#dori as the witch of the waste

[anisohtropy]

actually I don’t think we’re processing how good a howls moving castle AU would fit Kavetham. a romance in the midst of political conflict? Kaveh being a dramatic, self destructive blonde? Haitham’s gray/white hair and simple life that is disrupted by the aforementioned blonde and a political conflict? annoyances to friends to lovers? THE THEME OF DESTINY?

[mrsbarnes107]

Secret of The Widow

-Part Two-

Summary: Peter is an oblivious little bean, Bucky is a little pissed, Wanda can’t keep her mind to herself, and who the hell is the girl giving orders to everyone anyways?!

(Post Endgame time period. The team is healing, trying to navigate this new normal they’ve found themselves in when Bucky and Sam bring home a stray with an attitude.)

Warnings: language, *eventual* violence and smut, death

Pairings: Bucky X OC

DISCLAIMER: this is posted to Wattpad as well and it WILL HAVE PLOT. I’m a Bucky hoe so there will be smut and romancy stuff but this is a series, so plot plot plot.

"What are you talking about?! Baby Dory is WAY cuter than Baby Yoda!"

"Have you SEE-" Barnes came storming in, rudely interrupting my education of young Peter.

"What the hell are you doing Parker and how the hell did you get those cuffs on us Red?" Well he looks upset.

I lean back in my spiny chair. These are way more comfortable than the ones on the jet, thank goodness. My feet propped up on the table, crossed at the ankles.

I take a slow drink of water and glance up at the, now two, very annoyed looking men. "Hi boys, glad you could join. Told you I had people to meet and a schedule to follow. Petey here was kind enough to keep me company while you both were occupied though."

"We're gonna have a talk later about stranger danger man." Sam says with a shake of his head. Well Peter looks properly chastised and that's just rude.

"Petey you did nothing wrong. Although you really should vet out who you let into the Tower a little better." I shrug at him with a smirk.

Before the men could berate us any more, in strolled Bruce and Wanda.

The witch just eyes me before shock passes across her features for a moment. I shake my head discreetly and she gives a little nod before sitting beside Peter.

Jolly Green looks at me, sprawled in the head chair and flicks his eyes to the still very annoyed guys standing beside the table. "Uh is this the meeting?"

"Bruce. Wanda. Glad you could join. We're still missing two though."

Sam throws his arms out and huffs in exasperation. "Girl who the hell are you? I'm getting real tired of these unanswered questions. And get the hell out of that chair and back in these cuffs."

I glance at Peter and roll my eyes,  "you and I aren't done with that discussion just so you know."

With a look to Sam and the rest of the group I continue, "look big bird" -this earned a snort from Peter- "if you two will just sit down and untwist your panties all will be answered, but in my time and my terms." I arch my brow with a straight face as they eye me, Sam with very obvious annoyance. He goes to sit at the end of table huffing about being macho and a soaring eagle not a stupid yellow bird. Bucky just continues to stare at me seemingly lost in his own head, confusion evident in his blue eyes and creased brow.

"And to be clear, I did not blow up that museum. Now if you would be so kind and sit, it's story time kids."

As I say this in walks Clint, late obviously, "sorry guys, I was stuck in a vent. What's this all about-"

"Hi Clint, sit." I say when he finally sees me and stops walking to the seat.

Clint was looking a shade paler than he did a moment ago, staring at me with a lost look in his eyes.

"Wh-who is that Barnes."

Bucky just shakes his head, eyes still on me and feet still planted by the table.

"Sargent Barnes, please sit down." I say with a nod at to the chair at my left. No more smiles or ribs, I wiped my face of all emotion and allowed a serious mood to take over. "You too Clint."

He finally fell into the chair beside Sam, looking lost and confused. Bucky slowly sitting beside me, rigid and ready for attack.

With another glance around the group I began. "Okay, I believe the first question you asked was why did I blow up the building. I didn't. I was tracking the group who did and evacuated the museum before they were smart enough to notice."

"If you weren't apart of the bombing then why did you attack me." Bucky interrupted, crossing his arms and tilting his head in curiosity.

With a very elegant arch to my brow I respectfully roll my eyes at him. "Sargent, I know you have memory issues but I'm certain you can recall being the one to put a knife to my throat and throwing me down a hall after I disarmed you. I didn't attack you, I defended myself." With a huff he sat back and nodded for me to continue.

"Now the second question, how do I know the Sargent here? We met before the snap. Before Steve ever found him. We met before he was really Bucky again." I say, eyes locked with his. Barnes looks startled with the mention of his Winter Soldier days. I give him a tiny smile and shrug. "Gotta admit, while the short hair suites you, I kinda miss it long."

"Wait. You knew the Winter Soldier? How old even are you kid?" The good doctor questioned from the other end of the table.

I give him a small smile. "I'm twenty-six, eighteen when I met Bucky."

Peter nudges my arm. "If you were helping the people escape the attack... that means your good right?"

I give him a long look, "Petey, I think you're the only truly good person in this room. We all have baggage, pretty sure it's a requirement for your little ragtag group."

Turning away from his sad look I continue. "Like I said, my first interaction was with the Winter Soldier. It actually went a lot like today's. I was tracking a group of HYDRA agents in Jordan, they were at a warehouse getting supplies. I took them out and was gathering intel when I was suddenly flying across the room." I throw a glance at Barnes, he's now leaned forward, elbows on his knees listening intently.

"I grew up learning about all of you, your past, your powers, everything. I knew about the Winter Soldier long before the Avengers did." I held a hand up before Sam could interrupt. "My recon didn't show him being a part of that mission though. Considering Sargent Barnes here abilities and strength I didn't waste time trying to fight him. I did however manage to send a cinder block to his head." I sent a shrug Buckys way.

"Keep in mind you hadn't met Steve yet, so Bucky was very hard to access. The blow to your head broke the connection to HYDRA though, so you were less murderous and more observant and trying to return to your base."

Bruce interrupts again with a raise of his hand. "I'm confused on how you seem to know everything about us. How you know exactly when Steve and Bucky met again. Or that knocking him out would help your situation. What does it have to do with your raising?"

With a sigh I pull my legs into the chair and sit up. "Well doctor, the thing is, I knew Bucky was the Winter Soldier before SHIELD, the Avengers, or he himself did."

[chroniclackofselfpreservation]

Creatures of the Night

Chapter 23 - the world of shut doors and countless walls

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(TW: graphic depictions of violence (stabbing), blood, mild panic)

(The title of the chapter comes from "The Ruins of Bam" by Garous Abdolmalekian.)

Roman sliced and buttered Dorian a piece of bread from the loaf Patton had baked just before their whole word had flipped around, pretending not to notice Virgil stand with his back pressed against the pantry door, right where he could see both Dorian and Remus.

The demon sat innocently on one of the kitchen stools, waiting for his food. Roman glanced over at the hobgoblin, who was nonchalantly blowing snot bubbles to entertain himself. Remus didn’t seem all that concerned for his own safety. Either he didn’t care about his own well being, or was confident Virgil would petition for his survival.

Roman handed the bread to Dorian, who accepted it graciously. He leaned back against the counter, enjoying his own toasted bread. Roman was fairly certain that the demon didn’t need to eat.

It had probably been a long time since he’d eaten anything substantial.

Roman’s bread turned sour on his tongue as a dark thought entered his mind. Had it been his mother?

He felt nauseous and wasn’t sure he could swallow what he’d bitten off.

“So,” Dorian said, happily munching on the bread, “did Ursula end up killing the sibyl and the boring one?”

Roman choked on his toast.

Virgil’s folded arms tightened against his chest. “She Displaced them.”

“Oh? Where to?”

Roman recovered, swallowing painfully. “You know, for not wanting to help at all, you seem awfully interested.”

He leaned back in his chair, defiant. “Intrigued, more like.”

“She sent them to Kulong,” Virgil said, glancing over at Roman. Concern flashed across his features, and Roman, leaning casually against the counter, shoulders relaxed as he desperately tried to stop thinking about how his mother died, wondered how Virgil could tell something was wrong.

The demon’s eyebrows shot up, an unabashed laugh pealing out of him. “The prison island? Ha! That’s too perfect.”

“You really tiptoed around our feelings, huh?” Roman snorted, looking down to hide the pain lancing through his eyes.

Dorian shrugged, continuing around the bread in his mouth, “You need to get that sibyl back if you’re going to have any chance of defeating Ursula. There hasn’t been an oracle born for nearly half a millennium. You’d be fools to waste such talent.”

Virgil stilled. “Wait, an oracle? Patton’s not an oracle. There’s no way.”

Dorian stared at him. “You’re not serious.”

“I’m pretty sure I would have noticed if I was living with an oracle.”

“You’ve spent too much time with these mortals,” the demon sighed, giving up.

“That’s rich, coming from you,” Virgil muttered, averting his eyes.

“Please,” he sneered, gesturing at Virgil’s human form. “You’re a familiar for Witch Queen’s sake, yet you pretend like this. It’s shameful.”

“You don’t know a thing about me,” he hissed. Virgil gripped his talisman inside his pocket so hard Roman worried he might shatter it.

“That’s enough, Dorian,” Roman said, voice low and warning. The demon looked anything but placated, an eager grin playing at his semi-scaled face. Roman’s mind registered the shift in tension, and he found his eyes scouting the kitchen.

“I doubt you could tell a kelpie from a red cap anymore.”

“Shut up.”

Roman pushed off the counter, grabbing the loaf of bread and walking over to the knife block, his posture the epitome of calm.

“Oh?” Dorian growled, his voice inhumanly low. “Say it again, familiar. I dare you.” The stool scraped against the tile as he rose to his feet. Roman could practically smell the barely contained fear radiating from Virgil. He casually grabbed two steak knives.

Dorian’s lip curled and his hand shot out.

Roman reacted almost in tandem with the demon, whirling around and impaling Dorian’s hand onto the counter before his arm had even fully extended. Not a moment later, the second knife thudded between the demon’s ribs.

Virgil recoiled so violently he slammed into the pantry door, disappearing into a streak of black dashing up the stairs.

Dorian grimaced. “You insufferable child,” he spat, the black blood filling his mouth spattering across Roman’s face.

Roman didn’t even flinch.

“You are a guest in my house, snake,” he snarled. “I suggest you treat my friends with respect.”

“You can’t—”

Roman twisted the knife. “No. You can’t. You can’t kill me, and unless you want me making your new freedom as miserable as possible, you’ll leave Virgil alone.”

“You’ll only waste what little time you have.”

Roman pulled the knives out with a squelch and walked over to the sink. “If you aren’t going to help us, leave us alone.” He pumped soap into a sponge and scrubbed the black liquid off the utensils.

“I just want to make sure you kill her. That’s it.” Dorian muttered, his wounds sparking with magic as they healed.

“Aw, Dory, you’re worried about me.”

“I most certainly am not.”

Roman wagged one of the newly clean knives in his direction, smiling as if he hadn’t just stabbed him twice. “Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

Dorian bristled. “You are well aware I’m incapable of the function.”

Roman winked.

* * * * * * * * * *

Logan supposed he should have been more interested in Patton’s studies with Daveigh. However, he couldn’t “read” any of the prophetic text that they apparently could, and he was too rife with worry over Patton’s well being to properly investigate it.

After a night to for Patton to recover, Daveigh apologized profusely and promised never to do anything remotely similar to what she’d done yesterday without asking permission first. Patton had forgiven her almost immediately. Logan, however, was slower to trust.

After a surprisingly plentiful breakfast of various roots and fruits, everyone had gone about their business.

That is, expect Logan. He didn’t exactly have much in the way of “business” at the moment.

He sat only a few feet from Patton, leaning back against a tree trunk and trying not to seem too distracted as they went on and on about their abilities and the history of oracles.

Mikhail milled about camp completing various chores. Jorryn had disappeared at the rise of the sun and hadn’t been seen since.

The air was humid, but not as hot as yesterday. A cacophony of bird calls echoed around the valley, filling the air with a sort of white noise for Logan to lose himself in.

He thought about Killian.

Eudora had called him a master arcanist, and there had been something in him that intrigued Logan. He looked as if he’d once been well respected. A teacher of some kind? Perhaps it was that commonality that drew him to the man?

Be wary of conjecture, his father’s words echoed in his mind. You don’t know he’s anything yet. List what you know. Go from there.

A sad smile played at Logan’s lips. If anyone would have known how to handle their current situation, it would have been him.

List what I know, he told himself. They were on an island—most likely in the Pacific given the climate. He and Patton were alive and uninjured. Reminded of his injuries, Logan ran his tongue across the tooth that had cracked when he’d fallen into the ocean.

It was fine. As if nothing had happened.

He remembered what Patton had said about Eudora healing them that night, ridding them of their need for glasses. Patton no longer sported the scars Remus had clawed into his cheek either. Logan was grateful, even if the idea of being grateful to the ill-mannered witch made him grimace.

What else? A relatively hostile green man, two oracles, a mentally scarred arcanist, and Mikhail. He’d called himself a magicless witch earlier, which made Logan wonder as to his reason for being imprisoned.

Logan could ascribe his own capture to accident. Mikhail, on the other hand, seemed like a powerful leader. An ambassador, perhaps? Still, Logan had no clue what the title “master arcanist” meant. How was that different from being a witch? As for Jorryn, Logan was even more in the dark on his abilities. The Fey hadn’t exactly been a topic of study for him until very recently.

What do I do? he pleaded at the canopied sky.

The answer came without resistance. Logan knew exactly what his father would have replied.

Gather more data. The answer’s here, but you can’t connect dots you can’t see.

“Lo?” Patton inquired gently, placing a hand on Logan’s knee. He blinked, returning to the present.

“Where’s Daveigh?” he asked, looking around.

“She had to, er, use the restroom,” Patton said as gracefully as possible. “How are you? You look bored—and you’re never bored.”

Logan sat up off the tree and ran a hand through his hair. “How could I be bored? We’re stuck on a mysterious, magical island,” he said with more contempt than he’d meant. Sighing, Logan supplemented, “Sorry, Patton. I did not mean to be snappish.”

Patton stuck him with a meaningful look, pulling his crossed ankles closer to himself. “Come on. Something’s distracting you. What’s on your mind?”

Logan opened his mouth to reply, but found a trickle of guilt running down the back of his throat. “It… It’s nothing important. I’m more concerned with making sure you’re okay.”

Patton’s smile became a bit more deliberate. “I’m just fine, Logan. I promise.” Before Logan could point out yesterday’s incident, he continued, “Yes, I’m glad you were here to help me out yesterday, but we figured out why it happened for the most part, and it won’t happen again.”

“For the most part?” Logan echoed dubiously.

“Tell me what you were thinking,” Patton insisted, and Logan reluctantly capitulated the change in subject, though he fully intended on coming back to the issue.

“I want to go see Killian.”

Patton’s brow furrowed, as if that wasn’t what he’d been expecting at all. “Why?”

Logan shrugged. “I’ve got a feeling. There’s something I need to learn from him.”

“Why not go now?”

Logan desperately tried not to stare at Patton like he was a complete idiot. “I’m not leaving you alone here.”

He smiled innocently. “I’ll be perfectly fine, Lo.”

“We’ve known these people for all of eighteen hours. I doubt that qualifies them for unmitigated trust,” Logan hissed, leaning forward and shooting a glance at Mikhail, who stood several feet away chopping wood with a stone axe.

Patton’s smile grew exasperated, and he looked down at his feet, chuckling.

“I’m sorry, did I say something amusing?” Logan asked, genuinely confused.

“No, sweetheart,” he replied, placing a hand on Logan’s cheek. “It’s just that there are very few people in this world I trust.” He gave his cheek a gentle pat and retracted his hand. “None of our new friends have made that list just yet. You don’t have to worry.”

Logan’s mind reeled as he desperately tried to recall what Patton had just said. His brain had metaphorically shorted out when Patton had touched him.

“Um,” he said, blinking and lifting his own hand to his cheek. Logan met Patton’s eye. “This is unusual.”

Patton looked jittery, but in a good way. Like he’d just jumped off the highest platform at Wakeby Rec Center pool, his face flush and eyes bright. “What is?”

“You.”

He laughed. “Thank you?”

Logan tried again for words—coherent ones this time. “You seem different.”

Patton stood, brushing off his pants and stretching. Logan felt his face heat.

“I guess I’m just feeling a bit more myself these days.”

[theparanormalperiodical]

The Conjuring (2013) True Story, And The 13 American Haunted Houses You Need To Know About

It’s been a busy week for haunted houses. And no, I’m not just talking about the popular Halloween activity.

Our favourite festivities often occur in mocked up haunted houses filled with sheets draped in a ghostly shape, ‘actors’ making their afterlife debut as various frightful creatures, and a fistful of sweets at the end of the night.

But it seems America’s obsession with the haunted house is about to take a much more cinematic - and realistic - turn.

Only recently did Ghost Hunting pro, Zak Bagans, continue his documented foray into the paranormal by filming a Halloween special in possibly one of the most haunted houses in the world:

The Perron Family Farmhouse in Rhode Island.

But it wasn’t necessarily the paranormal activity he claimed to have captured that intrigues me - it is what happened after filming ceased.

Following the visit, he claimed he faced 3 weeks of physical illness:

“It took everything out of me. My body isn't functioning right...haunted by something I believe is very ancient.”

The activity he captured features as the first time cameras have been permitted access to the 300 year old property in 15 years - but the haunting of the Perron family has by no means been ignored by popular culture.

One of the most striking horror films in recent years - The Conjuring - is based on the real life investigation conducted by paranormal dream-team Ed and Lorraine Warren.

So, when Zak Bagans followed in their footsteps, it catapulted the haunting back to our TV screens and presented more recent insight into this ever-still-haunted-house.

The activity captured by Bagans included a black mass blocking a window of the house, among other events that will be included in the documentary, of course.

The haunted house obsession don’t stop here, I’m afraid. 

The creative minds behind the original film have only in recent days laid claim to a similarly infamous haunted house - the Lalaurie Mansion. They seek to create a similar cinematic feature to that presented in  The Conjuring.

But it got me thinking: what was the true story behind The Conjuring?

And are there any other haunted houses in America that feature such #iconic hauntings? 

So, in today’s edition of The Paranormal Periodical, I’m going to recap The Conjuring, compare the film to the actual real-life investigation, and take a good ol’ American road trip to the other haunted houses on offer - including the Lalaurie Mansion.

Let’s get spooky!

Here’s A Recap Of The Conjuring

I’m not going to waste my time and recite the complete plot of The Conjuring universe. That will take two days, a bottle of gin, and a therapy session.

Regardless, the original film ties together many of the strands of the total universe, providing the cinematic circle that the horror genre is so famed for.

Basics, a famalam move into a farmhouse. And everything is hunky-dory - until the first morning. 

All the clocks have stopped at 3am, and the dog dies. 

No, it’s not a good start. 

Oh, and the dad finds a bordered up cellar which in all his wisdom he decides to open up again because it’s not like this is a horror film, right?

*Winks at camera*

And the creepy weird child finds an even creepier weird doll by the creepy weird tree which scars the cover photo used for the film!

