#but they DIDN’T
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Tbh hotd s2 was mid. I’m really disappointed that they didn’t focus on any of Jace’s escapades in the north,,,, only like 2 scenes with any starks whatsoever. no scene of aemond returning to kings landing w the news that he killed Luke + the reactions of the council once they realized war was inevitable (a scene I was personally looking forward to). even the side plot of alicent defecting—while not in the books and imo a good choice on the parts of the hotd writers—was very underwhelming and didn’t live up to the potential that it had. completely wasted gayle rankin’s talent, turned alys into just a generic goth girl who whispers riddles without her own development or independent scenes,,,,,, daemon spending allllll that fucking time in harrenhal, only to end up going back to rhaenyra in the end,,, it threw the pacing of the whole show off and felt like a complete waste of time,, AND NO NETTLES
#and lastly that finale#it just wasn’t good#it would be one thing if they deviated from the books and had good writing and pacing to back it up#but they didn’t#it’s just like#did the writers even try??? I don’t get it#hollywoo is so obviously run on nepotism bc that writing was just not good#hotd#jacaerys velaryon#aemond targaryen#alicent hightower#rhaenyra targaryen#daemon targaryen#alys rivers#daemon targeryan#nettles#there were some decent parts I think esp the battle mid season but they really really should’ve taken more time writing and editing#and actually maintaining cohesive themes#asociar#cregan stark#f&b
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Once again thinking about how, for so many years, Stede felt broken not being able to love Mary the way he was expected to. Feeling trapped in a loveless marriage after hoping he would be able to marry for love, to the point where he would sometimes cry himself to sleep. And how meeting Ed completely turned his life upside down and let him experience joy and love he never thought he would be able to…
Uh. Anyway. That’s why I love when people draw art of Stede and Mary miserable in bed together and then Stede and Ed all snuggled up and happy in bed together. And I would have loved a parallel like that in the series!
#also Mary got to find joy too#forever grateful that ofmd didn’t demonise Mary#it would have been so easy to#but they didn’t#and that made everything so much better#ofmd#stede bonnet
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I’m deeply normal about Ema Skye so here’s some thoughts about her design and Phoenix.
When we meet her in her first design she has her bow that is a design reference to Lana’s scarf. And like you’d think that if you would bring the character back you’d put more Edgeworth design influences on her, because of her affection for him. In the Investigations series, however, she is in a red tie like Phoenix (the tie is striped but you see where I’m going). In her AA4 design, now that Phoenix is disbarred, she completely looses almost all blue from her design switching to a green waistcoat instead. I say almost because she still has her hydrogen button and it’s blue.
Because the one thing she keeps is the one that matches something that Phoenix always has, the Oxygen pin that she gave him to record.
#ace attorney#ema skye#aa4#rise from the ashes#phoenix wright#they could’ve kept leaning into her pink design elements#but they didn’t#they took away her Phoenix blue on purpose when he looses his badge and makes her green with envy#she should’ve gotten her blue waistcoat back in Spirit of Justice but Phoenix actually took the one she was gonna wear lmao#anyway queen will keep thinking about an Edgeworth-ified Ema design
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I think it’s such a waste to spend all that time making archie understand that he can explore a man’s body and then not have him end up dating the other man in his polycule. I mean they never say he’s not dating jughead, betty just never tells us if they fuck. They could very well fuck but that’s not her business. Maybe she didn’t want to out gay archie
#riverdale#jarchie#if they said everyone is dating except archie and jughead I would have taken it#but they didn’t#so I get to interpret that as an ambiguous gay relationship
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thoughts on best boy The Spot?
SUCH A GOOD VILLAIN.
When he’s a lighthearted probably-just-a-villain-of-the-week, he’s hilarious. I particularly loved him begging the store owner not to fight him off with a bat because this is his first robbery, please don’t make this a bad experience for him. He’s never done this before! It’s like he’s apologetic for the robbery being so inefficient, not the crime itself. His insistence that he’s Miles’s Nemesis instantly reminded me of The Panda Redd’s Lord Death Man videos. Him innocently saying “Oh, I love chai tea!” after Pavitr’s rant and Pav screaming “No!” and attacking him cracked me up. Despite his supervillain nemesis dreams, he’s so… polite and affable. Almost Doofenschmirtz-esque at times. Tell me Doof wouldn’t apologize in the exact same way for the “I came to India on a journey of self-discovery” faux pas.
I love that he’s the bagel guy. I treasure that moment with its bagel sound effect and I’m so glad they brought it back. He would cry so hard watching Everything Everywhere All at Once.
