#but if I tell them where I’m from they’re like ooohhhh that makes sense

[lesbiansanemi]

I should stop pretending I’m not southern

[timedriving]

rip/ donna

send me a ship and i’ll tell you… ( accepting )

who hogs the duvet i think it’s a fair bit of struggling that eventually ends in donna’s favour because... rip can’t win even if he tries. LMAO. he gives up after waking up for the third time that evening but donna looks so comfy he’s like... all right. this is fine. i’m content with this

who texts/rings to check how their day is going rip does check-ins more often, but donna’s more likely to text when she’s got something on her mind, random or otherwise. rip doesn’t really understand the concept of “random texting when you’re bored” and doesn’t want to suffocate her or anything

who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts donna is better at intentional gifts, and rip does things that don’t SEEM like gifts to him, but totally are. an explanation of the latter is something along the lines of “rip taking donna on a surprise trip to go camping in arizona where they can look up at the stars and map out constellations together and also he made food and ALSO he’s got proper camping gear and he’s been thinking about this for weeks... what do you mean this is a date?”

who gets up first in the morning donna is probably one of the few people in the world who can wake up at the same hour as rip and not feel tired or grouchy at the godawful hour. this means rip gets to draw her in cotton candy sunrises and donna gets to show him the world she lives in before it all properly wakes up, and it makes the whole thing kind of ridiculously magic also, neither of them have to wait for the other to have breakfast together.

who suggests new things in bed donna! it’s not that rip’s not as enthusiastic, but more that physical intimacy in general is an adventure to him already. also, i imagine donna’s experience with society means that she gets a lot more inspiration for this sort of thing than rip would get at the vanishing point? the most kink he has is liking to blindfold his partners or bind them with simple ties. it’s donna who ends up suggesting her lasso, for one thing

who cries at movies do..nna...?? between the two of them her empathy’s developed a lot more than rip’s has. but his interactions with her and the films they end up watching together do help him build his own empathy! i like to think the first movie he properly cries at the end at is the matrix revolutions. i don’t know why i imagined them watching the matrix revolutions. anyway it astounds him to think neo could love machines so much he gives his life to save them just as he saves humanity (rip related more to the machines in this case, too.........)

who gives unprompted massages i keep answering donna for these things, but rip doesn’t really know that this is a thing! he’ll comes back from an assignment tense because it’d been a close call, and then she’ll kiss the back of his neck whilst he sits down and work his shoulders and rip kind of just melts under her touch (but, let’s be real, he melts around her all the time because he’s so smitten-- this is just his body finally matching up with his mind)

who fusses over the other when they’re sick i don’t think donna gets sick very often? and while she takes care of rip it’s not necessarily fussing either, but a bit more-- she knows what she’s doing, having come from a place where caring for each other is the common mantra, and he feels kind of ridiculous having someone be so tender and kind with him, but he really does feel like he’s cared for (a rare sensation overall)

who gets jealous easiest FINALLY i am answering rip. but rip’s got a big of possessive canine instinct going on, all fang-bearing and whatever if donna’s ever being threatened. he doesn’t care about playful flirting with, like, friends or anything, but strangers out in the open better WATCH OUT... not that rip’s the type to beat up strangers but. he’ll think about it. he’ll think about it hard until donna’s the one who shoots them down. and then seeing her shoot them down will make rip want to pull her aside and kiss her because he uh. he sucks

who has the most embarrassing taste in music rip doesn’t have a taste in music? but i can’t imagine donna’s to be EMBARRASSING to him... if anything he’ll be awed with whatever her music tastes are because. you listen to these things for pleasure? you enjoy them? i enjoy them because you enjoy them. these lyrics sure are something. it’s funny how i know what instruments are playing individually but i never thought they’d sound like this altogether the idea that donna introduces him to the music of the 90′s/00′s is really fucking sweet actually........... he only ever listened to music for stock knowledge, but it’d be wild to lie down with her and listen to something just for the sake of listening to music together

who collects something unusual rip isn’t allowed to own things at the vanishing point, so the fact he finds a home in donna means her room probably houses his postal stamp collection... and, okay, postal stamp collecting isn’t the SEXIEST hobby, but 1) it doesn’t take up much space; and 2) it’s rip’s gateway drug to collection/hoarding, anyway. she’s got the scrapbook he uses kept away in a drawer and sometimes rip makes his own stamps out of souvenirs he takes from his missions

who takes the longest to get ready donna, who really makes an effort! and rip with his minute attention to detail always notices when she has a new shade of eyeshadow or lipstick or something. he finds it genius how she can make her look change so much... on his own end, rip doesn’t know how to change his look. i figure in this stage of his life, he mostly defaults to shirts and jeans, so he’s pretty useless and basic. on the rare occasions that he wants to dress up nice for her, however, he will take forever... because he doesn’t know how to be handsome enough to deserve her, whyyyyyy

who is the most tidy and organised donna! but then, donna actually has stuff TO organise. rip, who owns nothing, wouldn’t have a clue if he did have something. all he knows is how to keep his living space at the vanishing point clean, but that’s like... the most basic of the basic things

who gets most excited about the holidays donna is really excited to share her traditions, and rip is excited to partake in them with her. he sheepishly tells her that he doesn’t have his own holidays; he doesn’t even know when his nameday is, so. (but she’ll insist they choose a date just so they can celebrate it, and he’s horrifically shy about it because... you want a day... just to celebrate him?)

who is the big spoon/little spoon OOOHHHH AN ANSWER WHERE I CAN SAY THEY’RE HAPPY BEING EITHER... rip has a bigger tendency to big spoon though because he likes the feeling of having his arms wrapped around her, but at this point in his life he’s not jaded or traumatised enough to be extremely touch averse, especially with the first love of his life i think donna has an innate sense of knowing when rip’s feeling especially drained and will tell him to lie down when she does, at which point she’ll come up behind him and hold him and rip will just sigh because donna thinks of everything... what a genius

who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports oh god this is destructive shit. people get bored of watching them play ping-pong because it lasts FOREVER. and the thing is they’re both like, killer focused on it, so they’re not even hurling insults at each other or teasing or anything-- they’re both in it to win it and it’s a wonder donna hasn’t obliterated the ping-pong ball yet with her strength

who starts the most arguments i like to think that rip’s more likely to get angry about things, but not necessarily about them as a couple? it’s more like he’ll be more confrontational when they’re disrespected in public or something-- he’s got the temper of a leashed dog, again, and it’s not like his canines are weirdly pointed because he shouldn’t bite for all their youth i think they’re both old souls who know too well about understanding to start any stupid arguments. imagine having a healthy honest relationship wow

who suggests that they buy a pet i think rip mentions it kind of off-handedly and donna laughs like “why?” and rip’s reasoning is just, like, he’ll see other couples walk a dog together... maybe it’d be nice if they walked a dog together, too and it’s the softest thing on the planet, but they aren’t together enough to warrant owning a dog together, so they don’t end up getting one it’s nice to imagine, though

what couple traditions they have they seem the type to have a secret handshake from when they were still just friends? which was actually a secret handshake that adult!rip had taught kid!donna when they first met years ago, in a sort of time loop sort of thing because young adult!donna ends up teaching it to young adult!rip... you know, one of those “perfect circle” things. the only difference now is that the handshake ends with a kiss

what tv shows they watch together i think donna makes an effort to find shows that rip would find genuine interest in, since he so rarely has time to be around and she wants to make the most of it? but they have a nice mix of humour and romcom and action/adventure... she’ll discover that rip really, really likes westerns, too, and rip will be surprised that that’s a whole GENRE, holy shit?? where can they see MORE of that????? i want them to watch the nanny though.........

what other couple they hang out with god the thought of a dickkory + ripdonna double date is actually really cool to me? kori’ll take him flying and rip’s going to be like ACK and dick’s all jokingly like “you’re dating a serious nerd, donna” and she’s just. she knows. she knows... but he’s the sweetest man she’s ever met and yes, grayson, that means he’s sweeter than you! rip’s going to be just as good at darts as dick though and dick’s going to be like DUDE... FOR REAL?

how they spend time together as a couple it’s suuuuuper gross, but they! like! touching! and not even, like, dirty touching, but holding hands is pretty usual for them, and so is dropping kisses here and there, even if it’s not going to start anything. it’s a serious cliche puppy love sort of thing?? like rip will like keeping his arm around her, too, and donna will like having her head in his lap, and for indoor hobbies especially, they can do separate things (e.g. donna watching a movie and rip reading a book) but still be connected in this way if rip had his way he would be able to be around her all the time, too

who made the first move rip does, but it’s not like... outwardly flirtatious or anything (he’s useless!). he just, y’know, drops compliments here and there... looks a bit shy when he does it... and donna’s no idiot, she knows he likes her, and eventually grins and calls him out on it and rip’s like “I DON’T-- yeah okay i do want very much to take you out to dinner, can i?” and donna’s laughing at how sheepish he is and kissing him on the cheek like “yes, rip” and rip’s like “REALLY? i mean, erm-- outstanding! that’s outstanding, yeah”

who brings flowers home rip will come home from long assignments with gifts, ok! and sometimes those gifts include flowers. he studies flower language in his free time so he can do it properly for her, but i think with them real flowers aren’t so important... so rip will give origami bouquets

who is the best cook rip knows how to cook more things with expertise because of his job, but i think overall he prefers donna’s cooking. there’s something so kind and warm about eating food made by someone who cares for you... that being said, he likes to cook for her, too, and for all his gourmet knowledge he still just makes simple things, because i imagine donna the type to see the value of comfort food and for rip to have the same sentiments

[lunmelia]

I meant to post this the night I got home from watching it a second time but whoops here it is like two weeks later agsdfgshf

Time to do a quick review of Rise of Skywalker! I mean not really a review more like just shit I noticed watching it a second time. I’ve brushed up on my star wars knowledge since I watched it when it first came out, so I understood much better what the fuck was going on.

(Okay listen this unexpectedly became a really long post. I did not mean to go this deep. I have a lightning round of observations at the end so skip to that if you want to avoid all the analysis)  

- The fact that they started out with Palpatine just kind of threw me off balance. It was so quick! For some reason I thought it started out with the falcon and Finn, Poe and Chewie. But now that I think about it, star wars usually starts out with a fast paced scene and then gives you slow one so you can process what just happened. But Palpatine was very abrupt, feel like maybe that scene should’ve been placed after Poe announces that Palpatine’s alive. I don’t know, it was just like “whoa okay Palpatine’s here aaaand everything we know is a lie it was all Palpatine great so this is what to expect for the rest of the movie

- I really enjoyed the scene with Finn Poe and Chewie. When Poe accuses Chewie of cheating and then says “I’m kidding, you’re 250 years old of course you’re better at this game than us” it just made me smile. it felt very... THERE, you know? It fit very well with the characters. I don’t know why that line specifically. That whole entire sequence of their mission I think gave a good start to the movie, just showing the development of these characters and where they’re at from the previous movie was really good. And you could tell that they work well together! It’s why they’re on that mission, they’re a good team. They’ve settled into their rolls and they’re going well. 

