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anunvalidcritic · 5 years ago

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER VERSE

MOVIE REVIEW

(DISCLAIMER: MY OPINION IS MY OWN AND CAN BE DEEMED INVALID TO THOSE WHO DON’T CARE FOR IT.)

June 27th, 2019 the year of our Lord (whichever one that may be) I watch a spectacular movie that I can truly say that the awards won were well deserved. Spider-Man was the first superhero I can truly say I looked up too and he’s super duper awesome my dudes. I plan on rewatching the movie again so I can complete this post.

Man, this post is gonna be extremely long but it’s totally worth it!

I FUCKING LOOOVVVEEE THIS INTRO MAAAAAAANNNNN!!

“With great powers come great responsibility” - UNCLE BEN

AHHHHH THEY DID THE SPIDER-MAN 3 DANCE DEAD

YOU’RE MY SUNFLOWER!!!!!!!

The love that his parents give is amazing.

I’m glad to see an ethnic spiderman its dope that he speaks Spanish and English.

I understand that Spider-man is a vigilante

“With accountability comes great accountability“ - JEFFERSON DAVIS

He didn’t have to do MILES like that lol

DEAD THAT CLASS WAS QUIET AF

AYYYEEE THE CITY IS BUMPIN’ TONIGHT!!!!!

LOL MILES needs to get his face off that window.

Ayyee black people really do that stuff with that chill talkin’ being all smooth and shiiii ROFL

OOFFF

AHHH SHIT IT’S GOING DOWN WITH THE GRAFFITI AND THE SPIDER

SPIDER BITE

LMFAO BOOP!

Damn his roommate just loves to study.

That is a lot of sweat tho

“I’M A MAN.“ - MILES

Haircut looks cool though if you ask me.

“EVERYONE KNOWS!” - MILES

“WOAH SHE’S TALL” - MILES

PETER droppin’ bops huh??

OOOO THAT LANDING WAS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was some freaky shit when that spider glitched though. It kinda turned into a thriller movie for a minute.

DAAAMMMNNN a normal person would be dead

“Stanton Island maybe but not Brooklyn!” - PETER

You better catch him!!!

he better not say you only get one of th…….. AAAHHHHH HE SAID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE FUCKING SAID IT!!!!!!!!!!

PROWLER got a lot of balls flyin’ up on him like that.

WILSON FISK IS TOOOO FUCKIN’ BIG!!!!!!!

Dang, these glitches remind me of when Vanellelope has hers. (I think her name is spelled wrong but it’s whatever at this point.)

You know whenever people make promises they sometimes are hard to keep.

WTF HE’S BLONDE!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS MOTHERFUCKER JUST KILLED… AHHHHHHH

ROFL “Yeah I think it’s a BANKSY.” - BYSTANDER

RIO is the sweetest mom ever.

PETER should not have gone out that way! MAAAAANNNNNN

STAN LEE R.I.P

Boy, you better not jump off that building that black in you bette… LOL, HE TOOK HIS ASS RIGHT BACK DOWN!

damn, he messed up the hard-drive.

Aww, I love that ominous blue and red lighting… good symbolism.

PETER B. PARKER

Spider-Man for the last 22 years

blah blah blah workin’ hard and fallin’ in love

15 years past

buried Aunt May

Split up with MJ

Seahorses mate for life

“Could you image a seahorse seeing another seahorse… and then making it work.” - PETER B PARKER

pizza is life

YEAH, THAT BLONDE SHIT THREW ME FOR A LOOP TOO!

“Adios” - MILES

DAAAMMMNN he didn’t have to do PETER B like that!

“Looks like a child dressed like spider-man dragging a homeless corpse behind a train.” - POLICE OFFICER

Aye, I fuck with the song that was being played through that guy’s headphones even though I don’t even know what it was.

“Why is your body another shape” - MILES damn that’s fucked up

GOOODDDDDAMMMMN THAT GLITCH FUCKED HIM UP!

These fucking sweatpants man

“DON’T PLAY WITH ME.“ - MILES (black people love that line lol)

“You good with that Spider-Man?!“ - MILES

“In my universe, this place closed 6 years ago. I don’t know why.” - PETER B PARKER (Probably because the restaurant has a C rating)

Was lowkey waiting for a roach to crawl across something

I LOVE THIS SONG!

“Spider-Man doesn’t wear a cape.” - MILES (He doesn’t wear sweatpants either)

How tf did WILSON FISK get his BIG ASS INTO THAT CAR?!?!?!

lol his booty jiggled a bit hehehehehe

hold up this chick sound like Jessie from Toy Story…

WOAH either she a freak or she likes pushing people

“And I for one can’t wait to watch.” - DR. OC (WTF DID SHE JUST SAY!!)

LOL, HE HIT ‘EM WITH THE ‘HEY’.

Aww, they’re having a bonding moment!

GWEN STAC(E)Y UP IN THIS BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last 2 years

Joined a band

Saved her dad

Couldn’t save her PETER PARKER

Doesn’t do friends to save herself feeling.

Oh, we’re getting a little WILSON FISK flashback.

Damn, why is she driving so fast…

Something like that was bound to happen I’m sorry to say.

This dude really got some board shoulders.

SPIDER PEOPLE

Why does PETER B PARKER have on two different types of shoes?

BRUH AUNT MAY CAME FOR HIM!

DAAAANNNGG AUNT MAY THUGGIN’ HUH!?!?!?!?!

TRIGGERED

DEAD AUNT MAY has “HELLO MY NAME IS …” cards

“Wherever I go, the wind follows.” - SPIDER-MAN NOIR

BRUH JOHN MAOULNEY

SPIDER-MAN NOIR

Year: 1933

Job: Private Eye

Likes: Drinking egg creams and fighting Nazis (A LOT)

“Sometimes I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something anything.”

PENI PARKER SPIDER

Year: 3145

Has a psychic link with a spider that lives inside of her father’s robot.

Lost her father

BEST BUDS FOR LIFE

SPIDER-HAM

PETER PORKER

Bitten by a radioactive pig

Photographer for the Daily Beagle

Usually, when he’s not working like a dog he chasing a story

Likes to frolic and dance while doing it in his pants.

SAD FACE EMOJI

if stitch had a glitch lol

PETER B PARKER really puttin’ MILES on blast.

STOP FUCKING CROWDING HIM!!!!!!!!!!!

This movie is back on their spooky ooky shit

Damn only if he knew his uncle was the PROWLER...

LOL, THAT MUSIC!!!!!!!!!

RUN BOY RUN THIS WORLD ISN’T MEAN FOR YOU!

BRUH PENI’S FACE!!!

“This is a pretty hardcore origin story.“ - SPIDER-MAN NOIR

“We don’t pick the ballroom we just dance.” - SPIDER-MAN NOIR

OOOFFF WHEN AUNT MAY SAYS TAKE IT OUTSIDE SHE MEANS IT!

Of course, MILES dad is on the way

OH, SHIT SHOW HIM YOUR FUCKING FACE!!!

OH, FUCK!!!!!!

How the fuck you gonna be flying around without some type of bulletproof vest. DAMN SMH

Man, a kid should not be seeing someone die right in front of them.

JEFFERSON didn’t deserve to find his brother that way.

I’m glad they’re having a heart to heart to him. But that room is too small

“MILES the hardest part about this job is that you can’t save everyone“ - SPIDER-HAM

“Do animals talk in this dimension because I don’t want to freak him out.“ - SPIDER-HAM

Let the bodies hit the floor.

“A leap of faith” - PETER B PARKER

At least his dad came by to speak to him.

He had that boy fucked up again!

AUNT MAY A THUG BRO!!!!

THIS SONG IS GETTIN’ ME HYPED UP AND I’M NOT EVEN IN THE FUCKING MOVIE!

Man them taking the bus is really killin’ me

Bruh the waiter

ROFL

BATTLE ROYALE BABY!!!!

YEAH MILES

“Do you have a problem with cartoons?!?!” - SPIDER-HAM

PENI I’m sorry to say but your BUD FOR LIFE is gone.

MILES is a smooth criminal!!

WILSON FISK BIG MAD!!

I find it so cool that each time they jumped back into the portal it was reflected off of them.

ROFL “That’s all folks” “Is he allowed to say that legally?”

WILSON FISK always tryin’ to hurt somebody damn!

NOBODY TOOK YOUR FUCKING FAMILY BITCH THAT WAS YOU! IF YOU TRULY KNEW YOUR WIFE YOU WOULD’VE KNOWN THAT SHE DIDNT GET JIGGY WITH THAT SHIT PERIOD!

THE SHOULDER TOUCH

MILES did that (with help of course)

C-Mobile = T-Moblie hehehehehehe

BRUH HE DID WILSON FISK DIRTY!!!

MILES MORALES

SPIDER-MAN for 2 days

Finally, finished his essay

Saved a lot of people

Spent time with his father

Got hit by a drone as well

Had a proper meeting with his roommate

Slapped his sticker where his dad won’t find it

Will always remember his friends.

“Anyone can wear the mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn’t know that before I hope you know that now.“ SPIDER-MAN (MILES)

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Y’ALL THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM! Everything and I mean EVERYTHING! So thankful I was able to salvage a little bit of it back. I really do wish I was able to get what I said at the end because I meant it. :(

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EDIT: I was fast forwarding through the movie to get it off of my “continue watching” list and I discovered something at the end! So I’ll be making a bit of an edit. (This is a reminder that you need to ALWAYS STAY AT THE END OF EVERY MARVEL! (smh I made a rookie mistake))

James Blake has such an amazing voice

MEANWHILE IN NUEVA YORK

“I was gone for less than 2 hours.” - MAN

THE BEST LESS 2 HOURS OF MY LIFE!

oooo the man’s name is MIGUEL

Earth ‘67

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH THE MEME THE MEME!!!!!!!!!!

“How dare you point at me!” - SPIDER-MAN

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afterspark-podcast · 5 years ago

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G1 Episode 30: Transcript

Episode Show Notes

[This can also be found on AO3!]

[Stinger]

S: Black, like it’s-

O: Yes, it's completely black. Like straight fucking coffee. It is the sludge from hell.

