#but that one yt video in season 1 was important

[melikes-reads]

Nick and Charlie watching the Doctor Who Christmas special at Christmas...

And not just any Christmas special, but The Runaway Bride.

The Doctor and Donna.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate at their finest.

Well done, Heartstopper.

Well done, indeed.

[eepop-stuffs]

Edit: made this when i was an uniformed CHILD. The youtube channel isn't reliable💀

Tobe is 14. Garu is 12. Which means if it was anyone, it would HAVE to be his father.

Oh my god. I'm gonna rant. OK. So previously I was ranting about this to some people on discord (I sent the same rant to three different servers, it's your guys' turn)

So basically, in one of the various licensed Pucca games, there's a cutscene that reveals that Tobe killed Garu's father while Garu watched. However, this makes absolutely no sense given their canon ages and overall dynamic.

Below is the big rant, prepare for me to speak absolute nonsense.

So according to the Pucca YouTube channel, Tobe is 16 and Garu is 12.

In the cutscene, the VERY oldest Garu could be is about 6 or 7. Which would make Tobe about 10. I personally don't believe that bro would be doing allat at 10 years old given the fact he's regularly represented as utterly useless on his own (at least compared to Pucca and Garu combined, which is admittedly like comparing a housecat to a tiger). Assuming they're a little older than my prediction, placing the cutscene a little bit before the show, that would make it a little more plausable with Tobe being in his earlier teens (but honestly not by much).

But considering the Pucca lore is so generally fucked up due to the amount of retcons (Pucca being listed as 10 before being changed to 11 later on being a good example), let's assume that Tobe is at least a little bit younger than Garu's dad and Garu is a small child. Everything makes sense considering the timeline now, but that would leave their dynamic.

Their overall dynamic is the key reason this cutscene makes no fucking sense whatsoever and I personally choose to ignore it.

So, Tobe and Garu are more like frenemies than anything. For one, the only real reason that Garu seems to engage with Tobe's very non-specific "vengance" is his own ego. (In season one and two of the show, at least) it's evident that Garu fights Tobe half because of his friends and family and half out of spite.

Like, Garu just can't let him win. In the episode The Sooga Showdown (season 1 episode 19) where they all have to race around Sooga with one of Master Soo's ladies, we're given a good example of how much their rivalry is just one big dick measuring contest.

Secondly, that nonspecific "vengance" Tobe wants seems more like Tobe was wronged. Which could just be his goofy ass POV of how things went, but that's sort of reaching given all the information we have.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY;

In addition to all this, they are really just rivals. Like, when they aren't blinded by their little rivalry, they're shown to actually like each other's company. They don't seem to mind each other when they're forced to not be physically violent. If it wasn't for their egos, they'd probably be friends, probably have some sort of brotherly friendship. But they're both just little dillholes who can't take someone being better than them.

It's also important to note their rivalri is also toned down in season 3 for the point where Garu just seems to want to protect his friends and family, and Tobe just wants to beat his ass for no reason and make him miserable. There's not really any given reason for either of their behaviors because season 3 doesn't have much lore aside from the whole thing where Dandy is delulu about the Goh-Rong's """secret to martial arts""" and the stupid ass Dong King shit.

TL;DR

Tobe didn't kill Garu's dad, if he did their relationship would be much more volatile.

If anyone would like to prove me wrong, I would love to have such a conversation. I generally don't know ALL of the lore and don't trust the wiki for shit, so yeah.

I would also like to add that the yt channel can't really be trusted with any lore video posted within the past 4 or 5 months as of July 2024 since that channel is legitimately crumbling into dust. Some of the facts they give are a little cute, but for the bigger stuff I'd take it with a grain of salt unless it was stated somewhere before (like THIS video)

I'm so done with this channel istg🌚

Like gurl....gurl...

[hockeyshmockey]

Carlos Sainz x childhoodbestietolover!yn

no hate to isa at all!! this is ~fictional~

also pls pretend events happen a reasonable time after his break up :)

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F1gossipgirl after the Carlos and Isa breakup rumors were finally confirmed, look who returned to the paddock 👀 was there a reason yn was absent from her childhood friends side this season when she has rarely missed a race since Carlos was in McLaren?

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User very incheresting

user OmG I missed seeing her around the paddock, she was always so funny

user it’s giving Carlos pushing her away for isa….

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yn so happy for my dear friend @ blancasainz . You are too good for this world and I’m so happy you have found such a wonderful partner! te deseo años de amor y felicidad (I wish you years of love and happiness).

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user no pic of Carlos?

user it’s so nice she’s still close with his sisters 🥺

user just because she didn’t mention Carlos doesn’t mean they’re beefing!

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yn living out my princess of Monaco dreams

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user stunning holy crap

user Carlos better not fumble this one srsly

charlesleclerc missed having you around!

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f1gossipgirl uh oh.. fans noticed a fight break out after the Monaco GP between Carlos Sainz and long time bestie yn ln, yn getting into a cab alone in tears. After a notable absence from the paddock, Yn made her way back for the Monaco and Spanish GPs. A coincidence that these come after the Carlos and Isa breakup was confirmed?

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User oh no, poor yn :(

User I hope they make up, she was always his biggest supporter

User if he let isa get in between their friendship that’s rlly sad

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forzasainz

did anyone see yn's yt vlog? the grwm?

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ynisqueen

omg yes

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landonorizz

oh do tell

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ynisqueen

yn made a few vague comments that were def about carlos... she talked about how it felt finding out friendships didn't mean as much to the other person as they do to you, and how rough the last like year has been because of some major life changes

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ynisqueen

and then she talked about how people always want her around when it's convenient for the :/ and she had a tough time with teaching herself how important it was to make herself her number 1 priority

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forzasainz

It was rlly sad, it seems like whatever happened with her and carlos was really tough

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ynisqueen

also the fight in Monaco? like I gurantee carlos expected their relationship to be the same after her basically dropped her for six months

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yn love yourself first, always

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user thank you so much for your video. it really spoke to some things happening for me right now, and your words gave me so much advice <3

carlossainz beautiful

ynlover not him trying to win her back

lilymhe preach queen! miss you!

