#holy shit i literally got decapitated lmao

[noita-tip-of-the-day]

Noita Tip of the Day: do NOT use the always cast sawblade orbit triple spell into 3 unstable crystals wand

[alastair-1205]

EPISODE 20 REACTIONS FUCKING FINALLY I think I hurt my wrist typing all this ngl. Holy fuck this show-

I am very scared :D 

At least they can still kick ass 

Cinder just cannot stop beating up Euphrasia damn

Stick!

OK SO LOOSING POWERS DOES HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOU THEN 

Im not normal about elemental powers 

Oh no Robie don’t get murdered-

He has the right idea tho with the cup thing

Zane is trying his fucking best rn lol 

Arin is not having any of it 

Oh shit yea they don’t know…all of that other stuff yet huh

THEYRE BACK NICE

Wdym captured by them?? Wtf happened to those two

Cinder is going to kill someone I stg 

LMAO respect where it’s due, that was funny

Robie îs only partially getting kidnapped don’t worry

FUCK YEA FRACK THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU

I love Nook’s voice as well

FUCK YEA JORDY WIN BACK UR BRAIN

Oh that’s not good 

HELL YEA ARIN 

He’s gonna almost die isn’t he

LMAOOOOOOOOO 

Oh ow rip Robie 

Holy shit that’s actually insane 

OH GOD HE FELL ENTIERLY OFF THE EDGE JESUS 

Oh god they’re all fucked up

JORDY!

Hey the car’s back! AND SO IS JORDANA

OH GODDDDD

OH FUUUUUCK 

RAS AND ARIN MAKE ME INSANE THEY’RE BOTH SO COMPLEX HOLY FUCKKKK

At least most of them are out of it

Bro Robie is making friends with some rocks right now 

BADASS FIGHT IS BADASS

“Not from you” DAMN

OH. OH LLOYD KNOWS. HE KNOWS AND HE KNOWS HE CANT FIGHT IT OH GOD IM GONNA CRY 

ROBIES ALIVE 

I FUCKING LOVE HER SO MUCH 

I LOVE HOW HE WASNT EVEN BOTHERED JUST CONFUSED LMAO 

They’re actually adorable. Like I low-key didn’t want her to get a bf but this is so cute good for them 

But uh, y’all kinda have shit to do first-

Zdmn she almost got decapitated 

OH DAMN THIS IS PERSONAL

Bold choices Arin

KAI AND BONZEL 

Nil kinda wish he stayed in super hell longer but it’s ok 

CUZ THAT WAS A FUCKING ENTRANCE 

Oh hes pisssedddddd

They are such a dynamic duo omg that was iconic 

FUCK YEA ROBIE 

GET IT GEO 

LMAO that was personal for Euphrasia. Good for her 

LMAO HES JUST GETTING FUCKING DRAGGED HELP

BOLD CHOICES ARIN I STG 

Oh that scream :(((((

Oh fuuuuuck Arin made his choice 

Group hug :D That Lloyd isn’t in cuz he’s having a moment D:

BONZEL AND COLE :D

I’m just gonna assume he somehow knew she wasn’t dead ig? 

Wu being cryptic as always. We don’t even know if hes dead or not 

LMAO CINDER IN JAIL GET FUCKED

Yay for Sora but she is Not having a good time rn huh

Damn I wonder where Jordy went 

Lloyd and Sora man…..

That is a very good question Sora

THEYRE HOLDING HANDSSSSS

Kai should give this kid a shovel talk. I think it’d be funny 

GEO FRACK AND BONZEL AND FROCHICKY YAY

THEYRE GONNA TRACK DOWN JAY

Damn so they could be literally anywhere. They gotta track down Jay Arin and Pixal. At least Zane might get some time to look now

Dragon lady’s back 

I’m glad she’s not being a dick to him like Egalt would have been lol 

Oooooo Dragon favor 

Oh that’s an interesting thing for him to have 

I like how Arin’s reasonings are worded. Like he clearly still doesn’t exactly like Ras, he just needs him for his own thing. I really like that as opposed to Arin fully believing in what he’s doing cuz Arin just wouldn’t 

[presidentdisastraofgallifrey]

Live-blogging Doctor Who: Battlefield

Literally did not realize that was the brigadier until he referenced Benton—did I mention I’m faceblind?

