#ep119 actually

[oh-meow-swirls]

i haven't even gotten to any episodes with it but just the idea of the komasan taxi segments alone is so funny to me. i'm pretty sure most of the yo-kai even do the exact thing there were parent complaints about in the segment-

[just-my-thoughts-about-stuff]

Hera and Persephone

Episode 119 was very striking to me, in many different ways. Hera’s speech/internal monologue in the cold open is quite possibly one of my favorite lines in the series. It gives us so much information on her character we’ve never seen before, and it’s powerful and tragic. 

There’s a lot to unpack there that I can’t get to in this post, and it makes me even more curious about her past than I already was...But there’s one particular aspect of it I want to unpack, because that little speech made me realize something important about her character I never saw before. 

I was already very struck in ep78 by just how sweet and gentle Hera was in the past. (Actually I was struck by the contrast between then and now in ep20). She’s so badass today, and can even be rather cold at times, it’s strange to see her as this sweet and innocent, warm and down to earth girl scared of a little blood. It almost doesn’t seem like she’s the same person.

It’s especially strange when compared with how she interacts with Eros and Artemis later in ep119. Despite knowing how she acts in modern day, I was actually surprised at how she treated them. 

Despite being Queen, she treats Persephone with kindness, (a kindness that allows me to see that that sweet girl she once was is still there). Zeus is the main person we see her treating more coldly (with good reason), so I kinda thought she treated most people like Persephone and was surprised at her almost callousness towards Eros and Artemis. 

The one thing I was surprised (but not ungrateful) about in her treatment of Persephone is that she is almost obsessed with her vision of Apollo. It made me happy that she is so concerned for Persephone, but I also wondered why the Queen of the gods put so much of her time and energy into this minor goddess and a vision. 

But when I was saw these shots of 119...

And they finally made me connect something. 

Young Hera...

Reminds me of someone. 

And suddenly, when I connected that, a great many things about her made sense to me.

She treats Persephone the way she does, with such kindness, wanting to protect her, she is so reactive to her being hurt by Apollo...because she reminds her of herself. 

She sees this sweet, on innocent girl, who loves the Earth, and her mother, and (who would kill for) her friends, but who is lively and full of fire...and she sees herself. 

Why, in the end of ep119 she even becomes Persephone, further cementing to me that we are supposed to see the connections between them. I’m guessing she’s the only one with that power, and that’s why they asked her to do it, but I still think the implications are interesting. I wonder if it’s possible the reason she was able to pretend to be her is because they’re similar (or were once).

In the myths Zeus preys on Hera’s kindness...and ends up raping her, forcing her to marry him. I don’t know if that happened in LO, (I sincerely hope it went differently)...but if it did, it makes even more sense why she’d be so reactive to Apollo raping her. 

Let’s not forget (though I’d very much like to)....

I do actually like Zeus in LO, but he does do terrible things at times...and this ^^ is probably my least favorite line from him in the entire series right now. But if it’s true he raped Hera like in the myths...the connections are even stronger. Apollo even talks about making Persephone his Olympian...I really hope that’s not how things went down with Zeus and Hera back when...but it’s very possible.

Hera is as angry as she is at Apollo because...that’s what happened to her. except this time, she can do something about it. So she is going to (see end of ep120).

She reacts the way she does towards Hades way back in ep20

because she is so scared what happened to her is going to happen to Persephone.

At the time I thought she was just being nice to, and protective of, her, like any older woman should hearing that kind of talk. But it’s more than that. I think perhaps those lines could be applicable to her own past self too. Perhaps she was young and impressionable...and didn’t argue with Zeus. (I could see Zeus trying to impress Hera with little trinkets like he does Semele...and maybe if Zeus did make a speech similar to the one Apollo made Persephone...maybe Hera didn’t argue...)

Hera sees this sweet, down to earth girl, who loves the earth, and her mom, and is wild and free...and she doesn’t want her to be torn apart for Olympus. For a god. For a king. For a marriage...Like she was.

They call Persephone “something nice” in ep20, and she hates it...because that’s exactly how she was treated.

If Hades is going to be with Persephone, she wants to make sure he isnt going to treat Persephone like Zeus did her. (Notice that she only checks Hades as an acceptable suitor for Persephone until after it’s clear he’s moved on from her. ...I guess that was a test?? I’m not super familiar with the myths, just a few stories).

It goes without saying that I’m super excited to see what she does to Apollo in the next chapter. But I also am really hoping we get to hear more about their pasts at some point. Why is she his “golden traitor”? How did she get that scar? There were so many things that intrigued me. And how similar are Hera and Persephone, and Apollo and Zeus really? maybe the past will answer.

