#i'd actually pay to see this episode with these two actors

[tragicotps]

→ James Mcavoy and Ruth Wilson about the cut season 2 episode of HDM (x)

[terapsina]

Now that the writers and actors strike is about to begin being felt (and as we wait for those greedy billion dollar companies who are refusing to negotiate fair pay and conditions to give up) here's 10 of my favorite (all around best) fully finished older series you should definitely check out if you haven't watched.

I mean it, these are the shows with continuously great writing and a satisfying endings that manage to actually deliver on their promises.

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1. Leverage - (containing 5 seasons, or 77 episodes) - trailer here.

Hitter, Hacker, Grifter, Thief and Mastermind. Heists and cons. Stealing from the rich and giving to their victims. They provide... leverage.

Meant for anyone who enjoys bad guys being the best good guys, who will burn down the lives of evil CEOs and then gloat in the background. Very satisfying.

Hands down the best example of a found family trope I've ever seen on screen. Barring none.

2. Killjoys - (containing 5 seasons, or 50 episodes) - trailer here.

Space Bounty Hunters. Another case of found family trope. Bisexual space princess assassin. Quippy sentient ship. Green alien goo. Evil lesbians (but like... in a good way). The warrant is all.

More seriously though, it's a story about three killjoys and the bounties they go after. Initially. And then they have to save the entire Quad from some very terrifying... stuff.

Contains one of the best friendships I've ever seen on television.

3. Orphan Black - (containing 5 seasons, or 50 episodes) - trailer here.

Found family trope but with clones.

Low level grifter sees a woman who looks exactly like her kill herself and plans to take over her identity long enough to cash out. Except then there's two other women who also look exactly like her. And apparently they're all clones and someone's killing them.

Enter a global conspiracy. Human experimentation. Lots of clone shenanigans. Some serial killings. And a few murders 💖.

4. Person of Interest - (containing 5 seasons, or 103 episodes) - trailer here.

Okay I'm beginning to see how I might have a found family trope issue.

Former CIA agent gets recruited by a reclusive billionaire computer programmer who developed a... machine that can predict acts of terror before they happen. But it also predicts 'irrelevant' acts of violence that will result in someone's death.

Unless someone interferes.

I'd really like to spoil some stuff to get you all to watch this one. But I'm going to maintain self control and just mention that early on they get a dog named Bear. Bear is a very good boy. Watch it for Bear.

Also for excellent commentary on rights of privacy, government surveillance and what does 'greater good' even mean? But mostly Bear.

5. 12 Monkeys - (containing 4 seasons, or 47 episodes) - trailer here.

The very best time travel show out there. What starts out as a confusing mess of causality basically exploding, by the end of the series all makes complete and total sense.

(when that final timey-whimey loop slid into place and revealed the entire pattern it was like a choir of angels started singing in the back of my head. It was freaking glorious).

Anyway, a man from a post apocalyptic future travels into the past to stop a plague from decimating nearly the entire world population.

He has the name of the man who released the virus and it's supposed to be a single trip. One trip. One bullet. Simple. Done.

Except then things keep escalating, and escalating until time begins eating its own tail and it might start looking like the end of the world might be a better ending than erasing all of time and space from reality.

Because when our guys screw it up, they screw it up GOOD.

And oh yeah... found family.

6. The Good Place - (containing 4 seasons, or 53 episodes) - trailer here.

A self-proclaimed Arizona dirtbag opens her eyes and finds out that she's dead and got accepted in the Good Place. Except that as soon as she arrives the Good Place starts glitching, and she really, REALLY needs to become a better person before she can be found out and kicked out to the Bad Place.

Luckily her assigned soulmate was a professor of ethics and moral philosophy.

One of the funniest, most thoughtful and clever comedies I've ever watched. Ever. The characters are delightful and by the time the final minute rolled around I had sobbed my heart out multiple times (which, as we all know, is a sign of the very best comedies out there).

As for the question of whether or not this too contains Found Fami- Yes! Obviously, yes.

7. Avatar: the Last Airbender - (containing 3 seasons, or 61 episodes) - intro here (couldn't locate the trailer but it's basically the same thing in this case).

The four nations lived in harmony. Until the Fire Nation attacked.

It's been a hundred years since the beginning of the war when two kids from the Southern Water Tribe find a boy frozen in ice and wake him up. A boy who's able to bend all four elements... though not very well.

Enter multi-nation flying road trip (thank you Appa, we love you most of all) as they try to find teachers for the Avatar and save the world.

Includes found family (shut up), amazing fight scenes, the most heartfelt and vivid characters ever, and the best example of a redemption arc actually done well.

8. Love Between Fairy and Devil - (containing 1 season, or 36 episodes) - trailer here.

This one gutted me. I'm saying this as a compliment. But it had to be said. Completely destroyed me. I just haven't been the same.

A love story between an Orchid Fairy and the leader of the Moon Tribe that starts out with her accidentally releasing him from millennia long imprisonment and then takes you through the caleidoscope of all possible human emotions (it's a body-swap comedy through the first part, then a romcom, then a dramatic romantic tale, and finally a tragic love story).

But it's such a satisfying slow burn.

And it carries this... humanity through the whole thing that makes it so visceral.

If you're a romantic who's very tired of instalove and characters dropping all their morals because 'ooh, attractive person' then you've got to watch this. Because this story does NOT take the easy road there.

(my more extensive rec for this series can be found here)

9. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - (containing 7 seasons, or 133 episodes) - fanmade trailer here (it was better than any of the official ones).

This series did so much. Introduced Ahsoka Tano, and made us love her. Gave names and faces and souls to the Clone Troopers (okay, it's the same face but you know what I mean), to a point where their endings during Order 66 destroyed me just as much as the ending of the Jedi Order. And somehow made me both love Anakin AND be a million times more angry with him.

There are some arcs in this series that might be a bit weaker. But there were some... god, there's a reason I love Clone Wars more than any other series or trilogy in this universe. And I'm not even a little ashamed to say it.

Must watch for Disaster Lineage shenanigans; for the vod'e; AND for the Jedi (who did their best okay? They always did their best 😭💔).

(and on the subject of found family... do I even need to comment)

10. Nikita - (containing 4 seasons, or 73 episodes) - trailer here.

A rogue assassin that escaped Division - covert government agency that takes recruits out of prison, fakes their deaths and then forces them to become spies and assassins - has come back to take it down. Brick by brick if she has to. With guns and explosives too when that works better.

Contains soooo many cool fight scenes. Is full of incredible characters you'll fall in love with (and hate with) very quickly. And most of all has an incredibly complex relationship of mentorship and friendship between two women that holds both great admiration and betrayal, real care and love as well as rage and hatred, forgiveness, mutual respect and an unbreakable kind of bond that so very rarely involves even one female character on TV, let alone two.

(as usual, found family tropes up the wazzoo).

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In conclusion. We all know there's going to be a large space between seasons of our favorite shows now (and some shows that aren't going to survive it). Let's fill that space with some excellent TV we haven't had a chance to see yet.

And direct the blame for the wait towards the right place (i.e. the studios).

[cry-ptidd]

Me and my sister watched Hellsing together. Here's her opinion on the characters

- Alucard: "He's a cunt, but he's entertaining. I'd probably pay to see him in a strip club. I didn't like him and his shit-eating grin and 'master' bullshit at first, but he grew on me quick and i don't like that he grew on me. He's a complex character, and he's hot asf when he cries. Also I wish we'd seen his Dracula form for longer; that was awesome. Him and Anderson had a thing going on."

- Seras: "Didn't really mind her at first, but liked her after she drank blood. Her transformation and the guns are really fucking cool. I didn't like her voice and her whining at first but it got better after a few episodes. I like her when her personality became a little bit more spunky. Her story's fucked up."

- Integra: "Absolute bad bitch. Her attitude reminds me of myself so idk if I should like it or hate it, she's got a lot of pride which I respect. Really human and I like it, she takes no one's shit and she's a badass. Didn't even FLINCH when she got her eye shot out. Girlboss. She gives me ace vibes also."

- Walter: "I liked him, he was funny. And then he betrayed everyone and became emo. He gave good advice, and he was cool as hell with that wise older veteran vibe. I'm disappointed in him, but the plot twist was actually good. You'd notice the signs if you suspected him from the beginning."

- Pip: "He's FINE. I'd braid his hair any day. I was in love and then I mourned. I'm widowed. He was hilarious, plus his voice actor nailed the French. My favorite character. Screeched when he came back. He's a good leader and I loved his speeches, also his death made me cry. And I don't often cry when watching anime."

- Anderson: "kinda neutral. I didn't like him at first, he was obnoxious as fuck. Then he respected women and opposed Maxwell and his orders so he grew in my esteem a bit. His character is cool as fuck tho. I wish he didn't turn into a monster, he fell to the same level as Alucard. It's like human greed or desperation for power. Him and Alucard had a thing going on."

- Enrico Maxwell: "Lucius Malfoy. I hate him but not the one I hate most."

- Heinkel & Yumie: "Really like these two lesbians. So cool and I respect their resolve, especially Heinkel's. Rip Yumi. You were cool. Heinkel being intersex is a dope detail, she's very androgynous too. I like their designs."

- The major: "Augustus Gloop? I like the fact he refused vampirism, that was cool, but he's an actual fucking sociopath and I hate him"

- The Captain: "Ngl, I actually find him quite dope, aside from the nazi thing. Literally no one respected him, that shit had me crying. His face is pretty and his tits are big, even if he looks a bit goofy at times. Wish we'd seen more of him. I felt kinda bad when he got defeated."

