#im only on s1 ep10

[mayzingly]

all the s2 ep3 parts ruined with yapping

!!SPOILERS, IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED ANY OF THEM GO WATCH THEM!!

I haven’t seen an episode be split up in parts since s1 ep10, so either Brittany decided to do it in parts instead of all at once because she knew we would complain about it literally being three months since the last one, or THEYRE COOKING

^^^^^^^^

so the episode starts with them walking on a path, which means im allowed to assume that Pyrare and Ajacenus went in the forest and then got ajavex from somewhere.

first thing I notice right off the bat is how enthusiastic they are about beating their sister up😭😭 like y’all are forgetting that whatever injuries ajaceare gets, ajacent has to deal with. they just don’t fade once she becomes uncorrupted, do they

that’s all I had to say about the first part, since it was surprisingly more boring than I remember

^^^^^^^^

this is my favorite out of the prevs.

the episode starts with ajaceare running like she just got 500$ from her mom and was told she could spend it on anything. dub then asks her how collecting pieces has been going. she pulls out a BIG ASS BAG. if im correct there are 20 artists featured in jsab minus the ones that already gave their pieces and some of them are one timers (avenza, pegboard nerds (iirc), plesco, silva hound, nanobii, TECHNICALLY omnitica, etc etc) so like where did she get all them pieces???

there are multiple theories about who those people could be, but I choose to believe theyre 2/5 out of Shirobon because

THATS A TAIL. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAS A TAIL? A FOX. AND YOU KNOW WHATS A SONG BY SHIROBON IN JSAB? FOX!!! TOTES DIDNT RUN ON ONE HOUR OF SLEEP LAST NIGHT😃😃😃😃

also, I hope this is just a transition because OTHERWISE HOW DID SHE NOT NOTICE THEM.

one sentence to describe this episode: tri-py.

anyways, onto the next one. you better get your popcorn ready cause im about to RANT.

*cracks knuckles*

and OF COURSE SHES ON A TREE.

why is literally every monster either corrupted or a pacifist in tpc. like YALL GOT FIGHTING SKILLS, USE EM “don’t you know we monsters never attack shapes??” That’s only for YOU, your SAILOR MOON HAVING ASS HAIR LOOKING ELDER SISTER, and “SAILOR MOON”’S BITCHASS BARRACUDA HAVING FRIEND.

girl. im sorry but if I was a monster id be throwing these hands left and right.

“How could you have gotten corrupted like this?” gee idk, maybe a corrupted person touched her!??? Shocking wow “You’re supposed to stay in the mountains like the rest of us!!” bro shes 1000, im pretty sure shes able to not be huddled under u all the time.

“Now give me your pieces!!”

again, this makes

NO.

FUCKING.

SENSE!!!

IF SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT PYRARE, SHE WOULDVE SAID “Give me HIS pieces!” But instead shes saying “Your”.

I don’t know WHY the hell Ajacenus and ajavex would even have pieces, because it’s clear that they don’t have the triangle symbol like every other group member, but even if they did, IT WOULD BE INCOMPLETE BECAUSE AJACENUS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WICKED - AVENZA AND AJAVEX IS DEADLOCKED - F-777!!! SEE HOW ITS TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS???

AND PLUS, EVEN IF SHE DID JUST MEAN PYRARE, HE WOULDNT HAVE A SINGLE PIECE BECAUSE THEY HAVENT GONE TO THE LAND OF TRIANGLES YET!!!

CAUSE I KNOW DAMN WELL SHE DIDNT FORGET TO ANIMATE THE HAIR DETAILS. I DONT GET WHY THEYRE LEFT OUT OF THIS, THEY COULDVE USED THE SHIELD FROM HER DRESS INSTEAD!!

PYRARE, MOVE!!! QUIT BEING LAZY!!! MOVE YOUR FACE!! DUMBAS-

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO CLAP. BRO.

BROOOO🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

one sentence to describe this episode: BRITTANY COOKED BUT NOBODYS HUNGRY🔥🔥

last and definitely least, is the 4th part. now, the whole video was a bossfight so I don’t have much to say except SHE GOT PUFF PONYTAILS YAAAAAAAAA

I hope she isn’t batshit ugly or I might just remove s2 ep3 part 5 from my consciousness once it comes out

…yeah I had to remove it from my consciousness because WTH is this

“What happened to me?” Girl do you have the big D? (dementia)

HAHAHHH THE STUPID FACE HE MADE IN THE HALLOWEEN SHORT IS BACK, only thing I’m happy about. However…

“It isnt right for a male to hit a female” dude sybau. you throw hands all you want if you feel provoked. pussy.

anyways, onto dub. his section was the only entertaining part. Seeing him tweak like that genuinely made me go “😧” IRL

“Which caretaker is it!? I swear if it’s the anxious one…” made me BUST OUT laughing. Though I do wonder what he would’ve done if the flower lied to him and said it was “the anxious one” who I’m assuming is cube.

“So you decided to come out of retirement?” im curious about this, because… how does he even go into retirement in the first place?

though, I’m gonna talk about three things here.

1. I think (Altered) finally gives us an answer to what Circusic meant in episode 2. “The same way you are!” So we all saw him get revived by the reaper and turn into circubit, so when he says that I can only guess that Iris got revived that same way. You get revived, but with some perks, aka ALTERATIONS.

