#harlots season 3 episode 1

[agrippinaes]

period drama appreciation week 2024 | day 3: favourite costumes

lucrezia borgia in the borgias, season 2 episode 6: day of ashes queen victoria in victoria, season 1, episode 5: an ordinary woman elizabeth woodville in the white princess, episode 1: in bed with the enemy kate sharma in bridgerton, season 2, episode 5: an unthinkable fate catherine the great in the great, season 3, episode 4: stag elizabeth woodville in the white queen, episode 2: the price of power cherry dorrington in harlots, season 3, episode 6 elizabeth i in becoming elizabeth, episode 7: to laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face lucy wells in harlots, season 3, episode 2 anne boleyn in the tudors, season 1, episode 3: wolsey, wolsey, wolsey

[thestagthatlovedthewolf]

I finished Harlots, and I want more!!! I haven't watched a show this fast in a long time, I was just very immersed - and I've now added a few books to my list!!! - the setting and the life of these people were so interesting, and I really liked the different classes!!!

I really LOVED a few characters here, Violet and Betsey were great and I liked them working outside of a house, but with the support of Nancy still, I really Amelia Scanwell, and I think they did an incredible job with her mother in s2!!! And then still character, but also shipping house, Will and Margaret got me immediately - I LOVE strong marriages/relationships at the center of a show, and I love blended families and the love Will has for Charlotte and Lucy was beautiful to see (also little Jacob is a star character in this show, I love him so much, he's such a good kid!!!!) - and then Nancy and Margaret, this love and trust and history with each other, how they are also partners, and this understanding of each other... and in this triangle you also have a really good Will and Nancy dynamic, this care and friendship that is beautiful to see!!!

Still with characters, I really like how season 2 and 3 brought you a different side of the justice, and you have these people who want to fulfil the law, but also learning that the law is not everything. Now I don't particularly like that s3 left so many characters behind, and having no idea where they went - you had lost Betsey before but you do learn what happens, not here - so it feels like a completely new show, which I wasn't ready for...

Continuing with season 3 thoughts, it was a bit of a let down after the first two... it wasn't the same, it still did interesting things... but the biggest thing is I feel that the ending wasn't satisfying (it's not a bad ending, but it does not leave you satisfied) - and this starts with Margaret Wells leaving!!! I don't mind the introduction of Jonas - I like him - but the leaving with nothing to come after, feels empty, I'm here waiting (and even more than at the end of s2 - that felt like a more satisfying goodbye)... and then it also feels the pairing up of Will and Nancy (with their own respectively women) feels like a bad choice, the pairings work and make sense, but I feel they implied too hard to make the audience forget Margaret was sent away in an unsatisfying matter!!!

I'll now come back to better things, season 1 and 2 were really good with more of a focused in the two factions, but also with always the side reality of the courtesan with the Wells sisters!!! The show also does a really good job mixing up the dynamics and pairings with the characters and keeping important relationships but bringing new ones as well - Will and Harriet was one I really liked, bc there's this understanding between them of being black but also raising biracial kids in that world, and then Nancy with all the girls!!!

Still on characters, Emily Lacey has such a good arc, she was never a favorite, but she was someone you wanted to see and follow, always planning and preparing!!! I also like, that just like with the justice becoming better, they also give us some culls that we don't mind seeing - my favorite is Fanny's favorite, and the line of coming to her because she reminds him of how his wife was hit well!!!

Really this is a good show, with good characters and setting, that got me crying for at least two episodes - I was especially a mess during 2x07!!! And I've now read all the Will and Margaret fic on ao3, but I'm following to check the Margaret and Nancy ones!!! Definitely recommending this show!!!

[anonymouslylovesyou]

ALRIGHT BIYS SEASON 3 EPISODE 1 @whoblewboobear

Penelope in green!

Francesca making her start in society and she's trying to be all chull and normal about ut

Colin are you toying with those young women's hearts?

Local man is changing in the carriage like a harlot

The feathers are huge

How is it I've never seen Francesca before in my life??

COLIN WINKING?? This truly is a whole new man

Maybe I'm crazy but so far Penelopes dresses are all at least slightly cuter than they were

What. CRESSIDA AND ELOISE FRIENDS?? GROSS

Oh good Violet hates Cressida too <3

Actually Colin is kinda annoying now why tf is he talking like this

Oo what is Penelope up to??

WARDROBE CHANGE WHOO

Violet darling, if you wanted to be on time for things, you shouldn't have had so many damn kids

Eloise clearly knows more about what's happening with Colin than me

Benedict: I want a purpose

Anthony: you should get married

Will and Alice's son will be a Baron, mostly bc of misogyny

Oh we're seeing Kate and Anthony get busy again good for them. Does kinda make me miss Daphne and Simon tho </3

Kate: I have to get to work

Anthony: ok but consider. What if we fucked instead

They are showing us every part of Penelopes fit except the dress so you know it's going to be Phenomenal.

YEAH WHAT A DRESS LOVE IT HERE

MADE COLIN SPEECHLESS

Oh babygirl is suddenly bad at talking I love her

Oh the other girlie's do not like Eloise

Why are the dudes so aggressive this season?? Approaching in groups is a crazy strat

Francesca approaching Penelope! Fun <3

Colin: "I'm getting some fresh air" he means he is worried about you

OH NO NOT PENELOPE FIGHTING WITH BOTH BRIDGERTONS

Weird guy from the Crown oddly threatening Portia

Eloise: Don't you think you would find a husband easier if you were less of a bitch?

Oh? Genuine emotion for Cressida? Hm judgments suspended for now

Anthony is still in the honeymoon phase

Kate: what if we let you mom take care of stuff please please please

Anthony please take it to a bed damn it

Colin visiting Penelope

Bro either confess your love or leave

IS HE TRYING TO SET HER UP WITH SOMEONE??? OH MY GOD TEACHING CHARM?

Aww listen I'm absolutely rooting for their romance but also their friendship specifically is so good

Oh shit Penelope directly challenging the Queen babygirl is that wise?

Eloise reading Whistledown knowing Penelope was the wrote it... killing me dead

"I will never forgive her" "I will make sure it is her life that is ruined" sir you're going to marry her

[laresearchette]

Friday, September 08, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE CHANGELING (Apple TV+) BLOOD FLOWER (Shudder) GUIDING EMILY (W Network) 9:00pm

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA ALL OR NOTHING: DIE MANNSCHAFT HIDE ‘N’ SEEK HOW TO DATE BILLY WALSH SENTINELLE SITTING IN BARS WITH CAKE

CBC GEM HARLOTS (Season 2) HEY DUGGEE (Season 3) THE KID DETECTIVE

CRAVE TV AFTERSUN CITY OF ANGELS THE FABELMANS GABRIELLE HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS INCENDIES INCH’ALLAH THE INTERN UNTIL BRANCHES BEND

DISNEY + STAR THE BARN DANCE BONE TROUBLE THE FIRST RESPONDERS (Season 2) MERBABIES MICKEY’S KANGAROO PLAYFUL PLUTO PLUTO, JUNIOR VENOM

NETFLIX CANADA BURNING BODY (ES) ROSA PERAL’S TAPES (ES) SELLING THE OC (Season 2) SPY OPS A TIME CALLED YOU (KR)

FIBA BASKETBALL (SN) 4:30am: Men's Basketball World Cup: Semi-Final #1 - Serbia vs. Canada (!!!!!!!!!!!!) (SN) 8:30am: Men's Basketball World Cup: Semi-Final #2 - USA vs. Germany

US OPEN TENNIS (TSN3/TSN4) 12:00pm: Men’s Doubles Final (TSN3/TSN4) 3:00pm/7:00pm: Men’s Semifinals

MLB BASEBALL (SN1) 2:00pm: Diamondbacks vs. Cubs (SN Now) 6:30pm: Mariners vs. Rays (SN) 7:00pm: Royals vs. Jays (SN1) 8:00pm: A’s vs. Rangers

MEN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP (TSN5) 3:15pm: France vs. New Zealand

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN5) 7:30pm: Ti-Cats vs. Redblacks

STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS (Global) 8:00pm/9:09pm (SERIES PREMIERE): When one of Pike's officers goes missing while on a secret mission for Starfleet, Pike has to come out of self-imposed exile; he must navigate how to rescue his officer, while struggling with what to do with the vision of the future he's been given. In Episode Two, while on a survey mission, the U.S.S. Enterprise discovers a comet is going to strike an inhabited planet; while trying to unlock the comet's secrets, Pike and Number One deal with a group of zealots who want to prevent any interference.

JADE ARMOR (Family Channel Canada) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): When L.J. learns she's Jade, a Shard in the Clock Tower keeps her reliving the same day. To stop the loop, she must activate her Armor and absorb the Shard. Can the Beasticons convince her to take up the mantle in time to save ALL TIME?

