#fotc imagine

[lizluzz]

I know OFMD anniversary was a week ago, but today is my personal one year anniversary of starting the show.

This is officially my longest hyperfixasion, and it doesn't seem like it's going away anytime soon. This is of course due to all of the ways this show is amazing, but it's also because it's the first time I let myself engage with people in the fandom in a more meaningful way, and I can't express how important it was (and is) to me. Turns out opening up to new people can be a good experience, who would have guessed :)

Thank you to everyone who shared their love for the show this past year, my life is better for it <3

[robbinggoodfellows]

If I didn't like ride the cyclone and someone played Space Age Bachelor Man for me and told me it was a Flight Of The Conchords song I probably wouldn't think twice about it.

[xeansicemane]

I got inspired by this post to finally mock up the inside of WarlockXeans' ship. Warning, Long Post is Long

Little bit of OC history! Xeans uses a retrofitted FOTC Hawk as their personal ship, they picked it up in the wake of the Red War and spent a few weeks putting it back together in the hanger after everything had been secured and quieted down. Ever since they've been salvaging furnishings from wherever strikes their fancy.

(Image from Bungie's concept art)

Specs list it as 28.35 m x 20.12 m x 10.06 m (L x W x H) so I fudged my numbers a little to assume the pressure hull was 18 x 10 x 9.

I decided a fun way to do this would be to start with the floorplan of a working Redjack carrier, so I spun up Inkarnate and got to work, ending up with this

The fundamental concept is a pretty cramped robot carrier - everything in the center is Redjack rack, there are a handful of jump seats for engineers, a basic work bench, and some replacement rifles. Most of the time I imagine this was crewed by two people. Utilitarian, very much a battle bus.

After a few years of collecting and fitting it out for occasional guests (they're one of the heads of their clan they took it on themselves to have what amounts to an RV - a nice little place to relax in the field for smaller fireteams). They ended up with the current iteration of the Farfarer

Going to start from the entry and move up.

Immediately inside the airlock is the living space and stairs to the upper level. They repurposed the jump seats (with the addition of some extra padding) as chairs across from a screen they found in tact in an old CB facility. The original work bench was kept in place but put against the forward bulkhead, so they or a friend could work on something while staying in the social space. The entry closet is a general cargo space with a few coat racks (shoes are encouraged to go in the space under the stairs) so people don't just dump whatever they're carrying on the seats. The plastone dining table seats three and was found in a small executive suite in the EDZ. The Sentient Gun Terrarium is self explanatory, Xeans constantly felt like Omar needed some time out with some enrichment.

The rear of the lower deck is dominated by everything that needs water cycling. The rear avionics bay is still accessible by removable panels, but it was walled off for looks. The restroom is fully kitted out including a washing machine (which isn't strictly needed given the abilities a guardian has access to, but Xeans insists that washing hadronic weave helps the texture), but it is extremely cramped. The kitchen is small but fully equipped with a dishwasher tucked under the sink. They keep a lot of ramen ingredients on hand but enjoy trying to find out what's edible when they're out and about. The shelf across from the foot of the stairs is a lot of nicknacks they want to show off, there are a few CB executive mugs (they're solid platinum) and some extremely cool rocks they found.

The flight deck is largely untouched, save for the copilot's station being taken over by a pile of guns, jackets and a few other things that Xeans' ghost Lup made for themselves. They tend to stay rez'd during downtime, and they decided it'd be fun to have somewhere soft to burrow down into.

This is the first room anyone enters on the second deck - it's primarily for storage with a small table, it earned the nickname the copilot's station because any time someone flies with them, Lup refuses to let anyone take their nest apart.

This isn't Xeans' primary workspace - their actual lab is a shared space in the halls that the Raven Seal use - but small personal projects and a portable reference library is always useful. The hive magic circle that takes up most of the space is an attempt to weld hive magic and a miniaturized oracle engine. The project hasn't gone anywhere for years, but it clears their head to play with it every so often.

The bedroom takes up the bulk of the second deck - the furnishings are salvaged from a dozen different places, the sheets and mattress from a hotel in orbit around Io, the desk from an Ishtar collective dorm. The books they keep on the ship change, but tend to be long lends from the libraries, a lot of popular fiction with an increasing amount of Eliksni literature (their grip on the language is still rough but they're getting there) Just like the lower deck, the avionics bay is walled off but still accessible.

The overall goal here was a bit of character building, plus I love laying out fictional spaces.

[corrodedcoughin]

anna, i’m gonna chuck a thought at you and i want you to bear with me because it’s got the silly vibes i think u fucking adore so ✋😳🤚 bear with me!

ok but business time by flight of the conchords (if you haven’t heard it. stop. go listen RN) is exactly the type of song that eddie makes up and serenades to steve when stevie’s cooking dinner for em both- like eddie’s got one legs propped up on the couch, guitar in hand, and alright, it’s not quite adlibbed he’s sorta had the lyrics in his brain for a bit and in the beginning steve is like nodding along with the strumming up until eddie starts singing, “tonight we’re gonna make love- you know how i know? because it’s wednesday. and wednesday night is the night we usually make love,”

and steve is hiding a snort behind his hand, stirring the pot and eddie’s just still going, “then we’re in the bathroom, brushing our teeth… it’s all part of the foreplay, i love foreplay,” and doing The Most in his fuckin performance and steve is got that fond exasperation as he tries not to giggle at his boyfriends antics cos eddie is singing this just like a gooey love song despite his lyrics “then you sort out the recycling… that isn’t part of the foreplay process but it’s still very important,” and he gets as far as “i remove my clothes very very clumsily, tripping sensually over my pants” before steve is like jesus CHRIST shut up, grinning and all, and eddie pours because he doesn’t even get to the do the chorus a second time around :((

RUBY!!!! RUBY !!!!!! I !!!! FOTC!!!! YOU ARE A GODSEND!!!!!

LISTEN LISTEN THAT IS ABSOLUTELY EDWARD MUNSON TO A T!!!! I CAN SEE HIM!!! GOD business socks but also Boom?? can we just imagine for a second

'oh my god, she's so hot, she's so flipping hot she's like a curry. i want to tell her how hot she is but she'll think I'm being sexist. She's so hot she's making me sexist. bitch!' and it's jut a straight narration of everything STEVE is doing PLEASE!!! Steve doing the most MUNDANE thing and Eddie is in the back like 'you like boom and i like boom' and he just gets SO INTO his own thing and ends up losing track with it all and straight up vibing and Steve just looking on like 'hey I thought this was abt me????'