2. Every flower is infected? That means George is probably back.

3. Circusic is infected??? Either he doesn’t know that hes uncorrupted; or HES BAAAACK!!!!

[annimator]

BRO THAT EPISODE WAS AMAZINGGG

(Spoilers for Disventure Camp: TomJake below!]

• I am eternally grateful for Odd Nations Cartoons deciding to make a Disventure Camp spinoff that revolves around what the contestants do outside the game.

• I KNEW IT. THAT FIRST PART WAS A NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE. I STILL DON’T GET WHY AIDEN’S THERE THO LMAO

• holy shit bro, Jayce Hanson (Tom’s VA) did not have to go so hard for the last part of that nightmare.

• Awwww he’s retelling what happened between him and Jake to Lucia :D

• MAN ALL THOSE FLASHBACKS TO THE S1 TOMJAKE SCENES ARE MAKING ME SAD ;-;

• “Years of academy training, wasted.” I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE LMAO

• Bro Lucia’s so goated in this episode. She’s the best

• :0 KITTYYYYYY

• Aw man he’s tearing up about from what happened in S1 EP10 ;-;

• HE WAS MORE HURT FROM WHAT HAPPENED WITH JAKE IN COMPARISON TO ALL THE CUTS AND BRUISES HE GOT FROM BEING A SPY SHUT UPPPPPPP

• THAT WHOLE SCENE FUCKED ME UP

• All those messages from Jake are so sad ;-;

• Jake’s parents fucking suck. WDYM HIS DAD CALLED HIM A [REDACTED] AND HIS MOM SAID HE ONLY HAD ONE SON

• “I’m just so tired. I really thought he was the one.” JAKE YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN DURING ALL STARS

• Thank god for Miriam. Truly the parent that stepped up.

• LUCIA YOU HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE FOR MOTIVATING TOM TO JOIN ALL STARS

• WAIT HE WANTED TO USE THE 3 MILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE BACK TO KIDS. THATS SO WHOLESOMEEEE

• NO WAY LUCIA GAVE HIM THE BROWN JACKET HE WORE DURING ALL STARS.

• “Kick some ass, Reed. Remember your mission.” “Uhhh winning?” “Well that, also a certain guy…” LMAO

• yeah no, Lucia’s definetly a TomJake shipper

• AW THERES A CLIP OF THEIR FIRST DATE

• THEIR HOLDING HANDSSSSS

• “But hey, you got the boy in the end.” “Yeah. Heh, I guess I did.” THEY SAID THIS WHILE WE’RE SEEING TOM AND JAKE FISHING AND THEY PRESS THEIR HEADS TOGETHER I WANT TO SCREAM BUT MY MOM’S IN MY ROOM

• “You really do have pretty eyes.” “Falling for you was the one thing that I did right.” “I love you Tom.” SOMEBODY PLEASE SEDATE ME

• THEY KISSEDDDDDDD

• “No way, Tom! It’s Gabby!” WAIT THEY’RE PREVIEWING THE NEXT EPISODE THATS SO COOL.

• …WAIT THATS IT? WHAT DID GABBY SAY ON THE PHONE??? I APPRECIATE JAKE ASKING ABOUT HOW ELLIE IS THO

• IM SO EXCITED FOR EPISODE 2 ITS A DAY AFTER MY BIRTHDAY

[mrwoodchucklover81]

full(er) house facts that I had saved (mostly about joey) (some of these are barely facts, mostly observations my part)

Jesse's favorite color is black (s1 ep22 "DJ Tanner's day off")

joey has an uncle named jasper (s6 ep10 "I'm not dj") but it's not confirmed if he's a maternal or paternal uncle

DJ does not appear in s6 ep19 "subterranean graduation blues" due to Candace Cameron spending time with her brother, Kirk Cameron, making Stephanie the only character to appear in every episode of both full and fuller House!

Joeys uncle cuts his hair in full house (s6 ep10 "im not DJ) but in Fuller House, it's implied he let's cosmetology students cut his hair (s2 ep13 "happy new year baby"

Danny and Wendy Tanner's dad is never shown in the series, only mentioned a few times by danny, like the fact he took danny and joey fishing when they were (s7 ep17 "the last dance") or that he threw like a girl (s4 ep15 "ol brown eyes)

mr rooty zero getting discontinued in Fuller House s3 ep18 "here comes the sun" is very similar to vanilla weasels getting discontinued in full house s8 ep13 "the producer"

Danny and jackson(?) Are ticklish (for danny s3 ep23 "fraternity reunion")

Joeys god awful kids are named after comedians

Phyllis (diller), (jerry) Lewis, Joan (rivers), and Jerry (seinfeld)

joeys parents divorced when he was 6

both jesse and danny were in the boys glee club in high school (though at different times), danny was president and Jesse did it in place of sports (s3 ep8 "divorce court

on the topic of high school, joey was his schools mascot, Ollie the fighting oyster (s3 ep 8 "divorce court")

joey had a belch jar that had nearly enough money to afford a condo (s8 ep 18 "we got the beats")

Joey had imaginary sibling growing up due to not having any real ones, including one named Leon (s1 s2 "our very first night")

joeys favorite ride at Disney world is space mountain, he apparently loves it more than his kids

[littleraeofsunshineda]

Im on s1 ep10 and I'm almost vibrating with how excited I am for Eddie to arrive

And I only know this because of tumblr but

"I got your back" he says to Abby

Which is WHAT HE SAYS TO EDDIE RIGHT

So like... that's what love means to Buck, right?

