#cc s5

[scoutsunset]

SO BACK — new sneak peek of Camp Camp’s next episodes! (@RoosterTeeth)

FEATURING:

a new camp counsellor, CJ

the confirmed returns of David, Max, Neil, Nerris, Nikki, Harrison, Space Kid, Ered, Nurf, Dolph and the Quartermaster

Preston Goodplay has a whole new look! It looks very chic…

Gwen hasn’t returned. Hopefully not yet.

A callback to CC’s first episode! Possibly to mark a new era for the show.

Rooster Teeth still hasn’t confirmed if this is actually season five. Eh, whatever. I’ll still call it season five regardless!

ALSOOOOO RT has gave up on Twitter! So now all of their updates on new content, including the new CC episodes, are exclusive to Instagram and Threads.

[pinkicherri]

Like father like son

SPOILERS (sorry the gif isn’t high quality)

[puppiiiowo]

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[randomfoggytiger]

SEX, THE X-FILES WAY

(Excerpt from an in-coming post.)

It is a no-brainer to jump from Carter's wish for Scully to remain "separate" from the sexy, jump-in-bed-ers in the other tv shows of the 90s landscape-- @cecilysass wrote an excellent meta on the subject here-- and to expand that statement into a puritanical view of Scully's sexuality. But it's not, I believe, the complete picture.

Mulder was allowed to have sex with a woman in 3 during Scully's absence-- however, he was immediately "punished" for this transgression (losing the case and having to live with the guilt of not helping a like-minded lost soul.) But two important points remain: the sex was only allowed off-screen-- a principle Chris Carter stuck to-- and was part of a fraught, lonely relationship Mulder had with sex (Fire's Phoebe manipulating his emotions, Syzygy's Detective White tackling his body in fear of her life, Kill Switch's nurses manipulating his body for information, One Son Diana attempting to subdue his morals with easy seduction, First Person Shooter's Jade Afterglow trying to kill him in the climax, etc.) In short: Mulder was the Whore to Scully's Madonna, post here.

Although she is held to the same standard-- sex off-screen-- Scully is rewarded more often than Mulder: she has had at least two past relationships that were successful (Lazarus's Jack and Small Potatoes's Marcus), and was almost written with an on-going relationship in the Pilot. She desires a family and a sense of normalcy-- but not to the detriment of her career (e.g. The Jersey Devil and Home and A Christmas Carol); and her desires are rewarded with a miraculous pregnancy after Scully challenges her beliefs on her own terms (Amor Fati and all things.) In the end, she (theoretically) gets it all: a partner, a new baby, and a new beginning (that is, until Season 9.)

Tellingly, Scully's most fraught sexual experiences (Never Again and all things) were, in fact, derived from Gillian Anderson's input, not Chris Carter's.

If we set aside Ed Jerse and Daniel Waterston, Carter wrote her with two past successful relationships (Jack Willis and Ethan Minette) and okay-ed Vince Gilligan's high school boyfriend mention (Small Potatoes's Marcus.) When compared to Phoebe Green, Det. White, and Diana Fowley, a pattern emerges in her favor.

Even more pivotally: it's not sex that is punishing so much as who the characters have sex with. When Mulder has sex with women other than Scully, he is emotionally and physically neglected; and when Scully has sex with men other than Mulder, she is emotionally and professionally disrespected. That dynamic is sexist-- it's meant to be, a truthful depiction of the times: men's emotional needs trivialized and their desires reduced to sex; and women's capabilities and accomplishments minimized and their sexual freedom frowned upon. The show, however, takes it in a different direction, using the MSR dynamic to-- in a historically romantic sense-- liberate Mulder and Scully from those judgments. Mulder and Scully are unlucky in love unless they're together, two abnormal pegs trying to fit in square holes. Fated, in that mythological sense the show plays with, to be together. Cursed, in fantastical or folkloric tradition, when separated or apart. They are both rewarded when they come together: Mulder's closure and Scully's enlightenment; a miraculous pregnancy and a new way forward.

Even though Gillian fought to have an on-screen sex scene for her character, David also fought for Mulder's personal life outside of work ("The Official Guide to The X-Files", post here: When it’s pointed out that the show’s most fervent loyalists... have been especially vocal about not wanting to see Mulder and Scully romantically involved with anyone but each other, Duchovny simply shrugs and says the nuances he refers to don’t necessarily have to involved ‘romance’. “Give Mulder a friend. Give him a squash partner,” he suggests. “It’s got to happen. I really don’t care what anybody thinks we should or shouldn’t do.”) Neither were, of course, successful. And though he had the first (off-screen) sex scene in 3, David-- like Gillian-- was not satisfied with the result (and cringes over the sink-and-shave sequence to this day.)

