#in all seriousness tho this first episode is really eerie

[brrmian]

omega’s little ponytail is giving the agony of trying to grow out a pixie cut

[shadlad24]

More Funny Little Moments #3: Season 2, Episodes 1-11

Finally. Finally, it. Is. FINISHED! YAAAAAY!!! Like last time, this MFLM will only include one to two additional funny moments per episode.

2.1: Orphan of War 

This half of the season at least is SO reliant on characters being dumb! At least Xena gets to sass Gabrielle for once in my posts? heh

2.2: Remember Nothing 

Perhaps remembering what dude did to her drumstick, Gabrielle thinks…

Ooh! The realization behind the following collage was actually pretty good! What an endearing/intriguing little reversal, eh?

2.3: The Giant Killer 

Hee! My beloved goof. The only reason I left this unnecessary, dramatic stunt out in the main post is because the second of the FFLM points came a beat later. heh

It really must be asked: GabbyWabs, are you blind? How could you watch this chick take a running leap into David’s arms like that, then stand with him in such a way, and not realize that they were romantically joined? LOLz Sorry, kid.

2.4: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 

This bit was more of a “Wut?” on my part. Did Xena’s killing Bacchus and reversing his curse somehow kill Orpheus too? No? But dude’s wifey-poo be dead. How can they be together if he’s still—well, whatever gods/immortals do that approximates being—alive?*

2.5: Return of Callisto 

Okay, this note probably needs a bit of prefacing. As you may know, I don’t see Xena or even GXe’s relationship as most other fans do. Given how domineering and protective yet dismissive Xena was toward Gabrielle in the beginning, I was seriously like, “Does Xena think she’s Gabrielle’s dad? I think she thinks she’s Gabrielle's dad…” 😆 Especially here…

2.6: Warrior…Princess…Tramp 

Joxer is truly something else. Rather than finding his latest tale amusing in any way, I found it …eerie. First, he seemingly casts himself in the role of Perdicas; then he turns into Callisto. Then he is faced with Gabrielle, his friend (whom he apparently sees as a little girl to the point of being his surrogate daughter^) who just days ago lost Perdicas to Callisto. He laughs off his grotesque retelling, in her face. But that’s okay. She chuckles too. Again, despite being just DAYS off of losing her lifelong friend and puppy-love. And no, Joxer didn’t see Perdicas die, but he obviously heard what happened, and, and was inches behind Gabrielle when she professed her grief-crazed desire to kill Callisto herself! Well, GJ soon play the moment off as if he’s describing their first interaction with Callisto, but still …Can we just say yikes here? It’s so terrible it’s almost funny…

2.7: Intimate Stranger 

Ahem. Next up we have another instance of really stupid decision-making on one character’s part and yet another glaring example of unobservant-ness from a second character, once more Gabrielle. Callisto does not know how to whisper. She also doesn’t know how not broadcast her plan to the masses nor stop mugging even at inopportune times. But that’s alright. Gabrielle’s hearing range does not extend beyond a four-foot radius, I guess. Same for her vision? Even if she can’t hear what Callisto’s saying, can she not see “Xena’s” face? Read her lips? Notice “the warrior princess” turning the dagger around, shoving it under her own chin, and then holding it there, all the while psycho-grinning at her worst enemy and recent peace-stealer? No? …LOL? 🥲

2.8: Ten Little Warlords 

Ahem, part 2. I’ll just let Xena take over here.

2.9: A Solstice Carol 

For crying out loud! So, dumb-butt Lynal really, truly thought Xena’s chakram was not just an accessory, but an ornament? Makes sense. I know I always go around with my Christmas-tree-topper star hanging on my hip during Christmastime. Particularly when I’m out and about in a decidedly extremely anti-Christmas town. You know, for the funsies. …But, like, even if we excuse the boy’s idiocy like we had to previously^, why did the chakram go along with it? The round-killing thing sliced Xena’s hand when she thought it was a toy. So why didn’t it cut the kid while he was demeaning it with those bows and all? What the? The chakram knows things, okay? Unacceptable, chakram! LOL!

Quick bit surrounding an odd line:

2.10: The Xena Scrolls 

We can’t go a MFLM without mentioning Hope, right? Never! ’Tis tradition to give her a shoutout in these things now! Thus, Xena and I are on the same wavelength again because I said so. ...Dahak did steal Gabrielle’s innocence, goodness, peace, etc., and Gabrielle did abandon them both, after all. Huh! Wouldn’t that be something if Janice really was Hope reincarnated? Perhaps even the cover of a resurrected, immortal Hope? Heh/D’aw/Oh my!

2.11: Here She Comes… Miss Amphipolis 

We finish with a small, albeit obvious chuckle. How did the ladies know their ranking? It comes across as if they both knew beforehand and didn’t. Salmoneus at least seemed certain they didn’t, hence his early banter with Xena. And how great would it have been if he interrupted at least once and was like, “Uh, that’s great, Miss ____, but you aren’t who I was about to call”? heheheheh

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Welp, that’s that. At last! Yeyeyeyeyeyey!

Here go the…

Season 1 FFLMs (2's are^): #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + MFLMs: #1 #2

and

Episodic Ficlets: #1 #1 (Truncated) #2 #3 #4 #4 (Alternate) #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 + Google Doc

Also-also, this is my 299th post, completed almost a week after my 21st mensiversary (fully updated master post). What should I do for my big 300th post? Please send in some ideas ASAP! Thanks, all!

*No, but really. Orpheus must be dead right? If Eurydice passed so long ago, and her widow was still all bitter about it until minutes ago, that heavily implies that he and she were separated all that time. Now they’re together again? …How? Why? Ooh! Totally-aside-also, but did Eve need to exist since Xena was already killing gods years before the girl was ever conceived? Hmm…

[flyingupward]

thoughts on episodes 1-3 ( mostly the second half of ep 1 ) of THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA under the cut. i wrote these as i was watching so some questions obvs got answered but yeah. i’m so happy i loved it so much.

Ep 1

The song kinda slapped ngl

Uriel hiring them cause he liked Trinket is precious af

Krieg foreshadowing

Allura said fuck hell yes

“Dumb brave arsehole” perfect description tbh

Did they just make Krieg/Brimscythe the first battle? Is that who that was?

Ep 2

Honestly they did a really good job showing how fucking terrifying dragons are actually supposed to be

“Allura, you’ve dealt with such creatures in the past.” “Well that was a red dragon years ago” SOBS

“We hid and it flew away” PERCY PLS

THE GUARDS PETTING TRINKET IM LOSING IT

“I NEVER TRUST ANYONE PRETTIER THAN ME” awwww Scanlan

GILMORE IS SO GOOD

THE CONCLAVE RUG ON THE GROUND FUCK

The fulcrum reference lmao

IS THIS A TROLL DICK

The fact it was Raishan’s eye that looked at Keyleth

“What?! We have no best!”

I…. WOULD LIKE TO….. RAAAAAAAGE!!!!

“Oh fuck this day.” Mood Vax XD

The simultaneous Uriel/Allura eye narrow

“Sister, we have a home.” T.T

Why do Sylas and Delilah have to be so hot tho

Okay but seriously they did such a good job as establishing them as fucking idiots who have no idea what they’re doing who then are capable of so much more when they’re together is so emblematic of who Vox Machina are and I love it

Ep 3

I’m already emo with the flashbacks kthnx

Wait did they just have it be Ripley that stabbed Frederick?

“Bad dream?” “Is there any other kind?” :(

SEVEN TO TWO.

“We can’t all be aloof tight asses, De Rolo.”

ALLURA NOT EVEN FLINCHING WHEN THAT DOOR JUST FLEW BY HER

“Hope you didn’t feel the need to bring a housewarming present.” “I didn’t.” I WOULD DIE FOR HER

THAT FUCKING MATT CHARACTER IM?!?!

Poor Percy he’s trying so hard

JENGA!!!!

“And somehow you guys look worse every time we see you” KIMA I LOVE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH

Percy full on dissociating during this dinner

The way fancy!Vax genuinely looks like Liam in the face to me is kinda eerie ngl

SIMON!

Silas not being in the mirror. Vax finding a reference to Vecna in the book. This show is doing its foreshadowing so well.

The amount of bisexual panic they managed to give Vax in 3 episodes is great.

The creepy sounds of Delilah’s magic suit it so well tbh

I TOTALLY FORGOT THAT WAS CRAVEN EDGE AT FIRST

Allura dying of secondhand embarrassment at that dinner is a whole ass mood

The start of No Mercy Percy. Tal plays this so well.

OH THE SOUL IS FORFEIT LINE AND THE DIFFERENT VOICE IS CREEPY AS FUCK

[angrylizardjacket]

heard your name in every love song {Ben Hardy} 2

2. well that was many years ago, how would you see me now I've grown up (given up my video games)

Summary: When you’re fifteen, and your former babysitter’s on TV in one of the UK’s most successful soap operas, and is still decidedly hot, all you can remember is the advice he’d given you, and how he’d let you win when playing videogames.

A/N: 2780 words. ben’s not in this one persay, but we gotta set up y/n as this badass actress, ya know? y/n’s mother is mentioned but that’s it in terms of family. also i dub thee a theater kid. congratulations.

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When you’re fifteen, you have your first kiss on stage with a boy named Andrew; he’s a year older than you, has been in more shows than you, and has a boyfriend, Jamie, though they both seem entirely endeared by you. You buy each other flowers on opening night, after becoming fast friends in rehearsals. 

It’s your first lead role on stage, though you’ve been in a few commercials in past year, and had callbacks for a bit part in two different TV shows that ended up going to someone else. Since expressing interest in pursuing acting as a career, your parents had been nothing but supportive, their only stipulation that you still need to finish high school. So between school and auditions and rehearsals, you don’t have much time for crushes; sure there’s a boy in the ensemble, who you’re pretty sure is named Ashton, with fluffy blonde hair, and eyes that look green at the right angle, but he also lives off of Monster energy drink. He may be pretty, but he’s got the personality of a damp rock.

But he’s not your first kiss, Andrew is.

“You know Ashton’s got three braincells in total, right?” Andrew’s laying on the floor of your dressing room, makeup done, costume half on, watching in the mirror as you apply your foundation, “what do you see in him?”

“Him-” you started, but Andrew groaned loudly.

“Himbos need to respect women, Y/N, Ashton is not a himbo,” though at his exasperation, you can’t help but be amused.

“He’s pretty,” is all you can manage in your own defence, wearing a sheepish little smile, and Andrew wrinkles his nose. His phone goes off and he checks the message.

“Jamie’s almost here,” he told you with a slight smile, and you two share a fond smile. Jamie comes baring iced drinks and you both praise him as your lord and saviour. 

“Do you think Ashton’s cute?” Andrew asks as he’s eating the whipped cream from the top of his iced coffee.

“Is this a test?” Jamie replies, wearing the slightest frown, but Andrew shakes his head.

“Y/N thinks he’s cute, even though he’s always three beats behind -”

“Whether or not he can dance doesn’t effect how he looks!” You argued, and Andrew raised his nose in the air defiantly.

“It does to me,” but then he’s grinning, turning to gaze to Jamie, who’s deliberating and swirling his peach iced tea with a faintly fond smile.

“The blonde one playing the jock?” 

“That’s him,” Andrew confirms, and Jamie hums.

“He looks like acid wash jeans.”

A confused silence follows.

“What does that mean?” You frown, but as Andrew considers it, he comes to agree, “okay, but do you think he’s cute?”

“He’s perfectly conventionally attractive,” Jamie finally settles on, “but not my type.” And he gives Andrew a coy smile, knocking their shoulders together, they’re painfully endearing, but Jamie’s brought up a thought that you hadn’t wanted to consider. 

When had your type become pretty, blonde boys?