[eloquentgifs]

I'm going to say things bc that's how I cope.

As a person who thinks that if you're going to do something you should do it right, I can't help it, it bothered me how sloppy this season felt. Of course I fully blame HBO and their cheapness, but it stills bothers me. Not only we got two episodes less than s1, but the 8 we got were shorter, and you can tell. I also blame the budget cuts for the constant yet unnecessary flashbacks, and the weird editing, and the anticlimatic pace. In any case, I want to highlight the things I did like, because I fucking love this show and Im sure that after a rewatch or two I'll be less angry, so let's stay positive:

Since it seems they were having trouble to get the complete cast together in one plot, I do love they kinda let them have their spotlight one by one. Like, Frenchie in the first episodes, Wee John as Calypso, Lucius with his PTSD in ep5... It's not the same as s1, but it's something.

I've seen people complaining about this, but Im happy they didnt invest too much time on the forgiving process. I like it better when everyone gets along fine, and in the end they're pirates and they never seemed to be the kind of people who hold grudges, so yeah lets skip to the nice part.

I did like a lot what they did with Izzy. I don't care if it happened too quick or what, I used to feel indiference towards him and this season I actually enjoy his scenes a lot. I still dont know how I feel about his death tho. It bothered me a little that the whole scene was more about Ed than Izzy himself, but in the end I always saw Izzy as a narrative tool in Ed's arc more than as a character of his own, so I guess it makes sense.

Super happy with the music choices, and also the new outfits.

Really, the first five episodes were absolutely brilliant.

It made me so happy they got Bronson Pinchot as Ned Low.

Huge fan of Zheng Yi Sao and Auntie.

Im so fucking furious at Taika Waititi for his pro-Israel shit that seeing Pop Pop attacking him gave me some sort of inner peace.

Now, things I wished had been done differently: - There were a lot of paralelisms with s1, which is good, but I'd like they brought back more actual elements of s1 into play. Like, the lighthouse painting, the secret wardrobe, the pink robe, a third Badmington (he would have work better as big bad than this prince ricky guy I dont really care about?). Frenchie singing again. This oneis a reach, but I would love to have Mary Bonnet back. And I was really hoping they play with the fact that Stede is "dead". The guy doesnt even mention the Master Fuckery from ep10.

-On that note, I was a little dissapointed on Jim's arc. I was never that invested on them or their plot in s1, but it feels weird how this season it seems like none of that even happened. Even Jim felt like a different character. I feel it would worked better if some of the conflict was related to Siete Gallos stuff, so at least it would feel all of that subplot wasnt a waste of time.

-Little missing opportunities of making me happy: Anne Bonny and Mary Read mentioning Jack (to insult him, mostly); they kissing when the house is on fire; Ed finding not just one letter but the whole pile of them; a better narrative use for Seagull Buttons (well, any narrative use, really); developing the bombclocks thing in a way where Auntie was not deprived of her superhuman detective skills; having Ned Low as bigger villain, with several appearances.

-The general development of Ed/Stede in the final episode... It's just confusing to me. My reading of Stede's mind state was that he was on autopilot since he killed Ned Low, and being abandoned by Ed and having his ass kicked by Zheng would wake him up a little, but this episode he's still in PROBLEM SOLVER mode, zero regrets about anything, still hasn't talked anything through EVER, he's just fine. With Ed I dont even ask for coherence bc he's always been a wtf guy, but I dont understand the "just do whatever you're good at" thing in the beginning of the episode, and he claiming back his leathers and his pirate-self and going on berserker mode and fighting along Stede as equals and blablabla if at the end he's still chosing to be a fucking innkeeper. Also, having a shitty inn in the middle of nowhere sounds too close to the antique shop in ep4, didn't they learn ANYTHING from Mary and Anne? I mean, the innkeeping was a predictible outcome, but the setting up of the episode was really aiming to the opposite, so it feels weird to me. In any case, I'm happy they're together and if being absolutely on their own in the loneliest house in the world doesn't get them to improve their communication, idk what else they could do.

-Still think they should have been lighthouse keepers instead.

-Next season Im totally muting every OFMD tag as soon as they announce the trailer release, because the promo and bts content was absolutely TOO MUCH. Those fuckers had been showing us stuff from the very climax of the fucking last episode since weeks before the season aired. I get it's a me problem, but I do believe it ruined my experience a lot, so fuck that.

And well. That's it. Good season, could have been great. Im happy but sad. Let's just hope that, if there's a season 3, they gave them more money and time to do it properly.