But the fact that he’s intertwined with Miles’s origin story and each of their superpowered conditions are unintended consequences of the other’s actions is highly relevant to the narrative, where the rippling consequences of your actions are a major theme. It’s kind of a fundamental Spider-Man thing, after all. It’s genuinely unsettling when he begs/demands Miles to look at him, really see him, and take him seriously. Even if he then literally kicks his own butt. It hits a lot harder after we see how isolating and distressing being an anomaly is to Miles himself. You can understand why Spot would obsess over their connection. Him starting out laughable and growing to be epic is an echo of Miles’s development in the first film - complete with a mostly black appearance upgrade when he gets the hang of it.
The tone blending is so masterful with him because he is also, somehow so scary. When he stops acting silly and friendly, it’s chilling. His powers are terrifyingly effective and dangerous and it seems like he hasn’t even fully unlocked their potential by the end of the movie. His appearance is silly (“Are you some sort of Cow Man?”) until it’s not; until it sinks in that he is a reality-rending cosmic abomination full of resentment, pain and spite, and his lack of a face or even eyes makes him feel more disturbingly eldritch than cartoonish. I cannot wait to see what he’s capable of in Beyond, and I hope the beautiful imagery puts Lovecraft to shame.
#you know how the human brain is programmed to identify and identify with faces?#how we see eyes in literally any two shapes next to each other?#they could have given spot two holes on his face (not even level!) or a smaller eye-sized hole#but they didn’t#to deny him even that most basic human connection#i love that!#but also#he really was just naked the whole time#sir. SIR. put some clothes on#forget the robbery you’re charged with public indecency#atsv#atsv spoilers#spider-man atsv#the spot#atsv spot#atsv the spot
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people are using the “learn to separate fiction and reality” to justify genshin’s and more specifically hoyoverse’s racism and whitewashing of african cultures and. well. i can’t say i’m even a little bit surprised.
#that’s not what the fiction vs reality debate is even about#if you’re going to use REAL LIFE places and cultures for inspiration#the literal bare minimum you could do is not whitewash the characters you’re choosing to represent those cultures and countries#they didn’t have to base sumeru and natlan off of asia and africa respectively#they easily could’ve made a completely fictional place not inspired by anything from the real world#or they could’ve just chosen to be inspired by the landscape and climate instead of the entire country#but they didn’t#considering how much love and effort they put into representing other aspects of cultures#including the music to the clothes to the environment to the story even#this is a deliberate choice#it is purposeful whitewashing and it’s a clear example of racism and colourism on their part#don’t like black people? don’t think we’ll be ‘marketable’ enough? too lazy to learn to colour our skin tone correctly?#than don’t use our culture. simple as that#you either choose to represent all of us or none of us#none of this picking and choosing what’s most ‘profitable’ colonizer bullshit#anyways#genshin impact
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Do you know why they blocked off the vents in the stadium? I’m confused about that part
It was to prevent the fans gathered outside from hearing the show /:
#and I think that’s the worst part like they could’ve tried that seen how hot it made it#and been like oh fuck nvm#but they didn’t
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It very quickly developed from ‘We need to keep the girl out of Targent’s hands because the Azran Legacy is powerful’ -> ‘We need to unlock the Azran Legacy with Aurora’s help.’
#it’s a subtle but noticeable shift. at first des didn’t reveal his intentions to get the Azran legacy#but it seems so natural after auroras message#logically they could’ve just returned to London to have Aurora studied#but they didn’t#thyme plays al
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Weebs on twitter are so annoying.
“Why are you calling the characters from digimon their English names? The dub sucks and it ruined the franchise in the west!”
Who gives a fuck? In the end of the day, it’s how people were introduced into the franchise and became long time fans of it! I get it. You want to feel special for reading subs and watching it like a real Japanese person or whatever you stupid weebs think but no one fucking cares that you hate dubs and think it “ruins” the anime. It just makes you look like a loser.
As far as dubs for kids go, digimon was one of the good ones and people still can call the characters by their English names. I’m pretty sure toei is still using those names for the new dub, so what is the fucking problem other than your a weeb?
#mine#anti weebs#It’s a stupid thing to get angry over#I would understand if they changed the name to something stupid like with precure#but they didn’t
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Supernatural S5x15 “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
Dean: “you gave yourself your own nickname? You can’t do that.”
Digger: “who died and made you queen?”
Why did the writers even choose the word queen instead of king? They purposely be fucking with people 😂
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was completely mystified for days by my cousins being like “let’s watch a movie!” and then BOTH OF THEM proceeding to stare at their phones throughout the entire film, glancing at the screen only whenever the dialogue or a musical cue implied that something Important was happening, only to realize that the issue is that modern films don’t rely on nearly as many purely visual elements as older films did, so my poor cousins missed over 50% of the jokes because i didn’t think to warn them that, when watching films directed by people who got their start before films had dialogue, you actually need to WATCH them to understand what is happening.