[unxpctedlybleach]

according to previous episodes, including a speech from Byakuya, if Ikkaku’s still got his bankai’s handle in hand then he’s not actively dying

[literaphobe]

WAIT WAIT I was scrolling through your blog and you said you watch running man?? oh my goood question! who is your favourite member? thought on kwang soo leaving running man? (also maybe gary and joong ki if you are there when they leave) thought on the new members? fav ep? i'm sorry but it been so long i found people who watch running man

unless you talking about a different running man then...I'm sorry please delete this post and sorry for bothering you

MY FAVE MEMBER. is. no surprise. SONG JIHYO. aka goddess and best at everything. i think i’m very drawn to personalities that always dominate n come out on top. jihyo isn’t really known for being the ace of running man anymore but in my heart she always is :( i also am a HUGE fan of her goddess of luck image like she isn’t as crazily lucky these days bc kwangsoo (icon of misfortune) is gone but if anything makes me believe in supernatural like. the concept of LUCK being a real force in the universe it would be because of her. the way she overcomes odds n comes out on top despite being a bit of an underdog in many situations is SO hot to me. here’s some pictures of her

she’s like. u know how george is like effortlessly pretty despite being just so idc about it? yeah thats HER like she doesn’t give a shit she just wakes up rolls out of bed n goes to work. she falls asleep everywhere too. one time they played giant jenga and one of them had to be on top of the jenga as a ‘risk’ for the jenga tower dying n at the time running man was 6 men 1 woman (her) and they asked her to do it bc they were all scared n she’s the bravest member (she once bungee jumped off a 233m tall building to HELP one of them she literally didnt have to either she just went WEEEEE they all worship the ground she walks on out of respect shes just so cool)

anyway here’s her sleeping on the jenga tower

like???? shes so funny. my second favorite member is kim jongkook n my fave pair on the show is them both :) jongkook is the super jacked guy whos also really smart n good at everything. like u know how whenever george/sapnap/anyone dying screams for dream to help them when they need saving in minecraft? thats like every running man member w jongkook

ANYWAY FAVE EP…. there are so many. i swear to god. but if i were to recommend episodes to start w i’d say the superpowers episode? when they all had superpowers n had to fight to the death (ep74) and the second yoomes bond ep (ep91, i LOVE yoo jaesuk my beloved nation’s mc), the princess race ep (ep103), n park jisung soccer eps (95, 96, 97) OH FUCK THE ZOMBIE EP WHEN THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS FUCKING SICK TOO (ep98) and like uhhhh the baseball ep!! (ep119) and i’ll stop here bc the second people realize i have many episode numbers memorized i’ll look like a crazy person

BUT TO BE FAIR running man is the most popular korean variety show ever these mfs are straight up like A KPOP GROUP. they’ve held fan meetings which r straight up CONCERTS they sing dance etc etc they’re CRAZY u don’t GET IT they are a PHENOMENON,,, jackie chan was on this show RYAN REYNOLDS N TOM CRUISE WERE ON THIS SHOW

running man is literally what happens if u put a bunch of singers, actors, and comedians together n made them do crazy shit (literally everything under the sun has happened on running man. name anything PG. they prob did it on running man) AND THEY BECAME A FOUND FAMILYYYY and its so funny

i think joongki is so sweet n my beloved but i think ultimately him leaving helped the RM dynamic tighten up?? n it improved bc of it?? idk tho maybe itd be just as good if he stayed. i also was a tiny bit upset when gary left n it hurt the show for a while :( gary was so funny but also I HATE MONDAY COUPLE. FUCK MONDAY COUPLE IT TRAPPED JIHYO FOR SO LONG I HATED THAT SHIT. like its so crazy too bc imo they should never have had a loveline but if anything… do it w jongkook the one guy whos actually hot n has enough chemistry w her? they literally were called a ‘power duo’ all the time like brooooo i was so oppressed for liking their dynamic :( BUT HAHAHAHAHAH NOW JONGKOOK N JIHYO R FLIRTING ON THE SHOW ITS SO FUNNYYYY like yaaaassss straightbaiting 😍 its so funny too like there were times when monday couple was a Thing so the other members couldn’t “ship” other pairings but sometimes jongkook n jihyo would be so sus that they couldn’t help BUT say something u know but NOW ALL THE MEMBERS ARE FREE. yoo jaesuk risks his life every week to ship them and the others LOVE to fucking tease them

