#boring af but the backgrounds were pretty

[cappedinamber]

Brother Bear (2003)

Directed by Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker

Art direction by Robh Ruppel

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

[averys-happy-space]

putting this here more for myself than anything. i wanna be able to look back at it in a year and see how its changed. explanations for each section under the cut

ship i loved at first sight: tara x piper. i don't know what the ship name is. taper? pira? pira seems nicer lol. anyway, tara used to be my favourite brawler (and is still up there in my top 5) and i think the first time i saw tara x piper fanart was on reddit. it was by Xpyray and i swear to god ive never fallen in love with a ship faster. their art is so fucking good and they dont rlly draw brawl stuff anymore but i still follow them cuz their art is so so so pretty (please go follow them if youre reading this). anyway so yeah thats how tara x piper became my fav ship.

ships i initially didn't like: rico x piper, shelly x colt imma be fr at the start i didn't really Get these ships. but after watching some of the official animations and learning more of the lore, i started to appreciate these ships more. i don't love them or anything but they can be cute

ships i don't like anymore: sandy x nita, leon x jessie, sandy x leon there is no real reason for this other than the fact that i simply stopped liking them as i grew up. as i was making this i realised that when i was younger i used to like the ships with the kids/teens more, but now i'm 17 and i'm just not interested in them anymore. i guess thats what happens when you grow up lol. these ships are still cute, but i just don't engage with them anymore

favourite popular ships: mandy x chester, fang x buster so a bit of background, i actually quit brawl stars for a while, i think after the gale brawl pass. i dont really remember why, but its probably because i just got bored of the game lol. i think that also played into why i'm no longer interested in the same ships as before. anyway, i came back this year during the bizarre circus brawl pass and accidentally fell in love with these two ships. honestly, i'm not even entirely sure why i fell in love with these two ships in particular. chester definitely caught my eye when i came back to the game because a) i love clowns b) i love a good troll c) i love the random XD energy chester has and d) he has super interesting & fun game mechanics. i have no interest in mandy really but then i saw One suggestive mandy x chester fanart that went hard af and suddenly i was on board lmao. on the other hand fang and buster were two characters that i took some time to fall in love with, but now they're my favourites lol it's so strange. i really don't know how it happened.

favourite rarepair: amber x maisie i was looking at a diagram of all the trios so far because i was brainstorming ideas for who to include in a fanfic and as i was looking at it, suddenly it Clicked in my mind that amber x maisie would go hard af. like think about it. overconfident fire entertainer who gets so swept up in performances that she forgets about safety x safety coordinator with a fire extinguisher for an arm who secretly likes being in dangerous situations? come on!!!! im surprised more people havent thought of this pairing cuz as soon as it clicked for me it seemed like such an obvious pairing to do. but then again they've never interacted in any animation/promo material/etc so i guess it's not a pair people would just think of without prompting. but it's so fucking good!!!! more people need to get in on this ship.

controversial ship: none here's the thing. i don't know any controversial ships that i can see myself shipping. the most controversial one i know is probably edgar x colette but i see them as siblings so i don't ship it nor do i engage with fanart of them. edgar and colette ships in general are probably controversial seeing as both of them don't have canon ages and it's vague enough that people are always talking about whether they're adults or minors. but i personally see both of them as older teens so i don't ship them with anyone. (to me, they're too old to hang out with the kid brawlers but also too young to hang out with the adult brawlers. it's weird because there's no other brawlers where i see them as teens, so in my mind edgar and colette both have 0 shipping potential)

ships i want to become canon the most: amber x maisie, fang x buster they're my current favourite ships. what else to say.

comfort ship: fang x buster i think about them All the Fucking Time. lowkey i started to project on fang a bit just cuz i like him so much. i don't even know why or how i started liking him this much but he's my favourite brawler now and it's horrible. i think the seal in the coffin was @/giveittomegay's fanart of them. THEY'RE SO FUCKING CUTE. like omfg. confident, charismatic chinese immigrant who just arrived at starr park x introverted insecure white guy who doesn't know how to approach others. slowburn where they become closer through working at the cinema and buster realises he's fallen in love basically immediately but fang hasn't realised his own sexuality (has had crushes on girls before so always assumed he was straight) and doesn't realise he's in love with buster until maisie straight up tells him. fang's confidence means he jokingly flirts with buster all the time because he thinks it's funny to tease the guy and make him flustered but doesn't realise buster gets flustered because he likes fang. fang is fucking stupid. also, i think using fang x shelly here as a conflict plot point would be so good. like, fang seeing a pretty girl and approaching her, flirting with her, etc. i like to think fang is dense as fuck and would genuinely believe he's in love with shelly despite buster occupying 90% of his thoughts because his thought process would be something along the lines of "oh, i just think about him a lot cuz he's my best friend, i'm sure this is all regular, normal bff things". and buster just fucking dying inside but not saying anything because he thinks it's none of his business and he shouldn't interfere in fang's love life. MAISIE WATCHING ALL THIS HAPPEN AND WANTING TO MURDER BOTH OF THEM FOR BEING SO DENSE. like ohhhhhh my god there is so much potential here it's fucking insane. side note: fang doesn't have anything against gay people. i like to think maisie x amber comes way before fang x buster, so fang knows gay people exist and like he is perfectly fine and comfortable being around them, he's just so stupidly dense that he doesn't realise HE is gay (or more specifically bi). he also assumes buster is straight because default sexuality and whenever fang makes jokes based on this assumption buster never corrects him. because buster is a pussy. god. i want to write this fanfic so bad but i'm so fucking bad at writing dialogue it's insane.

ships that deserve more attention: amber x maisie, brock x bibi, barley x bull, max x janet LET ME COOK HERE OKAY. amber x maisie i already explained above. brock x bibi (i call them bibrock) is because it's noted in bibi's bio that she's secretly a huge nerd and i think it would be super cute for her to have a bf who she can indulge in nerdy and geeky shit with. to me they're both massive comic book fans who become close by playing all the superhero video games together before branching out to other games. they're console gamers btw and they get SUPER competitive whenever they're playing against each other. but they also do play coop games where they work together. usually brock is the one who does a lot of theorycrafting and tries to minmax his grind so he can get all the resources in the most optimal and time efficient way possible, whereas bibi prefers just going into fights and wrecking havoc lol. barley x bull is because they're both restaurant owners/servers (barley has his bar, bull has his diner) and i think they would bond over shitty customers and interesting food/drink recipes. they're both also familiar with having fights break out in their establishment and are fully capable of shutting fights down, even if it means getting their hands dirty. they think they're on opposite ends of the spectrum but they're actually more similar than they realise. for sure a very slowburn romance (especially because i think bull would be denial about liking a fucking robot lmfao) max x janet is because they're both celebrity entertainers. yeah, that's it. no but seriously i see max as someone who puts up an outgoing persona in public and is generally a very hyper, high energy person but at the same time, she tends to keep people at a distance because she's scared of intimacy. before janet, her closest friends are surge and meg. surge kind of Knows something is up with her because every time he tried to ask about her past she clammed up and gave noncommittal responses. he worries about her but doesn't know what to do about it so he just tries to make her happy in the present. meg is a kid so she doesn't realise anything is wrong lol. hanging out with meg and surge makes max happy and she considers them family, but she still has a wall up around her true self. janet is the one who is finally able to help max come out of her shell and address her past trauma. it also helps that max thinks janet is very pretty and desperately wants to kiss her. this is canon btw don't question me.

first otp: tara x piper | current otp: fang x buster i basically said all i have to say about these ships so yeah. that's it.

[nikethestatue]

Why are GAs saying ruhn/lidia = GA? Are they insane? Seriously, they are grasping. I was looking for some daynight fanfics and someone on tumblr made a huge post about how GA is similar to DayNight, how Lidia and Gwyn are the same…like HOW? Lidia’s story and her struggles have nothing in common with Gwyn. They both suffered and they were both extremely abused, but that can be said about every single SJM’s character. Lidia was a spy for years and she did really bad things. Gwyn is just Nesta’s friend who won the rigged Blood Rite but still can’t leave the library (I’m not shaming her btw).Also apparently Ruhn and Az are twins from different worlds because they control shadows and whatever (they have forgotten that in terms of personality az and ruhn have nothing in common). But that’s not all. gwynie is connected to Bryce, to Danika, to Lidia and even to Sathia…she is just the IT girl so powerful so funny so beautiful so everything 🤡

It’s like GA’s are self-inserting everywhere. No SJM’s character is safe from them. I’m pretty sure if I looked I would find some post saying Gwyn is Aelin’s relative/reincarnation/something.

Yes, you put Gwyn and Lidia next to each other, and you can't tell the difference between them. So similar.

The problem is, these people have absolutely NO IMAGINATION. Never have. That's while for 4 years they've been droning on and on about 'similarities' between GA and numerous other couples.