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f1gossipgirl welp, guess who were spotted out for coffee today.... seems like things may be on the up swing for carlos and yn

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ynlover I hope she makes him grovel

user29 been calling this one since the start

ferrariluv cmon carlosssss bring it on home

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ynln when the boys are hard at work, the girls are out to play

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location montreal city

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ynsbigfan nah she ain't beating those allegations anymore

f1gossipgirl lets hope this weekend doesn't end in tears

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carlossainz Nuestra madre se llama así cuando teníamos cinco años (our mother's called this when we were five)

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landonorris literally zak owes me money, that is how long ago I bet this would happen

lilymhe SCREAMING

ynisqueen correct

ynln this is embarassing, you're obsessed

[toons-inkwell]

INTRO/AU INFO POST!

Hello! This is an AU belonging to Cartoon Buffoon (or Toon Buffon). This is finding Frankie AU that I cooked up during a rather sleep deprived and overly fixated place as soon as the game came out. This is an OC x CANON AU (I already lost half the people reading this lol) fanfiction intended to follow the rough plot of the Finding Frankie game to a certain point whilst also adding my own spin on its very open universe that leaves plenty of room to add or change stuff. Obviously this contains spoilers to the Finding Frankie game but the game is 1-2 hours long, play it yourself or watch a YT video it's not hard. Anyways: This AU is called [ Finding "Frankie" ] with the specific emphasis on the quotations around the name Frankie being important.

This AU follows both the story of Franky—aka the monstrous murderous mascot— and my OC Toon who is a blob of ink that woke up one day in an abandoned studio and pretends to be a rubberhose cartoon character from the 30s, his form of choice being a half-rat, half-rabbit thing. Franky specifically in this AU is a prototype created from the remains of one of the original creators of Finding Frankie which was a beloved blues-clues style TV show that mysteriously failed. Despite being told by his cartoon obessed brother Frankie—who just so happended to perfect the process and turn himself into what the Frankie character was supposed to look like—that his role is to just continue on and help him get their cartoon show back Franky can't help but feel like something's off. He doesn't feel like someone that used to be human and struggles even further with season 58 going horribly wrong due to the appearance of one odd contestant which awakens something within him by the name of—

TOON! With a rather unoriginal name, Toon is a freak of nature who doesn't even know what he is. The place he woke up in and the only area that could hold answers to who or what he is, is the abandoned animation studio that he calls home. Unfortunately for the little RatBit the studio is threatened to be demolished and it's just his luck he finds the offer of a lifetime. With the prospect of winning 5 million dollars he instantly shows up to this very shady gameshow disguised as a human only to have to reveal himself when things go horribly wrong and a living mascot kills all contestants but him. With his form catching the eye of the game master Toon must struggle to get through obstacles and survive all for the sake of ultimately finding out who or what he is.

As stated before this is an OC X Canon AU and while it does attempt to tell a story I wish to keep it somewhat in the feel of the game. Humor and jokes may be scattered about and I'm aware of the cringiness this entire thing has. All chapters shall be posted here before they will be dumped onto AO3. Chapters may be uploaded sporadically due to the author's very busy life. I also claim to in no way to be a good writer so take everything here with a grain of salt and friendly reminder at the end of the day this is MY AU. With all that having been stated chapters will flip from Franky's POV and Toon's POV every chapter giving a story that is told from both sides of the same coin with the two eventually finding similarities between each other and you can find all the chapters below ↓ (will be updated as I go about this)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

[irrealisms]

hi! i just saw an old post of yours regarding a very indepth s4 youtube playlist and i'm intrigued! i know the basic stuff since i watched some streams around that time but i've been meaning to finally sit and watch s4 from beginning to end. would you be so kind as to drop a link? thank you :]

gonna assume you mean lifesteal (i also have a dsmp s4 playlist haha. i love Making Playlists. love to Curate) and i've actually got a few lifesteal playlists! well. sort of. i have like One in-depth playlist and then i've got Other People's Playlists

so the first thing i recommend which has every* lifesteal s4 edited video (no** VODs) is this playlist by @aroaceacacia -- it's how i got into lifesteal to begin with and i cannot recommend it highly enough. when you finish, keep an eye on zam's youtube channel, i believe he is the only one still editing his s4 & his finale should be coming out soon (a year late) lmaoooo * it is actually missing one video, but it's near the end + it DOES the behind the scenes for that video so it's easy to add in ** technically it's got one (1) 2-hour cut from a Subz VOD which is more VOD-like and less of a Highly Edited Short Video but p much all the rest of the 285 videos are more highly-edited official-yt-channel VideosTM, and even the Subz VOD is a cut from a 24-hour stream rather than the full thing.

unfortunately i don't know of any curated VOD playlists or overviews that cover the beginning of the season, by me or by anyone else--I might work on this at some point but rn unfortunately i haven't actually watched much early s4 :( although if you want, send me a follow-up ask and i'll do my best at a "major events" playlist, mixing edited videos (esp early-season where i havent Watched the VODs) with particularly important VODs for the stuff i Have seen? this would b p easy for me to make i just havent bc i didn't know if there would b interest. ive also been working on a timeline google doc covering all of s4 that includes both VODs and edited videos so, again, lmk if you're interested in that!

the second thing i recommend is this google doc by @myrmica , which starts covering things in detail in december 2022 and has super detailed notes for a BUNCH of VODs. absolutely invaluable resource. my primary recommendation if you want to watch vods from mid to late s4 is to just read this doc and add all the vods that look interesting to your personal playlist.

