#i wanna watch this ep for them and them only

[pinkcowzz]

finally watching daredevil born again, and i have. THOUGHTS.

everything feels SO intentional. like, i was really concerned for this show cause the first three seasons hold such a special place in my heart but it seems like this show was handled with such care.

there will be spoilers for episode 1 below the cut, so. proceed with caution. (i'll be making a separate post for ep. 2 later because this got way out of hand)

so, to start off with the opening credits. i was. SO impressed. the og credits like genuinely they are some of my favorite credits to have been done. and the new ones, using some of the same symbols but having them be concrete and broken to literally rebuild matt is SO neat.

admittedly, i am not a marvel comic reader, have not touched more than maybe 6 in my whole life. so- please don't take what i have to say about characterization too seriously. that being said!

i have no idea how to feel about foggy dying. i have heard that in the comics, it's karen that bullseye kills. i think narratively it does make more sense for foggy to be the one to die. he was the glue within their group, he was the one who always saw more within matt, who believed in him to make the right choices.

my biggest thoughts on foggy's death is that, AHHH it's about the suit. it's always about the suit. foggy is the person who brought matt the suit, back during the arc with elektra and the hand and everything. and he regretted it. a lot. that much we knew. and then to open this new season with foggy clearly and deliberately keeping matt from the suit. ("look im sorry, maybe i didn't wanna give you an excuse")

then, matt chooses to use the suit to 'solve' his issue. and his consequence? he loses foggy. and immediately he loses his morals, pushing ben off the roof. did he know that wouldn't kill dex? we don't know! but he did it. it's, poetic in a way. foggy was the one person that was grounding matt.

it's also just, a really interesting path to take for matt's character. like, the entirety of season two was matt trying to decide who he was. in one direction was the suit, and elektra and the adrenaline of it all. on the other was foggy and working within the system. matt saw both as a way to help, he saw both as a means to fix hell's kitchen. in the end, he lost elektra and chose to walk away from foggy. but then the series opens with the line

"i like to think that i have- we have evolved"

this means something, at least to me. we are seeing matt once again questioning who is he, why he is making the choices he has been making. is it worth it?

then cut to one year later, and we see that matt is still caring foggy with him- literally. he carries the program from his funeral, what i can only assume is daily. kept on his kitchen counter along with his other daily essentials. a reminder of his failings, of what he has lost.

moving onto karen, i really hate her running off to san fran but i can't say i don't understand it. she ran after her brother died, it's CLEAR that something went down between her & matt after foggy died, she felt unsupported and left alone again so she left. but for her to come back and ONLY talk to matt about the suit, whewwww baby. that's some heavy shit to dig through.

she had always understood the 'devil of hell's kitchen'. until she knew who he was and realized he had lied to her. they have such a messy relationship. idk, her giving matt the horn from his costume but refusing to allow them to actually talk, to actually heal, it's fucked up. she's, in a very round about way, telling him that she only feels he's useful in the suit. that this other person, (daredevil) the one who drove them apart years ago, is the only thing they have in common now.

and then. vanessa and wilson. what the FUCK is going on between them. i think the most important piece of information that we got about them, is the painting that is shown right before vanessa is reintroduced. it's titled "ivan the terrible and his son". for those who aren't familiar, the scene it is depicting is of ivan holding his son right after he murdered him. the motive has been argued, either a political disagreement or perhaps because of ivan's son's wife passing by in her robe (a disrespect at the time).

to me? this is saying that fisk is going to kill vanessa at some point this season. i think it will either be motivated by her making business moves that he disagrees with or perhaps because she has essentially made A CUCK OUT OF HIM HELLOO?????? (no im not not over that, it fits their dynamics so well but is just. so wild)

i also just want to compliment on how it has introduced so many new characters, without making it feel crowded or annoying. i miss the old supporting cast that was present, but this show has managed to make me not hate the new one. mcduffie's relationship with matt seems to be one with lots of history and care. cherry is already in on the secret and seems to not be afraid to use it to his advantage.

even the doctor that matt is dating, heather seems to have genuine chemistry with matt.

onto the next! the scene with matt and fisk is. i could watch it a hundred times and not tire of it. starting the scene with fisk telling matt "im not going to spar with you" to then have one of the BEST verbal spars i've EVER seen is so fun. i truly love the writers of this show, it's so clear to me that they really love these characters and wanted to do right by them. (i also completely forgot about fisk being in hawkeye until this scene, whoops)

the irony of "fisk will fix it" and maga is not lost on me, it's a bit exhausting but, i can understand the statement they were wanting to make with it.

there was an interview with charlie cox and vincent d'onofrio where they both comment how matt can't exist without fisk, and the same vice versa. they serve as such fun foils of each other. they want to catch the other tripping up. they want to be the one to bring the other down. they don't want to prove the other right. GOD it's fun.

last thing, i really like the score. okay! well this got way out of hand, but i just needed to get these worms out of my brain or else they would eat it whole so.