And before I post this and run away from tumblr, Im checking out how much of my wishlist had been fulfilled: - LUCIUS IS ALIVE - Stede Bonnet, berserker era [Not as I imagined, but hey] - The Queen Anne’s Revenge, either being captured or coming back as the ship Ed left behind when he went to The Revenge - The Blockade of Charleston (and make really absurd) [Still might happen in the future?] - Anne Bonny and Mary Read(as middle aged women who kinda mirror Ed and Stede, but they did it right) - Since he was already mentioned in s1, it would make sense introducing Hornigold, maybe as a new antagonist or something. - A rip off of that wwdits episode with the Vampire Council, except this time is the Pirate Council and its members are pirates from other movies and shows [I was really dreaming big here] - On that note, a really weird episode with every person who has played Blackbeard in recent years [Fully tripping] - More women and more asian characters. And more people speaking their mother tongues [So many Chinese gals, not one chinese word :(] - Ed finding out about Stede’s death and believing it [It did happened but not how/when we thought] - Ed meeting Mary and getting along [Never losing hope on this one] - Frenchie adopting a cat (and singing a song about it). - More info about everyone’s pasts. - I would LOVE having Bartholomew Roberts in the show. [YES PLEASE]

[starsheet]

oOOKAY. OKay

i LOOVE paintbrush ii. Ok. hhEAR ME OUT OK NOBODY GETS ME.

I MIGHT ALSO BE BLURRING CANON AND FANON I HAVENT WATCHED II FULLY IN LIKE . A COUPLE MONTHS. I NEED TO REWATCH IT. BUT ANYWAYS !!!!!!!!! !! they're SUCH an interesting little CREATURE okl something is SO wrong with them and i LOVE them

a little SHIT in s1 their personality was so sillleyyy ok. like. there's a first for EVERYTHINg ... and F Y I ... u were chosen SECON D...

. ALSO their exit interview for s3 was so awesome. thinking about it NOW actually, ive always disliked it because they had an awesome personality in it but writing this, i feel like? ??? since they seemingly had a really strong yearning to be a reality show star (like in s3 ep8 i believe, and also mentioning that they wanted a groscer iirc) and i love how they wrote them super dramatic! quite literally POURED their heart out for what i would assume they thought would really be their last notable appearance on tv !! and I LOVE IT they're so silly in their exit interview ok. ok. THEIR VA SLAYED /SO/ SO SO HARD .

......i could talk abt their exit interview for a LONG time

(prefacing this bit with i Do Not Know what is universally considered "good writing". im just really normal abt inanimate insanity and it's hard for me to criticize it. its like warrior cats or wings of fire for me. i cant criticize it i will cry!!!)

and SEASON 2 HOOOLY SHIT. it was SO AWESOME seeing them go from "stereotypical anger issues character" (like how most of the cast was honestly. early s2 tt gives me nightmares) to honestly . one of the Coolest Characters??? to Me??? like i love how close they are to their teammates. like with how hard they tried to help marsh! (although did not go very well in ep10........ erm...) aND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH LIGHTBULB HOOHHHHH MY GOD THAT GETS ITS OWN PARAGRAPH. i just love them in s2 ok. s2 pb is the best one . Okay. Okay. they're so awesome AUGHRH STARTS DECOMPOSING ON THEFLOOR

i could go on a whole RANT abt fan and pb's development because i am a simple person (fanbrush shipper) HLSAAS>DKJ

(EP 15 SPOILERS FOR THIS ONE!!!!)

ok last one. PB AND LB'S RELATIONSHIP . THOOOSEE TWO. THOSE TWO. (HATE-FILLED) THOSE TWO. (FULL OF ANGUISH) THOSE TWO. (AGONY) literally its so cool seeing them go from constantly against eachother due to very different outlooks on what the team should do; to literally the best duo in this show (i only pay attention to the lights im sorry) and I WILL DIE on that hill. their reunion in ep 15 was so cute ok. FUUCKKKK they're so awesome i LOOVE THEM. best friend by laufey is THEIR song. Trust . 🙏🙏

i might've gotten alot of this wrong but alot of this is also my interpretation Lol! I love you paintbrush ii

so much negativity in this poor blog ... so i decided to bring a piece of positivity and happy questions every once in a while ! i hope you admins dont mind! i’ll try showing up whenever i see things being too sour, tata~ 🎶

my first question to whoever is reading is, show me your favorite character and tell me about them! ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ) be it a canon character, an oc belonging to you or someone else, a recommended character... please tell me!

thank you for the attention yay ♡

-🦢anon

this is so nice!! i like mepad :) -🫒

[omni-scient-pan-da]

Octagawa Akutagawa is really just out here dressing like a vampire for no reason

Like seriously, did he not have any other clothes??

[needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves]

Reasons I like RID2001 #67:

HOLY F U CK WE GOT A SKIDS

[officialjimmybuffett]

Can you elaborate on the izzy hands thing you posted? I’m really interested

YES i am kissing you on the lips rn thank you for asking. i'm in a better mood than i was when i made the original post, so i prommy the bitchiness will be kept to a minimum

adding a read more because this is SO long i am humiliated. i do not want the well-adjusted mutuals to see how much i wrote good god

first of all from a technical standpoint, i don't think this is the route that the writers are taking the show. as far as we've seen in s1, homophobia doesn't exist in the omfd universe. it could change, sure, but judging from the atmosphere of the show, along with what jenkins and waititi have said about the future of ofmd*, i truly doubt they would introduce it this late in the game. not to mention that the setup for s2 means they have much bigger fish to fry as it is without introducing a whole other conflict.

and i know the internalized homophobia izzy sentiment is coming from more of a place of character analysis/theory/joking than of genuine prediction but we have canon evidence that izzy?? is not homophobic??? like if you want to write a character study at least do it correctly goddamn.

