#idk on rewatch the pacing is crazy

[fallenangelblade]

okay in advance of destielversary tomorrow I just rewatched 15x09 the trap and like. I don’t know that anything in my life has ever made me feel as truly and clinically insane as that prayer scene.

it’s the hopeful expression on dean’s face when he realizes cas might be able to hear him if he prays. if he begs. in the same place he prayed to cas every night for a year.

it’s the way he drops to a knee, knowing he’s surrounded by danger but needing to do it properly. sincerely. being as vulnerable as we’ve ever seen him be.

it’s the way his voice breaks when he says “man, I hope you can hear me.” the way he wipes his eyes and another tear falls immediately after. the way he lets himself fall apart for just as long as it takes to say what needs to be said, then steels himself and continues on. it’s just such a raw, standout performance and it makes me SCREAM every time I think about it

[fy0lin]

yk its getting bad when i rewatch sao..

(yap session in tags)

[crguang]

hgsshbyss I sent that ask when I hadn’t slept in 3 days, so my brain wasn’t functioning properly, I haven’t gotten used to not sleeping very much yet. Also I only have a little crush on Black swan so far. It’s just complicated bc I thought I was aroace, but I definitely like women, and the way I’ve been eating up Kafka (I wish) fics isn’t very aro or ace, or every time I do a double take when I see a hot woman, but again, we don’t need to talk abt my sexuality crisis.

btw I rewatched the interrogation scene on the luofu, no deep thoughts bc I didnt sleep again last night :| and blue light is hurting my eyes wish Kafka wouldn’t let me sleep by railing me instead but whatever.

First of all SHES SO HOT I MISS HER. Second of all, they didn’t take her gloves, they took her contacts, her jacket and her GLASSES too, like it’s so silly. I think the only time her hands are exposed are in the countdown art of her, WHATEVER THE FUCK SHES HOLDING IN IT SHOULVE BEEN ME And she went back for them too, like girl, they don’t even fit you ik ik spider imagery, but still and the way she was looking at TB while we were asking her stuff sjhdhsbsjslsns. You were def right abt the speaking slower to control the convo pace.

I was curious abt what she was telling us abt the aeons dying/being killed, bc (assumably) nanook is the final boss, TB is supposed to play part in defeating him, and I wonder if she was supposed to tell us besides for plot reasons, or if she was just stalling. But it wasn’t mentioned after, so it’s probably dismissed as a distraction. And she never tells us the third way. also the way she jumps off after she get out of the handcuffs, her dramatic ass, I cannot with her. btw all my messages are so long I’m sorry :(

-🌠

ANON I JUST SAW MORE LEAKS IM GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE please… let us all collectively pray that kafka is not in the next banner for my sanity PLEASEEEEE. also you should definitely be sleeping omg what’s stopping you?? three days without sleep is starting to get dangerous, i hope you’re able to crash for like 15 hours soon

yeah i noticed they didnt take her gloves, i feel like they should’ve gone all the way because then its just confusing like😭😭 what would they need her glasses for?;!;? no idea how arrests work on the luofu but that sounds very silly. taking her contacts and coat makes sense but i really cant wrap my head around them snatching her sunglasses hejdhdhf kafka is so funny sometimes, looking good is an essential part of being a criminal she just had to get her stuff back

BUT YEAH HER PACE ALWAYS BOTHERS ME HERE. SPEAK FASTERRRR she was def doing it on purpose to piss me off personally… what’s crazy is that we all just took the nanook part of the prophecy as factual and im just realizing she might just be lying?… she says the SH’s goal isnt to kill an aeon but idk if i believe that. omg we really dont know shit about these people’s goal so far even after getting close to firefly. i need kafka to come back to the main story bc shes the only one who gives us some clues like😭

what i love most about her free fall is that she looked at the ground before doing it, as if telling herself like “yeah i’ll survive this i can look cool” and it always makes me giggle

[skayafair]

I like episodes 1-3, but it mostly felt like setting the pace and everything in general, introducing the characters, all that stuff.

Episode 4 is the one I REALLY liked upon the rewatch. It was just - a lot. Details, mostly, but I really-really liked it.

Episode 5 has Edwin's adorable "brrrr" about not being used to so much emotional load for a single day and, well, everything else. Like Charles and Crystal's trauma, bonding, pretty actual topic of the ways abuse can happen in relationship - there are so many faces of it in a single epidode it's crazy. And the parallel of all this to Jenny's date with Maxine which mirrors the main topic, showing yet another face of toxicity. Niko's lack of understanding others' boundaries weaves neatly into the story and contrasts the way actual abusers react to consequences of their actions. Although I have to disagree with Edwin - toxic people can very well question whether they are the bad guys and have serious doubts, all the while continuing on their behavior. Covert narcissism is a thing.