What they don't understand is that we fall in love and follow UNIQUE couples. Not copycats of other couples.

Aelin and Rowan are unique.

Feyre and Rhys are unique.

Nesta and Cassian are unique.

Lorcan and Elide are unique.

Elain and Azriel are unique.

That's the crux of the matter. They keep wanting GA to be similar to other couples, to establish precedence and 'patterns'. Kind of like Eluciens keep talking about 'fated mates' and that SJM only writes fated mates, when you know, she doesn't.

And if GA is so similar to Day/Night, then you got your ship already. Why would SJM rewrite it again?

Azriel and Elain are unique and have a unique set up, with an Elucien mate bond, with one of them being Made, with a torturer and a homemaker, with Life and Death, etc.

Like, Vassa and Lucien are unique too. I'd want to read about them--how are so wildly different, with such interesting backgrounds, and so much standing in their way to happiness. But I don't want to read Elucien, because it's boring AF. Just like GA.

Again, if GAs want to stand out, they should actually come up with scenarios that are amazing and would make people want to read the actual book. Because right now, I ain't picking up what they are laying down.

[msnihilist]

gwen and ben tennyson, for the character ask game?

For the character ask game.

I already did Gwen in a previous ask, so I'll just do Ben for this one!

How I feel about this character

He's everything to me. My favorite character of all time, hands down. I think of him always. I think about kicking him in the gut and wrapping him in a blanket. Giving him warm soup and then ripping out his fingernails. I want him to live a long happy life and I want him to die spectacularly in a blaze of glory like a supermassive star collapsing under its own weight and I want him to die small and pointless like a worm underneath someone's foot in a disgusting filthy hovel where no one will think to look for him. I want him crushed and mutilated and thriving and broken and laughing and alone and left for dead.

So, y'know. Normal thoughts.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Pretty much everyone that Ben has ever interacted with. Kevin, Gwen, Rook, Albedo, Vilgax, Khyber, No Watch Ben, Elena, Attea... It'd probably be easier to list the people I don't ship Ben with, lol.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I can't decide. There's so much to love between Ben and Kevin, but also Ben and Gwen, and Ben and Rook are so special to me, too. And Ben's parents have a special place in my heart.

Can I say all of them? It doesn't matter if it's romantic or platonic, Ben deserves to be surrounded by people who would kill and die for him.

My unpopular opinion about this character

Probably that I think Ben's personality "downgrade" in AF S3/UA not only makes sense, but makes him a more interesting character.

AF S1/2 had enough of a plot to carry the audiences' attention, but Ben and Gwen were both SO boring. They were practically indistinguishable, too! There are so many instances where they both react the same way to the same thing, and that's because they were both the same fucking character.

Making Ben more flawed made him more fun, more interesting, and better as a narrative tool to create story/interpersonal conflict. You can't change my mind, I am right.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

Just. Anodite Ben. C'mon, we were in the Gwen 10 universe, it would have been so easy to add him, even just as a mention in the background 😭 It would have been SO EASY and it frustrates me that the writers went with Gwen 10 for the Ben team up instead. GET MY GLOWING MAGIC BOY IN HERE RIGHT NOW, OR SO HELP ME GOD I'LL START BREAKING WRISTS.

[mattxme]

summary: you and matt had been distant all day bc he's been busy and so have you so when finally he's done with his work and your done with yours you guys finally get to some alone time....

Warnings!!!:SMUTTTT,p n v,f receiving, squirting,pet names(baby bae? Ma good girl ect), background music while fuckin,Dom matt,sub reader,(my first smut I'm new here hi!!!)

While matt was finishing up some work he had left I was in our room listening to music on the TV and scrolling through tiktok. A few minutes go by and I hear matt walk in looks tired and stressed a little.

What's wrong bae I ask.

Nothing just stressed a little.

Oh ok wel-

Before I could finish my sentence matt's lips were on mine hungry and needy but so was i. I let out a little whimper into the kiss when I feel matt's tongue enter my mouth.

Matt. I whine

What ma? Tell me what you need baby.

Please matt I need you please. I whine needy and horny

I watch as matt gets on his knees and sits between my legs and pull down my panties.

Fuck so wet for me ma? Matt say as I feel him open my folds with his slender long fingers.

Matt oh fuck. I whine

I then feel matt lick a long stripe along my pussy. I moan loudly and call out his name without hesitation my hand fly to his hair.

Matt omg fuckkk!

I watch matt as he eat me out like it's his last meal I watch as his middle and index finger pump in and out of me at a fast pace. I began to feel a familiar knot in my stomach but it feels different this time it feels like I have to pee

Matt stop please matt! I beg and moan helplessly

C'mon baby cum f'me your doing amazing

And with those words the knot in my stomach snaps and I squirt all over matt's face (I'm so sorry wtf is this ik this is cringe)

I watch as matt stands up and I see all my juices all over his face from his mouth down to his chin

Matt I'm so sorr-

Don't be sorry baby that was hot should do that more ma.

I give matt and embarrassed smile as I watch him undo his belt and pull his pants down(bro I can't with thisssss omfg what am I writing 🙏🏾😭😭🙏🏾)

As I watch matt line his dick up with my entrance I feel a knot I'm my stomach form again and he hasn't even done anything I guess he's really that hot(I'm sorry for this I am)

I watch as matt slowly inserts himself in and I feel myself become a moaning mess as matt moves faster and harder.

Fuck matt please matt fuck!

Fuck ma your so tight f'me fuck your being such a good girl f'me.

As matt keeps praising me I become hornier(is that how I spell it?)

Fuck matt I'm gonna cum!

Me to ma just keep making those pretty noises baby.

Fuck matt I'm cumming!

It's didn't take much to get me to cum since I'm the horniest mf on this planet but after me and matt were done fuckin matt cleaned me up like always and we went to bed the next morning Nick and Chris weren't so happy(shit I would be mad to)

Good morning I say to Nick and Chris as me and matt walk out of our bedroom.

Nick: y'all are the loudest motherfuckers on this fucking planet!

Chris:it's not even matt it's just y/n

Y/n: rude.

Matt: he isn't lyin.

Y/n: matt shut up.

Nick:no you need to shit up bc I could not sleep last night like I need sound proof headphones if y'all finna duck that loud!

Chris: can y'all like do it in a car next time?

Matt:no.

Y/n:why

Matt: bc your claustrophobic

Y/n: oh yeah

Y/n: sorry guys

Nick&Chris: whatever

Sorry for this I was bored and I couldn't find a smut with this song so I Js made one but this shit cringe AF😭🙏🏾so hope y'all enjoyed this is my first smut love Yall 💗💞❤️

[otakween]

Digimon Tamers - Episode 29

This episode was all over the place! I kinda wish it would have narrowed its focus because they kept introducing new concepts and then immediately dropping them? The German expressionist world was aesthetic af though, not gonna lie.

Notes:

The whole food conversation was weird and confusing. Guilmon and Terriermon eat some bitter chocolate that doesn't fit in with the background and has nothing to do with the plot (unless of course it becomes relevant later). Then Ryo says this line:

I listened closely to the Japanese to see if it was just a bad translation, but nope, that's what he said. I think maybe what they're trying to convey is that you can eat a small amount and be satisfied? However, the way it came off was "in this world you eat when you're hungry" which is literally how the real world works lol (unless you eat when you're bored I guess).

The haunted castle with the beds was verrrry reminiscent of the Bakemon episode from Adventure. Almost to the point where it felt a little copy-paste. At least the beds were legit this time.

The scene where all the kids (besides Ryo) have insomnia was well done and so was the part where Takato finds his mom's letter. I had insomnia last night, so it kind of hit different haha.

A little late to be noticing, but are Takato's eyes pink or are they brown and just look pink in certain lighting? I kinda hope they're intentionally pink because that would be the bolder choice.

Apparently there's a scarecrow digimon that's literally just a scarecrow (barely sentient). I kinda like the design, but what's the point...?

In addition to the random scarecrow digimon they also introduced a dog-like digimon inspired by western animation (like Looney Tunes). I guess they were thinking of the Roadrunner cartoons because of the desert setting, but that scene felt suuuper random. (I did think it was kinda funny when he calls Culumon "cat" in a heavy Japanese accent though lol). Oh and also, why the heck was there an Otamamon and Gekomon in that scene. How are they not drying up?

The title of the episode mentions the haunted castle, but then they really did nothing with that. There was a Knightmon in the hallway and that's about it. Yet another thing they introduced and then dropped immediately.

I feel like the only reason Takato's mom hid her letter was for dramatic effect. She didn't really need to hide it?

Culumon insert song!! That was unexpected. Culumon continues to be a little idiot. Also at one point they said "kuru (coming) culu" which amused me.

