#ck season 6 episode 8

[calirph]

𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐏𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐎

cobra kai 6.08. fight against denis.

[phenixy-dunnhart]

WARNING ! SPOILERS for TLOVM season 3 and Campaign 1

I'm a bit sad with all the negativity in the tlovm tags following this new batch of episodes. Because all the usual appreciation and fun details pointing is drown in it. So I'll do my part and draw some light and appreciation for the following things:

"Allura can't teleport us 'cause we mind wind up in the ocean" Nice nod

The beauty of Glintshore sand? crystals ? I mean, I know the entire island isn't covered in it, but it's there and it's gorgeous

Vax and Grog banter, Pike and Vax friendship when she stole his badass line. Who says that the friendships in tlovm are not showed ? It's smaller because they're running out of time but if you keep both eyes open, you can catch the small moments.

How good was the delirium gas ?

Percy having bad Ripley PTSD ?Check.

Orthax forcing the (gas) mask on Percy's face ? Oh f*ck me that was so good.

Elaina's first appearence and Vex's heart torment ? Check

Vex fighting the gas messing with her mind and seeing Percy getting kidnapped ? Great

Her seeing Percy devoured by some hellish pain ? Awesome foreshadowing for Orthax feeding on Percy's soul

I won't dwell too much on ep 7 because I'm Perc'ahlia trash and this was pure gold but ALL their scenes.

And these two shots:

They're the last thing they think about before passing out. And look at them, they're looking at each other. Great parallels, great cinematography

You want more parallels ? You're not in enough pain ? I've got more ! How about this ?:

Percy cradling Vex because he doesn't want to lose her.

Vex cradling Percy because she lost him

MY HEART !!!!!!

Anyways back to our regular program: The color scheme in the factory is on point. Predominance of green during all Ripley's discussion with percy, some blasts of orange for Orthax.

This shot when they want to make us think Percy will go dark but also because he sincerly understand. He sees with her (green) eyes

Culminating in theses shots:

In the end, the true Percy is good (he's blue which is both his color and Vex's)

Then we got some nice Pike and Kiki character development with the delirium gas

Percy's fight with Ripley is pure display of his capacities and wits, not unlike Vex's fight against Saundor or Grog's fight against Kevdak. The fights with nemesis are always awesome, well choreographed and both characters and animators flexing.

And I like Grog's delirium both beacause it brings a bit of comic relief in this big painful episode but that's not all there is. Because when he gets out of it, he asks Pike if he hurt her again and you can't convince me that he didn't saw Craven Edge and the pain he inflicted Pike in his PTSD (not showed but we know)

Onto episode 8, love the Stilben flashback and the dead mystic cult leader being Taliesin.

The funeral was powerful and beautiful. The highlights being Cassandra crying her last family member and Vex'ahlia not saying the prayer despite being one of the Dawnfather.

Scanlan putting Kaylie's song music sheet on the altar for Percy breaks my heart. For him, he lost both of them and also he traded the life of his friend for moments with Kaylie (which he didn't even had, that's so sad)

Vox Machina assembling all of their allies with the beautiful OST was awesome while conserving this... heaviness. We're still grieving (at least I'm still am)

Vex and Syldor whole convesrsation. Laura Bailey, the talented woman you are and Troy Baker did a great job at humanizing him. though he's still a prick.

Vaxleth and Pikelan scenes were cute

We've got LARKIN mentioned and by Vax nonetheless !

Earthbreaker Groon and Grog doing the slapping hands/muscles flexing meme !

How brutal Thordak's attacks are in ep 8 and 9, all the people dying to rise up the stakes worked really well in my opinion.

Travis smarts piercing through Grog's 6 INT just like in the campaign

Earthbreaker Groon being a BAMF with that suplex

The teamwork going strong during all the fight

Zahra and Kash coming in to save the day. I love them your honor

My jaw dropped at Kashaw's badass magical attack. THAT WAS AWESOME and dropped further at his death. I couldn't believe it at first and as bold as a choice it was, I really liked it. Because it's a thing to kill NPC nameless army guys but killing a beloved character: that take some balls . And because of the unpredictability, the shock hit. I'm always here for the drama and it was beautifully done (the visuals for the Raven Queen and her powers are always as gorgeous as ominous).

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn also showing off her VA talent

In the end, every VM members getting his moment of glory :

Vex with getting the Syngorn army while being at her lowest/rock bottom ("The truth is the only bargaining chip at rock bottom", really nice parallels with the Stillben flashback + her using Percy's philosophy)

Grog destroying the lair

Scanlan getting them out of there at the peril at his life and ending up in a coma (nice subversion so there are not two dead party members followed up by two ressurections)

Keyleth being her badass elemental self (with her two gorgeous muscial leitmotives "blinded by the light" + "passing through the fire")

Pike being able to absorb Thordak -not red but- blue fire/laser which we saw went through Emon like butter. That's one MONSTAH move with beautiful beautiful colors (red yellow and blue mixing) look at this shot:

And Vax having the last kill, thinking of his mother doing this for Emon sure but most important for his mom, Vex and himself and what a beautiful shot and power move with the twisting golden and black torpedo that he is.

A great powerful death for a great powerful foe

And then some sorrow and sweetness. The Vaxleth back hug was adorable.

And that last shot of Keyleth after the confrontation with Raishan makes me long for more and to already be next week.

And that's some positivity and appreciation of CR work because they pour their heart and soul into these series and these characters and it's beautiful and I see it. I hope I could put some light on it at my small scale.

Have a great day and let's wait impatiently for next week and end of season 3

[cjbolan]

Finished HOTD Season 2 Episode 2. Lots of thoughts . Mainly about Alicent…

1) Alicent shows a tendency to start f*cking Ser Criston Cole when she should be comforting her mourning children.

