#like episode 46 long hair

[hey-cringelord]

watched more bleach today

please stop with the hairstyles. please. please i’m willing to get on my hands and knees and beg for their old hairstyles back i can’t handle shuuhei’s side part or kensei’s dumb mohawk.

there is no amount of “i wanna kiss his forehead” in me to wish to see more of shuuhei’s. maybe if his bangs were less weirdly prim-proper-ish and more side swepted and emo-scene-ish i’d like the style more, but they just look a hot freaking mess. like he got caught up in a windstorm.

SPEAKING OF WINDSTORMS! shuuhei’s side part is my most minor complaint here. there’s such a strong hatred in my heart for kensei’s mohawk in tybw that i literally cannot stand to look at him for longer than a minute. IF THAT! i mentioned side swept bangs in shuuhei’s paragraph, which was actually in reference to kensei’s pendulum arc hair. BANGS! LONG BANGS! in the more literal sense possible, down with the mohawk. give him back to me!!

or even his buzzcut as a vizard during his time in the world of the living. though i’m more understanding why he’d grow it out after going back to soul society and being reinstated, wanting to leave the past in the past and live in the present (or however that saying goes), but i’m emotionally attached to his buzzcut and i think it really adds to how he sort of run things like a [really sexy] drill sergeant.

refraining (read: mentally holding myself back in chains and a muzzle like a wild animal) from mentioning the loss of his piercings too. i blame old man yama for that (looks at shunsui)

edit: x amount of hours and fighting off the melatonin i took later, i was scrolling through a twitter artist’s (RiRivArt) media and found these colored sketches from hell arc and……

nothing has changed in the past ten years!! fuck!! yumichika’s probly gone through 50 outfit changes, swapped his feathers a couple times, but shuuhei still has his side part? and kensei’s mohawk?? they’re freakin killing me man.

but hey, i mean, kensei’s got his piercings back right? and switched the gold for black too (if colors are canon) which means he and i are twinning

[ilk-insolence]

Raph Is A Great Strategist

Numerous times in the show Raph has shown to have a preference for straightforwardly punching his problems away rather than think up a more complex solution. Like how his immediate fix to getting Mayhem out of the mirror in Mystic Library was to punch everything in the bathroom but the mirror. However, when Raph understands the situation requires more in depth strategy, he’s shown to be an incredibly capable tactician.

(long post ahead!)

In nearly all the plot heavy episodes like Shadow of Evil, Many Unhappy Returns, and the season finales, Raph gets moments where he’s highlighted for his strategic thinking. In Insane in the Mama Train, he’s the one who figures out which eyeball-button goes to the front car with the dark armor, because “‘it was the only button [the Foot Clan] didn’t want me to press!’” [21:05]. He’s also the one who came up with the scheme to defeat all the (known) combatants in the train, with Leo specifically attributing Raph as the deviser during their mind meld [19:46]. In Many Unhappy Returns, after spending a single night waylaying the Shredder, Raph formulated a plan using all the tricks the team learned, seamlessly transitioning the mystic collar Leo acquired into it [19:53], to defeating the Shredder. Additionally, he’s repeatedly called for a retreat during fights, like in Shadow of Evil, Shreddy or Not (Finale pt 2), and the movie, when he can tactically recognize that a battle couldn’t be won. Each time, the show/movie implied that that was the right call, for the family to lose the fight but win the war.

And it’s not just that Raph is good at strategy when he’s pushed to be more serious; the show characterizes him as passionate about creating plans, he enjoys doing it. Literally in the first episode, Mystic Mayhem, after the turtles�� initial plan failed of getting Splinter out of the living room to touch his Do-Not-Touch Cabinet, Raph immediately started devising a new plan that involved “ten chickens [and] a gallon of rubber cement” [9:35]. It was convoluted, sure, and they didn’t end up using it, but it was inventive and the opposite of reluctant. This is also shown in Bug Busters, where Raph planned out dousing Mikey in honey to attract the oozequitoes [2:52]; Snow Day, with the idea to freeze Ghost Bear like in Jupiter Jim Pluto Vacation 4; and Raph’s Ride-Along (and also Bad Hair Day), where Mind Raph created multiple schemes to get the criminals arrested. The show wouldn’t have made Raph be so creative with his plans if they were trying to characterize him as someone who didn’t like strategizing.

So does why Raph do stupid shit sometimes where he doesn’t think things through at all? Well, even though Raph is good at strategy and enjoys doing it, it’s clear his immediate impulse is still “punch the problem in the face”. In fact, all the turtle boys contain the fascinating dichotomy of being incredibly smart in some areas, and the dumbest teenagers alive in others. Just look at Donnie. It’s also how Raph is a loving protective older brother, and the guy who shoved Leo into a wall so hard he disappeared in one frame for shits and giggles (The Mutant Menace x). None of this means that Raph is bad at strategy though.

tldr: Yeah, Raph has a lot of dumb and, frankly, insane moments in the show, but he’s still an incredible tactician who’s plans consistently saved his family and sometimes the world. He's a great strategist.

[bthemistake]

- You'll Haunt Me -

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The characters Normal Oak and Hermie the Unworthy from the Dungeons & Dragons podcast, Dungeons and Daddies season 2. Contains spoilers for Dungeons and Daddies episode 46 onwards.

Normal stands, visible from the waist upwards, looking off to the side with half-lidded eyes. He's wearing the mascot shirt, a blue-green colour with two white stripes on each sleeve and the words 'TEEN HIGH' on his chest. His expression is empty and his posture slumped, missing the unrelenting hope he'd had at the beginning of the season.

Hermie is behind him, raised up with his hands resting on Normal's shoulders, looking down and slightly tinted in a ghostly blue. He's wearing a white collared shirt and a diamond-pattern sweater vest with The Joker colours, a matching green tint to one half of his hair and very light smudged red face paint on half of his mouth. On his other half he is covered in burn scars and his hair is a messy white colour. The burns also cover his left (the viewers right) arm. There is no colour in his eyes, they are glazed over and pale.

He's not looking at Normal with love or longing, only regret. His death was so sudden and quick he'd barely had time to get any words out, for once compelled to be honest. He'd had so much time with Normal and the other teens, all the time in the world to share his feelings, but it wasn't until he was bleeding out and Normal was unconscious did he allow himself to say 'I like you too.'

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[izel-scribbles]

FINALLY FINISHED MY RELISTEN YIPPEEEE I HAVE THOUGHTS (not including the new ep sadly)

oh my goodness. john's s1 voice. i know everyones always talking about it but omg. he sounds like a used car salesman or something i love him

THE BUTCHER BOTH INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE FIRST EPIS???? not by name obvi but "he died quite gruesomely" i completely forgot about that ghsdnflkj

im gonna be honest i skipped ahead to part 6 last relisten but hearing the first few again was so cool

"more writing in polish" wow!! it me!!!! polish!!!!

s2 was. wow. ough. fjaslkdj.

that was actually when i painted the kiy,i was just relistening to those during art class

the vibes were immaculate

godddd i forgot how painful part 18 was

and 19 for that matter

i can't even begin to coherently word my emotions about part 20

arthur's poem. the poem. but also "i am clawing my way towards a better version of myself!" aSLKJDL

john and lilly john and lilly joHn and lilly jaohnd alihdl ully

i also skipped 21 + 22 last time because i couldn't bear the yellow parts they made me too sad BUT i soldiered on this time around

yellow,,,, he sounds like john when he is curious about humanity

like all the cruelty and intimdation drain away and he just wants to know what evrything means

LARSON SLDKFJLSK I NEED TO HIT HIM WITH A SEMI TRUCK I NEED TO RIP HIS ORGANS OUT I DESPISE HIM WHY DOES HE HAVE A SOUTHERN ACCENT. HE ONLY GOES TO MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK. URFLKS I HATE HIM

KAYNE TOO BUT THATS ANOTHER THING

s3 in general had me shellshocked-soldier-memeing in the hallways at school

part 24 i thinkw as when arthur said "i killed myslef for a voice in my head. do you know how mad that sounds?"

