#blue exorcist season 3 is out right now and i like watching it on saturdays but that'll end at some point too so

[yuzuna123]

now that Tekken 8 is out

[i-cant-find-my-knife]

I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT VENTURE BROS RN PLEASE SCROLL ON IF YOU DON’T CARE

ALSO HELLA SPOILERS

So, Venture Bros, alongside FMA Brotherhood, Dragon Ball Z and Yu Yu Hakusho are some of my favorite TV shows. I’ve intermittently watched VB since I’ve known about it (probably around season 3?) and didn’t become hugely attached until I got the series on DVD from a dying Hastings. That was right about the time that they were gearing up to drop S6 on DVD so I was set to immerse myself in what was available.

The series is very convoluted and builds the characters in such incredible ways and has evolved far beyond its origins of a lampoon of Saturday morning cartoons. The reason I’m doing this at all is that I 1. just got done rewatching the whole series (for the, 4th or 5th time) over the course of the last week, 2. just watched the season 7 premiere. This is all very fresh on my mind and I’m looking to talk, and this empty void of tumblr is a good diary to shout into.

Sooooooooooooooooooooo WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT OPENER. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THEY GO WITH THIS.

Season 6, turned the show on it’s head and slapped down the reset button. Specifically the special in between S5 & S6, All This and Gargantua 2, turned the show on its head. Wiping out the old Guild of Calamitous Intent, along with the Sovereign, most of The Counsel of 13 and The Investors, killing off JJ, and burning down the Venture Compound, left the show a fresh face to work with. Moving the Doc and the Boys to NYC and bringing Brock back as the Body Guard was bold, but the Monarch’s character arc was insane. Revealing that his father was a Vigilante Super Hero named The Blue Morpho, and seeing the Monarch take over this persona and use it to kill off competition to Arch the Doc. All of this was fucking sweet! But quite a bit of this was left unresolved at the finale of S6 and so with the usual wait for the new season I was left ancy.

So, S7 debuted tonight, and didn’t really resolve anything from the last season. It dropped in more, “THE FUCK”, cliffhangers than the end of S6 did. The debut dealt with the computers of Venture Tower going haywire and acting possessed. Exorcist and Poltergeist references abound, and the first appearance of Dr. Orpheus and the Order of the Triad since the S5/S6 special were nice, but the throwback references to the show itself were incredible. A lot of what is referred to is from the second episode of the show “Careers In Science”, the problem light from that episode has now found a home in Venture Towers, the main theme from “Sharky’s Machine” keeps playing (the movie is brought up in S1E2 as the movie played to lure the crew of Gargantua to the hangar, before “Phantom Spaceman” jettisoned them into space).  

The episode expands upon Hank’s relationship with Serena Ong, and his attempts to win over her father and body guards. He does so by reviving his Enrico Matasso persona from S5E6, and is lead into a room by Serena’s father, and Doc’s current Arch, Wide Wale to reveal a bound and gagged Monarch in Blue Morpho fatigues. So the whole episode keeps alluding to that arc from the last season, and I figured it would take a back seat until this happens and is promptly dropped for the other cliffhanger of the episode.

Which reveals the problem light from Gargantua 1, is “possessed”, by whats left of Jonas Venture Sr. who is still alive.

Like

The

FUCK

This brings new meanings to Doc’s visions in S1E2 of his father and the problem light being on. But it is poorly given light before Pete White takes and axe to Jonas and roll credits. And no post credits scene aside from a “TO BE CONTINUED”

I knew this show would be dropping some shit this season, but this is only episode 1 and boy am I FUCKING TORQUED.

[facets-and-rainbows]

Blue Exorcist: Home Sweet Home (part 2)

BAM another part! (It’s gonna slow way down after this, I only have this one done because I was working on it at the same time as part 1).

Come marvel at how Aya Yajima can write an adorable little scene except every time you let your guard down for EVEN A SECOND she stabs you DIRECTLY IN THE HEART and then goes right back to the adorable little scene.

Part 2

[go to part 1]

“The high today is 3 degrees Celsius, with a low of minus 1. This is the coldest day so far this season. Scarves and mittens will come in handy, especially in the evening and moving into night. Some areas may see a little freezing rain starting in the afternoon. Be sure to bundle up before going out!”

