#ck season 6 episode 7

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𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐋𝐔𝐖𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐗𝐄𝐋 𝐊𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐎

sam and axel first eye contact. cobra kai 6.07.

[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

[ckpolls]

*this is a silly poll meant for fun, be nice 💜

*submissions for polls are open!

[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

[bohemian-nights]

Even in the book it’s clear that the relationship between Rhaenyra and Daemon isn’t healthy (in fact you can make the argument that no romantic relationship depicted in any of George R.R. Martin’s work is completely healthy) and isn’t something anyone should strive for.

So when I first watched the show and saw the romantic twist they put on Rhaenyra and Daemon I was confused (as someone who read the book first HOTD is to me what the Percy Jackson movies are to that fandom, enjoyable but differing vastly from the source material) and not going to lie intrigued.

But then as the episodes went on I developed a very big love-hate relationship with Daemon. Episodes 6-7 pissed me off 🫠 Hooking up with anyone at the funeral of your wife isn’t cool (also Harwin who was Rhaenyra’s lover for ten years who she had three children with just died) I mean I get that everyone grieves in different ways but the fact that he slept with Rhaenyra especially when I know how he treated Laena (and his daughters to some extent) 🥴🙄

I would also like to say that I don’t play around with domestic violence (fictional and in the real world) so Daemon choking Rhaenyra really turned me off his character. It also felt like another moment in HOTD to showcase brutal violence against women.

There are a handful of potentially healthy romantic relationships(Rhaena and Garmund might have actually had a happy marriage), but yeah if someone is using Dumbnyra as an example of one 🫠

To me, the show never framed their relationship in a romantic context. I mean Rhaenyra is underage when we first meet her, she looks super young next to her overly grown uncle, and the necklace he gives her could constitute as grooming.

I think people got confused with the “switch up” because they are the only “shippable couple”(I say this term loosely because shippable to this fandom equals too white people who breathe near each other hence why we have the clusterf*ck that is lucemond) on the show so far. If the red flags didn’t ring for people in episode one they should’ve rung by episode four when he abandoned her in the brothel. People seemed to ignore this because she’s 18, but abandoning someone in a dangerous place they aren’t familiar with no matter their age is really scary

This is going to be a very controversial take(I’m not a person who gets off on seeing domestic violence), but it seems like the choking scene was necessary since people thought Dumbnyra was supposed to be a romantic couple 🤷🏽‍♀️

Daemon from day one was a crazy a**hole who hardly cared about anyone. He does have redeeming qualities in the book(notably how is with Laena and Nettles, which they better not screw over because Ryan Condal himself has said the man is a gray character and she’s his only light now), but so far they’ve cut those parts out and turned him into a man obsessed with his brother.

Rhaenyra, as are all the other women in his life, is a causality of his obsession. People wanted her to be his exception, but she was never framed in that way. In fact, she’s one of his first “victims.”

Daemon has not changed fundamentally since episode one. So it makes sense why he’d violently snap at her too. Out of all the violent scenes directed at women in the past season, the choking scene makes the most sense to me.

Like I said above, I hope we do see him change(and yes I’ll be biased and say I want him to change for Nettles like he did in the books) because he is supposed to be a morally gray character, but Rhaenyra is not part of the lighter side of him.

[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.

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

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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.

[kmze]

you know everyone's always like if nina had not left but why doesn't anyone point out the obvious callbacks to earlier seasons?Caroline in broadcast journalism,Julian,abusive bf of mom being equated with abusive dad Giuseppe both of who killed damon in front of Stefan and later get killed by stefan.Damon trying to murder caroline and stefan stopping him callback.Stefan-Caroline 2×02 callback.Stefan sacrificing for damon in 2×22 callback with stefan taking the mark.Klefan nostalgia s3 callback in the crossover where KC phonecall did a callback to their 5×11 convo.Damon napping beside Elena while Stefan's life was on the line=Damon sleeping with Elena while Stefan was drowning.Stefan leaving without telling caroline,callback to early s6.Caroline crying alone & ric instead of enzo telling stefan about it,Stefan having to earn caro's forgiveness same as s6.Callbacks to the day liz died with stefan visiting her grave on her death anniversary. 1/2

Stefan saying 'it didn't go how I wanted it to' in 7×19 callback to Stefan telling elena 'it didn't go down the way I wanted it to' in 6×19 when damon told her stefan slept with caro with no humanity,the whole ep21 having blatant parallels with s6,stefan telling caro 'it's not over yet' in 7×22 which is a line from the song Between the day & Between the night from 6×21.Their 7×22 kiss paralleling their first kiss.I remember Julie relentlessly tweeting tvd is going back to basics while CK said at SDCC from what she had read until then that the season would be like Back to the Future II without the hoverboards.So what was the theme in mind when they approached it?Were they doing like a play-within-a-play? 2/2

Of course not Anon because it's much cooler and edge-y to say the writing was terrible in the later seasons because they don't know what parallels, callbacks or foreshadowing is. I remember seeing so many tweets during 7x07 of people being like "Giuseppe was never this mean the writers are retconning" as if we didn't see this guy KILL BOTH HIS SONS! We also saw that he hated Damon and said all he's ever been is a disappointment but people were shocked Giuseppe was abusive like... I mean S7 was a very disjointed mess but it did some things right and specifically Defan's relationship and the flashbacks really helped explain who Stefan was so dependent on his brother, because Damon basically took all the abuse from their Dad to save Stefan. Other parallels I liked was the "run for the hills/were in this together" in 7x08 and 8x09 or "who are you right now/this quarter of a man sitting in front of me" in 6x05 and 8x10.

