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unproduciblesmackdown · 9 months

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billions sure seemed to settle on the people with Less Power who have in-universe supporting roles to the more powerful players ultimately doing better than the central men do (and not quoting hitler & raring to launch nuclear attacks as much, so nice job) & deserving to walk away, but where then it's like okay & so what about the people with less power than Them who had supporting roles to Them. so the pyramid scheme here crumbles as each more burdened tier may fall alway, is the extension. & billions is like oh no no it isn't. because the people in a lower tier than These [better than the central men] parties have less power b/c that's what they Deserve, of course. then you can turn to all the instances of billions, with the central men it knows are shit & refuse to change, having those central men express "other people have less power than me b/c that's what they Deserve, of course," and billions like "oh god. sickos. not true, & we're freeing those people these guys wrongly think are inferior" like okay and whoosh lightning fast swap that [central men / their support network] juxtaposition with [that support network / the Lower Ranking people who work with Them] and nope billions is just going "no yeah This power imbalance is objective & righteous. the Winners deserve to do whatever they want" like you do see how it falls apart (they do not, presumably)

and that as always the pyramid scheme is also a sierpiński triangle b/c you look at any point & zoom in & as always when [well a hierarchy is objective] is thee way, as soon as you have multiple people in a situation there must be an establishing of the hierarchy in that situation. and there we go in the finale where it's like the [s1 yay axe wags wendy sooo cool even if i guess don't let people die] continues and like taylor in s2 did get in in time with enough thought & with enough intention that the character be in Juxtaposition with everything s1ly, and they belong to the adequately deserving group of characters in the end and certainly with Any effort at giving them some focus, but they cannot disrupt their Deservingness by disrupting the Deserved Hierarchy and i.e. Not deferring to wags, wendy, axe. taylor & sacker (& philip) team would've had this wrapped up in two to four episodes; instead we have way too much focus on wags & wendy not doing anything except getting in the way, or being sooo cool, & at least taylor interacting w/axe was more characterful material for taylor, but they don't even really get to criticize anyone for getting in the way or being sooo cool terrible now or prior, like, okay look just ask axe why he's not being as totally epic as you know he truly is, and don't be helming this shit that's always Actually been most relevant to this once-newcomer character who was written to inherently contrast with all the s1 epicness, wonder why that relevance is. step aside and let our hero wendy through please while we all kneel & clap & think about our inferiority to her

then just bonus mentions like that i guess rian was supposed to also be contrasting but she just turns out yet another bog standard axe cap bully who happens to so totally be a woman, we remind you, yet different from bonnie in that she also is less overtly aggressive, despite this she's So deserving but not so much that they ever made room for something besides [if you removed her from the series it'd be so easy to make it so that pretty much nothing changes] despite that she was supposed to be like, relevant. even better we have our beloved ben kim who billions cared to have in every episode (if some eps cut post production?) and who was here in s1 but to first illustrate like where my 50something fellas at these damn young whippersnappers think they're sooo smart but NO only axe. which is why he deserves to be epic boss boy. and later on it's like well yes he's lower tier than these other characters but it's because he's Too nice. to truly become a winner you simply need to Believe you are one & act accordingly confident (i.e. it's still Deserved, his fault, he needs to step up & stop acting Like he belongs in loserdom) and we like get any material for him here & there & eventually tuk (zoom in on Multiple People, tuk is lower tier than ben, presumably billions considers that once again this is indeed Deserved) and in the end well he's still here, hooray, still so Unstrategic and An Pussy so we all see that, though we may pity him, his lower tier status is still brought upon himself, and hey also we need people to fill in the ranks for epic boss boy again so come stand over here okay thanks byeee

#winston billions #after years of Paying Attention like yeah will forever have some shit to say huh #also its Failures here re: its own themes + what it ends up prioritizing & evidently believing the whole time is like; miserable awful yea #obviously winston is given like [We pity disabled people amidst the contempt for Them] status similarly to a degree #but they didn't consider him a character / do place him entirely in Deserved Inferior Status / give him a lil extra He Deserves Abuse #and that's all they used him for in the end; Loser Fodder for [oh wags is so cool we love to see this Manifested in how he acts out #against someone else. like how rian was towards winston the whole time; that showed us she's also so cool & deserving. cue also wags like #godawful bizarre patronizing no boundaries comments towards her sometimes?? that was just Fun & Fine for billions i suppose]#(also that presumably around here if being like patronizing misogynist etc happens well just ignore it / be unfazed. checkmate!)#at the same time taylor who's hired & kept on this guy & Needs him back actually now has no relevant character details in an ep ft winston #except that they live for allistic supremacy & beyond that: wags supremacy. like yeah wow another [give taylor some material??] win in s7 #nope it's the final ep & we have precious screentime given to wags n scooter chat who haven't like talked all season & always had an duo #that underwhelms / is so much less important to anything going on ever than the taylor & philip duo. who do not get to interact #so [thinking emoji] that say it's when scooter & wags march up to quants like OK SNOWFLAKE MILLENNIALS here's ur PARTICIPATION TROPHIES #it's an instance of quant duo working together....offscreen! after rian insults winston out of nowhere! & we clap for the 50smthng epicry