The weather girl on the cathode ray TV, wearing a small mic and a poofy fur, reported the morning forecast with a smile as bright as the morning itself. Next to the TV, a kettle whistled shrilly on the dated wood stove.

The old frosted glass windows of the Southern Cross Men’s Monastery were all fogged up from the temperature difference with the outside. Normally Rin would be happily drawing away on them with his finger by now, but today he was at his adoptive father’s side with a subdued look on his face. He gripped his father’s cassock and nervously peered into the bed where his twin brother was resting.

With his little brow furrowed and his mouth bent into a frown, he looked almost like he was at a funeral.

“38.9 degrees,” said Shirou, an old-fashioned mercury thermometer in his hand. He brushed the bangs away from Yukio’s face, which was red as an apple, and set his hand on his forehead. “Ow, that’s hot!” he said. “We won’t need the heater if we’ve got you!”

“What’s thirty-eight point nine degrees mean? Is it bad?” Rin asked, clinging to his irreverent father’s leg. Rin’s whole body looked flushed too—of course, in his case it wasn’t because of a cold but because he had gotten worked up worrying about his brother.

“Is Yukio really bad? Dad, is he gonna be okay? Hey Dad!”

“Settle down. From what I can tell it’s just a cold. He’ll be fine with a little nutrition and bedrest,” Shirou said, and peeled Rin off the leg that he had latched onto like a little piranha. Despite appearances, Shirou was a licensed doctor. And an excellent one at that.

Comforted by his father’s words, Rin let out a sigh of relief. Then he jumped right onto Yukio’s bed, closed his eyes tight, and yelled:

“Yukio, don’t go to sleep! You can’t sleep! If you fall asleep you’ll die!”

Yukio groaned like a squashed frog under his brother’s weight.

“Hey, woah! Knock it off, Rin!” Shirou hurriedly grabbed Rin by the collar and lifted him up like a kitten. Rin flailed around with both arms and legs.

“Didn’t you hear what I just said? It’s fine if he sleeps. In fact, you should let him sleep till he’s sick of it.”

“But last night the TV said that if you fall asleep you die,” his adopted son protested, with one cheek puffed out in the most serious expression he could muster.

“That’s when you’re lost on a snowy mountain. Does this look like a snowy mountain to you? Huh?” Shirou lectured Rin, plopping him down on the floor. “Also, the TV can’t talk. You should say ‘they said on TV.’”

“? What’s the difference?”

Rin looked dumbfounded. Shirou gave him a rough pat on his little head. Seriously, though… he thought as he scratched his own head with his other hand. His short tawny hair rustled back and forth.

“Nagatomo and Kyoudou and Izumi and Maruta are all down and out with colds…Just how contagious is this thing?”

The four of them were all moaning in their own rooms.  Their fevers were all about as high as Yukio’s. But kids tended to run hot anyway, and it was a lot tougher on the much older monks.

Well, morning mass is already over at the church, and since it’s Saturday I don’t have to call the school and tell them he’ll be gone. We can all just sit back and relax, Shirou thought, ever the optimist.

“Why don’t we gather them all in one place for now?”

He decided to lay out futons for everyone in an empty room, figuring it would be easier to care for them that way.

After he had Nagatomo and the others walk over by themselves, he scooped up Yukio bed mat and all. Rin’s eyes gleamed at this unexpected show of strength from his father. He balled his hands up into fists and voiced his amazement.

“Wow, Dad! That’s so cool! You’re so strong!”

“Ahaha! Just watch what I can do at full power!”

Shirou got a little carried away. He lifted the bed mat with Yukio on it even higher, all the way above his head. And just then, there was an unpleasant cracking sound from his lower back…

“!! Argh…ahhh…gah…”

Shirou’s face stiffened. His whole body started trembling. Rin noticed something was wrong. He looked up at his father, who was frozen on the spot.

“Dad, are you okay? I heard a weird sound just now…”

“Wh-what? No, I’m fine…Fine. I’m fine.”

Wearing a blank expression that didn’t match his words at all, Shirou carried the bed mat (+Yukio) into the room much more carefully than before. He slowly, gently laid Yukio on the floor, and then his strength finally gave out.

“…Okay Rin...That’s it for me…urgh…”

Shirou collapsed on the floor. A bewildered Rin let out a scream.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Dad’s deeaaaaaaaaaad!”

