#buuuuut there's only 2 eps

[daouoffroads]

2024 mid-year drama review

just a little look at what i enjoyed and didn't enjoy so much from my corner of the dramasphere 🤭 this post covers everything i've watched from january to now. i wonder how this will change when i do my end of the year post. (these are just my opinions 🫰🏻)

🍑 currently watching 🍑

at 25:00 in akasaka (japan): i find myself struggling to get through this. the pacing, the script, and some of the acting just drags this series down so much.

love sea (thailand): just barely started airing so i won't be too critical but i find peat as tongrak to be flat in ways that i hope pick up as the series goes on.

my love mix up (thailand): another one that just started. not entirely sold on fourth as atom buuut i do love the distinct thai flavor added into this. i think that's what's getting lost in all the dog-piling and negativity is what an adaptation is and should be. (that and people just can't have fun.)

my stand in (thailand): incredible amazing enjoying every moment of this (minus the sol haters).

omg vampire (thailand): silly silly little vampire show that doesn't take itself very seriously with frank and long being bonkers lol

only boo (thailand): initially, i really enjoyed this show but then it started going in circles around itself and just is meh, watchable but meh, to me now.

wandee goodday (thailand): i am absolutely enjoying every second of the journey yakdee and yeicher are taking us on.

we are (thailand): my precious slice of life found family drama that will always be famous to me.

🩷 favorites of 2024 🩷

pit babe (thailand) 10/10: my first foray into omegaverse, something i never thought i'd engage with lol but the way pit babe handled everything *chef's kiss* i frequently find myself rewatching certain eps lol plus pavel the man that you are.

ossan's love returns (japan) 10/10: as a big fan of the series i was so excited by the announcement of this proper epilogue for maki and haruta and was not disappointed. i cried (a lot) and laughed so much. /this was everything kinou tried and failed to be.

love for love's sake (korea) 10/10: i read the webtoon and didn't have high hopes for the live action but i am so glad i was wrong???? how incredibly good was this drama??

unknown (taiwan) 10/10: not the biggest fan of this trope buuuuut i was blown away by how good it ended up being? (was it perfect? no. but i enjoyed it.)

✨ stand out dramas ✨

deep night (thailand) 8.5/10: i had zero expectations for this but ended up loving khemwela an absolutely healthy amount plus we got milf yuri 😌

cherry magic (thailand) 8/10: i'll let y'all in on a secret lol i gave the original a 3/10 and it had everything to do with the actors (ifykyk) and the absolutely bland way they handled the story. but the thai adaptation really added a certain charm to it that i enjoyed.

the sign (thailand) 7.5/10: incredibly unique from the bl world and definitely out of the box. had it's issues but absolutely cool otherwise!

two worlds (thailand) 7.5/10: suffered from pacing issues but overall enjoyed this!

⚰️ most disappointing ⚰️

playboyy (thailand) 5.5/10: messy in ways that i didn't enjoy for the most part (and mid-way i really only watched it for promnont).

middle man's love (thailand) 5/10: jade was rough to deal with 🫠

1000 years old (thailand) 4.5/10: not entirely sure what i expected but...

🫧 looking forward to 🫧

THE TIME OF FEVER (south korea) ; century of love (thailand) ; singsala death (thailand) ; khemjira (thailand) ; thamepo (thailand) ; eternal faith (china) ; heesu in class 2 (south korea) ; pit babe s2 (thailand) ; your dear daddy (thailand) ; the boy next world (thailand)

🙏🏻 dream adaptations 🙏🏻

endou-kun no kansatsu nikki (japan) ; qi ye (china) ; aitsu no daihonmei (japan) ; the summer hikaru died (japan)

[firecrackerhh]

Aaaaa ok if I don’t get this out my head I’m gonna lose it.

Honest to god all the bitching I’ve heard from so many antis and criticals over a show frankly undeserving of such hostility (hmm, I’m getting deja vu) like holy shit dude it’s so hilarious.

Like…fuck dude, I just…fuck I don’t even know how to explain.

Like, Hazbin Hotel being a tv show means there’s only so much time they can focus on any given thing. 25 minutes an episode. There’s only 8. At least Steven Universe had the luxury of having 24 eps a season or whatever.

Also…hmm, how to put it…

In MLP (yes I know I know I have a point) every episode is slice of life, as in, we don’t see every single individual day of the characters lives.

We have to essentially make assumptions that the characters are really good friends by the end of season 1/beginning of season 2 or else the premise is a waste.

At least MLP FIM had 24 eps a season. (Except season 3)

Hazbin hotel will never have such a luxury.

Thus, in order for the show to really make sense, we have to just kinda…go with it.

We have to assume some kind of character development happened between the episodes we’ve watched. In the background.

I don’t think that’s bad writing.

Viv simply doesn’t have the time to really elaborate fully on every aspect of the show. Tis how television operates I’m afraid. Studios only have so much money they’re willing to pour into a new project, Hazbin Hotel will not last 30+ seasons or whatever like the Simpsons ya get me?

(I wish it could)

Not like many television shows these days even get that time nowadays anyway.

This is not Viv’s fault. She was only given so many episodes to tell the story she wants to tell. And I think she’s doing a fine enough job.

It’s just some of y’all’s standards are too high.

I just feel like some people were expecting Hazbin to be some grand epic or something when like, this ain’t Dante’s Inferno bitch, get real.

Buuuuut you know what you can do when you want more from a series that can’t give you what you want due to time constraints?

End of discussion.

[shallowrambles]

Finished! Sorry I got quiet during the beheading and-- Some stuff:

- elitism -> rando switch to southern accent = evil

- anti-semitism -> mr sheffield's golem went into a furnace 😬 Maybe SPN needs more Stefferson Starship type monsters

- so, mr sheffield is an evil british nazi who experiments like an angel of death wwII trope, he adopts a southern accent when he goes evil (because that's code for monster-hating bigot), and he's nazi, hooo boy it's mishmash with your fave "evil" tropes, I guess

Like, to a degree I expect bad WWII-unit 731 human experimention references and "let's shit on 2d southern sap" in my american media, but it's eeeh. It undercuts a bit the more natural-flowing dialogue and improved performances. (I'm just so relieved the main characters weren't walking-taking therapy dolls this time though. It's been killing me slowly on this show.)

Anyway, I wasnt crazy about original SPN's Thule and Oz stuff because it always struck me as too meta, like it leaned a little too much in to bragging about story mechanics. I tend to dislike Dorothy's about-face, brainless orientation to Charlie, "you're a genius!" (Like, it's so meta, right? Charlie's got main character syndrome teehee). And the grouchy golem was always cringey to me because he was like a puppet to such a degree that his free will disappeared (he's a mechanistic support character / protector, just like a dark shadow of our attack dog monster support characters. He doesn't get to be complex, ofc. So meta. *pats self on back*) These were bad doylist pyrotechnics in the original. The only one allowed to do bad meta and stereotype is my love, Metatron, who gets a pass for all the struggle and despair with God. And what eorked sbout Metatron's meta is he failed to execute it, ergo it was so much better bybthe end he was yelling at Chuck.

Also, I get that lobotomies are relevant to free will theme, buuuuut... sigh.

But on the QC: The dialogue and pacing/production was better the last 2 eps. I'm so relieved because I genuinely thought the early eps were verbose and weird.

The "therapy talk" was a little less stilted, and when it does occur, it comes from kindness, not preaching. (For example: Roxy decided to keep her memories as opposed to Lata lecturing / pressuring her to keep them. Small detail, but very important.) All the core characters continued to sound better, more like people. I'm glad to see Carlos get some much-needed neuroticism around his relationship; dude seems too well-adjusted and "feisty" all the time, and that can occasionally ring hollow because of it. (Luckily for them, the actor's charismatic. But no one always says the right things, especially under duress.)

The themes on grieving without self-annialation were GOOD this time, and there was some great Jary foreshadowing that stood on it's own for once instead of coming off preachy. Roxy's confrontation of violation was well-acted. I liked Millie's face at the end when she thinks John's murdered someone--too unsurprised!

The bit about Mary ruminating on love and selfishness? Fantastic!

