#ladies of hannibal in every episode

[willgrahamscock]

Hi Miss Cock! I was wondering what you think would have happened if Will and Hannibal were both ladies and lesbians? Because as a lesbian myself if an older hot lady tried to "make me an equal" and "shape me in her image" my mentally ill ass would fold like a deck of cards.

Thank you!

They would have been allowed to scissor twice every episode

[cedarxwing]

What was the most romantic scene in Hannibal for you?

The end sequence of Antipasto, hands down. Just everything about it. It makes me tear up every time.

The way Hannibal, heartbroken at Bedelia's rejection and betrayal, sits alone on the train en route to Palermo with Antony Dimmond's corpse in his trunk, recalling his last dinner with Abel Gideon while Ravel's Pavane plays.

The way even Gideon, who was always the Ripper's biggest fan, now finds Hannibal banal and tiresome, calling him pathetic and lonely to his face. The way Hannibal is disgusted by Gideon's poor manners, but puts up with him because he's that desperate for connection.

HANNIBAL: Why do you think I'm allowing this? GIDEON: Snails aren't the only creatures who prefer eating with company. If only that company could be Will Graham.

The way Hannibal is speechless at that. Not only does Gideon call out his obsession with Will, but he compares Hannibal, Mr. Firefly himself, to a snail. That's what Will's reduced him to.

Side note: LOVE how Gideon becomes a prophetic figure as he approaches death, "becoming brighter" as Hannibal puts it. Remember, this exchange takes place before S2b, sometime between Futamono and Yakimono.

Gideon can see how Hannibal longs for the kind of cannibal date night Will gives him at the end of Naka Choko, but refuses, out of sheer pettiness, to be his perfect dinner partner, snarfing down those snails with the utmost incivility. Love him. <3

"I'm just fascinated to know how you will feel when all this... happens to you." <- referencing how Mason will try to eat Hannibal, but on a deeper level how Hannibal's heart will be eaten as in the first sonnet of Dante's La Vita Nuova (which he quotes earlier in the episode):

Joyous love seemed to me, the while he held My heart within his hands, and in his arms My lady lay asleep wrapped in a veil. He woke her then. Trembling and obedient, She ate that burning heart out of his hand; Weeping I saw him then depart from me.

The way Hannibal looks SO SAD as he folds the Vitruvian Man into an origami heart, obviously still thinking about La Vita Nuova and how Will's eaten his heart. The way he extends the heart metaphor into the Three of Swords tarot presentation in the Norman Chapel to signify betrayal. The way the soundtrack swells with violins and the solemn heartbeat of a drum over beautiful close ups of Dimmond's skinned carcass.

Side note 2: I have searched high and low for the track that plays during the Vitruvian Man folding, but it doesn't seem to have been published anywhere. Tunefind says that it was adapted from Hayley Westenra's Never Say Goodbye (which is sooo romantic lol), but it doesn't sound anything like that song to me.

Finally, this is the most insight we, the audience, get into the conception of any Ripper tableau and it's a valentine for Will. Oughhhh. I'm going to cry just thinking about it.

[The Naka Choko dinner scene is a close second tho! The audacity they had to score it with Mahler's Adagietto... And the end of TWOTL would be my third pick.]

[spector]

guys i started watching a rly bad show called banshee (its a watch for the main actor, i liked him in the boys so i wanted to check out the prev show he was in) and its fuckign crazy bad but it has me howling. its so bad its good. its male power fantasy cop show but also. there's amishes. the whole plot takes place in a town near amish community and there's amish crimes every episode. there's a gay diva hacker and nobody is homophobic towards him it kinda rules. there's russian??? mafia and a cat burglar lady. there's bad song in every episode. traumatic flashbacks that are just normal scenes but with a blueish tint over them. its all so fucking stupid. i haven't had a guilty pleasure show in a while and this is literally hit the spot so good

the evil guy in the show is like. a poor mans hannibal lecter, he owns a meat processing place, is evil and fucked up AND he's ex-amish and there's a scene when he goes back to his place, beckons a sex worker and has her put on one of those like. milkmaiden hood things before she blows him its SOOO funny im obsessed

[cowgirl-interrupted]

I've only seen the first five episodes of Hannibal, but I feel like every episode kind follows this premise:

Guy who thinks he's Will's boss: you forgot to sign your I-9 -_-

Will: I um, don't think I uh want to.. because I- I *sees image of dead guy on I-9*

Hannibal: I dont mean to misdiagnose here, but that's not meant to happen.

Will: well, I didn't ask your opinion. *Goes home to sleep in a messy bun and have a connection with hurt animals while listening to Mitski*

Nice lady who always wears heels: hi! 😀

Will: it's so scary

Nice lady: I will protect you.

Scary murderer who eats people: *sigh*

Will: *doesn't know he's a murderer* what's wrong?

Scary murderer: it's just- *sigh* nothing.

Will: c'mon, it's not nothing, I can tell *he's an empath*

Hannibal: he's the killer btw

Will: ahhh! *Shoots him, but doesn't kill him*

Teenage girl: this reminds me of my father.

