#i just think thats neat way to wrap the season

[thankstothe]

but the way season 4 starts and end with crisis and the patient mishap

[puppetsoftomorrow]

I was hoping for at least a reduced eighth season maybe six episodes just to wrap up the cliffhanger and give legends a proper series finale. But oh well we still got seven seasons which is way more than I ever thought we'd get!

I'm mad about batwoman tho. The network will drag out all their straight white male led shows and are oh so quick to renew them but won't give their minority led shows a chance. And I feel like batwoman was just getting into the rhythm of things!

yh i think legends needed a neat wrap up (and one last prison break joke lmao),, but 7 seasons of a show is always a good run, and i don't think we'll really see shows running for this kind of length again, or thats the way it feels

and yh!! batwoman was really starting to Be smth!! thats what i'm mad abt. batwoman could have had a healthy 5 seasons and we could have all forgot abt s1 but now thats not to be ... and frankly it was the new frontier when it comes to representation. upsetting thats passed over for other shows tbh

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Reviews: ML Season 4 episode 7: Sole Crusher

(Spoilers Below)

-Starts off with a tour of Paris. Neat.

-Ladybug and Chat noir just chilling as this tour is taking place XD

-Zoe wants a croissant. And Apparently the Dupain Cheng Bakery is just established best bakery in Paris. Also, She is cute.

-Zoé became fast friends with Marinette. And Not gonna lie, I can kind of ship it.

-Marinette heard the girl only had one friend and was like I AM GOING TO FRIEND THE S*** OUT OF YOU. Seriously, how can people not love Marinette? She is a darling.

-OMG! Zoé reminds me of pre-origins Marinette! Thats the personality. Shy, sweet, stylish, but unsure of herself.

-And now she is meeting her mother and her half sister. Well, this can only end in an akuma.

-Zoé shifted pretty quick on turning up the chloé/spoiled brat routine to talk to her mom. You can tell the girl doesn't mean what she says but knows its the only way to talk to her mom. OOOF. What actually happened? I feel sympathy for her.

-I wonder what actually happened to Zoe and what happened at her middle school.

-Chloé treating her sister like she a show dog and checking her appearance.

-So Chloé is basically laying down the rules. I know she is being kind of a b**** but oddly, it seems kind of nice for Chloé? Idk how to describe it. Its twisted but like, its also Chloé.

-Zoé sweetie... I want to adopt her.

-CHLOÉ HAS SABRINA IN A CLOSET?! WHAT THE F***.

-I take back everything I said, Chloé that is

-So Chloé has someone she bullies but says she stopped or like doesn't work well now that She became a hero? I think she means herself. OMG Marinette was the Sufferer. Chloé, WHAT THE F***?

-Chloé on rule 72. I feel so bad for Zoé. Poor girl gotta deal with this.

-Chloé are you usually this bad? Or is this like a special demonstration?

-Also Someone PLEASE HELP SABRINA! I am 100% sure this is slavery.

-Chloé making a grand announcement.

-"I will buy you a better name" Chloé 2021.

-Basically Chloé announcing this is my half sister, fear her like me or else.

-So Adrien is her best friend who is Preferably rich. (Well that Tweet that Astruc tweeted out makes sense)

-And now Chloé to try and ruin Marinette and Zoe' ship friendship

-Look give Zoe an Oscar, she is really good at fake mean.

-Also, rethinking my view on Sabrina... I think she might just have a Kink. Sabrina may be a masochist.

-Zoé is in Aurore's class! Please let them be friends

-Rose already ready to adopt the girl. Im glad they don't think the worst of her.

-Zoé is REALLY GOOD at faking out Chloé. I thought she was caught but she just Juked like a pro. Chloé even looked Proud of Zoé.

-The Mayor actually seems to care for his step daughter

-WAIT A MINUTE! I was wrong! Zoé isn't a pre-origins marinette. She is a GOOD HEARTED version of Lila!

-The Mayor, I actually feel bad for him. Damn.

-WAS THAT A YOUNG TOMOÉ?! I SAW THAT! SO THATS HOW GABRIEL KNOWS HER! OH DAMN!

-And cue Shadowmoth.

-Oh wow she looks JUST LIKE CHLOÉ. LOL, CHLOÉ CREATED A MONSTER.

-JEAN NO! YOU WERE MY FAVORITE!

-Chloé realizing she f***ed up and ran

-Chloé is on point with her selfishness today. just throwing marinette's parents into the fray

-Kaalki using her powers for what is the GREATEST 5 SECONDS OF THE EPISODE. poor plagg

-Oh look Kitty section.

-Here I am expecting Marichat where chat noir saves Marinette. but what I got was Marinette telling Chat noir she isn't done talking as she talks to the akuma. Honestly, I think thats WAY BETTER.

-Chat noir then tripped the akuma AFTER marinette was done. Nice to know he is polite.

-Well that will be a pain to walk but the akuma is not inside. Also, Chat noir just said "I will cataclysm that bitch before the city gets destroyed." Chat noir seems to be getting more and more destructive... Interesting

-WHY IS EVERYONE SO NONCHALANT ABOUT SABRINA BEING IN CHLOÉ'S CLOSET!?

-Well that was a bit anti-climactic

-and the miraculous charm too.

-Well at least things don't seem awkward with Luka and Marinette. Thats good. Nice to know they moved on.

-IVAN YOU SWEET HEART! being the first one to give a hug. Ivan ya big softie

-So Chloé's mom is even afraid of Chloé now? That seems out of character.

-I do like Mayor Andre a bit more, and Zoe seems much happier. For that I am glad.

____________________________________________________________

Overall the episode was good, It didn't stand out like some of the other episodes but I did find it pretty funny.

Some of the characters seemed out of it for me.

Kaalki was my favorite part of the episode.

I did like the interaction with the akuma and the design, though the ending felt a bit anti-climactic for me.

I do Like Zoe's character and I look forward to Queen Banana.

I would say 7.5/10.

It was good for what it was. I think it wrapped up too quickly for me. But we will see on that.

[toxicsamruby]

what are your thoughts on sam as a man of color?

OKAY so i do sort of go into this in my fic but im not gonna make u sift thru it for my opinions cuz i like to hear myself talk :) also disclaimer im gonna be exclusively talking abt the early seasons cuz i dont know or understand whats going on post s4. also also disclaimer all the posts im making abt this r about john as a white man and maryam as an arab woman . OK lets get into it

so one of the big differences btwn sam and dean is a question of assimilation. and dont get me wrong both of them do it in different ways but the first information we get about sam is that he’s trying VERY hard to assimilate not into the hunter cowboy culture that dean is but into the PROTECTED lifestyle of middle/upper class normalcy and ivy leagues and a pretty blonde wife and a respectable job in tax law or whatever. like a lot of sam’s characterization in the early seasons is about striving not necessarily towards “Normalcy” (although thats an essential part of it) but, more broadly, towards the moral ideal that’s been set forth by the white supremacist christian hegemony of american culture. and this manifests in the way that he runs away to stanford and tries so so hard to fit in, and also in his self destructive devotion to the christian god. it’s almost entirely based in a feeling of being unclean or unholy, and he believes in god not as a comfort but as a desperation for salvation, or a purification of what he believes is dirty blood.