in terms of in-depth playlists i have, the main one i have is an eclipse federation playlist! it's got a couple vods or cut-down videos of pre-eclipse-fed for some context but mostly it covers eclipse federation's journeys from their formation to the end of the server. i skipped some streams that were just grinding or destroying end portals or similar but if you want those also you can go through the myrmica google doc. NOTE: this ONLY covers eclipse federation!!! and it covers them in pretty close detail!!!! things that get left out of this include stuff like most of the preparations for pangi & zam's god-off, 3ht's trap war, a lot of poopies shenanigans, the team awesome breakup, and of course everything that happened in the Several Months before eclipse federation formed.... basically anything that wasn't relevant to eclipse federation's journey. meanwhile there are multiple 4-hour VODs that are just zam thinking about his relationship problems and nothing rly happens. i honestly would not recommend this unless you are specifically looking for more detail on eclipse federation specifically lol. also i wasn't sure how to handle "there are 2-3 streams of the same events with different povs that have some nonoverlap and some overlap" so...sometimes i include both povs and sometimes i dont. it's a judgement call & i highly recommend going thru the myrmica google doc and making your own playlist--all the vods in this playlist are also on there, eclipse federation didn't Form until mid season 4 so all eclipse-federation-relevant streams are covered

also i've linked this before but ive got a more medium-length eclipse fed playlist that mixes VODs & edited videos so check that out if you want

and of course where would any of us be without the archivist VOD spreadsheet. not super useful if youre looking for Curated Playlists but i need to shout out archivists forever & ever

i've also got much less in-depth playlists of Just Edited Videos for stuff like s4 highlights, covering specific teams/storylines, etc but since you said you were interested in in-depth playlists im not going to link all those unless you ask, this post is already long enough as it is haha. im also maintaining a s5 edited videos playlist if youre interested in that, and ive got links to playlists of s1-3! so just ask if you want any of those

huge apologies if this was overwhelming! u activated my Autism Trap Card (i love playlist curation). & pls pls feel free to send another ask/message/whatever if you have any questions or are curious abt anything else or if you want anything else (i love playlist curation)

[always-is-always]

Watching original content...

Some of the bloggers that I follow here talk about how important it is to watch original content. It seems to be an obvious thing to do, yet many never go quite that far. Especially some of the fringe people who are hyper-focused upon a single member or a particular relationship within Bangtan.

All I can say is that it does matter, whether one sees original content, or not. When a person relies only on compilations, videos that are created with a particular "focus" (relationship or idol), analysis videos, and content that has incorrect translations or interpretations, then the person is going to have a very distorted view of things.

I know as I've been there..... not realizing what I was viewing as a pre-baby ARMY. (I didn't even know what it meant to be "ARMY".) That YouTube algorythym that can take a person down rabbit holes that have never been explored, you know. Yeah. So I watched a ton of videos on all sorts of things related to BTS, before I was on this platform, and before I really had a grasp on what any of it meant.

Thankfully, one of those YT channels recommended Dalloga's blog here on Tumblr, as she is known for her translations and clarifications on Korean language and culture. I managed to find her blog, not having any clue what Tumblr was. lol It took me over a year get the nerve to create my account, and then another year before I started to follow people and post.

So yeah....As an English-speaking woman living in the States, I had a HUGE learning curve to navigate, and much of it had to do with understanding the culture around BTS. I had to learn what a "bias" was, what "shipping" meant, what the heck those combined names meant 😆 (Jikook, Taekook, Jinkook, etc., etc.), and none of it really made sense to me. Here in the US, we don't have anything quite like the culture around K-Pop. Even now, I don't get the total attachment to labels in the fandom.

So what is the point to these words?

I am finally making my way through some original content that I have never watched before. Yay for me! 🎉

Having watched BV season 1 last week, I just finished season 2 of Bon Voyage last night, and OMG. To watch from beginning to end, to see everthing as it was and not chopped up and edited to fit a storyline someone has created, has been so awesome. It's been even more eye-opening given where we currently are in the BTS timeline (everyone in the military).

And, I see dynamics and moments in their original context which helps to clarify my understanding of things. Yeah. Clarity and understanding... always a good thing.

I understand how some have mis-interpreted certain things.

I'm going to navigate away from making big statements here, that would lead down some rabbit holes that I'd rather not explore. There are plenty here on this platform who have done it already, and it's not my forte. I'll just say that it is always a good choice to look at original content, and just let it be what it is. The reminder here is that they never show everything. What we see is but a glimpse....

These months that we have on-hand are a prime time to take the deep dive into original content. Perhaps it is a re-visit for some folks.

I'm going to do my homework, and learn what I can, via tons of episodes of BV, RUN BTS, and anything else I can put my hands on. It's going to be a fun journey! 💜💜💜

[buffyfan145]

Today's "Rings of Power" scoop from Fellowship of Fans was a bit different as they actually got news about the editing stage season 2 is in now. Some of it is spoilery, which I'll put behind a cut, but there was news that the first pass of editing all 8 episodes are done!!! :D They're now going into the 2nd phase and figuring out what to cut and keep which is where the spoilers comes into play.

FOF actually posted an article today instead of a YT video as there was a lot of information along with this update about how editing is going. Apparently there's a bit of a standoff about which storylines they need to cut as two of the upcoming 2nd season's plotlines are needing to be trimmed as Amazon doesn't want to change the episode order of 8. One is the plot of Halbrand/Sauron with the elves in Eregion including the version of the Annatar storyline and creating the other rings and leading up to the two episode battle. The other is the storyline in Númenor about the two groups of The King's Men and The Faithful starting to build up and set up the downfall that will come in later seasons.

