the difference between attraction and love, and the threshhold from shallow crush-driven relationships to long-term compatability-driven relationships going forward.

7. Andrew seems to be the most normal of the group, as the only thing we see from him is kissing a girl I don’t recognize (but hope isn’t Cheryl), and hugging Jay.

8. Based on Lola and Jay’s declaration of hate and Matthew kissing Jay, I am going to theorize that Matthew is the one that “wins” Jay’s interest, and Lola doesn’t take it well.

All things considered, I’m cautiously optimistic. I wasn’t sure if I was going to even keep watching Big Mouth, but the trailer is doing enough to lure me back and give the show another chance and another season. But, its past track record of changes to the status quo never sticking has me more hesitant and less enthusiastic, since nothing ever seems to stick in this show. Also, is it me, or does Maury sound different in the opening scene with Connie and her sister? He sounds fine for the rest of the trailer, but that opening moment feels off for some reason.

[viberevstudios]

Discussion Topics: GEEK BROS approved video games, Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer review, Red Notice Movie Review, Big Mouth Season 5 Review, Master’s of The Universe: Revelations Pt 2 Review, Disney Plus’s Hawkeye episodes 1 & 2 Review, Chrono Cross: Playstation’s Reported Next Remaster, Arcane: League of Legends Review, Star Trek Discovery Season 4 episode 1 & 2 review, Star Wars Visions Ep. 6 Review. All this and more on this week’s episode of the Keepin’ Up With The GEEK BROS podcast! TUNE IN on your favorite podcasting app or listen here - https://webegeekspc.com/keepin-up-with-the-geek-bros-podcast-the-142nd/

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Eddie Munson's Tattoos

All of Eddie Munson's tattoos, shared by make-up artist Amy L. Forsythe on Instagram.

The Bats - Right Forearm

The Wyvern - Right Bicep

The Spider - Chest, left side, under collarbone

The Demon - Chest, left side, below #3

The Puppetmaster - Right Forearm (underside)

Thematic analysis and additional info under the cut. (HEAVY VOL. 2 SPOILERS)

#1 - The Bats

This one hurts. Prior to Vol. 2, the bat colony tattoo seemed to be foreshadowing the Watergate bat fight, or even the guitar solo scene in the trailer. In reality, the bats likely foreshadow Eddie's death by demobat swarm in S4E9.

(Amy informed us in the post for this tattoo that Eddie got this, and likely the others, done by a kitchen scratcher in the trailer park.)

(A recent interview revealed the foreshadowing as unintentional. It could also be a reference to Ozzy Osbourne, or just something that fits Eddie's aesthetic.)

#2 - The Wyvern

On its surface, a kick-ass D&D/medieval fantasy reference. On a deeper level, wyverns are often seen as a representation of courage and strength, the theme of Eddie's entire arc. It is a symbol of protection, and Eddie becomes Dustin's protector in the end.

The wyvern also represents triumph over a demonic entity. A canonical interpretation could point to Eddie triumphing his fears (personal demons) or even seemingly triumphing over the bats before he turns back. Some read the triumph as a possible return for Eddie in season 5.

#3 - The Spider

The spider tattooed on Eddie's chest is a black widow spider. This is the same breed of spider that Henry Creel/Vecna forms an attachment to. Vecna is ultimately responsible for the death of Eddie.

#4 - The Demon

Personally, the most difficult to tie in thematically. A lot of people read the sharp teeth and bloody mouth as foreshadowing for a demonic/vampiric return of Eddie. I want to believe.

I personally read it as Eddie's life turning upside-down with the inciting incident of a seemingly demonic presence taking over his home. (Hence the proximity to the Creel tattoo). It could also be a reference to how Eddie is viewed as having a connection to the demonic/satanic thing killing kids (one of the external conflicts of the season).

The demon head also shares a resemblance with Namakubi tattoos, which often represent coming to terms with the inevitability of death. Like the wyvern tattoo, they can also be symbolic of courage.

#5 - The Puppetmaster

A fairly obvious reference to the song played by Eddie in the Upside-Down, Metallica's "Master of Puppets". (Shout out to everyone who guessed the song using this as a clue)

Conclusion...