I do think a lot of GA will not recognize the golem and Jewish cultural iconography and sidestep the WWII discomforts, because the show wrapped Mr. Sheffield in the drawling language of "southern white bigot" at the end 'thar. And if there's one thing that modern TV audiences agree on, it's that evil southerners Deserve Their Stereotype and What's Comin' to 'em. 🤷‍♂️ Smokescreens not to look deeper.

[scottfreed]

I LOVE this thought experiment!!!!!!!!!

Okay so, I gotta assume that they were shipped off to the prison barge before the Saporian faction took power. For all Andrew's mild ethnocentrism, I doubt he would turn down help from the ones on the ship for his take-over. So that crew was shipped out and Varian was sent along for some reason, while the Saporians were left behind.

Then as for who was on board, iirc it was: Lady Caine and her crew: Pocket, Axel, Otter, Bandana, Dwayne, Skull-Face(?), and at least 2 more (They were both in T:BEA as well as POtHS, so presumably they’re Caine’s) Also, The Stabbingtons, Anthony the Weasel, Dale, and only a few that seemingly aren't affiliated with any other faction.

In PotHS, there seemed to be a bit of tension among the factions. But nothing specific and tangible. Stir crazy maybe? They were working together though. This was shown when independent or otherwise affiliated criminals Dale and Anthony were differing to Lady Caine. So it’s safe to say she was running the show.

Then character interactions. I think Varian and Lady Caine’s motivations and backstory dovetail perfectly. No way they wouldn’t bond or at least find common cause. I could also imagine the Stabbingtons and Varian getting along. They could help him untangle his complicated feelings of admiration/betrayal regarding ‘Flynn Rider’. Like it’s hard to see someone as a legendary badass outlaw after a bunch of stories of him as a clumsy pimple faced teen lol. Anthony the Weasel is an interesting addition on that ep because he’s the only NonCoronan-based criminal. And presents possibilities of connections to The Baron faction, (plus like come on he has to have known the Stabbingtons from before too!)

I can’t see Varian being down with the raiding and pillaging of innocent villages. But I could also see him being particularly vulnerable at this state. Caine has a lot of power here. Both in raw numbers and in that she presumably spear-headed the rescue operation. Plus, I don’t think any of the intelligent villains could overlook Varian’s value as a super villain.

The fact that Caine never redirected her anger at Corona/Fredric/Raps in her later eps despite that it was her initial motivation always bugged me so much. Same with The Stabbingtons only returning to Corona as a matter of regaining their reputation. (And frankly same with S1 vs S3 Varian.)

So as a deviation from canon, I’d love to see the three of them making an alliance to go after Corona. And Anthony could be looking to get on board with another criminal organization, and it seems like Caines’ is on the way up especially with the Stabbingtons and the “Dark Wizard” on board. Not sure if Dale would tho… (Then you consider how Anthony could potentially pull in Stalyan, and like I said I doubt Andrew would turn his nose up at help from them either.)

However, unfortunately imo, Varian’s S3 characterization shifted more towards desiring generic acceptance and validation from Corona and Rapunzel. So in that scenario, with that canon character shift, it would be likely that he would be persuaded to abandon their cause to rejoin Raps/Corona just like he did with the Saporians :/

S1 Varian the kinda bad bitch to help build a pirate empire and go after those who had forsaken him and his father. S3 Varian would likely follow the same path to “”redemption”” as with the Saporians...

Oh fuck but I still haven’t addressed the Cassandra of it all… Idk I doubt it?

She frankly doesn’t seem that concerned with him at all in S3. Even in the scenes where they are in direct conflict, it still feels like she’s shadow boxing with Raps through Varian.

Plus her whole “you lost your nerve you lost the game, but you and I are not the same…” bit is kinda telling. The S3 flavored Varian that switches allegiance from pirates to Raps would likely be seen in much that same way.

Buuuuut for a S1 flavored Varian in an ongoing alliance with the Pirates, that’s hard to say. If they encountered him like they did with the rest of the crew in the same place and time as in S2, I imagine Mid-S2 Cass would see him as just another threat on that ship that needs to be dealt with like the rest of them.

Cass doesn’t gaf about juvenile incarceration. Think about how she discovered that her own dad personally invaded Varian’s home and physically drove him out after being freshly orphaned in QfV. Creepy mask and staff in hand and everything. And she literally did not give a fuck. She even later said the only time she had ever been disappointed with the Captain was when he didn’t stand up to Fredric about the convent thing. So I can’t imagine she’d see Varian on the prison barge and suddenly have a crisis of conscious or something. If anything, she’d probs think it’s justice.

But in a scenario where it’s S3, and Moonstone Cass realizes “uh oh, I need scroll translations,” I think they would still be at odds, but that conversation would look pretty different.

I doubt Cass would think to try to recruit Varian/the new pirate faction or forge an alliance with them though. She was still raised by the Captain and her attitude for criminals seems to range from disdain at worst to a sense of affectionate superiority at best. Like a cop is still a cop.

Plus, I think it’s telling that Cassandra’s whole “I’m at war with Corona, I need soldiers” bit never involved her going to people from the past with legitimate grievances with corona, only mind-controlling people with no beef with Corona. (To be fair though, her reasons for doing this were likely more about paranoia, efficiency, control issues, and preventative action, etc.)

But thinking of Cass trying to abduct Varian from a pirate ship in the middle of the ocean instead of the Demanitus cavern is so interesting since her abilities would be a lot less useful, if not outright ineffective and potentially self-destructive. So she might have to resort to nonviolence which is interesting to think about.

Especially since Varian has the potential to (literally)empower Raps or Cass with that tasty scroll knowledge. And Cass and Raps would BOTH have the ability to free Quirin in that scenario. Raps would likely have an easier time of it. But only Cass has the ability to leverage Quirin’s life with mind control.tan

it's super interesting to think about.

but what if Varian was on the prison barge? What would that have changed? How may the course of Cassandra and his own arc have changed?

[jashne-bahaaraa]

"it's a good idea"

[reaperheir]

to show what i’m talking about:

2: you want vampires? you can get them in nightlife which takes your sims to the city!!! you want werewolves? well, they’re included in the pets ep which means you can live as pets which NOT ONLY gives you the werewolf lifestate, it also gives you the opportunity to buy cats, dogs, guinea pigs, and birds!!!!

3: you want vampires AND werewolves??? well, here they all are in ONE (1) PACK! not only vampires and werewolves, but also has fairies, ghosts, and witches!!! live your best supernatural life!! pets???? oh yeah, you get cats, dogs, birds, guinea pigs, SNAKES, TURTLES, LIZARDS, DEER, AND RACCOONS  in  our  pets  pack, we’ve founds ways to improve on ALL the packs!!!!!

4: you want vampires????? uh. yeah. you have to buy that in a single pack which costs $20 and it ONLY gives you vampires nothing else :/ you want werewolves? uh. ALSO a separate pack that costs $20 AND ONLY gives you werewolves, nothing else. oh??? peeeets???? uhm, no. we have no pets. buuuuut here’s cats & dogs... by the title’s name, it ONLY gives you cats & dogs, so don’t get mad at us for lack of animals we told you in the title’s name !!! which btw, for cats & dogs only - it costs you $40. you want guinea pigs????? yeah, that’s gonna cost you another $10 - no birds or lizards btw we can’t make those. we still don’t have deer, BUUUUUT  for $40 more fucking bucks we can give you cows, chickens and rabbits!