Oooh hello love his replacement

“I don’t think we want to go there,” “too late, we’ve already arrived” is SO him

I just had to go back and rewatch the two-second clip but…is that a person doing a nosedive through the atmosphere?

Ah! There’s more!

Shielding her completely ineffectually from nearby explosions <3

HA! He’s making her pretend to be Liz, who's like 25 years older than her and she’s right they don’t look that much alike lol

Awwww Alistair, he just wants to be left alone to his garden

Lmao they get kicked out then personally escorted by the (new) brigadier anyway

Also her name is AWESOME

Oh. Oh no. This is gonna be a King Arthur situation, isn’t it?

Lmao now there’s two girls who want to talk about explosives. Oh no, Ace has found a friend

“Aw shame” was definitely the tardis filter. She 100% said shit

I need Ace to date this girl

Oh damn he is SO enjoying getting to be Merlin

“Remember Baden and my mighty arts!” This is a show you can watch

“If we’re going to work together you have to stop shooting at everything that moves” as if he ever quite managed to get the last Brigadier to stop that

“I’m uniquely sensitive uuuuuaaaaggGGGGHHHH” We know, buddy. It’s ok.

Ok but this would be the perfect time to have the Master have regenerated and be playing Morgaine to mess with him

This lady should have stuck around to lead unit instead of Kate (Or in addition, so Kate wasn’t doing the weird scientific soldier routine)

Ace is the perfect companion for the Doctor

He doesn’t even believe his own surrender-now speech anymore lol

The pyramids were aliens are OUT. Arthurian legend is aliens is IN

Ace confirmed wretched girl of the lake

Ok but (1) the brigadier being so gentle when he shows up to help the Doctor and (2) the difference in him immediately knowing is the Doctor vs when he met three and was not convinced <3

Seriously what is WITH this show and unblinding people

Oh I LIKE Winifred. There is a REASON she got this job and it’s that part of the requirements are being reckless and unhinged

Love that unit got more international

…is he doing a hypnosis? He totally is. Time Lords can just Do That I guess

He was so sick of guns never working that unit engineered every imaginable kind of weapon for aliens lmao

BESSIE!!!!!

This is a sci fi show! We don’t believe in magic

Except when Morgaine has sorcery

Except when there’s a whole universe based on stories

Except when people can just hypnotize via eye contact

Ace and Shou Yuing look so small and young suddenly 🥺🥺

AH! Holy shit! He threatened to decapitate a guy!

Actually laughing out loud at them kidnapping Mordred in Bessie

Protective Doctor is my fave <3

He’s happy they gave her the sword instead of dying gahhhhhh I love him so much

The brigadier like well he had to attempt shooting it

I know the brigadier didn’t actually die but Seven does grief SO well

Morgaine and Arthur had whatever it is that the Doctor and Master have going on

Seven gets dark sometimes and OH I LOVE IT

THEY’RE STEALING BESSIE FOR A GIRLS NIGHT FUCK YES

[phantomofthehoepera]

EDR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

this is probably gonna be a rambly mess but the more I think abt it the more I really love this movie. I think what works for me is the way it sticks to the really heavy and more realistic (in some regards) gore of the remake while also directly addressing the stuff I personally don't like a lot abt that movie. like I really felt so insanely seen when the new vinyl recording priest was like "there's no way of killing these things also they have no plan they just wanna create chaos" bc the clear ways of killing the deadites and the bit abt them wanting to gather five souls from the remake felt so antithetical to evil dead at least to me. like I've said before the reason I love the deadites so much is because they genuinely just seem to be out to actively torment humans and have a lot of fun doing it, compared to for example more traditional movie zombies who are usually just out to eat. it makes them feel very distinct and like actively mean spirited and I think that shines through so well in this movie. mother deadite tormenting her kids and sister was incredible and I think the actress did a really good job being both really menacing and like. fun and bitchy like deadites have always been. bridget and danny were really fun as well obv bridget was the star between those two with her eating glass and the ghost bit but I thought danny was fun and maniacal and I liked that he got to have the classic completely white deadite eyes that made me feel seen. also I really liked the fucking thing beast they turned into at the end it was random as hell but that feels very evil dead to me like the lore has never made sense and I like it when it doesn't peace and love.