The way I read it, the tattoos on Eddie's right arm are a reference to him and his fate (playing Master of Puppets, conquering his demons/seemingly triumphing over the enemy, dying from a swarm of bats). The tattoos on his chest indicate the Big Bad of the season (Creel's spider and a demonic entity).

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(note: It was confirmed by Amy in the comments of #3 that the tattoo was used, but Eddie pulls his collar down differently than in the test shot. The legs of the spider are just barely visible in the image for #4.)

[hmspogue]

Outer Banks season 2 Official Trailer shot-by-shot rundown

A comprehensive post where I scream about analyze the entire trailer frame by frame for clues, theories, and plot. Just my own opinions and general tin foil-hatting

These are screenshots from Netflix’s trailer for Outer Banks season 2. I do not claim or own any of these.

note: this post is tagged as a long post if you wish to avoid having to scroll until your thumbs break.

“My old man used to tell me, ‘it’s best to never say you’ve hit rock bottom’.”

(Putting all of these shots together since they’re scenes we already know but-) Holy shit, okay let’s just....start off like this I guess, damn.

“'Trust me’, he said...”

Kiara looking back and forth between the boys like this really just feeds the headcanon I have that her form of grief this season is going to be her trying to hold it together for their sakes (and eventually just snapping).

JJ just looks fucking furious someone give these kids a hug? I already know this scene is going to ruin me.

“You can always go...”

JJ back working at the hotel. He looks literally so angry again in this scene I could see him self destructing at work and losing his job? (Please do not be isolating yourself you beautiful son of a bitch even though I know you’re going to).

Pope in the Twinkie (costuming wise they all are in warmer looking clothes for some of the shots, so just confirming it’s a little bit into the school year when this all takes place).

“Lower”

Big John was real big into pep talks, I see. (seriously can you imagine Big John having this conversation with like 8 year old John B after he fucking dropped his ice cream cone or some shit I shouldn’t be laughing).

I’m just-

These poor kids, I wanna know how the police all the way down in the Bahama’s knew about them?

Their calves....

“RUN!”

Are going to be so fucking jacked by the end of this season I stg.

Fuck you.

“The gold from the Royal Merchant....it’s here.”

For a while, I had thought that maybe they didn’t even make it to the Bahama’s at the front of the season and ended there (because everyone had been filming in there). But I guess they’re going to be making two trips.

If I were a bird from this POV I’d shit right on that house no questions asked.

oooooh ho hokay. Just so we’re clear. Ward Cameron not only get away with murder and about two dozen other felonies, but-

“Half a billion.”

HE STILL FINDS THE GOLD IN THE CRAIN HOUSE AND GETS TO KEEP IT?

Not the polo with the snap back, I just know this man has a playlist called Sad Boi Hours that is just Juice WRLD’s top 5 songs on Spotify and he tells his friends they wouldn’t know the underground artists he listens to.

Sh, you have lost screaming privileges. Go inside and take a nap maybe.

“John B, we are fugitives in a foreign country.”

So, previously, I was talking about how I was confused how they would still be trying to find him is everyone thought he was dead, but here the wanted poster clearly says “presumed lost at sea”. I think that will be interesting to see how the Pogues all interpret that. 

Especially because they already had a memorial for John B and everything, I wonder if there will be any part of the Pogues holding out hope that they both could still be out there OUCH.

I’m going to circle back to this, but it looks like John B and Sarah are going to get separated for a little while in this man hunt, I could see my idiot himbo son trying to sacrifice himself so Sarah can get away but in reality just....stranding her.

“Promise me you won’t do anything stupid?”

Oh, sweetie....

“Well, Sarah Cameron, I do stupid things all the time without realizing it.”

The volume of his self awareness is astronomical. sir, that is your whole character summed up in your own words.

GOD, IT’S ME AGAIN. PLEASE LET THEM LEAN INTO COMPLETE HIMBO JOHN B THIS SEASON I’LL DO ANYTHING-

nyyooooOOOOOOOOOOOOM-

“Hold on!”