the only time we see izzy interact with a gay couple outside of ed and stede is when he catches lucius and pete in the shiphold. he's pissed off at them because a) he's izzy and b) they're not doing their work, but there's literally zero context clues that implies he's coming from a place of disgust for their queerness. he just has that trademark izzy hands stick up his ass.

not to mention jack saying "anything goes at sea", paying respect to the fact that pirates were REALLY FUCKING GAY. izzy is a 'real pirate' according to. well. izzy. real pirates fuck men

but what i REALLY wanted to talk about is izzy's relationship with ed. i think this tweet sums up the majority of my thoughts pretty well, but just to reiterate, izzy is VERY obsessive over the blackbeard persona. he constantly reminds ed to remember the image and responsibilities he has to uphold as blackbeard, and explicitly says that it is his job as first mate to make sure ed is satisfied.

he keeps the crew in line, squashes mutinies in the making, and is overtly loyal to blackbeard. whenever ed expresses interest in changing his career approach, in letting go of blackbeard, izzy is immediately there to talk him out of it, to wax poetic about why blackbeard is so great. izzy likes the idea of ed as blackbeard, and he likes that blackbeard is this static, unchanging thing in his life that he can always rely on (his lighthouse, perhaps?). to izzy, blackbeard represents success, masculinity, and fear (both of the pious and violent natures), all of which he values greatly.

this leads me to my next point, which is that izzy does value ed as a person beyond the blackbeard persona. however, he is very possessive of ed. we constantly see izzy call him both "ed" and "edward", but is offput when stede does the same. izzy wants ed to be seen/respected as blackbeard to everyone else, but only he is allowed to be intimate enough with blackbeard to know him as edward. which like. bitch me too i am very jealous when it comes to my homoerotic friendships

oh my god i've already written so much but im just gonna keep running. you know That Scene in ep10 where izzy taunts ed for getting soft with stede, gets his shit rocked, then gently caresses ed's face?? because of izzy's obsession with the idea of blackbeard, the only way he knows how to get an emotional response from ed is to provoke him. he sees how stede gets to be intimate with ed through gentleness and doesn't understand it. why is ed vulnerable with someone who isn't izzy? how is someone able to get ed's attention without aggression? GOD i need to chew on some tire rubber.

when ed is inspired/encouraged by stede to change as a person, izzy is unable to accept that ed is a dynamic being. he is also unable to accept that ed can be "edward" with someone else who isn't him.

ANYWAYS im tired of fans constantly pushing the internalized homophobia narrative onto antagonistic characters/characters they are very vocal about not liking. i'm not gonna pull the problematic card because that's a whole other can of worms, but i'm tired of seeing this used as the ONLY reason a character dislikes another queer character/couple. please im begging you queer people are far more complex than that. there are more conflicts you can have than just Being Gay.

maybe it's because im the only person to correctly interpret media in the world ever but people will just just slap a buzzword onto anything. did we even watch the same show 🤨

post-ofmd, i was very surprised to come into online spaces and find that so many ppl hate izzy i fucking LOVE him. i remember watching the show and being like this guy. this guy right here is funky. he's a pal. izzy being the only person with a braincell is fucking hilarious. he's a drama character written into a cast of comedy characters, the voice of reason who constantly gets plowed over for the gag. its GREAT. he's great. i could fix him but whatever's wrong with him is so much better.

*namely that there are too many tragic queer stories out there and they don't want to add another one to the mix, along with the fact that they don't care much for historical accuracy. jenkins literally said he and waititi "don't care about pirates" like 😭 he just wanted to write a queer comedy and there happen to be pirates in it

TL;DR: izzy's primary reason for disliking stede and ed's relationship is because he is in love with (and possessive of) the idea of ed, but can't accept that ed as a person is dynamic and changing. stop saying characters you dislike have internalized homophobia u dickwads.

here's my twitter btw i have an ongoing thread where i put all my ofmd thoughts that have me waking up in a cold sweat at 3am. if you are interested <3 ok thank u again bye

[mieczyhale]

@itsallaboutcalum : “yeah i gotta say i agree. like. i love the show so much BECAUSE of the umbrella academy. the og seven mean the world to me. season two was okay. it could have been better in my opinion but i didn’t dislike it. the new season though………. i don’t want new characters. i want the focus to be on the original seven like please??? my gosh but they erased ben and i’m kinda irked by it”

ALL OF THIS THOUGH

(okay further rambling thoughts on this below bc my reply got kinda outta hand sdk;lsd)

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 i’m so glad i’m not the only person with these takes bc honestly it was really starting to feel like it. everyone else seems SO excited about the sparrows and i just.. could not care less if i tried. the only new character they brought in for s2 that i felt worked really well, and that i loved, was ray (and carmichael, but he at least exists in the comics. and they fucked him up anyway -  letting the handler eat him instead of five. a weird thing to be salty about maybe but here we are)

you add in too many characters and you lose track of the original, you stop giving them and their story lines the attention they deserve (s2, imo, proved that) and because of those things you’re more likely to forget what the characters are supposed to be like, and what made them lovable in the first place. s1 did so well for so many reasons but among them was: pacing, character introductions and development, creative story lines woven together in a way that brought everyone together seamlessly for the events of ep10. it never felt like one character was getting more attention than another, even with the apocalypse centered around vanya it never felt like she was the only main character.