character writing wasn't super impressive to me it's not to the point where it makes me not enjoy the movie and like I guess you could make the case that the character writing in the original was pretty nothing as well, but the writing of the original feels so stripped bare the script is barely noticeable at times whereas here the script is definitely there with lines that are intended to give us some sense of who beth and ellie are it just didn't work super well for me. once again though this wasn't a major problem for me mostly because the deadites made up for it and also bc the actors did well enough with what they were given.

back to positives I think the cold opening was really fun the little reference to cheryl predicting the cards from the original movie was very cute and the fakeout pov shot with the drone was fun. highlight for me, though, was the title card because holy shit. the deadite literally rising from the water as the title appears in huge red letters with this fucking monk choir in the background or whatever was literally inspired it felt like the perfect balance between menacing and kind of goofy (bc you can't tell me that wasn't a pun) and COMPLETELY OVER THE TOP just the way I like it. it also set the tone for what the gore was going to look like so well, which brings me to that.

I loved it I thought it was amazing nasty and like honestly very creative. like you have the obvious stuff like the cheese grater and the drone blades being stuff that's not super commonly used for gore scenes but even with more standard stuff like they managed to put some flair to it. like danny getting stabbed through the upper arm rather than like the shoulder or something, ellie getting a pair of scissors through her nose and then yanking them out, the neighbour who got his fucking. eye bitten out and bridget eating glass, honestly I could go on all day about favourite moments lmao. some of the cgi stuff looked a bit wonky like the decapitation in the cold opening but I didn't mind most of it and some of the cgi honestly looked really fun like the way the teeth of the necronomicon moved in this kind of deliberatly choppy way was great. practical stuff was incredible, literally no notes.

I think I mentioned in my post when the trailer first dropped that I hated the new necronomicon and I have sort of come around on it. part of it is the idea that it's one of three since I can just say that the one that ash encountered was the only one with a face, and partly because the teeth were very cool in motion. still prefer the version with the face though and always will. as for the plot point abt the three books itself I'm a little bit torn bc on the one hand I do like the attempt at tying things together with both the original and ed2013 but it does kind of lose its impact a little bit when it's not this totally unique item. I don't really think it takes away from any of the other iterations though since like yeah you can say both the original and the remake are canon in edr but at least to me that doesn't necessarily mean you need to retroactively make edr canon to those movies, if that makes sense?

overall had a lot of fun. highlight was definitely henrietta's pizza tho <3

evil dead rise in 12 min I'm so ready

[f1nalboys]

tcm 2022 spoilers under the cut or whatever

- damn they rlly killed virginia 🧍🏼‍♀️ also i don’t like how they’re trying to frame dante wanting the flag down as evil :/ like ……………

- mel is so fucking annoying i’m sorry pls tell me she gets some type of character development bc rn i can’t stand her

-ooooh BUBBA JUST ANAPPED HIS FUCKING ARM IN HALFFFFFAND THEN STABBED HIM W THE BONE PLS!!!!! king <3

-ok i kinda like richter 😝 he’s a dick “i’m a texan.” pls fuck me

-sorry i was hacked

-nvm why is he giving this little girl a semi automatic rifle?????? especially when he now knows she fucking got shot in school?????? man ur dumb

-i literally don’t know the blonde girls name lol

-he’s wearing his mommas face how sweet

-richter is a lil cunt heheh but i understand heheh

-old lady sally is SEXY ngl

-love the little throwback to the og house hehehe

-see i’m literally just rooting for bubba again 🤷‍♀️ feels like that’s how i am in all the tcm movies besides maybe 2 bc i love stretch

-tell me they did not kick her out of her own fucking house PLSSSS

-THEY DID

-CUNTS! i hope bubba destroys these mfs!