The complete abject terror I would feel having John Booker Routledge driving get-away and then saying the words “Hold on” while reaching fro the gear shift? The english language fails me. 

Sarah, bestie, I’m so sorry.

I just wanna know-

what the plan or objective was in this situation. What was the reason for being this dramatic.

Rest in piss, bozo <3

“Ward’s still out there...”

Okay, same conversation they were having as before. I wonder what makes them decide they need to get back to the OBX for this tho.

“I can clear my name. This can all be over in one shot.”

It looks like Topper watching this but way more concerningly, correct me if I’m wrong but this 100% looks like....John B gets caught. And the DEATH PENALTY?! He did have a mug shot for the fliers in s1 and the one above but he was never brought in? Plus he just looks super dirty and dishevled in this one so I-

Jail break anyone?

I also still want to know if they’re going to go with a Topper redemption arc this season. like, does he know more than he should just from being around Rafe and his big fat mouth? Is he going to help out the Pogues even if it’s just for Sarah?

This shot just suddenly made me really sad. The thought of this all started because Big John left one last thing for his son to find, his literal life’s work. And when it all started, it was just a fun adventure John B and his best friends were going on together and having fun with. Then it all got dragged to absolute shit and turned into what it did, including the remaining 3 Pogues thinking that this treasure hunt took their two best friends away from them. And it’s nothing like Big John intended it to be.

Why my eyes wet?

Now we’re edging into what I was talking about earlier with John B and Sarah getting separated.

“If you think there is anything I wouldn’t do...”

Once again, John B is no where to be found. Also, just in case y’all didn’t already know or forgot Ward is an actual psychopath.

I believe this one of the new character, played by Jontavious Johnson (Stubbs). Based on the voice over it lowkey sounds like they’re implying Ward maybe hired Stubbs and Cleo to find and bring Sarah back. My theory would be I bet they do go to retrieve her, but she somehow convinces them that it would be more beneficial for them in the end to be on the Pogue’s side instead.

Miss Girl you gotta be keeping your head on a SWIVEL. Especially when you’re a FUGITIVE of the LAW-

“...you haven’t been paying attention.”

My guy, who are you clarifying this for?

It’s what you deserve for monologuing.

in all seriousness, the idea of them coming to face to face with Ward in Nassau after thinking they finally escaped him is genuinely terrifying.

“SARAH!”

It kind of looks like they’re either hiding their faces or covering their noses? I don’t know maybe it was from some tactic to get away from Ward.

What did I literally jsut say about yelling privileges, you unhinged mother fucker?

“I’m calling the shots now. I’m driving.”

The following progression of scenes made me actually snort-

“I can’t drive stick.”

PLEASE THE FINGER GUNS LAUNCHED ME INTO ORBIT I LOVE THEM, YOUR HONOR.

Alright, so now it looks like we’re in Charleston. This is the same scene with Heyward’s truck that got leaked from BTS (read: JJ and Kie shoulder touch).

One of the main things that stuck out to me in the following scenes which, you will see, is it lowkey looks like Pope is kind of heading up this part of the operation, or even going in alone? The following clips are just very Pope focused. 

I don’t know what it means, it’s just an observation.

“John B was not the only one that Ward double-crossed.”

LIMBRY-

Bro, we have been hearing about this woman for literal months and I just have....so many questions? 

Who the hell is she? How is she connected to Ward? Why is she in South Carolina instead of the OBX? How do the Pogues even learn about her and how to track her down? How is she meant to “help” them? GAH I JUST WANNA KNOOOW. I already know I don’t trust her though and no I will not be offering up supporting evidence.

Sir, that is my son please unhand him.

“I think you know what I want.”

.......no? But feel....free to explain yourself?

The print on the paper is the same one that’s on the ceiling tiles in the following scene. Obviously, with a key on it that most likely goes to the place a few shots from now.

Hell yeah, son, let’s get SLEUTHING.

“The treasure belongs to the Pogues.”

DAMN STRAIGHT.

Bestie’s I’m not going to lie, I stared at this frame for a solid 10 minuets and I have no idea what it says on there I’m sorry. Someone in the comments is welcome to enlighten us.

“We gotta find it first.”

