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a-lilacsong · 5 years ago

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Elena of Avalor Live text reaction: Giant Steps

I enjoy reading other people's posts where they watch episodes of shows and write reactions to things in the episode while they're still watching it. So I decided to make one for this new episode: Giant Steps.

Reaction starts under the cut (Spoilers for the episode since this is a reaction)

She needs a crew

Wait has she gone to Australia

Also I love that fish on the wall

To bad it wouldn't be able to sing most likely

Is that a wanted poster for the bat on the wall?

And it looks like she's selling Esteban’s hat as well

oooooh I think I feel a song coming on

also the letter text is so clear I could probably translate this

if I felt like it

Man, Elena is a fast writer

I really like the accordion in this song but so far it's been pretty casual

I don't know, I guess I was just expecting a big old villain song

What a cute parrot! Naomi should get a parrot

Oh that's a sword for a second I thought it could be a chainsaw

Don't mind him that's just casual Joe, casually showing off his casual sword to his casual friends Casually

Wow there's a lot of lens flares in this song, was it directed by JJ Abrams?

Maybe it's not even a big threat Naomi's coming to warn them about, maybe she's just going to come back to say hi at this point, she seems like she's really missing Elena

This is why she needs a crew, then she wouldn't be lonely

Having a good cry together?! All of the hurt comfort and angst fanfiction possibilities!

Oh look there's the not-Ash little girl

yes the Elena and Naomi feels are strong with this one

Ship does not rhyme with fate! this is the second time a line hasn't rhymed and it bugs me

And she's broke

Maybe she should have asked for some money along with a ship eh?

The Bat Wanted poster Is hilarious

And so starts her career as a bounty hunter

“So how much gold are you giving for his capture?” “heaps of it.” “But how much gold exactly?” “HEAPS. OF. IT.”

Yeah when you just draw bags of money on the poster it's probably a scam

Naomi unrolls the wanted poster, Me: *Gasps out loud* They all look so good!

I wonder if you captured those three along with the bat if they give you an extra gold for that or if they just only give you a reward for the bat

You probably wouldn't get any gold though cuz it's probably a scam

Sudden zoom in on the poster while there's a bell in the background like what

reminds me how they always always seem to do that during dramatic moments in Star Trek

What's in the bag a knife, a phaser, or is she just giving her the bag

Maybe a special knockout powder?

Oh cool it's one of those endless Space Bags

also what a cute red bird

This episodes giving lots of birds

But the Winged being I want to see most is Chatana

Oh look she sells harpoons! What does the store not have?

The necklace, of course she wants the necklace, I was thinking about was oddly noticeable with Naomi wearing two necklaces so of course she's going to have to give one away

Will she give it to her, Probably

Yep now she has the Magic Bag

And she got the take the wanted poster as well?! Wow !

It's not illegal to take down wanted posters?

Boy there is probably some kid out there who has fifty wanted posters just up decorating their room because they are very well drawn

I mean if I lived in that world and knew I couldn't get punished for it I would totally have a few of them up

Ash and Chatana just look so snug in their pictures, when why was Esteban just looks so innocent compared to them

Wait so ash gave Chatana the diadem off screen? okay...

I've been waiting months for this, yes, YES team Ash team Ash team Ash YES!

Now I finally get to see more of Chatana

I will finally get to see what her personality is really like yes

~~ but now I have to eat supper so intermission

Sarah give me spoilers Darn it ~~

Anyway

the bat can shape-shift!? wow I always thought that Esteban’s teleportation powers would take them to Vestrella but I was wrong

Of course they're seen immediately, probably because of Ash’s yelling

Wait if you Caught the Jaquin babies, what would you do with them Esteban?

He seems better at this villain stuff than I thought

Also both Ash and Chatana seem way too confident about this

I'm predicting it will be their Achilles heel

Bold of Mateo to assume that she would be looking for her friend instead of the villains

Probably spied on Naomi before

It seems Mateo's more Curious boy Then I thought he's willing to spy on someone if they're a friend

And she's right there, she probably ran past Armando and everyone else that's why they didn't get it notified of her arrival

Like she always does

Yay clumsy Mateo

And he didn't drop it!