so sam is TRYING to assimilate into this mainstream moral ideal, we see that, and there are times where he actually almost succeeds! he got into stanford with a full ride on his own merit! he did really well all four years, and he ended up with friends and a white woman he wanted to marry and entrance into a career that would have marked him as a respectable and fairly well off man for the rest of his life. he is a faithful christian, he prays every day and he reads the bible and he genuinely believes. surface level, he might have been comfortable forgetting about his roots and assimilating successfully for the rest of his life. but, crucially, he DOESNT succeed. why?

there is something marking him as “different” the entire time, something inherent, something he can’t shake off no matter how hard he tries to repress it. at stanford, of course, its his childhood, the monster hunting, the fucked up family, the extreme poverty. with christianity, its the demon blood. he can pretend all his life to be a good christian middle class lawyer with a nice white wife and a nice picket fence, but at the end of the day that life was not built for somebody like sam, and to succeed in it he will have to repress parts of himself that will never go away.

put this into the context of race. i said that i think dean’s relationship with gender white supremacy americana etc becomes more interesting when he’s a brown skinned man of color. dean is unable to assimilate into the kind of life that sam aims for. he has a markedly more antagonistic relationship with cops, he couldn’t get through school even though he’s demonstrably very intelligent, and he just doesn’t make the kind of first impression that sam does; people see sam as sweeter, kinder, more trustworthy, somebody who can be reasoned with. dean, by contrast, is usually treated with more wariness, more distrust. it’s dean who’s the primary target of the manhunt (before they fucking dropped that plotline lmao). all of this evidence taken together, sam, i think, is noticeably lighter than dean, maybe even conditionally white passing.

and this is an important part of how he’s trying to assimilate. he can feel that he’s ALMOST there, that he can ALMOST be the american moral christian ideal he’s been taught is more important than anything, if he can just contort himself into something that closely resembles a middle class christian white man. but that’s all he can ever do, is RESEMBLE that, no matter how hard he works. so he might be a token diversity point at his workplace or his school: of course he earned his place there, but he’s still aware that his position doesn’t come with the same ease of the middle class christian white man sitting next to him. so sam tries to make himself smaller, keeps himself clean shaved, his hair neat, doesn’t let himself tan too much, speaks softly and eloquently, represses his anger, doesn’t talk about his family, dates white girls, has unthreatening career aspirations, tries so so so so so hard to be a good christian because maybe, he thinks, someday he’ll wake up and he won’t feel like he’s wrapped in cellophane, separated by something clear but strong from the culture he’s trying to earn a place in. maybe he’ll feel one day that he’s earned his place, that he’s just the same as everybody around him, that he won’t have this unspoken but obvious difference to him that follows him everywhere. he thinks maybe he’ll be able to separate himself entirely from monstrousness, that one day he’ll pray and it won’t feel like begging to be somebody else.

but when dean comes for him. slowly but surely, he starts to realize that there never has been and never will be a place for him in this american white supremacist christian culture, and the cracks start to appear. he realizes that he’s never really felt at home anywhere, that the roots he’d tried so hard to put down were all wrapped in cellophane too, and after jess’s death, its the easiest thing in the world to pull those roots up because he never belonged there anyway. he starts getting angrier, stops caring who hears him yell. he stops repressing the powers that he’s been hiding from himself for as long as he can remember. very slowly, he looks this fact straight in the face: he is a monstrous Other, and he will never be anything else. he’s always been more self aware than dean, but it doesn’t help him now. he becomes angrier and more desperate all at once, pushing dean away and pulling him closer at the same time, praying more vehemently and still using his powers more often, letting himself become scarier looking and still sweet talking cops. he’s in this permanent state of conflict, because it’s virtually impossible for him to realize that the value system he’s had such faith in his entire life is false and cruel, so when he finds that he’s permanently locked outside of it, it doesn’t help him, it only convinces him that he’s a monster.

[aahsokaatano]

King I would love that essay about Changing Channels

Fjdjshjdhdjd thanks for reading my tags Jesse you're the real VIP here.

Okay SO "Changing Channels" is the 8th episode of the 5th season of Supernatural. I give this information bc it's important in looking at the context of the episode - now I've complained a LOT about how SPN is terrible at giving us canonical timeframes within the episodes (y'all i was SHOCKED to discover the first season is supposed to cover a little over a year's worth of time, I thought it was like... 4 or 5 months) so I can't say for sure how long before and after the other episodes happen in-universe around "Changing Channels" BUT

The episode before is "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester" where Dean and Bobby bet years of their lives in a game of poker with a witch. The episode after is "The Real Ghostbusters" where Sam and Dean end up at a fan convention for the in-universe Supernatural novels.

Why am I pointing this out? Because it's important, please, no audience participation, this is like a Brian David Gilbert panel.

[under a cut bc this got...... STUPID long. Who knew I still had this many opinions about SPN in 2020?]

Okay first of all I wanna talk about the cinnamon topography of this episode - I love the way the first 5 seasons are shot because you really feel the americana gothic horror aesthetic they were going for (I have a whole ‘nother rant about the first 5 seasons vs the last 10 but thats for another time). Everything is a little washed out and grey-toned, the camera angles generally serve to make Sam and Dean appear even taller than they actually are (larger than life - again, another post for another time), and there’s honestly a LOT of shots from the ‘monster’s’ perspective, which is really neat! I’ve said it before (on another blog - YES i have a dedicated spn rant blog, don’t @ me hdjfhfjfh) but the episode that really got me hooked on spn back in the day was the second one, about the w*ndigo. Yes, it’s a racist, culturally appropriating shitstorm, but the way its SHOT is fantastic. I’m honestly not a horror fan, but that episode could have easily relied on jumpscares and they DIDN’T and it was scary as all fucking hell and just - fuck okay getting off topic. 

In “Changing Channels” we get that distinctive grey-washed tone in the beginning and the very end of the episode, but the middle? When they’re in TV Land? Everything is bright. Almost comically so, I mean - okay look at these two shots of Sam (apologies about the crappy phone pics, netflix won't let me screenshot)

This one is from the start of the episode, in the "real" police station

And this is from a little later in the "TV" hospital

Ignoring that my phone is washing him out a lot in both pics, you can still see the warmer tones in the hospital shot as compared to the cold greyness in the police station one

Okay, now look at this picture

Dean inside the Impala, and those warm tones are back. Why? Because even though Sam and Dean believe that they’re back in the “real” world, they aren’t - so instead of the grey-washed shots that we’re used to, its the bright and warm shots that we see in “TV Land”! So the viewers pick up, even if its just subconsciously, that the boys aren’t out of the woods yet - everything is still too bright to be the in-universe reality we’ve come to expect from SPN by season 5

Which is also why i love this shift so much

These shots are literally SECONDS apart. The first is in "TV Land" and the second is in the "real" world. I have some red strip lights behind my bed, which are reflecting off my laptop screen - notice how much brighter they seem in the second picture? That’s because literally all of the warm colors have been drained out of the shot. As soon as Gabriel snaps them all back into “reality,” things get so much colder.

Okay, so the second thing I want to talk about is some of the very pointed dialogue choices within the “shows” the Winchesters take part in. Not between Sam and Dan and Gabriel, but from the, for lack of a better term, NPCs within the shows.

In the hospital, Dr. Piccolo tells Sam that he is “the finest cerebrovascular neurosurgeon I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your table; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.” Standard cheesy soap opera dialogue - but lemme just swap some words here and - 

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your hunt; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.”

Or even - 

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So Jessica and Mary died above you; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault [but Azazel’s]. Sometimes people just die.”

