#i literally had to squeeze scenes out of her in s2 and s3.

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SIMONE ASHLEY GIF PACK

— ✰ on the page linked below in the SOURCE LINK, you will find ( THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE ) hq gifs of SIMONE ASHLEY. all gifs in this pack are sourced from her roles in various television shows from 2016 - present. simone is 26 but was 20-26 while filming these series and is of indian ( tamil ) descent, so please remember to take that into consideration when using her as a faceclaim. all gifs were cropped at 245x145 and were made from scratch by feifer for roleplaying purposes only. therefore, i am taking full credit for these. DO NOT: add these gifs to any other gif hunts, gif sets, edit, redistribute, claim as your own, use in real-life celebrity rps, smut rps or for smut writing. DO: give this post a like or reblog if you found these useful or have any intention of using these.

gifs feature: Giampaolo Morelli, Elander Moore, Pilston Bakehouse, Mimi Keene, Patricia Allison, Chaneil Kular, Tanya Reynolds, Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Armin Karima.

warnings/triggers: Camera flashes, smoking, fighting, physical scarring (bruises, blood), bandages, guns, eating, food (pizza, sandwiches), cages, drugs (cocaine), open flames, hospitals, hospital equipment (sonogram), visuals of pregnancy/imagery of unborn baby in the womb, arm cast, arm brace, gauze, kaleidoscope effect (?), orgasms, tape, discussions of sexual interactions, discussions of sexual assault, imagery of sexual assault (one gif), neon lights/flashing lights, corpse, moving of corpse, lights changing colors, beverage (soda), health clinic, war museum/memorial.

sideneote: there are some gifs that have logos on them.

( Click here for Simone in season one of Sex Education. )

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About BSD S3

Alternative title: Kenna talks about stuff literally nobody asked her to <3

So now that s3 is over and I’ve had a few days to breathe, I think I wanna say a thing or two about the season overall. Now, I’m not a meta writer, I’m not a person who can go in over analyzing everything perfectly- quite simply, I don’t have the brainpower to do that for too long. So rather than this being an analysis of everything and an objective evaluation of the quality of the season, this is largely an emotional response where I just talk about my experience with it. I’m not a critic- I don’t think I have that in my blood. I watch to enjoy, then reflect on what I did and didn’t enjoy, taking snippets and twisting them into something that might become deep and meaningful occasionally if it suits my writing. There’s nothing wrong with being a critical analyzer! We need you all in the fandom for all these fabulous metas and such <3 I just don’t think I’m the right gal for the job.

“So, Kenna, what is it you have to say?” Well, in the simplest of terms,

I really liked season 3.

“...wow. Groundbreaking.”

Now, let me explain myself. There are problems with season 3, as there are with most seasons, but I feel, overall, there were enough things that I liked about season 3 to keep the season in my favor.

I think my biggest criticism would have to be with pacing. The pacing  in this season was so off for me and can be described as sporadic at best. From backstories to character introductions to character re-introductions, there was so much that went by in a blur and so much that seemed to go on forever. My biggest complaint probably has to do with (yup, you guessed it) the adaptation of Fifteen.

Let me explain.

First of all, I think the complaints that Bones used Soukoku as ship bait have a sturdy foundation, and I’m not here to dispute that. As a Dazatsu main myself, I’m not gonna complain about loving scenes with your favorite ship in them- I would absolutely die if next season (hopefully there is a next season!) we got a three-episode plot revolving around Dazai and Atsushi. However, I just don’t think it fit in nicely with the rest of the series.

After all, it’s kind of unfortunate that we got 3 episodes of Soukoku’s backstory, and yet our protagonist only got 1/3 of an episode.

Maybe Fifteen would’ve stood better as an OVA, or maybe if it could’ve been shaved down to two episodes. Maybe if BSD had been given three more episodes for genuine content, things would’ve been better. I don’t know how possible any of these things would’ve been, but they’re ideas. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Fifteen overall. But I remember thinking that it seemed so out of place when I knew the chaotic arc that was coming. 