[Intro Music]

O: Hello, welcome to the Afterspark Podcast, an episode by episode recap of the Generation 1 Transformers cartoon. I'm Owls!

S: And I'm Specs.

O: And today we're gonna be talking about episode number 30: Day of the Machines! Let's talk about giant robots today, shall we?

S: Yeah.

O: [Laughter] We start with, of course: Midnight, Quantum Laboratories, home of America's most secret inventions.

S: A security guard finds some um, “misplaced” items- ah, some very familiar misplaced items. [Laughter] Oh-

O: Hi, Soundwave! So the guard picks up- a picks up Soundwave along with a box and a guitar case and takes them to the Lost and Found.

S: It looked like it was in someone's office. Sooooo, why does the security guard uh, take it to Lost and Found? Why does he even do that? I mean, he says something about the absent-minded professor being at it again. Um, does this mean he just does this with anything that's left in people's offices?

O: He is like the most passive-aggressive security guard ever. [Laughter] (Or whatever he is.) Because, like, oh that would be super annoying every time you come in it's like, where- where's my office plant? I guess, you know, Roger took it back to the lost and found cuz Roger is a jerk.

S: Yeah.

O: [Laughter]

S: Laserbeak and Soundwave transform and uh, Soundwave tosses a key to Laserbeak, telling him to release Megatron.

O: And, oh my god, Megatron’s in the frickin’ guitar case. Why didn't he just transform instead of them unlocking it? Why do they care about the structural integrity of this random guitar case?

S: Maybe it would be uncomfortable to transform and burst out of it? It’s- I don't know.

O: Okay, so Megatron doesn't like being uncomfortable. Is that why he was in a plush guitar case?

S: Obviously.

O: [Laughter] He’s gotta ride in comfort!

S: Once Megatron's free Soundwave grabs the box and Megatron blasts the Lost and Found, uh, door?-

O: Gate.

S: Gate-

O: They were like in a kind of gated, like, a clear fence area if that makes sense.

S: Yeah.

O: Chain-link fence, that’s the word I’m looking for, sorry.

S: Yeah- Megatron blasts the a- chain-link entrance to the Lost and Found with his fusion cannon.

O: And yet the guitar case will survive this! It just gets left behind.

S: That's a lot of attention to detail for something that does not matter at all.

O: [Laughter] Right?! Megatron and Soundwave then subvert some tanks by flying over them undetected.

S: You know, in the gentle glow of the moonlight.

O: I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on the whole “Megatron being somewhat subtle” here thing.

S: It's Megatron, what can you do?

O: [Snicker]

S: So Megatron, uh, blasts a hole in the roof of the building that they land on.

O: Well, okay, subtle for him. [Laughter] We are then introduced to the most powerful computer on earth, TORQ III.

S: This implies the existence of TORQs I and II, so what happened to them? For that matter, why is it Decepticon-scaled?

O: No one knows, although I do love the image of TORQ I and II being shoved into, like, a broom closet somewhere. Probably rather glad they're in that broom closet, considering what happens to TORQ III after this.

S: Yeah.

O: So, Megatron then... reprograms TORQ III to serve only him by using this really phallic looking thing that comes out of his helm.

S: It's a literal mind fuck, guys.

O: Literally! That looks like that is what is happening!

S: Yes!

O: Very, very much! [Laughter]

S: Yes, like you weren’t watching that bit when we scripted this and then I threw it out and then when we rewatched it and you were like, “Eeeaaaurgh!”

O: Yeah, I was like, “Okay sure, mind fuck,” cuz I'm like looking down and typing and then I look up, when I had to rewind for some reason and I was like, “Oh my god!” [Laughter] And she’s like, “Yeah, that’s why I said it!” I’m like, I wasn’t looking. [Laughter] Well, that image will never leave my head. Great!

S: And now it's in yours!

O: [Laughter] Or it will be! We have screenshots. Anyway, TORQ begins blaring, “Illegal access! Illegal access!”

S: Oh, that brings to mind so many bad things.

O: Yeah, it does! Yikes!

S: “It certainly is,” Megatron replies.

O: It's amazing. I love it. [dissolves into laughter]

S: Oh god, the computers’ screen-face-thing is purple, so what were these people thinking? This is like Decepticon catnip. Did they hear it was purple and decided they needed to have it, in addition to it being the most powerful computer?

O: No, Megatron heard it was purple and decided they needed- needed to have it. [Laughter]

S: He would. So, Megatron, being himself, procedes to program it with his personality because what could be better? More of him!

O: Okay, bu- but why does sticking his head-dick into the computer make it into a copy of him? I have so many questions right now, the first of which is, why would this be a good idea?! Did Megatron just forget he's a complete total bastard who doesn't like authority?

S: Obviously, there's no one better than him so…

O: That's fine and dandy until the thing tries to rebel against you and, I'm like, it’s you, of course it's going to.

S: It's a blind spot he has.

O: Obviously. Soundwave and Megatron, then open the box they had brought in with them, and put the microchips inside onto these really strange looking robots around the lab TORQ is in.

S: Yeah, yeah, I mean what possible applications these robots have? How do they function? One’s got noodly arms that don't even- that they don't nearly seem like they should be able to lift anything. And they're all just sort of scattered around the lab higgledy-piggledy.

O: Yeah.

S: In a line? Or something, I don’t know.

O: It's weird.

S: Once the microchips, apparently called ‘circuit linkers’, touch the other robots TORQ can control them.

O: He then uses Soundwave for target practice. Another lovely character for my shit list, apparently.

S: Owls is developing quite a shit list.

O: I am! I've got my hit list. The funny thing is there will be several that will die. Foreshadowing for the movie.

S: [Laughter]

Unfortunately, characters I actually like will die so I don't really think that gets me, you know, anything, honestly.

S: [Laughter] There's no net gains there.

O: There’s no net gains here.

S: And so, elsewhere, two scientists are working super late, wondering if they made TORQ- TORQ III even though it's not specified here- you know, too smart.

O: And TORQ could control the whole world, uh, whatever would we do if the wrong person got ahold of him, uh, you know, so, you mean, like right now, this very second!

S: Ah, one of the scientists notices that it's, you know, fucking after midnight and says they should go home and get some sleep.

O: He says “we.” Are the scientists lovers?

S: It's possible. Maybe they're married?

O: It’s getting spicy tonight, baby. Welcome to Dr. Love’s laboratory! And so as he turns to leave- or as one of the scientists turns to leave, the robot controlled door closes and locks them in. When they go to call maintenance, TORQ tells them that maintenance can't help them.

S: This is why robot doors are bad, guys.

O: Or, not having a secondary method in which to exit, at least, is very bad.

S: Yeah, the other scientist um, starts for rebuild- rebuilding his, ah, little TV phone into something that can call long distance in order to call for help because, I guess, TORQ does not control the phone lines.

O: Or won't, if he rebuilds it?

S: I guess? I don’t know. Elsewhere, by dawn's morning light, Megatron, Rumble, and Frenzy are flying around, putting more of the control chips onto some oil tankers because that's how that works, I guess?

O: Di- did you know oil tankers come in fleets, Specs?

S: It seems like so much wasted effort went into the shot. They clearly drew all of these ships individually.

O: Ah, the days before digital animation and coloring, I think.

S: But they could have just Xeroxed one of them and been done-

O: [Laughter] Or even traced! Maybe, I guess.

S: I mean, look at 101 Dalmatians, they did fuckin Xerox-

O: That’s true-

S: So many Xeroxed dalmatians-

O: Shit, that's right, there are a ton of Xeroxed dogs. [Laughter] Elsewhere, at the Ark, Teletraan warns Optimus that there's skullduggery afoot!

S: A bunch of oil tankers are converging near the Decepticon base which- is in the middle of the ocean?

O: In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, according to this map. To which I have to ask, how the hell did Carly get in there a few episodes back?

S: She chartered a plane, a train, and an automobile, and then teeny-weeny little boat.

O: Well, while I do certainly think Carly is capable of that, considering she's badass. I refuse to believe this map is accurate and they have to be in the Pacific Ocean. It just seems too close to the Autobot base in other episodes not to be. If, regardless, if they drove all the way to Washington DC no problem in that one episode. Either that or the platform isn't built on top of their base as the dialogue seems to imply and it's just, you know, one of their bases of the week.

S: Which they do seem to have so many of those.

O: They do have a lot of those.

S: Yeah and so, well, Optimus smells a rat named Megatron.

O: I mean, he's not wrong.

S: He really isn't and, uh, so Quantum Labs is finally able to get a hold of Optimus, I think, through Teletraan. I don't remember.

O: Yeah, I mean, Teletraan 1 basically operates as their phone so-

S: Yeah.

O: -Yes.

S: Yeah. So, the scientists at Quantum Labs warns them about TORQ's sudden case of the evils.

O: And Optimus is ready to head towards the Lab. Hound offers to investigate the oil tankers all converging in the middle of the goddamn Atlantic Ocean.

S: You're not a boat, Hound. You're really not.

O: It's ok, Skyfire’s gonna come. Skyfire and Spike. [Laughter] You know, the dream team!

S: Optimus transforms and, um, Wheeljack, Prowl, Sideswipe, and Ironhide are suddenly right there! Right there! Where the hell did those guys come from?

O: Through the power of camera angles they were there the whole time.

S: Prime's group arrives at the Labs and Optimus rips the crossing barrier off so they can enter before, you know, being shot at by, you know, the robots. Or tanks?

O: They are attacked by all the tanks from before, that apparently don't have any humans controlling them.

S: Oh, oh so that's why they were so useless earlier.

O: Oh, yeah, probably.

S: The Autobots are surrounded by this plethora of vehicles as Optimus channels Charlie Brown, “Good grief!”

O: Or Jotaro from JoJo's Strange Adv- Bizarre Adventure.

S: Yeah, Being cars themselves, they got the brilliant idea to, um, shoot out the tires on the attacking vehicles.

O: This only gets them so far, so Optimus Prime speed dials the Dinobots by pressing his abs.

S: Ah, ab cell-phone service.