Keeping in mind that the NPCs are basically Gabriel’s mouthpieces, its easy to see why so many people ship Sabriel. I’d actually love to see a fic that explores them talking about this moment in particular later on and the kind of gentle forgiveness that Gabriel can give Sam... getting off topic again.

In an abrupt about-face, the herpes commercial (much meme’d within the fandom) is straight up Gabriel shaming Sam. Because if you replace “genital herpes” with “demon blood” it’s.... dark. And very intentional.

So that’s what I did! (I combined all spoken lines to make the message easier to read, rather than splitting them up across 3 speakers as in the episode)

“I’ve drank demon blood. I tried to be responsible... did I try. But now, after being forcibly detoxed, I fight my addiction every day to reduce the chances of passing back into that toxic mindset. Ask your loved ones about a demon blood intervention today. [...] I am doing all I can to slightly lessen the chance of drinking demon blood again. And that’s a good thing.”

Like... the subtext throughout this episode sure is. Something.

Okay this is getting ridiculously long so I wanna wrap up by talking about The Best Scene In The Whole Goddamn Show

I’m talking, of course, about Gabriel’s Confession

“Max,” you might be saying, “there are so many better scenes out there, even within the first five seasons!” and to that i say, again, no audience participation, please. Also, you’re WRONG and here’s why!

Gabriel’s confession hits every goddamn emotional chord that the fandom begged for on this show - fear, rage, grief, pain, guilt, and even, yes, absolution. 

Okay, here’s the scene again for those of you who don’t think about it at least once a week like me

Now this video is missing some of the conversation, but most of it is there, enough for you to see what I’m talking about. Gabriel up to this point has been, essentially, a nameless antagonist - this is the third episode he appeared in, and before this, we didn’t even know he was going by Loki. He was just referred to as ‘The Trickster’. But here, not only do we get a name (a real name at that), but we also get a glimpse of his backstory and a hell of a lot of character development in less than 5 minutes. I mean, Sam didn’t get this much character development throughout the entirety of season 1! There’s a good reason Gabriel has been a fan-favorite for a very long time, and I think a big part of it is this particular scene.

Because here, we get to see Gabriel being vulnerable. And we even see Dean show a little vulnerability, as he can empathize being the third party to explosive arguments between the two people who mean everything to him.

I mean... okay, it will never see the light of day, but I wrote a little bit of a Reverse ‘Verse fic (because I’m a sucker for Reverse ‘Verse) and this was the scene I started with. Not s1e1, not even the resurrection in s4e1, but this scene. Because this scene, more than any other, is critical to the way not only Gabriel’s (first) arc plays out, but also to how Sam and Dean conduct themselves for the rest of the season (and maybe a bit beyond, it’s been a hot minute since I watched s6 and later). Dean is angry but determined, he has a point to make, he is going to save Sammy and if he can’t do that, then he’s going to damn well die trying. But Sam... it’s after this episode that we start really seeing how bone-achingly tired Sam is. It’s after this conversation - where one of the other archangels, one of the few beings who can truly understand how powerful Michael and Lucifer are - says that there’s no other way around this that Sam seems to start inching towards giving in. Saying yes.

Sure, in the actual episode, he seems outraged by the idea, practically scoffs at it - “you want us to say yes to those sons of bitches?” - but it’s after this where Sam really seems run down.

I mean, look at the episodes before and after (HAH you thought I forgot about that first point I made at the very beginning of this post! I did, briefly, but I’ve circled back to it, thanks for being understanding). In “The Curious Case of Dean Winchester,” Sam behaves much as he did since the start of s4, which is to say, ‘annoying little know-it-all brother tossed into the middle of the apocalypse and just trying his best’ and it works well for the mad scramble for any scrap of information that’s happening in s4/early s5.

But in “The Real Ghostbusters” it’s different. This is another funny meta episode - except, while Sam and Dean are technically aware of the joke, they aren’t as amused by it as the audience is. And it’s not because of the ghosts. It’s because they’re just... done. Especially Sam. Dean has that nice little moment with the cosplayers at the end of the episode, but Sam... threatens to shoot Chuck. Sam ‘goes darkside’ more often than pretty much any other character in the show, but that moment is different. It’s a flat promise, not a threat. He’s not being an asshole, like he is after losing his soul. He’s just... done. And it’s obvious to see.

Gabriel’s confession is the turning point for Sam in s5, and it informs a lot of his behavior through the rest of s5, and possibly beyond! Like I said, I haven’t watched past s5 in a very long time, so I don’t feel confident enough to analyze that specific sort of character line, but I feel confident in saying that hearing one of the most powerful beings in the universe basically say “it doesn’t matter what you do - your destiny is unavoidable” and then he’s proven right (Sam says yes to Lucifer, and Dean eventually does say yes to Michael down the line!)... like, that’s really gotta fuck up your world view that was built on free will and throwing off the shackles of fate. Sam managed to avoid his ‘destiny’ in s2... but then it turns out that that wasn’t ever his destiny. Lucifer was his destiny.

Talk about an obscured view of the inner self.

[we-rate-tmnt]

Give us the Donatellos!

Donnie is my favorite so Imma be super biased on this one. Maybe I like smart guys or maybe purple is my favorite color, you’ll never know!

Up first, the og ‘hehe turgle’

Donatello (1987)

Yeah I’m sorry for making this 

First of all, not the biggest fan of his voice. It has a bit of a whiny quality to it, and I’m not about all that jazz. His gismo’s look pretty lame a lot of the times, either it’s a grey box with some buttons, dials and flashing lights or looks like it was pulled directly from Lost in Space. Still a cute design but he felt pretty bland and seemed to be used for plot convenience most of the time. To put it simply, he was cute and essential but kinda bland. I’m always really harsh on this version because it’s so painfully dated and cheesy, which ain’t my cup of tea, but what can I say be hehe turgle.

5/10

I had a crush on this Donnie so you know that this is not remotely close to a fair rating but eh, I love him and yall do too

Don (2003)

His voice, such a huge improvement. I’m really sound-oriented and I often like to play a game of ‘I’ve heard the VA before, but which role?’ when I watch cartoons and I don’t mean to brag, but I’m pretty good at it. So when I heard that soft, caring voice, ten year old me was head over heels. Which is one quality I love about him. His heart is so huge, like I can think back to a bunch of side characters and most of them were introduced through Don helping or knowing them. The Atlantians and the homeless in the show owe so much to Don, but he goes out of his way to make sure that they are alright. In the last season (which everyone hated but I actually really liked so fuck me I guess), Splinter is lost into tiny pieces across the web and Don blames himself and goes without sleep and food for days to bring him back. It broke my heart, and I’m pretty sure a lot of others, to see him like that.

On a lighter note, I vaguely remember this one scene where the triceration dude is like ‘you did this!’ and Don’s like ‘I did? Good for me then.’ and had a very pleased grin on his face right after. I don’t know why, but that killed me. Bless Don and his rare, but excellent, comebacks.

He really does so much and there were quite a few episodes focused on him. He also had quite a bit of character development, not as much as Leo, but whoever gets any more development whatsoever besides Leo?

I love him he’s amazing protect him/10

Next up is the Donnie that helped me love my old gap tooth.

