#ep 49b

[blazernot]

STEVE GOING MENTAL???

[backfromtwitterforw]

Be proud of your place in the cosmos. It is small, yet it is.

- Cecil, Welcome To Nightvale ep.49b

[hamletisabitch]

Hometowns and Mortality

"The View Between Villages"-Noah Kahan/My mom's camera roll/WTNV ep 49B/My mom's camera roll 2/Our Town act III/"i know this"-Rachel Kann/Sheridan WY Mainstreet by AJ Powell

Image descriptions in alt text. I'm very new to writing them so please lmk if there's stuff I should do differently :)

[benjaminbadger]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW OFTEN I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS

GET HIS AAAAASSSSSSSSS

(From ep 49B)

[rewrentless]

(I really shouldnt have done this in oil pastel at 1am, now my bed and hands are covered in black)

[mindareadsoots]

The fact that Ludo doesn’t know how to say, “I love you,” is both funny and sad.

There seems to be a common theme with kids shows these days of characters dealing with the failings of their parents, but Ludo’s parents are almost refreshingly basic in how awful they are. They’re abusive garbage people and so in this moment of catharsis, they get portrayed as literal garbage.

[sweetwateriver]

ive been relistening to night vale on and off for some months and the first like "season" or so is exactly as good as we all remember it, tameka flynn continues to be the best character in existence, unfortunately after that it does get pretty hit or miss imo but when it hits it FUCKING hits

[bernie-the-nugget]

.•°☆ 51 Reasons why Steli ☆°•.

TH~ TrollHunters

3B ~ 3Below

W ~ Wizards

S ~ Season

Ep ~Episode

☆note: Bromance and Romance+ things I think are cute☆

☆2ndNote: All events are in chronological order of the shows☆

01) They have to raise a baby

[TH S2 Ep8 & 9]

02) Eli calls their son Flip after Steve yelled "I don't give a Flip!"

[TH S2 Ep9]

03) Steve calls Eli cool

[TH S2 Ep9]

04) Eli always tries to calm Steve down

[ TH S2 Ep 9 & TH S3 Ep3 & 3B S2 Ep 10]

05) Steve & Eli wrote/sang two songs together

[TH S2 Ep9 & 3B S2 Ep5]

06)Eli sings "friendship forever" in their first song

(yes I know both songs by heart)

[TH S2 Ep9]

*Steve & Eli singing:*

Slay- CreepslayerZ

Duh duh duh duh

Duh duh duh duh

Defenders of the night!

Duh duh duh duh duh

Goblins and ghoulies and things that go, boo!

We´ll pound you into goo, we´re coming for you!

Eli!

Friendship forever will stop all the Creepers

We know all the secrets for we are the Keepers

Of Awesome Yeah

Punch all the Monsters!

CreepslayerZ! CreepslayerZ!

In the face!

[TH S2 Ep9]

07) Before the CreepslayerZ episode, Steve only ever has a grin full of deceitfulness and mischievousness

but after that episode his smile turns so incredible soft

[TH S2 Ep9]

08) Steve rescues Eli from a paperball

[TH S2 Ep10]

Steve: *is asleep *

Eli: *gets hit with one (1) paperball *

Steve:*(ง •̀_•́)ง *

Eli: * (｡◕‿◕｡) *

[TH S2 Ep10]

09) Steve flings his arm around Eli's shoulder

[TH S2 Ep10 & 3B S2 Ep1]

10) Steve is totally amazed when Eli backflips down the rope

[TH S2 Ep13]

11) Steve protects Eli when Coach snarls at him

[TH S3 Ep3]

12) Eli tries to calm Steve down after Coach snarled at Steve

[TH S3 Ep3]

13) Steve goes to The Battle Of The Bands with Eli and carries him ON HIS SHOULDERS

[TH S3 Ep12 & 3B S1 Ep12]

14) Eli wants to desperately convince Steve that Aliens are real

[3B S1 Ep3&13]

Steve: pics or it didn´t happen.

Eli: Fine!

Steve: Fine!!

Eli: FINE!!! *Ò∇Ó *

Eli: *runs away *

Steve: Wait not fine! It´s not fine! NOT FINE! COME BA-A-ACK!!