Makuramon has a deeper voice and more serious personality than I would expect from a monkey character. Pretty cold of him to bail on his dragon friend. I guess he's not a strong fighter

I don't really get why they made such a huge deal of the king device card that Ryo used. We've seen digimon grow huge already with matrix evolution, so I wasn't that impressed by it. The only thing I was kinda taken aback by was how violent Cyberdramon's attack was.

Ryo leaving to "satisfy Cyberdramon's instinctive urges" seemed kind of like a weak excuse to split up the gang. I bet he'll return during some decisive battle or something.

[jaycrakhead]

Gauche x Grey (Greyche analysis) PART 1

(not me promoting my art as the cover)

Heyaa So, the purpose of this analysis is just...I don't know I was bored KQKQOWK and I’ve been wanting to make an analysis on these two with manga and anime info (besides personal opinions) for a while now; It's just my take, you don’t need to agree with anything I’ll be saying. I just wanted to talk EDUHUEID- This will have two parts, since the first part is pretty much a non romantic analysis and it already is too much text to deal with EIUDIOEDHDH shit gets serious on the second part. Of course there will be spoilers for anime and manga- (NOTE: I won't go into terms and name meanings since I believe it's already talked a lot so yeah. Sorry if there's any mistakes, I'm just a bro talking about Greyche) WELL TO GET STARTED, BRIEF INFO ABOUT THEM:

Gauche Adlai, member of the Black Bulls, fallen royal, ex convict, possesses Mirror Magic and has an extreme obsession with his younger sister Marie Adlai. This obsession often leads to comedic or just cringe situations. (or just people starting to hate him in general) I think his "character purpose/lesson" (idk how to put it) is about "trust" and "protect". Especially about learning to trust others and creating bonds with other people, because not everyone will betray him. People aren't the same, and I get the feeling of trauma where you are backstabbed and therefore your defensive levels rise and your trust levels lower. It's fucked up and with his background is even more fucked up. But it’s all a life learning experience on “how he can trust others besides himself (and Marie)”. Well he a tsundere mf MAKQLQOW just joking (or not) I also think his "character purpose/lesson" is about "taking a look at others besides himself (and Marie)". [inserts mirror brigades]

Grey, true name unknown, member of the Black Bulls, Cinderella backstory, shy and socially awkward that struggles with self-esteem af. But it is understandable do to her back story. She was believed to possess Transformation Magic, but later on Owen called it "Transmutation Magic". Personally I like to call it "Fairy Godmother Type of shit" I think it suits it pretty much. Well, she used to hide her true form and walk around as a big ass scary dude, because she feared to not be accepted by others due to her true appearance and so on, so she chose/embraced that appearance because it maybe reflects on how she sees herself after all. I think her "character purpose/lesson" is like about overcoming her insecurities and actually let herself see her true self for what she truly is and not what her fears, her abusive family and insecurities showed/show her to be. Basically "taking a better look at herself".

I think both of them have their issues just so rooted since they were younger and that's why it's so current on them. Gauche's obsession and trust issues and Grey's terrible self-esteem and lack of confidence. Both MIRROR (hehehe) their "character purpose/lesson": Gauche needs to "take a better look at others besides himself" and Grey needs to "take a better look at herself"; Besides of course how ironic it is for Gauche to have Mirror Magic and Grey having a complete messed up pov of herself. I can see both trying to be the best versions of themselves. Grey always trying to improve, and Gauche working on his rude behavior and actually showing to trust and protecting others. And of course they pretty much mirror each other in moods. So, before talking about their moments of this first part, I just wanna say: 1) I'mma cover their moments but I won't do a complilation of all their frames together just... breathing side to side. I do want to state that they are framed together A LOT so keep that just in mind; 2) I also wanna say that I have a little theory that Gauche might have ironically self esteem issues too (not so high like Grey but there's something sus there). Like he seems conscious of his attitudes and on how he is a bastard that “shouldn’t even be saved” by his friends. Like he seems to feel guilty about it idk. Besides that, something caught me and it is probably nothing BUT he states that he has been hiding his left eye before he used the mirror tool for the first time and I can't stop thinking that he finds it creepy idk why. Also I wonder the story behind that mirror tool. 3) And finally about their Grimoires, I do see the mirror detail on Grey's but Gauche's, I don't see at all that theory where it is a "wrapped present" or something like that. I don't have a firm opinion on what his Grimoire detail might symbolize but I think both are mirrors, Grey's has no reflection and Gauche's has. But I’m not really sure.

WELL NOW LET'S BEGIN

Before the Seabed Temple arc, I don’t think there’s something relevant at all to be talked between them as that Grey’s true form wasn’t even revealed yet. If I'm wrong and something relevant happened comment on it please iujiorfjrf- However at the Seabed Temple arc:

(Chapter 66) I think their fight agaisnt Zarick (the aftermatch) is really funny and showed good dynamic and partnership between them even if Gauche ordered around. A funny first actual interaction to show us DEHUDHE Also thanks Grey for giving us goofy Gauche.

Also I love how Grey is willing to kill UDEIIDHIUED YES SIR LET'S DO IT The piggyback ride is also iconic Okay now the highlight that is "actually relevant", the compliment and the infamous "Gauche blushed" "He nosebleed before pulling the picture" and yara yara

Well, Gauche compliments Grey's magic which makes Grey go doki doki, since she probably didn't get complimented at all before. She of course took to heart that compliment to her magic, but since it came from Gauche (due to all the backstory where he is envolved) she takes it even more to heart. Also It's funny whenever Gauche is sincere he looks away from everyone udieuduh I just wanted to comment on that because same.

Well, the transformation starts to go off, Gauche believed Grey was just that big ass scary dude walking around, and then PUFF Grey's true form revealed.

Truly I don't think Gauche either blushed or nosebleed at her before pulling the picture. idk how debatable is that but to me he just didn't. And it is okay HIEUDHIUEHD. If he pulled the picture as an excuse? I don't know, I don't believe it either... only when I see it. I think it was too early for something and well Charmy comments on how he isn't looking at Grey at all. At this early point in the story not even Grey wanted Gauche (or anyone really) to look at all at her as she says (or admits to herself) later on. So I think it's pretty much "balanced" for something in it's early stages?

If it matters he was at least listening to the conversation but that still doesn't say anything at all (at least to me), it's sus of him caring enough to listen? A bit, but mf was right there so yeah it would be natural for him to hear. I just think they were still building up just partnership, and it's totally fine. If you disagree and Gauche showed interest, it's fine too <3 After that in the anime they are there, but it's not relevant at all. And for this arc is basically it. At the Royal Knights Arc, during the exam in the anime, they are pretty much just there or framed besides each other but that's pretty much it, honestly they play a bigger part later on. But I felt like mentioning.

(Chapter 138) We are now taking a look at the AWKWARD TRIAD

Again it's all about more partnership rather than any romance or such between them. And of course partnership is impoortant as fuck too. Which is nice to me see that partnership before anything else, sorry if I like the slowest of the slowburns. Well Gordon and Grey struggle to well… socialize as they are the three "equality quiet friends" (As Gordon refers it, but to me they are just the AWKWARD TRIAD). In Grey's anxious pov, she states how she should try to be more herself since her comrades see her as one of them. Then she says in a smaller speech that "Even Gauche" complimented her, and that's basically an encoragement for her to try to be herself since even THAT STONE HEARTED GUY complimented her DIUEDHIUHDIHE kidding Since Gauche is rude and has a defensive posture towards everyone in general it is kind of a "reassurance" for her that if even him said something nice, then it must be okay. Grey pretty much sees a good side to Gauche despite his behaviour that himself sees as something bastard of nature.

Well Grey picks up her big balls and tries to make conversation with Gauche. Gauche is just... Gauche and well it's funny UDEIUDHe

Then shit is about to get real at the hideout,

and we all know what happened next. Gauche won't be playing anymore after that. also I wanted to state that

Mf just didn't went to bathroom through the whole thing UEDUDIU sad ;-;

(Chapters 139-140) So shit breaks out at the hideout and we have the awkward triad working together. We have just mainly small Greyche moments of them. Like the fact that (as we knew) Grey took to heart what Gauche said and that made her learn really quickly another spell. (It took her 5 years to learn her first one) And so on, I also think (I hope I'm not mistaken) that in the anime they talk at the same time a few times but I'm not sure, however it's just funny nothing really OMG.

also this is also funny:

(Chapter 141) We have Gauche encouraging Grey. She is of course doubtfull she can transform something big as that salamander and Gauche reasures her that it will be fine and they look at each other. I was going to say "He tells her to look at him" but "they looked at each other" sounds more meaningful.

aaah the brigades. We have one of the first Grey Mirrors Brigades, since he seems to mirror brigade her a lot through the story. I feel like I've seen it 20 times which I know i didn't but it's the feeling. Which in strategic purposes it's great and all but this is a ship analysis so SUS

and that's pretty much it for this arc Elf Reincarnation Arc:

(Chapter 149)

I just wanna comment this small detail. On how sus it is to put Grey there in frame. Not to say that it means a lot because to me things weren't really romantic until the timeskip, but it's just sus. And I wanted to comment on that. Doesn't make sense at all to include her if it wasn't something to become sus. Maybe Grey was framed there just because, but it wasn't necessary at all specially since Gordon would look more likely to be framed there at that distance. It's just sus, it bothered me while reading IDEIUHDEIUDH. I WAS VENTING

BUT HEY

THEIR FIRST KISS UHDEUHDH It's just so funny to me also sus that he should have hit Gordon's forehead SINCE HE WAS IN HIS FACE, but hey here's their first kiss. Thanks for stepping back Gordon, you are a true bro.