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Following the outrageous lifestyles of some Jersey's larger-than-life housewives. Let’s Be Clear: It’s NOT NEW Jersey, but Original Flavour Jersey.

FRIDAY NIGHT THUNDER (APTN) 8:30pm (SEASON PREMIERE): After 993 days of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Styres reopens his beloved Ohsweken Speedway to sprint car racing and proves why he's still called the Ohsweken Flyer.

AFTERSUN (Crave) 9:00pm: Years after their last vacation, Sophie reflects on the rare time spent with her loving, idealistic father, attempting to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

UNTIL BRANCHES BEND (Crave) 10:45pm: A pregnant cannery worker discovers what she believes to be an invasive insect in a peach and must convince her community that they pose a very real danger.

[aspiring-holistic-otaku]

Also wanted to mention some recent/upcoming releases I think folks who are new to, or even already in love with the medium might want to check out

- Mashle: magic and muscles got an anime this month, I started the manga last year for season 1 ramble 7 just jump in, where I take a deep dive into the jump manga lineup. It’s funny enough, nothing deep which is fine, and from what i’ve read it doesn’t take itself too seriously either. check it out if you want some laughs.

- Blue lock got an anime last year october, started this cause sports in manga is somehow usually some of the wildest shit you’ve ever seen, cool enough for those reasons but nothing too crazy , maybe because i’m not a soccer fan idk… like fucking calm down greg it's soccer.. It’s soccer..

- Hell’s paradise got an anime this month, talked about this in season 1 ramble 7 as well, should be an enjoyable watch for most anime fans i think, white haired mc,, sexy ninja,, blood and gore on a deserted island with no means of escape,,, dedicated fan accounts are gonna be popping up out of the woodwork in no time

- Demon slayer season 3 also started this month i believe, personally only interested in seeing that one moon call that one pillar a whore/harlot or however they’re gonna adapt it. It’s on its third season with one of the highest grossing animated films of all time so there’s really no need for me to sell anything here

- Chainsaw man, CHAINSAWSSSS GO BRRRRRRRR!!!! Chainsaw man got an anime adaptation last october in case you missed it, only 1 season which covered up till the fight with katana man or samurai sword or whatever you wanna call it. Not gonna lie I was scared cause they went the cgi route but they did a great job in both audio and visual directions. They had great material so I'm not surprised but still just so happy to see. A second season release date hasn’t been announced but it’s definitely coming and ofc I’d recommend you go check out the manga if you haven’t. Fujimoto sensei is an absolute legend already in my eyes and I mention more of his works in just jump in as well as season 1 ramble 10, one shots and other stuff where his works made up my number 1 reads for that month.

- Slam Dunk got a movie last year december, The first slam dunk, after being away from the screen for like 27 years. It came out of nowhere and was a big shock when inoue sensei himself dropped a teaser on twitter, really could not believe. Legendary manga, already had a series and some movies but their animation is a bit dated, which I personally don’t mind at all but it’s hard enough to get folks into manga and most newer fans of the medium don’t get any nostalgia from the older styles. Not judging them though as obviously you watch stuff with your eyes so how you feel about it is gonna be based on what you see, and if you’re accustomed to or relate anime to shiny stuff like demon slayer then older stuff probably registers more like someone’s pet projects than a professionally produced anime to you. Still though i encourage all to get out of their comfort zone when it comes to media, there’s just so much greatness out there that only you yourself is stopping yourself from experiencing.

- Heavenly Delusion. something completely new to me. this also got an anime this month,, A is for anime fr lmao. I happened to see twitter user KUshiKURitiKaru tweet about it and checked it out cause I really respect their opinions and so, highly recommend following them on twitter as well as their anilist by the same name. I don’t really read weekly shonen jump as often as I used to besides fujimoto’s chainsaw man and ishida’s choujin x as i prefer to let stuff stack but when I did and even now I thought their weekly analysis was the best. It has 6 episodes so far. Won’t speak too tough on it but it’s a post apocalypse monsters type beat and the animation is pretty clean.

- Insomniacs after school also got an anime this month, mentioned in both season 1 ramble 3 romance lol and season 2’s ramble 2 romance lol v2 and for good reason. That some of the cutest shit i ever seen, also very aesthetic highly recommend checking it out if you’re into romance or want to try getting into it.

- Gosu is getting an anime, the announcement was just this month with no date yet but i’m pretty excited, pretty dope martial arts series i spoke on just last episode so yh

- Inio asano’s Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction got an anime announcement back last month, no date yet but again very very excited, if that name sounds wild to you the story is even crazier, same author who did a girl by the sea, it’s a beautiful world, solanin (shout out rav and kill bill the rapper one time), nijigahara holograph, it’s a beautiful world, a few other stuff and most famously good night punpun. Heads up, they’re all depressing as shit. And in the same breath i want to mention he has a new work out called mujina in to the deep about a katana wielding assassin in modern day tokyo

- Lastly, Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto is finally getting an anime adaptation later this year. Tears in my eyes they said it would never come but hail the helix even if i don’t live to see it i never stopped believing. Naoki Urasawa is my favourite mangaka, only ever doing masterclasses, most popularly known for monster but reaching the same if not greater heights in works like 20th century boys, pluto of course, my favourite series by him billy bat and more. I dedicated an entire episode to just him and his work in season 1 ramble 11, National Treasure Naoki Urasawa. Pluto is set to be on netflix later this year and if they do the impossible and bungle it there will be consequences.

Season 2 Ramble#4 - A is for anime (solo reprise) ver.2

Hello Hello Hello and welcome to another episode of MM..MANGA, the podcast about getting more people into more manga.. Incidentally, as you may have guessed from the title, this episode isn’t about manga at all, as this month I focused on manga’s seemingly more popular younger sibling, anime.

Before we get into it, a couple house keeping matters/points of information:

Last season I had some friends on the cast cause I don’t really watch anime like that and different perspectives are invaluable when it comes to any media. Plus I really fw them and the more the merrier. Sadly I won’t be having them on this episode, as again, you probably guessed from the title. Reason being, we had fun and everything but back then a lot was going on, I was just moving in with my then girlfriend and for one reason or the other I didn't put in as much effort as I could have into quality assurance. I definitely had fun but I really think I did them a disservice attaching their names to some mish mash of a ramble.

Those guys are some of the coolest people I know, and I really wanted to solidly improve the quality of the cast before getting anyone else involved in my ramblings.

Anna, Asha, Adley, Ashina, thanks again for being on the cast. Shout out stevaughn and daniel as well for being there and bringing vibes, always a pleasure. And a huUUge shout out to katastrophe kat for letting us use her house as the location. This was during peak covid n everything so I know having a bunch of folks in your house to make a podcast of all things could not have been ideal, but you supported the homie when all he had to offer was vibes and pizza. Many many thanks, and I hope to have you all back on one day.

All that being said I'm still just a guy recording on his phone at his house so if you hear stuff like people, animals or vehicles that's just my environment, give thanks for hearing and give thanks for the world around you.

That’s housekeeping.

Now some points of information

Firstly, I’ve come to understand that when it comes to anime there are 4 main release formats:

- Theatre releases which are usually movies

- TV releases which are usually series

- Original Video Animations or OVA for short, which are either movies or series made specifically for home video releases like dvd, blu-ray, etc.

- Original Net Animations, ONAs, which are either movies or series released directly onto the internet.

…of course here in the west I think alot of us just call everything anime,, or at least nobody's ever asked me if I've watched such and such OVA or ONA…

Second point, the average length of any series mentioned here is 23 minutes unless otherwise stated.

Lastly, if you’re completely new to anime and don’t know where to find stuff, all the series mentioned are on 9anime, zoro.to or you can ask a weeb friend. You probably have one or two and they would likely love to share if you’re interested.. You can also try for movies on those sites but I personally recommend torrenting them. I’m generally an advocate for supporting creators where we can but some of this stuff just isn’t on streaming services and if we’re being really real we can probably chalk up any “losses” to Japan paying for their war crimes…

Alright. with that out the way, let’s get into it.

THIS episode's format is different from the usual, list of stuff consumed this month then stuff consumed before that,, this time it’s all stuff watched this month but split into series and then movies. Also the order isn’t any sort of ranking it’s just the order I happened to watch them in.

Again I haven’t really done too much anime and I already mentioned my fav older watches in Season 1’s Anime solo reprise.. Fairly certain that if i went with that format again It would pretty much be the same lists except most of what I watched that month would move into this month’s older top 5 or so. I also really didn’t want to have to try and balance between series and movies for a top 5 list,, or do any type of ranking tbh,, plus seeing as i haven’t watched all that much anime I feel like my perception’s bound to be changing rapidly at this point..