I can’t tell if that’s just dirt or if he hurt his head? But he look GOOD right now for one thing. For another, same outfit as the one in the Twinkie from the beginning of the trailer.

Look at her. LooK AT HER! LOOK! AT! HER! I MISSED HER SO MUCH even in that damn smiley face top that continues to haunt my waking hours she is in it so much and it stresses me out for literally no good reason I’m sorry-

I could literally cry right now and I think that speaks volumes to how little we actually see him genuinely happy. Have I mentioned how much I love that red hat?

Also, probably not that important, but this is not from the same scene as the shots of Pope and Kiara were. This is from the next one-

“Woogity-woogity?”

“Give me some woogity, baby!”

Yeah, this pushed me over the fucking edge, the way that they’re actually happy and laughing? The fact that they kept woogity-woogity and made it A Thing? Yes.

I am, however, going to be intentionally ignoring what appears to be the very intentional stagingof having such an obvious space between where Kiara and Pope are sitting adn where JJ sits, even including the level they’re sitting on because I don’t have the emotional capacity to face those implications right now. Thank you for your time.

Yes yeeeeEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIVE ME ALL OF THE SCENES OF THEM ACTUALLY GETTING TO BE TEENAGERS AND JUST BREATHE AND LAUGH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND NOT BE RUNNING FOR THEIR FUCKING LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!

before Rafe comes in and literally starts shooting because they can’t breathe for more than 7 seconds but we’ll....get to that.

They refer to Sarah as a Pogue this season or I burn Netflix to the ground. Your move, Jonas.

50 bucks says John B is driving the Twinkie again for the first time since being back.

I deadass think the Pogues JUST got Sarah and John B back and they’re just having the time of their life. Kie was in her smiley face outfit when Pope was in this one a few clips ago, and I still hold to the belief that that one still they released of JJ and Kie hopping over a fence is the Pogue reunion so-

Ward? I have no idea what he’s looking at behind the wall paper and I’ll be so honest I don’t care my eyes are only seeing Pogue content right now.

“This is a map of the whole island.”

This fit, when will John B learn how to operate buttons, stay tuned for season 5. Also my previous theory of this being their reunion outfits and stuff because Pope is in the back in the same jacket as before.

The plot thickens and so has JJ’s hair, Rudy drop the shampoo brand.

Please, dear God, tell me they’re back in the sex church. For @jiaaraa sake.

Kiara, your Madison is showing.

Okay, I really did try but all I can make out is Something to the tomb begin something something.

You’re welcome.

I am no expert but I do not believe boats operate on land.

John B looks like he is in the same outfit here that is in his mug shot we saw on the TV screen so I have a sneaking suspicion this is where he gets caught. 

“John B is back-”

Once again with the damn sexual tension that’s always between Barry and Rafe in every scene they do are we about to kiss right now?

“-it’s him or me.”

First of all, no.

Second of all, I’m just....so very confused about this time line this season. It kind of looks like Ward and Rafe follow and find Sarah and John B in Nassau (unless those scenes by the truck were actually back in the OBX). So did they....go to Nassau, then just come right back when they did? I’m just confused.

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me.

Literally when will you stop at this point I am begging you. 

This looks like the same scene the Pogues were, ya know, literally just having a good time at so fuck me, I guess.

Yeah, no, it’s going to be a no from me, I’m just going to pretend like I’m not seeing this and moving on.

I have simply no idea what is going on here or who that is on the bike but maybe JJ? Maybe Luke even? I think that’s JJ’s bike. 

The sewer scene. The SEWER SCENE-

For months sicne that tiktok leaked this damn scene has been genuinely all I could think about. So (obviously) it seems like they’re sending Kie down into the sewer to go do seomthing and things go horribly, horribly wrong. 

If you haven’t seen the tiktok, essentially all it was was JJ and Pope screaming and trying to lift up the man hole cover while Kie is begging for them to hurry from inside. I’m cheating a little bit as this isn’t a shot from the trailer but this picture was posted and it’s from the same scene.

I’ll just....leave this here. Back to the trailer shots.

Nice. Also, same shirt as mugshot.

Hey, um, what? 