It's another reason why when people say Steroline is forced because Nina left meanwhile my steroline parallel tag has a multitude of gifsets parallel Stefan and Caroline with each other as well as their relationship. I also noticed during my rewatch how Elena would constantly add "for now" or "right now" when talking about her and Stefan but with Damon she never did that so I have a hard time believing the writers were always planning on going back to SE when they made it seem more finite. I agree with what Candice said about S8 I felt a lot of parallels to S1 when rewatching, the first episode specifically felt like I was watching a S1 episode. It had the pieces of the bell like the Jonathan Gilbert devices, Seline infiltrating herself into the twins lives by being the nanny was like Damon infiltrating himself into the Council. The Seline/Sybil flashbacks paralleled with the Defan flashbacks like the tone was definitely there.

[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.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, September 25 - Tuesday, September 26 Part II

[Fandom Discussions]

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I just want to know what Scott Hope said to that gift shop owner that made them sell him a fucking Claddagh ring to give to Buffy. by buffy-targaryen

From the script for “Beauty and the Beasts.” by oveliagirlhaditright

Every open grave you see in Buffy is only a couple feet deep. by aphony-cree

I was just thinking about how fun an x files / buffy crossover would be. by cryptidfrog

I think I kind of love the idea that Giles and Ethan both went to public school. by coraniaid

What gets me so much about Oz too is that the victim blaming he endures i and II by suncaptor

I will die on the hill of Spike being inherently better than Angel. by annairaleigh

Ya know, with all the changes to diagnosing and recognizing signs of autism by annairaleigh

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Class Favorites: Television Show Ranking

1) Good Trouble Seasons 6 & 7

First off f*ck Hulu for spoiling future episodes in the commercials, while I was actively watching the show. RUDE and I'm still mad. PS: Their customer service was so unhelpful, in case you were wondering.

Second I'm bummed it's over. Almost every episode in these last 2 seasons had me crying, they knew how to hit you where it hurts. If I took a break or came back the next week and forgot about what took place the previous episode, my heart would start breaking before the current episode even began. As for the series ending I didn't know I was watching the finale at the time, I just thought I was watching the next episode, but was very mistaken on that one. That being said, was one of the better series finale's I've seen in a while. Things didn't feel rushed or ran through and they also didn't feel the need to give us every detail of what happened to each character, they simply treated us to an overview of everyone's assumed lives/endings and that wasn't a shortcoming at all. At least not for me.

I think the show was well worth getting into and not a waste of time. You may not like all the characters or how they behave, but I don't think you'll be turned off my how things end up.

2) Good Trouble Final Season (Season 5 Part 2)

I've been 5 minutes away from finishing this show for months now, but since I hated that I was watching the ending, I put off those last 5 minutes until right before I came to make this post. I know it's February of '25, but I'm counting it as a finish for 2024 anyway.

I am sad. In general I'm not great with endings and goodbyes and feeling empty. There was a lot happening this season and it kept me so engaged that I didn't want it to end. I did want to know how they were going to give us a worthy enough ending based on many years of build up though. The first half of the final episode felt like they were not done telling this story that had been climbing pretty high and then they did a weird jump in the middle and said now we say goodbye, here's the sunset.

I know the writers strike put a big wrench in this show and many others, but I'm glad we got any closure at all. The whole season was good, it just felt a little like they were told 5 more minutes or we're turning off the lights on you, at the end there. My OTP's did end up together and I'm not disappointed with where our coterie family ended up, but I will say I would have personally made a few tweaks. Again I know we hate endings, but see this one through. It's not the most vital finale, but last season is worth the watch.

3) Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV

TW/CW!!!

If you're not aware of this viral docu-series, let me share a little bit of the madness with you. Quiet On Set specifically looked at the abhorrent behavior of many adults during the early to mid 2000's era of Nickelodeon live action sitcoms, towards the minor actors. Drake Bell among others bravely told their story of abuse, mistreatment, racism and many others terrible things.

During the time this series aired, so many people in my life were glued to their screens, disturbed and not okay. We had all heard of how gross Dan Schneider was in the past, but man was he not an island. To be clear Schneider wasn't accused of sexual assault, but he was accused of other horrible things and people that he had a part in hiring were accused of that types of assault. This series sparked many conversations surrounding child actors, children on the internet and who was really out here protecting these kids.