[3B S1 Ep13]

15) Steve tells a horrorstory at the campfire which he got from Eli

[3B S1 Ep8]

16) Steve goes on a date with Aja but only talks about Eli

[3B S1 Ep11]

Steve: And that´s why Eli can´t eat clams.

[3B S1 Ep11]

17) Steve & Eli had (a) sleepover(s) where they watched all episodes of Earth Invaders

[3B S1 Ep11]

18) Steve gets stuck in a spaceship and the first person he's thinking of is Eli

[3B S1 Ep11]

19) Steve wants Eli to "clarinett" (it's a panflute) him at The Battle Of The Bands

[3B S1 Ep12]

20) While Steve is panicking he shakes Eli

[3B S1 Ep13]

21) Eli totally freaks out when Steve doesn't answer his calls

[3B S2 Ep1]

22) Eli desperately tries to rescue Steve after he thought that Steve got brainwashed by Aja

[3B S2 Ep1]

23) Eli elbowed Toby after Toby offended Steve

[3B S2 Ep1]

Eli: She kidnapped him!

* :'( *

I bet she brainwashed him!

* :OOO *

Toby: Yeah, that wouldn´t be hard.

Eli: *(ง •̀_•́)ง *

[3B S2 Ep1]

24) Eli jumps on Steve to save him from these "darn dirty" Aliens (+ Eli pets Steve´s cheek)

[3B S2 Ep1]

Eli: You´re safe now, Bro.

Steve: Pepperjack! Don´t use Bro! You´re not cool enough, Bro.

Eli: Sorry, Bro.

Steve: * •̀_•́ *

Eli: I-I-I mean Steve!

25) Steve hides behind Aja while Eli hides behind Steve

[3B S2 Ep1]

26)Eli threw himself on Steve before they got crushed by a giant warhammer

[3B S2 Ep1]

27) Steve "cuddles" Eli after they defeated Magmatron

[3B S2 Ep1]

28) Eli holds Steve's hand after they defeated Magmatron

[3B S2 Ep1]

29) Eli and Steve look each other in the eyes,

then Steve walks and looks away but Eli is still admiring Steve

[3B S2 Ep1]

30) Steve & Eli make their CreepslayerZ-sign in front of a totally romantic, pinkish background WHILE THEY SMILING AT EACHOTHER WITH THAT LOOK

OH MY GOSH

[3B S2 Ep1]

31) Steve says "Good job Bro" in the most softest tone ever and gives his boy a high five

[3B S2 Ep3]

32) Steve signs Eli "🤟" which means

*I l o v e y o u*

[3B S2 Ep5]

33) Steve calls Eli "My Boy"

[3B S2 Ep5]

*Steve rapping:*

My Boy Eli and I saving the day,

You Creeps better hide ´cause we came to slay!

Creeping in the shadows, we ain´t here to play!

Cruising in Arcadia with his mum´s car

Cheeseslice has a curfew, we can´t go far!

MIC DROP!

34) Steve randomly picks up Eli

[3B S2 Ep5]

35) Steve wants to shove someone in a locker but stops because of Eli

[3B S2 Ep5]

Steve: *about to shove someone in a locker, happily*

Eli: "Steeve! What did we talk about?! •̀_•́"

Steve: ò-ó *lets go off the Area 49B-guy, dissapointed and annoyed* "FINE!"

[3B S2 Ep5]

36) When Steve wanted to try-out for Kleb Or Alive, Toby wanted to reject him BUT Eli shushed Toby and told him to "just watch"

(My theory: Steve &Eli already acted together

also they both were in the Romeo And Juliet play in Trollhunters)

[3B S2 Ep8]

37) Eli cries because of Steve's amazing acting

[3B S2 Ep8]

38) Toby thinks that they both are dating

"I know, you're **just** CreepslayerZ not dating"

[3B S2 Ep9]

39) Eli calls Steve "Loverboy"

[3B S2 Ep12]

40) Steve comes back for Eli during the final battle of 3Below

Eli to Steve: You came back for me!

(And I quote in German:

Eli: Du (Steve) bist fūr mich zurūckgekommen

(he explicitly addresses Steve in German))

[3B S2 Ep12]

41) Steve takes Eli by the hand to save him from creepers

[3B S2 Ep13]

42) After the Big Explosion, Steve's first question is "Wait, Where is Pepperjack?!"

and then he CRIES his name

[3B S2 Ep 13]

43) "Hold on Eli! Steve is coming!"

