#hannah watches witcher

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

me watching the good omens fandom have fun over their trailer and genuine hype and excitement for their new season that they're Actually Looking Forward To and genuinely saying "I'm so excited! I can't WAIT! it looks so good!" about instead of "aghhhh [insert costume/hair thing or whatever] is so bad" and "shame this is my last season I'm watching :/" and more dread than actual excitement and when there's a bit where a character has a bad/weird haircut everyone laughs and makes lightheaded jokes and art in good fun instead of screaming and crying to the point where almost the entire character's tag is people acting like it's the worst thing to ever grace a screen

[never-ending-fanfic]

Just to put in the perspective what I have to put up with watching Star Wars Rebels in Polish...

Kallus has the voice of:

Simba (the sequels)

Hannah Montana's father

like every character played by Hugh Jackman that has been put through dubbing so like Wolverine and Captain Hook

Witcher (audiobook)

Joel (The Last of Us game)

Boss Baby

Shang (only Mulan 2)

Sitka (Brother Bear)

Cyborg (Teen Titans Go)

Master Mantis

LEGO Batman

And many more.

It's a lot to take in.

[thexgrayxlady]

What I Read in June 2024

Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett - 4.25/5.00

This was a fun road trip. In spite of some bits that probably didn't age well, it was still an overall good time. I loved the bit where Granny Ogg whacks Gollum with an oar. The scene with the brazier is fantastic. Literally half of this review could just be talking about my favorite scenes. I am always in awe of how seamlessly Pratchett can take a scene from very silly and funny to chilling, uncomfortable, and tear jerking, almost without the reader noticing what's going on. The Big Bad Wolf now haunts rent free in my head. I really liked watching Granny Weatherwax go up against her Disney adult sister.

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - 4.75/5.00

This was brutal and beautiful. I ripped through at least half in a day like it was nothing and was too caught up in it to take very many notes. The characters are deep and complex and the world building is incredible. The entire buildup to the last day on the island is horrifying and I could not look away. And the ending is fantastic. I can't wait to read the next one.

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner - 3.75/5.00

This is a strong debut novel with a fascinating, lived-in feeling world and an interesting protagonist. However, it's held back by too many POVs and cartoonish, mustache twirling antagonists. I liked when the gods felt appropriately inhuman and wish that their skewed morality came up more often. Skedi especially has a moment where he does something horrific to one of the main characters and it's just ignored and forgiven almost immediately. That being said, the antagonistic gods just feel too cartoonishly evil and not enough like they're acting in accordance with their nature.

The edition I have is also riddled with typos and misprints. I got it used so I don't know if I got some kind of ARC, but I don't appreciate the lack of quality control that went into it.

The atmosphere built up in the first part of the book is really cool. You can see a lot of influence from The Witcher and Elden Ring. The abandoned city of the gods feels appropriately creepy. For all of my little issues with it, I can't wait to see what the author does next and hope that she continues to grow and improve.

Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick - 3.00/5.00

This was a mostly satisfying romance/mystery novel. I appreciate that Ursula is an independent, professional businesswoman who knows what she wants. I appreciate that the author understands the importance of secretaries and equal pay. The main characters have a dynamic that's based on mutual respect. It could have done without the island subplot, but it's not too intrusive. Ultimately, not a bad way to spend a rainy afternoon.

[wasureneba]

9 people you would like to get to know better

9 people you would like to get to know better meme (hey @doublechocolate!).

1. Three ships: dinluke, ineffable husbands, obiquin (my current obsessions)

2. First ever ship: Oh gosh, I cannot remember. Probably Sam/Frodo?

3. Last song: Not sure but probably something by Tenno because I've been on a kick.

4. Last movie: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (why is this movie so good? why???)

5. Currently reading: Mudlark by Hannah Maiklem and Emily Oster's Expecting Better

6. Currently watching: The third season of The Witcher and the current season of Great British Bake Off.

7. Currently consuming: A maple-flavored oolong tea, which is a bit of a stretch out of my usual tea drinking habits but enjoyable.

8. Currently craving: A nice walk in the rain, which I should hopefully get in about 15 minutes...

9. Tagging: Umm, thinking maybe @witheringwraith, @user-anakin, @aliciadreams, @stargateinmybasement ?

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2023 | Pt II

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

June

Avatar: Way of Water

(Coraline)

(LotR: Fellowship of the Ring)

Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania

(LotR: Return of the King)

July

Hard-boiled

(Pride & Prejudice)

Persuasion

Puss and Boots: The Last Wish

Nimona

August

Miraculous Ladybug: The Movie

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3\

September

???