Couple nights later, and supernatural shizz ensues, but this time spirits are telling the children that they want to kill their family, trapping the mother in the cellar, and physically attacking the living residents.

Following this they decide to be actual intelligent horror movie characters (OMG), and source help from renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.

The demonologists investigate, and come to the simple conclusion that their house will need an exorcism.

But first, they need the Catholic Church to give them the thumbs up.

Having slipped into the Vatican’s DMs, they start reading up on the house, only to discover a twisted tale that torments the Perron family.

They trace the house to a woman named Bathsheba Sherman, a satanist/witch/general-demony-thing who is believed to be related to a witch in Salem. Having sacrificed her week old baby to the devil, she hung herself on the tree that figures so prominently in the film. 

Oh, and she died at 3am.

But briefly before hanging herself, she cursed all those who would take her land. That explains the high number of murders, suicides and drownings scattered across the land she once owned. 

To gather evidence prior to the exorcism, the Warrens and crew in tow (along with a sarky police officer) set up a variety of bells, cameras and other ways to capture evidence of the paranormal.

But when most of the famalam are out for ice cream, Carolyn ends up being fully possessed after Bathsheba vomits blood into her mouth.

I mean, I’d prefer the ice cream.

Paranormal things ensue featuring the past inhabitants who were possessed by Bathsheba.

Carolyn then takes two kids back to the house while in full-possessed-mode, and attempts to kill them in the cellar. She is stopped just in the nick of time (wow, how convenient) and the Warrens then decide that ‘yeah let’s not wait for a priest, let’s exorcise this biatch right meow’.

They then use a combination of sentimental reflection and the extremity of an exorcism to lift Bathsheba’s curse.

There we have it - the cinematic version of events!

Question is: how close is this to the actual events that took place?

The answer: uncomfortably close.

The Real Story Of The Perron Family Farmhouse

It was early January 1971 when the Perron family moved into their 14 room crib. And their new year was about to come in with a bang. 

Carolyn, the mother, and Roger, the father, noticed only small things at first. 

Maybe the broom would go missing when she wanted to sweep the kitchen floor, or maybe it would move from place to place? Or perhaps something would sound as if it was scraping against the kettle when nothing was there? And sometimes small piles of dirt would be found on the kitchen floor after it was clean...

Yet aside from the domestic-demonic issues, their five daughters witnessed activity that was a smidge more supernatural. 

Spirits would be seen around the house, and often were harmless. 

However, some were not so forgiving. 

Angry spirits were a feature of this farmhouse.

This activity mirrors the beginning of the film, perhaps on a more minimalist level - but a minor difference does strike with the following event:

It’s Carolyn that researches the history of the house, not the Warrens. 

But what she discovered sticks close to the basis of the film.

She discovered that the house had been in the same family for no less than 8 generations. Many of them has died in a frightful number of horrible circumstances, from drowning, to murders, to the occasional suicide. 

And a woman named Bathsheba features in the history of the actual house.

Bathsheba Sherman lived on the Perron’s property all the way back in the mid 19th century, and she was rumoured to be a satanist.

Among these rumours was one that claimed she was involved in the death of a neighbour’s child; there was even evidence of this!

From here the Perrons determined that the violent spirit was that of Bathsheba.

“Whoever the spirit was, she perceived herself to be mistress of the house and she resented the competition my mother posed for that position.” - Andrea Perron

It’s here that the close resemblance with the film intensifies.

Yay. 

The film makes out that Bathsheba is attacking/attempting to possess the mother, Carolyn, in order to kill her children as a sacrifice for the devil.

It is then revealed in the film that Bathsheba possessed all mothers that lived at the property to mirror these actions.

Could this have been the real Bathsheba’s aim?

Other reflections of the true story include the nature of the hauntings. 

Take the basement - the heating which was based in the basement would mysteriously fail, causing Roger to face the Perron’s fear of the basement, and venture down their to fix it.

And when Roger would come up from the basement, a rotting-smell would follow him up the stairs.

The same smells would move around the house. And their beds? They would rise up of the floor.

I mean, it’s just 0 to 100, isn’t it?

The final event that directly appears in the film is the possession of Carolyn Perron.

The Perrons stayed shacked up in this house for no less than 10 - yes, 10 - years, and the Warrens made many a visit. One of which involved a seance.

During the seance, Carolyn became possessed, speaking in tongues and rising up from the ground in her chair.

This features as a prominent scene in the film, but here ends the ‘based on a true story tagline’.

The Warrens did not perform an exorcism in the actual story, but claimed it must be performed by Catholic priests.

‘Based on a true story’ is a trope mocked by horror fans and horror haters alike, but this film clearly takes direct inspiration from the Warrens and their investigation.

And that is fucking terrifying. 

Are The Any Other Haunted Houses In America?

Yep. So many.

There’s no doubt that the haunted house is one of the most common tropes featured in horror films. And as The Conjuring is the ultimate flick for this topic, it’s likely that it took inspiration from the other landmarks pinned into the Land of The Free.

Let’s take a guided tour, then!

We start with a tale only too similar to the Perron family farmhouse.

No seriously, it’s terrible.

The Bell Witch Farm, nestled in humble Tennessee bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the story of Bathsheba: a woman named Kate Batts in the early 19th century believed that a neighbour had cheated her out of land. 

And so, lying on her deathbed, she swore she would haunt him forever!

She kept her promise. 

The Bell family often noted physical attacks from supernatural beings, heard chains being dragged across the floor and noises in their walls

They even saw strange looking animals on their farm, such as a dog with a rabbit’s head. This is a satanic image which is often played upon in horror films.

We continue our road trip with a haunted house that too has featured on the screen, but this time, it’s the TV - it’s the LaLaurie House in New Orleans. 

Sounds familiar? You’ve probably seen it on American Horror Story.

The story goes that this house belonged to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, a notorious serial killer who took pleasure in torturing and killing the slaves she kept from 1831 to 1834. 

It was only when a fire struck the house in 1834 that the torture chamber was revealed. 

When the authorities arrived, the slaves were found in all manner of ghastly positions:

One slave had her limbs broken in a manner that made her look like a crab.

Another had a hole drilled in their head and a wooden spoon sticking out of it (it is believed the brains were being stirred at the pleasure of the Madame of the house).

And another had their skin peeled off their back, revealing the bones and muscles underneath.

There are many more tales of the circumstances the slaves were found in, but I think we’ve heard enough...

When the reality behind the house was revealed, a mob of local citizens destroyed the residence, leaving only the walls intact.

The house has been closed off to the public since 1932, but in 2007 none other than the meme of Hollywood himself purchased it: Nicholas Cage. 

Yet the actor was not the only thing in residence at the LaLaurie mansion. Thanks to its past, shouts, moans, weeping and ghostly faces have been seen and heard coming from the house.

Even negative vibes is a common claim of visitors, as is hearing footsteps across the house.

A seance has been conducted at the house, and the medium immediately claimed that sadness and heavy emotion settled on her. She also claimed that the slaves who were tortured and murdered there had passed on, and no longer resided at the house.

Clearly, this house has a lot going on. And it’s this haunting that is next to be projected onto the silver screen.

That’s right: the creative minds behind The Conjuring have snapped up a new haunted house, and are developing a brand spanking new horror franchise based on the worst kept secret of Louisiana! 

In fact, they are hoping to reside in that mansion to write the screenplay and shoot the film.

Next up, we have the Sallie House.

It is claimed that a botched Appendectomy once occurred here, and the victim - a little girl - is what stirs the supernatural seen in this house.

The paranormal activity was reported by a small family that moved there back in the 1990s, and the intense attacks and torments were believed to come from this little girl named Sallie.

And the supernatural is off the charts.

I’m talking full bodied apparitions, EVPs echoing the voices of men, women and children, flying objects, items moving and turning up somewhere else...

And if that wasn’t enough, scratching at the walls, loud thumps of phantom furniture, and strong smells all feature within the haunting of this house.

Those that have gone onto investigate this has been touched by the paranormal themselves: burns, scratches, cuts - these physical attacks are common here. 

Many a medium have also attempted to understand the house, including Peter James who worked on the Queen Mary, one of the most famous haunted buildings in the world.

It has actually been deduced that the attacks centre on men; it is claimed that the surgery on Sallie was done by a male doctor in 1905, and she never forgave him, attacking all men who enter the house in vengeance. 

We now turn to the Villisca Axe Murder House.

No points for guessing what happened here...

Back in 1912, a family of six was bludgeoned to death with an axe. Each family member had severe wounds to the head, and one of the young daughters was found with a defensive injury on her arm and half-naked, suggesting attempted rape or assault.

The crime to this day has been left unsolved.

And the house? Empty.

No running water, and no electricity - apart from the odd paranormal fanatic who pays a hefty price to spend the night.

After the investigation, it was concluded that the killer waited in the attic with a cigarette until it was the time to strike.

And it was Josiah - the patriarch of the family - who met the worst fate. The attacker used the blade on him, leaving him with wounds in this face so severe that they couldn’t find his eyes!

The rest of the family were bludgeoned with the blunt end of the axe. 

The house was restored in 1994, but it was prior to this that the main paranormal activity has been cited. 

Former tenants have seen a man with an axe at the end of their bed who moves across the room in the dead of the night.

They have even been seen running out of the house screaming by the neighbours!

The tenants have also come back to their house to see their belongings strewn across the floor, and one has even felt a wrist on his hand which forced a knife into his hand.

And they wouldn’t be the first person to be attacked in the house; one paranormal investigator stayed overnight to investigate the goings on, and had stabbed himself by morning. 

EVPs have also been used to document the hauntings, often recording references to the murders themselves. Sounds of an axe swinging, references to the six that were found dead, and even the name ‘Andy’ in reference to the murderer cropped up, informing this as a key haunted house.

We now park up at the House of Death. 

And its name is deserved. 

Brimming with 22 ghosts, this is one of the most infamous buildings in New York. But it still serves a famous bunch of residents.

Mark Twain is one of the most ghosts that once lived here, and still haunts his former residency. Another ghost is confirmed to be that of a young girl who was beaten to death of her father,

Indeed, some ghosts aren’t even human! A grey cat is a regular roamer of the House of Death.

Okay real talk - how would you know if a ghost cat is a ghost cause like lets say its a victorian child this bitch be looking victorian but a cat that just wanders around looking sarky and fucking off for long periods of time just be a cat. 

Next up is the Lizzie Borden House.

The main ghost of this house - Lizzie Borden is still claimed to be laughing about murdering her stepmother and father via axe back in 1892.

Yet Borden is not the only entity still residing in this Massachusetts-based house; her victims still stalk the land, and a maid screaming for help is also often seen.

These sightings are mainly witnessed by the guests who visit the house hoping for a scare. 

We now turn to a house that has been at the centre of its own horror film, just like The Conjuring.

Unfortunately, this film was rather more disappointing. 

The Winchester House belonged to the wife of a man who developed one of the most popular guns of the era. Having lost her husband and young daughter, she consulted a spiritualist who told her the house was haunted by each and every victim of the guns.

Native Americans, Civil War soldiers and the other victims had haunted the house built on the empire of the weapon. 

The spiritualist then recommended Winchester move and use her hefty inheritance ($20 million!) to build a home and appease the spirits.

From 1884 to 1922, a labrinth totalling 160 rooms was built, with corridors often leading guests to nowhere. 

Next up is the Joshua Ward House. Built in historic Salem, this house was built for Sheriff George Corwin.

A major figure in the Salem witch trials, he lived, died and was buried here. So it’s no wonder that he still haunts the location!

But this haunting doesn’t just involve some bloke wandering the grounds and chatting shit about some witch-hunt (sound like American politics, if you’re asking me...).

This bloke is often rumoured to choke visitors to the house - this comes from Corwin being known as ‘the strangler’, a name descended from his favoured execution method for witches.

Even his victims have been spotted!

A dishevelled witch has been seen in a picture taken by a realtor wishing to sell the property on.

And I doubt that picture made a positive impression…

The final feature-film haunted house inspired the flick Haunting in Connecticut.

Great film; spooky house!

In the 1980s, the Snedeker family witnessed some serious haunting in their funeral-home turned family home. 

Across two short years, the parents claimed they were physically assaulted and raped by demonic spirits. And their son was too visited by a spirit - a creepy man with long black hair.

The most recent family claim that their house is spirit-free, but it’s the fame of this house that currently is haunting the residents:

Frequent visits by paranormal fanatics have even caused the police to set up routine patrols to protect the residents.

We continue our road-trip in the Los Feliz Murder Mansion in sunny LA.

In 1959, Dr Harold Perelson murdered his wife with a hammer, attacked his daughter with the same weapon, and then killed himself with a glass of acid. 

The rumours of haunting might be difficult to source, but this hasn’t stopped paranormal fanatics from trooping to the house and having a gander ‘round the grounds. 

Years later, it was purchased by a family for storage purposes, and finally in 2016 it was cleared of the junk dating back to 2016. And most of it hadn’t moved since the murder that still haunts this property!

We follow up this murder with a much more en masse set of deaths.

The Farnsworth House Inn in Gettysburg is a remnant of the history that the USA has been subject to. 

The inn is currently used as a restaurant to celebrate the history of the Civil War with waiters clad in civil war er-costume.

But what really accentuates the authenticity is the real confederate soldiers seen on the grounds! 

The inn was once used as a hospital for the South’s soldiers after the war, and the hundreds of bullet pocks concealed into the walls confirm that it’s not just the injured that will haunt the grounds of this historic site.

Our final haunted house contains a figure who featured prominently within cinematic history: the only and only Molly Brown.

If you’ve been asleep since 1997, then you’ll have missed the Unsinkable Molly Brown in Titanic as played by the one and only Kathy Bates!

And the Unsinkable Molly Brown has her very own haunted house!

She was one of the few survivors of the Titanic, and eventually died in New York in 1932.

Following her death, it is said that she haunted the Victorian home she shared with her husband and mother, and it has now become a museum brimming with the items she once owned throughout her life.

From apparitions in the dinings room, to rearranged furniture; from moving objects to apparitions in the room of her child (who just so happened to die at a young) - this haunted house stays firmly within the past.

We finish our road trip in Virginia, and thank god we do!

(We are running low on gas.)

(I am also terrified.)

 Welcome to the Ferry Plantation house! Fit to burst with 11 spirits, you can encounter the passengers of s ship-wrecked ferry, a former slave, and even a witch!

Grace Sherwood was accused of being a witch back in the 18th century, but her favoured haunting is less paranormal and more puppy-dog.

Yep, you can hear her call for her dog, Tobias!

So: do you fancy visiting any of these haunted houses?

And are you sure you want to rewatch The Conjuring?

Fact is, it’s the reality behind the monsters, demons, haunts, and horrors that makes those tales the films tell quite so terrifying...

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Once Upon a Time 1x09 “True North” Review

Reviews 1x01 1x02 1x03 1x04 1x05 1x06  1x07 1x08

Yeah, this episode was not that great. Hansel and Gretel is one of my favorite fairy tales and I did not like the way this was presented.  I did, however, love the Blind Witch, but I’m also a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, so seeing Emma Caulfield on my screen in any way, shape, or form is great. But her Blind Witch was so creepy and just amazing to watch. We also get an outsider invading our fair Storybrooke. I wonder what he will eventually bring to the table.

Synopsis: Emma tries to prevent homeless twins from being sent to foster care by finding their father. In the Enchanted Forest, the Evil Queen sends Hansel and Gretel to the Blind Witch’s house to retrieve something that was stolen from her.

Opening: Gingerbread House

New Characters:

Ava and Nicholas/Gretel and Hansel: Considering these two are the focus of the episode, there really isn’t much to say about them. They are twins (although Ava/Gretel seems much older than Nicholas/Hansel) who are homeless, having lost their mother years ago. They go to school with Henry and he wants to help them out, even though they were going to frame him for shoplifting,  because he doesn’t have any friends. They are afraid of being separated, which, fair. And, while we get a little bit of tension on whether they would make it over the Storybrooke border, they end up reunited with the father they never knew they had and get their happy ending.

Hansel and Gretel are a bit more interesting than their SB counterparts. Again, Gretel seems to be the one in charge. They have a loving relationship with their father, and everything is hunky-dory until they lose their father and the Evil Queen finds them. EQ thinks they have spunk and bravery so she sends them to retrieve something from the Blind Witch’s house in exchange for finding their father for them. And at the gingerbread house, we see exactly which twin got the brains and which one didn’t, as Hansel decides to take a huge bite of cupcake when they were specifically told not to eat anything in the house (and this after he tried to take a piece of candy from the front of the house before they even went in). Hansel and Gretel get locked in a cage and Gretel pretends to be Hansel because Hansel is too scared to go through with the plan Gretel thought up for them. Hansel then trips, making the witch realize she actually caught two children and not just one, and they manage to get her onto her cooking rack and throw her in the oven. I’m sorry, but Hansel is a serious waste of space. They bring back the satchel to EQ who offers them the opportunity to live with them. Hansel’s like ‘cool’ and Gretel’s like ‘you promised to help us find our father.’ So now EQ sends them to the forest with the promise that they can be together if they can find their father.  Never make deals with Evil Queen’s children. They never keep their promises.

Woodcutter/Michael Tillman: We don’t know much about the woodcutter. We know he loves his children so much that he gives them his compass to always find him, unlike the Grimm fairy tale which you can read here. We also find out that he was captured by EQ, for what purpose we don’t know.

Michael Tillman has no idea that he is a father. His cursed memories state that he met the twins’ mother on a camping trip where he also lost his compass, the same one the twins keep on them as a reminder of their mother. He wants nothing to do with the twins because he doesn’t know how to be a father. But when Emma calls him to ‘tow’ her car at the end of the episode, he sees the children, thus having found them, and thus EQ’s promise comes true, and they are allowed to be reunited with each other.

Blind Witch: By far the best new character we’ve seen lately. Too bad she died. The actress did an amazing job with the little amount she got to do. I really would’ve liked more background on why she ate children and how she became blind. She was thoroughly equal parts creepy and campy.

Mr. Clarke: We don’t see much of Mr. Clarke who runs the drug store the kids were caught shoplifting at, but we can determine that he is Sneezy from the seven dwarfs (how appropriate, the sick one runs the drug store). 

The Stranger: We know nothing about the stranger who comes at the end of the episode except that he drives a motorcycle and has some kind of box strapped to the back of his bike. Since Henry says strangers can’t come into Storybrooke, must he originally be from the Enchanted Forest? I guess we will find out.

Character Observations:

Emma: This is a very Emma heavy episode.  Emma is dealing with her past and present demons. Her past demons in the form of the twins having to go to social services and group homes, something she experienced herself and she never wants anyone else to experience. Her present demons in the form of Michael Tillman being there for his kids when she is trying to be there for Henry as the parent that abandoned him. Emma understands Ava and Nicholas because she’s been there. She was raised in the foster care system. She knows that many of those people are doing it for the money. She’s also knows what it’s like to have to steal for survival (maybe this is why she was in jail). Emma also understands Michael Tillman in a way. Yes, she already knew she had a child out there that she had given up and this is new information for Michael, but she understands the doubts that having pre-teen children can bring and how she doesn’t feel like she could be a good mother to Henry. Let’s not forget, Emma’s original intention when Henry found her was to bring him back home and go back to her life in Boston. She was never planning on staying. It was only because she suspected Regina was lying to her about loving Henry that got her to stay and try to be his mother. So Emma gets it, but at the same time, she doesn’t get why he wouldn’t even want to meet his children to see if there was anything there. Yes, she ends up forcing his hand, but at the same time, she breaks whatever curse Regina had placed on them so they get to be a family again.