- Schrödinger: "I want this thing dead"

- Rip van winkle: "She gives me the vibes of a Dr Seuss character."

- Zorin: "Bleach Ichigo knockoff. Fuck this bitch in particular I hate her"

- The Valentine brothers: "A slav squat necrophile and his gay brother that used to be a runway model but got cancelled after a scandal"

Overall: A hit, neither of us expected her to like it. She likes the political and literary aspects, and also finds the characters interesting. She doesn't really know how to feel about the ending; she considers it realistic and a good end, but she wished it was more epic. But from a writing perspective it's good. Also she lowkey wished Alucard would turn Integra into a vampire, just because it would be cool. Now we send each other memes about it. She calls Nendocard a whore when she passes by him, but says she'd buy a Pip nendo in a heartbeat

[mamaladeskies]

Shutline is Nasty Business

I happened upon Shutline the animation by chance as I was surfing an unnamed website for the next thing to watch when the poster of Jake and Shin caught my eye.

Tell me, how could I pass this? Look at their shadow!

I pressed play immediately, expecting a buddy cop show because I didn't read the description -- descriptions are for the weak, plus this is as adventurous as I get. What I did not expect was the low budget animation and the nastiness (compliment)!

Yoh, I'll be honest, I was about to dip and skip this anime because the characters look like paper-people with a voice actor slapped on top, and frankly after reading the manhwa, I stand by it.

But! The moment the show started to linger on Shin's features, I had to find out where this was going. I'm talking like precious seconds dedicated to Shin's ass.

I was not disappointed. Shortly after, Shin was on his knees paying homage to Jake's glorious manhood. This is fancy speak for Shin was giving Jake a bj in public.

My eyes were nearly watering in disbelief! I don't think I've seen something this mature in animation, to be fair though I don't watch a lot of anime. The closest thing may be Citrus but it was not this mature. Citrus was mainly sensual with lots of kissing and it had a semblance of a plot. Shutline's plot did not make sense, so while I kept watching for the mature content I was also trying to understand what the hell was going on.

At the end of 5 episodes each 5 or 6 minutes long, I was thoroughly confused. It made sense that the next course of action was reading the manhwa.

I finished Vol 1 in a matter of hours, it's that good. The manhwa caters fully to my tastes: two masculine men, grey characters who are well developed, no declaration of love, instead their actions communicate it, an interesting action driven plot, slow burn, no heteronormativity, and aged-up characters who are actually mature.

The drawings were also really good; those of the characters, I especially love how Shin looks, and the background as well. It's obvious the author is not cutting corners.

Something else I need to commend is how the author was able to communicate their sexual tension in drawing. There's a scene where Jake goes to visit Shin at the garage and then we get these panels of Shin's muscular build and Jake being discreetly hot and bothered. The fact that Jake could get turned on by Shin's armpit... I'm in awe.

In girl love (gl) mangas that I've read when the author has panels focused on the women's intimate parts like boobs, sometimes I'm like, what was the reason! Because the woman might only be doing mundane stuff like reading with no love interest in site to warrant such close ups. Thanks to Shutline I've seen the potential of such close ups.

Which brings me to something else; the sex has greater purpose! When the characters had sex within the first several episodes I was sure I'd soon get bored if the story was stuffed full with them and do thorough skimming, but I was wholly satisfied to find that they're purposeful.

For one, yes it helps take their relationship to the next level -- one sex scene shows us how Jake is pushing his boundaries for Shin. And two, it's advancing the plot -- in Vol 2 Shin and Jake have a discussion that determines where the plot goes next while having sex. In this particular scene we also get to see Shin trick Jake which was interesting, finally my boy gets a point against Jake.

A nitpick I have is how Jake reminds me of Wilson Fisk from Into the Spiderverse, both Fisk and Jake fill the screen/panel and they both like black suits. I swear I am not reaching, I just can't unsee it.

I don't think I have a major critique of the manhwa yet. As for the animation; it's very obvious important back stories were cut so that you need to have read the manhwa to get it, what's majorly left is the mature scenes. This makes me think that the animation might be fan service. It is not a bad thing, but I definitely stand by the fact that the story itself is so good it deserves better.

This reddit user says that Shutline has the potential to rival KinnPorsche and I have to agree, but only if done well.

[mirai-e-jump]

Hero Vision Vol.14 (2004/Spring) ft. Kamen Rider Blade Cast Interviews Ryoji Moromoto x Makoto Ito (Suit Actor) Segment (translation below)

Publication: May 20, 2004 (between episodes 17-18) Ryoji Moromoto (Hajime Aikawa) x Makoto Ito (Chalice Suit Actor)

"When did you two first meet?"

Ito: When? (laughs)

Moromoto: When we first met? I'm pretty sure it was before filming started. My first impression of Ito-san was that he was, "A kind big bro."

Ito: He made me think, "This year's also going to turn out cool" (laughs).

Moromoto: We talked alot about Chalice back then. You said, "Chalice has existed for 10,000 years, so I want to show you 10,000 years worth of my career." What were some of the other things you said again?

Ito:……not much, I really don't remember (laughs).

Moromoto: Ahaha! One thing we have in common, is that we have similar bikes, don't we? We've talked about how we want to go (motorcycle) touring together after the show ends. I ride a Yamaha SR400 and, ah...I'm sorry……(Note: The bikes used in Kamen Rider are provided by Honda)

Ito:…Sorry, but I'm also a WR250F (Yamaha) rider~, but before that, it's always been a Honda! I'd love to see Moromoto-kun's rumored SR. I've heard that they're loud and rather slow……

Moromoto: That's right! I actually modified it too much, and now it can only go about 80kph (50mph) (laughs). Right now, I'm too busy to work on it. I feel like my love for it is fading~!

"What were your first impressions of Chalice?"

Moromoto: I received a call from my agency, saying I passed the audition with, "You're Heart." "Eh?! You mean Momorenger?!," I was so surprised and alittle bit intimidated (laughs), but when I saw the design in person, it was cool and I liked it alot because it was something I had never seen before.

Ito: When I was first told about it, I jokingly thought, "Heart……(sinking in)…ah, alright then, I'll just act like a gay guy……" But, after seeing the design, I was relieved and thought about what kind of pose would suit this Rider. My first thought when I read his setup, was that it would be nice to have something wild and different from the other Riders. Compared to G3-X in "Kamen Rider Agito" and Knight in "Kamen Rider Ryuki," this is the wildest work I've ever done. Even with Kaixa in "Kamen Rider 555," I tried to keep martial arts like movements in mind, and to avoid any unnecessary movements. But with Chalice, there's just so many unnecessary movements…(laughs).

Moromoto: That's why I also tried to make the movements bigger in that fight scene (episode 9).

"Morimoto-san, "Hajime Aikawa is not a normal human being," what do you pay attention to when playing such a role?"

Moromoto: When my heart is closer to the human side, it's not so different, but when it's closer to Chalice's side, I try not to blink as much as possible, and when I talk to people, I try to give subtle pauses in my responses. It's almost like a foreigner hearing Japanese and interpreting it in their head before replying. In general, when I'm on Chalice's side, I don't think with my mind, but instead, try to act with my feelings

"Do you have any techniques for the dubbing process?"

Moromoto: I have a high pitched voice, so it can be difficult for me to make Chalice sound intimidating or violent. That's why I'm trying to lower the tone of my voice. I also did research by studying "monsters" such as the Hulk, Akuma from "Street Fighter II" and King Piccolo from "Dragon Ball Z." One time I even played the videos, and would try to voice the characters myself with the sound off, but there was still something wrong. What could it be…I don't know what Chalice's true form is yet, so my image may not be perfect. (Note: The actors have not been told where the story is going at this time.)

Ito: When it's my turn to "Henshin!," I'm trying to decide if it's better to change or to fight and further develop myself. Essentially, Chalice is supposed to be used to fighting, so I want to keep my methods in check. I'm so focused that I feel like I can see my opponent's movements, even when they've stopped. However, the tension is still high.

Moromoto: The way I say "Transformation" is different depending on if I'm fighting to protect Amane-chan or with my natural emotions. For Amane-chan, it's, "Henshin!" but naturally it's, "…Henshin" (lower tone).

"Did you face any challenges during filming?"

Ito: I'm not good when it comes to cold weather, so I almost cried during the snowy mountain shoot.

Moromoto: It was -15C (5F)! And when the sun went down, they brought out one of those giant fans! It kept spraying us with cold water! Man, I remember my face being scrunched up with anger (laughs).

Ito: When I did a test shot without the mask on, my hair ended up freezing. It wouldn't even melt when I put my head over the space heater, so I just had to keep it as is.

Moromoto: There was also the scene where Amane-chan's father gives Hajime the photo, with it being so cold I thought, "This guy, is he really going to die?!"

Ito: I'm bad with Winter, but I'm also bad with Summer too. When I wear a suit, my body temperature rises and my face turns bright red. My heart starts to race too and I think, "Ah, my life is getting shorter…"

Moromoto: It's good for Chalice though, isn't it? Blood rushing, a fast pulse, it's like an unleashing of the instincts.

Ito: But, when I get like that, I become quiet. In the Summer, Chalice becomes more like a domesticated cat (laughs).

Moromoto: Please keep doing your best~, I'm also prepared to risk my life for this role!

Ito: I also want to play the role of a Rider who will continue to remain in everyone's heart. Personally, it's frustrating to often hear people say, "Chalice looks like Gills (Agito)" (laughs), regardless, please continue to watch us in the future. We're going to give it our all!