No one expected you back this soon Naomi not even the audience

Lesbians lesbians lesbians

It's great other than the crippling loneliness

Mateo asks the kind of questions that I asked on tumblr ask blogs anonymously

“Ancient at least I thought she was ancient '' if she said that to Chatana’s face which you take it as a compliment or an insult I wonder?

Also continuity!

And of course she's only going to bring Gabe because he is the only guard She Knows by name

Sarcasm aside though I'm glad that these four will get to have another adventure together

They are the Ultimate Adventure team

Well Isabel is always welcome on it

But it is illegal for her to try to fight Esteban

Or Witness Elena seriously killing him

Wait is she going because she wants to be with Elena

Or to get the prize money

Probably both

I sure hope Elena doesn't feel betrayed if Naomi tries to get that prize money I mean she has to make a living somehow

Yes Elena, the team

It is the only team strong enough to defeat the evil team

Oh boy every time Chatana walks she looks like she's on a Runway! She is so poised and confident looking

Also it seems that they have gotten past that cloaking spell

And Esteban gets smacked in the face

They just love you using him for slapstick don't they?

I just love it how bat says casually that they're being watched

And Ash and Chatana flip out like they're about to be caught by the thought police

Okay, Esteban is hilarious

*Ash Eyeroll*

I wonder who has done more eye rolls in the series Ash or Esteban?

And she blocked it again, I guess it wears off over time?

SOME kind of cloaking spell!? it looks like the same one they were using before!

I sure hope Philly wasn't conscious with Chatana all those years

She CAN fly!

And we finally get to see her make a monster and it's so cool!!!

Spiders spiders everywhere!

Flying spider tornado!