- first of all, Rey’s little slow flip to land softly on the ground was so cute and fluid. Secondly, I think showing her jedi training sequence was a good idea, it was nice to see where she’s at with that. And it was cool to see her struggle with getting frustrated with the training droid (I don’t know what it’s called) and kind of lose control. I could’ve done without Kylo initiating the whole vision thing, I really would’ve liked to see more of Rey’s training. But it was necessary for her doubts about herself to settle in.

- on a side-note to those doubts. I think what I hated the most about this movie was Rey constantly leaving and her recklessness. She seemed to be selfish in this movie, never really listening to Finn or Poe when they told her to stop. It usually cost them a lot, either Chewie getting captured or Finn and Poe AND CHEWIE AGAIN getting captured. Poe was right when he said they needed her with them, because they really do need her help, but she kept leaving them for her own personal reasons. She went for the dagger even though they already had the inscription, and I get that they would’ve needed it to navigate the death star ruins, but taking a guess from the amount of times kedi or sith magically sense things in this movie, she would’ve found it without the dagger. I also understand that she wanted to know so much about her parents and the dagger, but I feel like she could’ve focused on the family she has now and the mission ahead. I also get that giving her these flaws are good for a character, that she can’t be flawless, but I think these were the wrong flaws to give her. We know that it’s been about a year since TLJ, we saw Rey willingly hug Finn and accept that he is someone she cares about, so it just seemed to be that she should’ve been at that point where she trusts and relies on the people around her, but instead she just kept on abandoning them. I REALLY like Rey as a character, I think she has so much potential and she’s awesome and I wanted to root for her, but this movie didn’t really make me want to. Maybe it’s because she’s a palpatine and that just ruined her character for me. I know a lot of people hate her because she’s a mary sue, but I think when in TLJ they made her a nobody, it kind of knocked down her mary sue status a few pegs. I liked that she wasn’t related to anyone, that she was just Rey, and that she was special just because she was her, no ties to anyone. Kind of like Obi-Wan. I think what made Obi-Wan special was that he wasn’t. He was just a normal jedi-in-training who got roped into some nasty shit when he met Anakin. Same for Rey, she was just a normal force-sensitive girl who just got roped into some nasty shit. But, making her a Palpatine, erasing her harsh backstory of her parents abandoning her for drinking money and instead making them out to be good parents who were protecting her, just ruined her character. This movie was basically saying that you can only be special if you’re related to the right people. WOW that was a large side-note MOVING ON

- I was watching out for someone to say that Kylo and Rey were a dyad in the force, I wasn’t sure if it was actually said or implied. So when Kylo said it it was kind of a ‘oh cool so they do say it’ moment for me. But now, knowing that the ‘Oracle’ scene is missing, where supposedly Kylo is told by an Oracle that they are a dyad, that line feels really out of place. “What Palpatine doesn’t know is that we’re a dyad in the force” okay, so how do YOU know that? Also, I get that they’re a dyad because he’s darth vader’s grandchild and she’s Palpatine’s, but I feel like (and this is just my personal opinion here on how this should work) in order to be a dyad, one soul in two bodies, you should be born at around the same time in order for the soul to properly split in two. Kylo is about ten years older than Rey, so it just doesn’t make sense to me. Was he always half a soul or was he a full soul until she was born and it decided to split in two then? ALSO in TLJ (and this is something that frustrates me the most) Snoke explains that it was HIM who initiated their force bond. After Snoke dies, they still have the connection. Based on what was said by Snoke in TLJ, that should be impossible because the bond should’ve died when he did since he created it. So, I guess their bond is because they’re a dyad, even though Snoke said he caused it. It’s either the force created it or Snoke created it. Or Snoke created it but Rey and Kylo went nah let’s keep it. It’s inconsistent. EVERYTHING in this trilogy is inconsistent. 

- Side-note: Leia says she knows her son is dead in TLJ, suggesting that she would stop assuming that he can become good. But in this movie she keeps trying to reach out for him and dies for it. Another inconsistency

- Something positive because the last two were kind of negative. I LOVE THE TRIO INTERACTION!! It was brilliant. Rey and Poe constantly arguing while Finn tries desperately to be the mediator but fails every time.Gold. Imma analyse them real quick (it will not be quick at all). I’m going to say this outright, based on what was given to us in this movie, they don’t work well together at ALL. They clash VERY badly when it’s the three of them. All three of them are to blame. No one is innocent. First, Rey keeps on running off and not listening to them. Finn, always concerned for Rey and wanting desperately for her to be safe, will often follow her to achieve this goal. Poe, clearly frustrated by Rey leaving them and Finn usually following, is very loud about this frustration and often starts fights with the other two. I don’t think there was one time where the three of them worked together well enough to achieve a goal. The goal was usually achieved by Finn and Poe separately, or by Rey alone. This is probably because each of them were distracted. Rey by her heritage, Finn by what was going on with Rey, and Poe by Finn and Rey and also having to deal with rising up as leader of the Resistance. HOWEVER, that hug at the end. That hug at the end showed everything we had to know about this trio. Finn, holding both Rey and Poe in his arms as he is the one that holds this trio together, Poe and Rey holding hands behind his back to signify their separate, smaller connection, and Poe seemingly with his hand at Finn’s chest to signify that he is indeed much closer to him than he is to Rey. It was a great hug. That hug makes the entire movie worth it. I think the presence of war really put stress on this trio. They were not able to connect properly, to get navigate their relationship dynamics and get comfortable enough that they can work well together. But this hug at the end shows that they will get that time, that they will become comfortable with each other. The hug and the hand-holding is so certain, the audience knows that they will be fine with each other now. I would’ve really loved to see this trio develop and to witness them work fluently together. Unfortunately, we will not. I think this is why, and I’ve seen a lot of people say this, the Rise of Skywalker would’ve made a great middle-movie. That way, we would’ve been able to see their confident relationship dynamics and for them to be an absolute epic badass trio. But for me, I think that hug is enough. That hug tells me that those characters are going to be okay.

- One more long one before I go to the lightning round. Rey’s new last name. Ooohhhh boy. She should not be a Skywalker. I get that’s why it’s called ‘the rise of skywalker’ because BAM she’s risen, she’s a Skywalker now. A new skywalker has risen. But listen, no, she should not have been. I’ll tell you why. This is not me saying that she does not deserve the Skywalker name. You know what? She does! I think Rey’s awesome, I think she totally has the potential to be an honorary Skywalker, why not. But she. does. not. have enough of a connection to the Skywalker name to be able to have it. Let’s establish this. Who’s a Skywalker? Luke. Sure, Leia is biologically a Skywalker, but she has been VERY FIRM in stating that she is an ORGANA. And an Organa only. She does not take the Skywalker name even after discovering Luke is her brother, and she does not take the Solo name after marrying Han. She was raised an Organa, so by god she will stay an Organa. So, Luke’s a Skywalker, Leia’s an Organa. Han is Han Solo. Kylo is a Solo. He has always been referred to as Ben Solo, not a Skywalker, not an Organa. Solo. So, let’s repeat. Luke = Skywalker. Leia = Organa. Han = Solo. Ben = Solo. Okay! So, Luke is the only one that calls himself a Skywalker, so let’s analyse Rey’s relationship with him. Their relationship is firstly filled with confusion. Rey’s confused that he’s not who she thought he was, and Luke’s confused by who the hell she is and what she’s doing here. Then, their relationship is full of frustration. Rey’s frustrated that Luke is not who she expected, that he’s refusing to help, that he’s not teaching her properly. Luke’s frustrated that Rey is reminding him of his failures, that she naturally goes to the dark side, that she keeps trying to get him to leave the island. Then Luke, for the first time in a while, seems hopeful as he opens himself to the force again and seems willing to train Rey, for real this time. Maybe he was spurred on by her determination in not wanting to fail him as a student. But his hope is crushed as he sees Rey forming a connection with Kylo, and is once again reminded of his failures which leads him to reverting back to his hermit self and attempting to burn the temple. But before leaving, Rey still tries to convince him. She still believes in him, still considers him to be their hope, and holds out the lightsaber to him one last time. He turns away, and she moves on. It takes a talk with Yoda for Luke to realise he’s being a dumbass and that he should go help the Resistence. So by the end of TLJ their relationship is at this point; Rey is still seeing Luke as a legend, as a figure of hope, as an example for the jedi. Luke is still seeing Rey as a reminder for his failures, yet he seems to admire her determination, even if it does also annoy him. They don’t know each other that well, as they haven’t known each other for long. Then, there’s Luke’s force ghost appearance in ROS. I think it was a really nice moment. For Luke to basically say ‘you’re being a dumbass. Don’t do what I did, I regret it. You are more than who you are related to. Go kill Palpatine’ it really showed his potential as a master, and the potential of their relationship. Luke is there to guide her when she’s at her lowest, there to put her back on the path of hope. So, once again Luke has given someone hope, as he is very well known for. And yeah, okay, that’s really nice. I can see a bit of a father-daughter relationship in there. But it’s just... not enough for her to be a Skywalker, for me at least. She didn’t get enough time to truly KNOW him in order to have that name. You know what name she should’ve taken, if she really had to? Palpatine- no I’m kidding she should’ve taken ORGANA. She spent time with Leia the most. Leia was her master, she was trained by Leia. Leia was there to guide her more than Han or Luke were. She was always so patient with Rey, asking her gently what she is feeling, reassuring her that she’s not disappointing them. Rey FELT Leia die. And she was broken by it. She felt Luke die as well, but she knew that he was content with it, so she was content too. I think, out of the three parental figures that Rey had (Luke, Han and Leia) Leia played a much bigger role in her life. Rey never really saw Leia as a legend or as a beacon of hope as she had Luke, she only really saw her as Leia, a woman which she deeply admired and felt connected to and hugged. She never hugged Luke. So, yeah, if Rey had to choose a name, I think she should’ve chosen Organa. But, personally, I think it would’ve been really cool if Rey had just made her own and had no ties to any name at all. Because, again, this movie has stated that you have to have a legend’s last name in order to be special.

LIGHTNING ROUND!!

- I think Maz Kanada was a puppet in this one? She did not move like CGI like when she blinked it looked very mehcanic so like wow alright

- Every single time I saw Poe’s necklace my heart just jumped and I tried so desperately to see if there was a ring but I NEVER SAW IT

- Too many star destroyers. Where the fuck did they come from?? Was Palpatine just pressing crtl + c and crtl + v over and over again for these star destroyers?

