#he’s the babygirliest in this episode

[gayhoediaz]

CHRISTOPHER “RIO” MARTINEZ in every episode:

↳ 1.04: “Atom Bomb”

[asmeninas]

rory and logan of course

first of all when I saw you liked the cheryl kendall post last night I knew you were gonna send me this, another attempt to get me blocked by someone somewhere love you friend 🫶🏽

Rory ✏️:

First impression: look this may have been 20 years ago... However I went to a private school with rich kids who were mean to me because I was poor and most importantly and embarrassingly I actually wanted to be a war correspondent, which is the dumbest thing to want to be in the world when you grew up nowhere near a war zone lol (second dumbest, dumbest is war photographer), but anyway I think this tells you my first impressions of rory were mostly about the things we had in common (birthdays also like right next to each other????)

Impression now: one of the babygirliest babygirls to ever babygirl

Favorite moment: I like whenever she follows a crazy impulse with no second thoughts because she's overwhelmed by feelings she doesn't understand and must act on at that very moment, you know, like she does starting from episode 1x01. I also like when she tries to push the boundaries of what can be considering cheating even when she's doing it for a man I hate because I still love her regardless.

Idea for a story: I have so many and you know my ao3

Unpopular opinion: while the show as a whole, as like a whole Television Show, was indeed better during what people call "the chilton years" I disagree with that taxonomy because rory's story is better post s3 (and I do love her from s1-3, even if it's been a while). everyone is just wrong, Idk what to tell you. that's not what got bad Idk what to tell you. And as we've said to each other, a lot of it should be very relatable to a lot of people who love to endlessly talk about their lost potential and about girlfails or whatever, and I'm sure they'd say it's the writing that makes it not work here, but well. we all know what was missing that made the writing not work for them...

Favorite relationship:

Favorite headcanon: is this a headcanon? she's actually just not that great at journalism, I think a lot of people think this is an insult to her or something but it's not at all I never mean it that way

Logan 👱:

First impression: honestly when I saw him I couldn't believe they were making her new LI a blond man. It didn't take long for it to turn into "wait... wait... I think I... do I like a yellow haired man..." but I believe in personal growth.

Impression now:

(also I've been texting about him for 11 months...)

Favorite moment: when he's there <3

Idea for a story: I have so many and you know my ao3

Unpopular opinion:

Favorite relationship: he only has the one but it's really the only one I need (his dad can live in the background I give my writings)

Favorite headcanon: it kills me no one but us realizes he's about the same age as kendall roy like probably one and a half or two years younger, kills me we're the only ones who care

[echoesofadream]

oooh did u watch it !! omggg mingyu kept being cute aaaa im becoming really fond of him thru you now eheheh.. ima little sad hao didnt say much but he still looked very cute in his bear hat SO CUTE I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY HES WEARING IT BUT IM SOOO THANKFUL I LOVE U BABY HAO and the subtitle that was like a child temperament or whatever when he said lets kill pplgjfdjkfdkjfkjfjkfgdkjkjfg I love gose staff theyre so funny. also I saw u dropped out of uni its ok ive done the same it can take time also its women's day. u deserve a little bit of drop out of uni

yeees now and gosh it takes me so long to watch an episode ajrjnjr I just have to pause and rewatch parts all the time to read all the subtitles and captions. and also liveblog:

aefj mingyu mentioning how silly his outfit is lol.

ummm mingyu just let out the babygirliest giggle ive heard in my life? (10:46) why r u as a man giggling like that.....love u babe...hang on was it actually mingyu or was it vernon who laughed like that. it doesn't matter love is love

wonwoo petting a cat isnt he a cat uwu????? cat petting cat? cat love?<3

I feel bad for jeonghans struggling but it's so funny. also MINGYU POUT MINGYU POUT MINGYU POUT (16:15) he like always speaks in pout... thats because hes a big baby.......

HELP Not them accusing seungkwan for being mafia for playing with the cat???? that literally happened to taehyung once, so foul!!! but maybe true..(I really am live-blogging idk who's mafia yet)

why isnt any of the mafia claiming to be doctor not jeonghan thats sorta sus... also why didn't mingyu just immediately say "NO IM THE POLICEMAN" but he played really well otherwise! honestly in awe of their poker faces because when I played mafia this summer with my cousins n siblings I bursted out giggling the moment I was the mafia akrfg. we literally had to stop playing cause I was ruining the game oh no

AWWW mingyu seems like such a cuddly person omg I get why hes the puppy<333333

anyways yes I can see minghao didnt say much Idk how much he speaks yet but he feels like one of the quieter members, also when he did say sth it was cute bc everyone acted like he was still a baby. hes like rlly cute and low-key a little bit cranky(?like quiet and sullen (positive)) personality or maybe he was being in character but I rlly like it, it was cute especially in the hat. The caption was so funny it was like the humanity of a child and minghao was talking about killing someone

aww thank u sm it means a lot <33 go women

[grabyourpillow]

So. American gods.