2) I thought in the last scene for a second Alicent was going to show Aegon real affection for the first time . But nope she instead turns away from Aegon in his greatest time of need and instead f*cks Cole. Confirming again what a terrible mother she is. Truly incapable of making her son feel loved.

3) This episode is the first time I think Alicent showed her daughter Helaena real affection.

4) I think Aegon does know about his mom’s secret affair and is going to blackmail her with his knowledge of it.

5) Aegon may be an idiot but I am again so glad to see him stand up to his mom and granddad for treating him like crap his entire childhood.

6) The battle between the two brothers was so sad.

7) Whether or not Daemon told Blood and Cheese to kill a child, I still think Daemon wanted that. The way he denies the accusations sounds so bland and unconvincing, he could be lying. I’m with you Rhaenyra; I don’t believe him either.

8) Several characters express regret for their actions , but I think only Ser Arryk shows genuine regret.

9) Anyone else think Jahaerys’ head was going to fall off during the funeral procession ?

[skayafair]

Y'know what I find curious about this season?

Some people may cry all they want about "payneland being queerbait" because they didn't end up together (and if that old interview is anything to go by, aren't goint to hold your horses I'm rooting for them too), but the fact is,

no one did.

There were PLENTY of romantic plotlines within those 8 episodes, I'm amazed just how packed with everything those roughly 7-8 hours are... back to the topic though. We have:

Edwin pining after Charles

Charles and Crystal's whatever-they-have-going-on (no srsly explain it to me like I'm five, way to make seemingly straight relationship not boring, they're queer af and I like it with all its awkwardness and uncertainty)

The Cat King pining after Edwin

Monty pining after Edwin

Simon pining after Edwin I think we've spotted the initial DISASTER gay, literally - who gets so frustrated their crush doesn't notice them that they end up sacrificing the crush and everyone involved to HELL???

The unfortunate date of Jenny and Maxine

Vaguely but let's count ep 5 too because it's basically based on romantic relationship drama

Esther? Should we count Esther's failed marriage? And her husband's affair? I'll go with count it

Now, that's about 6-9 romantic plotlines.

Does ANY of them, ANY AT ALL, get its proverbial "happily ever after"?

Nuh-uh.

I think Edwin and Charles have the most promising outcome out of all of them, actually. Yes it's as vague as it can get, but "literally forever to figure out the rest" is at least hopeful and gives a way for anything to develop.

Crystal set her boundaries pretty clearly. She may still have a crush on Charles but she doesn't want this to evolve into anything, she wants to be friends. Which is - yay, friends! No romance though.

Edwin also rejected both the CK and Monty in very clear terms.

Jenny's still single in september.

I believe you remember all the secondary lines.

I don't think I've ever seen anything like this. DBD said aro rights :DDD

[onebadpunspoilsabunch]

Rewriting the last 2 seasons of mlp:fim, cause I'm bored and I need to get my ideas out.

I warn you: This is a collection of cluttered ideas, so don't expect it to be perfect o anything XD

Story of season 8 rewrite:

Instead of there being a School of Friendship, have the Student 6 be assigned to study under one of the Mane 6. 

Twilight Sparkle does what she did in the show and asks each of the different leaders to send a student to study, learn, and live with them. The student paired with each Mane Six member is:

Strength (Rockhoof) – Honesty (Applejack) – Yona (?)

Healing (Mage Meadowbrook) – Kindness (Fluttershy) – Sandbar (?)

Hope (Somnambula) – Laughter (Pinkie Pie) – Silverstream (Enthusiasm)

Beauty (Mistmane) – Generosity (Rarity) – Ocellus (Change)

Bravery (Flash Magnus) – Loyalty (Rainbow Dash) – Smolder (?)

Sorcery (Star Swirl the Bearded) – Magic (Twilight Sparkle) – Gallus (?)

I believe that this makes more sense than a school.

Give the two villains of the season (Cozy Glow and Chancellor Neighsay) actual reasons/backstories for the way they act and what they do.

Examples:

Give Cozy Glow a more believable motivation. In the original finale, Cozy's motivation for stealing the magic of Equestria is... I forgot honesty, lol.

A more believable motivation could be that Cozy feels neglected and overlooked by the other ponies, specifically unicorns, and she wants to screw with everyone by creating a level playing field (disregarding how it'll fuck up everyone in Equestria).

For the Chancellor, let's say that he recalls all of the times throughout the series where ponykind had been attacked or come into conflict with other creatures, etc. That's a more believable motivation.

Season 8 finale: 

I actually don't know how to write this in a way for it to make more sense, I just know that these specific plot points need to happen in the episode:

The Mane Six are put out of commission in order for the Student Six to be revealed to have a connection to the Elements of Harmony 

Cozy is revealed to have a connection to Tirek in some way. And we actually learn her backstory.

The Mane Six talk to Tirek and learn more about his past, and he mentions Scorpan of course

Chancellor Neighsay gets a realistic redemption, but after learning his backstory of course

Cozy Glow is sent away, not to Tartarus, but to stay with Shining Armor and Princess Cadence in the Crystal Empire to learn how to be good and get whatever the f*ck help she needs XD 

At the end of the story the Mane Six are praising their individual students and are happy that they have the same connection to the Elements and each other that they do. 

Story of season 9:

In order to understand what happens next, I highly recommend that you watch these videos by DrWolf001 on YouTube. These videos were the ones that inspired all of this:

ok, here we go!

Premiere:

Everything that happened in the season 9 premiere happens, the only difference being that Grogar is the REAL Grogar, not Discord in disguise.

Oh, and… a very special guest shows up at the school. 