[noturtypicaldumbblonde]

same anon from the other day! hope you’re doing well, I’m curious how you found the last episode?

hey anon!! i'm doing ok, thanks for asking, hope you are healthy and safe :)

i actually didn't finish watching the ep yet lmao but i'll post my thoughts on it still today!!

there are still 20min till the end but let me tell u what i'm thinking as of now since you asked. super happy aki is getting more and more development, i loved his mom and even enjoyed his dads lines. i hope GG keeps developing everyones personal lives, in the beggining of the season i was scared only zoya and julien would get this treatment.

unfortunately i cant have it all, though. so audrey and obie got a lot of scenes this episode... yall know i hate both so i won't bore you in this post. i'll just say that emily lind needs to stop overacting in my opinion, there is no logical reason for audrey to act like that, unless she is on drugs and i dont know

i'm going to make a whole post about aki being outed. this is a very personal thing for me and writing about it might even be therapeutical lol

i missed luna and monet on this episode, but i heard they will show up more in season 1 part 2 so yay!!!

overall, i really liked this episode and i believe GG is getting better every ep that goes by, especially in the acting department. i'm sad we will need to wait to see the rest buuuuut its fine, the fandom seems like the type to make content while we wait and it gives me time to rewatch it.

now i need to get back to the episode!,

clary <3

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

Oh, top five boss fights? Like, the whole experience - gameplay, narrative, and the character(s) in question all taken together

TOP 5 [ ALWAYS ACCEPTING ]

HHHOH BOY this is interesting sdnff mostly i have. SO many bossfights i adore, so with just one (1) exception i could literally write so many other ones here let's gooo

spoilers obv

5. hehe doing this like a real top 5 so starting with 5 buuuuut I'd say Reflux from Rayman 3, and after some thoughts I decided to go for the final boss rather than his first fight. Rayman final bosses are always a little underwhelming to me, but this one REALLY gives everything it got. you're going against a god and it SHOWS, it's a continuing growth and each phase makes things more threatening. Big Love for this one and hint hint it's exactly why i love #1 so much so :^3c

4. Pontiff Sulyvahn in Dark Souls 3. I was this 👌 close to put the Abyss Walkers because, to be fair, with Artorias I think it's the most emotional fight in the series, and if it was just for that I'd totally put them here, but. b u t. Sulyvahn is one of the VERY few real bad guys in the series. His influence is seen in so many areas and even in other bosses, and taking him down makes me feel like I'm actually putting an end to someone who fucking deserves to have his ass kicked.

3. ohhhh I was so close to put KH1 Riku/Ansem in here, ppl who played it know which one I'm talking about, you'll never take kairi's heart yadda yadda, or final Xehanort in KH3, but. Listen. Listen. I waited for YEARS to play as Kairi, and when I do I actually get to actually super murder the one asshole who's been ruining everyone's lives? As my daughter who deserves to kill murder and maim??? Yeah it's Armored Xehanort in KH3Re:Mind. Go queen give us everything

2. ofc I'm gonna put Gehrman from Bloodborne here. It's left pretty vague of why he's an antagonist, but from what I got he's. Pretty much the reason anything happened, even if it's not out of malevolence but just as an act of desperation. Taking him down feels right not only for Yharnam, but for him, too. He deserves to rest, and maybe it's just me but in Bloodborne I find battles with other hunters to be much more engaging than the beast battles, as much as I adore them too. Like the Moon Presence and Mergo's Wet Nurse are ok final bosses but Gehrman is just. So good. It's so good it actually made me walk through the entire fight, bow down when it started and kind of "mimic" him, using two-handed weapons and special moves only when he did too. It had to be a fair fight between hunters at the same level.

1. this is the only one I wouldn't change at all and. Kefka in FFVI. The whole thing. Starting from the very bottom until you reach him, it's such a good crescendo, especially considering the final dungeon in itself is already SO long and difficult and. idk fighting not to stop someone, but to put an end to his domination is so good. the series often puts the character against gods, but I feel like FFVI really nailed it. Eps with the whole "if someone dies they're replaced by someone else" thing going on, it really makes you feel like every single character you grew to love through the game is giving their all and it slaps. Also I still think that Dancing Mad is THE best final boss theme in anything, it's just so good. Literally the cherry on top of one of the best games out there

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Muggshot in Sly 3, Keiki in Touhou 17, Kuja (any fight, really) in FFIX and Emperor Griffin in Dark Chronicle

[romanceismycallingcard]

2gether Rewatch ep 1:

I forgot that it starts out with Tine narrating for a bit.

Tine telling his friends about Green and how Green said he'll make Tine change his mind about liking guys

And his friends' immediate responses being Team Green! Is actually super realistic friend group dynamic teasing and I love it.

Tine RUNNING AWAY from Green KILLS me every time!!

And he runs directly to his friends, "Guess who I saw this morning!" 😂 I love their friend group.

Green handing toilet paper to Tine in the bathroom....... Yeah........

Did Green pursue P'Dim like this too? And it worked?? Or did P'Dim pursue Green?? Gosh, now I want like a prequel story for them.

Tine's friends saying he needs to start playing hard ball and then joking about football and baseball 😂👍

Tine's friends dressing up to scare Green! And one's holding a TOILET SCRUB BRUSH! HOW does someone even come up with that!?? It's brilliant!???

"I've taken a few boxing classes." Tine looking absolutely terrified: "Not just a few O.O" (poor bunny :()

Green's skinny jeans are so tight, but like 👌 nice

Green does not strike me as a fickle person. Did he really like Tine? I think he did, but like, what about P'Dim? Part of me feels like he just used Tine to make P'Dim jealous, which is awful and in no way helps Tine's low self esteem.

What's annoying is that Tine does straight up, honestly, and kindly tell Green he's not interested. Green just reads into everything and twists the truth. And won't listen to Tine.

He takes advantage of Tine's kindness and inability to tell him a harsh no, stop. Tine doesn't absolutely, concretely refuse Green and somehow that leaves just enough wiggle room for Green to squeeze in and manipulate the situation.

😂 I forgot about Tine's run when he escapes Green to get drinks 😂😂😂👌 it's the best thing ever. I love him so much. It's such a great little run!!

I think it's interesting that Tine acts happy/drunk from that drug and not just sleepy/dead tired.

Tine's favorite song is Together. Hmm. How fitting.

Poor Tine. Green immediately forgets to hold him up and drops him!

Okay. I can kind of understand the logic of "a fake girlfriend didn't work. Maybe a fake boyfriend will." Because Green is convinced he can change Tine, but what if Tine does admit to liking guys but it's not for Green? Then Green would be forced to acknowledge that Tine isn't rejecting him because he's a guy but because he's genuinely not interested in Green.

I think it's funny that they just had to shoot for the best of the best guy though 😂 why not just someone decently attractive? It worked out brilliantly for them though. The lucky b*stards.

Their little bulletin with a drawn portrait with no likeness at all to Sarawat with a question mark over the face 😂😂😂 and the sticky notes. Very professional detective work y'all are doing over there.

You know what's really weird. When I started watching 2gether, I had no idea who Toptap was but I knew Tine had a brother so I kept wondering who was the brother in the show during ep 1. Now I know who Toptap is and recognize him and I know that Type isn't even introduced as a character until several episodes later. But that was weird to realize because it means that since episode 1 was released I've watched multiple shows with Toptap in them. (Water Boyy, 3 will be free, rewatched love sick)

Sarawat is awesome. He's such a killer. 😂 And his friends are so great!! Gunsmile and Mike. *Chef's kiss*

The cast for this show is perfection. I love all of them. They're all amazing and hilarious and adorable AND amazing actors.

Posting a fake schedule for Sarawat was so smart! Too bad Tine and his friends kinda blew it for him.

Tine's friend Ohm (JJ) said he has a spy that said the schedule is a fake. Who's his spy???

Love the guitar music as Tine's running to Sarawat. How the heck did he manage to get in front of all those girls? There were girls on the stairs below where he and his friends were standing.

I really want to know what Sarawat is thinking when Tine just shows up right in front of him. He and his friends just walk away without saying anything at first. Why?

Sarawat's friends' reactions to Tine calling him an asshole 😂

What's super interesting to me about their first interaction is that Sarawat has been aware of and probably been watching Tine for a year. Which means he at least has some basic knowledge about Tine. Like he's kind, relaxed, cool (chill), etc. I wonder what he thought about Tine calling him an asshole. Not a great first impression, buuuuut~ it wasn't a first impression. Sarawat already knows that Tine is a good guy.

Is Sarawat just so introverted and socially stunted that he just has no idea how to interact with his crush so he's acting overly cool/cold to him?? I don't understand why he acts like that to his crush?

I just don't get it.

And then we get this wide shot and I love watching Sarawat's friends' reactions because I love their perspective on everything. But their faces after Sarawat says that and walks away are so funny! And Gunsmile's little wave 😂👌 (not the greatest snapshots sorry)

Guys I just finished part 2. This is bad. This post is so long already.