Also I noticed Monty reminds me of how young girls in love are portayed stereotypically and somehow this made the character only more adorable. Idk his whole line is just so unhappy there's no way I wouldn't have felt for the guy. His whole existence as a human (as far as it goes) was solely to seduce Edwin. That was his purpose, no any other. He didn't choose it. Then Edwin being Edwin actually charmed him and THEN even the plan went askew because Monty's real feelings of being hurt interfered (and also FAILING his whole supposed purpose, like imagine you knew exactly what you were born for and messing it up because of your emotions). So we already have:

Absence of free will by definition

Failing the sole purpose of his existence

Being rejected right after you kiss the crush (which is its own can of worms btw)

This already sucks, but there's also Esther. The scene in the kitchen was terrifying. Monty is a depiction of domestic abuse - not in the past, not a ghost, but happening present time and bearing its fruit. Even so he broke out and risked everything, despite the pressure and very real threats from Esther and knowing full well what the odds may be. To think he developed actual moral compass just by hanging out with Edwin and co for a few days while the only other human being he knows and have known for a long time before was Esther of all people. I think Charles especially should give him more credit.

I remember episode 6 making the deepest impression on me out of all when I watched for the 1st time, looking forward to the rewatch.

[superfallingstars]

6 and 7? lol

thank you for the ask!!!!

choose violence ask game here!

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

gotta be wolfstar purely because of saturation and overtagging. i tend not to like the characterizations of sirius and remus when they’re put in a relationship – imo they're often ooc and also there’s some weird gender things going on (more on that later). but i suppose jegulus also has to be up there purely because i just don’t get it and again it seems like it’s SO popular. not only is there not a lot of canon to work with for either of their personalities but also what do james and regulus have in common other than sirius. like just make james kiss sirius. silly

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

i’m not sure if i really hate any character tbh… of course i have my favs, but honestly any character can become interesting the longer i think about them. i think i most recently had this realization with regulus who for the longest time i did not care about (literally i rewatched the movies last summer and they started talking about him and i was like. who the fuck is regulus i don’t remember any regulus. i legit completely forgot about him). now after spending one (1) very caffeinated morning pacing around my room talking to myself about him i think he’s quite a compelling character. but i wouldn’t know that from the way fandom treats him (just some guy who james is gonna smooch i suppose! much to the chagrin of SIRIUS oh sirius just hates this whole thing cuz it’s his BEST FRIEND and his LITTLE BROTHER and they’re gonna KISS oooo isn’t that so crazy)

i also hate basically all forms of fanon remus (twee bookish softboi who only wears sweaters and is just sooo sweet and kind and would never hurt a fly uwu vs. tough troublemaker casanova of gryffindor tower… and idk man i feel like the latter characterization of remus has also led to people making sirius more feminine in the context of wolfstar which is just like. hmmm why does this version of remus necessitate fem sirius 🧐 look within). but that said, nothing could truly make me hate remus, he’s my pathetic little failchild and i will always woobify him and his anxious avoidant deadbeat dad swag

[goldenpinof]

hi kate! i've been feeling something feels different with dnpg's editing since they came back as well, and i know they got an editor now but i can't quite put my finger on why it doesn't feel right and would love to hear your thoughts about it if you wouldn't mind sharing! ;o; <3

they got 3! and i don't like any of them. i thought i'd get used to Kris since we've been seeing his work for much longer than the others', but no. somehow his editing got worse?? maybe because there's more to edit and they are rushing like crazy, so some flaws are slipping in. but man, that's what i mean by saying they went for quantity instead of quality. (applied to all 3) the editing is sloppy, too fast, inconvenient for giffing. and i would close my eyes on it being sloppy if everything else was fine. the biggest problem is the pace. and unnecessary cuts in the middle of the sentences (especially SuperSeizer, but now Kris started doing the same). i feel like i'm chasing something in dnpg videos since spooky week (only Don't Scream had my back <3). the last Wikihow video is a great example of the difference. edited by dnp (i'd bet on Phil): the dnpg frame is overlapping the images and it's annoying BUT the pace is fine, there are fewer unnecessary cuts. i'd prefer that, than missing half of what dnp say only because there's no time to think about what they are saying. you know why it's so cool to see the process of them thinking? i can think with them at the same time! i can actually react to their words. and the editors took it away. am i just old? idk, this gen z culture of doing everything fast and at the same time is breaking my heart. and obviously Mr. Beast's style of editing that shaped youtube and now i have to suffer.

long videos are kinda a win for us since it's harder to fuck up (read: cut) the gameplay. so Poppy Playtime and It Takes Two should be safe. but damn, i wish dnp were editing more videos themselves. or i will have to rewatch the wad premiere preshow till the day i die.

also, what's more important about it being dnp's editing. it's their fucking vision. i want to know what they want to show us. not some 3rd party. thank you <3

edit: i sound so aggressive lmao. it's only because the frustration never stoped building up in me since spooky week. i'd 100% want to hear your thoughts!

[mommyashtoreth]

not aboit cro&azi but: opinion on the shallowness and frankly odd pacing of nina and maggies relationship? like one day theyre having stilted conversation, the next maggie is crying over how in love she is.