Everyone in the room, the Mane Six, Spike, the Pillars, Celestia and Luna, the Student Six, everyone else is in utter shock at who it is: 

Scorpan, Tirek's younger brother, carrying a staff made from the Tree of Harmony! 

Following episodes:

Scorpan has made his reappearance to the characters. The Pillars and the Royal Sisters are ecstatic to see their old friend, especially Starswirl. Scorpan asks Celestia if the dragon egg he gave her hatched yet, and everyone is shocked. Scorpan meets Spike, and explains himself: 

When Starswirl and Scorpan first became friends, Scorpan was carrying Spike's egg with him. He explains that he found it by itself, and wanted to find it a home. He asked Starswirl to take care of it, but he refused, since he had more important things to do. Starswirl instead gave it to Celestia and Luna to use as a test, similar to Twilight Sparkle's test in the School for Gifted Unicorns. After the Pillars sacrificed themselves to stop the Pony of Shadows, Scorpan went back to his homeland. His brother was in Tartarus, and his friends were gone, so he had no reason to stay. 

Many years have passed, and Celestia still couldn't open the egg. She didn't know why, since she was a powerful alicorn. So when she built her school, she created the egg as the final test. (Even if a Unicorn couldn't open the egg, they wouldn't be judged on that alone.)

Scorpan explains what inspired him to come back to Equestria: His magical staff, which was made out of a branch from the Tree of Harmony, alerted him to the fact that more creatures were now connected to the Tree, so he came there to see. Scorpan meets them all, but is confused about something: There are only six elements for the Mane Six and the Student Six. 

Scorpan demands to see the Tree of Harmony, and storms off with the others following him.

—

Scorpan sees that the Tree is destroyed, but he is still trying to find something. The others are confused, but Scorpan says that it's "nothing". They leave, except for Spike.

Spike asks Scorpan where he found his egg, and Scorpan says he "doesn't remember". Spike is disappointed of course, but eventually says that he's accepted it. Scorpan starts asking Spike about his life with the ponies and all that jazz, and after hearing Spike talk, he realizes that Spike is exactly like him: 

He's the only non-pony member of his group of friends, he has a closer relationship with the main element (Twilight Sparkle) similar to how Scorpan had a closer relationship with the main element in his day (Starswirl), and even though he feels out of place sometimes, he's accepted his life and his duties to help his friends. Scorpan tells Spike that he believes he's the 7th Element. 

Tolerance (Scorpan) – Acceptance (Spike) – (?) (?)

Who is under Spike? That remains to be seen... meaning idk

Spike tells him that it's impossible, as when the ponies found the Elements, they only found 6. Scorpan tells him that only those that are connected to the Elements can find them. Scorpan and Spike search the Castle of the Two Sisters, but can't find the missing element anywhere. Scorpan asks Spike to try to remember if he's ever taken it or even seen it, and Spike remembers:

In the episode Secret of My Excess, when Spike was going through his greed-induced puberty, he was taking random things and hoarding them in the library. One was an orb that he found in the Castle of the Two Sisters. 

But after Spike had turned back to normal, he had returned all of the items he took. Spike didn't know what the orb was, so he just kept it in the basement. 

And then… the library was destroyed by Tirek. So the entrance to the basement was lost underground. So Scorpan and Spike start digging, or they find a way to teleport down there, idk

They find the orb in the basement, and Spike tries to get it to transform into a jewel. Scorpan says that it can only transform in the presence of the other Elements. 

That's all I've come up with. Feel free to add, suggest, or rewrite something, please 😅

[yegdreon]

My Live thoughts of the first episode of the 2nd season of arcane

I really should have rewatched s1. I remember shit.

Is this episode trying to give me an epileptic attack?!

Gay!

OMG DID JAY JUST BLEW UP VIC?!

Enemy

I don't mean to be a d*ck about it, but, why the hell are you holding a FUNERAL in your LIVING ROOM.

Oh yeah... Jinx did this.

Omg I thought he handed her a d*ld*, I was like "Aren't you her father?!"

HOMOPHOBIC!

Gay! Gay! Gay! Homosexual! Gay!

Get employed!

Victor is just chilling

Right in front of Vic?!

Omg she's drowned in booze! Bad Vi!

I also like peanuts :)

How many f*ck*ng did ya drink?!?

It is

Nolan's for SURE a bad guy

They all gonna die

No don't!

TF IS THAT?!

Lesbian to the rescue

Jayce don't die!

F*ck I jinxed it

Hammer Jayce

BIG GUY?!

Hammer Vi!

HAMMER GUN VI?!

HAMMER GUN VI AND JAYCE?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!

How ya f*cking miss?

🫴😥

Shirtless Jay. I know of at least 6 people who would bark at that

I let myself in, bitche!

MAGIC GUN?

BIG GUY!!!!!!!

Nolan

Fish guy

BLUE VI!!!!

Chill Vic

Unchill Vic?

Orthus?! From greek mythology?!

Final thoughts:

HYPE. 8/10

[rey-jake-therapist]

I know you don’t want to talk about the leaks anymore but our fandom will be spammed with this 🐂💩 all week, so here it goes:

Episode 6 proved the E+G trainwreck leaks are fake.

This “leaker” claimed to have watched the entire season, and provided “leaks” for Episodes 7 and 8. This is the person who first “leaked” Elrond and Galadriel’s kiss, and all the other fakes follow on his trail.

This person claims the Battle of Eregion starts on Episode 7. It doesn’t: it starts in Episode 6. These “leaks” hit 4chan on August 30. Ironically, it has been public knowledge since August 27 that the Battle of Eregion would spammed across 3 episodes (6 to 8). So this person claims to have watched the season but doesn’t know this?

More: this person also says Adar only attacks Eregion in Episode 7. And we know this is to be a lie, as well, because the battle started at the end of Episode 6, like the showrunners said it would.