Will: this reminds me of your father too

Hannibal: we should talk about this

Will: why? So you can diagnose me with ADHD? No way, José!

[firespirited]

Found on NBC is very bingeable and promises a bunch of really interesting things: it's written, acted and produced by two black women, it has a diverse cast who are played by talented actors with well lit skin tones. It's the stories of missing people who the police don't bother with because of their minority status and the private firm who hunts them down, working outside the law as police can't be trusted. The twist in the pilot implies we're getting a psychological drama, not just a procedural.

It's also some of the worst victim blaming I've seen outside of Blue Bloods or a Tyler Perry piece.

-The writing is ham-fisted, they feed you the clues three times, no plot holds up to scrutiny once the episode is over.

-It's toothless. The 14 rating is surprising, this is barely PG. They're unwilling to commit to anything morally grey or complex. Watching the two lead actors give it their utmost then realize they're not going to get anything juicy like Hannibal but NCIS: LA instead is a journey to be sure.

-It's really bad copaganda with a diversity wrapper badly slapped on top. Each and every victim is a perfect little angel who is worthy and deserving of being found, they only end up in bad situations through tragic accidents. The police are just bad because a cartoon villain runs the station. Our good cop is a very good man. Our heroine is a stoic super badass whose spirit was never broken by abuse, who never compromised. She's also either very smart or very stupid depending on what the plot needs: nothing in between, no layers.

Here's an example of the callousness of the writing:

"Missing while homeless" makes a point of not using the word homeless because 'unhoused' is more respectful - they deserve dignity, they can even be artists and kind souls! Then it used a homeless woman's rape as a throwaway plot point for her companion to be suicidal despite him having depression and stating he wanted to harm himself on a set date for years. One of the team spots the predator to the homeless camp by his nice nails. Our homeless woman has perfect brows (painted to modern trends), teeth and skin. They drive off into the sunset with magic money he had all along at the end, she doesn't have to deal with the criminal justice system, her attacker is going to jail with the power of deus ex. The man isn't suicidal any more.

Our competent, poised, heroine is undone by her pesky emotions: a puppet in her abuser's hands. Her emotions are pure though, she's not getting any kicks from this, she saves lives, it's a noble goal, she's a noble woman. Sure would be sick and nasty if she actually felt anything vengeful or enjoyed the control of this personal prison setup. No, we're repeatedly told this is a complex woman with agency, only for the plot to turn her into a silly little girl several times every episode.

The suicide prevention hotline at the end was a band-aid on the bullet hole that was the way a woman's assault was used as plot fodder and then dropped, the mischaracterization of suicidal ideation and depression - coming very close to showing a death by suicide on screen and I'm not joking, almost every character talked about the "nice place" they'd chosen to die by suicide back when they were suicidal. Impressively wrong on multiple levels: great job.

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Found on NBC proves you don't need to hire a writer's room of hetero middle-aged white dudes to create "Respectability Politics: missing person's edition" when middle class church and wellness ladies are willing to spit on their own. It doesn't even have the intellectual honesty of a bodice ripper. It'll get 5+ seasons of defanged teasing.

[lalinna]

S03E09 - Love the red lipstick

S03E10 - Because I forgot I watched 2 in a row

1. Rich Alana in a pantsuit. Lady, I wanna be you when I grow up. Never mind that I'm 42 years old.

2. I want to pet a tiger, too. And get your minds off the gutter, just the tiger, ok?

3. Every woman in this show decided to look absolutely fabulous in this episode huh? And I love how they are all independently ganging up on Will and basically telling him to cut the bs.

4. Except the wife. She really is Lisa-ing hard, isn't she? "Go do your thing, I'll be here" I wonder where I heard that one before...

5. Sorry, Jack. It may be toxic, but Hannibal loves Will more than you do, and everyone knows that.

[crazykuroneko]

Tbh I think a lot casual viewers / non book fans are probably going to not continue the show after s2 unless it diverges quite drastically on louis's storyline? iwtv is very bleak and I genuinely think they underestimated how much show viewers ended up hating lestat after s1 (and they may end up in a similar situation with armand in s2) and then you're asking the audience to watch an entire season of this guy's whole backstory. plus you're killing off one of the two likable characters by the end of s2 and shifting louis into more a side character.

a big red flag to me was the lady who hosts the podcast who doesn't have a book background saying a lot of the same stuff as show-only people. like she clearly does not like lestat or loustat at all lmao and its literally her job to promote the show.

First, I want to address the "shifting louis into more a side character" because no I don't agree with that. Contrary to fans believe, Hollywood-standard wise (from the number of episodes they are in, how integral their characters are to the story), both Jacob and Sam have been considered as lead actors/cast of IWTV. You can see industry news outlets calling them both as such. But because IWTV is about Louis' past specifically and AMC knew IWTV still has some hope in Emmys even though it's small, they put them in different categories to not split the votes between them (they even only submit one actor in each category for it). So, look at what we have now, Louis is the narrator yet we still get Lestat in all episodes, and he's leading the NOLA narrative forward together with Louis despite not existing in the Dubai narrative. I bet we'll still get Lestat in most, if not all episodes, in S2, because Rolin has said many many times, the show is about both of them. And I expect they'll do the same in TVL season(s); Lestat is telling the story while Louis is leading whatever will be going on in the modern time. (No, i don't believe they'll make Louis stuck on a couch the whole season to listen to Lestat's story even though it sounds tasty. He'd definitely have a way to know what Lestat's saying, but I don't see anything good writing-wise from sticking your well-developed character in one place for such a long time)

About whether the audience will be willing to listen to Lestat's past, I'll see how S2 goes first before judging that. A lot of people don't like him, but there are a lot of them who are like, "I will miss him if he dies, he's an interesting character".