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bunnihearted · 1 year

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...📓🖊🧸💘💭

#im so sad that i didnt get a picture with my sister at her graduation #im always the one taking the pictures. and i was taking pics of my mom and sisters when her friends came and took over completely #so i never got to take one with her :( i dont think she cares but i wanted at least a pic of us to exist. idk for how long i'll be here #but yeah.... it is what it is that moment is gone. but it makes me sad that there's no documentation if me being there </3 #unrelated but currently there r a few things to look forward to that im trying to focus on #new seasons of never have i ever. outlander. warrior (finally). minx. titans.#hmmm new namjoon music. halsey ft yoongi for a diablo game :o #then ofc... the main thing: silent hill 2 remake. and alan wake 2.. alone in the dark with JODIE COMER?!?!?!#so yeah trying to focus on that..... :'( bc im feeling a bit sad #but also i have this one thing that im rlly happy and thankful for having in my life too so <33 #ohhh also i now have... 34 books from the library... i need to read at least a few of them... but idk </3

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cringefaildiaz · 1 year

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Don't get we wrong, I feel hopeful too, specially with the whole network change because it means the series has an actual shot of going back to the way it used to be. I feel like lately the emergencies don't have that spark anymore, so I'm looking forward to see what ABC does with them. Also, let's cross our fingers and think that they'll actually give a damn about promo and they'll use (at least in social media) what attracts more attention... I mean, if the answer is a couple of firefighters that are raising a child together, I wouldn't mind.

However, what makes me mad is that by the time they were working on the finale they weren't sure if they were going to come back or not. From what it looks like, all the characters will get a sort of happiesh?) ending just in case, because again, the ABC move back then was not a sure thing.

They did that with The Resident. Sure, at first it was supposed to be a season finale, but they still did an ending that could be interpreted as both options: season finale or series finale. Well, it was cancelled so at the end they at least got a chance to leave the characters in a good place.

That's what will happen with 911 this season, I believe, because after almost six years the show at least deserved a decent ending if for one reason or the other they were not coming back.

My point is, we know that it's not going to be an open ending, and that all the characters will be left in a good place. I know there are a lot of possibilities, but we are talking about miss Kristen Reidel, it wouldn't surprise me if Buck and Eddie end this season with Natalia and Marisol, representing a "traditional" conclusion for both characters.

It wasn't hard to leave them single, if she truly didn't want Buddie to happen, but she just had to bring two random characters for the last four episodes of the season, right? If I follow her previous patterns, what will happen is that for the general audience, Buck and Eddie will end in "heathy" relationships with Natalia and Marisol, but they will share a significant moment together that's up to interpretation for the internet. Classic queerbaiting behavior me thinks.

I'm aware that now we are far from losing the war, especially if we consider that ABC has a different target audience and that they actually tend to listen to them. So, Buddie truly has a chance of happening now.

At the end, what I'm trying to say is, I feel optimistic for the ABC move, but I'm also frustrated because if that had been the series ending, that woman would have given a poor conclusion to Buck and Eddie just because yolo?) There was no reason to have those two random characters with them.

Buddie has a second chance, but I hope and pray to the universe that ABC will realize what they have in their hands and even if *she stays, they will overule her bad takes, not only on Buddie, but for the show in general, that move was not a cheap one. If they really want for the series to last, changes need to be made.

It's also sad to think that if they had stayed at FOX or if they had cancelled the series, we never really had a chance to win, huh. Homophobia will always prevail, no matter what.

The thing with this, anon, is that mostly I think it's a really fair reading of what's been going on. I just read the information we have really differently.

I definitely agree with you that the emergencies have been meh for a while now, but to me that's just a symptom of being 6 seasons deep into a procedural; a new network might breathe a little more life into it, and I hope it does, but I've never watched a show through a network switch so I'm pretty 🤷🏻‍♀️ on how much it's gonna affect the actual content. Def hoping for more promo though.