- FINN’S SO FORCE-SENSITIVE YA’LL!!! Like straight up he knew which star destroyer was the navigator and he felt Rey die. I do not need a scene of him opening a door with his mind to know that that boy is force-sensitive

- hate Zorii Bliss. LISTEN I JUST DON’T THINK SHE’S A VERY GOOD CHARACTER I LIKE THE HEADCANNONS THAT THE WHOLE “can I kiss you?” “just go” THING WAS A JOKE BETWEEN GAYS BUT SHE WAS JUST SO OUT OF PLACE AND SHE SURVIVED THE PLANET EXPLODING? HOW??? Wrong movie to introduce new characters, man. Third and final one. Why the FUCK do you want to give me characters I don’t know and expect me to have an emotional connection to them

- Favourite side-characters: Rose, lieutenant Connix and that one guy what’s his name... okay he doesn’t have a name I think people hate him because the actor (Dominic Monaghan) is JJ’s friend so it was stupid of him to be in the movie but I don’t know his character was pretty subtle. But I loved those three!! They looked to be best buds.

- SNAP FUCKING DIED. SNAP WEXLEY. HE DIED. WHAT THE FUCK. I legit started crying when he died I really like Snap since I watched it the first time I got to know him better, but I didn’t know that he died going into it the second time. So I was so shocked when he died I started crying. FUCKING BULLSHIT SNAP’S DEAD GODDAMMIT

- Palpatine’s clothes changed when he absorbed their life force. Did he have an outfit prepared or are they trying to tell us that clothes have life forces too??

- Rey being dead on the ground then sitting up and then Ben dying and being on the ground was like a seesaw effect. One went up and the other went down.

- I REALLY LIKED THE KNIGHTS OF REN THEIR CHARACTER DESIGNS ARE SO COOL. SHAME THEY ALL FUCKING DIED USELESSLY. 

- Whhyyyyy was Poe’s arm in a sling at the end? Did something happen during the star destroyer battle that I missed? Because after he was shot he was fine with just a bandage and all of a sudden he’s in a sling like why what happened

- Palpatine looked weirdly like Chancellor Palpatine. He either has a bomb-ass makeup routine or this one is a clone. Can we please get confirmation on whether that was the original Palpatine or a clone. Please.

- I WANNA SEE REY’S FULL LIGHTSABER SO BAD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I’m done. 

[sometimesrosy]

I saw an interesting thing on twitter. So jason posted a pic with eliza and a new girl saying “love seeing these two together. You know and love one (which is 101% clarke) and you’ll know the other one”. That girl on tw remarked the fact that jason didn’t say the same thing for the other girl. He did’t add “love” for her character too. He just said that we will know her. So maybe she’s an antagonist or she’s part of the leaders of the new earth Or someone related to clarke and who will (1)

betray her ? ( bc why shouldn’t we love her?) And that makes me pretty confident of the fact that she won’t be her new love interest. Bc why should we always jump to conclusion? As you said, the 100 isn’t a romantic comedy so not every character has to be the “new love interest” But ye who knows (2)

The thing is, it is true that sometimes new characters are romantic interests. So there’s always the possibility. Or love interests for OTHER characters. I mean Diyoza is closer to being a love interest for Kane than for Clarke or Bellamy, but when fandom sees a character, they immediately relate it to their OTP.

Before season 4 people were freaking out about B/E as a possibility. And I couldn’t tell them no because yeah it was a possibility. I actually refused to talk about it, because with shipping, there was no way to talk about it as part of the story, only as part of everyone’s personal panic about their OTP being killed.

I really love shipping. It’s fun. But if you want to understand the story instead of just getting lost in your ship, you have to be able to look at that story OUTSIDE of the romance. At least in a story that is not a romance genre story. Because a romance genre story has shipping at it’s center. The reason WHY you tell a romance genre story IS the ship. As long as you have the right, canon romance, you can be accurate with your analysis through shipping. Because that’s the point of the story. 

HOWEVER, in science fiction, like The 100, the point of the story is NOT the romance. It is the action, adventure, survival and science fiction. And if we only interpret it through shipping, we will NOT be capturing the whole story and we’ll get lost and lose the story thread.

It gets tricky, though, because, while The 100 is NOT a romance, there are a lot of romance side stories in it. People have gotten very disappointed, though, following those side stories as if they were the main story, expecting the HEA and for the romance to continue to be a main narrative. But, so far, all the side romances have faded to the side to become part of other stories, or died, and turned into character development for the mains. 

It gets even trickier though, because there is one ship that has not faded or died, but has in fact gotten stronger and stronger, more romantic, and more important to the central story. YES OF COURSE IT’S BELLARKE. 

Bellarke IS the central romance of the story. You CAN analyze this story through Bellarke. HOWEVER it does not follow the conventions of the romance genre. It does have a lot of tropes, so we get our expectations up, but it doesn’t follow the pacing, which leads to the frustrations. And also the WAY it relates the romance to the narrative is different.

In a romance genre story, everything leads back to the central goal of the story– getting the lovers together. So it’s a lot more likely that new characters are there to either aid or hinder the romance story. ALL ROMANCE STORIES HAVE ROMANTIC OBSTACLES or it’s not a romance story. ALL romance stories have a point where you think they won’t get together, where the stakes are high, so it’s imperative you have characters or narratives that get in the way, whether another lover or disapproving parents or a war.

But in a science fiction, post apocalyptic, now space colony story, especially where we’re meeting an entire new culture, chances are the the new people are all there to tell the new story of the new planet. We MUST have worldbuilding. We must have a new society and that means lots of new characters. 

COULD the new characters be part of the story that hinders or aids Bellarke in getting together. Yes, I have to say. Yes. But it’s more likely that they are there for worldbuilding, to be The Big Bad, to be sympathetic characters, to help Clarke and Bellamy on their way to being the heroes. Also note that I said hinders OR aids. Having another love interest is only one tiny possibility for any of the new characters. As far as we know, they’re Diyoza calling Clarke Bellamy’s girlfriend, right? Or Cooper who was probably jealous of them and their relationship to Octavia (that just occurred to me, that’s why she was such a bitch.) Or McCreary who wants to torture and kill them. Or Vinson who never meets them. Huh. Look at that, you CAN analyze the new characters by their relationship to Bellarke. Diyoza was NEVER a romantic interest. But she WAS a parallel to both Bellamy (terrorist or hero?) and Clarke (never know which side you’re on–could say the same to you.)

Shipping blindly makes us jump to conclusions about what things mean. And sometimes, when our conclusions match the story, we might be right. But if you close your eyes to the rest of the story and only look at the romance, getting things right is mainly chance, not analysis. Maybe that’s why people think nothing in stories makes any sense and it’s all random and we’re reaching or delusional when we come up with evidence to support our theories. Because when you analyze a story with an inaccurate genre or hypothesis…. well, it won’t make sense or connect. When it does connect, you won’t see HOW it got there, because it didn’t get there through your logic process. You just got lucky that your theory matched for a time, you hit on one storythread, but don’t understand how that thread is supported by the rest of the narrative. So the whole story seems random, and willy nilly, the writers are bad, they hate you and want you to suffer. I think you might FEEL the inevitability of Bellarke, but because your theory is not supported by canon, it all seems very much left to chance and the whims of a hateful god. 

So how do you follow Bellarke’s romance without losing track of the story????

Easy. SHIP, yes do. But not blindly. If you see the romance? Ok. Double check with the canon to see if you’re making it up. Find the scenes where the tropes match up, where the cinematography supports your theory, like with eye contact and closeups and touches. Yes those are evidence. But take it further. Look for dialogue. Look for interactions with others. Look for CHANGES. 

Once you find those ship supportive narrative details, now take off those shipgoggles and STOP looking for romance. What is the overall story? What are the themes and over arching questions? What is the main objective and how are they kept from that? Recognize that independent character development is important and check on Clarke and Bellamy’s growth. What are their goals, weaknesses, strengths? How do the other characters impede or help them develop? How do they change? Check on the characters OUTSIDE of Clarke and Bellamy, because they are important, too. What are their stories? 

You know, I think sometimes that people think if they examine the story outside of their OTP it will be boring and not romantic and not interesting, but if I JUST looked at the onscreen interaction of Bellarke and romance in that, I would be lost. Because the characters are constantly struggling and changing and regressing and learning new things and being afraid and suffering and healing, I would lose the perspective of what is going on in the story as a whole. The GOAL. Where it’s heading.

BUT because I’m a boring english teacher doing boring english teacher stuff (ugh not symbolism again! the curtains are red because they’re red, sharon, it’s not meaningful,) I figured out that the symbolism in this show, the head and the heart, the dark and the light, the yin/yang, the chess king/queen, actually sets Bellarke up as soulmates, the backbone of the story, the main relationship, the mother and the father, which has, as the seasons have gone on, been CONFIRMED by both the narrative and the author. While y’all were flailing around thinking CL was endgame and your OTP was dead, I was like, no no, Bellarke IS the love story and they MUST be together. 

By NOT shipping when you analyze The 100, you actually get much more shipping content. That’s why my theories have not wavered in 4 years, but have only gotten more detailed, complex, and confirmed. 

Let me tell you why.

Because The 100 is ABOUT Bellarke. It is, actually, The Bellarke Story. Because while not every single story line is ABOUT their romance, almost every single storyline leads back to Bellarke. To their partnership, how they need each other, and how they save and redeem humanity. Together. Which means, when I look at other ships, I can connect them to Bellarke. When I look at the big bads, I can connect it to bellarke. When I look at they symbolism, it goes to Bellarke. When I look at worldbuilding, yes it helps develop bellarke. When I look at Clarke alone, it goes back to bellarke. When I look at Bellamy alone it goes back to bellarke. When I look at Raven, it goes back to bellarke. When I look at Octavia, it goes back to bellarke. Jaha? Bellarke. MW? Bellarke. The grounders? Bellarke. Allusions? Bellarke. Psychology? Bellarke. Mythology? Bellarke. 

And then Bellarke feeds back into the plot and science fiction and hero’s journey and defeating the enemies and redemption of humanity.

If this fandom paid attention to the boring english class stuff, they’d feel a lot less anxious about Bellarke.

OOOHHHH!

Look at this guys. All those people calling me and you delusional when we come up with evidence for Bellarke? They have an investment in us NOT doing boring english teacher stuff. Because the boring english teacher stuff supports Bellarke and debunks their OTPs as endgame. 

The story, the narrative, when using standard, boring, academic discipline and analysis IS ABSOLUTELY BELLARKE’S LOVESTORY. I’m not delusional. I’m not drunk or on drugs or the devil or brainwashing people. All of which I have been accused of.