Donnie (2012)

Voiced by the very talented Rob Paulson, this Donnie goes back and forth from really great character to eh. The whole April thing was just kinda strange to me and I don’t really think it added anything other than some interesting Casey and Donnie banter. His crush was really strong the first two seasons and came off as stalkerish almost. Although I’m guilty of having a picture of a crush as my lock screen once as well, so I can’t judge that much. I really liked that they actually addressed this when Bigfoot had a crush on Donnie and he realized how April felt. Yeah, that episode was weird and just didn’t make any sense, but it really helped Donnie gain a new perspective and made him go from super crush to (mostly) hidden pining. He has a nice design as well, especially with the gap tooth. I used to have one and was really embarrassed of it but whenever I saw that Donnie had one, I thought it looked neat and I started to see myself in a more positive light. It’s closed up now, but I can still spray water between the little bit that’s left as a parlor trick. But seriously, what the FUCK was up with Don visiososoos whatever tf his name I I don’t understnad my tiny brain don’t understand why my purple boy tried to kill this dude who looked like he should’ve been wearing a red jumpsuit in the background of a pixar robot love story. Anyway, my tall gap tooth son, ily.

7/10

Then, the barely changed but fantastic

Donnie (Heroes in a Half Shell: Blast to the Past)

Baby but Bastard at the same time purely because of the ‘Anyone who bothers me, ejector seat button’s right there’ line. 

10/10

Now this version has one of my favorite designs out of all the Donatello’s!

Donatello (2014/2016)

They put a lot of thought into his design psychically, the long body, the near-constant look of surprise and curiosity in his features, the gadgets made of common objects, the wraps on his arms, I would love to be able to think of and make those kinds of details! It was all really well thought out and he stood out since he wasn’t as bulky as the rest of the turtles. I really like the little lines and the actor did a fantastic job on the delivery and really made the character come to life. Some favorites: ‘Ohmygod, they have guns’, the little awed, snorty chuckle when he flips a car over with his bo staff, ‘doitdoitoitdoit im not gonna stop til you do it doditdoit’ and when he straight up yeets himself out of a plane. He has a genuine curiosity in everything he does and I think he might be my favorite version. It’s hard to choose when it comes to Donnie because he varies so wildly. But for detail, voice and writing alone, definitely the 2014 Donnie.

8.5/10

Next up is God himself

Donnie (2018)

Chaotic as all hell, like I can’t think of a more chaotic character from ANY of the versions other than this Donnie. I have a lot of thoughts about his character in general, from design, to psychology and complexes. First and foremost, Donnie is a softshell turtle, meaning he has a DOPE battle shell and overall looks pretty damn neat. Although, I think that just the fact he’s biologically weaker has caused him to put up a lot of boundaries between him and his family and friends. He can’t be incredibly strong like Raph, agile like Leo or fast like Mikey and even though he brags about being smart, he feels almost beneath his brothers and strives to outdo them in any way he can. He wants to show them that he’s just as, if not more so, talented and feels overlooked because his inventions become ‘too smart’ or ‘too over the top’ and even the ones that work out incredibly well are written off for flashier projects. 

He depends on technology and feels like that's all he has, and (ironically enough) he’s built up a shield around him. He acts confident and narcissistic and has an almost nihilistic outlook, but he’s frustrated and feels inferior and wants validation more than anything. I came up with this theory when I saw the episode Turtle Dega Nights. I know that the scene was meant for Donnie to express how he feels about Splinter lying about the event and believe that he didn’t genuinely want to hang out with his sons, but that kind of thing feels like it’s been built up over time, like he’s been lied to before about the true meaning behind something. Something like, oh idk, how great his inventions are? Or how helpful he really is? Or how talented he is? Just sayin. Also ngl I might be self projecting a bit, but mmm. Also he has so much purple on him and it’s wayyy more accurate compared to just a purple bandanna bc people who like purple GO ALL OUT. A friend told me this and I thought ‘nah thats not true I like purple’ but then I looked down to find my dyed purple jeans, purple vans and my favorite hoodie, also purple. A really chaotic version but he seriously needs a hug.

9/10

Storytime: One time my friend dressed up as Donnie the same year I was dressing as April O’ Neal and we didn’t even plan it. It was fantastic.

Thank you so much for sending this in! Sorry it’s taking me so long to get around to these! I’m so glad you guys are liking my blog and my opinions!

[tonya-the-chicken]

Are you thinking SnK? I'm almost using the same issue. Not generally about the whole ending, just character arc resolution or particular plot thread resolution. Sorry for my word choice before. If it goes against everything said before it isn't well written anymore. The example I was thinking of was a book series similar to SnK, teenagers in a war, and it had a perfect ending because it dared to not give anyone a satisfying ending. Do you know of the movie Se7en? (#)

^ The resolution is not neat and clean, meeting expectations or remotely satisfying. Its shocking, it isn't fair, but its perfect because the its well acted, written and executed. Sometimes characters don't get what they deserve. Sometimes there is justice. The plot doesn't wrap up the way it would be satisfying or expected. Sometimes everyone expected two people to get together. But when its well written it makes sense why they wouldn't get together. About demographics, yes thats what

[Note for self: this is about that bad endings ask]

Yeah, I think snk had a very bad ending that contradicted things that were said before but yet up until the last chapter I saw how it could have been good. Idk why Isayama messed up so immensely, it was speculated he planned a different ending. But, I don't think that the entire snk is a disaster since I can pretend the last chapter does not exist and it would be ok and enjoyable

But when I said that bad ending crossed out my positive feelings it was more about Star versus the forces of evil and steven universe because the ending didn't just miss the character development but it missed the entire series. Svtfoe ended on such a stupid note compared to previous seasons it just disappointed me. Everything seemed like a mess and the problems began far before the finale. With Steven Universe that attempted to be about kindness sudden reconciliation with people who were basically tyrants is just... A mess? Too fast? Talk no Jutsu? All of this needed at least another full season. Too fast!

I guess even if the author messes up some aspects, I can look through it and see how it could have been fixed and how it could have been better but when the entire ending plotline is a mess I just don't understand why

Like, I would want the ending chapter of snk rewritten. And I would want the entire last seasons of svtfoe and su rewritten

My opinion of snk is definitely lower than before but I wouldn't say the ending crossed out the entire series for me. They were always imperfect but I guess I had too much hope for Isayama

[skamamoroma]

i don’t want to give up on wtfock but idk it’s hard :( they never even mentioned the mural on screen, no explanation of why sander cheated on robbe hours after telling him he loved him, no explanation of why sander didn’t want to go to the police etc etc

There are two whole episodes remaining. You wouldn’t be claiming bad writing because there’s no conclusion half way through a normal tv season so I know this show is emotionally destroying but try to remember it is still a whole story

As for the mural, I don’t really need them to mention it? Isak never mentioned all the notes, Lucas never brought it up either, Marti didn’t ask Nico about the reality he created etc.... it speaks for itself. I am not someone who needs everything spoken about and talked about and wrapped up in a neat bow. The original absolutely didn’t and I didn’t need it to because I understand what it meant to Sander and I can understand what it means to Robbe and I don’t know what value it would have to have them have a chat about it... it’d be cute etc but the show doesn’t show every single encounter or chat so we presume!