Now, as for lying to Henry about his father, this is total self-preservation on Emma’s part. She obviously does not want to talk about Henry’s father and she wants to give Henry hope that apparently both his parents weren’t messed up people when he was born. I have a feeling this will end up biting Emma in the ass in the future.

Regina/Evil Queen: I actually don’t feel Regina was so bad in this episode. Yes, she insulted Emma every chance she got, but technically, she was doing what should have been done for Ava and Nicholas. I know she was circumventing the sheriff’s job and she had her own agenda, but technically, the twins needed to be with social services if there were no other relatives known or willing to take them in. Although, if people can’t leave Storybrooke, I don’t know how Regina expected them to leave, unless she knows that Emma can leave without consequence.

And the Evil Queen gave us some depth this episode as well! We see that EQ doesn’t care if you’re a child or not, being in her forest will have consequences. But she is impressed by Hansel and Gretel’s bravery, so she sends them on a mission to steal something for her from the Blind Witch, which we find out is an apple. She says that it is ‘something to defeat a wicked and powerful enemy’ and later on “is a weapon for a very particular and devious enemy.’ Knowing that Snow will eventually fall under the sleeping curse from the apple, EQ really has a lot of hate towards Snow. But, we also see vulnerability in EQ this week. She is so impressed with Hansel and Gretel that she wants them to come live with her and have everything their hearts desire. Then, when she talks to their father, she asks why they wouldn’t want to stay with her when she could give them everything and doesn’t seem to understand why family would be more important than material things. Now, if we hadn’t seen EQ’s father before, I might have understood why this confused her so much, but we know that EQ’s father loved her so much that he basically died for her so she could get her revenge. So how does she not understand why Hansel and Gretel would rather be with their father who loves them rather than live with her and only have material possessions?

Gold: Again, not much Gold in this episode, but he does help Emma find Michael Tillman through the compass. Since the card was blank, does that mean that Rumplestiltskin procured it for him in the EF, did he have some sort of premonition about it, or was it just something the curse provided for him? However he knew, it is obvious that he gave Emma the name, not for her forgiveness or tolerance as he so claimed, but as a way to thwart Regina.

Henry: Poor Henry, he is so happy when Ava starts talking to him in the drug store, and then devastated when he discovers they were using him to shoplift. Of course Henry wouldn’t have any friends his age, he’s the only kid that’s allowed to grow up. But it seems he has some friends now. Hopefully, we’ll see more of Ava and Nicholas in the future. As for the lie Henry is told about his father, he seems happy knowing that his father was a hero. I have a feeling that he will discover the truth someday though. Otherwise we wouldn’t have had Emma tell Mary Margaret that she lied. Also, another reminder that no one can leave or enter the town.

Mary Margaret: I understand not knowing about other student’s home lives (hell, I didn’t know about most of my students’ home lives unless they told me or it was serious enough that a memo was sent out), but not realizing that social services may not be the way to go is naive. But she is right, not all foster and group homes are terrible. Emma just got the raw end of the deal, so to speak. But her talk with Emma at the end was so heartbreaking; being that close to her daughter and not knowing it. I can’t wait to see how Mary Margaret and Emma react to each other when the curse is finally broken.

Questions:

How old are Ava and Nicholas supposed to be? I’d wager a year or so older than Henry, so 11 or 12? They still go to the same school as Henry, since Mary Margaret has seen them around and Henry is in 5th grade, so 6th or 7th grade? Is it a K-8 school?

How do they afford school uniforms? Are they free? And where do they get their regular clothes from, and their school supplies? Is all that just built into the curse?

Has Henry been the only student to age? No one ages in Storybrooke because time didn’t move. So he would have different classmates every year. How in the hell did Regina think she was going to explain that? Sorry, all your classmates failed again and you’re the only one moving up?

Also, did the teachers teach the same thing everyday if time didn’t move? Did Henry learn about the birds and made a birdhouse everyday until Emma came and started up time?

Can the mayor take the only copy of the twins birth certificate? Wouldn’t they have made her a copy instead?

How are all the foster and group homes in the state of Maine full? Is this really a thing that can happen? Did they actually call every single one or was this another ploy from Regina to separate the twins?

I get that Gretel was focused on getting the satchel, but did she really not notice the absolutely huge pile of bones right in front of her?

Aren’t blind people supposed to have heightened senses since they don’t have sight? Maybe she didn’t become blind until later in life (studies show people who become blind later in life don’t usually have the heightened hearing).

How did the Blind Witch get the apple? What was she planning on using it for? Did it already have the sleeping curse infused in it? Is that why Regina needed that particular apple?

It is heavily implied that EQ can see what is going on through other people’s mirror, as evidenced by her looking through the Blind Witch’s mirror. So how did she see Snow in the woods with the dwarfs? Are there random mirrors in the woods?

Did the Evil Queen kidnap Hansel and Gretel’s father with the explicit intention of using them to  get her satchel back from the Blind Watch, or was it a happy coincidence? If not, then why was the woodcutter captured, because he was in the Queen’s Forest?

Observations:

Sneezy runs the drug store.

The Evil Queen has sent several children to their deaths by sending them to retrieve the satchel from the Blind Witch.

Very Pan’s Labyrinth vibe with the not eating the food in the Blind Witch’s house (check out the clip). 

Hansel is the dumbest, klutziest kid ever.

Apparently fireballs can go through her magic mirrors to kill the Blind Witch, but not to kill Snow White.

Emma somehow sabotaged the sheriff’s car enough to make it stall out, but not actually need a tow.

Snow White has now met the dwarfs.

The compass starts working when Michael Tillman shows up to help Emma.

Mary Margaret almost looks like she’s going to remember something when she sniffs Emma’s baby blanket, and then doesn’t.

The articles Emma is looking at say this:

7 Year Old Boy Finds Baby On Side of Road

Still No Leads on Deadbeat Parents: Baby Emma Remanded to Foster System

After weeks of futile searching, Emma turned over to Child Services for Care

It seems like Emma was a big deal when she was found if the papers were making such a fuss over her. Seems very unlikely she wouldn’t have been adopted right away (or at least not returned like she told Henry in the first episode) given the news coverage about her.

Henry’s ‘father’ liked pumpkin pie.

Once Upon a Time Firsts:

Emma’s baby blanket

Emma’s foster care experiences

Names: 

Ava - in German it possibly means desired.

Nicholas - is the patron saint of many things, including children.

Michael Tillman - the surname Tillman mans husbandman or farmer, basically, someone who works with the earth.

I would like to say that I understand that the writers had to made life tough for Emma by having her have a horrible experience in foster care, but having several friends who are foster parents, several friends who work in social services, and even several former students who had been in a group home, it makes me sad that this is the way Emma’s background is approached. From her experience, she never had a single foster parent who loved or cared for her and it was all about the money from the state. I know there are plenty of people out there who foster because they care for children. I only wish Emma could have been placed with one of those (but then we don’t have her mistrust and walls and all that, I know).

This was the first appearance of Sneezy/Mr. Clark played by Gabe Khouth who, unfortunately, passed this Tuesday, July 23rd. RIP Gabe Khouth.

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Fear The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 12 Review: 'Weak'

Watching this Sunday's episode of Fear The Walking Dead, my girlfriend turned to me when the 'Filthy Woman' was speaking with Morgan and said "Every character should be that dirty."

It's true. Imagine going weeks without bathing, without changing your clothes, without a regular supply of soap or running water. Camping for three days without facilities leaves you pretty grimy. Between the campfire smoke, dirt and lack of a bathroom you built up a stench pretty quickly.

Television shows in general can be pretty bad about portraying this, so it's no wonder that most characters on Fear The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead always look pretty clean and put together as far as survivors of a zombie apocalypse go. Perfect hair, perfect teeth, no bruises or bloodstains.

Nick was usually pretty filthy, but he's dead. This new villain---the Filthy Woman---is perhaps a little dirtier than even a normal apocalypse survivor would be. She makes no effort to even wash the grime from her face. But in a more realistic show, everyone would be somewhere between the well-groomed, manicured state they're in now and her state of filth.

Why does it matter? I'm not sure it does. It's just an interesting thing to think about---kind of like, wouldn't zombies all be naked from the waste down at this point because their pants wouldn't stay up after wasting away? And maybe I'm distracting myself with these kind of thoughts because the show itself is just so tedious lately. I do enjoy this new type of bad guy. She's like a creepy witch, going around poisoning water bottles (almost certainly what made Althea sick) and saying creepy stuff to Morgan and keeping zombie pets with their own personal catch phrases written on them.

But then there's the gimmicky stuff that drives me crazy. Notice how much everyone is talking on walkie-talkies all of a sudden? Well, that's entirely so that the Filthy Woman can listen in on conversations and set up her various scheming. And even though everyone else's radios don't seem to work very well, she hears everything pretty clearly from basically every other direction.

Heck, she probably knows exactly where John Dorie and Strand and Alicia are, and she's probably already set up traps for them to cure them of their weakness, apparently. Because she's evil. Come to tell you that she's evil, most definitely. Ornery, scandalous and evil.

So what else can I say about 'Weak'? We're still following Morgan as he goes back to the vast state of Texas to find his new friends. This week, June and Al are looking for their friends also and it's no surprise that they find Morgan despite the very bad odds. And the Filthy Woman has followed the truck for some reason, sabotaging everything, getting Al sick (I think?) despite them originally not being anywhere near where Morgan and the truck were.

The geography is just maddening here. There's no sense of place. No sense of distance. No anchors. At least in the first half of the season we had the baseball diamond. There were some good moments of tension tonight. The fight between June and Quinn. Al's sickness making her so weak she could barely fight off the zombie. That was cool how the zombie's leg ripped in half as he struggled his way out of the mud. But these moments were not enough to really make this an interesting episode overall. I enjoy Maggie Grace in particular as Althea, but there's just not enough good material here for her.

I'm having a hard time caring about the events as they unfold. Morgan feels deeply out of place on this show. It was okay when he was with Al and Dorie and they'd set up something of an organic, quirky trio. And I think Morgan and Nick might have had a cool dynamic but alas, Nick is dead. Nick is dead and Madison is dead. Troy is dead. Travis is dead. We have no idea if Daniel Salazar is even on this show anymore.

The showrunners have essentially decimated the cast, and we're left wondering "What's the point?" Why does Morgan think that going back to Texas will even help his friends there? He doesn't even know if they're in trouble. Nor are most of the remaining characters his friends to begin with. Alicia, Strand, Luciana, these people have no bonds of friendship with the other side. Alicia wanted to kill June for the entire half of the first season for basically no reason and ended up shooting John instead.

This show has a cast of characters that have virtually no connection to one another and has done very little to realistically make a bond grow. Tearing them all apart and scattering them across Texas feels forced, just a reason to have Morgan walk back and forth, for the radio chatter, and to have episodes devoted to just one or two characters week after week after week.

I'm mostly just bored at this point. Watching this show shouldn't feel like a chore. Writing about it is work, sure, but I wish there was more to say about what's actually going on. Filler is just not terribly inspiring. And while there are still glimmers of good TV here and there (like episode 10 with Alicia and Charlie) mostly we've seen a massive downgrade in quality from Season 3. What a shame. At least the episode's title was appropriate.

P.S. Colman Domingo, who plays Strand, directed this episode. It was his directorial debut. And it was fine as far direction was concerned. Some nice shots, decent action. Just boring writing and a plot that's still struggling to justify itself.

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The Cat Lady

by theoddcatlady

I used to have three beautiful cats. Chloe, Jewel, and Mercy. My sweet girls. I had the perfect family. A husband Greg, my son Dylan, and of course the cats. Jewel was the snitch. Always pacing around the table, warbling for whatever we had. She had developed a taste for green beans. Mercy was the prim lady. Always cleaning herself. Always sitting on the bookshelves. And always found where I hid the cat treats.

Chloe was my favorite though. Whenever my lap was available, she was sitting there. At night she’d sleep at the foot of the bed. In the morning, she’d wake me by kneading my chest. Greg would laugh and say she was just making sure my heart hadn’t stopped. Her version of kitty CPR.

Greg and I were considering getting just one more when the accident happened. Greg was on the way to the clinic with the cats to update their vaccinations, and… well, I’m almost thankful that my babies didn’t suffer.

I lost my cats and my husband all at once. Dylan was already a grown man, and after barely four months after the loss he took off for college. I was all alone in my house, and my broken heart showed no sign of mending. Dylan barely came to visit, and after the first five years I was lucky to get a card for Christmas.

I became the ‘old crazy witch’ on the block with a dead husband. The kids made up their stories, I mostly just sat on my front porch and enjoyed the sun when it came out- the heat made my sore joints feel better.

Then I met Goliath.

My neighborhood is very close to a wooded park. On my days off from work at the grocery store Greg and I used to walk down those quiet paths. But there was also a feral cat problem there. I’d catch only glimpses of their skinny bodies and wild eyes.

But while I knitted on the front porch one morning, a streak of fur caught my attention, and I saw him. Immediately I dubbed him Goliath.

He was enormous. A tomcat that was bigger than some dogs, he had a mean face, matted long fur, and torn up ears. But he had the same coloring as Chloe, black with mottled orange and brown.

He came to a stop in front of the porch and froze, staring at me. I stared back. His tail twitched. His amber eyes bore right into mine.

“… Here, kitty kitty.”

Goliath slowly stepped closer to the porch, stopping at the steps. When I got up and tried to get closer, Goliath darted away and ran into the bushes. He didn’t trust me.

But I was so lonely. Even big old mean cat like that could give me some sort of companionship.

I went inside and got some canned tuna, opening it up and setting it at the steps. After I retreated to my chair, Goliath returned. He smelled the tuna. He licked his chops and stared at the can, but he was nervous around me. So I went inside. When I came back a few minutes later, Goliath was focused on licking out the can.

I made a friend that day.

Goliath took forever to get used to me, the mistrusting kitty who had never felt a human’s touch. But he didn’t leave, he took to sleeping in the tire swing in the front yard. Greg never got around to taking the damn thing down when Dylan grew too old for it. Goliath showed up for lunch every day, I’d feed him tuna and chatter to him. He’d purr like a semi truck.

Then one day he brought a date- a gray tabby with a short tail and a missing eye.

I went to the store that night and invested in bulk bags of dry food and the canned stuff.

Duchess, the gray tabby, didn’t hesitate to make herself at home in the tree outside. Neither did the others. It was a trickle, and never consistent. One day I’d just have Goliath and Duchess, the next there would be six or seven meowing babies ready for lunch.

For the first time in years, I felt whole. Like I had a purpose again, to take care of these innocent creatures. Most wouldn’t come close, but Goliath had become my friend. While I watched the sun set, Goliath would sprawl across my lap and would purr when I scratched his ears.

But of course, the new neighbors didn’t take so kindly to my new friends.

It was one family in particular, the Hubbards. The Hubbards had five boys between seven and fourteen. All of them were incredibly ill behaved. This was the same family that tried to claim that the lovely Hakim family was building bombs in their garage (their eldest daughter was actually building an automatic feeder for their dog) and that the reason that one house down the street wasn’t selling was because we had Alec and Derek living together ‘in sin’. The poor couple actually moved away from how awful the harassment got.

So when the wife Carla saw me with my cats, she threw a fit. She slammed her trash bin shut and marched over to my yard. The shyer cats ran off to the backyard, while Goliath sat content on my lap, unamused by this intruder.

“What is with all these cats?” She snapped.

Goliath just yawned and licked his paw.

I nervously smiled. “Good afternoon, Carla. These are just some strays I like to take care of. They’re harmless, maybe a bit fleabitten but they do no harm.”

Carla huffed and glared at Goliath. “That one looks like a wildcat, he could hurt my boys! And why are you wasting money feeding these… these strays, when you could have been donating to the church food drive?!”

To calm my nerves, I stroked Goliath’s ears. “Goliath won’t hurt a soul that won’t hurt him. And I did donate.”

“Well clearly you had some to spare.” Carla flipped her hair over her shoulder, looking down her nose at me. “My son already says the neighborhood calls you a witch. Stop attracting these diseased animals or I’ll be forced to call the police!”

Goliath tilted his ears back and hissed. Almost instantaneously, all the other cats turned and started to circle Carla, lurking, hair standing up their backs and growling. The scene was unnerving, to say the least. Carla backed away, growing pale, before she screamed, “Get away from me!” She kicked Kirk across the lawn before she dashed off.

The cats immediately gathered around Kirk, licking his face and purring to soothe him. I got up to check on him, nothing was hurt except for the neutered tom’s pride. I reassured them, the police wouldn’t do a thing about my babies, they weren’t destroying property or using the other yards as their toilet. They didn’t even meow loudly at night.

Well, they didn’t.

That night became an entire chorus of yowls. I looked out of my bedroom window to see a whole clutter of cats gathered in the Hubbard’s front yard. There had to be at least twenty five to thirty. In front was Goliath, I could make out his quivering hollers out of the rest.

The minute a light would go on inside the house, the cats would scatter, leaving none in sight. I think a few times I saw Carla’s husband John pitch something out of the window, probably a bottle considering the crash of glass, but as far as I could tell none made it close to a feline target.

Even though it was wrong, I giggled like a schoolgirl before shutting off the light and going to bed. I’d had cats in the past. I could sleep through it.

The next morning Carla was banging on my door, clearly exhausted after a night with no sleep. A paper was shoved in my face, I almost got bopped across the nose.

“Your neighbors aren’t happy with you, Doris.” Carla had the nerve to look smug. “We petition that you take care of your cat problem, stop feeding them, hire an animal control service, just do it!”

I took the petition and read down the list of names. There wasn’t as many as Carla would make me think- and the families that did sign up were her lackeys, the ones who kept their negativity to themselves until someone spoke up about it.

I sighed and lowered the petition. “Carla, it wasn’t anything I did that made the cats loud last night. They were in your yard, weren’t they?” My turn to look smug.

That knocked the wind out of Carla’s sails. She stammered for a second before snatching the petition out of my hands. “This is your last warning. If you don’t do something about these cats, I will!” With that, she stormed off, and would’ve looked awfully haughty… had not Goliath darted from the bushes and tripped her. Carla fell flat on her nose and Goliath ran up to me, rubbing himself against my ankles and purring before entering my house.

That was the first time Goliath entered my house, I’d never tried to take him in. But I was determined to keep him. A trim of his fur to get out the worst of the mats, a bath, and a collar later, Goliath looked like a real prince. A champion of his breed.

He seemed to have a goal in mind though. That goal was to drive the Hubbards insane. It was war and Goliath was the general.