s2, and maybe this is just me, but it really said “fuck everything from s1, and we’re mixing powers around, and this is about vanya, and another apocalypse that was unnecessary for the dallas story line, and we’re gonna take all the things people loved about s1 and kill it with fire including ben - simply for shock value and to bring in the sparrows but we could have had the sparrows without rekiling ben but oh well! - all the dysfunction and genuine humanity in the characters?? mostly gone. the fan fave, klaus?? here’s a comedic shell that looks like him. trauma who?? everyone is fixed!! oh and here’s the soundtrack! none of it means anything.” yknow. to list a few of my problems with it dont get me wrong! it had its good moments and stuff. but it wasn’t even remotely on the same level as the first season 

and i’m keeping my expectations for s3 dirt low right now because of it. s1 was so perfect of course my expectations for s2 were high. and then the trailer for s2 looked amazing but it was.. meh. just so upsettingly meh. im not going through that level of disappointment again lmao it took me quite awhile to convince myself it was actually good and that i loved it, so i wouldnt have to feel like i wasted my time and energy, but i simply Can Not anymore. not with the stuff they’ve posted about s3 so far. its just sparrow shit.

where are our babies?? our fucked up umbrella family?? give us more of the characters we know, love, and care about or get the fuck out of my face. you can’t like.. sideline your main characters for newbies and expect that to work out. if we dont get og hargreeves family content soon (GOOD og hargreeves family content) i can guarantee im gonna lose even more interest in tua. and i hate that! so much! bc s1 and the hargreeves live in my heart rent free, they’re so important and special to me, and it feels like s3 is gonna be the same as s2: a huge disservice to both the characters and the fans

[jubberry]

I agree sooo much with your s2 salt. Like, don't get me wrong, on the surface there's some good jokes, good actor chemistry and dramatic story beats BUT s2 ends up feeling a bit hollow. It honestly feels like several seasons worth (and different genres) of plots written mostly separately and then slapped together. I could forgive most of it if they didn't butcher the characters. Seriously this could have been a great forgiveness story but nooope. Everyone feels like a fake version of s1 selves

I agree! I thought s2 was a lot of fun, especially when I first watched since I watch it with my family and they were all just casual fans. I was very determined to not take it too seriously cause I didn’t wanna get disappointed. But you know what, I cant help that cause I run a tua (vanya) blog 😩 I completely respect people who still enjoy it though. Sometimes different fans are looking for different things in fiction, or interpret fiction in different ways in general and thats okay, so yeah they’re definitelly ‘allowed’ to like it.

But I agree s2 was definitely going for that mainstream superhero vibe. If you just look at the last episodes alone, s1’s ep 10 had everybody working together, and all their roles in the team was consistent to how their characters has been portrayed for the rest of the season, as well as how that character fitted in the family dynamic. Vanya’s powers and all the random shit she can do actually had me shook but it made sense because the whole point of the season was to lead up to that scene where her powers completely overwhelm the world. Even the ending had me really excited for whats to come. S1 was a lot of character building, and the final ep was like a reward because its a taste of what they will be like as a superhero family based on all that and I was hyped for it.

But s2 ep10 is like..... wtf. The handler summons all the commission assassins but somehow they cant hit a moving target in an open field when their literal job is to shoot people? The fact that she literally just puts all of them in the same place... so when vanya wipes them out thats her entire army gone because she apparently doesnt know how to strategise.... The fact that Luther can get shot to death but somehow in the first ep of the season he tanks a rocket? Diego being able to bend bullets out of nowhere, even though he never even talked about or showed any indication to wanting to learn about his powers? It just feels like they wanted it to be bigger and bigger, like they sorta was thinking ‘so what would be super cool to put in s2’ and plopped it in there with no build up or explanation. The only thing there that made sense in there was five’s powerup. Im not even remotely excited for the sparrows, but at least its something new.

Compare any of Vanya’s scene with the scene of her suit changing colors because of the raw intensity of her powers and imo, not one of her scenes can top the feral excitement i get when i watch that.

S1 was really unique because it out character development first and their powers were secondary to that. It was a very intimate, very grounded story for its genre that still had funny moments. So at the end of the day, you can make all sorts of character and story metas and it feels like theres always more to uncover. If you do that with s2 you just find more holes. Either that or people have to hc whatever sort of character development they got because the change in character was never fully explained. And even the hcs trample over the explanation that was already set in the first place (ie. people explaining vanyas sudden control of her powers).

The characters and their powers were wildly inconsistent. And that would be ok if this was s1 of a different show, but this is s2! Its a continuation of something else, so... why?

[tlcyellow]

merlin s1 ep10 the moment of truth

- anderson from sherlock is in this wow. remember when sherlock wasnt a terrible show??? me neither lol

- I JUST REALIZED THE GHOST KNIGHT COMICALLY DYING IS IN THE OPENING CREDITS. IM WEEPING

- huniths bruise looks hella fake

- why cant the camelot knights just go in disguise and help??