O: I mean, it was the 80’s. I mean, why not make the cell phone your entire ab if it's got to be huge? Might as well, right? I mean, at least, you save a little space, but that being said you would think it’s in his helmet considering the little antenna a few episodes back. But continuity? What's that?

S: And I’m just imagining someone going up and knocking on your grill while in truck mode.

O: [Laughter] “Optimus Prime call Dinobots! Dinobots smash gas station!” [Laughter] “Wait, no!”

S: So Peter Cullen talks to himself for a few lines and the Dinobots arrived with Grimlock in the lead.

O: Good thing Peter Cullen only does Prime and Ironhide because if we had to say that- if we said that joke for every time Welker talked to himself it would be absurd.

S: We'd be here all day.

O: We would be here all day!

S: Optimus orders the Dinobots to smash here-

O: Which, obviously, being Dinobots they comply, there is much mayhem and explosions.

S: Yep. So, apparently, the doors are controlled by a computer but not the windows because the two scientists are able to shout to the Autobots from their open window.

O: I also am laughing because a lot of like ah, multi-story buildings that are, like, work places you can't even open the windows.

S: Especially now. You might have been able to in the ‘80’s.

O: Yeah.

S: But, uh- but, uh-

O: Definitely be a question because probably not every place had AC either.

S: Yeah.

O: So I imagine it would have been more common. Sludge gives Optimus a lift to the window and he helps the two scientists escape.

S: Optimus asks a question and then um, answers it himself with, you know, the answer, of course, being Megatron.

O: He's basically, like, a machine rebellion!

S: The scientists are confused as TORQ shouldn't be able to control things that aren't, you know, specifically designed for it. Then Sparkplug shows up to explain about the chips the Decepticons have been using them. Um.

O: Where did he come from? Why are characters poofing into existence so much in this episode?

S: The power of convenience.

O: The power of convenience. Optimus then takes the chip from Sparkplug and sticks it into his arm.

S: Optimus, why would you do that? It's controlled everything else it's touched just by touching it.

O: But not him, apparently. The Autobots are led to TORQ’s hangar but the door is locked.

S: To quote Optimus, “Thankfully, I have a delicate lock-picking technique.”

O: That technique is blasting the door- [Laughter]

S: And-

O: Let it never be said that Optimus doesn't have a sense of humor.

S: Oh, oh god, he definitely has a sense of humor.

O: It's just dad humor.

S: Yeah, and so the Autobots are attacked by those funky looking machines that we saw earlier before we jet on over to Skyfire and company.

O: Apparently the Decepticons plan is to collect all the oil from the tankers and pump it down to their base but, oh no, the oil platform is protected by an unbreakable shield.

S: We've seen that one before.

O: How the heck didn’t the Autobots see the Cons building this giant freaking platform in the middle of the fucking ocean!

S: They're just not paying attention to the goddamn oceans, I don't know.

O: The Sky Spy, you have Sky Spies!

S: Yep, they land on one of the tankers. Hound and Spike exiting from Skyfire’s crotch hatch.

O: Of course.

S: They ask the captain to hide them so they can get, you know, through the shield and surprise the Decepticons.

O: Hide him how? Skyfire is huge! How are they going to hide him?

S: Mass-shifting? I don't know, somehow it works.

O: And at the boat docks, Megatron's supervising personally, for some reason, along with an incorrectly coloured Hook.

S: As the ship approaches, Hound and Skyfire jump out of a conveniently sized hole that was just on the ship's deck. I guess it's um, a hold or something? I don't know.

O: Yeah, but it was really large. Like, large enough for Skyfire to get into. I have no idea how realistic that is. And then a fight breaks out! Soundwave and some of his cassettes joining the fray as well and our dead-weight- I mean, Spike, is captured by Laserbeak pretty much immediately.

S: Yep. Megatron tells them to surrender or he'll have Laserbeak drop- drop Spike.

O: [Sarcasm] Oh no.

S: Soundwave is standing off in the background like the strong, independent tape deck he is.

O: And, back at the lab, more of those crazy machines come out of the hole Prime blasted and attack.

S: Again, what were these made for? They seem, um, perfect for hunting Autobots. Optimus, were your friends planning on doing bad things to you?

O: Quite possibly. About those bad things, Optimus is captured by the kink machine- I mean, the bondage machine- oh, I mean, the one with the tentacles. [Laughter]

S: [Laughter]

O: I’m serious, what else is that thing supposed to be for? Like, maybe that's what they were doing? Were they making a giant bondage machine for the Autobots? [Laughter]

S: [Silent laughter]

O: I broke Specs, yay! [Laughter] I’m sorry!

S: Prowl can lift as he struggles to hold one of the robot’s mouths open, so it doesn't, like, crush him.

O: But then Ironhide just walks up to his opponent, plugs a hole with his finger and then it explodes. Welcome to the Looney Tunes, starring the Autobots.

S: [Laughter] Sideswipe just makes his clap and that kills it.

O: [Laughter] Of course. So after, you know, um, all of that, they finally enter the hangar to find a maze.

S: Who designed this place?

O: I think TORQ’s done some redecorating overnight. He has had an army of, like, robo slaves at his disposal.

S: The funky-ass robots.

O: [Laughter] Kinkmatron.

S: [Laughter]

O: That’s it’s name now, no one can stop me! Optimus enters alone, uh, before we cut back to Skyfire, Hound, and Spike, who are in the Decepticon brig.

S: When the Decepticons catch naughty Autobots, they go in the naughty Autobot hole.

O: Dare I ask what that means for Spike? [Laughter]

S: [Laughter] God, there is a really terrible pun there.

O: [Laughter] Yeah, there probably is!

S: God, I am not going into that.

O: [Laughter] Nope, nope, we’ve talked about kink machines multiple times, I don’t want to get into anything else tonight!

S: Spike and his compatriots are trapped and waiting for rescue but, don't worry, Spike has a plan!

O: I feel like it's only fair, they're stuck there because of Spike in the first place. He should have a plan.

S: Well, considering what his plan is, he was the only damn one who can carry out.

O: True.

S: TORQ- Well, back with Optimus, TORQ continues to bait Optimus as, you know, our dad-bot makes his way through the maze and evil robots.

O: Optimus gets another circuit breaker- that wasn’t what it was called.

S: Circuit linker-

O: -Circuit linker put on him and this controls him. [Laughter] You know, “controls him.”

S: I guess we should assume Sparkplug or Wheeljack disabled the other one, um…?

O: That makes sense. Although I- hmmm. So through this entire section, right, I was comparing TORQ’s dialogue to Megatron. You know, since Megs programmed his personality into this computer. You know, everything seems spot-on, I can hear Megatron saying all of this but then when TORQ captures Optimus he says, “Come to me, my pet,” and I have to admit it sounds like what Megatron would say in this situation, and I basically fucking lost it while we were watching it. But to make this even better! He says, “You're mine now,” two seconds later. Apparently, Megatron's thirst for Optimus transferred over, too!

S: Yeah. Surprise! Optimus has been pretending to be controlled the entire time.

O: Of course!

S: And that broken- broken circuit linker he had earlier was, in fact, there for a reason. He swapped it with the active one.

O: How he managed to do that without touching the live one is debatable but alright.

S: I don't have the time or energy to debate it so-

O: [Laughter] Fair.

S: Let's not. TORQ orders his robots to destroy Optimus but one well-placed punch by, you know, the Dad-bot makes TORQ explode.

O: Ding-dong, the TORQ is dead.

S: TORQ I and II are probably very grateful.

O: [Laughter] I mean, TORQ III seems like a bastard. Certainly was a bastard there at the end. Soundwave warns Megatron that TORQ is no longer in control of the tankers but Megs’ will control them with his radio transmitter he's conveniently holding.

S: Does it come with a funky hat?

O: We could only hope but, sadly, no.

S: Yeah. The scientists send Optimus and company off on, like, a super-fast boat. I think it's a hydrofoil, I don't know, as they head towards the Decepticons location. So, apparently, they were close to the coast.

O: Apparently. With Sparkplug driving, by the way.

S: Oh, Sparkplug, most interesting man in the world. He knows how to do everything! He's been a ruby miner, an oil driller, a mechanic, boat captain, everything!

O: Autobot liaison?

S: Yeah.

O: And back into the brig, uh, Spike has conveniently found an electromagnet just lying around.

S: I'm starting to think this isn't so much their brig, as it is their trash-pile room.

O: Not to mention what the fuck they were using an electromagnet for or how.

S: I don't know. God, ygm Spike uses the electromagnet to magnetize the cassettes standing by the door to the walls- magnetize their guards.

O: Yes, essentially. With the cassettes incapacitated, Skyfire burst the door down- bust the door down. I know what I'm saying.

S: And through a five-second interlude we are told the Autobots in the boat are within sight, as Soundwave spots them.

O: But Megatron's not worried, they'll never get that shield, right?

S: Jetfire, Hound, and Spike find the shield generator uh, so helpfully being guarded by Frenzy.

O: Skyfire lures Frenzy away as Hound shoots the generator with one of his missiles.

S: How did Hound get his ammo back? Because I'm pretty sure they were disarmed.

O: Shhh! They don't want you to think about it, they didn't, either.

S: Well, that's true. The shield goes down just as the other Autobots arrive and, ah, you'll never guess how they do! The boat yeets itself out of the water and onto the platform and it’s horrifyingly entertaining cuz I keep imagining that the boat is gonna break.

O: Right? Another fight breaks out with Starscream, Laserbeak, and Frenzy joining Megatron and Soundwave.

S: And Megatron runs away and Optimus follows to destroy the radio transmitter.

O: Once destroyed, Optimus tells the tankers they're free to go.

S: Megatron, you know, being a sore loser sets the whole platform to explode.

O: The other Bots make it back to the boat but Prime runs to go find Skyfire and the others who who they presumably know are on there, for some reason?

S: I mean, I think-

O: I mean, it's not the worst assumption to make but, I'm like, did they see them? I don't think they did.

S: I mean, they talked to one of the tanker captains? I don't know.

O: I don’t know if they… They wouldn’t have had time. I- I'm gonna go with maybe they've all got GPS on them or something and roll with that, probably.

S: Yeah. So they all make it out on Skyfire once he's able to get, you know, out of the platform.