TV SHOWS

June

Queer Eye, s1, s7

Our Planet

Planet Earth II

(Stranger Things, s4)

Bee and Puppy Cat

July

The Diplomat

(Suits, s1)

The Witcher s3

August

Queer Eye: Japan

(Inuyasha)

The Witcher s3

September

The Wheel of Time, s2

Interview with the Vampire, s1

Fionna and Cake

YOUTUBE CHANNELS

June

Watcher: Worth a Shot, s2

Watcher: Mystery Files, s1

Imamu Room, Episode 43

Beryl Shereshewsky

July

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Puppet History

PBS

August

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Puppet History

September

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Ghost Files

Imamu Room

BOOKS

June

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace [Fin]

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson [Fin]

Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton [Fin]

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim [Fin]

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky [Fin]

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas [Fin]

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

July

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel by RN Sin [Fin]

Irish Wedding Traditions by Shannon Lichte [Fin]

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon [Fin]

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [Fin]

Witch King by Martha Wells

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid [Fin]

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Fin]

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [Fin]

August

Witch King by Martha Wells

Cod by Mark Kurlansky [Fin]

Impact Winter by Travis Beacham [Fin]

The Adventure Zone, Vol 5 [Fin]

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [Fin]

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen [Fin]

The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien [Fin]

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott [Fin]

September

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J.Ryan Stradal [Fin]

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett [Fin]

Witch King by Martha Wells

(Red White & Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston)

PODCASTS

June

N/A

July

Descendants 

(Wolf 359)

The Silt Verses

August

The Silt Verses

September

(Wolf 359)

VIDEO GAMES

June

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

July

Hollow Knight

August

Hollow Knight

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

September

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

POSTED FIC

June

so damn sloppy | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4,557 words | Steve smiles, leaning forward just a little bit, and is rewarded by the sight of Eddie swaying towards him as if hypnotized. “We gonna stop pretending that I’m here just for a movie?”

July

N/A

August

into the unknown | LoZ | Zelda/Ganondorf/Link | 8,017 words |  “What do you think, princess?” Ganondorf asks, cocking his head.

September

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

June

Steve/Eddie Canon-Divergent PWP, 4350 words [Posted]

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 5k

July

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 5k

August

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 8k

September

Steddie Hitchhiker AU

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

June

N/A

July

N/A

August

Speechless - Vampire Novel

September

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

June

Shot Right Through by entanglednow | Stranger Things | 5k | Steve overhears a conversation between Eddie and Robin, and then spends a few weeks trying to think of anything else.

Color Correction by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | Steve can always be relied upon to help a friend out, and it makes a nice change to be the one with the answers.

Long-Distance Call by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | In which Eddie is subjected to Steve earnestly trying to fix his mistake, and worries about making one of his own.

The Royal Flush by entanglednow | Stranger Things |Steve/Eddie | 1k | Eddie had thought he was good at noticing people like him, you have to be since no one is sharing that shit out loud, not in this town at least.

Of Stars in Infinite Universes by lily_winterwood | Harry Potter | Draco/Harry | 21k | Harry Potter is asked to find a missing Draco Malfoy.

status quo by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 7k |  Somehow, the components of Peter’s secret identity keep crumbling all around him.

By the Laws of Magic by Lenore | The Sandman | Dream/Hob | 32k |  It’s 1959, and Hob Gadling is working at a London auction house, amazing his colleagues with his uncanny knowledge of art and artifacts from the 14th century on.

Always one foot on the ground by PhyllisDietrichson | Watcher | Ryan/Shane | 8k |  Moving the Watcher office desks to the second floor leads to unforeseen consequences.

shelter by paxlux | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 27k |  "’86 is your year!” and goddamn is that a sentence with a price tag on it. ’86, his year to die and be resurrected, shiny and new and what will he do now.

Danger Zone by WeirdAn | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | There's something wrong with Steve Harrington.

in every version but one (there's you and i) by Percyjacksonfan3 | Stranger Things | Eddie/Chrissy | 6k | Eddie Munson dies. Chrissy Cunningham lives.

This Number Is Not In Service by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | In which Steve needs to stop kissing people and then running away, and Robin needs a good night's sleep.

Dawnshot Through the Heart by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive | Mistborn | Wax/Wayne | 19k - WIP |  Ten years ago, Wayne fled instead of letting himself get arrested for murder.

Infinite Dreams by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | Steve sleeps in Eddie's bed and Eddie doesn't lay a finger on him, he's not sure that helps in the end.

The Walls of Camelot by spqr | Merlin | Merlin/Arthur | 13k | “Camelot will fall tomorrow,” Arthur says, on the first day of the eighth month of the siege.

July

A Sweet Romance by tirsynni | LoZ | Ganondorf/Link | 1k | Ganondorf meets Princess Zelda's bodyguard and the Hylian Champion and is instantly charmed. Link meets the lone Gerudo voe and is far, far less charmed.

You Have One New Message by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | What's that famous saying 'once is an accident, twice is coincidence, three times -' But that's where the thought breaks down, because Steve is not going to kiss him again.

Hurry Hurry (what a mess!) by Pip (Moirail) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 7k | Lan Zhan needs a curse breaker, and Wei Ying's pretty sure he's just the guy for the job.

Cross Road Blues by WeirdAn | Stranger Things | Steve/Billy | 7k | Billy sells his soul to Steve Harrington at the crossroads.