Hmm. Strokes my wizard's beard. Good question. Good Omens fans have caught on to how much I love the sound of my own voice but not on to the other facet of my deeply annoying yet hilarious and charming personality, which is that I love being contrarian. So, in that fashion, I must disagree with this assessment. As we discovered last night it's been a while since I've watched goomer (I may rewatch it soon, I may not, who knows) but I still think it's abundantly clear that Maggie has a huge crush on Nina from afar, and uh. this is gonna sound crazy but when you have huge unrequited crushes on people it can make you nervous and awkward when you talk to them. Idk I come from an Az-and-Crowley school of relationships myself, where you hang out with someone for eight kajillion years as Totally Platonic Girl Best Friends until one day you just fucking snap you NEED to fuck them so badly, but lots of people experience relationships the way Maggie does, it's a suuuuper common romance trope, and that doesn't make it bad writing! I think we're just so used to seeing this kind of trope be applied to straight relationships and the "platonic gal pals for eight kajillion years until one day you just fucking snap" thing be applied to gay relationships that people aren't ready for this "awkward stuttering and blushing because he looked at me! He let me borrow his pencil!" sort of trope being applied to a wlw relationship. I don't really think their relationship is oddly paced at all, it feels "awkward" because it IS awkward. Nina is someone who, like, barely knows Maggie exists, was in a presumably-monogamous relationship up until very recently, and got a bunch of water dumped on her and then had a trade meeting turned into a Regency ball because these two freaks who are her and Maggie's narrative foils can't just talk to each other normal. And she reacts normally to that I think! I don't think their relationship is badly written (it's probably paced better than, like, Newt and Anathema's, for instance, but I understand the difference in tone between s1 and s2 making those feel like two different cases), it's just yknow, under weird circumstances. Idk I just think it's funny how many goomenheads are completely convinced that Crowley is somehow in total unrequited gay love with Aziraphale (who literally wants him back so badly it makes me sick), and yet I'm here talking about how Maggie is kind of in semi-unrequited gay love with Nina and that's Fine. It's a good character thing. They parallel Az and Crowley in a lot of ways (a romantic obsessed with something near-obsolete who Doesn't Drink and a fast-living cynic who deals with bad shit by instantly initiating Wine Drunk With No Man To Feel Up Wednesday; they're even cast to kind of Look similar which I think is funny), but the structure and context of their relationship is not the same and thus cannot be compared. It's not a Writing Flaw or a Plot Hole or anything to me, it's just the simple difference between "crush before friends" and "friends before crush"

[calypsolemon]

I wanna ask what your personal favorite (and maybe least favorite Idk) scenes from DRs2 are! Idk why I care I'm just curious about it tbh!

oof, that's a really hard question to answer, I feel like i need a little more time to sit with the season (and maybe rewatch it tbh).

Definitely some of my favorite stuff was in the sections of training, with Arin getting increasingly frustrated, Lloyd refusing advice about his visions, wyldfyre trying to escape healing and getting egalt to warm up to her, nya and kai training together, etc etc. Soooo much subtle and nuanced character building was put into these scenes, and its nice to see things in ninjago happen at a bit of a calmer pace. I also really like most scenes focusing on bonzle, and the fuckiiiiing Ras and Arin fight scene. you know why.

I think probably my least favorite stuff was in the magic storeroom. I think gandalaria is cute and all but i just kinda got bored of the throwing magic around bits rather quickly. There also was a bit of inconsistency where she couldn't recreate the door opening spell but she could at random repeat the growing/shrinking spell later? I don't really need ninjago to have crazy good internal concistency but it made a somewhat annoying scene seem retroactively unnecessary.

OH ALSO almost forgot!!!! the scene where lloyd is talking to the source dragons!!! Genuinely made me reconsider if DR can be incorperated into transcendent lore after all, just bc it reminded me so much of transcendent god meetings. The experience of the ninja sitting at the table with a bunch of holier-than-though assholes trying to convince them to involve themselves in the world is REAL lmao

[calliethetrekkie]

Star Trek TOS S01E17: Shore Leave

Original Thoughts

"…okay I knew from fandom osmosis that ST got weird at times, especially in Season 3… but WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?! That was… weird. Not necessarily bad, but weeeeird. I guess it was an attempt to be more comedic and considering that they look like they filmed in a park, save budget. I really can’t give an opinion on this one because I honestly cannot figure out what my opinion is for this one. It’s bizarre but harmless and I’m having a hard time deciding if I liked it or not. Spock more or less tricking Kirk into shore leave was funny though and the idea of a planet that essentially creates your daydreams is interesting, haha. The fist-fight at the end was also fun, so there are some enjoyable aspects if the bizarreness turns you off."

Rewatch Thoughts

Why was past me so anti-fun?! This episode is great!

Ah man, where do I even begin with this one? This episode is ridiculous and cheap... and I love it! You can tell that they filmed most of this in some local park and outright stuck someone in a cheap bunny costume. Yet it doesn't distract from the experience at all, if anything it adds to the bizarreness of it all. It's a chance to let everyone be stupid for a little while and sometimes you need those kinds of episodes. You need to be silly and fun and let the audience have fun too. I kind of feel like we've forgotten that as of late and it needs to change.