The issues is between the editors who want the season to focus more on the Halbrand/Sauron and elves storyline as to them it feels more important with the large battle. However the producers want more focus on Númenor since they felt they didn't get enough in season 1 and since again this will set up for later. FOF said their sources tell them it's not anything like a major battle it's self playing out behind the scenes but they're interested to see how this goes and then what gets cut.

Of course a lot of other fans including me replied about why Amazon can't just let the show do like Netflix and other streaming services have done by expanding the episode order to 10 or just giving some episodes a longer run time. "Stranger Things" has done this with multiple episodes being almost 2 hours long and their season 4 finale was almost 3 hours. It just makes more sense to do that instead of cutting things like they did with season 1.

Which also brings us to the speculated Blu-ray/DVD release of season 1, which has been rumored and Amazon does still release their top shows physically, and if they'll include these other deleted scenes and giving us "extended editions" similar to the LOTR movies.

[starshinedragon]

[Picture source: Eleanor Nightwalker's YT videos] <3

SSO REWRITTEN / FULL STORY SERIES

-> SSO Rewritten is how I would write the main story. The posts will complete the whole main storyline. -> Opening ALL the areas in the horse part of Jorvik (Harvestlands, Winterdale, Springvalley, Summerplains and Jorcrater) -> Story from arriving to Jorvik to defeating Garnok. -> You can find the story related posts with the tags "sso rewritten" and "sso full story series". -> Up to the point where Anne steals the 5-Leaf Clover, I didn’t change anything (unless they did since I played the game lmao), we do it how it is in the game. From that point on, the real party starts. -> The story to come: more detailed descriptions of scenes, unlocking new areas, new factions, new characters and new storylines!

So saddle up and get ready for an adventure!

In this post: Characters Harvestlands: Phase 1-2-3 Winterdale: Phase 4-5-6 Springvalley: Phase 7-8-9 Summerplains: Phase 10-11-12 Final Battle: Phase 13-14-15

CHARACTERS

Rules: --SSL (Starshine Legacy) is the most sacred canon: can’t change it. --Consistent SSO lore, exploring the same Themes as SSL. --Characters staying true to their original SSL selves. --Use Star Shine Legacy and Star Stable Season riders heavily as inspiration. Expand on the stories and worldbuilding suggested in there. --Thus characters’ personalities, magic system, world, etc can’t be changed, only added to. --The Dark Riders are: Sabine and Kaahn (red maned black warmblood, red eyes), Jessica and Erebos (jet-black Friesian), Katja and Tyrann (dapple grey Arabian with light blue eyes), Elise and Acheron (light maned, dark body Rocky Mountains horse)

A, SOUL RIDERS

LISA (Heart of the 5-man band) --Goth aesthetic, “rocker girl”, punk spiky hair, wears black and blue clothes. --Is still into rock music, looks almost scary, but is the heart of the team. --Music based healing powers. --She was the leader of the team in SSL. In SSO, the leader is Alex, but Lisa also remains important.

LINDA (Smart guy of the 5-man band) --Nerd aesthetic, likes to wear green things. Usually the source of exposition. Scout. --Introverted, but will infodump when scared or nervous. --Teaches MC how to see the visions, see truth and dispel illusions.

ANNE (Lancer of the 5-man band) --Prep aesthetic, wears the trendiest light coloured clothes, likes light blue and pink. --She can get like a moody diva sometimes, but mainly brave, loyal and unconditionally devoted. --Sulking sometimes, but not morose. --Teleporting and light powers to dispel the dark magics.

ALEX (Leader/Big guy of the 5-man band) --Jock aesthetic. Likes to wear red and grey, camo, comfortable or even “fighting” clothes. --The one that usually decides they have to act, the others follow her. Anne’s more calm and collected energy balances out Alex’s hot-headedness. Playful bickering. --Reasonable, listens to others now, warrior with a good heart.

B, DARK RIDERS

SABINE (Strong guy) --Short and thin, with short, black hair. Main colours are red, brown and grey/white. --Rival of Alex. Short, angry powerhouse, bone-headed, many times refusing to listen. --Fiery personality, rich, spoiled brat, who secretly thinks, she’s better, than the other Dark Riders, while being deeply envious of them. --Has fire powers. Emotional, easy to anger, will fall into traps playing into that.

JESSICA (Prideful) --Tall and thin (wanted to be a model), prep/goth aesthetic, wears only black, very fashionable. Green eyes. --Rival of Anne. Both start off as prideful, but Anne learns humility by admitting that Alex leads better, than she would. Jessica never lets go of her pride and feeling of superiority and in the end it will be her downfall and fatal flaw.

KATJA (Smart guy) --White, ice blue and light grey colours. Piercing ice blue eyes. Her hair is unnervingly, unnaturally icy white, almost glows. Wears only white, her flowing coat more fashionable, than warm. Always in the mini skirt outfit, even in the coldest weather as if she’s not cold at all. --Medium height, but the most terrifying of the Dark Riders next to Elise. --Rival of Linda, the only one, who can outsmart her. The only way to defeat her is with the truth. --No violin: while it is a nice aesthetic an all, in SSL, there was nothing about Katja being into music. That alone ofc wouldn’t mean she can’t have it, but the fact that Lisa is into music and Aideen was into music does. Magic through music seems to be connected to the good guys and it is generally a good guy trope, so I would stick with that. But she can absolutely keep her violin theme music, just not as her playing.

ELISE (Hateful) --Dark skin, long black hair in small braids, golden (almost sith) eyes. Violet and black colour scheme. --Rival of Lisa. While she is a healer and peace-mediator, Elise sows discord among people and destroys. --As tall as Jess and also muscular (Sabine’s new model’s body type basically) --Wears camo pants and combat boots, military type clothes, sleeveless tops. --Because Eleanor Nightwalker’s design of her is about as close to perfect as humanly possible.

