#genie's rewatch

[geneeste]

Genie's SG-1 Rewatch: Singularity

Season 1, Episode 15. In which I have a VERY unexpected reaction to the setup to this episode, and then cry.

PREVIEW:

6:42 THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T PUT A LITERAL WELCOME SIGN ON A PLANET ANNOUNCING YOUR PRESENCE JFC “Dear Bad Guys, the SGC has an outpost here on this defenseless planet, please come kill everyone in it and send a doomsday device in the chest of a cute, traumatized little girl to destroy the SGC and all the stuff in a several-mile radius, kthxbai”

6:46 And now I’m getting upset that I don’t think they ever deal with the fact that it’s essentially their fault Hanka showed up on the Goa’uld radar at all And not in a “sometimes our presence has unintended, unforeseeable consequences” kind of way but in a “We were homicidally negligent in our treatment of this planet” way

5:10 Yay Singularity A nice palette cleanser after Hathor, ugh Lol Daniel “it’s black and it’s a hole” This man is a PhD

5:11 I love Sam’s spiraling hand gestures describing the matter entering the black hole Very cute, if dangerous

5:12 “Actually, it’s called the accretion disc” That’s my man, Jack Not just a pretty face

5:14 HEH Daniel’s slow on the uptake there Again, this man is a PhD

5:15 HEE Sam backing Jack’s knowledge up I loooooove it And I love them Sassy squared “Not initially” ew jack

5:17 Okay, hold up though — is this the first (and I’m pretty sure the last?) time we get this like road sign for a planet?

5:18 I am very confused by this thing, because I don’t think you’d want to advertise the SGC’s presence on this planet (HI GOAULD, WELCOME TO HANKA, ENJOY YOUR STAY!) And people from the SGC would certainly know who FROM THE SGC would be there

5:19 What is exactly the point of this highway sign aside from memorializing whoever Douglas McLean is (of blessed memory, I’m sure, not trying to be mean to this person)

5:20 What a weird ass thing to put here

5:22 Teal’c spidey sense is tingling Oh no poor guy I’m glad that they’ve put Daniel through at least some basic emergency protocols He springs right into action there

5:24 So one of the things that Mr Genie and I talk a lot about is that the US military would not send just 4 people through through an alien device to unknown territory

5:26 And I also have trouble suspending disbelief a little with remote bases on other planets because it’s veeeeerrrrry unlikely there’d be just a handful of people in these places ever So like SG1 showing up and wondering where everyone is...is just not something I think would actually happen

5:30 (Another random aside: I also sometimes wonder why they picked the Air Force as the managing service for the Stargate and not, say, the Army — I get it’s the most technology-oriented of the services and I am definitely biased toward them, but the USAF doesn’t really do infantry. I would have expected to see them either hand field operations over to the Army or see Joint Operations established waaaaaay earlier)

5:32 PM Oof they’re all dead I knew that was coming, but still, that sucks

5:33 WHY IS JANET’S HAIR DOWN AND WHY IS IT DOWN OFF WORLD The military doesn’t care if you’re pretty! JFC

5:34 Although yes, damn Janet is pretty Don’t distract me, you’re out of uniform!

5:36 Ugh is that a kid? I hate that (I mean I know other kids must have died but of course it upsets me to see it) 5:37 Do we ever find out if Cassie has any siblings? I wish we’d gotten more of her backstory

5:38 I feel like the story of her life before Sam and Janet was pretty thin considering this calamitous thing that happened hahaha Teal’c is making that face!

5:40 (I always thought it was RDA that said this, but apparently it was Michael Shanks who once took Chris Judge aside and was like, “you’re a handsome guy, why are you always doing that thing with your face???”) TEAL’C IS SO GENTLE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH My heeeeeeaaaaaart 5:41 Oh Sam, please stop telling the little girl who’s entire world was basically just murdered that everything’s okay

5:43 I like that Sam gets to be soft in this episode So often characters like hers don’t get to be soft without being punished in some way for it 5:45 Okay, so here’s the thing though I get why Sam would feel that SGC died for nothing if they didn’t study the black hole BUT I don’t understand the argument she’s trying to make about the rest of HANKA At this point there’s no reason to believe their deaths have anything to do with the phenomena so her curiosity comes across as really callous and selfish

5:49 That was a good bit of camera work, seeing the gate room from Cassie’s perspective It came across as pretty daunting

5:50 Oh my god Sam, why in the world would you think leaving a little girl whose WHOLE WORLD HAS JUST DIED in a concrete room on an unfamiliar planet by herself?