WAIT BUT THIS TOO!! Eddie trying to romance Steve before they get together and trying not to be obvious about it so he comes up with this full song when he's at a party Robin throws. He's trialing the song out with corroded coffin and they KNOW they all KNOW who he's talking about but trying to play his feelings down and its 'the most beautiful girl in the room'

LIKE??? PLEASE imagine cringe fail antibiotic resistant slay bbg eddie singing this to his friends

'you're so beautiful you could be a waitress! you could be a part time model in the 60s' and it just goes on to be an imagined retelling of the most BORING night

'i can't believe that I'm sharing a kebab with the most beautiful girl i have ever seen with a kebab. why don't we leave? let's go to your house and we can feel each other up on the couch' and its SO BAD and he is just SO INTO IT and revealing things about himself like

'ooh, you're like one of those girls I've definitely been chatting to in the chat rooms wild slut angel 22 at yahoo, you're so beautiful like a tree!'

and it ends with 'oooh you're spending part of your time modeling and part of your time next to ME eh hee eh hee!!!'

and he's out of breath and closed eyes and stares at cc after like 'so, what do you guys think :D' and the cc boys are just staring at him like oh! oh um yeah! sure!

And Jeff is the only brave one of the group so looks Eddie dead in the eye and says 'it’s shit. But i think Steve would like it' And Eddie the wet fish that he is throws himself on the floor and mumbles 'he can't ever know' and Gareth just pats him on the head 'terrible song dude’

[izzy-b-hands]

Got my t shot done just before my shower

but only by imagining fotc singing a silly song abt it while i did it and is it cringe? mayhaps

but the shot is done and i was smiling by the end of it vs freaking out over how much was tracking back out (bc at least a little almost always does and my doc SAID it was normal and fine but T is a precious thing for me especially rn as i start to navigate new docs/clinics/etc so losing any of it makes me wanna weep. I'm still plunging out any leftover in my syringes after shots into the current vial im using to try and save on it too lmao)

[kronosa113]

It wasn't until I was ~10 when I found out who David Bowie was and that was only because of Jemaine's (excellent) impression of him in fotc. So, reading this description, I'm just imagining the various Jemaine Bowies stacked together.

Douglas Adams is the best when it comes to describe characters

[londonspirit]

Still not over this... imagine my face when I realized what I was listening to from one of my oldest fandoms!!! Please enjoy the madness that is these two trying to keep a straight face while crooning some FOTC lyrics to a very delighted audience!!!

[bowieandqueen11]

Dating Jemaine (FOTC) Would Include...

Thank you everyone who flooded my ask box for FOTC imagines I love it also this gif PHEW I keep re-watching Sugalumps on loop. Also I’m sorry this is so short, I need to get used to writing for this show!

If you enjoy, please let me know by commenting! <3

(I do not own Flight of the Conchords or its characters, all rights go to creators. Gif credit goes to @flipyeahjemaineandbret.)

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You first met Jemaine at one of his concerts, down in the basement of a dingy bar in the suburbs of New York city. Standing awkwardly next to a strange woman who seems to be the only person there, flailing her arms around and almost hitting a bemused man in a lime green suit bopping silently on the spot next to her, you kept on catching Jemaine’s eye. Mel nearly thwacks you in the face as well, but when she finally realises that it’s Jemaine’s cheeks that are turning a tinted peach and not Bret’s, she backs off a tad. After the show ends to a round of stilted applause, he hands his bass to Bret and jumps down off the stage. Sliding over to the bar next to you, he can barely meet your eye this time as he offers to buy you a sparkling water.

After a couple of hours of sitting on the bar stools next to each other and talking about the weather, his band, your favourite brand of cereal and whether you like to make blanket forts, Jemaine fumbles to a stand and asks if you’ll walk him back to his apartment. Even though the sheets of rain are absolutely drenching the two of you as you wander out, the two of you kick happily through the diamond crusted puddles as he tries to keep pace next to you. In the end, he finally builds up the courage to shrug off his leather jacket and hold it over your head and shelter you from the downpour - his glasses become fogged up with how much he’s being pelted, but the casual, calm, warm smile that seems to light up his face like rising rays of sunlight melt your heart and let’s you know its okay to snuggle up next to him.

Then he kind of just... hangs around the same bar every afternoon for a couple of weeks in the hope of bumping into you again. When he finally passes you on the sidewalk in a chance encounter he passes down to fate, he stumbles so nervously on every syllable as he asks you ‘would you maybe want to go catch a movie with me in town or something.’ And everything sort of just takes off from there.

When he tells Murray that he has a girlfriend during the next band meeting, he 100% thinks he’s having him on. It’s only when he knocks on the apartment door a month later, head dipped and misty eyed because his wife has left him again, that he finally stops shaking his head every time Jemaine mentions his S/O when you answer the door and invite him in with a massive hug.

After that he pretty much becomes your number one fan, and makes it his first point of call to ask in meetings how you’re doing and if Jemaine is remembering to look after you.

Every morning is spent sitting around Bret and Jemaine’s circular, rocky dining table. Two bowls of cereal sitting in front of you, Jemaine switches between holding your hand, fingers intertwined between his on the table top, and using said hand to feed you cereal with a soft smirk.

Look I’m getting really emotional he’s just FINALLY so over the moon and overjoyed that he’s finally found someone who appreciates a good bowl of cereal as much as he does. He knows that he’s quite a stoic person - someone who doesn’t easily present his emotions to others, but he wants more than anything to show how devoted he is to this, to you. So he feeds you cereal, and he hopes that between this action you can read how much he’s saying he trusts you - he loves, loves, loves you.

He’s quite ticklish, so he always feels like his day is off to a fresh, good start when you turn over from your sleep to find Jemaine’s nose bumping against your cheek. He’s still fast asleep, mouth open wide and forehead furrowed in intense crinkles when you reach down and tickle his sides, but this serenity is quickly replaced with another, more intense kind when he laughs against your mouth. It’s his favourite time of the day - 1) he gets to spend all night cuddled up against your side like a ‘koala backpack’ as he likes to call it, and 2) he can wake up to joy and glee every day with one of the most important people in the world to him.