The nightly choruses were lessened, just enough so that the neighbors couldn’t hear so well but completely obnoxious to the Hubbard household. The grass was going dead from cats pissing in the yard, along with piles of dirt from where they handled their business. Dead birds were strewn across their yard, and I heard Carla screaming about the fact a cat had taken an enormous poop right outside her door, ruining her heels.

Goliath got an extra pat on the back for that.

But the Hubbards weren’t going to play nice. Every day their boys would ride past my yard, yelling obscenities and chucking rocks at the cats. The slower ones would get struck and they would mew and cry out in pain. When blood was drawn Goliath would usher them inside and I’d care for them for the night.

It was a step too far when John put rat poison in his yard.

Duchess, poor Duchess. She’d mistakenly eaten half of the tuna can left in his yard, laced with the deadly ground up pellets. I found her barely alive on my porch.

All I could do was take her inside and make her comfortable.

All the cats came in, through the windows, through the cracked door, I think even some made it up from the basement. There was probably fifty cats, all sitting around me and Duchess as she was curled up on my lap, each breath growing lighter and lighter.

Goliath was the most distressed, pacing around, mewing, licking Duchess’ head every few seconds. I never knew a cat could love so much. When Duchess went lax and her breath came no more, he yowled so loudly I’m sure the whole town could hear it. A grieving cat, who lost his friend and love.

It was exhausting to dig the grave, but I had to do it for her. Duchess was nothing but sweet once I’d gotten her to come around. The cats stayed with me, mewing in distress and nudging at the small coffin I’d crafted for Duchess out of a box and some paints. She was a lady and she was going out in style.

Her body was lowered, the dirt covering the box, and I went to bed. Goliath slept with me that night, and I swore I would occasionally awake to hear him cry.

The next day I could barely get out of bed, but Goliath nudged me awake.

I had to take care of the others still, after all.

Carla was swearing and screaming at her car when I exited the house, and I could barely believe it. A single cat didn’t have much strength, but an army? Oh boy. The car was covered in cat pee and feces, the antenna chewed off, one of the windows was somehow broken and the seats were torn to hell.

She turned and saw me, foaming at the mouth in anger. “You!” She stormed over, her fists clenched. Goliath nudged me back and I hid behind the door, my throat dry.

“Y… yes?”

I’m sure the woman would have punched me if I hadn’t had the door between us. Instead, Carla started screaming. “That was my birthday present! I don’t know how you’re doing this, but this ends. Now!”

I took a deep breath and stood as tall and brave as a sixty eight year old woman can. “You killed one of them. Rat poison. You asked for it.”

“Like you’re going to miss that one! What is the matter with you?!”

I heard the chorus of hisses and growls from under my porch, Carla jumped out of her skin and shivered. She took a deep breath and glared.

“I swear, if it’s the last thing I do, I’m going to make sure each and every one of these cats ends up in the pound or as roadkill. And I mean it!”

With that awful, awful threat, she stormed off. I stumbled onto the porch and sat on my chair, too nervous to stand. “Oh, Goliath, what am I going to do?” I whispered.

Goliath licked my hand. His way of telling me it would be okay.

That evening I decided to stay out late. Watch the moon and the stars. The cats stayed with me rather than attack the Hubbards’ yard. The sun had just gone down when I heard the sound of children’s bikes.

It was the Hubbard boys, and they were armed with rocks again, the three youngest aiming at the cats who darted and dodged under the porch or into my backyard. I’m not sure if the oldest two were aiming for me or it was just an accident, but one rock smacked right next to my head… and the other cut open my forehead.

I cried out as pain exploded across my face and blood started to drip down my face.

Every cat stopped.

Goliath mewed and licked my face before he turned.

The growl he made wasn’t a typical cat’s sound.

It was like a demon from hell.

Goliath leaped from my lap and trotted closer to the boys, fur puffing out and continuing to growl. The rest of the cats ceased running and grouped up. Some of them I didn’t even see leaped down from the tree. I had to have over seventy cats in my yard. I didn’t even know so many had ever come to see me.

The eldest boy stopped his bike, the others falling in behind him. He pulled another rock from his bag. “Stupid cat!” He pitched his arm back…

And Goliath went for his throat.

I don’t really remember what happened. I think I blacked out. What I can remember is that Goliath grew… big. Even bigger than he already was. Even bigger than a lion. And the rest of the cats swarmed behind him, a hive mind of violence and with only one goal- kill.

When I woke up, it was past midnight.

There was no sign of the bikes. No boys. No army of cats, either. Just a few left, licking at a puddle in the street where the bikes had been abandoned.. It was a dry summer. There hadn’t been a puddle there earlier.

I stumbled back to my room, the bed cold and empty of my cat. I fell asleep in bed and dreamed of the ripping of wet flesh and the crunching of bones.

The next morning I woke up and there was Goliath, sleeping across the other pillow. He was fine, he wasn’t hurt. I tried to ignore the smell of blood in his breath as he nudged my face to get me up.

There was no sign of any bikes, or puddles. Just a normal plain street like the one I’d gotten used to living on.

There wasn’t many of the cats today, only four plus Goliath. These ones that weren’t present last night, either- Chip, Dill, Biscuit, and Bambi. Bambi had sprawled across my lap and was purring when the police cruiser pulled into my driveway.

Dill hid under the porch while Biscuit and Chip ran up to say hello.

Officer Holly Silva stepped out, with Carla in tow. Carla looked like she’d been crying, but when she saw me she smirked. I sighed and looked for Goliath but he was nowhere to be seen.

“Ma’am?” Holly held up her badge, even though she knew I recognized her. “I need to speak with you, please.”

Carla’s grin grew darker.

I invited Holly inside and we sat at the table together. Carla invited herself in and was standing in the corner, looking around my pristine house. “Thought it’d be more of a mess than this, given the animals you have,” She grumbled.

Holly ignored Carla before clearing her throat and looking at me. “Listen, Doris. Last night two of Carla’s sons came home shredded up and claiming you sicced your cats on them.” Holly took this moment to conspicuously look at Biscuit and Chip played with a ball of yarn, still quite kitten-y. “Her older three never returned home. Have you seen them?”

I reached up and touched my forehead. “I can’t really remember, last night I got my head bumped something awful.” I looked meaningfully at Carla, who sneered back. “It’s not anything serious, but no, I don’t remember where the boys went. I think they just rode past the house on their bikes, they were saying some quite nasty things, but that’s all I remember.”

Holly nodded and wrote that down. “Thank you, ma’am. That’s all I needed to know.”

“What?!” Carla looked ready to blow her top. “This isn’t close to all of the cats she had! My sweet Alexander said there had to be a hundred! Over a hundred!”

Holly snorted and her lips twitched. She somehow managed to remain professional. “Mrs. Hubbard, if Doris really owned over a hundred cats, I don’t think she’d be able to hide them this well in this two bedroom house.”

“Well… well…” Carla stammered before she looked around. “Where’s that big one? The awful one, the one that attacked my sweet son!”

Goliath. Oh no. Holly looked at me. “Is this all of them? I’m sorry, I have to ask.”

I looked around. “Well… Goliath should be here. Goliath? Come here, boy, no one’s gonna hurt you.”

“The officer is going to put him down the moment she sees that monster, don’t you try to pretend otherwise!” Carla’s eyes were full of murder, I was nearly about to start crying.

“Mew?”

I looked down.

There was a fluffy kitten, with black and orange fur and bright amber eyes. He jumped into my lap before hopping onto the table and sniffing Holly.

Holly examined his collar. “So, this is Goliath?” She couldn’t help it, she immediately started giggling. “The ironic naming style, I dig it. Hey, buddy, do you smell David? He’s my German Shepherd, he’d love to take care of a sweet lil thing like you…”

Carla was completely flabbergasted. She opened her mouth and shut it a few times before saying, “No, that… that’s not Goliath! Goliath is huge! He’s practically a mountain lion!”

“All right, Mrs. Hubbard.” Holly stood up and scratched Goliath behind the ears, who purred and teasingly batted at her hand. “That’s quite enough, I think your boys probably just are out playing somewhere. Let’s go now, you can help coordinate the search.”

I saw them out, Carla was fuming and now I was the one grinning. Carla turned to me and hissed, “This isn’t over. I will get the gun myself, and when the real Goliath shows up, I’m putting a bullet in his head.” With that nasty threat, she stormed back to her house.

I closed the door and turned around.

There was Goliath, sitting so proud, his normal self.

Nervous, I went to my knees. “G… Goliath? How… how did you do that?”

Goliath stepped forward and just batted at my hair. But I swear he smirked.

A few days ago the bones of a few adolescent boys were found. Picked clean. Carla didn’t even try to come over, the marks on the bones were larger than anything a cat could make. The word through the grapevine is that it’s probably someone’s escape pet lion. Adopted it as a baby and let it go when it was no longer cute.

But tonight, I’m holding a party. I invited most of my neighbors, I did my hair up all pretty like. I’m no longer going to estrange myself from my neighbors. Holly will be there, with her dog David. So will the Hakim family, the eldest girl is going to bring her boyfriend and his band. I’ll have to clear out the dining room to give them enough space but they’re fond of classic rock. Everyone’s responded enthusiastically.

Even my son Dylan’s going to come home, and bring his wife and twin children.

That should be enough noise to cover up Goliath and his army handling the Hubbards and their goons. In in the morning it’ll be either be interpreted as a mysterious vanishing or written off as another animal attack.

After all… how could a single cat maul a human being?

[dragonwarriorgal]

Fate: The Winx Saga Finale - A Fanatic Heart

Ok. I got my BIG glass of red wine. I am doing this in front of my parents while they are watching Miss Marple (great family bonding moment with them, mostly from my dad, chuckling at my rage of watching this show) and I am watching Teen Drama with British teenagers. Let's. Do. This.

Bloom: *gasp* I'm special? Me: What, you want a dog treat next?

Ok, it was really funny that Rosalind's next line was "you wanna learn a new trick?"

Ruh, roh! Whoopsie poodles!

I just wanna say that we have had NO INFORMATION about Rosalind, other than she maybe is a master manipulator, but BY GOD IS SHE NONTHREATENING! I keep thinking that she will knit Bloom socks as soon as she gets free. Maybe it was on purpose, but even the way that she acts is so nonthreatening, EVEN WHEN SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MENACING!

Even when I am in a WELL LIT ROOM, I can't see shit!

Terra's dad: *goes over the list of every bad thing Terra, Musa and Stella has done in the past half hour, including releasing Rosalind* Me: Well technically, Bloom is the one who released Rosalind...

BUT YOU STILL BROKE INTO THE HEADMISTRESS'S OFFICE AND BROKE THROUGH HER SECRET TUNNEL! YOU STILL HELPED BLOOM WITH RELEASING BEATRIX AND ROSALIND! DON'T YOU DARE PUT YOUR IDIOCY AS YOUR MAIN EXCUSE!!!!

Ah, hello escape ex machina. AKA the guy THAT CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS!

Ok, hands down, Aisha is the only good character in this show. She can see through this BULLSHIT LOGIC!!!

I keep thinking that she brought Bloom here to get her a butterscotch.

"Blood Witches" Aseduan is here??? (The Witchlands book series for those who are curious about me reference)

And also, OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE! We have witches! ARGH!!!!!!!

*sigh* After following her order she left when you were a baby to "find me", releasing her from a magical coma, following her through a secret passage way out, getting to the stone circle with her to learn just how "special" and a good girl you are, YOU ARE JUST NOW FIGURING THAT OUT????!!!!

And no mention or hurt from Sky THAT SHE DRUGGED HIM AND LEFT HIM ALONE!!!!

(I am not wasting space on my pc for this screenshot) Dane: Beatrix cares about you Riv. Me: *pretentious scoff*

Oh, sorry, he is ONLY NOW MENTIONING IT! Also you see how I CAN'T SEE SHIT! Bloom is RIGHT BESIDE HIM! ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN!

Can you imagine being the Head Grip on this show when they were shooting? HG: Director dude, we need more lights if the audience have any chance of seeing anything in this scene, other than those random background character running with flashlights. Director: No, you don't understand, we NEED that cool ass globe with the moving ocean we showed in the very first episode! It is essential to this story!

Because I can't scream right now in front of my parents:

Sums up the entire problem I have with this episode.

That was the most PATHETIC MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH IN TV HISTORY!

I would forgive this show just a tiny bit if Dowling just yeets Bloom at the Burned Ones just so they can satisfy their Bloom murder boner they have for some reason.

Apparently, according to Dowling, (in this final episode btws), water fairies are good at leadership and control.

Is this going to be the first teen drama TV show ever to have an M/M/F relationship? (I am not going on a google hunt to find out)

If Beatrix was on Rosalind's side since the beginning, WHO THE HELL WAS THIS "HE" THAT THEY MENTIONED IN THE SECOND EPISODE?????!!!!?!?!?!!

I have been constantly rolling my eyes this past minute, and I need a break.

Why the fuck should I remember Doris, AND WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE?

Again, I have heard little to NOTHING bout Sky's dada, we have only learned his name IN EPISODE 5! WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE THAT SILVA KILLED HIM! Oh, god. I get it now. *sigh*

ONLY 26 AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT?

I am absolutely livid

Me: *all of a sudden punches a pillow* My dad: Why are you forcing yourself to watch this? Me: You don't understand, I have watched and reviewed those last five episodes, I only have 23 minutes left. I HAVE to finish this, even though I only get a couple of likes for this.

Ok, I get why Aisha is there, BUT WHY STELLA?! Also sorry for screenshot every 2 minutes, BUT GOD!

PFFT- OH MY GOD! ARE THEY ACTUALLY TRYING FOR A TRANSFORMATION SCENE RIGHT NOW?!?!??!?! PFFT-HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHA!!!!

Ah, thank you,*wipes eyes* I needed that laugh after all that anger I felt this episode.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING MY SOME ANSWERS IN YOUR SEASON 2 BAITING!

Bloom destroys the Burned 1s after the most ridiculous fight scene/transformation scene and leaves her weak and her "friends" are now tucking her into her bed, what's next a bed time story?

And straight back into numbness...*sigh*

??????

Weirdest. Teen angst scene. Ever.

15 minutes left of this episode and the "final fight" is already over... I guess it is time for predictable season 2 baiting...*sigh*

I hate this "forgiveness and hindsight" scene with Bloom and Dowling with all my being.

"While I plan on revealing that your real daughter died and I have been a changeling and you there is a really good chance that you might kick me out and disown me and even physically hurt me?"

10 more minutes and there have already been 3 pop songs these past 10 minutes.

are you fucking kidding me? THE WHOLE SCENE WITH HER TELLING HER PARENTS THE TRUTH IS IN A FUCKING MONTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care if there is an after credit scene, as soon as I see any name pop out on the screen I am OUT!

Great, 8 and a half minutes of Season 2 baiting

Surprize motherfucker! Also OH. MY. GOD! 

I want to throw something

Oh my God, Beatrix's dad AKA "HIM" is Andreas (Sky's dad)*groan* (I predicted it literally 1 second before it was revealed)

Did...did Dowling just die... huh...

YEET!

Stay tuned for either tomorrow or Sunday for my thoughts on this show, because there are some elephants that I did not go into because I didn’t want this to be a long post (ironic right?), like for example: The whole modernization and the Burned 1s, the awful wardrobe and many more. The future post will be more of a cohesive review other than this live reaction series.

[keyandraven]

Hello!

And now for something completely different!

This blog is a joint blog of sorts run by a witch as well as a gnostic Christian (with mystic/druid leanings).  It’s a thing just for us on our respective spiritual journeys, really, but in the event we share information or something we choose to blog about happens to help a random bypasser, hey, so much the better!

And seeing as how this blog may or may not find exposure in spiritual communities, a few things we want to make clear about this blog:

- We don’t believe our paths are any better, any more true, or that they’re somehow more ‘authentic’ than anyone else’s.  Everyone’s journey is unique, and the truth is rather like the top of a mountain, there are all kinds of ways to reach it!

- Neither of us believe in concepts like Hell, nor a godhead that’s hunky-dory with damning people for not following what we believe in.

- In other words, so long as your respective path doesn’t involve trampling the rights of/appropriating from marginalized groups, and as long as your path respects the paths of others (harmful paths notwithstanding), it’s cool!

- This blog will be safe for LGBTQA+.  ‘Phobes and TERFs, you know where the back button is.  And no, you will not be engaged with and your discourse will not be given a platform here.  Your ass will just get blocked and we’ll call it a day.  So how ‘bout you don’t waste your time or ours, hm?

- Racism and neo-nazism?  Yeah, no.  We ain’t having that crap on this blog.  Nope.  Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 dollars.

- On a similar note, if we happen to reblog or share information from problematic sources, we’d appreciate a heads-up!  We’ll try to research sources to the best of our abilities, buuuut we’re not infallible and we won’t even pretend to be.

I guess that’s it.  Now all that’s left is to... get a decent looking layout for this thing.  This ought to be fun to watch.  8′)

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12x11 watching notes

For once I think it's kind of obvious what my expectations are if you've been reading my blog... I also was spoiled last night after it aired that my favourite reoccurring guest star is in it, but on the other hand there's a ton of second hand embarrassment... I've just got back from yoga so let's try and be zen and enjoy it :P

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Also it's not a plot episode so I can be a bit more chill and enjoy the MotW nonsense without writing 100 miles of meta. I hope

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Witches! (we already knew that, I'm just putting another note into "the only actual monster we've seen so far has been the one werewolf and one vampire Mary killed and everyone else has been a human, angel or demon this season" jar

I need a better label for that jar

Anyway from the looks of things this episode is all about a very human fear that just happens to be tripped by witchcraft and it would be a fucking waste not to milk it for 99% of the episode)

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Holy shit they used the "poor little guy" from 3x09 that always breaks my heart. Are they really churning up old Edlund stuff so much that the recap was 90% 3x09 and they decided to give Dean a bunny BECAUSE of his broken heart at the sight of the dead bunny in 3x09?

I really hope Edlund is watching this season and laughing like crazy

Anyway before the promo is even over, we have an interesting point of thought for the episode, and a comparison back to Dean revealing a weird vulnerability for no reason in the middle of a case. And more Edlund parallels than you can shake a stick at.

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Oh good the cold open is the witch who curses Dean... Definitely going to milk this for all it's worth. This is like fan fics where the first like 3 paragraphs are "and then they met a witch and it cursed them and then ran off or got killed" and all the rest is just whatever they actually wanted to write.

More Dean running around in woods (Purgatory callbacks), and mirroring a few episodes which started with the traditional cold open victim actually being the monster pursued by hunters.

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Dean waking up lying in the forest on the ground... He's done that a few times, in more dire circumstances I've seen paralleled together - 11x01 and 5x04. Interestingly I guess knocked out both times by a dark mirror to himself but who would never actually harm him. There's something peaceful about the way he has the bunny hanging out with him.

It makes him seem harmless too.

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You know I could stop watching this show right here... I've seen 12x10 and now I've seen Dean Winchester calmly pick up a rabbit and call it "buddy" I mean... is there even anywhere to go from here?

But I've heard Kuma is in the episode so I shall press on

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Like, emotionally though, I think the show might be over for me :P

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The town is called "Eureka Springs" which is kind of funny, because of the double water association and of course the association to revelation and learning. We gonna get a  big scientific discovery about Dean outside of the now doubly confirmed fact that rabbits are his favourite animal?