5:51 This isn’t even “never been a parent before” stuff, this is BASIC HUMAN DECENCY STUFF

5:52 why is Janet’s hair STILL DOWN It is way past her collar I don’t know why this is bugging me BUT IT IS REALLY BUGGING ME

5:54 Sam drawing herself into Cassie’s picture so she knows she’s not alone kills me every. time.

5:55 Y’all ever think about Cassie was trapped by herself on a planet surrounded by the corpses of everyone she ever knew

5:57 I hate that we didn’t see the real consequences from that in the show

5:57 PM sighs forever at this shows ongoing inability to handle real fallout on screen like 99% of the time

5:58 PM The scene with Jack explaining black holes to Teal’c is very funny but totally pointless Couldn’t we have skipped this and dealt with emotional stakes instead Did we just need to remind everyone that Jack and Teal’c are still on the planet? Lol

6:01 I love that silly grabby hands thing Sam does to Cassie in the infirmary Very much something I might do to make my kids laugh

6:02 Oh Cassie

6:03 “What? What do I do?” Aaaaahhhh Sam I feel ya honey, it’s the worst

6:04 Why are they doing CPR though? Is she not breathing? They didn’t say Cassie wasn’t breathing I’m confused Okay, so now she’s intubated that was fast Not sure what’s actually wrong here but it sucks all around

6:06 There’s...nothing attached to the breathing tube Why is it there Did they mean to place an airway? I AM VERY CONFUSED BY THIS DRAMATIC MEDICAL SCENE 6:13 Okay, not for nothing, but: if the show had chosen to pivot to Janet and Sam: Adoptive Moms/Life Partners Who Solve Mysteries, they would have had at least one viewer That viewer would have been me

6:14 I know this is a serious moment but this shot with that blue lighting is very flattering to Janet, Sam, and Daniel

6:15 Okay, I’m sorry, hold up again How exactly are they visualizing or trying to remove (or whatever it is they’re doing) Cassie’s chest bomb thing? Did they cut her open??? Is it minimally invasive surgery? What exactly is happening here 6:18 Are we saying it’s an intelligent tumor/bomb I never got this part of the story 6:20 This is a really sweet moment between Sam and Daniel Daniel is actually being kind and supportive and I love him for it Good job, Daniel

6:21 I love that Jack is enthusiastic about studying the black hole But I am a little annoyed that they let him enjoy this without making fun of him for it And that he gets to be proud of his knowledge of astronomy While Sam is so often set up and then mocked for her expertise/belittled for enjoying nerdy things  BUT WHATEVER I’M NOT BITTER

6:42 THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T PUT A LITERAL WELCOME SIGN ON A PLANET ANNOUNCING YOUR PRESENCE JFC “Dear Bad Guys, the SGC has an outpost here on this defenseless planet, please come kill everyone in it and send a doomsday device in the chest of a cute, traumatized little girl to destroy the SGC and all the stuff in a several-mile radius, kthxbai”

6:46 And now I’m getting upset that I don’t think they ever deal with the fact that it’s essentially their fault Hanka showed up on the Goa’uld radar at all And not in a “sometimes our presence has unintended, unforeseeable consequences” kind of way but in a “We were homicidally negligent in our treatment of this planet” way Like, I am kind of appalled now because I can’t unsee it Did they never talk to Cassie about this? Jesus Like holy shit this is several levels of terrible that I never thought about before

6:56 That is some amazing resolution on that telescope (not satellite, lol)  (Apologies, I’m pretty salty tonight)

7:00 And now I’m feeling very conflicted about using this little girl’s trauma as drama fodder for Sam Damn, I am looking at this ep in a whole new way (And also. I don’t buy Sam’s ‘military’ excuse for having to be detached. that doesn’t make sense to me at all)