He also says Adar and Galadriel become friends; they don’t, she’s his prisoner and remains so. No friendship there, and no chance of it happening after he attacked Eregion. Why does this person says this? Because we see Adar and Galadriel standing side by side on the main trailer, duh. He says Galadriel tries to reason with him not to attack (predictable, no one would expect otherwise) but he does it anyway (we see Orcs attacking Eregion on the trailer) because of his hatred for Sauron (again, predictable) and out of love for his children. This is another lie. Because in Episode 6 we see the Orcs starting to resent and turn on Adar, because he’s consumed by his hatred of Sauron, and doesn’t even care if he’s sacrificing the Orcs or not. And this person also says this all happens in Episode 7; it doesn’t, it’s in Episode 6.

Now, yes, nevermind the leaks and stop talking about Galadriel and Elrond kissing because it isn’t happening. The “leaks” are have been proven fake.

Actually I'm fine talking about the leaks, it's very much the Celeborn/Celebrian theories I start to be tired of.

I don't know about you, but I never believed that Galadriel and Adar would really be allies and become friends in the long term. Elves and Orcs marching together against Sauron... That would really be a weird match, wouldn't it? It seems from the trailer that Elrond and Adar will have a heated conversation about who's got the biggest d*ck army, but we also see Elrond lead an army of Elves to charge Adar's army of Orcs, so I doubt that the conversation will end in a satisfactory manner.

It breaks my heart to see Adar ready to sacrifice his children to fulfill his hatred of Sauron, 'cause it's exactly why he betrayed and "murdered" Sauron, remember? Adar was Sauron's second, and Sauron had promised to give him children, but he only saw them as cannon fodder in his war... We clearly see Adar react to Sauron's announcement that "many Orcs will die" ; he betrayed Sauron to protect his children, and now he's doing just the same as Sauron planned to do with them. A sweet revenge for Sauron, as when Adar realizes what he's done, he will probably be devastated.

[xpuigc-bloc]

Toni Hamel

Born (1961) in Italy. Lives and works in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Toni Hamel describes her work as “an illustrated commentary on human frailties“. Rooted in story-telling, her art practice draws from personal experiences and outward observations to create thematic bodies of work that reflect on and interpret the psychological unease of this anthropocentric age. Virtues and vices, the holy and the profane, the good and the bad all share equal weight in her work and supply an infinite source of material for her investigations. Pointing to historical references, popular culture and our current conceptual standing, Hamel’s satirical narratives ultimately seem to question our behaviour while alerting us about the repercussions of our current thinking models.

Hamel is the recipient of three Ontario Arts Council grants (2011, 2012, 2014). Her work has been exhibited in public and commercial galleries in Canada and abroad, and is included in the art collections of J. J. Abrams, Whoopi Goldberg, the Government of Ontario, the Omer DeSerres Corporation, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and many other private collections around the world.

Hamel’s work is regularly featured in Arts & Culture publications including Colossal (March 7, 2023 – September 16, 2020), My Modern Met (April 24, 2022), CBC-Arts (Canada, short-doc; Season 3/Episode 20, 2018), Hi-Fructose (September 16, 2017 / August 8, 2015), Lowdown (Germany, Issue #98, 2018; print and online); Courrier International (France, October 2017; print), Colossal and BOOOOOOOM (digital), Frankie (Australia, October 2018; print), The Affair (Taiwan, July 2018; print), Efflorescence Culturelle (France, September 2016), Mud Season Review (USA, Issue #28; print – online see art and interview) and many other print and digital outlets.

Hamel holds a BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti of Lecce (Italy, 1983), a post-graduate Certificate in Computer Graphics from Sheridan College (Canada, 1991), the Golden Key National Honour Society Award from the University of Toronto (Specialist Programme in Psychology, 1997). She is the recipient of the Lubiam Prize (Milan, 1983) and many other awards.

New works for a solo exhibition titled “In lieu of better days” at CK Contemporary in San Francisco, CA USA. Opening July 6, 2024

#Toni Hamel #ilustration painter

#original art #artist painter #art

#xpuigc

[bronzeprincess2015]

Superman & Lois - My Opinions of Season 4, Episodes 1 & 2

1) Well, that was awful. The first two episodes were crap. They were rushed. Lois and the boys didn't really react the way they should have when they saw Clark with a hole in his chest. (No spontaneous shrieks of 'Dad?!') And Lois seemed only a little upset when she was writing the article about Superman's being dead. It was bizarre. She supposedly just lost the love of her life. Where are the real tears? The screams? The uncontrollable sobs? Ditto for the boys, who saw their father dead.

2) How much time passed during this episode? 24 hours?

3) Oh, and Luthor somehow put together who Superman was and that Jordan's the one with the powers because of what Jordan did. Never mind that Luthor literally saw Superman's face on Clark Kent. Because Jordan needs to be as stupid and reckless as possible and the plot's gotta plot.

4) Speaking of stupid and reckless, the writers are really doubling down on making Jordan an idiot. Simultaneously, they're trying to make Lois look stronger and smarter than she really is. (I despise female characters who are supposed to be strong but are really just stupid and fail to accomplish absolutely anything of note. Like Lois did when she confronted Candice's dad and made no difference whatsoever.)

5) Why is Lois still so concerned about the secret? What the hell are they going to say to explain Clark's abrupt disappearance?

6) Where did Doomsday f*ck off to?

7) I'll be surprised if I make it to the end of the show. When some guy involved in the making claimed it was an award quality season, I knew that was a crock. But damn, I didn't think it would be this bad.

8) I'm so tired of people bitching about Jordan's wanting to be a hero for the "wrong" reasons. What does that even mean? Who the hell has the right to decide what the "right" reasons are? There's nothing wrong with wanting credit for your accomplishments.