I mean, of course you now try to go to every concert you can as well!! Even during the library gigs, it’s usually now Mel sitting up near the front while you and Murray walk in and grab a table to yourselves. You share biscuits, Murray grinning brightly the whole time at the crowd numbers going up by a third, while you just blow kisses and chuckle up at Jermaine, trying to make him smile while he plucks away.

He ends with a little surprise, Bret’s shocked expression alerting you to the fact that even he was unaware of its happening. He finishes off by performing a sixteen minute songs he’s spent all night sitting up in bed writing - just a long list of all the things he loves about you, and all the fuzzy, ‘butterfly exploding in your tummy’ kind of feelings that you’ve given him for the first time in his life. When it’s over, and you run over to the stage to meet him, you’re both too overwhelmed to say anything so he just automatically (and slightly mechanically) leans down to press a lingering kiss against your cheek. When he finally stops hovering near your face and stands back up again, he has a smile so bright on his face that disco lights seem to be shining out in a multitude of fragmented rainbows through his glasses’ lens, all thanks to you.

Even though he has basically absolutely no money, he does like to try and treat you from time to time (on Dave’s orders. Thanks Dave, you’re a legend.) Usually this comes as him taking you out on a Saturday night for a kebab, where he spends the whole time letting you eat most of his share and staring intently and quite earnestly on the other side of the booth. He has the most chilled look on his face, his eyes never leaving yours as he seems to hang onto every word you say as if you were explaining the laws of the universe to him.

You usually have to come up behind him each morning and slip his glasses back onto the dip of his nose, because he left them behind on the edge of the sink again. He always thanks you by grabbing your wrist and pressing a kiss against the back of your hand with a shy ‘thank you’.

Getting to be co-director with Murray and help direct some of their music videos!! The funniest set to help on was ‘Robots’, though, mainly because every time you would stroll up to help straighten your boyfriend’s helmet between takes, he uses it as an excuse to reach out and chase you with kisses. He nearly destroys his whole costume, since he spends most of the time reaching out with his lips through the head and tripping over quite a number of trash cans as he chases your giggling form down the alleyways. 

It takes Bret quite a while to get used to your presence, but once he does, you become like another family member to him. Often times Jemaine has come home from the markets to find Bret flopped down on the sofa, head resting on your knees as he animatedly counts on his fingers all the reasons why ginger nuts are his favourite biscuits.

You steal his clothes quite a lot - especially that favourite denim jacket of his, laughing at how shocked but slightly turned on he looks when you wear them out to dinner with him. They just smell of pine, soap, cereal crumbs and spiced apple, that they’re wonderful to wrap around yourself while Jemaine wraps his own arms around your waist. 

Please, please teach this man how to use chopsticks. It may take a few goes, and a lot of you shuffling your chair next to his and leaning over to guide his fingers within your own, but he listens and learns from you so intently that he will master it after a while. (He may pretend to drop his dumplings from time to time, though, just because he’s too nervous to admit that he enjoys the feeling of you pressed against his back and your arms comforting him as they lean around his chest. Man is a secret massive little spoon I don’t make the rules.)

Sometimes Bret will start groaning in the early morning, that period when the streets are just starting to bustle with an electric hum and the internet cafe’s are beginning to light the pavement cracks with their neon lights once again. He throws his pillow out at the two of you, because you keep waking him up with how loudly you’re giggling while you play leg footsie in bed. The rest of the morning, when Bret finally leaves to go hang out and bake a cake with Dave, the two of you feel safe and comfortable enough with each other to just move over to the couch. You sit on his lap, tucked under his chin, and the two of you just have another sleep for an hour or two.

One time you complimented his casserole, and my man rode on that compliment all day as if he was flying above the clouds on bird’s wings.

But other times, as soon as you walk in the door Jemaine will just crumple like an origami doll into your chest and grip, crying onto your shoulder as you rub the broad expanse of his back because Bret had said something mean to him. 

You come to the band meetings quite a lot, often just to share around the sandwiches you’ve made for them all and to share an inside joke or two with Murray, much to Jemaine’s dismay. Even he comments, when he meets up with Jemaine and Bret later for an evening walk down by the waterside, that Jemaine keeps on looking over at you with an almost smile on his face.

It’s the most love struck he ever has, and ever will see him.

[bibelots]

so I’m rewatching fotc with my parents and we had the realisation the other night that in one of the band meetings (maybe others too??) Murray is wearing two watches???

If it’s anything like the different world clocks I imagine he has one set to NY and one to NZ time????? maybe it was on purpose, maybe not

anyways it prompted this

[ruleofexception]

hi! so i stumbled upon FOTC today and i’m in the middle of binge-reading the entire thing (it’s a freaking masterpiece, i’m positively obsessed with your style!) but i’m dying to know: in the later chapters, there are a lot of conversations in a *certain language* - i’m trying to dodge spoilers here! - and i was wondering what language it’s based off of? and, of course, are there direct translations anywhere for those lines? i’m so terribly nosy and it’s killing me! <3

Ahhhhh, thank you, Anon <3

I'm so happy that you're enjoying the story so far! Be sure to take some breaks while binging!

I shall avoid spoilers for you, but the conversations in a *certain language* do get direct translations at the end of the fic (ch 42)! I originally debated including the translations throughout the fic, but it felt like it worked better as its own translation chapter.

And the language is one that I just sorta made up lol. So, it's not really based on anything except imagination and frustration. There's also no real rhyme nor reason for how it works (obviously there are some words that follow the same sort of structure, ie 'I', 'me' and 'my' are 'kal', 'ki' and 'kia' respectively. 'He' and 'him' are 'ona' and 'oni'... etc.). But for the most part when I was creating it, I would figure out what the sentence was going to be in English, then worked backwards and created the words based on how they flowed together and sounded. I actually had to create a full spreadsheet of words and phrases (with their translations) just to keep track of things. It was one hell of a learning experience and, next time I decide to do something like create a language, I think I'll actually build out rules for it to follow.

Thanks for reaching out! Again, I'm so happy that you're enjoying the story <3

[the59er]

July 2020!

My July 2020! 😊:

1 Jul 2020 Currently Listening: My Hero - Foo Fighters

So here it begins! My attempt at documenting everyday in July to feel more fulfilled? Accomplished? Considering that I havent done anything significantly worthy for myself apart from being a good girl (I think) and staying home most of the time, but other than that, I am nothing but a kidult who wastes her time on friendship bracelets, malory towers & sims mobile.