AND HOW YOU CALL IT MADNESS KEEPS RANDOMLY CROPPING UP JSLKDJ

ughhhhh part 26 i can't

i was bawling in the bathrooms (in spirit)

and 27,,,,, 28,,,,,

THEN PRELUDE <3333333

MY GORGEOUS WIFE

I HADN'T HEARD HIS VOICE IN TOO LONG JSLKJFLKSJDLKJLKJDLK

why must i be this way about the middle aged irish serial killer. cmon now brain what the hell

anyways. i need to draw lilith too

scratchhhhhhhh

oscar. hmm. might be understanding why everyone loves the sad little gay priest more and more

he has his charms i suppose

john during s4 slkfjl;jlajsdl;fjasrigofecrjaksmlfekjs

relate to him a normal amount sure mhm

NOELLLLLLLLL I LOVE NOEL hES SO EVERUTHGING

GODDDDDDD

i would do unspeakable things to be the waitress he calls doll in one of those episodes

i need him in ways that are detrimental to feminism /ref

i will never be normal about part 40. both my wives dying in the same episode

i had a whole chunk of dms where i raged about how much i loathe, abhor, and despise kayne for that

MALEVOLENT HAS SO MANY MARVELOUSLY EXECUTED CHARACTER DEATHS. THE BUTCHER WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT DID NOT MOVE THE PLOT FORWARDS WHATSOEVER. WHY??!?!??!?!?!?!?? HARLAN WHEN I FUCING GET YOU

why would you kill our coolest antagonist??????? literally never getting over him :(((

the part 41 divorce got me ripping my hair out on the bus

trying so hard to keep a straight face when all i want to do is scream and throw shit

john doe trans allegory my dearly beloved <333

part 45..... hrngslkjdf

so so so excited to hear 46 you guys have no idea

[unitchiefs-blackbirdphoenix]

17x06 Reaction/Spoilers Pt. 1 (aka the Jemily Episode of S17/Of All Time)

TW: not much however, there is a blood/gunshot wound warning (around 03:20-03:46) and drug use (edibles in each jemily scene pretty much)

Also if you want my jemily watch thoughts, I bolded them in this post haha (also thanks to @blackbirdsaltzman for our predictions for jemily stuff this ep haha!) I had to split this into two posts bc I have so many thoughts about this ep especially with jemily haha

Tara and Rossi teaming up together again!

Voit's cell

LUKE! MY BOY!

Tara's voice omg 😭

Noooo nooo omg Emily's singing 😭😭

Fuck it's not what we think!!

Voit fuck off!

You let go of her you fucking son of a bitch

Emily's singing is breaking my heart fuck nooooo

I know it's a dream but noooo Emily's pained singing broke me 😭

Why do they have to repeat her singing on the title card?? Damn it CME

Love Paget's voice but fuck

Aww Penelope leaving a bucket for Emily. She was drinking the other night hahaha

I've been wanting to say this since the promos came out but JJ's hair is wavy again, but her sleeves are still long and covering her hands :(

Rossi's seeing a bunch of Voits around the bullpen, including him as the others

Zach Gilford, I hate your character but I love you as an actor

JJ already being worried about Emily and her looking at Penelope

Not Emily's singing again fuck. I swear if her singing this song is foreshadowing the next eps...

JJ following Penelope to her lair. Omg JJ and Penelope's bestieism in this very lair 🥰 I miss them! It's like the early seasons them!

"You profiled that. I did not tell you" but JJ knows Emily inside and out hehe

JJ's little look at Penelope's keys

"Please I'm a mom. I've seen worse" hahahaha

Oh- Tyler's ex huh? Teresa Campos

Garvez!

Hahahaha Tyler calling Luke to talk to his ex

Exes in a room, whatcha gonna do

"She's the woman I dated.... right before you."

The walls shaking in Rossi's office. I'm sorry but the effects is kinda making me laugh

Tara being the second one to call out Rossi on not going to mandated trauma therapy lol

Tara just being there and holding Rossi's hand and talking him through 😭 I liked that moment

Tara's voice is so soothing, hold my hand next please.

Jemily scene #1 wooo!

JJ's cheetos obsession never dies! Also a mutual and I predicted before this ep on something that happens with JJ with these very things... 👀

Damn it. JJ I know you're making Emily comfortable but I needed the lights on!

The sneak peek!

Emily, although high, loves salt and vinegar chips!

Chopsticks is definitely going to be a jemily thing now. I may or may not have a one shot idea about that 👀

"Sooo what have you been drinking?" AJ's giggle is so cute

"Emily Elizabeth Prentiss, are you high?" "I'm not not high" "Oh my god" god I love them

"I didn't know super-hot Latina was your type. My name is Garcia..." Garcia um... I hate to tell you this...

Teresa's got a thing for army guys oh- is this... Luke's also an army guy

I have a feeling that they might set up Luke and Teresa together to try and stop Garvez from happening I fear 😔

Tommy Yates is all I could think of for Rossi rn

It's risky but I guess it might help Rossi

Tyler did that from last season and it got Penelope somewhat in trouble when her uh... predicament with him happened

"Message in a bottle" title mention!

"Sticky chemistry" omg 😭 Penelope

Teresa and Penelope and Luke and Tyler. Ooooh this should be fun!

Jemily scene #2

"I can feel your disappointed stare on my back" Emily knows her wife so well

JJ eating more... cheetos... omg girly you're gonna get fucked up

"Not disappointed, just... didn't know you smoked" JJ, you already knew Emily had some sort of a past with smoking and yet this surprises you? 😂 But also the way she sounded so amused with a huge smile like ahhhh I love them so much

When you need to focus or contemplate life, you just have a bag of cheese puffs with you, Emily? Like at any time JJ comes over to your place or something, you think she wouldn't try to go for that bag??

"tame the PR beast" liaison JJ hello??

JJ the voice of reason yesss

Not Emily talking about the Catcher in the Rye like she doesn’t know wtf that is omg 😭

"We need to talk"

Oh shit. "Why are the walls closing in?" JJ's realization and Emily's realization 👀

JJ's "Emily?"

That bag was like full earlier. Omg JJ 😭😭

Not Emily taking the last one omg. She said "solidarity" lol

"Those are edibles? 🥺" "You're gonna need to lie down" "Nooo" I just- they're so funny and adorable

JJ's on for a ride (or a trip if you will hehe)

Also I'm taking it that Emily has a bag of edible cheetos and a bag of regular cheetos, and hides the edibles from JJ hahaha

Back to Rossi. And this is the elevator scene from the trailer with the walls closing in on him. Ooooh JJ just said that earlier too

"past paramours" Penelope-

Pheromones? I swear... do not cm

Hahaha that's a long story Teresa

Luke and Tyler oooh 👀

Not to be encouraging ideas... but why do I have a feeling some people might start shipping/making fanfics of Tyler and Luke now? hahaha

Ooh they're bonding over movies now??? I might like this actually

I hate hearing Emily's pained voice :( hasn't she been through enough?? Apparently not in this season or ever

Tommy Yates

"Am I haunting you?" Yes

Subtext ok Elias

So only three people know about Gold Star: Voit, Doug, and possibly Gideon’s ex-wife?

Damn. "We build a profile" Zach Gilford

Sebastian Gasper from 17x03

Jemily scene #3

JJ is soooo out of it omg

Her little dopey (stoned) smile when she hears that Emily's reinstated as unit chief. JJ's still a supportive wife through her high world lol

JJ: "hell yeah let's goo🤘" that was 1000% AJ for sure like girl we know you've been high before irl hahaha

JJ already shaking her head and going "no" when Emily said she’s sending an email to reject the offer back

Gideon, Morgan, and Hotch mention

"the longer you stay in this job, the odds is that you're going to lose yourself or someone you love or your sense of honor. It just takes and takes and takes" Emily :(

Omg BAU-Gate mention!