I feel like Sarawat got lucky because of how stubborn Tine is. Tine's friends are like, "let's find a different target." And Tine goes, "Nah, he's difficult so I have to have him now."

Tine said "email" so now I'm thinking about him speaking English and that Win lived in the US for a year and he's only a year younger than me and how crazy would it have been if I had met him? I went to a school that had a lot of foreign students. So weird. I mean the US is huge so of course the chances are crazy small, but it's fun to think about.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I finally understand how Tine's email sounded like he wants to kiss/sleep with Sarawat now. Got it. I was really slow on that, wooow....

Tine's dream is 👌

Sarawat's jacket is 🤤

Fun story (cuz this post isn't long enough already): before I started watching 2gether, I read a post about Tine's dream and that Sarawat turned into Green, but I didn't know Green was a name (and there were no capital letters to indicate that) so I thought that Sarawat must've turned into like a green monster or something in Tine's dream but nope! That's not what that meant!

After that email, I wonder what Sarawat thinks of his crush now. Lol.

I just noticed this bike statue 👌 I love public artwork so much sometimes

Aaaaaaaaaand now that I've noticed the statue, I also noticed

That when Tine crashes into the bush, he's somehow magically back at the statue and that little roundabout.

Aw. Okay. I'll give Green one (1) point. It's sweet that he got Tine and was sitting next to him with a smelling thing for Tine to wake up.

This girl Ann is precious. She's so cute.

This is the shared student number party. I'm a little confused why there are so many people there? Is it multiple student number groups meeting up?

Tine goes from 0 to 100 energy wise real quick! "I'm a chic guy. I like to act cute!" He is so cute. You all know the rest of that speech.

Oh I'm dumb! Sarawat and Tine are both new incoming freshman! Sarawat probably recognized Tine from the concert, but he probably hasn't even seen Tine since then! For some reason I was thinking they've probably had the chance to see each other around University. I'm dumb. So everything Tine is doing, Sarawat has no context for, nothing to compare it to or anything.

Tine.... Breaking the phone..... The cringe.... The secondhand embarrassment.... I'm struggling. It hurts. Oh the pain....

Okay yay!! EPISODE 1: DONE! 😄

I hope you all enjoyed my commentary even though it was very very long. 😂😘

[airenyah]

just watched that episode 'the song remains the same' and honestly I have a few things, imagine if Anna actually called Cas rather than Uriel, what are the implications of that happening and that would have played out very differently, also makes me sad because in classic spn (s1-5) Dean got the ending he wanted (yes I ship destiel as the next person but at that time, he was a different person from s10 (where I stopped watching - I can't say for s15, but judging on here he's a very 1/?

person as well). And then in s15 (which I've only seen the last episode of) he dies, and it's like - the whole point of his character was to survive and to live the apple pie life, like at the end of the day THAT IS WHO HE IS. Anyhow it makes me sad that when I watch s15 for the first time (I'll stop at Misha's physical last episode) that he didn't get that. That's why I feel for long term Dean fans because that was what happened, and I don't understand how even Kripke thought it was a good 2/?

idea considering he gave him a happy ending in s5. 3/3

ohhhh wait, are we talking anna calling present time!cas or 1978!cas? because if i remember correctly (sorry i didn’t bother rewatching the ep for this ask) anna calls uriel and asks him to kill the winchesters, right? and i think it’s fairly obvious that present!cas would absolutely not have gone through with that, buuuuut 1978!cas however.... 1978!cas who didn’t know the winchesters, didn’t know dean yet.... now THAT’s raises an interesting question 🤔

re: and it's like - the whole point of his character was to survive and to live the apple pie life

my god YES!!!! the other day i was rewatching 8x14 and there is this whole bit:

Dean: We've been down roads like this before, man – with Yellow-Eyes, Lucifer, Dick friggin' Roman. We both know where this ends – one of us dies... Or worse.

Sam: So, what – you just up and decided it's gonna be you?

Dean: I'm a grunt, Sam. You're not. You've always been the brains of this operation.

Sam: Dean—

Dean: And you told me yourself that you see a way out. You see a light at the end of this ugly-ass tunnel. I don't. But I tell you what I do know – it's that I'm gonna die with a gun in my hand. 'Cause that's what I have waiting for me – that's all I have waiting for me. I want you to get out. I want you to have a life – become a man of Letters, whatever. You, with a wife and kids and – and – and grandkids, living till you're fat and bald and chugging Viagra – that is my perfect ending, and it's the only one that I'm gonna get. So I'm gonna do these trials. I'm gonna do them alone – end of story. You're staying here. I'm going out there. If landshark comes knocking, you call me. If you try to follow me, I'm gonna put a bullet in your damn leg. 

and it’s just. so goddamn infuriating in the light of the finale. tell me, does this not demand that he does in fact find a light at the end of the tunnel? you’d expect a character who constantly goes on about how they’re gonna go out guns blazing, who doesn’t see any value in themselves, who doesn’t think they deserve to be saved,... you’d think the whole point of a character like that would be the growth that comes from realizing that they actually do have value and that their life is worth living. and for dean that would be especially after they defeated chuck. but oh wait--, this is supernatural where we can’t have nice things, right (character development? what’s that?)

i can’t say much post S9 because i haven’t watched S10-13 since they aired and while i did catch up on the last two seasons over the past year, they didn’t really stick in my memory (apart from the final 3 eps) soooo i don’t remember much buuuut there was this in 13x23:

Dean: Hey, you remember... remember when you asked if we could stop it? All the evil in the world?

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: If we could... really change things? Well, maybe with Jack, we can.

Sam: Maybe you're right. But then what will we do?

Dean: Mm. Yeah. This. (holds up a beer) A whole lot of this. But on a beach somewhere, you know? Can you imagine? You, me, Cas, toes in the sand, couple of them little umbrella drinks. Matching Hawaiian shirts, obviously. Some hula girls.

Sam: You talking about retiring? You?

Dean: If I knew the world was safe? Hell, yeah. And you know why? 'Cause we freaking earned it, man.

and i think there might have been some more scenes where dean expresses similar sentiments (like the one from 10x16 in the confession booth about not wanting to die and wanting to experience things differently or for the first time)? i don’t really remember, i’ll know once I get there on my big spn rewatch I’m currently doing. and it’s just. how does it make any sense for the show to end with dean not getting to finally find happiness in life on earth and grow old. i don’t understand. 

although i’m not sure i agree with you on the s5 ending being a happy ending for dean. i think it’s more bittersweet than happy. i mean, yes, dean does tell lisa that the happiness he pictures includes her, but we also learn this in chuck’s voice-over at the end of swan song:

Chuck: Every part of him, every fiber he's got, wants to die, or find a way to bring Sam back. But he isn't gonna do either. Because he made a promise.

he’s outright suicidal after sam jumps into the cage. and honestly, i’m not entirely sure if dean actually would have showed up at lisa’s door if sam hadn’t made him promise. this bit from 6x01 also reinforces that for me:

Bobby: [Y]ou got out, Dean! You walked away from the life. And I was so damn grateful, you got no idea.

Dean: Do you have any clue what walking away meant for me?

Bobby: Yeah -- a woman and a kid and not getting your guts ripped out at age 30. That's what it meant.

Dean: That woman and that kid -- I went to them because you asked me to.

Bobby: Good.

Dean: Good for who? I showed up on their doorstep half out of my head with grief. God knows why they even let me in. I drank too much. I had nightmares. I looked everywhere. I collected hundreds of books, trying to find anything to bust you out.

yes, i think dean liked lisa enough and i don’t think he necessarily minded staying with her but i also think he was more drawn to the idea and the apple pie life that she represented. the “getting out” of the life. but dean hates getting non-hunters involved in the life and he also hates himself and the mess he is so i think dean might have wanted to spare lisa the trouble and would probably have stayed away if sam hadn’t asked him to go find her

[smileytiger28]

memory loss ficlist

sup i have loved memory loss stories since i was a wee child and now that ao3 exists i can just read them all day instead of doing work anyway here’s some of my favorites (list definitely subject to change)

s*pernatural

no place to go (4685 words) by peterspajamas

Summary:

It's Tuesday. Again.

Sam watches his world fall apart, into a pattern that only Castiel can break. But Castiel doesn't remember.