Ash and Esteban’s reactions are valid

BABY spider Eagles! that changes everything

Now that means that they're really cute

I would still be distracted by them though

Esteban sass

Ash threats

If they weren't so evil they make a great sitcom team

~~~break to watch final episode of Pride and Prejudice with my family~~

Gabe makes yet another strategy which will be most likely ignored or never brought up again

Points for trying, Captain

Oh good, that’s just webs, thought it was something else for a moment

Down they go, too bad she can't use levaloop with that sceptre and they're going to have a hard Landing

Woo he didn't use levaloop he's learning new spells

Yay team Ash back views! I've been needing these for artistic purposes

Did Phili just spit fire Let me back that up

Wow I think he did

Awww, “Little one”

They must train together a lot, Ash just needs to give Esteban a look and he does what they need

That's the same unlocking spell as before

do the Maruveians only have one kind of lock spell

Also wait did Chatana teach that to Ash at some point?

Because she certainly didn't use that on the gate before to unlock Chatana...

Oh nice unlocking effects

some...BODY ONCE TOLD ME

MAMA <--May I also mention that my theory was right

Wait all of Chatana's creatures are locked up here?

I guess there are the Sunbird jars

True she was captured, (much better excuse than Pink Diamond’s)

And here is Esteban, the king of sucking up

In a way, Kizin Reminds me of Sarah

He Likes the tall funny man

Good recovery Esteban, you didn't make any snide comment that time

And now everyone else sucks up

Except Phili

Chatana smile

Kizin has other friends? AWW, he Just wants to help his friends!

Ash has done nothing other than that spell so far except yell and complain to others

And there goes a bat

We will probably get him later... or maybe we will just leave him

Oh look will team Avalor attack him immediately or will they try and reason with him first

If you needed more guards why didn't you just grab them in the first place

I know Migs and Skyler are Guardians but couldn't you have gotten another Guardian to go and get reinforcements?

Elena never planned ahead for things

Gabe the running LOL

So you're going to just attack him instead of reasoning with him? okay

I think that trip wire might be a little high Naomi

Wait Shouldn't Elena and Mateo wait on the other side of the tripwire so that they can surround Kizim just in case

Naomi tie the tripwire you won't be strong enough to hold it up yourself

Or maybe you will you are pretty strong

Hey look there's the bat

No Naomi, no Naomi no tie the rope Naomi, and then go after him

Tell Elena of your financial troubles don't risk it all

(to quote Ash:) foolish child....

Looks like the bats in the bag

Also why was he attacking ships in the first place, for the LOLs?

More Gabe running

*Sigh* should have tied it...

She hurt him he hurt her

Very good, Gabe protect

See Don't Use Magic on Kizim, use Magic on yourself

Oh yeah use the wizard to unlock the pots

And then an extra

You know it seems like every episode where Elena could do a lot more she gets injured and then another character has to save the day

It happened in the episode with the merman Prince

Naomi just sort of stands there and watches

Okay that scene is funnier in context than it is in the trailer

First aid! Someone actually knows how to do first aid!

Mateo disobeyed a plan and now Naomi disobeyed the plan

When will they learn that disobeying plans always leads to bad things

Sorry Princess I'm broke

And Too Proud to Beg

Okay, this is a complicated situation, on one hand Naomi is a big help in defeating villains on the other, why don't they just get a royal guard who is good with a lasso?

I mean there are definitely some personal emotions running here

But also it might have been better to wait to become a Captain until after the villains had been caught

I just think this might be both their faults

Although running out to the bat and not tying the Rope yeah

Little scared Mateo noise

I thought it was just going to run head-on into a wall

LOL if one man can't do it get the other guy to do it

Gabe with magic well that would be interesting…

Well yeah, he's normally there

Wait he's not going to attack Keatamos is he?

Gabe and Matteo wouldn't allow that

“Hello friends” awww

Uh-oh is right, that many shaking pots is never good

And now they're here to save the day

When you forget you have an injury

Although she Naomi should have felt the arm first to see how the sling should be set

He likes one cousin and dislikes the other

Wait magic wands are handed?

Don't worry that Blaze probably didn't hit the wood that's everywhere around here

How would releasing the bat help, I feel like he'd be on Kizim's side

Couldn't you have just caught him in the bag with the bat still inside

Actually no, the bat would get squished

Well Gabe, you are bringing the burn today

Esteban reacts to waiting for things the same way I do

Esteban knows he's the universe is punching bag

Ash facepalm

Chatana does care

And Phili never will

OOOOh Other allies!??!

It just seems like the Delgados inexplicably know about every different darkforce and possible magic thing there is

She is angsting, Naomi, Which she always does alone

Wow her arm is in a cast

Couldn't they just fix it with magic?

Does no one in this world know a healing spell?

Actually that wouldn't surprise me.

Get a room you two! Oh, you do have a room

now kiss

They love each other

You know you can hire your own ship crew at some point right?

I mean Captains classically command other crew members.

Wait is she coming back to the council

No Naomi don't ruin your life with politics!

Get out while you still can!

Wait, Naomi doesn't know she was replaced

Well it would be easier on Julio if he didn't have two jobs…

Which is the responsible thing to do

She lives to serve

Hugs

Every episode with Chatana so far has had Elena Naomi angst

That's the end of my reaction.

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So here's my Mini review. Overall I liked the episode, sure the big conflicts could have been avoided if people actually talked with each other about their feelings first before the disasters, but that happens so often in TV shows I'm almost used to it. I loved seeing the villain force again (especially Chatana). Hopefully we will see them again soon. I wonder what job Naomi will get now, (Maybe being the minister of ships)?

