#i watched fast forward ALL the time

[lazzarella]

OMG! I'm such an idiot! I've been watching The Newsreader since it started, and I only JUST twigged that Marg Downey is, well, Marg Downey!! XD

I was just like 'oh, yeah, I've seen her in a bunch of other Australian stuff' but didn't somehow twig that 'other Australian stuff' was many iconic Australian comedies that I grew up with! Lmao

It's especially embarrassing because more than one of her characters was a TV presenter 🤣

[twilightakiishi]

made that template for three :3 venchiya rundown!!! more in tags if u care

[amplexadversary]

Aabria Iyengar: *Under her breath* "Why is it every game I'm in, someone invents fucking baseball?

Robbie Daymond: *Laughter*

Matt Mercer: "Goat-ball, technically, and it was Chris Perkins."

Erica Lindbeck: "Chris Perkins turned me into a werewolf in my private campaign."

Aabria Iyengar: *Laughter*

Robbie Daymond: "Really?"

Erica Lindbeck: "Yeah he's the reason I'm a- yeah."

Matt Mercer: "What a dick."

Aabria Iyengar: "I'm sorry or you're welcome, I don't know where on the mosterfucker spectrum you lie."

Erica Lindbeck: It's very to the right.

[deadsince1973]

Poll Below

So, I saw someone say yesterday that "most people skim watch Chinese dramas", and that honestly blew my mind. If it has subtitles, I have to watch it and focus on it.

But then several thoughts occurred to me. You see, right now, my friend and I are watching The Longest Promise and The Screen Foxes. To us, The Longest Promise is painfully slow. We thought it was a little slower than most Chinese dramas, but most Chinese dramas are a little bit slow, and The Longest Promise actually feels much slower to us because we hate the main character and, like, half the story decisions so much, we thought. (Sorry, no offense to Longest Promise fans.) We thought that if we actually liked the main character and were invested in her story, the way the show dilly-dallied on every one of her scenes - having her say the same things over and over again, showing a dozen different angles on some magical moment in her life, having her express feelings about something that happened in a previous episode that she had made very clear at the time - would be enjoyable. Meanwhile, before we started The Screen Foxes, I read three different reviews that said the plot moved lightning-fast, bounced all over the place, and didn't make any sense. And ... none of that is true (so far). The plot moves at a normal pace. A thing happens, and then, something else happens as a consequence. There ARE several different interconnected story threads, and we do bounce back and forth between them, but it all makes sense. And last night, it hit me that maybe The Longest Promise is so slow because you're supposed to "skim watch" it. Certainly, if you dip in and out, you can follow the plot very easily. Scenes are long enough that it's hard to miss a whole one if you're checking back in frequently, repetitive enough that you can understand the point of the scene even if you miss three-quarters of it, and the same points are repeated in multiple scenes, so there are very few details you can miss even if you don't watch it too closely. (Plus, the plot is predictable enough that it's easy to follow.) Meanwhile, because The Screen Foxes doesn't dawdle on any points, if you're not actually sitting down and watching, it must seem chaotic and nonsensical. Why are they fighting this green monster now? Wasn't the show about painting a minute ago? The green monster is being used by a Taoist to body-guard a rich family. The Taoist is actually the one who made the family rich. Why? That's the mystery we need to find out. In the meantime, this family used its wealth to cheat in the painting contest from the last episode, so fighting their body guard is advancing that painting plotline too. But if you looked away from the screen during the two minutes where they were explaining all that, then yeah, it would be super confusing why this show just went from a painting contest to a demon fight.

If Chinese dramas are MEANT to be watched in the background, and that's the reason so many of them are so long and slow, then, honestly, my whole worldview has been changed.

So, TLDR: I have to know now: DO most people actually "skim watch" Chinese dramas????

[pink-lemonadefairy]

[floorpancakes]

im reaching new and concerning levels of understanding watanuki on a personal level

[sskk-manifesto]

(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

[nobleriver]

Me browsing through the official AMC Walking Dead shop and just typing in Richonne not really expecting much only to see this:

Official merch with the ship name on it. Consider me sold and take my money because YESS I’m getting it this instant.

[pharawee]

#sky-nani #what if the hyphen is the string of fate between us

OH!! you're definitely onto something here 🫣

If gmmtv won't say then I will!! 🤣

[cb-reblog]

[alvfr]

I’ve never skipped so much of a show before and never ever skipped entire episodes before but holy moly what happened in season 3?

Nothing. Nothing happened in season 3.

[01432853]

The Love by Hypnotic (2019) - EP 20

I don't want to hear his name. But I want to thank him. He let me know..that this world isn't worth it. Love is even more absurd.

[cheswirls]

hhhhhhhhhhhh saboace royalty au. ace was crown prince but can’t use magic which is necessary to become king, so he renounces his title and becomes infamous for his eccentric tendencies to play up the illusion that he’s truly not meant for the throne and that his younger sibling has full rights to the title of heir.

sabo is born to a family serving in the royal court, has been a genius magician since he was a child, and is the perfect example of a young man fully educated to serve at the king’s side. which is why he’s allowed himself to be tied down into a loveless political engagement with the king’s heir, putting the whims of his family before his own and resigning himself to become the future ruler’s consort/spouse to legitimize his role as an advisory right-hand man.

but then the heir grows rebellious and denounces the engagement with sabo in public and ace swoops in to save the day (and sabo’s reputation), demanding his father give sabo to him instead. he steals sabo away and challenges his sibling’s right to the throne, intent on earning back the title not for himself, but so he can make sabo (who is heavily qualified to rule) the king - and since they’ll be wed, no one will be able to undermine sabo’s position as he will technically be part of the monarchy that governs the kingdom.

[general-du-vallon]

I know we all have opinions on s3 me too hut also in episode 1 it's so funny to me Aramis run away to a monarstry and they just give him all the babies like 'this is the perfect fit just burry him in children then he will be a good monk'.

Edit: the tiny conversation where Porthos is like 'boring boring dodiers boring' and Athos is just like. Wheedling and gleeful and knowing Porthos is gonna give in 'we are also musketeers' is great.

And Aramis taking charge of his tiny children and keeping them safe in a cellar is 👌👌👌👌

OK I rlly quite like the musketeers bits of this s3 episode.

[itsallhoney]

my 9 favorite movies i watched in 2023

i was tagged by the lovely @killherfreakout

i'm tagging @scarletpapillon, @allmyoldhaunts, & @breathingsong if you want to do it <3

[whisperofthewaves]

yeah idk. I feel like I could've watched Chainsaw Man or One Piece today instead of the fall of the house of usher and it would've been a time better spent