Sam prays for help after his brother is stuck in a time loop after Jack becomes God. There are two important things about the angel that arrives to help them: 1. It's Castiel 2. He doesn't remember a thing

my thots

mostly a tuesday time-loop type fic (sam!), but there is definitely some memory loss going on (cas!)

Gone (51108 words) by reading (reposted from ff.net)

Summary:

Dean thinks Sam is dead. Sam has amnesia.

So, this is set pre-deal, sometime in season 2. Strangers and Angels 'verse.

my notes

this fic is legendary. so good in every way. hurt-comfort, memory loss (sam!), angst both before and after memories are regained...hits all my buttons.

When Memory Fails (3646 words) by palpablenotion

Summary:

He's in a hotel room with fake IDs, fake (or stolen) credit cards, guns and knives, lighter fluid and a lighter that's been in a fire hot enough to scorch metal, and he doesn't know who he is.

my thoughts

actually found this fic when looking for some other fics for this list...turned out really good. dean's memory gets roblox oofed and the situation gets cleaned up in a short, sweet, and funny way.

Yellow highway lines (28292 words) by livinginthequestion

Summary:

Weeks had gone by since Michael reneged on his pledge and took possession of Dean permanently; since he’d begun waging his war against humanity and the earth, killing without remorse or restriction; since Dean had, through sheer strength of will, slammed the door on the archangel in his mind. He was still holding that door shut, but growing ever more desperate, to the point that he seriously considered the Ma’lak Box as the only solution available to him.

What if Cas did some research - and came up with an alternative to the Ma’lak Box, a ritual to eject Michael from Dean’s mind? Spellwork so powerful it ripped the archangel loose with the force of a heavenly cataclysm, destroying him in the process - and leaving behind terrible consequences for Dean?

Follow Cas and Sam's desperate cross-country search for Dean, and Dean's journey to find himself, his memories - and maybe find out what he really wants.

my thoughts

goodness me is this one really good. it kinda parallels Gone in that whole "winchester brother makes new life using his skills without his memory" vibe but this plays out a bit differently. this fic. i just want to bathe in it like a jacuzzi.

mcu

How Could I Forget You? (3013 words) by inkinmyheartandonthepage

Summary:

Tony knows that this kid is important somehow, knows deep in his heart that the kid is special. He just can’t remember who he is.

my thoughts

tony loses his memory from some good ol' head trauma. irondad and spiderson angst ensues. memory is not restored by the end (but it is implied that tony's memory will return a few days after the fic is set.)

Take Control (13966 words) by theunremarkable

Summary:

You are No One

I am Bucky. I know this You are Bucky He knows this

~

But Bucky does not know, that it has been a year. He does not know that it has been a year of the same conversation. He does not know that it has been a year of the same tears from Peggy. He does not know that when he sleeps, he forgets. Bucky does not know that when he wakes, he will again be No One.

my thoughts

one of those great fics that toes the line between poetry and prose. also a songfic ("take control" by kodaline), and the song is really darn good. keep in mind this is part 2 of a series that canon diverges so the timeline is a bit wonky.

Act of Sage (64315 words) by hotelmichelle

Summary:

After the Battle of New York, Steve finds a strange note in his apartment. It’s his handwriting, but he sure as hell would’ve remembered writing this.

my thoughts

this post-endgame-2012-timeline stucky fix-it is a textbook example of what happens when a fic starts out not as strong, but finds its voice and approaches its issues uniquely. the beginning isn't really my taste buuuuut at a certain point the fic definitely takes its own unique spin on things. and it's. so good. there's an oc who's a trauma therapist who works with an amnesiac/traumatized bucky barnes. she's just. the greatest, most intelligent, awesomest, most badass human being. also there's a lot of law terminology for bucky's legal trial. (i think the author was in law school while writing this?)

trials and tribulations of the universes saviour (34287 words) by imeanthatsprettysnazzy

Summary:

The thoughts kept racing through his head, them helping block out the continued, strangled begging coming from Mister Stark, along with the pain, as he stared Thanos right in the eyes.

“And I..” He spoke loudly, though he could still barely hear himself. “Don’t... Care...”

Peter brought his fingers together, and snapped.

OR

An alternate version of Endgame where Peter snaps (but survives).

This is a continuation of The Brother She Wished That She Knew, but it can be read alone if you want :)

(Used to be called When Fate Turns In A Different Direction but that was even cornier than this so I changed it)

my thoughts

the memory loss is like 1 chapter of this but it's really well-executed (and also i'm trying to list as many mcu fics as spn fics and it's surprisingly hard. MUST I REITERATE I HAVENT WATCHED 1 EP OF SPN jaklsdfjflk). what it says on the tin, also part of a series featuring a lot of peter's mom may parker. humor, angst, whump, a badass prosthesis and an awesome found family — this fic has everything you could ever want and more.

Bonus non-MCU marvel fic: If It Comes Back (10823 words) by flightinflame

Summary:

Logan turns his back on the school, setting out as a lone wolf. Until he meets a young man in need of help - a young man who looks painfully familiar.

my thoughts

if you want to leave the "mystery person" a surprise you should probably skip the tags (and the rest of this summary.) basically it's post x3, logan is sad, and picks up a mystery hitchhiker. it's the first (and as of now, only) scogan fic i've ever read and definitely a great introduction to the ship. also Person X and logan both get a liberal dollop of angst (hooray!)

[mayapenelopeclutterbucket]

*SPOILERS* Thoughts I had while TGD 3x11 “Fractured” aka watch me flip my shit about my otp

Ya girl is already having a stressful year ALREADY and I’m anxious and depressed buuuuut I’m excited for tonight’s ep because my baes said there was some good melendaire content and can’t wait to see what it is and if you’ve been annoyed with my constant hsmtmts content I’m sorry 😂 it was my new fixation especially since tgd was on a break and I’m hoping to get back into the swing of posting more tgd content, we shall see:)) anywayyyys onto my thoughts I insist on sharing for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m ngl I wasn’t as excited as I normally was tgd to come back on but now I am feeling the excitement and so reaaady 😆

I forgot how fucking sad the last ep was and how much shit the writers put Claire and shaun thru

I missed shea OKAY I ADMIT IT season 1 shea was just *chefs kiss* PERFECTION

Oh yeah I remember watching this sneak peek and being annoyed af with glassman because he’s an asshole as always and I’m tired oh him and his shitty thoughts/opinions and him shitting on lea and being annoyed because she just wants to be friends with shaun which there’s nothing wrong with that they can JUST be bffs glassy

Did someone really just yell they need a Doctor I mean of course they do you’re in an ER 😂

Morgan being SHOOK about that pain of childbirth lmaooo

Yoooo it’s Rico from Hannah Montana and yaaaasss bitch Claire is on her way back to being her compassionate self

Oof trouble with sharly

Y’all I AM CHEESING SO HARD AT THAT MELENDAIRE MOMENT OH MY GOD that was so freakin great she’s opening up to Melendez and he seems to know about her mom and I just it was BEAUTIFUL they’re going back to pre l*mlendez and connecting and sharing their feelings and talking about their past WE’RE ONLY 10 MINUTES IN AND IM HAVING A HEART ATTACK

Oh my god Morgan stop why you gotta be so mean sometimes bby 😂

Yesss shaun snapping back at Morgan’s sarcastic comments

Fuck park up Claire I’m sick of so many characters in this show oh my god lmao

Aww Melendez wanting to side with his boo

This patient who doesn’t want narcotics has the same name as me 👀

How can this lady keep a straight face with how much pain she must be in omg I would not be able to do what she’s doing

Melendez looks so fucking in love with Claire while she’s arguing her case and aww my baby has been thru so much and overcome so much and she’s a kickass doctor and human being and I love her

Don’t y’all love how Claire can always win Melendez over 😂

Park is such a dramatic hardass lol

Aww shaun is making a pros and cons list of lea and Carly

It’s so weird hearing my name mentioned on the show

Oh so asshole Andrews is still somehow married despite the fact that his wife is never shown and he never talks about her