Oh 😭 JJ's deep-seated fear is exactly what we thought. That Henry or his friends come across the website.

I appreciate the mention and I swear if it wasn't the website, I love AJ's delivery of "yeah I found out" like "yeah duh", that was kinda funny actually

"You know what bugs me the most, is that you- you didn't tell me." JJ wasn't mad at her (or maybe she was but not enough to hate her of course) but she was just more hurt that Emily hid it from her since she found out. JJ just wanted answers!

AJ's little shaking hand when JJ says "you didn't tell me."

"Did you think I couldn't handle it?" I had a feeling JJ would say this when she confronted Emily

"No, I knew you could handle it. That doesn't mean you had to." I know I saw some opinions on how Emily said that, but I don't think she made it about herself tbh. I think given their state of mind rn, Emily was trying to say she thought she could try to protect JJ by doing what she did. Ik there's been discourse on if Emily did the right thing or not and I don't wanna get into that either but I think if they were both sober, then it would've delved into a more emotional conversation about the website and Emily could've explained in full why she chose that decision. That's at least my thoughts on it for now.

"It's not about protecting us. It's about being honest with us. With me." JJ 😭 She was so hurt that Emily had to do that and just wanted her to be honest with her. I might have some thoughts on her saying this

Also the way she says "with me." Ohhh I love them 😭 Also the fact that JJ's more worried about Emily having to lie and hide from her. JJ hates when people lie and hide stuff from her (funny enough when she does the same lol)

[recurring-polynya]

My Top 5 Bleach Filler Characters, Appropos of Nothing

5. Inaba Kagerouza, Reigai Arc

Inaba is, simply put, the pinnacle of Soul Society worldbuilding. He's got this long dramatic backstory and a bunch of rage bottled up in his chest, but also a guy needs a paycheck, so he's just been doing the R&D grind for a hundred years. He knows a shit-ton about the Dangai, which is relevant to his evil scheme, but it's also just his day job (also the Dangai owns, I want a PhD in "the Dangai"). No one else in Squad 12 seems to have the least bit of beef with him, even after he builds an evil duplicate of every person in the Gotei. Unlike a lot of mad scientist characters, he's good with his weapon. Maybe he's weirdly jacked under his villainous smock?? Also, his evil scheme was generally well thought out, and took into account the fact that the Gotei is a bunch of buffoons. ngl, I kinda wish his plan had succeeded, if only for the fact that it would probably really piss Aizen off.

4. Ran'Tao, Bount Arc

Everything about Ran'Tao owns, including:

Sexy glasses

Condemned so hard by the Central 46 that they gave her a kidou seal back tattoo

KIDOU. SHOTGUN.

Stabbed Kariya in the gut

Noped out at the end of the arc because Who Needs the Gotei's Shit?

3. Kuchiki Kouga, Zanpakutou Rebellion Arc I think that when you hear the story about how Byakuya was forbidden from marrying Hisana because she was a commoner, you're supposed to feel this great sense of injustice, like wow! Byakuya actually showed character by standing up for his love! And that's great and all, and then you get the Zanpakutou Rebellion Vintage Kuchiki Bullshit Flashbacks and it's like, oh, the last guy they married into the clan mass murdered a bunch of people and then they had to seal him up in a cave and I feel like that's an important piece of context in the entire Kuchiki Family-Being-a-Bitch-About-Who-Byakuya-Marries debacle.

Which isn't to exonerate the Kuchiki, here! It's very clear that Kouga wasn't that bad before he got pushed over the brink by Kuchiki family machinations. I mean, this is very much an Everyone's The Asshole situation.

I love the fact that they never come out and say that Kouga is Byakuya's uncle, but he's very obviously Byakuya's uncle.

I love the fact that he dramatically cut his kenseikan off with his sword and threw them at Ginrei and they made a gree card of it.

I love that he appears to be exactly Renji's height and has one chunk of hair that is the same color as Renji's and he over-accessorizes horrifically, and at best the Squad Six old-timer's had to be like "Byakuya don't do this to us again" when he hired Renji, and at worst there's a chance that Renji the secret baby that was born after Kouga was banished and he was hidden away in the Rukon so he didn't screw up the succession line but he's actually the true Heir to the Kuchiki.

2. Harugasaki Seizo, standalone episode 313 This dude had a homoerotic rivalry with Ikkaku (doomed, of course, because who could compete with Yumichika?), lost his shinigami powers when he took a blow meant for Ikkaku, and then spent the next hundred years putting his entire pussy into doing laundry for Squad 11. This man invented yearning, even if he did choose the worst possible person in the history of ever as the target of his affection.

1. Amagai Shuusuke, New Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc He looks like Ross Poldark. He can't hold his liquor. No one knows who witnessed his Captain's Exam. Ukitake and Kyouraku tried to talk him into a threesome. He was nice to Kira. His bankai was a tuba that made a foghorn noise when it belched out fire. His dad was the shinigami equivalent of a narc, who got done dirty by the Captain-Commander. He fought the Dangai Cleaner and won. I love him more than anything.

Honorable Mention: Kenryuu and Enryuu, New Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc Because they are an important reminder that for all the shinigami buffoonery I am forced to witness, day in and day out, some people graduate from Shin'ou, get shikai even, and still can't get hired by the Gotei.

[wuahae]

Congratulations on the milestone!! So happy for you <3

For the event, I wanted to request something with eric from tbz, in bed at 10:06. Like waking up with him and its all soft And comforting 🥺

[10:46] / in the bed

daylight trickles in through the window blinds, dust particles scattering in the light.

it’s an easy morning, one where your body folds in between the blankets, where your wake-up stretch has you squeezing your eyes shut and relaxing back on the pillows when you’re done. but of course, you think, rolling over to your side, it just wouldn’t be the same without your boyfriend, still sleeping beside you.

and as if on cue, eric stirs, sheets rustling as he turns, propping his head on his pillow to look at you.

"morning,” you say softly, smiling. “good sleep?”

he grins in response, sneaking an arm around your waist and pulling you close. “the best. morning, babe.”

and even after years of dating, you find yourself still caught up over the smallest of things, your hands against his bare chest, his legs tangled with yours, your head tucked into his chin, puzzle pieces clicked together.

“what’s the plan today?” eric asks, playing with the hem of your pajama shirt. “lunch date? dinner date? both? movie night after? actually, i think we should iust spend the whole day together.” it’s teasing and it’s silly, and you can’t help but laugh.

“sorry,” you apologize, untucking yourself from him to reach up and tame a tuft of hair sticking straight up on the side of his head. “i got a lot of work i have to finish today. maybe tomorrow?"

eric pouts, pulling your body even closer. “but it’s saturday…”

“sorry, eric.” his thumb grazes your stomach, calluses rough over your soft skin. your breath hitches, just slightly. “let’s have breakfast together though, yeah?”

he contemplates, humming as his hand moves to rest completely on your waist under your shirt. a part of you wants to play shy, wriggle out from his grasp and say some excuse about getting to breakfast or else you’ll both run out of time, but you squash it down, indulging in his warmth.

that was the perks of a saturday morning, wasn’t it? the way you could relax, even if it was just for a few hours before everything in your life became hectic again, the way eric grabs your hand and slows you down before you trip and fall carrying too many things in your arms, the way you let him. so you reach up, wrapping your arms around his neck, and scooch even closer to him, skin pressed against his.

(it’s on saturday morning that you find yourself enjoying this the most, the feeling that you could have a home anywhere, so long as it was with him.)

“movie night tomorrow though, right?” eric asks, squeezing your waist a little. “you know we still need to catch up on the new episodes of the bachelor.”