[fenra-bookswritings]

Hey guys, I just wanted to share a few thoughts on the #Moonvale criticism.

I don't really know how to write this, but somehow I was pretty disappointed with all the fuss about the release of the new episode. Not in Everbyte but more in the community, without wanting to criticize anyone. Everyone can say what they want and I thought it was nice that some of you emphasized several times that this isn't about hate, but about constructive criticism.

I understand the points of anger, but then again, somehow I don't.

AI is interesting for a lot of artists at the moment, which doesn't make it reprehensible. Also the point that AI steals works. Of course that's not good, but honestly it could just be a kind of inspiration. If you look, you'll always find a suitable comparison. Like Arcane. But just because there's a woman with blue hair doesn't mean it has to be a version of Jinx. After all, people look for inspiration everywhere. That doesn't make it a copy. (I understand your point completely, of course, and I don't think stealing from artists is a good thing. I'm an artist myself and can relate to it very well)

And about the diamond system... Sure, they spoiled us a bit with the premium package and the diamonds are quite annoying. But good work is worth paying for. (That doesn't mean that you have to pay $50 for it all the time. Especially because there's no obligation behind it.) I'd rather pay something (and that won't happen more than twice a year at the rate they're releasing) than let this studio go under. After all out there are so many artist who get support through.. money. this game isn't a expectation.

The work they do, the effort, the technology they need, the actors. All the work they do behind the scenes to produce this episode... It was so sad to read all these hate comments after they probably put a lot of effort into it for 2 years. I can well imagine that after the release, they were relieved

and hoped that there would be a little more gratitude. Just because they had written something amazing again. However, it quickly went from comments like "bring Jake back" and "I can't wait" to "the game sucks" "this is shit". But as the saying goes: Nothing is so hard as man's ingratitude. For someone who just consumes, it may be justified. But for people who have put their heart and soul into it, even if they made mistakes, it is extremely devastating. People are so quick to only see the negative that all the good is quickly wasted. If you tear it down, then in most cases the criticism only concerns AI and diamonds. The story is structured very similarly to Duskwood in parts. We even got the introduction of the characters, the time when "unknown" appears, the clues, the relationships and even Jake at the end.

And we can even repeat the episodes as often as we like without losing any progress in the game.

I am definitely in favor of appropriate criticism. There is no need to sugarcoat anything that cannot be sugarcoated. What I was actually trying to say here is that I found it so sad how quickly all the positive things are forgotten because the community is upset about "two" settings.

If you've read this far, thank you. This isn't meant to offend you in any way. I... just wanted to share my thoughts with anyone who's into this and seems to be listening.

Have a nice day everyone 🫶🏻

[stoopid-turtle]

Consuming Candies Pt 2: DD ❤️ GG and GG ❤️ DD

ALL FAKE. I'M MAKING SHIT UP FOR FUN. DON'T BELIEVE ME.

Intro post for this series

Once I convinced myself that DD and GG are some variety of gay, the rest is honestly not hard to conceive of. Two gay guys filming a BL adaption on a set that was open to same-sex relationships who got on really well...it's not hard to believe they'd "get together".

3. DD and GG had "a thing" around the time of the TU production. This could include the time period during filming and through the promo period. Actual timelines and details of the nature of the relationship are secondary.

If an actor and an actress hit it off as well as DD and GG did, it'd be easy for people to see that they were an item. For some reason, people struggle more to see that with two men (okay, I know the reasons, but I'm not getting into that here).

By the time I'd established 1 and 2, I'd seen enough bts and other footage to buy in to 3, as well, but here's the list of moments/candies that just nail it for me. It would be impossible for me to list out all the moments that simply scream "They're in a relationship!!!" because there's, just, a lot. So here's the short list, again, in order of most inarguable to more open to interpretation.

a) Old cow eats young grass.

That's it. That's the clip. There is no het explanation for that. I guess you could maybe claim DD was referring to GG liking younger women, but that doesn't flow with the rest of the conversation they're having. Especially with GG's comment about paying for new brake pads,

They did the gay together. More than just casually. They were an item at this time. Hands down. Case closed.

(Again, I'll get to the argument that this is all fabricated fanservice at another point)

b) The bts of DD getting into costume where he's quizzing the costume-jiejie about what GG said about him in an interview.

This is straight-up, cliche, 'shows up in freaking romance novels' behavior when you have a crush. Nobody's that concerned about what their friend is saying about them in interviews. You only care that much when you're trying to get a feel as to their feelings for you.

Also, the costume-jiejie is hilarious about it. Asking him about his response in an interview and then teasing him about not remembering what GG said about DD. She clearly has served as a sounding board for DD about his crush before, and she's amused and encouraging and teasing, all at the same time. Hats off, costume-jiejie.

c) Happy Camp moments: jealous!GG and the necklace.

I don't usually put much stock in the jealous GG/DD stories, but the instance with GG going grimdark as DD wriggled through the hole with another guy is just...again, I'm struggling to think of a context that would make sense that isn't "they are together and GG is jealous".

(I don't find jealousy cute, tbh, so I'm not jazzed about the moment. I don't know what was going on between them that led to that, but I'm glad they seemed to clear it up).

This leads to the other Happy Camp moment, seen only in fancams. The ox-head necklace that DD had been wearing scratched up his neck during the game. GG's stunned reaction to DD's injuries and his concern, plus clearly telling DD to take it off...none of this makes sense unless GG gave DD the jewelry.

Like, okay. I have a necklace my bff gave me, and I wear it a lot. It's really meaningful and sentimental. But if it were scratching up my neck, I'd take it off. If she were there while it was scratching up my neck, she'd joke about it and agree that I should take it off. She wouldn't look distraught.

My wife, on the other hand...

c) DDU's 11th anniversary episode

There's no way to describe this episode except that it really felt as if DD was having his new partner meet his fam. The fact that DDU stopped throwing women at DD after that speaks volumes.

From a), it's clear that their relationship was pretty serious (and extended after the end of filming), and having GG meet DD's DDU brothers is another indication of where their relationship was at. That's not a trivial thing.

d) GG's lack of chill during promo interviews.

I get the vibe that if they were in a relationship, GG was a lot more scared/nervous about it than DD was. He also had less experience with interviews and such. There are numerous moments where GG misunderstands, overreacts, or just acts weirdly during interviews that are hard to explain away.

- The "It's been a year" video, where DD points out that the camera is recording and GG balks at whatever he'd been saying. Cue the nervous laughter and whispered conversation between them. - The backwards pants interview question. - An interviewer asking him if being in a relationship means the end of his career (right after asking about his marriage plans--a question that made dd mad). - His weird denial of DD's waterfall story

In each case, something startles GG into a panicked silence. Then DD usually intervenes and so then GG has some nervous laughter.

Plainly, there's something he's afraid of being revealed in interviews. So much that he's seeing danger, even when it doesn't exist. Given the nature of the questions, we can see that the "thing" he's afraid of is

- him being in a relationship - something involving DD and him and a waterfall - and accidentally wearing someone else's clothes.

All involve DD. In all, DD is the one who relieves the panic and calms him down while smoothing over the interview.

It's not a leap to guess that he's in a relationship with DD that he's afraid people will find out. Sure, he'd want to hide a het relationship too, that makes sense. But then there's the pants question and the waterfall question. And the only way GG and DD's reaction to the question of whether being in a relationship would be the end of GG's career is if...GG and DD were in a relationship.

e) Hot pot.

Okay, this is where I start sounding crazy if I discuss this without prefacing with everything above ^^^. But the fact that their tastes in hot pot shifted over time to more align with each other is significant. I've read about the regional differences and how DD's sudden taste for spiciness could only really be attributable to GG, who's from an area with spicy hot pot.

This resonates with me, especially, because I was a hella picky eater when I met my wife. Like, embarrassingly picky. But then I met my wife, and she cooks and is a foodie and eventually, my palate just expanded. Now I'm a freaking foodie (and a vegetarian, like her), and our eating habits are pretty closely aligned.

Merging is real in longterm relationships. It looks like this. In my case, my wife demystified food for me with her cooking and likewise, it seems as if GG taught DD how to handle spicy stuff.

This wouldn't be significant on its own, but in conjunction with everything else *waves hands*...well, it's convincing to me.

In summary, it is blindingly obvious to me that they were a committed couple at some point after TU filmed and aired (when that commitment started is unclear, but I'm not gonna get into that here). Even after 227, it's clear that they're romantically together. I'm 100% convinced of this. Since I started drafting this, I've come across older mentions of (now gone) bts that just...there's no doubt. They weren't hiding it on set. They were just out there, exhausting everybody around them with their chaotic flirting/mating dances. It's insane and I love it.

4. DD and GG are still together.

Me: So I've been watching behind the scenes for The Untamed, and I think the two actors maybe had a thing? There's just...a lot going on there. My wife: Sounds gay. Me: I mean, some people seem convinced that they're still together because of shoes or something. That gets real out-there. But I definitely wouldn't be surprised if they had a thing during filming. My wife: (who only watched the show) I could see it. They had that chemistry.

(2 weeks later)

Me: Honey, I swear I sound crazy but I'm not. These two guys were totally together and I think they might still be together. My wife: Because of shoes? Me: I SWEAR I'M NOT CRAZY, HONEY, JUST BELIEVE ME My wife: Yes, dear. Their shoes make them gay. Me: *sobs*

When I first started dipping into things, I felt a great sadness watching older videos of them, because I'd heard that they weren't allowed to interact in public, that they probably didn't even talk to each other anymore, etc etc. YouTube's full of this, and the fans who say they're still together look, well, crazy.