Your answer comes less than three days later, on closing night, your mother’s watching TV before she drives you to the theatre. It’s Eastenders, a soap opera you know from your mother’s fanaticism with it, aware only of it’s longevity and it’s sometimes outlandish moments.

“Y/N, come in here a moment,” you mother calls, “they’ve recast Peter.”

“You know I don’t know who that is,” you tell her with gentle exasperation, but obligingly join her in the living room.

“What was the name of your old babysitter?” You mother’s squinting at the screen, watching a pretty blonde boy you think you recognise talking to a girl who you’re pretty sure is one of the leads.

“Maddy?”

“No, the boy who helped out when Maddy wasn’t available,” and you follow your mother’s gaze to the television, heart beating in your throat as you realise why she’s asking.

“Ben -?” You say, as if you haven’t committed his name to your memory.

“Ben!” She announces with a clap, getting to her feet with enthusiasm, “doesn’t the new Peter look remarkably like him?” She asked, getting as close to the TV as possible, looking a little eerie in it’s glow.

“I think that is him,” you say, throat going dry, and your mother goes quiet.

“No,” she says softly with a frown, “you think so? Really?” And you’re already pulling out your phone and checking IMDB.

“Ben Hardy,” you confirmed with a nod, trying not to let it show how much this information had left you shaken. 

“But -” your mother turns to you, “he’s Keith and Ange’s kid; Hardy? That’s not...?” 

“I dunno, mum, maybe he changed his name, but I’m pretty sure it’s the same person.”

“He was always such a lovely kid,” she mused, “you used to love spending time with him,” she sighed wistfully, and you contemplate how long it would take you to just walk to the theater, which you’d much prefer to having to listen to your mother waxing poetic about how successful your first crush had become. But you decide it’s not worth it, and thankfully she doesn’t mention it much in the car. 

“Andy I’m in distress,” you bemoan your costar the moment you step into hair and makeup that night. Andrew struggles not to smile as the makeup assistant is applying his contour. 

“What’s wrong?” He asks after she steps back, and you spin in your chair to face him while the head of the makeup team was collecting everything she’d need for your look.

“I know why I like Ashton,” you admitted, and Andrew raised an eyebrow in silent question. The makeup assistant paused, giving a playful ‘ooh’ to the announcement. As the leads, the pair of you had been called early to make sure you were all ready for the show before the rush of ensemble members were getting into hair and makeup, so you were the only two cast members around, and felt safe discussing this so openly. The crew were old enough to know not to gossip with the cast.

“So it turns out my type is just this one dude who used to babysit me back when I was like, twelve,” you grumble, and turn back to face the mirror at the makeup artist’s insistence.

“And what made you realize this?” Andrew prompted diligently.

“Because I saw him on TV,” you sighed, closing your eyes as your makeup routine began. But there was silence all around, and someone cleared their throat awkwardly.

“Like on the news?” The makeup assistant asked tentatively.

“No, like on Eastenders,” you sighed; they weren’t quite sure if you were joking or not, “he went to my high school, graduated like two years ago.”

“Seriously?!” Andrew marveled, and you confirmed with a heavy sigh, “so why are you distressed?”

“Because I was perfectly happy forgetting about my stupid, twelve-year-old crush on him, but now he’s on my mum’s favourite soap,” and you groaned in defeat, “which I’m now probably going to get invested in; it’s like a celebrity crush but worse.” You paused, “Andy, he let me win at videogames and gave me acting advice; I still think about him sometimes.”

“Yeah,” Andrew agreed, “I don’t usually know my celebrity crushes personally,” it was clear he was both trying to be supportive, and trying not to laugh at the absurdity of it all. 

“It’s going to kill me,” you said with an air of resignation. 

“What’s his name?”

“Ben Hardy,” there was a pause after your words, and the telltale noise of typing on a phone, and then Andrew made a noise of approval.

“He’s mad fit.”

“I know,” you agreed with a whine, to which your costar snorted a laugh.

“You’ll be okay, I promise,” he assured, and clicked his phone off, settling back in his chair as his hat for the show was brought over and pinned in place, “and I can see why you fancy Ashton now.”

“Ashton doesn’t hold a candle to Ben- damn you Eastenders!” You moaned, playing up your distress for the amusement of the others in the room, which you appreciated, but it’s all you said on the topic for the night, though it barely leaves your mind when you’re not on stage.

At the afterparty, you learn that Ashton kisses with too much tongue, and tastes like grape vape, but he compliments your performance in the show and in the moment, that’s all you really care about. It’s a thoroughly underwhelming experience all in all, but it also manages to feel something like a cathartic release.

You come to a realization, several days later, that you’d never thought you’d have; it’s incredibly difficult to watch Eastenders online, legally or illegally it doesn’t matter, because the legal site costs money which you don’t want to spend, and no-one’s put up the entire series illegally. You can find episodes here and there, but they are one-offs from anywhere between 2005 and now, and no-one’s got the newest episodes anyways.

There’s barely an Eastenders fandom online, a thought you’d never imagine having before now, and so you just end up watching it nightly with you mother, when you can. Except as life gets busier and you’re rehearsing for plays and musicals and eventually, shows, and eventually you’re studying for your GSCEs, and you don’t have time for a soap opera you’re only partially invested in.

You get your big break in the Summer before your A-levels when you score a part in Snowpiercer, so you spend several weeks in Prague, and you’re sharing scenes with Captain Fucking America Chris Evans, and Jamie Bell, and Octavia Spencer –

Oh, you realize faintly as you’re getting your makeup done for the day, I’m becoming someone.

You’re at a critical juncture in your life, in your career, one you’re afraid you haven’t earned your way to, especially not so fast. You have two options; step on the breaks and let someone else get the roles and the life you want, or you can commit to the bit, to the life and reputation you’re building for yourself.

Fall back or follow through.

Snowpiercer earns you the title of One to Watch, and by late 2014, you’re halfway through your final school year, you’ve studios asking you to audition left and right.       In the brief Winter break between terms, you’re called in to audition for a project for Sony, but they couldn’t tell you which. You knew it was a superhero movie, but that’s all.

A month later, only a few days into 2015, you wake up to three missed calls from your agent, thousands of Twitter notifications, approximately twenty texts from your friends. Downstairs, your mother was making breakfast and humming along to the radio, which she only did when she was in a fantastic mood.

It takes all your self control to not look at social media, and instead call your agent back.

He’s got two words for you.

“X-Men Apocalypse.”

You scream.

Next, of course, comes Twitter, which is a mix of supportive and unsurprisingly derisive. Your casting is polarizing, mainly because you haven’t been in a lot of films, and a majority of your work had been in theater; you look the part, but people are skeptical of your talent.

Speaking of the part, you’ll be playing Cassidy Temple, also known as Riot Control, who it turns out is a villain. Not the main villain, they’ve got Oscar Isaac playing Apocalypse himself, and holy shit, you’re going to be working with Oscar Isaac, but apparently you’re the second of the Horsemen to be announced.

Riot Control was a villain from an arc of the same name back in the late 90s, though she’d appeared earlier in Apocalypse’s first comic arc under the name Crowd Control, most notable for being the original Pestilence Horseman, who had a relationship with Archangel, the then-Horseman of Death. After Apocalypse’s death, she retained the power he’d imbued her with, and went on to be the first mutant to fuse with a symbiote, Riot, which is how she’d earned the name Riot Control, and ended up killing Havok; it took the whole X-Men team to take her down, and only then thanks to Jean Grey.

You’d never considered yourself playing a villain, but you couldn’t help but be a little thrilled at the prospect. Looking at images of Cassidy, you can’t help but be a little shocked as to how much she looked like you, right down to the shape of her eyes; the resemblance was uncanny.

At least ten of the twenty texts you’d received from your friends were from Jamie and Andrew, cheering for you and already planning a party. A few friends from school were asking if the announcement was really about you, followed by a ton of excited emojis, and Merissa had left the sweetest voice message, telling you how proud she was of you.

This was big. This was talking with your mother about dropping out of school right before your A-levels, this was talking with Sony about hiring a tutor so you could finish your schooling on-set, this was updating your passport and visa and realizing you’re not just a little kid, playing pretend on stage anymore.

Over the next few days, you’re in meetings with your agent and executives from Sony and Marvel, signing contracts, and attending the kind of blow out party Jamie and Andrew had planned.

“Don’t forget us when you’re all famous,” Jamie, a little tipsy and sentimental, clings to you in the early hours of the morning during the party as it’s winding down, and you’re both half-watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the living room of his and Andrew’s little flat.

“I won’t,” you assure him, hugging him tightly back, “I promise.” And he makes a hum of contentment, before announcing that the movie was stupid. It was, but you kind of liked it.

“Jam, don’t hog her!” Merissa announced from the door, and Jamie stuck his tongue out at her; it was a small blessing that your friends from your varying friend groups had managed to get along so well. Merissa crowded you from the other side, squeezing beside you on the sofa and leaning against you, her nose against your cheek.

“I’m gonna miss you guys,” you say into the warm silence of the early hours, and Merissa kisses your cheek in an unspoken ‘we’re gonna miss you too’.

“Nah,” Jamie mused, “you’ll be off partying with your cool famous costar friends –“

“You gotta tell me what it’s like to hang out with Sansa Stark!” Merissa enthused, and your heart leapt into your throat.

“What?”

“Yeah,” Jamie said, as if it were common knowledge, “they announced Sophie Turner was going to be playing a young Phoenix right around the time they announced you,” he paused, frowning, “did you not –“

“I read it, but I never… I didn’t put two and two together.” You admitted, and the news has you reeling.

A few moments later, Andrew comes in from the kitchen to remind Jamie that he has work in the morning, and Jamie tells him that he’ll only go to bed if Andrew takes his place hugging you until the movie’s over. Andrew’s smile widens.

“I think I can manage that,” he agrees, and Jamie stands with a yawn, giving Andrew a kiss before instructing him to not let go. You settle in between Andrew and Merissa, and once the movie’s over, Merissa’s asleep on your shoulder, and Andrew murmurs that he can drive you home if you want. The sun’s almost coming up.

“Can you put on Days of Future Past again?” You ask quietly, sheepish and hopeful in equal measure, and Andrew agrees, and gets you a glass of water, and a blanket. When prompted, Merissa wakes enough so that she can shift on the surprisingly spacious sofa, happy enough to cuddle against you when Andrew tucks the blanket around you both.

“Can’t wait until I’m putting on your DVD –“

“I gave you a copy of Snowpiercer,” you told him, and his expression goes soft.

“True,” he agrees, “but I’ve got a good feeling about this next one,” and you think you know what he means. This is big.

“You’re gonna do great, Y/N, you always do.”

Just over a month later, after your contract had been finalized and you were sent the most up-to-date version of the script, you awoke again to a ton of Twitter notifications, and a single text from Andrew.

The text simply read [👀👀👀] and had a link to a Variety article entitled ‘Ben Hardy joins the cast of Apocalypse’.

[thesomberfest]

Star Wars: Timestamps and Thoughts; The Empire Strikes Back

Salutations to all. Welcome back to my blog thing? Anyways today is the one and only The Empire Strikes Back which I think may be the most iconic Star Wars movie. But, don’t quote me on that. I’m only saying that as someone who has heard about Star Wars movies from the outside and honestly out of all the movies The Empire Strikes Back is the one movie I’ve always heard about; name-wise. I don’t think I know any spoilers about this movie, so we’ll see. I’m new to this and I don’t know what I’m doing so please have mercy and help a sister out, thanks. I have some idea based on what the movie is about based on the name but I’ll just take what Disney Plus tells me. I honestly have nothing to say. Should I start writing predictions before writing the timestamps and writing my reaction if I’m right or wrong based on the last movie I watched. Does that make sense? I can’t think of any other way to word it differently but if it makes sense then okay, let’s continue. This isn’t a prediction but um is this the movie where Luke finds about his parentage? Or is it a bit too early? Am I too early? Oh well. While adding timestamps I thought it would be a cool idea to add a “Favorite Scene” section under my “Final Thoughts” sections, I hope y’all like it.