Outlier by spqr | Star Wars | Obi-Wan/Cody | 7k | A custom codpiece was what Cody had requested from the armorer – the standard-issue was too small, and Obi-Wan remembered OUTLIER stamped on Cody's medical records and felt his whole body turn hot.

the fair and the brave and the good must die by Lise | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 12k | Rumor carries word of a ghost in Yiling to Cloud Recesses. Lan Wangji follows.

One Size Fits All by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 5k | Steve just wanted to do something nice for a friend, he doesn't mean to get Eddie's ring stuck on his finger, and it's definitely not his fault that everyone he knows is jumping to conclusions.

This Might As Well Happen by skoosiepants | Stranger Things | Billy/Steve | 22k | That time Steve accidentally gets knocked up by Billy... IN SPACE!

Sweet Thang by MajaLi | Suits | Harvey/Mike | 13k | Mike hates spending money on himself. Harvey, on the other hand, loves it.

we were walking with a benediction on us by hygarden | The Bright Sessions | Damien/Mark | 6k | Mark tries not to think about it.

August

fly me to the moon by apocryphal | The Sandman | Dream/Hobb | 12k | Dream discovers that after being locked in a cage for a century, it turns out he's contracted the mortal affliction known as claustrophobia. Inconvenient.

Call And Connect by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 6k | After an accidental kiss, a brief crisis, some miscommunication and two swift exits, there is finally a first date.

you are spring by Wildehack (tyleet) | Supernatural | Cas/Dean | 20k | God makes a wish. His parents work some things out.

Putting The Work In by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k |  Steve had mostly been letting Eddie's half of the conversation wash over him, enjoying the faint buzz that alcohol and weed had left in his head.

vanilla and honey by LazyBaker | Stranger Things | Steve/Billy | 1k | “I’m too hot to be nice, sweetcheeks.”

Frequencies by Trelkez | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 27k | WIP | If ghosts were real, wouldn't they know about it by now?

Notoriety by RC_McLachlan | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 9k | As it turns out, Aziraphale has a bit of a reputation in Heaven.

I'm the treasure baby, I'm the prize by stereobone | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 9k | Or, Crowley is very good at faking sex work, as it turns out.

Interim by starkraving | LoZ | Ganondorf/Zelda/Link | 96k | She has no throne. Girls without thrones should not have knights, but hers won’t go.

Imprimatur by Closer | Suits | Mike/Harvey | 22k | Mike was raised to believe Imprint was a life-changing event for those few lucky enough to experience it.

more than you can chew by three-fingered (calciseptine) | Spiderman | Miguel/Peter | 6k |  "Do you ever take anything seriously?" Miguel hisses as he stands over Peter.

 Danger Comes In Many Forms by quackers | Spiderman | Miguel/Peter | 15k |  Miguel O'Hara is a walking ball of angst, regret, and muscle.

Red Skies by quackers | Batman | Tim/Jason | 8k | When Tim- openly a siren in a world hostile to those who aren't human- goes feral, Jason is the only one who can bring him back.

the one with the selfies by noctiphany | Batman | Tim/Jason | 5k | Thanks for the spank bank material, replacement, but I’m pretty sure that wasn’t meant for me.

Honeymoon by cinnamon_skull | Batman | Tim/Jason | 14k |  Tim and Jason go undercover as a just-married couple celebrating their honeymoon in order to catch a high-profile drug lord.

one hundred years past by tciddaemina | LoZ | Ganondorf/Link | 38k | Link wakes up a century early. It changes everything. 

Whole Lotta Love by stereobone | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve 9k | | Steve scoffs. "I think if I was dating someone, Robin, I would be the first to know about it."

Turn Your Back on Mother Nature by gr0gu | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 17k | It wasn't supposed to go like this.

September

The wild phonemes of 40 Eridani Keid by astronicht | Star Trek | Kirk/Spock | 9k |  Jim goes on shore leave to Vulcan, where a disaster half-happened.

Step Right Up by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | Steve had mostly given up on trying to meet anyone new after everything, but it's been six months and his friends had started giving him pointed nudges to get out there again.

the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 35k |  Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?”

so leave it on the table if you hot and bothered by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 9k | In which Stevie Harrington has a habit of making out with people at the end of the world.

A Little Mishap by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Wyll | 14k | When the dust clears – and it is a frightful amount of dust, all told – Astarion is marginally surprised to see that no one has been left a bloody smear on the cave floor.

Fight Night by rlnerdgirl | Teen Wolf | Derek/Stiles |  Stiles starts fighting in college.

strange fear i ain’t felt for years by Sister | Batman | Tim/Jason | 31k | Tim’s benched with a broken arm and starts playing Jason’s personal Oracle. Things escalate.

Steve Harrington's Guide to Touch by how_about_no | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 19k | Eddie won't stop touching anyone and everyone, except for Steve. He has a plan to change that.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

June

Eddie Munson | Like A Record, Baby!