“No I’m not! Don’t just kill me like that!”

You’ll jinx me, he thought, staggering to his feet with a hand on his back. His face stiffened. “Though…I guess it was a pretty close call there.”

As Shirou was frowning and rubbing his aching back, a low ominous sound rang out from his cassock pocket. Shirou groaned. Incidentally, the ringtone was the background music from a certain shark movie.

“Jeez, why now of all times?”

“Wh-What’s that? Is it the bad guys? An enemy attack?” Rin spread his arms out wide to shield his father and brother, eyes darting around the room. Shirou put a hand on his head and told him to calm down.

“It’s not the bad guys. It’s my cell phone.”

“A cell phone! Me too! Me too! I want a cell phone! Buy me one! It’s my one true wish!”

“When you’re grown up. This isn’t a toy. And don’t use up your one true wish on something like that. What a waste.”

Rin was hopping up and down trying to grab the phone; Shirou gripped the top of his head with one hand to keep him in place and pressed the talk button. Without skipping a beat, a cheerful baritone called out over the phone.

“Guten Tag ☆ Father Fujimoto. I hope I find you well?”

“I’m busy right now. Bye,” Shirou answered bluntly. As he went to end the call, he could sense a smile forming on the other end.

“My, what a greeting. And here I saved this stupendously labor-intensive and dangerous mission as a favor for you.”

“What about that is a favor? Don’t say it weird like that. And like I just said, I’m super busy right now. Send someone else. Bye.”

“Oh? …Are you sure you should be saying that?” The voice on the other end suddenly took on a dangerous edge. “Surely you haven’t forgotten the kind gentleman who let you that money when you were worried you wouldn’t have mochi for New Year’s.”

“Ghh…”

“But if you want to throw away a chance at a little extra income, then be my guest.”

Shirou frowned in silent thought as the devil whispered in his ear about lunch money and school supplies for the new term, and how that would all add up, wouldn’t it? And so he braced himself and said:

“…Fine. Send me the details. I can leave in ten minutes.”

“A wise choice.” You could practically see that nasty grin, you could hear it in his voice as he answered. Shirou ended the call abruptly in one last show of defiance.

“Seriously, is today cursed or something?” Shirou complained. He looked down at Rin under his left hand. Then he took his hand off of Rin’s little head and scratched his own head roughly again. “Okay, what now?”

He’d just lost the option of not going on the mission. But if he left for the mission, that would leave five sick people and Rin, and no one else.

If I just blow right through the mission and race right back here, it might be okay…

But that stupid twisted boss of his had called it “stupendously labor-intensive and dangerous”—there was no way it would go that smoothly.

There’s that ready-made porridge for lunch, and for dinner…I can just order delivery, so the only problem is…

Shirou glanced at Rin. Rin blinked back up at him with his big eyes, totally unaware that he was a “problem.”

“What’s wrong? Did something happen, Dad?”

“Yeah...something did,” Shirou sighed back. “Actually, something came up and I have to go deal with it.”

“What?! But what about Yukio and everyone? You can’t! I won’t let you go!”

Rin grabbed onto Shirou again like a snapping turtle, ready to die before he let go.

Shirou sighed, then shifted into a stern expression and tone of voice.

“Orders for Private Rin!”

“!?”

Rin was startled for a second, but as soon as he realized that Shirou was doing an impression of the admiral from a certain space battle anime, he jumped down from Shirou’s leg and stood up straight as an arrow. He looked up at his adoptive father with a seriousness he had never shown his teachers in school.

Shirou looked right back at him with his auburn eyes. He gave the order in an even sterner voice than before.

“I’m assigning you an important mission. Until I get back, you are to care for everyone to the best of your ability. That is all.”

“W-Whoa…A mission…awesome…”

Rin’s eyes sparkled. Then he tilted his head to one side and asked what “to the best of your ability” meant, but after that he was right back to the same glittering expression.

“I’ll work hard! I’ll work hard at my mission!” he said eagerly.

Immediately, a groan went up like a scream from the four people lined up sleeping. They had all gone pale, and were frantically shaking their heads on top of their pillows.

(“Don’t put things into his head! Are you trying to kill us?”) Nagatomo moaned on behalf of the other three.