As I have gone in production order for this watch, I think that this was well-timed for me. We've had several serious, dramatic episodes in a row such as Conscience of the King, Galileo Seven, and two court martial episodes (well three since The Menagerie is a two-parter). I was kind of glad to get back around to this one when I did. The rabbit, Finnegan, and all the other crazy illusions that pop up make the episode pure chaos. And to think all of this could have been avoided if the planet inhabitants had just left a freakin' sign up or something.

Kirk is an absolute delight here. The guy is stressed and overworked, all of which he brought onto himself but doesn't want a break. Why? Because the Enterprise is full of workaholics. The scene where Spock tricks Kirk into ordering himself to take Shore Leave is one of the freakin' greatest Trek scenes ever. There is NO WAY that I can ever be convinced that Spock and McCoy did NOT plan on pulling this stunt. McCoy knows that Kirk is a stubborn ass and likely wouldn't listen to him, so giving Spock his log entry and Spock baiting Kirk into giving himself the order? Perfection.

Not that Kirk gets a relaxing time... well for the most part. The guy gets annoyed by an old Academy bully (twice), his best friend gets 'killed', and one bad illusion pops up after the other. Even when he's on break he can't catch a break. At least he gets to imagine an old crush of his cause he gets distracted by flowers? Hooray? Okay, that was kinda cute how he was all 'where the Hell is Sulu... oh hey, a flower!'. Never change Jim. Plus he gets to beat the shit out of Finnegan and get his shirt ripped... again. IDK why he even bothers with a shirt, it's just gonna get ripped to shreds.

Though as much as I love Jim here, McCoy is the highlight for me. Yes I realize that this being me that's not saying much, but every scene of his is pure gold. There's the whole Alice in Wonderland scene, then him calling Jim to tell him that he's possibly lost his mind ever so calmly. His flirting with Barrows is cute as is him encouraging her to play princess if she wants to. IDK, he's just kind of endearingly adorable in this one? Mind you he also seemed to have forgotten his brain cells considering he decided to not get out of the way of the knight and got stabbed for his troubles. I blame the rabbit, it broke his brain. But yeah he's so lucky the caretaker managed to fix him. Look, we often see McCoy all grumpy and dealing with everyone's problems, seeing him all relaxed is a nice change of pace!

Not much to say about Spock outside the 'trick Kirk into Shore Leave' scene. I kind of wish we had Jim and Bones yank him into it with them cause Vulcan or not he needs to have at least one. But I supposed that wasn't meant to be. I almost feel like he could have been kept on the ship the whole episode and it wouldn't have really hanged much, but I guess since Nimoy has a Starring credit and is the popular one they gotta include him. Also at the end when the Chorus Girl goes up to him and he seems to have no idea how to react, poor guy. No wonder he prefers to stay on the ship XD

There are so many good moments. Sulu and his glee for guns, Barrows in the princess dress, McCoy and Barrows flirting, it's 40 minutes of ridiculousness and I love it. It's nice to see these characters able to let loose and have fun since thus far it's not a side we've gotten to see much of... well at least by choice. We even got a bit of a feelsy scene when McCoy got 'killed'. Kirk looks like he's on the verge of crying and sounds about ready to beat the shit out of the caretaker until McCoy pops back up alive and well. Even Spock is at a loss and this is around the time that their relationship becomes more argumentative. But that scene aside it's a fun episode.

So a planet where whatever you think of can be created... why did anyone think that this was a good idea? Why did no one think of having a sign or a greeter or something to inform anyone who showed up how the planet worked? Why did they wait so long to clear everything up? Did no one think 'hey maybe this is a bad idea since someone could think up so and so and get someone hurt or worst'. IDC if they have machines that can bring someone back from the verge of death, that won't do shit if someone is legit dead (I refuse to believe that McCoy was dead-dead, none of these people checked his pulse properly and I'll die on that hill.). I have SO many questions on why NO ONE thought through any of this. Maybe the Enterprise crew ended up being the trial run... that's not a bad theory actually. That is now my headcanon!

Not sure if Kirk letting everyone go on the planet was a wise move at the end, but ah well. He gets to have his time with his old crush and actually gets the break that Spock and McCoy wanted him to take. Kind of nice to see him all relaxed considering how tense he was at the start. OH the massage scene! How could I forget the massage scene at the start? Now most everyone knows I'm not a Spirk shipper... but that scene and a few during the climax sure have plenty fo context even I can't ignore haha.

Wow, kind of surprised I managed to make the review this long. I figured I wouldn't have a lot to talk about given the nature of the episode... and I was wrong. But this episode is plain fun. The first time I watched it, I think that I was so taken aback despite knowing that this was one of the weirder episodes that I was unsure of how to feel. Three years later, I can now safely say that it was a delight! The characters are fantastic, the plot is chaotic in the best way, and the cheapness only adds to the fun. You don't always need fancy sets or a million-dollar budget to make a good episode, and this is a really good example of saving on budget but still making something enjoyable. It's not my favorite cause I like me my feelsy plots, but I still had a fun time revisiting this. I highly recommend this one especially if you need something to lift your spirits, it sure lifted mine~

Original Rating: 2.5/5 Rewatch Rating: 7/10

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[initiumseries]

Arcane S2Ep01 Recap

Ok, WOW. First of all, talk about STAKES.