9) Just about the only thing I liked was the phone call. That was genuinely terrifying. So naturally, it was rendered moot almost immediately when Lana showed up to get Jon out of the hotel room.

P.S. They released the synopsis for the third episode before the first two aired and I inadvertently saw it. Thanks, assholes, for giving away that Jordan fails. Actually, maybe that thank you should be genuine. After all, I got to skip parts where Jordan was being dumb because the writers decided he needed to be.

[bohemian-nights]

Is it just me or does daemon not even have a dialogue with his daughters? well, when they are children he speaks at least a couple of words but later (episodes 8 and 10) he practically doesn't speak a word, a dialogue with either of them, seriously, they really treat rhaena and baela like random extras, I feel sorry for those who like them both and are hoping for something better for them in season 2 because the chances of that happening are 1%, the season will only have 8 eps and I doubt the writers care about them at least a little to give each one a complete sentence, rhaena, baela and helaena... three characters that no one seems to care about in hotd writers

It’s not just you. The last time he talked to them was in episode 6🫠 It pisses me off to no end when I think about itand it pisses me off even more when people try to say it's okay how Baels and Rhaena are portrayed😊

Anyone who feels that way or feels that Team Black is one big happy family sincerely f*ck you, those girls are depicted in a stereotypical manner and the fact that you don’t want to acknowledge that and would rather spout your bs for your stale white ship is one of the many reasons why this fandom says you people are racist c*nts.

Anyway, I will say that I going to keep hope alive that Daemon just talks to them(the bar really is in hell) for like a minute in the upcoming season, but yeah it’s bad.

They are treated like window dressing and to add insult to injury they cut/edited some of their scenes(Daemon hugging the girls and Baela talking with granny about wanting to be like her parents)🤦🏽‍♀️ You would think that Daemon was their stepfather or something because he doesn’t acknowledge them at all🫠

I don’t talk about it a lot, but I agree Helaena’s characterization is off too. There is a way better way to communicate that she’s a dreamer than what they are doing. It’s a half baked attempt at best at worst it comes off insensitive.

I’m going to leave it there because I’m starting to feel like this again when it comes to this dumba** show

[calirph]

𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐋𝐔𝐖𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐗𝐄𝐋 𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐎

sam sees axel at the beach, practising his kata. cobra kai 6.08.

[calisources]

THOMAS IAN GRIFFITH AS TERRY SILVER IN NETFLIX'S COBRA KAI SEASON 5.

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the icons are already sharpened, as well brightened due to the show being very dark.

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psa: while TIG is in his early sixties, his karate is portrayed to be older. there is also a few icons of flashbacks to his Karate Kid Part III appearance.

warnings: blood, wounds, swords. i mean terry is his own warning.

EPISODE 1 - 45 ICONS EPISODE 2 - 158 ICONS EPISODE 3 - 42 ICONS EPISODE 4 - 80 ICONS EPISODE 5 - 116 ICONS EPISODE 6 - 85 ICONS EPISODE 7 - 77 ICONS EPISODE 8 - 122 ICONS EPISODE 9 - 64 ICONS EPISODE 10 - 115 ICONS

TOTAL ICON COUNT: 904 ICONS TIG IN S4 OF CK HERE.

[chaand-jalne-laga]

CJL LIVE BLOG SEASON 1 [EPISODE 2]

Hi. I had an exam on 28th and I had promised my mother that I won't write anything before that. So. Now. Come. Let'z begin :)

1.) So. Now is the time for their sweet re-union. Badshah & Deva. Deva fishes out a harmonica and starts playing 'their' melody which is also an instrumental of the titular song.

2.) Badshah, instantly, recognizes the tune and starts running towards its source, Deva as well comes down running towards him while playing it, with tears rolling down his eyes.

3.) Ok. So. Now. Badshah is doing nakhre. He wants to have a race to a tree at the hilltop. Deva mocks Badshah of his old age and inability to run at full speed. He warns him not to cheat and to start running only at the count of three. (Tho he himself breaks the rules in the next moment. Lol.)

4.) They are about to reach the hilltop and Deva realizes he is loosing, so, he takes a long-ass high jump and lands on the tree, altho the camera could not hide the actuality of the scene but theek hai itna toh chalta hai.

5.) Deva is hanging down a branch and is gloating of his victory but the branch breaks off and he falls down the hill to the-waterfall?-lake?-water body. Whatever.

6.) And, now, we get a glimpse of his trauma getting triggered due to him going underwater. We see the impact of the trauma has been huge on him too, by the line as well as the way, he says it, "Haan haan tu jeeta aur......main haar gaya."

7.) We, along with Badshah, get a glimpse of his tortured past. He(Badshah) tries to sooth and comfort him but Deva brushes it off by saying that this was the reward for trying to bring a smile on someone's face, he continues, the wounds have healed but the pain is still there.

8.) And, we are instantly taken to that certain someone who, he was talking about, moments ago. Mujhariya ji? Or? Bhojariya ji? They didn't keep track of that name. (¬_¬)

9.) Tara has. Oh. Hi Tara. So. Tara has returned home but she kept searching for Badshah, the whole day, as it is night time now. She has badgered (-Bho/Mu-)jhariya ji the whole day, he is exasperated and tells her to not disturb him as he has no knowledge of the person, who has bought Badshah.

10.) So. We hear someone shouting at the top of their lungs, asking for their 'accounts ki file' and we see Baba throw- Oh. Hi Baba. Long time no see. Hope you are fin-i think not. Did you too find something strange in Baba's behavior? Like. Wasn't he, a self-centered, stuck up 'Sehgal' all those years back? Yeh kab se Tara ki baat manne lage? Something's wrong with him, i think. Whatever.