-rip dante i guess, cant say i loved him

-i hate that mel isn’t gonna die soon i want her DEAD! NOW

-i like the twist on the old lady mask being his moms face tbh, i also feel so BAD for him rn man…

-ok since he was at the orphanage does that mean he was a child during the first movie??? bc that does make any sense to me……maybe i just don’t know timelines and i’m getting confused

-how is dante still alive lol

-short lived but now we got sexy hick richter on the case (next to die surely)

-fighting the urge once again to just go on wikipedia and read the plot but that’s on me

-CHAINSAW TIME BABEY!!!!!

-NOT HIS LEG GOING LITERALLY IN HALF SIDNIWHDHWJDH

-damn he was alive for such a short amount of time

-hate hate hate the cgi blood and gore lol

-SEXY SALLY

-why didn’t mel take richters gun? 🙄🙄🙄🙄

-LFNIWBDJSJEHE HE RLLT THREW RGAT FYCJUNG THING AT HER

-i love when a person is u der the killer and u can see the killers footsteps and shit idk why but it’s so cool

-is the sludge on her gonna be important

-just found out her name is lila LMFAO we literally have half an hour left in the movie idk how i feel abt it

-decapitation time

-‘u try anything ur cancelled bro’ HEJDISNDKNWDKJWJDJWJDJSJ this movies fantastic

-hehe man got cut in half

-aw this is reminding her of the shooting from school :( this is so sad

-lila best character besides bubba and richter

-you’d think someone would try, idk, breaking the fucking bus windows glass?

-or OPENING IT LIKE COME ON GUYS UR ALL FUCKING STUPID

-melody is so aggravating i’m serious y’all

-SALLYYYYYYYYYYYYY

-sally is so crazy i want her carnally

-she’s gonna die ain’t she :(

-i’ll admit whoever is playing mel sure can scream she’s got the final girl scream and cry on lock down fr

-aw bubba just misses his mom :(

-holy shit he’s huge i didn’t realize how big he was

-sally just shoot him pls like ????

-ok as long as he leaves her alone <3

-he can kill the others idc

-SALLY LAUGHING WHILE SHOOTING HIM

-bad fucking ass

-she’s totally dead isn’t she

-she was giving nubbins fr

-CAN TGEY HELP HER

-OH GOD DAMN IT

-HES CUTTING HER IN FUCKING HALF AND NOW THEY WANNA TRY TO HIT HIM W THE CAR

-fucking idiots

-sally’s like god damn it. i gave them my car and they fucked it up

-is melody gonna die <3

-lila is gonna shoot him or something

-lets go lila!!!!!!!!!!

-ok she’s actually so fucking stupid i’m serious lol

-rip a baddie :/

-the only person who deserves to kill bubba is sally 😐

-we all know they’re not gonna kill him bc more sequels bae!!!!

-these last 30 minutes have somehow felt longer than the entirety of the rest of the movie. like more has happened in 15 mins than the first hour

-what’s crazy is bubba legit wouldn’t have killed anyone if they didn’t kill his mom LMAO

-HELP HE TACKLED HER LIKE A LINEBACKER

-lila why would u stop fucking moving that’s so stupid

-HELP MEL IS ON HIS BACK LIKE A MONKEY FIENIDNWIDJ

-damnnn melody rlly gave him a lil uppercut w the chainsaw

-cant say how happy i am they didn’t make bubba skinny <3

-how is mel walking like a normal person after that also u wouldn’t be able to pry that fucking gun out of my hand empty or not

-the sun roof? rlly? lol

-HELOFNSJDBJSJSJSJD HE RLLY CUT HER FUCKING HEAD OFF LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

-girl boss bubba!!!!

-AHHH the og house <3

-hm. ok so i have mixed feelings.

i’ll make a post w the pros and cons in another post hehe

[real-goblin-kris]

LIVE REACTIONS TO ENDGAME FOR THE FIRST TIME

Oh fuck man... my boy Hawkeye...

Nice song for the title card tbh.

Tony and Nebula??? PURE. I love this.

Man Tony... oh fuck... my boy...

I’ll dream about you... ohhhh fuck my heart...

It’s really pretty seeing Tony among the stars but like holy shit...