Highlight of the day! bought a usb fan for my mac which seems to be heating up more because my room is hella hot. Ideally, my usb fan is pink, but instead it’s a white mistral, but Im fine with it because they promised me a 1 year warranty, so 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Tomorrow’s goal will be to finish all pending approvals so that I can enjoy my off day this Friday!!!! 

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accidentally deleted posts for 2nd - 5th July! :(

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6 Jul 2020 Listening: No Fun - Incubus

Mondays, amirite?

I keep on thinking if what Im doing now is the right thing to do. How would you know? I am honestly scared if Istikharah works and if it leads me to a decision that I wasn’t initially in favour for. 

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accidentally deleted posts of 7th - 10th July! :( 

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11 Jul 2020 Listening: The Bucket - Kings of Leon

Spent extra on skincare at the hopes of calming my skin down even though I know for a fact that hormonal zits cannot be treated like usual :(

I love that we still need to have masks on because it’s about the only time I am confident enough with my face.

I love Gardens but it’s such a dangerous place $$$. Today Mars finally got himself new pair of running shoes. 

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12 Jul 2020 Listening: Under the Bridge - RHCP

It’s Zimmer’s birthday!

Today I cleaned the car which resulted to heavy rain afterwards. 🙃

Also did not feel well while at Parade. It was that same feeling I had a long time ago. I was saving up on my meds because I was running out of it. But, appointment booked.

Tad upset at how cute & cheap these shoes for little girls were. 

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13 Jul 2020 Listening: Simple Kind of Life - No Doubt

Felt unwell throughout the day and I felt bad. (When rightfully I shouldn’t.) This is one of the reasons why I do not fully enjoy food.

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14 Jul 2020 Listening: Good Morning - GLK

Imagine being forced to do what you do NOT want to do. 

It has now become a mental game that I need to overcome. I despise certain types of food with a passion because of the effects they have given me in the past. I am aware that I keep on changing the subject. I have 3 months, but only 1 month until Im back at work so I have to make this work within the month.

I hate wheat so much I can cry. 

Also why am I heavier at the hospital? 

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15 Jul 2020 Listening: Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley

Ridiculously happy to have found that The Brady Bunch Movie was on Netflix. I genuinely love this family especially Mike’s silly pieces of advice.

Oh and a random thing that happened yesterday was me fetching Mars from the studio he was working at before heading back to 15 where I initially only wanted to replace my license plate but instead, spent 50RM extra on a mediocre wax job.

Highly disappointed by my lack of willpower to say No. 

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16 Jul 2020 Busy working day, because tomorrow I am on leave.

Received my new glasses. For an adult, I have a small head.

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17 Jul 2020 Listening: Elephant Gun - Beirut

Got my braces tightened. Prior to that I spent too much at loccitane because muji did not have what I wanted (Self control went awol, as usual 🙄). And then I bought wok it for dinner, laksa/squid/mushroom & carrot/salted egg combi forever ❤️

I was also supposed to be on leave, but work spoiled the first half of my day. 

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18 Jul 2020 Listening: Hurt Feelings - FotC

Had lunch with bubu & juls, then bubu & I continued to kakiyuki because I was suddenly craving for shaved ice,

We talked until I didn’t realise it was 530PM! Gilaaaaaa. But I still feel like there’s a lot more to talk about! 

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19 Jul 2020 Listening: Promises, Promises - Incubus

Whatever happens, happens la eh?

Mars spent us lunch. I am a meat person and I love my meat medium. We also bought shoes for work at NB. A lot of splurging was done but no regrets for this annual affair. 2020, we turned 9.

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20 Jul 2020 Listening: Fickle Cycle - Animal Collective

My doctors are indirectly also my therapists. The hospital feels like a safe space. Familiarity has always been comforting. I am lucky, I am grateful.

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21 Jul 2020 Listening: Tulips - Bloc Party

As much as I like Vans & wearing mismatched socks, I wouldn’t go as far & buy these:

I wish they sell the pink/zebra ones as a pair on its own.

Also this? What a rip-off model lol. Everyone knows they can easily buy beaten up vans at quarter of this price.

ALSO WHY AM I LOOKING AT SHOES? WHEN IM SUPPOSED TO STOP BUYING THEM?????????????????????????

These two CUTE ONES are from here. Im so upset they’re not in KL :(

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22 Jul 2020 Listening: Candy - Ash

Last night’s rain was so heavy with loud thunder and continuous lightning it’s like having strobe lights outside of your room.

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23 Jul 2020 Listening: If You Keep Losing Sleep - Silverchair

I like cleaning the house while my folks are out. Is anyone still on twitter?

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24 Jul 2020

Who remembers Travelers?? So much nostalgia! When I was little, I would join my Dad to watch this series. I don’t think I understood much back then but I genuinely enjoyed it!

Also because of the limited channels, my brother & I grew up consuming a LOT of Cartoon Network because that was the only cartoon channel they had on Mega TV! (the cable company before Astro!) lol they are the besttttt AND I specifically remember this one cartoon called Fantastic Max; it’s about a baby who goes to space in a rocket/spaceship shaped like a baby bottle, this was always on at about 1pm/130pm so I would watch this while eating lunch before getting ready to go to sekolah agama lol I miss being a kid.

But my favourite Cartoon Network stuff would definitely be Cow & Chicken and Ren & Stimpy! 

Man I wonder what the hosts in Travelers are doing now. I hope they are all well!

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25 Jul 2020 Listening: Stuck on the Puzzle - Alex Turner

Always a challenge to think of what to buy Mom for her birthday. We ended up getting a pair of rose gold rings from Pandora.

Personally I love them, and I hope Mom loves them just as much 🤞 

Mars, HH & I were supposed to go to Lucky but we bailed & went straight to Safehouse instead to say hi, & for our favourite foul boy lol

It was also my first time drinking kopi from Patina. It was goooooooood.

So glad to have 4 of us in one place together again after a long while. To quote it like bands who are going on hiatus: We’re all taking time off to pursue individual projects lol. Long live Transit Mart! 

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26 Jul 2020 Listening: The Runner - Kings of Leon

Home was a bit “Eh” so Mars suggested we go out to make myself better. We ended up eating crappy durian bingsu but rounded it up with kopi wit HH & all was well ❤️🤤🥰😊

Kairos has become one of my go-to kopi because we run our errands at the area so it’s like killing two birds with one stone kind of sitch. ✌🏼

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27 Jul 2020 Listening: Travellin On - Norah Jones

NGL Norah Jones is my go-to, all the time. Happy, sad, whatever.