When I add more to the stack I'll probably make another list but for now you can check out that ramble or read the writeup if you're interested.

[SERIES]

- Gunsmith Cats (1995 OVA, 3 episodes, 30 minutes each)

Picked this up for the shits because I liked the name and wanted to see if it had any relevance to the plot,, plus I'd always seen some 90s anime lofi type beat gifs of it and that made it seem pretty cool. Only 3 episodes. 90 minutes total, and if there was going to be predictably gratuitous fan service then that seemed a fair and tolerable length.

Not bad,, pretty enjoyable even if you don't mind or just wanna see some pulp., As anilist user Wilza put it, girls + cars + guns = fun.

Personally though I prefer media I consume to look good, be enjoyable and also be filling in some way,, but I pretty much knew what I was going into, and again, 90 minutes total. Not a bad appetiser for a whole month of anime.

Spoiler alert. The only relevance the title had to the plot was the main characters owning a store with the same name.. A gun store… idk what I expected…

- Riding bean (1989 OVA, 45 minutes) & Bean bandit (2021 OVA, 8 minutes)

The 1989 Riding Bean is actually the parent of Gunsmith Cats and the 2021 Bean Bandit is supposed to be a kickstarter for a new anime,, if i’m understanding my google search results correctly….

The mc of Gunsmith Cats, Rally Vincent is the partner of the mc here, Bean Bandit. Mostly watched for the Gunsmith Cats relation and the fact that there was less than an hour total length between the two. Also the name, again, had a strange pull on me cause I just still can’t fathom that naming sense and needed to actually see what was up.

Unfortunately I can't say there's much worth mentioning,, The mc is supposed to be a badass courier that has a cool ass car and drives anywhere anyhow but with basically one episode and an advertisement, neither of which were spectacular in any fashion, I couldn't find myself picking up the anything they were putting down. My only real comments are; cool car ig, the main character's chin is insane, like google the guy, bean bandit,,, and it was nice to see Rally again but in a different style… ig…

I encourage everyone to evaluate stuff for themselves but… you can probably let this one pass you…

- Digital juice(2002 OVA, 6 episodes, 3 mins each)

Very cool anthology, no real relation between each episode besides an effort being made to transport you to a different, usually high fantasy world.

Not too much to say barring going into each of the 6 shorts but ain't nobody got the time for that + they were mad short fr. Not even 20 mins length total, so I feel like I literally can’t start speaking on any of them without just about spoiling it entirely.. I will say that I definitely enjoyed all of them though.. Like a 7 on average if I was pressed for a score...

Really diverse animation styles throughout and, at least for me, it was a pretty decent shakeup of my preconceptions as to what anime, meaning Japanese animation, looks like. Highly recommend if you're bored of the same old same old and want a quick shake up.

On that note, this is one of three cool looking unrelated anthologies I wanted to watch this month. Sweat Punch and Short Peace are the other two. If anyone can find them please send them my way.

- Sonny Boy (2021 tv series, 12 episodes)

Wasn’t expecting much going into this, if anything I was expecting some lord of the flies, kids slowly going insane and picking each other off type beat, but I was so off the mark and in the best of ways.

The gist of the story here is that a high school has drifted into another dimension and at the same time, some of the kids start developing powers. With that setup I don’t think you can blame me for thinking this was gonna be another pseudo death game type beat, plus the title Sonny Boy, literally gives nothing away about the show,, but as I said the show went in a completely different direction.

For the most part the students are actually working together to try and get home albeit in their little factions, each having their own ideas about how they should go about that. Their situation was anything but normal and shit never really hit the fan like i expected but shit definitely got weirder and weirder.. But keeping the kids actually behaving like normal kids for the most part was a pretty good choice as it was way easier to relate and empathize with stuff like a class spat leading to people being isolated or god complex student council members, rather than dudes killing each other over who gets the best part of a fucking deserted island or something like that yk?

On that note the cast was great, pretty brilliant actually. Loved pretty much all the dialogue and despite the heavy scifi setup, it was more slice of life leaning a bit into psychological. Kids being kids, they’re gonna have issues yk? Put em in a different dimension, give em powers, kids are still gonna have issues. I think the main thing, was trying to find the place where you belong and the journey to get there, but honestly there was so much going on, so much cool social and existential commentary before and after that became clear, it was phenomenal. All wrapped up in some of the most dope visual direction I’d ever seen in anime.

Definitely highly recommend, honestly feel like i must have missed when it was buzzing cause it’s just so good in every direction I can think of,, my last ditch attempt at selling it would be to say it’s like a cross of the magic school bus and doctor who.. I think watching this as early as I did in the month was a big driving force for me actually trying to watch a bunch more stuff and I'm super thankful…

- Bus gamer (2008 TV series, 3 episodes)

Series about death games are about a dime a dozen but usually an okay time.. You know what you're getting and sometimes they can actually be really good and if not, what's another gratuitous chainsaw massacre?

The story, as with most death games is pretty simple. Different corporations/businesses hire teams of three strangers to steal and protect each other's data for huge sums of money.. As opposed to just getting a safe or investing in tech.. who knows why rich people enjoy toying with the lives of poors.. In any case, outside the games I like the plot point of teams made of strangers as it usually makes it more interesting to see how they pull stuff off.

Just 3 episodes, not that good in any sense plainly speaking. Very abrupt ending as it's based on a cancelled manga so that should tell you… I will say it did have a few cool lines I saved for future use though.

In any case I wasn't expecting much going in, the name just intrigued me. idk even know how I chanced into this. I just saw the name and was just like “are they playing games on a bus? in transit? what's going on?” but no they just play the games wherever..

Very sick op and ed tho I’ll for sure give it that,, and yeah it wasn't great but as hanma yujiro said in Baki son of ogre, if you only consume the good your body will become vulnerable, you have to take the good and the bad in their share to become stronger.

- The Tatami Galaxy series

So so so so so good, and without powers or anything really, just pure brilliance. idek what else to say… Tbh after watching Sonny Boy I thought I’d be lucky to see another series even half as good but I was thankfully blessed with another masterpiece and I’m so grateful.

The Tatami Galaxy series is actually 3 different series and a movie. Not really clearly related in plot but moreso the characters and themes, with each series showing those off in their own way. All thankfully and wonderfully brilliant,, but 4 items is a lot to squeeze in without turning a ramble into a lecture so i’ll try to speak on the general first then brush on the differences of each.

At its core, tatami galaxy is a romantic comedy that we never truly get to see the fruit of as the mc's ceaseless cyclical efforts are barely enough to start up a conversation with a woman…. Felt my dude…. :’^)))

Our mc is a freshman college student hoping to have a rose coloured college life as he's wasted his highschool years, and to that end he tries to join a club for their social circle, and hopefully even find a girlfriend. Sadly for him, but pivotal to the plot, he fails miserably at finding the ever elusive ideal girl and even worse, finds himself with only one so called friend he could call close after two years.

Another common thing were the absolutely stunning visuals which were so beautifully dynamic, in so many ways, it doesn’t even make sense to start listing. (breathe)I think this worked really well with the anthological feel the series gives off as a whole, and even within each individual part. Like the visual direction was almost too perfect man like i know some folks just don’t do slice of life but fr just look at the thing man it’s so beautiful.

btw, having watched all of them I’d say you don’t have to watch any particular one to watch any of the others, or in any particular order. I just read the summaries and decided to watch it in the order i’m about to talk about them in and yes I’d recommend that order but it’s not any strict thing.

Tatami Galaxy (2010 tv series, 11 episodes)

I’d say this is the definitive main branch but again, not something I’d say you have to have to watch before the others.

Here we follow our mc as he thinks back on his past two years of college. Unsatisfying, living alone, and with only one so called friend who he blames for being the cause of his failure to grasp a rose coloured college life. I really liked the gimmick of the story telling where basically every episode he would decide he’s going to join some club for their social circle, find he didn’t like the club’s activities for some reason or the other, meet that same one friend, then end up wasting time for two years. This makes it so that at the end of pretty much every episode he finds himself in some dire social situation that makes getting friends, not to mention a girlfriend, virtually impossible. He curses his fate and wishes he joined a different club because then everything would be different and everything would be awesome, most of all he wouldn’t meet that one guy and he would definitely get a girlfriend. Then the next episode his college life starts all over again and he chooses a different club.

Personally I really love strange loops, and I just couldn’t believe how fun it was to watch the story progress even within said loop. All brilliantly wrapped up and I have to say the second to last episode is some of the greatest episodes of anything I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

Tatami Galaxy specials (2010 dvd, 3 episodes, 7 min each)

These are side stories that have virtually nothing to do with the main branch and if nothing else, just gave more screen time to a cast I was completely in love with by this time. I think it could also be first in your watch order if you don’t want to jump into 11 episodes of the main branch, or even in between episodes tbh, as it gives little tastes of the main cast and the kind of antics they get up to. Thankfully keeping the killer visuals I'd come to associate with the series. It was like they knew they already did everything right and just wanted to have some fun.