also kwangsoo leaving made me really sad but his injuries were too bad for him to risk his body every week like that :( all the members have slipped disks n severe back problems because of all the ways they hurt themselves making the show :( i hope kwangsoo comes back to guest soon tho like hes not Permanently gone the way gary is like gary straight up refuses to ever be on running man ever again LOL

also i like somin and sechan :D i admit i do prefer old running man dynamics but the current family is v cozy!! i think their loveline is sweet but i also think its HILARIOUS how the members mostly jaesuk don’t “care” as much about it like in that well get together sure but what we’re REALLY here to do is make fun of jongkook n jihyo ^_^ like they r cute its sweet ALSO somin being added is SO good bc YAY more than one woman also THEIR DYNAMIC IS SO CUTE like anyone remember that time they sabotaged each other in the game where they were competing by kissing each other?? good times

sorry for talking so much running man is literally one of my fave shows EVER n it hasn’t ended despite being a weekly show thats been running since 2010 (theres like over 500 episodes i KNOW im INSANE) like bro at the peak of my hyperfixation on this show I LEARNED THE FUCKING KOREAN LANGUAGE SO I COULD WATCH IT LIVE WHEN IT AIREDDDDD IM CRAZY FR

[chidoroki]

Boruto EP119

aka: feeling forgetful

Matching tattoos, what relationship goals.

Oh the dude messed up real bad.

Fulfilled your purpose? The dude passed out right after..

Konohamaru vs a ghostly deer.

Ah, so that’s the jutsu he was researching.

Oh, the red haired guy’s eyes are different, he actually has pupils now.

That’s quite a powerful hair accessory.

Aw Konohamaru has a monkey summoning too.

Boruto set up a bunch of spell tags real quick.

So they made another sealing jutsu.. and it failed. I guess they didn’t have a backup plan for this.

Oh, Remon jumped in anyway.

Well don’t just stand around and talk to her Konohamaru, cut the darn horns already! Damn!

What’s the point of confessing your feelings to her if she won’t remember.. so you don’t feel bad at hiding them?

Aw a hug, sort of.

Um the rock totally disappeared, is that bad? Isn’t that how the ghost remains sealed?

She might not remember anything but at least her friend there doesn’t seem evil anymore.

Ah, she kind of remembers eating the sour burger.

Preview thoughts:

“I wonder when Sasuke will help me train?!” MY BOY! do you see how easy it is to get me excited for an episode? one sentence. one name. that’s it. help me.

“You think he’ll accept your request that easily? If he had the time, I wish he’d come by..” Aw Sarada, you and me both hun.

You want him, you gotta go find him. though i hope you do find hm because i miss my boy. someone show me my boy!

[smorgasbordofobsessions]

liveblog: miraculous ladybug s113-121

ep113

being able to use gestures as a power is also pretty cool

i’ve been liking all the “evil” powers so far!

ep114

hm tikki’s sick

wow they really make chloe out to be a huge selfish bitch in this show

oh prince ali is cute!

i like camembert as much as the next person but plagg really needs to get it together

was tikki helped by the power of gongs

“ancient chinese secret.. just like yours”

hm the lore grows

haha you go rose!

ep115 - "the origins"

so there are MORE miraculouses??

"the miraculous are not eant to be used for evil purposes"

okay wait miraculouses have existed for THOSUANDS of years and not one person has used it for evil purposes?? yeah okay

"i'm only 186"

WHY is marinette putting cocoa powder in her milk that's in a cereal bowl i need answers!! what is this weird french thing

love that the show says "evilize" instead of "make him evil" because the verb is such a greath shortcut

whya re the security camers visible in the library???

"is this the police? call the army!"

oh wow adrien's father is a hard ass!

also love that a supervillain is actually somehow so common in this universe that no one is making the exclamation of "supervillain?!?!??!" but more "yeah there's a supervillain"

"i only got it wrong once. it won't happen again - at least i hope not"

LOVE these transfomation seqences!! marinette's so uncomfortable but adrien took to it like a fish to water

also good to see that the transformations are a bit "forced" and part of the actual transformatio and not just a thing the animators decided to add for fun, and to fulfill a trope

marinette!!! :(

ep116

adrien!! :'(

ivan is fucking cute!!!

ivan tried but he failed oh noooo my poor baby :(

i think it's great that we're seeing how timid marinette was to the idea of ladybug, after we've sen her so confident in her role already! it shows how much she's grown into herself and her role

this is the moment that chat noir fell in love (with ladybug)

"that's the problem with superheroes. they're so.. heroic!"

oh was that a little fourth wall break?

oh a nod to king king nice nice!!

hawkmoth has a secret dream?

ohymgod ivan is precious

adrien takes chinese?? oh he's smart!

oh marinette!! yes, girl, stand up for yourself!!

this is the moment marinette fell in love (with adrien)

wow this is great this is how the fucking lovesquare starts

wow this is great

THSI IS SO FUCKING CUTE!!!!!!!