03/9 Edit: Y’all sorry this is late but tomorrow is my birthday and I decided to not do my schoolwork and instead watch Star Wars and write. Before y’all get any ideas: yes. I am in fact still a minor. thanks. 04/3 edit: I AM SORRY THIS IS LATE I HAVE NO EXCUSE

Movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Release Date: 1980

Summary(?): So obviously the Empire is going to strike back right? And Luke has to find Yoda to learn the ways of the Force? No? Oh and a final show down with Vader? Am I wrong again?

Warning: spoilers (yea no duh bibi) and mild language on my part

Timestamps

00:00:06- 20th Century Fox is here, hello.

00:00:22- the words on the screen have made an appearance

00:01:41- the iconic words have left, bye-bye

00:04:28- Han Solo

00:04:43- It’s Chewie

00:05:04- Ya’ll it’s my queen Leia. She’s looking badder than ever

00:05:22- so the guy we first saw was in fact Luke, whoops.

00:05:40- Han is leaving? What about Leia? Am I missing something?

00:06:00- Okay so I’m convinced that something happened between Han and Leia, right? She looks pissed, he also looks pissed. Uhhh...

00:06:03- Oh shoot, she called out his name and went after him.

00:06:27- the way Leia feels about him? Sexual tension?

00:06:34- does Han want Leia to admit she has feelings for him? Does she have feelings for him?

00:06:42- “Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a good-bye kiss?”- woah there Han

00:06:47- yeah, something did happen. I’m calling it

00:06:53- YES 3PO and R2

00:07:12- Oh shoot, Han doesn’t want to talk to Leia no more

00:07:19- ain’t nobody know where Luke is

00:08:06- aw Han said Luke is his friend. Character development

00:08:36- um is that Luke being hanged upside down?

00:08:47- uh oh, it’s the abominable snowman, let’s uh call him Yeti for short

00:09:00- Lukie-boy that might be a bad idea 

00:09:34- he’s using the Force to get the lightsaber, nice

00:09:40- oh no, the Yeti noticed

00:09:48- he got the Lightsaber yayy

00:09:50- did he just cut off Yeti’s arm???

00:10:00- run forest run

00:10:40- aw R2 :( I want to give them a hug

00:11:58- Leia looks really nervous. Uh-oh

00:12:53- I’m sorry but Chewie wailing/crying a few minutes earlier makes me sad.

00:13:42- omg Yoda? Han found Luke I repeat he found Luke

00:15:16- I wondered where they filmed or if this was effects or something.

00:16:01- are they going to be found? oh I hope so

00:16:13- yay! Found at last!

00:16:35- i’m sorry. is that a man baby???

00:16:48- oh wait was that man baby Luke? Oh god i kinda feel bad now

00:17:02- aww Luke and Han. Their friendship gives me life (junior)

00:17:05- my queen!!!!

00:17:15- ok but seriously what happened between Han and Leia? I know something happened.

00:17:25- I know Han did not just call my boy Chewie a FUZZBALL, please

00:17:31- alone? South passage? was that when Han claimed he was leaving? Her TRUE FEELINGS

00:17:50- why does Luke look sad? Is it... is it because HE HAS FEELINGS FOR HER???

00:17:58- (lets out a female lead in horror movie scream) OH MY GOD. I KNEW A KISS WAS TO HAPPEN BUT SO SOON? AND ON THE MOUTH WITH A PEANUT GALLERY LEIA HAS SOME BALLS. SO IT WAS NOT A PECK LIKE I’D ASSUMED HUH OMG tho I feel bad for Luke ‘cause (i think) she only did it to spite Han also if my math is correct IT WAS FOUR SECONDS LONG. But like is this the only kiss between the two or is there more cause ummm...... AREN’T THEY RELATED? SIBLINGS? TWINS I THINK? *Sweet Home Alabama now playing*

00:18:13- why why does he look so smug? also Han about to kill Luke a man

00:19:14- idk what’s happening

00:19:18- pew pew

00:19:44- THE IMPERIAL MARCH omgg yess... I live for the movies music

00:20:32- oh no, the music ended

00:20:38- wait nvm it’s continuing we stand

00:20:40- breathing problems much?

00:20:52- It’s Darth Vader

00:21:47- wait, didn’t he (Luke) almost die? shouldn’t he like oh I don’t know RESTING?!

00:22:47- have i mentioned that I live for the Imperial March? ‘cause I love it

00:23:39- OH

00:23:51- he really dying in the background huh

00:23:57- so he’s like dead, right?

00:24:02- what’s happening? Are they gonna go against Vader?

00:24:12- what the hell is a stardestroyer?

00:24:44- i’ve been told the dark side has cookies so uh peace out. If you would like to reach me please send me a letter via mail. thanks.

00:25:39- once again shouldn’t Luke be resting???

00:25:53- aww I want those binoculars. Is that what they’re called? Idk but I want one

00:26:05- what the hell are Imperial Walkers?

00:26:27- oh. are those Imperial Walkers? Those robot-looking dogs? omg I thought they were talking about Stormtroopers.

00:26:30- laser beam robot doggies did not hesitate

00:26:40- aw look at Luke being leadership material

00:27:09- wow these walkers are slow huh as to be expected

00:27:50- OH NO DAK bruhh nooo

00:28:09- are those robot dogs really gonna win?

00:28:21- LANDING? You mean Vader isn’t even fighting down there? Is he going to join? Or just find Luke and kidnap him and spill the beans? Or is that just my active imagination running too far?

00:28:39- the music...*beautiful*

00:28:58- tying the feet and tripping the doggies seems to be the moves huh

00:29:15- ooh and face first into the snow. how embarrassing...

00:29:20- I just know someone is losing their job or life like that one dude from before

00:30:18- i like the explosions

00:30:52- while one of the those little planes fall i’m sitting here thinking: most book/movie/tv shows that have the whole two sides thing (good vs bad) there always seems to be a traitor which makes me wonder if the good guys have a traitor? possible plot? idk, we’ll see won’t we?

00:31:18- the way these little doggies walk keep reminding me of some eerie Tim Burton movie and idk whyyy

00:33:04- two robot doggies down one more to go

00:33:25- man I just know someone from the Dark Force is gonna be dead fired

00:34:08- are those stormtroopers? They run funny

00:34:12- Darth Vader!

00:34:45- wait i’m dumb. did Vader invade the building/camp they were hiding at?

00:35:18- what does Vader want exactly? Princess Leia? Luke? the so-called “rebel plans”? What am I missing?

00:35:42- they really said: “peace out”

00:36:30- not regrouping? and what the hell is the Dagobah system?

00:37:30- did two ships just crash?

00:39:10- the music really makes this asteroid field detour awesome

00:40:25- did they--did they just go in a asteroid? Orr..?

00:41:18- and just what the hell is Luke thinking? he putting my baby R2 in distress?

00:42:04- where in the HELL are they?

00:42:21- did my baby R2 just fall in the water? Can he even swim? Is it safe? Is he going to die? Idc how cute Luke is, I will hurt him if 2D dies!

00:42:33- what. how is R2 okay? I thought--

00:42:53- Is that R2 whistling?

00:42:57- oh god, is that Nessie? oh no--

00:43:10- OH MY GOODNESS DID NESSIE JUST EAT MY BABY R2 WHAT THE FUC--

00:43:41- R2 MY BABY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU

00:44:01- YEA LUKE it was a bad idea going there! You put my sweet summer child R2 in danger! He almost got eaten as dinner!

00:44:18- ughhh the music is just AMAZINGGGG

00:44:38- whose brain is that? Is that what’s left of Mr. Anakin Skywalker? ooh now that I think about: what does Darth Vader look behind the helmet? I feel dumb for never thinking about that

00:45:34- hey you leave my man 3PO alone Solo

00:45:46- oh did Leia just fall into Han’s arms? ooh

00:45:56- “Captain, being held by you isn’t quite enough to get me excited” Leia woke up and choose violence 

00:46:56- oh OH Luke is looking for Yoda?

00:47:22- omg it’s YODA

00:47:48- man idk but lighting does wonders for Lukie-babe

00:48:26- is Yoda mocking Luke? ‘Cause I’m here for it

00:48:57- why is Luke lowkey being a pushover?

00:49:09- I KNOW Yoda isn’t hitting my baby R2 with a STICK the disrespect I-

00:49:56- at this point Yoda is just pulling on their legs for kicks and giggles huh

00:51:02- oh? alone? Leia and Han? my oh my

00:51:30- oh so now they hand-holding?

00:51:50- OMG when did they get so close to one another? I’m nervous

00:52:00- KISSING KISSING KISSING I REPEAT LEIA AND HAN ARE KISSING OH MY

00:52:04- ofc it’s 3PO to be the one to interrupt the kiss

00:52:14- oop-- Leia just left the crime scene. She’s going to pretend it never happened isn’t she?

00:53:04- wait. Vader isn’t emperor? Someone else is omg. I’m so dumb eye-

00:53:07- ew his side profile is not so good

00:53:10- the front is even uglier 

00:53:23- “young rebel”? my bby boy Luke?

00:53:25- “offspring of Anakin Skywalker”? wait a damn minute. Isn’t Vader oh idk ANAKIN SKYWALKER? Does that “emperor” guy not know? Or have I been lied to? WHAT AM I MISSING?

00:53:57- does this mean Anakin is considered to be a different person from Vader? I’m confused, someone explain please!

00:54:00- “could be turned”? say like Kylo? *dun dun dun* orr am I thinking too far?

00:54:16- “master”? you mean to tell me that Vader isn’t even the one pulling the strings? how embarrassing...

00:54:34- WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE R2 IN THE COLD RAIN?!

00:56:07- Luke my beauty dumbass just realized that Yoda was with the whole time

00:59:19- What is it?

00:59:29- Mynocks

00:59:35- oh hell no. I’m out

01:01:39- satan works hard but man does Luke work harder

01:01:57- “skinny boys are still the best oh i love when they slam and sweat.”-- Jack Off Jill, Lollirot (jolly good song) this one sentence describes it all :)

01:04:19- idk what’s happening but man does he look good. How long until y’all get tired of me simping over Luke?

01:04:40- wait WAIT THE FINAL SHOWDOWN IS IN THE FOREST? I THOUGHT-- I WAS TOLD--HOLD UP

01:05:01- but like, why it feel fake? Is this a dream? 

01:05:09- OH--[luke just decapitated Vader I-]

01:05:20- wait. it couldn’t have been that easy. This feels wrong-

01:05:29- omg. it’s luke! Wait what does this mean?

01:05:50- when i enter a room I would like the Imperial March to play, thanks.

01:06:26- uh, is that Boba Fett? If not I’m so sorry I’m new.

01:06:52- y’all I have a cofession to make: I have a fear of driving and my mother is forcing me to. How does this relate to the movie? Well, Han is steering the ship(?) so...

01:09:16- titanic part two?

01:10:31- my poor baby luke

01:11:37- luke please don’t give up :(

01:12:32- my man yoda showing up luke huh

01:13:35- uh oh. just like the first guy, he dead too. they’re just dropping like flies huh

01:16:05- and another kiss. a small peck, luke.

01:16:34- so is that Boba Fett or not? someone tell me please.

01:16:38- someone please run my baby R2 a bath

01:16:44-y’all the only time I can do a handstand is when I’m underwater (fun fact: i don’t like the pool)

01:16:51-[R2 is being levitated rn] if he falls and BREAKS into tiny pieces i’m quitting star wars

01:17:28- R2 good, he good “... I saw a city in the clouds.” you mean heaven?