[3B S2 Ep13]

44) Steve cuddles Eli during Aja's speech

[3B S2 Ep13]

45) Eli hugs Steve (and Aja)

[3B S2 Ep 13]

46) When Aja and Eli leave earth Steve cries again

[3B S2 Ep13]

47) Steve puts the loss of Eli and Aja on the same level

[3B S2 Ep 13]

48) Steve get's kicked really hard & swamped with sewage and he cries for Pepperjack

[W S1 Ep5 & Ep8]

49) Steve is clingy but especially clingy with Eli

[Always]

50) Eli usually sticks close to Steve

[Usually]

51) Eli is the only one who gets a (nice) nickname, besides Aja, from Steve

[3B Cheeseslice]

[im-the-king-of-the-ocean]

3BP2 Episode 2: Moonlight Run Liveblog

link to my live blog of Ep. 1

I do 2 watches of favorite shows when they first come out.  The first, a single binge-watching session through all new episodes, so I can feel all the emotions I’m gonna feel.  The second is slower, to fully take in the new material and sort out my thoughts.  This time, with 3Below, I’ve decided to liveblog my second watch through.

Beneath the cut, thoughts on 3Below Part 2 Episode 2: Moonlight Run

>First off, I do love Stuart talking to his old ship.  As someone who talks to pretty much every inanimate object I own, I get that.  It was cute.

>My initial response upon first viewing the stealing of the spaceship from Area 49B, though, was frustration.  After an entire episode was spent breaking into Area 49B in Part 1, to do so again and so easily here, felt like an undermining to the intensity of “The Arcadian Job”.

However, I can also see why the writers did it.  Our characters needed a ship to get to the moon.  The only one that’s been established other than Mother is Stuart’s.  Therefore, it would be easiest to utilize his ship rather than spend narrative time establishing a new ship someplace else.

Also, returning to 49B and Kubritz so early in the season re-establishes them in the audience’s mind as antagonists.  Thus, when Kubritz & co enter into the plot in more major ways later on, we already have a point of reference for them that’s fresher than a single episode from last season.

So, yeah, on the one hand, a frustrating moment.  On the other, I think the narrative gains outweigh the losses in this instance.

Plus, Stuart’s joke about Area 49B’s security system was funny.

Also the line about there not being any tracking device because the ship didn’t fly before.  Really liked that one.

>This season keeps convincing me to love Zadra more and more.  Just, I really like her concerns about the safety measures for a sleepover.  She really reminds me of a concerned parent, but without breaking character for her.

>Also I love the wide shot of Arcadia in the background in the scene with Aja, Krel, Eli, and Toby.  Just, I think they really improved on the animation this season.  I could literally stare at that city for ages, it’s so beautiful.

>That look Vex gives Alpha when Alpha first walks up, before turning his gaze away as he says “Million with an M”.  I just really, really like that look.  The utter disdain I can feel radiating off Vex, it’s GLORIOUS!

>I love the shot with Stuart in the foreground and Aja and Krel complaining about road trips in the background.  This scene made me genuinely smile.

>Also, Aja and Krel looking at Earth through the window.

>Okay, one of my ultimate favorite things from this season was seeing Stuart’s ship fly over the moon.  It gave a very retro vibe (one that reminded me of old movies with poor special effects that had flying saucers).  I really, really enjoyed it (also, it’s why I’m kinda glad they went with Stuart’s ship).  A great moment all around.

>I’m fairly certain the music that plays during the low-gravity on the moon moments is a call back to 2001: A Space Odyssey.  I know it’s a famous piece of classical (and it’s bugging me that I can’t remember its title/composer), but I’m fairly certain that that movie was the first time it was used in a space setting.

>I really, really love the relationship between Aja and Vex.

>How Tronos gets offended at the potential of Stuart suggesting he’s not a gentleman.  Enough said.

>for the reference to Clue, Stuart gets double bonus points

>I don’t know why, but I find Aja’s fight against the guard super satisfying.  How she decided to lure him into coming back, ambushing him, the fight itself, and then her quip to Vex about patience, just ahjfldhdlahsljg I could watch this sequence repeatedly.