11.) So. Tara hands him those yellow flowers from the gardens of their ex-house. Lol. Ex-house. And Baba calms down, considerably.

12.) We see Tara leaves Baba inside the room and goes to clean the now-broken expensive lamp of her chachi. Chachi warns her to tell off her Baba to be careful with the things of this house as it is their house(Chacha and Chachi's). Btw, what's with Chachi's over make-up and heavy saree? She didn't go anywhere? Did she? No? Then why the over dressing? Lol. Whatever.

13.) Oh. So. Chachi takes rent from these two. To give them space in 'their' house. To give shelter to their OWN big brother? Like? Blood related BIG BRO? Wow. Just wow. And, she orders Tara to give her additional five thousand along with the monthly rent, for the loss of that goddamn lamp. Chachi, be grateful that she has the grace to give that money, had i been at her place, i would have given you a tight slap. Now. Shut the f*ck up Chachi. You understand? STFU CHACHI.

Not-so-fun Fact : Why are all the Chacha's and Chachi's of the ITV universe doing the GREAT wrong deed / the GREAT injustice? First Arnav's chachaji and now these idiots (also chachas and chachis)? Like? Wtf is wrong with them? Whatever.

14.) Aha. See? I told you. Baba is ill, y'all.

15.) Tara pleads chachi to -understandably- show some mercy to her father but chachi backfires.

16.) Oh. So. I was right again. Chacha and chachi are going for a party thrown by some 'maaldaar investor'. Lol. What was with that shitty woofing at the end. Lol. Whatever.

17.) Hold on, y'all. Let me take a water break.

*takes a two minute time-out*

*returns back* Ok. Let's resume.

18.) Papa is ill. But brother is still the same. Asshole. You noticed how papa has softened towards Tara now? I actually feel sad for Tara. This poor little kid lost so much so soon. And, now she is the one taking care of her ill father and reckless brother. Because Rohan has to get paid to look after his ill papa for ONE FREAKING DAY. Humphf. Shit-hole of a brother.

Not-so-Fun Fact : They highlighted his gold gleaming ring and the watch on his left hand when he asked about his return gift for 'papa-sitting' which means Tara was the only one who gave those to him or at least she was the one to pay the bill. My poor little baby Tara.

LoOoOol. Again, that Sehgal Promise. Bro, the last time you gave your 'Sehgal Promise', you almost traumatized Tara. Just spare her with that shit-ass of a promise of yours and take care of your father, you jobless leech.

19.) Tara has been made part of the event today night, which is probably, being hosted by Deva and he can't wait to start on his revenge, the moment he was waiting for, for the last fifteen years.

20.) Lol. Deva is in love. Yeah. Kind of. The man has everything around him which keeps reminding him of Tara. He really loves her, actually. Had kind of fallen for her all those years back. It's just he has this misunderstanding that Tara had the heart to betray him so when he comes to know the truth he will actually end up taking revenge from those accused Sehgals for his and Tara's tortured past.

21.) Ok. So. Deva in black. His car in red. (Tara in red. Lol. I saw in the thumb nail.)

22.) Ok. So. Wow. The entry. Both of them together. In the chand's light. That? Was? So? Freaking? Beautiful? Like? Wtf?

P.S. : So. Yeah. As I said. I am loving this show. The ending scene was perfect. It was so goddamn beautiful. Wow. Everything was perfect. Deva in black, Tara in red. Btw it was kinda surprising that Tara's chacha-chachi were in black while she in red(You know how it goes in some shows. The whole family is given the same color combination.) But it is also fitting because both of them are the black shadows in Tara's life while Deva, also in black, was given a see-through shirt underneath the coat, so I guess it was to show that he won't be completely black, like, black in the surface but his love for Tara would also be very much visible, just like his own skin is. Whatever. I over-analyzed the thing which did not need any analyzing. Lol. Whatever. Ok. Bye. God bless you.

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What Did You Eat Yesterday (season 2)

Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (2023)

Ongoing review: Love. Rating: 8/10 so far.

What I liked:

The post-de@th arrangement episode

Shiro san’s mother inviting KenjiShiro to share grave in the name of cost minimization.

Kenji’s reaction to this.

The way he changes the address from oka-san to oka-sama. How he asked Shiro to take his mother’s side in this imagined family feud. Kenji now is the man I wish to marry. Where can I find such a husband! I love Shiro’s confusion upon seeing Kenji’s reaction.

Side note: Why the f*ck is Shiro not inviting Kenji to join his household? What is he waiting for? I know real people don’t follow BL logic and that KenjiShiro don’t think of their relationship to be of a settled happily-ever-after type. But still! I don’t think Kenji’s family would object or ask for the other way around.

3. Shiro being thrown off guard by propriety and informality.

Shiro babe, you can offer financial assistance to your parents but don’t give it in one go, unless they ask. Don’t make it obvious, filial-piety coat it. Tell them this is what little you can do to show your gratitude for having raised you. You can also send them money in installments: the money you gave them already is going into making it possible for them to save and afford this for themselves. You can also win lotteries. Strike that, that’s too Gu Hai. For those who didn’t get that: HaiLouyin, in the danmei novel Addicted, indirectly fulfils filial piety by arranging random lucky draws that gets Bai Hanqi, who refuses to accept money, a lot of consumer durables.

4. Shiro apologizing for having let his parents mistreat Kenji. Kenji’s maturity despite his sadness on the matter.

5. Kenji is probably one of the most femme characters: he reflects so much of traditional femininity.

Barbershop drama

Barbershop owner and wife pretending to be civil for the sake of their child.

This is such a protective thing that parents do.