Main Oppositions Table: attributes, that would guide the writing process

C, SECONDARY CHARACTERS

--HERMAN (Mentor): should be less of a goofball. More mysterious, always knows more than he tells us, but not out of malice or forgetfulness, but to protect MC from the grim truths.

--FRIPP (Mentor): is not an annoying rat in SSL. He is our main mentor and guide, alien and distant, but not because he’s bad, but because he has lived so long, raised so many generations of Soul Riders to fight Garnok and watched them all fall and die. Also kinda lost faith, that the druids can beat Garnok. Now, he’s trying not to get attached, to not get his heart broken again, when his students fall. Eventually he learns to open up again and gains back his faith in victory.

--MR SANDS (Redeemed Opponent): since he was manipulated to turn bad, he would eventually turn back to good, to our side, after realising all the damage he’s done, driven by his past love for Rosalind and recent one for Justin and the desire to correct his past mistakes. When he helps us and leaves the dark side, comes into conflict with Darko and is injured. In Winterdale, he is recovering in Pine Hill and is now kind of our ally and our greatest source of insight against Darko, who now leads the Dark Riders.

--DEREK (Ally): is not a postman. He is a badass spy, a secret government agent in SSL and he could get secret agent storylines like spying on GED, Dark Core and Mr. Sands’ enterprises. It would be first during his quests, while spying on Mr Sands, that we realize, Sands maybe wants to leave the bad side behind.

[mono-bloom]

Gen 2 Playlist Analysis

Now that we know exactly how important and foreshadow-y these songs are, I decided that I have too much free time so here’s my shitty prediction of the songs meaning on the Gen 2 playlist. This is not serious at all so enjoy the rambling of an insane man. Sidebar: I use the word “Showfall” as a collective term and for legibility and could be interchanged with Hetch(s)

Kaisarion by Ghost - It seems to be either talking about a lowly grunt of Showfall’s POV talking about the company, or could be a nod to one of the new characters, but seems very much a Showfall song. Confidence: 7/10

Spillways by Ghost - CHATS SONG OMG! This reeks of a song that taunts the viewer/listener for their choice at the end of Gen 1. Could also be about G1!Characters but considering the lack of CCs in later seasons, it is very much about chat. Confidence: 9.5/10

Faith by Ghost - Hetch’s song. The lines “I am all eyes, I am all ears, I am the wall” are so telling. It could also be Showfall song in general. I want to say that this is for a new villain, but I believe that there were multiple Hetchs in every episode, so it could be a variation. Confidence: 7.5/10

He Is by Ghost - Unknown Character that could either be working with or fall under the corruption of Showfall. This is a hymn almost. While this could be about “The Savior” from the games, I hold firmly that “The Savior” is a false savior and should not be trusted. Confidence 5/10

Kiss the Go-Goat by Ghost - Trickery. We’ve/The Characters have been tricked into something. “It ain’t always what it seems When you cling onto a dream”. There is a false reality at play that will kick us onto our asses. Osculum Obscenum, Kiss of Shame. Confidence: 8/10

Square Hammer by Ghost - This is what I feel is The Savior’s song. Nowhere is there evidence that The Savior is a holy and righteous figure. I don’t think we will get to see them in this Generation but they will become more prominent, possibly with a grave sacrifice (GL!Ranboo perhaps? “Hammering the nails into a sacred coffin”?) Confidence: 5/10

Crucified by Ghost - I am honestly not sure why this is here. It could be a callback to Gen 1, it could be showing us a pattern for Showfall, I’m not sure. Either way, it makes me curious. Confidence: ??/10

Another Believer by Rufus Wainwright - This one is interesting. Depending on the lens you look through it could change the meaning. From the characters' POV, it could simply be a break of trust and/or seeing through the veil of Showfall and being re-indoctrinated, or it could foreshadow our own manipulation, trying to convince the characters to trust us. Confidence: 5-7/10

Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears - Power struggle. I imagine we will see more moments like those we see in The Choices. The struggle between fighting against the tide and letting it guide you. I think this one is like a theme song for Generation Loss as a whole. Who’s right? Who deserves power? We don’t know, but we want it. Confidence: 7.5/10

Homage by Mild High Club - This is a character’s song. This is about someone with borrowed time that has let the tide guide them to their end. I can imagine the exposition with flashbacks of happy memories before they let the tide take them under. Tears will fall and we will be angry (/lh). Confidence: 6/10

Jesus He Knows Me by Ghost - The Founders’ anthem. These are the words of a seemingly omniscient, malevolent cult leader(s). Confidence: 9/10

 You’re at the Party by Lemon Demon - I’m not entirely sure if Gen 2 will follow the same idea as Gen 1 with this being a television show (the latest video on Generation Loss’s YT gives me hope that it is) but if so, this seems like a parallel to the moment GL!Ranboo wakes up at the end of episode 2 and realizes it’s all a game. A morbid, fucked up game, but a game nevertheless. Confidence: 6.5/10

 He Needs Me by Shelley Duvall -  This one is interesting. I feel that this one is about the cat-and-mouse game that is going on between us and Showfall. Showfall needs us to be a part of their show, to have us tune in and pay attention. To potentially be a weapon against their enemies, as shown in The Choice. However, we need Showfall. We need them to give us entertainment. And even though we kicked and screamed and cried over our Hero, in the end, we watched till the very end, and they saw that. We are in a loop. Confidence: 8/10

 Misery Fell by Tally Hall - I feel this one ties into the previous song and goes into more depth on the relationship we have with Showfall.

 Cannibal by Tally Hall - Once again, this is our relationship with Showfall, however, this is how we feel. We are trapped and being bled, but we are willing. We tune in and watch the show each and every time. This could also be about the protagonist of Gen 2, but the more information we get about Generation Loss, the less I think the characters matter.