O: And take off.

S: Yeah.

O: One of the scientists thanks the bots for their help and makes a rather unfortunate comment about unreliable machines.

S: [Sigh]

O: You know, eating that entire foot.

S: Yeah, and he attempts to make a recovery but it's not really successful.

O: It isn’t very good.

S: And that's it! That's the end of the episode. Oh, but they brought the boat back to where it was from originally.

O: I mean, good for them for not exploding the boat, that was helpfully lent into them, I suppose.

S: Yeah.

O: But join us next time for everyone's favorite holiday: Autobot Day! Wait... wait... no? Do we mean: Decepticon Day?

S: [Sigh] Parades.

O: [Laughter]

S: There are parades.

O: Parades and I think this is a multi-parter, if I’m remembering properly?

S: Yep.

O: Cause, I think it's like Megatron’s Master Plan?

S: Yeah, I’m pretty sure that's what it is.

O: It's a multi-parts-

S: It’s two parts, I’m pretty sure. And we have fanfiction recommendations. Due to the fact that I've been swamped, I didn't come up with any so Owls has supplied our fanfiction recommendations for today.

O: Wild-card fics yet again. These had nothing to do with the episode. All right, um, so I have picked two for today. The first one is “Cuck Rung” by… I think this is said, Evedawalrus.

S: Yeah, I think that’s what it is.

O: I think that’s accurate. I can’t remember what her username is on Tumblr but, um, it is IDW continuity, it is rated T. It's technically slash but let me tell you all the slash is relatively background, for the most part, and where it's really not the main focus but it has, um, Minimus Ambus/Megatron and uh, Drift/Ratchet. Our main characters, there are more than this that have popped up since, but our main characters are Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Drift, Ratchet, Swerve, Megatron, and Ravage.

O: Our description is: Rodimus creates a shipwide group chat. This proves to be a horrible decision. It is ongoing, it's not complete, it is multi-chapter and, let me tell you, it is hilarious. I laugh my ass off every time I read this. Um, because it is literally just a group chat with all of these characters and think of it very much like a discord where you have certain people who can, like, rename others and all this other shit. It's amazing, I highly recommend it. [Laughter]

And our second one is a “Shimmer of Hope” by NiCad? [Pronounced ny-cad]

S: Ny-cad? Nee-cad?

O: One of those.

S: The pronunciation’s debatable.

O: Thank you, Internet! It is IDW, it's rated T, it’s Gen, uh, there are no pairings, and our characters are Verity and Springer. The summary is, “What did Verity write in that thank you card to Springer, anyway?” It's a one shot. I believe this is after- it's the last of the Wreckers trilogy from the IDW comics.

S: Requiem for the Wreckers, maybe?

O: I think that one. Uh, this is right after that. It's pretty short but, um, I really like Verity so I'm like Verity needs to be in more things, so those are our recommendations for today.

S: And that just about wraps it up for us today, remember to check us out on Tumblr or Pillowfort as Afterspark-Podcast for any additional information, show notes, or links, we may have mentioned. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter at AftersparkPod (all one word). And various other locations by searching for Afterspark…. Podcast- [Laughter]

O: [Laughter]

S: You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter at AftersparkPod (all one word). And various other locations by searching for Afterspark Podcast, such as AO3, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Youtube, just to name a few.

O: Ah, feel free to send us questions on Tumblr, too. We actually, you know, have to do a mic check before we do any recording so, ah, it’s helpful for us. I have a list of questions but we're gonna run out eventually and I don't think I should be left to think of questions by myself. If you have a question about Transformers or whatever, feel free to send it to us on Tumblr and we'll probably use it for a warm-up and I'll try to answer it on Tumblr, too.

S: Yeah or, I guess, in the comments on AO3, Youtube.

O: Yep, that also works comments on AO3, Youtube Basically anywhere we respond back to which is mostly Youtube and AO3.

S: Yeah, uh, so till next time, guys! I'm Specs!

O: And I’m Owls!

S: Toodles!

[Outro Music]

#transcript #g1 episode 30 #afterspark #afterspark podcast

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folklore--13 · 5 years ago

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the tale

so.

we've been expecting a dan video for a while now, i've been very scared and curious as to what he was going to make it about after being away for so long. he did confirm he was going to upload in june so every night i was going to bed with anticipation because, because of timezones he'll usually upload early in the morning for me (3-6am).

so it's Friday morning. there's this weird alarm sound, like an octopus, and because i'm asleep, i'm really confused and thought it was my sister (found out later it was the army base that i live on lockdown alarm or something) so i woke up, then it stopped so hey I check my phone to see how long i have to sleep for.

the first thing I see is THE FUXKING TITLE 'basically i'm gay'. i do not comprehend it. then i check the time (6:10) i look at the notification again. daniel howell. my heart beats faster. my fingers are literally shaking. I'm delirious. 'what the fuck' i whisper over and over again to myself. scared to click, i go onto tumblr, it's oddly quiet. everyone must be watching it, because it hasn't been that long since he uploaded. still shaking, i click on the video and watch his face, he takes a deep breath, "hello internet".

then i watch it. I am shocked, still shaken, i cry when he explains how lonely he was, how that kid pushed him against a locker by the neck and slapped him. I cry when he tells us how he couldn't take it anymore and attempted suicide. then i sobbed when he said 'I'm glad I failed' i laughed when he did that argument thing 'its not adam and steve' and 'why can't we have straight pride' (🙄). then it finishes and before I have time to think and digest all that, taylor swift is doing a livestream on instagram and she's announcing the name of her album (lover) when it's coming out (August 23) her new single (you need to calm down) and music video (comes out tonight at 10 15pm). at this point i'm fucking bewildered and sososoososo happy and shit i need to go to school, then to a sleepover...

so i wont have time to think properly until Saturday afternoom, which is shit. I get to school. im venting to people. it hits me again that DAN ACTUALLY DID THAT WTF then i just. start crying. in school. omg. so i try to sit down on my suitcase (bear in mind that i lugged a suitcase, sleeping bag and pillow to school that day, that was hard work) then i fell off it. that was fun. I spend literally 5 seconds sobbing hysterically until i compose myself, wipe away my tears and stand up. I'mokayi.okayoimokayimokayimokayimokay (I WASN'T OKAY).

so i do school, remembering it all, needing to watch it again, feeling sososso proud and happy of dan. then taylor swift releases her song. and lo and behold its about fucking all the homophobic people and haters and trolls ("there is sunshine at the parade, but you would rather be in the dark age") and when i realized (at this point i'm waiting for the bus at the bus stop) i throw my phone down, walk around a pole, collapse to the ground and SOB. I love taylor so much i love dan so much wtf. I LITERALLY haven't felt so much emotions for a WHILE (at least, idk, months, even more)

anyways,no time to sit in a dark room and relax, time for a party. I end up getting literally 0 sleep, i didnt sleep once. it was SO bad. I was so tired i zoned out for a bit when it got to like 5am, it felt like I was dreaming and nothing was actually real. so, i've just had the most emotional day of my life plus no sleep. not. good. I text my mum to pick me up bc at this point i've had enough. then they said they were making waffles for breakfast and i was like to my mum 'dont worry about it its fine' so i endured. for the waffles (they were great btw).

finally i was home alone. I needed to get my life in order. I had a shower. I learnt the lyrics to taylor's song. I rewatched dan's video. i rewatched as many dan and phil videos as i could with this new perspective. I cried without judgement.

and now all is okay. i didn't even cover everything, i just had to get it out. thank you for listening. I needed to vent, if anyone read all this i'm surprised and also sorry.

#dan and phil #long post

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doodleniella · 4 years ago

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Part 2 - Jikoshoukai (it’s looooooooong so please bear reading it at your own risk orz)

* I’m in my late twenties, but looks like a teenager; one time a jeepney driver mistaken me for a college student and gave me fare discount.

* Am a Taurus, I think iirc an A+? (have forgotten about it since high school, during our physical examination at the school clinic), and my birth date sounds like a Star Wars phrase pun.

* Height’s more or less a 5’5” (until that realization a month ago, I always go on believing that I’m a 5’3” lol).

* You can describe me as a (kinda) my-pace type of girl, but in my case, more like a girl who does things in a whim and more or less likely to regret doing them.

* Always bullied since childhood, that’s why I hold grudges until now haha

* First impressions (when I see one) are hit or miss. When a person did something that make me, say, cringe... 👎🏻 unless I can see some progress.

* Also cringed at wrong grammar and spelling (gdi so many apostrophe S’s I kennat—), no offense.

* Is a cat person nyaa~

* Always been drawing stuff since childhood, wherever I can set my pen/pencil/coloring materials/etc on....even on borrowed books at our university library. Shh~

* Speaking of books, since the age of two I frequently read and read and read lots of reading materials—ranging from novels to newspapers to magazines etc. Had a collection of them at home btw, paperbacks and US magazine backissues, mostly. Amongst them, had a few Jan Karon books (under the Mitford Years series) and some Lorna Landvik novels.

* Speaking of library, this is like second home to me... lots of books, computer stations, wifi (lol), air conditioning system (another lol), solo study cubicles to take a nap on whenever time calls for it, and you can borrow almost all of the books (max. 5-6 at a time).

* I’m one of the lucky few who are referred to as the Batang ‘90s (‘90s Kids)—because, unlike kids nowadays, we’ve experienced watching Tagalog-dubbed anime during weekday afternoons after school in the 1990’s and 2000’s-early 2010’s, for one.

* An anime enthusiast, always watching anime and reading manga, one of the reasons why I draw until this day—the other because of my dear aunt (may God always bless her soul~ Also am the Secretary of my college alma mater’s anime club for I guess two years idk? Ahaha~

* Cosplayed twice during college: the first one is a disaster and my second one is super goooood xD (One of my club senpais joked about the colors of the cloth used on our maid costumes—during my first year, we’ve managed a Maid Cafe during our annual University Days—being bright and vivid as the colors of the jeepney routes in our province; he called mine the Marisol, after the Marisol-Pampang route—ctto pic)

* Been fascinated with Japan and the Japanese culture since childhood: during Grade 2, I’ve purchased a Highlights Top Secret Japan puzzle set; during Grade 6, my older cousin who now based in Japan with her own family gave me CDs of Hamasaki Ayumi and EXILE, among others.