I get what you're saying about all the character's getting a "happy-ish" ending because they didn't know about season renewal but....isn't that always how it is? Like, I don't personally see much of a difference between where it seems they're gonna leave off 6x18 than any of the other finales we've had.

And I get why a finale where one or both of the boys are in a relationship with a woman would be disappointing if we're reading it from a "they thought this might be the last episode they were ever making" angle (but I am BEGGING someone to show me what KR has said or done that makes y'all believe she hates buddie. Because I was watching casually through most of s5, I missed all that. And from the show itself, I don't get that impression at all. I am genuinely asking PLEASE i need context). But, while I've always been a buddie girlie, 6b is literally the first time I've ever thought they might actually do it. And I've been really confident since 6x13 and the interview about the couch being in play until the very last scene of the season (and still am) that the closing shot of this season is gonna be the three boys on the Diaz couch. It's just the only thing I see as a possible resolution. Not to say you can't read that as a "open for interpretation" fan service moment, but until I know exactly why people think KR is fundamentally opposed the idea of buddie together, I'm gonna be reading it the way the text tells me to.

Because while I've become a bit of a buddie truther in 6b, they're not in a place where getting together by the end of the season would make....any sense. A lot of people disagreed with me on that, but that's been my stance since like, early s6. Just cuz there was no development for them in the first half of the season at ALL, and we knew how jam packed 6b was gonna be with other plotlines with other characters. They've got a lot of growing to do before buddie canon would even be satisfying imo. I just really believe we might be on that track now.

And with that in mind, here's my perspective on the ending IF they were writing it thinking they might never write another episode again: Buck can and should end up alone at the end of the season. He should really concretely know what he's looking for, in the way he didn't when he dumped Taylor. Having Buck explore the opportunity to date someone who is fascinated by his experiences but not actually interested in him is a great way to do that, imo. Him walking away from that and realizing he needs to find someone who will, in Oliver's words, meet him where he's at. I really cannot see Natalia being relevant beyond the finale at all, and if I'm wrong, I'm gonna start seriously questioning the writers, because they've told us she's not it for him (like, even my friends who watch the show very casually were screaming "NOOOOO!!!" at the screen every time she was mentioned in 6x15).

Eddie's more complicated though. Let's say, hypothetically, they realized midway through shooting 6b that renewal wasn't likely with Fox, and they didn't know whether or not they'd be picked up by another network. Eddie's been on this little journey of self discovery about wanting a partner, and has accepted the fact that he's lonely. Ending the show with Eddie in his single status quo would be sad as hell for the GA! We have to remember, we are not the only ones watching this show, and the vast majority are not seeing buddie as romantic options for each other. That can change, I really hope it does change, I am optimistic that it WILL change; but it hasn't yet. If they were trying to wrap things up nicely, with everyone in a pretty good spot, I can see why shoving relatively-underutilized Eddie with a nice girl would be a good way to do that. Easy to undo if they got a s7, but also a lot easier to convince the GA of a love interest for Eddie being good for him, just because he's not as big of a deal to the show (which I hate. I love Eddie I want him to have the world. But Buck is the main character on this show, let's be real)

That's not to mention that this is all speculation; we don't have any idea what's gonna happen with these two women. I'm standing pretty firm in my belief that they won't end the season in relationships, but I could be wrong. And if I'm wrong about Eddie, I can see why they'd make that choice and I'm not even a little mad at it. If I'm wrong about Buck, and he ends up in a clearly doomed relationship with Natalia, I'm less cool with that, but I can see the opportunities for s7 and assume that they were working under the assumption that they'd get a renewal somewhere. If Buck ends up in a seemingly perfect and happy relationship with Natalia, my faith in the writers is gonna plummet, not because queerbaiting, but because they told us it was doomed in 6x15, and it would make it clear to me that the writers don't even know what kind of stories they want to tell on a micro, episode to episode level. But I really can't imagine that happening.