"those two are made for each other"

and we know if an old chinese dude says it must be true

ep117

adrien is being the best wingman right now

"how's adrien supposed to be the live of your life when you can't even talk to him"

i'm LOVING this whole scenario right now

ladybug literally scratched chat noir under the chin i'm-

CHAT NOIR'S EARS ARE ACTUALLY FOR LISTENING AND NOT DECORATION??????

nino and alya are totally ready!! to help adrien and marinette get together!

ep118

"the last time i set foot on a dance floor, madonna was in kindergarten"

okay but that means that the mayor is ANCIENT

adrien playnig this game between being himself and being chat noir is fun to watch

ep119

the one thing i like about the origins episodes is us seeing why marinette likes adrien, becuse he was nice to her,and he was honest with her

it really just puts into perspective why she acts so awkward around him - though that just being a schtick wasn't a bad idea either

"so go ahead: gofe"

never heard a verb form of "gofer" before

shoes on the bed ugh

a song dedicated to ladybug :3

ep120

marinette designing jagged stone's new album?!?!

good on her parent sfor being encouraging and supportive - but also next time please ask for details

i, too, deal with my anger by listening to rock

uh... i am not against guitar villain's look? it's very rockadelic haha

"i'm sure another record company would be happy with a number two chart topper"

they actually would be!! number two is actually a great spot, especially for a long-term artist

ADRIEN ASKED FOR MARINETTE'S AUTOGRAPH!!!!

god do i really have to suffer before they get together

ep121

marinette speaking chinese!

OHMYGOD PLEASE MARINETTE NEEDS ADRIEN'S HELP!! ADRIEN SPEAKS CHINESE!!! ADIREN SHOULD COME OVER!!!!

yes i was right!!!!!!

watch this uncle speak "french"

i was right haha hysterical

"cooking needs no words"

marinette absolutely killing chloe right now

chloe not liking soup is a problem because SO MUCH can go into a soup to make it fucking fantastic

a real fucking shame what chloe did though like.. why mess with someone's food

his villain suit reminds me of dbz!

seeing mayor bougeouis being active is actually the funniest part of this episode so far

i do hope that in later seasons we see chloe grow as a character and face actual consequences for her actions

"i can't wait to get home and write a song about soup!"

honestly good food will make you want to do this

[lux-ace]

LO NMtB Ship - Blue Traitor x Golden Traitor - 💛hebe🌙jebbies✨ edition:

LO Ep80 inspired

LO Titanomachy [1] [2]

LO DTIYS - “Titanomachy” [Intro] [Versions] ✅

Before & After the Titan War

⏳A Romance Cut Short⏳

Alternate Route for “that scene” in LO Ep119 - https://www.instagram.com/p/CEnFywHgNGI/

LO Decades [HxH]

LO Ep77-78 Concepts

LO Modern [HxH]

If Hera was actually Queen of the Underworld

Underworld Royalty

HxH Royal Portrait w/ baby! Ares | Genderbent! HxH Royal Portrait

H💛💙H - LO playlist

⭐️FANGIRL FRIDAY⭐️

LO x Hamilton [1] [2]

LO x Romeo + Juliet (1996)

LO H&H x TLJ Reylo ✅

[kyogre-blue]

YGO GX, ep119

So 14-15 episodes into S3, and it’s... a total change from the previous two seasons. The pacing and approach to the story are completely different. Honestly, it’s about the same level as the difference between 5Ds Dark Signers and 5Ds WRGP (except in reverse in tone). 

Like, S1 and S2 spent at least this much time just messing around. S3? Not one actual filler of the week. It’s straight from introducing Cobra and the exchange students into Cobra’s plan and then defeating him. No one messes around, not the story, not the characters. It took them how many episodes to actually start doing something about Society of Light? They tackle dis-duels the moment is starts being suspicious. Amazing. 

That being said, while I definitely appreciate this... I have to admit “hard on the gas with the plot” isn’t necessarily my favorite approach to pacing. There’s a reason 5Ds S1 isn’t top of my personal rankings (close to top, but not actually there). It’s because this kind of heavy plot tends to not be as good at personal drama and making me invest in the characters. 