“of course,” you respond, kissing him on the lips. “wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

[breakerwhiskey]

143 - ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE

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[click, static]

They’re coordinates. That’s—they’re coordinates!

I think.

46 degrees 40 minutes North and 100 degrees 52 minutes West. At least, that’s what I’m assuming. Any other combination of North, South, East, West puts me into the ocean or…Mongolia, so I’m just going to go with my gut here.

It’s North Dakota. I would guess maybe a ten hour drive—I’m already on the road and driving fast. Maybe I’m completely wrong and you’re yelling at your radio begging me to pull over and look at the numbers again and understand something but I…

Maybe I want them to be coordinates. I want you to be real—to be someone other than Birdie and to be telling me where to find you. I haven’t been to North Dakota yet, there’s still a chance that people are out there, that you want me to find them. To find you.

(laughs) I don’t know what—what am I gonna say to you? Would it—would it be strange to give you a hug? I’m not even that affectionate of a person but it’s been so long since—

[click, static]

Who is the last person that you hugged? Is it someone that you’re with? Are you with people? Looking through the messages I’ve received, I think you started to talk to me around my birthday. If I had to guess. Which means that you’re the one who told me the tornado system wasn’t automated, which makes sense, maybe Birdie didn’t know that either.

It also means that you’re the person who told me I didn’t belong. But I’m choosing to see that as a…problem with tone. You can only convey so much meaning with dots and dashes and maybe you were trying to tell me I didn’t belong on the West Coast because you’d been hoping I would go North instead of West. I don’t belong where there are no people and you know that—you know I’ve been searching. Maybe you were trying to say I belong wherever you are.

I’d like to hug you for that. For telling me the truth about things, about the warning siren, for giving me something to look for. Maybe you’re affectionate with someone every single day but me—

Well, Harry was the last person I hugged. Obviously. Six years with someone, it’s bound to happen. But that was a few years ago now. She—maybe she is a physically affectionate person naturally but we rarely—

I’d had a nightmare. I get them sometimes, as you know. Or, maybe you don’t know, I don’t know how long you’ve been listening. Maybe everything I said before getting to Vegas was lost to you. Surely you would’ve told me about the warning system before then if you had heard me.

But, well, anyway, I get nightmares sometimes. About…well, it’s not important, but Harry—no matter what she felt about the situation that led to the nightmares, she never judged me too harshly for having them. And a while back, I—I think I woke up screaming. It was a bad one, it felt so real, and she came rushing in, thinking that something was really wrong and then she—-

Human comfort can mean a lot even when it’s given by someone that—that you—someone who doesn’t—

Well, our relationship has always been about as clear as mud, but she comforted me then. Held me until I stopped shaking. And that wasn’t the first time she’d done something like that, but it was the last.

But then again, sometimes, when she cut my hair, she’d…well, I thought…

She lingered. Her fingers in my hair, on my neck. Touching longer and more tenderly than they had to.

[click, static]

Just…when I get there, whoever you are…you can hug me. I give you full permission.

And whoever you are, just…stay there. I’m coming as fast as I can.

[click, static]

[belphegor1982]

Feeling a little bit down today because while Percahlia and Vaxleth are celebrating because the S3 trailer fed them very well, Pikelan got nothing 😭

I’m holding out hope that they’re just saving some good stuff for when the show actually drops (Like they did with Season 2) but it’s kinda rough out here, especially when a majority of the mutuals are celebrating their ships and it’s just crickets for Pikelan.

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be such a downer about it. I am really excited about this season but it’s just hard to celebrate and I hope me just barging in and “complaining” doesn’t sound too childish

Hey, it's okay! Sometimes we just need to vent. Barge away, I wasn't kidding when I said my door was open 💜 (that's one door that isn't a mortal enemy, lol)

I understand the frustration! But keep in mind that it's just a 1:46-long video, and I'm actually grateful that we (as Critters, broadly speaking) got so little. It's not a trailer that shows so much you feel you've already seen 85% of the thing, and thank goodness! Plus, I was a total wide-eyed show-only newbie then, so I'm not including myself in it, but do you remember how episodes 1-3 had Pikelan fans feeling like :-/ and maybe short-changed a little? And then we got the road trip in 2.07 and episode 2.09 was all about the big and smalls! (literally, the other four only returned in 2.10!) And 2.12 and the kiss!! (and the almost accidental love confession :D Oh, Scanlan. I love this dumbass so much.)

Tl;dr you're not childish, you're not a downer, and it's okay to be disappointed. I hoped for more too, and I'm not telling you to manage your expectations; just that we got not even a slice but a taste of pizza that has delicious smoked scamorza, sweet mozzarella, and peppered pecorino, and we know there's creamy gorgonzola on it too, we just haven't got to that part yet 💜 (can you tell it's almost dinner time and I'm hungry? :P)

Lil' thing under the cut for some wild Pike (and Scanlan) theorising, because TLOVM spoilers - let's get excited and enthusiastic about our gnomes!

So Pike looked exhausted in the Hells, right? Poor darling 😬 I'm really excited that she's going with them (maybe to reclaim Percy's soul after Glintshore?).

Also, I really wonder if the flashback we had of her with dark hair in season 2 was an Easter egg or foreshadowing for S3. You know how 2.09 has flashbacks to Grog's youth and what led to Wilhand (and Pike 💜) adopting him? I'm thinking they might (might!) do something like this for Scanlan's death - bookending his resurrection with flashbacks of Pike's. But I'm not sure, because when Kash brought Vex back to life Pike pointed out she'd never tried a revival rite and Kash said it was super rare. What do you think?

One thing's for sure, though, I am NOT READY for the way this season is going to kick me in the heart through my teeth ^^

[rnp5324]

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

This is gonna be long, so strap in. I NEED my fellow X-Men fans to hear me out on this one. I watched the Wolverine Anime (English Dub) in 2020, underrated masterpiece imo. There’s this one guy named Kikyo Mikage, right? Long haired, chest out, fem-presenting guy who rivals with Wolverine. So the two fight in Episode 3, AND THEN HE DOES THIS…..

WITH A SMILE AND A FULL LIP SMACK……I’m telling you there is NO hetero explanation for that 😭 who let ‘em cook in 2011???? There’s also just this entire segment in full and it doesn’t help that Steve Blum makes him sound fruity as hell. UHM SIR???? 😳 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLqxN5RcVXvru-W8HjCM5I9PuHOe6pX7G?feature=shared

So Kikyo hits Logan with this windslash thing, and— https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqrrcXvohsF1Gfq9oTbgmkLzjj8XtgNTW?feature=shared

For context, Kikyo is meant to be one of Shingen Yashida’s deadliest assassins, and he’s just here talking to Logan so??? Relaxed??? Smiling calmly at him when he says this???? This is just Episode 3, it gets better. Episode 5 is also pretty strong with their dynamic and honestly the whole series is worth a watch, but I’m gonna skip to Episode 10 for now. We’re on Madripoor, reaching the bad guy’s place where Kikyo jumps in front of Logan & Yukio for this first exchange https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxAbV1TqO6PTsfw9XfzXUoIVyHFl3qco9Z?feature=shared

Logan’s like “gtfo outta my way, I’m tryna rescue my girlfriend” and instead of being like “lol idgaf die”, Kikyo is like “Shit u right, it wouldn’t be fair to fight u w/ her on ur mind, we’ll settle this later.” This point is continued in the next episode where his boss asks why he didn’t just kill Logan already. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwluYxh254EHRg76DKMP-C_gkkZHR4joi?feature=shared Shingen: “I hired you to kill this idiot!” Kikyo: “About thaaaat….It’s in my contract that I only wanna fight him if we’re equally matched, and he can’t do that rn since he’s focused on saving his gf instead of fighting me. So.” Shingen: “You know what, screw you. I’ll fight him myself.” Kikyo is so hellbent on fighting Logan equally, that not only will he help him reach Mariko, https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxZ1DxT6hPQ7sWRtmhoKGkuXyop8vUTg_H?feature=shared

THEY TEASE A FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO DURING THE LAST EPISODE’S AFTER CREDITS SCENE 😭

Oh if you think I’m done with this fruity aaah Samurai, NAHHH you haven’t seen this clip in the Blade Anime https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxm7N9JEbALNkobK2OWq-XRa4oPL4t2FWS?feature=shared I shit you not, he pulls an ”Ah, Logan~…” HELLO????? I can’t be the only person who sees this, RIGHT??????

tl;dr Ohio man goes crazy over obscure GNC-Japanese-Mutant with insane queer coding

[lovelypurplefox]

Urusei Yatsura (2022) Final Thoughts - spoilers!:

Boy, this post is gonna be long.