I’m not an avid manga reader, but I know enough to be able to say that the BSD manga has a lot of content, a lot of nuance, and a lot of personality. The manga is the source material and what got people so invested in the story. If there wasn’t an interest in the manga, would there even have been an anime adaptation? What I’m saying here is that staying true to the manga is a good rule of thumb, and while of course you won’t be able to translate everything into animation, it’s probably best to try and be as similar as possible with a story like BSD.

Manga readers ate up the story of BSD without being interrupted by Fifteen, because as far as I’m aware, Fifteen is fairly new? (Didn’t it come out around Dead Apple time? I’m not entirely sure, but it might’ve been.) And, unlike The Dark Era, the events of Fifteen didn’t have nearly as much of an impact on Dazai (that would later impact our protagonist- after all, how could he mentor Atsu if he never quit the mafia?). Fifteen was more Chuuya-centric in terms of future impact, which brings me to my next point.

Chuuya is a side character. I love him, honestly, and think he’s a great character, but he isn’t our main focus. This seems to be a problem that Bones has a lot: “forgetting” who their protagonist is. 

I can defend The Dark Era because of how it explains Dazai’s connection with the mafia and why he switched sides. Dazai is easier to get away with focusing on because he is a primary character, although not the protagonist, and probably has some of the most influence on our true protagonist out of all the characters we know. Chuuya....doesn’t. At least, not yet. His backstory, while interesting and fun to see, is inconsequential to where our protagonist is at right now in the story. In fact, I’m not even sure if Atsushi and Chuuya have interacted in the anime aside from that standoff in the hospital hallway- and even then, that was an illusion. While Fifteen gave us a glimpse to Dazai’s life in the mafia, it didn’t give us anything we didn’t already know other than how he met Chuuya, and how he met Chuuya didn’t impact his relationship much with him or explain why he hates him so much- they just kind of always did. (what would you call that? Anti-chemistry?) That means it also didn’t really impact the major decisions Dazai had to make to get to where he was when he found Atsushi- which is when he began to matter, because that’s when he started influencing the world of the protagonist who is supposed to drive our experience through the narrative.

Please note, this isn’t a hate on Soukoku, and if you like Fifteen, or thought it fit, or just liked it because it gave you such good SKK content, I’m happy for you! This is just a personal grudge I have with the series.

This is why Fifteen would’ve stood better as an OVA- it doesn’t have anything to do with the protagonist. A core purpose of the protagonist in any story is to make the narrative relevant. The events of a story are connected because they pertain to the protagonist. Let’s take the Hunger Games as an example. The events of the actual game don’t relate at all to the death of the Everdeen father, or the fact that Primrose Everdeen was selected, or the fact that a certain Everdeen was given a pin of a mockingjay. These are all important because they relate to our protagonist, Katniss. Her father dying made her have to step up inthe household and feel responsible for her mother and sister’s safety, which helped prompt her to volunteer as tribute. Her pin later became the symbol of a revolution, but only because it was hers. If our protagonist had been Peeta, Katniss’ backstory with her father and mother and sister wouldn’t matter to us because it wouldn’t be our protagonist’s concern.

So, why, then, did we get 3 episodes of Chuuya’s backstory and 10 minutes (not even) of Atsushi’s? Hell, we got more of Kyouka’s backstory than Atsushi’s, or at least a better buildup to it. We even got more content of Randou, a character they completely screwed up (and also didn’t really affect Atsushi). I know events are tied together and connected, but when trying to fit an arc like Cannibalism into 12 30-minute episodes, you’ve gotta decide what’s important and what’s not.

Bones, I feel, didn’t choose what was most important.

“Alright, Kenna, all you’ve done is complain. I thought you said you liked season 3?”

That’s the thing, though- I did.

I like the time they spent with Lucy and Kyouka’s hostile interactions. I liked the background they gave to certain characters (Gin, Kyouka, Atsu [even though we got so little], Katai [-ish]) plus we got more Fyodor content. Fitzgerald’s episode was really good, too! I’m a newly-fledged, softcore Fitzgerald stan. I think the last three episodes were pretty well put together, and I ADORED the final scene (no, not just for the Dazatsu content- although thank you for the food, Bones uwu).