>I can’t tell if Nana’s just messing with Zadra or she’s serious about the credit card thing, and I LOVE IT

I can’t believe I’ve never noticed this little hug the Tarron siblings do when they reunite before now!  It’s so CUUUUTE!

>Alpha’s defeat so early in the season has been something I’ve spent a lot of time considering.  Initially, it rubbed me the wrong way.  Up until that point he  seemed like an extremely important character.  So, to have his end be in episode 2 felt like the show wasn’t giving it the significance or weight it deserved.

However, then I got to thinking about it.  Subsequently, I came to like this narrative choice more.

Alpha, as a character, is most important as an adversary to Vex.  Yes, Aja and Krel are his bounties, but he doesn’t have the same personal history with them as he does Vex.  I really like that Vex defeats him in this fight, because Vex is the one who needs to defeat him.

To make Alpha one of the final villains to defeat in the season would divert some attention from Aja and Krel’s battles during the finale (which are more important narratively, as they’re the protagonists) to Vex.  But, it would also not bring full attention to Vex (as some attention would still be on Aja and Krel’s).��

This way, arguably, none of the important battles (Vex vs. Alpha, Aja and Krel vs. Morando and Kubrick) are fully receiving the attention they should, as they are drawing focus from each other.

By separating them, the show gives each time and weight.

Alpha isn’t as important an antagonist to Aja and Krel, so it makes the most sense for him to be the one removed from the finale, where Aja and Krel’s fights should be front and center.

Placing it so close to the beginning does give some early on action (which is a good way to get people excited), but it also made the first episodes feel a bit rushed.

All things considered I think it was a good choice, but one that had a few flaws.

[justmonicca]

ep 49b was good as fuck??

[quoigenderbuckybarnes]

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN

BUT WTNV IS COMING TO THE UK

I NEARLY SCREAMED but I was in a car with my family so I didn't but I TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT IT AND LOOKED LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS FOR ME

AND DONT EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT EPISODE

CARLOS

CARLOS

CECIL

THE VOICEMAIL

FUCKIN

[waywardexplorer]

I never thought I would say this, but: f*#%^ yeah Steve Carlsberg!

[dmallfoy]

HE'S DOING ALL THESE VOICES AND IM SO ENDEARED STEVE CARLSBERG IS MY FAVOURITE I LOVE YOU STEVE

[mindareadsoots]

I think that’s literally the same book that Miss Heinous pulled out when trying to identify Princess Turdina.

[singsweetnightinvale]

im p sure cecil's gonna put a lab coat on a body pillow and snuggle with it every night until carlos comes back

he'll call it pillos

[im-the-king-of-the-ocean]

3BP2 Episode 4: Mother’s Day Liveblog

...and we’re back with Whirl Does a 3Below Liveblog Thing!  My apologies that this one took so long.  I’ve had a lot of life stuff going on.  But I will try to get through the entire second season of 3Below :)

I do 2 watches of favorite shows when they first come out.  The first, a single binge-watching session through all new episodes, so I can feel all the emotions I’m gonna feel.  The second is slower, to fully take in the new material and sort out my thoughts.  This time, with 3Below, I’ve decided to liveblog my second watch through.

Episode 1.  Episode 2.  Episode 3.

Beneath the cut, thoughts on 3Below Part 2 Episode 4: Mother’s Day

>I tend to like episodes like this that are framed from the perspective of a side character who usually doesn’t get too much attention.  It makes the world feel more developed past the main characters, like the writers have given thought to their entire cast instead of just the protagonists.

>That’s not to say I like every narrative choice in this episode, but the framing is something I’m ultimately glad they decided to do.

>holy crap is this show beautiful.  Since my last liveblog I’ve gotten a new computer with better graphics and man is everything absolutely stunning.

>Mother checking in on her family as they sleep is so very cute 👌

>tbh, I feel like this episode would have been a better introduction for Toby this season.  Right off the bat, we have him in a familiar setting, the dentist’s office, as a callback to Trollhunters.

Toby becomes aware of a potential threat (Tronos), later meets up with Arrrgh!!!, and then goes to confront the threat.

Starting with Toby here would have re-established him as a competent Trollhunter/reminded the audience of his involvement with Trollhunters already.  Instead of appearing to just go along with Eli in ep. 1, Toby would have been shown to have a more active role.  He hasn’t just been sitting around like ep. 3 seemed to imply and he does take threats to Arcadia seriously.