- merlin and arthur are so cute aw

- morgana in pants is the hottest thing ive ever seen what the hell. katie mcgrath is SO GOOD LOOKING

- "no one can find out about you." "they wont. they never do" thats an understatment dude. not only have you performed tons of random acts of magic in front of a bunch of people but you literally ANNOUNCED to the king and his court that youre a warlock and somehow no one is suspicious

- merlin heard one singular hoofbeat and is like "better go investigate" lmao

- this is the first of many installments in what my sister and i would refer to as "romantic bro chats by the fire" in which merlin and arthur have a romantic bro chat by the fire

- bradley james riding into battle is my sexuality

- jk katie mcgrath wielding a sword is my sexuality

- will and merlin are such bros damn

- why is will so randomly against fighting kanen?? like every other person in the village in down

- ROMANTIC BRO CHAT BY THE FIRE 2.0

- ew arthur kicked merlin in the head. hes terrible at flirting

- "if he knew me i'd probably dead by now" *chuckle* thats a pretty serious statement merlin why are you laughing lol

- lol arthur sees matthew doing absolutely terribly and hes like "uhhh buddy you should ummm keep lookout. dont touch a sword ever again please"

- why arent the women allowed to fight??? sexist

- well done arthur u sent matthew to his death

- will is so emo jesus christ

- THERE IS A THIRD ROMANTIC BRO CHAT BY THE FIRE IN THIS EPISODE. its like christmas

- arthurs speech is so inspirational wow

- i really wish arthur had found out about merlins magic this early on. that would have been an amazing dynamic to carry through the rest of the show

- "are you ready?" "my throats dry" "me too" our protaganists everyone

- merlin dodged that arrow like this was the matrix or something damn

- hunith is literally fighting with a broom. i love it

- this montage of women kicking ass is my favorite thing

- this is the most public act of magic merlin has performed to date and the only person who notices is will whos standing Directly next to him

- kanen came around the corner and yelled "PENDRAGON" and whipped his cloak off like hes the stripper at a bachelorette party

- sorry what the fuck. kanen just got stabbed in the stomach and somehow was able to locate a crossbow and shoot it at arthur in a matter of like thirty seconds

- wills death is hella dramatic but ya know??? whats new in this show

- does hunith ever appear again? i cant remember. shes badass. im gonna miss her.

- "when the time is right, the truth will be known" yep. in the last episode of the show. we have a long way to go.

next episode: the labyrinth of gedref

[redshirtrights]

dagger of the mind

[tos s1 ep10]

starting off strong by taking down a red shirt immediately...hmm

uhura!!! where have you been!

TWO redshirts down for the count

bones and spock at it again...

THREE REDSHIRTS DOWN!!!!

did kirk HIGH KICK that gun out of his hand

jim’s reaction to beautiful women on his ship is a mood 

this therapist looks empty...props to her actress for that 1000 yard stare

spock and bones working together once again :) 

yoooooo the mind meld!!!

i don’t like this doctor only because she has no sense of adventure

.....this doctor better not make kirk love her using this mind device 

im not sure where she was gonna go with that but the evil doctor has taken it too far 

I LOVE that the female patient is called Lethe, it’s the Greek river in the underworld that makes you forget things when you touch the water

there hasn’t been a lot of scotty or sulu in a few episodes i wonder where they ran off to 

overall, fun! the lady doctor grew on me a ton and i guess the mind machine thing is a pretty interesting concept even though im sure i’ve had nightmares about that kind of stuff

[shaydraplays]

okay, here are the liveblogs of the entirety of she-ra season 1

because i don’t know how to consume media responsibly

see individual episodes under the cut: 

ep1 - catra fucking purred with excitement, i had to go back to confirm, the furries are back at it again - and she sleeps at the foot of adora's bed... incredible - does she just sleep with her helmet on? wait i guess all these soldiers don't have sleep clothes, but still? - the adora-glimmer-beau fight scene was hilarious. beau and glimmer just straight up screaming at adora with enough force to shake? excellent. - the way glimmer runs with the sword away from danger is SO good - glimmer just DOESN'T stop screaming and honestly, mood - lmao

ep2 - jesus CHRIST the opening is physically killing me - the amount of times beau's voice breaks - the way they animated people moving is just top notch in general - the voices also... very good - hell yeah floppy eared deer people - neigh - incatrible - damn just keep tasing her i guess... rude - catra fucking bodice ripping the netting hell yeah - the transformation makes her and the sword slightly taller like, why??? - :C catra - "wait, whose horse was this" well it's yours now

ep3 - beau's voice continues to be excellent - the amount of screaming beau and glimmer do on average is also excellent - how are you not enraptured by horsie rolling in the grass next to you? - omg pegacorn floppin around - beau and glimmer are masters of the "oh shit" run. trot? - granny is cute - catra has such disaster lesbean vibes - i dont have my glasses you'll have to speak up - how does horsie's wings keep changing color - also i've completely accepted the ridiculosity of all these names but still... - the arc werewolf man makes when kicked - thank u for validating me swiftwind - wait where do you put the sword when not in use

ep4 - how's they get adora's horde jacket out of the bushes near that village? also she lost her force captain pin rip - so do they just never change clothes? i had high hopes from adora putting on stuff to cover the horde symbol but i guess not - aw sleebover - okay they have no sleep clothes here either - general is hot - did catra draw princess on a horse or - zarkon is a twink now. twunk? - is that jasper's voice for that side character - the beast of beast island - those are not tree destruction foley sounds - yeah stop the machines poisoning ur land! environmentalism! - this is a small kingdom. these kingdoms are all really small? - you've been friends for like 2 days - where did they get horde outfits - beau's lil exclamations are.... Good - YAY SLEEBOVER