Ayyye I just realized no lim so far this ep I mean I miss her but I’m glad there will be no l*mlendez nonsense because of it but at the same time it sucks her character was really reduced to just being a love interest??!?! The writers really don’t know what to do with a character when they make them chief of surgery 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Holy shit that’s a lot of drugs and not how I pictured balloon drugs to look lol

Lmaoo park jealous about Melendez giving his attention to Claire and letting her do the honors thank god SUCK IT PARK CLAIRE GETS TO DO THE LEAD ON CLOSE BECAUSE SHES NOT AN ASSHOLE LIKE YOU kindness always wins when are you gonna learn that, Melendez doesn’t stay impressed with his residents intelligence for long you gotta bring more to the table

Aww shaun listing all the things he likes about Carly and I’m glad he’s telling Carly the truth but now she’s sad and he’s sad and now I’m sad

😭😭 why did I think the moments that were gonna make me cry were over I hate glassman but that was so sweet and shaun finally admitting his fears about being left to glassman was a lot and shaun willingly hugging him ENDED ME

CLAIRE IS BACK TO INSPIRING PEOPLE

Jesus Christ that was intense and graphic and the classical music going with it the JUXTAPOSITION (ooh look at me using fancy words lol)

Man y’all really couldn’t let Claire catch a break and have a good day huh 🙃🙃 LET HER HEAL ASSHOLES (post ep edit look like Melendez is gonna help her heal 👀👀)

Oh my god oh my god oh my god I CANT BREATHE AM I REALLY GETTING MELENDEZ COMFORTING CLAIRE MOMENT OH MY FUCKING GOD I HAD TO PAUSE IT IM FREAAAAKING OUT

IS ANYBODY ELSE GETTING BALCONY FLASHBACKS FROM SEASON 2 OH MY GOD IF NO ONE ELSE HAS GIFFED THAT YET I WILL 😭😭 I haven’t even gotten to them talking because I’m so psyched about this parallel Jesus Christ I can’t

Claire STOP I paused it again lmao BUT THATS WHAT MELENDEZ LOVES ABOUT YOU REMEMBER THAT YOURE DIFFERENT AND SMART AND SPECIAL MY HEAAAART OH MY GOD

HE JUST TOLD HER THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH HER SEEING THE BEST IN PEOPLE AND BEING GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HER HOLY FUCKING SHIT NOW ITS A PARALLEL BACK TO SEASON 1 my heaaaart fuck

THIS IS OUR MELENDAIRE SEASON GUYS WE’RE BACK 😭😭😭

The sharly angst is killing me and now we’re never gonna see lea if shaun moves out :// BUT SHAUN JUST TOLD CARLY HE LOVES HER 😭

WOW JUST WOW an amazing fucking ep 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I’m so freakin glad we got more of a focus on the doctors and not the patients it was freakin beautiful and honestly one of my favorite eps so far like I don’t think I was bored with any of it

THAT MELENDAIRE CONTENT THO YOOOOOO the greatest moment of my life oh my god I’m still not over it I WILL NEVER BE OVER IT and now I’m wondering if should make that melendaire video I wanted to now with their season 3 moments 👀👀 or wait until the season ends because IM SURE WE’LL GET MORE GOD BLESS 🙌🏼

Are we really getting melendaire working together again next ep

P.s. check out my melendaire gifset

[hurricaneself]

Jane the Virgin S5 Theory Spitballing Plz Join Me

Okay so with everything currently happening in S5 we are coming full circle with the Michael-Jane-Raf Love Triangle from S1. Which Urman told us to expect 2 things from S5: 1. The show will come full circle and 2. Jane will get married towards the end of the season...

Considering Raf just kicked Jane out for not sending in the divorce papers from still being married to Michael... And we were told to expect Jane to get married... And the realization that should Villacordero win out, Raf would be kinda screwed out of a happy ending (as someone recently said to me: how will Raf find a woman who is happy being his 3rd choice)... I have the sinking feeling that despite Raf's horrid behavior, we are going to get Jafael in the end.

Buuuuut... It's also possible that Jane may give Michael another chance, which is completely within her character, and that since she doesn't feel married anymore... That regardless of Villacordero being legally married and having had a kickass wedding already... That Jane and Michael would want a new wedding, a new start, or at least a renewal of their vows which is essentially a wedding and would fit the writers promise of what to expect this season. AND that would bring it all full circle since the show opened with Jane & Michael planning their wedding...

However, at the end of ep 4 with Jane looking back at Raf comforting Mateo over their family unit being broken up after Raf kicked her out (still say that was a douche move Raf!), THAT was "Jane's worst nightmare." And she was ready to marry Raf before Michael got his memories back... So it's also possible that, since she has a thing for her toxic relations with Raf, being kicked out of her family unit will "kick her in the rear to choose Raf." And then we end up with a Jafael wedding... Which would also bring it all full circle in a way too as in S1 Jane broke off with Michael in favor of Raf...

Alas, my brain is fried from trying to wrap my head around it all. So fellow JTV fans, please help me out here in trying to predict whether Jafael or Villacordero will win out. There are apparently thousands of clues through out the series (Urman said something about the beginning narration of the pilot being tied into Jane's book and potentially the end of the series?). So I am debating a rewatch... But I could still miss plenty. And no matter how much we each may want our "preferred team" to win out in the end. The fact is that we have to respect Urman in trying to predict what she is going to end this series with.

Keep in mind Brett Dier is starring in a new show called Schooled that's airing now and thus filming for both shows occurred simultaneously, there is mention that Urman did make some sort of deal with the pilots he filmed incase they got greenlit to be able to incorporate him into this season, AND Brett did say he purposefully put weight on in order to play his new take on Michael for this season... So that could all go either way with Michael being around for the whole season or for only part of it.

So given what we know the writers plan (full circle AND Jane getting married), what we know from the series' hints, and what we have seen so far... What do YOU think the writer's are going to give us? Jafael or Villacordero? And, most importantly, WHY???

JTV fans unite! If we can figure it out before it happens, we may be a little less heart broken if our "preferred team" doesn't win out. Or we could figure out our "preferred team" wont make it and just decide not to watch and tell ourselves our preferred version of events happened... Take your pick. Either way, its a win to figure it out before Urman has the chance to shatter our hearts any further herself.

[facepalming-since-chernobyl]

It’s sad to see that some Karamels aren’t excited about his next phase in Mon-el and karas relationship. I thought everyone was excited for Karamel/Supervalor 2.0 but I guess some people just want us to go back to the way they were in season 2. And don’t get me wrong I love how they were in season 2, but I am excited to see them be more mature and hopefully still playful and jokey like they were in season 2. I guess 3x15 made some not as excited about this next step?

I think people are simply frustrated. In s2 we got something amazing, any  angst didn’t last for longer than ONE ep. People before s3 were sure he was going to be back early in the season and eveyrything was going to be solved with sex on a couch. And now we are getting sloooooooow burn, he is still married, the spoilers scared people etc. I think it’s normal people are tired.

Also, part of Mon-El’s charm was his happy-go-lucky and fish-out-of-the-water  attitude. For now, in s3, we got only glimpses of it. But I’m sure it all is still there. Somoene said he wears a mask now - a mask of a leader, a mask of a guy who needs to keep himself away of Kara, a mask of responsible man etc. When the problems will be solved, I think a lot of “old“ Mon will be back too. But some people are tired of the “Dead Inside Mon-El“.

I think the problem with 3x15 is the writting (I know, I’m captain obvious). It was directed for the antis, so we got the most brutal things in OUR! FACES! (aka the lashing). But there is also the more subtle things aka the context. As you said - it all had to happen. It’s the begining. And again, we understand the context, we get why she said it all, why she exploded etc. The point is - it’s harded to notice. And with the whole antis celebrating and twisting facts with “Kara said this realtionship was toxic and abusive!“ - well, I’m not surprised people are not so excited. Buuuuut, we are getting nice things in the near future, so I would not worry about our fandom.

[kingofthewilderwest]

Haddock’s 2003 FMA Liveblog Part 4

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

I went to bed at a nice, normal time. And then 1:30 came around, my brain screamed “SURPRISE TIME TO WAKE UP” and uhhhhh it’s now 3 AM and I need to occupy myself for a little bit of time before I’m sleepy enough to return to the realm of happy unconsciousness.