7:02 Stepping back from the hella problematic setup of this storyline (and HOO BOY IS IT A BIG ONE), lots of potential Sam/Daniel shippyness in this ep I see solid friendship here but I totally get why someone would see a ship instead

7:05 Oh, so now you’re okay with sending additional backup to defend against one little girl but a few guys to protect an entire planet and probably a million dollar’s worth of equipment after you’ve broadcast your location to your deadliest enemy is fine Got it (Man. I am genuinely surprised by my reaction to this ep. Oof.) 7:10 I am begrudgingly acknowledging that this is a good shot of SG-1 I want it on the record that I am lodging this note on their attractiveness under protest 7:11 Heh “What about the abandoned nuclear facility at—“ “Right!” I suspect that bit of dialogue was inspired by military PA’s standard response to questions about nuclear weapons facilities: “I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at ____________.” @sharim28, 7:13 Hahaha yes convenient cut off Very smooth @geneeste, 7:14 So smooth Sam holding Cassie while she sleeps in the back of the truck is legit heartbreaking stahp I don’t want to feel things while I’m mad at you, show 7:16 Aahhhh Sam already knows she won’t be coming back up when Jack offers to take Cassie You can see it in her face That is some great acting by AT and MY HEART And I swear Jack has an inkling too It’s why he’s so insistent about the time 7:17 And that eye contact between her and Jack as the elevator doors close GAH Stupid show.

7:18 “Please, go back to sleep.” STOP IT I MEAN IT

7:19 This really is difficult to watch Poor Sam. Poor Cassie. Poor everybody.

7:21 Ahhhh Sam DON’T CRY SAM 7:22 That Jack switches from Captain Carter to Sam is just chefskiss.gif

7:23 So I love both the fact that Jack is desperately ordering Sam to come back up AND that Sam is desperately ignoring him Also perfection 7:24 (Don’t think I’ve forgotten the shitty thing you did show I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN I’M JUST TAKING A BREAK) Jack’s not leaving MY HEART 7:25 And also I love SG1 but of course Jack wouldn’t leave Cassie’s “I love you” really does feel earned here and that’s hard to do in such a short amount of time A testament to AT’s acting chops because I’m not feeling particularly charitable toward the writing right now 7:26 More great camerawork on Daniel and Teal’c I wonder who directed this ep

7:30 Mario Azzopardi — he hasn’t done much I recognize now. Peter Woeste on cinematography. Good work sirs. More good camera work on the guys 7:31 “We could have been wrong about the time.” “We could have been wrong about what would happen.” I love the drama but I’m mad about it 7:32 He switched to Sam again! I can’t wait to listen to this podcast ep of Chevrons Locked 7:34 PM Yes Daniel’s celebratory slap at Teal’c HA I love it 7:35 Why are we insisting on putting Sam in mom clothes Although I’m loving Teal’c's fashion

7:36 “A mother’s instinct, perhaps.” “Subtle, but no.” That is such a great little moment between Teal’c and Sam

7:38 Jack not so subtlety ushering the dog and the guys away

7:38 So sweet Big old softy Pretty sure that dog is walking Jack, but whatever

7:40 Sweet ending

7:41 I will never look at this episode or the whole storyline leading up to Cassie’s appearance the same way again, though Phew. That was an unexpected ride

7:42 Um. I just looked it up. Katie Stuart (Cassie) is a year older than me. Wut. the actress is frozen in my brain at 13 so this is very weird to discover

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

fascinating tidbit of early worldbuilding here

[seldonhari]

philip skrunkly glenister in steeltown murders ep1

[blairwld]

not a single brain cell in sight

[surreal-souly]

Were ENA of High Status?

Just rewatched auction day and in the end, Ena puked out the hourglass dog or maybe "an" hourglass dog.

In Dream bbq if you look at the description of the chocolate, it says this

Since auction day was the first full video of the series, maybe it's simply a jest and still is. What if it isn't and has been written before or during auction day?

The hourglass dog seems to be very valuable during the auction as the tombs placed their bids. Then an authority figure arrives to stop the auction. Was it stopped because the sale of a high class entity was illegal/forbidden? Why was a high-status entity within Ena?