Poor Tony just wanted a nap and what’s he get? Explosions and shit.

OH FUCK THATS NOT AN EXPLOSION ITS BRIE LARSON

Baby face Cap. I like it.

Would die for Captain Marvel now.

THEYRE MAKING UP?! AND PEPPER?? ROCKET AND NEBULA?!!

Shuri... Parker... Eric...

I thought you were a build a Bear.

Oh they’re not making up it’s a fight again goddamn this is too much...

Rhodey is the real hero.

Tony... oh hell.

Where you going? To kill Thanos. Uhhh duh?

That’s cute Thanos has a retirement plan

Thor be like mmmm fuck this

Before, you didn’t have me. Carol what the fuck bruh

I like this one. Oh Thor...

LANGUAGE CAPTAIN

Thor is not practicing seatbelt safety.

Who here has NOT been to space?

Cheap... why bring up fucking Peggy now she’s already dead

Armor scarecrow. Big farmer man.

Seeing Thanos in a T-shirt is... jarring and uncomfortable.

Hey asshole, take 2!

Lmao the stones are gone

Just fucking kill the asshole please

I used the stones to destroy the stones. Wow.

I am inevitable. Bitch that’s... uhhh...

YAY DECAPITATE THE FUCKER

I went for the head. Yes baebey I’m proud of you.

What a wasteland... wow.

Support Group Steve Rogers, that’s poetic.

LOVE OF YOUR LIFE MY ASS ROGERS

Oh hi Scott

Howdy bro why all my shit gone

Fuck my shit where’s my WIFE

AWWWW FUCK IM CRYING HIS DAUGHTER YOURE SO BIG

We handle it by NOT handling it.

PB&J and some serious drama.

My babey... mom Rogers is my dude...

Nat is... my depressed self...

She... called them family... oh wow I feel Nat so much right now...

Quantum physics for conversation! Cute.

Is that anybody’s sandwich? I’m starving.

Yeah... like a time machine.

I get emails from a raccoon. Trash panda!

I would DIE FOR MORGAN STARK. RIGHT NOW.

Back to the Future references!

I adore Morgan. I literally adore her.

I’m SO CONFUSED...

I love Hulk??

DAB!!!! HULK DABS!!!!!!!

Oh... Tony and Peter...

Did... Tony Stark invent time travel?

Morgan says shit????????

I got some important shit goin on!

That’s EXTORTION.

I love you 3000... that’s the cutest goddamn thing...

Oh the put a pin in it...

Lol hulk is the BOY.

You’re right. I do, Captain America.

It’s a baby. Scott! As a BABY!

Somebody peed my pants and I don’t know if it was baby me or old me... or... me me...

Oh tony drives an Audi

Sup bitch it’s ya boy tony

Thor.exe has stopped responding.

Oh wow Thor...

I worry for Fat Thor

There’s beer on the ship. What kind?

Why the fuck is GENJI IN THIS MOVIE

Whom the fuck

What the fuck

BARTON?!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t give me hope. Wow fuck I felt that.

Oh Thor...

Oh my god. Wow.

So back to the future’s a bunch of BULLSHIT?

Oh wow...

Thor, what do you know? Is he asleep?

No, I’d like a Bloody Mary.

You wanna go to space? You wanna go to space puppy?

Not it (on Vormir)

Pleeeeeeease tell me Thor gets to see Jane again...

I think it’s gratuitous but whatever...

The Ancient One is a Pain in the Ass

LOKIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh no... I heard Jane... I’ll cry...

FRIGGA...

My poor baby has PTSD over this.

CAN I PLEASE HUG THOR?????

It’s a long way from Budapest.

Sister drama? Jeez.

What the fuck is that bigass sword Thanos?

Abusive shitbag thanos.

Lookin at AMERICA’S ASS!

Flick me.

Take the stairs. HATE THE STAIRS.

HAIL HYDRA?!!!! BIIIIIIIITCH

RRRRRGH SO MANY STAIRS

Is that... Axe body spray??? Oh fuck Tony...

OH HELL LOKI

lmaooooo cap thinks he’s Loki

Yeah I KNOW... I know...

THAT IS AMERICA’S ASS!