And IWTV is a niche show, its genre is gothic horror/romance. Who the hell is doing gothic romance for a series in this decade? (Hannibal doesn't count, it's not gothic and still about will/won't they). Like, what AMC is doing with IWTV now is extremely daring. And with a niche show, it's always the same: you can't please everyone. There will always be part of the general audience who will leave because either it's simply not their cup of tea or they can't stomach it. Especially now when there's this purity sentiment going so strongly in general (apparently now we shouldn't ship fictional characters, every sex scene has to have a grand purpose, and you shouldn't watch any portrayal of abuse even though it's produced by the victim herself). God forbid IWTV would ever want to please those people yikes. So, IWTV won't ever get as "mainstream" as what, Succession, Ted Lasso, Better Call Saul. But IWTV would still appeal to people who appreciate good writing, people who are "idc how bad the characters are as long as they're exciting!", and people who really love horror (not that "comfort horror" BS) - there's this review of IWTV from an horror website who is like "I wish they gave us more gore and horror of vampires", oh these people would love S2.

So, tl;dr you could say it's a natural selection (hell yes Darwinism), it's inevitable. I'd rather have that audience leave than stay and ruin fans' experience by whining about the plot that won't ever satisfy them. And I'd always applaud writers who don't give a shit to what people say and stick to what they're meant to do. They slay!

EDIT: ah I forgot about this. but don't underestimate the number of old fans who will probably check the show again when the TVL season(s) come. Because no matter how big their hatred for AMC is, it will be the first time ever for TVL to be adapted on screen. First time in 38 years (yes no one considers QotD movie ever existed). That's too big a temptation!

[whenyouwishuponastar7]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better

tagged by @dragonflylady77 thank uuuu

Three Ships: Harringrove. Bagginshield. Hankcon.

First Ever Ship: Sephiroth/Cloud lmao

Last Song: Til It Happens To You - Lady Gaga

Last Movie: I watched... In Bruges in the summer of 2020. Haven’t watched a movie since b/c of neuro stuff.

Currently Reading: nada

Currently Watching: Nothing, tho I am trying to squeeze in an episode of Hannibal with a friend when time/health permits!

Currently Consuming: peppermint tea

Currently Craving: Kettle corn. Possibly junior mints. I have those two things but I really really want watermelon and cantaloupe because the season is almost here baby!!! tagging: @discodeviant @yamru @akioukun @wherethehighwaysend @every-dayiwakeup and anyone else who wants to do it <333

[scarlettundrhett]

The enemy is inside of me by Fionn (JenL)

Relationship: Vegas/ Pete

Words: 10636

So folks, it's going to get bloody.

I like the tender and touching moments between Vegas and Pete, born out of guilt, remorse and unconditional love. At some point, however, enough is enough with the heartbreak.

You can forget about heartbreak. Well, it's not going to happen here.

"Abandon hope all ye who enter here," it says at the entrance to hell in Dante's Inferno. A good motto also for this inferno of cat claws, knitting needles stuck in hands and not in balls of wool and blood to lick, paint and drink. "Blood is a juice of very special kind," Mephisto tells Faust. He's so right, oh yeah baby.

Warning:

do not read on for anyone who is still planning to read the novel "Red Red Rabbithole" ( do it, do it, do it !!!) and has time for 283194 words ( take a weekend off, put your cell phone on silent and order food from the delivery guy), so for you, this is it, because now there will be merciless spoilers.

Forget everything you know about Vegas and Pete.

Vegas is the ruler of the mafia empire, his father died a deservedly cruel and readable death, but the real villain is Pete.

Imagine Hannibal Lecter in even more awesome and with the insane Pete smile from episode 13 and 14.

Oh, and Khun Pete? You can stop smiling if you want.” Interesting. Pete tenses minutely, but continues smiling, simply arching a questioning eyebrow at her, as if he has no clue what she is referring to. Judging by the twinkle in her eyes, she doesn’t fall for this act. “It is of course entirely up to you, I just wanted to give you the option of dropping the mask.” She informs him gently. (…) Very interesting. If Pete were a cat, he would start to purr. This conversation is taking a very refreshing turn. “Are you sure you would be able to handle that?”

Very well. Pete shrugs, the smile sliding off his face. “Thank God…” He takes a deep breath and then chuckles softly, his whole body language changing all at once. Yes, he’s so damn tired of masking, of flying under the radar, of pretending to be normal.

Pete loves Vegas. But Pete also loves to murder cruelly and bloody.