It's easy to conclude they're not together anymore given that so much early evidence of their relationship is based on videos/audios. The bts, joint interviews, fan meetings, etc. We were spoiled with up-front and personal visuals of their dynamic. It's not a surprise that in the absence of that, most people just assume they don't talk or interact much anymore.

Not to mention, wandering in some years later, you get a massive dopamine hit with the bts and the promos and then there's a drop when you try to look for more recent stuff. When we could see it, their relationship seemed to alive. So real. So undeniable. But in the absence of that, the immediate instinct is to assume that lack of visibility = lack of existence.

But we have only ever seen a small slice of their lives, most of which has been selectively shown to us by them or by production companies. Both DD and GG have full lives when we're not around to see them. They each have their own career trajectories. They have vastly different hobbies and both of them have their own friend groups. We only get a glimpse of all of that, but that doesn't mean that's all there is. Especially now, when they're sharing fewer personal posts and China is cracking down on the entertainment industry.

No doubt, we only know the tiniest, most tailored portion of their personal lives these days. But back in 2019-2021, they were clearly together. Their relationship was clearly serious. They joke about shared financial decisions, get introduced to each other's on-screen and off-screen family, visit each other's set. Both of them seemed in it for the long haul.

Given that, I don't see why we should assume they have broken up just because we're years later and we don't get the joy of seeing them together anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think a break-up is impossible. Couples break up. Even couples that have been together for a while. Even couples who adore each other and try to make things work. It happens.

But there's no reason to assume that they're broken up just because we haven't seen them together recently.

I do have a couple "reasons", but this evidence won't convince anybody who doesn't believe they were ever a couple. It's only when you accept that, yeah, these 2 BL actors are actually gay and in a long-term relationship, that this seems reasonable.

a) The bone necklace.

I'm pretty well certain that the ox-head necklace was a gift from GG. The timing of the bone necklace's appearance, plus DD's attachment to it (similar to his attachment to the ox-head necklace), makes it a decent guess that the bone necklace was also a gift from GG.

We can kinda guess at the meaning. I've only seen one clip where GG has called DD gouzaizai, so I don't know if that's an actual "thing" between them. (though it's not outside the realm of possibility that they are influenced by bjyx fandom).

In any case, the bone necklace is still around. Still being worn. That's notable to me.

b) They could end this ship if they wanted to.

They have both had other pairings shut down. The fandom wars between turtles and solos is intense and causes disruption, something neither of them need. The solo fanbases are huge and it'd be a no-brainer to jettison the CPFs if you want to cut down on the type of fandom upset that gets unwanted government attention.

But they haven't.

They could have the supertopics shut down. DD could avoid being anywhere near the number 3. They could both dive into a bush rather than be around the color yellow or a turtle. DD could take a video of himself melting down the bone necklace or giving it to a pretty woman. They could starve the fandom.

But they haven't.

They keep around their gay CP, despite not publicly interacting with each other in years. They take down articles about them breaking up, pull down hot searches about them with actresses, and continue to feed the fandom with candy.

Most recently, GG went to work late on the days DD was out sick. That's not even an intentionally thrown candy. That's just us noticing a couple taking care of each other. If they weren't together, then GG, whose team certainly knows about DD being sick, could have avoided doing anything that would make it seem like he was involved with DD during that time.

But he didn't. Either their teams don't care about turtles, which seems difficult to believe given the conflicts that have arisen within the fandoms, or the teams (notably, gg and dd) want to keep turtles around. At this point, years past the point the show is out, years past the time the two have even been seen together, there's no rational business reason to hold on to the turtles.

That's not neutral. They're not keeping turtles engaged for economic reasons. They're not keeping turtles engaged just for shits and grins (the joke has run a little long for that). They're keeping turtles around because they're getting something of value from having us around.

Honestly, I think having a huge contingent of cpf cheerleaders is probably comforting when they aren't allowed to express their feelings for each other publicly. It's probably weird and sometimes probably intrusive, like most stuff with fans, but they still have millions of people who embrace them as a couple when they live in a country that is hostile to their relationship. Who in that situation wouldn't want to keep that?

In sum, I had to get past the "too good to be true" hurdle. The automatic dismissal of BL fangirl fantasies. I mean, BLs often market to those fantasies, so a healthy dose of skepticism seems reasonable. I don't honestly blame people for dismissing it when they only have a passing familiarity with the whole thing.

It took a lot for me to see past that, and to see that this is the one case (that I'm aware of) where the fantasy is real. I think it's notable that this "fantasy" doesn't actually look like the fanservice fantasy often served up in BLs. I mean, ggdd have their moments, but they're also snippy, jealous, possessive, lewd, awkward, and just plain weird sometimes. They're real and that's messy and that makes it even more real.

In the next part of this little series, I'll talk more about the fanservice question, plus fanfic, and The Timeline. That post requires more editing, so it probably won't go out until next week.

Just remember it's all fake and nothing I say is true.

[alicepao13]

Overall recap and review for S6 of Hudson and Rex:

I have to write this before I completely forget what happened and I require a rewatch.

I cannot emphasize enough how difficult it was for this show to recover from the dissonance of the first few episodes in the eyes of many fans. The worst of all was the first episode, also known as the "Visit Newfoundland" episode or whales episode, which left a very sour taste in my mouth. It was pretty much focused all on Charlie and Rex and yes, that is the title of the show, but when you have spent time establishing the rest of the characters and working towards something of an ensemble, that's not gonna fly anymore, not even with and old Rex franchise fan like I am. Not to mention that their scenes weren't that special either (they definitely had better scenes showcasing their partnership down the road), and let's not forget re-using S3 footage in the scene where Charlie emerges from the water. Then we have all the mention of the whales, and of course we can't actually have the characters interact with the whales, so the whole point was to tell us, hey, we have whales, come visit and see them up close! Understandably, the show needs to advertise the place it's filmed at, the other Rex shows have done it too (way more subtly). It does not need to open the season with that episode, though. This would have been a fine filler somewhere after the first few episodes, not the first episode. Oh, and they need to stop opening with a disappearance case, in my opinion, at least.

The second had more substance and filled some of Charlie's backstory regarding his father and his family's dynamics (his father's fights with Jack), but it still fell on the same motif as the first one. There was no team work. I did appreciate it more than the first one because there were things happening, but it didn't feel like a classic Hudson and Rex episode. The army/navy hype, it doesn't really impress me, especially since I've seen tons of it in other shows I watch, I did like that it brought up somewhat the adjustment issues of people after they leave the service, though.

The third one was a classic crime show trope with a visually impaired witness. I liked that one more than the other two, and it was a good episode overall, more to the tone of the show. The casting was also good, a bad actor can tank that kind of episode, they got lucky with the actress who played the witness. Or, well, this is what happens when you pay attention to who you hire for the job. That's not always the case.

The fourth episode should have been the first one. It still gives Charlie and Rex a chance to work pretty much alone and showcases their partnership but it does also emphasize more the work that the rest of the team does, and gives all of them something extra to do. It showcases Charlie and Rex's partnership and how much in tune they are way better than any other episode, in my opinion. Plus, it gives us some Charah moments, which hey, since you made them a couple, you'll have to write, show. The scene where Sarah questions the bad guy's mother is very nice. The scene where Joe and Jesse get to arrest the mind behind the attack is also nice teamwork. I will never forget Charlie throwing that knife, that was fucking great. I could talk for a long time about that episode, it was my favorite from the first part of the season.

Episode five is a bit silly but so is this show. Again, superhero episode is a pretty standard crime show trope used as a filler. Which it was in this case too. Still, I'd have liked for their fillers to have some more substance, like giving as more character details, which is the original purpose of filler episodes. The one thing I remember it added on was that Joe had been watching the superhero character when he was younger, which was important since it was a black superhero. Even that needed some more detail. In the more positives of this episode, Sarah got a lot of time out of the lab evaluating the man playing the original superhero character, which I assume was supposed to related to the degree she was studying for? And Charlie got tased, so hooray for that whump!

Episode six, I thought that would be more of a Knives Out storyline as advertised but it pretty much was a treasure hunt. Also, so many dogs. You can never have enough dogs. The scene where the new dog owners were trying to untangle their dogs is hilarious. There is more showcasing of how well Charlie handles Rex, and even commands Rex so that he can handle the other dogs. Not much to say about the episode, it was too feel good to pay attention to the plot. Oh, and Jesse officially became a detective.

A pause here for the biggest mid-season hiatus I've seen on this show. It was offputting, undeserved, and got on everyone's nerves, with CityTV being unable to program it in their "insanely busy" schedule. Like, who the fuck do they thing they are? They're lucky part two of the season was good.

And it was, starting with episode seven. Everyone needs to make a Russian spy episode at some point, so that was Hudson and Rex' time. Yay for the first domestic Charah scene of the season. I will forever wonder if episode five had a dinner scene that was cut, by the way. Also, it might be random, but part two was where most Charah scenes were. It's pretty obvious that no one from the production had programmed the hiatus to start after episode six, though, and who knows if this episode was intended to air as the seventh one. Anyway, some backstory about Sarah's dad too here. Bodies dropping, high stakes, I mean for this show anyway, and more Charlie whump. It's sad how they glossed over poisoning from a lethal agent, I mean, normally he would have so many side effects after that and he would certainly not get back up after ten seconds! Let Rex arrest the spy, he can even cuff him for all I care. He already almost administered the antidote.