No explanation on why Sander cheated? There are two episodes remaining. Obviously it’s different with Sander as Sander didn’t ask for space but Sander and Robbe went through something traumatic and first thing in the morning seemed 100% in, expressing his love. We saw how he flinched when people were behind him... and then everything changed. After last night I think it’s highly likely that he had to explain his bruises, he’d already tried to break up with Britt and so he’d told her/them about Robbe (because Noor knows) so it’s not difficult to reason that his feelings were discounted again, that he was told that this was all in his head and it was bad for him and that doesn’t know what he wants... hence Britt parading their relationship around on social media. So that left Sander in a horrible position because he’s being told that he hasn’t got a handle on his own thoughts and feelings but then he still adores Robbe so he continues to reach out... but I think this will have to be touched upon in this version (it wasn’t in the original) because Robbe brought it up to Milan that Sander said I love you but ran when the police were mentioned... and so I think it’s likely they will address that.

We were never going to get all answers last night. We got MANY but still... we have more questions too. The same can be said about every version and many answers were never provided, some were even provided in season 4! So I’d advise to have a little patience as the season isn’t over.

For me, as long as the behaviours and the actions can be explained through the information we get then that’s the point... I don’t think we will ever get a Skam version that is exposition heavy and thats tbh e beauty and why I love it. Humans aren’t clear and ordered and they don’t outwardly express everything but a show needs us still to understand so a balance must be struck and they still have plenty of time to achieve that balance in full. I don’t feel like they’re that far away from the same balance as the original albeit they need to explain a couple more things (police issue, why Sander retreated so rapidly without warning, some idea who he lives with).

Chin up and give the show a chance. Constructive criticism at the end is great if they don’t manage to achieve that balance but if you’re looking for exposition or clarity and it all to be neat and tidy then Skam just isn’t the show to focus on 😊

[jess-the-vampire]

With how u and others felt about season 4, mostly the second half(i dont hv mucn to say, it made no impact on me thats good or bad compare to other serie finales) how would you write season 4 and its plot lines(especially the shipping). Maybe ull inpire some people to do their own takes

according to your question, you’re asking me to keep all the plotlines the same, but change how they’re written.

alright, fair enough.

Here’s basically all the plots of this season:

Eclipsa trying to win the favors of her people (+ Globgor)

Mina’s whole thing

The Love Plot

i mean, that is the majority of it unless we consider minor detials that went nowhere as far as plot but maybe i can actually give them actual purpose (Like the spell that EATS DIMENSIONS that meant nothing).

it’s hard to believe the show could wrap EVERYTHING up in one season, so that’s not what i’m going to do, but i’m gonna try and see how much i personally feel i COULD give resolution to if i had the same plots, and one season left.

you can probably keep the beginning mostly the same with finding and retrieving moon, though maybe foreshadow mina slightly in these episodes, even if it’s one-off dialogue.

and we can keep moon running a mewman town atm, living peacefully, and coming across mina.

Mina however, should have gotten a flashback episode, i don’t care who she’s telling it to, or maybe even moon is telling it to someone else, that one clip of mina and solaria could’ve been expanded upon.

we could’ve seen how solaria manipulated her and how every one of her pals were killed, making her into a more interesting and dynamic threat, you could even name-drop seth in here, if not just give him a small cameo as a general they face off against.

Also, if we keep the “Moon was behind it the whole time” plot twist, give her a dang better reason then what she gave, and foreshadow it better, maybe because she doesn’t trust globgor herself, maybe because meteora wrecked and almost destroyed mewni, maybe it’s because she can’t fully trust the monsters because she’s worried of what could happen if they’re in power after past destruction like what toffee did.

and don’t easily forgive her by the end, she has a lot of things to make up for for this and you could even use it for foreshadowing if you were going for a s5.

The whole topic about star being a bad gf? Ok, good, because LHF is a good episode (And i stand by that).

What we do after however? We actually have Star LEARN FROM HER ACTIONS.

Because you know what the biggest issue with that episode is? It’s not in the episode itself, it’s the fact the episode blatantly shows us Star is an awful Gf and runs from her issues…and she never actually LEARNS from these issues in the series, the show lets her treat tom badly and then rewards her for it by giving her a new bf undeservedly

Star actually starts to try and be a better GF and person to Tom afterwards, and i mean she actually TRIES and MAKES AN EFFORT, maybe it pays off or maybe it doesn’t but having her do nothing only worsened her character.

Also, unless we’re making kellco endgame, don’t even do it at all, just don’t.

We’re gonna resolve the annoying love plot immediately, out the gate, because dragging it on for so long only hurt the show in the end. You can throw in a conflict near the end if you want but we ain’t dragging it out over and over.

Either star improves and tomstar works out and we do something neat with it at the end, everyone stays single,  or we maybe pull a tomco or stomco here.

also, the moon actually does something (Because marco saying it was all bs not only makes no sense whatsoever, but makes all the interesting questions about it seem meaningless).

The moon ain’t meaningless, it actually has a freaking point in the PLOT.

There’s about to be an all out war between the monsters and the solarians (The other kingdoms are fighting against the solarians, because that’d be a freaking GREAT shot for the end of a series).

The evil spell with no name gets sent out and starts causing chaos as well.

And so we can give that dang room at St Olga’s some actual payoff, let’s do my stupid sun-moon-star theory, and those three are the key to stopping the war between them.

They do acknowledge toffee had a point about magic and what it did, but they also make a point that magic wasn’t the enemy, it was the people who used it.

they summon solaria together, and all the dang ghosts queens, and solaria (Who looks ashamed of what she sees in front of her as far as the solarians) breaks their solarian bond HERSELF( because they pledged their allegiance to her), they fall, and so does the dark spell.

and because this show already has a habit of doing dues ex-machinas, how about the three of them, with moon, and eclipsa, and meteora, and then all the other characters, just hold hands, even the ghosts, and use the magic (Everyone just pops up with cheekmarks), to heal those who were injured, allowing for everyone to be able to use magic.

Yes, like we can watch every fan-fav character just have glowing cheekmarks from using magic with everyone else.

Earlier in the season the topic of “Butterflies restrict magic to themselves and how that affects other creatures” can be brought up to prepare for this.

Magic is widespread.

And before Mina gets taken away, if we keep tomstar, they can hold hands and we can zoom in on that as they make a note of how mewmans and monsters worked together and things are changing and all that.

When it comes to Eclipsa’s plot, it’s full of good ideas but lacks a lot of the stuff it seems to build up.

ok, we might be too late for eclipsa, but Globgor i think should’ve been kept a little more morally grey, the guy is a war criminal but he’s just accepted too easily for my taste, i think we needed an episode about his past actions, what happened with shastacan and his regrets. And spend some time after with him making amends with his wrongdoings to do better for mewni and so they are less fearful of him

we can get more insight as to how monsters and mewmans feel about him, what the other kingdoms think about him, ect, if we spend a few episodes with eclipsa talking to the kingdoms to improve their opinion on her.

We don’t need to see all of them, some can remain in the background, and the spiderbite episode was good.

But the show could’ve taken advantage of showing us these kingdoms and learning about them and their opinions on all of this. Heck, you could have one episode with a few at a time where Eclipsa is working on several at once to find they all have differing opinions, we could learn more about the jaggs, the waterfolk, and the johansens this way.

you could have one episode be for the lucitors to not only provide some moon forshadowing, but go further into the discussion about what doesn’t count as a monster and what does and it might provide some tom and meteora babysitting shenanigans that would’ve been cute to see (Especially if he teased marco on it).

you could also mention celena was part demon as well if tom being one is mentioned.

oh and, this would be great set-up for the fight at the end if they are on eclipsa’s side to fight with her.

the monster racism plot, well it’s hard to make it much better cause it’s kinda flakey as is but you can keep some of the messages about the youth being better over time and tbh the sequences of everyone using magic together could really suit the message of unison to save everyone they love and care about.