Oof this is crazy shit my head hurts bc of this time travel drama

The Ancient One stresses me out.

Squidward is back.

FRIGGA... oh... I’m gonna cry... mommy...

The feels of old Asgard ok... what a mom moment...

THOOOOOOOR! I GOT IT!!!!!!

IM STILL WORTHY IM SO SAD NOW GOODBYE MOM SWEET FUCKING JESUS HOLD ME

oh I love the opening scene for guardians

oh... shit... Nat...

oh my fuck I don’t have words.

I always knew Bruce loved Nat but man this is hard

This is a MESS WHAT THE FUCK

THANOS BOMBED THE COMPOUND WHAT

I love Barton so much right now who’s the baddest bitch?? CLEARLY CLINT

I’m gonna fuckin wait here like the dickwad I am duh

That’s my man. You lose this again, I’m keeping it. Ohoho I missed avengers banter.

Ew, it’s a dick with a big sword.

Aww, look! Fat Thor got a lil braid in his beard.

Eat a fresh, hot asshole Thanos. You’re obviously fucking stupid.

SHRED THE UNIVERSE AND REMAKE IT??? Someone fucking sounds like he read too much Pokemon Diamond and Pearl manga, you sound like Cyrus you little bitch

Clint “Bad Bitch” Barton yeets out of trouble

Thor plays tennis with Mjolnir.

STEVE WITH THE HAMMER FUCK YEAHHHHHHH

DID THANOS GO FOR THE DICK?!

PETER!!!!! THE HUG!!!!!

Oh shit GAMORA

Peter Parker is VALID AND IMPORTANT AND SO PURE

Yeahhhh CAROLLLLLLLL

Thanos looks so sad Alexa play All Star

SHES GOT HELP HELL YES MY WOMEN ARE BAD BITCHES

Scarlet Witch is everything. EVERYTHING. I would DIE FOR WANDA MAXIMOFF.

Headbutts Carol “bitch do I LOOK AMUSED”

TONy

I AM IRON MAN

Oh FUCK

MY HEART

Get fucking WRECKED BALLSACK FACE

This reminds me of when Voldemort went cornflakes

I’m crying so fucking much oh god

BABY STARK

Was that Harley I can’t see there’s too many tears

MORGAN AND HAPPY

I thought I was gonna hate Falcon Cap but I really can’t when it’s like this

I still want Stucky and will ship it forever but I can’t really hate this ending scene.

Final Thoughts: Endgame has officially ruined my life and I’m okay with it. My face hurts from crying. I need a hug. And to go see FFH again.

[maid-of-timey-wimey]

Death Roast (Netflix Death Note liveblog)

OK, we're not even a minute and a half in and we've already got a problem. So Light is doing some math problems very fast to show off his smarts, that figures... but then he hands it off to some other guy and takes money in return??? I thought this was a story about a guy who thinks brutal and absolute enforcement of the law is the way to a perfect world, why the fuck would he help someone cheat? (ETA: he has FIFTEEN clients. FIFTEEN students he has been helping to get grades they don't deserve. What could he possibly be doing with that money that would let him spin this into a necessary evil?)

I am way too entertained by his high-pitched screaming and running away from Ryuk's first appearance. (I thought he wasn't supposed to show up until after the first name though?)

Ok, yeah, Ryuk is way too directing here. Though "Let's write Kenny's name down and see what happens" is a nice hint at the shinigami name-sight. (So is knowing Light's name right off the bat, come to think of it.)

Clearly we're skipping over any suspense of both "is this real?" and "should I do this?". Light Turner is already showing some violent tendencies by going for "decapitation" where Light Yagami rarely gets more detailed than "traffic accident." (Also, fail on the Note's part because that was clearly only a partial decapitation. The lower jaw was still attached to the body.)

Sadly, I no longer want the potato chips I had specifically reserved for this movie.

I wonder where they're going with these implications about a previous human owning the notebook. It's not necessary, plot-wise; manga Ryuk tells Light from the beginning that he's not on anyone's side and "when you die, I'll be the one writing your name down."