I came of 5Ds S1 being vaguely okay with the characters but not sold on any of them. Same here. The new characters are... plot-heavy, but I don’t really care about any of them that much. (Johan only gets by because I like the concept of him, actually watching him isn’t all that interesting to me.) And like 5Ds S2, the direction change between seasons means that the old cast, whom I do care about because of the time spent with them, are largely just filling space. 

The change tho. It’s amazing. It’s moving so fast. 

[sublimotion]

Why We Suffer And How Not To

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.pngBefore I became a doctor, I actually studied Buddhism. I wanted to understand the root of human suffering, and through that understand the way to creating happiness.  I realized that [Read More ...] https://drhyman.com/blog/2020/06/08/podcast-ep119/

[smorgasbordofobsessions]

liveblog: yugioh! ep115-121

ep115

what's crazy is that panic's dueling arena literall turned into a fir tornado and we were supposed to think that that's normal

let's not forget that, in the manga, yami's role was actually to show people the consequences of their actions, which is why panik gets "obliviated" by yami

i actually should read the manga but the story is so different that i probably won't

ep116

oh yes company machinations!

pegasus wants kaiba's company!

kaiba reminds me of enzan from megaman (enzan <3)

oh why oh why could bakura's millennium ring be pointing towards pegasus' castle? is it because maybe, just maybe, pegasus has a millennium item?

oh they figured that out good

why did yugi have kaib'a deck?

"why don't you go look for an opponent you can actually beat? like an infant, or a monkey?"

like i was saying before the TECHNOLOGY involved in creating this holographic shit is actually amazing

so in the kaiba/joey ship, just how many fics are there where there's puppy play because i remember that being a constant thing, and this episode was the start of it

"if you ask nice, i'll finish you fast"

al i want to know is, in japanese, does kaiba go hard with the whole dog analogy or is that an artistic choice on the dub's part

ep117

is.. is that supposed to be an australian accent

ugh heavy cringe

"mullet-head" to pegasus, who has longer than shoulder length hair okay

so.. to put my fan experience to use, joey definitely has a puppy kink and he wants kaiba to be his master hahahaha

ep118

joey was told that an axe attack wouldn't kill the zombies and yet here he goes using a fucking axe attack to kill a zoblie clown

stupid

tristan's gonna fucking try to -

he said he would try to puncha boulder and it turned out to be a balloon witha speaker haha

yo joey definitely doesn't read the card descriptions

"why jsut defeat him when you can humiliate him?"

well, bandit keith, that's literally the problem

you could defeat immediately instead giving the opponent time to formulate a new strategy

"you can't possibly [stop me from playing in defense] with one card"

"oh yeah? my trap card, "stop defense" "oh no"

ep119

mokuba's fuckig voice ohmygod

oh ehll yeah the doubles duel!

eager for the days when we stop the transformation scene and yugi just becomes yami

"alright youse brothers paradox. me and yugi are gonna clean your clocks"

you know what would be fun? seeing yugi and bakura duel together

why didn't kaiba just land closer to the castle

i, too, wish i could be drinking wine

ah the classic one's a liar one's a truther riddle

this chibi style is cute

also can't wait for when we call polymerization just "fusion"

but hoenstly fusing shadow ghoul with the labyrinth wall is smart as shit

ep120

why did they use a springboard sound for kaiba's solar plexus attack

DARK MAGICIAN

why should anyone tell anyone what cards are being laid face down

this is reminding me how much i didn't like mokuba as a character ebcause i thought - and currently think - he's fucking useless

ah the gate guardian, which is really just a little preview of all the differnt types of god cards in this series

"you'll never get past the gate guardian!"

hm, yeah, sure, okay

"you can beg later - when you're punished"

ep121

oh shit there are 49 episodes in this season

our previously unbeatable gate guardian who got partially defeated is still unbeatable even though 1/3 of our unbeatable gate guardian got destroyed

yeah remember when monster reborn could be used for your enemies' cards and not just your own

OKAY SO THE CARDS DO HAVE DESCRIPTIONS SO JOEY REALLY JUST DOESN'T FUCKING READ THEM

WOW A CARD WITH 4000 ATK POINTS REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS CRAZY AS SHIT

dark magician really hopped off suigen right quick

yeah we forgot about the door puzzle

kaiba's a ninja haha

kaiba boy

it's just a little magic trick. i just trapped his soul in a card

"you must first EARN the privelege to challenge me