Episode eight, again a popular crime show trope. I was against having Rex inside the prison, but that was a personal preference, having seen a similar episode in the original. Plus, there is the implausibility of the thing but less so in a show about a superdog. Unexpectedly, Charlie and Sarah had a moment even though they were apart. Well, two moments. Joe also shone as Rex's handler. Again, Charlie whump with the minimum of consequences and aftercare. They aren't really great at the after part, and that goes for a lot more things than whump. But the episode was very good, I liked a lot that they were showing Sarah's worry about Charlie multiple times this season (notable in this episode, some in five with the tasing, in eleven quite a bit, and very much in fifteen), although I did expect more to come of it. Maybe even a fight.

Episode nine, where we realize episode two was a setup for something. Finally, and it makes us see episode two in a new light. That had been my guess initially but you never know with this show. They make Charlie's dad instantly unlikable, not to the point where one has to absolutely hate him, but to the point where one can safely say that there are more issues than what Charlie said about his dad's fights with Jack and him being stuck in the middle. It does seem like his dad spent a lot of time away from his family, and he pretty much considers his soldiers more like a family than his own. Or that's what he initially shows because at the end he does make an effort to reach out to Charlie, even after Charlie has given up on it (understandably). I do like the scene in Joe's office where Charlie confides in Joe.

Episode ten, the golf episode. It's funny that I detest golf so much and they put in in everything. Having said that, the scene where the team plays golf is nice, with banter and everything, although I think it creates a huge plot hole when Joe references the dates when he became a member of the golf club. Of course Rex had to ruin the fun by doing his job. Take some time off! No one likes an overachiever (yeah, we do, I'm sorry I said that). Some minor Rex whump that is also inconsequential to the rest of the season, like all whump is in this show. I'm almost sure they didn't mean to pair that episode with eleven, though.

Episode eleven, I liked the whump part. I will say again that they did some good casting for the creepy lady. Nice scenes with Rex and the horse. Pretty nice to see Sarah's worry over Charlie's head injury and him stubbornly refusing to stay at the hospital (hey, he's got two almost good legs this time, he's not going to stay there while Rex is missing). Rex is shot but is magically healed a few scenes later. Charlie's injuries stay for the whole episode. I heard that unfortunately the horse has passed now. Rest in peace!

Episode twelve, I was hoping beyond hope that Sarah's hostage scene would last more than thirty seconds. Didn't happen. I have found the episode that the folks at Up Faith and Family will hate this season, and will be forced to put up a warning for in their streaming service or whatever it is they do to protect themselves from... trans people? Yeah, families seem in real danger from having an honest conversation with their kids. Did you know that you can *reads tweet* cause a real problem in a parent's house by showing trans people and creating questions for their kids? And wait until they find out that the trans character was played by a trans actor. Anyway, I had to say that. On the actual episode, another cute Sarah scene, although in that scene Charlie does come off as a buffoon when he shows that he doesn't know that while dogs don't see colors the way humans do, they can still see colors. I mean, how has that not come up in six years (or whatever number of years) that he's had a dog at home? Also, did you know that the SJPD has other detectives, who are of course less competent than Charlie? The guy putting down Sarah... instant dislike, obviously. And it went worse for him from there. A good episode, as far as I'm concerned.

Episode thirteen, I think I was heavily influenced by my own perception of what that episode should be to fully enjoy it. But it was okay in its own way. I loved the scene where Rex tried to hide Joe's suitcase so that he wouldn't leave, Charlie's mention of the team being a pack, even though a few episodes made me have my doubts about that and about the significance the writers/showrunners put on these characters and their bond with each other. I liked Charlie and Jesse teaming up too, even though them failing to secure the killer was something that would have made me, if I was in charge, get them through some extra training. I liked Sarah's role in this episode, didn't like how cagey the wife was especially when it came to Sarah. If you see every woman your husband knows as a threat to your marriage, that marriage won't last long.

Episode fourteen was an okay filler. I'd have liked them to do more with that, and also, don't show Rex in risk of getting hurt in the trailer when nothing will come of it. I mean, that was a letdown, I've talked about it before. We see more of Jesse as a detective again, which is cool. And the house, oh, the house. Too bad they installed an alarm and we're spared the unexpected visits, although someone could always disable it, I guess. Rex certainly thinks it's totally unnecessary.

Episode fifteen, my favorite episode of this season, maybe of the past two seasons, actually. I'm a sucker for a bomb threat, and if you strap the bomb on the lead character's chest, even better lol. Even before that, it was already a good episode, because things that go boom are interesting, can you believe it? I liked the character of the minister too, although there is no way someone with that demeanor and those opinions would reach the point where they'd be a candidate of their party, especially if she was a woman. The scenes with Charlie and Rex while Charlie has the bomb vest on are given a huge boost by Sarah appearing and staying with them, something that I honestly didn't expect (I was fully expecting their biggest moment to be something like a phone call). And, of course, who can forget the fanfiction moment where the distorted voice of the bomber asks Charlie if Sarah is his wife. And that it was their anniversary too. They will never get a moment's peace, as it should be.

And absolute letdown that episode fifteen wasn't the last, and therefore the hundredth episode. Even worse because sixteen is an absolute filler of an episode, and no offense to Jesse, but having him investigate his first case solo (for like five minutes because then it turns out his and Charlie's cases are connected) is not what I want to see for the last episode, especially when said episode doesn't have much in terms of action scenes. Its best points was us seeing Jesse handling the procedural part of a detective's job well, singing a few verses, and the fact that the guest stars were pretty good. Also, it has an extra interest as an episode for Kevin Hanchard's directorial debut. This show has a real problem with season finales.

I wouldn't say I disliked many episodes in total. I'd ax or heavily edit the whales episode in a heartbeat if I could, and rearrange a few of the rest, but when you consider the season as a whole, especially with many good episodes in the second part of the season, it is pretty much like a standard Hudson and Rex season. Even after the season has ended, I can't say with certainty that they were indeed going for a more Charlie and Rex season or that it just so happened that the first few episodes had them handling cases that showed them more isolated from the team than usual.

The fact that no one, not from CityTV nor Shaftesbury or the other productions the names of which are always on the credits but never do anything to promote the show, even announced that Hudson and Rex had reached a hundred episodes is very disheartening, and it makes me even less hopeful that they'll even acknowledge the franchise's 30th anniversary this year. I saw two other shows celebrate their 100th episode this year (and one franchise celebrating 1000), and from all of them, Hudson and Rex is the only one that pretended like it was just a random episode. Maybe even they have lost count with the shuffling.

I'm more annoyed with the networks and the productions' actions (or inactions) to this show than anything else. They show a clear lack of interest and a "let's let them do their own thing and stay out of their way" attitude. Creative choices are being made which seem to not need to be okayed by anyone (unless, apparently, you're a lowly background actor). No one seems to check the scripts for errors. How in the world do you end up mistaking what continent a country is when you're trying to correct a racist character about not knowing where said country is? Even limiting the time Charlie and Sarah had severely in the first few episodes, if I was a showrunner, or a producer, I'd be like, wait a minute, these two had a lot more screentime together last season (part of which, understandably, was establishing their relationship and would not be repeated in each season), and they usually do have a lot of screentime whether as a couple or before that, what are we doing here?

One positive continuation from S5, at least Jesse's detective storyline was continued. On the other hand, I feel like we barely saw Joe this season? As for Sarah, some of the character's screentime will be linked to Charlie's now, which has advantages and disadvantages. And what was that storyline with her degree??? This is a real mystery. It wasn't done for either of the reasons I predicted at the start (needing to take a few episodes off, or linked to a bigger storyline, or even leading to her exiting the show, in fact they were pretty adamant about that and flat out had Sarah tell us in a scene). We didn't even see her graduate and I was given the impression that it was something she'd study for a few months only, so we should have seen her graduate by the end of the season.

I will probably write another (hopefully smaller) post about my expectations for season 7.

[kingbryancroidragon]

Darkness Rising Part 1 Commentary

I felt like I'd be using the account to comment on things, so why not? Now, I will be sharing my own little head canons, so if that's not your thing just a heads up.

Right off the bat we are introduced to our first Cybertronian and it is Cliffjumper. Now, I once considered writing up my own story to send to Hasbro, something that is doomed from the start because why would they ever accept it, but with all the spotlight Bumblebee has been getting, I'd switch things around and have Cliffjumper as a member of the main cast. Red is my favourite colour after all. As for Dwayne Johnson, I personally find him an average at best actor and I haven't seen a ton of his stuff, but I have seen a fair number of portrayals of Hercules and he isn't one of my favourites, but I don't hate him either. For the record, my favourite actors are Nigel Green ("Jason and the Argonauts") and Lawrence Bayne ("Mythic Warriors"). As for Cliffjumper, I don't know, you just can't beat Casey Kasem, but on the subject of Shaggy Rogers, another Kasem role, I find Matthew Lillard to be a superior Shaggy, something that is no doubt going to get me a lot of hate, and in general I consider him a superior actor to Johnson, so maybe I think he would have been a better Cliffjumper, but at the same time I think it would have been a disservice to have such a great actor be brought in only to die in the pilot episode.

Then we get introduced to our second Cybertronian and of course, it is Arcee. I say "of course" because I love the characters who were introduced in the 1986 film. She, Hot Rod/Rodimus, Springer and Ultra Magnus would so have been included in the story I would have submitted to Hasbro. As for her altmode, it has typically been either a car or a motorcycle, but with the Transmetal 2 Maximal version of her having been a spider, I kind of feel like there was another direction to go, especially since at that point her screen appearances had two points for a car and this series brought it to three for a motorcycle and it could have been a good mirror for Airachnid, but I don't know, that's just me.