Also, can we not make the MHC into flat out villains? If they are working with mina, either replace them, or put them on trial, but just…make them less flat out evil.

we can keep meteora’s lesson and such.

as far as mariposa goes, you can bring her in at the end, do a small timeskip, and we see her, and she and meteora are friends.

That or, tom could be staying with star and marco on earth a little before the trip with star and we could do the GBG episode with them as adults fine enough, and maybe tom is either sleeping or hanging with them in the episode.

Tom can be with them for beach day as well, even the tacos episode which could be funny.

also, that trip tom was going on? Yeah, that’s actually at the end or the series, and kelly, marco, and star, and janna, jackie, chloe, and pony come with and see just see a lot of fun vacation pics in other dimensions and with various characters.

this entire post might be full of rambling and i dunno how much sense it makes.

But if i could write a more epic and more satisfying season, even if i can’t wrap up everything, i’d try to do it at least a little more like this.

[bluebeetle]

How do you hope the castlevania show handles the other games?? it seems like they arent gonna be following curse of darkness well ...

Yeah! It does seem like theyre gonna take their own direction… i suspect Dracula might still be revived by the end of it but it definitely seems like theyre trying to be smart and not have Dracula be the main villain/end villain every season which makes sense, as to viewers it can seem tiring. 

Im hoping even if they scrap most of CoD’s story,, we still get a few story beats like 

Trevor and Hector meeting–perhaps even fighting–but teaming up in the end (And thus sypha and probs alucard too!!). pls i NEED them to met my son

isaac and trevor fiiiight. hopefully with the same amount of gay.

JULIA! Personally, im hoping they scrap Rosalee altogether bc she basically existed to die and be man pain so im hoping Julia will sorta be a mix of Rosalee and Julia–i.e. still a witch and isaac’s sister, but also being hector’s saviour in a way. 

speaking of, even if she isnt isaacs sister, JULIA BETTER NOT BE FUCKING WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!! like thats such a cop out if they do, to make her brother black but not her?? she better be black and awesome and heroic and save hector’s ass from carmilla, im just saying. also her and sypha NEED to bond.

i hope we get more backstory on everyone as well

ALSO DEATH!! even if its as Zead, id love for Death to show up. Maybe even be the reason for Dracula’s later cycle of ressurection. seriously, where is he? where is Dracula’s BFF and Best Bro Ever??????

as for the other games… I suspect they might ignore a few of em, but the main ones i’d like to see are, roughly in order:

Okay first of all, I kinda DONT want a Lament of Innocence game. I actually dont rly care for it, i think a lot of the story ideas are really dumb, Leon is lame…. etc. However he is already established in the show, so if they DO touch on his game i want either a: there to be a shit ton of focus on Joachim bc hes the best character and also less Wife Death and better focus on Mathias

or b: it to have all of those things and also be a B plot told in flashbacks and not the whole season, particularly in:

Simon’s Games! Simon has NO supporting cast, its just him and Drac really, so having the B plot saves them a lot of time making up a ton of things wholesale tbh… that said, id lvoe to see a Simon based on Kojima’s art, with a personality that isnt too much like Trevor or Richter’s… Id also love for them to do Simon’s Quest too, because while it isnt a well liked game, it would be the PERFECT drama. 

Like okay, I imagine it like this: We have this man, whose family is still not well liked by the people of Wallachia and who still have a bad wrap of being associated with evil and dark magic… hes  been raised basically his whole life to fight monsters and especially Dracula.

and he eventually does it and earns respect from the people who once hated him. Hes not sure how to handle this, since now his main purpose for living is over, but he tries his best… only for the back wound he recieved from dracula to cause him pain, almost like its not healing, and suddenly people are weary of him again as it becomes clear over time that the wound is cursed, that hes dying–or perhaps, worse, becoming some sort of creature of the night (maybe hes turning into a zombie, falling apart, or showing traits of vampires or werewolves or who knows).

One way or another he finds out he has to revive Dracula and kill him again to save himself fromt he curse. But that goes against everything he wants, to risk bringing Dracula back into the world–but is other option is to die painfully and risk becoming a creature of the night. All while trying to keep the unsteady trust he’s made with the people of Wallachia… basically, its very good drama that is a good break from having a Looming Big Bad!!

plus, i can imagine the final fight between them could be very interesting–both are weak, Simon from dying of the curse and Dracula from just being revived, so the fight isnt just about brute strength, especially as the longer it goes on, the weaker Simon gets but the strong Dracula gets as he readjusts to his new form. 

Juste’s on the other hand would be a more straight forward jaunt through the castle with monsters, with the twist being it’s his friend possessed by Dracula and all. Id LOOOVE for there to be focus on Maxim, Lydie, and Juste’s trio as well as talk about Juste being the most magic-based Belmont and what that means for them, as well as their much cozier place in the society that once rejected their family, and especially for what that means for White Haired, Magic Juste.

 Basically all I need from this part is good character writing for the three of them, but esp Maxim and Juste… Lydie wont be too hard bc she has like no personality in the games lol… give her one please. 

After that, theres of course Rondo of Blood and SotN. For the first one, I figure they can probably be pretty straight forward: Richters gotta fight Dracula, rescue some people, he meets a nice girl named Maria who helps him, etc… most of it will come fron the strength of Maria and Richters writing but theres bound to be some really cool action scenes with Richter and his skills and powers, but maria too! 

However, Id LOOOOVE for there to be more focus on Richter during his possession at some point, and his struggles with that!!! Also, Cameo from Juste his dad/grandpa pleaaase. 

As for Alucard and Maria… I hope they age up Maria a bit bc while Alucard is forever like, 18, itll nudge any romance that may happen between them outta an area of “Is This Weird?”. Anyways from there you get the usual Tepes Family Drama from Alucard having to kill his dad AGAIN and the Succubus as his mom oooo that good drama…

but I hope we get really good Maria characterization and stuff from her, like!! Please. Im also wanting her to not be white bc we NEED heroic characters of colour pls…..

I really hope they cover Order of Ecclesia bc Shanoa is great. I dont have much to say there tbh…. Idk if theyll do Bloodlines or Portrait of Ruin but there also a good way to break up the formula. Id also die if they made Sonia canon again….

Finally, i’d say the Sorrow series are the best ones to end the show on… I mean, on top of being the latest in the timeline–which means they can also do some neat stuff with modern or future tech–it also creates the best way to wrap up the series. Like, its a great way to say good bye to everyone, but especially to wrap up the Alucard and Dracula plot via Genya and Soma. 

I dont have too much to say here, other than I thin they could do some really good stuff by building up on whats already established in the show esp with Alucard and his Dad and then contrasting it with how they write Soma. 

Plus, Soma’s powers could make for some REALLY REALLY awesome fight scenes!!

[ibelongtovillains]

Hot Cocoa and Hills

Summary: Every year your family gets together to go skiing at a ski resort. Although you generally find it annoying when your dad plans too much. Except this time you couldn’t be happier with the results.

Ski-instructor!Bucky

Small series: four seasons

(pictures not mine)

A/N: This one is a little long. Meant to be one shot right now but if People like it. i’ll continue it.