2. Owner’s wife’s decision to divorce once her daughter gets into uni and to leave the barbershop.

I am not a big fan of people springing well-thought-out decisions on others. I also believe that people can change, and that can be for good. That marriage ended with owner’s infidelity; the band-aid had to come off someday.

3. The ikemen hairdresser’s straight forward attitude and the customers who seem to appreciate it.

4. His girlfriend

I am not very happy with her choosing to leave him. This kind of self-sacrificial letting go really doesn’t suit a BL character, does it? Aren’t you supposed to fight for your love? Also, if the ikemen is able to let her go so easily, maybe it’s not worth it. But then he kept her stuff untouched. Also, she looks so good, such a scholarly beauty.

5. I love how the ikemen love drama.

Much water has flown through the drain

This is so anti-Great Indian Kitchen (2021).

GIK is a Malayalam drama movie that holds a mirror to sexism in praxis in Malayali household. Drain water appears prominently in GIK.

2. Shiro’s past - being weak/cheap uke! Aka simp. Kenji feeling jealous.

3. Kenji not being Shiro’s type.

Kenji’s care and attention winning Shiro’s heart. This is the greatest BL trope – that there is someone who treats so well you’ll love them regardless of everything else. Kindness wins!

4. Shiro having treated Kenji with sincerity from Day 1 as seen from the recollection of the first meal he prepared for Kenji.

KenjiShiro is the closest thing to an arranged marriage couple, not the western romance trope bullshit. The proper, south-Asian kind. Sometimes people marry people who are not their type but treat them with sincerity and affection befitting a spouse.

5. Shiro admitting that Kenji is his boyfriend.

6. More than that the simulation!

The cousin one got me crackling like nothing else. That’s the go-to lie that couples, including straight ones, tell their nosy ‘well-wishers’, especially landlords, where I live.

Shrine-visit

Main CP & secondary CP going to shrine together.

Cherry Magic! 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii (2020) did this before.

2. Shiro praying! The household happiness charm!

This happened contemporaneously with I Can’t Reach You (2023) with charm drama involving teenagers.

3. Shiro having never done this with friends or at night.

4. Kenji wanting to party at Nichome and Daisaku X Gilbert CP turning him down.

Ten years since they last visited Nichome! This is some relationship flexing, saying we are an old-married couple without actually saying it.

5. Discussing parents and single kids.

Filial piety pain.

6. Building with a history. “I’ll eat in bedroom,” was the funniest.

Kenji thinking that Shiro was contributing more to the rent. Shiro, please stop being so-so. Add Kenji to your household already.

Wataru kun

He toes the line between the BL’s classic bishonen Gilbert and someone suffering histrionic personality disorder. This could be intentional; I don’t know for sure since I haven’t read the manga. If not, then screenwriter, director, actor or all can be held responsible for it.

This is a BL. Characters like him are supposed to feel at home here and find the right partner too. This has been achieved. So, this is less of a criticism and more of a praise. 

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Aside: Turns out post-death arrangements are cheaper in Japan even without purchasing power parity adjustments. If it was not for my desire to be buried under Mimusops elengi flowers…

[california-112]

Predictions: A Pre-Review

As I now reach the end of S6 of The X-Files, I'm going to start something new: making predictions about how much I think I'll like the episodes, based on the title, thumbnail screenshot, and short description that my source gives for each episode. I'll be rating them out of ten, then coming back to this when I finish the season to see how much I overshot/undershot.

My reasoning for this is that I'm entering the period where both MSR ramps up, and also there are opinions that it starts to get '''less good''' around here, so I think it'll be fun to see how wrong/right I am with my guesses. I meant to start this for S6 after watching FTF, but I forgot, so...here we are!

I've just finished Field Trip, so I'll start from here as there will most likely be a cross-season two-three?-parter. It's all below if you want to...

S06E22 'Biogenesis' - From the summary and the fact that I've heard almost nothing about it, it could be anywhere on the scale. 6/10

S07E01 'The Sixth Extinction' - Thumbnail has Mulder and Scully on the ground look after some kind of explosion, so that scene might be fun. There's a beached spacecraft apparently? With symbols? Not sure what to make of this, 6/10

S07E02 'The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati' - CSM and Diana are involved :( I think I've seen a GIF of Scully with a sword from this episode, what's with that. Mulder is catatonic??? H/c potential...7/10

S07E03 'Hungry' - The guy with no hair in the thumbnail looks creepy as hell, this seems like another version of 'The Host', 3/10

S07E04 'Millenium' - I Am Aware Of The Kiss. But I Do Not See It. Uuuh loses points for romance but gains points for seeming to be about Y2K, 5/10

S07E05 'Rush' - Potentially summed up by the meme 'I'm fast as f*ck, boi'. Apparently very forgettable, but I sometimes enjoy those the most. 6/10

S07E06 'The Goldberg Variation' - I feel like I recognise the guy in the thumbnail. Something about the luckiest guy in the world. Could be fun, 6/10

S07E07 'Orison' - DONNIE PFASTER??? BACK AGAIN??? And specifically gunning for Mulder/Scully...this could as fun as Kitsunegari, 8/10

S07E08 'The Amazing Maleeni' - Thumbnail has our pair at a funfair, where I think a magician has been murdered. Could be a fun little silly one, 7/10

S07E09 'Signs & Wonders' - Murder snakes. Sceptical Scully in the thumbnail. Should be fun, 6/10

S07E10 'Sein Und Zeit' - I'm pretty sure that Mulder's mother kills herself in this one, I think I read that as a spoiler somewhere. Angst ahoy... 7/10

S07E11 'Closure' - OOOH I'm looking forward to this one, finding out what really happened to Samantha. I hope that they do this well or I will be extremely annoyed. Being conservative for potential to suck, 7/10