01:17:37- “friends you have there” THEY’RE ALL GOING TO DIE WAIT--

01:19:50- they’ve [leia, han, chewie, 3PO] landed they’re safe, for now (i think)

01:20:25- [chewie replying “gahh!” to han] tell me why I laughed. I actually laughed like Chewie made a joke oh my...

01:20:34- uh oh [some dude just called han a slime(y)]

01:20:49- [they’re hugging now?] oh, wait. so they good now? or is this a joke?

01:22:01- i like the interior design of the building

01:22:49- [3PO gets blown up I think] what the hell just happened? 

01:25:13- he’s not coming back is he? [luke left to save han and leia]

01:26:13- finally. someone save 3PO or what’s left of him also I like leia’s new hairstyle it’s pretty

01:26:44- was 3PO decapitated? dismembered?!

01:26:55- good for chewie to fight for the parts of 3PO hopefully it’s all of his parts

01:27:35- my man 3PO in a box freaking dismembered and Lando out here flirting? 

01:28:30- what the hell? [its vader sitting at the head of the table] wait did Lando say a deal? as in turning in the princess? I--this is all happening so fast

01:28:41- [han and co. are now surrounded by boba fett and troopers] i bet they wished they’d stayed back in their rooms huh

01:30:31- oh so i’m assuming it was a stormtrooper who shot 3PO. what are they doing to han? omg is han being cooked alive?

01:31:33- wait I thought boba fett was a good guy? what the fvck.

01:32:05- what happened to han? mans looks traumatized 

01:32:34- oh leia...

01:34:14- i had also assumed all these years that vader was top boss and now i’m being told about some emperor guy? what 

01:35:18- i don’t understand why does boba fett want with han so bad? it can’t just be money, can it?

01:35:54- oh and another kiss and with an even bigger peanut gallery

01:38:22- what’s gonna happen to han now?

01:40:30- wait, is this where the showdown happens?

01:41:06- why is vader (his breathing) so loud?

01:41:10- OMG red vs. blue lightsaber

01:41:19- so this is it

01:42:01- oh, is lando helping them? does he feel guilty?

01:42:17- [chewie is currently choking the life out of lando] fuck yeah chewie

01:43:14- oh thank god R2 & 3PO have reunited once more

01:43:34- is it too late to save han now?

01:44:01- [back to the showdown, luke just lost his lightsaber] uh--this is why you never get too cocky too early, luke

01:44:27- [luke just flew?!] did he just fly like superman? what

01:44:31- who’s the emperor? I had assumed it was vader but i’m being told it isn’t?????

01:44:56- this showdown is a beautiful fight and those lightsabers are freaking cool 

01:46:15- it’s a beautiful dance and the Imperial March is giving me chills

01:46:32- [vader is throwing random objects at luke] aw that’s cheating. and nobody likes a cheater.

01:46:42- luke just flew out the window oh wait he good, now i think

01:47:12- hold up I just realized that they (han, chewie, leia) put 3PO in a fishnet bag (?) chewie really running around with 3PO like a backpack

01:47:49- [the citizens (?) are running] i’m getting titanic vibes and idk if i like it 

01:49:17- i hate to say it but these stormtroopers have really bad aim.

01:50:26- [vader just cut off luke’s hand] *shock* I-omg. He just did that. But, at the same time, I now understand the ERB Harry Potter v. Luke Skywalker so much more, make sense.

01:51:08- “father”? oh my...

01:51:17- “i am your father” oh my god. people this is not a drill, it happened, it happening uhh---

01:51:28- i feel so bad for luke. he looks like he’s about cry.

01:51:41- probs a bad time but luke’s kinda an ugly crier

01:52:14- [luke just fell & left vader standing] luke really said “i’d rather die”

01:54:04- wait, how does leia know where luke is? this some kind of force thing? maybe twin thing?

01:54:37- oh thank god they found luke

01:58:01- does vader care for luke? I mean probably not a lot since he DID chop off his sons own hand so idk

02:01:58- credits/the end

Final Thoughts? Wow. No yeah, I totally understand why Empire Strikes Back is a loved by all. It was amazing. I understand why it’s so talked about. This movie is beautiful; Leia/Han romance, 3PO and R2 banter, the good action. The soundtrack-THE SOUNDTRACK is SPECTACULAR and I would often fins myself rewinding scenes just to listen to the music. The visuals were so striking and appealing and it really showed during the showdown between luke and vader. 

Favorite Scene? Luke meeting Yoda and not knowing that Yoda was Yoda and every scene that included the Imperial March in the background.

If you have made it this far, thank you. I hope none of you people get tired of me fangirling over the Imperial March whilst simultaneously simping over Luke. Thank you for joining me on my adventure of watching Star Wars for the first time. If there’s any grammar mistakes I apologize. Also I got a cute R2 lego keychain from the lego store. Also if you want leave some comments I’m lowkey lonely. Thank you once again for joining me.

x bibi

[italianeyes]

what are your favorite twilight zone episodes :0

oh hii ok i haven't finished watching it yet but these are my favorite so far (in no particular order (for the most part))! it's gonna be pretty long so i'll continue under the cut 😳

1. and when the sky was opened (s1e11)

truly my favorite twilight zone episode of all time! the plot and characters are very well written (it's based on the short story "disappearing act" by richard matheson) and also the acting is really good too like the emotions are so vibrant and effective and real just wowzers. there's this one part where the look on the guy's face is just so haunting and idk it really sticks with me. also the actors 👀👀👀 i think everyone in the 50s/60s was just really attractive but yeah. also it's #relatable but in a sad way 😔 and it makes me cry so overall 5386464/10 very good highly recommend!

2. mirror image (s1e21)

SUCH a great episode. the directing, the attention to detail, the atmosphere just mkaes it so interesting and thrilling to watch. it made me audibly gasp so much bc it's frightening. also the ending is just. wow. wow. great episode.

3. the after hours (s1e34)

omg hi good cool episode !!!!!! right? wrong!!!!!! the directing in this episode makes it ABSOLUTELY FUCKING TERRIFYING to watch!!!!!!!!!! as if mannequins aren't scary enough on their own. i love the vibe of department stores in the 50s (i really wanna live during that time period!) and the atmosphere that's created is bonechilling and eerie. very very good episode bc it feels like a fever dream and as you will see most of the episodes on this list are ones where it feels like you're losing your mind and i love that. it also does a good job of like putting the audience in the shoes of the main character.

4. perchance to dream (s1e9)

another terrifying episode? more likely than you think. this episode is a WILD RIDE (haha pun) and is the definition of a fever dream. the directing is so so so good and perfectly captures what a nightmare can feel like and it's exhilarating to watch bc it is also extremely terrifying. i once watched it to try to scare myself to sleep so i could have a nightmare just to feel something (it didn't work😔). OH YEAH ALSO THE TWIST AT THE END it spins your head i honestly didn't even see it coming WOW

5. twenty two (s2e17)

another fever dream episode!!!!!!!! so cool the directing is wow and the setting is even more wow and theres so much tension in it and the ending i wasnt expecting it at all! very solid episode perfectly crafted

6. walking distance (s1e5)

this episode made me sob so hard! it's about like growing up and revisiting your childhood and it's so tender and sad but there's a good lesson ig idc. it's #powerful and i thoroughly enjoy it but it's also painful to watch bc it is TOO RELATABLE

7. where is everybody? (s1e1)

genuinely the best pilot episode for any series that i've ever seen. it's so memorable and right off the bat makes the audience feel like they're going insane bc they don't know what the fuck is going on. this episode sets a VERY good precedent for what the rest of the show is gonna look/be like. very good one ! oh yes plot the plot was good and so was the directing but a little anticlimactic i think but whatevs.

8. two (s3e1)

this episode is so <3333333333333333 i think it's a good first episode for s3 bc honestly it gets worse ngl. it seems kinda pointless but the ending is nice and honestly it's pretty much everything i wanna see on a screen like a woman with a gun in an army uniform? are you serious?? sign me up pls 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽

9. nick of time (s2e7)

stereotypical predicting the future type episode but i really like it bc of the vibe. you know it's the 60s where there's diners and jukeboxes and milkshakes! i mean yes we have those things today but it just hits different in this episode just the vibe is chef kiss very very neat and nice and also the couple in it is really attractive. oh yeah i still like the plot tho and like what it means from a human pov like do you let a machine control your life or do you make those decisions by yourself and agree to face the conseqeunces? very neat i think ! it reminds me of the summertime that's the vibe of it i really wanna live during that time period.

10. the purple testament (s1e19)

literally everyone in this episode is SO HOT 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 god. the plot is good too but it's pretty predictable but the concept is really cool and well written and ofc the ending is also predictable but whatever !

11. a hundred yards over the rim (s2e23)

very cool episode i love the whole cowboy / western vibe i know 🤚🏽 those were dangerous and not optimal times ok but seriously the drip and the whole saloons and small town stuff? can we bring that back pls and thank you xoxo but yeah this episode is cool and it has a very empty feel to it and it makes you feel like a stranger i do like it a lot

12. showdown with rance mcgrew (s3e20)

oh i really like this one !! it's one of the only episodes i think that's like comedic on purpose. like the main character (the one in the cowboy hat) is so stupid and the way his character is written is mwah im blowing a kiss to the sky for him as we speak. the plot is alright it's like the redundant time travel so whatevs but i like this one bc it's funny:) i think after s1 the show went downhill bc u can see that they were running out of ideas so yeah. season 1 really had no reason to go that hard but it did!!

13. to serve man (s3e24)

oh yes this episode is short and sweet and gets straight to the point which i really appreciate<3 just the vibe of it is very very good and there's nothing like a great twist to top it all off! solid episode 10/10 also the girl in it is really pretty

14. the night of the meek (s2e11)

this! one!! it is SO sweet and actually has a good ending and it made me cry and it's so pure and happy and nice and christmas and i love christmas and i love this episode

15. judgement night (s1e10)

i love the trope of "one person realizes something is very very wrong in their world and they try to explain it to others but no one believes them making the main character feel like they're going crazy!" i would say this episode is haunting i don't remember like the specifics but i just remember watching it for the first time and just being like speechless and sad. the plot is very nice too and like the thought of eternal terror makes me very uncomfortable which was probs this episodes goal so good job !

essay over xoxo if u made it this far hi here's a hug<3

[abrusfanfics]

The Society: Season 1, Episode 1 Reactions

Because I am a ginormous sucker for Lord-of-the-Flies / Isolated Society universes (shout out to my one true tacky love, Under the Dome), I have decided to type up my genuine moment-by-moment reacts of my first viewing of The Society.

- Theater nerds!!!! Indeed. I see my people and I salute them.

- “I could never do that,” says the blonde chick who is obviously gonna be the leader of the wayward children a la Clarke Griffon (The 100), Season 1.

- Oh damn okay, I’m all for portrayals of female pleasure. Some love triangle shit. Classic.

- Shitty terrible father or foster father for the kid of color. Also (awfully) classic.

- Eerie fuckwit adults making eerie fuckwit decisions through a window. How much you wanna bet one of them is fucking a high schooler?

- “Business as usual” she says, but she definitely wants to warn these kids that Some Shit is about to go down.

- Ye Old Religious Reference and One Smart Jock tropes all rolled into one. I Stan.

- OH MY GOD IT’S WHAT’S HIS FACE FROM SEPARATED AT BIRTH YESSSS I LOVE HIM HELLO SWEETNESS

- A storm. Foreboding.

- So uh who’s driving the busses if they’re supposed to be alone??

- No cell phone services. A true sign of the Millenial Apocalypse.

- Was I the only teenager that had an extensive Emergency Preparedness Plan in the event my life ever turned into a post-apocalyptic novel? Apparently?

- At least they have electricity for now?

- Oh okay they can at least call and text each other. Excellent.