Kiara’s car, she’s driving, I can’t tell who’s in the back seat or the front.

Holy God what is going on and how can I as an audience member put a stop to it?

So, same scene as we will see and was in the teaser but, for some reason, they’re all jumping off of a giant ass boat into the little life raft where it looks like JJ gets hurt later but don’t you worry we’re getting to that.

JJ AND KIARA WITH THE POGUE HANDSHAKE JJ AND KIARA WITH THE POGUE HANDSHAKE THEY BOTH LOOK SO DAMN GOOD AND THEIR LITTLE SMILES SPARE ME-

Cleo 🥵

I’m so excited to see her arc and what it brings this season you guys have no idea.

Please for the love of God be about to get Ward Cameron’s ass like he deserves literally punt him into jail right from Tanny Hill.

Sarah at My Druther’s with what looks like a bloody bandage on her side? Same outfit she’s wearing when they’re running from the police on the beach and she has the bandage there too so. Interesting. 

Topper hugging who I’m pretty sure is Sarah, being a general douche because he’s clearly looking at John B like 😏 

Clips like these serve to remind me just how many of my worldly posessions I would gladly give up to be able to punch Topper Thorton in the throat one time. 

I think this is Cleo jumping off the boat with Pope after John B and Sarah. 

Absolutely busting a lung at Pope’s form in this one.

John B and Sarah waiting in the life raft, still Cleo and Pope coming after them. The obvious next question is where are JJ and Kiara. The scene I’m sure you all have been waiting for is coming up and clearly takes place in the life raft as well.

So, I really think JJ and Kie get left for last, something horrible happens as they’re trying to jump (my head instantly goes to JJ maybe like pushing Kie out of the way and getting hit on the head instead or even just some accident). 

And, oh my GOD a scene of him falling off the boat after it happens and Kiara diving in after him immediately, having to desperatly try to stop him from sinkingand get to the life raft holy shit-

Girl CATCH HIM?????

Because why wouldn’t this be Rafe’s fault. Part of me wonders if this isn’t related to JJ being hurt.

I am going to try and unpack this as calmly as possible because behind my computer screen I am vibrating at a frequency that could shatter glass but respectfully.

WHAT IN THE FUCK IS TIAUEWFHLAILA

Okay, so scene wise, JJ’s hit his head somehow (probably while he was jumping with Kiara) it looks like and now they’re back on the raft. 

In my opinion, this is either:

A) JJ is in really, really bad condition after getting hurt in the jump and they’re not sure he’s going to make it. So this is a “Please stay with me, stay awake, please don’t die” hug OR

B) They very narrowly just avoided a deadly situation (my first thought is JJ hits his head while jumping, passes out in the water, maybe almost drowns but Kie and the others get him onto the life raft in time) and this is more of a “Oh my God, you’re okay, you’re safe now, we’re okay” hug. 

I honestly lean more to the second one based on the little bit of Sarah’s face we saw in the background. To me, it almost looked like she was smiling thru tears, which, fits way more with the second option than the first. 

Anyways. Moving on before I burst a lung again.

(also, before anyone comes at me, no, I’m not happy JJ is hurt, obviously.  

(Once again, arrest outfits). You can still see the bandage but it looks like Sarah’s limping now too so...good Lord give the girl a break maybe?

Everything in this trailer just went to shit so fast I think I have whip lash, can we go back to the Pogues hanging out and being happy now pkease I liked those scenes.

“I get it. You guys are scared.”

“No.”

She’s cute but, uh, hello sewer scene outfits. Seems like them planning to do whatever the hell they were going to do in the sewers but the boys are starting to get cold feet as maybe they should but hind sight is 20/20 I suppose.

“It’s kind of cute.”

“I’m not scared.”

“You should’ve just led with that.”

I will never be able to express how much I adore Pogue banter and general dumbassery and I have a feeling this season will not be lacking in either department

I high key don’t think these two are actually going to be there for this scene to go down but I’ll let it slide this time because-

They do be kinda cute.

It both feels like I’ve been waiting for this damn show for 3 years and also like I just watched season 1 last month explain that to me. 