Tatami Time Machine Blues (2022 ONA, 6 episodes, 17 min each)

Same main cast, same main character having the same problems, but completely different like nothing from the main series ever happened,,, or was somewhere in between, time machines are involved so who knows man, such is life.

This was more on the nose actual time travel as the name implies, as opposed to the original’s recursive reminiscive storytelling,, The art was a little different than the first two i mentioned but the direction was still chef’s kiss. getting into the story of how and why they’re time travelling in the first place would spoil the wonderful ridiculousness of it all and despite everything I’m aware ramblings aren’t usually well received, so I simply highly recommend this..

Night is young, Walk on girl(breathe) (2017 movie, 1hr 30 mins)

This one is completely completely different from the rest as though they all balance the vantage points of the main cast reaaaaally well, this one actually has most of the story coming from the main heroine’s perspective which was reeeaaalllly cool to see after all this time. Also the art is again a little different from the rest but thankfully still with the same utterly beautiful yet playful charm.

I think I'm getting a little repetitive now and I have other things to get to so I won't even give the synopsis but just know, as with all the others, this shit is flames. Source: dude trust me.

Speaking generally on the series again, I loved how the main character’s narration was very like fast and clean cut, almost mechanical as opposed to how he and really the story were actually very whimsical and unstable. Fair warning, the dialogue could be very cutting emotionally and psychologically despite that whimsy, which almost always somehow managed to come from left field, but it all just blended so well, especially with the amazing visual direction. Also absolutely loved the main cast btw, from just their designs to their individual eccentric oddities,, easy 10/10 man

- Ayakashi: Japanese classic horror (2006 tv series, 11episodes)

Not a big horror fan in general, but I can’t deny enjoying the occasional dash of gore and body horror in my media, but something about Japanese horror, specifically their supernatural realm stuff has always been very appealing to me. The diversity, creativity and folklore usually present is just so wild it always makes me wonder, wtf are the Japanese on and how long have they been on it.

That being said this wasn't all that great but it was an anthology of 3 stories, max of four parts each so nothing dragged on too long for me to hate anything. On average the stories themselves weren't bad or anything, actually they were solid enough and to the point but the age in animation showed through in a way that made me feel like I was watching a homemade project or something. But on the other hand, as I'm getting older myself, it did give me a bit of nostalgia for the days of searching through YouTube videos for hours to watch one anime episode split into four parts just to find out they only had 2. Also I thought each story was better than the last tbh, ending with an amazing three parter called Bakeneko, which was just so much different and also better than the first two in every sense, it's almost hard to believe they're from the same series.

If i’m being honest, even though I really dig japanese horror in general I actually mostly watched this series to see that last story as it actually ended up getting its own series called mononoke the following year.. I knew they weren't related but as a completionist I like to complete things yk? For those wondering, no you don't have to watch this series or even the last part, Bakeneko, to watch and enjoy mononoke.

- Mononoke (2007 tv series, 12 episodes)

Technically a spinoff of the previous series but definitely stands out on its own.

Honestly went into this almost to hate watch, for two reasons. One, for the most part I'm a manga purist so my hater self was like "fuck all those fancy shmancy colors n shit, all you need is the good ol black and white and a good story". Secondly I'd never actually seen anyone talk about it outside of thirsting for the mc and aesthetic blogs posting the same few clips so I thought it would’ve just been eye candy, but just from what I saw in Bakeneko I knew I was wrong and was actually really excited to get into this.

The story here is that the mc is a "medicine man". Medicine man in quotes cause we never see this dude sell medicine and tbh it seems like wherever he goes people are about to be or already getting fucked.. But he calls himself a medicine man. Though in reality what he does is exorcise supernatural beings called mononoke. All together the show is split into five multi part stories, each focusing on a particular mononoke.

Now you might be thinking "ohhh brother, not more demon slayin". Trust me I get it man.. I get it… but it's different in that the mononoke are said to come into being because of the misfortune of humans, so they really focus more on solving the mystery of that first creation step for most of the story, rather than physically fighting demons,, which does happen but usually more to the climax of each part., I was expecting to find it getting more and more predictable with the same general outline for each; mc shows up, mononoke shows up, shit hits the fan, MC saves the day, different day, different mononoke. But every story felt so richly unique, less so because of the obviously different mononoke and underlying themes but moreso I think, because of the mix of lengths and pacing which made it hard for even the general layout I described to feel predictable.

The main character was honestly just too brilliant and pretty much everyone, in this very shuffled cast mind you, played their parts so well. Also I said what I said but the eye candy was there and cannot be understated. Loved the horror aspects of course, more creepy than scary though, and really most of the time, the most horrific things were the sequence of events that caused the mononoke to come into existence.

Also a movie should be coming out this year so that's another reason I decided to check this out.

- Yokohama Shopping Log/Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1998 OVA, 2 episode, 29 minutes each) & it’s sequel, Yokohama Shopping Log: Quiet Country Cafe/Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe) (2002 OVA, 2 episodes, 32 minutes each)

Actually read the manga just over 2 years ago when I was on a slice of life binge and really dug the vibe, was so strangely peaceful I really wanted to see it in motion.

There's no real story tbh, it's literally just vibes, as it comes from a slice of life subgenre called iyashikei, apparently meant to have a healing effect on audiences by showing characters in a calming environment, living out peaceful lives. There's no real grand happenings, but that's really the point. As anilist user c00kiemaster puts it. Finding peace in the mundane, seeing beauty in the damaged.

The setting is one of those very rare post apocalyptic ones that aren’t all sad and hopeless. a little melancholy but that's just the personal disposition of the mc, which makes how healing it is all the more wild.

The two parts cover different parts of the manga but you don't really need to see one to see the other, as I said the plot is minimal and it's more about the setting. They don't cover as much as the manga but I really enjoyed just hearing the wind and watching it blow over the fields, watching the waves crash here and there.. a lone engine revving up then hitting an abandoned road… and the soundtrack is just… so peaceful..

If you want to see stuff happen then this probably isn't for you but it's a great wind down.. The reason I watched it last… If you're trying to get cozy then this is it.

[MOVIES]

- Roujin Z

The plot here is that the ministry of health has developed a new machine to automatically take care of the elderly who can't do so themselves.. Generally a movie needs conflict, so needless to say that didn’t go quite as well as they planned.

This is a Katsuhiro Otomo movie. Fairly certain Otomo’s most popular, or at least his most commonly referenced movie is Akira, but he's also been involved in quite a few other films. I had the pleasure of watching a few anthologies he worked on last year; Robot Carnival, Meikyuu Monogatari and my personal favourite, Memories. These all pretty much stand toe to toe with Akira so I had pretty solid expectations heading into this and they were pretty well met.

Solid cast and great aesthetic as I think most anime fans do, or usually come to expect from Otomo, and also pretty funny. I don't think Otomo's comedy gets enough credit tbh, especially for pulling it off in these usually sci-fi, end of the world, high tension situations. If you check out his anthologies you’ll see he can be a pretty funny guy, and though Kaneda provided a bit of that in Akira, I’d definitely recommend checking out his other work, Stink Bomb, from the Memories anthology to really see what I mean.

- One Piece movies, Stampede and Red

Stampede was sort of cool because we got to see the worst generation all in one place again, though I don't really care for most of them, so it wasn't THAT cool to me. Honestly I find it hard to care for them when it's not like the main story, or even this movie seems to either. Cool looking main enemy with a simple mindset and characterization that plays their role. The only thing I didn't really like is this thing where the main baddie had some connection to Roger or is from that generation. Another movie that did this was One Piece movie Z.

Let me just put out there though that I liked it when they did it in the Strong World movie, because the antagonist there, Shiki, was actually canon and one of Roger's greatest rivals besides Whitebeard. So being the first movie post time skip, it really hit to see Luffy go head to head with someone like that, but also because of that,, pulling any other character from that era doesn't make much sense to me seeing as Luffy beat THE Golden Lion Shiki and has only gotten stronger since then. That being said I recognise Luffy's win over Shiki was a once in a lifetime ass pull but it's a movie you know,, cool once in a lifetime shit is kinda supposed to happen.. unlike his asspull win vs a certain Katakuri… which I'm evidently still salty about to this day.