It was… okay. The final scene in this episode almost made me cry, though. I rarely share my opinions on anime because I’m scared of starting a flame war or something, but I have a lot to say after finishing this series.

I say that this newer UY series is okay because I started watching the original series last month. There’s a charm to the original series - the expressions, the backgrounds, etc… I’ve been talking a lot of UY on my socials after starting the og series 😂.

I remember an online friend I follow saying that the new series is bright and flashy, and I have to agree on her. I know that this is animated by the same studio that did Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (maybe I should make fanart of Lum in a JJBA outfit in the future on my sideblog, wimbearn), but I wish they made the characters more expressive like the original series.

You know, it’s sad that some characters are missing. Kintarō and Ten’s Mom, for example (I recently watched the episode where she debuts in on Tuesday and I loved it and it gave me a laugh).

As for character designs, I think it’s cute. I like both Lum designs (original and new). The only one that I’m not a big fan of is Ten’s design; I don’t know what about it I don’t like: the hair color or the way they drew his eyes or face. I can’t seem to put my finger on it.

I really wish they remade some of the songs from the original series. Especially Lum no Love Song. You can hear bits of it in some episodes and in the final episode near the end.

Overall, I wish this wasn’t 46 episodes short 😅… they should’ve animated some more chapters (by the way, I have yet to read the manga!). Would I recommend it to newcomers of Urusei Yatsura? Yeah, I guess. But, I still would recommend watching the original series. Like I said, there’s a charm to it that the new series is missing.

I’m gonna watch episode 77 of the original series next week as I’m taking a break from binging it. I’ll post some more Urusei Yatsura maybe next week as I’m on break from social media.

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

➖ Mature content, 18+ ➖ check the trigger tags each time ➖      

Chapter 46 - Lost in thoughts again. Episode 4. Congo: I woke up early that morning by some noises in the garden, sounded like…. Daniel and Robert? I moaned softly and stretched quietly looking to my side, getting quite surprised as I found Evan already looking at me.

Evan: He blushed softly Oh…

Congo: I chuckled softly What?

Evan: He chuckled shyly Nothing…

Congo: Judging by his blushing he got shy I had caught him starring at me, so I chuckled again and planted a tiny kiss on his forehead Good morning. I stretched my neck a bit to look behind him Andy's still asleep?

Evan: Yeah he nodded he's sleeping like a stone!

Congo: I chuckled softly As always. How long time has that been going on? I pointed towards the big window in front of us, clearly gesturing towards the noise in the garden

Evan: Hm… about 15 minutes, at least… it woke me up.

Congo: What are they doing anyway?…. it's only I looked at my watch 8.12? I frowned softly Why on earth are they up so early roaming around the garden?

Evan: It's Daniel…. who really knows what's going on in Daniels head?

Congo: I nodded You might be right there I smiled at him softly Alright, I guess I'm gonna go down and see what the fuzz is about I made a move as to get up, but Evan quickly wrapped an arm over my chest, gently pressing me to stay down Or not? I smiled softly

Evan: Please stay here a bit… just a couple more minutes…. it's so cozy.

Congo: I tried my best to hold back a giant smile, which resulted in a shy chuckle instead Okay… I can do that.

Evan: Mmmh… he snuggled his face at my chest and breathe me in I like your smell…

Congo: I smiled softly And what do I smell of?

Evan: Mmh.. I don't know… wood? There's always this mild scent of wood on you, even after you shower. There's always a tad of coffee… Whiskey… he sniffed again mmmh… some spices, and some sort of perfume I can't quite make out. And warmth… just warmth and comfort.

Congo: Mmh I kissed his hair, sniffing him in as I closed my eyes, smiling happily I like your smell too.

Evan: He smiled bright And what's my smell?

Congo: I chuckled warmly Musk… always musk and sometimes a dash or myrrh… other times there's a hint of Amber… but always just a lot of Evan…. and that's my favorite one.

Evan: Mmmh… kiss me He smiled at me warmly, how could I say no to that face?

Congo: I bend my head down to him, planting a few loving kisses on his lips, smiling at him warmly as I stopped Did you sleep good?

Evan: I slept better than I have in a long time…. I was so relaxed…

Congo: That's nice… that's really good my voice was warm and deep

Evan: Yeah… how about you?

Congo: I slept like a dream… having you in my arm all night, is always a great pleasure… knowing you're safe…

Evan: Yeah… I really love hiding by your side…

Daniel: YAWN!!! He walked into the room fast, heading towards the kitchen there's only so much soap opera mumbo jumbo I can listen to before my ears falls off! He chuckled hoarse and opened the fridge, searching for something

Congo: I sighed deep and shook my head Maybe you shouldn't listen in on other peoples conversations then?

Daniel: Maybe so… but it was either that, or walking in on you two kissing, and I assumed Evan might just turn into a tiny mouse and run and hide in a hole in the wall if I were to see forbidden deeds like that, although I have seen you two kiss in the kitchen already, but hey details like that seems to be forgotten, and we all know I always remember who kissed who, and most importantly who fucked who! He grinned with a chicken leg in his mouth as he for a second peeked at us from behind the kitchen door Anyway… he mumbled due to the chicken leg I jusssht came up heeer to tell you two Akn isshhere to talk with you about the resssultsch ofthe testreshulsts.

Congo: No one understands half of what you say with that chicken leg in your mouth.

Daniel: Pardon me he slammed the kitchen door and grinned us again, then took the chicken leg out of his mouth, munching it a bit. Akin, test results of your blood, sick boys, he has words for you… go go… you find big man in garden! Big man make fire! Big man has news!

Congo: I chuckled deeply and shook my head Alright alright…. I shook my head again and grabbed Evan's boxers, quickly handing them to him, then managed to locate my own, and grabbed those as well, getting them on under the blanket. I'll quickly put some coffee on and go get dressed… let's take it to the balcony so we don't wake up Andy, hm? I assume you want to be a part of it, as I expect him to have news about you know what as well?

Evan: He nodded at me and sighed softly Yeah… I'll go get dressed… meet you in the balcony 5 minutes from now? I'll pick up Akin on the way.

Congo: 5 minutes later, Evan, Akin, Robert, Daniel and I were gathered on the big balcony where also the hot tub and the big barbecue grill plus outside dining table were located. We all had something to drink. Most of us coffee, while Daniel had settled for a beer.