Episodes 41-42

Ep. 41 Holy Mother

The central theme of this anime: The military sucks.

Yeah. Like that’s actually going to happen. “Don’t fight.” We know how shit like this actually goes down.

Bradley: Kills Martel inside Reverse Pinocchio. Blood splurts. Cut to: Extremely happy, energetic anime opening song with kids playing.

It would be a lot easier on everyone if Mustang knew something of what was going on, ya’ll. I don’t care if Hughes was like “You can reach the top while I investigate this privately.” At this point this is a hazard. A hazard.

There’s caution to keep people safe. There’s caution to keep yourself safe. There’s caution if you’re unsure of information. There’s caution if you’re investigating dangerous information. There’s caution if you’re uncertain you can trust someone. And on and on and on. But then there’s just caution for not the most well-written reason and seriously I keep feeling like this is sort of the latter, a semi-contrived reason for Mustang to be kept in the dark this entire anime.

Indie that’s rude.

Okay so racial relations in FMA 2003 versus FMA 2009. This could be like, a dissertation topic. I’ve been talking a lot about the difference with friends ever since I saw one semi-disrespectful post of FMAB talking about how it handles racial tensions, essentially saying that we’re supposed to believe one random, old woman (Shan) that the Ishvalans know that not all Amestrians are bad... whereas here in FMA 2003 Scar calls out the military’s discrimination against the Ishvalans to Ed in conversation and we’re supposed to understand believe what his point is. I 1000% understand the post, but don’t agree with that post.... but if we went into all the reasons why I don’t agree with its oversimplification of racial representation and voice in the shows, it really would be a dissertation right here and right now. Anyway. Now, while it is true that FMA 2003 shows a lot more of the perspective of the Ishvalans and gives a lot more straightforward of a minority voice, which is damn NICE, while FMAB focuses about the Ishvalan War more from the Amestrian side... FMAB is farrrrrr from without minority voice and complexity and meaningfulness and respect, too. FMAB does a very heavy job of calling out the Amestrians for what they did in the Ishvalan War as wrong and baseless, too - even if upper command (and Envy) started it, Riza points out that she and her fellow Amestrians carried out the bloodshed with their own hands. Watching the fourth OVA gives a lot of voice to people like Heathcliffe and wow. FMAB gives a lot of purpose to Scar’s motivations, too, from the start of wanting to kill State Alchemists out of well-understood revenge... to pulling him into a focus whereby he wants to rebuild Amestris’ Ishvalan population as he can. But where I think the BEST way to talk about the difference between the 2003 and 2009 racial messages in these shows isn’t that the minority voice is or isn’t given respect and time (because really, really, both *do* - let’s talk manga Miles, and Scar, and Scar’s mentor, and...). But what 2003 shows the Ishvalans saying is, “The military is shit. They destroyed us. We have the right to be angry. You can argue we have the right to fight back.” And while there’s a whole, whole, whole, whole, WHOLE lot of truth to 2003 and how things happen irl... there’s something really powerful about 2009. 2009 says, “The military is shit. They destroyed us. We have the right to be angry. But that DOESN’T mean we have the right fight back.” And that wraps into one of Arakawa’s biggest, most widespread message throughout all of her manga, from start to end: All humans are important. All souls deserve to be treated with the utmost respect as human beings. It doesn’t matter if you’re a suit in armor. It doesn’t matter if you’re a frog chimera. It doesn’t matter what your race is. It doesn’t matter who started the bloodshed... you should be the one to end it. You are a human, human is good, and the best thing we can do is help each other. FMAB is about breaking out of the cycle of “an eye for an eye.” Now FMA 2003 is showing, through Ed’s reactions and so forth, the conflict he has with the idea of “Eye for an eye,” suggesting also it’s not a good thing. But it’s really in 2009 where the message sparkles... because Scar becomes not someone with a vengeful purpose who wants to create a pure Philosopher’s Stone from military lives. But Scar is someone who goes from someone with vengeful purpose for what the military has done to him... to trying to be the better person, the HERO, who fights back and gives back when no one else would before. And fuck man. Scar and Scar’s brother are the damndest heroes in FMAB. There’s so much to be said about the pros and cons of racial representation in each show, 2003 versus 2009, but both really try to speak to important messages of minority discrimination, genocide, and the horribleness of what it is. NEITHER ARE BAD!!! XD But damn if 2009′s message of “Revenge is not justified. We will treat all humans as humans” is fucking wicked good. Like. Enormous applause to the Ishvalans for being the better people? They are the true heroes. They are the TRUE heroes of FMAB.

In FMAB 2009, Scar prevents an entire city (entire COUNTRY) from being used as an effective transmutation circle creating a Philosopher’s Stone. In FMA 2003, Scar is the one seeking to make an entire city into a Philosopher’s Stone. Interesting contrast. Sad not to have my hero Scar here. A complex antagonist in the 2003, who, from another framework could act as an antihero (the best antagonists imho are those whose perspectives could be written as “good guys” because they have understandable, human motivations)... but nevertheless, not a hero of the tale as in Arakawa’s final work.

Took fukkin long enough for Heart Eyes Motherfucking Horse Boi to find out. Thank you, Reverse Pinocchio, for acting with more sense than Markiplier and Virility Redux.

One beautiful moment with Al in the manga at Liore is when he pulls stuff out of his loincloth in public in front of his father, much to Hohenheim’s dismay and embarrassment. And here we have Armor stuffing his bro’s pocketwatch into his loincloth. I mean, it’s a fair place to carry things, buuuuut there is something to said it looks bad buddy. XD

I can’t judge talking military cats because we do like, have Jerso in FMAB.

Okay Bishie Boi I give you permission to kill a certain murderous State Alchemist Fucker. Go get Kimblee. Go get him. Martel hasn’t killed him yet. You. Please. Kill him. I don’t like Kimblee. Get Kimblee.

It’s so damn refreshing and applause-worthy to see full rooms of dark-skinned POC in an anime let’s be real.

Also not showing the eyes of ANYONE in the military during these scenes? Really good, chilling effect.

The name avoidance is getting really old homunculi pals.

Also love how many women are very prominent in the 2003.

GO SCAR GO. GO SCAR GO! BISHIE BOY, KICK KIMBLEE ASS!! GO SCAR GO SCAR GO SCAR GO!!!

.....that accidentally almost sounded like a Dr. Seuss book up there. Just need a little meter and rhyming and...

Dude there’s a fucking dragon on the end of that that is LEGIT.

You brought the kid back. You brought the kid messenger back. You brought the kid messenger back to Liore. KEEP THEF UCKI :ENW:EOGIN KEEP THE FUCKING KID IN SAFETY AWAY FROM LIORE IT’S A WAR ZONE YOU IDIOTS

Gotta respect how long Kimblee’s hair is in this anime.

[Camera angle constantly spinning around Kimblee and Scar while they’re talking] I get that you’re trying to make this dramatic but hell if that isn’t too much and somewhat dizzying.

Badass Al and his perfect-and-rapidly-drawn transmutation circles!

This anime had suchhhhhhhhh a slow start but finally we’re getting someplace. Not entirely well-joined together everywhere but we’re finally getting to Serious Shit and I appreciate it.

Al saying he’s hollow and not meaningless is a nice callback to when he was questioning the validity of his own memories, saying that if he weren’t human, then it wasn’t worth living. Exact opposite message here and thank. V good. This v good.

They get a lot more of Al’s intense and very real badass side down in this anime.

Sayin’ it like it is. Bruh, respect.

Yeah there’s lots and lots of good content rn.

“Can you hear it? The countdown to your death?” And this is why nobody likes you Kimblee. Fuck you.

Is this the part where we have Scar use his arm or something to change Al into a Philosopher’s Stone or whatever the hell it is that is the first stage of Al not being armor?

YES.

YES

YES YES YES MY WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED.

Are you.

Are you fucking kidding me.

Die already Kimblee you fuck

Well that’s gotta be traumatic to Ed

Dramatic shots of doom.

This ain’t gonna end well. Also we’re suspiciously close to the end of the episode with no resolution... I planned to watch ONE episode tonight but that might not be what happens eh.

Oh look the episode just ended.

Yeah fuck that we need at least just one more.