Does Pete soon love to murder Vegas cruelly and bloody too?

Pete is an obsessive lover and an obsessive, extremely talented and imaginative murderer.

I always wondered if the relatively blunt human teeth would be able to deal significant damage and wow, it most certainly exceeded my every expectation.” Pete absently licks his lips, recalling those fond memories. “So damn hot, I don’t usually get turned on by killing someone but this was a rare exception. You should have seen the look in his dying eyes as I disemboweled him, I should have filmed it, it was so special…”

Someone like that needs therapy very badly. The therapist here is no Clarice Starling, no young girl. No, grandma is trying to stand up to Pete here....

Brave! Grandma is sitting in an armchair, knitting something with a complicated knitting pattern and is anything but harmless.

The woman starts to knit again. “Stop masking around me, otherwise this is just a waste of our time. Judging from your reaction earlier on, you experienced a moment of remorse for injuring Khun Vegas, but there was more to it… what did you think about when you spaced out?” Pete clicks his tongue. “Trust me, you don’t want to know.” “I might not want to hear it, but you most definitely want to talk about this.” She corrects him immediately. “I might be the only person you can tell, am I right? Otherwise you would never have agreed to talk to me under the ruse of chatting about the cat situation.” Damn, she really is one clever lady “If you mention any of this to Vegas, death will be the least of your problems.” Pete warns her darkly. darkly. “I do take confidentiality quite serious, Khun Pete. Let me ask you again: Does Khun Vegas have any idea about the danger he is in?”

Pete has a whole lot of fantasies, as I said. And, dear reader, you may also catch yourself enjoying some very gory, but also extremely erotic, varieties of sexuality. Maybe there is a little serial killer lurking in all of us.

Fascinating. Pete stares at the sight, and his mouth goes dry. Beautiful. Vegas’ voice disappears, simply fades away amidst the buzzing taking over his mind. Pete blinks again. Such a mesmerizingly beautiful butterfly. It’s just… Pete got the position all wrong, how irritating. Should have pinned the hand to the back of the couch instead, he thinks, increasingly dazed. The urge is almost overwhelming, Pete wants to fix this mistake, and then he wants to take the other knitting needle and use it to fixate Vegas’ other hand against the back of the couch as well. He can see the image taking shape before his inner eye, Vegas pinned to the couch like the breathtaking butterfly he has turned into. Immobilised. Completely at his mercy. Pete swallows hard.

This is not a one-shot for the faint of heart or for sissies. Oh yes, the story is also not for lovers of kitten videos.

I'm a little worried about how Grandma will come out of this therapy session, whether she in turn needs a therapist or a coffin.

Those who, like me, appreciate cruelty combined with eroticism will get their money's worth here. I'm looking forward to the next one-shot. I have tasted blood, really!

[sinnersandsapphics-edits]

Ladies of Hannibal in every episode    ► 1x07 Sorbet

[maschotch]

which team member do you think would make the most intriguing unsub?

you are simultaneously my favorite anon for asking this question and also my least favorite for forcing me to choose

ok but genuinely i dont want to discount someone just because i can easily imagine someone else as an unsub.. like hotch and elle i’ve thought about so much but maybe some of the others would be cool too. SO im gonna be annoying and not answer your question askjdhga im gonna write up the basics on how i would see them all as unsubs and if you want you can ask for more detail

emily i think is almost as close as elle and hotch are to slipping into unsub territory. but unlike their mental breaks, emily would do it for funsies. she fits into doyle’s world so easily, and although being an arms dealer isn’t exactly exciting enough for her, she’d definitely be in similar circles. high class international muscle. too versatile to be an assassin and caring too little to be a hitman, she has a finger in every pie and is capable of manipulating all ranges of people. she works to further her own self interest, whatever that happens to be at the time, and her fluctuating desires makes her unpredictable to law enforcement and fellow criminals who may try to subdue her. she can’t be pinned down

i think reid would be constantly oscillating between calculated and impulsive. no doubt he’d be one of the hardest to catch, if only because, when he puts his mind to it, he’s capable of concealing a crime almost perfectly. he knows better than to reveal an obvious pattern with his victims so he typically chooses people randomly, or people who make easy targets. he’s meticulous and thoughtful, but i dont think he has the control that some of the others have. he may not admit his inability to repress his compulsions, but the combination of morbid fascination and captivating delusions lead him to be more erratic and juvenile than he believes.

morgan would be a vigilante unsub, but he wouldn’t let it overwhelm him the way some of the others might. he may even continue working at the bau, discreetly eliminating and disposing child abusers on the side. he doesn’t let anything show on the outside: he has no guilty conscience to worry about and he’s used to keeping aspects of his life hidden from the others anyway. alternatively he could quietly resign from the fbi and take up some other job that allows him the freedom to continue his true work. it never becomes an obsession or an uncontrollable urge. he has complete composure because he really just views it as taske to be fulfilled. no more than that.