Today’s Mom’s birthday. I pray for her health everyday. I am extremely lucky & grateful. 

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28 Jul 2020 Listening: To Forgive - Smashing Pumpkins

Aims dropped by today & gave me loadsa goodies! One of them is this phone/letter holder which she handmade herself:

It’s pink & it’s glitter and I LOVE it. 

I also ordered some coasters for Mars’ Mom:

If anyone is interested, please do hit her up on instagram!: wrapitup.kl

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29 Jul 2020 Listening: Don’t Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

Almost forgotten that I ordered cake from Zati who reminded me that it’s being delivered lol. Honestly the only good thing that happened today 🤤❤️

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30 Jul 2020 Listening: I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany

I am very late on the Umbrella Academy train, only started watching it this year when MCO started even though several friends have been recommending it since last year 😅 I just didn’t have the time? The thing about me is I cannot watch something new while doing something else. I do not have the attention span for it. & while everyone else is on season 2, I am still crawling through season 1. (I dont binge on shows, I only watch one episode of a show per day. Again, blame the attention span.)

Today is Hari Arafah, my Mom is fasting hence I decided to order in lunch of myburgerlab’s Juicy Lucy and accidentally fell asleep right after 😴 

&& Kide’s slip ons arrived! Terrible, terrible compulsive purchase when I should’ve known better.

I really need help on this bad buying habit. I have shoes I have not even worn yet :S

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31 Jul 2020 Listening: Loner Boogie - Boy Azooga

Selamat Hari Raya Haji! It was a rainy morning and I woke up late. We celebrated Mom’s birthday and just ate whole day. 

Mars, HH & I went out for our annual Raya kopi to make up for the missed Raya kopi (Syawal) because MCO. Lucky is a pretty place, but I did not even finish my kopi because I did not like it.

Bye July 👋 

[thedistantstorm]

Keep On Rising (Until The Sky Knows Your Name) 07

Found Family | Zavala is Tower Dad | Father-Daughter Relationship | Childhood Trauma and Recovery | Canon-Typical Violence | Amputation

A story about how an orphaned Amanda Holliday comes to belong in the Last Safe City and the family she finds along the way.

(Or, the story of how Commander Zavala finds himself responsible for one Amanda Holliday.)

Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06

This time: Fallen. Bet you never saw that coming.

-/

When he arrives back to Command - after having just arrived home - the entirety of control is bustling. Chaotic. There are alarms going off in the background - not the big alarms, but the ones that signal an attack within the City.  He strides in with purpose, his Ghost transmatting another tablet into his hands already loaded up with what he needs to know, linking him into the comms.

He does not need a briefing, his Ghost has informed him of everything they know so far. Fallen insurgents in a residential district, playing merry hell with the civilians. It made him furious, but he restrains himself. Evenly, he asks, “Do we have a fireteam on the ground?”

“Yes,” Ikora answers, from the other side of the table. “They’re on the scene. It’s a firestorm. An entire neighborhood is up in flames.”

From behind her, a tech reports, “Second team is en route, and medical crews are on standby.”

“Casualties?”

“None reported, but they won’t know until after we put out the fires.” The tech looks sheepish. “The… my visuals would suggest we’ll have several. I’ll keep you updated.”

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Cayde-6 is saying to Ikora. “They got into the residential districts how?” He taps his metal chin a few times, brow-plates furrowing, then jumps back, excited. “The sewers!” He exclaims.

"What?"

"That's how they got in!" He motions with a hand to gather his team to his end of the table. They lean in. "The runoff pipes were on your last budget-thingy," He looks at Zavala, "But we nixed it because FWC and New Monarchy wanted more money for that weapons agreement and Dead Orbit doesn't care because they figure the City is doomed anyway."

Ikora and Zavala trade glances.

"That is…" Zavala begins.

Ikora shakes her head.

"What?" Cayde gestures flamboyantly. "What?!"

"We never thought we'd see the day that you actually retained what happened in a Consensus meeting," Ikora quips. She turns her attention to a tech who hands her a report.

"Good work, Cayde," Zavala rumbles, almost impressed. Cayde would say he is very impressed, just too busy to show it. He'll ask for the praise again, later. The Commander has already started talking to the fireteam on the ground. 

It ends up being an all night affair. Takes six hours to put the fires out - literally - and then there’s all the red tape and trying to account for survivors, dead, and wounded. There’s only a handful of casualties, despite everything, and most of the wounded have smoke inhalation injuries. The critical injuries were thankfully minimal and all parties were taken for treatment. All in all, with the Fallen on the surface contained and Cayde organizing routes for strike teams to destroy any lingering threats below, it’s a night well spent.

This will not happen again. Zavala doesn’t give a damn about what the factions want. City infrastructure will not remain compromised on his watch. He certainly doesn’t feel good about it, these catastrophes happened, it was part of the job. But, they highlighted weak spots in their defenses, in their priorities and allowed them to rectify them before it becomes a large scale assault. 

He’s already thinking about what kind of defenses could be placed in the sewers when he leaves. Teams down there would be too costly, but cameras would likely be alright with some sort of passive weapon system. Maybe turrets would be wise.

“Zavala.”

The sound of the Speaker’s voice at the top of the stairs gives him pause. His familiar mask is impassive, a welcome sight. The Commander jogs up to meet the wise Warlock. He’s almost about to ask what the other man needs when he sees why the Speaker sought him out in the first place.

A familiar face is beside him, eyes red from crying. His stomach drops.

“She would like you to go with her,” The Speaker intones carefully. He dips his head, removing his arm from around the woman’s shoulder. “Assuming you have everything in order?”

“Yes, everything is in hand.” He looks to the matron. “What happened? Is everything alright?” 

The woman attempts to compose herself, but the Speaker puts an arm around her shoulders and hands her a handkerchief. “The situation last night,” He answers, instead. The woman sags against him, accepting the brief comfort. “One of her charges was injured. I believe you know her?”

The Commanders eyes flutter. “What?” He asks, almost in disbelief. His voice sounds hoarse to his own ears.

“She’d been telling them for months,” The woman murmurs, muffled by the Speaker’s robe. “They told her she was imagining things.” 

The Speaker sighs. “The damage is done,” He says, as kindly as he can. “All we can do is try to prevent it from happening again.” Still, he looks at Zavala, and though the Commander can’t see his eyes, he can feel the scrutiny.