Well moving on (and yes I'm not talking about the fight at all because well sure Grey was fighting for him like everyone else and she didn't want to lose any of her friends) Here's the thing, where Gauche thinks of himself as a little bitch that should be left behind. And despite that they still consider him basically family, and of course despite not being shown, we know Grey still sees a good side to him too.

and next, the main panel that makes me say that his "character purpose/lesson" is to look at others, especially those 3. I find it meaningful Asta saying "Look at us" since "Look at me" is Gauche's line.

Well for that arc it's basically all, after the last thing mentioned they are just framed side to side.

However when they return, I DO KNOW the Return episode, is filler but I really wanted to comment on how Grey called Gauche a wall for her to hide EDIUDHEIUHD And he took it personally IDHIUEHD

Okay MOVING ON For the last part of this first part of the analysis

(Chapter 223) Well Yami implied them all are friends or get along at least, (I know if I don't mention it somebody might point it out) On the anime, Gauche comments on things Grey says like the fact that she is feeling overwhelmed at the thought of being cursed by someone she doesn't know, but focusing of the "person she doesn't know "part and he is all like "THE PART OF BEING FUCKING CURSED DOESN'T SCARE YOU?" Now at Gordon's House Gate, Grey clings to Gauche and he doesn't seem to be comfortable at all, but well it doesn't matter since later on it's just another day for him EUDEdh And Grey clings and hides behind him whenever she needs. I like the fact that in the anime Asta looks at them all like "What the fuck is going on here?", you can still see him looking at them in the manga but he looks so awkward in the anime IEHDIUEHDH

Then at the Agrippa family dinner I find it hilarious that Gauche feels awkward (such an achievement) and he whispers to Grey telling her to say something, like she would even talk UDEIDHEUHD on the first place EIDIHE well at least in the anime he took care of the weird shit Gordon's sister gave Grey.

Well here's a cute panel

WELL GUYS we've reached the end of the first part. The second part will include actually more analysing on things since shit starts to get serious from now on. I wanted to look at things from the early stages and since they are a side ship there's not that much to look at before what's upcoming so yeah. (I mean there's A LOT to look at since they are framed a lot together, but actual things happening it a bit less on this part at least) NEXT UP -Episode 150 -Rest of the storyline until chapter 368 -The Movie -Probably me just rambling about them

I hope you liked this It's just for fun <3

[keef-a-corn]

Dat’s right, People, it’s time for ‘Keef watches TFP and you just get the notes!’

This is for season 1, episode 18: Metal Attraction.

I write down the timestamps, but I watch Transformers Prime on Stan (an Australian streaming service) so they may be slightly off.

ALSO! I try my best to note points for every character, but tend to get a little caught up by Bee (although I think I do a pretty good job with the notes regardless) so do be warned.

