#episode zero

[peepergirll]

Angels of death moodboards part two ☆

[historyandmyth]

The Sanctum ensures that there is no poverty on Cocoon. This really only makes sense given how Cocoon is meant to keep its human populace comfortable and complacent. It also explains how Lightning was able to raise her kid sister starting at the age of 15.

[fallenwingzero]

-Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero Postscript

[atlalasassy]

Neil promised Andrew ANYTHING as long as he closed off the goal and Andrew asked him to take his shirt off - the closet is fucking glass

[121231212i]

Zenless zone zero | Lighter EP - "Fearless"

[bixels]

Reminiscing about Little Witch Academia.

[hwangbastard69]

Lin Kuei bros beach episode

Maybe this will calm down Bi Han

[Other ver + sketch under]

[egophiliac]

Why do you think they put Savannah Claw Rook up to pull??? Is he even going to participate in Book 7???? I am so confused WHY HIM??? WHY NOT IDK, CREWEL? VARGAS? MAYBE TREIN?? WHY HIM.

I’m SO CONFUSED. Is it just for money grabbing or something like that? It doesn’t make any sense.

Also how prepared you are for the probably last update of Book 7?

I mean...it said he's a story card, and all the other story cards have had major roles, so I see no reason to assume he won't as well! (plus any staff cards are probably all going to be events like Crowley was; I would honestly be MORE surprised to see them as story cards.) really though I'm having fun trying to figure out how he's going to tie into things! we're back at Cerberus Ortho levels of "WHAT DOES IT MEEEAAAAN" and it's great. :D

I assume we're going to be doing some more dream-hopping, but I think it would be hilarious if it turned out to be someone else's dream instead of Rook's. who else could possibly be dreaming about him pre-fancification.

(I'm also half afraid that this really is the last part, and half afraid that it isn't. I'm -- I'm not going to believe anything until we get the diadorm rerun pickups, and maybe not even then)

[utilitycaster]

" 'In my experience,' he said, 'the trouble of oaths of the form death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enough time and abrasion, they separate the world into just two sorts of people: the dead, and the forsworn. It's a survivor's problem, this one.' " - A Civil Campaign, Lois McMaster Bujold

[seasononesam]

Supernatural Top 10 Highest Rated Episodes on IMDb

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[srslylini]

has anyone figured out yet why basically every episode of Arcane season 2 started out like we were in a musical?

Episode one, Caitlyns mom with "I can't hear it now"

Episode two, with Silco, Jinx and "Sucker"

Episode three, Caitlyn, Vi and the rest of the Enforcers with "Hellfire"

Episode four, Jinx as her symbol with "Paint the town blue"

Episode five, Vi's montage with "Cocktail Molotov"

I'm pretty sure the sixth and eighth episodes are the only ones that don't start out with a song.

Episode seven, Ekko with "Open Your Eyes"

Episode nine, Jinx with "Wasteland"

what was this? Most of those were so pointless and took away from the scene and time that was necessary for other stuff??? I'm pretty sure in season 1 the only episode that started out with a song was episode 7, and it was good. It made sense. This? is just weird.

Was there a reason for this? What were they trying to accomplish???? Because most songs imo in itself are genuinely good but also imo served no purpose, or little to none.

[burst-of-iridescent]

it will never not be bizarre to me that kat.aangers use the fortuneteller episode as foreshadowing for ka when literally every possible interpretation of this episode is anti kat.aang.

if aunt wu's prophecies are unquestionably true, then kat.aang is DOA right off the bat because she explicitly says she doesn't see romance in aang's future. yet kat.aangers love to uphold the “powerful bender” prophecy as foreshadowing for kat.aang so… which is it? are aunt wu’s prophecies only eternally binding for katara but conveniently untrue when it comes to aang? because if katara marrying a powerful bender is unchangeable, then so is aang not being able to find love, so that’s strike no. 1 for ka foreshadowing.

now on the other hand, if we take aunt wu's prophecies as false, then our boy aang is free to do all the lovin’ he wants… but following the same logic, so is katara. and since her prophecy is the catalyst for her seeing him as a potential romantic partner at all, that’s strike no. 2 for foreshadowing.

finally, we come to the last interpretation and the episode's actual message: that destiny is real, but not immutable. throughout the episode, it’s clear that aunt wu's prophecies do come true, though not in the way that their subject(s) might expect. the future isn’t created through passive acceptance, but active agency. everyone has the power to shape their own destiny, and make their own choices.

this is the complete opposite of katara beginning to view aang in a romantic light solely because sokka makes an entirely on-the-nose comment about him being a powerful bender. because had katara not heard her prophecy, that would have meant nothing to her! how is this meant to be the spark that fuels the kat.aang relationship when it's entirely based on katara holding herself to a prophesized future instead of writing her own story, and hence antithetical to the fundamental theme of the episode?

which is also why so many people interpret this episode to be lampshading zutara, because the only way that all of these contradictory interpretations — aang isn’t meant to find love, katara is meant to marry a powerful bender, but both of them still have the power to shape their own paths — make sense is if the final scene was an intentional red herring… but that’s a discussion for another time.

[myimaginationplain]

jayvik shippers PLEASE be normal about Mel & Sky challenge, part 2, difficulty rating: (impossible)

[jetkast]

Arcane S01E04

I'm sure this has been mentioned -- this clip made me think about how Heimerdinger's long life experience is contrasted against Viktor's shortened life expectancy. This conversation/framing must have made Viktor feel undervalued. I don't know if the professor's species difference means he can't identify the clear deterioration his health has undergone, or if he's just too jaded by the shorter lifespans of humans, or what, but saying a decade will pass "in the blink of an eye" is brutal to say to someone in Viktor's position.

On top of that, on this rewatch and knowing what happens later, what is at stake, the microexpressions between Viktor and Jayce masterfully reference entire conversations that have happened off screen in the time skip. The animation style is able to capture that so well. Jayce's silent concern for Viktor, bracketed with getting swept away in the council and performance of it all, can be so easy to miss.

Comparing Heimerdinger's engagement with Viktor when he's known him longer with presumably significant positive regard... To Jayce's... It's just interesting to me.

[genericpuff]

can't wait for the finale to unlock for free so we can get round 2 of-

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

"It wasn't your fault, and even if it was, you're not getting left behind. Period."

I love Percy being Grover's biggest champion. He consistently fights against Grover's internalised guilt, and constantly shows him that just because you make mistakes doesn't mean you don't have worth. Imperfection when you're trying your best doesn't make you any less worthy of love or friendship or loyalty. Percy shows Grover that at every opportunity. He won't hear or discuss leaving Grover behind because of something that wasn't his fault, but Percy also reassures him that even if he was at fault, that wouldn't change a thing. He's allowed to mess up and still be loved.