It doesn’t matter, in that moment. Zavala asks, “Where is she? Is she alright?”

Karena shakes her head. “I don’t - they took her into surgery right away, but…” She wrings her hands. “They said they wouldn’t know right away. I have to go talk to the foster family. They’ve been treated and released. I-”

“Go with her,” The Speaker instructs. Whether he’s gleaned the specifics of the situation from whatever else Karena has said to him earlier remains to be seen, but Zavala doesn’t question it now. “I’ll check in with you later.”

Zavala can only nod.

-/

For a woman who had been sobbing moments earlier, Karena composes herself quickly. By the time they enter the Tower’s medical facility, it doesn’t even look like she’s shed a tear. Her dark eyes are firm, unyielding. A bit intimidating, even. She straightens her back and her shoulders level. Not for the first time, Zavala finds himself impressed with her.

They find the family in one of the large waiting rooms, two FOTC guards standing nearby. They’re not detailing the trio, who is clothed in sooty pajamas, but the three of them sit quietly in the full waiting room as though they’re being tried for a crime. The mother is curled in on herself, her husband’s are around her, holding her close. Nearby, a children’s program plays on the screen, but the child does not pay any attention to it, his gaze trained on the sterilized floor.

“Thank you for waiting for me,” Karena says quietly, drawing their attention.

As expected, they don’t look to the matron. Their eyes are trained on the Commander. He looks to Karena. “Don’t mind me,” He says, softly.

“Momma,” The boy says softly, “Are we in trouble?”

Karena shakes her head. “No, sweetheart,” She says softly. “You’re all free to go. I just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.”

The parents nod. Quietly, Mrs Baumsol says, “I didn’t think - she said she knew how to hide, and we never would have been able to-”

Her husband puts a hand over hers, clasped together in her lap. “We take full responsibility. We should have taken her concerns seriously. We just - we knew there would be difficulties adjusting. We just figured she wanted attention. We’ve never had something like this happen before.”

“You won’t get her back,” Karena tells them. “I realize it was an honest mistake, but, after this, she’ll never feel safe with you. To be transparent,” She sighs. “I don’t believe I would recommend you to foster another child.”

Mr Baumsol dips his head in a solemn nod. “We understand. We just pray she pulls through.” At that, his wife begins sobbing with renewed vigor.

Zavala’s eyes meet Karena’s, bright and alarmed. “What-” He closes his eyes. “What happened?”

The husband and wife have a wordless conversation, the wife tipping her head, indicating for her husband and son to leave her with the other two. The boy looks fearfully at his mother, but she gives him a brave smile and nods.

“We were trying to find a place to hide. My husband had gone to get our gun from the safe in our bedroom,” She wipes her eyes and nose, coughing a bit from obvious smoke inhalation. “There wasn’t-” She sighs. “There wasn’t enough room in the crawlspace for the three of us, and Benji - my son - wouldn’t let go. He wouldn’t be quiet, he was terrified and they found us...” She blinks through more tears and looks up at the both of them, seeming terribly small in her seat. “Amanda - I don’t even know where she got it - she threw something at them. An improvised incendiary, whatever it was, it blew up in the thing's face. It was a big one, I think the Guardians called it a Captain?” Zavala nods. “It grabbed her. I ran. There was no way if that thing got to either of us that we’d be able to escape.” Her brows knit together as her lip trembles. “I-I know that’s selfish, but I never would have been able to beat them and I wanted our son to live.” 

Zavala looks down and away, his irises reduced to a dull glow. “I’m sorry,” He says with great sincerity, his personal feelings brushed aside. “What you went through must have been horrifying. We have teams working to secure the district, and I promise you we will do everything possible to prevent it from happening again and to help you and your family rebuild.” 

The woman nods. “I just feel so guilty,” She clenches her fists. “We should have listened-”

“It cannot be undone,” Karena interjects, coolly, the Speaker’s earlier words reiterated with a sharp edge. “Amanda is a very special child. I told you that when you took her in. Her experiences are unique.”

“We know.”

Zavala asks in his most soothing voice, “Do you know which Guardians brought her in?”

“I don’t,” Mrs Baumsol bites her lip, endlessly shaking her head. “They med-evacced her right away, we never even saw her. All the doctors have told me is that they were trying to save her leg, but since you’re here now,” She looks to Karena, “They won’t talk to us at all.”

It clearly takes a lot of Karena’s willpower not to yell at the woman, but she remains composed, though her hands remain clasped behind her back to prevent anyone from seeing them shake. The moment the Baumsol family leaves, she’s pacing in front of the wide, blue-tinted windows that look out over part of the Tower and the City below.

“I never should have recommended them. I should have known.”

“You had no way of knowing this situation would come up.”

“It’s not this situation, Commander.” Karena turns back from the window. “I should have known they wouldn’t have listened to her. Everything was white-picket fences and happy-go-lucky. I should have known they would have crumbled under pressure.”

“These are extenuating circumstances,” Zavala urges her. “And I… did agree with your selection as well. Allow me to at least shoulder some of the blame.”

Karena sighs. “I don’t think blaming you would make me feel any better, Commander.” She pats him on the shoulder, mindful of his armor. “I’m going to get some tea. It’s going to be a long day. Would you like anything?”

He shakes his head. “I’ll wait here in case one of the doctors come out with an update.” Once she departs, his Ghost flickers into view, hovering in close. He’s taken a seat on one of the benches, his head in his hands. He’s exhausted, but not in a way that suggests he’d be able to sleep if he tried.

“It’ll be alright, Zavala,” The little bot tells him in a soft whisper. “She’s a tough one.”

“I don’t,” He closes his eyes, not knowing how to proceed and the Ghost makes a chirring sound, a synthetic tone of both endearment and comfort. Without words, he asks her: What am I supposed to do?

The Ghost looks around, doing a quick scan for anyone who might see them, then brushes her fins against the worry-lines marring his forehead in a rare moment of physical affection. Now isn’t the time for what she thinks on the subject. Calmly, apologetically, she tells him aloud, “For now, all we can do is wait.”

[colemckenzies]

lmm singing shiny is literally... so Weird

[arishamod]

Arisha’s 3rd Fan Meeting Experience

ARISHAMOD FINALLY SEES KOMIYA ARISA IN PERSON

As many of you have seen from my updates, I finally had the chance to see Arisha live at her Fan Meeting, which happened on 16 July 2017. Here is a small report of what I could remember and my spaghetti on everything that happened!