#realized this AS i was reading a review of the film i watched tonight and suddenly it ALL clicked#the visual gags were their favorite parts too - they just didn’t know they missed at least 90% of them 😂😂#i mean. personally i put everything aside when watching a film regardless of when it came out#which DOES sometimes result in me getting bored#but like. tough cookies. that’s what i signed up for#it’s not a YouTube video. it’s not an audiobook. it’s not a podcast.#you have to WATCH it#if you don’t want to watch a movie then that’s cool#but don’t say you do and then look at your phone the whole time - ya know?#i feel like i’m gonna have to start clarifying this with people beforehand#because i DO have movies i would put on if people’s mileage was ‘vaguely entertaining background noise for my phone scrolling’#but you’re not getting one of the Good Ones if that’s all you’re looking for#not even because i’m being judgey but because it fails to fulfill that purpose#they’re films that require your full attention#so if you can’t give them that - they won’t give anything back to you#i think that’s fair to say#oh also meant to mention that my cousins have degrees in theater and art respectively#so i just assumed they would inherently Get this#but they DIDN’T#and i was Not Prepared
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Ok so i’m pirating the Percy Jackson series and can i just say, i really like the way Sally Jackson is characterized. Like, she’s not the perfect mom who’s always happy, but instead she’s insecure and reactive. She yells sometimes, she cries sometimes, and she gets upset when Percy keeps pushing her buttons. and the best part is, the show doesn’t try to blame anyone for this. It’s not her fault for yelling at Percy, and it’s not Percy’s fault for making her yell. And despite it all, they still love each other so much.
#she reminds me so much of my own mom and it fucking gets to me#stabs me in the heart and tear ducts#and like. they could’ve made her out to be a terrible mom#or made percy out to be a terrible child#but they didn’t#because it’s nobody’s fault#they’re just flawed people#like everyone else#sorry didn’t mean to vent or whatever#i say things sometimes#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians
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the reason hoyo didn’t give childe his fight with clorinde is because she would’ve kicked his fucking ass
#like if wanted to they could of just done the fight and have childe win#but they didn’t#because he’s a coughing baby and she’s a bomb#i said what i said#genshin impact#fontaine#they couldn’t like childe die he’s hoyo’s favourite
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Ok but am I the only one who think that the egg event won’t end?
#it’s not an event anymore#they’re part of the server#like I would think that they’re trying to end it if they stopped adding more eggs but#they keep adding more#and therefore prolonging the so called event#hell I think that if they truely wanted it to end#then they would have done it the day that the Brazilians arrived#that would have been the best time for it#but they didn’t#qsmp#qsmp eggs
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all the people whining and crying about bad ‘messing up the canon’ need to close their eyes and take a little breather … come on now follow me .. breathe in ……………….. breathe out
#literally#the admins could have just banned them from the server until purgatory is over#but they didn’t#and no one cares#bc if there is a problem in lore they can literally just communicate and retcon it#like 😭😭😭#bad telling pomme and richas that their parents are alive isn’t going to mess anything up#they’re still stuck on the island#pomme and richas still don’t know how they truly were bc bad was shielding them from that truth#it’s just so funny like why are you this upset over a non problem#discourse#fandom neg#fandom crit
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how do you think the guy would react once everything they did catches up to them :3
I mean. They’re aware of what they’re doing all the time so they’re kind of in a constant state of “Everything’s Bad All The Time And I’m The Reason Why”
They are unfortunately!!! A terminal double downer!!! There is no such thing as them taking reasonable accountability for their actions and try to make a change for the better. They’re either in the right the entire time or they’re dead
This is the unhealthy mindset that led them here ,:] Any and all guilt they may or may not feel ever is “Objectively Incorrect Emotions” and something they don’t process ever
#answering#The Guy#they’re pretty sad at points sure#but they don’t make choices in which they can be viewed as a good person#they’re sympathetic!!! They feel bad!!! They’re gay as fuck!!! They get attached!!!#but at the end of the day they make bad choices that lead them to continuing their never ending spiral of making it all worse for themself#and others around them#and for what? Revenge?#that got that a long ass time ago#it was a mistake in the first place they couldn’t cope with#so they never did#they doubled down and they haven’t stopped#they could’ve done so before they got to where they are and could’ve come out of it better#they could’ve come out of this at any time before the murders got serial and become someone better and happier#but they didn’t#they made the choice to say they were right for what they did and they’d do it again in a heartbeat#and they chose to prove that to themself#again and again and again and again#and now they’re here#stuck being the villain of everyone’s story#including their own#so…#if the ask/rp blog ever gets made get excited to explore “what if they didn’t actually” if you manage to go that path
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