* Collected anime posters, laminated cards, and stickers during Grade 6 until all my high school years. Dunno where they are now...

* Am picky with what I watch and read, whether it’s anime, manga, or a novel/book/magazine. ‘Cause I have a damn refined taste lol

* I also have multiple fandoms across some of the genres. I’m an Hello! Project fan since 2008 (first oshimen was Morning Musume’s Kusumi Koharu, now it’s the 15th gen’s Kitagawa Rio from Morning Musume ‘20; also a BEYOOOOONDS fan—but I love all of the girls like my younger sisters....even though my real younger sister’s a pain in the arse sometimes), a casual 48G fan since AKB48’s Heavy Rotation hit the Oricon charts—and kinda supported its international sister groups too, like our very own MNL48...but kinda laylowed since late last year. Aside from MNL48, I also supported its similar (but related?) local aidoru counterparts, Aidoru Sozai and CH4U, since 2018. But, ever since that goddamn COVID-19 virus and quarantine started, the need to support the members had gradually lost in my hands (don’t worry tho, I still checked out on their SNS even if not on a daily basis).

* Before, I always listened mostly to idol songs (75% of which are H!P), but when my old phone broke (and we have wifi now) I tuned in daily to Spotify and listened to some of its playlists—to which I select a few songs and gathered them in my own playlist full of J-Tracks and old stuff.

* I’m a huge fan of Takaya Natsuki’s “Fruits Basket”, ever since I have watched the Tagalog-dubbed original/Studio Deen version on TV every Saturday morning during the early 2000’s. Read the almost-150+-ish chapters during my high school and college days, read some of “Fruits Basket ~another~”, and now currently watching the 2019 version. Also have a dog-eared TokyoPop copy of the ~Cat~ fanbook skl.

* Due to the influence of some of my artist collab buddies and a certain redraw challenge (#HaikyuuRedraw), at almost three? months, I’m basically new to the Haikyuu!! Fandom. In less than a month, I’ve watched Seasons 1 until the first half of On The Top!!—including the OVAs, read the full 400+ chapters of the “Haikyuu!!” manga non-stop (because, ‘it’s fast-paced’ as I have told one colleague before), and its spin-offs “Haikyuu-Bu” and “Let’s Haikyuu”, and watched all four compilation movies. (Now rewatching Season 2 btw...) *whispers low* Not to mention countless fanfictions and doujins...... FUN FACT: If you visited my Pinterest page, you’ll be annoyingly (imo) amazed at how many Haikyuu!!-related memes, comic panels, fanarts and stuff I have saved in my two boards. Also made some chibi fanarts (first one being Inarizaki’s Capt. Kita; will post Kenma’s later tonight) and some WIP sketches (one Hinata, one Oikawa—on an UFO, duh—and a Yachi... all of them chibified) that idk when the fuck will I start to work on them again qwq (Whew... my longest paragraph so far, sorry~)

* Created my Facebook art page and began sharing my doodles and drawings to the public since 2017 (more then three years ago), then since early 2018 started doing MNL48 and other local aidoru groups’ fanarts in trad (colored ballpens and colored pencils on cheap bond paper halves). Then early 2020, I started doing anime fanarts as part of a collab for I think half a year now.

* I have been a member of two artists’ collaboration groups on Facebook—MFA48 (specializing in mostly MNL48-related group fanart collabs) and Anime Art Collaboration Group (an exclusive-for-Filipino-artists’ collab group specializing in two-week anime collabs and other art activities, to which I’m a part of its Council as the Fukaichou/Council VP). Also a staff member at a memeposting Facebook page for more than a year now (belated Happy Anniversary to me lol~).

* Did make some padorus, a few memes—including an all-in-one virtual powerbank charger, ‘patent pending’—and stuff.

* WIPs old and new kept on piling up due to many distractions (namely, this phone I’m using rn and its many installed apps) and disturbances (my fam, on the top of the list). And I really hate it qwq hence the frustration and stress...

* A lazy person actually tee hee~ (and a big eater but kinda slim like Miaka from “Fushigi Yuugi”)

...well? Ahehehe~ hope you stick on reading all of these bullshit till the end, tho. Ja~ see y’all again! （＾∇＾）

(Hope it can fit within Tumblr’s character number parameters or something...)

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marvel-ously-blog · 7 years ago

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And We’re Live

Tom Holland! Peter Parker x Reader

Author: Cosmo | Edited by: Grae

Word Count: 1622 | Warnings: brief mention of mugging, kinda long (sorry!)

Summary: Every blogger wants to get recognized, but no one knows what secrets you’ll dig up in the process.

A/N: Reader is kind of based on Alya from Miraculous Lady Bug. This kind of has potential to be a multi-part story so uhh comment if you want a part 2!!!

“3,2,1...and we’re live in New York City!” A cheerful, yet out of breath voice called out of view of a shifty cell phone camera pointed at the sky. “I’ve got something amazing to show you all-” Inhaling deeply the camera focused on the sky finally. A red and blue blob appearing in the sky, “our one and only Spider-man” very shakily the camera zoomed in on the blob and focused seconds after. Showing the spider themed hero zipping across the city. “This is amazing..oh, oh my god!” As the hero started to disappear, the image of the recording started to bounce rapidly and footsteps were heard on the payment chasing after the hero. A few seconds later- the image cut off.

Hitting the spacebar to prevent the video from playing again you turned to look back at a very confused Peter Parker. Wiggling a bit in your desk chair you waited for a response from your boyfriend of just a few weeks. He had originally came over to pick you up for a date but somehow you ended up gushing to him about the new video of Spider-man you recorded.

“I didn’t have my camera so the footage isn’t that great, but that’s the closest I’ve seen him and- Well..?” You ended up rambling after a few minutes of silence.

“That’s what you do in your free time?” He nervously laughed a bit as you huffed and rolled your eyes. “Well until I get noticed by someone yeah pretty much, everyone want’s to know more about spider-man but no one has the chance to get too close. I mean if this blog goes anywhere I could use it to get a job or something.” Peter had nothing to really say to you. He knew how persistent you were with your passions and while that could be dangerous for him, he couldn’t exactly tell you to stop. And he definitely couldn’t tell you he was Spider-man.

“And with you being at the Stark internship all the time, what else am I supposed to do?” you said teasingly. It was hard to get Peter out on a date so time’s like tonight were rare.

And here you were making him feel guilty, he even sounded a little hurt saying “let’s get going”.

Chuckling softly you reached back to shut your computer. “Sorry, sorry- let’s go!” Patting your legs you walked towards Peter and turned him to face the bedroom door. Placing your chin on his shoulder you started pushing him forward.

----

The walk to the pizzeria wasn’t too bad- you lived close to it and well- time just went by when you were with Peter. The two of you talked about random things or sometimes nothing but just being around each other was good enough.

When you reached the pizzeria you stretched out for the door and Peter gave you a look. “Oh get over it, a woman can hold the door open for a man it’s 2017,you huffed” you said accusingly. Peter walked through the door with his head bent slightly down.

“It’s not about that Y/N”

You walked through the door and jumped to hug Peter from behind, your chin resting on his shoulder. His hands reached up to where yours linked around his chest and you kissed his cheek. “Eh, just be faster next time then.”

He smiled and you moved to his side and grabbed his hand. He ordered for the two of you, one pizza and one drink between you.

“You know, I may gush over Spider-man...” Leaning over you nudged him gently before reaching the booth.

“Yeah, well- he’s cool so-”

Cutting him off you let a wide smile form as you sat down “You’re way cuter!”

“He wears a mask though?” Peter said in confusion.

“I can just sense it.”

In an attempt to not seem as flustered, Peter took a sip from his drink but you still saw the side of his mouth tug up in a smile from behind the cup.

----

Both you and Peter had lost track of time during the date and when you finally bothered to see that the store was closing soon, it was already dark outside. It was you who suggested that Peter go straight home instead of walking you- even though he insisted it was fine but knowing Aunt May would be worried about him and since you lived closer to the pizzeria anyway you assured that everything would be fine and weren’t worried about walking by yourself….

And that’s how you got into this situation.

Walking quickly you made sure not to look back- if I ignore them maybe they’ll go away- you thought to yourself. Shutting your eyes tightly for a brief second when you heard the footsteps come closer. Shoving cold hands into your jacket pocket, thin fingers felt around for your phone. Pulling it out you unlocked it and dialed Peter. Sure, he wouldn’t be able to magically appear next to you but at least if you were talking to him you’d feel safer.

But to your dismay..he didn’t answer. “Jesus Christ, Peter-” you groaned, trying again to call him. When he didn’t answer you huffed and got the nerve to look behind you and see who was following you- and how far away they were but no one was there. A few guys sitting at the bus stop nearby but no one trailing in the shadows behind you. Circling a bit to make sure no one was hiding anywhere, you shoved your hands back into your pocket and sighed before walking backward a bit before turning to finish your way home. You had barely walked a couple feet when you felt a hand on your shoulder. Keeping your head forward you attempted to shrug the hand off your shoulder and run but failed. The grip was too tight- and before you could even take a step you were being shoved back.

Knowing there was no way to fight off these goons on your own you let out a blood curtailing scream- someone would hear, right?

Although the only thing screaming had gotten you so far was being pushed into a wall. The only good thing about that was it made some distance between you and your attackers- but there was no way you’d be able to run and push past them. Not with them surrounding you.

Looking at them with a glare you chewed on the inside of your cheek.

“Empty your pockets!”

“I don’t have any money-”

Your words must’ve gone on deaf ears because they didn’t seem to care at all. Instead, they just stepped closer and repeated their words from earlier. All you had on you was your phone, it’s charger and some change left over from when you helped pay for the pizza.

“Please I swear I don’t and I won’t file a police report if you let me go now”

“Queen’s police won’t do anything about a stupid teenagers mugging.” One of the bigger guys had said, and there was a gut wrenching feeling when you knew that they were right. It was queens, they had gang bangers and bank robbers to worry about. No one would look twice at you.