One thing I really appreciated though was usopp's role in this movie. After spending 2 years on such island during the timeskip, being trained by a dude named Heracles, he's supposed to be a real yute now yk, but in the main series we haven't gotten it all that much.. Thankfully he was for really really real here, like all real ones know god usopp to be… also shout out warlord turned yonko genius buggy one time…

Red

Wasn't expecting much from this movie tbh. If you're a One Piece fan then you know Shanks is the biggest tease in franchise history, so despite all the ads and previews alluding to his supposed involvement, I knew he would show up for like 5 minutes, say a few words and maybe swing his sword once. Which was pretty on the mark,, but I didn't expect to love it as much as I did nonetheless. Probably the second most emotional one piece film after one piece movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island.

- Lupin III: The First

That might be a little hard to follow for folks who don’t know the character but his name is Arsené Lupin the third and the movie title is The First.

Gonna just go with the anilist description here and say the story centres on Lupin teaming up with a woman named Leticia to steal the Bresson Diary, a treasure that even the first generation Arsène Lupin could not steal., Simple heist plot but this shit was so damn cool, the craziest thing is that Lupin just looks like kinda dorky idk but he just so smooth with it. Not to be outshined by his gang that’s not quite a gang, all utterly killing their respective roles of sword, charm, gun and somehow funnily enough the law.

I had unreasonably high expectations heading into this tbh, firstly because of the crisp animation I'd seen in trailers. Secondly, because after watching my first lupin movie last year, the blood spray of goemon ishikawa, and being absolutely blown out of the water, I unreasonably expected them to easily produce another master class. Thankfully I was not disappointed in the least, all my expectations were far surpassed and I'm even more excited to watch the rest of the movies and get into the main series.

- Millennium actress

A Satoshi Kon movie. If his name doesn’t ring a bell his other movies, Perfect Blue and Paprika usually do for anime fans and regardless i’d recommend them.

The story here is that a documentary film maker is interviewing a legendary actress that disappeared at the height of her career. Like most Satoshi films I've seen till this point, it neatly blends the lines between illusion and reality but this is still the first normal Satoshi Kon movie I've seen until this point. Very touching and ironically down to earth given the intentional blurring of reality by the characters themselves. I definitely preferred this to both perfect blue and paprika, I think mostly because of how whimsical the fantasies of the characters were here, as opposed to the darker more dissective nature of Perfect Blue and Paprika. I mean those were pretty solid movies but I guess that’s how it usually goes? Like yh what a wicked and ironic comment bro, now try saying something true and beautiful… still solid movies but yh..

- Angel’s Egg

This was actually my 3rd attempt to watch this movie in like 4yrs. Still don't know what I watched so I couldn't even give you a real synopsis. And I still can't figure why it seems so highly rated.. I definitely get that it's aesthetically pleasing, Yoshitaka Amano having done the art. but there's like 10 lines of dialogue,, and sure there's some cool existential bits but that's like 3 out of the 10 lines. To each their own but man… idk…

- Tokyo godfathers

Another Satoshi Kon film, actually didn’t realise until I started it and saw the art and was like, “is this Satoshi?” And yh it was Satoshi.

The plot here is three homeless folks find an abandoned baby girl on Christmas eve and try to reunite her with her mother. No fantasy or anything really, just some very real shit, teared up and almost cried at one bit tbh. Brilliant visual direction as expected but I actually found the sound direction a bit odd idk,,. Still, it easily became my fav Satoshi Kon movie like half hour in.

And that’s it for stuff watched this month, much love and thanks if you're still here, I'm gonna ramble a little bit more after this but the main part of the episode is done now so,, love and peace and safe travels 🤞🏿

[selkiewife]

Harlots Season 3 Episode 1 Reaction

*There are spoilers below

Ahhh the opening music. Love it ha.

Okay... who are these people? Is this Josiah Hunt’s family?

Ok get it stable girl

Lady Harlot! Yessss did they make up?? Hmmm I guess?

Hey Luce. Hey new characters.

Holy shit Theon- er Alfie- Isaac is here already and face to face with my LOVING WIFE NANCY BIRCH what.

They’ve given Alfie lines to speak with his MOUTH not just his eyes! Listen up.

“Dainty Size” ha- I mean granted, she’s small but. Did she just threaten to “flay his face off??” Was that a Theon/ Ramsay call back? I doubt it. (Get out of the GOT headspace Selkie, ffs)

I’m sensing real guilt from Charlotte that she’s a bawd and isn’t just one of the girls anymore. You’ve done nothing wrong Char!

Well that’s a weird kink Lucy (licking the bald head). These men are ridiculous.

And now, Kate Fleetwood And Alfie Allen engage in the battle of the jaw lines.

Wait why are they rhyming? Oh right that’s what people did in those days for fun/ to flirt. I know this from Shakespeare. Get in there Fanny! Charlotte is so quick, damn. I want to be them.

“Not a Rogue” Isaac just said more words in this scene than Theon said in the entirety of Season 8 (I’m not ragging don’t at me- Theon said more with his eyes than everyone else combined in Season 8, so it’s fine. I’m just delighted to hear Alfie speak. In fucking RHYME. HA!)

Oh fuck... Bedlam is so horrifying. They are trying to manipulate me into feeling sorry for Lydia and no one is shocked when I tell you it’s working

Charlotte and Isaac. Be still my bisexual heart. Okay but what about Lady Isabella? Well this is just work though. Also maybe they have an open relationship? Or are they even together at all? I NEED ANSWERS HARLOTS. I love how sex is always so clothed on this show- It is realistic of the time period because of the weather and cause clothes were so involved. It just always looks right- like a job and kind of unappealing. And they always get the squeaking of the bed and shit right you know? Oh wait, but they are having a moment.

This must be the brother. Hey Emily. How much time has passed here? 

Did Charlotte just say she hasn’t slept with anyone since she became a bawd. So I guess her and Lady Fitz aren’t together then. But they are friendly? 

What the fuck Nancy where is your birch rod?? Hold up, where is Will? No seriously, where is Will?

I love Cherry so much God. 

Lydia is trying to remember a soliloquy. This is all so Shakespearean what with the rhyming and... 

It’s that stable girl

Lady Fitz’ voice cracks me up tbh it’s so over the top and hushed-dramatic but I love it.

William’s in York y’all... but why?

And Alfie’s.... still rhyming... like? I am starting to have flashbacks of my past outdoor Shakespeare jobs right now and part of me is totally into that. What does that say about me really?

That woman really creeps me out... Oh but this must be the molly house plot line. 

Back in Bedlam. The Shakespeare is continuing... you guys.

*makes a mental note that Lydia would be a great Alannys Harlaw for sad edits (help me chums)

I really love Harriet’s arc. omg THE THEME OF THE EPISODE IS SHAKESPEARE. Harriet’s brothel girls produce stripped down Shakespeare shows before the fucking commences. Truth though, that is my kind of brothel.

I want the backstory on why Nance wears that gold ring around her neck. Ha- Nance is just a big softie in truth. Okay a gripe though- WHY is Lucy not becoming a dom like Nance? They clearly set that up in the Season 1 finale but never went anywhere with it in Season 2- but they could now- since she is showing such dissatisfaction with her job- but instead she’s going to be a bawd? *Slams hands on table* Give me apprentice dom Lucy working through her trauma with Nancy storyline you cowards! It would be so great- they could use that storyline to give us more Nancy backstory too.

I know we aren’t supposed to like Isaac but something about him getting arrested is turning me on here. (But let’s be honest, I have to like Isaac cause it’s Alfie. I don’t have a choice. Like, I’ve been known to say that John Wick’s dog had it coming- just so we’re all on the same page here.)

Honestly I’m going to have to disagree with you Charlotte, I feel like the gibbet would have been better than Bedlam. I mean. Lydia could write self help books though I swear. Okay so it’s been a year- there was like a years jump- okay.

See, I like how they don’t just completely forget about the dead on this show. RIP Kitty. Aww I’d forgotten that Fanny named her daughter Kitty. I kind of shipped Fanny and Kitty. Now I’m really sad. They would have been a perfect little family.

Oh wow Lucy joined forces with Elizabeth and Fredo. I bet that will end well. 

Okay Isaac that was completely unnecessary. Leave baby Kitty out of this. Why does Alfie always get roles where he’s like harassing babies and dogs good lord. He’s so freaking good at them though lol.

Lydia and Isabella are so Shakespearean it’s verging on camp... and I love it. Oh... Lydia. Oh man... she thinks she is going mad. Charles, ffs, you make everything worse.

“A genius with a needle.” Oh no- it’s a hanging offense- again this is not going to end well. Lucy honestly has a noose wish.

Emily wants to learn the art of commerce. Emily is a Slytherin and we stan.

I need more Nance backstory dammit. 