jj i think would be more along the lines of typical unsubs we’ve seen before. some combination of the “in heat” guy (killing because she craves the freedom her victims have) or the “fate lady (killing because she’s jealous or blames them for something). she’s repressing so much of who she is for so long that she just snaps. she would be surprisingly vicious, but remorseful after every murder. she tries to keep it together at first and continue her life normally, as if she didn’t have these frenzied episodes, but she slowly devolves over time until she’s either caught or makes it all the way to a spree.

is it boring if i just say rossi would be a mob boss? i think he’d do well in the world of organized crime and he already has the connections (and the money) to succeed rapidly. we know he’s had ties in the past. i’m sure he’d find a way to get back in the game if he ever decides that life has gotten too boring.

i want someone to fuck gideon up i want hannibal lector to come and twist this man’s already distorted psyche and turn him into a killing machine. not a machine: an artist. his mental state is already pretty fragile, i’m sure it wouldn’t take much to manipulate him into committing monstrous acts. he’d be consumed by guilt the whole time, but may still marvel in the beauty that can come from breaking open a ribcage and spreading the organs out like wings.

elle would be another vigilante unsub. i think it would start slow, right after leaving the bau. she happens to encounter a survivor or the grieving family of a victim and have all those memories and anger come flooding back… how easy it was to just kill lloyd and how good it felt… after killing the first one post bau and seeing how grateful the survivor/family was, she’s now completely convinced that she’s doing the right thing. she uses their suffering to fuel her fury and continues standing up for those who cant fight for themselves. to her it’s justice, and there’s no convincing her otherwise

hotch would also be a vigilante unsub, but while elle uses her connection with the people who’ve been hurt, hotch uses his hatred for those he thinks deserves punishment. this is a guy who’s been controlling himself his whole life, carefully maintaining his temper and only occasionally letting that darkness shine through. so when he releases the dam, years of pent up rage results in violent, brutal kills. unlike elle, who kills as she happens to come across, hotch actively seeks out his victims—not dissimilar to the job he has now. he jumps around from city to city following killers and executing them ruthlessly before moving onto the next. his warped sense of justice and years of self-discipline making him ruthless, relentless, and remorseless.

[roosterbox]

So. Hannibal. I watched Episode one.

I took notes.

Apéritif

WILL GRAHAM MY DARLING MY LOVE

ach, such blood already. Nice.

This is my design *hypes*

Y’know, I’ve shipped Hannigram for years, never actually heard their voices.

On that note, Will’s voice is like HONEY.

Jack Crawford! Idk if I’m supposed to like him, but he’s played by Laurence Fishburne, so I can’t fully hate him.

Will Graham. Every time I see his face, I’m filled with love. Baby boy.

CAT! as a cat person, I love to see it

Oh, now where is this going???

Oh my god Beverly

All these dudes just barging in. Jackie, I thought you said Mai boi wouldn’t be interrupted?

WINSTON!!!!!1!11 ❤️❤️❤️

Will’s dogs ❤️❤️❤️

Jesus Christ Will, I’m not sure it’s normal to sweat that much while sleeping.

Jackie what did that crime board ever do to you?

USE THE LADIES ROOM lmaooo

Will sure loves his plaid shirts

This is one of the nicest bathrooms I’ve ever seen

Bev’s back, and being science-y

Ah, Alana. I like you. You kind of come between the hannigram at times, but I do like you.

“He won’t get too close” cut to Will at the autopsy. Very nice, Jack.

“He’s eating them”

Is this who I think it is?

AHHHHHH Hannibanni at last!

Oh god Hannibal has a honey voice too! I am not going to survive this series.

I have a man in a fancy suit weakness and Hannibal is like kryptonite

HANNIGRAM MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME - an absolutely legendary moment

I can’t fucking breathe these twooooo

Oh my goooood Hannibal is *heart eyes motherfucker*

Will ‘the Hulk’ Graham apparently

Minnesota Shrike, eh? Interesting…

I love a man who cooks, lol

Moar cooking, yesssss

Abigail… *sigh*

Oooooh Will you sassy bitch ilu

Hanni, i adore you but wtf is that tie?

Ahhhhhhh house call

Hanni is smitten already

Will no don’t….. he ate it, lol.

“I don’t find you that interesting.” “You will.” *high pitched screaming*

Fragile little teacup lol

Mongoose

These two have the most interesting endearments, lol

And now they’re best friends

Investigating together, very nice

Hannibal what are you doing

They know.

Will, nobody should look that good spattered in blood

This is pretty intense

Hannibal says “you and I are her parents now, Will.”

Alana called you out, Jack. I knew I liked her.

Abigail has two daddies

So that was fun. My years of reading Hannigram have suitably hyped me up for this show. I’ll watch more tomorrow, perhaps.

[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 34

Hunted/School Reunion

"Hunted"

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: Yes. I am not one of the yellow eyed demons special children, so...I'm solid

GOOD. We're finally getting what John told Dean before he died, but Sam should have been told...I mean, this is episode 10 of this season. that happened in 1. At the same time...because I'm apparently a Dean apologist for life, I can't imagine being told that you might have to kill the one person you've spent most of your life protecting. That if you fail to save them, YOU are going to have to kill them. That's gotta mess you up.