- OH MY GOD UNDER THE DOME GIRL I TOTALLY CALLED IT talk about typecasting

- Annnddddd the obligatory “we’re really alone” party scene.

- IN THE CHURCH NO LESS, I salute you children.

- I better enjoy everyone being happy and alive while I can.

- HEY! This show lets it’s characters say “fuck.” Thank god.

- DAMN little blonde protagonist is about to get her heart broke. In a church. While drunk. I betchu another dark haired dude is gonna sweep her off her feet.

- Look everyone, at least Cassandra is trying to help.

- I love ASL in shows. Omg. 💕

- TALK ABOUT UNDER THE DOME. They’re completely cut off yo. Why not try just walking through the forest tho?

- Oh hey the boy is smart. “An exact replica.” That’s what I was thinking.

- “I’m just gonna send a text and let everyone know how fucked we are.” LOLOLOLOL. You’re a dumbass, but I admire your style kid.

- And cue the riots.

- Why does no one ever recommend IMMEDIATE work details and rations? Ugh.

- OH DANG I STAN LITTLE BLONDE GIRL WE THINK THE SAME. I LOVE YOU ANGEL. “The one that you are right now? You don’t wanna be that one.”

- Oh GOD does Cassandra have diabetes or something?

- Oh shit heart defect. She’s fucked.

- “If this is our new home, then I’ll learn how to take care of you.” Oh my god. He’s precious. He’s gonna die isn’t he?

- Hiking through the woods. Excellent. It’s not gonna get them anywhere obviously. But at least they’re trying.

- Yeah, fuck you and your money, Harry.

- Really? You didn’t see the snake RIGHT THERE?

- Look at Grizz? Is that his name? The nature boy. Look how calm he is. I want Grizz on my team.

- A HOUSE HAS BEEN SET ON FIRE IN EPISODE ONE, god these kids suck. I would not have been this inept in this situation. Nature abhors a vacuum. Someone fill the leader slot ASAP.

- Please let these two religious girls turn out to be lesbians together.

- Seriously, was not one of these kids a lifeguard that learned CPR as a summer job? Jesus Christ.

- LOL this deaf kid is just like.... “I’m just gonna roll with it, it’s fine.”

- Wow. The coin. So intense.

- I Stan two leader sisters. Yes. Get it girls.

- WHAT THE FUCK SOME PSYCHO KID WITH A GUN ALREADY?!?!!! Ugh.

- SHE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HER SISTER I AM SOBBING.

- Kelly, that was a dumb bitch move. Those dudes are violent. What even.

- Nothing like the first body to make the mood somber.

- THE PSYCHO IS DEAF DUDE’S BROTHER?!? Oh my god someone fucking kill him.

- Wow. Excellent overhead shot. Excellent soundtrack.

As predicted, I’m addicted!!!

[mysterylover123]

BNHA Rewatch: Episode 31 “Aftermath of Hero Killer Stain”

mysterylover123

AKA the one with the talking dog

Reporter Lady sure is intrepid. Wonder how much of it she got? Anyway, Tomura’s preoccupation with the media is a little odd here. I guess he just wants lots of publicity to attract new recruits? (Mission success)

OMG Deku, Shoto and Iida in their revealing gowns! (I know, they’re injured. So what. They look good. Especially Deku. He’s too cute)

Woo Deku has nice feet too. (Sorry, I know, serious stuff going on, friendship, yeah, yeah. I’m just easily distracted).

Wha....So the first time people watch this ep, they usually hate this scene and get really mad at Dog Chief here. I see both sides of the argument. Yes, it’s important to regulate superpowers at least a little. On the other hand, Todoroki’s absolutely right.

Well said Shoto. (He’s awfully pissed. DO NOT MESS WITH SHOTO’S FRIENDS).

I still kinda headcanon/fanfic that the truth about this situation is gonna get out some day. Maybe Stain will be like “you bitches think I went down to Endeavor, that FALSE hero!? That’s some bs right there”. 

OMG IT’S TOGA!

HAHA BAKUGOU!. Though stupid hair aside...he actually looks pretty hot in his Jeanist getup. Most of the doofy-looking elements of his costume are gone, so the tight-jeans-tank-top gear gives him kind of a sleek look. Very feline.

Kirishima is worrying about his crush. It gets him in trouble at work. Kirideku feels!

More of Momo’s humiliating internship. (Though actually, Kendo points out that this got them some real exposure, so maybe it wasn’t a total loss.) I’ve noticed that Momo and Kendo are both basically tomboyish; Kendo is officially a tomboy, but Momo is generally pretty disinterested in fashion and has kinda tacky taste in clothes...

Uraraka  was worried about Iida! (and Deku). I wanna find this scene cute, but it’s reminding me of future developments I don’t care for, so let’s just skip to Iida’s Bad News. 

THE INGENIUM THEME AGAIN OMG FEELS! Deku and Iida bond over their effed up hands. See what did I tell you Iida. 

OMG TODOROKI YOU HILARIOUS SOCIALLY AWKWARD BOI.

All Might’s ringtone! LOL LOL. OK, now we enter into what I can only call a conversation of Pure Exposition. Like, seriously, AM and Gran’s VAs do their best to make this dialogue sound like anything other than a long swath of exposition, but it’s really, honestly just like hearing a plot summary.

The gist of it is: Stain’s Ideology will inspire people to join the league, rally behind them as a point of inspiration. Well, he’s not wrong. Cue LOV montage!!!!!

Gran talking about how much Deku admires All Might=aw! (DEKU Y SO CUTE)

Now we have a very clever exposition scene between Giran (whose name I know now because he’s important later) and Some Guy. While there is still expo-speak, it somehow seems perfectly in-character that they’d be acting this way, talking like this. And the video on Stain’s backstory is so real as a way to explain who he is, where he comes from.

Stain is such an eerie parallel with Izuku. That same starting point. Cue Villain montage #2 to close us out!

Episode 31 is...well, it’s ok. it’s the wrapup on the Stain Arc, and setup for future stuff. As a result, in itself it’s just kind of “well that happened”. Still, as always, there’s stuff to love. Small character moments, some sweet scenes with the Stain Trio, and the new LOV members making their debut. It’s impressive how much Horikoshi immediately intrigued people to these villains with their designs alone. 

Next ep: Filler

BKDK CORNER:

Nothing really. This arc is a bit of a BKDK dry spell. Next arc tho...hoo boy. 

BEST GIRL OF THE EP: HIMIKO TOGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RANKER: Fave LOV Members

5. Spinner

4. Twice

3. Dabi

2. Tomura Shigaraki

1. Himiko Toga

[ra-lek]

top 5 mr. robot scenes?

ohh alright yeah lets do this. i love this show to pieces, i love the way it’s shot and put together, love the song and color choices- i’m ready

obviously, mr robot spoilers ahead! please don’t read further if you’re not caught up.

1. season 03 episode 01 - “i fucked society alright.”

- hello yes this scene was fantastic. the perfect introduction as to where elliot stands in this particular season. he’s radiating confidence for the first time in a while and he’s furious- with himself, with the revolution and, now more than ever, with society. i personally thought his entire monologue read like a poetry recital. the pacing rami delivered the speech with was incredibly captivating- and that, compared with the utter chaos around him as he walks down the street, is some high quality stuff!! when he stops in front of the wall memorial in that perfectly symmetrical shot, there’s thunder to put empashis on all people who’ve lost their lives because of fsociety- like a HUGE reality check- and the scene change at the end with a red, dangerous light as elliot says “fuck me”?? i fuckin’ felt all of that.

2. season 03 episode 06 - “does everybody know something i don’t?”

- i don’t think there’s a single show that fits the quote “the higher you rise the harder you fall” than mr robot. not only for the characters, no, but for the viewers especially. throughout the entire episode elliot & mr robot fight over control, it’s intense and it’s frustrating and you can feel how incredibly difficult this is on both of them. we’re lead to focus and put all our faith in elliot here, cheer him on to save this fucking building- so once he did?? it was like a huge sigh of relief- him and mr robot did something TOGETHER and it was so, so satisfying. exCEPT NOPE NOT AT ALL. as elliot pushes through the small group of people and stands in front of that tv, all background noise cuts off completely so the news can come in more clearly; and it’s crushing. when the end credits roll, you can still hear the news- and i absolutely loved that. i loved that i was forced to look at a black screen (basically nothing) as i listened to that devastating report. it made you feel hopeless, which i’m assuming was the intention.

3. season 02 episode 12 - “patient predator”

- or, as it’s more commonly known, the FBI board scene. because FUCK if that wasn’t incredibly executed. but then again, the reveal scenes in mr robot are some next level stuff altogether. the song playing throughout this whole thing, “the moth & the flame”, is great! it’s slow and calm, kinda representative of the python approach dom explains. i loved this scene because it told us hey, the FBI are, in fact, not just dragging behind these mastermind hackers like clueless little flies- but they freaking got them down to a T. the zoom-in on elliot’s eyes on the photo, and then the switch back to darlene like a silent communication between them?? like, they got us huh? gOOD stuff. give that song another listen!

4. season 02 episode 07 - “let’s shake on it”

- the prison reveal scene. this has to be on here because i seriously DID NOT see that coming. the moment krista’s face changed into this sickly pale concern my mind started overheating like oh boy what now. and HO did that buildup deliver!! again, the song choice (sound & color) was incredible- the eerie beginning it has did nothing short of setting the mood right- and after that it’s just incredible camerawork. elliot’s way of “coping with it” had been so hopelessly longing for normality, and it really put a lot of things into perspective! i still can’t believe some nerd on reddit figured this twist out in advance, tho.

5. season 03 episode 08 - “because you said you were sick.”

- okay so ‘don’t delete me’ might be my absolute favorite episode. it was the turning point of the season and it was so, so important. in so many ways. it started off harsh, it had been incredibly hard for elliot to find something to keep holding onto after seeing how deep the rabbithole goes. so as the episode goes on, as he’s spending time with trenton’s brother (brb crying)- aka this annoying little brat who bickers with him every chance he gets, he’s coming to realize that his work isn’t over. in fact, it’s only just starting. and the fact that that WHOLE rush of motivation came from a small, seemingly insignificant act of kindness is SO real. it’s in the little things. my heart broke into so many pieces during that episode but god was it a great one. 10/10 could use a lollipop right now.

dAmn that was a lot longer than i thought it’d be! i’m sorry about literally not being able to shut up about this show. so yo if youre still reading i encourage you to tell me what your favorite scenes were & why, im up for mr robot discussions 24/7

[laissezferre]

the terror (2018), last 3 eps

this is primarily for @corinthes, whom i’ve been yelling at for the past few days bc of this show. it got a bit lengthy and and i doubt you’d enjoy reading this from the chat box. spoilers beware for anyone curious enough.

i feel like episode 8 is the calm before the shitstorm that is ep 9-10 and it certainly has the feel of a filler episode, but i love it nonetheless. people talk! people have lines and are given the time to deliver them! francis and james have this important conversation even before the credits roll and that makes it all the more important. i love this scene; i see what you mean about how it belongs to a stage. it's just two guys having a heartfelt convo, beautifully acted. when the camera goes further and shows them standing apart, right in the middle of the frame, in this vast wasteland, looking at each other and having an understanding--gaawwd.

tobias's delivery of "i would like that very much" was so good! so vulnerable and open and hopeful. even now, he needs validation and it's important that he gets it from francis. and francis--having labeled the ship as a confessor--fills the ships' gap and becomes the confessor for everyone apparently. and at this point, he's reached god-like zen bc seriously he looks so put together after everyone's spilled their guts out to him. til the end, he dispenses "i forgive you" and "you did your best" and "you're a good lad" like pancakes. and he starts calling people by their first name too. and this, coming from a francis crozier who has known to be miserable and disagreeable, is called d e v e l o p m e n t. further on, when tells his lieutenants that if they got sick, he wouldn't leave them either, i thought "yes, i would die for you, i would follow you to hell and back". thank you, jared, for this performance.