S07E12 'X-Cops' - I mean, it's got the meta of TV-show-in-TV-show, so we're already doing well. And 'a creature terrorising LA' also sounds like it'll be good fun, love me a good Creature. Could be a silly one, 8/10

S07E13 'First Person Shooter' - HELL YEAH I can't WAIT for this one OH my goodness we get Lone Gunmen! Mulder and Scully in armour! Fun video game stuff that sounds like it could be Jumanji-esque! You'd better not let me down, 9/10

S07E14 'Theef' - Witchcraft! It could be the cause, idk. Excellent height difference illustration in the thumbnail. Scully looks severely annoyed. Hopefully I won't be, 7/10

S07E15 'En Ami' - CSM has an offer...it probably is too good to be true, yeah. Don't trust him Mulder, 6/10

S07E16 'Chimera' - Mulder's on a bird hunt and at least one cop eats dinner. Quoth the raven...7/10

S07E17 'All Things' - Scully's questioning her romantic choices and looking extremely pissed off. Probably takes itself too seriously, 6/10

S07E18 'Brand X' - Potential for CSM involvement given the cigarette researcher...not much else to reccommend it at the moment. 6/10

S07E19 'Hollywood A.D.' - YESSS this is the first episode I ever saw in GIFs, which really got the show stuck in my memory, I have WAITED SO LONG and if it's not excellent then I will be heartbroken. Skinman you're a real one. 9/10

S07E20 'Fight Club' - Sounds vaguely similar to Syzygy, somehow. Mass destruction could be fun, though. 7/10

S07E21 'Je Souhaite' - I have Heard Things about this episode that lead me to believe it will be more heavy than the fun genie antics that the summary implies. Maybe something like The Rain King which I thought would be about fun wacky meteorology but then ended up being about love, how boring. 7/10

S07E22 will be in the next batch.

So, that's it. If you've seen this series before, then no spoilers please, but am I being a sweet summer child? Will this season be a world of hurt? Let me know or scream at me (again, no major spoilers please), and in either case, wait for the post-season review. Until then...

[spnyouresostupid]

Season 4 Final Rankings

Listen to out wrap up here

Here is our Top 5!

5. The Rapture

Alex's Score: 9

Sarah’s Score: 9

Total Points: 71

So good I had to disrupt my whole rating system! I love this episode, I love Jimmy, and I love Misha. This was still so good on rewatch!

4. Lucifer Rising

Alex’s Score: 10

Sarah’s Score: 9

Total Points: 75

Supernatural proves that it does finales so well. It’s heartbreaking, exciting, and that cliff hanger!

3. Monster Movie

Alex’s Score: 9

Sarah’s Score: 10

Total Points: 83

Are you suprised this one is so high on our list? So are we! This episode was well shot, well acted, and just a great heartfelt homage to classic horror movies. When Supernatural can get the right balance of horror and comedy that might be when I love it the most. (Also it has one of my favorite Sam lines ever)

2. Lazurus Rising

Alex’s Score: 10

Sarah’s Score: 10

Total Points: 83

Do I even need to explain this one? Just as good as I remember and beats out Monster Movie because of Cas. This is another one that just hits the sweet spot of what this show can be.

And Finally....

1. On the Head of a Pin

Alex’s Score: 10

Sarah’s Score: 10

Total Points: 84

Man Supernatural really knows how to f*ck you up. I remembered this being good, but I was still kind of surprised at how much I liked it on rewatch. It’s tense, it’s heartbreaking, and reveals a lot of season long secrets. I honestly think this might be Supernatural at it’s best. I can’t sing the praises of this episode enough!

For the rest of the list:

15-22

6-14

And because I’m a Masochist, here are all 4 seasons ranked:

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

1. On the Head of a Pin

Season 4

2. Lazarus Rising

3. Monster Movie

4. Ghostfacers!

5. A Very Supernatural Christmas

6. Night Shifter

7. In My Time of Dying

8. What is and What Should Never Be

9. All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2

10. Faith

11. Lucifer Rising

12. No Rest for the Wicked

13. Something Wicked

14. Tall Tales

16. The Rapture

16. When the Levee Breaks

17. Jus in Bello

18. Home

19. Hunted

20. Yellow Fever

21. Mystery Spot

22. Devil's Trap

23. Bloodlust

24. Heaven and Hell

25. Skin

26. Hell House

27. Jump the Shark

28. The Kids Are Alright

29. In the Beginning

30. Bad Day at Black Rock

31. Sex and Violence

32. Crossroad Blues

33. Death Takes a Holiday

34. The Monster at the End

35. Hollywood Babylon

36. Scarecrow

37. It's a Terrible Life

38. Simon Said

39. Asylum

40. Windego

41. Folsom Prison Blues

42. Croatoan

43. After School Special

44. Provenance

45. Playthings

46. Dream a Little Dream of Me

47. The Benders

48. Everybody Loves a Clown

49. All Hell Breaks Loose Part 1

50. Criss Angel is a Douchebag

51. Born Under a Bad Sign

52. Are You There, God? It's Me Dean Winchester

53. Pilot

55. It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

54. Wishful Thinking

56. Bedtime Stories

57. Phantom Traveler

58. Bloody Mary

59. Salvation

60. Dead in the Water

61. Nightmare

62. Roadkill

63. Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

64. Red Sky at Morning

65. Family Remains

66. Houses of the Holy

67. Fresh Blood

68. Dead Man's Blood

69. The Usual Suspects

70. Hook Man

71. Long-Distance Call

72. No Exit

73. I Know What You Did Last Summer

74. Heart

75. The Magnificent Seven

76. Time is on My Side

77. Shadow

78. Malleus Malefixcarum

80. Metamorphosis

79. Bugs

81. Route 666

82. Sin City