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KUMA

Oh dang he's got a big part here... Do I gif all of it?

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I should probably backtrack because I was just reading myself writing about 2x20 for some reason this morning (I think I was looking for something else completely unrelated) and I stumbled on a little discussion about subverting it or, well, its obvious relevance now Mary is around. The woman with the stroller assumes Dean is homeless and tells him not to buy a drink when she gives him some cash, which I guess was a thing in that episode that everyone assumed Dean was a drunk. It's a tiny detail (I mean, he IS an alcoholic, although functioning better than usual and his drinking has got a lot better since he lost the Mark) but if we're peeling back Dean, I think an interesting little one to start with.

I mean, we've started with Purgatory!Dean, and Actual Fluffy Bunny Lover Dean, so... it's a bit wild.

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Dean remembers Sam's number.

Not where he is though.

Waffles! I'm with Dean here.

I too drop everything in a crisis when waffles are an option and someone's just paid me to leave them alone.

(Okay that's never happened - I'm delightful)

"What psycho doesn't love waffles" I mean come on even METATRON loved waffles, although they did not love him. Which is perhaps a more important sign of how dreadful he was :P

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Ah jeeze I really want waffles.

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Promo scene!

We have NO idea what Dean did the night before, so the thing with the girl is even more out of context... I wonder what it will end up being about? He looked like he was pretty busy hunting that witch last night. Events do not add up.

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Sam has been convinced by Dean asking for painkillers that it's a hangover, and I think *Dean*, knowing himself, might think he just got blackout drunk somehow. The woman telling him not to buy a drink remains vaguely important, thematically...

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Sam also is getting concerned, and makes a general life advice warning to Dean to stop drinking so much.

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Okay the girl who slapped Dean comes in, looks at him and goes "oh my god" and is ushered away by her friend - did THAT happen in the promo?

No, no it did not. Her response is given way more attention here - that was definitely edited out for the promo. Crafting the scene to look like something different. Huh. (I mean I know they've used different takes in promos, like in 10x01 using one which completely changed how much of a jerk Demon!Dean looked from the finished product... They do really manipulate these things.)

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I really like how we're dumped on this case like Dean is - we only have one advantage, that we're already aware he's cursed while he isn't. Aside from that, we seem to be discovering it like Dean is, like how Sam springs the idea we're going to the morgue next on us.

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Also did Dean lick his knife more intently in the promo asking for a friend

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Huh I don't think her interaction with him has changed very much - I'm pretty sure she did just say hi then slap him in the promo too. The way she stopped when she saw him though is very suspicious because she sounded so horrified to see him.

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Oh no Sam and Dean are wearing nice coats with their suits. I guess there's gonna be a lot of gifs :P

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Really pretty morgue technician with no lines. Honestly if she doesn't get killed off that will mean finally after a lousy streak, we make it through an episode without a black woman being killed.

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Well the first thing to go is Dean's ability not to be squeamish and weird. There's definitely a text post out there making fun of Dean for spending a year in Purgatory covered in guts, but getting weird about using a public telephone. Well, whatever barrier Dean has up about guts is aaall gone.

Please don't puke, we've made it over a season without you puking on screen and we're doing so well.

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Oh no is this where Dean crashes the car. He's disappearing fast :< I thought that might be later in the episode.

I suppose Sam has to realise eventually that something is wrong with Dean.

I can't believe Sam lets Dean drive when he's "plastered"... I mean he must drive over the legal limit basically all the time and Sam's used to it, but can we just... make this a "wear seatbelts" road safety episode? Please take that car away from him, Sam.

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OH NO Sam takes this moment for honesty hour - "Makes me want to crawl into a bottle too" - when Sam is drinking we KNOW it because he so rarely does it as a coping mechanism. I am indescribably sad about him saying that he feels this way :(

I mean I just take it for granted that Dean feels like shit so it's easier to deal with that :P I've been worried about Sam all season and he gives so few clues it's basically a pictures on a board linked with red string scenario to deduce if he's happy or not >.>

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FINDING DORY REFERENCE

"Not going to apologise for loving that fish. Not to you, not to anyone." Dean has his barriers down and he does not care who knows he likes watching Disney movies. And the fact that it's probably Sam he's most prickly around when it comes to protecting that facade... Sam is, well, gonna learn a lot about Dean he feels like he probably didn't want to know :P

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Honestly, Dean is me trying to remember the names of common household appliances.

There's something really bitchy about the way Sam labels the light stick and then covers the rest of the room in post it notes, even though Dean hasn't forgotten what they all are yet.

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Rowena! :D Mostly because Dean doesn't want to bother Mom or Cas... I notice something there - Cas is someone who a few years ago they'd have absolutely bothered for some weird magical problem. Now Dean wants to keep EMOTIONALLY distant from them because they're his family and he doesn't want to worry them/them to see him like this/him to blurt anything he doesn't remember he isn't supposed to say... In this case the fact that Dean DOESN'T want to call Cas for help sure says a lot more about how much he likes him.

Anyway Rowena is a badass and I love how she gets into these weird scenarios. This one is much better than all the finding a rich husband and killing him malarky - fleecing rich dudes over rigged poker games is definitely more empowering :P

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Okay yeah one of those post it notes says "Wall" - there is definitely a montage we missed of Sam being a hilarious bitch about it to Dean, and they're only phoning for help once it got kind of really not funny any more.

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I wish we saw that

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Dean and his "ICE BUCKET" what a tragedy

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"All these dumps look the same" Dude, don't be rude to Wanek. I'll assume this is because you can't REMEMBER them.

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Also the whole, living in a billion motels and until recently never having a place to call home thing - I was joking ages ago about Dean keeping a scrapbook about all the weird motels they went to or stealing mementos from them to remember the truly tacky ones... But the idea that almost all of them completely blur in his mind and he just doesn't notice or appreciate the differences...

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I love using Dean's "the last thing I kinda sorta remember" to take us to the office. They mentioned Memento but honestly I'm still thinking "Dude where's my car" although I know Dabb hasn't watched that because he's deathly afraid of Emus, so it's possible Glynn had to sell the Memento angle despite having other things in mind.

Like Finding Dory

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Dean steals a cigar (or two) - more implications that he smokes. I suppose when an angel heals you regularly or you were immortal for like a year and a half you kind of don't think of the consequences. I know some people don't really *smoke* smoke, but would have a good cigar if it came their way like this... I think Dean kind of has smoked in phases through the show, especially when he was younger, never mind all the implications he smokes weed, so... him stealing a few cigars is just more sneaky referencing this.

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To the bar! Hey, waitress Dean got slapped by!

We have more stuff with the names and badges - Dean messing up getting his badge out in time because he forgets to do it, forgetting what their cover is... Basically, a little demonstration that he's forgetting their covers in general - HIS covers in general. The FBI identity is something I've written reams on so I won't go into it but yeah it's his Performing!Dean next layer up, and what he does with it can often tell us stuff about how he's acting with his more sturdy and thorough Performing!Dean layer underneath, before we get to fluffy bunny lover Dean who watches Finding Dory.

Anyway she calls him out for using ANOTHER name the night before, and he's like "sometimes we have to lie to protect our cover" which is the most Dean saying ever.

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Oh hey and then as usual with the badge thing, a moment later we're slammed with something RIDICULOUS like, for example:

"And then you hit the bull." "What??" < both Winchesters "Oh yeah, you had the hots for Larry as soon as you walked in." "He - you... rode Larry?" *Dean shrugs like whatever* "Was I good?"

yeah so that's not a coded conversation that sounds SUPER FUCKING GAY out of context and considering the "hots for Larry" comment, doesn't do so badly IN context, especially as it's such a, uh, suggestive thing :P There's a girl riding it in the background and yeah, the whole movement to keep on the bull? I know it seems like a manly sport, but it involves a lot of writhing and pelvic movement and that bull is like as masculine an icon as you can get.

And Dean had the hots for it

oh god :P

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Worked to win the waitress over anyway :P

And she apologises for taking advantage of him. Wow. I don't think Sam and Dean even know what all those words mean put together in that order. :P

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"First action in I don't know how long, and it's like it never even happened. Figures." "See now that's comedy"

When WAS the last time Dean hooked up? Back in season 11 some time... 11x13 it was suggested. (I have a lot of Snymelo vibes from this episode)

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Honestly Cas is living right at the Bunker just man up and go talk to him and I guarantee that I could get you some action in about 2 lines of dialogue if you let me...

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(Sadly last episode actually convinced me that there's really good reasons Cas hasn't made a move and Dean is pining unsuccessfully after him so I can't even be mad :P)

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"It's like watching myself on netflix" Aw

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"I know how to shoot a gun!??"

:D Oh sweetie

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Sam giving Dean the Talk.

No that sort of talk. the "monsters are real" talk.

You know who does that? CRAZY PEOPLE.

Nope, "Awesome. That's awesome."

He's feeling a bit better about the job I guess than back in Yellow Fever where he had the equivalent moment.

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Aw he found a torch! He's so happy! "I'll man the flashlight" Yeah this is Yellow Fever again :P

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Oh god we're only 18 minutes what can possibly-

Jesus Christ Siren Episode reference You've not talked about that for EIGHT YEARS.

See, last night I compared these 2 episodes before this one ever aired with the assumption that the Yellow Fever parallels might be obvious but the Siren Episode would only be a sort of leech onto that because of its own parallels to Yellow Fever so we would have to walk through YF as an intro to the Siren Episode and how it could be applied to this one

(Sue me I was already planning the meta and this episode is following the exact same pattern as Yellow Fever and the Siren Episode so I'm feeling really vindicated, right about now :P)

The point I made LAST night was that Sam had been reading Dean wrong all this time and messing up his chance to understand him in the previous episodes. This time, Sam doesn't really have any reason why he'd get Dean wrong? The enemy of the season is miscommunication and not understanding Dean is Sam's biggest miscommunication.

Whether he's taking advantage of Dean's cheerful no-memory state, and the suspicion Dean won't remember him bringing it up again or what, Sam feels secure telling Dean about the Siren, at least I assume not telling Dean HE was attracted to it, but that this is a thing that happens. Dean can't lash out, Dean doesn't feel defensive... He just takes this information as Sam tells it to him without being weird about it.

The fact Sam remembered and wanted to tell Dean though... Well, like I said, Yellow Fever and the Siren Episode are basically the same thing ESPECIALLY from Sam's perspective. Here he is for the 3rd time and Dean's all fucked up again, and no wonder Sam remembers.

He also mentioned Djinn "not granting wishes" which means my reference to 2x20 earlier was super legit. *more smugness*

(sorry :P This episode is fun. I like that the new writers have watched the show)

Anyway, I'll be thriving off that reminder for a while :D Better carry on watching before I get sucked into a vortex of comparing episodes before I even know how this one goes.

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Aw Sam calls it "the Talk"

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"Best job ever!"

Dean thinks they sound like heroes, Sam, who has the lived experience, voices some actual goddamn complaints about the job. GO SAM. I guess he's thinking Dean won't remember this conversation and so he can voice some things.

So HE does the "you know who does that? CRAZY PEOPLE" speech that Dean didn't make.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAH Bloody handprint. "Our best friend's an angel! WHaaaaaat!!!" I worry :P

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Cas will be fine, I don't think Jared's even had his 3rd kid yet. Misha needs to give them all paternity leave by having more Cas-centric episodes.

What a beautiful set up. Smol babies and more Cas.

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But yeah something horrid might happen to Cas briefly.

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Also Sam told Dean that he was "our best friend" and so Dean is totally failing to grasp exactly what Cas means to him.

He probably only remembers Sam as well as he does because he's right in front of him - if Dean had been with Mary or Cas he'd have forgotten the other 2

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"Is that a dead guy?"

Dean looks grossed out but also "Cool!" because dead monster.

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Witches! These guys seem like fun people.

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"I want my family back" she says while having Mary's hair and looking at the dead guy.

Oh dear.

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"Is that a dead guy?"

Sam needs to get a post it note for the dead guy.

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ROWENA

"your hair is so bouncy" I think Dean is full of cute observations like this he's just never allowed to say and I think that's so sweet I might barf.

(You should hear how he talks about Cas ANYWAY)

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Dean remembers porn but not quality TV oh dear >.> Sam puts Scooby Doo on for him, which I guess is sort of Dean's role in this episode :P More dogs on TV - reminder of the second "dog that thinks it's people" line with the person who said it the first time in the room...

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"Dean Winchester is going to die." "Sucks for that guy!" Well at least he's happy :P

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Sam drags him away for a toilet conversation

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Dean briefly regains a sense of self and is miserable

Sam why did you do that

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"You know, I've seen my brother die, but watching him become... not him. This might actually be worse" Please, you watched him descend into the Mark of Cain and then babysat demon!Dean for an episode, this isn't new :P

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OH SHIT here's the "my name is Dean Winchester" speech and it's delivered directly into a mirror I am not going to make it

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That was terrible also can I have a new heart something happened to this one *shows a box of shards to the cashier*

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Sam don't be bitchy to Rowena when she's the only one who can help.

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And Dean is struggling to remember anything

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Oh nooooo

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Poor Dean :( :( :(

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or whoever he is

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Sam is putting Dean's life on the line to be weird about Rowena helping them.

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OH NO Dean's still struggling with it

"I don't know"

*wails*

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"Stop touching everything!"

I kind of love poor Dean when he's like this :( He's so sweet and... I don't know. Living in the moment because that's all he's got.

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Also who is that voodoo doll of because they're having a terrible day too.

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Aww Rowena already hates the British Men of Letters, so I guess she'll be helping later.

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"These witches sound like dicks. I think you have plenty of snuff."

Dean interpreted that she was talking about herself despite not knowing anything. Dean is good at subtext.

Also that has real echoes of "Doug's a dick, you deserve better" which made me squeee over Dean x Donna although obviously as the waitress said, it would be completely taking advantage of Dean so Rowena better not butter him up too much while his barriers are down. Especially as Dean has a "ugh witches!" gag reflex while himself.

It's also interesting that this is a barriers down thing for him to say. He was still getting over ACTUALLY being roofied when they talked to Donna that time, and I didn't think Dean was totally out of it there because he was engaged quite well in the conversation, but heh, it's an interesting comparison.

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"What a gift not to remember the things you've done!"

Oh no don't TELL him, Rowena.

"You're a killer" "scores of people" *gagging* "the greater good" (hey we had a "the greater good" earlier this season, right? I was laughing about the parallels to Hot Fuzz... Was it something the BMoL said? I see to recall paralleling their control of England to the baddies' control of the village)

I like that Dean and Rowena both have a gag reflex about each other's professions. But really loving this dynamic.

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He might forget in a minute that Rowena told him he was a killer, at least.

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Rowena having honesty hour because like Sam she's assuming Dean won't remember this (as you might have guessed I am fascinated about what Dean DOES remember about this)

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"Power's what matters" Oh my god she's had actual character growth about this because of having to watch God and Amara suck at being the most powerful beings in the universe. Haaa.

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Rowena does love nose-booping Dean

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Sam is being pretty dangerous and scary in that way he gets when Dean is dying. Why do I get the feeling he's about to get a lesson in  being reckless.

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I wonder what the butterflies symbolise. We've seen them on the show before, but in very different contexts. Hope someone else is on that because I have no immediate ideas. Like that they re-animate to cause harm. Not sure how much symbolism here for what though :P

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Aw Rowena does care :D in her own way. No respect for the car. Pfft.

(I feel like someone's gonna be all "Dean remembered Sam when he was in danger!"  but the phone is right there with his name on so I'm not sure)

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Having Gideon laid out like that is pretty ominous...

"We can bring him back!"

Yeah, okay, that was fairly obvious since he was still in the room the whole time :P

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Wow guess they're swapping Sam for him or something.

- Aw Rowena wearing a long black coat and being badass.

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Eeeeee more Rowena backstory.

I love her so much.

I mean everything we learn about her is so sad but it makes her motivations to be badass and not take any shit and obtain wealth and have nice hair really sympathetic :P

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I am really loving how they're making Rowena more sympathetic.

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Grenade launcher: DENIED

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I swear to god this had better be building to Dean shooting it in 12x23 as the crowning moment of awesome for the season or what is even the point

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Are these all Rowena's notes or did Sam leave the ones in the trunk

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Whoever did it (I shall have to look at your handwriting again) you did good.

BUT

It was using Dean as a weapon. He had no idea who he was, no purpose, just these orders/suggestions and he went on instinct, couldn't even talk, COULD fire a gun, and had enough instinct to load the gun, walk into the house, and fight the witches.

I'm reminded of 9x21 (which I will be watching up next! Aaaah the dang rewatch! And GAVIN coming back...... Although maybe the new and improved Rowena might make that more interesting)... Whoops I... forgot... What I was saying. Uh. 9x21. Dean in the middle of the dark decent. Goes to kill Abaddon (mirrored in the fight with Lily and Ishim last episode), and for the entire scene from the moment he comes in the door, I think until they leave the building, Dean does not speak a word. He just goes in there on instinct, charges Abaddon, and pushes through he wall-shoving to get her, all on this brutal killer instinct that Rowena has reminded Dean he had.

Dean with no sense of self was very cute and goofy, but he retained his moral code (killing monsters bad, person who kills monsters hero) and he retained his killer instinct, so stripping him right down like that, I think this was the message of what has been programmed deepest into Dean, the things that would go last when everything else about him was disappearing. And considering I've been working through the last few episodes of season 9 lately, I'm chilled. :S Especially that the back up plan was to throw Dean at them as a weapon (I wonder if Rowena did it then, because Sam didn't have the thought Dean would do it, unless he labelled it all when they knew it was witches, but earlier in the episode when he was going on  his labelling spree)

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Dean takes Sam on total trust as well about who is the witch and who is his brother. We don't know if that was his instinct or being obedient to what he was told... I'm guessing this is going to be something with 2 readings.

I'm assuming the cheap answer is the love of his brother runs that deep and instinctively he would know.

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Why was Sam NOT at the restoration... Aside from for setting up "who's this hippy"

I mean they even used the sad family music! What jerks :P

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Probably best to piss Sam off immediately so to avoid soppy hugs.

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"Can't believe you called Rowena" "Can't believe you rode Larry" "Hey, I was awesome on that bull."

THAT'S your take away from this, Sam? I mean I'm thrilled but that's just... hilarious.

Especially as they don't mention the waitress again so the reminder is all about Larry and not about Dean's other conquest of the night :P I’m laughing.

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Does this episode end with Sam leaving the super powerful book of spells on top of the impala and Dean drives off and it falls in the street

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I say this because I'm feeling emotional about Rowena implying Dean should talk to her if he remembers their conversation, and Sam is now talking about how he's jealous of Dean's no-memories buzz

Dean is like “our life sucks but if I was happy I wouldn’t have a shot at hooking up with an angel”

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Okay no Sam took the book of witchcraft.

That doesn't bode well at all.

*she says vibrating with pent up frustration about how witch!Sam is being teased roughly twice a week with no pay off since like... ever*

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Yay I knew we'd get to see Dean riding Larry at the end.

because this is Yellow Fever.