These are going to be the most useless episode notes I will ever create. If you liked Metal Attraction these are not the notes for you.

~~~~Transition~~~~

00:07 - starting off strong with dialogue from Ratchet.

00:31 - this is such an incredibly slow episode. There’s so many moments of awkward silence and moments that take too long.

00:37 - Glad that June’s so respectful when addressing Ratchet.

00:45 - I want that story, are you kidding? Optimus and Bee scouting together. Would probably be similar to Masters and Students but that doesn’t matter… ugh.. If Optimus doesn’t say anything this is a filler.

00:49 - AYO-

00:51 - She wants Optimus to be your new Father, Jack. Be grateful!

00:53 - not really. One thing you’ll find, Ratchet is that humans will thirst over any and everything.

00:56 - Sometimes I’m dumb and need to search up words. I’m adding in a new part where I put in the definition for any word/words I had to search up.

Flux (noun): the action or process of flowing or flowing out.

01:14 - Megatron has a weird floaty turn.

01:26 - Angst potential, Breakdown feeling an overwhelming need to prove himself useful (an overworked and overwhelmed character angst prompt.)

~intro~

02:17 - The backgrounds are gorgeous.

02:46 - This episode’s really trying to subvert itself from the usual points. Miko and June are heavily animated, but they obviously don’t have stronger emotions.

03:08 - What a mild reaction to a pathetic reaction… what is going on? Is it this episode? Why is everything so slow..?

03:16 - That’s what it’s like having a dog.

03:26 - It’s obviously a different thing! One is just testing out a feature, the other is field work!!

03:35 - O H MY G A W D Sometimes I question if these notes are worth it. It’s not like I can even hold out hope for Bumblebee.

03:41 - what did you say?. Arcee was going to go with Jack to test out a feature, when she got frustrated by the situation she decided to go on the more dangerous mission. Nothing June said is relevant aside from asking if they had to, to which Arcee neither confirmed nor denied that at that moment it was a necessary task!

04:22 - why are there two handles?

04:36 - If you know, you know.

04:41 - The animation and camera angle make her look like one of those really good quality Batman video games.

04:42 - for like a full second there’s something wrong with the colouring on her eye as it bleeds out.

05:00 - Those rocks are made of rubber apparently. How else would you explain why they bounced so much?. I have a theory as to where the other parts of the budget were cut to make this a filler episode. Normally errors like these are easy to ignore because you’re invested in the story, but I’m so bored that I’m picking apart other things.

05:20 - isn’t there an actual type of spider that does that? Creepy af.

05:40 - as much as her walk cycle reminds me that I’m a lesbian, it was highly unnecessary. Airachnid had no reason the walk, she should’ve just flown away when she had the relic.

06:23 - Arcee choosing not to send Miko back proves that June had every right to be concerned about Jack.

06:38 - as much as it’s something they bond over, Bulkhead should’ve said no. They’re still in the field.

06:41 - exactly.

06:49 - I’m gonna be honest I laughed a bit too hard at that. I was going to say ‘Bumblebee in a nutshell’ but I couldn’t do that to him.

07:05 - *sigh* That line was unnecessary. She moved out of the way. She fell behind. If she believes she should take point then she should’ve started walking instead of moving.

07:07 - Honestly, I really like Bulkhead’s character. He knows how to talk to characters and I love it. He’s got a bit of that ‘older sibling that treats you the way you didn’t realise you wanted to be treated’ energy to him. + I meant to point out how the camera angle is weird.

07:14 - HAH, because she’s a two wheeler-

+ I’VE WORKED IT OUT. There was something wrong with the way Arcee looks, I’ve been trying to work out what. It’s the paint. It’s too pale and the lighting’s off. That’s why they don’t have Optimus and Bumblebee. They made the budget smaller in the animation department so they could bring in more Voice Actors. Bee’s not in it because he has more moving parts and relys on animation to bring his character together and Optimus is Optimus. You make him look good out of respect for his awesomeness, also because his design has that slight glitter in bright areas as well as the metal having a reflection in it.

09:09 - ahah.. what?.

12:23 - may have started crying after seeing Ratchet. Finally some good fraggin animation.

12:25 - Ratchet >>>>> anyone else that has shown up in this episode

12:34 - I won’t stop talking about him. It’s not that big a deal, but I like the way he’s standing there with his arm over the railing as if he was recently talking to the other humans.

12:48 - he really said madam

13:11 - Glad they called for help. Boy wouldn’t their jobs have been so much easier if this wasn’t a filler so they could’ve called Optimus and Bumblebee-

13:42 - I laughed a bit too hard.

14:30 - *cri* Bulkhead deserves the world ohmygawd

14:39 - Let’s be clear.. Arcee and June are both in the right for their protectiveness over Jack. June would only be overprotective if it had been a longer stretch of time since she first met the bots.

16:52 - OF FOR FRAG’S SAKE! AIRACHNID ACTUALLY PROPERLY DODGES BULKHEAD’S ATTACK, SHE WASN’T GOING TO FIGHT BACK IN THE WAY SHE WOULD FOR ARCEE.

18:06 - I see.. Airachnid’s into the ladies-

18:25 - This angle is so confusing. It makes the sizes look so strange.

19:28 - that was visually so funny.

20:14 - please no.. this is so pretty, why must they transition away so quickly?

20:20 - Mmm budget, makes them look so beautiful.

20:36 - Okay, this is very genuine and respectful and I love it.

———————

Oh thank Primus it’s over!

Safe to say I did not enjoy that episode. Genuinely had an easier time watching Predatory than I did this episode.

If you liked it, that’s great! I’m so glad!

But I couldn’t take it.

Arcee and Airachnid’s ‘rivalry’ makes me so unbelievably frustrated. There’s no respect. In a good rivalry characters need two things. They need to have some level of respect for one another and they need to be able to put aside their differences when the time calls for it. Megatron and Optimus have those traits, so do Breakdown and Bulkhead, but Airachnid and Arcee do not. I get why Arcee doesn’t like Airachnid! But why doesn’t Airachnid like Arcee? What because the one time she (Airachnid) captured her (Arcee), Arcee escaped? Oh wait. No. Arcee didn’t escape. She was rescued.

The episode did a great job bringing light to just how in tune Bulkhead is to Arcee, but that’s about it.

[tessabennet]

Hellohellohello!

I'm not even really here, but I just saw this, and you know me, I can't resist because I'm nosy AF. So:

⭐ ??? Go wild!

(Also, if you want: Which character was/is surprisingly difficult to write? Which one turned out be much easier than you anticipated?)

Heyyy J, thanks for once again giving me the go ahead to talking about my own writing 😁🥰

I'll start with the last questions:

Who was surprisingly difficult to write? Tony. Definitely Tony. Idk, I was already daunted and unsure when I first started writing him, but thought I could wing it by throwing in the sarcasm and one liners. And they do work, they just kinda turn him into a caricature, which I didn't want. I still think I'm not really getting him *right*, you know, but I couldn’t say why exactly.

The others that were also hard to write at first are Bruce and Thor, but since they were always minor characters and then basically disappeared from the story for a while, it wasn't so bad. Except now I'm post-Snap with writing and am reminded of all my shortcomings.

Who was surprisingly easy? The boring answer is Natasha, but I've talked about this extensively already. The other boring answer is Sam, but I haven't gotten to him yet with the posted chapters, so I'll withhold information on that for now.

So, I'll go with Fury! I was scared of the Secret Agent Talk, but I think he turned out pretty well. Same goes for Maria Hill actually. And Rhodey too. It's very comic book politics, but I ended up exploring the "realistic" parts of the MCU (ie politics and consequences of the on-screen actions) and that's really fun!

Okay, so with the commentary I picked a scene from chapter 28 of Hand of a Devil. I'm not sure if you've gotten to that already, so (very small) spoiler warning if you haven't! I'll put it under the cut, feel free to ignore it.

There's quite some rambling, but I hope it's at least a little fun to listen to read. Thanks again for the ask, I always appreciate it 💜

⭐️ And if anybody else wants a director's cut, please send me more asks! ⭐️

"What does he even want to be now, a superhero?" She huffs indignantly, her mind flashing back to Alexei in his Red Guardian uniform. "There's no such thing."

She can picture Clint raising his eyebrows as he replies. "Well, the three-year-old with the Captain America action figure sitting beside me would beg to differ."

Natasha knows the one he's talking about. Cooper loves Captain America. Cooper also loves Play Doh and Sesame Street.

"I never did understand what that was about," she tells Clint. Her most vivid memories of Captain America were the cartoons she and Yelena sometimes watched during their time in Ohio. "What does an army need a figurehead for? Blatant propaganda."

"He's much cooler than that, come on!" Clint sounds personally insulted. "With the shield and the attitude... The guy practically invented guerrilla warfare, and I read this biography once where –"

I love this scene for a lot of reasons. Not just because Clint and Natasha are always a joy to write together, but because I really enjoy throwaway comments and references like this.

With these lines in particular, what I was trying to do (and I think it worked pretty well) is show the different ideas that Clint and Natasha have about Steve Rogers and/or Captain America, due to their cultural backgrounds and upbringing, before anyone even discovered that Steve was still alive.

Natasha thinks of Cap as a figurehead. She only knows him as either propaganda or a character for children, like merchandise of the United States.

Clint, on the other hand, would've learned about Steve Rogers in history class, at least to some extent. He got taught the strategic value of what Cap and the Howlies did, not just the propaganda aspects. And my version of Clint in particular is kind of a history enthusiast, so he's a bit of a fan too.

And in a way, both are right! Clint's got the perspective on where Steve's coming from, Natasha on what people have turned him into during his absence, while he was in the ice. What's interesting (imo) is how this affects how they meet Steve when he comes back.

[storiesofsvu]

happy thursday!

Okay, I didn’t do last week cause I literally slept through mothership, half watched TO and was just too tired to do a “live” post so here’s what I remember/my thoughts.

