#i watch things

[thebiggerbear]

No matter what you may think of Season 8 of Game of Thrones, one thing is beyond debate: it is an impressive study of Emilia Clarke's acting.

I am riveted to the screen each time, even though I already know what's going to happen.

In my personal opinion, no one else could have brought Daenerys Targaryen to life in the visual screen the way she did.

[aestheti-kitty]

So I’m rewatching all of DBZ and like Goku was alive for straight up, 4 and a half episodes. Then RIP.

Also isn’t Piccolo like 4 years older than Gohan? Like technically??

[escapistcatontheinternet]

watching mushishi rn. why ginko so hot he is literally just some lines? i've never been attracted to a character that was more just some lines.

[modernchemical]

watching death note with my family and after the college entrance episode my mom asked offhandedly if anyone had ever pictured L and light as a couple before. it felt like one single white dove had landed on a crystalline lake in a beautiful pure clearing. no i dont think anyones ever thought of that before

[blorboresidue]

one time I used the ben affleck smoking reaction image in the family group chat and my mom replied with the funniest possible response which was: "mommy doesn't know who the guy is???" and that phrase has not left my brain since. I'll see blorbos on my dash that I don't recognize and I'll be like well it seems mommy doesn't know who the guy is.

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[modmad]

hey! there's zero esims left for the connecting gaza campaign as of today. i remember you promoting them earlier. could you give them a much needed boost?

oh dang! unfamiliar with that particular campaign, as I always donate via crips for e-sims because it's super easy to do, but regardless let's go people!

[ofswordsandpens]

idk why people get super pedantic about the movie logic in Home Alone and start and try to pick it apart, because like, its a Christmas movie about a child accidentally being left home alone, the premise isn't exactly asking us to suspend our disbelief that much, and yet nearly every single "gotcha" question I see people bring up about this film is literally answered within the first 15 minutes :/

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[larkiethings]

shaking my head while playing neko atsume so people know that I don’t support outdoor cats

[qrowpilled]

hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

[thebiggerbear]

Oh wow. In two scenes, it all brings it back to the pilot with Lee and John. Don't mind my ramble below the cut. Just some thinking out loud. Contains spoilers for part 2 of season 5 that has aired so far.

They definitely had those two father and son scenes back to back on purpose. I've always felt that there was some sort of theme going on in the background about the Duttons with possible biological vs adopted, the family you're born into vs the family you surround yourself with.

Lee, Beth, and Kayce were all born into the family. They would be the natural heirs. Tate, being Kayce's son, would also be a natural heir.

Jamie was adopted, raised as a Dutton and indoctrinated into the whole lifestyle they have. Rip, in his own way, was, too, though he only recently officially joined the family through marriage to Beth. Rip is not a natural heir and what John did give to him was burned down and destroyed by John's enemies. Jamie is not a natural heir but when the show started, he was still an heir.

It feels like there have been some parallels or something going on for a while when it comes to Tate and Carter. Done in the same fashion as the parallels for John, his horse, the horse from the pilot, and baby John were all grouped together. The rattlesnake tails and the injuries both boys sported at the beginning of the season were the two biggest examples.

Tate loved his grandfather and John loved him. He wanted to show Tate the ropes and have him at the ranch. Every time he tried, though, something always ended up going wrong. Tate falls into the river, he gets kidnapped by John's enemies, and then more enemies attack the ranch while they're there.

In season 1, we watch Tate have to battle a rattlesnake and having to stomp it to death. A relieved Kayce proudly cuts off the tail and hands it to his son.

Tate gets his injury from the car crash he was in with his mom that was caused by an animal appearing unexpectedly in front of them.

Then there's Carter, who from the outset of meeting John and dealing with him, has said how he wants to be John one day. John shows Carter the ropes to an extent and nothing bad happens. Carter becomes an asset to the ranch under Rip's watchful eye and is considered to be Rip and Beth's "kid" without anything official stating that. But he's there for family meals.

John gives Carter the rattlesnake tail he has after telling him the story behind it.

Carter gets hurt after an accident with John's horse which leads to its having to be put down. Something that popped up unexpectedly as a hole in the ground that he didn't see coming.

Now Carter is taking John's loss hard and he admits to Rip that he wanted to be just like him. Rip doesn't discourage him but says if he can manage to, he'll be the first. No bullshit, just giving it to him straight while not allowing him to continue to lay there in his grief.

Now Kayce is talking to Tate and asking him what he would like to do in the future. Tate isn't sure and brings John up.

"Well, we are. We're talking about his legacy. And if that's something you feel compelled to continue then I'll find a way to make sure that happens."

"Is that your job now?"

"Only if it's your job next."

The future. John's legacy. What's going to happen to the ranch as well as this family. It's what it's all about now.

Kayce is giving Tate the choice. He's a branded man, a Dutton by blood, and he walked away once.

Rip doesn't discourage Carter from what he wants but he also doesn't actively encourage it, either. In his own way, he gives Carter the choice and reminds him that he will always have a place on the ranch.

"No matter what happens, you'll always have a place here. You understand me? You got a home."