My mind is still reeling and this is something I absolutely am going to have to sit through and watch again from top to bottom (whole season), because, so good. Okay, overall thoughts:

Fantastic.

More specific: I'll cover animation, art and story.

Animation

The thing that I'm absolutely obsessed with with this show is the animation is *remarkable*. And I don't mean that lightly. It's phenomenal, and that isn't just thanks to the animators (who are beasts for sure), but whoever was story director? CRAZY. The story artists? Bro. Those SHOTS were W I L D. The shot direction is crazy, the animation is crazy, the animation direction is crazy, like they did not slip one INCH. I was reading on twitter that both seasons cost over $250 million to make and that absolutely makes sense because to make work of THIS quality? You're hiring the best of the best, and you're letting them cook. And it shows. And what I love about Arcane is it's not just big explosive fight scenes, it's in the small character moments too. The shifting of the eyes, the way characters walk, how they emote. The way Caitlin leans into Vi's hand and you feel the weight of that connection. It's incredibly beautiful work omg.

Art

The art direction on this show always goes crazy. But the backgrounds were GORGEOUS as usual, but that beginning scene, the way they *visually* showed Caitlin's grief using (charcoal? Grease pencil? Conte? 6B pencil? Idk but whatever it is, that grainy look like they actually used paper and then had animation of Vi working on top of it...the creativity in those choices?? I can't even wrap my head around that. AMAZING. The character designs are always sick. Big fan.

Story

Okay, so, Arcane's story is so tight. I was thinking I'd need to rewatch season 1 (again) to full immerse myself in season 2 and that was a lie. Picking up very literally right where we left off was an awesome choice. And I liked how they balanced the political tensions, the emotional tensions and the action with such grace. It can be tough to get the pacing of those things right and they NAILED it. It was such a natural progression to go from grieving who they lost, to arguing how to handle it, then moving forward and trying to regroup, then being attacked publicly. It all was such a really strong season opener and I was GLUED. I barely wanted to look away to post my thoughts for fear of missing something important. I like that all the characters still feel like themselves even though it's been such a long time for us, and I'm not sure if the team(s) had breaks in between each season, but it can be hard from a writing standpoint to pick up a character just the way you left them when you've had some distance, so I'm impressed (so far) with how it's all going. I'm so excited to see more.

[stormyoceans]

can i rant here a little bit? i hope you don't mind! okay so... i'm a big yinwar fan and have been since love mechanics (it was not a perfect show we know that but their chemistry was top tier), the partners in crime trailer was amazing tbh can't tell you how many times i've rewatched it it's just so good! and they did that just for a concert like good for them!!! so i was soooo excited about j&j! and i enjoyed the first episodes so much, it's a good show, it has social commentary it has good acting it has war wanarat it has slowburn (i looove a good slowburn) but at some point they... lost me? and i'm so sad about it lol because i love them! but like the last three episodes i found boring i was fast forwarding some scenes even, the pacing was weird, some decisions i didn't understand, the conflicts didn't hook me up at all, the tension they have been building up completely flattened for me, the kiss felt so anticlimactic 😭 i hate this, i guess i wanted to know your opinion maybe i need to give it some time or something idk idk i enjoyed sooooo much the first half of the show that's why i'm sad

hello, anon!!!!

first of all, please remember that if you need to rant about a show or even life in general, my ask box is always open and i will always gladly listen, so i don’t mind at all!!!!

about jack & joker…….oh boy. okay. i feel like someone is gonna snipe me out of the fandom by the end of this, but let’s talk about it. i want to preface this by saying that i appreciate this show a whole lot and that yinwar will always have my undying admiration and support for being able to put together a series like this without a company to back them up: they dared to do a unique plot without knowing how well it was going to be received, which is a risk that big consolidated companies are still too afraid to take ([coughs] GMMTV [coughs]), and they’re doing so while also serving great social commentary, complex characters, interesting dynamics, incredible acting, insane chemistry, and an actual slow burn

all this being said, i try my best to be objective and honest in my opinions, and while the show has all the elements that i love and that would normally make me go crazy, it’s unfortunately not working as much for me, and that’s because i agree that the show has MAJOR narrative and pacing issues. you actually nailed one of the main problems down, which is that the tension that was steadily building in the first few episodes, both plot-wise and relationship-wise, all of a sudden completely flattened out. and don’t get me wrong, it’s perfectly fine to include moments where the pace is slowed down to add new information or character motivation, because while they do temporarily slow down the momentum of the story, they also help to make the later tension that much greater and more gripping, but after episodes 5 and 6 – after the group steals aran’s mother’s necklace back from rosé, after jack forgives joke, after aran gets disowned by his father and moves in with tattoo – the tension has had trouble picking up again

even if they included new conflicts – grandma getting sick, jack becoming boss’ adopted son and being forced to court rosé, the four horsemen – the narrative has started to crumble around the edges, because suddenly it has lost sight of the characters that it used to build tension up until that moment, and instead of releasing that tension, it just leaves you with all these loose threads that don’t really get tied up: how did tattoo and aran get closer? did aran’s father beat up any bodyguard in place of aran or was it always hope? is hope still recovering? is jack going to find out about what save did? how close jack and save even were? how did they meet? how did hope and save meet? i still have no idea who nang is for rosé and the boss and idk if i’ve missed something or ??????