-having amanda back was awesome and it was really nice to see her in the field again, but like NONE of that should have been allowed (with the exception of when liv said something about “find her paperwork, maybe it didn’t get filed and she’s still a cop after all” which is just LAZY writing’s way of getting around it). Amanda consulting on a case or helping in the squad room? Sure. But not out in the field taking charge, at crime scenes/etc any half competent defence attorney would have that all thrown out entirely.

-absolutely HATED how at the beginning of the ep carisi was all “I can get you a job as an investigator at the da’s office” like… amanda was a detective for over 10 years, she’s got a degree in forensic science, she does NOT need her husband to get her ANOTHER job, she can do that shit herself. I dunno why it irked me so much, but since leaving the show she’s just simplified into “carisi’s wife”/a mom, like, she’s been a mom for years already and was a perfectly competent cop.

-amanda being bored as a professor? Totally fine. Her wanting to go back to being a cop? Completely unbelievable. She LEFT the nypd after being shot because all she could think of was leaving her girls/carisi alone. So you really think she would come back now that she has ANOTHER kid, who is still a baby?? make it make sense. (yes, I would love to have amanda back in some capacity, she needs liv, liv needs her. even if she could just pop up once a month that’d be great) (and yes we need more female characters who are likeable and actually in every episode).

The domestic rollisi scenes were cute AF and I’m so glad to see them. I hope we get more of them. Also it didn’t even cross my mind so I know it wouldn’t have crossed the writers minds, but did we REALLY have to name the baby dominck jr jr and then call him *Nicky* when amanda had a very dramatic situationship with someone named NICK while her now husband was pining over her waiting in the wings?(again, I didn’t even notice this til I saw people complaining on twitter and now it just gives me a it of the ick lol)

Amanda also pushed it WAY too hard when she was UC, again, any attorney could have had that thrown out, ESP with any recordings prosecution would have to hand over. She wasn’t just letting him do what he wanted, she was practically seducing him. Bam. Case thrown out. Like yeah she obvi misses doing that kinda stuff but still… I DO love me some UC amanda, but there were some issues.

Okay I can’t remember what else really happened, so those are my thoughts on last week.

OC was okay.  

Well that’s fucking creepy…

Yeah bro… delivery man or not I’m not letting someone use my phone, worst that can happen? Murder. Less worse? He steals my phone. Both are non ideal.

Okay I had to run upstairs and missed the entire second block of the ep minus Nolan saying something about an old case so im v confused now.

Shaw really didn’t need to parkour over that mattress like that… if it was meant to look cool… it did not work, it looked lame.

The physical reaction I had to shaw throwing a chair should not be the immediate reaction a person has… but here we are…

Okay that ep was pretty good

Not watching Toronto. Well…the plan was to not watch it and now it’s kinda on in the background but im not really paying attention.

Okay, here we go svu. Fingers crossed for a good episode (tbh my hopes are not high lol)

I like the actress playing Sykes like she was incredible in the other ep she was in where she played a victim, but this role/characterization is not it. She’s too dry, she’s boring and I do not like her character at all.

Ugh, and of course we’ve got liv pushing this. Like… I *get* it to a point, she wants to watch out for the people around her who may be/are struggling, but like… y’all aren’t friends, and I’m pretty sure liv even said “I’m not really your boss” or something along those lines, and sykes said something about being put on a case (BECAUSE SHE IS A FUCKING FED NOT AN NYPD SVU DETECTIVE) so just fucking let her go. liv needs to deal with her own shit, maybe have another lunch with amanda and help her figure her shit out.

Fin speaking the fucking truth as per usual. Trying to tell liv she’s out of her lane and doing something she shouldn’t be doing.

This entire season has been focused on Liv hyper focusing and getting major obsessive over cases and fucking completely spiraling and looking like she’s insane and I honestly fucking hate that.

AND NOW SHE’S STRAIGHT UP LYING TO HER SQUAD?! BABYGIRL WHAT THE FUCK?

Velasco in purple, hellllooo.

I dunno if im gonna be able to handle Bruno and Velasco continually being partnered up. Imma have to write a threesome fic pretty soon… (wait.. I can do that for bingo!) (that being said, can these boys go back to wearing their badges on their belts, cause there’s something undeniably sexy about the way they have to flash them)

Okay hearing my last name on this show out of liv’s mouth felt REAL fucking weird. I don’t like it.

“not without a oujia board” LOL. Thanks Bruno

Oh good fucking god. Now Velasco and Bruno are teaming up on a perp… pls sirs. Yell at me. JFC. “open up.. say ah…” yeah.. im writing a fucking fic after this…

I understand they’re trying to solve a case/help but like, why can’t they just let these grieving families put the past behind them?? Like you’re dragging up trauma from 10 plus years ago..

Liv just answered the phone “Ed?” and I JOLTED cause my brain went “TUCKER?!!?” and then I remembered he dead.

Velasco is finally at the stage where he’s been around liv long enough that he can start to call her out, he’s witnessed the darker side of her a few weeks ago, he’s someone who normally sits quiet and observes and he can tell she’s fucking losing it. (like, not really, but also she lowkey is and needs to chill and go home and hangout with her son).

“good luck with your open cases. I hope they distract you from your own endless amounts of baggage”

WOW tonight really is all about calling out Liv and I am HERE for it.

Also please for the love of god can we stop name dropping William lewis. We lived through those eps, we don’t need it anymore unless liv is actually going to fully get closure (and PLEASE no visual flashbacks anymore…)

Sonny being in liv’s phone as “ADA Carisi” is wild.

Every single time they bring up genealogy tests on these shows it reminds me yet another reason to never do one lol.

Drink every time a family member/bestie is all “omg he would never, he’s a good man, he even goes to church!” meanwhile they’re guilty af

Oop. And he runnin.

It’d be real nice if we could go to court in an episode sometime soon… like…give carisi something to do that’s his *actual* job. In the old seasons ada’s got SUED for galivanting around the city with the cops meanwhile carisi just gets to go UC and do whatever he wants whenever he wants cause the writers/show runners don’t wanna do court scenes anymore??

You really think an episode centered around the case involving skykes missing sister would have actually been more centered AROUND sykes?? Like, I get that she was all “leave it alone” but it would’ve been a much better episode if they were working a current case/different svu case/cold case/WHATEVER and THEN found a dna link/connection and sykes could’ve been all “wait.. I know this pattern/souvenir/whatever” and slowly put it together that it could be the same person….

Meh episode.

Okay, onto OC, let’s see how this goes.

Ok, I know this is likely going to be important to the plot or whatever but I couldn’t care less about this fucking flash back lol.

Thank god ayanna’s back.

LOOOOLLLL not a single soul believed jet & bobby. That was perfect.

Okay, elliots back, so whenre we gonna find out what’s going on with eli??

How did I know that the people chasing joey were just gonna be Elliott and someone?

Ok, OC has lost me. Im not longer invested or even caring about this storyline lol

See y’all next week! (maybe?)

[kannagms]

I pop on a playlist to kinda have going on in the background when I'm working. It's Ryan and Shane's banter and dynamic that I'm here for at this point. Ngl I love Are You Scared (every ep has been added to my sleepy time playlist), Too Many Spirits is funny af.

I was super excited for Mystery and Ghost Files - I mean I've been a fan since bfu days. I knew they obviously couldn't do the exact same thing as bfu, but something similar. I thought the intros were pretty cool but, like especially with ghost files, I can't stand the like "Avengers Tony Stark using hologram tech" stuff to show the blueprint. Is it really necessary? And Ryan pretty much repeats the exact same thing every episode in terms of what they're gonna do. It's too much and quite frankly, it's boring.

If there's anything I learned from fans these past few days, we're really just here to listen to Ryan and Shane banter back and forth about ghosts, demons, murderers, and aliens.

ive been seeing some people deride others as childish or whatever for being like "ghost/mystery files wasnt as good as buzzfeed unsolved" calling it "sour grapes", but i watched a video talkin abt the watcher thing just now (by stateofmoregon) where she points out that, when youve been receiving something for free, and u suddenly have to pay for it, it forces you to think about whether or not you actually like that thing—if it's worth paying for, if you only liked it before because it was free. which i think is a good point. it's not that people are suddenly denying they ever liked ghost/mystery files, its that many of us are being forced to reexamine whether or not ghost/mystery files is something we actually enjoy or if we were just taking it because it was free, and many of us are deciding that no, we never really did enjoy it on the same level as buzzfeed unsolved

i know that i personally havent even watched a ghost/mystery files episode in some time bc every time a new one popped up in my feed i just felt apathetic about it, none of the excitement i used to feel about new bfu eps. and i realized a while ago that ive only really been forcing myself to watch new ones out of the hope that maybe this time itll have the same charm as bfu did. so i really dont think its fair to say its "sour grapes". a lot of people are just being forced to reckon with feelings that theyve had for a while but just never bothered to acknowledge because hey, its free.

[castle-dominion]

castle 5x22 the squab & the quail

hhhhhh this episode reminds me I have work this afternoon screw that. I just prayed an entire rosary so I get to go home early

Ok wow gay servers such a thing, loud chefs, loud expo, GIVE THEM THE GOSHDARN CHIT THO squab & quail DON'T TOUCH THE PLATE LIKE THAT Spray on purpose or...? poison? Ew glass tables

that is a lot of money & pricey af the poison would not work that fast... in a situation like that, point at some SPECIFIC person & tell them to call 911

Girl he's playing a videogame pwned XD he had plans to play with Patel! it's not my mom it's worse XD so true bestie

canadian lol

lmao ew capitalism

clipped the *oof* now

RC: Last supper list. (off their look) You and a table of 12 with anyone from history. What is mine, you ask? I’m glad you did. In order it is, Lincoln, Einstein, Ian Fleming, John Lennon, Joan of Arc, Sinatra – (he notices BECKETT’S face dropping. she sighs) And you, of course. Ok but Joan of Arc MMMMM that smile from ryan XD