i loved the almost-hanging scene too. it's a very looong scene and it's sad how so few shows actually take the time to have their characters talk! i can easily imagine this on a stage, complete with atmospheric smoke and sepia lighting. i knew that letter was gonna bite francis in the ass. i was waiting for it and hickey put down that card in the best time possible. hickey, you are a murdering, mutinous son of a bitch, but i also can't help but admire you.

ep 9 is like one sucker punch after another. god wants you to live, can we sleep, bridal carry, what can i do for you sir--this is... too much. special props tho to goodsir bc he has been through some shit. this show has added so many actors to my watch-for-next-projects list and that includes paul ready. he goes through such a transformation, so filled with hope and optimism and empathy and by the time they ask him to butcher gibson, he just looks so fucking done. we know he's going to die and it won't be by anyone else's hand. i love the part where hickey stabs gibson and they get into a struggle, but it’s less a physical struggle and more a battle of wills. can't believe they brought out the bits of glass from episode xX. his death was so beautifully shot. first, from where he sits still and looks in the direction of the camera while the tent canvass behind him thrashes wildly. that was hauntingly beautiful. then when he cuts his wrists but we can't see his face, only his spasms. and then when he pictures the flowers and shells. that broke me. he was a science man to the death.

i have words for jopson but i will reserve them for ep 10.

francis gave a service for james but they did it alone. ok then! fuck me up some more! this, plus blankly's revelation that he's gonna die soon, chips at francis' state of zen and we see him break a bit. i love how his voice breaks in "why didnt you say aything?!" and then they're laughing and crying at the same time and yeah, there is no toxic masculity in this murderland, just a whole lot of love.

this show like oprah giving out prizes. "you get a monologue! and you get a monologue! and you get a monologue!" and i love it! hodgson and tover are relatively minor characters but they are given time to speak up, and despite their shitty actions, you can't help but empathize. and their breakdowns aren't the same either. goodsir breathes heavily, hodgson is still and haunted, tover hugs himself and shudders, and they all do it so well! how is everyone in this show so good?? jared did mention that most of the cast was theater-trained so i guess that played a part.

i have to tell you that before bingeing the last 3 eps i watched almost all the terror crack videos on youtube, so these last eps were, though still heartbreaking, were also a bit funny for me, in an absurd kind of way. when james fires the rocket, i can hear "rocketman" in the background. when goodsir mixes the poison, i almost yelled "chemistry time!". it's just... i needed to make fun of it or i wouldn't surive the heartbreak. which leads me to:

jopsoooooonnn! the best boi! the goodest boi! the most loyal boi who did no wrong! apart from his death, what's more heartbreaking is that he thought crozier left him. he didn't know that the captain was abducted so he thought he's been deliberately abandoned. his hallucination reduced me to tears. he was probably starving to death and here was all this food but no, he! just! wanted! his! captain! he sees the captain in his best form--well kempt, alert, emphatic--and at the end of it, his captain is turned away from him. fuck me up seven ways to sunday. i desperately want bts pics from this scene bc the eeriness of having a full dining table in the wastes must be jarring.

little doesn't get enough credit, because while he did mess up, his loyalty is also something to be admired. they were hungry and sick and dying--they could very well have just kept on south but he was still insistent to save francis. "you would leave our captain with that devil of a man?" yes, little, you did your best. you deserved to die last.

if tunbaaq is meant to be a metaphor for nature and balance, it's absolutely fitting how it's defeated by lead and chemical poison. ultimately, how we've used technology and industrialization kills the environment--or at least that's how i read it.

i really have to applaud adam nagaitis for his performance here and i do think he deserves top billing as much as the lead cast. by the end of it, he draws as much screen time as crozier and you can even say that he holds the last 2-3 eps together. and you genuinely fucking hate his character. were those really james' boots he was wearing? does that mean they dug him up and looted him? that unforgiveable swine, may he rot in hell, but gawwd adam pulled it off well.

i've been debating with myself if it was kinder and more poetic to have crozier die at the end so that he wouldn't have to grieve or go through survivor's guilt, but for my own mental health, i'm glad he survived. it's a small mercy but i'm glad he got to live. i'm glad he got to see what happened to his men, that he saw jopson one final time, and little too. his survival also sends the message that the one most willing to adapt (and respect the culture) will survive. he tries to follow silna but stops when the chief says "it's just how we do things". he understands and he lets it go. he learns the language and the way of life--and he lives.

i've watched featurettes and interviews for this series and from there you can really see that this show was a labor of love. it was a product of collaboration, research, open-mindedness, and a solid cast and crew. you can have all the special effects, all the expensive costumes, but at the core of it, what makes a good story is Dialogue. i can honestly say that it's one of the best scripts this decade has ever produced. the showrunners set out to tell a story and they did it to the best of their ability. i'll be coming back to this series for the next few months and rewatching it many times over.

thank u, thank u, thank u for introducing this to me. now come yell at me back

[the-taintedtruth]

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 trailer - a frame by frame analysis (long post)

First of all the song is eerie as f

The school is going to be a big factor again

Clay is still pretty mopey and looks exactly the same (but the cut on his head has finally fucking healed thank GOD)

And he is possibly being threatened by dickhead Bryce who shouldn’t even still be walking around school!!!!!!!!!!! get the f out

Someone got pretty snap happy with their new Fujifilm mini. Polaroids are the new tapes, watch this space

Something tells me we’re not gonna find out who the other one is/ones are until the last episode and I’m gonna be calling in sick to work to find out immediately

Hannah’s sticking around in flashbacks and in Clay’s head (obvs cus how else can she lol). Oh and her hair grew back

I love these two together even if it’s all PRETEND

This pair are possibly working together like child detectives so everyone better fucking watch out. And Tony’s still rocking that leather jacket, you go girl

Almost forgot about this guy

What is this????? I don’t remember a letter in S1 except for the one Zach didn’t throw away, but why would Tony have it and why would he burn it? hmmmmm

“Who would believe a drunk slut” erm me actually????? I got u Jessica

Who’s this idiot living with now, he should be in jail too

Jessica’s made new friends (probs for the best)

Who the fuck is this imposter, I’m done with him already

Clay is losing it and clearly needs some therapy

What’s this and who is Picasso????

Lol just Ryan. Fuck off Ryan with your shit drawing

Tyler is still being pushed the fuck around yawn

More Polaroids. The photographer must be rich, do you have any idea how much film costs for those things

Also this is Clay, Sheri and who????? maybs Justin but why

Clay is done with ur shit Sheri

HE. So the Polaroid snapper is a he????? interesting

Justin seriously needs a shower, he used to be kinda cute :(

Someone’s whacked Bryce, congrats whoever you are

Also he says “we’re all in this together now”. REALLY who made u king of the world

Ok then Zach, traitor

HEREEEE he fucking is. Someone tell me he ain’t still a counselor

Sheri got a makeover and looks like she should be in Bratz the movie

I hate this motherfucker

Jess also had a makeover, lovin the hair

“This is proof of who they all are” i swear if this season focuses on a bunch of newbies who had fuck all to do with the tapes ill lose my shit

Possibly the door to Bryce’s pool house?????

Who’s dis running with Tyler

Omg no someone save my baby Clay!!!!!!!

However it looks like they’re doing this in the boys locker room at school and thats just stupid someone could easily walk in

Feel like Montgomery is gonna be a big part of the cast in S2 and i’m not sure how I feel about that. (He is cute tho)

Aw jess its all gonna be FINE

YESSSSS its what he deserves

“STOP THE SPIN” what does that even mean........

Momma baker got a new hair cut and its gross but i am excited to see daddy baker he was super cute

Now THIS is exciting, love a courtroom drama. he’s obvs gonna lie his fat ass off tho

U cant tell but Tony is shaking his head here like “youre a right piece of lying shit bryce ill run u over with my sweet mustang”

I’m 100% certain teachers cant do this to students but im FINE WITH IT

So Justin finally took a shower and looks pretty dapper here

“YOU TALK YOU DIE” whatttttt who did this????!!!!!!!!

(Also the music vamps up here and i live for it)

Angry clay getting angry slamming doors when im pretty sure his mom always tells him to leave it open

This is like the worst squad ever

Ffs who is THIS!!!!! I zoomed and think it’s a female but dont quote me

And who is this with Clay, he looks sketchy as f

Baseball is the new basketball

Who who who!!!!!! i need answerssssssss

Ugh bryce is such a gremlin get OFF HER

Tony getting ready to do serious damage

Possibly to ex bf Ryan?????

GOOD you should be crying (also get some new sweaters)

I don’t trust this bitch already

Clay and who???? And WHY put that down clay you’re like 10

Like seriously he cant ride a bike but he’s popping bullets?

Looks like Clay’s been beaten up AGAIN. seriously where are your parents (no for real where are they, i really like his mom)

Justin working with Clay??????

Feel like this scene is gonna leave me SHOOOOK. The way he says “no one’s gonna get justice for her” tears into my actual soul

Seriously clay put it down, who do u think u are

Oh my sweet angel. This breaks my heart every time, you should be resting in peace baby

IS THIS BRYCE TAKING THE PHOTOS

This makes me super uncomfortable but i enjoy her top

Detective Olivia Baker has had enough of your shit, ready for justice

Totally forgot about some of these people - Skye, ALEX, Pratters, COURTNEY!!!! where u at bitch

Someone fucked up Baker Drugs omg

I’m loving this friendship for some reason?????

More baseball ugh (also I don’t recognise anyone here and its making me sad WHERES THE ORIGINAL CLAN)

There they are lol and UGH there she is!!! And hold the fucking phone----- IS THAT ALEX????????? YAY HE’S ALIVE AND WITH NEW HAIR

Also this looks like they’re in a police station omg whos confessed to what

Who are u GET JESSICA’S UNIFORM OFF

This was super hard to screenshot, it could be Ryan and Tony but I dont think so

***Updated: It’s possibly Tyler and a newbie or two newbies

Looks like Bryce is getting an award for some sports shit again even though he’s raped half the people watching, no big deal

(Fun fact - his mom is Brenda Strong who played Mary Alice Young in Desperate Housewives and thats exciting to me. But anyway)

Tony punching Monty. I approve

What’s jessica running after!!!!

Ok this is a shit screenshot but it’s someone falling off their bike. it’s gonna be clay let’s be honest

AWWWWWW KISS HER

Or just scream in her face, whatever suits u xxxxxx

NOT LONG GUYS

[mycasandstarrs]

SPN 4x07: “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester”

I absolutely fucking love this episode, as you’re about to see.

Our future female Crowley, currently a housewife.

The husband sneaks in a candy after the wife leaves...thus leading to one of the more gruesome things this show has ever done. Jesus H. Christ, I can barely look.

RIP Luke.

2 razors on the floor, 1 in his stomach and 1 stuck in his throat. e u g h

Hexbag

I enjoy moments on the show where the person being interrogated points out just how absurd and out of place some of the questions the brothers ask are.

Dean’s snacking on candy.

How can Sam casually inspect a charred baby bone???

“He was so vanilla, he made vanilla seem spicy.” I love that line so much.

Oh honey, you don’t have to impress him!!

And now we have the second seriously disturbing death of the episode.

RIP Jenny.

Watch yourself, Dean.

Agent Seger.

Another hexbag.

Sam’s figured it out.

Samhain.

Dean always has to pepper in little jokes.

That’s so much candy, oh my goodness Dean.

Tracy is the connection between the victims.

AKA a witch, our MOTE.

Dean fantasizing about being a cheerleader. Oh hon.

Wow, Dean is beautiful. Look at ‘em freckles!

lmao the bong.

Don Harding.

Agents Geddy and Lee.

He really acts and talks like a teacher.

Oh, is it about to happen??