The energon on earth is a nice return to "Beast Wars", my introduction to Transformers. I really like that. I also really like seeing the Vehicons return in some form since I loved "Beast Machines."

Peter Cullen returning as Optimus is a real treat. I know we had gotten him back in the live-action films, but seeing him return to Optimus on television is just fantastic. He was actually at FanExpo last year alongside Frank Welker and I wanted to get both of their autographs, but I was not regularly working yet, I was only a call-in for a rare bookstore, and I did not know you could bring something in to get autographed, so instead of paying one hundred dollars to get an autographed picture of Megatron from Frank I could have brought in the Ultimate Guide to Transformers and gotten them both to autograph it. Maybe one day I'll have Peter's too.

Now we are introduced to Starscream voiced by the great Steve Blum. If you haven't seen the English dub for "A Cat in Paris", I highly recommend it. Blum is just fantastic in it. As for Starscream's design, I remember watching this and have no idea what I was expecting. Until the Michael Bay films, Starscream had always been recognizably Starscream. He might not have always had the same altmode (Yes, he was always a jet, but never the same kind, especially strange in my mind since I've looked it up and the F-15 Eagle is still in service, meaning unlike some characters, his altmode isn't exactly dated), then the 2007 film came and he has this head which is just not Starscream and it is the same here. I don't have the same problem with characters like Megatron because he hasn't always had a consistent design. Thankfully, Starscream's character is in tact with some variation.

Four minutes in and we have our first named casualty. Oh, God, I love it. I remember watching the 1986 film during lunch in high school with some friends and me being the only one who could actually identify them because I was such a big fan I watched the G1 episodes, I was on Unicron.com quite often. There were questions of how I knew all their names and an exclamation of "The medic?!" when I went "No! Ratchet!!" To me it hit more because I knew the names of these characters, but to someone who didn't they were just nameless casualties.

I kind of feel the same way in regards to Soundwave's design here as I do with Starscream's. It takes someone referring to him by name to know its him. I know he hasn't had many screen appearances, but his design is still recognizably him while this isn't, but on the other hand it looks so alien that I actually kind of like it.

The establishment of there being only five Autobots on earth now really makes you wonder how many others were lost. Its a nice touch.

And we are introduced to one of our human protagonists: Jack Darby. For obvious reasons, I head canon him as having gone dressed as Spider-Man one Halloween when he was younger, but for another head canon, just because, I have it that he eats shrimp with the tails. It drives both his mom and Miko crazy, Raf is indifferent and Fowler also eats the tails, thinking it adds a nice crunch.

I wonder if Arcee is the only who named their hologram driver.

While I do ship Jack and Miko, I had this head canon since before I started shipping them. June was asking if Jack was going to the dance because she'd heard someone was hosting a foreign exchange student, a girl, and thought Jack would go, meet her and hit it off. Miko was actually briefly at the dance, only to realize she felt like she didn't belong there without any friends and left soon after.

In regards to the "This is Jasper" line when Jack is told to be careful, I have the head canon that Jasper's most notorious crime was when its bank was being held up by a man wielding a taxidermy stork in the 1950's. For people who have lived there all their lives like Jack, June and Raf it is just a funny little story, but for someone like Miko she just has "WTF" flying through her head in big red letters. Sure, it sounds weird, but when your most notorious crime is some lunatic wielding a stuffed bird trying to rob a bank, what do you think is the worst that could happen?

Jack is so a motorcycle afficionado.

Ah, yes, Sierra (No Last Name) and... What was her name again?

And now we get into the action. A nice motorcycle chase, Bumblee gets into the action (my dad loved Bumbleebee) we are introduced to Raf (I have a soft spot for the glasses-wearing characters as I require them myself), it is a really good climax.

I would say robots that turn into cars is more accurate.

I actually don't have a problem with Bumblebee's more Bay film-inspired design. That is probably because due to a lack of screen appearances, unlike some characters, he didn't really have a set look. With this and "Animated" making it two for two, I'd say he has two looks.

Bumblebee accidentally stepping on Raf's toy car never fails to make me laugh.

Love how the Vehicons just call it them moment Bulkheard shows up.

And Optimus creates the Autobot Witness Protection Program.

Jack doesn't know what is going on. For all he knows, he and Raf are getting kidnapped by robots disguised as vehicles.

And now we are properly introduced to Miko, admiring the same motorcycle Jack was the day before. Fellow motorcycle aficionado?

And then Miko volunteered for the Autobot Witness Protection Program.

I love how indignant Ratchet sounds at the concept of someone having made the Autobots.

Having Megatron return is just the perfect way to end the pilot, especially since it heralds the return of Frank Welker as the character to television.

And that is the episode, great start. Thank you for reading this if you did.

[purplepixel]

OK I NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS:

The 2012 turtle's reaction to the chris bradford finale foreshadowed how I'd feel towards the season 4 finale.

And idk if this was done on purpose, or if this was accidental and just bad writing. Spoilers for the last two episodes of 2012 TMNT season 4.

Every season in TMNT 2012 has the characters occasionally watching an old cartoon that will often foreshadow or tell the audience what this tmnt episode will be about. We get to see the finale of season 4's cartoon show, the Chris Bradford show, in the second to last episode. At first glance, it seems to foreshadow its own episode, Requiem.

Hero character is on a building, someone falls off a building. That's the common denominator of both the Chris Bradford final episode and the episode requiem. Unlike the episode requiem, the Chris Bradford finale is sudden with little to no pay off and has the turtles going..."that's it?"

Which is the opposite of the episode it's showcased in. The episode requiem has one of the most emotional showdowns and death where the actors, storyboarders, and animators put their heart and soul into it. I'm convinced the entire budget went to this second to last episode.

The episode after that on the other hand. The actual finale episode "Owari" is a different story. I'm gonna ignore the questionable writing choices they made to get certain characters where they needed to be in the last moments of the episode bc I have a lot of issues with that but that's not what this is about. This is about Leo and Shredders final stand off.

Actual spoiler time. Shredder should've died either after Leo almost got through to him but went ahead and stabbed him, or when the bros had shredder pinned and Donnie used the retro-mutagen. Not the moment we got.

The death we got seemed to happen...randomly? Why this moment? It was a simple attack that Leo has done before. What made this instance more special? Was it splinters word of wisdom? (Which made no goddamn sense btw) The anime esque freeze frame we get held no emotional weight. It felt simply like a "Leo was faster and stronger" moment. Which. Who cares? This is a weak character moment on both Leo and shredder. A good hero vs villain final fight should ALWAYS be more than just "they were faster/stronger". This is hero vs villain finale showdown 101.

It doesn't help that the final shot we see was unclear on what actually happened. It did not read that he died by Leo's sword at all. Which btw shouldn't have been able to happen anyways since we established that his swords can't pierce shredders heart but whatever. I'm ignoring that rn.

I'm wondering why that creative choice. Did Nickelodeon not want to show a kid killing someone? They had no problem with showing splinter being brutally stabbed on screen an episode earlier. Is it only ok if shredder kills someone? The cross fade from that one "dramatic" freeze frame shot to the next scene paired with all the other context I mentioned had me go..."thats it?" After that, I didn't care that Leo walked to the edge of the cliff and dramatically dropped shredder's helmet. Bc I was still stuck wondering "wtf happened. And also. THATS IT??" Just like the turtles reaction with the Chris Bradford finale.

So I'm wondering. Bad writing? Or was the audience supposed to feel that way towards Shredder's death? If the latter. That's a weird writing choice. Why do that to your big villain of FOUR seasons? And if the former. Well this is 2012 lmao. With every good writing moment you get an equally bad or worse writing moment. Just kinda sucks this happened on arguably the best season of 2012

[daniclaytcn]

hi! i'm kind of new to watching 911 and shipping buddie, and i've just finished 5x01, currently on 5x02. seeing eddie have a panic attack when someone mentions ana being chris's mom and again looking scared when ravi mistakes her for his wife, all while buck is the only person to notice that something is off and ask about it was so confusing. like, so far pretty much everything i've seen wrt buddie is very sus but this in particular feels like such an intentional choice, and i just keep asking myself, why would they be doing this if not buddie canon?

i know that KR has previously said that she interprets buddie's relationship as simply platonic, but everything in the actual text of the show seems to point to a canonically romantic direction, especially the s6 spoilers i've read abt the couch metaphor. what do you think? should i let myself hope for it?