Then I thought about the interest of the bouncer in Enas' blood in dream bbq implied with this sentence in the following image, where we ended up paying with an arm to enter the purge event

What if the hourglass dog was interested in Ena's Blood? Since the dog is a high-class entity, this may imply that ENA blood is just as valuable as the hourglass dog itself, or maybe even more?

In temptation stairway, Ena received a blood ID by giving the shepherd a turron. I think this ID wasn't her's since she basically bribed for it, but at the same time, it is her's. From a different Ena that has already been there. That might have been from a previous Ena as in herself. I talked about this in another post, but I think Ena are/is able to be present in the present, past, and future.

I also Think that it is indeed an Ena Blood ID since it has her colors as well as the colors from her ribbon mask that appeared in the power of potluck.

The shepherd also says this when Ena was given the blood ID

What if the ID said that she'll collect Generous offerings because the ID viewed her as a high status entity, and the Runas would've as well.

Now later within this same adventure, an entity named Mariya tastes Enas blood and strongly says that the ID does not taste like Ena, implying that it's a Fake ID. I think that the reason Mariya said the ID did not taste like Ena because it tasted like that of Higher entities. So Mariya was appalled by this, expecting the blood to taste something of the very lower class, as Ena has been depicted to be part of. Mariya even says she doesn't like Ena. Adding to the terrible reputation ENA already have.

Ena is considered such a low valuued being that the "Bathroom" said this to her lmao.... (Ena is probably the lowest being in this world) (dialogue srhunk in images. click for full image)

But yeah that is my ponder on what if ENA used to be a highly valued entity. Mayhaps ENA was equal to that of a genie or even surpassed the genie status.

What if ENA status even used to be that or close to this "Boss" in dream bbq but I think that's pushing it to far lol mayhaps

[waywardmillennial]

Puppet History Trailer Breakdown

The PH season seven trailer dropped on Watcher TV today and I'm going to try to break it down New Rockstars style - so settle in because this is a long one!

disclaimer: I am an oxymoron of a human who notices lots of details and misses other clues - so I might not have caught everything but I tried!

[s7 trailer easter eggs and spoiler-y thoughts under the cut]

The trailer opens with the Professor looking at the billboard for Phorgedytol, the tagline of which reads "(something) WITH YOUR BRAIN"

[note: this is different to the Phorgedytol billboard we see at the end of the trailer that reads "FRENCH THE VOID!"]

the first shot of Ryan in the trailer is from the episode with Aria Inthavong

behind them on the bookshelf you can see what I think is a brachiosaurus (from the late Jurassic era), a pair of alpacas, and the Genie lamp very prominently displayed!

then we cut to this interaction Ryan: How long has it been since we've been in class? to which the Professor gives a very non-committal "Uhhhh...."

[Interesting, no? Possible side-effect of the Professor taking Phorgedytol maybe?]

then we cut to guest Alex Song-Xia with a possibly foreboding comment

[this probably has no lore implications but I like that there's a framed copy of this photo that Ryan tweeted in 2021 on the set]

the trailer continues with the Professor talking to the guests

then the trailer cuts to what could be a major lore drop with Ryan saying, "You keep my wife's name out of your god damn mouth!" as he marches to the theater to slap the Professor

[notice how this is in black and white -that's the trailer edit not mine- so perhaps this is a flashback of some kind? Maybe to something that happened to make the Professor want to take Phorgedytol?]

Remember in s6 Ryan and the Professor were friends (see: the JC Penney photoshoot) so seeing a moment like this in the trailer is, for lack of a better phrase, a slap in the face

Based on what all the guests are wearing in the trailer it looks like The Slap will happen in Claudia's episode, based on the shot right before Ryan gets out of the chair (their reaction face is gorgeous btw)

we get a great out of context line from Sara Rubin

and the Professor talking about his anatomy with Brennan

Then the Lore Drop Hits

[yeah the rest of this was just a drop in the bucket in this trailer tbh]

The cuts happen fairly fast with overlapping VO - I posted most of the main shots earlier and there are some shots of the history skits that I skipped to focus on the Lore. These shots also have some alt descriptions in this post of things I noticed on the rewatch

VO Script Mysterious Puppet: No, you louse. You sops. You absolute men. Ryan: Well, this is collusion. They clearly- Professor: That's not collusion. Ryan: It's collusion! You guys fucking figured it out before this. Brennan: Just get on his wavelength, man. Professor: Get on my level! Ryan: You're just not ready for the truth!