and like im sure some of these questions will get an answer in the last three episodes, but the focus has shifted so much that whatever tension was built over them is now gone. i personally think they were able to raise it back up a little in episode 9 thanks to the heist and the group being back together (which is why i enjoyed it way more than the previous two), but the narrative feels very clunky to me. as for the kiss itself, i actually liked it, but i understand how the entire confession scene might feel a bit anticlimactic, and again i think it’s because all the tension they built up between jack and joke basically disappeared once jack forgave him. yes, the divorce era in episode 7 and 8 hurt, but by then the viewers already knew that the two of them had feelings for each other, and the entire thing with rosé was never really a threat to their relationship, so you’re just waiting for them to confess. they could have made the tension rise again by making them do that in the heat of the moment (while arguing, after one of them got hurt, etc.), but i guess they wanted that to be a small moment of peaceful joy for them, so i appreciate it

this got so incredibly long so im shutting up now, but the point is. i very much feel the same way as you, anon, and believe me when i say im also incredibly sad that im not going crazy over the show like i wished to. it’s still probably gonna make it into my top 10 BLs of the year for a couple of different reasons, but yeah, for what is worth, you’re not alone

let’s hope the last three episodes can up the stakes and tie up all the loose ends somewhat nicely!!!!

[eurydicees]

current thoughts on nanowrimo while i only vaguely do work from home (<- dont tell my employers but i don't think i should have to work when i could be writing).

***i will not be using the website due to the pedophilia and lack of moderation issues. i don't want to involve myself in anything even remotely related to that. however imo the challenge of nanowrimo is bigger than the website, and so i'll still be attempting it.

current potential project ideas!

go back to the iwaoisuga atla au. i've got a lot of snippets but nothing substantial, so i would feel fine starting over and just working on that through the month. bonus is that i get to finish my rewatch.

do a prompt/request/event speedrun again. i have a lot of projects i committed to that i need to complete but haven't been looking at recently and i could just work on all those miscellaneous pieces. i actually have around 25 requests that've been waiting for attention so tbh writing a ~2k word one shot per day, give or take, could be great pacing for this challenge. unfortunately i'm probably incapable of keeping a oneshot to 2k. but this could also be an exercise in pacing myself. maybe.

write something original for the first time in so so so long. idk what it would be but i've been wanting to work on original writing again for a while now and this could be the opportunity.....i just don't have any plot ideas. which makes this idea hard. for obvious reasons.

re: original writing. i could do original short stories. this could be fun. it would involve coming up with a new idea roughly every day or every few days. which would be hard. but i've done it before and while i'm out of practice with original writing, surely i can do it again? idk it could be a fun exercise. i do love writing fucked up life altering short stories.

return to my roots and finish the poetry collection. i want to finally complete this. i've been chipping away at it for a while but i want to commit to it. but also i don't think i could get to 50k words with just poetry.....so maybe not this month. maybe save for april 2025 with a lower word count goal? idk. much to think abt with this one. or honestly maybe i can make it 50k. like if i try REALLY hard. very hard maybe on this one.

attempt the iwaoi soulmate + MCD au. i've been tossing this idea around for a while but it's looking like a huge undertaking so i haven't really worked on it. maybe this is my chance? but also it's probably the project idea i'm least passionate about so maybe not this one. i need to choose something i'm crazy abt lol.

finally finish the transforming of the skts mental illness study fic to original writing. this was a project i started AGES ago and then never completed. i actually just remembered it exists while scrolling through old drafts lol. it was a neat project to work on for a while but i got a little burnt out on it, which could bode badly for nanowrimo, which is such a passion-and-stamina-necessary challenge lol. but also maybe the commitment and accountability that's also so necessary for nano would inspire me? kind of a toss up.

thoughts on my november goals!

goal is 50k words in 30 days. go big or go home hit it till it breaks etc etc. i am going to work so fucking hard. i am pouring everything into this. i'm not manifesting, i'm DOING.

i'm 26,266 words away from 1mill words written for nanowrimo (all time, incl april/july camps). this could be such a fun milestone. i will get there. i WILL get there.

i'm also 54,800 words exactly away from 1mill published on ao3, which is also a super exciting milestone.....so maybe i do really want to just write a long ass fic for this.

i'm currently at 12 nanowrimo wins to 11 losses all time, and 6 wins to 5 losses in the november 50k challenge specifically. i am on cusp of something great.

i am also at a streak of 4 november wins in a row. i am DETERMINED to keep it up. like there are literally no consequences for not doing this. i know that. i promise i know that. but still. i am DETERMINED.