Every year around the same time your parents like to invite you  to meet them at ‘Stark Mountain’ ski resort. Your dad has always been the kind of person who had to have every little detail of a plan mapped out. He even scheduled breaks like he was running a business and not a vacation. He always defended himself by saying “it gets us the most we can out of a vacation this way.”

There were stories that stark mountain resort used to be ‘Stark industries.’ Where they made high tech weapons. After that it was something like the ‘Avenger’s facility. No one was really sure what that was used for. Some rumors said it was a group of mercenaries who lived and worked out of it. Now it’s a ski lodge and resort.

“I can’t wait to hit the Black Widow slope.” Your dad chimed taking in a deep breath of fresh crisp mountain air.

“Well you’re in luck. Just so happens that’s my slope. I’m Natasha but you can call me Nat.” A flirtatious Redhead hugging her ski’s like they were her boyfriend came to whisk away your parents. They were immediately charmed by her. She was stunningly pretty.

The longer you stood watching all the people coming down from different areas. Some glided down slowly and leisurely while others whizzed by in a blur of colors against the crystal white contrast. To the far left was a dip that looked like a snow half pipe where the snowboarders practiced their skills. Your mind drifted back to the stories of this place and you wondered if there were underground armories or ruins of the old facilities hidden away as it was built on top of. Mid thought you sat down to adjust the awkward boots you needed for the skis pulling them up and re-buckling them.

A sharp gasp left your lips as you looked up to see a tall muscular man with long brown hair staring down at you. His eyes burned through to your soul just by making eye contact.

“Y/N?” He asked reaching his hand out.

“That’s me.” Your voice came out quieter and more submissive than you wanted it to. You reached out to take his hand and half pushing yourself up with your other hand.

“Oh.” Was all he said when he jerked his hand back. You flopped back onto the ground with an oomph. Thinking “what the fuck man.”

“That hand can be extremely cold to touch out here. Sorry about that I forget from time to time. Bucky.” Was all he said as he pulled you up with his other hand.

Thats when it dawned on you. His left arm was all metal. You hadn’t ever seen a prosthetic like that before but it fascinated you. Not wanting to be rude you adverted your eyes back to his.

“That’s ok. I’m Y/N.” Brushing off your butt and then awkwardly you fumble around for your skis blushing at how dumb you must have looked just now.

“I know.” He tried his best to give you a warm smile. You in return just nodded your head and pulled your bottom lip between your teeth.

“Let’s begin. I want to take you on the long trail.” Bucky motioned for you to follow him. You traveled to the far left past the snowboarders and some where between the black widow slope and a Novice slope.

There was no doubt now that Bucky, your ski instructor was definitely trying to kill you. The first half of the slope was mild and downhill but not too steep. Now you were somewhere in between the trees through the middle pass of the mountain and on flat ground. On flat ground! Have you ever tried skiing on flat ground?!

Bucky had no problems as he probably did this everyday. You were a hot mess. Your legs burned, you were sweating in 20 or below weather and huffing with every step in hopes that the air would finally come back to your lungs. All you could think was

“what is this hell? I get the hot instructor that wants to kill me!”

“If I wanted to kill you doll we wouldn’t of gone this far.” A normal person would have been panicked at his creepy ass comment. You were freaking out because you had said your thoughts out loud! Despite your sudden humiliation you caught him smirking while he was turning back to face forwards.

It was a genuine smile that made you feel a mixture of things. It made your heart thump a little harder and gave your skin that tingling sensation. Or maybe that was frostbite and too much cardio.

Everything around you is breath taking. The white and grey snowy mountains laying against the light blue cloudless skies and the brown and green of the pine trees. Unsure if it’s due to shock from lack of oxygen or something inside you, you start to focus on Bucky.

The way his brown hair moves with each stride he takes. How his clothes look so warm but cling to his body giving you an idea of just how defined his muscles probably are and his thick thighs. Yet the most mesmerizing part is his metal arm. You can see it better now. It looks like each time he moves it, different pieces of it shift and pull together. It seems very high tech.

Lost in thought you weren’t aware that the hill started to slope again and before you know it. Your back is cold and Bucky is laying on top of you. Heat radiates off his body and you can feel his arms wrapped around you. He must have had some fast reflexes to turn and catch you the way he did even though you both still ended up in the snow.

“If you wanted me on top of you so bad, all you had to do was ask dollface.” Bucky teased. You couldn’t think straight with the feeling of his weight on you, the way he smelled like cedar and fresh linens, how his eyes had grown darker with lust and the way his lips hovered just above yours.

“Really?” You asked in a breathless tone hoping he wasn’t fully kidding. He searched your eyes for any uncertainty before answering you.

Bucky watched you like a wolf prowling on a rabbit. He slowly lowered his head. You instinctively parted your lips and anticipated him to kiss you. Your breathing hitched a little from the excitement and thrill of the idea of kissing a man you just met deep in the mountains. He hovered one last time giving you one last chance to protest anything from happening.

You lick your lips and close your eyes. The air seems colder now the longer you wait for his lips. Hot, soft and wet the press against yours gently at first. You can’t help but moan at the warmth and tenderness. Bucky gives a few slightly parted lip kisses before letting his tongue seek entrance into yours. He takes a breathy sigh as his lips meld with yours. His tongue explores your lips before finding yours.

Bucky holds you tighter against him and presses your body more into the snow while his lips consume yours. You wrap your arms around his neck trying to deepen the kiss more.

The kiss has become steamy and passionate. The perfect feeling for that cold weather you’re in. Just as Bucky breaks the kiss and making you feel like he’s taking all the air out of your lungs with his lips and tongue.

“Come on. I know a short cut.” Bucky says standing up and kicking off his skis. You try kick yours off before attempting to stand and once again fail. Bucky chuckles and leans down to help you up.

“Leave those there doll. I’ll get them later.” Bucky instructs when he sees you bending down to take them with you.

You hesitate a moment staring at the skis before trusting his words before following him into the wood off the left.

After about a mile hike through the woods you come out to a clearing that has a building that looks a lot like a lodge or really nice log cabin. You look around figuring this must be where the staff lives.

“You want to make some Hot cocoa and go to my room?” Bucky asks standing in the kitchen off to the left of the living room. They sort of just open into each other.

“Yes, please!” You Hum and start to let your eyes wonder around the large wooden structures.

“Do you live here all year?” You ask still wondering around touching some of the fine polished wood.

“Eh...Mostly. I live here with Natasha, Pietro, Sam, Steve and Wanda. Sometimes in the summer we travel a lot, not always together.” Bucky informed you while adding the marshmallows to your cocoa. You assumed his living companions were all instructors or perhaps the maintenance crew.

“See that door up the stair with the letters WS on them?” Bucky asked now facing you but he was looking up at the door.

“Yes.” You replied wondering what “WS.” Meant.

“That’s my room. Only rule is no wet clothes in my bed. Other than that why don’t you go get comfy and I’ll meet you there.” Bucky handed you a steaming cup of delicious smelling cocoa.

“Thank you.” You cupped the warmth in both hands feeling the muscles and nerves come alive in your fingers again.

“No problem Doll.” Bucky said with a smile. You left him there to make your way up the stairs to his room, careful not to spill any.

The room was more simple than you had imagined. The bed was large and made of darkwood. Everything seemed so expensive and luxurious here. You almost wanted to quit your job and come work here. Setting your cocoa down on one of the night stands you turned and found a corner to slowly shed off your ski clothes you noticed how neat and almost perfectly placed everything was.