Now, these are all little things, yeah, but I feel together they make up enough for Fifteen on my end. See, I’ve always thought BSD had pacing issues from season 1. It’s no news to me that they had trouble squeezing all the content in the episodes they were given, to be honest. If I separate Fifteen from the rest of the season, to me, it’s cardinal sin is pacing, and only pacing. The issues of Fifteen are plentiful, but it doesn’t seem fair to me (and for me, it’s more than ok if you disagree) to pile that all on to the rest of the episodes. Yeah, it was disappointing that we didn’t get as much Fyodor time, or Atsu backstory time, or whatever else we wanted. But to me, that’s okay. We still got the point of what’s going on- the city is in trouble, the worst is yet to come, and Atsushi and Akutagawa have a deal now.

Bungo Stray Dogs has always appealed to me because of its characters more than its story, I connected with the people, not the narrative. I still thoroughly enjoy the story, but I’m more interested in how the characters interact in general and how they operate as a team or in stressful situations. For that purpose, Bones provided. At least they did in my book, even if we didn’t get enough of who we wanted to see.

I have hope for next season, if there is one. I have hope that Bones will right their wrongs. I have hopes that they’ll fix their pacing a little bit. The manga has so much content to portray, though, that a certain pacing issue can be forgiven (like the ones I saw in s1 and s2.) And, because I love the characters, I’m willing to hold out for another potential season and see if they can fix it.

If you’re upset, you have every reason to be. But, though I have my complaints, I can’t say I’m too terribly disappointed. Maybe a little, but I still look forward to future content. I hope we get it soon, if at all.

(And, believe it or not, this is the shortened version of all my thoughts. Haha!)

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okay so basically here is my final thoughts about skam italia s3: 

i wanted to wait a little bit so that i had time away to soak everything up and reflect properly. 

1. it just always felt like we were on hiatus never knowing if we were getting a clip. isn’t the point of skam to get a clip everyday or at least some form of update everyday? often i found the texts to be nothing especially riveting or illuminating. and it was very disappointing to have two minute clips basically only every other day, without even a social media/text update (expect for the last week omg).

2. almost the episodes were 15 fucking minutes! wtf!! and of course the first episodes were the ones with 13 minute clips- not episodes- clips! therefore, with such short clips, they had so squeeze everything into a two minute clip and couldn’t circle back to stuff they mentioned in the beginning of the episode (ex. edo’s mom). we really took those 35 minute episodes for granted when the season first started. however the plot holes thing didn’t bother me as much as it did when druck s2 ended (maybe bc there were a lot less plot holes). 

3. i feel like eleonora lost her fire, which is understandable since we are seeing things from her pov, not eva’s, and therefore she would be more vulnerable, but still i felt like most of the time she her word choice wasn’t as powerful this season. also her argument for when they broke up literally made no sense. that being said girl came BACK when she confronted andrea and had her little ‘we have to be together’ talk with edo.

4. the last few episodes were rather weak if you ask me. the first six episodes amazing unmatched!! but the ones where she wasn’t sure about edoardo and were they were broken up were good but i did feel underwhelmed. and honestly it’s so saddening how much potential both benedetta and giancarlo have and how much talent was brought to the table and how little it was used. don't get me wrong, the final episode absolutely amazing! sleepover and first kiss clip- won’t ever get over it!

5. they left out so much stuff! eva/edo “sibling” dynamic, edo/filo interactions, just reg sibling dynamics (both sweet and realistic/fighting with each other), ele/villa boys (would kill for this), & edo/girl group. although i did like the ele and her mom dynamic and how the two of them showed the two extremes of a mother-daughter relationship.