Shirou tried to mollify him. (“It’ll be fine. He’s just a kid, all he can do is bring you medicine, cute stuff like that. Hell, having something to do might keep him out of trouble, it’s actually reassuring that way. Just put up with it.”)

(“Take it back right now. Our lives are at stake.”)

(“Don’t be silly. Just let him take care of you. It’ll be funn- I mean it’ll be a good life lesson for Rin.”)

(“You were saying it’d be funny! You said funny!”)

(Shush, it’ll be fine. Don’t get too worked up about it, you’ll make your fever worse.”) Shirou brushed off Nagatomo’s concerns with a vague reply.

“For lunch, you boil some water in a big pot, put in those bags of porridge, and heat them up for three minutes. Got that? Don’t open them, just put the whole bag in. And whatever you do, don’t try to make it easier by putting them in the microwave. If you put the whole bag in the microwave it’ll explode. For dinner, I’ll order from that Chinese place in the Southern Cross Shopping District, and I’ll pay them ahead of time so…”

“Sukiyaki?!” Rin’s face lit up. Shirou gave him a light flick on the forehead.

“No, silly. I said Chinese food. Where’d you get sukiyaki from? It’ll be that great big thing of fried rice we always get from the Yamaneko shop, and the Chinese soup that comes with it.”

“I like fried rice too! I can eat the ginger now, you know. Pretty cool, huh?”

“Wow, that is pretty cool. Anyway, you should open the windows just a little bit sometimes to get some fresh air in here. And give them each one packet of medicine morning, noon, and night. Yukio gets half a packet. Give them some water to drink with it too. And…well, I’ll let you figure out the rest as it comes up.”

Shirou was giving the simplest directions he could when Yukio, who had apparently been listening to his father and brother talk, stretched a hand out weakly from inside his futon.

“Dad…are you leaving?”

“Yukio…”

Yukio gripped his father’s cassock and looked up at him helplessly, and Shirou suddenly found himself at a loss for words. The boy had always been prone to crying, and tears were already welling up in his eyes. Shirou felt the pain of all parents everywhere when they have to leave a sick child to go to work, almost like the kid had grabbed ahold of his heart with his bare hands.

“Oh, well, it’s just…”

As Shirou fumbled for words, Rin took hold of his brother’s feverish hand.

“It’s okay, Yukio! Your big brother’s gonna take real good care of you!” he said, smiling.

“…Okay.” The helpless expression disappeared from Yukio’s face, and he smiled with his tear-filled eyes.

Shirou watched all of this with a wry smile.

“Oh, look at you acting like the big brother just cause you were born a tiny bit earlier!” he teased. And to think that five or six years ago they were both still in diapers bawling their eyes out…The thought made him feel uncharacteristically sentimental.

I guess kids still grow up even if their dad’s a mess… He felt just a little forlorn.

“Well, bye then. I’ll leave the rest to you, Rin,” Shirou said as cheerfully as he could. He saluted sharply. Rin, his expression eager and his mouth bent into a serious frown, returned the salute. With his left hand, for some reason.

Shirou’s expression softened when he saw that Rin was still firmly holding his brother’s hand with his right. He smiled as he turned to his sons and gently added:

“I’ll be back as soon as I can. Just hang on until then.”

[Part 3]

[lollipopprincess]

Quiz thing

1. Have you met your soul mate? Nah I don’t think so. If I have, I surely don’t know about it lol. 

2. Favorite color when you were younger, and now? When I was younger, it was yellow. Now its pink=)

3. Do you wear eye-shadow? What color? I only wore eyeshadow once and it was for a mermaid Halloween costume. It was blue and green=) 

4. Are you in love right now? Nah.

5. In your opinion, is love at first sight real? Uhhh, I don’t know, it might be. I’ve never had that happen before, i’ve always fallen in love with people overtime. 

6. Are you an optimist, realist, opportunist, or pessimist? Mix of optimist and pessimist lol. I’d like to be an optimist though lol. 

7. Favorite day of the week? Saturday

8). Do you own stickers and/or stationary? I have both, but dont really use either thing anymore. 

9. What’s your aesthetic? Long flowy dress, red lipstick, snow, roses, floral scents, castles. 

10. Do you wear dresses, and skirts? Both, I dont tend to wear pants ever. Sometimes I will to bed if its a really cold night, but I tend to run pretty hot constantly. I think dresses and skirts look nicer too. 