[livvyofthelake]

beth, can I ask why you didn't like heartstopper? I've seen people say they didn't like it but I don't understand why? To me it was fine. Nothing out of the extraordinary. But curious to know why u didn't like heartstopper.

oh no i liked it i only said that about it being bad because. um well it was kind of bad. it’s complicated. i forgot i haven’t said shit about this show to anyone but tee idk no one has been talking about it so i kinda haven't had anything to say either. it's crazy how at the end there's nothing to say. there’s so deeply nothing to say that i’ve been meaning to finish typing out this reply for a week at least now and just haven’t had much energy to spare a thought to it…

it’s not necessarily that i think it’s bad. which is not to say i find it exceptionally good either. it’s complex. but no i do like it and i did like this season due to factors outside my control, to be honest i probably wouldn't have liked this season if i had watched it even one week before i did, it would have gone the way of season 2 (which i hated, again for reasons outside my control) the vibe needs to be right for me to like this show it's so complicated to get into. but no i actually did enjoy this season and charlie is my good friend charlie of course! good for him for everything! i actually can’t point to specific things i liked about it i just know i enjoyed watching it… and there’s almost nothing to say…. but like i mean we cannot deny that it’s kind of. bad. like in the sense that season one was so monumentally Something and then both following seasons have been an underwhelming Whatever in comparison. i blame 60% of this on the music. i fear giving them a budget where they can afford popular music and main pop girl needle drop moments was a mistake. especially when they played taylor swift in season 2 that was a REAL hater moment back when i watched that one wow. like that’s so just not the vibe and energy of heartstopper. they shouldn’t play popular songs in this show they should play weird niche indie bedroom pop 🙄 what happened to baby queen…. why are we playing olivia rodrigo!!

i also think the pacing of season three was crazy but honestly not the worst shit ever. but crazy. charlie has an eating disorder charlie is depressed charlie is the lowest he’s ever been charlie goes to therapy charlie is better now charlie wants to FUCK. that was the season. and again. not the worst ever. but the thing is that alice oseman simply cannot commit to the lowest lows SHE put in the fucking story. like if you want it to be BAD you have to make it bad. but they won’t make it bad because it’s Heartstopper and it has to be Nice and Cutesy and Positive <3 like alice in solitaire you wrote that charlie tries to kill himself and now you want to walk it back. and it was always going to come off weird because of that. it was always going to be slightly off!! which is fine. but also. weird to watch…

so like. in conclusion. i don’t Really think heartstopper is BAD but like it is kind of bad in a technical vibey sense. you understand. but i like it, i enjoyed the new season (i will never be rewatching it but i will hold it in my heart with love and fondness and peace 🫶) and i will likely watch any future seasons and of course i loved season one at the time so it’s always going to have a place as a show i like… i was just saying like. it’s a bit badish. in a certain light. yeah

[1moreff-creator]

... since I sent in the ask I watched the video again lol

listen listen listen long form drdt videos that I enjoy are hard to find for me specifically so I latched onto the one I like best :] (also 15 hours, that's nothing compared to the hours of other fandom video essays I've rewatched :3 )

And actually one of the reasons I really like the LGI video is because I think it's very funny to drop the comment of 'oh yeah, I was rewatching an almost 3 hour long video about a less then 4 minute long music video' and if anyone asks questions it's just 'well we're not actually sure if one girl exists or not and the music video fuels so many theories :3'. I love being an enigma to my irl friends :p

(also yes it's the word count lol. I'm out here barely about to write more then a couple hundred words and then the Mai post is right there staring at me (which I've also read like. 3 times? idk something about the mysteries of this series are VERY fun (god i need to find more hobbies /lh)))

alright well here we have my biggest fan apparently. y’all can go home now /j

Yeah, I actually get rewatching videos that much. There’s definitely a few of comparable length that I’ve had play on the background a couple of times. Just… wow. Kinda crazy to think that I made a video that at least one person rewatches like that.

And you’re right, Vivisection is, conceptually, a really funny video. It’s the kind of idea that sounds like satire of needlessly long video essays, like “look at this dude stretching four minutes into two and a half hours.” Except, it’s genuinely pretty information dense (imo), LGI just… needs that much time. Hell, technically it needs more time because we still don’t know what the hell the deal with Diana is, what the hell the tetraphobia thing is meant to mean, etc. It’s certainly a way to confuse irl friends!

Well everyone writes at their own pace, in their own time, you shouldn’t worry about comparing yourself to me or anyone else for that matter. The Mai post is… yeah that’s there. I sorta wonder if any post I make in the future will reach that word count…

Also I almost wanna comment on the rereading but I can’t because I’ve also reread that post once when I got back into DRDT after the hiatus and I’ve also reread several of my mutuals’ posts on occasion so yeah.

Thanks for the ask!