at least he holds up a finger nice of him ig HE KNOWS HIS BOOKS

Esposito has returned Lmao ofc it was propped open, u know how hot it gets & how many chefs smoke?

"when you're paying attention" lol

dark hair MAYBE

shouldn't be but it always is RC: Corporate raider shutters a chemical plant and ends up eating crow. Or in this case, poisoned squab. It’s poetic. Diabolically speaking.

Nice outfit on esposito. also ryan. & everyone. Like beckett.

Maybe smth from the carribbean where his family was?

I don't need to clip but Iwill, lanie <3

castle REMEMBERS the menu? maybe ryan just didn't know lol

Lucas, this is the kid who said yes chef & served the plates

Yep all this screaming. I don't want to go to work.

KB: Do you know anyone that would want you dead? Eric Vaugh: No Me: you're a rich capitalist, what are you thinking? he's actually... surprisingly,, considerate

Petra? the indian boy?

PRIVATE security

a heart in the coffee <3 <3 I could clip this but I won't RC: (scoffs) Jealous? (off her amused look) Yes. Yeah he's cool & stuff but I love YOU KB: he is not interested in me VG: hi, he wants u specifically I think it's cool how she wants to recommend specific uniformed officers lol ONLY beckett?

Hit list? clipping this jenny my beloved wow esposito's hair JE: Because at the moment he is stupid drunk. Seeing double. skfjslkdjfsdkfsj RC: To make him the best damn cup of coffee he’s ever had.

He did a background check? good afternoon <3 David Anderson (the attorney): If he gives you any trouble we can put him on investor conference calls all day.

Saxiphone Lanie my beloved freebie five?

Talented researcher bro Beckett's turtleneck <3

I like her outfit & esposito looks kind of boring but nice & ryan looks beautiful I recognize her tbh the room is too dark. The other room needs to be darker for the glass to work

castle rattling the door what is even..?? XD XD XD RC: Okay, so after two cups of coffee, a latte, and three espressos our homeless friend Mr. Hazelton over there finally sobered up. yk i'm clipping

nice transition into the building them walking, rly good

Oof right in the head like that...

OH YES THEY REMEMBERED THE ALLERGY THEY GAVE HIM IN S1 HECK YEAH KR: I’ll live, unlike Cory Harrison. Ok that reminds me, in the The Ring episode, ther was no forced entry for the first vic, they never solved that

Ey beckett is here VG: You and the boys can go back there Mr. Castle. Why kill the busboy after getting him to kill someone else? using one murder to cover up another?

Just like my mom. She trusts me, but not the ppl I'm around castle chill

RC: Let’s get to that restaurant and get some answers. CASTLE leads the way out the door but RYAN and ESPOSITO don’t follow him. They head for their desks. RC: Seriously, guys. I mean it.

is this the same hotel they used in LA?

Sussman? gun ok yeah valid but ew she's right Ooh! Thank you sir! the essential lol, booze & a pretty girl

*hits himself in the eye* you know during The Thing, she coud have said "we were that close because he did a dumb" but the champagne was already poured so it would not have been a good excuse *update* yeah castle visits the hotel at some point after champagne before The Thing

Ooooof, legit? This is new york!

She is going to reveal that!?!? not too much tho ooh architecture! You patented that? I mean,,, you have a reason,, but make it free too bro I have suffered for it XD

Gates is so pretty castle not knowing how to do stuff & ryan doing it for him jashsjdfkjsfdh also castle investigator moments, gates is probably impressed what's on his neck? KB: Oh my gosh. You’re sounding like my dad dropping me off at summer camp. Remember petra tho? JEALOUSY

Tory jdsfdsjflkh I love her See? I mentioned the neck THE PRESCHOOL I was right! POSSIBLE match

Apple XD & alexis <3 Castle don't yell at your daughter MARTHA NOT THE RIGHT THING TO SAY & alexis' shirt martha is sort of right but GIRL SHUP

Wait they said ballistics would take a few hours, why are they still at work? why is CASTLE home? He would be the one to stay as long as possible! why didn't they text the photo last time? JE: Yep. He’s a match for height, age, and placement of creepy neck tattoo.

He really is a charmer except for one thing: why won't you sleep with me? Well you could CALL castle & ask his permission... say "hey I want to sleep with him but I LOVE you & I want your permission, because I respect you & if you say no then I will not" & that might actually be the thing to drive castle to say yes bc she trusts him & loves him & will always come back to him even if she sleeps with this guy. & also castle would be able to say she slept with eric vaughn & still chose me

He dead?

Castle <3 lol she's right KB: Yeah, preferably one without windows that snipers can't shoot through.

KR: Hey Beckett, I hate to do this to you, but I need to take your statement. *taps his notebook* Beckett could have said "actually if he was there I must have been a bit farther back" also it's cool how dever gets to wear his wedding ring (with duplicates of it) on camera bc his character is canonically married. & ryan's wife's actress is married to ryan's actor. Cool af. KR: Right … (he moves to where she gestures) … here. *He looks up and realizes he’s right in BECKETT’S space. He backs up a bit and looks to the hole in the window.* *almost clocks her in the jaw* stumbled you say. ryan taking it down as if he believes her yk rly sus, eats the wrong food, stumbles at the shot, sounds like he knew what was going on. KB: He kissed me castle KR: I'M DONE HERE *leaves*

RC: Well, if he kissed you, why wouldn’t you just push him away? KB: RC: Oh. Which is why he’s not dead.

She's from a farming family? She's a lead researcher. I'm proud of her. Why else would he want toxin? Oh. nvm. rival lab. AFTER the drop? No deposit fee? I would say "one quarter now to know you're good, I give you what you want, the remainder after" or smth.

Going on a tour! WAIT WHAT? HE AUTHORIZED IT? mexicali? she believes him too much girl that's exactly how they make money.

RC: Oh Beckett. That’s what they said about Bernie Madoff. Like Madoff, it’s quite possible Vaughn’s entire empire is a house of cards. If Felder was going to visit MexiSolar he would have found out about the scam. The house of cards would collapse. Eric Vaughn couldn’t have that. And what better way to get away with murder than to make yourself look to be the intended target? Don’t you see? This entire thing is a charade.

RC: Of all the confessions over all the years, this one is going to hold a special place in my heart. the universe demands why not get ryan or esposito?

Right, he doesn't actually look at the things he signs, he doesn't oversee the day-to-day... that's how you become a billionaire. He would NOT have JUST ONE person overseeing, he would delegate. it's like when you're a chef, if you own the place you don't cook. If you are a manager you don't line cook. You delegate to your test kitchen manager, your individual establishment managers, they delegate to their sous chefs & chefs to parties, there is not (usuall) one person who owns the place & then delegates to a single manager, they would delegate to multiple people who are in charge of different things.

RC: Oops yeah digging your own grave b'y

key word: FEEL LIKE you know them right, new york is way closer to the canadian border than mexico. Ooh the music!

Tell him he's on your last supper list. I like his outfit Do you? *tries to catch him in the elevator*

viddy game & a rose. playstation specifically. HE JUST BROKE THE CORD

Just symbolic

Becks, you can ask him again.

Ok I have an extra 12 minutes. Then I have abt half an hour before I need to go to work. Which is stupid. I need to leave for work an hour & a half before my shift!?!? I mean it is a 45 minute bus ride & I need to be there 15m early to change & iron so that's an hour, but my bus either gets there 5 minutes early (or less) or 35 minutes early. So that's another 15min there, & ofc I need to give myself 15m before I leave just in case. That's more like when I stop doing whatever I'm doing & get ready to go. But I might not be able to get it done in 15m so I need to use these 10 extra minutes right now. I need to put on my binder & make sure I have my bus tickets & stuff. Then I can leave. so it's an hour & a half. ew af.

So I might not get started on the next castle, I might instead try to post some of my drafts & clips so I can get space on my phone.

Pray that I get cut early pls.

[grunge-mermaid]

grunge rewatches midsomer murders pt 1

this was bound to happen. especially after the second use of "cunt-stable" within the first half hour

1x01 The Killings at Badger's Drift

"you've got yourself a right cunt-stable there" beautiful

"you are politically correct as a Nuremberg Rally"

you know what? I chose to rewatch this because it's boring and a good background show but it's off to a real strong start

I know Dennis is either a murderer or gets beheaded (gimme a break it's been 15 years since I've seen this ep) but I'm living for him repeatedly calling a surprisingly homophobic Sgt Troy "cunt-stable"

I completely forgot about the incestuous mother/son dynamic

I really don't remember Troy being such a homophobic sexist dipshit

can i skip to the episode with Orlando Bloom?

ohhh he got his throat slit this ep ok he gets beheaded as another character in a few seasons?

aw man now that the creepy incestuous blackmailers are dead and no one is openly calling Troy a cunt, we're back to just plain boring village gossip

which tbf is why I put this on in the first place but like come on

you can't give me a gay undertaker serving cunt (literally and figuratively) with a totally inappropriate relationship with his nosy neighbour mother who make Gladys Kravitz look like she minds her business

and then just... go back to boring nothingness murders

oh god

late 90s high society wedding

yikes

lord god what are those bridesmaids dresses

are they supposed to be ruched at the back or are they just really poorly made?

oh thank god it was a nightmare

as were those dresses

and those hats

that corpse is breathing pretty deeply fellas you sure she's dead?

Barnaby sure is discussing a lot of details of the case with his family. shouldn't some of this information be confidential?

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH INCEST IN THIS VILLAGE

oh no those actually *are* the bridesmaids dresses

I have 2 questions

1) who in-universe is responsible for dressing the bridesmaids and why do they not own a garment steamer or an iron?

2) who on set is responsible for dressing the actors and why do they not own a garment steamer or an iron?

like holy shit those dresses are wrinkled af

that ending was... well, an ending.

1x02 Written in Blood

ok is this ep gonna go hard like 1x01 or

I do appreciate when murder mysteries tell you who the murderer is right off the bat and the fun is all in seeing how the detectives piece it together

god these houses are so pretty

oh this is a village populated entirely by mediocre writers

I really hope MM is intentionally leaning into the inherent cheesiness of the murder mystery genre and this isn't just low production value