This poor stable girl. I wasn’t listening well when she said her name. But God... poor thing.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. NANCY BIRCH CAN SING. aww she’s singing Kitty to sleep. Oh no... you’re pushing it Alf. First the dog murder, then shouting cunt to a baby, and now trying to burn Nancy and Kitty during this sweet lullaby scene. Like you really want people to hate you don’t you? (In his defense I think he thought everyone was out of the house. Still, arson is not something to be trifled with in those times Isaac... christ. They didn’t even have like firefighters right? I mean, the whole city could catch on fire...) Alfie I swear it gets harder and harder to defend your characters’ actions with each role you play. But you know what, I am not going to even try with this one and instead I’m going to go with the idea that Isaac is just the kind of villain you love to hate. 

Oh Fuck you Alfie. Now I have to take back my previous statement because you’ve fucking got me with that line “this trade turns us into rats” and that look of regret. Damn you. 

Nancy get out of there... How dare you use Nancy and baby Kitty in this manner, show. I am beside myself.

Charlotte says “Let it burn.” No Char. That is not the attitude. Get some water. I get it though. She still wants to be free. She really should have left with that Irish what’s his name that was so lovely. But then she wouldn’t be on the show and I’d be sad.  

And we wouldn’t have Lady Fitz, which, speak of the siren... I kind of wish we had more info on what the hell happened between her and Charlotte this past year instead of this subplot with her daughter- I find myself not caring at all that her daughter is eloping. I mean, I know that there is some INTRIGUE about that but... we’ll have to see if it pays off I guess?

Final thoughts: AHHHH. I love this show. A quick search in the tag has shown me that people are unhappy? I thought it was great! But I do get what people are saying about the time jump. I found that confusing too. I also don’t think people should be concerned about Isaac ruining the Lady Harlot ship. I think that Charlotte and Fitz will be more of a slow burn and I’ve also seen speculation that Charlotte will seek shelter with Lady Fitz so maybe we will find out more about what happened with them next episode. Also, I just want to enjoy Isaac’s storyline in peace without shipping drama. (Um.. you do know you are on tumblr right selkie?) I think he is interesting, the human trashcan rhyming rogue. (And for the record I do ship Lady Harlot.)

Important Questions: Where the hell is Amelia and Violet and what happened with Amelia and Hunt? Surely they will be on next episode. A quick google search in IMDB for the cast list of the next episode has told me... absolutely nothing. So we’ll just have to wait and see. I see people freaking out that they cut them from the show. I suppose it is possible but I certainly HOPE not. I think they just had a lot to get through with this first episode. They will be on next episode. I am willing it into existence. 

Ahhh, I’m so excited this show is back. 

[hergirlfriday3]

Harlots Episode 1

Ok, after the episode, I slept on it and thought it all over, and I have this to say:

I think the time jump of one year is a lot, but I’m not saying it’s uncalled for. If it had been right after the events of the second season, it wouldn’t have made sense, because Charlotte needed time to establish herself as a bawd; Lucy needed time to be independently successful after Fallon; and Isabella needed time to acclimate Sophia to the bits of the Beau Monde that still accept her.

The “romance” between Sophia and the man servant was SO FAST, and SO OUT OF THE BLUE, that there’s just no way it’s not some kind of ploy to corrupt Sophia and get back at Isabella. I think it’s Blayne, but hey, who knows.

Charlotte and Isaac only makes sense if: Isabella and Charlotte are on some kind of amicable hiatus where they’re not necessarily feuding from Isabella betraying Charlotte, but they’re not necessarily as close as they were at the end of season two. Yes, they were in that parlor scene where Isabella is trying to open the Beau Monde up to other peoples of society, but that doesn’t mean they anything more than associates right now. That doesn’t mean I liked Isaac and Charlotte AT ALL. In fact: WHERE IS MY LADY HARLOT?!

The Fanny/Charles thing is... strange. It’s not that I don’t like it, but he did toss Cherry to the curb without a second glance.

I’m glad Harriet and her house are thriving. Emily Lacey, though, I feel has a large significance this season. I feel like she might become an agent for Charlotte in bringing down the Pinchers, but I’m not sure yet.

Everything seemed so rushed and jumpy, like they weren’t sure where to focus after the year gap, so instead, they bombarded us with lots of information and not as strong of plot. I have hope the next episodes calm down and this doesn’t turn into a Game of Thrones shitshow where the episodes’ writing are thrown together to reach a broader audience. I don’t think this show will pander to that level, but with the new hype in the media about the show, I wonder what they have planned.

I just really need them to pull through with the gay.

[mrgaretcarter]

If you wanted to request a Harlots gifset I’d be open to that

[blairsanne]

DFP Actors August: Alison Bruce

NZ actors tend to end up in a lot of the same shows over the years it seems. I have a lot of fun spotting familiar faces, so I thought this would be a fun and silly little project, seeing which actors have repeatedly been in things that Deano was also in (not necessarily alongside). Just a bit of trivia. Enjoy!

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995-1998/1995)

On Hercules Dean played a few different characters: Iloran - S1E12 "The Gauntlet" Young Iolaus - S4E3 "Regrets... I've Had a Few", S4E11 "Medea Culpa" and S4E20 "Twilight". Ruun - S4E7 "Prodigal Sister"

On Hercules, Alison played Postera in S1E10 "Gladiator".

Xena: Warrior Princess (1996-2000/1995-2000)

On Xena, Dean played two roles: Homer/Orion - S1E13 "Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards" Wiglaf - S6E9 "Return of the Valkyrie"

On Xena, Alison played three roles: Queen Melosa - S1E10 "Hooves and Harlots" Talia - S5E4 "Animal Attraction" Kahina - S6E5 "Legacy"

These shows reused actors so much! I am sure even casual watchers noticed.

Shortland Street (1996/1998)

Dean played Nurse Harry Martin in 1996. Alison played Danni Brown / Nurse Lindsay Maguire. Sorry, it's very hard to find old Shortland Street clips and I have no idea which episodes she's even in, so no stills of Alison sadly.

The Chosen (1998)

A TV movie/miniseries I can't find at all, just this trailer. Dean played Andrew Scott. Alison played Denise.

Young Hercules (1998-1999/1998-1999)

Dean played Iolaus in 46 (of 50) episodes. Alison played Simula in 6 episodes.

Legend of the Seeker (2009/2010)

Dean played Carver Dunn in S1E17 “Deception”. Alison played Sister Verna in 4 episodes, between S2E8-S2E22.

The Almighty Johnsons (2011-2013/2011-2012)

Dean played Anders Johnson throughout the series (seasons 1-3). Alison played Agnetha in seasons 1 & 2.

Hillary (2016/2016)

Dean played George Lowe (in all 6 episodes). Alison played Phyllis Rose (in 5 episodes).

George is Ed Hillary's friend, and Phyllis is Ed's mother-in-law.

I just can't seem to get over the Rose family being totally cool with the age difference between Ed and their daughter... But at least she was a supportive mother? I guess? And I liked that they at least acknowledged that it was kinda weird.

The Brokenwood Mysteries (2018/2018)

They actually appeared in the same episode! In Season 5 Episode 4 "The Dark Angel", Dean played Barnaby Buchanan, a patient at the Deschler clinic. Alison played Fiona Deschler, who worked at the clinic and was married to Jakob Deschler (the murder victim).

Unfortunately this means that Alison's character was involved in Dean's character's torture. :(

Golden Boy (2019-2020/2019-2020)

Dean played Aussie Dave. Alison played Carol / Susan. (I haven't watched it yet, she's credited for both names on IMDB - Can anyone explain to me?)

One Lane Bridge (2020/2020-2021)

Dean played Andrew "Grub" Ryder for the first 6 episodes, S1E1-S1E6. Alison played Lois Tremaine in 11 episodes between S1E1-S2E5.

And that's all I have on these two. Did I miss anything?

[shadlad24]

Five Funny Little Moments #25: Orphan of War

Yup. I have definitely put this one off for a long time because the episode really isn’t funny. Even the intentionally comedic beats are a bit …off. I dunno. Maybe that’s just me? Either way, let’s go, season two! Woo!

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And weee’re off! …To a wah-wah start with this strange line from Xena. Thanks for the reaction face that makes the line worth it, GabbyWabs! X’)

Does this opening shot to Xena’s flashback look familiar? It should. It comes up quite often in throughout the show and even made the FFLM for “Hooves and Harlots.” I guess the behind-the-scenes people were just really proud of the digital image (or whatever it is) or something? heh

Next up, Kaleipus has a weird line and allows Xena to react with a great expression. Thanks, XenieWeenie!