Is it the best writing, all told? Perhaps not. The fact remains: Chris Carter has stated, multiple times, that he is not a fan of emotional exploration ("domesticity") and he does not want to focus on Mulder and Scully's personal lives, platonic or otherwise. Sex, then, is not a character beat so much as a tool: it must serve the story or narrative, or he won't bother to explore it. It must factor into an X-File (Gender Bender, 3, Never Again) or episode B plot (Requiem's reveal, Season 8's pregnancy arc, MSIV's second reveal), or mytharc throughline (e.g. Diana and Mulder's past, and Scully's pregnancy); or not at all.

Let me repeat: sex is not a revealing character beat to Chris Carter. It must contribute to the mytharc or monster-of-the-week, or it won't be included or touched on. At all. And through that lens, Mulder and Scully's romantic moments are merely another cog in the ever-spiraling hurtle forwards-- as far back as Tooms's stakeout admittance to Memento Mori's and Redux II's hospital confession to Fight the Future's hallway avowal. That is CC's modus operandi. That is his calling card: two characters always searching for something. That is Chris Carter's Code To Live By. As Chris Carter himself said, "It's sex, 'The X-Files' way!" (interview here.)

In this case: Mulder and Scully's desires are centered on work and family: Mulder's sister, Scully's sister; Scully healing by the UFO ship, Mulder dreaming of his son; Mulder and Scully finding wholeness in Season 7-- closure and enlightenment-- to build towards that elusive, happy ending in Season 8. However, as Frank Spotnitz put it, "You can't get the truth-- you can't"; and thus, Mulder and Scully's primary goal-- work (the slippery, dangerous "truth")-- will always, purports the show, consume their secondary goal-- family. So, Mulder suffers and is tormented in his quest; and Scully is hurt and tormented on her quest. Until, at last, both realize there is more to life than this; heal their broken pieces, and draw to each other more than the work-- colliding together and creating a family of their own. It is, admittedly, puddle-deep; but the simplest things in life are often the most memorable.

Had CC stuck the landing-- focused on character arcs and tied up loose ends-- it could have, possibly, succeeded. Instead, the execution was poor, and continues to be poor: what passes as a rushed happy end in Season 8 becomes trite and overdone when repeated, without nuance, aught years later. What was the culmination of the mytharc and Mulder and Scully's story ("planned" since the Pilot, posts here and here) becomes discordant and muddled, bent and confused.

[mcytegg]

can jumper please please do some terrible horrible things to keep rek and ro safe before the season ends. can she be put into a situation where she makes an incredibly selfish and hurtful decision so she can better protect her team. can her sworn loyalty be put to the test.

[bee-snail]

Struggles

[korny-mf]

hear the fear

[thethiefandtheairbender]

moodboards: Darius and Brooklynn from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous / Chaos Theory

You know why we all look to you? Because your light burns bright, Darius Bowman, and no amount of terrible choices can put it out. And I'll follow you anywhere. I was in love with Brooklynn.

[pinelessness]

IM ALIVE

[johngulus]

I'm only 4 fucking episodes in but

HOLY SHIT is the Benji and Kenji propaganda strong already

[hawkinssims]

“ the look of love, the rush of blood “ 💫

some s5 byler for you guys 🫶🏻 using @ninawhims “young again” pack!!

[scoutsunset]

4 NEW CAMP CAMP EPISODES COMING OUT 1st of MARCH, 2024.

Out of nowhere an hour ago, RT dropped this live-action skit re-enacting the show’s theme song with the text announcement of 4 whole new episodes.

…That’s a tad bit unexpected. And also smaller than I’m used to!

It appears to me that Camp Camp’s return might be in a drastically reduced form — as in, a lot less episodes than last time. Just like RWBY Chibi when they brought it back for single segments in Neon Konbini, or RT’s Sims 2 machinima series The Strangerhood where they made 4 episodes as a indiegogo stretch goal for their movie Lazer Team.

But perhaps new episodes of season 5 will release in batches? Like, 4 more new episodes in July, and then October? Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking? The great Camp Camp drought has really messed me up.

[pinkicherri]

BALD

SPOILERS

[darkesttimelinesblog]

Camp camp spoilers!:

Camp camp makes me sad sad.

2016-2024. (For now…)

Fuck Warner bros by the way.

[puppiiiowo]

Now this is crazy....

Models made by me and you can download them on my Sketchfab:

Motion by MMD_shigushigu and song is Kami no ManiMani

[mcytegg]

ive changed my mind have another dualities s5 sc