Once you were left in your bra and panties you chewed your bottom lip wondering if he would be more surprised to find you in your matching set or completely nude. The stairs creaked and you could hear his heavy boots on each step. Quickly you ran to the pile of clothes and discarded your bra and panties under the pile before running and jumping into the bed. You wiggled under the blankets and giggled just as Bucky came around the corner.

“Someones cozy.” Bucky teased and shut the door before undressing. He left his boxers on and made his way to the bed to join you.

[therewithasmile]

top 10 tv series

skaa i was tagged by @fandomqueenishere (thank you!!) in a new tag to talk about why we like these series!! in the original tag there’s no anime included so I’m gonna skip over animes, as we all probably know which my tops would be tbh, so I’m just gonna try to make do with the shows I’ve seen (which honestly is NOT a lot!!) 

1) Avatar the Last Airbender - how can it not have the number one spot? amazing storytelling, fleshed out and believable world, fleshed out and diverse characters, and a balance of humour and mature storytelling wrapped up in a very neat package. 

2) Young justice - anything with tight storytelling wins the cake for me, and in this case YJ’s storytelling is so neatly presented and, in the first season, so well driven that it absolutely needed the second spot on this list. 

3) stranger things - here’s the thing -- i know it had a lot of hype. But it was honestly spectacular; it was interesting and also well thought out and compelling due to the super talented cast. Wonderfully stylized and I really enjoyed it.

4) The Flash - though I think the previous seasons were tighter, what a delightful entryway into the Arrowverse. Everything about the show oozes charm, yet simultaneously keeps a very tight narrative and does a great job storytelling and creating very sympathetic and enjoyable characters. Season 1 gets a special shout out for being absolutely gripping and doing a great job with its pacing.  

5) Legend of Korra - While it’s not ATLA and it has some flaws, LOK does a great job separating itself from ATLA while keeping so much familiarity. The new cast was hard to get used to after how strong ALTA was, but Korra and THE ANIMATION just proved again and again how great this series and universe is. 

6) Shameless - this show just takes you everywhere and its a non stop wild ride. I think in this case, its all the acting that really stands out. In a show thats relentless about its characters and some of the crazy shit they go through, the fact that they can make it all so believable and raw is just beyond me. THanks Netflix for the intro. 

7) The Vampire Diaries (s1-4) - I think these were the best years of TVD, and I think it should’ve ended in s4 personally (with Elena picking Stefan). I think for a show that I was expected to be fueled by romance, the fact it was so plot driven was honestly surprising to me. I think when I look back I think about the complex villains they’ve created, with Klaus and Katherine being some truly interesting villains, and I like the love triangles because they weren’t frustrating, they were truly dynamic and interesting in a way that most love triangles usually don’t pan out to be.

8) Riverdale - this came to a surprise for me because i remember watching the trailer and half-heartedly putting it on my to watch list, but when it first came out it seemed underwhelming. And the first episode was a bit underwhelming. But when the series began unravelling away from the love triangle and, again, being heavily involved int he murder mystery and having the romance unfurl along side it made the show truly interesting and dynamic to watch. Props for subverting my expectations. 

9)  Ben 10 Alien Force- I’ll be honest -- I’m losing steam here and I honestly don’t watch enough TV to figure it out rn nor do I think a show is particularly good enough to be on a top 10 list (LOL). But yes, because of my limited watching selection, this makes the cut LOL. It was a show I was really into and I was kind of not that big into the original Ben 10, he was too annoying to me. But after the 5 year time skip and the maturity of the storyline, along with some nostalgia, I was really digging the more mature vibe of the season. It had good humour and it really showed maturation from its roots, which I really appreciate.

10)  Game of Thrones - this is when you know I’ve run out of steam. Honestly the reason why this beats out Supergirl is because I really appreciate everything about GOT. The production value, the dedication, the unpredictability - and while I enjoy supergirl for what it is I do acknowledge that GOT, though I’ve really only seen bits and pieces, just comes above it. Honestly my heart can’t take the uncertain savagery of this series and I can barely make it through Shameless so this is even worse than that. But I know it has such an amazing universe (thanks to the books) and its really interesting to watch.

So to no one’s surprise I don’t really watch live action so if you have shows you would like to recommend me (please don’t recommend sense8, mainly bc I know its good but i haven’t gotten around to trying it yet, idk why I just can’t seem to do it) please do! I’m a big fan of supernatural or like superpowers, so please suggest suggest suggest! I’ve tried OUAT btw and i couldn’t really get into it. Originals is also on my radar, and I’ve thought about trying Teen Wolf and I’ve seen a few of the first episodes but I didn’t get into it (I’m more willing to give it a chance though over OUAT) 

im gonna tag...

@drowninglinguists @skadventuretime @snorlaxlovesme!!!

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Twin Peaks Ramble

I really want to ramble about Twin Peaks but i’m not finding anyone.. the right anyone.. to ramble with ... because i have a theory that seems to be good and also seems to not have been thought of yet. Its exciting for me. Just posted on the subreddit waiting for replies but theyre not coming fast enough to match my excitement.

See thing is i HATED the original which i didnt watch until probably about 5 yrs ago. I didnt make it. I quit in the stupid part of Season 2. I’d seen all the relevant stuff from the last ep so I had that idea about thats the end mostly i thought the whole thing was boring and slow.

So then my old boyfriend from 1991 who got his gf before me pregnant tells me his kid, whos grown now, is ON THE REVIVAL. I feel like a sort of unrelated aunt to this kid who’s birth father I dated while his mom was pregnant. I know thats a convoluted story but we all knew each other and we were all friends, so when the kid was reunited with his birth father, I was introduced to him too and I was happy to meet and know him just because I knew him when he was unborn. 

It’s pretty surreal he’s on Twin Peaks. 

Of course I had to watch it. I started late. They were up to Episode 7 before I got there. Because I knew what I’m like and the time sink it was gonna be. I love to get deep with shows you can get deep with and I listen to all the podcasts and think deep thoughts about them. 

I didnt think David Lynch was for me. I dont get whatever he does most of the time and i get sort of angry that he thinks hes so damn clever or whatever, but i went into this with the idea that I needed a podcast to explain it to me, so I didnt have to rewatch the original or Fire Walk with Me. and I’d get involved enough so id understand, as much as you can with David Lynch, and cheer my honorary nephew on.

What happened was I listened to the EW podcast and got two guys who get Lynch and love him explain to me why they love him and how the stuff he does that annoys me tickles them. And through them I got that same humorous attitude towards things he does once I got the hang of looking at these annoyances as funny quirks of David Lynch’s work. 

I loved everything about the end cause I get it now. I get that you’re not meant to have a neat little narrative wrapped up in a bow and thats okay too. I never thougth that was okay before. With David Lynch its not just okay its expected. I get it. and I was able to fully enjoy the end for what he did with it.

Also my friend’s kid.. who’s my friend too .. he was fantastic! I know im biased but he was the best part!! I dont know how he kept it all a secret all this time but he really made it seem like he probably just had a bit part in the background. 

and i was proud of him anyway even when I thought that was true. 

So through him I’ve learned to look at television in a different way and I had a great overall experience watching this series. 

and today i formulated a great theory and I cant wait to discuss it with other people!! I’m literally just waiting now. for someone to read it and message me and discuss.