Oh shit. Blood splatter on the camera and everything. Poor girl having visions of Sam dying in an explosion.

We're also getting a little closure on the John got Ellen's husband killed during a hunt thing, which is also nice to see get brought back again, that hasn't just been dropped. All these fissures in what's left of these families is really sad to see

(Ohhhhhh, the girl who plays Ava was also Margot in Hannibal, that's where I've seen her)

Ellen had every opportunity and right to be petty about letting Dean know where Sam was, and I'm sure glad she didn't take it. I might be a Dean apologist, but something about Ellen being able to dangle that over him (though I don't exactly think she would, but she COULD) is excellent

Ava's so real for her reaction to all this. "Please just leave town before you explode!" "I'm supposed to be addressing my wedding invitations but I'm here trying to save your weirdo ass" She's precious af and must be protected. And...I fear that means she's probably gonna die.

Oh. When they said "Hunted" they meant HUNTED hunted. I like Gordon less and less...

Dean believing Sam died, however briefly...this first time, it's gonna hurt like hell.

Bet he thought "It's Sam." sounded really cool. It didn't, Sammy.

This is a fucking terrible look...and it feels really really gross. They really should have cast a different actor for Gordon. I'm not even defending Gordon here, I don't like him or his actions. I understand he plays an important part of this portion of the story this show is telling. But you can have a hunter that's gone rogue, that's turned more than a little twisted in their pursuit of the monsters they all face, and ALSO not have it supposed to be a sort of jokey thing that the conventionally attractive, young white leads call the cops on a black man in the southern US

And I don't like how we do get the first "Bitch" "Jerk" while I'm feeling this sour on them...

Guess...uh...guess Ava's wedding's off 😓

"Been On My Mind...": Dean asks near the end what's the point of doing this job if it can't get you laid, but bestie, I've been keeping score, and neither of you have been scoring...

"School Reunion"

*chanting* Sa-rah Jane! Sa-rah Jane! SARAH JANE!

Also, I know most people know this dude as what's his face from Buffy, but he's Uther Pendragon to me.

SO, physics. Physics, eh? Phyyyyyyyyyyyyysics...best way to start a class that will definitely get the student's to trust you and believe in your ability to teach.

What's your beef with "correctamundo," Doctor? It's fun.

This school is fucked up as hell. What on earth.......the lunch ladies are funny though

OH. The Doctor's face when he sees Sarah Jane...my heart melted. He's just so happy to see her and he's so PROUD. My heart literally can't handle it. We need to get back to the creep af shit going on at the school to restore function to it

HE LET THAT KID LIVE? I was convinced...

I can't even imagine what it must have been like for her to see the TARDIS again after all that time

The immediate jealousy, Rose...after what you two got up to between New Earth & Tooth and Claw?? Come on...I can't wait til they start making fun of the Doctor together

Honestly...Mickey getting to get one in on the Doctor every once in a while is nice to see. Also, I'm with Mickey, I'd also never be going in that school again

Look, I know that Smith is a common last name, but three of the four people on screen have introduced themselves with the last name Smith. Find another last name, writers

But, Rose, it's K-9!!!

Sarah Jane still feeling that abandonment after all these years is truly heartbreaking. But it's something I have been thinking about during this rewatch. Truly nothing could compare to the time you spend with the Doctor, whether you're romantically entangled or strictly platonic. Rose knows it, Sarah Jane knows it, Donna will eventually get her "but I was going to be with you forever." And I honestly cannot decide whether it's better to have traveled with the Doctor and have to stop or to never have the opportunity at all.

OMG He's also Hercules Shipwright!!! HOW COULD I FORGET??? When he's talking to the Doctor at the pool, it's all I could HEAR! Half expected to hear him say "What a ridiculous dog" (though if he said it about K-9, I'd slap him) or express a never ending fear of sheep

Truly, I adore this kid who has a terrible attitude and who solves everything for the Doctor and crew. Amazing. He and K-9 were the true heroes of the day.

With every passing episode, I'm more and more convinced of that post. Rose and the Doctor can't do anything with Mickey on board now

Ok if my heart couldn't take the Doctor seeing Sarah Jane at the beginning of the episode, it DEFINITELY can't take her having to beg him to actually say goodbye this time.

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Bobo rant

Ok, @narvana27 this one’s for you coz I’ve mustered up some motivation to finally write some analyses just like you or @medeaminte​

This one will cover our beautiful Brazillian boy Raimundo Pedrosa. Some spoilers are inevitable to mention, but the main focus is on the episode titled ‘The Return of Master Monk Guan’.

1.1 short synopsis of the episode:

Master Fung, seeing how the forces of evil grew in power, decides to send monks to another temple for their training. It turns out the new master that is destined to teach them is Master Monk Guan. 

As for his methods, they are surprisingly cruel. Our heroes are not allowed to take breaks or even ASK QUESTIONS! Guan becomes that horrible general in military school who likes when cadets are blindly following his orders and train to the point they collapse due to severe exhaustion. 