Baby Girl - A "The Last of Us" Edit

Rhaenyra Targaryen - The Black Queen

Main To Party Kar Rahi Thi - Marvel Remix (2023)

MARVEL || BRAzilian Phonk Mano

Multifandom || Get Ready

Waymond Wang [EEAAO] || laundry & taxes

NF - JUST LIKE YOU

ARCANE | Are You Curious?

The Last of Us | REMEMBRANCE

September

N/A

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

June

Royalty - Egzod, Maestro Chives

Main to Party Kar Rahi Thi - UlluMinati

Brazilian Phonk Mano - Slowboy, lucaf

Get Ready - Night Panda, BEGINNERS

Electricity - Billy Elliott

Forest Temple - Jokabi

You’re Gonna Be Okay - Ashh Blackwood

Call on Me - Eric Prydz

Unknown/Nth - Hozier

We Didn’t Start the Fire - Fallout Boy

Hold Me Like a Grudge - Fallout Boy

September

[lilolilyr]

What the last show you HAD TO BINGE, as in you physically couldn’t get yourself to pause it (and even bathroom breaks were only on an emergency basis)?

I don't really... Do that? I've had this ask in my inbox for like a year now waiting for an opportunity to answer it properly, but no xD I think the last show I watched more or less in one go (so like... an episode or two a day over the course of one or two weeks) was either Hannah or Good Omens, both in 2019 (just the first season of each was out at the time, I've not continued Hannah since but I do plan to watch GOmens S2 once it's out though mostly because @neil-gaiman is perfect advertising and now my curiosity beats my inability to commit to a show)

I'm not sure whether I've even finished a single show since then! I'm in the middle of most star trek shows, I haven't even finished my fav DS9, I'm at the beginning of Witcher S2, watching random eps of NUMB3RS and Rizzoli&Isles whenever I'm at my parents' place bc they're slowly going through the pile of DVDs (calling the show after the Rizzles shipname for brevity's sake so much now my dad does the same, I'll call that achievement accomplished) and sometimes rewatching randoms eps of shows I already know...

And I think the last TV I've watched at all was LotR Appendices stuff with @toboldlynerd uhh what was that two weeks ago?? So yeah, no actual binging to be found here xD I'm always fascinated by people who do that. There's a reason I like shows with episode-long story arcs best - I want to go to sleep after finishing one! Then again, I'm totally capable of binging when it comes to reading: both when it comes to books (Eifel-Krimis, Discworld, Agatha Christie,...) and especially fanfics, I've binged the entire Ava/Deborah tag on Ao3 through continuous reading within 2 weeks (during semester break - so i really didn't do much beside reading, at one point I realized a week had passed bc dance practice was again and it felt like I just went there the day before bc everything blurred together!)(and without watching the show beforehand or at all), and currently the only reason I'm not binging through @purlturtle's amazing Star Trek self insert series anymore is that I'm with family and can't be glued to my phone to the point of not noticing my surroundings which is what would happen if I continued reading that right now xD Sunday I'll be back at it tho! Anyway, so I'm just not a binge person when it comes to TV for some reason? Still, thanks for the ask! <3

[mundanemelusina]

I hope Netflix knows that season 3 of the Witcher is the last im ever watching.

Not after losing Henry.

Not after what liam did to Miley…

you’re not going to disrespect Hannah Montana herself in my house, netflix.

[utterrandomnesswithlulu]

By the Episode: The Last of Us

Welcome to a new article type By the Episode! This article is essentially a recap of a show that airs on a weekly basis. This won’t be including shows that can be “binged watched” or full seasons that are currently available on streaming platforms. That will be left to our other article type Midnight Binge.

There won’t be a rating for articles that are by the episode because I personally like to rate an entire season rather than an individual episode. However, I give my opinion on if it’s “Worth a Watch,” “Cautiously Optimistic,” “Let’s See Where This is Going,” “I Might Stop Watching,” and finally “Nope, Not Worth the Time.” Instead of being at the end of the article, I will be including this opinion at the beginning.

EPISODE GRADE: CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC

The popular video game The Last of Us received a t.v makeover on HBO. Let’s get the obvious out of the way. With the few games that get a movie or t.v makeover, only some are done well. They tend to be overall disappointments.

Game to live-action in theory should translate well, however, for whatever reason, most adaptations are a complete miss. This is odd because most story-based games such as The Last of Us are rich in concept art, background story, and background or secondary characters. It would be inexcusable for the creators, producers, directors, writers, and others to not dive into the already complete first part of The Last of Us. Even disrespectful to the fans of the original source material, we are already seeing that happen with the likes of The Witcher.

Let’s recap The Last of Us’s first episode before Sunday’s new episode!

SPOILERS!

WHEN YOU’RE LOST IN THE DARKNESS

As I break down the first episode, I’ll also be breaking down some of the differences between the original source material and the series. Warning, if you haven’t played the game or have watched the first episode which is now streaming on HBO, this will be your SPOILER warning. Do not continue if you haven’t watched or played The Last of Us.