This was so dumb and took me over an hour to do, and I’m not sure how coherent this even is but here it is lmao

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

#Onthisday: Aug 30th, 2013

Title: Spot - Titan and Valvrave

I've done watching "Valvrave The Liberator" (Season 1) from episode 1-12. 🤖 Now I'm waiting for the new season coming October, which I didn't realize. 😅 But, in the mean time, I'm waiting "Attack On Titan". 🗡️ It's an epic action anime! And yeah, I draw him cosplaying from the anime.

So anyway. I've drew two Spots; One's the Recon Corp, and other one is wearing an Armored Valvrave I "Hito". I feel so hard on drawing a Valvrave I parts, cause It's my first time to draw some armor parts of Valvrave, I guess...😅

BTW:↓

#1: I didn't catch up these two anime shows, to this day. Because I'm still focused on watching Gundam anime shows, back then. Nowadays, I don't feel watching Anime shows, both in TV channel and on web because I'm focusing on my other tasks and my small family's business. Although, there are few Gundam shows on YT that I'm plan to watch. 🙂🤖

And #2: And believe it or not, I still have their 1st opening & ending MP3 files since 2012! 🎶📲 From two or four different phones (2012 - 2023)! Damn, I'm always good at keeping my music files safe! 😁🎧 And even though, I don't play anime music files on my music player app for the time being, they're still in my memory.😉

Spot Speedster - created by ME! Armor - Valvrave the Liberator ©SUNRISE / VVV Committee, MBS Cosplay - Attack on Titan © Hajime Isayama, Kodansha / "ATTACK ON TITAN" Production Committee

[stressedlawsecretary]

Today's Focus

12.06.23 - It's looking more and more like the season around here, but we're getting weird weather on the way so who knows if the snow will stick around. However, with snow it gets even colder and my house is already at 70F so since I don't want to bump the heat up (yet; that might happen as it gets colder) I'm wrapped up in two blankets, one of which is heated. My mom used to call me a lizard - guess why lol.

Work - Whatever comes in lol. Technically there's a leftover efile I should check, but it's for a lawyer who is not assigned to me so it's extremely not important for me. I think there's a couple of press releases I could read? Hopefully it being slow means I get to do other stuff I want to do.

Background Noise - I start the day with 100 on the Watch Later, which isn't as bad as it looks because I always add like a handful of videos to the thing when I open up YT in the morning. Though it is remote work day and therefore DVR binging.

Considering I managed to do 23 different videos yesterday, I'm pretty proud of my numbers and I'm looking to work in some more YT around the DVR stuff today.

Study - Well it's Wednesday so it's visual study day, which makes binging the DVR easier since I have a lot of news programs and such on there. Which means I want to:

Read at least three (3) articles on environmental conservation

Get off at least six (6) hrs on the DVR; this should cover at least half of the approx. 12 hrs I have backed up right now.

Watch a saved documentary something on YT

Now I did just as well on my reading/studying as I did on my YT watching yesterday, managing to do the following:

Read the testimony of Carolyn Bryant at Emmett Till's murder trial; this finishes off all of the trial testimonies.

Read four (4) articles on environmental conservation

Read one (1) article on Moms for Liberty

Read six (6) 'good news' articles

Read five (5) pages of the Glass Report

Read the JET Magazine article on Emmett Till's murder

Read William Bradford Huie's follow up article on Emmett Till's murderers

Read an old NYT article about the mysterious death of twin brothers, that formed the (very loose) basis of the movie/TV show Dead Ringers

Read the article Demarginalizing the Intersection Between Race & Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics

Extras - Okay so I'm going to attend to the catbox, and continue decorating the house. I also seriously want to buckle down and write. The goals here are: finish typing & posting Rant 1, draft Rant 2, begin writing the Gaim fic, re-draft & continue writing the Hades fic. I'd also like to take time to reorganize both my bookmarks on this account and reorganize a few YT playlists.

[elisaintime]

Oh, good, you unblocked me, so I can finally actually see your blog now!

It's not your job or that of any other person of color to teach or help me, but since you ask me to listen to criticism, I would like to learn if you are willing to explain. I combed through the comment sections on my YT videos vigilantly to delete and ban any racist behavior I could catch. If I missed something, please let me know so that I can go delete it now. I also made a point of leaving up every single critical comment against me made by poc, so that none of their voices would be silenced. My channel is absolutely not a safe space for racism or bigotry of any kind.

One of the things I often delete is people calling me "the real racist against white people" for daring to point out that racism exists and to discuss it in detail in my videos. Not just the IWTV ones, but all my other videos about non-white vampire properties. They prefer to just close their eyes and imagine the world is all progressive now and racism isn't an issue anymore so therefore we shouldn't make them uncomfortable by discussing it. I will not tolerate this. We will discuss it.

Season 1 of the show delved into a lot of complex topics about racism and history, and gave us tons of rich material to discuss. Much of it was wonderful, but there were some ways that I think the white writers and directors of the episodes handled race subjects poorly, and I critiqued them for it. I am not afraid to ask the show to do (even) better when it is addressing race, and the same goes for the way it handles sexuality and women's issues. Not just in regard to the content of the show, but also the way the showrunners talked about it in interviews, panels, and behind the scenes.

It's an amazing thing that we have a show like this now when a decade ago, it never would have been made in racist white America. But that doesn't mean it's perfect. It's a hugely important stepping stone to getting TV and Hollywood to where it needs to be (especially for vampires!), but Season 1 was not fully there. Hopefully, this show will run for years and have many opportunities to keep improving to get it right. And hopefully its success will provide the foundation for more shows about queer POC to actually be MADE by queer POC instead of people like the cishet white men who came up with the premise and outline of this show, and indeed got some things wrong, despite how progressive their intentions might have been.