-- NewTo911Anon

hi! welcome to the fandom, and i hope you're enjoying the show!

first off, i'd just like to advise you to not pay much heed to the interviews, and you definitely should not let them affect your enjoyment of the show. watch the show, interpret it, draw your own conclusions, but don't let the whole word of god thing affect your opinions too much! there can certainly be some valuable insights from the interviews, done by showrunners and actors, don't get me wrong. but let's be clear on one thing, when it comes to upcoming plotlines, showrunners often lie their asses off. and for good reason—they can't go around spoiling what they have planned. the biggest example of this i can think of is tim minear saying after 4x14 that there were no intentions of dealing with how the shooting affected eddie's PTSD, only for eddie's struggle with mental health to be one of the defining storylines of s5. if there are plans of buddie going canon, you can absolutely expect the showrunners to keep their cards close to their chest and straight up lie about it, because this will be a major deal. a long-running friendship between two men who have been presumed to be straight would be groundbreaking, and there is no way they would spoil the surprise factor of it. so as much as they call them platonic, or even brotherly, nothing is canon except the actual text of the show. you need to take everything they say with a grain of salt.

you're absolutely right about it being sus that buck was the only one to openly notice that something was wrong with eddie! it is a very obvious nod to the fact that while even ana, who was committed to being in a relationship with eddie, could not bring herself to push him to open up; buck completely broke down his walls and got him to tell him what was going on. there are so many instances like this, where buck and eddie are singled out and written in a manner that is more similar to the way the other endgame couples on the show are written, rather than the friendships. it's definitely not all in your head.

i won't say too much about the couch metaphor, because i think you should watch s6 yourself and draw your own opinions, but i will say this—somehow, more than anything else, this is what's made me the most sure i've ever i've ever been, that buddie is going canon. it feels like the show has completely let go of the subtext; it's not even up to interpretation at this point. even the GA is starting to notice from the latest episode, even official reviewers for the show are pointing it out.

i think there's definitely a good chance of buddie happening, but like i said, you need to draw your own conclusions. and try not to let the uncertainty affect the way you engage with the show—911 is about more than just this, there are so many good and complex characters and relationships. so, keep an open mind! i hope you enjoy the rest of s5 & s6!

[bearpillowmonster]

Smallville S8

A lot consider this to be the last good season because it's Lex's last, which in a way, it's kind if Lex's story. He has the best moments. Had you asked me when I was a kid, I would've said that it makes sense to have him leave at some point but in the format of a TV show, it's strange to see an actor go after so many seasons. The question I'm going to argue is whether it's a worthy sendoff.

So we start off...Clark's lost his powers...and gets them back in the same episode...from the sun? So going directly in the sun, reboots his powers no matter what? So no, Luthor does not spend the whole season with Clark on a leash as his personal bidder. We don't even see Luthor for a good majority of it.

We have some new players to the ball field now though to take his place, just in general. Our man, Sam Witwer, for example. He's a paramedic, which is a point of view that I'm immediately interested in aside from being a fan of his. Someone on the front lines doing the minion work to keep Clark humble. What's funny though is that instead of Clark being in everyone's sights, it's Chloe. Chloe and Jimmy had a thing going on and they literally get engage in this first episode but our man, Sam- Davis (we'll call him Dr. Day for short) has a crush on her but sees her with Clark so it's like a double whammy.

Obviously Clark isn't really interested BUT he mentions after a near death experience that the life he saw flash before his eyes, he's ready to leave behind. Which echoes S2 and the Red K, kind of crazy but honestly I'm fine with seeing him leave Smallville behind (looks at the title) Oh, he just said that, didn't he? It's more just a "moving up in the world" type of quote. ESPECIALLY since it enables him to get his Planet job and start some actual flirting with Lois *clap clap clap*

But- Lana? Yeah, she's absent for a good while too. She's kind of like the antithesis of Clark's new leaf because he's learning to sacrifice everything in his life but with Lana, he wants to preserve it, to keep his attachments. In a way, it's holding him back but you kind of can't blame him for looking back and forth when it's framed that way. But all seems fine and good but know that there's an underlying thread ...a dark plot that lingers and it's not good, it's really strange. In fact, I'd say it argues the dumb witch plot of yesteryear, like a weird fanfiction between two characters. I think part of it has to do with paying actors though because they like to make it like "Oh, guess what, I'm acting as two characters at once." like how Zod was just the other actors at one point but whatever, I guess that's not the total point of the season.

Jimmy and Chloe actually have a marriage going on and...it's in Clark's barn? Wth? More of that budget thing I was talking about them glossing over. They make it in a semi-Paranormal Activity/Cloverfield type filming though, which- was around the time those came out. Idk, I feel like some stuff, Smallville isn't good with transitioning into but it's good with what's there. "Suddenly Clark and Lois like each other" and they put them in situations that build that relationship but it feels more a spur of the season sort of thing, previous seasons always liked to keep the backdoor open so closure never seemed to be met with much. What's there is really good a lot of the time though if you look at it from a singular lense.

As if that isn't weird enough, the Legion is here. Like...we get this really good moment between Clark and Lana about working together and then the Legion comes to solve it for them. I don't even care to see them in the series as a whole, they're better as an unspoken thing. I much view this world as its own away from the established universes because Clark is essentially weaker, yeah he's in his younger years, but imagine he stays that way, a lot more grounded like the clips I saw from Crisis. Like he took on the world as a kid like one big headrush and then as an adult he actually gets to reap the benefits and live his life. That's just my impression of this series but seeing them blatantly ignore a lot of potential development by introducing them this way feels bad (though they say that carbon fuels will be replaced in 2028 so there's still hope). The beginning of this season was nice and clean but the seeds to dirty itself up were always there and they began to sprout right here.

It also kind of takes a detour from there because it was all building up to that moment and introduced so much stuff in that episode that it felt like it had to dedicate and stray away from the rest for a little bit, which makes it seem like it's losing steam but at the same time still shoveling in coal. If I had to give this season a tag, it's that it toes the line to where he reveals himself as a super but finds subliminal reasons in other people to keep a secret identity. Asking himself why he's 'the man of tomorrow' and not yesterday.

All in all, carrying on the legacy of Lex (who all takes his place) is actually done quite well, redefining what we thought we knew about the series and giving us some really good 2000s angst along with it, that's half the reason I joined. (There's one scene in particular with Dr. Day that I will just never forget) Now the departure of Lex is a different story, while the set-up was fine and dandy, the ending was horrid in my opinion, I imagine they wanted to make it ambiguous enough that if he wanted to come back, they could do it but this is not his final season, the last one was, I wouldn't go into this one thinking that way. (Though the last one didn't tie up much did it)

Oh and look kryptonite money.

I guess you could say that money IS kryptonite or maybe the money is worth more in the vending machine that way? Who know what the heck they were thinking, but I'm here for it. (that'd be a really evil and dastardly plot to try and uproot Superman, Luthor, take notes. (I guess that's why he's more of an American Express guy))

(good pic to warn you of MILD ACTUAL SPOILERS) As far as the ending for this season, everyone usually has a big cliffhanger ending and the first half of the last episode is great, it sets up a bunch, it does good work but then the second half just throws it in the trash, like they just obliterated it.

Let's work backwards, spoiler, they set up Zod again, which, big surprise there, they set him up earlier this season and then had this orb thingie and it's just stupid to me, I liked some of the villains this time around but they need to know who to bring back and who to put away. So it's not just a 'choice' thing, it's a writing thing.

Dr. Day gets flubbed, like, what was the point of all that build up then and I get that's part of the point but it's like a complete 180 for so many characters right there, the love triangle in Jimmy, Chloe and Dr. Day and even Clark. Clark choosing to be pure alien from now on is something we haven't explored yet and I see the reasoning behind it but this is just a kind of dumb way to go about it.

Not to mention that Clark is mid fighting a villain before cutting back to Chloe and then surprise, it's all over. Like- what happened to the plan? The villain? We just cut away and it's the next day?? Hello? End of the world threat here and you're just gonna skim over that. "How'd you make it out alive?" "Oh, I don't know, I got out just before she pressed the button I guess." That's a stupid kind of stupid, not even time constraints can make that one up. I don't care if you ran out of budget because that's the only logical explanation I can come up with but you work around it, you write around it, you do something! You don't just ignore the whole reason for the episode and skip to the aftermath. I don't care if you show the battle or not after that, just give me some sense of finality because it completely takes away from whatever scene you put next, that was all I was thinking about after that was "why?"

It turns out it's a blink and you miss it moment, there's an explosion and that's just meant to be the end? I didn't even realize until I looked it up and was like "I must've been looking away or something but it still isn't satisfactory."

[weepynymph]

The Gilded Age season one rant

I’m extremely late to the party but I just finished season one and I have thoughts that must be released or I’ll go mad.

Worth watching for the costumes alone I could not stop staring at everyone’s dresses in every scene (and the sets too like wow)

The actors are all great, both the older cast of well known actors and the newer less known actors bring so much to the show and embody their characters so beautifully. They do a lot of the heavy lifting along with the production. 

Unfortunately in the last third of the season I remembered the thing that always bothered me with Julian Fellowes writing back when I was watching Downton Abbey as it was coming out (particularly later seasons) - he sets up these really potentially interesting dynamics and conflicts and then… nothing happens. One by one every interesting conflict just fizzles out or is resolved in the least dramatic way possible. (well, maybe not every one but I came away from the first season with that feeling).

Like things happen, kind of, sometimes, but they are almost always presented and staged in the most underwhelming way possible. Nine times out of ten he chooses to communicate information in scenes outside of the action, or in the least interesting and emotionally resonant way possible. (for instance, Larry walks Marian home after the ball and we learn that she told him about her failed elopement at some point during the evening but we just don’t see that happen?? Why??? I would much much rather have seen her confide in him during the ball rather than have them suddenly reference this hugely emotionally vulnerable moment as having happened offscreen - what a wasted opportunity to showcase their growing closeness!) 

We end up with repetitive dialogue and scenes which communicate the same information as was communicated last episode with no progress made. Scenes would end and I'd be like 'That's it? What was the point of that conversation?' especially towards the end of the season. It's frustrating as there are so many characters and plot lines with potential but hardly anything ever comes of them. I kept holding my breath waiting for something unexpected to happen and it never did. In fact, more often than not I became impatient waiting for the pay off of storylines which I had already predicted (see: Mr Raikes). Big emotional moments, when they do come, sometimes ended up feeling unearned as I didn’t feel like I knew the characters well enough to really feel their struggle (Bridget for instance that revelation came waaaay too early and then felt so swept under the rug??)