Now that’s out of the way, let’s introduce the chief antagonist of the game and series: fungus. That’s right, a fungus is responsible for the events that take place in the world of The Last of Us. Now the specific type of fungus is called Cordyceps, and apparently, there are over 600 species of cordyceps fungi in the world. According to Planet Earth, a BBC documentary, each type of cordyceps specializes in a species of insect. This fungus, that’s primarily found in Southeast Asia, can also be found in several health supplements.

Cordyceps cannot affect people. However, in the series, cordyceps have evolved to infect humans, which comes to our first difference between the game and the series. Unlike the game, which has us playing as Sarah the night of Joel’s birthday, we instead open with a talk show 1968. That’s discussing the high probability of a worldwide infection or pandemic. They talk about how planes make it easier to transport viruses from one part of the world to another. The amazing John Hannah, who plays Dr. Neuman, says it isn’t a virus that the world needs to be concerned about, but a fungus. There’s literally no way to fight or stop a fungal infection at the level of a pandemic, meaning no vaccine, treatments, or anything could be made to destroy this infection. He even goes into that medicines are a product of fungus. This allows more story to be introduced, because in the game, while the player does get this sort of explanation, it’s in fragments and not as solid, it’s more fluid. What I mean about that is you gather this information by picking up collectibles throughout the game.

Fast forward to 2003, which is a 10-year time difference from the game which originally took place in 2013 when the game was released.

They introduce us to 14-year-old Sarah Miller. She’s celebrating her father’s birthday as she gets ready for school. We’re also introduced to Tommy, Joel’s brother, who has come to pick Joel up for work. Once again, unlike the game where the player is thrown into the deep end of the night, everything hits the fan. We’re instead given a glimpse of Sarah’s life as she goes to school. While the day outwardly seems normal, it’s far from it. That boy who’s twitching during class, he’s infected. Story-wise, we don’t see or know how the fungus infects an individual until a little later, but I’ll break it down here. The first signs of infection are slurred speech, coughing, mood change, and muscle spasms.

After school, Sarah takes the bus to go get Joel’s watch fixed. All day we’ve been given clues that something is off, the constant stream of SWAT, police, firefighters, ambulances, and more come and go on screen, and we can even hear throughout Sarah’s journey from school to the repairman. The viewer doesn't know what is going on. As she’s trying to get the watch fixed, one of the owners barges in from the back of the store and says the store is closed. As the owner ushers Sarah out with the fixed watch, we realize that everything has closed.

Sarah goes home and spends the afternoon with the elderly neighbors making raisin cookies. Something is very seriously wrong with Nana and Mercy. The elderly couple’s dog can sense it, which concerns Sarah, but only for a moment as she goes home to wait for her dad.

Joel, who has come home from working a double, gets his birthday present and they settle in to watch a movie. Their quiet evening is cut short when Tommy calls to get bailed out for bar fighting. Joel, obviously annoyed by this interruption, carries Sarah to bed before heading out to the local jail to bail Tommy out, leaving Sarah alone.

Sarah is awoken by helicopters and explosions that emit greenish light flashing into her bedroom intermittently.

Mercy scares Sarah by jumping onto the window, trying to escape something. Sarah, trying to do the right thing, attempts to take Mercy home only for the dog to run away from Sarah. It seems like the neighbor’s front door was left open and Mercy just took the opportunity to run. Inside the house, there are clear signs of a struggle. Looking for her neighbors (Danny, Connie, and Nana Adler) she finds them in the kitchen bleeding and Nana chewing on Mrs. Adler. Nana realizes that Sarah is standing in the kitchen, horrified at what she was witnessing. Nana goes after Sarah with roots or tendrils coming from her mouth. Joel and Tommy pull up just in time to save Sarah from Nana.

More infected people start shambling toward Joel, Tommy, and Sarah as they all hop into the truck to make their escape out of Texas and hopefully toward the Mexican border. The military, though, is quickly trying to enforce a quarantine as we find out that an unknown virus has started to spread and had started in the city. The next few scenes are almost an exact replication of what happened in the game, including the POV shot from the back of Tommy’s truck.

They did add more to the chaos of those already chaotic moments. Including the addition of the planes coming down, which alters a pivotal moment both within the game and the show.

In the game, Tommy, Joel, and Sarah are hit by another car as they’re trying to escape blocked roads. However, instead of being hit by the car (which still makes an appearance as a near miss), they’re hit by debris from a crashing plane. Sarah still suffers a broken leg/ankle and needs to be carried by Joel. Everything is happening at the same time. Cars are exploding, crashing into one another, and people are being attacked and essentially eaten by strangers, family, neighbors, and loved ones as everyone tries to make their escape. The trio is separated, and Joel and Sarah try to escape infected, which we’ll later come to know as Runners, which is the first stage of infection. The Runner beelines for Joel and Sarah as they run through a diner. A soldier shoots the Runner, and he informs whoever is on the radio that he has two, one of them injured.

Unfortunately, this isn’t good news, and the soldier is given the order to shoot, which he does. Sarah and Joel try to avoid the bullets, rolling into a trench and, before the soldier can fire again, Tommy appears. Joel is clipped, but Sarah isn’t so lucky and dies.