Also, not introducing him until a couple episodes in would have heightened anticipation for his return.  Instead of just giving the audience him immediately, the writers could have gotten us excited to see him again by making us wait until a very exciting moment, which the beginning of this episode is.

>Tronos’s introduction here is great.  Mother’s narration over him going through the power lines and then appearing in the dentist’s office is fantastic, suspenseful and gets the viewer hyped for the episode.

>Have I ever mentioned that I love Tronos’s voice? cause I love Tronos’s voice 😻 

>Mother’s development is so so good 😊 it hurts my heart to know where things are going with her this season 😢 but I love her comments to Krel as he’s trying to do repairs.

>I like that Zadra distrusting Vex is a plot line.  It shows that past events have lasting effects.

>If this were Toby’s introduction episode, then he and the Tarrons wouldn’t know each other as well as they do, and Toby wouldn’t call them about Tronos.  This would circumvent the awkward phone call moment.  Plus, the Akiridions could have easily found out about Tronos some other way (like him appearing on their censors like he did on Area 49B’s).

>First mention of Gaylen’s core.  Interesting.  I’m looking forward to exploring this more in later episodes.  Also, I love the music here, it’s wonderful.

>Man, I love the interrogation of everyone in Arcadia.  Just 👌stuff right there.

>Zadra training Aja is a nice scene.  I like the little sound effect when she ever so gently taps her boot against the building and her smirk when she says “advanced tactics”.  Give me more Zadra pls.

>Zadra’s line about compatriots betraying a warrior and having to fight alone read as emotional to me.  Like she’s recalling how she had to fight alone at the beginning of Part 1 to prevent Morando’s forces from stopping Aja, Krel, and Vex’s escape.  That was an experience she endured and overcame, but it did lead to her capture.  This strikes me as Zadra not being unaffected by the experience and that fuels her anger at Vex.  Even more so because he was someone I think she mentioned trained her and she trusted in the past.  His betrayal hurt her because she trusted him and because of the experiences she had to go through because of it.

Just, I’m reading a lot of depth in Zadra here.  Whether it was intentional or not, I cannot say.  But it makes me love her character.

>I love love love Aja’s introduction to Arrrgh!!!, that entire scene, and the fact it happened in the museum (another TH callback!)

>I so want to see more of an Aja & Arrrgh!!! friendship, just that friendship.  I have been sold on that friendship in less than a minute.

>Bonus points for the Arrrgh!!! vs. Tronos fight.

>See the call back to lightning in a bottle just convinces me more that this should have been Toby’s introductory episode, since we’re reminded of Trollhunters yet again.

>I haven’t mentioned this so far, but this was a really good episode to bring Kubritz and her Area 49B guys to Arcadia in.  Also this introduction of Costas, nice to see him before he’ll get a little more significance later.

>The beginning of Morando’s snap commands to the OMENS.  I don’t know why I like this, but I do.

>Kubritz’s later working with Morando is foreshadowed here by how she strikes a deal with Tronos.  I don’t think that comes out of the blue.  Kubritz has set her objective at protecting Earth.  She’s found out extraterrestrials have more advanced tech than mankind, so she’s focused on acquiring that tech because without it, she can’t complete her protection objective.

Her goal and the way she goes about it are contradictory (she wants to protect Earth from extraterrestrials, yet she works with extraterrestrials).  I don’t think she, as a character, has realized this yet.  She’s gotten so caught up in her objective that I don’t think it’s occurred to her that her actions betray her values.  At least not until the very end of the season.

We the audience can see her contradiction for what it is because we’re not her, and we have an outside perspective.  We also have an emotional connection to Aja and Krel and, because Kubritz is antagonistic to them, we won’t agree with her.

Kubritz only has her own perspective.  She doesn’t have to listen to her subordinates if she doesn’t want to (I believe, later, she doesn’t really listen to Costas when he begins to point things out).  Until the final battle, where Arcadia is literally being destroyed and she has the evidence that she’s wrong in front of her, Kubritz doesn’t manage to get out of her own head.

I don’t think this makes her a bad character, but a character with flaws.  To me, that makes her fascinating.

>“Dinner Family” is great.

>I like the ending conversation between Vex and Zadra.  It works really well.