Akin: So, the news are good. You are both cleared now… no more to find in your blood samples. It seemed to be a minor virus infection you got, due to the bonds. I guess both your bodies needed to adjust a bit, that's all. I have no answer as to why Andy didn't get affected, once again I guess it's just the magical mystery of Andy? He chuckled warmly You should both be okay, and no need to worry about affecting others any longer either. You might still experience some tiredness, but beside that everything should be normal. As for the mate bonds and getting married. We have after much searching been able to find one other case like yours, back in the early 1700… where a young woman got married to two male mates. Neither bonds broke. Actually the quite opposite happened. The bonds got re-enforced and seemed stronger than any mate bonds ever made. Creating some very unusual strong connections between the people involved. Nothing bad, so please don't worry. It was more like a certain awareness of the people in the bond, such as detecting their mood better than you would normally detect a partners mood. A deeper understanding of each other. A deeper connection so to speak. It's hard to explain really, as it didn't explain in details. But I would expect it to be something in the same direction of what you and Andy used to feel back when Andy still had a bit of supernatural blood and you two exchanged blood. He nodded at me Back when Andy could feel your feelings… But nothing quite as intense as that, so you should be able to breath freely and not feel buried under supernatural things again, as I know you wish to have as little to do with that as possible. He smiled softly Let's take it easy, and if something becomes too overwhelming, we will work it out somehow, okay? We can do lots of things, you will not be left alone in it. But the clan and I have agreed, it should be perfectly safe for you guys to get married he smiled warmly at Evan So all that's left, is to pick a date for you and Andy… or all 3 of you, if that's where you're heading? He winked at both of us and smiled cheekily

Evan: Coughed in his coffee and blushed bright red Ehh…

Robert: Who already had happy tears in his eyes from the news of the marriage, looked at us with a small squeak-like sound Is there something going on between you two?

Congo: I looked at Evan a bit hesitating, chuckling nervously Akinnnn I chuckled nervously again that was not supposed to be public….

Akin: I apologize… I thought everyone knew? It's quite obvious anyway.

Congo: I smiled a bit forced Perhaps. But we both prefer some privacy around this, so things wont be too overwhelming. Besides, there's no reason to steal the spot light from the upcoming wedding, right? So can we just keep it around this table and not let it reach more ears? Please?

Akin: He nodded agreeing Absolutely. And I apologize. I just thought everyone knew.

Robert: So… that means…??

Evan: Yes dad! He sighed deep and grabbed my hand, sliding his fingers between mine… a bit irritated, but he did it, And that was a great start Can we just… he blushed softly and sighed deep I don't want Andy to know about anything…

Robert: Andy doesn't know about you two?

Evan: I give up on you he shook his head lightly and sipped his coffee

Robert: I'm sorry, I'm trying to keep up with all of this… it's hard son.

Congo: I chuckled softly I apologize Robert, it's not your fault. Evan didn't get quite right out of bed today. I smiled softly at Evan and stroke his hand with my thumb Yes Robert, Evan and I have… found each other, and I guess we are sorta

Evan: We're a couple yes! His voice was still irritated and he only blushed more by the words, seemingly trying to focus on something on the ground, not to have to keep eye contact with anyone

Congo: I smiled softly I hope everyone is okay with that, cause that's how it will be from now on. We are all 3 a couple. And let's keep it like that for a while before talking about marriages and such I glared a bit at Akin and chuckled softly But, Robert, I assure you I love your son very much, and I will do my very best to be as good to him as possible.

Robert: Sniffled his nose as few tears fell from his eyes I know you will..

Daniel: Robbie! OI!!! He threw a pack with paper towels to Robert you're leaking!

Robert: Chuckled softly and grabbed the pack of towels Thank you.

Akin: He observed Daniel with an amused smirk on his face What happened to you anyway?

Daniel: Sighed softly Feisty Sparkle.

Akin: So what did you do?

Daniel: Why do you assume I did something wrong?

Akin: Looked at him with poker face

Daniel: Yeah, okay, you're right. I messed up. She told me she would like to take this guy, Danny, to the wedding… I had assumed she was gonna go with me. So… I guess I said a few things I shouldn't have…. and…. punched Danny? He frowned and sipped the beer And then I made fun of him for not fighting back… And then… the little one got pissed he pointed at his face and sipped his beer again

Congo: Yesterday you sai…

Daniel: Frowned softly I didn't want you to worry… you were relaxing with the long haired one he gestured towards Evan you both looked so cute… just because I'm a social fuck up who can't make a relationship work, doesn't mean I have to ruin others as well, right? He pulled his shoulders and searching his pocket for his joint tin It's fine… let her take Danny, if that's what she

Evan: No one is going to that wedding, except our family and closest friends. He looked at Daniel with an intense gaze, that somehow said 'she wont bring him as long as it's my wedding, I got your back'

Daniel: Smiled softly and lit his joint Well, that was an unnecessary pile of bullcrap drama we didn't need…. will everyone please light the fuck up? There's a wedding to be planned!

Congo: We all laughed, and for the next hour we all planned together, how, when, and where the union should take place.

[translationandbetrayals]

Identity, mommy issues and slice of life: Skip to Loafer’s Shima Sousuke

Skip to Loafer is, no doubt, one of my favorite finds of this year.

It all started on Twitter of all places, where I saw a clip of the opening with the two main characters dancing to the beat of a very lively song. It was so adorable it activated my cuteness aggression, and I had to tap in as the anime was airing.

SKIP TO LOAFER OPENING — “Mellow” by Keina Suda

Skip to Loafer was only three or four episodes in by the time it came into my radar and, being on a one-week long university break and also a little wrong in the head, I spent that time binging what had already aired and then reading the manga (also reading the almost 300 chapters of Kaguya-sama wa kokurasetai, but that’s a story for another day). I think it’s obvious I was pleasantly surprised.

Skip to Loafer is going into my favorite discoveries of this year, and one of its main characters, Shima Sousuke, is becoming an all-time favorite. He scratches an itch in my brain that I didn’t even know I had, and the conflicts he presents are something that I have not seen before portrayed with so much love and honesty anywhere else.

He’s what they’d call an ikemen: attractive, easy-going and people can’t help but look at him when he walks into the room, meaning that he becomes popular almost as soon as he enters high school. However, he’s kind of indifferent to people around him even though he plays along, and he can even be rather cruel when talking to others if they push him to the edge—however, he doesn’t lose his perfectly-constructed fake smile. He’s verbally punching you in the gut with the most calm expression he can muster, and it’s kind of unsettling.

Except, of course, when it comes to the heroine of this story, Iwakura Mitsumi.

Their meeting was a chance encounter. The stars aligned, the gods made up their minds, whatever: the thing is that she was lost in the city on the first day of school and he found her, helped her get to school, and then also let her ruffle his hair like a dog for some reason. Oh, and Sousuke immediately started calling her Mitsumi-chan, by the way, and told her she could call him by her family dog’s name—which she declined, obviously, because that’s a dog.

EPISODE 2

Mitsumi kind of idolizes him at the beginning of the story, considering his maturity and level-headedness an admirable trait and she hopes she can become more like him. He’s confident, friendly and, as she saw first hand, also extremely kind. Both of them find themselves drawn to the other, and so the story begins.

And, honestly, Sousuke looks, at first glance, like your typical romcom main lead. He has that vibe. He’s tall, he’s blonde, and he’s a little aloof. One might even think he’s a spiritual cousin of Kazehaya Shouta from Kimi ni Todoke without the blonde part, of course

However, as the story progresses, it’s unveiled he has things to hide that don’t stay hidden for long—at least from Mitsumi, anyway. He opens up to her in ways he’s never done with anybody else, and she accepts him as he is—she even protects him, posing like an anteater in front of someone from his past just to keep them away from him. It’s the little things, isn’t it?

EPISODE 12

Sousuke’s aloof nature is revealed to be something more than that: it’s a complete disconnect from his own emotions and environment. He simply plays along, fulfilling the role that has been assigned to him—if he’s meant to be a status symbol, he obliges; if he’s meant to be a tool, he puts himself to good use. It’s kind of shocking when his personal reveries start to be shown to us as readers, because that’s not usually what you’d expect from a guy like him.

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Turns out he used to be a child actor who had a little bit of a fall from grace when he was in middle school—that’s one of his secrets that Mitsumi finds out about without meaning to but swears to take to her grave. So far, it’s not known why he ever started acting, but we do know why he stayed there for as long as he did: his mother.