[First reactions: The Professor is wearing a party hat for a lot of this trailer, and so is the new puppet. So they must have been at the same party. Also, the Professor is standing in front of a sign that reads "Six Nasty Seasons" even though this is the trailer for season seven. Is that from the season six wrap party? Could it also point to Phorgedytol symptoms that we're 'missing' a season?

The horse puppet looking through the door has a moustache, so is very likely not Dorothy Ruth or Stanley Melvin Murphy. Maybe DR's fiancé? This same moustachio'd horse is in the pasta scene

Hard to say which horse is walking towards The Brown Derby but fun to note that was a real chain of restaurants in LA starting in 1926]

Then the Professor meets with the new Shane character - shall we call them Patch for now?

and that's the trailer in a nutshell!

*Roll End Credits*

Other reactions:

Delighted that we get canon confirmation that the Professor goes by Connie McNasty, at least some of the time

Love that Joyce and Garrett are back this season!

The noir, old Hollywood vibes of this trailer are gorgeous and overall it looks really well-made!

I hope we get some explanation for the slap that's not Ryan and the Professor becoming enemies again

the Liza Minelli* of it all

Not too sure on many theories at this point, but I'm sure it's going to be a great (but maybe nail-biting) season!

[honey-skulls]

ALSO ALSO I ALREADY NOTICED IT BUT REWATCHING THE SERIES CEMENTED IT

WHY IS BQB!ENA SAYING GOD SINGULAR

the genies seem really really close to gods with the whole absolving people of sins and turning them into angels, granting wishes etc, and there's clearly multiple of them. and everyone else like the shaman, and even series!Ena says gods plurals ("may the GODS forgive me for what I'm about to do" "speak to me through the body language of the gods")

what. GOD is bbq!ena talking about. she's the only one referring to one that way, and she mentions it a lot

Edit: the horse guy says "thank GOD" when you give him his pets/babies/dinner back, and Theodora says "the toilet of GOD"

Edit 2: is it just me, or is ENA the only other name/word that's always in all caps alongside GOD and GODS?

Edit 3: only salesperson side says anything about this god ("you are still a child of GOD" and "bless you for your business"), while meanie yells out "you know, i don't even believe in anything, but you're bleeding out some real bullshit here")

Considering it seems like the right side are the ENAs' true feelings, while the left are their more polite, palatable mask. And while series!ENA tries very hard to stop her real feelings and thoughts from being known and keeps apologising about showing them, bbq!ENA never apologises or even acknowledge what she says as meanie, like she's not ashamed or just don't care about people hearing what she really thinks. So the worshipping belief thing is clearly a lie. Probably why she was so neutral when she stopped getting turned into an angel, not mad or confused or sad, like she knew that would happen and genuinely didn't care

[werecreature-addicted]

I was rewatching Danny Phantom and rediscovered some childhood crushes I had. Elastica from the Freak show episode. The things she can potentially do with her body...🤤😍 Sad that they didn't do anything with her at all 😔

And Desiree. She has no reason to be as hot as she is. To top it all off, she's a Genie. What ever sexual fantasy you have she can bring it to life 😩😩

i know everyone who posts about cartoon goth girls and only posts Sam from Danny Phantom is a fake fan because there were so many fine women in that show. personally, Kitty from that show is an underrated ghost girl. she's so cool i want to look just like her when i die <3

[dinneratgrannys]

ONCE UPON A TIME REWATCH: 6.10, WISH YOU WERE HERE Genie of Agrabah, I wish that Emma Swan's wish to have never been the Savior...be granted.

[musicalmoritz]

what are your thoughts on hananene?