😱😱😱 What could it mean??? Everyone's assuming it has to do with the Premiere next week in NYC, because they also announced the winner of the contest today (that person got emailed, not DMed through Twitter like this). But I didn't even enter that contest! I didn't think I'd be able to swing a trip on such short notice. But if that's what it is omg I'm buying a plane ticket immediately!

My guess is they reached out to fans who follow their twitter account. Maybe just ones with larger followings of their own? I know of two other people who got the same DM. But were there more?? Did anyone else get this message??

I'm definitely not holding my breath that it's an invite to the NY premiere, but you better believe I'll be refreshing my inbox constantly until I get their email and find out what this is actually all about 🤩

They emailed me last year, asking about using clips from my videos on Season 1 in their binge watching campaign. I signed a contract, but never heard anything about that after. The other two people I know of who got the message are also content creators, so maybe it's something similar??

[greatcheshire]

I love your yt content, so excited to find your blog!

I was wondering about your deep love for Fire Walk With Me. I love Lynch, I love TP, but really can't stand the movie. It even ruins moments of the series for me. I'm super interested in your opinion tho

I'll probably make a video about this at some point but I'll try to explain it as simply as I can lol There's a pretty famous video in which composer Angelo Badalamenti goes through his process of writing the Laura Palmer theme, where he's playing as David Lynch paints a scene for him of the dark woods, ominous and threatening, and a young girl emerging from the darkness, getting closer and closer, moving the scene to beauty and sadness, before she retreats back to the darkness of the woods again, and at the end, Lynch says, "That's Twin Peaks." At its heart, Twin Peaks is and has always been a show about a young girl lost in the woods. Her beauty and her pain and her suffering and the way in which she lives in the darkness of the world around her. For the entirety of season 1 and the first third of season 2, Twin Peaks is about Laura Palmer, as we uncover more about who this girl was and what she meant to the rest of the town and how her death affected everyone.

Then the rest of season 2 happens and we get more and more away from it. Complicated lore, contrived soap opera plots, and getting too lost in hijinks and quirkiness. The Palmer family almost entirely disappears, Laura being left as nothing but just another case, before being brought back for a powerhouse season finale in which Lynch not just establishes a killer cliffhanger, but also brings Laura back in the Lodge and connects her back to everything. Lynch could've continued directly from there, solved the cliffhanger in a finale film, but instead we got Fire Walk With Me, which in my opinion is more important and necessary that a follow up.

Rather than focusing on the quirky town folks or Twin Peaks or the intricacies of the lore or the fun investigation antics of Cooper, Fire Walk With Me is a horror film. It's a character study about Laura Palmer, reminding us that the series has, at its core, always been about a girl lost in the darkness and beauty of the woods. It's an uncomfortable portrayal of a teenage girl as she deals with abuse and mental anguish. We see Laura as she goes through several different attempts to process what's going on to her, almost as if she's experiencing grief over her own inevitable death. It gives Laura a chance to have her own story told and shown, not just spoken about by those around her. There's power in visualization and portrayal. Basically everything - including the thing Bobby did - was alluded to or told about in the show. But there's something different about seeing it, the slow melancholic fall to one's demise, that makes it heart wrenching. It's definitely not for everyone. I can understand people finding the tone offputting, the content upsetting, or not liking the way in which it gets more overtly supernatural but also more personal than the show ever did. It's definitely its own beast and a complicated film, and it has its fair share of issues. But I personally find it captivating as a portrayal of abuse done via surreal sensory overload. Sheryl Lee gives an incredible performance and the ending sequence of Laura's murder and the aftermath of it is perhaps some of the best directing Lynch has ever done. It's a heartbreaking, hard to watch movie, but as someone who finds comfort in engaging with work that covers similar pain I've been through, I almost find a catharsis in it. In a way, there's a certain beauty that comes from looking into the darkness and finding your way through it. And that's Twin Peaks.

[eightfifteen]

I'm one of those people who won't believe Byler is going to be canon until I see it because this isn't my first rodeo and I know that just because it textually, subtextually, and narratively makes the most sense, doesn't mean it's going to happen.

My biggest concern was that even if the Duffers had planned a Byler canon all along, I doubted Netflix would allow their most popular show ever to be queer. And also because the GA loved midleven; they were iconic.

This is what makes it so strange that the Duffers were allowed to ruin them in season 4. And how Midleven is not being marketed AT ALL. If the reason for midleven being endgame is because it would be most profitable for Netflix,... then why aren't they cashing in??

And then I was watching this video essay by Verilybitchie on YT about Queer media which explains how oftentimes new companies (streaming platforms but also in the past just regular up-and-coming cable channels) would target minority groups because they're the ones most looking for new places to get content.

"In the 60s and 70s, when cable channels were first introduced, small new networks like Fox, and the CW, got their early success targeting niche audiences, specifically black audiences. (...) And streaming is following this exact same business strategy. They're churning out huge amounts of diverse content because they're building up a new business and they want to attract invested viewers who don't feel like they're getting enough content elsewhere. That includes people of colour, LGBT people, women, and young girls." - Verilybitchie

For example, one of Netflix' first shows Orange Is The New Black, is diverce as fuck. The main character is bi and in multiple queer relationships, and most side-characters are also queer one way or the other and ethnically and racially diverse. But it also targets women specifically; a huge demographic that isn't being catered to enough. This clearly helped build Netflix' userbase.

But now, with Netflix having become as popular as it is today, they want to target bigger, more lucrative audiences (aka predominantly cishet, white groups), which is why all of their shows are slowly becoming stale and mainstream or get canceled after one season.