Twenty years later and we are witnessing a very different world. Like at the beginning of the episode, we are following a young boy who’s making his way to the Boston QZ. The military, or FEDRA, takes the boy. The next few scenes set the tone for the reality of the world in The Last of Us.

A female soldier promises the boy his favorite food and unlimited toys when another soldier shows her a device, revealing that the screen is red. The soldier tells the boy that after an injection, he can eat and play before the scene cuts to a funeral pyre and workers tossing bodies into the fire. Another truck pulls up and when they opened it up, it reveals the unfortunate fate of the boy who has been euthanized, and we met Joel again. It’s clear that Joel is a broken man when he emotionlessly tosses the boy into the pyre.

Joel went from doing construction to becoming a smuggler. As public executions unfold, Joel is selling pills to FEDRA soldiers. They discuss the ongoing tension between the Fireflies, a rebel activist group, and FEDRA, who are killing Fireflies on sight.

We meet Tess, the other half of Joel’s smuggling operation, who’s talking to Robert, who sold a battery to someone else. Robert’s scared that Tess is going to tell Joel about their altercation. Their conversation is interrupted by an exploding car bomb and all hell breaks loose as the Fireflies and FEDRA come to a head.

The car battery is important to Joel for a car. He’s trying to get to Wyoming because that’s the last place Tommy was. Tess and Joel vow to track Robert down and figure out who he sold a battery to.

Elsewhere, we are introduced to a teenager being guarded by the Fireflies. Even though she calls herself Veronica, this is Ellie, and the Fireflies are cautious of her. Marlene, the leader of the rebel faction, tells Ellie that she’s got a much more important fate and that they’re going to move her out west.

Tess, Joel, Marlene, and Ellie cross paths after a shootout leaves a dead Robert, and an injured Marlene comes to the realization that she wouldn’t be able to transport Ellie as planned and basically orders Joel and Tess to do it, she obviously promises a battery, guns, and other supplies to the duo once Ellie is safely delivered to the State House. Marlene begs Joel to not mess this up.

To kill some time because they plan to move her in the cover of night. Joel parks himself on the couch and falls asleep. When he wakes up Ellie asks him questions about the code that seems to correlate with song decades. The 60s equal no new loot, the 70s equal that there’s new loot, and with a trick, Ellie figures out that the 80s mean that there’s trouble.

They sneak out and they’re spotted by the same officer that Joel sold pills to earlier that morning. As warned, Joel and Tess are given no special treatment. Leaving the QZ, by the way, means hanging. It is literally a death sentence. Per protocol, the officer tests Joel, Tess, and Ellie, but Ellie freaks and stabs the guy in the leg. Joel is triggered by the guy pointing his gun at them and he rushes him. Nearly beating the man to death before his attention is pulled to Tess, who shows him that Ellie is infected. Ellie insists that the clear bite mark on her forearm is three weeks old, which is impossible because all the signs that break down the beginning stages of infection clearly state that infection can take over a body in a day. There’s no time to figure specifics out because FEDRA will be swarming the place. As the episode ends, the radio turns on and begins playing “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode. An 80's song.

CONCLUSION

As mentioned above, I am CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC about HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us. This first episode was *chef's kiss.* Literally, my "problems" with this episode are just me being nit-picky and holds no actual weight to my overall excitement and unabashed giddiness.

Like anyone who is a big fan of the game, I had my reservation, and of course, expectations. Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin, Pedro Pascal, Gabriel Luna, Nico Parker, Anna Torv, Merle Dandridge, and Bella Ramsey were all superb. They exceeded those expectations so much that I’m scared for the next episodes. They embodied their characters with such nuance, grace, and weight that, living in the times that we are now, it’s believable to the point that I got chills watching them.

Being a fan of the game, I know the outcome of the characters. Even though I knew what was going to happen to Sarah, the way they executed it still had me on the edge of my seat because of the additions they added. These added moments just enhanced the story that we already know and love. It gave more to the story and the characters. Once again, even though I know the fates of these characters, I find myself excited for Sundays.

[riviae]

so i’ve watched the first 3 eps of the witcher netflix series & uhh am i the only one who thinks that having read the books beforehand made watching the show all the more confusing?? i feel like i’m mentally squinting every couple of minutes bc i’m trying to remember if this was how an event happened in the books or if they’re rearranging events/characters to suit the show’s narrative (i.e., wtf was triss doing in the striga episode??)

[fabuloushan]

Ah yes, Geralt of Rivia and Jaskier the bard.

Otherwise known as:

The Himbo Bitcher and his rocking twink

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

i still havent watched s2 ep 6 yet but... i was down with ineffable bureaucracy since fucking 2019 watching cosplay tiktoks Before Shit Went To Fuck and the witcher fandom dragged me in By The Ass and YOU'RE TELLING ME FUCKING PRE-PANDEMIC HANNAH WON???????????? SHE WAS RIGHT??????? HELLO????