Wait, there has to be a human keeper? Why?! I feel like they're ruining Ryuk as the embodiment of Chaotic Neutral: he dropped the Note because he was bored and wanted to see what a human would do with it. (Though come to think of it the manga 'verse must have had some precedent for a Death Note ending up in the human world, since why else would all these rules about human ownership of the Note be known? This kind of supports the "Death Note users reincarnate as new shinigami" theory.)

WAIT WAIT I'VE GOT A THEORY: When a person is killed by the Death Note, the shinigami gains the rest of the lifespan they would have otherwise had, right? So what if in this canon, shinigami can't use the notebooks themselves? They have to get a human to write names for them. That's why movie-Ryuk is so pushy: if the Note doesn't get used he could run out of stolen life and die.

I saw the "I can't tell you... Okay, I'll tell you" exchange on my dash already, but I kinda assumed they were already dating at that point? HOLY SHIT HE BARELY KNOWS HER. I never thought I'd say this, but Light, you are not being nearly paranoid enough. (...No pun intended.)

He handed Mia the notebook before telling her to look at where Ryuk was; he assumed they were working by the animanga rules lmao Admittedly this will make keeping the secret easier. Which, as discussed, he needs the help. I'm guessing that Light is going to give Mia some ripped-out pages so that on the "retains the properties of the entire book" principle she'll become a secondary Kira Keeper.

HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO "THANK YOU" IF YOU KEEP MAKING THE DEATHS LOOK LIKE ACCIDENTS? Bring back the default heart attack, dammit! Or if you want to be flashy, how about writing "struck by lightning," something easily fatal and popularly associated with divine punishment? On a related note, does this director have some sort of fetish for heads exploding?

Wow, Light is actually having scruples now? But credit where credit is due: the question of "How do we know if these anonymous Internet tips are trustworthy?" is actually a really good one that the manga was probably written too early to address properly. It's timely now, considering how common doxxing has become even over trivial matters, and how stolen images for example can result in the wrong person suffering the consequences.

Actually, I guess having "Kira" literally split between two people works, because you can't have too much internal monologue in a live-action movie. Inner conflicts become spoken, so that's why this adaptation has Light being the conscience and Mia being the Lady to his Macbeth.

Watari's real name is just "Watari"? Ok, nobody is paranoid enough in this movie.

[SERIOUS SPOILER ALERT! THERE'S LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR LEFT OF THE MOVIE AND THAT PROBABLY INCLUDES CREDITS. SERIOUSLY THINK HARD ABOUT READING FURTHER IF YOU PLAN TO WATCH AND HAVEN'T]

Damn, that was cold, writing Light's name in the book as insurance. However, she didn't actually write "...after he gives this notebook to Mia," which would have been smart because then he would have no choice. (Pretty sure that would be safe since it's just the first name. Anything less specific would invite loopholes.)

I can't be the only one who found the slow-mo-fall-with-Chicago-playing narmy as hell.

OMG, the way he got the Death Note back-- now that is the caliber of plan I'd expect from Kira.

Hmm, and they leave it ambiguous whether L kills him or not. The father being so calm about the reveal was weird though... (I guess he had a couple days to process the realization while Light was comatose, but still...?!)

Honestly, aside from Light's dad suddenly accepting that he's Kira at the end, the movie wasn't as bad as I expected. It doesn't stand up to the original in terms of psychology or philosophy, but taken as its own AU thing (like the pilot manga) it's a decent bit of entertainment.

[big-stupid-jellyfish]

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TBH after the quality started dropping and dropping and i quit as an act of Self Care i started to wonder if maybe… it was always actually bad… and i was just tok naive to catch up sooner. like maybe the hints were there all along… sigh… i don even kno no more

my take on this shit is that s1 has literally two qualities that overshadowed issues that normally would get on the first plane if it was any less entertaining: it had some thick plot (that disappeared later) and witty, humorous writing

but from the very beginning of the series here were things that i hoped would get resolution as the series progressed, but... those were the symptoms