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muscida57 · 7 years ago

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The Strangers Who Find Me in the Woods | Chapter 1

Here’s a new story on AO3 enjoy

http://archiveofourown.org/works/10994310/chapters/24488193

‘The strangers in the woods must mimic squirrels and crackle

with the undergrowth. They must not flinch at the cruelty

of breaking golden leaves with their feet, or of interring stones.

And like any of these deciduous trees in autumn they must be

stingy with shadow and move deceptively across the sludge.

I listen to these strangers stirring with the evenings. I invent paths

for them to the soft edge of the lake. Each descent is as graceful

as a sinking ship, but less tragic somehow because these strangers

don’t possess a lung. I cannot hear them breathe, yet the air

is all whispers, all sighs—the same ethereal muscle that rubs

the color off the foliage. I lost my way out of the woods on the night

every bird went south or numb. A plump rat snatched the moon

and dragged it by the white rope of its tail. The strangers were

a cloak of silhouettes flattening against a trunk like bark.

I must have disappeared among them because the mouth I touched

was not my own and was cruelly closing in on someone’s rib. I carried

such a bite on me, an arc of green and yellow on my side from the man

who said he loved me. In that darkness I knew as much about him

as I did of the amputee swimming his way up the hill with his

only arm. So this is the home of the unturned stone where

the fugitive keeps his kiss! Archeologists will discover a paradise

in the place no touch died of neglect. Is it any wonder all things

forgotten or abandoned find their way here? The winter is back, so too

the bloated body of a book I tossed over the bridge last week.

And there on the bench, is my old smoking habit, a cigarette

glowing on my mouth like a beacon. I’m patient, waiting for the fugitive

to claim me as his own. I’m as wise as any stranger here, alone but with

the knowledge that the grief of separation is always brief.’

-The Strangers Who Find Me in the Woods, Rigoberto González

A flash of blue out of the corner of his eye.

It intrigued him, pushed him to investigate.

After all, he was a spy. It was second nature to look into matters that interested him.

But he was too worn out from the flight here to do anything of that nature.

He had just had to dodge security and barely manage to get through airports in Russia before taking a scheduled ‘taxi’ to the inner city. He had to hide his face from there with a scarf, walking through city streets, hoping to not be caught. His nostrils burned slightly from the cold of the Russian winter, a chill working its way down his spine.

He entered his hotel, a stay that was booked by the government to last for 5 weeks. That was a pretty long time to live in a hotel room, but he would have to make do. Maybe he would even grow attached to it. Who knows.

Jack plopped down in his queen sized bed, only barely kicking off his shoes before his head hit the pillow and he fell into a deep sleep.

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Morning came with a great commotion, somebody yelling in the hallway outside of his room. Jack groaned and opened his eyes, a ray of light from the window blinding him. Jack turned over and sat up, eyes squinted and fingers clumsy.

Jack grabbed the glasses he had miraculously remembered to take off last night and put the square frames on the bridge of his nose, relieved to be able to see things again. He snatched the schedule he had written down right before the plane ride and looked over it.

He was only supposed to scope out the city today. See where he could hide, see where he could relax, see who he might be able to trust. He would take the first five days to do this. It might not even take him that long. He just needed to survey the city and build a network under his alias: Steven Smith. He would find a few allies, maybe meet up with other US spies, etc.

Jack nodded as he set the document down before getting up to make some tea. He didn’t much life coffee, but he would drink it if he had to. Luckily, they had a packet of black tea in the room, so he didn’t have to worry.

Jack quietly sipped at his tea, enjoying this one rare moment of peace before being thrust into a stressful world full of potential threats.

A quiet knock sounded on the door. Jack’s heart leapt up to his throat. He had forgotten that he might be in a hotel with routine checks for spies. He quickly stuffed all his papers in the special pocket of his briefcase and rushed to the door, sporting a fake smile for the officer dressed in black before him. He was a private in the army, probably just enlisted by the look of it. He was nervous, as he should have been. He had probably just been yelled at by higher ups because of his dark skin tone, but he somehow managed to present in front of Jack with a straight back and neutral face.

“Step aside.” the man said, pushing past Jack and began examining the room. Jack waited anxiously, afraid that he might have fucked up on the first day.

He would be ready for this tomorrow.

“All clear.” the soldier said, turning his head and marching out of the room, moving to shut the door. Their eyes met for a brief moment.

Blue met brown.

The soldier’s head turned, his eyelids drooping and a small smile covering his face. Jack’s breath caught in his throat, a chill made its way down his spine. The soldier quickly closed the door, leaving Jack alone with thoughts coursing through his mind.

Outside the room, a young soldier named Gabriel Reyes took a deep breath. His deep brown eyes sparkled and his heart pounded in his chest. Gabe hurried through the rest of his room checks, the stranger’s eyes the only thought in his mind.

They were so blue.

Gabe finished his last room check and stumbled directly into his commanding officer.

“What has you so happy?”

“Oh, n--nothing, sir.” Gabe, replied, his smile dropping. His shoulders dropped and his elbows pressed into the sides of his chest.

“Good answer. You’re doing the next floor, too. Get to work, Private.”

Gabe sighed, his gaze downcast.

And yet, through everything, the stranger’s eyes kept nagging him at every step.

What was happening?

#drabbles

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