More under the cut~

(Warning a lot of spaghetti/random fanboying happened while I was typing out this post...)

Day 1 & 2

Let’s start with the trip~ I flew from Singapore to Japan on a 7 hours Singapore Airlines Flight. Rather enjoyable flight since it was SIA and I was with my Dia neso : >.

On day 2 I did a little shopping in Akiba on the second day, buying UOs and Mari nesos for the SG squad :3 Kinda regretted after someone showed me how easy it was to get them from crane games... But meh I’m not paying for most of the nesos anyway :3

Arisha 3rd Fan Meet

I woke up and saw a tweet about fans queuing at at 7am and i knew i wont be able to secure Arisha Merchandise ):. So i went out with the rest who were in Tokyo on that day at Akiba. We went around looking at merchandise at Kbooks.

After having lunch, Fotc, Nozoheh and Astrobunny (from the /r/ll discord) went to the Sega cafe while i went back to my hotel first since i have forgotten my money that i left aside for the merchandise in my hotel (and since the venue was really nearby too). I went down to the venue early at 4pm for the sales of the goods and it was crowded AF. 

Flower stands:

Here are the merchandise i managed to grab:

I didn’t manage to grab the Happi and mini photo book TT (WHICH IMO WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES WTF WHY DIDN’T I QUEUE EARLIER GREATEST REGRET WHAT ARE YOU DOING ARISHAMOD?!)

I waited a while for Fotc (who was my plus 1) and we went in together and i was really, REALLY EXCITED. THE KIND OF EXCITEMENT WHICH MAKES YOU WANT TO THROW (or maybe it was just me being super nervous meeting my #1 favourite). Once the lights deemed and Arisha started announcing her fan meeting was about to begin, everyone went crazy!

When she came on stage, my heart skipped so many beats x.x SHE WAS IN A PINK DRESS AND HAD BRAIDS THAT ENDED IN TWINTAILS OMGOSH! She immediately started singing “Natsu Matsuri” ( 夏祭り ) and we started going along with the chants and waving our Kingblades. Some of them even broke UOs the moment she came out (which i regret not bringing TT) Her voice was so good omgosh and the song was sang really well.

She then ended the song and introduced the MC for the day, Maeda-san. He was pretty good, since he was able to lead the conversation and did everything a MC did. They chatted a little, welcomed everyone and moved on to the second song.

(This is how Maeda-san looked like btw)

Holy sheets the second song! I saw it from the song lists that were leaked from tweets from the first session and already knew what it was. I changed my Kingblade to yellow and followed the calls to “Busters Ready Go!”. It really brought back memories and Arisha's take on the song was so good! Not biased at all! She sang it with some rock in her voice and the chances of that is so rare outside of her fan meets. It was really enjoyable!

Next was sailor moon's " Moonlight Densetsu ". This song really brought about the 90′s vibes LOL. Now that I am thinking about it, the two songs were significant since she mentioned that she started dancing and performing by pursuing two of her favorite shows, the sentai series and sailor moon series. I didn’t know the calls to this song very well (since i never saw it when i was young as my mom never let me near it and the song came out before I was born ) but i knew some of it while researching on Arisha. After that they had a skit segment for Arisha (sad face coz no Q&A). She was to pick out from 4 boxes and perform a small skit based on it. (Imagine the skit segments in Aqours’ Niconama). First box was the theme, second box was the location, the third box was the person, and the last box was what she was doing. There were funny scenes like -Preparing for dance with a male partner while eating leftover food. (She perform the skit where she was dancing and eating at the same time and it was hilarious) -Eating an entire cake at a hospital and getting caught by her Senpai (i forgot the name of the senpai... sorry!)  I either couldn’t remember the rest or i was not able to catch what they were saying. (Sorry im still not great at listening to japanese especially when they were sometimes talking at super speeds for the segment) The segment was fun because she was showing off her acting skills omgosh i almost fainted x.x After that she performed “Seikan Hikou”( 星間飛行 ). I recognised it from Macross but didn’t really know the calls, but it was a pretty fun song to wota to ^^. Once again her voice is really good omgosh the highs (even though her lows are much nicer :x)

She then performed "Platinum”.( プラチナ ). Cardcaptor Sakura! This feels so much like my age group :x (thinking of it we are pretty close in age maybe we can get married)

After the songs there was a present chuusen. Basically it is like a lucky draw where they gave out signed version of her merchandise. She would pull out a number and if it matched your ticket number you can redeem it after the show. 

The highlight of this portion was Arisha encouraging people to shout "YAY" if they got it. (Imagine the same yay she did at Kanshasai Gu~rinpa segment). Someone went "YATTA" and the MC, Maeda-san told him it was YAY and everyone laughed when he was asked to YAY instead LOL. After that she perform her "last" song, “Touch” (タッチ)  and ended the performance. But those in the second session knew about the song list anyway so we chanted for an encore. 

She came back for an encore!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. She was in this skirt and her Arisha Happi over her shirt (im sure this picture came from the 1st session though cause her hair...)

The last two songs she performed was still the most lit. “ Cruel Angel's Thesis”   (残酷な天使のテーゼ ) from Evangelion was so hyped and her voice was so amazing! She did her own version though :x

The last song she did was “Lion” (ライオン)   and omgosh even though her voice waver at some parts, her take on the song and her energy while singing it was soooooo good. The best way to end it off! After that we had post encore MC and she ended it off with group photo taking. She took pictures with 3 different part of the crowd. Each separated by pillars at the venue. She really is the dorky Arisha that I love cause she keeps YAYYYYY-ing with all of us 

Some random thoughts from the fan meet:

-i was kinda salty cause the venue was an open area except for this three pillars in the middle that blocked the view of those at the back. I was one of the few that had moments where i could not see Arisha TT -The site did mention that there was a female sitting area and males were in the standing area.  There were seats on the second floor that were exclusively female only. When Arisha point or waved at the center portion of the crowd you could actually hear them fangirling from the second level. Arisha talked about the girl only area and then they started to fangirl again. The funny thing is that the guys on the first floor felt left out were imitating them and screaming in high pitch voices together with the girls. The MC picked up on it everyone laughed about it.