I am a boring old english teacher and literary geek. 

And it is being the boring non shipper sci fi geek that has led me to understand that The 100 is the most epic, incandescently romantic post apocalyptic science fiction survival story I’ve ever seen or read. Bellarke saved humanity together, and they’re going to REDEEM humanity through their love.

This is mythic in nature. 

And that’s why I will never stop being a boring old english teacher and sci fi geek. Because I see stuff other people don’t. And it’s glorious.

If you ignore the “boring” stuff that isn’t shipping, you miss out on all the deep, intense romance. I think people think I’m doing this blog to give people faith, but I am so not. I’ve given up, I don’t care what they think. Their antishipping doesn’t change the story. I’m doing it because I am IN AWE of this love story, and the more I analyze it like a boring english teacher, the more excited I get for the next part of the story. OMG, it looks so good. I am simply geeking out. I’m not a shipper, I’m a geek. And I am OBSESSED with this science fiction love story.

[junionigiri]

BNHA Rarepair Month - Day 15 - Tears

for @bnha-rarepair-month -- ooohhhh we’re halfway theeere

Summary: Two times Kendo Itsuka sees Yaoyorozu Momo cry.

Relationship(s): Kendo Itsuka / Yaoyorozu Momo (MomoKen); implied Todoroki Shouto / Yaoyorozu Momo (TodoMomo) and Kendo Itsuka / Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (TetsuKen)

Rating: T

Warnings/Notes: alternate title: why the group 3 fight ended up the way it did... T_T

Links: AO3 | FFNet

Kendo Itsuka doesn’t see Yaoyorozu Momo cry a lot. She’d always known the raven-haired girl from 1-A to be as strong as she is beautiful, which is very. Yet, the two times Yaoyorozu broke down in front of her are something that Itsuka will never forget.

The first time is during their week of internships with Uwabami. They’d just come from a full day of photoshoots, fan-meets, and a sorry excuse of a patrol where their Heroine strutted the streets uptown as if it were a catwalk, and spent more time posing for fans instead of looking out for trouble. It’s a frustrating day, in other words, and all Itsuka wanted then is to wipe her face free of the layers of terrible make-up and to spend the rest of her time training on her own at home.

Her plans all shatter when she hears her cry in the locker rooms. It’s a quiet sound; Yaoyorozu tries to be dignified in everything she does, even in private moments like breaking down in front of her locker -- and when Itsuka catches her, she hides her face in her hands like it’s a crime to cry.

She makes one excuse after another -- it’s just a false eyelash getting in her eyes, on top of allergies, on top of a purely physical exhaustion from their day. Obvious lies that she tries to hide behind her usual polite, genteel demeanor. Her eyes are bloodshot enough to match her hero costume, however, and Itsuka can’t stand to leave her alone.

She gently takes her hands from her face, harshly tells her to cut the bullshit. This earns her a wide-eyed look of surprise. “Kendo-san,” she gasps gently upon hearing the red-head’s unexpected expletive.

“I’ve been hearing you make excuses all week, Yaoyorozu,” she tells her. She squeezes both of her pale hands, the tips of which are smeared with sickeningly sweet-smelling make-up. “It’s okay to be honest with me, okay? You can tell me that this internship sucks if you want to. I actually think the same thing too.”

Black eyes shine with the next onslaught of tears. “It… it’s n-not bad…” she says weakly. Her soft hands curl within Itsuka’s rough ones. She marvels at how small her hands are, how she’s able to enclose them so easily without using her quirk.

The red-head sighs, fully intending to tell her off for persisting in praising Uwabami so blindly for wasting a week’s worth of internships. “Yaoyorozu…”

But the dark-haired girl sobs a little louder, a little more unrestrained this time, to interrupt Itsuka’s words. “... it’s terrible… I’m h-having a t-terrible time, Kendo-san…”

And just like that, the dam breaks. After her honest thought escapes from her so politely, Yaoyorozu leans further into Itsuka and begins crying a little more honestly. Itsuka catches her immediately and places her hands over her back, for whatever little comfort it may provide, even though what the other girl says next absolutely breaks her heart. “I thought she took us in because she thought we were strong, Kendo-san, but she obviously didn’t even think of what we can do!… is there really nothing more to me than just looks?”  

At first, the redhead does nothing but console her, mumble little nothings like it’s okay and just let it all out; pats strategic points over the crying girl’s back, to make sure that she calms down. Yaoyorozu isn’t calming down, though, and her shame and self-doubt comes out in a never-ending stream. “They’re right about me.” “I don’t deserve to be here.” “I’m not strong enough to be a heroine.”

“Kendo-san, what am I doing here?”

Now, Kendo Itsuka isn’t a woman of impulse. All of her actions and decisions, even the ones she makes under pressure, all have a direction. But seeing the strong girl in front of her breakdown, she couldn’t stop her mouth from slipping, “Momo… you’re a strong girl, and one of the smartest ones I know. And believe me when I say that I believe that you’re going to be one of the strongest among us yet.”

It’s a simple enough slip, just calling her Momo without any fancy honorifics to distance herself from the girl in front of her. Yet, the moment it comes out, she feels the girl hold on to her tighter, feels her soften and melt into her touch.

“Kendo-san… Itsuka-san,” she mumbles into her shoulder. A simple thing it is, to call each other by their names. Itsuka feels a little warmer as she holds her closer. “If only I can be as strong and as beautiful as you are. If only I were more like you.”

Itsuka lifts her by the shoulders briefly, stares right into those teary raven eyes. Momo stares back at her, a little shaken with eyes red and cheeks red and full mouth quivering.

If you only knew. “You’re you, Momo. That’s all you need to be.”

There’s a moment where even more tears flow out of her eyes, but Itsuka’s sure that it’s not just sorrow that makes them flow.

The raven-haired girl throws herself into her arms and holds onto her for a little longer.

*

The second time Itsuka sees her cry is right after their Joint Exercise.

She told her something she admittedly wished she didn’t after it is all over -- “You have better grades and a better quirk than me, so whenever people would lump us together like that, I really couldn’t stand it…” and challenged her outright, as if what they have together is a mere petty rivalry to see who’s better than who. Momo wholeheartedly accepted her challenge, in her own words, and the battle between the ‘generals’ of 1A and 1B turned out to be the most exhilarating experience on the field that Itsuka ever had to date.  

Seeing the girl unconscious, hanging on her with ropes all over, some of them incompletely formed and blended with her skin, fills her with a sense of pride for the two of them. Momo gave it her all, and made Itsuka give it her all too. It’s a good fight, and even though she tells everyone that she doesn’t feel like she’s really won, she gives everyone a celebratory smile. It’s worth it to celebrate finding that one person who can gladly push you to your limits.

But soon, the feeling of victory dies down horribly in her throat. A robot comes for them, cuts out the rope, and wakes Yaoyorozu up from her unconsciousness. She’s shaken as she is loaded on a ready-made wheelchair, and the annoyed robot voice beeps to them that her weak organic life form must be seen in the infirmary the soonest possible.

Momo obliges and looks up at the tired Itsuka with a weak smile. “This proves it, Kendo-san,” she says, with restraint in her throat. She hides her suddenly too-thin body encased in her torn hero suit within the confines of her cape, making her look smaller than she really is. “You’re really the stronger one between us. The smarter one, the braver one… You have no idea how… how utterly jealous I am of you right now. I really have nothing else to say.”

She says this so politely that Itsuka feels a little affronted. “Don’t say that, Yaoyorozu,” she tells her with as much comfort as she can ease in her voice. “You really gave me a good fight out there. This doesn’t prove a thing about us two… well, maybe except how awesome all of us in our teams are.”

Momo looks down. Itsuka stares at the shadows that her long eyelashes make on her cheeks. “I don’t know about that…”

The wave of self-doubt from the girl radiates from her like a fever. Itsuka opens her mouth, fully intending to tell her off once again, wants to tell her with all honesty about how she’s wrong to think that because Itsuka herself can’t figure out why no matter how she does, Momo keeps taking her breath away with how strong and smart and beautiful she is, inside and out. But in the next moment, they’re interrupted by loud footsteps rushing towards them like a freight train.

“KENDO-SAN, KENDO-SAN!! YOU WERE AMAZING!”

“Tetsu--?!” A little gasp escapes from her as she feels herself being lifted off her feet and her midsection being squeezed like a bottle of ketchup. The smell of sweat and iron invades her nostrils.

“I KNEW YOU WOULD WIN!!!” Tetsutetsu yells, making everyone around them, even the robots flinch. “Take that, Todoroki!!! Didn’t I tell you how Kendo-san’s the best one there is, ever?!”

“Tetsu���!!!” Itsuka whines with an awkward laugh and taps his arm. “Please let me down, I can’t breathe--”

Tetsutetsu makes a silly surprised sound. As Itsuka feels her breath coming back to her, it’s only then that she notices the unique half-white, half-red colouring that can only belong to one person in the entire school.

“Yaoyorozu,” Todoroki Shouto calls out, blatantly ignoring how Tetsutetsu just called him out. He’s half-jogging by the time he’s near them. A look of pure concern is on his face as he kneels next to the girl’s wheelchair, targeting his mismatched eyes into her dark ones.  

“Todoroki-san.” The way she says his name sounds almost reverent. She shakes ever so slightly as she attempts to avoid his sharp, heterochromatic gaze. “I’m sorry… I must have let the entire class down with my loss--”

Itsuka watches as suddenly and very easily, Momo’s breathless and within Todoroki’s arms.

A strange, ugly feeling rises from within her chest as she strains to listen to the words being exchanged between them. “You did good.” “You blew us all away.” “You’re strong and you’re going to be even stronger.”

“I’m proud of you, Yaoyorozu.”

Who knew Todoroki is capable of such gentle words? By the end of it, Momo’s eyes are overflowing with tears of joy. She shakes and buries her face in Todoroki’s shoulder, mumbling words that only the two of them will hear.

Only the two of them…

Itsuka turns away. The knowledge that none of her words can reach Momo’s heart the way Todoroki’s able to do so seamlessly feels like a black hole tearing into her heart.

“Yeah… I really don’t feel like I’ve won…”

She feels a strong, yet careful grip around her wrist. She doesn’t need to look up to know who it is, and so she keeps her eyes to the ground, worried about the tears that suddenly want to leak out of the corners of her stupid eyes.  

“Kendo-san,” Tetsutetsu says. It’s the first time she hears his voice so quiet, so sincere, with a feather-like undertone of pleading hiding within. “Just… just you wait! I’ll do so well, I’m going to give it my all, I’m going to work so hard to be like you… I’ll make you proud, too!”