I’m so glad you asked this!! Some people assume I hate HanaNene because I ship Nene with Aoi and I don’t post about it as much as Aoi//Aoi, but that could not be further from the truth. When I first watched the anime I absolutely adored HanaNene, they were my favorite ship for a hot second there (though I was saving that spot for Mitsuba and Kou, and it was also Sakura and Natsuhiko for like a day. I never expected it to be the plant lesbians lol)

My love for HanaNene tends to be more mild when I’m not actively reading about them. I have never and will never dislike them, but I don’t think about them as consistently as some of the other ships (though I think of them more than some others). Then I read a scene of them in the manga and I’m abruptly reminded of why they’re one of my favorite TBHK ships. This also applies to when I’m rewatching either of the animes or when I get in the rare mood to read fan fiction for them

The thing that initially stole my heart was how weird they are. Their whole relationship is odd, it’s like if Aladdin got with the Genie. The first chapter doesn’t have anything romantic between them up until the very end and if you didn’t know they were love interests, you’d assume he was meant to be her goofy sidekick. And then we start the gag of him flirting with her while she’s very adamant about him being Not Her Type. But her relationship with him is still so different from everybody else, she’s usually so self-centered but with Hanako she notices things about him and makes efforts to make him feel better (ex: deciding to be his friend in the mokke chapter). Sure, there are still things she misses about him, Teru had to be the one to tell her he was unhappy in the new timeline. But she’s significantly better at looking out for Hanako than she is with everybody else, because he’s so important to her. She gives him time to open up about his past because she knows he’s not ready for it, she wants to be the one to confess to him because he deserves to feel loved. With heterosexual relationships I’m mainly focused on what the woman is feeling/experiencing and HanaNene is such an interesting ship for Nene! It gives her a lot of important development and stands out from her other crushes and ships. She had cheesy romantic fantasies about him but she doesn’t act like a blushing fangirl, it’s real love and we get to see a more mature side of her when they’re together

I have so many favorite moments for them so I’m gonna list them all now because I’ve been waiting for an excuse to do so. The end of the Picture Perfect arc where Nene asked Hanako if he wanted to trap her and he said “of course not, how could you even think that?” The Confession Tree chapter as a whole, it’s my favorite early chapter by far. When Hanako told Nene she’s cute when she’s smiling. When he tucked her into bed at Sumire’s house. I don’t remember when this was but when Nene made some big statement on the roof and then she was like “as a friend ofc.” When she kissed him on the cheek duh that was so cute. That convo they had in the classroom during the Picture Perfect arc. Their first kiss but that’s like a given everybody loves that scene. Wow. HanaNene.

I will say that I prefer their dynamic with Amane’s personality but I’m not one of the people who separates those ships entirely, I think people who do sort of miss the point of Hanako’s character. Amane is still a part of him, there are many scenes in present times when he acts like his old self. Sure, he’s changed over the years, but he can’t fully become a different person the way humans often do because he is forever that same 13 y/o boy. So if you were to ask me “HanaNene or Amanene,” I’d say both. I do prefer to call him Amane tho bcuz it’s such a pretty name. Amane. Amane. Amane. Pretend you can hear it, it’s gorgeous

Similar to how I will never slander Aoi and Akane for Aoi and Nene, I’ll never slander Hanako and Nene in favor of them either. I love all the canon ships so I’ll never be the type of fan to put them down in order to justify my fanon ones. I don’t need to do this because I have good reasons for liking fanon pairings, I can back them up without having to put down another ship. If you have to put down another ship in order to make yours look good, it’s probably not that great on its own

Also for headcanons. They are t4t and bi4bi to me, that’s just how it’s gotta be. Toilet-Bound Woke-Kun. Woke-Bound Hanako-Kun. Toilet-Woke Hanako-Kun. Much to ponder

[h0w-ar3-y0u]

Just finished my rewatch of fantasy high season one, and uh, does anyone realize there is a studio produced epilogue that I think everyone forgot about becuz. Adaine fully talks about stuff in junior year that didn't happen (or at least didn't happen on screen). I just sat there like, what do I do with this? This has been retconned. Adaine says she freed bazraar from his genie curse, and I don't think that has been acknowledged outside of that epilogue.

Also, like go listen to that epilogue if you get the chance because you can hear the character voices so much clearer and honestly it's a great outline of what's to come from a time where they didn't know they would be getting a renewal.