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I like Yellow Fever.

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This is sort of embarassing having all of the other Dean stuff in there... You should have just stuck with him and Larry

Let them have a moment.

This is their song.

[shirtlesssammy]

Regarding Dean: Recap

Then:

We wonder why the rabbit always gets screwed in the deal.

Now:

Dean Winchester chases a bleeding man through a dark forest. The man pauses behind a tree to make a phone call of warning. “Listen to me. Get out of there.” Dean shoots at the man, but misses. The chase continues. Finally, the man is too weak to run. 

Dean finds him by a tree, and instead of shooting him, he gives the guy a “Got You” speech and enough time for him to cast a spell, which lights the sky purple and sends Dean flying through the air. I think we’re dealing with a witch here, folks.

Dean awakens the next morning, still in the forest, Andrew Dabb is righting some wrongs here, because the bunny is safe and sound.

His phone broken, Dean wanders into a more pedestrian area, borrowing a phone to alert Sammy of his whereabouts. He seems a little confused and out of it. I guess I would be too if I spent the night in the forest after getting zapped by a witch. Before Sam can really get a word in edgewise, Dean sees a sign for “Waldo’s Waffles”, and tells his brother to meet him for breakfast. He’s starving.

Dean’s right. Look at these fluffy monsters:

The boys meet up and Sam wants the lowdown on what happened with Dean. He left the night before to get some food, and now he’s dirty, disheveled, and has one hell of a hangover. Dean doesn’t remember his evening. 

Dean also doesn’t remember Kelly, and her devil baby drama. Sam’s starting to put it together that something’s not right, but then he’s seen Dean hungover enough not to question his antics too much. Sam gently inquires if Dean is still drunk, but Dean doesn’t think so. Sam then reminds him that the morgue will be open soon. They’re working a case. Time to get your shit together, Dean. Dean does remember the dead accountant, and lack of anything remotely supernatural. Do they even have a case to work?

The brothers head out, but not before Dean gets slapped by a woman who seems to know him --even if he doesn’t remember her. Hmm, something is definitely up! It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Dean with a random hook-up (he is married after all!), but he wouldn’t pretend to not remember the woman the next day. He’s always been pretty proud of his sexual conquests (or at least presenting that image to the world).

At the morgue, the boys take a look at the victim, and the evidence surrounding his death. They find a hex bag. “Ugh, witches.” Right-o Dean. If you could only remember how true that is! They head out to track down some of the accountant’s clients, to maybe figure out who would hire a witch to kill the man. Once in the Impala, Dean struggles to figure out which key starts the car. Sam’s looks of incredulity are priceless. They only grow more priceless when Dean smashes the car into a couple newspaper stands.

Sam gives his brother a lecture on getting it together, but Dean can’t really concentrate, his vision and hearing wavering in and out. Sam tries to focus his attention with a couple “Dean”s, but his brother only responds with, “Who’s Dean?” Oof.

Back at the motel, Sam wonders if Dean was hexed. Ya think? Dean insists he’s fine, and that he is a fan of Dory the fish. Of course you are, Dean. He can’t name all the members of Bon Jovi or remember what a light stick is though. Sam starts labeling everything with sticky notes.

Sam needs help from the only friendly witch they know, Rowena. She’s busy swindling her way through a poker game (love the jazzy music), but still has time to help the Winchesters. She posits that maybe it was the Obliviate Spell, which can be reversed by killing the witch. (Remember when witches were just about the only thing they let live at the end only because they didn’t know how to kill them? The Men of Letters are good for something.) Sam turns to tell Dean the good news, only to find him gone. He frantically heads outside in search of his brother. He finds him on another level of the motel, trying to get into a wrong motel room. “All these dumps look the same.” In order to kill the witch, they’re going to have to retrace Dean’s evening. No problem! Ha.

They start by heading to the victim’s office. Dean nabs a cigar off the man’s desk. “Douche tax,” he says with a chuckle. “Yeah, you did that yesterday, too.” Oh, Sam. Next, the boys hit a couple burger joints, until they find the one with Dean’s waffle woman waitressing. She’s still pissed, but they explain they’re FBI, and that Dean might have been roofied the night before. She’s skeptical but humors them by replaying the previous evening's events. Dean ordered burgers to-go, drank four tequila shots, put some “sick jams” on the juke, and the rode Larry, the mechanical bull. Was he already hexed because this seems a little regressive and ooc for Dean. Maybe I just don’t like to see Dean in these situations anymore. Sam acts shocked, but Dean only asks the waitress if he was good. Her look and response of “You were amazing” made it clear she wasn’t talking about the mechanical bull. They were supposed to meet up after her shift, but Dean never showed. Security camera footage reveals Dean chasing after their witch. Sam recognizes him from a picture on the victim’s wall.

They head outside the bar, and while Sam retraces the prior evening's events, Dean is hit with another wave of wobbly vision/hearing. He then is shocked that there are such things as witches. Things are getting worse. Sam gives Dean “the talk” on monsters and their life (Shout out to Dean’s siren being a dude!). Dean is pretty jazzed about their lives (especially that their best friend is an angel.)

They eventually locate the spell glyphs...and the dead witch. So, not the Obliviate spell after all.

After our heroes leave the woods two people run up and find the dead body. “Hunters!” the woman exclaims. “Poor Gideon...” They talk about the accountant's death – he stole from them so they killed him. The man urges her to consider running before the hunters find them. “I want my family back,” the woman says as she stares down at her dead brother.

Back at the hotel Dean and Sam examine the photo of Gideon's body.

Dean: Never seen a dead guy before.

Sam: Yeah, you have.

Me: Aw, Dean Bean.

There's a knock on the door so Dean opens it to reveal Rowena! Dean doesn't recognize her and she smiles and swans into the room. Dean “Fluffy Bunny” Winchester comments on how bouncy her hair is, causing Rowena to ask Sam if they really have to fix him. And, I mean, she's not wrong. This Dean is adorable. Adorkable?

Rowena identifies the glyphs as an archaic form of Celtic that can be traced back to druidic times - and a single family. Sam parks Dean in front of the electric babysitter and has him watch some skinemax cartoons. We learn from Rowena that Gideon, Boyd, and Catriona Louglin (and the rest of the witchy clan) reigned over a small town on the Mississippi delta until they were discovered by hunters and scattered. Much of their power centered around a druidic spellbook, the Black Grimoire. Witches came from all over the world to study with them. Since Gideon's death didn't break the curse they'll have to find the spellbook to find a way to reverse it fast enough to save Dean's life. She threatens, “Soon he'll forget how to speak, how to swallow. Then Dean Winchester's going to die.”

“Sucks for that guy,” Dean interjects. Sam sighs deeply.

Sam and Dean settle in the bathroom for a heart to heart. (Why the bathroom? Privacy? Did Dean have to puke again?) Anyway, Sam fills Dean in on his life and the potential life threatening nature of the Obliviate curse. Dean confesses that he can feel the curse, the memories, slipping out of his head. Sam promises to save him and heads back out to Rowena.

“How is he?” Rowena asks.

“You know I've seen my brother die,” Sam tells her. “But watching him become not him...” That might be worse.

In the bathroom, Dean tries to center himself. He splashes water on his face and begins to rehearse. “My name is Dean Winchester. Sam is my brother. Mary Winchester is my mom. And Cast-- Cas is my best friend.” Interspersed with the following scene, the line cascades into failure until all that's left is silence.

In the hotel room, Rowena urges Sam to find the spell book. Sam calls her on this, saying that the book is why she's here to help the Winchesters. Sam heads off to get the book and orders Rowena to stay behind. In a bit of a logical/narrative lapse, he tells her that Dean can't be left alone and he can't trust Rowena. Clearly the intention is to say that he can't trust Rowena to not just run off with the book... Rowena questions his ability to force the Louglins to just hand over the counter spell. In response, Sam Fucking Winchester pulls out his gun.

Rowena and Dean hang out in the hotel room as Rowena sets up an altar for whatever spellwork may be required. She swats Dean away from messing with her spell supplies and hands him a hex doll. “Play with this and I'll tell you a story,” she tells him, ever the exasperated parent.

“Once a beautiful witch was – again – run out of her homeland by those pompous, self-righteous, murderous hooligans. You know them as the British Men of Letters.” (Me: a connection! Yessss more Rowena to come this season.) She escaped, sought refuge with a family of witches, and was tossed out on the curb. Dean plays with the doll as her tale unspools.

“These witches sound like dicks,” Dean tells her.

Rowena is delighted by this. “What a gift not to recall the things you've done.” When Dean professes ignorance about his past Rowena purrs, “Oh you're a killer, Dean Winchester.” And, once again, she's not wrong here. She does concede that he's done it all “for the greater good.”

“Oh and that's supposed to make it okay,” Dean asks out of his well of self-loathing.

Rowena confesses to him. She's done horrible things for power. Then she met Chuck and Amara – the two most powerful beings in the universe – and they wasted their time mired in family squabbles. “If they can't be happy or at least satisfied, how can there be any hope for me?” Dean asks why she's confessing all this to him. “Because you won't remember,” she tells him. Boop.

At the Louglin's Sam makes his way inside and calls Rowena. He puts her on speaker and she asks if he's in the house. He instantly shushes her. SAM just buy a frickin' bluetooth headset. It's obvious you hate pressing a phone against your ear.

Anyway, Sam stalks his way upstairs where Catriona pins butterflies to a display board. “This gun is full of witch killing bullets,” he tells her before instructing her to open up her book and tell him how to break the spell.

She smiles at Sam, utterly undisturbed. “I've been expecting you,” she might as well have said. She knew hunters would show up, “hot and fresh like pizza.” Her brother Boyd busts in and magically slams Sam into the bookshelf while Catriona starts a spell which sets all the butterflies to flapping. Druid magic, amirite?

Cut to Dean waking up in the backseat of the Impala. There's a note taped in front of his face. “Your brother's been kidnapped by a witch. Found your stupid car and left you here.” He starts to get up but is stopped by another note on the window: “Stay.” (Me: I’m glad he can still read?)

In the house Catriona and Boyd prepare to bring Gideon back. They'll do a blood ritual, exchanging Sam's soul for Gideon. There's the sound of the front door closing and Catriona goes to investigate. Downstairs, Rowena awaits. “Who are you?” Catriona demands.

“Rowena,” Rowena says threateningly. When Catriona doesn't seem to follow, she exasperatedly elaborates: “Rowena MacLeod.” Aw, Rowena. Now Catriona recognizes her, referring to her as Raggedy Ann. She remembers when Rowena came to them, desperate, and begged for a place. Catriona taunts Rowena about her pitiable state at the time and reminds her of her desperation. Rowena begged for a place, offered her body in exchange for magical training. Rowena soaks in the abuse before biting out, “Nothing heals old wounds like opening fresh ones.” She magically blasts Catriona into the opposite wall.

We cut to Dean who disobeys the “Stay” note and busts into the trunk. Rowena has presciently added notes throughout the car. In the trunk Dean follows the direction to open the concealing flap, revealing weapons! To everyone's delight, the grenade launcher is labeled with a stern “NO” but his gun is handily next to a note which reads “witch killing bullets.”

Meanwhile, things aren't looking so great for Rowena. She finds herself magically pinned to a wall while Catriona tauntingly sings the Raggedy Ann song to her, flinging sharp shards of mirror at her head. Dean walks in and pulls a gun on her. Catriona scoffs and then Dean holds up the “witch killing bullets” note.

Blam! One shot in the head and Catriona is finished.

Upstairs Sam uses the gunshot as a distraction and rushes Boyd who escapes out the door and runs down the stairway, closely pursued by Sam. Dean, wide eyed, wavers between the two of them, trying to figure out who to shoot. “Brother!” shouts Sam pointing at his chest. “Witch!” he says, pointing to Boyd. Dean believes him and shoots Boyd fatally as well. Thumbs up, Dean!

A little later, pink light flashes from upstairs along with the sound of Rowena's voice. She and Dean descend the stairs. “Who's this hippie?” Dean asks. Sam's face instantly transforms into sad puppy mode. Dean laughs along with Rowena. LOL jokes! “Kinda like that time I ate all your Halloween candy, remember that?” Dean ribs Sam, obliquely telling the audience that he's got his full mental function and memory reserves back.

“Not funny,” Sam says.

Funny, I say. And also a delightful throwback to 'old Dean' that we truly have been missing these last, uh nine seasons.

The scene cuts to Rowena leaving their hotel room later and getting into a taxi.

“I can't believe you rode Larry,” Sam tells Dean. (Believe it, Sam.)

“Hey, I was awesome on that bull. I was like a god.”

Rowena ignores all this to tell Dean that if he recalls anything from when he was hexed, he should be a dear and let her know. Dean squints at her. “It's blank mostly. Really,” he says, utterly and completely lying.

Sam wrests the book back from her and promises her that he owes her a small favor. He tells Dean that he was a little jealous of Dean's memory lapse. He seemed happy forgetting. Dean concedes that it was nice to forget but forgetting everything – including Sam – wasn't worth it. They get into Baby and drive off.

Cut to a montage - set to Bobby Goldsboro's Broomstick Cowboy - of Dean riding Larry and flashing to different parts of the episode highlighting young-mindset-Dean. As the ride winds down the lyrics play:

So dream on, little Broomstick Cowboy,

Dream while you can;

For soon, you'll be a dreadful thing:

My son, you'll be a man.

It's a cute montage though I would have liked it more if it had all been new footage highlighting everything we missed. Nitpicking thought, I know. More importantly, however, this is DEAN'S song. My god. You guys, these are actual lyrics from that song.

And then you'll have to go to war,

To try and save your home.

And then you'll have to learn to hate;

You'll have to learn to kill.

Oh, Dean Bean. I think my heart hurts a little. 

For Science

Natasha: I had mixed feelings watching this episode. I enjoyed it. I thought it was cleverly written with a lot of great lines and was a solid monster of the week. On the other hand, the way it was sold through showrunner interviews was that it was going to tear our hearts out and stomp them into the ground. Coming off of the emotional episode of the prior week this seemed like a bit of a mischaracterization. Dean did regress to a certain extent, and Jensen Ackles knocked it outta the park as usual. However, the emotional stakes didn’t hook me nearly as much as I was expecting. I never felt like the threat was insurmountable. What I didn’t expect and wish had been played up in teasers is how delightful Rowena was in this episode! Guys, I’m so worried that Rowena is headed for a redemption & sacrifice arc. (Nooooo don’t kill Rowena!)

In an unrelated note, readers of this blog know that we enjoy watching the show through Destiel goggles. To those Destiel folks despairing over Dean hooking up with a woman, I’ll only say this: if you believe that Dean is bisexual then you’ve gotta accept that he’s still going to be attracted to and hooking up with women. I don’t care who he has sex with, frankly, as long as he ends up with Cas in the end - his truest and most enduring love <3

Boris: Where do I begin with my thoughts on this episode? I wanted to like it. And I did to a point. I agree with Natasha that the build-up to the episode was greater than what happened in the episode. I also think that, for me, watching previews kind of took some of the gravitas away as well—the mirror scene in particular. I also feel like Dean’s mannerisms were kind of all over. After a couple watches, I see that he was consistently ooc, and his memory loss came and went, and slowly got worse, much like dementia or Alzheimer’s. And I really loved Sam in this episode. I enjoyed his reactions to Dean more than I enjoyed Dean. Also, as Natasha pointed out, it’s no secret that we’re pro-bi!Dean around here so I was a little pissy they seemed to be nohomo-ing Dean this week, but then we met Larry. Whew. Also, I liked the waitress story. My headcanon: Dean finally Gets It that Cas loves him. Like, really gets what that means….he’s going to run from that situation just a little. It’s ok Dean Bean; Cas will be there when you’re ready.

And I just read this post and it calms my reservations. I think this might be an episode where I’ll love it more in repeats --I can’t wait!

I Can’t Remember the Quotes:

This is a light stick

He...you rode Larry?

Now salsa you mittens. I can't read lips.

I don’t know. We kind of sound like heroes to me.

You never learn, do you? Always trying to run.

Devil baby mamma drama

Getting tossed into West Guantanamo makes me wanna crawl into a bottle too, sometimes.

Tell me, have I got my own ring tone?

You had the hots for Larry as soon as you walked in here.

You just killed their brother. They'd sooner use your skin as an outfit. 

[ricky-rampage]

Favorite Movies 2016

Ah, 2016. Honestly, the less said about it, the better. But I’m a sucker for making lists and I think I’ll always have a compulsivity to make my top ten movies list of the year until the day cinema ends (which will hopefully be never). This wasn’t a particularly great year for film; there was a lot of “okay,” plenty of “meh,” but not too much “holy effing shit where’s the bottom of my jaw?!” However, there thankfully were ten movies that tickled my fancy. They are:

10. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL--This one surprised me. It lacks a true heart, or the heart keeps bouncing around between different characters while never fully latching on, but I still found myself enthralled. The way little bits are revealed here and there always felt natural and smooth, never forced. Jeff Nichols is skilled in nuance, which has been hit or miss for me with his past work. This is the first time I really got what he was going for. Now he just needs to inject some heart into his stories and he’ll be a master (I’m hoping Loving accomplishes this).

9. THE NICE GUYS--While it’s no Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, it’s still a worthy entry into the buddy cop mystery movie. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling’s chemistry sparkles. The dialogue is original and hilarious. There’s a star turn from young Angourie Rice. It kind of devolves into standard shootout flare by the end, but the journey up to that point was pure entertainment.

8. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA--Though I wish I was more emotionally affected by this film, it’s still a very well done and well acted take on grief. It’s one of those movies where not a lot really happens, but everything happens. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges are all amazing, and the dialogue is some of the most realistically funny writing I’ve seen uttered on screen in a long time.

7. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR--I think this is the most thematically resonant entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially in this sudden era of fake news. We believe the story with which we’re being presented, even when we don’t have all the facts. It’s about perspective. When it comes to clashing perspectives, communication is key; having a dialogue about issues insures a healthy debate and hopefully a satisfying compromise. When it’s superheroes having the debate, though, dialogue is tough and everyone ends up brawling at an airport hangar. Don’t forget this is popcorn fodder, but it was my favorite popcorn fodder of the year.

6. KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS--a visually astounding work of art. Watching this film just gave me a sense of joy that other animated films didn’t give me this year (I’m looking at you, Finding Dory, you and your pointlessness). This is a tale about a storyteller who finds himself in one of his own stories, becoming the hero he never knew he was born to be. A lot of it is silly, but most of it is fun, and all of it is beautiful.

5. THE WITCH--Funny story, I went to go see this a week or two after it came out with my friend, Sean, but we only stayed in the theater for about thirty minutes because of the worst film audience I’d ever experienced. Someone behind us was translating the whole film to his friend from English to Spanish, a mentally disabled man in front of us kept laughing at inappropriate times and shaking his head violently back and forth, and overall, your run-of-the-mill talking and cell phone usage from everyone else. Months later, I watched the movie on Amazon, and it was great. The end.