Finally, a more organic bit. So, Dagnine here seriously puts his goblet directly onto burning coals to heat it. Then he bypasses the handle to go ahead and grab the hot-enough-to-melt-gemstones-into-a-potable-beverage body of the thing. …With his bare fingers. Despite wearing hand wrappings. Oh, Dagnine. 😂

Best for last, just like the good ol’ days! Solan when he sees DagTaur carrying his father’s sword: “I will FIGHT you!!!” Solan while the man centaur who’s been an actual father to him his whole life is getting killed: “Oh. …No. *shrug*” And to top it off? Gabrielle watching Xena being throttled by a gargantuan, terrible monster: “Bummer.” Which, as you’ll remember, calls back to the FFLM for “Dreamworker.” Also, the GabGo feud of yore continues! 😂🤣😂

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Previous FFLMs: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24

MFLMs: #1 #2

[thecrownnet]

The Crown season 5 will see a whole new cast of actors as the major players in what is said to be the most trying period in the Queen's life.

*Article published in Jan 2021

Netflix's The Crown season 5 will see a whole new cast of actors portraying Queen Elizabeth, her family, and other major players in what is said to one of the most trying times in British history. The show has already seen two separate casts, one led by Claire Foy in seasons 1 and 2 with seasons 3 and 4 led by Olivia Colman. Sticking to tradition, showrunner Peter Morgan is set to bring in one more batch of actors for the show's final two seasons, episodes that will inch The Crown's timeline toward the modern day.

This particular baton pass may be the most important in the show's history, considering the particularly intense turbulence the royals had to endure in the 1990s. The Crown season 4 had already begun to shake things up for the Queen and those in her orbit, having introduced two monumental figures in British history: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana. Though the show neatly wrapped up Thatcher's tenure as PM in the season's final episode (having been replaced by the Conservative Party's John Major), Diana is sure to continue on as an influential player in the show's coming story. Though Morgan has been rather quiet about the exact years season 5 will cover, it is possible that he may need to move the narrative at a slower pace than usual, taking time to cover the numerous scandals, divorces, and tragedies that marked the era.

However, which actors will get to embody the historical figures during this tumultuous period largely remains a mystery. Since the show's filming schedule has been delayed, The Crown is not likely to return until 2022, giving the creators a bit of time to assemble their cast. However, Morgan and Netflix have confirmed a few casting choices of important players who are sure to be at the heart of season 5. So far, here's who has been cast in The Crown's next season.

Imelda Staunton As Queen Elizabeth II

Fans of the show have largely applauded the casting of Imelda Stauton, who will replace Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II. The London-born four-time Olivier Award winner has a long history of turning in stellar performances on both the stage and screen. Perhaps best known for her portrayal of Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter film series, Imelda Staunton is also recognizable for her work in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, Nanny McPhee, Maleficent, and the recent Apple+ show, Trying. Throughout her career, the actress has demonstrated a wide range capable of being authoritative and humorous in equal measure - qualities The Crown will surely lean into.

Bringing someone as experienced as Staunton on board for The Crown's coming story will certainly prove to be a wise move considering all that is in store for Elizabeth. Since season 4 concluded on Christmas Day 1990, the next batch of episodes will likely begin shortly thereafter, perhaps in 1992 - a year which the Queen has called her "most horrible year" in speeches. During that single year, the marriages of many of her children began to fall apart - Anne divorcing, Andrew separating, and Charles' widely publicized troubles with Diana leading to their separation, as well. Additionally, 1992 saw a fire at Windsor Castle, an event that led to the Royal Family paying income taxes for the very first time. On a more positive note, the Queen's new Prime Minister, John Major, is said to have been rather supportive of the Royal family, despite their disastrous decade.

Jonathan Pryce As Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh

Game of Thrones' Jonathan Pryce is headed to Buckingham Palace, replacing Tobias Menzies (another Westeros alum) as Prince Philip. Pryce's long and varied career has seen him in projects such as The Two Popes, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Wife, and a slew of Shakespearean plays. With multiple Tony and Olivier Awards under his belt, Pryce is a welcome addition to The Crown's new roster, especially when playing a role so significant to the larger series.

However, which Philip-centric stories Morgan could focus on are a bit difficult to guess, as the Queen's husband began playing less of a public role amidst all of the 1990s drama. The show has previously showcased a certain bond between Philip and his daughter-in-law Diana, so it is possible season 5 will see the fracturing of that relationship (letters suggesting they were angry with one another have been unearthed in recent years). Also during this era, the Windsors' financial strain led to Buckingham Palace opening its doors for public tours. It is likely that Philip - who has been presented as one of the more progressive royals on the show - will be instrumental to that particular storyline, harkening back to the character's role in televising the Queen's coronation and the Royal Family's day-to-day life.

Lesley Manville As Princess Margaret, Countess Of Snowdon

Lesley Manville will be stepping into the role of Princess Margaret, vacated by Helena Bonham Carter after her two-season run. Manville's work in Phantom Thread earned the English actress a handful of accolades, including a 2017 Academy Award nomination. She has also been seen in the Harlots series and in films like Maleficent, All or Nothing, and River. Manville also has an extensive list of onstage credits.

Season 4 of The Crown saw Margaret coming to terms with her diminishing role in the Royal Family as her responsibilities and influence continued to be usurped by a younger generation. Though still an important presence in Queen Elizabeth's life, the Princess was largely sidelined for much of the 1990s. However, during this decade, Princess Margaret saw Peter Townsend for the last time, so it is possible that her former lover - so important to her early storyline - will make a return. Unfortunately, Margaret's health continued to decline during the 1990s, with her suffering two strokes and being confined to a wheelchair. However, since Manville has signed on through the end of the series, the character's death in 2002 will likely not be covered until season 6.

Elizabeth Debicki As Diana, Princess Of Wales

Replacing Emma Corin, Elizabeth Debicki will assume the role of Lady Di, a figure who had achieved a level of unprecedented attention by the early '90s. Fans largely marveled at Debicki's similarities to the Princess of Wales and have been vocally supportive of her casting. Seen in films like Tenet, Widows, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and The Great Gatsby, the Australian actress has been one of Hollywood's fastest-rising stars and it is likely her portrayal in The Crown's newest line of succession will only help take her to new heights.

Of the cast members of the coming season, Debicki may be the one with the most daunting task ahead of her. The Crown often covers historical and news-worthy events surrounding the Royal Family and in the 1990s much of the press centered around the young princess. With her relationship with Charles disintegrating (much to the consternation of her in-laws), Diana sat for a series of interviews with Andrew Morton, who published Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words, a book which became a worldwide sensation. A little over a year after her divorce from Charles, Diana was killed in a horrific car accident while fleeing from paparazzi - a tragedy that the series is sure to deal with at some point. However, since Debicki is signed on to season 6, it is possible that Princess Diana's death won't be covered in season 5.

Though only a handful of actors have been announced for The Crown season 5, it is certain that characters like Princess Anne, the Queen Mother, Harry, William, and Prince Charles (Dominic West is reportedly in talks for the role) will be seen again. As far as Prime Ministers go, most - if not all - of the upcoming season will see John Major in the top job but, depending on the years it ends up spanning, it's possible we might see the entrance of Tony Blair. Regardless, judging from who's been announced so far, the Windsor family's story will continue being told with another incredibly talented cast.

*The Crown recasts every 2 seasons. The actor for Prince Charles in season 5 and 6 has yet to be announced.

[avantguardisme]

i got tagged by @bourgeoix​ to Tell Me Good Things That Happened This Year (last year now i guess) so here are some top 5s of mine from 2020 under the cut!

this will be difficult because i have absolutely no sense of time and don’t know when i did anything this year but i’ll do my best  

movies i watched: (i did have to look up what movies came out in 2020 for this lmao)

emma. (2020) was the last movie i saw in theaters god bless

finally watched someone great this december at my sister’s suggestion and it made me cry!!

almost forgot that the half of it came out in 2020 but oh my god what a good fucking movie (and if you liked the half of it go watch saving face too!! alice wu is a great fucking director and saving face is one of my faves)

i’m like 90% sure i watched parasite this year? anyway it was great & i gotta watch more bong joon ho movies

i really did not watch that many movies this year huh. 

oh wait fuck i forgot about the old guard & enola holmes, which ill group here together as a pair of refreshing action/adventure movies that i really enjoyed!

tv shows i watched:

harlots!! on this blog we love 1) women 2) period dramas 3) charlotte wells in particular

oh i think this year i finally rewatched all of atla! i saw almost every episode as a kid (normally several times and not necessarily in order) and even tho i remembered the show really well it was really cool to see it altogether! and find out i had missed watching TWO whole episodes as a kid

great pretender, but i mostly just liked the first season. fucking gorgeous show overall tho even if it kinda loses its balance thematically in the last arc

queen’s gambit (this is truly the year of my giant crush on anya taylor joy huh)

unsure if this technically counts as television but i got very into dimension 20 this year! especially fantasy high, but i’m also working my way through unsleeping city and crown of candy right now, just very good dnd actual play stuff overall

songs i listened to: (this is not my actual top 5 songs on spotify wrapped bc that’s embarrassing, more like my faves of the year)

ambrosia by rosie tucker

boreas by the oh hellos

i know the end by phoebe bridgers

high in the garden by sorcha richardson

nana triste by natalia lacunza & guitarricadelafuente

books i read:

earthsea! i think i started these this year, i’m currently on the farthest shore & genuinely all of them are so good, stan ursula le guin