“No, but I will” He moved too fast for you to see him at first but the second you saw Spider-man you rushed away from the scene only realizing a second later that you and your blog would never again have an opportunity to get this close to him. Dodging behind a dumpster you brought your phone’s camera up and started recording what was left of the fight.

By this time Spider-man had taken out two of the guys for sure. You hadn’t tallied the monsters during their assault on you but now there was a clearly countable four. While the two that were down for the count were small and unimpressionable, the two still standing were bigger and clearly dangerous.

So you moved closer.

It was hard to define one as bigger than the other but one was definitely taller. The tallest one had pulled a knife that wasn’t really impressive and it took Spider-man a while to finally catch his arm at an angle that the knife couldn’t be used to slice it open. However, in the process of catching the taller, the shorter (with a knife of his own) had made a jab right for Spider-man's neck. While the move was narrowly avoided, the blade had made a cut to his jawline. The tight mask exposing his eye and part of his nose.

Inhaling sharply at how close the goons had gotten to him you looked past the camera and at the superhero. Eye’s widening when you saw him looking directly at you.

This must have given Spider-man motivation to finish the fight faster because before you could blink, the last one was down and he was gone.

You practically jumped out of your seat when you finally rewatched the footage in the comfort of your own room. You had ran as soon as you finished calling the police and now sat excitedly looking at your computer. The quality was still low but you saw Spider-man’s face, this couldn’t not be uploaded.

Just before you could sync it to your blog you heard a knock on the door. Jumping in your seat a bit you huffed before getting up to go and answer the door. Outside was Peter and- he looked upset? Blinking a couple times you couldn’t believe he was here-

Opening your mouth to speak he stepped forward and placed his hands on your shoulders, intensely staring into your eyes. “You can’t upload that video!”

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reviewsbyracine · 5 years ago

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I SAW AN EPISODE OF LAW AND ORDER: SVU: “Babes”

With everything crazy happening in the world, it is important that we still depend on the little things that make everything feel right. For me, I know that I can always depend on classic episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit to help me feel at home. There's something strangely soothing about Benson and Stabler working together to solve a sex crime. (And yes, I know that Christopher Meloni left the show nine years ago - as far as I'm concerned, the Stabler episodes are the only episodes that matter.) When it comes to rewatchable episodes of SVU, I always come back to “Babes," a season ten episode. So with nothing better to do, let me tell you why it is possibly the best episode of SVU ever created.

"Babes" starts with our usual fake-out cold open: characters just trying to enjoy a night out before stumbling on a gruesome crime scene and then we never see them again. This time, it's the last diners at a restaurant. Despite holding holding up the kitchen staff from going home, the gentleman on the date asks to order desserts (despite the fact that they seem to be eating salads) and suggests flambé because it's "exciting." The irate waiter tells them that "the only thing that's flaming is the maître d'."

Just then, a man on fire can be seen screaming and waving around just outside the restaurant. Yes, that's right: SVU set a man on fire and made a visual gag out of it. A poor bus boy throws pitchers of water on the man as he collapses dead into the restaurant.

Stabler and Munch arrive at the scene (Benson is at a conference for… some reason) and meet up with M.E. Warner, who shows them that our John Doe is not only charred to a crisp but is also missing his private parts. When Munch asks where the victim came from, Warner tells them with a straight face to "Follow the bloody brick road."

Someone give SVU's joke writer a raise because John Doe's not the only one who's on fire tonight.

Back at the station, Warner rehydrates his fingerprints (what?) and discovers his identity is that of a homeless man named John Galli. They visit Galli's father, played by Michael Badalucco, a man who hates cows more than coppers. Mr. Galli informs them that his son had been targeted by "Street Cleaners," a vigilante group that runs around beating up homeless people and posting videos of their exploits online. Planning a sting to catch the Street Cleaners in action, Tutuola suggests they "introduce them to the laziest, filthiest bum they've ever seen."

Smash cut to: Munch pretending to be a homeless wacko screaming conspiracy theories into the night. No joke, this edit is hilarious.

Anyway, the Street Cleaners run out to beat up Munch and are quickly arrested. The detectives take off the perps' ski masks and one of them is a girl. The music treats this reveal like it is the most shocking thing that could ever happen. Obviously, they didn't kill Galli - SVU always throws a red herring at you in the first ten minutes and this episode is no different.

Returning to the station, Stabler and Munch find a blowtorch that was found at the scene and can be traced back to the science lab at Blessed Heart High School. Their guide at the school is Max, the president of the school's chastity club (remember this for later), who informs them that the only student who has access to the lab after hours is senior Alec Bernardi. Stabler and Munch spot Alec, who immediately looks guilty and tries to escape the cafeteria. Munch tells Alec that he looks like someone lit a fire under his ass.

"Fire?" Alec asks, sweating. "I don't know anything about a fire."

Smooth, Alec, real smooth.

He's got a burn on his hand so it's obviously him. They bring him to the station for interrogation, where Benson returns from her conference just in time for Alec's mother Peggy to burst in. Peggy is played by the incredible Debi Mazar, so even though the episode was cruising along at a comfortable seven or eight, the energy level has now been dialed up to eleven. Alec is proud of mutilating and immolating Galli and reveals that he did it because Galli raped his little sister Tina and got her pregnant.

Benson speaks with Tina, who vehemently denies being raped. However, she is pregnant. Turns out, she seduced Galli to get pregnant on purpose because she and her friends are in… you guessed it… a pregnancy pact! That's right, this episode's ripped-from-the-headlines story is the Gloucester High School pregnancy pact, where a bunch of teenaged girls got pregnant on purpose.

Benson tells the girls that they are stupid. "What's the big deal?" one girl asks. "That vice president lady's daughter is gonna have a baby. Why can't we?"

The pact's ringleader is Fidelia Vidal, who is excited that she and her friends are "totally gonna be the hottest MILFs on the block." Her father, Not-Bobby Canavale, wants Benson to leave because she is scaring Fidelia with some truth talk. Suddenly, her boyfriend bursts in, having just heard the news of her pregnancy - and it's Max, the chastity club president. Oops. Fidelia's baby daddy is not Max but is instead a twenty-two-year-old rapper named Dizzer.

Let's talk about Dizzer. In an otherwise perfect episode of SVU, Dizzer is a straight-up garbage character. Dizzer is a white rapper who works at a place called Skribble Skratch Records. His motto, airbrushed on his shirt, is "reckin' decks 'n' gettin' sex" and he attempts to get a fist bump from Tutuola, calling him a "brother." Again, this guy is white and he is trying way too hard.

Stabler hands him a court order for a DNA test and the detectives leave to let Not-Bobby Canavale know that they're actually getting stuff done this episode and everything's going to be alright. Not-Bobby Canavale goes to Fidelia's room so they can go get the amniocentesis done and make a DNA match, but her door is locked. Stabler shoulders the door open because he's an animal and the parents and detectives are met with a disturbing sight:

Fidelia, dead, having hanged herself on her ceiling fan.

Obviously everyone is distraught and it's a genuinely shocking moment. Not-Bobby Canavale comforts Max, and Michael Badalucco is spotted moping in the crowd to remind us that he is still in this episode. Fidelia's mother lets the detectives know that someone online was calling Felida names like "slut" and "whore." The email address leads them back to Dizzer, but he denies having sent the harassing emails. His alibi is that he was taking part in a threesome in Brooklyn and reminds the detectives of his motto/airbrushed shirt. Tutuola looks ready to punch this man. The detectives take his phone into evidence and thankfully we don't have to deal with Dizzer ever again.

Tech agent Morales proves that the IP address actually came from an internet cafe and holy shit the culprit turns out to be none other than Peggy Bernardi, seen in some seriously unflattering ATM camera angles. Peggy proudly shows off a onesie for her new grandbaby that says "My grandma is a GILF" and high-fives Tina. When Stabler and Munch confront her about her harassing emails, Peggy goes off on a warpath about how Fidelia ruined her kids' lives and kicks the detectives out of her house. ADA Greylek suggests that they hit Peggy with criminal impersonation and reckless endangerment, among other charges, and Munch reminds the group that Peggy only used words against Fidelia and to arrest her would go against the first amendment. Good ol’ Munch, always a voice of reason. Before they have time to commit to what exactly they're arresting Peggy for, word comes in that a mob has formed outside Peggy's apartment, led by Not-Bobby Canavale. Stabler and Munch arrive to rescue-arrest Peggy.

On the stand, Peggy says that sending harassing emails to a hormonal teenaged girl was "just a goof." A large television is presented so that Peggy can awkwardly read her fake-teenage bibble-babble to the courtroom. We get to learn what "OMFG" and "STFU" mean. In her last message to Peggy, Fidelia writes that her "fath is knocking," implying that their conversation was ended because Not-Bobby Canavale was at the door. However, Tina suddenly comes to a realization and informs the courtroom that "FATH" actually stands for "first and true husband" in some dumb chastity club lingo.

Stabler and Munch realize that Fidelia's "FATH" was Max, who comes clean: when he realized that Fidelia had cheated on him and didn't love him, he killed her and faked her suicide. Case closed.

Max and Alec are put away for their crimes and Peggy is let go. ADA Greylick gives Peggy some unnecessary attitude and Peggy goes fully ballistic, strangling Greylek and screaming "I'm a good mother!" Greylek tells Stabler to "collar that bitch for assault" but Stabler sees poor Tina in tears, having witnessed everyone she knows and loves fall apart in front of her. Mr. Galli offers to take Tina in, given that she is pregnant with his grandchild, and promises to help her raise the baby. The episode ends on a rare moment of kindness.

So what makes "Babes" the best episode of Law and Order: SVU? The episode features a lot of "ripped-from-the-headlines" moments, from the Gloucester pregnancy pact to the the suicide of Megan Meier. There are some genuinely funny moments in the episode and the performances are pretty great, especially Debi Mazar. And while Benson isn't featured all that much, it's a pretty heavy Munch episode, and he's always great. The episode starts with a homeless man on fire with his penis chopped off and still somehow finds a way to get more crazy by the end. "Babes" is a season ten episode, which means it's SVU in their bonkers prime, a few seasons before Stabler left but long enough into the show's run for them to feel blindly confident in what they were doing. If you are able to stream this episode, I highly recommend checking it out - it will almost definitely improve your day.