4. ARRIVAL--The thinking person’s alien invasion movie. This doesn’t have to rely on special effects or big action. This is a story about understanding one another that just happens to have aliens and special effects in it. Amy Adams gives an understated performance as a linguist caught in the middle of a mystery that almost everyone else sees as having a cut-and-dry solution. Jeremy Renner and Forrest Whitaker are just kind of there, but who cares? This is Adams’ story. A story of her character understanding her past, present, future, and herself. And it has aliens.

3. MOONLIGHT--So rarely does a movie come along that feels so un-Hollywood. Something that just comes off as HUMAN and never becomes melodramatic or dull. Moonlight pulls it off in strides. The story of a boy, then an adolescent, and then a man, and what it means to be all of them, sometimes all at once (I guess that only really applies for the last one, but it’s still there). Chrion is a character caught in the middle of too many worlds and I felt his uncertainty as he does his best to explore who he really is. Never exploitative, always real, Moonlight is kind of amazing.

2. LA LA LAND--This movie should not have been as remarkable as it is. It’s a fairly standard story, it’s a cheesy musical, and it’s not based on any preexisting material, which in this day and age, we know is a big no-no *barfs and dies*. But somehow, everything in this movie is near perfection. The songs: catchy and wondrous. The direction: Damien Chazelle, you are a god among insects. The performances: nothing flashy from Emma Stone or Ryan Gosling here, but I believed everything they did, including breaking into song and dance. All at once, La La Land is a tribute to classic cinema, a glimpse into where cinema is heading, and a time-honored tale of pursuing your dreams and the sacrifices that come along with that pursuit.

1. A MONSTER CALLS--This happens every year: my two favorite movies come down to what affects me emotionally and what wows me with its sheer filmmaking prowess. And like every year, the emotional film takes the cake. A Monster Calls caused me to suppress literal howls in a crowded theater, and I know I’m not the only one who experienced such a sensation. Ugly, ugly tears, and I’m grateful for every single one. Even if you haven’t experienced the tragic loss of a loved one, A Monster Calls is incredibly effective thanks to its beautiful performances from Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver and young stand-out Lewis MacDougall. It hooked me, reeled me in, and continues to squeeze me tightly in a comforting embrace (you know, like you usually do with fish). That’s why it’s my favorite film of the year.

Movies I didn’t manage to see in time: Silence, Sing Street, Hell or High Water, 20th Century Women, The Founder, Hunt For the Wilderpeople.

Favorite performances of the year: Hailee Steinfeld in The Edge of Seventeen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nocturnal Animals, Lucas Hedges in Manchester By the Sea, Emma Stone in La La Land, Dan Fogler in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Special Jury Prize: Paint It Black. I’m not sure when this will get an official release, but I saw it at the Mill Valley Film Festival and it’s a disturbing treat.

Now for five movies that kind of stunk. Well, more than kind of. A few of them burned my sinuses away.

-1. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE--Out of the near two and a half hour runtime, I’d say there’s barely ninety minutes of actual story here. The rest is plodding, (not very good) effects-driven schlock and fan service. It lacks purpose; it’s just sort of there.

-2. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN--Hitchcock you are not. Even Gone Girl you are not. Shit, you’re barely Hollywood Homicide (how’s that for a reference?).

-3. BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE--Can anyone tell me what this movie was about besides franchise building? No? Moving on then.

-4. SUICIDE SQUAD--Is this film the perfect example of A) studios interfering with a director’s vision, B) a film believing it can get by on massive hype while remaining limp and unnecessary, or C) just pure dumbness? I’ll go with D) all of the above.

-5. INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE--I’ll quote from my review from last summer because I don’t want to waste any more brain power coming up with new ways to shit on this piece of shit: “...a slapdash string of CGI vomit, shoehorned references to the first film for nostalgia’s sake, and not a lick of emotional depth whatsoever.” So. Fucking. Worthless.

Please be good, 2017. Pretty please. All the cherries on top.

[mrhotmaster]

Best Family Movies To Watch In India (April 2020)

Best Movies In India You Can Watch It With Your Families In April 2020

With everybody stuck at home as the pandemic furies the nation over, working guardians can utilize all the interruption on the planet for their children, who may be occupied now for a couple of hours in virtual homerooms, however, are set out directly toward summer occasions with nothing to top off their schedule. Add to that the reality guardians have nothing to do on ends of the week as well, which implies more film observing together. That is the reason we've gathered this rundown, to give you the best children and family motion pictures for such spare time, across Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video. 

To pick the best children and family motion pictures on gushing in India, we depended on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb evaluations to make a waitlist. Also, we utilized our article judgment to include or expel a couple. This rundown will be refreshed once at regular intervals if there are any commendable increases or if a few films are expelled from the administration, so bookmark this page and continue checking in. Here are the best children and family films presently accessible on Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video in India, arranged in order and partitioned by stage. 

Best family films on Disney+ Hotstar 

Aladdin (1992) 

Disney puts its liveliness enhance onto the renowned people story of a road urchin who masks himself as a well off ruler in the wake of finding a genie in an enchantment light, trying to intrigue the Sultan's girl. Try not to waste time with the 2019 real to life change, likewise on Disney+ Hotstar. 

Alice in Wonderland (1951) 

Lewis Carroll's great story, about the main little youngster who tumbles down and enters the substitute universe of Wonderland, where she experiences the most peculiar people, gets the Disney melodic treatment. Disregard the 2010 Tim Burton live-activity revamp, likewise on Disney+ Hotstar. 

Bambi (1942) 

A youthful donkey deer grows up in the timberland with the assistance of his folks and companions: his pink-nosed hare, a skunk, and his cherished companion and future mate. In light of Felix Salten's 1923 eponymous book. 

Beauty and the Beast (1991) 

Generally dependent on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's eponymous fantasy, a ruler changed into a beast must procure the affection for a young lady who's detained in his manor, before the last petal tumbles off a captivated rose. The Emma Watson-starrer live-activity redo is additionally on Disney+ Hotstar, yet it's not as acceptable. 

Big Hero 6 (2014) 

A 14-year-old mechanical autonomy wonder collaborates with his nearest partner, a robot called Baymax, and his companions — a comic-book fan, a thrill-seeker, a laser-master neatnik, and a science genius — to shape a hero group to bring down a covered reprobate. 

A Bug's Life (1998) 

In the quest for "extreme warriors" to shield his settlement from ravenous grasshoppers, a maverick subterranean insect contracts a gathering of bugs for the activity, just to acknowledge they are a down-on-their-karma voyaging bazaar. Kevin Spacey, who voices the lead grasshopper, stands denounced in the #MeToo development. From Pixar. 

Cinderella (1950) 

In light of Charles Perrault's eponymous fantasy — however it's a lot better and less difficult than on the page — a decent hearted, a discouraged young lady is helped by her pixie back up parent after her harsh stepmother and stepsisters keep her from setting off to an illustrious ball. 

Coco (2017) 

A youthful Mexican kid's quest for music, in disobedience of a family boycott, transports him to the strict Land of the Dead, where he looks for his extraordinary incredible granddad, an unbelievable vocalist, to get back to the living. From Pixar. 

Dumbo (1941) 

Derided and criticized for his ears are too enormous, a bazaar child elephant gets an unexpected companion in a little mouse, who urges him to demonstrate a point to everybody. Try not to mess with the 2019 real-life redo, additionally on Disney+ Hotstar. 

The Emperor's New Groove (2000) 

Changed into a llama by his manipulative, malicious and self-serving ex-consultant and stranded in the wilderness, an egotistical, pompous and youthful Incan sovereign must become companions with a sort and caring town pioneer (John Goodman) if he needs to endure and turn around into a human. 

Fantasia (1940) 

There's no larger plot to this exploratory component that comprises of eight fragments, all vivified to bits of old-style music. Highlights Mickey Mouse, dinosaurs, water sprites, moving mushrooms, artful dance moving ostriches, hippopotamuses, and crocs. A milestone of now is the right time. 

Finding Nemo (2003) 

After his child gets kidnapped in the Great Barrier Reef, a docile overprotective clownfish embarks to safeguard him from Sydney, figuring out how to face challenges en route with the assistance of a lofty blue tang named Dory. From Pixar. 

Finding Dory (2016) 

Right now to the first section, the main glorious blue tang, who experiences transient memory misfortune, sets out in scan for her tragically deceased guardians with the assistance of Nemo and his father, Marlin. From Pixar. 

Frozen (2013) 

Right now fantasy tropes from the home of fantasy motion pictures that are propelled by Hans Christian Andersen's fantasy "The Snow Queen", a daring self-assured person princess sets off with a tough iceman, his reliable reindeer, and an innocent talking snowman to locate her standoffish sister sovereign who's incidentally caught the realm in endless winter. The 2019 spin-off isn't as acceptable. 

Hercules (1997) 

Deprived of his interminability and left on the human universe of Earth, the main child of the Greek god Zeus must substantiate himself as a genuine saint to profit to his home for Mount Olympus. Has numerous equals to Superman. 

Home Alone (1990) 

An eight-year-old kid must keep a couple of robbers under control after he is erroneously abandoned at home during Christmas by his family, who take off for France on a vacation. 

The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018) 

With an administration restriction on superheroes, a heavyweight father of three tingles to return to his wrongdoing battling routes in the Pixar unique, which powers the family enthusiastically. The ultra-adaptable mother is the focal point of the spin-off as she decides to reestablish confidence in superheroes, while the dad must deal with the children. 

Inside Out (2015) 

Set generally inside the psyche of an 11-year-old young lady, her five exemplified feelings — Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust — attempt to adapt to another life after the family moves a large number of miles west to San Francisco right now film. Cleared honors for a best-enlivened film. 

The Jungle Book (2016) 

Motivated by 1967 enlivened melodic and dependent on Rudyard Kipling's works, a vagrant kid called Mowgli, raised by two-timers, faces the Bengal tiger, Shere Khan, with the assistance of his dark jaguar coach, Bagheera, and the darker bear companion, Baloo. One of the uncommon no-frills Disney changes that enhanced the first. 

Lady and the Tramp (1955) 

Erroneously accused and gagged, a female American Cocker Spaniel who lives with an upper working-class family runs from home and begins to look all starry eyed at her rescuer, a road insightful wanderer mutt. Overlook the real-life revamp, likewise on Disney+ Hotstar. 

The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 

Batman must cooperate with a high school vagrant Robin he unintentionally embraced and the new police magistrate, Barbara Gordon, right now parody, to prevent the Joker from taking over Gotham City. 

Lilo and Stitch (2002) 

An extraterrestrial hereditary investigation flees to Earth, is received by a Hawaiian young lady after it masks itself as a pooch, and finds out about 'ohana — the Hawaiian idea of more distant family — as it unleashes devastation and obliteration on the island. 

The Lion King (1994) 

Fooled into intuition he caused his dad's passing, a lion offspring flees from home and grows up with a couple of cheerful wastrels, just to be helped to remember his legitimate spot further down the road and why he should return. Try not to waste time with the 2019 real-life change, likewise on Disney+ Hotstar. 

The Little Mermaid (1989) 

Hans Christian Andersen's nineteenth-century story about a youthful mermaid Ariel who makes a deal with the ocean witch Ursula and surrenders her life in the ocean to meet a human sovereign got the Disney liveliness treatment, which flagged the studio's arrival to shape. 

Mary Poppins (1964) 

In light of P.L. Travers' book arrangement of a similar name, a taught father contracts a caring lady (Julie Andrews) — who he doesn't know is equipped for enchantment — to be the babysitter for his two devilish kids. Won five Oscars, including best entertainer for the debutant Andrews. 

Moana (2016) 

After a revile brought about by an unbelievable mythical being (Dwayne Johnson) contacts her home-island, the main little girl of a Polynesian town boss embarks to discover him and a supernatural relic that will make things right. 

Monsters, Inc. (2001) 

In reality, as we know it where beasts must panic kids they accept to be poisonous to control their city, an unafraid human young lady overturns the life of two such beasts — a monster hairy one and his small one-looked at closest companion — who must put forth a valiant effort to recover her without anybody taking note. From Pixar. 

Mulan (1998) 

To spare her powerless dad from induction and passing in a war, a youthful Chinese lady mask herself as a man right now melodic, with comedic help gave by a little mythical beast. 

The Muppets (2011) 

A Muppet enthusiast, his human sibling Gary, and Gary's better half (Amy Adams) help Kermit the Frog to rejoin the disbanded Muppets and spare the Muppet Theater from a business person who intends to annihilate and bore for oil. 

Onward (2020) 

After an enchantment spell brings back portion of their dad for 24 hours, two adolescent mythical person siblings (voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland) set off on a Dungeons and Dragons-style mission looking for a relic to reestablish the remainder of him before time runs out. From Pixar. 

Pinocchio (1940) 

Made by a wood-carver and enlivened by a pixie, the main wooden manikin must substantiate himself as "fearless, honest, and unselfish" to be a genuine kid, with the assistance of cricket who fills in as his still, small voice.

The Princess and the Frog (2009) 

A dedicated server, who fantasies about having her own eatery, is snagged into kissing a frog ruler to make him human again however winds up turning into a frog herself. Presently, she should figure out how to come back to her body before it's past the point of no return. 

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 

Right now the first, likewise on the rundown, the main computer game scoundrel and his princess racer closest companion (Sarah Silverman) end up in the insane universe of the Internet while attempting to spare the last are down. 

Ratatouille (2007) 

A human rodent (Patton Oswalt) who yearns to be a culinary expert attempts to accomplish his fantasy by making a coalition with a youthful trash kid at a Parisian café. From Pixar. 

Dozing Beauty (1959) 

Reviled by a witch to kick the bucket on her sixteenth birthday celebration, a princess is taken under the consideration of three pixies, who debilitate the revile to give her fall access to a long rest, which must be broken by the kiss of genuine affection. 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 

Constrained into ousting by her underhanded stepmother, the main princess is protected by seven diminutive person diggers in Disney's most seasoned energized highlight film. Incorporates a questionable kiss that includes an absence of assent, which guardians may wish to discuss with their children. 

Tangled (2010) 

Bolted up by her excessively defensive mother, a youthful long-haired young lady at long last gets her desire to escape into the world outside gratitude to a decent hearted cheat and finds her actual self. 

Togo (2019) 

In light of a genuine story from 1925, the main Siberian Husky pooch is the star of this endearing dramatization as he, notwithstanding being viewed as little and powerless, helps his musher-proprietor Leonhard Seppala (Willem Dafoe) convey a neutralizing agent serum through a thousand kilometers of cruel winter. 

Toy Story quadruplicate (1995-2010) 

A portion of Pixar's best work is set in reality as we know it where human toys claim to be dead around people and follow a gathering of toys as they are looked by difficulties on their unforeseen experiences. Brought forth "To vastness and past!" From Pixar. 

Up (2009) 

To hold a guarantee to his late spouse, an older single man attaches a huge number of inflatables to his home to convey him to the wilds of South America, accidentally taking a youthful and sincere stowaway. From Pixar. 

WALL·E (2008) 

In a faraway future where people have since quite a while ago deserted Earth and dwell on starliners, a little garbage compactor robot living on a superficial level becomes hopelessly enamored with a meeting test and sets out on a space venture that will decide the destiny of humankind. From Pixar. 

Winnie the Pooh (2011) 

Although it leaves you needing increasingly because of its short runtime, Disney's most recent hand-drawn vivified story offers a lot of appeals, as the main bear scans for nectar, while he and his companions set out to spare his seven-year-old human closest companion from a fanciful danger. 

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 

Right now Ralph Breaks the Internet, additionally on the rundown, a computer game miscreant decides to satisfy his fantasy about turning into a saint however winds up carrying ruin to the whole arcade where he lives. 

Zootopia (2016) 

Set in the main city loaded up with human creatures, a recently stamped rabbit cop (Ginnifer Goodwin) and a negative fox cheat (Jason Bateman) must cooperate to disentangle a trick that compromises the harmony. Adulated for its message of resilience and assorted variety. 

Best family films on Netflix 

Arrietty (2010) 

In light of Mary Norton's 1952 book The Borrowers, the life of a four-inch-tall family, who live stealthily in the dividers and floors of a human family unit, changes after their main high school little girl is found by another 12-year-old kid who moves in. Co-composed by Hayao Miyazaki. 

The Blue Umbrella (2005) 

In light of Ruskin Bond's 1980 eponymous novella, the tale of a little youngster in provincial Himachal Pradesh whose blue umbrella turns into the object of interest for the whole town, driving a retailer (Pankaj Kapur) to edginess. A National Award victor coordinated by Vishal Bhardwaj. 

Stronghold in the Sky (1986) 

In the primary film authoritatively under the Studio Ghibli standard, a little youngster and a young lady shield an enchantment precious stone from privateers and military specialists, while on the quest for an amazing drifting palace. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

The Cat Returns (2002) 

After a peaceful student winds up wedded to a feline sovereign she spared from the mishap and starts to develop cat highlights, she should get out in time with the assistance of two statuettes spring up. A side project of Whisper of the Heart, additionally on the rundown. 

The Emperor's New Groove (2000) 

Changed into a llama by his manipulative, fiendish and self-serving ex-counselor and stranded in the wilderness, a narrow-minded, presumptuous and youthful Incan sovereign must become companions with a sort and caring town pioneer (John Goodman) on the off chance that he needs to endure and turn around into a human. 

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) 

Set in 1963 Yokohama, a sprouting sentiment creates between a secondary school young lady and the school paper president as they unite to spare the school's broken-down clubhouse from destruction, in anticipation of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Co-composed by Hayao Miyazaki. 

The most effective method to Train Your Dragon (2010) 

Raised in reality as we know it where Vikings have a convention of being winged serpent slayers, a youthful youngster turns into an unexpected companion with a youthful mythical beast and realizes there might be more to the animals than everybody might suspect. 

Wail's Moving Castle (2004) 

After a witch reviles an unconfident young lady called Sophie with an old body attributable to her developing companionship with an ostentatious wizard called Howl, she endeavors to find a fix while she takes cover in the kid's enormous home that can move itself, and is trapped in Howl's opposition against a warring realm. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

Hugo (2011) 

In 1930s Paris, a kid who lives alone in the dividers of a train station attempts to make sense of the puzzle including his late dad and his most loved belonging, a machine, that needs a key to work. Martin Scorsese coordinates. 

I Am Kalam (2010) 

Nila Madhab Panda's element directorial debut is the narrative of a wise and ruined kid (Harsh Mayar), who becomes friends with the child of a once honorable family, and is motivated by the life of India's late President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam — whose family was additionally poor in his youth — to seek after an instruction. Mayar won a National Award. 

The Karate Kid (1984) 

Harassed by young men at school in another town, an adolescent chooses to take in karate from combative techniques ace Mr. Miyagi and realizes there's a whole other world to the craftsmanship from than simply battling. 

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) 

A story about growing up of the youthful main witch, who opens an air conveyance business, helps a pastry shop's pregnant proprietor in return for settlement and becomes friends with a nerdy kid during her time of self-revelation. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

Klaus (2019) 

Filling in as another starting point story of Santa Claus, the apathetic child of the postmaster general, who is dispatched to a sub-zero, remote island where nobody converses with one another, enrolls the assistance of a lamenting toymaker to carry happiness and cheer to the town. 