Itsuka looks up at him, looks at the tiny black dots for eyes and exquisite silver edges framing his face and his ridiculously strong frame. Looks at his burning fervor, looks at the sudden gentle soft look in his eyes that she’s never seen before.

She smiles up at him, tries not to let her eyes shine too much with unshed tears, tries to give him the most convincing smile she can manage even as her heart is breaking into little tiny pieces. “I know you will, Tetsu. Now, knock the competition right outta here.”

As the two boys eventually rush back to the field to start their own fight, Itsuka watches as a now-calmer Momo is wheeled off into the infirmary. She tries to swallow down the sudden feeling of loss in the depths of her heart and decides to watch the rest of the fights alone.

[arbourne-dynasty]

Nostalgia

Main Timeline Gliese 581c, Gliese 581 System 72 ADE (2276 AD)

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Gunfire rattled through the air somewhere off in the distance. The constant pop of explosions accompanied that gunfire, together they were a symphony that every battlefield sang. Every once in a while, the loud hum of a dropship delivering supplies and reinforcements would cut out the rest of those sounds. Even more distant still was the low rumbling of capital ships entering the atmosphere to provide fire support. It was a battlefield like any other over the last two hundred and fifty years.

The forward command camp was as busy as it could ever be. The Emperor of the Golden Empire frowned at the dusty hologram table before him. It displayed all of the Empire’s assets on the battlefield, right down to the last man. Field relays set up by scouting teams allowed it to display enemy positions also, though the signal wasn’t too clear. The little holograms representing enemy assets flickered and sometimes disappeared entirely. This made it difficult to plan strikes at times, but thankfully the Emperor and his second were very good tacticians.

The Emperor was what citizens in the Empire called an “Ancient.” That is, he’d been alive to see Earth before it was blown to space dust. Only to Imperial citizens was he the Emperor, to his friends and family he was simply Tyler Arbourne. Everyone within the man’s circle was an Ancient and they were the best warriors the Empire had ever seen even before it had become such a political power. In their prime it was a war on Earth fought between the Golden Legion and the Shadow Walker menace. At the climax of the second war, the conflict had consumed every resource on the planet and the Legion was forced to destroy the planet in the hopes of ending the war.

Humanity settled in a distant system where planets were terraformed and colonized giving rise to the Golden Empire and the people wanted Tyler as their Emperor. Until that day Tyler had refused to take full command of the Legion, he had never imagined himself proper person for the job. As luck would have it, he was actually doing quite well, except for the major fact that they had not, in fact, beaten the Shadow Walkers. Instead their enemy followed them and colonized a planet in a nearby system, quietly, undisturbed. The Walkers waited thirty years to make their first strike, and four years later they were here, engulfed in a new war with the same old enemy.

Tyler had been advised by his, well, advisers, not to set foot on any battlefield behind Walker lines. Everyone seemed to think the Emperor was too important an asset to lose. While they were right in a sense, Tyler knew that the Empire would be in capable hands should he finally be killed. The Emperor, however, was never a man to sit around while there was a war to win, and so he went anyway. It was this attitude that brought he and his brother and second in command Isaac were on an enemy owned planet attempting to take it from them. Both men frowned further as another enemy asset disappeared off of the hologram table.

“You’d think this far into it we would have better relay equipment,” Isaac said, folding his arms across his chest.

“Yeah, I really think we need to up the range on those things. Our field equipment is becoming outdated– Oh hey an opening!” Tyler said gleefully and moved a hologram of a group of friendly units across the table through an opening in enemy defenses and rested them on a specific target. The table then auto-transmitted orders to that squadron leader’s CDD, or command data display. The CDD was a holographic projector every soldier wore on their wrist as part of their combat armor. Battlefields were so much easier with those in your arsenal. They were highly resistant to projectile damage, though they had problems with laser fire.

Tyler and Isaac could see nearly the entire battlefield from where their command camp was; a higher part of the mountain so that they could see straight down into the battlefield. The two watched the team they’d selected as they made their way to their objective and watching them work was a delight, indeed. The skill of this group was unquestionable as they worked in tandem with one another covering all directions around the squadron efficiently. They killed Shadow Walkers easily and slowed only once they’d reached their target. The objective was to take down the enemy’s primary power pylon. It was a large tower structure that fed power to all of the enemy’s systems. It had been heavily defended but over the past three days the Empire whittled that defense down until this moment.

“How long were their timers set for again? I can never remember.” Isaac asked.

“Thirty seconds, pretty sure.” Tyler replied as the men moved away from the target and worked their way back behind friendly lines. Isaac was audibly counting to thirty.

“Thirty one… thirty two… thirty three. I’m starting to think it’s not going to happen.” Isaac said with a frown.

“Do you think they armed it right? Because I could have sworn it was—” A bright flash and a loud boom cut Tyler off and a huge eruption of fire and blue energy shot into the air. “—Ooohh, it was forty five seconds. Sorry.” Tyler said with a laugh.

Isaac was holding his gut, he was laughing so hard. The staff that worked the camp was cheering as the the lights on the enemy side of the battlefield started to go down. Without even having orders issued, Imperial forces advanced on the enemy camp and with little opposition began to secure the area. Tyler almost shed a tear.

“I’m so proud of our little ones, Isaac, they’re growing up. I didn’t even have to issue orders, look at that! Beautiful!” Tyler exclaimed, resting an arm on his brother’s shoulder.

“Well, your highness—” Isaac started

“You know I hate that–” Tyler said. Isaac ignored him.

“—It’s because you’re a great leader, maybe we’d be a little better off if you’d taken command, I don’t know, a hundred and fifty years ago?” Isaac chided. Tyler rolled his eyes.

“I’m sorry! How was I supposed to know I would be good at it? Who else would even know if I’d be good at it or not?” Tyler retorted, folding his arms across his chest and frowning at his brother.

“Uh, no one except EVERYONE!” Isaac waved at all the staff around the camp and motioned to their men on the battlefield. “Well, maybe not the younger ones but you know what I mean!” He finished.

Tyler simply stood there and smiled at his brother as a dropship landed near by and Tyler’s wife stood in the loading bay with a frown on her face. Once again, Tyler hadn’t told her that he’d be running a battle again and now he was in trouble.

Liana approached in a huff, hands on her hips. “Your daughter–”

“Ooohhhh….” Tyler and Isaac said at the same time, interrupting her.

“What?” Liana barked.

“Nothing… I just thought you were mad at me,” Tyler said with a chuckle.

“Oh not at all, sweetheart, how was the battle?” She replied with a smile.

“I’ll tell you about it in the ship, Isaac lost a bet anyway he’s got clean up, come on.” Tyler said and escorted his wife to the dropship.

Isaac shook his head and sighed returning his attention to the battlefield, noting that the enemy base was completely secured. “I gotta stop making bets with that asshole…”

[flyingmintbunnnyandfriends]