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canaryatlaw · 7 years ago

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So today started out kind of nuts but ended up being pretty good overall. The craziness is my fault of course, mine and my lazy ass. I did convince myself to get up, but said I'd uber in so I could sleep till 7:40. Then I apparently overslept that alarm and woke up at 8:40. FUCK. Like more than normal fuck because I'm supposed to do two hearings this morning. Dammit. So I scramble to get ready and am out the door in 20 minutes, grab an uber and get there by 9:40. I run upstairs, literally because the elevators were inconveniently being ridiculously slow, like even worse than normal, and I just couldn't deal so I walked up 3 flights of stairs (which is like, nuts for me because walking up stairs still gives me ridiculous shin splints despite the fact that I do it on a daily basis), ran to my office and printed off my questions, then ran back down the stairs and into the courtroom. The worker on the first hearing was running late (a very typical occurrence) so I got some time to go over my questions with my boss which was helpful. So we hung out and they did a couple other cases, then the worker for the second one showed up so I talked to her and filled in some blanks, then not too long after that case got called. The ASA let me take the lead because they're cool about that, and they still get to ask questions anyway so it's not a big deal, especially on cases that aren't contested. It went pretty well, I thought that I was very thorough (I had a lot of notes) and afterwards the state didn't have any follow up questions which meant I covered everything they wanted to know too, and that was the entire hearing! So that was cool. That girl is apparently getting her life together after being on run and prostituting herself for a good while, she's set to move into a TLP apartment Monday and is looking to get her GED, so props to her. We ended up doing the next case right after, which was less complicated with details. He is also doing well, majorly because he just graduated from high school last week which might not seem like much, but trust me it is a MAJOR accomplishment for a kid in the foster care system (which is very sad, but that's another conversation), especially one that has a learning disability. So yeah, it was a morning of good hearings and I went back upstairs feeling good about it. I wrote up my notes from the hearings before turning to the other assignments I had (which I may recount slightly out of order). I knew I had to call "juvie" for the never ending interview saga, which I wasn't sure how to handle because I faxed them the request on Tuesday for today and asked them to call me to schedule a time, but of course I wasn't there yesterday, so my not hearing from them could've been partially my fault. So I call and just say I hadn't heard from them (true) and got sent through a few people, and I recounted the actions I took Tuesday, and they were just like "yeah we never got your fax" despite the fact that I confirmed with them I faxed it to the right number addressed to the right person, and had confirmation it went through. To their credit they did let me set up an interview for tomorrow morning anyway, they were like "we're going outside protocol here" and I felt like saying yeah well it's not my fault YOU KEEP LOSING EVERYTHING I FAX YOU. So I was somewhat frustrated with all of it, but ultimately just happy I got the interview for sure scheduled with a confirmation and everything, and I got it done before I left being that tomorrow is my last day before I go on vacation, and she needed it done before the time I come back and I really didn't want to have to return it to her being like "sorry I tried but failed." So I'm glad I don't have to do that. Most of the rest of my day consisted of prison phone calls, I got through about 33 of them I believe (there's 101). It was mostly more of the same, their plot to get her bailed out fell apart, then she went to court the next day and asked for house arrest so she could "be with her kids" despite the fact that she's not supposed to have custody of any of her kids!!! But the judge was like "you've been in jail all these years already, your kids don't need you" and proceeded to raise her bond from $1500 to $7500, which of course is gonna making bailing her out a LOT harder. Then the boyfriend tells her "her lawyer" called and was asking about the kids and everything and she flips out and was like "don't tell that bitch anything, she's working with the judge to send DCFS after me." Like lady, are you serious? This is your fucking lawyer. And she's like hardcore cursing her out and saying all these terrible things about her and I'm just like Jesus Christ and you really think she's working with the judge??? You're actually insane. And she just continues to say more stupidly incriminating things like "take my daughter with you when you come to visit me so if DCFS asks you can use that as an excuse." Like, lol, you're really stupid aren't you? The ultimate irritation came when I was talking to the lawyer on the case and I found out that despite the judge saying it was gonna be a class 2 felony and she was facing 4-15 years in prison (because that's what happens when you have EIGHT serious shoplifting offenses) she somehow got to plead guilty and got off with a 90 day sentence, which was effectively time served and she got out in January. Like, seriously? That's so fucked up, and now she's out running around on drugs and fucking up her kids. Lovely. The other assignment I did during the day was just some motions for one of the other attorneys, they were to advance and reset some cases for two dates she's not gonna be here, so it was just a matter of changing the info on each of them to fit the specific case. I hadn't done that kind of thing since my DCFS legal days last summer (since it's generally more what paralegals do) but I got them because I potentially could've presented them, but I'm gonna be out next week so I couldn't (they would've been super boring to do anyway so I don't really care). So those were pretty basic. I didn't run out early to catch the 5:03 bus because I didn't need to, but then of course instead of the regular 5:13 bus the next bus wasn't until 5:24, and it doesn't tell me this until it's too late to run for the 5:03. Dammit. Those are critical minutes, traffic wise. So I head out at 5 and go to the bus stop, the homeless man who hangs out on the median (I need to ask his name) was out so I waved him over and gave him a protein bar and talked to him for a few minutes. He's a nice guy. The bus did finally come around its predicted time, and it was already more crowded than the earlier ones, and just because it was that much late it took soooo much longer to get through traffic, like it was ridiculous. If I take the 5:03 I'm home in a little over an hour, giving me ample time to get ready for my 7 pm PT appointment. With this bus, I didn't get home until 6:45, which meant I had to run into my apartment and change in approximately 3 minutes before heading right back out to make it to the PT place by 7. So that was frustrating, but oh well. PT was good, did more of the dry needling so hopefully that will help. It's weird, they're super thin so they don't really feel like getting stuck with a traditional needle at first, but then when it hits the muscle it's like this dull achy cramp feeling that is just very strange to experience. But hey, if it helps I'm all for it, I'm a tough kid anyway (my PT guy even commented I was handling it way better than most people and I was just thinking yeah because I've had to deal with much worse 😯). He was saying we should've been making more progress with pain at this point so they're gonna try some new things because he can tell I've been doing the exercises and it shouldn't still be bugging me like this, so hopefully that works. But that was good and I got appointments scheduled for the two weeks when I get back, all for 7 which means no rushed uber rides back, so I was pleased with that. Walked home, got dinner and decided to watch the latest episode of the Handmaid's tale before I lose my roommate's Hulu access for two weeks. Not that any of the episodes are particularly pleasant, but I found this one particularly uncomfortable to watch. I don't like watching the commander interact with Offred at all, especially not the way he was tonight, like she was his plaything and you could tell she was SO uncomfortable with it the entire time it just had me cringing, especially pretending to be his wife while she was gone, like I know obviously the standards are different in this crazy society but like, that's gotta be considered straight up cheating when you're taking your handmaid out for a night at a nightclub and hotel. It was just...ick. At least she got to see her friend though, and I thought the symbolism at the end with the music box was particularly well done. It's struck me before how much the wife treats Offred as if she is a child, offering her a music box that was in her room when she was a child and just generally being patronizing in the way you would with a child. It continues to be a good show though of course. After that I decided to start my rewatch of legends season 1 with a few of you, which I already recounted my thoughts of on here earlier, so I don't need to recap them here. I'm definitely going to enjoy rewatching the episodes though. I thought about rewatching season 1 last summer several times but never actually got around to it, so I'm definitely going to like seeing the episodes again. And yeah, after that I got ready for bed and ran around a bit packing things up for tomorrow. The plan is to go to work, leave there at 2:30 and uber home, pack my last minute things, uber to the airport, and get there by 4:30 for my 5:30 flight. There should be ample time to do all of this given that it won't be rush hour and neither the distance from my job to my apartment or the distance from my apartment to the airport takes a full hour. And yeah, then by 8:45 NY time (probably sooner, they always overestimate landing time on this flight I've found) I'll have touched down and will soon be on my way home! I'm so excited. My cousin's baby shower is Saturday morning, so we're definitely jumping right into exciting stuff. I'll probably spend Saturday afternoon with my sister (<3) and hopefully see Wonder Woman, then Sunday we're going into the city to see Anastasia and I'm super excited for all of it! Okay it's late so I'll end it there. Goodnight my loves. Happy Friday.

#daily journal #June 2017 #FINALLY ITS JUNE #THANK GOD

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stlgeekgirl · 8 years ago

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The Lying Dectective

Spoilers under the cut but I just want to say I KNEW IT!

The entire first half of this episode just hurt because I hated seeing Sherlock so freaking high the entire time. It hurt to watch, there were times I was scared for Mrs. Hudson. and when your freaking dealer tells you you’ve had too much, it’s time to listen. Plus, Breaking Bad in the kitchen? What the hell?

Although, high Sherlock quoting Shakespeare hit a kink I didn’t know I had. I’ll admit, I was both terrified and turned on at the same time.

Mrs. Hudson. OMG Mrs. Hudson I love you! She has an Aston Martin. A bloody Aston Martin! And she knows how to manipulate a situation like nobodies business and her entire “I am the widow of a ex drug lord and own property” was just beautiful. She knows Sherlock better than Mycroft knows Sherlock and has absolutely zero problem telling Mycroft to GTFO. AND HE LISTENED!! Honestly, I just want to be Mrs. Hudson when I get older. I’m so glad she finally got to be the BAMF we all knew she could be. “And I’m not your housekeeper dear”

With the trailers, I honestly thought that Covington Smith was going to be the bad guy throughout the entire season, sort of like Moriarty or CAM. I’m kind of disappointed to find that he was just a boring megalomaniac one off. Although the nod to HHH was clever, I liked that part. But honestly, he was the least terrifying bad guy they’ve had and that includes Moriarty. (because while Morarity was scary in parts, mostly he was just damn funny) John getting to see Mary’s last message, the explanation for the final scene last week, and what Sherlock was willing to do, willing to go through to save John is a testament to their friendship. And, I’ll admit, even I smiled at the hug at the end. Probably for different reasons than the big ship, but John needed someone to comfort him and I’m just happy that Sherlock is finally showing emotions and being a proper friend. And I’m so glad that John told him Mary’’s death wasn’t his fault.