The Russells had some really good stuff, they felt like the most active characters in terms of actually shaking things up, being determined and morally grey and tenacious. I enjoyed their story the most because it felt like there were real stakes and opportunities for surprises, the two of them were some of the only characters that did surprise me with how they resolved things or escalated them.

I loved Marian, I think the actress did a wonderful job of playing this compassionate, loving, yet opinionated and headstrong person in this really gentle subtle way - a lesser actor would have really hammed it up and she didn’t and I was really invested in her. 

Peggy too I really enjoyed and I loved their friendship and wish we’d seen more of her storyline especially with the globe. Once they established her working there they just kind of dropped it? In favour of some fairly repetitive scenes for other storylines. I also felt with the revelation of her past we did an awful lot of telling instead of showing - they could have really dropped clues and hinted at her past instead of having her not want to talk about it throughout and then just suddenly dumping it on us.

Loved the aunts, of course, who wouldn’t? Just wish that they’d had them actually do stuff instead of being stuck in their house all the time. Or at least if you're going to have them stuck there all the time, make a point of it, make it more meaningful or thematically resonant.

Also where was Larry??? He should have been a main character and yet he’s so absent?? Hope they actually focus on him next season it was so weird how little of this he was in.

Anyway, I’m going to stick with it because I want to see if next season can deliver on the promise of this season. Plus I’m obviously not missing out on the pure joy of just watching those dresses move the costume team deserves a Nobel prize.

[kordeliiius]

Hi kordeliiius. What are your thought on the podcast?

hiiiii i saw your ask when you sent it, but i wanted to wait until i'd listened to and processed chapter 4. with that out of the way let's get into it!

if you've been paying attention to my posts, you'd already know that I was enjoying the series a lot from the getgo, only for my enjoyment to stifle at the end of episode 3. For some reason, the implication that LN takes place in a multiverse did not sit well with me; i'd probably go as far to say i hated the decision. however a decent amount of time has passed so my shock has settled and i'm curious to see where this is going (i was gonna finish the series anyway hah).

the phrase "another world" could mean anything, not necessarily another universe entirely. it could refer to another region on the same globe that functions separately but is growing in influence, or maybe one realm seeping into with another like you often see in mythology (e.g. humans and fairies are native to different realms that sometimes intersect). there's also the possibility that Otto's professor was wrong about some part of his hypothesis. we still have two episodes left to find out what the truth may be

chapter 4 definitely has me back, though. i loved the heightened sense of terror and the implied aesthetic of the fair. i'm tempted to try visualizing the series some more, like making basic character designs and color keys in particular. i think it'd be really neat if each location had a unique color palette (to go with my previous idea of Noone having a different outfit in each dream :] depending on how she actually travels to Nowhere it might be the case but this is MY blog)

but generally speaking i think the actors play their parts really well and the audio mixing is really good. I'm quite surprised that an LN side story works so well in a non-visual medium. i don't remember if i said this on my blog already, but for awhile i thought that LN started introducing new elements like voice acting, they'd need a damn good reason to justify their inclusion.

[agent-bash]

You’re a union member correct? What do you think of the double strike, and some of the confusion being caused with things like con appearances?

I am. Obviously, it's a very different union, but yes I am a member of a union.

I fully support the double strike. I don’t think any of either union’s demands are unreasonable or unnegotiable, if it's met with good faith. Particularly regarding the use of AI. And the more the AMPTP talks trying to defend themselves and their stances, the harder I roll my eyes.

It’s always important to remember when/if you’re struggling to get behind WGA and SAG-AFRTA and their demands for money and the like, is that the union represents all members, while we tend to immediately think of the severe minority. Not everyone in the union is pulling in millions or even hundreds of thousands for every appearance they make. Not every tv actor is getting paid a million dollars per episode like the core 3 from TBBT did. Most of them aren't. Unions are fighting for that dude you’re distracted by in the background because you swear you’ve seen him before. Or that woman whose voice is so familiar even though she only spoke two sentences in the movie you're watching. The majority of SAG-AFRTA members don’t even make enough to qualify for the union's health insurance plan. So yeah, a good thing to keep in mind.

As to cons, if it were me, there’s no confusion; they’re a no-go. Because, like it or not, conventions, meet and greets etc., do promote the shows/studios that the union is striking against. Even if it's not a studio-involved appearance, like San Diego Comic-Con, the real target of that rule. Actors can't promote at all. Even unofficially. And that's exactly what this convention is. Unofficial promotion. It's why this stuff isn't usually in actors' contracts. Because studios see them as free promotions. They don't have to pay actors to appear, and it has the chance to draw eyes to their shows or movies. Win-Win for them.

Then there are the photos for the meet and greets. People are going to tag the show on their socials. Either the shows Insta directly or in the tags. That's more promotion. And while I don't think that is something that can/should be held against the actors in an official capacity, a) it could be, and b) if it were me, I'd feel like a scab.

There's also thinking of it from a fan perspective. They can't talk about the show. A large part of the reason people are there. People are (rightly) curious about their takes on the show. The characters they play. Where the next season is going to go. Or, in the case of Jesse, Nick and Torrey, what they think their characters' are getting up to off-screen. They can't answer any of those questions. They can't talk about upcoming projects they may have been in prep for. Even generic career day-like questions, like 'How did you get into acting,' carry an element of risk in answering. So what's left to ask? 'Top things to do in Chicago?' 'What is your favourite hidden gem restaurant?' 'Jesse, what golf course do you most want to play?' Not anything the majority - even of fans who show up for events like this - care about. So I'd feel like an ass, asking fans to pay money to not get an actual convention experience.

[leffee]

what do you wish Vinnie would’ve had in the show?

favorite Vinnie dance move?

Oh boy, that's an interesting one. Well, first of all, a few smaller things like:

more songs, solo or a duet with someone, I especially crave Vinnie and Zoe duet. Songs where most/all pets sing are great of course, but often you can't hear each individual vocal hence I want something where I can hear him well. We all know he's a great singer B)

basically just more interactions with other pets apart from Sunil. I love my Vinnie/Sunil interactions of course, but after season 1 it seems those two just were glued to each other a lot and there was not many moments when he was interating alone with some other pet because they were always paired together

I'm not sure if that counts for your question, but there is one thing that I haven't seen anyone mention ever - his voice changed between first and second season, did anyone notice that and just never said anything or do I just pay too much attention to him? The voice actor remained the same of course, but it's like? A different tone? Really, if you compare Vinnie's voice from season 1 and any other season he sounds different and I'll be honest, I liked the season 1 voice more, so if it was up to me, I'd leave it like that.

I think that's all of the smaller things, I could maybe add here that I would personally redesign him a bit, but idk if that's what you're asking for so I'll leave it at that.

Now for bigger things that I would have loved to see with him:

this is a classic episode trope but I would have so loved to see it: Vinnie (stupid character [ugh]) by some means gets smarter (like a classic bonk on the head or something) and for an entire episode he and Russell compete against each other intelligence-wise, with Russell being considered the smartest pet Vinnie would want to beat him, and he does. Of course, by the end he somehow returns to his normal self and misses when he was smarter, thinking that he was much better than

another thing is from an actual epsiode, that episode being "Why Can’t We Be Friends?". When watching this episode for the first time I was so sure this was going to be Vinnie episode, with this beggining who could blame me, it pointed at that. Well, it turned out it was more so Sunil's episode, which tbh back then I was delighted about because he was then my favourite character. I still love him of course, but now, I would have loved if this episode (or some other one) was about Vinnie dealing with this whole "I want to eat flies and it's in my nature to catch them and because of my instincts I make a mess which pisses my friends" conflict.

While we're at it, also more emphasis on him being a reptile surrounded by mammals. There's a lot of potential here, you know? He could very easily get jealous of them: they're warm-blooded and so don't have to make double-efforts to be warm, which to him is a luxury; usually people like mammals more and think they're cuter, reptilies on the other hand are cold to the touch, scaly and sticky not all that cute; and what I mentioned before - they have families and he (maybe) does not. All in all, jealousy potential

speaking of which, I would have loved if there was something like that with his dancing. Let him be jealous, or even better - dissapointed when seeing someone else be a better dancer than him - someone who doesn't put nearly as much effort as he does and yet they're better. The thing is, there was very much an episode that could have easily done that - "Plane it on Rio!" when Minka was the one who lead the whole dancing part. It would have been so easy for Vinnie to have some sort of thought process that would go like this: "Wait, Minka is good at dancing and leading us? That would normally be me... A-And she never really dances, she's into painting, how come she's better than me?" or, different but similar scenario that plays with the same thing: one pet, let's say Russell, since in the "in the loop" episode he was shows learning other pets' talents, wanted Vinnie to give him some dancing lessons. So Vinnie does, but very soon he notices that Russell is better than him, he doesn't trip, and once he gains confidence in dancing after some practice he can do various moves easily. Vinnie has been practicing for years and it turns out that all it takes for someone to beat him are just a few days? Oh, the potential disappointment. I love it

Well shit, that's just a lot of angst, sorry :'(. I could probably go on, but I figured that's enough for now, I hope these answer your question because I'm honestly not sure xd.

Favourite dance move? Probably moonwalk, he did it a few times and I think it's great. But I also like when he breaks into some breakdance moves. There might be more that I can't think about on the spot, but if I do I think I will just reblog it and add it. It's important info after all :}.