Long Voltron Post Incoming

Okay peeps. Just finished up the last season of Voltron and oh boy do I have a few things to say to the third grader that wrote it. Before I even get started on why it was terrible, let me just say, it was horrible. The plot was lost in the flashing lights and disjointed cutscenes, the focus was completely shifted to a single character making every one else fade into the background, let me not get started on the FORCED romance, and yes, I admit the fight scenes were well executed, all things considered this DOES NOT EXCUSE the poor representation and the lies that we were told. So. Let’s not get all gung-ho just yet. While terrible overall, this season was not a total loss. Bringing back the old paladins, showing just what the warriors of old can still teach the new Paladins and passing on a bit of their wisdom to the next generation was beautiful; just watching them interact was awesome, and it was a genuine plot twist to see their consciousnesses being trapped within an insane psychopath. The final battle was exactly how it should be, one on one, a mech fight to determine the fate of everyone involved. The Acolytes were utilized well, a good setup to the final big bad. Similarly, I enjoyed the use of the Alteans on both sides of the war, as unwilling/unknowing pawns and then true allies to the forces of good. Just. Kinkade. Adorable bab. AND THAT SUNSET SCENE. Honestly probably one of the most romantic moments of the show, regardless of whether or not you ship it. Now that that’s out of the way....OH MY GOD WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??? OOOhhhh boy where to begin on this flaming trainwreck. Let’s start with....pushing aside literally every other character in the series to focus on Allura! There were SO MANY plot points that were skipped over or never mentioned again that could have made this so much better. Where was Galra Keith this season? Other than a fleeting moment where he got so angry his eyes seemed to go Galra for a split second there was literally nothing to prove that his transformation last season even happened! It is never brought up, and it would have made an amazing scene to see the fearless leader of Voltron pushed to his absolute limits, forced to revert to his ‘other’ self in order to pull out a win...I know, it’s not all about Keith. Okay then, how about...Shiro? Yeah, Shiro. The one who supposedly lost the love of his life to the Galra invasion of Earth. Adam. Remember him? The one he was crying over? That Adam? And then Shiro suddenly gets together with someone we know nothing about? And we’re supposed to be okay with that?! WE DON’T KNOW HIM. How did they get together?? Yeah, Curtis? He’s a funny dude. Good guy. Excuses nothing. How about Pidge? We get to see her bantering with her mother, which was great, loved it. We also see her in monumental pain following the destruction of Olkari...and no one mentions it. They don’t take the time to tell her ‘it’s okay’ or have a heart to heart...she was given no closure. Hunk, sunshine boy. He got the least bad ending of the lot. Got confirmation that his love for cooking wasn’t just a side thing, that it wasn’t meant to be brushed aside. He was bringing people together doing what he loved to do! Also Sal. Happy he got brought back, honestly. And platonic Hunelle? The best. Not to mention his rock girlfriend saving the day? Even better.  And then...Lance. Oh Lancey boy. What did they do to you, my poor baby? You deserved so much better...Lance is my favorite character, hands down. The happy go lucky, always dependable, self-sacrificing pretty boy who deserves the world and expects nothing in return...they RUINED you. What HAPPENED Dreamworks!? Who is this mopey, depressed, utterly dependent on another person...thing you replaced my baby with? Lance was never meant to be used in this way! Lance was the Soul of Voltron, the one who broke tension, who made everyone feel better, even at the expense of himself. Who gave over and over again and was still light hearted and friendly, brushing off anything negative and always seeing the bright side of things? Who sought out validation in the form of competition, always offering his help...the one who remained vigilant and protective, even against Lotor’s silver words and ‘Shiro’s’ endless aggression against him...THAT is Lance. Not this...sniveling shell of a person. He’s Voltron’s right hand! The one who supports the leader and gives his thoughts and opinions! Who is respected and listened to! Where did that go?! Keith trusted him enough to lead the team in his absence...and in this season? Nothing! He was talked over and ignored just like when Keith left to the Blade. Talk about a step in the wrong direction. Speaking of Keith and Lance...KLANCE IS CANON KING. There’s dozens of metas out there spilling essentially the same thing, but now it’s my turn. Let’s start with what we knew before Season 8. Lance would be someone’s first choice. Allura would have no endgame. Lance would not be a rebound. Whoops, screwed that one up, didn’t you? Also. Lance’s endgame was supposed to be SLOWBURN. SLOW. BURN. Does anyone know what that means? Hey writers, do you know what that means? Because if Season 8 is any indication, I think you need a dictionary!! After six seasons of completely ignoring and at one point insulting (see the ears comment) Lance, and then the whole Lotor deal, we’re expected to believe that ALLURA is the slowburn? When they literally went from date to Lance being her living shadow? WHAT? Speaking of Lotor...we are led to believe that Allura and Lotor are Soulmates, they complete one another. They know each other’s pain, and can depend on one another. Yeah, he goes off his rocker just like dear old dad...but who didn’t see that coming? And immediately after this the mice snitch about Lance’s crush. So what? She decides ‘why the hell not?’ and falls into his arms?! THAT’S THE DEFINITION OF A REBOUND, DREAMWORKS. But you know who doesn’t do that? Keith. You know who sees Lance at his lowest, and accepts him? Keith. Guess who listens when Pidge and Hunk refuse to? Keith. Keith has always listened to Lance, even in the beginning when he rose to the challenges Lance offered. Keith trusts Lance explicitly, completely, and without a second thought. When leading Voltron, Keith automatically follows Lance’s ideas, never speaking out against him, going along with even the most inane ideas like who gets to ride in what Lion, without a fuss. Keith, the hot head, offering no argument. Hmm. Interesting. Lance is the one to comfort Keith during the disappearance of Shiro, and Keith is the one to come to Lance when Allura is unconscious and hurt because of their actions. These boys have seen each other at their absolute lowest, and instead of taking advantage of this, they support and comfort each other however they can. And do I need to bring up all the romantic moments they had? Do I need to did out all those Bonding Moment memes? This pair have had more intimate moments than every other ship in the entire show. Rainbows, the colors of the bi flag in the background, all the romantic subtext...the way Keith’s eyes go all soft and unguarded when looking at Lance, how he lowers his guard and teases Lance, being as gentle as he knows how? How he is the ONLY ONE IN THE SHOW to not only accept but encourage Lance to be himself, that people should love him as he is, instead of Lance forcing himself to change? Or how about how Lance LITERALLY CALLS KEITH THE FUTURE WITH THIS DOPEY, LOVESTRUCK LOOK. The SAME ONE he gives Allura. The same one he uses when talking about Keith to the Yupper, when no one will hear? THAT look. The one that says ‘Yeah, I could be just a little bit in love’. To my knowledge, they tried to destroy Klance because some of the fandom doesn’t know how to chill, and honestly, we kinda deserved that. Some people are just terrible people that think threatening people is funny. But the rest of us? The ones who kept to ourselves and let people ship what they wanted? We have to bear the hatred of the rest of the fandom, who think we’re the same scum that don’t know how to behave. I’m not. Ship what you want, it’s no business of mine. But Klance is the only endgame that actually makes sense! (Besides Hunay, but that’s a precious ship that should never be questioned). Klance is the classic rivals-to-lovers trope, the one that draws people in and makes them want more, to see that happy ending the two deserve. Together. And instead, we got forced hetero romance. And yes, I do mean FORCED. Allura never ONCE said ‘I love you’. NOT ONCE. That doesn’t seem right, does it? The relationship between Lance and Allura was unhealthy at best. It’s not a fairytale romance about a princess and a pauper. Not even close. Lance is reduced to being ‘that guy’. The one who exists only to cater to his girlfriend’s every whim and question nothing. That’s it. That’s what they made him out to be. And it’s sickening. She pushes him away several times, even after they’re together, and he just takes it. That’s not how love works, people. Even without the Klance goggles on, that’s just not love. Love is being partners, equals, finding perfection in your partner’s flaws and growing together. And who do we see that from? Klance. From bickering rivalry, to trusting each other with their lives, from ‘you’re not my leader’ to ‘I’d follow you anywhere’. THAT is love. THAT is special. THAT is a slowburn. And THAT is what we should have gotten. But we didn’t. Because we were baited. That’s all there is to it. Despite all this, there IS still hope. Just because Allura was his ‘first love’ doesn’t mean that she’ll be the only one. Because someone is still waiting. Someone who is ready to support Lance, put his feelings before their own. Someone who has always put Lance first, to the point he left so that Lance never had to question his own worth. And that is Keith. THEY BELONG TOGETHER OKAY? Besides...now that Lance is part Altean and Keith is part Galra they’re gonna have a LONG TIME to figure it out. Because Galra and Alteans live long lives. Who else are they gonna spend it with other than each other? In all, I was disappointed in the final season. It should have been great, the big finale to cement it’s place in history...instead, I’ll never watch it again. I was let down and lied to, plain and simple. I still ship Klance, probably always will, but my time in this fandom is done. After the humiliation suffered because of bad writing and toxic fandom wars, it just wasn’t worth it. We were queerbaited into believing Klance actually stood a chance, that it would be everything we wanted...and instead we were left to burn. Way to go, Dreamworks. You ruined a good series. That last season was pitiful. So many plotholes never addressed, characters left to rot, questions never answered, and all the lies. For all of you that liked the final season, I applaud you. You are a much better person that I, it seems. Keep KICKing Klancers.

[saranel]

My question is not entirely bleach related. So don't know if you'll answer. Well..which pairing of the novel, 'pride and Prejudice' do you like out of the main 4 pairings? If so, do you find similarities between those pairings and bleach ones?

Ooohhhh gosh, it’s been over a decade since I read the book, anon, so you’ll have to forgive me if my memory of events is somewhat skewed by the movie/TV adaptations (what do you mean Darcy doesn’t take a dip in the lake at Pemberley? IS THIS NOT CANON???).  I’mma tag my pal and Pride and Prejudice expert @kisukke to correct me if there’s anything I got wrong. 

First off, I’m not sure which four pairs you’re referring to?  Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley are the obvious ones, but aside from those two pairs, I don’t know which other two I’d classify as ‘main.’  There’s Charlotte and Mr. Collins, Lydia and Wickham and then maybe the Gardiners and the Bennets themselves? Oh and Louisa and Mr. Hurst, I guess.  Unless of course you’re talking about potential pairs like Elizabeth & Collins andElizabeth & Wickham xD   

At any rate, with the exception of Elizabeth and Masaki, I can’t really say I find many similarities on a character level.  Maybe Ryūken and his mom with Darcy and Lady Catherine, but not a perfect comparison as in this case Ryūken and Masaki aren’t meant to end up together.  Still, the spirit of the novel, i.e. marrying for the right reasons, does apply greatly to many of the past canon and some of the implied pairs. 

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Because this is basically one of the main themes of Pride and Prejudice, isn’t it?  To showcase the difference between the relationships built on love and respect, and the forced ones that resulted from impulse/convenience/social pressure etc.  Which, of course, isn’t such a common issue with modern marriages (at least not in the same way; marrying for the wrong reasons is still very much a thing), but was a revolutionary concept for Austen’s time, when women didn’t have much of a choice.  Take Charlotte, for example, whose marriage we do get to see in action, but we cannot really fault her for following the status quo of the time.  

Elizabeth took a great gamble when refusing to marry Mr. Collins, and we see how her mother uses the family’s future to pressure her into accepting, but as the heroine, it makes sense that she’s the one who rebels against this system and ends up not only marrying a man she loves, but also affecting the circumstances so Jane would also marry for love.  In that sense, Masaki has the same role in the EBTR story; by making her own choice and refusing to marry Ryūken, whether knowingly or not, she grants him the freedom to marry the one he loves as well. 

There are three more couples I can think of that fit a similar motif, though they don’t make for quite the same parallel. There’s Byakuya, of course, who bucks tradition and marries Hisana.  There’s Renji, who buries his feelings when Rukia becomes nobility so as not to stand in her way, and though this is mostly a headcanon, anyone who reads my blog consistently knows that I believe this is more or less what happened with Kisuke and Yoruichi.  Most signs point to him being either a commoner or a noble of far lower clout, so whether they carried a romance in secret for years or got together shortly before/after their exile, Yoruichi makes a clear choice in abandoning all titles and luxuries (not to mention friends and family) to be with him.  Whether you read that as platonic or romantic, the end result is the same: Yoruichi went against tradition and the status quo when it posed a serious detriment to her own happiness.  

The big difference between Bleach and P&P is that we don’t see any unhappy marriages in action, like the Bennets or Charlotte and Mr. Collins, to create the juxtaposition.  

Some people may make a case for Ryūken and Katagiri ending up together out of convenience, but I think their relationship has been greatly misinterpreted.  For one thing, when Isshin tells Ichigo that Ryūken let Masaki go post-graduation as a way to make a clean break from his own feelings, I’m not really buying it? I do believe Ryūken had some feelings for her, but they were mostly born out of an effort to make the best of a situation he wasn’t happy with but felt he had to endure.  

Masaki was a lovely girl, so I can’t really fault him for trying to make it work; as a member of a slowly dying ‘race,’ Ryūken carried the immense burden of being the head of a prominent, pureblooded clan that was expected to further the line.  But even before Masaki gets infected by the Hollow, we see how Ryūken’s stiffer disposition changes when he addresses Katagiri.  He regards Masaki with a touch of wariness, as though he’s not quite sure what to make of her and trying to picture himself married to her, but with Katagiri, he’s different, and she in turn is clearly very taken with him:        

One of the things Ryūken and Katagiri also have going for them is the Childhood Friends to Lovers trope, which Kubo is undeniably a fan of (confirmed for Rukia & Renji, Gin & Rangiku, plus heavily hinted for both Tōshirō & Momo and Kisuke & Yoruichi). Ryūken and Katagiri may not qualify as friends, strictly speaking, but the scene where we first hear of this, when Katagiri opens up her heart to Ryūken, frames their first meeting in a romantic light:

8Ryuuken: You can go home and tell my mother… // …that her son… / …has no right to protect the way of the Quincy.Katagiri: I will not.Ryuuken: …I said go home.Katagiri: I will not. / I cannot leave you on your own, young master.Ryuuken: Katagiri………!Katagiri: Ryuuken-sama. // Have you forgotten? / It is my sworn duty to dedicate my entire life… // …to serving you.9Katagiri: From the day we first set eyes on one another… // …my life has belonged to you. // So, please… // Please… // …do not be sad. // If you feel sorrow, Ryuuken-sama… // …my heart will be torn apart. // If you shed tears -Ryuuken: Katagiri.

That’s some seriously romantic dialogue right there, plus it has the added cultural element of them sharing an umbrella for the return trip home, a very romantic gesture in Japan.