*deep sigh* I’m sorry for everything I said about John last week. The entire affair thing hit a trigger I didn’t know I had and I lost it. Int he beginning of this episode, I was feeling sorry for John, and I so didn’t want to but I couldn’t help it. I even understand why he beat the shit out of Sherlock. I cringed...a lot, but I got it. And him telling Mary and Sherlock that it was just texting eased my mind a bit. So...sorry John. Really I am.

Can I just say again how much I love Mary Morstan-Watson. Even as John’s conscience? I miss Mary, but I think this was the perfect wrap up for her. John got to say goodbye and confess and be forgiven, Although, I’m wondering if Mary was talking to Sherlock also? Her insistence for the damn hat was just past cute. She will always be a BAMF and I will always love her character.

Mycroft showing emotions. What is happening? And Lady Smallwood. You go girl! As much as he is completely loathe to admit it, Mycroft is starting to show sentiment and just a little bit of emotion. Good on you sir with your character development.

Now, the final two.

I KNEW IT! Sherrinford is the sister. It’s never twins. Except when it is. .I made a theory last week that as scary as Moriarty, a creative evil genius with clever plans was, a creative genius with clever plans who had an intimate knowledge of you and your family was even more terrifying. There’s nothing more terrifying than fighting for your life against a sister. TAB played after TLD tonight and listening to some of the things Moriarty said, it dawned on me, Moriarity was not the evil mastermind he and everyone else thought he was. Moffat likes to play the long game and it isn’t until the game is almost over that you realize the clues have been there all the time. He did it in Doctor Who all the time, especially in the seasons with the Ponds, River Song’s entire life was one long game, you met her at the end and went backwards, never realizing just how important she was until the end. But when you went back and watch previous episodes, you realize all the clues are in there. He’s playing this game now. Just from the little I know from this episode, listening to Moriarty in the ending of TAB in the church, it caught a couple of things to make me wonder if this hasn’t been Moffat’s plan since season one.

Some of the things, on why Sherlock didn’t notice her; John didn’t realize it was the woman from the bus and both times Sherlock met her, he was high as a kite. And who knows exactly when Sherrinford was put in the institution? I’m betting it’s been years since Sherlock has seen her, they’ve both changed, Sherlock has been on way too many drugs and does have the ability to erase things from his mind. The fact that he saw the scene from last week, where young pirate Sherlock is running with Redbeard down the ocean is a hint that subconscious he recognized her. Which makes me wonder if she had anything to do with Redbeard’s death. The first sign of psychotic behavior after all is animal deaths. I’d like to wonder what else Sherrinford has seen that Moriarty didn’t, but I honestly think that her mind is so fixated on John, Mycroft and Sherlock only that she forgets about the others who matter to them.

Speaking of the other’s who matter.

I’ll admit. When his text went off, I laughed. Mostly because at that moment it confirmed that Irene was really alive, the final scene in ASiB happened and wasn’t in Sherlock’s mind. But mostly because it meant that JLK wasn’t canon. I was too busy freaking out about all of this to really hear most of everything else, but it did catch my attention when someone said they were meeting Molly for cake for his birthday.

Let’s talk about Molly. What are we up to now, maybe ten minutes? Twelve?

At first, I was disappointed, They were delegating her back to gopher or joke like they did in season one. She’s been through so much, done so much, she deserves so much more.

Then, I got on the Sherlolly tag and those beautiful women who dissected every scene including ones that I missed were there to bring some clarity. I’ve only seen it once so far, I do have to watch it again to catch everything I missed the first time. The fact that John acknowledges how important Molly is to Sherlock now was good. The fact that Sherlock contacted Molly three week prior and told her to bring an ambulance. The comment about making him cough. It might be snark, but after mulling it over, could it have been him flirting, badly? Also, I need fic of what happened in that ambulance!! Someone get on that please! Molly might not have been in it much but her name was thrown around all over the place. She’s taking turns with John to watch Sherlock at his flat. She’s meeting him for cake which means she knows his birthday when John didn’t. (to be fair, I knew the birthday of my crush when I was younger. It’s one of those things you learn, just like their full name which means Molly probably knows Sherlock’s full name by now.)

The blogs have been talking about how the episodes have highlighted one woman: TST was Mary’s episode, TLD was Mrs. Hudson’s episode. I’d like to think that TFP, while John, Sherlock and Mycroft are stuck in a cave, it’ll be Molly’s time to shine. Because for some reason, everyone forgets her...everyone except Sherlock.

Okay, those are my preliminary thoughts, I’ll have to rewatch it again to catch all the other little things I missed.

#Sherlock #s4 spoilers #john watson #mary watson #mycroft holmes #Molly Hooper #sherlock holmes

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stlgeekgirl · 8 years ago

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“Not Good”

Which I will absolutely place under a cut because, I’m still not over this. Just because I’m not over this, doesn’t mean that everyone else has to deal with it. Also, apologies to @mizjoely for hijacking her earlier post with literal word vomit.

Since watching The Six Thatchers on Sunday, going to a support group meeting with other Sherlockians, listening to (most) of a round table podcast and then rewatching it again tonight to try to figure out what I missed the first go around, I found myself a little surprised earlier today when reading a response to a Nonny “question”. I thought I was over it, apparently not.

So again, with longer supposition, why what John Watson did was “not good”.

This phrase gets thrown around in both canon and fandom a whole lot. Usually by John telling Sherlock what he did was “not good.”

A comment was made that the texting John did with E shouldn’t count against him because it wasn’t physical cheating. I’m still on the fence about that one, but I’ll leave it for now.

Another thing came out today about this new episode Sherlock being “in love” (For a guy who’s married to his work, he’s in an awful lot of “romantic” relationships recently, fake or otherwise.) That this new woman in Sherlock’s like is none other than E, the woman John’s sexting.

Let me start here by saying, I will not be demonizing this woman. At least for juggling both John and Sherlock. For being an evil bitch under the service of Smith? Possibly. If it’s discovered she likes it and isn’t being manipulated by Smith.

The point is, Sherlock is single. By all accounts he is unattached. So if he wants to get into a relationship with E or whatever she’s calling herself around him, that’s on him. Personally, I’m hoping he’s smarter than that and catches on quickly and uses her like he used Janine (only not as politely) but all the same, he is single.

John Watson is not.

He’s married with a baby.

If one counts back, I’m not even sure he and Mary had been married for a year by the time of her death so technically they’re still newlyweds.

The first scene with him on the bus was fine. I think I might have made the off comment of “hoe,don’t do it” but other than that, it was fine. Harmless flirting on public transit or anywhere else, is okay. Almost everyone flirts, it’s a thing. Hell even Sherlock Holmes flirts-badly sometimes- but he flirts.

It’s the retelling so the audience could see what really happened that literally hit me in a very visceral way.

She gave him her number. He took it. He pulled out his phone and saw the lock screen picture. He didn’t toss it in the rubbish bin.

I’m still good.

Where it gets a lot Not Good, is when he is sitting in his and Mary’s kitchen, swipes past the lock screen, enters in this woman’s number using just the initial and then texts her. Here he make a very conscious choice to do this. He spends time (offscreen) going through the will I/-Won’t I? conversation in his head and chooses to reach out and make the fist contact. He chooses to carry on a text conversation with her while his wife is in the other room taking care of their daughter. He chooses to take Rosie for the sole purpose of taking his phone and moving away from the bedroom to potentially continue said nighttime conversation. He is making conscious choices to do this. Even after he sends her the “I can’t do this anymore” text he sees her at the bus stop and are we really sure he actually stops? Remember, at this point, it’s quite possible he hasn’t even been married a whole year.

This is the parts that hit me. This is where I felt the suddenly unexpected rage. We’re told time and time again that John is a good man. His wife believe he was a good man, told him several times in the episode why he was so much better than her.

This is not something a Good Man does.

Again, when Mary dies and John is grieving over her body and lashes out at Sherlock, I felt another unexpected rage build up. Because Sherlock did not deserve that. Yes, he made a vow. Yes, he took that vow so very seriously. But he did not make Mary jump in front of that bullet. He couldn’t read her mind. From the scene, it looks as if he’s expecting to die. He knows he fucked up, didn’t deduce her fast enough, played the grand game with Vivian and made her that mad. He wasn’t expecting the gun and he wasn’t expecting Mary to take the bullet for him.

But, he didn’t pull Mary in front of him. He didn’t force her to become a human shield and he’s not the one who sent her there in the first place.

John’s guilty. For the affair, for sending Mary out instead of him. For not telling her about the affair. So when he lashed out at Sherlock, the very first thing that came into my mind was a rage filled “You do not get to be angry at him!”

And the end where he sends Molly out to tell Sherlock that he’s pretty much not allowed to see Rosie, it hit me again.

Molly is special. John knows Molly is special. So to send her out with the message is cruel, it’s petty, and it Not Good. At All.

I understand he’s grieving. I understand he’s a single father now, I understand he just lost his wife. But...and this is going to get some anger thrown at me, I’m sure. As much as he loves his daughter, as much as Mary loves her daughter, I truly think the only person who has truly bonded with Rosie, to the point of “I would die for you, I would kill for you” is Molly. Because she basically put the man she loved to the side for that baby.

(Sorry, I went off on a whole other tangent)

John cut everyone off from him. He made people pick sides without their knowledge. I hardly think Mrs. Hudson will be seeing Rosie as much either because she is Sherlock’s landlady. Without a support group. Without tethers, with all this guilt that is piling up on him, I will not be surprised if Sherlock begins using again. In fact, the minute I saw the scruff, that was the first thing I thought- he using or hard rehabbing.

So, no. No matter what happens, no matter who E/the Lady in Red ends up being,no matter if we have a happy ending (spoilers: I doubt it) I cannot forgive John. Everything that’s about to happen is completely on his head.

#rant #Sherlock #s4 spoilers #apparently #I'm still not over this

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