#great job writers

[shrinkthisviolet]

gotta love that when Anthony is finally scolded for bullying Kenny, it's about something he didn't even do 🫠

[strewbi]

insane choice for the fact that when Ava sings a song about killing pigeons it’s not nearly as fucked up as her playing the piano immediately after that as her mom sings a song about the controlled times in which a person is allowed to see her, that they are on her terms and on her stage and she will never show up for them in return. What was it, “if you want to see mama see her every night or not at all.” Nastiest thing this podcast has done INCLUDING the universe where people have a chip in their heads that makes them recite ad breaks as a vocal tick.

[stevenrogered]

THE ACOLYTE 1x05, "Night"

[ivyheartts]

LET ME JUST SAY - I absolutely love what they did with Groose's theme in Skyward Sword. Like for the scenes where Groose is the main focus they used his theme but arranged it to how Groose feels at the time.

The first time you hear his theme is when Groose is acting all arrogant and brash and you feel that swagger through the music too.

Then the confidence drops when he gets chastised by Zelda for picking on Link. (Also, did they reuse the sound effect at the beginning for BotW cooking??? HAHA)

And when he lands on the surface, the music is full of amazement, wonder, and hesitancy...

And when he accepts that he isn't the hero and is of more use at the Sealed Temple, his theme plays and it's emotional and SOOO melodramatic. But that's how you can tell that underneath the brave face he is putting on he is upset about it and will come around eventually.

I think the composers did a great job of helping the player understand Groose's character transformation throughout the game by doing this.

There are more examples in the game (like when he is flustered by Zelda, or his spectacular fall to the surface) but anyways here is one of my favorites. This plays when Groose first comes to the surface and declares it Grooseland. The whimsy slowly being warped by Groose's delusions as being the main character lol.

[kitmarlowe]

i knew i didn't trust disney (or this team) with the show

[mickdalena]

peter and mike are really at their best in the 1997 tv special they are 1000% married behaviour . peter whispering catty jokes to him and mike nodding along despite finding them deeply unfunny (he loves his husband very much)

[batwynn]

Sometimes I randomly wonder what some actors think when they find fanfiction featuring their character. Not in the ‘oh nawr it’s PORWN!!?!’ Kind of way, but more in the: ‘huh, so that’s what people got from my acting?’ Or ‘Oh, that’s a different place that story line could have gone.’ Or ‘wait why didn’t we explore this in the show?’ Or ‘He Wouldn’t Fucking Say That.’

[somedayillbepeterpan]

On my 456283936 rewatch, I find that Cressida pointing how the marriage mart has a way of pitting women against each other was the most relatable thing ever

THE MARRIAGE MART WAS A BUSINESS TO ENSURE THE CROWN’S POWER STAYS WITH THEM AND NEVER REALLY WORKED FOR THE HAPPINESS OF THEIR CONSUMERS AND THAT IS WHY WHISTLEDOWN IS A GREAT MIRROR TO THE WHIMS OF THIS TIRED CHARADE AND WHY SHE ALWAYS IRKED THE QUEEN

[twelvemartha]

Oh god, they'll never know. I... I'll just have disappeared. And they'll always be waiting. Call them.

[i-cast-zone-of-truth]

big scary demon Zhao Yuanzhou bringing “weaker than a human” energy levels to fight the final boss was so choice

[soupforsoup]

I got what I dreamed of (Sam and Robby sekai taikai captains) but at what cost (putting Tory through The Horrors)

[rafwci]

I rlly love reading the script of saw 2004, especially how adam and lawrence act and behave, and then compare to the fanfics, people rlly get the characters well and know how they would act, their personalities yk? Makes me feel that they're are more real, i feel more connected to them knowing that there's plenty of fanfics that is basically the characters from that script :)

[hood-ex]

wait idk anything about the tevis’— why would tommy tevis call dick his son? would you be willing to give a quick rundown

After Dick failed to get himself incarcerated, he became an enforcer for a mob boss named Tommy Tevis. Tommy took Dick in and made him part of his family. Tommy considered him an honorary son and thought very highly of him.