[prof-ramses]

Rewatching Nightmare Time and listing things that aren't appreciated enough (7)

Yellow Jacket

Angela going hard in the opening number

Webby wants to cheer up Hannah and her first instinct is to pull some Robin Williams Genie shit

On that note, Webby is an eldritch being yet struggles to grasp that teens have poor emotional control

Eddie Chiplucky, we talk a lot about him, but it's not enough

Going by Bruno and that other staff member, I like to think the entire staff of the Roller-rama are Dylans

Jeff's announcer

Pokey having the most anime-ass self insert OC while acting like he's classy

Charles, might actually be my favorite Hachetfield villain

[youmakethelight]

Just so y'all know, I could give a flying fuck about the ship anymore.

Idk man, it just is not my concern anymore. I don't think I'm even gonna think about it again unless some genie in a bottle miracle comes along in maybe a few years idk. I just don't see it getting fixed, but never say never I guess.. but I honestly think it's been killed. And by that, I don't mean bc of if canon will or won't happen. I just simply don't care about it anymore.*

Maybe I'll still be able to go back to the flagship and enjoy the ship there, but, idk. It's feeling pretty tainted. And I'm pretty sad about that bc I never finished my rewatch before the spinoff decided to take my joy away.

And I feel the same way about my love for daryl. Obviously I loved him, but this spin-off daryl ain't my guy, and that has, again, tainted flagship daryl. I just can't go back without being reminded of where we got taken. Pretty bitter about that ngl, bc flagship daryl and flagship caryl were comfort characters to me. OH. WELL.

I held on pretty hard, I really did. I didn't want to let go. But, in daryl's flagship season 2 voice when he picks up carol on his bike from the burning farm - "I ain't got all day". I just simply do not have time or the will to be loyal to those stories if the people responsible for them aren't gonna show that they give a fuck about me wanting to watch their work.

But so anyway now I'm just leaning all into carol and melissa mcbride. She was already getting pretty hot and heavy (if you're as deep in this fandom as I got iykyk) in my brain. But since I've lost daryl and I've lost caryl, I'll just give all of what I had for them to carol and melissa. And tbh, she more than deserves it.

What a load of shit.

*Even if canon does happen, like it's not caryl. sooo... why would I care? If daryl isn't daryl, it's not caryl is it lol?? Melissa McBride and Norman Reedus can kiss, fuck, declare love, all the romcom shit.. idc.. bc norman isn't playing daryl when they're doing that?? That would just be carol fucking a guy who sort of looks like daryl but is actually a shell of him and you know what - that's depressing.

So anyway bye to that. But thank you melissa mcbride and thank you for giving me carol peletier. Fucking queens.

[fountainpenguin]

Rewatching "Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker" and:

- Why are these unsupervised children playing so close to the road at school? Where are the teachers?

- Why is Geraldine across the road? Not only are they unsupervised, and not only does Dad roll on his skateboard into the street, but she's ?? already outside school property? Geraldine, you are a future principal- You don't have time to goof.

- I still love Dad's incredibly deep-seeded hatred for Dinkleberg even when he was 10. That seems to be his signature trait as a child (i.e. Denzel isn't slightly surprised when Dad growls about hating Dinkleberg and even offers to help Dad stare angrily at him).

- Timmy's Dad calling everyone except Dinkleberg by their full names is very funny (Denzel Crocker in his youth, then he grows up to address Doug Dimmadome, Flappy Bob, and Ed Leadly in full... I don't think he's called Dinkleberg "Sheldon" in his life).

- I know Dad's arc later in the series leans into "Hating Crocker because he thinks he's gorgeous and wants to steal his wife" -> "Starts calling him progressively worse names like Mr. Crawlspace and Mr. Crayons" and I just think that's very fitting for his character. If he respects you, you get full name treatment. If he despises you, your name gets stepped on.

- I still think it's funny that in "Fairly Odd Pet," when the running gag was everyone having a pet, Crocker has a parrot... and Cosmo and Wanda were in parrot disguise as his fairies.

- What is it about being around Crocker kids that makes Cosmo want to blab? Man really saw Kevin in "Chip Off the Old Crock" and went "I vaguely remember him! I trust him." lol.

- There are a lot of messed-up things about what Jorgen does to Denzel, but blasting him with magic multiple times to the point it screws with his body, not just his mind, was pretty dang bad.

- I wonder if Mr. Birkenbake remembers running Crocker across town. I feel like he has to? Awkward co-workers... Then you get to "Genie Meanie Miney Mo" and they still hate each other, with Crocker actively bothering him for no reason. lol.