But my point is that Stranger Things was given the green light in phase 1 - the phase where they were targeting minorities. This means that there's a higher chance for them to have been greenlit even if - or maybe even especially if - it was queer. And now with the panel saying "they were just amazed Netflix was letting them do this at all", I don't know it's just reminding me of all of this.

It's clear that Netflix is being very hands-off when it comes to ST, trusting them to deliver one way or another. Especially now re-watch value isn't as important in Hollywood anymore; they don't have to please the GA for it to remain popular, the GA will watch it either way until they figure out the queer endgame, and by then they've watched the whole show and ST will no longer be the reason for them to renew their subscription at the end of the month anyway.

If they hope to get a new audience for ST after the show is already over, so they can get a small boost of new subscribers, it would make more sense to once again target the queer audiences who wouldn't otherwise have watched it. Everyone who likes Sci-Fi Fantasy is already subscribed (or watching the show illegally) so they have to give it a new appeal if they want to get new fans; the queer userbase that will watch anything just because it's gay. In my opinion, it's their only way for getting new fans, especially once everyone knows how it ends and the suspense is taken away. And with shows like Sex Education, Young Royals, and Heartstopper doing as well as they're doing, they know there's a huge audience for this.

But more importantly; this brings more credibility to the Duffers having planned Byler all along, and with it being slowburn, and them only getting together in the final season, Netflix would have no reason to not allow the Duffers to continue doing whatever they want.

[flock-talk]

From a time/attention and safety perspective, how do you manage having multiple pet species in one home? (I think this would be a good YT video topic if you haven't covered it already)

I’ll probably do a video eventually covering it but here’s a shorthand:

Obligatory mention that my animals do not intermix, the birds have never and will never intentionally end up in contact with the dog/cat, be in the same room as the dog/cat without restraint (carriers, kennels), or otherwise in any form capable of reaching the dog/cat.

Time/attention:

Consistent scheduling and adapting schedules to meet everyone’s needs.

Birds get around 2 hours in the morning 2-3 hours in the evening give or take, when I was working it was closer to 1 hour in the morning and 1-2 in the evening. Things may fluctuate depending on their behaviour, seasonal hormones, etc. if they want more time they get more time but most days they’ll fly back to their room for a nap when they’ve decided they’ve had enough people time. I have a weekly task list to ensure I keep on top of things like foraging activities, toy rotation, floor cleaning, etc. so we don’t miss any of their important non-social activities.

Mammals get the rest of the day really, cat spends most of the day sleeping and gets more playful in the evening, dog goes for a walk/treadmill in the morning, usually grooming or training later in the day. They also have a weekly schedule for things like training, nails, grooming, sport activities so their health/ enrichment needs don’t get accidentally overlooked. During bird time the mammals usually get a puzzle toy or a chew so if they don’t want to nap there’s something else to do. At this point though they all understand the routine and just go for a nap.

Safety:

Communication, management, and training

Jack and I always communicate before swapping out each animal. Before letting the birds out we confirm that the dog is kenneled and the cat is in his room. Double check all the doors and mention if any windows are open (although they are all screened it’s important to know if one is open so we don’t let a bird chill out in that room without supervision just in case they try to chew through the mesh). If it’s dark out we make sure to turn a couple extra lights on because parrots have the worst night vision.

On the mammal side we call the birds back to their room, confirm that they’re both in the room and clear that the door is fully shut/ locked before releasing mammals.

I’ve done training with all my animals to make sure there’s a higher chance of them being calm and responsive in a crisis. Things like having the birds in travel carriers way out of reach and teaching the mammals to disengage, or immediately run to their kennel/ room upon seeing them. Also a lot of drills running around pretending to panic with a cat wand “flying” in the air getting the mammals to respond by going to their zones and laying down. If a bird ever gets out when the mammals are out the hope is the immediate sight of the scenario will cause them to go to their spots so we can lock them up and acquire the birds. The mammals have also been taught not to hang around the bird room door and provided with appropriate outlets for any of that predatory behaviour (watching prey outside the windows, playing with prey-simulating toys) this way they have an outlet for that natural behaviour but it’s clear that the indoor birds are not where that behaviour is fit.

On the bird side we worked on creating calmness around the mammals (with the mammals crated). Having the birds be comfortable with a mammal moving, vocalizing, etc. so if they were to get out and see one they wouldn’t panic/ get hurt/ fall to the ground. Additionally we formed a really solid “go to the room” cue so they can quickly be sent back to their space.

We also made small modifications to the house, mainly just added draft reducers to the bottoms of the cat door and the bird room door. Newt likes to fit under some of our doors (namely following you to the bathroom) and there’s a risk that the cat may stick a paw under the door so we added rubber and hard plastic attachments to the bottoms of the door so they fully contact the ground, no paws, tails, or beaks can get through.

Most of it is just being careful, as long as the household is on the same page it’s pretty easy ensuring everyone’s safety and needs are met.

[relaxxattack]

I know each person can do whatever they want obviously but it's always messed with my head a little bit how some people started watching the dream smp and never watched any if the events prior, but especially like the entirety of season 1. Like that was pretty much the begining of the actual rp and so much of the characters was established back then. Also this fandom has a bit of a thing with spreading misinformation in regards to the plot, there's so many bad takes about l'manberg from like newer viewers because they just weren't there when it all started. I genuinely think that if you joined more recently you should check out at least wilbur's YouTube videos. They aren't that many and they have the great majority of the important events!

season one literally was made into yt videos like bruh.  but also i recognize that i come from a place of privilege with this... when i joined there was only a little bit of catching up i needed to do, and i was caught up in one day. and i still go back and watch things i might have missed.

but i realize someone joining now would need a month to catch up instead of a day like i did, so it seems very tempting to just watch one of the things live (ESPECIALLY if they don’t know or understand how important the story is to the roleplay)