Ep. 42 His Name is Unknown

I’m v suspicious Scar ain’t gonna live through this. Hopefully also Kimblee. Kimblee needs to Be Gone (TM).

Aka “This is how the writers don’t have Al die right here and now.”

DING DONG THE WICKED WITCH IS DEEEEAAAAAAD!!!

Okay but Scar. Ishval’s Top Model. Bishie Boi. He’s like. Walking around so calmly with so little sign of pain. BRO YOU ARE MISSING AN ARM. And don’t you DAMN tell me “It’s but a scratch” or “It’s only a flesh wound.” Like I could Monty Python caption you right now you fucker and I shouldn’t be able to do that.

Oh hey look my liveblogging is showing my true swearing colors. Rawr. I’m a swearer. I like swears. FEAR ME AND ALL THE SWEARS.

(I usually censor myself a lot on tumblr for Things Like Swears BUT AIN’T NOT HAPPENING NOW YO).

Is.... is ANYONE going to do ANYTHING about Scar’s recently lost arm?????????? HE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD. LOTS OF BLOOD GUSHED OUT WHEN HE TRANSMUTED IT OFF. AND YET EVERYONE IS SO CASUAL ABOUT THIS. Let’s talk about Al’s survival chances. Let’s talk about how to change Al so he doesn’t go off into a bomb. Let’s talk about the Philosopher’s Stone. Let’s talk about your past history with Lust. HOW ARE YOU CONSCIOUS AND WHY AREN’T WE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR GODDAMNEDFUCKINGSHIT ARM.

At least have him pass out or something.

Nope we’re just going to stand around and stare at each other and be like “You’re not my brother’s girlfriend” and shit and not care about your lack of armness apparently.

Hey new intro. The music definitely has the same generic rocky upbeat flavor of the other intros in 2003, but I like this one the best. The intro also shows us not one but two separate shots of Roy so that’s even better. And even bestest, we just keep pulling in that photo of Horsing Around in the background again. We just keep sneaking that in. I really wish you WROTE Horsing Around better but HEY we get the PHOTO <3 <3 <3

So all that’s good.

Yesssssss finally in this anime you are having ROY MUSTANG ***DO*** SOMETHING. Finally DO something. (whispers) and yes, of course Riza is here, I love you two together

But seriously how long does it take for you to WRITE MUSTANG DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE SHIT GOING DOWN IN THIS FUCKING STORY

(whispers) Wife

Good for you, Alex.

“There’s no such thing as a military that doesn’t have corruption or evil in it.” I love when villains have damn truthful lines like that shit.

He’s really pretty in this shot.

Okay for all you mention Roy being the Hero of Ishval in this moment between Archer and Roy, and then there was that one scene waaaay back in Flame vs Fullmetal where we had Roy get a bit of a flashback to the war, and then I guess that ONE scene where he thought about doing human transmutation...... you really haven’t taken advantage. of. this. character. AT ALL. In this anime. You’ve really left him to sit by for dozens of episodes in a row. Develop this shit. Even if you plan to develop this shit down the road, this is just another example of uneven scaffolding in your writing. I went into this anime particularly because I was curious about the interesting Roy shit you were thinking about writing, and yet I feel like you’ve given me very little to work with? I mean. He’s present. We’ve had a FEW interesting moments with him, primarily at the start. We’ve seen him do some things like suppress the Ishvalans before they rebelled, and stuff. It’s not like he’s absent and you could critique my critique. But he still feels sooooo underutilized. He really feels underutilized. Develop all that trauma shit content and his ambition being the Fuhrer and his past with Ishval instead of just touching it here and there and referencing it in scenes and then being like “La la la and now all Mustang is gonna do in this episode is look suspiciously at people but not do anything active about the shit going all around him.”

So we’re SLIGHTLY paying attention to his arm, but still having an extended conversation about Lust instead.

I mean I don’t care if the arm got cauterized and there’s just a stump there, you still lost a lot of blood and there’s shock and trauma and shit. You are hanging in there way too good bud. THAT IS AN ARM.

That looks cool. And we know exactly what those symbols are.

Oh cool another arm gone AND YOU ARE STILL CONSCIOUS.

Now, after just a little gasping in pain and sweating, I’m going to stand up and calmly explain the history of my arm. COME ON SCAR ADRENALINE ONLY GOES SO FAR *YOU* *HAVE* *NO* *ARMS*

No one would even guess this is the screencap of a man who has literally just lost both of his arms.

In 2003, he loses both of his arms. In 2009, he uses both of his arms and destroys Bradley’s.

Yes, Indie. Tell Roy about your mother homonculus. At least do it for the sake of integrally including Horsie IN THE MAIN FUCKING PLOT MORE.

HOW DID SCAR DROP KIMBLEE FROM THE TOP OF THE BUILDING HE HAS NO ARMS HOW DID YOU CARRY HIM HOW DID YOU DROP HIM.

WHY ARE YOU STILL RUNNING AROUND.

Okay seriously how many times are you going to injure this guy and still have him be “relatively” okay? Because several gunshot wounds to his shoulders didnt make him lapse into unconsciousness either? At least he seems to be in legitimate lasting pain now? Not like that’s a GOOD thing to be in pain, but at least he’s not like, running around?

You should be like delirious tho bud

Seriously are these last two episodes “How many times can we injure Scar” like wut

Take that back he’s stood up and is waltzing around again wtf

I hate how the feels you get from this scene are 1). Scar is dying, 2). Scar is doing this for his brother [sob] and not... “we’re mass killing thousands of low-ranking soldiers and turning them into a Philosopher’s Stone.” Like something about that’s just wrong. Feels, good? But....

Power trio

This still is the most badass moment with these blokes tho:

[sigh] Mustang is just such a better character in FMA 2009 / the manga.

[whispers to Al] No it’s not. #1. Philosophers’ Stone. #2. You’re armor.

:)))))))))))

[morathicain]

ahhhh your response, yes to everything you said on the breakup! even to kinda continue, since the end of ep7 when they officially started dating til this ep we’ve repeatedly seen them choosing each other. we can probs go further and say they’ve been choosing each other (and/or what’s best for each other) since ep1, just in different (less open?) ways. so yeah i think by [4/4] when pat & pran have that conversation, there’s an understanding between them that when they go back they’d have to separate because that’s what would be best for them as 2 kids who are attached to their families as you said. they both know what happened between their parents isn’t something they can just force to get better. so like pran said in [1/4] they can’t change what happened, they can only live with it. and it’s complicated and it’s unfair to them and their love, but it’s their reality. so, for now at least, they’re forced to leave their paradise.

but~~ teasers are def a trap! like this is a teaser for the final ep so i’m sure there could be some misdirections lol. and even if this next episode does have heartbreak idk.. p’aof has fed us sooo well for the past 11 eps that even w this breakup, even if there is angst or something else between them, it def wouldn’t be done in a way that goes against everything p’aof’s laid down so far. i’m hype to see where he takes us because all the angst we’ve gotten from this show is the kind i eat up lol. like yeah it hurts but it’s being done ~well~ so i still watch it over and over (like the pran/pat fight in ep5 [4/4]? beautiful, literally engraved in my mind at this point). and i’m sure whatever possible pain this next ep throws us will def lead to growth!

also the romeo and juliet point makes sense! as long as p’aof doesn’t go through with a full parallel by turning their story into a tragedy, i’ll be fine (hopefully lol). also also! that bed scene had me weak too!!!! especially when pran wakes up first and his soft kiss on pat’s forehead.. literally no words.

can’t wait to scream some more with you after this next (and last🤕) episode!! have a good rest of your day/night<333 -🥞

PANKCAKE! I am so sorry! I wanted to take my time to answer you and suddenly the week was over and the finale episode as well! Q.Q

Buuuuut it's nice to see how this aged. Like, it WOULD have been okay if they'd separated, but the show went and made it BETTER! <3

And the teaser was such a trap, I am still giggling about all of the false scenes they gave us. I do hope P'Aof enjoyed a lot of those fan reactions with some good wine by his side :P

There was also so much growth happening and it was done so beautiful and I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it (and this time I'll respond quicker!) <3

But I'm also sad it was now the last episode and I'm already thinking about a rewatch XD

Have a beautiful day/night <3