[gasolinecookie]

damn yall really do hehe

Ok here goes nothing

SPOILERS FOR BEAST YEAST EP 8 AND ALSO JUST CRK STORY IN GENERAL

basically, they're roommates (equivalent of the Soul Jams connecting them) that hate each other bc they're from rival highschools (equivalent of the Ancients vs Beasts drama) and also Shadow won't tell Vanilla anything honest about himself and was generally rude on the first day.

The school counselor put Vanilla with Shadow bc his last roommate (Elder Faerie) left their dorms and reported Smilk to the counselors so he wouldn't get a new roommate (equivalent of Smilk being locked away in the tree) and Vanilla used to be roommates with Pure Lily but she joined like the Witches Sorority (going to banquet and becoming Dark Enchantress)

Anyway Shadow Milk is just really rude and refuses to tell Vanilla anything honest -> "I'm Majoring in Kicking Dweebs Who Ask Questions, wanna help with my capstone project, Nilly? / Yeah, I actually transferred to [rival highschool] in senior year from Serbia... I'm a prince there, y'know."

So Vanilla makes it his mission to find out at least something about Shadow since they're supposed to be getting along and have both lost roommates (= him entering Spire of Truth)

(Oh and also they're both seniors. Gingerbrave and co. are nosy freshmen who are wondering what these two seniors are still doing in the dorms and wanna know more about Shadow Milk, too. They convince Vanilla to go to a dorm party that they heard Shadow Milk would be at)

Vanilla ends up at a dorm party (Spire of Deceit) looking for Shadow only to find him like totally in his environment. He's surrounded by friends, and like, this is the first party Vanillas has been to. He's majoring in like nursing, and his schedule is so packed he literally doesn't have time . But Shadow is majoring in Buisness, and lowkey doesn't gaf about it anyway, so he has tons of time

Anyway. Vanilla starts going to parties if only to lowkey Watch Shadow like a weirdo freak. But he starts barely getting any sleep and gets like lazy abt his major and generally senioritis Evil (truthless) while Shadow discovers he's been attending parties for him and goes like Nuts with the attention

He convinces his junior and freshman friends (Black Sapphire and Candy Apple) to start inviting Vanilla to their parties (trapping him in the Spire of Deceit) and convincing him to play drinking games and shit (all the weird stuff he did in ep 8)

That's as far as I've got tho lemme know if u have any suggestions.... still trying to figure out how to die in Jesus Vanilla

Would anyone be interested in reading my thoughts and headcanons for a shadowvanilla college au?? I already have a lot of stuff planned haha

[bosesmikas]

My favorite Jackie & Hyde moments #9

Bonus moments (ignore Kitty in the first one haha):

[vagueeyes]

And I say, "One shoe off and one shoe on," then we all say, "Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John."

INSIDE NO. 9 - S3E5 | Diddle Diddle Dumpling

[lukasadss]

Oh this scene has a chokehold on me,,

[sluckythewizard]

I PROMISE IM STILL ALIVE AND THAT I STILL LOVE THIS SHOW i just dont have time for podcasts rn :( innn the meantime did anyone ever think about fish n chips Edyn Edition alot alot alot orrrrr was that just me

[trashasaurusrex]

sims 4 let out a banger expansion. they can't keep doing this to me

the holidays are coming and i need food!!! i can't keep doing this with you!!!!

gdi!!!!

[god-tier-bastard]

i love showing doctor who to people out of order. im taking the time travel into my own hands actually.

[skrunksthatwunk]

household enemy to the yyh watchthrough number one is the olympics. it's taken us a week to get two episodes into the gamemaster fight

[lesbianpegbar]

it’s sooooooo insane how much gege akutami completely fumbled nobara. society if she was someone else’s character entirely. society if gege akutami never even attempted to write women. society if gege akutami never attempted to write

[5hrignold]

i absolutely love what their dynamic turned into in the show but whenever i watch the sf pilot im reminded of how much i love the way charlie just kinda slugs on behind pim and lets him do his thing and the only time in the episode he really gets his own moment he has no idea what to say to desmond and can only say they’ve failed. like i love the side of charlie that can be like overly passionate and kinda unapologetic and the way there’s nothing that can change his mind when he’s set on something and i dont even want it to be changed back to that but man . i just love it

[hollaringmountains]

Really Really wanna continue watching destined with you kdrama... but the cheating and forced relationship is kinda putting me off of it... also it's weirdly confusing

[jeonstellate]

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[orcelito]

so yea i finished watching tristamp. absolutely bewitched by the animation. but also wanting MORE... and so . i am planning on watching the original anime. at some point soon.

sometimes joining the bandwagon of what's currently popular is fun if it coincides with my preexisting interests lol

[autism-corner]

=w=bbb

[icyfox17]

More random 911 snippets:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BUCK DIED?!?!

SPRUCE!!!!!!!!

HE GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND DIED FOR LIKE 3 MINS AND SMTH SECONDS AND THEN WAS IN A COMA FOR AWHILE BEFORE WAKING UP N STUFF ITS CRAAAAZYYY