Either way holy shit. I missed this dumb show and these dumb kids so much it physcially hurts and WE GET THEM BACK IN T-MINUS 16 DAYS.

Also. Where The Hell Is Wheezie Cameron And When Will She Have The Rights She Deserves.

[every-marveler-ever]

Ch 2. The Reason Bucky Likes Pumpkin Patches

THIS IS CH 2/9 OF 'Sam and Bucky's Outside (Spooky) Adventures'

Flufftober Day 28 | @flufftober | Picnic

SamBucky Halloween Bingo 2022 | 🎃 @sambuckyhalloweenbingo2022 | Pumpkins

masterlist :: (ao3 link)

A/N: Also just in case some people don’t know what ute/jeep is it’s the Australian version of the American ‘pickup truck’. This certainly isn’t going to stay chapter 2 but when I write all the others I’ll figure out where it should go in the story (I feel like last), at the moment we are just going by release order (think Star Wars but less time and budget lol).

Warmed by the peace, quiet and warmth the stories bring to the couple Sam sits next to Bucky putting one arm around his shoulder, “thank you for sharing this with me." | sam wilson/james 'bucky' barnes

flufftober 2022 | sbhb 🎃 2022

“A picnic?” Sam has explored many things while joining Bucky as a scout mentor and this seems the most tamed of them, “just a picnic? No jump surprises or even knot tying.”

Bucky shrugs finishing the basket off with a collection of cookies he had baked that morning. Up since 5 am this morning Bucky had been baking and cooking all morning so he could create the perfect picnic basket, with homemade sausage rolls, small sandwiches, pesto pasta, and fruit salads, as well as the plentiful of sweets he made. Finishing the packing he explains, “it’s like a reward for the end of the season, we go on a picnic just the 10 of us,” Bucky smiles softly over at Sam, extremely happy, “and you too now.”

Sam had watched for the last three years from afar as Bucky planned and antagonised over a picnic similar to this, but this year it seems bigger and better, the best Bucky has ever made. Selfishly Sam thinks it’s for him. 

Smiling they both head out the door at 2 pm on the dot to make the perfect picnic spot, as classified by Bucky, by 3, you called call them boy scouts on how punctual they are. They parked the jeep and Bucky is quick to get everything set up from the back of the trailer.  It takes them a few moments before Sam realises they are surrounded by Pumpkins, “why are we picnicking in a pumpkin patch?” Bucky doesn’t have much reaction to Sam’s confusion and instead continues to set up the blanket and plates of food.

“We always do it here,” Bucky mentions slowly finishing his busy bee workings, “every Halloween Steve and I used to beg our parents to take us here so we could pick pumpkins, and every year somehow they would find the money for a pumpkin each and a cup of cider.” It’s not very often that Bucky walks directly about his family, the majority of his memories include Steve, but very little include his family.

Shaking off the greying memory Bucky smiles plopping down on the large spread-out picnic blanket, “the festival doesn’t really happen here anymore, not as big at least since there’s more competition, but every year the field is filled with Pumpkins. When I started mentoring I came here to teach the kid's knife skills, carving pumpkins, and now it’s a picnic tradition.” 

Warmed by the peace, quiet and warmth the stories bring to the couple Sam sits next to Bucky putting one arm around his shoulder, “thank you for sharing this with me,” he means it and Bucky knows without even having to look at him. Sam continues because he means more than the stories, “for sharing the whole experience, being a mentor, I see why you love it so much.” The quiet slowly seeps back in after Sam’s confession. 

There’s a nice moment between them before Peter and Miles Parker are running at them leaving his aunt quickly in the dust. The two boys quickly jump onto the picnic blanket and their face turns shocked when they instead fall rather than jump back up. Their Aunt, May, mouths a small ‘sorry’ but Bucky just raises a hand stopping here, “are you guys excited?” He instead directs towards the first two kids of the ten they have. 

May looks on worried but Sam just puts a thumbs up and she leaves going to chat with Ned’s mum who has just arrived.

Just like that all ten of the kids arrived and they were carving pumpkins, eating sweets, running around, and jumping over more pumpkins. Sam thinks that he would be happy to do this all again next year. 

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