Rai, of course, sees that the way Guan treats his students is unfair and stands up for the rest. Which ends up bad for him. Guan punishes him with additional training and what is worse humiliates him through giving him insulting nicknames! Later on, the audience learns that this disrespectful behaviour of Master Guan was intentional. What is more, Raimundo knows about it as well. It was a part of the agreement between them, reached off screen without the knowledge of the other monks. The main goal of such a strategy was to lure Hannibal Roy Bean out of his hiding, let him believe Rai is ready to turn to the Heylin side (again) and snatch the Treasure of the Blind Swordsman from his little evil vines. 

As the episode reaches its end, this plan as well ends in success. Bean is mad as hell and promises Raimundo that he’ll pay for it. Yeah, yeah happy ending. Cool. Rai gets one of the Spears of Guan as a gift for a succesfull colaboration with Master Monk Guan bla blah 

BUT!

Even if it was all the play on Guan and Rai’s part throughout the whole episode, in my opionion Guan was too harsh anyway. I get it. He had to be plausible, but man... Rai literally cried when he banished him from the temple!  

And this is an issue I wanted to talk about. 

1.2. Let’s look at all ‘nicknames’ Guan came up with for Raimundo. 

1. Young prince 2. bobo

3. someone dark, ruthless, shady, rebelious

I WANT TO PROVE RAI. IS. NOT. ANY OF THESE. 

1.2.1.The insult ‘young prince’ (or princess) is often used when a young person is too lazy to finish chores or he/she is not willing to do them at all. Maybe it was Raimundo in s01, although he had never said ‘no’ to master Fung. He just wanted to go easy way, like swiping the dirt under the sofa instead of getting rid of it in a proper way. But mind you, it is season 3 and this boy has changed a lot. Sometimes you don’t have to work hard to get your task done. All it takes is an adequate situation assessment and good organisation of your work.

 It looks as if Guan just doesn’t get it. Just like how vital breaks are in order to rise productivity. 

Rai made a right decision to stop training and lay on the grass. He knows what’s good for him and he stands by this intention to REST. Life is not ALWAYS about saving the world. He’s just a kid. Just like Omi, Kimiko or Clay. He’s defending his boundaries, but it appears no one’s respecting that choice. 

1.2.2. What about Bobo? Up to this day I thought that Guan wanted to underline that Rai acts like a clown, so he gave him a clown name. However, I came across this site. And guess. Bobo in Portuguese means ‘silly.’

And my question is: Did Guan know? Hmm!? Did you know about it, Guan? If yes, I’m very disappointed in you. ‘Silly little clown boy’ - this is what Rai is? No, it’s not like he was the only one brave enough to fight Mala Mala Jong... or EVEN OMI when he turned heylin!

It’s not like he has feelings or something... He’s the fun guy! Always chill! Not allowed to cry! His purpose is to entertain the rest, righ?

NO. Rai is not only a capable warrior but also a very dedicated friend, who can sacrifice ANYTHING in order to save the rest. Let’s ennumerate how many people he saved throughout the series. People who live near the vulcano in Brazil, that Lady who turned out to be the Bird of Paradise.... OMI. The rest of his team a couple of times... 

And what is more, every encounter TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING or had left some scars. He was possessed by Wuya, got beat up, and constantly he is accused of having EVIL TENDENCIES. What? Because ONE TIME he betrayed them? And that betrayal was justified because he felt hella ineadequate? 

But yeah, Guan. Go on. He is just silly to get all the punches for the team. It’s not like he isn’t bothered when the forces of evil are victorious.

Not at all. 

1.2.3. Ok, I agree Rai is rebelious, but as I mentioned earlier - HE HAS REASONS to be that way. He feels something is wrong - he exclaims why this is wrong and tries to FIX IT with the help or without it. The thing is, in s1-2 prefers facing problems alone due to that inadequacy he’s often reminded of by his peers. It’s sad to see that monks never realised Raimundo feels that way. Luckily, in season 3 Rai grew as a character. He displays more and more leader characteristics. He comes up with better strategy and is ore connected to his friends. As a result their cooperation during fights is on a higher level, just like in the last showdown in that alternate timeline. 

DARK, RUTHLESS, SHADY. - those are lies and I won’t comment on that

He can be ruthless only if someone hurts his family and friends. They’re gonna pay for that. Respect Rai for that. 

2. My opinion on  ‘ The Return of Master Monk Guan’

2.1. Guan’s behaviour - this post is about it. Just wanted to add he is very inconsistent as a character and writers probably had no idea how to write him so they just randomly threw him to some plot points in order to give episodes smooth flow between scenes. 

But yeah in that particular ep Guan is a jerk. First kidnapping Dojo, then overworking children only to kick out the most responsible one outta his temple with numerous sculptures of him, Dashi and replicas of his fav spear.

2.2 Monks’ behaviour - wanted to help, turned out bad. Omi as always was questioning Rai’s value and laughed at him bc of his new nicknames. Very mature of the chosen one, really. 