"So, come on, cowboy up. We've got work to do."

Rip is also a branded man, a Dutton now by marriage, and he's been there since he arrived. John told him once that he was practically another son to him.

Tate then says during his talk with Kayce "

The very same conversation Lee and John had in the pilot. John wanted Lee to run the ranch but Lee was happy enough to just stay working it. In the end, Lee's life is lost due to the decision John makes while dealing with an adversary and indirectly due to the ranch. Lee died for the ranch in a way and he was buried on the ranch. John died for the ranch in a way and I assume they will bury him on the ranch when it comes time for that. But both were away from the ranch when their deaths occurred. I know Lee may have been on the Dutton side of the land when he got shot but he was at the border. Kayce and his family have been on and off the ranch repeatedly but now they are back on it, in their own corner of it. Still there but with enough distance from the main house and everything that is attached to it. Beth was gone for a long time but has come back. The only time she's ventured out is to either handle business, attend a state fair, or to go see Rip in Texas. Jamie was on the ranch until he wasn't, and now he's become an adversary as well. Tate has been on and off the ranch with Kayce and Monica. Carter has been on the ranch, working it, since Rip drove him back, minus the fair trip.

Then there's Summer, lost and not knowing where to go now that John is gone. It takes Beth all of two seconds to send her packing. She gives Summer a ride to the barn and tells her to ask for a ride off the ranch from one of the cowboys. And Rip is the one she ends up asking after Beth has been gone, and he agrees to take her to the airport as she requests. The blood Dutton effectively kicking someone who isn't a Dutton or part of the ranch off of her family land, and the "adopted" Dutton, still officially working for the ranch, says yes when she asks.

Last but certainly not least, we have a rattlesnake tail callback happen in this episode but in Texas at the 6666 ranch. Walker cuts the snake's head off rather than stomping it, even though Rip called Ryan over, a man who has been with the Ranch a long time and is also branded. Walker has not been with them a long time and he did not want the brand. Walker cuts the tail off and hands it to Teeter, another ranch hand who hasn't been with the Duttons long, but has proven her loyalty. A woman rancher and she's the only one on the payroll. Another example of the new generation and how the Dutton legacy is severely threatened (not by Walker or Teeter but in general) and this family may not get a happy ending with ranch included. We've heard up until this point, even from John himself, how things are changing and they will only be able to hold back the change, progress, and dilution of this generational legacy of this one particular family in Montana.

With all of that, I think it's safe to say that Taylor Sheridan, despite any unexpected circumstances that may have popped up behind the scenes and no matter how many shows he has going on, he's been planning this showdown between Beth (blood) and Jamie (not blood) and fueling the fire of their adversarial relationship for a long time. Even had somehow John survived (Kevin was included in this last run of episodes), he most likely would not have survived the series finale or story in general. Because of the horse parallel: he has to put his horse down in the pilot due to an injury sustained by a car accident that had been caused by his enemies & his horse needing to be put down due to an injury caused by an accident that happened on Carter's watch no matter how unintentional. Another accident claimed his second grandson's life, his future in all aspects, that wasn't caused by his enemies but circumstances and unwise decisions (Monica choosing to drive while in labor with Tate in the car). Near the end, John was making some very unwise decisions and while he had a healthy supply of enemies throughout his life, the biggest one turned out to be one of his own making, generally speaking. So, I don't believe John was ever going to survive at the end of this show. But I do think circumstances with Kevin and the show only moved up the timeline and enabled the story to approach the showdown and inevitable end from a different angle.

Now we just have to see just how bad this showdown is going to get and who's going to survive it. I don't see Rip dying, due to Cole's dealings with the spinoff for 6666, and seeing that there seems to be something on the horizon for he and Beth away from Montana. Beth, I tend not to think so because she is too closely linked to Rip and now Kayce. Kayce I think will be fine at the end and able to live with his family. I think the wolf he saw that signified the "end of us" is Jamie and what that battle over the land brings. Which is why I think we were given these two father and son scenes, and one of them speaks to a future more deeply than the other. Carter may not be related by blood but I don't doubt he will stand with Beth and Rip and be loyal to John's memory.

Either way, this is going to be one heck of a ride. I truly hope Taylor Sheridan gives this show the epic ending it deserves and I personally hope the Duttons will be able to live their lives however they choose to and be happy for once.

Anyway, those are just my thoughts and my predictions. We'll see what happens. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[vicholas]

the funniest part of the jason x sex scene post is actually watching jason x and finding out that the sex scene was plot relevant because jason revives at the very same time they were having sex in the room next door and it's implied that jason could sense them having sex while he was cryogenically frozen and it pissed him so much (because he hates sex) that it revived him. if you removed it you would make the movie less funny.

[escapistcatontheinternet]

kendall seriously using the 'u have to make me CEO or I'm gonna kill myself'

[lazylittledragon]

some domestic shadowlachs <33

[xpurplepiex]

when i started watching g1 for the first time, i was NOT prepared for whatever the fuck its doing with Megatron's transformation😭😭

it gave me so much psychic damage