[syd15]

Guys, do you ever just feel... BORED. I want to watch something, I have a “to watch list” but nooooothing entices me.

I watched The killing in 5 days, I LOVED IT so much I couldn’t get enough, it was an awesome feeling. Then I started The Stranger yesterday and just finished it and... MEH it was ok. But now I don’t know what to watch, help me?

I’ll take anything that’s not on its first season (HDM, Stumptown, Prodigal Son, etc, they are all on my list but I prefer having more episodes to binge) a teenage drama or anything like Grey’s that’s on its 100 season and looks like a teenage show but for adults (I hate all the changing of couples every season or two).

Anyone has a “tvshow time” account? I would love to follow more people and discover some other shows that way

Anyway, this is what I have on my to watch list right now:

Killing Eve (leaning towards this one) The Passage (or this one) Westworld (maybe this one?) Pitch (on the list since it was airing and now it’s canceled, does it have an ending?) Cleverman (on the list since it was airing and now it’s canceled, does it have an ending? What’s the women presence like?) Black Summer (Zombies, I think?) Homecoming (I only know Julia Roberts it’s in it) Dark (know nothing)

Please tell me something AWESOME that I just HAVE to watch.

[eznii]

im putting this here because im bored but anyway if anyone wants to see all the media ive ever consumed then go ahead >>

bolded and underlined  interests are media i am in love with

just bolded interests are media i actually like

italicized interests are media that i dislike or don’t care about

and all the rest are media im indifferent about/dont remember well :)

GAMES:

ace attorney

alicia online

all the homestuck games

among us (lol)

ark:survival evolved

assassins creed (first 3 games)

creativerse

danganronpa

disco elysium

doki doki literature club

dont starve together

dragon age

fez

friday night funkin

hades

horse isle 2

howrse

jackbox games

minecraft

moonbase alpha

persona 4 and 5

portal 1 and 2

robot unicorn attack

scribblenauts

shelter 1 and 2

slime rancher

star stable online

stardew valley

subnautica

terraria (kinda)

the sims

the stanley parable

the witcher (1 so far)

undertale/deltarune

wobbledogs

BOOKS:

all for the game series

beast quest series

brothers lionheart

curious incident of the dog in the night time

carry on/wayward son/any way the wind blows series (rainbow rowell)

cinderella is dead

gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue

good omens

grishaverse

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series

locked tomb series

lycanthropy and other chronic illnesses

narnia series

omniscient readers viewpoint

percy jackson series  (minus the kane chronicles and the trials of apollo)

rainbow magic fairy series

sherlock holmes (assorted stories)

song of achilles

warrior cats (minus the latest two series)

wings of fire

witcher series

MOVIES:

https://letterboxd.com/eznii/films/ (my letterboxd account for literally every movie i remember watching, the ones with 5 stars are the ones i like the most)

SHOWS:

a series of unfortunate events

arrow

austin & ally

bbc ghosts

bbc sherlock

body of proof

bones

brooklyn 99 (acab)

bunk'd

castle

derry girls

dirk gently

doctor who

dog with a blog

elementary

euphoria

first kill

galavant

ghost whisperer

good luck charlie

good omens

h2o: just add water

hannah montana

hannibal

hbo betty

heartstopper

i am not okay with this

jessie

kickin' it

killing eve

kommissar rex

lab rats

letterkenny

leverage

leverage redemption

liv and maddie

lucifer

macgyver

mako mermaids

medium

merlin

my babysitter's a vampire

my cat from hell (lmaoo)

one day at a time

our flag means death

parks and recreation

prehistoric planet

powerless

pushing daisies

riverdale (only s1 tho)

schitts creek

sonny with a chance

squid game

stranger things

supernatural

taxi brooklyn

thats so raven

the addams family

the blacklist

the curious creations of christine mcconell

the flash

the good place

the mentalist

the suite life of zack and cody

the suite life on deck

the witcher

tuca and bertie

umbrella academy

what we do in the shadows

wizards of waverly place

zeke and luther

ANIMATED SHOWS:

6teen

adventure time

american dragon: jake long

arcane

avatar (the last airbender and legend of korra)

camp camp

carmen sandiego

centaurworld

clone high

danny phantom

daria

dreamworks dragons

family guy

fantastic four

futurama

gen:lock

gravity falls

harley quinn

hilda

infinity train

invader zim

johhny bravo

kick buttowski

kid vs kat

kim possible

kipo and the age of wonderbeasts

lolirock

love death and robots

miraculous ladybug

monkie kid

moomin

motorcity

my little pony (gen 4)

over the garden wall

owl house

phineas and ferb

randy cunningham: 9th grade ninja

rapunzels tangled adventures (not caught up yet)

rick and morty

rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

rwby

samurai jack

she-ra and the princesses of power

sonic boom

south park

star vs the forces of evil

steven universe

supa strikas

teen titans

the dragon prince

the midnight gospel

total drama island

voltron: legendary defender

wander over yonder

ANIME:

aggretsuko

ajin

another

ao no exorcist

assassination classroom

banana fish

beastars

boku no hero academia

brand new animal

castlevania

cowboy bebop

danganronpa

darling in the franxx

deadman wonderland

death note

death parade

demon slayer

devilman crybaby

dr stone

fairy tail

flip flappers

fruits basket

full metal alchemist (brotherhood)

ghibli movies

ghost stories (english dub)

girls' last tour

great pretender

haibane renmei

haikyuu

hunter x hunter

interviews with monster girls

inuyasha

inuyashiki

jojos bizzare adventure

keep your hands off eizouken!