Now I will say that Quiet On Set as a series, despite it being a conversation starter, had many mixed reviews, especially from people featured in the show and others connected the production. I don't remember all of the controversy, but I believe you have to be extra careful with the telling of these stories, getting consent and making sure that you're being extra sensitive with this information. "Fans" were also demanding these former child stars react to something many of them were watching for the first time, as the rest of us and that was not okay. I remember pulling back after it finished because my anxiety was high, not being 100% sure about how this show actually came to be and how the many viewers were behaving at the time. It was all just too much.

The series did help shine a light on some painful atrocities and I hope it will lead to positive change in the future, I just ask at what cost? These are real people's lives, not simply entertainment for the masses. It did seem like a follow up season was rumored to take place featuring Disney stars, but I've heard nothing in a long time regarding those rumors. This is one I'm sure you catch the Cliff Notes for, as I don't think you do not need to subject yourself to all 4 episodes, if you didn't already.

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Look out for more ACF 2024 coming soon.

[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

[starglaee]

I’m back. Let’s, um… do this? Don’t look under the cut if you don’t want spoilers.

1. Well, my number one wish was denied. Great.

2. So, no, Robby and Tory’s arcs strongly revolved around each other as I expected. I was hoping they’d show more of Johnny hyping up Robby since he’s the deadbeat father of 17 years. But no, they just talk about it and have Johnny make up with Miguel. Also they gave Robby a plot where he is SA’d and where it’s never acknowledged as such but rather as cheating. Then he has the whole team against him until Miguel finally steps up and admits once more that Robby should be the one to lead them since he won the 1v1 in 6.5.

Then poor poor Tory. Aside from episode 6 with Sam and Devon, that one scene with Sensei Kim and Kreese, and the bottle cap she holds in the scene when CK is about to leave for home, her mom is never outwardly mentioned again. So not only does she not grieve but her mom (and her brother!) are forgotten about somehow? Did her team even know she was grieving? This easily pissed me the fuck off.

Also what future will everyone have now that they were on live TV participating in an international karate brawl that killed someone? (RIP Kwon)

3. Did they get along? I guess? But it wasn’t for five consecutive episodes. So they failed. I’m not even going to hope for it in part 3 atp. So disappointing for a show having them team up 2 seasons ago.

4. So Eli was a fine fighter. Him and Demetri pissed me off, but I think that was the point of their story in this part. They were entertaining, sure. Still, I hated how they both turned on Kenny so easily. I miss Hawk’s fighting ngl. I know that’s the cliche thing to say but maybe it would remind the writers how good this character is as a fighter and person. I’m less upset at what they did with him in this part than in part 1, though, so maybe that’s a win? They’re doing the bare minimum for me haha.

5. Oh, poor me back a week ago. “I want Kwon to have character development.” No. They wanted to make him a 2D character that dies. I’m assuming he’s a plot device to be a wake up call in part 3 for all the insane karate people. But like. I wanted to know his home life, what motivates him, why he’s so easily molded by Kreese, and more. Ugh. I can’t even think about it too much because then I’ll be sad because I had hopes for him. I should’ve known better.

6. So she was just a stereotypical bitch. Istg the writers have never talked to a girl before tf. At a certain point the sassy influencer and karate star became all we knew about her. Then I hated her when it was implied that she raped Robby (fight me bc there was no consent). Anyway. No hate to the actress because she may have been likeable had she been written differently and had the creators and writers not been sexist for the thousandth time.

7. Tory: traumatized with some badass fight scenes and relationship drama

Carmen: traumatized and supporting men with words of comfort

Sam: relationship drama kind of but it’s not her fault everyone loves her

Devon: At least she apologized (for the thing she did in part 1 that to me was so ooc to begin with) but her apology was ultimately what pushed Johnny to make up with Daniel on that voicemail so…

Zara: …

Sensei Kim: they even gave her a fucking romance subplot (at this moment I’m indifferent about Kim and Chozen together)

8. I’m trying to think if the Bechdel test was even passed. I don’t have time rn but I’ll come back to update. I’m thinking the aquarium scene maybe?

Anyway. I’m disappointed but not surprised. Whatever atp. There are enough fics out there that I’m sure will fix this shit.

Here are my wishes for part 2 (that nobody asked for) now that we are less than 24 hours away:

I don’t want anyone else to die.

I don’t want Robby or Tory’s arcs to revolve around the other because they are individuals. They should grow and find their life’s purpose separate from their partners because there’s so much to address for Robby’s family and Tory’s grief and both of their futures.

For Johnny and Daniel to finally get along for 5 consecutive episodes. The first 5 minutes isn’t giving me confidence.

I don’t want Eli to be sidelined again. I like the drama with Demetri, but Eli is an All Valley champ. Put some respect on his name.

I want Kwon to have character development (though I’m sure he won’t based on the interviews I’ve seen).

I want Zara to be a fleshed out character and not just a “bitchy champion” because I’m worried that’s how they wrote her.

Overall, I want the writer’s room to give all the girls a real personality other than: traumatized, in love, or supportive/advising male characters.

And I’d love for them to pass the Bechdel test in this part.

I know this is all too much to ask though.

I’ll come back after part 2 to update this.