Season 2 and most of the time I'm still like "I have abso-fucking-lutely no idea what any of you people want or what is happening right now or even who you people are.

Summary

What I can say is, every culture that ever set foot in America brought their gods with them. But as a new age rises upon mankind, dominated by non-believers and technology, a new kind of gods threatens the existence of the Old. Will they have it? Or will there be war. And this is already saying... Too much imo.

The characters

So there is our protagonist:

Shadow Moon. What a name. I like him. He gets thrown into a weirdness one could not possibly comprehend and he's like "what the FUCK. Aight I'm intrigued let's keep going" and plays checkers with a dude might-be-a-god but who definitely wants to explode Shadow's brains with a hammer. You go king.

Laura Moon.

Don't worry about her she's fine. Just dead. but fine, except for the smell and the maggots maybe. She is the most ???? Character. Completely unhinged. I love her. She wants blood, and violence. Now she's got superhuman strength. Stomped on a guy's head.

This guy:

A fucking delight of a Leprechaun who swears a lot and drinks a lot and is pissed all the fucking time and gambled his lucky coin away. That is now keeping Laura alive so he has to be with her at all time, for a coin must be given. What a charm (sarcasm) of a guy. Still like him.

What a goddess. What a queen. Has kissed probably every Character in the show(I'm so jealous).

A god from Ghana, shipped to America on the same ship as his people. If I had to pick a fave— let's just say, he'd have good chances. He is well dressed, he is funny as hell, and he is pissed. Rightfully so.

Ilhim so he gets a second picture

This is Salim. Salim is just a nice, guy, He deserves the best. He's looking for the guy he fell in love with. Hope it works out.

One of the new gods. The most insufferable motherfucker you've ever seen in your life. And that's before you've heard him talk. He's pathetic and arrogant, and literally no one respects him. Why do I like him. He has the babygirliest most obnoxious outfits, and his only friend has forgotten him. It's like... Pat pat Cry me a river babygirl but also fucking calm down and have some motherfucking respect.

I've only had this genderfluid native American Person for a day and a half but if anything happened to him/her I would kill everything in the room and then meself.

This is Wednesday. Let's just say. He is behind, a lot of things. Manipulative motherfucker but you'd never know it until you've known him for long enough. He pisses on the tree of life. He has no care in the world. For some reason he needs Shadow Moon.

The show

It's like. Nothing (narratively) is served to you on a silver platter. Stories are told to you, and you have no idea why. You have absolutely no idea at the beginning of a story what it's about, or even if it's important or necessary to the story, or why it's told to you.

(of course it is, but sometimes you don't make the connection until much, much later).

You have no idea who the main character is until like. Mid season 2.

Each time a new episode begins, I checked if I hadn't missed one because the characters are suddenly not where you left them with no explanation whatsoever.

The characters do things and you're like "????" Why tf did you do that? I don't get it? What is the purpose? What is the coherence with your personality or your narrative arc?

But it's just life isn't it? Sometimes shit happens. Sometimes you act on impulse. And it does make sense actually. Only in retrospect.

It's great to see in comparison to the sandman where everything is crafted, every story pulled by the strings of Dream's narration. Here it's just, a mess. A chaos, mingling of feelings, personalities, aspirations, gods from different countries, overlapping stories. And from that chaotic meeting of loose parts emerges the story.

And it's also great to watch in a context where, everything has to be attention grabbing in the first 10 seconds or it's dismissed. Here the story is asking you to trust it. To not seek purpose or quick entertainment but to immerse yourself and just, listen.

I'm not finished yet but I can already sense that it's the kind of work you can rewatch and it's completely different the second time around.

And of course throw in there some "fucking hell this line came into my house through the window, punched me in the face and turned my whole worldview upside down", some beautiful, beautiful cinematic shots, an equal treatment of characters no matter their gender or skin color, and underlying themes and you've got another great work of Neil Gaiman.