Wait, first the astronaut.

I love how Sam tried to give the kid candy but that good gesture got immediately shut down by Dean.

Astronaut’s mean mug and Dean’s reaction, lmaoo.

OOOOHHHH IT’S HAPPENING

SAM’S EYES JUST LIGHT UP WHEN HE HEARS IT’S CASTIEL

HE LOOKS SO HAPPY TO MEET CAS.

SAM’S SO FUCKING CUTE.

And then it’s gone once Cas mentions the “extracurricular activities” (which make me wonder if he was including the consuming of demon blood. It would give “the boy with the demon blood” a double meaning.)

Sam tries to participate in this conversation, but once its Dean and Cas talking to each other, it’s just them. They talk like they’re the only ones in the room, it’s mesmerizing.

Uriel. A “specialist.”

(Ok, scheduled commercial break, which gives me a good moment to type this thought out: Cas and Uriel’s true orders were to follow Dean’s lead. Knowing this gives such an interesting layer to this scene, to the way Cas talks to Dean. Hell, he looked so reluctant introducing Uriel because he knows what he’s capable of, and the thought of Uriel using his “special skills” bothers him.)

“purified a city” ugh noo

Sam looks so disillusioned.

Cas taking a step closer to Dean. Hot damn.

This is eye fucking. What they’re doing is a prime, perfect example of eye fucking.

But I swear to you, I can see Cas silently pleading with Dean to save the town.

Yep, Sam’s idea of angels comes crashing down.

“We don’t have a choice.”

“Of course you have a choice. What, you never questioned a crap order? What are you both, just a couple of hammers?”

The very beginning of Dean’s influence on Cas.

Yeah Dean, he’s questioning this one right freaking now.

Cas pulling a John card. Ouch.

Dean plants his foot: he and Sam are saving this town whether they like it or not...

(x)

Except Cas loves it, he looks relieved!

(x)

Dean standing up to Uriel. How fucking awesome is he.

Revenge of the Astronaut.

No, it’s not “nothing.” Let it out, Sammy.

Dean has always encouraged and supported Sam’s faith, even when he doesn’t have much himself.

Don’s in on this rising of Samhain business.

Our first Cas scene without Dean. On first viewing, I was really excited because it indicated to me that Cas was going to develop more as a character, which meant that we’d be seeing more of him.

“You know our true orders. Are you prepared to disobey?” No, but you will one day!

Our almost third sacrifice Tracy.

RIP Don

She’s monologuing.

Sam’s on the spot plan.

Samhain has risen

RIP Tracy.

Sam’s plan worked!

You should be thanking him, Dean!

To the cemetery!

“So the demon’s pretty powerful...” Nice conversation starter.

3 episodes after Sam declared he was done using his powers, he’s suggesting to use them....Sam.

ooohhh noooo

But also, who would have a party at a cemetery like this????

RIP Justin.

Sam and Dan arrive. Sam goes off to fight Samhain alone (*sighs in exasperation*) Dean saves the kids and fights zombies.

What an eerie parallel to “Lucifer Rising.”

Sam being confident af about being immune to the demon gun ray stuff. I guess I would be too.

“zombie ghost orgy” lmao

Damn, it seems as tho the knife would’ve worked out fine.

...but no.

gooooddd that moment when Sam sees Dean.

Are Sam’s eyes black???

RIP Samhain.

The sad, lost puppy look in Sam’s eyes... versus the disappointment in Dean’s.

I can only imagine the silent treatment Sam got after that.

Sam experiences being startled by the sudden and silent appearance of an angel.

I mean, yeah, I understood why Sam had to use his power...but it’s still disappointing and sad tho.

Sam tries standing up to Uriel like Dean did, but Sam is much more visibly scared.

Fucking Uriel throws Dean under the bus.

Sam also experiences being told vague things by an angel, only to have that angel vanish in a second the moment he tries to get a clear answer.

Cas and Dean moment!! Probably one of the most important ones of their relationship.

Dean made Cas laugh! Well...chuckle.

This had to have been the moment when Cas realized just how special Dean was.

“These people, they’re all my father’s creations. They’re works of art.” Thanks, Cas. :’)

“I’m not a...hammer as you say. I have questions, I have doubts. I don’t know what is right and what is wrong anymore.”

You know what? Dean still hasn’t told another living soul about this conversation. :’)

Goddamn, do I love some Destiel.

[sunriseinorbit]

bnha s2 soundtrack musings

can i just say this is the only thing i’ve been listening to since it came out last week and i have geeked out so much because it’s so. good. and it’s probably my number one favorite anime soundtrack now. oops.

also sorry for any random music theory jargon as well as gratuitous caps lock

jet set run does the yuki hayashi string thing™ and i’ve heard the yuki hayashi string thing™ so many times but i am honestly here for it

and jet set run changes the you say run melody a little and it’s so!! good!!!

there are so many soft piano tracks this season!! i am living

SOFT YOU SAY RUN??? TWICE??? I”M GONNA DIE @YUKI HAYASHI

also soft all might theme my heart

kouteshiku to chi te “tomo” to yomu (it’s labeled wrong on youtube i cri) reminds me a lot of haguruma from haikyuu it’s so cute

can u believe there’s a song called “weeeee are fu*kin super star!!” on the boku no hero academia soundtrack because i can’t i was shook the first time i heard it

DURING THE SPORTS FESTIVAL. THERE ARE CHILDREN.

endeavor’s theme is actually catchy and i hate that i like it so much

i don’t know where honki de tatakitsubusu shozon plays besides when iida and ojiro fight power loader but the orchestra hits are so so good and the little trills around 1:03 make my heart race

it really reminds me of protest from cytus but better imo

this song is really sweet and cute and i’m a sucker for string swells and key changes SO

shougaibutsu kyousou reminds me of mario boss music it’s so bouncy and tHAT TRUMPET 

also multiple key changes!!

please listen to kibasen all the way through you won’t regret it

that compound meter’s got me feeling some kind of way

i didn’t know i needed all might at disneyland but now i have it 

it just makes you feel all happy and warm inside

i want a hug from all might

remember this banger from season 1? yeah it got an upgrade

i’m gonna cry @these lyrics

the beginning of this song reminds me of something from bungou stray dogs and then it gets a m a z i n g

the song that plays in the shinsou fight is really eerie and i love it

there’s also this and idk if it’s associated with shinsou or not but it’s also creepy

i was talking about how yuki hayashi combines all his styles of anime music for this soundtrack, well this is a track straight out of haikyuu and it works so well

soredemo sara ni mukou e has an AUDIBLE VIOLA PART and the build? kills me every time

remember this banger from season 1? yeah it got an upgrade

i love the slower tempo tbh it W O R K S

also they added lyrics to these tracks and i am dead

sanmittai is one of my favorite tracks on the entire ost, specifically the one beat of silence at 1:57

tsune ni toppu wo nerau mono is also a favorite

if you want to kill me, just play me something with a good compound meter

seriously you can think of the melody at 0:48 in a slow three or a quick three and it’s good either way

this one was also so memorable i just remember it from when bakugou beat todoroki aaaaa

kyoui ga ikuzo (not watashi no ikuzo as it says in the video, that’s a different song) is so suspenseful i die

THOSE ARPEGGIOS THO

tomodachigokko ja irarenai reminds me of something from a video game cutscene leading up to the final boss

YUKI HAYASHI USED E FLAT MINOR, KILLING ME INSTANTLY

there’s more to talk about with katakiuchi later but god i love that chord progression

i, a known todoroki stan, l o v e the piano in hidari wa zettai tsukawanee and how it works with the guitar later on in the song and how ambient the whole song is but there’s also more to say about it later

it’s also one of the only tracks i could easily translate so the first time i listened to it i knew exactly what i was getting into

i saved the best tracks for last whoops

I LOVE MINAGIRU CHIKARA

IT HAS THE YUKI HAYASHI STRINGS AND THE YUKI HAYASHI HORNS

IT HAS A VIOLA PART THAT DOES THE THING YOU SAY RUN DOES WHERE THE VIOLAS START THE OSTINATO AND THEN THE VIOLINS DOUBLE IT AN OCTAVE HIGHER

the triplets at 0:40 are my favorite part of the song

THE TRUMPET AT 1:28 YESSS

if bakusatsuou was the track that encompassed the haikyuu style of yuki hayashi music, ingenium is the track that reminds me that yuki hayashi did my favorite anime soundtrack of all time until this came out, death parade

if you listen to both this and katakiuchi, you’ll notice that iida has his own character motif!!! i love yuki hayashi

i’m going to go on about kimi no chikara for a long time because it was my favorite track when i first heard it in the anime it was my favorite track when i first listened to the ost and it’s still my favorite track now

seriously when i first watched the episode i was fooling around with the triplet thing and the chord progression on my piano within an hour of watching it 

it really helps that episode 23 and 29 are my favorite episodes hehehe

when i was listening to the soundtrack for the first time i was just going through trying to see if i recognized anything and i actually gasped when this song came on I LOVE IT SO MUCH

the tension at the beginning before the percussion comes in is I N C R E D I B L E

BUT I DIDN’T NOTICE THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS SONG UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO WHICH INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS POST IN THE FIRST PLACE i’m going to sound very stupid for only realizing this now

i was driving home from my piano lesson, listening to this in my car (alone of course lmao) and i’ve listened to it about a hundred times at this point and the violin melody came on at around 1:14 in the song and I REALIZED

THAT’S RIGHT

THAT’S THE SAME MELODY FROM HIDARI WA ZETTAI TSUKAWANEE

THAT’S TODOROKI’S CHARACTER MOTIF

i had a lot of feelings in my car that night

yuki hayashi is a musical genius and i love him so very much and he’s one of my biggest inspirations as a composer and i love him so very much thank you for your time

[bucky-take-the-wheel]

Oh, That’s Just Bucky Part 1

AN: I’M SO SORRY. I haven’t written anything in ages and when I do it’s none of your requests :( This one was purely selfish, but the only thing that I’ve been able to write in a long time. So, selfish writing is better than no writing I guess? This is a fanfiction blog after all, so here’s some Demon!Bucky and Hemophobe!Steve. This is based off this Tumblr post. I saw it and instantly thought STUCKY! And I did promise some stucky for you guys soooo ta-da~!

Summary: Steve Rogers is in a shitty relationship with a shitty guy. However, things take a turn for the weird when Steve moves into a new apartment that isn’t as empty as he thought. Little does he know that there’s actually a pretty helpful demon living there too. It’s just the way he delivers his messages that bothers Steve. 

Pairing: Steve x Bucky

Warnings: Shitty boyfriends, hints at past abuse, seriously just a hint tho

Not my gif!

It was just like any other night at Steve Roger’s apartment. He was curled up on one side of the couch while his boyfriend, Chad, was on the complete opposite end texting rapidly on his iPhone. Steve let out a sigh and snuggled deeper into his blanket burrito. Earlier he was so excited to show his boyfriend his favorite series, Supernatural. However, as soon as the pilot episode started Chad had brushed it off and immediately whipped out his phone and zoned out. He was also going to tell him some exciting news, but that feeling had deflated like a balloon. The smaller blonde had kept glancing at the man still absorbed on his phone. Finally, Chad quickly gave him a sharp look and said, “What!?”

“I was going to tell you something, but you were busy.” Steve flinched. He tried to make himself smaller into the couch even though Chad was well muscled and could easily overpower him. God knows he’s done it before.

“God, just spit it out already then.” he snapped finally setting the phone down in his lap.

“I-I found a new apartment. Brooklyn, two bedrooms one bath. Thought you should know, and I could use some help moving in.” Steve said nervously fiddling his fingers under the covers. Chad just scoffed and rolled his eyes before going back to his social media or texting or whatever the hell he did on that thing.