Ryūken and Katagiri most certainly don’t qualify as a forced pairing, but they do reinforce the notion that marriage should have its basis in love and respect to work.  Ryūken may have cared deeply about Masaki (mostly platonically, with perhaps a hint of romance), but forcing a marriage between them when he loved Katagiri and she in turn had just fallen in love with Isshin, would’ve made them all four of them miserable. 

So in case it wasn’t already obvious, anon, I’m a big fan of pairings that go against tradition in order to be together xD I did very much enjoy the build-up with Elizabeth and Darcy’s relationship, especially as it was slowly revealed that he wasn’t the asshat both she and the audience originally assumed he was (I love that an early draft of the novel was called ‘First Impressions’ lmao).  Or rather, that he had a good heart, but had to learn to see beyond the surface, which over the course of the novel, he does.  

Jane and Bingley were also pretty damn cute, but Elizabeth and Darcy, with their faults and their prickliness, are far more relatable than the always cheerful and friendly Jane and Bingley.  The two are obviously very well-suited for each other, they’re just the Golden Retriever to Elizabeth and Darcy’s Grumpy Cat.  And I’ve always been a fan of cats.  

Wickham can go eat a bag of dicks. 

[team-adults-blog]

4.07 Gimme Shelter

They didn’t even get the rights to play the Stone’s song. 

Let’s talk about chicken nuggets, Grey’s Anatomy, and Ethics.

HERE WE GOOOOO THAT BLACK RAIN IS REAL

Damn everyone just stripped. Hero boys out to save that kid Harper left for dead.

FUUUUCKKKKKKKKKK. I literally had to pause the show and take a moment to calm down. Everyone’s half nakey. I can handle this. It’s just that it’s EVERYONE. ALL AT ONCE. 

“Why don’t you make a fire, you’re good at that” OOOHHHH Octaviaaaaa burn him. Puns.

Big bro Jackson showing Clarke around like a cool bro should. Abby’s smile is radiating (hah) sunshine and can provide all the solar energy that rocket needs. Jackson is so happy for her. Sachin is the best because he only gets these little moments and kills every single one. 

AWWW she needed to see her mom and get a hug. This is so nice. They used to be pretty mad at each other over dumb misunderstandings and now look at them. I’ve missed you so much. It’s important to remember Clarke is what, like 16-17? Listen. She may have been forced to grow up but you’re allowed to turn into a kid again when you go home. I made my mom buy me chicken nuggets over break and I’m older than Clarke so get wrecked. Here I am, going to brewerys with friends and coming home for the nuggets. But I’m like. An adult. So I make them in the oven and not the microwave. Plus you don’t have to count how many nuggets per 11 minutes. You can have as many as you want. This is important to me because I have no self-control. I also talked my friend into buying the dino chicken nuggets so I’ve basically been living off of beer, nuggets, and smoothies. I’m the picture of health.

Raven’s sedated? AKA you couldn’t get her to take it easy. When was the last time you slept? Um. Try the last episode? Murphy wasn’t only asking do I need to go get the doc, but also do I need to go wake the doc. “I’ll sleep soon enough, one way or another” to quote my cutie patootie B, “dark” aaannnndddd Jackson told on you to Clarke anyways because he knew you’d try this crap. 

Bone marrow? Literally Mt. Weather. Ethicssss. Clarke, why are you not alarmed? DOCTOR LORELEI TSING WAS DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO YOU MOTHER (who should also remember this) AND NEITHER OF YOU ARE TALKING ETHICS EXPLICITLY TO EACH OTHER? It’s different because Luna is “ok” with giving you her bone marrow, but creating a human test subject against their will? Whoaaa, Nelly. Glad we’re not rushing into this yet. And Emori is going to misinterpret things. Abs is going to make it voluntary like the culling, right? You don’t need to freak out.

Clarke gets laid, 2 hugs, a SHOWER, and a NAP. All in 2 episodes. She is living the dream. That nap is what she needed to be calm and collected later.

Jump scare! Oh shit someone’s here. I hate this. It’s scary. I fucking screamed so loud. I’m hella tired and saw it coming and still. Apparently I use real swear words and more of them when I’m tired.

Yeah, Murphy! Kill ‘em with a cutting board! My weapon of choice in that kitchen. It’s sturdy and will knock a dude out. 2nd choice in that kitchen is a frying pan because it has a handle. #tangled You’d think knives right? You have to be able to get close to use a knife, and that grounder could kick my ass. My strategy: hit him with something sturdy and solid- not heavy because then he’ll see it coming- and then if he’s not k.o.’d  get him in a headlock. we’re not about stab wounds. we’re about concussions. #5andcounting

Guys Forever is coming back! What a good ad too. “It’s a long story.” I screamed. CW cancels a show for low viewership even though it has an interesting plot, only to bring it back 2 years later. “It’s a long story” covers both the behind the scenes process of bringing it back and how he came back to life this time. The water coming out of the body locker? Fantastic. I knew instantly. But I didn’t believe it until I saw his face. I am excited. Amanda in France is excited.

Bellamy distracted driving in the rain and gets stuck in the mud. Kane has zero ability to help. Awful. All he can do is say sit tight, babe. You’re self-sacrificial, but come one. This sucks so much.

Octavia and Ilian stuck in an elevator I mean cave (thanks B for identifying the actual name of the trope because I was just calling it cave but you’re smarter than me). What a classic way to make two people talk or hook up. Have y’all seen Greys Anatomy? People would just halt the elevator to have an important conversation and/or sex. I should have maybe realized this is what it’s called earlier...They’re not using it as much currently (S13 baby), but it got so bad in the early years it became a bit of a running joke that gets carried onto the spin-off, Private Practice:

This screen grab (from the google.com) may actually be from Grey’s while they were still trying to sell the spin-off. Like when Psych had that The Finder episode? I don’t remember, it’s been years. Anyways, on The 100 they’ve used the trope a little more tactfully: S1 Finn/Clarke hook up and acid fog, S2 Kabby talk about deserving/not deserving salvation in Ton DC. Uh there are most def more but I give up.

The trope for the cave scene felt very in your face, glaringly obvious. Ilian tells Octavia his sad story, then he says it’s her turn. O’s gonna pass. Feeling numb hard. But everytime I find myself saying “fuck it, I’m tired of being this way” a little voice (my conscious, not the scary ones) tells me that the “I’d rather feel pain than nothing at all” mindset is actually incredibly unhealthy and dangerous. The show could have played the entire song “Pain” by Three Day’s Grace and it would have been spot on for what’s happening in this scene (except for who’s actually initiating the sex). “Just make me feel something else,” that’s using someone. That’s how you get in trouble with people because you’re not taking their emotions into consideration. So maybe Ilian does want this, but it’s clearly not the way he would want it. He pushes Octavia away more than once before he gives in. It’s so clear from an outside perspective that it’s wrong, and yet it makes sense emotionally. To me at least. I have a lot of repressed memories that are surfacing and I would like to shove them back down where they belong so we’re just going to leave this and go somewhere less personal.

“It’s good to hear your voice.” Damn right I would rather talk about Kabby. SOOOOO sorry to be the bearer of bad news but we’re running out of water Abs. We’re getting pretty desperate. I trust you 100% to make the right choice on your medical ethics question. This whole conversation is great because Paige and Ian are acting alone in radio scenes; they’re not feeding off each other. Being able to bring up that emotion by yourself is commendable (for Bob too) and they’re all so lovely. Back to the plot- Kane has made poor decisions before, most notably the culling, and Abby has pretty much always been on the right side of the moral issue, trusting the people to volunteer. Abby will do the right thing, she always does is Kane’s angle from being wrong as well as building this trusting and loving little thing. Speaking of which, Clarke you didn’t send his love? Sure they radioed later but. This isn’t a “tell them I say hi!” from my mom whenever I go to my brother’s house. This is important! (sorry mom) Now, the questions:

Take a life to save everyone? Is it murder? Even if we don’t call it murder, could I live with myself if I did this? Whenever philosophical questions come up, I want more details before I commit to a side. Specific circumstances will drive the answers. Unfortunately, they’re operating under a lie Emori is telling everyone, a lie that says, he’s a bad guy. A really bad guy. Even if we’re not 100% ok that this is a forcible injection of nightblood and then we’ll see if he dies or can run out into the world, it’s not like we’re doing this to a sweet child. Clarke reassures Abby that it’s a good decision, but Abby was about to do it anyway, so are they framing it as Clarke holding more responsibility? Or did they just want to give her some? Everyone there shares the responsibility- I won’t call it blame just yet because they don’t know- but doing this gives Clarke a bigger piece? Will finding out the circumstances they think are driving the situation are lies change how they feel about their decision?  Of course! Will Abby feel incredibly guilty? Of course! Does it matter to anything other than your conscious that he’s not the bad person Emori lead you to believe he was? You still made the decision to do this against his will. What a #fun plot to explore, especially with Murphy knowing it’s a lie as well. It’s not if the others find out, but when.

The Blakes and dad!Kane are ripping my heart apart. Kane’s just trying to keep Bellamy safe and reassure him. He missteps. Big. “your mother would be proud of the man you’ve become. I know I am.” He reads that Bellamy need to know he’s doing a good job despite things being out of his control. If he had said “I’m proud of you” he would have been fine. But. Ya didn’t. “You floated my mother.” Damn. He sure did. For having Octavia, the other kid you’re highkey trying to parent. Nothing like a good reminder that all of the delinquents have good reasons to hate/ fear Kane because he put them all there. Jaha gave the order to drop them on the Earth, but S1 Kane arrested them and floated a lot of their families (which makes the dad!Kane bits a little sad). It’s a nice slap in the face to wake up and remember ALL of the character development he’s gone through since the pilot. He’s incredible now, but he still has a lot of baggage he hasn’t had to really deal with aside from Octavia and Abby. He and Clarke never even talked about it back S2 when they started teaming up bit by bit.

He blunders the Harper situation because he’s too worried about Bellamy, Peter and Mark/Matthew (I’ve already forgotten which) and Abby. “Who you want to be doesn’t always win.” Ok. True. But that’s a shitty thing to say to Harper who’s already feeling like shit and has told you she’s wrecked with guilt. You dropped the ball there. ESPECIALLY when you’re trying to comfort Octavia after she ALMOST murders Ilian TWO HOURS AGO. ??????. Harper not off killing people, she just freaked out in a crowd/mob/crazed herd environment and this guy grabbed her. She shook him off and instead of fighting to help him, she lets herself be pushed along by the crowd. She’s not a terrible person, her guilt is evident of that.