Kung Fu Panda (2008) 

After a corpulent kung fu aficionado panda is as far as anyone knows erroneously picked as the Dragon Warrior to battle an approaching risk, he is reluctantly educated by an old ace and his understudies who have been preparing for a considerable length of time. 

The Little Prince (2015) 

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's 1943 novella is given the movement treatment, wherein an older pilot (Jeff Bridges) relates his experiences with a little youngster who professed to be an extra-earthbound ruler to his neighbor, a young lady. Rachel McAdams, James Franco, and Marion Cotillard likewise voice. 

A Little Princess (1995) 

Alfonso Cuarón coordinates this story of a little youngster who is compelled to turn into a worker by the headmistress at her New York live-in school, after her well off distinguished dad is assumed dead in World War I. 

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 

Set in post-war rustic Japan, an endearing story of a teacher's two youthful girls who have experiences with amicable woods sprits. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

Paddington (2014) 

Going from his wilderness home in Peru to the chilly lanes of London, a jelly adoring bear is taken in by a sympathetic family, before being spotted by a historical center taxidermist (Nicole Kidman) who needs to add him to her assortment. 

Pom Poko (1994) 

With their woodland home under danger of being felled for the sake of urban improvement, a gathering of mystical shape-moving raccoon hounds — tanuki in Japanese legends — must utilize all their heavenly gifts to stop it. 

Ponyo (2008) 

Motivated by Hans Christian Andersen's fantasy The Little Mermaid, author chief Hayao Miyazaki gives us a kinship between a five-year-old kid and the main goldfish princess who longs to be human. Not his best work, yet at the same time exceptionally beguiling. 

Porco Rosso (1992) 

Changed into a human-pig by an unordinary revile, an Italian World War I expert warrior veteran presently fills in as an independent abundance tracker in the 1930s the Adriatic Sea in the Mediterranean. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

Ratatouille (2007) 

A human rodent (Patton Oswalt) who yearns to be a culinary expert attempts to accomplish his fantasy by making a union with a youthful trash kid at a Parisian café. From Pixar.

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) 

This stop-movement includes film development of the eponymous animation finds the main evil sheep and co. heading into the Big City to save their rancher, who's wound up amnesiac attributable to the sheep's jokes. 

Lively Away (2001) 

The main non-English-language film to win the Oscar for the best-enlivened film is around a 10-year-old young lady called Chihiro who meanders into the soul world with her folks, where the older folks are transformed into mammoth pigs. Chihiro then should work in a bathhouse to find an approach to come back to the human world. Hayao Miyazaki composes and coordinates. 

Taare Zameen Par (2007) 

Sent to live-in school without wanting to, a dyslexic eight-year-old is helped by a capricious craftsmanship instructor (Aamir Khan) to defeat his inability and find his actual potential. 

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) 

In the most costly Japanese film at any point made, which depends on a tenth-century folktale, a small young lady, discovered inside a bamboo stalk, develops quickly into a choice young lady and draws in numerous suitors. She sets out a progression of inconceivable errands for them, for which she will, at last, follow through on a cost. 

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) 

Cheddar cherishing, offbeat innovator Wallace and his canny, regularly confused pooch Gromit, who maintain an empathetic bug migration business, are utilized by a lady facilitating the yearly cultivating rivalry to deal with a clan of bunnies. Won the Oscar for the best-vivified film. 

When Marnie Was There (2014) 

Independent 12-year-old young lady Anna is sent to a late spring home in a drowsy, oceanside town, where she becomes friends with the puzzling, light-haired main young lady who lives in a surrendered house and requests that Anna stay discreet from everybody. The last film for Studio Ghibli depended on Joan G. Robinson's 1967 eponymous novel. 

A murmur of the Heart (1995) 

14-year-old Shizuku, a savant who fantasies about turning into an essayist, finds that all the library books she peruses have additionally been perused by one Seiji, a secretive kid who is determined to seeking after his affection for violin-production in Italy. Motivated by Seiji's drive and an antique thing that grabs her attention, Shizuku starts to pen her own story. Composed by Miyazaki. 

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) 

Right now Ralph Breaks the Internet, accessible on Disney+ Hotstar, a computer game scalawag who decides to satisfy his fantasy about turning into a legend yet winds up carrying devastation to the whole arcade where he lives. 

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Incredible Mr. Fox (2009) 

Roald Dahl's youngsters' novel about a fox who takes nourishment from three mean and rich ranchers gets the prevent movement treatment from Wes Anderson, including the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, and Michael Gambon. 

Harry Potter octalogy (2001–2011) 

Because of J.K. Rowling's eponymous seven-book arrangement, the main kid wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) must fight the best wizard ever, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), who neglected to slaughter him when he was a baby. Sections three (Prisoner of Azkaban), four (Goblet of Fire), six (Half-Blood Prince), and eight (Deathly Hallows: Part 2) are commonly viewed as the best. 

The most effective method to Train Your Dragon (2010) 

Raised in reality as we know it where Vikings have a convention of being monster slayers, a youthful youngster turns into an unexpected companion with a youthful mythical serpent and realizes there might be more to the animals than everybody might suspect. 

I Am Kalam (2010) 

Nila Madhab Panda's element directorial debut is the account of an insightful and devastated kid (Harsh Mayar), who becomes a close acquaintance with the child of a once honorable family, and is enlivened by the life of India's late President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam — whose family was additionally poor in his youth — to seek after a training. Mayar won a National Award. 

Kung Fu Panda (2008) 

After a large kung fu aficionado panda is as far as anyone knows erroneously picked as the Dragon Warrior to battle an approaching risk, he is reluctantly instructed by an old ace and his understudies who have been preparing for a considerable length of time. 

The Lego Movie (2014) 

A common, rules-following Lego Minifigure (Chris Pratt) is erroneously distinguished as the most phenomenal individual and the way to sparing the world from a malevolent dictator, for which he is humorously underprepared. It brought forth the hit single, "Everything Is Awesome". 

Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 

Drawn with a blend of PC created and hand-drawn workmanship, Miles Morales is brought into a between dimensional clash not long after he's bit by a creepy crawly and increases superpowers, pushing him to collaborate to spare the multiverse. Set for a 2022 spin-off.

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1. dsps - folk song for you 2. plastic plastic - ฮัม 3. 宇宙ネコ子 - 君のように生きれたら 4. pomplamoose - a vizsla in a tesla in ibiza 5. kate bollinger - untitled 6. rae spoon - again + again + again 7. mindy gledhill - lines 8. sorcha richardson - high in the garden 9. nada surf - something i should do 10. ratboys - alien with a sleep mask on 11. namdose - all that you have 12. modest mouse - ice cream party 13. varsity - still apart 14. keren ann - odessa, odyssée (patchworks remix) 15. michelle blades - kiss me on the mouth 16. sarah jaffe - all my friends are pretty 17. tristen - red lava 18. myzica - can't come back 19. christelle bofale - origami dreams 20. lorelle meets the obsolete - acción vaciar 21. overcoats - leave if you wanna 22. and the kids - the final free 23. methyl ethel - real tight 24. blood cultures - uncertainty - an anthem 25. dori freeman - like i do 26. sparrows - gold in the tide 27. wild pink - how's the tap here 28. romantic states - ballerina 29. emily yacina - bleachers 30. aldous harding - fixture picture 31. paula cole - all or nothing 32. jenny owen youngs - living room 33. ings - if not you 34. harmony woods - swing 35. soccer mommy - yellow is the color of her eyes 36. yumi zouma - bruise 37. barrie - human nature 38. starover blue - anemone 39. lost film - enough 40. hazel english - shaking 41. gabrielle papillon - don't want to go to bed 42. she her her hers - floating city 43. adoy - lemon 44. the radio dept. - pulling our weight 45. siamese cats - billion light years 46. brightness - midnight mass 47. mint julep - stranger 48. wildlife - follower (lala) 49. lightning bug - vision scraps 50. whimsical - i always dream of you 51. horsebeach - trust 52. temple of angels - cerise dream 53. spool - tip of a finger 54. me not you - i should know better 55. ardency - stress dreams 56. holy holy - frida 57. sidewave - return 58. cafuné - friction 59. twin limb - see you in the warm light 60. space above - stolen days 61. bora york - too soon, too cold 62. prune deer - by air 63. night tempo - new dawn 64. stan forebee - serene 65. ødyssee - how we feel 66. another silent weekend - falling apart 67. luvbird - without u 68. cocabona - howl 69. goosetaf - upstream 70. baechulgi - thanks 71. oatmello - yakisoba 72. chief. - into sleep 73. rook1e - we'll stay inside when it rains 74. leaf beach - mirage 75. meltycanon - jolyne 76. lordsun - last time 77. avery sennin - watch me 78. easy life - sangria 79. basick - oohooh 80. manon - winter lil life 81. meisterbeatz - masters of the humanverse 82. leikeli47 - bad gyal flex 83. keke palmer - twerk n flirt 84. chynna - mood 85. princess nokia - balenciaga 86. kodie shane - 2 many 87. 2 chainz - threat 2 society 88. frank ocean - in my room 89. the midnight hour - harmony 90. kari faux - in the air 91. fka twigs - holy terrain 92. be steadwell - witch 93. qveen herby - confetti 94. kehlani - you know wassup 95. diamond white - love songs 4 96. queen naija - good morning text 97. dounia - lowkey grl 98. michaela - 111 99. cautious clay - saturday morning cartoons 100. quin - calling 101. mcclenney - love in the sky 102. sevyn streeter - whatchusay 103. cassie - excuses 104. syd - getting late 105. deaton chris anthony - racecar 106. cuco - feelings 107. miraa may - fwm 108. tinashe - save room for us 109. luna shadows - practice 110. bea miller - feel something 111. kaina - waiting on a day 112. rationale - hurts the most 113. masego - big girls 114. ecco2k - fragile 115. ari mason - pangaea 116. tennyson - collapse 117. exes - burnout 118. hope tala - d.t.m. 119. love x stereo - zero one 120. rén with the mane - burnin 121. reddish blu - waste my time 122. bülow - boys will be boys 123. madge - bonedeep 124. honeycraft - circles 125. friday night plans - antiquities 126. ider - body love 127. lusine - not alone 128. cehryl - home video 129. baths - wistful (fata morgana) 130. pale blue - a heart whose love is innocent 131. keep shelly in athens - caryatid 132. alex lustig - stardust 133. briana marela - there is value in you 134. mija - sweat it out 135. bella boo - way chill 136. direct - give and take 137. kozoro - girl of the sky 138. cloudnone - wish 139. attom - follow me 140. nvdes - bump it 141. lisel - digital light field 142. com truise - gaussian 143. little boots - infrared 144. the fin. - cold 145. dan mason ダン·メイソン - everytime i cry 146. liz - bubblegum 147. blackbird blackbird - myself 148. luxxury - another lifetime 149. ducktails - catch a rising star 150. marsheaux - alone (all alone) 151. nora van elken - needed you 152. louise burns - over you 153. genes - give it away 154. yota - limelight 155. the griswolds - aliens 156. cristina quesada - love at third sight 157. jessie ware - mirage (don’t stop) 158. l.e.j - pas l'time 159. madelin - monarch (hot fun remix) 160. pink skies - looking back 161. twinkids - psycho 162. gloss - blah blah blah 163. telex telexs - june 164. cheat codes - i feel ya 165. melanie c - high heels 166. ciara - thinkin bout you 167. joy. - diamond 168. tatiana hazel - can't help but notice 169. ralph - last time 170. litany - love letter 171. gabrielle aplin - like you say you do 172. misterwives - find my way home 173. kate nash - bad lieutenant 174. ellie goulding - sixteen 175. charli xcx - porsche 176. bts - make it right 177. sofi de la torre - pero no 178. hayley kiyoko - l.o.v.e. me 179. millie turner - swimming pool 180. fleurie - sway 181. harry styles - watermelon sugar 182. fractures - chains 183. madeline - di bale na lang 184. middle kids - real thing 185. hikes - mahal kita 186. elephant gym - gaze at blue 187. mol-74 - playback 188. delta sleep - sultans of ping 189. sore eyelids - everything's a waste 190. microwave - mirrors 191. hawthorne heights - hard to breathe 192. pohgoh - repeat exchanges 193. upset - brighton 194. honeyblood - gibberish 195. liza anne - devotion 196. dressy bessy - what do i get? 197. holiday ghosts - slipstream 198. the regrettes - here you go 199. tsunami bomb - sinkhole 200. beach slang - tommy in the 80s 201. this is fantastic for you - skullduggery 202. loma prieta - continuum 203. andrea von kampen - crossing the bar 204. chelsea cutler - please 205. shannon lay - november 206. mount eerie - love without possession 207. shannon wright - these present arms 208. fromm - with you 209. stella jang - how could a person always be lovely 210. ikimonogakari - we do 211. cheeze - blue champagne 212. oohyo - pizza 213. perfume - 再生 214. asoboism - uchoten 215. key - i wanna be 216. wasuta - デデスパボン! 217. eill - one last time 218. isyana sarasvati - feel so right 219. asako toki - that summer 220. kolme - repeat 221. dia - woowa 222. got7 - run away 223. cream - mvp 224. exid - how you doin' 225. twice - fake & true 226. gfriend - wish 227. azki - reflection 228. kirara magic - moka 229. p19 - infinitymoflity 230. b3lla - akihabara 231. wisp x - faeth 232. sanaas - leaving me (freezer remix) 233. pleeg - breath 234. colate - 三日月ランデヴー 235. ハレトキドキ - テルミー (smooth rap) 236. fujifire - cafè delight 237. nanahira - doki doki virus 238. cute girls doing cute things - too spicy 239. d-real - disco night 240. mélonade - extra 241. uno - バーチャルワールドが僕らの町にやってきた  242. nyarons - because of youth 243. club2tokyo - drlng 244. ohey - forgiveness 245. yukiyanagi - tourbillon 246. wave meow - in love 247. ducky - my flower, your garden 248. slushii - i'd do anything 249. magic circuit - quiet rooms 250. anamanaguchi - on my own 251. sweet dove - perches in the soul 252. akisai - allemande 253. ★star guitar - part of me 254. teen daze - open 255. [.que] - happily 256. hiromi - sepia effect 257. albert karch - celestially light iv 258. satomoka - 雨の日のストール 259. hana - cowgirl bebop

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Vacuum sealed bread sold by 7 eleven Pre-Order sandwich combinations(fillings/bread type/sauce) through cafe app

Wish your cafe would sell Smiley Face custard pie. Key to good bread is a soft crust. Imagine supermarket's anti-theft detector which gives negative vibes transformed into a doorway with shrine architecture or advertising board [Positive]. Sign next to singles Banana: "I'm single. Pick me for a date!" Wish supermarket sells crystallized solid chemical free natural honey cubes. Sumo salad allows you to add meat for three dollars Assorted Colorful vegetable bun wanted at bread top Surf and Turf sushi (Seafood + Beef) Wish all Singapore's Hawker stalls explicitly advertise add vegetables for $1 on menu or name board to promote healthy eating Boxhill raw chicken butcher counter with a sign: "The real taste of chicken." Claypot porridge Does Singapore liquor store sell cleanskins wine? Wish Supermarket Sells "One bite" chocolate in individual serving for $0.20 Mars bars muffin Wish 7 Eleven staff with giant badge: Slurpee for $1 @DavidJonesStore @myer would you consider selling coconut water at your cafe? Wish Woolworths Supermarket QV mall sells rum and raisin chocolate. Witches in bitches. Wish Food regulatory authority take statistics on % of food waste yearly and implement policies for food distributors to vacuum seal imported food Breakfast menu header above food items listed shows "first order time" e.g. 7 am & Dinner header shows "last order time" White coffee cup body. Black lid.

Save receipt cost and unhappy customer experience by showing the amount of bill entered into EFTPOS Machine to the customer. Hunky Dory Fish & Chips at Eastland Mall. Why 100% chips or salad? Why not offer an additional option for 50% chips n 50% salad? Vacuumed seal soon to spoil vegetables and fruit combo sold for $1 at Boxhill central Wish Alternating contrasting color for different sections on the menu. Hunky dory fish n chips If bread can be kept in a packet at room temperature for days. Why not rice with minimal moisture? Why not have Food Court in Casino as Loss Leader to attract customer to enjoy the Cinemas and Gaming Tables or Machines Architects should max the no. of entrances entering each food establishments, cafes, restaurants to max profits Wish there is a feedback option for IPAD ordering system for Tetsujin restaurant Wish there is a search function in Tetsujin IPAD Ordering System "Still hungry? Grab more! " tag on sushi train. COLES Supermarket Shopping Experience: I wish the top of COLES supermarket's receipt will have a section dedicated to soliciting feedback from customers akin to Kathmandu's receipt. I wish you will install a conspicuous signage at every single storefront worldwide to explicitly communicate to customers on the availability and ease of shopping online for their groceries. I wish you will clearly rename your FLYBUYS temporary card holder next to your self-service checkout to a dollar figure savings rather than an ambiguous "more.." Please explicitly communicate that the FLYBUYS temporary membership card is free to exacerbate card to market penetration rate. Aldi special buys board. Get notified by email message Beanbox Cafe's EFTPOS terminal with big approved tick upon successful payment and shows price of item purchases to customer before he tapped on the terminal eliminates overcharging and anxiety Wish Restaurant cashier shows sign: "2% discount for cash payment. 3% surcharge for Credit Card payment of bill below $20. No surcharge for bill above $20. HOYTS cinema selling choc top ice cream cone with teen celebrity using a cone-like microphone. Blue font. White tag number tag Max no. of entrances to enter food establishments Feedback option for Tetsujin A search function in Tetsujin iPad. Fresh wasabi side dish option "Still hungry? Grab more! " tag on sushi train. "Get cash out here" message on EFTPOS terminal Woolworth supermarket Wish I could use supermarket app to scan product barcode for single purchases. Pay and exit store. Free Plastic Gloves were given to customers for the purchase of Fast Food Chicken (NeNe Chicken - Korean sold in Melbourne Central Mall, Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia). Would KFC Worldwide consider providing the options (free or paid) of plastic gloves for the convenience of customers? This cannot be patented. Nene chicken overhead menu. Best selling #1 in Korea Rephrase "Takeaway" pack = "Take Me Home" pack. Restaurant menu should have a section on its unique specialty viewable at a single glance Provide one phonetic sound of your name for takeaway coffee/tea instead of your full name to save time WOOLWORTHS Eastland mall to sell sushi in different portion sizes? Spicy sushi Go to the food court 30 mins before peak lunch hour and sit there to play with your phone until lunch time then order your food Why not use Pasta Bake to make Sushi Base? Wish Woolworths QV Supermarket give or sell Wooden chopsticks for her sushi products Please implement. Please place wooden chopsticks next to Sushi Products. Macaroons designed as poke balls Sushi counter with sign +salad $4 Chocolate Shop gives free pot of liquid choc, paper, and brush for the kids to play with Delivery or takeaway option link to restaurant's website communicated to customers queueing at restaurant front Political Candidates gives a Free Grocery Bag

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