Also jumped over to "Father Time" for more Dad as a kid and it's so bizarre that Pappy(?) makes his son sleep outside?? what's up with that.

Also the 12-year mandatory scholarship to dictator school for failing to win a race at age 10 is, like... an insane premise. Why did he get kidnapped as a child and thrown in a truck (in that alt timeline)? Were those people hanging around in the 1970s bothering other kids? Bizarre cover for your kidnapping scheme. sldkfj.

[waywardmillennial]

PH 7x06 Reaction

yes, this episode aired on Watcher TV weeks ago but my life got complicated soon after that, then I was in limbo about do I post or not? so I decided to wait until it aired on yt for everyone

WARNING: spoilers for the finale and the whole season under the cut!!

THAT FINALE THOUGH!! What an incredible season!

The reveal that Sprat was behind not only Shane's murder but also Dorothy Ruth's?! T_T

Ryan and the Professor being sent to Purgatory!! OMG!!

shout out to those captions - truly a masterpiece

So who is going to tune in next season for Puppet Mathematics! /j

part of me wonders if Dr. Sprat is wearing a hat to appeal to viewers, after all the discussions we've had around the updated Professor not wearing his hat

I would like it on record I pretty much nailed it with Sprat being Pythagoras, but didn't feel like we had concrete clues to really think it was going to happen and not be a red herring

I was so close on some of the theories and directions I was looking into! I feel a little like Dr. Sprat being Pythagoras was obvious but also not? The only time he's referred to as Hoagy in the 7x02 I thought it was spelled "Hoagie" so didn't put the anagram together

Only found this spelling on a rewatch. Turn on those captions y'all!

At least one other Watcherina found it!

I was close though, mentioning the triangle glasses and trying to find a name anagram, but I digress

There was a lot of Lore in that dumpster with the rat, including the hat from episode 6x02 (Wu Zetian) and the foam finger from episode 6x03 (Nika riots). And of course the genie lamp! Sprat may be a genius but he threw away a genie lamp? Lame!

and of course seeing the generator that the Substitute used is so exciting!!

Seeing the Substitute again would be so cool. And it's such a big tease, it's practically guaranteed now!

So what happens next? I've been asking myself that for weeks and I don't know

Open Questions -We never got confirmation on who was leaving messages on Ryan's board in 7x02 and 7x04 and I'm not sure we ever will

-Also, Shane shared this sketch on March 1st on Instagram (which has since been deleted/archived...hmmm) that shows the Triangle from 7x01 in front several other previous puppets, making some of us think we'd revisit Purgatory this season, but we didn't

-Sprat seems like he'd be a main character next season, which has me wondering how they'd make that work with Sam Reich doing the voice work? Maybe they'd defeat him in an early episode and then carry on as normal

-I'm kinda hoping for a 2025 Christmas-ish episode that wraps up a lot of the s7 Lore (like the Wondrium Arena episode) that's not a regular trivia quiz show and that'll get us a little closer to our normal setup 🤞

-We also got this lore drop in 7x06 about the Professor being an eternal being and someone on yt did the math for it

I have my fingers crossed that this means that HISTORY will never die and that we'll soon see the Professor, Ryan, the dino parents, and past puppets rescued from Purgatory!

💙💙💙

Major kudos to Shane and Garrett's writing, Charlie's editing, and Adam's cinematography!! Season seven was so much fun and very high quality!

hahaha remember when the trailer aired and we were all wondering about Liza Minnelli and nothing else? simpler times

[fanofstuff01]

Aladdin au

Adam as Jasmine

Sera as The Saltine

Alastor as Jafar

Lucifer as Aladdin

Charlie as Aboo

Vaggie as Genie (cause why not)

I kinda didn’t remember the movie so I rewatched it before I wrote this…

And OH FUCKING GOD IT WORKS SO WELL.

These roles are perfect, especially Alastor as Jafar, it’s just ✨Wonderful✨

Aladdin kinda sounds like Lucifer in my language’s dub which adds the finishing touch.

Also, this is kind of unrelated but what if Jafar’s talking bird is Vox?

Idk it fit lmao