6. quality of the show UNMATCHED! i would have to say this is the best remake (including the og) in terms of cinematography, planning out each scene (ex. location, weather, etc.) was amazing and really went beyond what a normal tv show does, and the editing omg the editing was amazing (the fading audio out whenever ele sees edoardo) as well as the script! the script was also absolutely amazing since they really had both ele and edo say some powerful stuff. however i would say planning out of the storyline was meh, i think they dragged out the sa plot line wayyyyy longer than they needed to and the two hiatuses were very unnecessary and they also never circled back to some very important things (ex. edo’s mom and home life). so i think although i am soo glad we got some beautiful scenes such as the first date and first kiss in the long episodes at the beginning of the season, i am also really mad that some of the episodes later were only 15 minutes when i think those episodes had the scenes that should’ve been longer. 

also random side note: i have no idea why i was so into druck s2, maybe bc it was literally one of the only remakes going at the time. also have no idea why i liked grace and daniel that much, the acting wasn’t great in my opinion and the season was very mediocre if you ask me. furthermore, grace is just plain annoying (would not be friends with her irl) and the actress seems like one of those girls you roll your eyes at because they are always crying about the smallest life problems, drama that they created, and never own up to their shit/always see themselves as victims. totally not trying to cyberbully kennedy, but i literally made that comparison mentally the other day and haven’t been able to get over how accurate about some of the girls i have met.

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Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... iZombie (S03E02) Zombie Knows Best Airdate: April 11, 2017 @cwnetwork Ratings: 0.869 Million :: 0.31 18-49 Demo Share Score: 8/10 @izombiecw @izombie @cwizombie **********SPOILERS BELOW********** Annnnd... Suddenly, just like that, I feel like we have our 'iZombie' back, and boy does it feel GOOD! Just this morning I was bitching about the effects of taking long breaks on a show. 'iZombie' is a great example of that... Unlike FOX, The CW doesn't really care about ratings anymore, especially since they scored such a major streaming deal with Netflix... A deal most networks would literally kill to have locked in place. So, understand it's not the ratings of 'iZombie' we're talking about here. Yes, they have fallen significantly and yes that has to do with the large amount of time CW waited in between S2 & S3... But once iZombie S3 hits Netflix after it's done airing live to squeeze a bit of money out of advertisers, people will flock to their Roku's, their XBox's, their Apple TV's, their Smart TV's... Whatever it is they stream on, and they'll binge all the episodes that night... But for us loyal Zombie Heads, the timeframe left me scratching my head and not only wondering what had happened last season, but truly searching for that signature iZombie tone and atmosphere that makes the procedural based show so different from the rest of the pack. My memory is a little fuzzy... But let's go ahead and go with... This is the best 'iZombie' episode in recent memory. The groundwork for S3 was laid out in E1, frustratingly so, but we got it out of the way... And now we can get back to what makes the show so damn special, double time. Now that everyone is on the same page, the show feels even more outlandish and really the sky is the limit. There is a certain repetition that goes along with, 'Let's see what type of brains will affect Liv's personality this episode'. Sure it's fun, but now we have Liv & Major working for the same team, eating two different brains, and not only do we have Ravi for great reaction shots... But now we have Clive too. And well, with Clive everything is a whole new ballgame. He's still getting used to everything that comes with *knowingly* working with Zombies to solve cases. Hell, my partner still can't stomach when Liv gets creative with preparing certain cuisine dishes out of her 'brains of the week' and he's watched almost every episode. Clive is literally just taking this is in for the first time... And his face is strangely similar in reacting to brain eating as it is to watching 'Game of Thrones'. Don't worry, Clive... I totally get it. So we have a fun case to solve, and even more exciting, a pair of brains that are polar opposites. Instead of Major taking the Dad's brains and Liv taking the teenage girl's... They flip/flop and it makes for some serious fn' humor. Meanwhile, Clive's connection to the small zombie child we met in the first episode of S3 is explored when he's brought in and questioned about the murder of his family... As apparently he was their neighbor and much more involved than he initially let on. This is the iZombie that I know and love and all the frustration I had with last week's year long hiatus, and trying to get back to this feeling so eloquently captured here in 'Zombie Knows Best' has completely dissipated. Each scene, each moment, each quip and hilarious reaction face, name drop, and whatever else, feels important in this second episode, without feeling like it's supposed to be. This is a huge difference from the first episode, where the show really had to work hard at not only reminding us what the hell just happened, but setting everything up for S3 going forward, and really getting us back to that particular atmosphere that I mentioned before being so unique to the series. Yes, this was a flat out fantastic episode of iZombie... And it's great to watch an episode again and have no complaints whatsoever. Bring on the rest of S3!!!