kill la kill

komi-san cant communicate

little witch academia

madoka magica

mirai nikki

miss kobayashi's dragon maid

mob psycho 100

neon genesis evangelion

no.6

no game no life (smh)

noragami

one punch man

ouran high school host club

parasyte

pop team epic

promare

puparia

re: zero

revolutionary girl utena

revue starlight

saint young men

school live

sk8 the infinity

so im a spider, so what?

soul eater

spy x family

steins; gate

sword art online (smh)

that time i got reincarnated as a slime

the disastrous life of saiki k

the promised neverland

toilet-bound hanako-kun

tokyo ghoul

toradora

violet evergarden

way of the househusband

wolf's rain

wonder egg priority

zombie land saga

PODCASTS:

alice isnt dead

archive 81

ars paradoxica

death by dying

dreamboy

girl in space

imbalance (taz)

kaleidotrope

king falls am

love and luck

marvel's wolverine

mbmbam

scp archives

stellar firma

the adventure zone

the bright sessions

the magnus archives

the orbiting human circus

the penumbra podcast

the strange case of starship iris

the two princes

time bombs

welcome to night vale

wolf 359

wooden overcoats

zero hours

COMICS:

17776

amaranth

avas demon

castle swimmer

fangs

heartstopper

homestuck

lore olympus

lovebot

muted

scoob and shag

YOUTUBE:

aphmau’s mc diaries

all the life series (3rd life, last life, double life)

brian david gilbert (+ his polygon series)

ena

freemans mind

gayle

half-life vr but the ai is self-aware

half-life: alyx but the gnome is alive

hermitcraft

monster factory

penny snapcube dubs

red vs blue (rooster teeth)

scp confinement

the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo

the most popular girls in school

the walten files

MUSICALS:

a very potter musical

beetlejuice

dear evan hansen

firebringer

hamilton

heathers

the guy who didnt like musicals

MUSIC:

100 gecs

glass animals

idk how but they found me

lemon demon

lil nas x

marina

mother mother

my chemical romance

panic! at the disco

the hoosiers

they might be giants

twenty one pilots

weathers

UNRELATED INTERESTS:

astrology

dinosaurs

greek mythology

horses

[fromsolaria-archived]

stella better have that same eye color geralt has in the live action --- imagine if everybody talks about her golden eyes & homegirl ends up having them blue instead

[goatseb]

Thank you hannah @darknessfallsnow for tagging me 💙

rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better.

Last song: wrecked my imagine dragons

Last show: the way I honestly can't remember... It might've been Obi Wan

Currently watching: nothing. I live on youtube

Currently reading: the witcher

Current obsession: gin&tonic and drawing

Tagging @seb-the-bees @almostinwonderland @multi-twentyone @everybodyisasebfan @f1-baby1999 @sebastian--vettel

[lilolilyr]

5, 15, 25 for the tv show asks!

5: Favorite ship you discovered last year.

Answered :)

15: A TV show that’s been on your “to watch later” list forever and you’ve finally watched last year.

I don't think I did that at all adsfg

Darn list just keeps growing like a Very Hungry Caterpillar

Leverage got on that list just last year and I watched it pretty much immediately tho...

I suppose Numbers and Ghost Whisperer were still on the list even tho I had watched parts before, now I started watching them properly from the beginning!

25: Rec me a TV show I should watch this year!

I can't just pick one, I'll go by genre so you can pick which genre you like best :) and if you want to know more about any of the shows feel free to ask!

Fantasy: The Witcher

Fantasy comedy: Good Omens

Sci-fi: Star Trek, especially Deep Space Nine

Sci-fi comedy: A Town Called EUReKA

Mystery dramedy: Warehouse 13 my beloved (but it ends at s4, ignore s5 trust me just trust me)

Sitcom: One Day at a Time

Young Adult/family: Atypical

Kids shows: a gURLs wURLd (honestly, still reccing this not just to kids but especially to stressed adults as well, it's a very relaxing show that isn't painfully dumb but just mind numbing in that nothing dangerous happens? And the storylines and friendships are very sweet, plus you learn a bit about 3 different cultures. Also it's on YouTube for free)

Crime: Bones especially the first few seasons

Thriller: Hannah tho I've only seen s1 myself so idk about the rest yet

&, idk what genre that even is, action thief crime humour something something, but definitely watch Leverage if you haven't yet! I'll need to catch up with the reboot myself :)

Thanks for the ask, and happy new year!!! ♡

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