11. What is your hair like? Chocolate brown, curly, reaches a little below my shoulders, is usually wild and frizzy lol. 

12. Does time go by fast or slow to you? Depends on the day. If I have nothing going on (which I often dont have stuff going on), it goes pretty slow. If i’m hanging out with someone or doing something enjoyable, it goes lightning fast. 

13. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up? I go to bed around 2:30, wake up around noon if I do not have to be up before then. If its school, i’m usually up around 11:30. 

14. Favorite sweet food? Warm chocolate chip cookies. I cannot pass those up! 

15. Tea, coffee, or hot cocoa? Tea, never been big on hot chocolate and H.A.T.E coffee.

16. Space, Ocean, City, or Forest? Ugh the last 3.....Forest I guess. 

17. Favorite game as a child? Uh...Candyland I guess. 

18. Comfort book? The Perks of Being A Wallflower

19. Princess, Fairy, Mermaid, or Unicorn? Princess always<3

20. Do you fall in love easily? Not really

21. Favorite word? Enchanting

22. What does your room look like? Uh, its big lol, bigger than my past bedrooms but its because it used to be the master. Its pink, I have 2 beds because the guest bed is in here too. Window overlooks the street and our front yard. Have a tv across from my bed...lots of Disney stuff everywhere lol.

23. What sheets are on your bed? Ariel ones right now. 

24. Do you wear fake nails, or paint your nails? I paint my nails, but its been kind of a while. When I do paint them, they are usually red or pink. 

25. What Hogwarts house do you think you belong in? I feel like im either Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Every quiz thing I do says i’m in Hufflepuff though lol. 

26. Any pets? 1 dog and 3 cats. 

27. What did you last eat? Mexican food

28. Have you ever cried in a book or movie? Movie yes, a few times. The one that comes to mind though is “Marley and Me”. UGH that death scene for the dog. 

29. When and who was your first crush? My first real deal crush, his name was Tre and we were in 4th-5th grade. We went to different schools for 2 years, then in 8th grade, he came to my school and I liked him all over again. 

30. Marriage or kids? Both=)

31. Are you superstitious? Yeah, sorta. There’s some movies I haven’t watched because I worry something bad might happen if I do watch them, like the Exorcist. I’ve always wanted to see it, but something about it doesnt feel right. 

32. Who’s your 3 am thought? I don’t know, probably something random like “do dogs have a sense of time?” lol=) 

33. Do you like candy? What’s your favorite candy? Eh, I dont like a lot of candy. I think my favorite is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or Kit Kat. Oh no! Mini M&MS! 

34. Favorite holiday? Christmas=)

35. Favorite season? Winter

36. Cat or dog person? Dog, but I DO like cats. 

37. Are you quiet or loud? In between. I can be kinda loud with people im comfortable with and I can hardly say anything with people I don’t know very well. 

38. Favorite time period? (80′s, 60′s, etc.). Hmm that one is really hard..I’m interested in different time periods but I don’t necessarily think they were good times to be alive lol. Maybe the 90s I guess, just because I was a kid then and things were decent lol=) 

39. Favorite fashion fad that went away? I really liked my jelly shoes when I was a kid, but I DO get why they kinda went away. They hurt like hell to wear after a while because there was no support AND you could get really bad sunburned feet. 

40. The best dream/ worst nightmare you’ve ever had? I don’t know, best dream was probably involving crushes I had lol. Worst dream was either one where my mom died or when my best friend died=( I rarely have good dreams so its hard to remember those more specifically. 

41. Worst fear as a kid? Losing my mom. 

44. Do you flirt? Ha, not really lol. Not bold enough for that=) 

45. What’s your style? Whimsical or 50s/60sish dresses. Lots of Disney and hairbows/flower clip things. 

46. Do you still go to school? Yeah, i’m a junior in college. 

47. Do you feel everything, nothing, or you don’t know what to feel? Thats a really wierd question lol. I tend to feel a LOT of stuff, even what other people are feeling. My mom and other people in my life have told me that they feel like I pick up on what other people are feeling around me too so if one or 2 people are sad that are near me, I get sad too or if they are angry, same thing happens. 

48. Are you a crier? Do you smile? Both lol. 

49. First love? See question 29

50. Last love? I dont know...Prob Michael Jackson lol. I havent liked someone in person for a long time.