Killmouskie the Russian blue kitten. cute.

wait so what does Liam killing his father have to do with this writing group?

is one of these writers Liam using a fake identity?

wow this guy's one hell of a dick can he get murdered please

I love how this show manages to be so dull but still get you hooked on the village gossip

what's the deal with Max and Gerald? if this isn't Lovers To Enemies I'm gonna be pissed

(I know it won't be this is a show for boring boomers)

FINALLY

a murder that's definitely relevant to the plot

still no hint as to who Liam is or why the cold open

another Very Clearly Breathing corpse come on lads

NOPE THAT IS NOT AN OKAY WAY TO BEHAVE AROUND YOUR UNDERAGE STUDENTS PLEASE GET MURDERED

living for the students giving him shit and laughing at him because he is a fucking creep and deserves it

why can the subtitles not spell Causton correctly or consistently

ok so Gerald is Liam?

that's not what I expected a secretary called "Bouncing Barbara" to look like

ok. so if Max was a therapist before he became a writer, Gerald is actually Liam and was Max's patient after murdering his own father?

idk but it's 50 minutes in and there has been no other mention of Liam since the cold open and I'm all for suspense but come on you've got to at least give me a dot that will be connected in the next hour

FINALLY

JOYCE TO THE RESCUE

only took 60 minutes

I don't know if my theory is completely right yet but I'm definitely not entirely wrong

you know what? it was totally worth the wait

oh look a corpse that isn't visibly breathing wow

ok so not only was I right but Gerald/Liam was also a transvestite and that plot point was treated with more respect & dignity than I'd expect for 25 years ago... until Troy had to open his transphobic mouth

while their methods are ethically questionable, I do enjoy the group of 15-year-olds trying to take down their pervy drama teacher

oh man if this is going to be an eleventh hour AIDS reveal

character's brother who died of a sudden illness in the 80s "knew" the transvestite murder victim

OH HOLY FUCK I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT

WHO KEEPS THEIR DEAD BROTHER'S BODY IN A FUCKING BED LIKE IT'S A SHRINE JESUS CHRIST

"hatters are sane compared to Honoria Lyddiard" is one hell of a fucking understatement good lord

oh yep there's the eleventh hour AIDS reveal

not just of the dead brother but she was keeping it from her sister-in-law not to protect her from her husband's cheating but because she was hoping her sister-in-law was HIV+ and going to die soon

yikes

fuck man that episode was a wild ride with one hell of an ending

but did it ever stick it

amazing

1x03 Death of a Hollow Man

creepy choral singing and a licence plate that says "boo"? alright lets buckle up

Salieri, prime, not Sally Arie. Salieri.

they're putting on a production of Amadeus, or is context not enough for you to get the captions correct?

camp gay men being gossipy bitches? yes please

ok now that is what I expected "Bouncing Barbara" to look like

ostrich feather trimmed coat, lots of makeup, bouncy blond curls

of course her name is Kitty

she looks as much like a Kitty as she does a Bouncing Barbara

love it when they find an actor who can hold their breath for a single take as a corpse

STOP BEING SUCH A HOMOPHOBIC DIPSHIT TROY

why are you so uncomfortable just being in the same room as a visibly queer person?

gulping, pulling at your collar

go fuck yourself

you walked into a bookstore and he is trying to sell you a book

he's not even being flirty calm down

oh and now you're surprised at how heartless the deceased's only living relative is? you're not exactly an emblem of compassion yourself

do they only have one lawyer's office set?

ex wife keying the ex husband's new wife's car is some satisfying petty revenge but then discovering the new wife is having an affair? delicious

that fascinator sure is A Choice

actual line: bloody hell caption: oh dear

actual line: I'll frigging kill him caption: I'll fucking kill him

inaccurate captions are amusing for me but this is like an actual accessibility issue

at least the meaning isn't drastically different for those lines but transcribing "can" or "did" when the actual line is "can't" or "didn't" or they can't spell character or place names correctly, it's not great

who is proofreading these

"everyone liked Esslyn"

previous 50 minutes: everyone hates Esslyn and they are right to do so

{duolingo break}

"he wasn't always gay" baby boy. baby boy let me introduce you to the concept of being attracted to more than one gender it will blow your mind

that is some flawless hair and makeup for a supposedly grieving widow less than 24 hours after her husband's murder

ok I gave up on the last 15-20 minutes of that episode, it wasn't as compelling as the previous 2 sorry

1x04 Faithful Unto Death

opening with Morris dancing and a village fete this feels boring

yeah this one's boring

nothing salacious about the village gossip this time

please let there be a twist

I'll just be over here knitting and scrolling pinterest and waiting for this to get interesting

POT BROWNIES

THEY JUST FED THE COPS POT BROWNIES

their "daily bake" amazing

still a boring af episode but thank you Bunny and Elfrida for feeding the cops pot brownies without telling them

I do appreciate the sometimes not at all subtle anti-cop undercurrents

54 minutes for Troy to say something homophobic that's a record

I know I said I was rewatching this because it's boring & good background content but this episode was far more boring than I remember any episode being

but I remember it being like delightfully boring

charmingly boring

not a fucking drudge

and the first 2 episodes went so hard like you can't really compete with incestuous undertakers blackmailing incestuous siblings and dead brother's corpse enshrined in his childhood bedroom like some twisted Edith Finch shit

1x05 Death in Disguise

please god be more interesting than the last episode

sidenote: I really appreciate that streaming services play each story as one episode unlike TVO that played them as 2-parters

"Barnaby investigates a string of deaths at a local New Age commune run by ex-cons"

keywords: Suspense. Drama. Beautiful. Sensual.

I'll give you suspense and beautiful but I'm not sure how I feel about this show being described as "sensual"

buddy. my guy. just because you live a new age commune doesn't mean you have to give up conditioner

he's breathing but is he a corpse yet? or just severely injured?

yep

he dead

and breathing

"light slinking music" A+ description

I do appreciate the overarching message of "just let people be weird, it's fine"

was not expecting scenes of cocaine use

Ken: "Heather honey" Heather: "what?" Ken: "no, it's heather honey" Heather: "oh I just thought you were being affectionate"

what a weird little beekeeping couple they're so cute

this is more intriguing than the last episode but not much to comment on really

I take that back the adorably weird beekeeper couples used to run a brothel

they're still weird and cute

nothing inherently immoral about running a brothel even if it was illegal

especially since they seemed to make a point of profit-sharing with all employees (I'm assuming on top of wages otherwise that would be immoral)

oh so the non-verbal autistic kid miraculously speaks for the first time ever and it just happens to be the one word that's the key to solving the case

so that's season 1. sorry? you're welcome? idk take your pick.

episode 2 was definitely my favourite because what the fuck was that ending. the pacing was perfect, the plot twist was executed beautifully, perfect murder mystery

I'm probably going to do this for at least the next couple of seasons but god help us all if I manage to do the entire fucking series.

[kardas65]

My thoughts on Eurovision 2023

Redo of last year’s winning song sadly misses al lot of the energy that made it so good last year. What a shame. Also don’t know who half of the cameo artists here are. The live version is once again excellent tho.

Some fun af outfits in that flag parade. High hopes this year.

Austria: Quoth the Raven: What. The. Fuck. 7/12

Portugal: Yeah, this thing isn’t very exciting. Waste of a fun artist name. Costume gives me The Suicide Squad Harley Quinn vibes. 5/12

Switzerland: Switzerland used watergun! It’s not very effective… Given the background dancers I was expecting something more gothic. This sounds like something Imagine Dragons would write. 3/12

Poland: We haven’t had a Britney Spears ripoff in a while! 2/12

Serbia: Cool concept., flawed execution. I enjoy the mecha tho. 5/12

France: Hey someone brought back the volcano dress from idk what Eurovision year. Was it from the Romanian opera dubstep vampire? Idk. Song is tepid. 6/12

Cyprus: Ah, another Imagine Dragons ripoff! Come on guys, there’s way better stuff to rip off! 2/12

Spain: Kind of interesting? But also too repetitive. 6/12

Sweden: Yeah that’s classic Eurovision stuff. 9/12

Albania: I guess big female vocals starts are in this year. The brother guy looks so no thrilled to be there. Song is just kind of there. 6/12

Italy: Good pipes. Song isn’t really my thing though. 7/12

Estonia: Self-playing piano is not as interesting as a burning one. I am quite uncomfortable with all of this camera staring. Song oddly reminds me of what the Netherlands sent out last year. 5/12

Finland: Eurovision discovered Rammstein!!! This is a bop 11/12

Czechia: The braid gimmick is really weird. Song isn’t bad though. 8/12

Australia: Fun chorus! And was that an actual death growl and breakdown??? This gets better as the song goes on. Very 80s though. 10/12

Belgium: Aaand this is very 90s. It’s kind of fun though. 9/12

Armenia: Well the good song streak had to end sometime eh? 5/12

Moldova: I guess Moldova wants whatever Go_A was doing. But it’s fun. I do hope the guy with the flute and helmet gets inducted into the Eurovision canon. 9/12.

Ukraine: Doing their best not to win twice in a row I see. Dull. 5/12

Norway: I didn’t know Netta was also Norwegian! The melody is very familiar. Something Rhapsody of Fire wrote I think. Or some type of shanty or folkish song. Disappoint. 5/12

Germany: BLOOD AND GLITTER??? This is all I want in my Eurovision. Rammstein is truly been discovered by Eurovision. It could be heavier though. And I don’t like that he ripped off Bruce Dickinson’s catchphrase. 9/12

Lithuania: I thought we were finally rid of the boring ballads. 4/12

Israel: Who sent a wrestler to Eurovision? Not a big fan of the yelpy vocals. 4/12

Slovenia: The bass guitar sounds nice. But the song is alright. 6/12

Croatia: Well I’m glad that we’re still getting weird as hell crap for Eurovision. This thing is like three songs brute forced into one. 8/12

United Kingdom: Well that’s a tepid way to end the evening. 5/12

My top 3: Finland, Australia, Germany

The new Sam Ryder song is pretty okay 7/12

[toffeebeans2]

I set this as a joke to scare people with when i see them but i keep jump-scaring myself when i close out the window

what do you guys have as desktop background? I always find the basic ones too boring and the pretty art too distracting