#anon drop by with your thoughts anytime id love to hear what you think after next ep and the finale too #i don't really wanna touch the word queerbaiting with a 10 ft pole #because i do get the concern #and i get the reaction #but i don’t think its queerbaiting at all #because these two guys are best friends #and theyre each others partner in the main cast of the show #even if theyre both married off to other people we're gonna get the canon couples and also buddie when they divide episodes like that #and thats a really good thing to me? because i love them #and i want them to share screentime no matter who their romantic endgame is #and do i feel like the show is dangling a carrot on a stick in front of me sometimes? yeah #but thats because they're besties and im watching with them with romance goggles on #my real concern is the couch. i am so hyperfixated on the couch that if that resolves poorly i might lose my mind a little #and not even in a 'if its not buddie im gonna be disappointed' way. just in a 'use the metaphor well or so help me god' way #moral of the story is im having more fun with the show now than i have since joining the fandom #and im really confident in the season finale #and i REALLY want someone to drop the KR receipts so i can form an actual opinion on her stance #911 spec #911 spoilers #911 fox #buddie #long post #ask a bean #bean brain

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seasononesam · 1 year

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if you got to choose one (1) season for sam to have bangs again, which would you choose?

lmaooooo amazing question...just one season tho? :(

I can't decide what would be better; soulless sam randomly having bangs in season 6 or sam growing them with his beard in season 14 or just having a break down during the trials in season 8 and saying Fuck It 😭

#actually final answer season 15: old man sam wig ft bangs #answered #anonymous

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millennial-star-gazer · 1 year

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"Natsu in love with Lucy? Yes, yes, he is ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍!

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Nalu edit/ tikok for Nalu week.

Tagging @allaboutnalu @thenaluarchive consideration for Nalu Week this year🙂

Pairing: Nalu/Endlu (Natsu x Lucy /E.n.d. x Lucy

Prompts & Days: Anniversary , family ,fears ,shenanigans, gifts, nostalgia , & (new) adventures . Other prompts: the different types of love and sides of their relationship since their best friends, but it's also clear that they're meant to be more and they're kind of not quite fully lovers yet, but more than friends too.

📝 My entry for Nalu Week this year is a Nalu edit that I'm proud of. It fits all this year's prompts or a lot of. Them pretty well 🎉 !Unfortunately, I couldn't post a chapter or fanfic in time for Nalu Week, so I'm sharing a TikTok instead. I'm hoping that I can post something that I've written or another Nalu and Fairytail- designated have been in the near future though

I'm still working on various projects for Nalu, Fairytail, and a possible Shicca Fic for Edens Zero. Life gets busy with other hobbies, responsibilities, job search friend ,and family time, but I still find moments to write fanfics, post new chapters when possible & edit l —sometimes with my beta's help when they're able . There's never enough time, but I promise I'm working hard on everything 😅.

And yes, I'm one of them mods from the naluarchive but mods are able to participate too if we want 🙂

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lgcxnoeul · 1 year

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【✖】 LEGACY HALL BATTLE — S3E2

He had caught a glimpse of the accessories for his second episode when an intern had opened ta box and gushed about the items being real. He hadn't connected the dots until he glanced down at his cue-cards, lower lip trembling comically when he realizes that he had no choice in reading the script. It hadn't been too long of a pause, but he hears the producer whispering his name repeatedly to finish and transition into the first round.

His special guest for the second episode was not only someone he was lucky that he could refer to as one of his bestfriends, but someone that he held in high esteem too. He had met his friend during his secondary school years, but not much had changed about their contrasting personalities since. However, the two of them had learned to embrace and celebrate each other's differences, always upholding their non-verbal agreement to accept the other person without one-sided expectations of the other changing for the other. Unfortunately, Hyunsoo was the one that he couldn't selfishly convince to stick it out and become a performer with him.

"While our theme for today is unknown, our mission should be obvious to the viewers, don't you think, Hyunsoo?" He glances over at his friend, trying to convey to him that he hadn't written the script and he wanted to be edited out on the spot. If he looked over at the staff, he could have pointed out the intern cheesing with amusement and holding the flower crowns for him to take. He had asked for the interns to become more involved, but he hadn't mean this level of goofing off at his expense. He catches the flower crowns thrown at him, releasing a soft noise of shock when he realizes that the real flowers were more sturdy than he had expected. He hands one to Hyunsoo, placing the other on top of his head. "With our charming personalities and flower boy visuals, we will ensure to brighten your day! If you're not completely satisfied, leave a comme— Please do not leave comment, or do... but only with compliments. Let's start with our first round, shall we?"

Clue: A grainy picture of a sun rising with a blue and red signage peeking out on an angle on the bottom right corner.

@hyunsoolgc

#lgc:youtubeshow #th: lhb (episode 002)#ft. hyunsoo #( season 3 is the staff getting back at noeul )#( the final ko )

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