ep5 - something tells me adora doesn't like boats - i HAVE to mute the theme song. just, wow - go fish........ - who voices scorpia because Nice - nice violin - mermista is relatable - "They're coming right for the Gate!" mermista's big groan is a mood - is catra's MO from now on just gonna be to leap up to wherever Adora is doing hero things and monologue at her - i wanna be on 8-foot-tall woman's side as well - lmao christen the ship right there

ep6 - lmao glimmer's face when she-ra boutta bust it open - only tiny food........ - drunk adora is cute - did they just leave the sword - fizzy lifting drinks - okay so the sword is just animated when its convenient, otherwise i guess adora vores it or something

ep7 - that last episode was trite so now im gonna draw while watching - i love when they reference adora's depressing upbringing. "no i don't know what an aunt is but i was hoping someone would eventually explain". also beau is a bro - so lightspinner is shadowsneaker or whatever, right - naptime - i hope they explain who greyskull is etc sometime - do you not know what a pillow is why are you lying backwards - adora trust ur friends more pls it's been at least a week by now - thats new - catra no

ep8 - soooo prom means they'll change their clothes right - damn scorpia's a princess, what does it mean that they gave up their gemstone thing? no magic? - a true soldier by upbringing, adora - hell YEAH catra in a tux - neau just gotta wear a croptop - how are they gonna let catra in her whole bodys a weapon - hell yeah these ppl snazzy as fuck - so what the fuck is swiftwind doing these days anyway - adora is me. hormf snacks - man scorpia why cant u just let ppl chill - hell yeah sexual tension dance time - how do they know how to dance - catra is smooth - "you don't understand" ouch that is like the worst thing to say to smol frost princess - catra no - "I don't want you to" man she is such a... kovu's mom in lion king 2 or 3

ep9 - beau maDE THEM FIGURINES IM CRY - rip mermista - captain dude is so dumb - scorpia is going to kill u - this rebellion is clearly not combat ready - the black garnet is the one that scorpia's family gave the horde right? - really digging the low res pixels of the cell door being kicked for some reason - kyle pls - beau's expressions are SO good - well this sucks - if adora actually got her memories wiped and rejoined the herd and catra had to pretend that everything was normal man that'd be a good fanfic - glimmer thats very anime of u - catra, a lil bitch as always - damn, nice lighting - THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I LIKE YOU B-BAKA - catra no - damn, she really just got incinerated right in front of the team, huh - had to let the sad end credits music play this time, alexa play despacito

ep10 - "yeah that sure smells like concrete" thanks scorpia - adora is SO excited that she can use magic - i had to look it up but yeah i can definitely hear the amethyst in catra's voice now - yeah entrapta didn't seem like she gave much of a shit in the first place - hell YEAH she just jumps out the window - it's pretty incredible that they haven't miscolored catra's eyes yet, at least that i saw - thank u for coming back to the original disagreement and hashing it out, hell yeah emotional intelligence - just tell ur mom, blease - when queen mom is holding glimmer as she glitches... wow that's very adult fear of you - why do they not animate the sword and backbacks whenever it pleases them? i can excuse magical sword bullshit but c'mon catra needs to eat - hell yeah trippy psychological horror episode PLEASE - catra no

ep11 - hell yeah time for the "save my archnemesis frenemy from being killed by nonsentient technology ostensibly on my side, only to receive zero gratitude and probable betrayal from said frenemy" episode - their interactions are SO good - keeping things close to your chest and not saying anything about entrapta, nice - blease i just want them to be frens again - BAPY CATRA YES - FLOFF - BLEASE - FRENS - tween catra is EXTRA FLOFF - really telling that all their good memories are of getting chased by superiors and fighting each other. fucking horde - teen lizard's hair is good - catra's pretty good at saving herself. can she do it in the way that matters, though? - part cat, part monkey - well then, this memory probably doesn't end happily - oh, maybe this'll give adora hints on how to heal glimmer - fucking shadow... slipper. fuck u - jesus christ well this is just the writing on the wall for why catra can hate adora so easily. fuck u shadow sneak - bapy.... she hiss - w o w

ep12 - creepy. yes. i have been called this before. i n c r e d i b l e - hell yeah aliens - oh my god it speaks - man, what is EVEN scorpia's deal besides comic relief... horde is real bad at cultivating friendship - hack the p l a n e t - god damn, speaker baby imp is creepy. also how did catra not hear/smell that, maybe all horde shit smells similar - so entrapta doesn't have her corresponding gemstone? also oooooh, that's what the moonstone is. - adora, you made a self-cognizant horse, look at it now, it's got self-assurance and helpful words that also perpetuate the message that all domestic or captive animals are suffering, but in a joking manner

ep13 - ok, last ep of season 1, oh boy. can't wait to read all the post s1 fanfic - how did they... switch seating order... c'momn dreamworks - so why is entrapta a princess if she doesn't have a gemstone - WHY is beau still baring his midriff? in armor??? - wait so you can stand on water now? - stop monologueing holy shit - i guess there just isn't water? - k, deus ex machina and big damn heroes, i guess - nice combo attacks - she ra said gay rights. happy wrath month everyone - catra.......... no