His father was a cheater with an affair, leaving a horrible idea of romantic love on Sousuke, and his mother was kind of desperate with her marriage falling apart. So what did Sousuke do as a little kid with no control over his situation? Stick to acting. For her. He devoted himself to his job as a kid playing various roles despite not being happy with it. And when he started to let his discomfort be known, his voice fell on deaf ears—his mother thought him giving up acting was an inconvenience, and so he simply lowered his head and agreed.

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We realize he’s not just someone who goes with the flow: he’s a chronic people pleaser, unable to say no when the people around him expect something of him. He smiles, nods and waves, completely removed from his own desires and ambitions to the point where he has none, and he doesn’t even question it. Quite the opposite, actually—he embraces it. He knows he’s not there to make decisions, that people have already made up their minds about the kind of person he is before they even get to know him, so he doesn’t bother nurturing traits that make him worth knowing and simply agrees with what everyone else says. He is a pawn.

He’s also severely distanced from his little brother, Keiri: a three year old boy who technically is his half-brother, because he is the son of his mother’s second husband. He doesn’t know how to act around him, so he hides from him. And his little brother shadows him from afar.

Sousuke knows he’s attractive and that, instead of giving him an ego boost, makes him even more passive—people flock to him, people orbit around him, and he does what he thinks will satisfy them without them even having to ask. Truly, too much of a people pleaser for his own good.

And that leads Sousuke to never doubt what people he admires say, and that includes Mitsumi. He has her on this pedestal, where he thinks she can do no wrong and can never be mistaken, so he treats her words as obsolete—if Mitsumi believes something to be wrong, it must be wrong; if Mitsumi thinks something isn’t working, then that must be the case. It takes him way too long and basically a peer-review of his situation for him to realize that she isn’t perfect and he never should have believed her to be. And that he has to reap what he sowed.

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When it comes to his emotions, he has no understanding of them at all because no one ever cared enough before to ask. Not until Mitsumi showed up. So whatever thought or feeling that’s more complex than a giggle is something that he cannot comprehend—he doesn’t know where to start, how to decipher the mess that’s his head, and it’s clear that his emotional maturity is severely undeveloped when he finds himself in a conflict where he has to take a stand.

However, slowly but surely, he realizes he can’t figure out certain things alone, and that he needs to ask for guidance from the people he trusts. Because they may not have the answer to his problems, but at least they can help him walk through it, and that’s better than bottling it up and praying it goes away or gets solved on its own.

Sousuke’s imperfections are portrayed in a way that feels refreshing to me. I haven’t seen any character this emotionally incompetent due to being abandoned by his guardians written in a way that can move me this deeply—you can feel his vulnerability and your heart aches a little bit when it dawns on you the extent of his detachment and the reasons why.

The manga never tells you directly, but it leaves the hints in front of you to pick them up and put them together. Understanding Sousuke and creating the timeline of events is not something that’s given to us easily; it’s slowly revealed with the little interactions, with his thought process, with his reactions. And solving the puzzle is fascinating to me.

Basically: Shima Sousuke, you will always be famous. and you’re never beating the shoujo boy allegations

Francisca Salgado. ☆

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball GT 46

✨GT Stands for Gently Tousled.✨

This episode doesn’t have any shots of Super 17 sweeping his hair back with both hands the way he did in the last two episodes.  But it does have four scenes of him at least touching his hair and moving it out of the way, which makes up for it, I suppose.

✨Positivity Page✨

✨”Good” “Ideas”, Poorly Executed✨

Here’s a moody shot of Goku to start us off.  The animators for this episode were clearly trying to make this thing look really cool, but there’s only so much you can do with a crappy story like this.  So there’s lots of “““aesthetic”““ shots of the destroyed city they’re fighting in, and the sun is going down, so large chunks of this episode are bright orange.

It’s a rare departure from the usual washed-out pastels we see in most of this series.  I was watching some clips of the Super Android 13 movie the other day, and it was just so pretty.  Red, yellow, blue, so many beautiful colors in that movie. 

Let’s just get to the point.  Half of this episode is Goku fighting as a Super Saiyan 1, which the whole audience knows is a waste of time.  17 just got done fighting four vanilla Super Saiyans, and he kicked all their asses.  Everyone was waiting for Goku to come back and save the day, but that was because he’s the only one who can transform into a Super Saiyan 4.  For some reason, Goku seems to be the only one who doesn’t understand this. 

Anyway, he keeps attacking, and nothing works, and 17 says its because he can see through all his moves.  So Goku starts shooting energy blasts at him, like that’s some zany new thing no one could possibly anticipate.  Well, it doesn’t work either. 

Meanwhile, Chi-Chi and Videl have decided to take matters into their own hands and defeat the bad guys themselves, because the menfolk have been gone too long.   Videl puts on her Great Saiyawoman costume and she’s thrilled that it still fits. Chi-Chi cobbles together armor made out of various kitchen utensils.  This is really stupid.

Bulla approves, and tells her mom she wants in on this stupid mission.  You know, Bulla, you could just train and become a Super Saiyan yourself, and then you could go with the boys for the first wave, instead of doing whatever this is.

Meanwhile, Goku has finally turned into a Super Saiyan 4, but his tactics haven’t changed at all.  He keeps firing ki blasts at Super 17, and none of it works.  It finally dawns on Goku that 17 is letting himself get hit on purpose, because he could easily dodge these blasts, but he’s not even trying. 

So fires a 10x Kamehameha at Super 17...

... who absorbs all of the energy, becoming even stronger than he was before.

Okay, so this is incredibly stupid, because Goku has already seen this ability from Gero’s androids.  He fought Android 19 back in DBZ, and when he fired a Kamehameha at him, 19 absorbed it through the red implants in the palms of his hands.  Android 17 never had this power before, but that doesn’t matter, because in this continuity, Goku never met 17 until today, so he’s only ever seen him in this Super 17 form.  And besides, Goku ought to be able to see the same red implants on Super 17′s hands.  He never had them before the upgrade, but he has them now, and Goku should have recognized their function right off the bat. 

More importantly, even when Goku did figure out what was happening, he stupidly decided to test his suspicions by firing his strongest blast at Super 17, just to see what would happen.  I could criticize this decision, but Dr. Mu does it for me.  He’s like, wait, you knew that would happen and you did it anyway just to make sure?  “You’re a cretin!”  Goku tries to defend his reasoning, saying that he wanted to see how Super 17 would handle his strongest blast, just in case it would overload him or anything like that.

Okay, here’s what Goku could have done instead.  Mu and Super 17 had no idea about his Super Saiyan 4 form. So Goku could have shot a much smaller blast at him, and then started talking about he finally figured this out, and then let Dr. Mu gloat about it.  Mu would probably let slip some useful information, because Goku’s been doing this long enough that he knows the villains get chatty when they think they’re winning. 

It wouldn’t change the problem, but at least Goku wouldn’t be feeding vast amounts of his own power to the enemy. 

So Goku realizes that he can’t use ki blasts for the rest of this fight.  That shouldn’t be a problem for him, since he’s equally skilled at close-quarters combat, but this is GT, and for some reason, 80% of the fight choreography in this series is “Shoot fireballs at the opponent”.  At one point, Goku starts to set up another Kamehameha, then he stops himself when he remembers he’s not supposed to do that.  It makes him look like a hack. 

So instead, he tries to get in close using Instant Transmission, except 17 has that scouted.  Turns out he can sense the air displacement when Goku teleports into a location.  Two things:

1) Fuck you, GT Goku, for deciding to use Instant Transmission now, several episodes after it would have actually come in handy.  You could have saved Piccolo a lot of trouble and taken out Hell Fighter 17 before he had a chance to turn into Super 17. 

2) Goku shouldn’t need to teleport just to slug it out with 17.  He could just... you know... fly closer to him and throw hands.  Dammit, it’s like everyone who worked on this show never paid any attention to DBZ. 