Bellamy gets back- how did he dig that rover out of the mud all by himself? Kane tries to apologize, Bellamy flips his line from earlier back in his face. “You can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.” I can’t save Octavia. You can’t save me. Savage. Gut punch. Which must be even worse when you think about how those arms pushed a 2,000 lb rover out of the mud. Boy packs a punch. Poor Kane. He deserved it after bringing up Aurora Blake, that doesn’t make it hurt less.

Octavia throws her weapons away and is taking Ilian home. She doesn’t want to fight anymore. I’m glad, but I’m not sure how sleeping with Ilian brought her to this conclusion. If I missed a line help me out.

My exact thought process on the last scene: OH MY GOD IT ISN’T HIM. EMORI. MURPHY WHY DO YOU GO FROM ALARM TO SMIRKING AND THINKING “THAT’S MY GIRL.” THIS IS NOT HOT.

Shirtless everyone and cool questions give this episode a 9/10. I’m fine with being unclear as to where Octavia is going, I’m not cool with not understanding the morning after and how that decision was made because its 1) really important and 2)the show acknowledges it’s important enough to show is (unlike Abby’s rings). -1 for that.

[theabominableblogger]

My Reaction to “Justice League”

*puts on body armor*  Here we go..

Before we start, yo Warner Bros, why do you keep cutting out content?  Seriously.

Is that the Batman theme I hear?

I love the new DC logo

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS CAMCORDER VIDEO OF KIDS WITH SUPERMAN

The only sin here is that’s it’s vertical video

Oohh I like that pause Superman has after the kids ask him what his favorite part about Earth is

Now, this is Snyder color grading

HOLY SHIT THAT’S AWESOME

Wait, did that sign say “ACE” as in Ace Chemicals?

Holy shit this is almost the opening of the 1989 Batman!

What the hell is that?

Bro, this is way too dark for this kind of night time.

Oooohhhhh I like how they did the title...

This cover of “Everybody Knows” by Sigrid is awesome.  This is how you do a Leonard Cohen cover.

Aaaww Lois...

Danny Elfman!

Nooooo Martha sold her house!

Liking the homage to the black Superman suit with all the black flags with the white symbols

ROOSE BOLTON?!?

He’s only in it for like 5 minutes.  C’mon, man...

Damn this soundtrack is awesome

CGI...

Ohhh the Wonder Woman theme...

Oh my gosh the colors in this scene...

Slow motion!

Oooh that was a nice stop!

So far this feels very Zack Snyder-y

KHAL DROGO!

That Aquaman art mural on the wall is awesome...

Why is Barry squatting?  Isn’t Barry like a forensics scientist or something?

“... exploding wind-up penguins.”  Eeeeyyyy!!!

Bwahahahaha!

Billy Crudup!

Wait, so do we know who killed Barry’s mom?  Wasn’t it Reverse Flash or something?

Gotham?

Whoa...

Whatever basic prosthetics they used for Cyborg are on point, I gotta say

 There’s been a lot of blue and red so far in this movie

Themyiscera!!

Not sure if I dig Hippolyta wearing a headdress...

BOOM TUBE!

Ooooooohhhh Hippolyta just pulled a Indiana Jones with that Mother Box thing

Oh this one Amazon is awesome!  I wanna see more of her!

“You will love me.”  EEEEEEUUUGGGHHHHH!!!

Oh noooo wasn’t that Antiope’s girlfriend from “Wonder Woman?”  Noooo...

Where the heck did all these Amazons come from?

*Random lady cusses on TV*  Bwahahahaha

Martha!

I like having Lois and Martha hanging out!  Martha’s probably the mom that the first time Lois came over to Clark’s house, she told all the embarassing childhood stories.

WHAAATT CYBORG JUST HACKED INTO THE BATCAVE?!?!?

Pfffffttt Diana just walks in!

Diana, your black leather jacket and red scarf looks awfully familiar...

GREEN LANTERN!

ARES!!!

ZEUS!!!

Who looks an awful lot like Gerard Butler...  coincidence?

Is that K-pop playing in the background?

“... sign language- gorilla sign language..” Gorilla Grodd!

Holy crap Rick and Morty is playing the background....

“What is brunch?!?”  That’s a good question.

Oh my gosh, Barry, I love you but you have pizza in your mouth.  Chew with your mouth closed.

“What are your superpowers again?”  “I’m rich.”  Makes sense.

I like Cyborg being a super hacker in this universe.  I am all for it.

Why does Cyborg have an arc reactor in his chest?

“I lost someone I loved once.”  AAAAAUUUGGGHHHH

Aquamaaannn!!!

Eeeeuuuggghhhh...

*jams out to “Icky Thump” by the White Stripes*

Probably isn’t needed in this bit but meh

*gasp*  Mera?  Mera! 

She’s so pretty!

Hi Steppenwolf... bye Steppenwolf...

Aquaman origins?  Please God, give us a teaser for the Aquaman movie soon!

Ohhhhhhh that’s a cool shot...

“For Darkseid...”  OK, you [Steppenwolf] keep talking about your nephew but we’re probably gonna never see him in this movie...

Oh that’s a cool shot

COMMISSIONER GORDON!!!!!

C’mon, Cyborg?

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH

IT’S THE BATMAN THEME!!

We only get like 3 minutes of JK Simmons as Gordon and I am loving it.

I like Bruce telling Barry to “save one.”

*claps hands with each syllable*  BAT-DAD!

Gotta admit, the CGI work on Steppenwolf’s face is actually pretty good.  It’s the rest of his armor that needs work.

Oh the Nightcrawler is awesome!

[Flash starts running on the walls to go help Diana]  *sings* If IIIII could save timeeeee in a bottlllleeee...

Wait so there’s this clash about the Old Gods versus the New Gods... that’s totally “American Gods”

Oh is this Cyborg’s theme?  That’s sweet...

Who’s this “Mother” that Steppenwolf keeps talking about?!?!?

“Nice to see you [Batman] working well with others.”  AAAAAGGGGGHHHH

This is the third time we’ve had a somewhat Jason Todd reference in the DCEU.  Give us the damn goods, Warner Bros!

“Dressed like a bat.  I dig it.”  Pfffttt...

They keep flashing back to this one family...

*Flash starts sitting inside the Batmobile*  Bwaahahahaha

OK, as much as I like Ezra Miller as the Flash, he’s very, very jumpy and excitable.  Calm thyself.

Wait, so they’re gonna try and use a Mother Box to bring Superman back to life?!?  Why?

“Superman is dead.”  I mean, yeah, he is.

BITCH YOU DID NOT JUST BAD TALK STEVE TREVOR IN FRONT OF DIANA

BRUCE, YO ASS IS GRASS

Holy crap, that Pet Sematary reference though!

“Well that was fun when it didn’t last.”  Oh my gosh, Alfred.

Wait, Bruce has a legit armory?

Yes Barry and Victor bonding!

AAAHHH BRUCE ACTUALLY PERCHING ON A BUILDING LEDGE!

“This is amazing.”  “This is crazy.”  That’s a bunch of mother freaking liquid.

Oh c’mon, Barry!

Oooooohhhh that shot’s awesome

Whaaatttt....

Wait was that the original Superman theme?

DIANA JUST CALLED CLARK “KAL-EL”

There is no freaking way Clark can overpower Diana’s lasso

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*inhale*  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

OH SHIT

Batman, you’re gonna make it worse

OH SHIT

OH SHIT

OK, Clark’s face looks a little... off...

Henry Cavill’s philtrum are way too pronounced in this

“Do you [Batman] bleed?”  OH SHIT

LOIS IS THE SECRET WEAPON

Then what the hell was that one Flash sequence in “Batman V Superman” then?  Totally unneeded.

He [Clark] just lifted her [Lois] into space!

*The Justice League realizes that they left the Mother Box exposed for Steppenwolf to steal it*  WELL WAY TO GO, GUYS!

WHY DID YOU [Clark] GO BACK HOME?

“Is it a bad time to bring up my blood sugar?”  Yes it is, Barry.

“Do you [Arthur] talk to fish?”  Oh my gosh, Bruce...

Liking the robe, Diana

*Bruce admits he doesn’t see himself as the leader of the Justice League*  Yeah you are, man!

Oh, that’s a nice shot of them [Clark and Lois]!

“It’s really me [Clark], Ma.”  AAAHHHH!

OH SHIT

Oh my goosssshhhhhh, why is Steppenwolf boring?

WHAT THE DUCK....

Yay calm Barry!

Is that the Flying Fox?

*Aquaman starts trash talking the rest of the team but starts complimenting the crap out of Diana*  Pffffttttt....

*Aquaman’s been sitting on the Lasso of Truth*  BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Whoooooaaaaaaaa

Well that ship didn’t last long

Oh the score for this scene is great

That is a lot of parademons...

Bruce has a freaking potty mouth in the DCEU

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HAIR FLIP!  THERE YA GO!

Why don’t we get more on Diana and Steppenwolf’s connection as Gods?  Seriously, like that is one of the more interesting parts of the movie.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Superman??? SUPERMAN!!

*in best Aquaman impression*  All right!

The driver of that truck is gonna have serious whiplash

“‘Cause I [Clark] really like being alive.”  I don’t think now would be the time to make those kinds of jokes, Clark...

“Children.  I [Diana] work with children.”  Same.

OOOHHHH

Oooohh Superman and Diana actually saved the day.  Whoot!

OK, so Steppenwolf’s “death” here is totally how Pitch went out in “Rise of the Guardians”

OOOOOOHHHHH I LIKE THAT SHOT

Wait, so all the Apokolips stuff just turned into flowers?  What?

Aaahh they [Martha and Clark] got the house back!

Lois is barely in this movie!

“I [Bruce] bought the bank.”  Bwahahahahaha

Barry got a job at Wayne Enterprises! 

Is that Wayne Manor?

Oh I like Diana’s dress

Waaaaiittt are they gonna revamp Wayne Manor into the Hall of Justice?

*Gordon turns on the Bat-Signal*  YAAASSSSSS!!!!

DO IT DO IT DO IT [the Superman move of ripping open the shirt to show the costume]- YESSSSSSSS

FLASH AND SUPERMAN ARE ACTUALLY RACING EACH OTHER!!!

Guys, I want the Flash suit like yesterday

Now that’s a shot

SHut up they pulled a “Killing Joke” on us!

Deathstroke!

Wait, Lex is wearing a modernized version of the Gene Hackman suit from the original Superman movie!

“I [Lex] was just celebrating God’s return out of the ground and into the sky.”  *sigh*  God dammit

WHAAAAAAAAATTT THAT’S WHAT SLADE WILSON LOOKS LIKE?!?!?

He look gooooood...

ALL RIGHT WHO CALLED LEX AND DEATHSTROKE FORMING THE INJUSTICE LEAGUE?!!?  THAT’S RIGHT, ME!  I CALLED IT!