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He even told Dick that everything he had (his home, his reputation, his family, etc.) was Dick's as well. Lynette, Tommy's wife, told Dick that Tommy would let Dick do anything. The whole family loved Dick, including Tommy's 15 year old daughter, Sophia. Sophia actually had a crush on Dick, but Dick acted like an older brother to her, helping her with her homework and such.

While Dick was away from the family for a few days, the cops busted into the Tevis's home. Lynette got killed in the gunfire, Tommy got taken to jail, and Sophia got taken in by the state.

Dick, while mentoring Rose, broke Sophia out of the state home. He got Sophia to help him with the mob. Then, when Chemo fell on Bludhaven, Dick saved Sophia and left her with Amy. When they reunited at the hospital, Dick asked Sophia to leave the mob behind and join a boarding school.

So, yeah, that's Dick's relationship with the Tevis family.

[denndrawings]

"Cú Chulainn passenger princess." I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

"They’re right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 5th row stands: Laeg Mac Riangabra himself.

Thank you @sissiarte for the meme format.

[bedtimegiraffe]

Nia has always been a badass- it just takes her a while to put it to use for her own sake

When you first meet Nia, she's running into town asking for help in her pretty, sparkly dress that looks like it would catch on every branch in the world. And she has a pretty low opinion of her fighting skills. Everything about the setup seems to suggest she's going to be a healer you have to focus on protecting.

And Nia's right, she isn't great at taking care of herself. But not for the reason she thinks! It's not that she's at all weak, physically, mentally, or magically.

I think it's because of her assumption that she can't fight. That she's fragile. And because she initially thinks she's no use in combat, the second Nia's in danger she just gives up and calls for help.

But the second someone else is in danger? Well, Nia doesn't hesitate. She starts destroying necromantic skeletons, because she's certainly not going to just stand by and let someone get hurt.

She'll do this as soon as the Temple of Ellara if you screw up. No hesitation, just smashing shadow hounds. Then she's shocked that it worked! Because it didn't occur to her she could help until she did it out of protective instinct.

It's devastating to Nia when Scholar Vash dies to the Shadow Court. She mourns him. She has a big, well deserved cry about it. But she doesn't stop there. Because other people are in trouble. She immediately goes, "No one else dies. I'm going to kick the Shadow Court's ass. You coming?"

The team's encouragement, especially MC's, slowly helps Nia see that she can be badass. That she is badass.

And that is how she saves the world. By becoming aware of what she was always capable of. MC has to remind Nia of all she loves and wants to protect in the world to help her resist the Dreadlord. Because that's easier for Nia than fighting for herself.

But it's Nia finding confidence and strength in who she is, separate from her commitment to others, that ultimately lets her save the day.

Basically, I love the story of this sweet priestess who thinks she's fragile, only to realize she's so powerful and determined she's disrupted the plans of a guy called the Dreadlord.

Screenshots from my hero, Neckrone Shen on youtube whose 4 playthroughs of Blades have saved me hours of replaying.

[poisonousquinzel]

also also also the idea of Harley returning to crime in Gotham in a Full Evil Villain way can't work because she literally knows who Batman is at this point.... she's known since like 2020-2021 in the Joker War arc...

Like,,,, if they're not on good terms, she really has no reason to not tell the rest of the rogues that he's Bruce Wayne. Joker probably keeps it to himself because he's an obsessive loser.

But Harley's not stupid. She knows how much revealing his identity could fuck with him. Hell, she also knows Tim has a boyfriend !!! she could cause so much havoc for the batfam and it just.... it'd set back so much of her development to make her regress back into Full Evil Villain mode...

and people are praising it like "maybe there's hope for modern Harley" y'all really hate comic characters developing huh?

I'm sorry but that's so lackluster and boring. It'd be a pathetic character arc.

Character development is literally needed when they're the main focus, if she was still just the jester henchwoman from Joker's Favor then fine, she'd be a random member of the clown posse.

But she's not.

I have no idea why this fandom is particular seems so hellbent against real development and growth ...