“Can’t, got a lunch get together with the guys from the team.” he said. Steve didn’t question it, even though he never told him when he was moving in or the fact that it took more than one afternoon to get everything inside.

“Oh.” was all he said. They sat in silence once more until Chad deemed it appropriate to leave with a bored “bye” thrown carelessly in Steve’s direction.

“Where the fuck did you pick him up at again? Cuz I’m pretty sure it was the deepest pits of hell.” Natasha said throwing the last box into Steve’s new bedroom with a huff.

“At some party in college, so yeah, I guess it was hell.” Steve chuckled. He had skimmed over the basics in a text to his best friend and asked her to help him move in the week after. It wasn’t until today that she got the full story between wheezes and gasps going up and down the stairs with boxes of Steve’s things. The apartment building was old and wasn’t the best, but Steve was ecstatic to find one with an extra room that let in so much light. He looked forward to drawing in the closest thing he had to a studio.

“You should really just kick his ass to the curb, Steve. Or else I might do it for you.” she said clapping a hand on his shoulder. He smiled and shook his head.

“Nat, look at me. Do I really look like a guy that would have men and women throwing themselves at my feet? No, so Chad is really the best thing I’ve got going for me right now.” he tried not to cringe at his own words. He was barely a hundred pounds and had too many health problems to count on two hands. He was a small, weak artist with the body of a 95 year old. Not to mention having a phobia that was stupid as hell and prevented him from going into the medical field like his mom, Sarah. There was no way in hell anybody would be interested in him.

“I hope you know just how stupid that shit sounds. You know you deserve better. Hell, you have a degree from NYU and your art is the best I’ve ever seen. You have so much talent and so much to give and you’re letting that asshole drag you down.” she said pulling him into a tight hug. It was rare for Natasha to get this emotional, and Steve had to swallow hard and take a deep breath to keep his tears at bay.

“I’m going to go and get us some sandwiches from the shop down the street. Any preferences, Stevie?” she asked stepping away and smiling down at him. It was easier to just change the subject when they got that serious. Steve smiled gratefully and ran a hand through his mop of blond hair.

“Roast beef on rye with some BBQ chips, please.” he said. She nodded and headed for the front door.

“Be right back, Stevie. Don’t break anything while I’m gone!” Nat said before slamming the door. And just like that, the apartment was quiet and eerie. Steve decided to wander around the space and check it out again. He’d rushed through with the realtor and accepted it in a hurry since he had to meet his client for a commission work he’d done for them. The dealbreaker was of course the studio he was going to get. So this was kinda his first time really looking at the place.

The living room was connected to the kitchen, and the bathroom and two bedrooms were down a short hallway from the kitchen. The living room had a surprisingly huge window that looked out onto the street. Steve wandered back into the bedroom that would be his once he unpacked. The only thing in there at the moment was a mattress and a lamp stacked on some of his favorite novels. It would take a bit for him and Natasha to get his dressers and such inside since he couldn’t afford to pay movers to do it.  

He checked out the small bathroom across from his bedroom next. It held the basics and that was about it. Toilet, single sink with a medicine cabinet and mirror, and a bathtub and shower. It was tinged with yellow, but he expected that due to the age of the place. Steve made his way over into the second bedroom and smiled at the surprisingly spacious room with a huge window that also looked onto the street. This was the perfect room for a studio. He would have to go out and get some bigger canvases now that he had room for them.

Once he was done checking out all the rooms Steve began ripping open boxes. He wanted to get a head start and get as much done as he could to get the place feeling like home. It was drafty as hell in there and still had the unsettling feel to it. Steve quickly began setting up all the knick knacks and photo frames on the built in shelves on the walls that he assumed were left by previous tenants. Without realizing it, he began humming an old tune. One he had heard playing endlessly on his grandma’s record player.

The unsettling feeling gradually became stronger as he worked. Steve tried to shake it off and concentrate even harder on what he was doing, but the feeling was suffocating. Suddenly, as he was placing a small vase on the shelf, he saw a reflection move in the glass of one of the photo frames. He whipped around then, his heart beating wildly as he held the vase to his chest. The thing that was standing, no floating, across the room from him was just pure black smoke. It was in the shape of a man, but it had no features. Shadow figure his brain whispered to him from distant memories of ghost shows.

By then his heart had completely stopped and there was no breath in his lungs. The uneasy feeling was now terror and it was choking him. At the same time the ceramic slid from his fingers and smashed onto the floor, Natasha walked in and with the sweep of the door the black mass and feeling dissipated in front of his eyes. He blinked once, twice, three times and finally inhaled a ragged breath. The thing was gone, and all that stood there was a confused looking Nat with a bag of food in the doorway.

“What the hell did I say about breaking things, Rogers?”

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Part 2

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[monkey-network]

Mini Stuff of Good: 2019 2nd Quarter

We’re doing a lightning round of anything up to this point, no holds barred! 3. 2.. 1...

One Punch Man 2

The story certainly made up the utter downgrade of its animation. If anything, I’d seriously stick with the manga if we’re talking good spectacle. (Grade: C+)

Care Bears: Unlock the Magic

I can say this is Turner’s answer to Hasbro’s My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic. The look of it is a plus and the episodes are on the same level of quality as MLP, but I had my doubts that this would get the same level of traction, especially since it’s Boomerang. It’s not bad, just not much to write home about. (Grade: C)

Uglydolls

An upbeat movie that I say didn’t deserve the disdain it received. Like yeah, it’s pretty by the numbers, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t entertaining in the slightest, and surprisingly heavy in its racial undertones if you’d believe me. (Grade: B-)

Avengers Endgame

Was certainly conclusive and fun, but inferior compared to Infinity War, especially when it unfortunately has to undo everything that happened in that movie. Not as many good memes from this as the interchangeable Thanos snap meme. (Grade: B)

Tuca & Bertie

Honestly a fun series that makes its cancellation just depressing to hear. The duo themselves made every episode enjoyable and while I wish certain plot points could’ve been better, the overall story arc with our MC’s friendship was very investing. In the least, the season ended on a good, optimistic note. (Grade: A-)

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

Essentially the Adventures of Puss in Boots, anime edition. Not to say that’s a bad thing, because there are plenty of differences, but come on, the similarities between the two leads and the premise are eeriely similar. As such, it gets the same grade (Grade: B+)

Shazam

A DC comic book movie that actually tries to be a comic book movie. Bonus points for the director being one that mostly made horror movies. (Grade: A-)

Scooby Doo and Guess Who?

Scooby Doo and self humor doesn’t sit well with me since the fun came in taking its campy nature straightfaced while having some good sitcom laughs, i.e. Monsters Unleashed, Mystery Incorporated, or Be Cool, Scooby Doo. The celebrity guests are almost always a highlight, but they also admittedly take away from the characters we’re meant to see. (Grade: B-)

Archer 1999

Finally, a season of Archer that has everyone together doing space adventures, and it’s not the final season! (Grade: B+)

Dick Pikachu

Lovely to look at, not so much in remembering it. It has the same grade I gave the game it’s based on. (Grade: C+)

Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband

The most perfect yakuza based slice of life comic around. (Grade: S)

Burning Effect

I honestly haven’t seen a webcomic that went this hard before. It’s like Bakugo from My Hero Academia went into every character design and impacting visual, with a story and premise that gradually makes sense the more you carry on and a female lead that is a upcoming warrior in every sense. (Grade: A)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

There’s a Youtube channel that reviews this show episode by episode and I found them more insightful and entertaining than this series. A shame since I like the original She-Ra and I was hoping for a good series about princesses fighting. But this series was slog to get through and it doesn’t help that my attachment to most of the characters has fizzled out. Season 3 certainly picked things up, but it shouldn’t have took this long to pick things up. (Grade: C+)

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Just as good as the first one, if not better, which I bet many who reviewed this will probably say otherwise. The scene near the end is honestly cemented in my mind, it just worked. (Grade: B-)

SMG4, The Anime Arc

This definitely fun. A middling 1st half, but things definitely pick up in the 2nd half. There are some contrivances and conveniences, but man was that the most engaged I’ve ever been with this Youtube series overall. (Grade: B+)

Aladdin (2019)

Oh wow, another remake that pales in comparison to the original. A takeaway from all this is Disney needs to hire directors that aren’t boring. (Grade: D+)

MIB: International

Oh wow, it’s Jurassic World: Men In Black edition with two great actors that are heavily underutilized in it. Where’s Taika when you need him? (Grade: C-)

Lion King (2019)

Oh wow, a remake that doesn’t understand why the original worked. This here was honestly the final straw for me as I am distancing myself from these remakes because unless one actually looks and feels appealing, my sensible bias towards them will never change. I feel annoyed that I DON’T know what people see in these. (Grade: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!)

DC Super Hero Girls

Honestly what I wanted Nu She-Ra to be, better animated, better characterized, and reminds me of the new Ninja Turtles series with how it is setting things up. As a DC fan, I am more than impressed. (Grade: A)

X-Men, Dark Phoenix

They honestly weren’t trying and this movie resulted in me getting Ligma. (Grade: D+)

Our Cartoon President

We had our laughs a couple years ago, but let’s be real. Trump is a dried up meme and there was no reason for a 2nd season of this. (Grade: F+)

Final Space

Season 2 has its hits and misses but I am very much enjoying this series still. The latest episode deep down made me wish it didn’t try to make things drama heavy for the previous episodes, like it’s trying to recapture the sharp turn that was season one’s episode six. Needless to say, they’re certainly keeping the momentum going for this series and I’m all for it. (Grade: B+)

Aero (Comic series)

Imagine if Nejire from My Hero Academia was a Marvel superhero. The dialogue and writing is generic and simple, but you not only get a nice grasp of our heroine but this is one of the first anime looking Marvel comics that looks incredible. This really stood out at my comic shop and I am very intrigued to see more of this character and this artwork. (Grade: B)

Infinity Train

Very compelling, nicely visualized, and the 10 episode work to a good strength of pacing. Though I will be honest, One-One wasn’t a character that stood out to me, I dunno, I felt distant towards him compared to the other characters. But I enjoyed this no doubt and I’m glad there is more to come. (Grade: ???)

Twelve Forever

This is one of those rare shows where I’ll gladly say it’s good but not entertaining. As much as I enjoy randomness every now and then, I felt bored watching it. The Butt Witch was the saving grace, immediately being my favorite character, but she wasn’t enough to make me keep going. I’ll give it a good grade tho with the effort they put into everything. (Grade: B)

Rocko’s Modern Life, Static Cling

I already reviewed this before, but I honestly considered this a great comeback to a very nostalgic and influential show. (Grade: A)

Meta Runner

A new series with surprisingly good pacing and a empathetically great main character. The dialogue can be give and take, with a villain that’s honestly too evil for his own good, but I can’t help but say that this is an engaging series. And it’s youtube sooo bonus. (Grade: B+)

Amphibia

A series that definitely got better as it went along. I like the episodes that had good ties to the season’s climax, the main four are especially the highlight with their personalities, and the character growth felt natural if on the nose sometimes. I’m stoked for part 2,,, hopefully they schedule it better. (Grade: A-)

Angry Birds 2

It was fun. Probably forgettable to many, but I won’t deny that it’s one of the better popcorn flics of the Summer (Grade: B+)

Toy Story 4

I grown tired of people questioning whether or not this movie was pointless, so I’ll come out the gate to say that this is the best movie of the Summer so far. It was a more solemn movie that was organically thoughtful with itself, there were plenty of laughs, I loved Bo Peep, and the way they handled the antagonist is something that rocked the franchise’s themes to the core sensibly. This film makes for one of the few times a fourth sequel can actually come out great. (Grade: A)

T I M E’S U P ! ! ! ! ! !

Welp, looks like the spring and summer have indeed strengthened itself for the better. Can the latter half of 2019 keep the momentum as we reach the new decade? Stay tuned.