-Someone collapsed or something happened to them (it was on the other side of the venue so i couldn’t see what happened) during the skit segment and they handled it so professionally, letting the staff take over, taking the opportunity to remind everyone to stay hydrated cause of the weather, and continued on. -When we were taking photos at the end, Arisha took a photo with each section of the crowd from the stage. At the start everyone was cheering for Maeda-san to join them. He reluctantly accepted and Arisha proposed that they take a picture without him, and one together with him. At one point of time after taking a group picture with the center audience, everyone was shouting for Maeda-san to come in and were patronising him. Arisha stood up and reminded everyone that this was her event not Maeda's and everyone laughed. She got jealous in my opinion omgosh so cute

And yeah that is the end of whatever the hell i could remember from the event! (well... I blanked out a lot cause I couldn’t believe Arisha was in front and her beauty and her voice and ane’fglkasdpgd)

[grrrenadine]

Monthly Media: August 2017

I’m 5 days late! But I was away on vacation, so that’s my excuse. And yes, I didn’t read last month. At all.

……….MOVIES……….

Dunkirk (2017)

Less a war film and more a disaster movie set during war, this is a tense, two-hour-long nightmare of drowning and gunfire, punctuated by the occasional quiet moment that allows the characters to better contemplate their mortality. Cleverly structured and almost devoid of patriotic fervor, it grips you from the very start and doesn’t let go till the credits start rolling. (P.S. It should have ended two minutes earlier than it did, i.e. at its lone moment of transcendent, metaphysical beauty — but I digress).

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Young poet-slash-gangsta Ricky chooses “the scuxx life” when he and his gruff father figure escape into the bush to evade a national manhunt. There’s a lot of affection and humanity at the core of this film; the humor is offbeat and dry, and the characters engaging. It’s not quite as good as its obvious spiritual predecessor Moonrise Kingdom — mostly because it’s less tragic in tone — but it does come pretty friggin close, and its child star is a real standout.

Tangerine (2015)

Two transsexual sex workers, a pimp and an Armenian taxi driver madly dash around a shockingly hot, sunny, non-touristy LA as they settle scores, do their jobs, share gossip, sing in bars, get laid, get paid, and find love in a hopeless place.  A Christmas movie with no discernible Christmas cliches (except the emphasis on the power of friendship), it feels simultaneously old-fashioned (in a good way) and wildly modern / alternative (also in a good way).

Idiocracy (2006)

I take offense to the way this movie starts: ah yes, let’s conflate class and intelligence and blame the poor for overpopulation and societal stupidity! That aside, the rest of the film is often fairly imaginative in its use of visual gags and its fresh look at a dystopian future.

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Teenagers in a dying Texas town long for love, affection and freedom, and make stupid choices in their desperate search for these elusive things. There are moments of pathos and sympathy hidden amidst the overall bleakness, and a weird, twisted beauty to the dreary setting.  Excellent and sad.

People Places Things (2015)

PPT has a number of good things going for it: a) it’s an interracial romance with two non-white leads, b) one of whom is a cartoonist c) played by Jemaine Clement. And yet, on the whole, the film is tepid and toothless, with little to offer in terms of comedy or drama or memorability. The one exception is Jessica Williams in a supporting turn, stealing every scene she’s in; her electric performance is what made me want to watch The Incredible Jessica James (see below).

The Incredible Jessica James (2017)

Written and directed, incredibly, by the same guy who did People Places Things, this is fun, breezy hangout movie — with little substance to the plot but with a lead performance so delightful, refreshing and real that it’s impossible to complain about it. Like Frances Ha’s more sympathetic (yet less introspective) cousin, this movie focuses on a young woman questioning the sustainability of an art career; and while it may be less elegant in execution, it somehow feels more revolutionary. I dunno.

……….TV……….

Game of Thrones (season 7)

“Winter is here, and logic has fled” — this should have been the motto of a woefully brief season that sacrifices character development, proper motivations, and, yes, logic at the altar of speed and spectacle. All the smoke and mirrors and dragons can’t disguise the rushed, clipped nature of the storytelling; whatever claims to grittiness and realism the show aspired to are gone, destroyed by fan-pandering and the numerous dei ex machinae. There’s not to say there’s nothing good about this season, but I am now officially ready for this show to end before it goes even further downhill.

Archer (season 1)

This was recommended to me by a friend who said the humor was similar to Always Sunny and Peep Show; while that’s more or less true (and the voicework is exceptional!), there’s a lack of depth to Archer that makes Sunny and Peep Show look like The Sopranos in comparison. Honestly, there’s only so far you can go by coasting on spy cliches. I’ve been told later seasons have some complexity to them; we shall see.

Flight of the Conchords (season 2)

In its second and final season, the delightfully odd / oddly delightful musical comedy sticks to pretty much the same beats as it did in season 1 — but it does so with no pretensions, in a consistently amusing fashion, and always, always on its own terms. Among the many comedy series I’ve seen, almost all are better than FotC plot-wise and yet zero match it in tone, which is one of gentle, low-key eccentricity. There’s something lovely, sincere and quietly inspirational about that...if that’s what you’re into.

[lacefuneral]

i had just watched a let's play of "The Return of Obra Dinn" (don't do that btw. play the game) - which is a time-traveling murder mystery about an early 1800s merchant ship. it got me into the Pirating Spirit. i'd also just gotten dumped by my first boyfriend, at age 26, and was grieving pretty heavily

i vaguely remembered Rhys Darby from watching FOTC back when i was 11, and i knew Taika from the WWDITS movie (I hadn't seen anything else he was in.) I was more aquainted with Kristian Nairn and Joel Fry actually, from their appearances in Game of Thrones

and then my friend was like "there's a gay pirate show" and I marched myself over to it. watched it all in one night about two days after the finalé aired, not really knowing what to expect.

and then i immediately went on tumblr. changed my blog title to "pirate propaganda" and started posting about the show as much as i could. not just because of hyperfixation but because i was terrified it was going to go unnoticed outside of a small, niche community (i'd been in MANY small fandoms before, including for shows that had been prematurely cancelled)

i'm not really a fanart person so i went for shitposts, meta, and some video edits. mostly i just kept asking my followers to watch it and support it. and i got the fun experience of watching the fandom gradually grow until it suddenly EXPLODED

as you can imagine, i am ECSTATIC about the renewal!!! i love y'all 😭❤️

what made y’all watch the show anyway? I’d seen a few tweets but didn’t actually watch it until a youtube video got recommended to me about the show. the channel (james somerton) reviews gay stuff so I was like….. suddenly I care about pirates

(I still googled it to make reeeally sure, then I assumed the whole “opposite of queerbait” only referred to lucius and jim)