#idk i just think gale is so impressed and in awe of her and how steadfast she is in her faith

[shadowglens]

i keep thinking about gale and olympia and the deep conversation they probably have at some point around faith and gods

[greenhatsinthesky]

lockdown film no. 43 - Beast (2017) dir. Michael Pearce

02/06/2020

- ahh yes, the classic “choristers breath”

- I remember watching this last year in the first lockdown and I could not for the life of me figure out what her neck hair symbolised. Ill keep you updated

THE SMILE AHHH

- i recognise Clifford from somewhere. I hated how he asked if he was alright to adjust the thing he gave her despite already doing it and how uncomfy moll obviously was with this

- THE SISTERS FROM KILLING EVE WHAT. Also imagine hijacking your sisters birthday to announce you were pregnant. I mean this in many ways but could never be me

- ok yes I appreciate that the first guy was being a prick and that moll had told him multiple times to fuck off so in that sense I’m glad thingy showed up with a gun but just the irony of him almost shooting a man who was doing dodgy stuff to a woman without her consent and then once that man had run for the hills, for him to go over to that woman who is clearly very shaken up and take her arm without asking. just… men. I know he thinks he’s trying to help but anyone with a shred of awareness would surely be able to read that this might not be the best thing to do right now

- nothing scares me like being on top of a tiny rock with an absolute gale blowing off the sea. Would be nice to kiss someone there though

- my god this mother is just awful she’s just reeling off “oh you’re stupid” “no” “so you’re selfish” “no” “so you’re basically just a twat” FUCK OFF MATE

- DONT PRESS ON YOUR WOUND IT MAKES ME FEEL ILL

- oh my god I forgot that she stabbed someone. That makes more sense why she stabbed herself in the flickery light nightmare. 

- sex in the forest is all fun and games until you’ve got a literal worm up your arse and an entire thistle in your ear. un/fortunately I do not speak from personal experience

- whoever tried burying her couldn’t have done a worse job unless they literally didn’t bury her

- HER BROTHER … IS ASKING ABOUT HER “LOVE LIFE” ??? WITH PASCAL ? And she’s just deadass out here like yeah he is outstanding in bed. Or out of bed because so far we’ve only seen them do anything in the open air

- oh wait not its not her brother its cliff. Thank god

- I love how the mother is so proud of moll for implying she’d stop talking to pascal and she thinks its because she thinks he’s a bit dodgy and not because moll’s recently been informed he’s a suspect in the murder of a cHiLD

- where did the police come from ?

- RED FLAG RED FLAG (in reference to pascal thumping the steering wheel and yelling “WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEHIND MY BACK” when moll said that cliff had questioned her)

- it was not consensual you were an adult and she was a child

- “you just said you loved me. Why?” “i don’t know”

- The Mother: (to Moll) maybe I’ve been too soft on you. Me: I doubt that. 

- to be honest it feels like quite a significant red flag to go out with someone who hunts for fun. Idk just seems kind of sketchy. Also her pulverising the rabbit with the butt of the gun was wayyyy worse than just shooting it. 

- I’m not sure what it is but mouths are just really creepy 

- the police questioning scene — fuck. me. what a wise woman that detective was. Loved it when she goes “a lot of us are bullied” clearly internally going “we don’t all kill people because of it”. And I don’t think its that she’s protecting pascal because she wants to take revenge on the world (might be partly that) but she’s never met anyone like her before and its fucking wild when that happens ! Just unfortunate for her that she needs to meet a possible murderer to be like “yeah we’re gonna get along”

- wait I feel so stupid who’s the lady who’s kid is dead

- cliff: it doesn’t change the way that I feel about you — fuck off ! How do you feel about her ?! You gave her an army thing and she never showed any interest in you

- THE SMELL OH MY GOD ABSOLUTELY READ

- oh to be a droplet of water falling from jessie Buckleys chin. Oh well

- i… despise how happy cliff is to hear that moll is now worried about pascal maybe having done it. Literally every man in this film is trash

- I retched when she started putting soil into her mouth. That bit was fuckin very intense. 

- my god these are made for each other. The moment when she put her hands out on the table, palms up, not reaching for him but allowing him to make the decision to come to her

- i think the phrase “it’s over” is said at least five times in the film, and every time someone says it, it's never true. It’s either straight up misinformation or the person trying to convince themselves that they’re right, and this is very interesting to me

- “kiss me” WHAT

- there’s so much red in this film at very key moments but I’ve not figured out what it means. Will have to watch again, again

- him lying on the road surrounded by broken glass unable to move, he’s the rabbit from earlier

- they are both literally insane. At least one of them had to die and I’m glad it was him for sure

- i really liked this film. A lot a lot — it was one of the most complex portrayals of a relationship of this kind, one so toxic with absolutely psychopathic people at the centre. Everyone around the two central characters are so awful that we can’t help but empathise and sympathise with moll and pascal, which is impressive because sometimes its difficult to sympathise with murderers

- i’ve seen some people saying that moll is the beast (interesting) and this is symbolised with the theme of the hair on the front of her neck. As I remember, in an earlier scene she sees it in the mirror and pulls it out, but later she sees it again and leaves it? Apologies if that’s wrong. Initially I thought “hmm, interesting, I understand the imagery of that” but then I’m thinking “if the only way you can symbolise that a woman is the beast is to give her body hair, maybe you need to have a little think about casual misogyny, because I read that as you saying “women who have body hair are hideous”. You might not have meant it in that way, but there’s intent and impact

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale’s Top 10 Worst episodes of ML

(Now this list is my personal opinion, and since I haven't been so active, might as well make a big list)

I will be making my top 10 best list later)

This list is my personal opinion, and I don't expect everyone to agree with all my picks (some are obviously bad, and some that may have been awful to you might have not been for me. and the reverse. Let me know your personal top 10 worst)

10. Gigatitan

The reason this episode got on the list is mostly because it is completely unnecessary to anything in ML. It was such a dull episode. However, there were two things I did enjoy in the episode. 1. The Girl squad, which I did find funny.