2.3 My review

This episode was good because:

1. It's rai-centered

2. He put to use that clever brain of his and gave master Guan the idea how to retrieve the most powerful wu from Bean

3. He can KICK ASS, only refuses to use that against his friends. 4. good preparation for cheeseball to reconsider he's NOT ALWAYS THE BEST and should be aware of Raimundo's skills

2.4. Summary

Raimundo Pedrosa has one of the best character developments in animation history but most importantly he is the complete opposite of those things the other characters tell him he is. He learns from his mistakes and utilises the knowledge for his benefit to protect what he believes is right. He’s very compassionate young man, who can do great things and he WILL with guidance of his temple family.

But most importantly, he well deserved the position of the Xiaolin Leader. His name is not Bobo. Only Raimundo Pedrosa. Good friend, leader, warrior, the future hope for making the world a better place. 

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"Can you explain your whining about the Forerunners?" a marine asked. "Seriously, Simmons, that's what you wanna know?" she replied. Her redhair pulled back into a series of tight braids. "Yeah, you seem to go on and on about it." "Have you- oh by Freyja," she sighed, "All of the bullshit of he last twenty years is related to Forerunner tech, a literal Forerunner, or Forerunner obsessed cultists." Aurora giggled in her ear. "Take your pick!"

Let's jump intoEpisode 8 "Allegiance" AKA John-117 fucked!

Yeah he fuuuuucked. Seriously, before watching the episode this was ALL I saw on various sites talking about the story.

The cold open is heavily focused on the shared sensations both Chief and Makee appear to be having because of their shared vision. The two are apparently connected on a level that is beyond normal humans. A shared sense of consciousness definitely sounds a lot like the <a href="

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">Domain</a>. You know, a quantum subreality where the Forerunners dumped a lot of their knowledge. A section of dimensional experience that was pretty much the home of the great gestalt of the precursors.

For you laygeeks, the Domain is fucking hyperdimensional group mind that humans can barely tap into it.

We watch Makee and John walking in a garden while listening to Halsey and Adun giving a narrative. Cortana is too cute, and can we get her away from the evil blonde? Oi, I hate Halsey so much. Like I get she's the post-human genius, but fuck that lady.

Ah, the wonderful mix of a memory montage as the two "Blessed Ones" (god, I really hate the Chosen One aspect of dropping every human having the gene). It's weird watching Jacob and Parangosky wax and wane over the bullshit they pulled with the Spartan-IIs. There's something strange, about the two talking with flowers in the background.

Makee is definitely not pulling punches to appear remotely unquestionable dog startling her makes a lot of sense honestly, and then suddenly we jump back to Section Three command. We see what it's like to have an entire planet glassed. Literally burned so everything becomes molten silicate. Yup, Chief has officially drunk the koolaid cuz she and him are "SPECIAL". Seriously, dude, this guy is kind of foolish as fuuuck without his pellet.

I find it "HILARIOUS" no one noticed that the Covenant showed up when someone fucked with a Forerunner artifact. It's almost like they can TRACK IT. The Silver Team appears to be getting shit together and well Kai is taking bets. You know, what I like Kai (this is going into the fucking fic). And Mirand is sitting over te garbled message sent by Makee to High Charity. In pops Jacob, wo appears to just be checking on his kid. They are amused with how strange Makee's message is. I wonder if this is because Makee being human perhaps lacks certain experiences with the language. OR she's speaking a dialect specific to the Prophets?

We'll figure it out.

Whatever, she's saying she's reciting it as a prayer. I wonder if she's torn, as I watch Chief once again comes to visit her. Is she breaking her allegiance to the Great Journey? And now we get an intimate scene which I don't have any investment in. HOwever, Cortana watching is a bit weird, but I can sense she's actually looking out for Chief. Blondie is very likely definitely questioning her place as we get a pretty gorry little scene of her pulling out the covenant claw modification. Whith sees her ripping out the tip of her literal finger. YAY BODY HORROR! (I adore bodyhorror this adds well to the idea of post-humanity in the series).

Cortana gives the laydown of said fucking to Halsey and walks about how he two are synergized. There's a pause, and I believe Halsey can sense Cortana's wavering loyalty to her.  Halsey reveals her true monstrosity in hw she's willing to basically fuck everyone oer for her own goals. Yeah, talk about Hannibal level fuck the world mindset. Jacob seems deeply disturbed, but unsurprised by her audacity.

Hehe, Halsey decides to talk to Makee directly. Hopefully, this girl will see straight through Halsey's bullshit. Lol she talks about the greater good, and this bitch literally starts to manipulate someone just for her own sake. Yup, she gets her shit called on her. Cortana, is, yeah, she can just use the rest of SIlver Team and yup. Shit is going down.

And Cortana betrays Halsey FUCKING FINALLY. Kai is waking up, and holy shit are we gonna get her and Miranda in an action scene? Yes, our girl is on it! The Spartan fight scene is pretty awesome. And, the fucking idiots just reinforced Makee's genocidal hatred of humanity. Way to go Halsey, you stupid shortsighted bint. If only she decided to do some fucking research she might have figured out Makee was a bloody plant.

Hottakes:

Halsey is really - narrowminded - and pretty foolish for a genius. She’s so caught up in her grand plan she didn’t correlate to the Covenant having a plant.

The John sex scene was uh okay?

MORE KAI ACTION!