(and i accidentally spill fucking everything that bothered me about jro’s writing - long text under the cut)

extremely biased narrative that worsened in s2. the protags are the real MVPs, anything that contradicts the main narrative gets severely vilified or doesn’t get any voice whatsoever - easy casualties for the sake of main character’s progression (people keep dying so megatron can become a better person), apologism for some fucked up shit (whirl, drift), etc. it especially gets fucked up in a sense that narrative isn’t neutral from author’s point of view, it nudges you to have an opinion about this character or action in certain way - understand the evildoer, forgive the crimes for loveable personality, change fucking facts with narrative shifts (oh yeah, nobody fucking remembers that getaway didn’t try to kill tailgate per se - his primary goal was to frame megatron for attempted murder, with tailgate being acceptable causality without confidence if he was going to survive or not)

unnecessary, horrible deaths of minor characters for the sake of narrative “life isn’t fair, happens to everyone” (pipes, ambulon, trailcutter, skids, hell even black shadow or how that dude was called that the djd killed first), as well as lots of gore that absolutely became just senseless and lost any meaning to me as a reader

inconsistent character arcs, and especially: jro’s complete inability to write recovery of mentally ill/traumatized characters. chromedome had this big fucking terrible arc about how practicing mnemosurgery fucks him up, fucks his relationship with rewind, fucks EVERYTHING up around him, but as soon at it became a convenient plot device, there wasn’t a single fucking noise about him injecting on unconscious tailgate to make sense of getaway’s attempt to frame megatron. and also with rewind 2.0 cd’s issues become just irrelevant. swerve is being outed about being severely, dangerously depressed but as soon as the arc is over, it’s like a sitcom without consistent plot, it’s all forgotten. whirl is stated to be one of the most unstable characters prone to extreme violence and self-harm, and... where is it all now? how the fuck did he resolve his self-destructive tendencies? just how did that happen, jro? if you write mental trauma believably, don’t fucking leave it in vain. oh yeah, and skids. god, i am still angry about that.

rung. holy shit rung. rong “i tie myself to emotionally vulnerable people because i want friends” the therapist. it is stated that he’s a therapist, but i honestly tried to count how many people he actually helped with his therapist skills, and it’s like 0,5 - that 0,5 is whirl and he only counts as a half because whirl was in more need of a friend than another shrink, and rung is very happy to provide that. and the very first case where i got my reaction “hold on what” was after the incident with fort max - THAT early. when fort max is on the brig, and rung comes to talk to him, fort max apologizes and very well speaks about his feelings and his trauma and my serious wtf moment was when supposed-to-be-neutral-therapist says “i have learned to forgive anything”. what the fuck was that narrative shift? when the fuck did the moment become about rung??? i won’t lie, i brushed it off back then because i thought that well, it’s a comic, what do i want from it, but lol again, it was only a symptom and a MINOR one.

then we get stuff that i am sure was unintentional - after red alert loses it and supposedly almost commits suicide (implied that drift decapitated him actually) and gets literally fridged, he returns back shining and without visible struggles - without rung’s involvement at all. chromedome in his grief gets severely neglected by ship therapist on multiple occasions while rung gets to be author’s jabs at rodimus’ ego (after overlord incident - what was the fucking purpose??) or gets super interested in ship’s new captain’s obsession with fusion cannons. swerve almost dies, and rug is like tweedledee i have no part in this. the only legitimate case i can remember when rug used his therapist skills was when he was provoking brainstorm into shooting megatron knowing he’s too coward to do it, and you know... dude is manipulative. also i was baffled when there was this big fucking reveal about how rug’s license was nulled because he was too friendly to his patients, and the shittiness of this issue overlaps with biased narrative again, and it’s presented as a terrible and unjust thing to do, oh no! he just wanted to be friends! FUCK YOU, I’D RATHER GO UNMEDICATED AND UNTREATED THAN HAVE A THERAPIST THAT WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND. THERAPIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS NOT A FUCKING JOKE OR SOURCE FOR YOUR CHEAP FUCKING DRAMA, IT ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN’T BE PORTRAYED AS A DESIRABLE AND HARMLESS GOAL OF SUCH RELATIONSHIP. FOR FUCK’S SAKE

and last, jro seems to be extremely easily swayed by fans’ positive opinions while being completely deaf to criticism. it turns out well lmao