2. I did like that Gorilla will stop being mad as long as Adrien’s okay. 

Aside from that this episode was pretty dull.

9.Malediktator

This one is on the list because it is subpar in a LOT of ways. Chloé’s ‘Redemption’ was pretty much on life support and this did too little too late to make anyone think Chloé was redeemable. The akuma design was lame, Adrien’s attitude (While I do understand why he was upset, had no reason to say no one else should be unhappy) The lesson is more of a slap in the face now with season 3′s ending.

It did have some cool action shots, and Actual cat Chat noir was funny to me.

8. Animaestro

Or as I like to call it, “Thomas’ emotional HJ episode” 

The fight itself was the only somewhat entertaining thing about this episode. (Also Marinette and Kagami’s outfits were cool, but doesn't really save the episode)

It is a textbook case of how ‘Not’ to do a self insert. and how not to do a “Call out the critics” episode. 

Marinette got a lot of flack on this episode, and I think people were too hard on her, she was clearly regretful about he actions and swore not to do it again, besides it was chloé that did the stuff, not Marinette. 

But mainly just the episode was bleh.

7.Stormy weather 2.0

MAN, I HATE CLIPSHOWS.

this episode was a glorified recap, I am not even bothering with an image for this one, because it would just be recycled footage.

Also just drives in the nail that Chloé isn't getting a redemption. So, just more insult to injury.

I guess it does give a little insight on how characters think of each other, but really, it is a pretty weak episode. Aurore deserved better.

6. Antibug

Finally a season 1 episode makes the list.

I am someone that LOVES the evil opposite trope. But the way this episode is done is so... lacking in every sense of the word.

Antibug wasn't even the akuma for Half the episode. How she beats chat noir easily made no sense. Her design was lacking. It felt rushed and the action between Ladybug and Antibug could have been so much better.

I do like the ladynoir in it, but its not a good episode.

5. Copycat

I agree this was a more entertaining episode to watch then most of the episodes below it, but this has a few things wrong with it that I can't look past.

A. HOW OLD IS THEO?! (This is like 30% of my problem with this episode.) Cause potential pedo. I kind of hope @zoe-oneesama​ is right and he is actually Adrien and Marinette age. Or at least Luka Age. Because then I can like his character, Theo wasn't really that bad.

B. Chat noir is at his worst in this episode and doesn't apologize for acting like an absolute possessive prick, which if he did would have probably made this a great episode.

C. (Related to B) Ladybug takes the blame for not showing up. This isn't her fault and I feel like she should know that.

4. Captain Hardrock

This was the episode that made me quit ML for a while.

It was a poorly written and incredibly boring episode.

IT HAS A PIRATE BATTLE IN IT, BUT IT WAS BORING! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!

Luka’s intro was so... ehh. Comparing it to Kagami’s would be like a paper tiger to a category 3 hurricane. Kagami’s intro was so much stronger.

I found him so douche-y at the time I first watched this. Now my feelings on the guitarist have softened. But I feel he could have had a much better introduction.

also, Marinette’s character was not written well in this episode. (not that she was awful, but her interactions with Luka felt really off to me in this episode)

3. Miracle Queen (Spoilers below)

I loved Loveater, and seeing Miracle Queen was such a MONUMENTAL letdown.

It had a LOT of expectations to meet and Failed in meeting every single one.

The only thing I Found legit enjoyment out of was the fight with Dragonbug and Snake noir against team evil miraculous.

Fu’s departure was... I didn't care. I honestly could not care at this point.

Like I should have felt sadder, but I felt more bad for Marinette. Fu basically Yeeted his responsibility to her. Marinette thinks all of this is all her fault. Now she is the guardian, is giving up on Adrien, and is pretty much alone, because she is under the impression if her identity is ever known, THE WORLD WILL F***ING END.

So yea, I hate how hard Marinette gets hit.

Maybe if they did One of the things, it wouldn't have been so awful.

The show did give up the love square, now its just fucking love triangles. Whoop-dee f***ing do.

Honestly the worst part is how insufferable certain members of the fandom were when this came out. (you guys know what I am talking about.)

2.  The Chameleon

What? This isn't number 1? I bet you are all thinking. 

The truth is, its a bad episode. Objectively one of the worst written episodes, inspired the most salt, and pretty much set the tone of the salt Fandom last year.

Adrien’s lesson was bad, (which he does learn he was wrong, but damage still done)

Marinette had to deal with so much unnecessary crap.

Everyone had the IQ of goldfish.

The akuma was Lame.

The only funny part was Clam Lila (and that is really the only thing that saved it from being number one)

1. Frozen

This one is my personal least favorite episode.

It had Kagami, Adrien and Marinette at their relative worst in terms of personality.

The only decent character in this that didn't make me want to shoot myself was Luka. (and Plagg, but I actually like plagg a lot so he is always exempt unless stated otherwise)

The ice skating battle was sorta cool but I wish there was more to the ice designs, as well as the fight itself.

I was still not over the lame drama from earlier, that really set the tone for the ending of season 3.

And for that, I really can't forgive.

It established the whole love triangle bs.

It made Chat noir an asshole to Copycat levels of asshollery.

It also was the rise of the anti’s that shipped Lukanette. (Not the ones that ship Lukanette because they like the ship and just want happiness for both of them. Those peeps are chill and have great art)  The ones that want to rag on Adrien and use this ship as some sort of way to punish him, because Idk.

I think I hate what the episode started more then the actual episode itself. But that is the main reason why I put this at number ones.