[cricketchaology]

resident alien 2.15 rewatch

ohhhh ben's sleepwalking dream makes me. so crazy

d'arcy recovery speedrun

the pacing of the last half of this season is suuuch a disaster. its so good thru alien dinner party and so messy afterwards

i do love that liv is always right

I FORGOT THEY JUST FUCKING PLAY DONT STARVE LMAOOOOO LIKE WHERE AM IIII

the ben getting locked out and sleeping on the porch story. help me. help me. help me

i do wish they'd introduced his sleepwalking earlier but w/e

i really do hate the pacing of the second half of this season. the first half is so good but then they got sooo lost so fast

hi baby

rip ben you would have love nausea before the game from in trousers

oh we're back to dont starve

let dan and d'arcy hang out. asta don't mother ur friends

dan i love uuuuu get asta's ass !!

tbh idgaf about the alien tracker and his son

oh god. oh god its the gay people

god, the like, asta having that different sweet voice she uses when she talks to d'arcy. its so fucking sweet. its adorable. its like, she feels so safe with her. she can be soft with her. help me

I GET THAT. THAT FUZZINESS. ITS LIKE MY LIFE IN A NUTSHELL. ITS WHY I HAD TO BE HERE THIS WEEK> WHEN IM AROUND YOU ITS LIKE YOURE HOLDING THE ANTENNA. EVERYTHING GETS CLEARER....

sorry but i dont care abt the alien tracker dying

CIRCUMCISION BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"ive been trying so hard to make this town perfect and it already is" there have been multiple murders

"i'm just so tired of trying to get everyone to like me" "oh honey, everyone loves you" "no, they dont" we should all die

i really cannot believe alien ball is the name they went with for that thing. idk

everyone in the town going to check on ben when he's actually hurt :(((((( help meeeeeeeeee

[jedi-enthusiast]

ok, so I saw a post- (for the life of me I can’t find it again now 😭) -where they said season two of Black Butler actually wasn’t that bad and that they liked the introduction of more demon characters, so I figued I'd add my two-cents.

Personally, my main issue with Season 2 wasn't the addition of new characters, but rather the...strange way they chose to deviate from the manga---which is also the same issue I had with Season 1 of the anime.

Like Season 1 and the whole story with Ash/Angela, instead of deviating from the original in order to add something to the story, it seemed like the whole Season 2 storyline was just...idk fanservice for Sebaciel shippers? written by someone on crack?

Either way, it was just too messy for me to even enjoy the good parts of it.

(Long ass tangent below, you have been warned)

In Season 1 I actually enjoyed the Barrymore Manor case, I enjoyed the case with the two ghosts who had to move on, I enjoyed the Frost Fair/Drossel episodes, I enjoyed the idea that angels also existed in this universe---since it just made sense.

Some things I didn't like, however, were:

▪️ They added in useless characters- (Pluto) -for no reason.

▪️ Instead of keeping things low stakes and ramping up the ante later like the manga, they decided to make things crazy high stakes- (setting London on fire, Ash/Angela trying to "cleanse the earth or whatever the fuck they were trying to do) -earlier, which completely messes up the pacing.

▪️ They stole things from other arcs- (him rejecting his parents in Season 1 for revenge is basically what happens in the Emerald Witch Arc when he rejects the idea of giving up on his quest for revenge, which is given by his family) -which also messes up the pacing by rushing Ciel's character development.

▪️ They made Lau betray Ciel??? Even though Lau has been shown to consistently help Ciel out??? For no reason???

▪️ They made Sebastian literally abandon Ciel and ignore his orders, even though Sebastian would never do that---like, it goes against pretty much everything established about Sebastian. Even if he doesn't like/agree with the orders, he still does them unless those orders go against the contract itself.

So, for me, the bad outweighs the good in that season, so I have a hard time enjoying it when it gets to those deviations---it's just too messy.

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Similarly, in Season 2 I liked the addition of more demons, I liked the idea that souls have different tastes depending on their trauma/personalities, I liked the idea of demons sometimes not having a contract and serving a human anyway, I liked the addition of more things that can kill/harm demons besides Death Scythes.

However, I didn't like:

▪️ Ciel losing his soul/memory??? Like, what the fuck was that all about??? I've tried rewatching Season 2 multiple times and I still have no idea how that was a thing or how it worked.

▪️ Sebastian basically just being able to lie to Ciel via him saying that Alois killed his parents even though he knows that he didn't, just so he and Claude can fight for the soul instead of Claude just stealing it---like, that's one of the rules of the contract, Sebastian can't lie to Ciel.

▪️ The weird as fuck way that Claude was pervy towards Ciel---like, demons are never shown to act that way even if a soul is really good, it was just creepy. I get why Alois was trying to "seduce" Claude, since hypersexuality can be a trauma response to SA, but Claude being that way to Ciel was just...ew.

▪️ Them just adding Lau back after they had him betray Ciel in the last season??? Like, if you're gonna deviate, at least make things consistent.

▪️ The whole swapping souls/personalities/memories thing??? Like idek how else to describe how Ciel got after he wore Alois's ring, so that's what you're getting, but the whole idea of souls/personalities/memories just being able to be swapped out is weird.

▪️ CIEL TURNING INTO A DEMON??? THE FUCK???

So, once again, Season 2 was just too messy for me to enjoy it fully---there were aspects that I liked, but the majority of it was just bad imo.

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So yeah, while some aspects of those seasons are good, I just found them too messy and I didn't enjoy how some of the deviations broke established canon within the series.