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon!! yes this book is like 800 pages yes i did read half of it in like a week. i also didnt realize there was gonna be so many gays goin in and boy was i extremely pleasantly surprised

obligatory inclusion of a reading i did for class, but la vida es sueño by calderón de la barca honestly kinda kicks ass, i did a whole paper on one the soliloquies in there and the verse is just good y’all

oh also gender trouble by judith butler which i read a good bit of for my theory class and lives rent free in my brain at this point

uncensored picture of dorian grey by oscar wilde, which im like 90% sure i read early this year and not last year, but time doesnt exist who cares really. love that fucking prose tho, and i think the themes are more clear with the inclusion of basil as an explicitly gay character tbh

good things that happened to me:

got into grad school??? and started grad school???

related, but i wrote a 17 page term paper somehow too, which is a thing i apparently can do now

and i moved across the country and live in an apartment now! and i have so many plants! and a full size bed! and a desk and a bookshelf!

oh shit i almost forgot this was the year i finally got an adhd diagnosis! and now im all medicated and shit its fucking amazing

and i’ve started writing a lot more! not just papers for class and stuff, but also some more fiction which maybe i’ll actually finish one day lmao

uhhhhhhhhh idk who to tag since i dont interact much on here much anymore, how about @romanarcadia @waitingforgalois @equalseleventhirds @yourladybrie @starsighns and literally anyone else who wants in u can say i tagged u :)

[laresearchette]

Friday, May 05, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: HARRIET THE SPY (Apple TV +) SILO (Apple TV +) TASTE THE NATION WITH PADMA LAKSHMI (Disney + Star) DEATH’S ROULETTE (Paramount +) THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW (The Roku Channel)

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT? DON’T SELL MY BABY (TBD - Lifetime Canada)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA HASTA LA MADRE DEL DÍA DE LAS MADRES POKER FACE TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

CBC GEM HARLOTS (Season 1) MALCOLM IS MISSING

CRAVE TV AMSTERDAM BAD LIEUTENANT (1992) BIG DADDY BRIAN AND CHARLES CONTAGION GET OUT THE HONEYMOON JOHN Q KICK-ASS MINX (Season 1) THE PRINCE OF FITTING IN SHELVED (Season 1)

DISNEY + STAR ENTRELAZADOS LIVE! FX’S GREAT EXPECTATIONS PLANNERS (Season 1 – Premiere) QUEEN ELIZABETH II: A ROYAL LIFE – A SPECIAL EDITION OF 20/20 TASTE THE NATION WITH PADMA LAKSHMI (Season 2 Premiere All Episodes Available) THREE WAYS

NETFLIX CANADA AKA INUYASHA (Season 6) KING OF COLLECTIBLES: THE GOLDIN TOUCH

CURLING (SN) 2:00pm: Grand Slam of Curling: Champions Cup - Draw #13 (SN Now) 6:00pm: Grand Slam of Curling: Champions Cup - Draw #14 (SN1/SN Now) 10:00pm: Grand Slam of Curling: Champions Cup - Draw #15

MLB BASEBALL (SN1) 6:30pm: Jays vs. Pirates (TSN2) 9:30pm: Dodgers vs. Padres (SN Now) 10:00pm: Astros vs. Mariners

NBA BASKETBALL (TSN/TSN3) 7:30pm: Celtics vs. 76ers - Game #3 (SN360/SN Now) 10:00pm: Nuggets vs. Suns - Game #3

NLL LACROSSE (TSN4/TSN5) 7:30pm: Thunderbirds vs. Rock

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 8:00pm: Devils vs. Hurricanes - Game #2

HOUSES WITH HISTORY (HGTV Canada) 8:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): The team restores an 1800s Cape Cod that's full of potential; also, the team digs into the history of a footlocker that may have been on the USS Constitution, and this unique garage sale find might be worth much more than the purchase price.

MICHIF COUNTRY (APTN) 8:30pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Métis Elder Earl St. Goddard spends his days outdoors hunting, trapping and fishing with his family; Earl and his family share their favorite winter activities with Indigenous leader Sheila North Wilson.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DURBAN (Slice) 9:00pm: A game of confessions turns personal very quickly.

BRIAN AND CHARLES (Crave) 9:00pm: Brian is a lonely and unlucky inventor who takes on his most ambitious project yet -- an artificial intelligence robot made from odds and ends, including an old washing machine.

CRIME BEAT (Global) 10:00pm: After a man fired a gun on a local playground and seriously injured two girls, outraged parents demanded answers from local politicians as to how to stop the cycle of violence terrorizing their neighbourhoods.

[dadrielle]

Also, I wanted to put this in a different paragraph but tumblr is impossible for me, a boomer, to use but if if I wanted to get into Xena do you have a masterlist of good eps (like my old SV masterlist lmao)? (If you do pls answer publicly so everyone can benefit and I can reblog!)

OH HO HO. This made me rub my little goblin hands together with glee.

I sort of have a masterlist-ish. I tried to make a like “top 10 essential Xena episodes” list but I kept being like “but this one is only as good as it is if you have the CONTEXT of these six other episodes, like Ides of March is SO GOOD but you need the BUILD UP and also I can’t drop this one for lore reasons” so my top 10 list is got stalled at 65 episodes long lmao oops.

A couple of these are on the list when more entertaining episodes/straight up better are left off because of Plot and Lore purposes. I’ve gone through and starred some favs, though. One downside is that you’re going to be missing most of the pure comedy episodes so you won’t understand the true tonal whiplash this show embodies, but so it goes.

If you MUST watch only a handful of episodes, I’d say top 3 episode to watch if you want to get the concept, get the appeal, and see some fan fav episodes would be Sins of the Past, A Day in the Life, and One Against An Army.

Anyway here’s that big list:

Season 1:

Sins of the Past*

Dreamworker

The Reckoning

Hooves and Harlots

Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts

Ties That Bind

The Greater Good*

Callisto

Is There A Doctor in the House*

Season 2:

Orphan of War

Remember Nothing*

Return of Callisto

Intimate Stranger

Ten Little Warlords

Destiny*

The Quest

A Necessary Evil

A Day in the Life*

The Price

Season 3:

The Deliverer

Gabrielle’s Hope

The Debt p1 & p2*

Maternal Instincts*

The Bitter Suite*

One Against an Army*

When In Rome*

Forget Me Not (clip show but fucking…a good and important one)

Sacrifice p1 & p2

Season 4:

Adventures in the Sin Trade

Family Affair*

A Good Day*

Crusader*

Paradise Found*

Devi

Between the Lines

The Way

The Convert

Endgame

Ides of March*

Season 5:

Fallen Angel

Chakram

Succession*

Them Bones Them Bones

Seeds of Faith*

God Fearing Child

Amphipolis Under Siege

Kindred Spirits

Looking Death in the Eye

Livia

Eve

Motherhood

Season 6:

Coming Home

Who’s Gurkhan*

Legacy

The Abyss

The Rheingold*

The Ring*

Return of the Valkyrie*

Old Ares Had a Farm*

Path of Vengeance

To Helicon and Back

When Fates Collide*

Many Happy Returns* (this one isn’t even like, plot necessary but it’s emotionally necessary given how much the next one Hurts)

A Friend in Need

You may also consider going through and listening to each episode of Xena Warrior Podcast whilst watching, because they do a damn good job giving context to episodes via what shit Rob Tapert is referencing this week and what was going on at the time of airing. There is, for instance, some stuff in season 2 that is directly a result of Lucy having a horse accident filming a promotional bit that fucking broke her pelvis in several pieces, so YOU KNOW, context helps explain decisions sometimes.

ANYWAY EVERYONE WATCH XENA PLS.

Edited to add… there re some episodes on this list that are particularly problematic as helllll but still need to be on there. I’ve gone back and italicized them.

[selkiewife]

I’ve been rewatching Harlots from Season 1. Just got to Season 3, Episode 3. It’s been a year and I still wasn’t ready to see that again it seems. 

[hergirlfriday3]

Early Hot Take (spoilers!)

Sophia is running away/eloping with an agent that the Marquess Fitzwilliam is using to get Sophia and her money in his control...

Also, idk how I feel about the first episode? Charlotte and Isaac? Like, ew? Why?

Why do all bi-women characters/queer women characters have to have a man be their default?