So Goku gets his ass kicked, deservedly so, and he just lays there like a dope while Super 17 prepares the Revenge Death Ball Electro Eclipse Bomb to finish Goku off. 

And this right here is why I’ve never been a big fan of Super Saiyan 4.  They introduced this new transformation for GT, but then they kept making it look weak and useless.  They also kept making Goku turn into a giant idiot every time he used it.  He fought Baby with this thing and it took five episodes to beat him because Goku kept making stupid mistakes when he should be old enough to know better.  And now we’re seeing his second-ever fight with this form, and he just lost.  And sure, SSJ3 Goku has a lousy track record too, but he always made the form look strong the whole time he used it, and whenever he lost at SSJ3, it was usually because he ran out of gas.  With SSJ4, the problem is he keeps running out of brain.

✨Is this episode worse than “The Roaming Lake”?✨

This episode is supposed to be the payoff to the past four episodes, where Goku was trapped in Hell and the world was depending on him to escape and save everyone from Super 17.  And now, Goku’s finally fighting Super 17, and it isn’t making a lick of difference! 

This arc is only six episodes long, but it still feels like it takes forever.  You spend most of it just waiting for Goku to turn Super Saiyan 4, and he stubbornly refuses to do it until there’s only 1.5 episodes left in the story, and then he gets his ass kicked.  It’s like Toei is punishing the viewer for caring about this story. 

Well, “The Roaming Lake” never played those kinds of games.  Sure, it contradicted the payoff to another episode, where Nam got all that water, but it didn’t contradict itself.  The Roaming Lake was promised at the start of the story, and then it saved the day.  It didn’t turn out to be full of vinegar or anything like that.  Man, fuck GT forever.

✨The Blade Braxton Memorial Haiku*✨

Goku dropped the ball.

Not to worry.  His wife will

Clean up after him.

[imiya]

bitter about the way g5 is going and how hasbro is handling the brand. here is my complaints to my friend

. I rewatched the Make Your Mark series-well, I'm still rewatching it, but I rewatched the first three episodes (not the 40-minute long snooze-fest that is Chapter One). The first two episodes are so...incompetent? They're all over the place and make no sense, do not effectively convey their conflicts, do not show their characters well. I've been watching through more FIM episodes at work and stuff, and it is surprising how well season one holds up. The stories are tight, the characters are shown well, and it's overall so earnest and fun. G5...not so much? The movie was so cute, but I feel like they're taking the characters away from that and towards something else. It's like they don't know what to do with Izzy, she just feels like another Pinkie Pie. In the movie, she was so...quirky but kind? Hitch is a whiner now, although he's always been my least favorite, so no surprises there. They make Zipp a walking single joke with her "detective" shtick. Pipp is GREAT, but I think they need to give her moments of vulnerability. Sunny seems to just not do much...the third episode is so much better, but I don't think the story is very good for the show. :( I wanted the show to be so good.

[7:46 PM]2. The toys...I did not buy anything from the Summer/Winter releases of 2022...I bought the 6-inch Jazz Hooves, but that's it. Nothing else interests me. Where's the brushable hair? The new characters? :( It's really upsetting!! I felt really burned out on G5 (and MLP a bit) for a while because of the toys being so bad. I'm rekindling my earlier MLP love, getting around to thrifting and cleaning G1/G3 and finding retro pony merch is so fun, and I do love MLP so much! I'm even starting to look around at fakies for my cute horse fix. The current toys are just so bland.

[7:47 PM]3. Hasbro has demoted the brand. They segment their brands into a few categories: Franchise (this is where MLP was during G4, this is the top!), Portfolio (brands that are doing well but they want to do better), and Emerging (I think they may have renamed this to something else). MLP was demoted to Portfolio. Like, duh, no one is buying your toys and your show stinks! No one cares!

[phoenixofthestars]

1. lesbian

2. currently hyperfixated on Harley Quinn and Harley Quinn x Poison Ivy

3. nope

4. I’ve got two holes in each of my earlobes, good enough for me tbh

5. cabin in a forest. or just a forest. I’m tigerkin lol

6. two. technically. we ignore the first one.

7. rn anyone with hair long enough to braid 😩

8. Vox Machina, Harley Quinn, Avengers Assemble (literally just the episodes with Natasha and Clint lmao, if it doesn’t have them I get bored)

9. no

10. sort of?? it’s unadvertised on my main, but I have my main url listed in the bio

11. depends on if I can bring someone with me. if so, then teleport me and my gf to a forest. if not, just to wherever she is <3

12. I daydream a lot about something I’m really scared of, always with Nat, Clint, and my gf featuring heavily. there’s probably a lot of other psychology bits to it, but at the base of things, I know that I consider Nat and Clint very good friends—my gf even more so—and they make me feel safe, which helps.

13. no

14. I genuinely have not a clue

15. yes!! my gf, as I’ve already mentioned lol

16. no

17. no

18. ohh, a sleeve. maybe even both sleeves!! lots of purple and black, Wicca vibes, probably my tigerkin somewhere. hh pretty pictures <3

19. already done!! that’s private though

20. uh… well, Nat’s definitely one of my special interests. I don’t think I’m obssessed with anything though? other than what I mentioned in #2

21. she’s my gf lmao. she’s quiet, funny, forgiving. she’s AUDHD like me, which can often make it hard for her to communicate when she has a problem. if I got stabbed, she would hunt them down without question, and it would be very hard for me to convince her otherwise. she’s possessive, but well below the level of toxic, which is honestly very hot

22. I don’t know the appearances of anyone on here so @bloodbird2024 (what my gf’s username would be. can you tell that I Fucking Adore Her)

23. Imagine Dragons, Neoni, Faun

24. forest.

25. halfway through! at home with my gf watching a movie, or maybe exploring a forest if it’s nice out

26. spring! I don’t have any allergies, and I love watching the leaf and flower buds come out :) plus it’s warm, but not summer hot

27. people who use So Much perfume/cologne

28. I’m going to do the Thing. my gf. she’s also a writer, but while we’re both good at generally everything when writing stories, she’s really good at coming up with the most absolutely random shit during our roleplays. it trickles over to IRL too, which means that every time I see a seagull, I laugh, thinking of Jeff the Killer

29. uhh

30. uhhh

31. paper books. it’s just… a better Book Experience, you know? and I know e-books are so much more transportable, but I don’t have the money to pay for e-books, or anything to read them on

32. uhhhh

33. pretty much just what it is now lol. more baggy clothes though

34. I don’t really order coffee, I mostly make it at home and bring it in a travel mug

35. does my gf count

36. I don’t have any exes

37. no :(

38. nope

39. yep

40. if my gf were on tumblr, would she count?

41. 57!!

42. please see #21 and #28 lmao

43. honestly?? indulging my weird scary daydreams and writing scenes out

44. I’ve read romance, and I’ve read romance with sex, but I don’t think I’ve read erotica

45. none yet!

46. 235 😳

47. a) I’m demisexual/demiromantic, b) i consider my gf to be a celebrity :3

48. please see #42

49. uhhhhh

50. foggy if I can stay inside where it’s warm. if not, sunny lol (but not hot!!!)

Be nosy

1. What’s your sexual orientation?

2. What are you obsessed with right now?

3. Ever done any drugs?

4. What piercings do you want?

5. How many people have you kissed?

6. Describe your dream home.

7. Who are you jealous of?

8. What’s your favorite show to binge?

9. Do you watch porn?

10. Do you have a secret sideblog?

11. If you could teleport anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?

12. What’s one of your fantasies?

13. Do you have/would you get your nipples pierced?

14. How would you spend a million dollars?

15. Are you in a relationship?

16. Do you follow porn blogs?

17. Are you angry with anyone right now?

18. What tattoos do you want?

19. If you could change your name, would you? What would you change it to?

20. What is something you’re obsessed with?

21. Describe your best friend.

22. Tag someone you think is hot.

23. Who are five of your favorite bands/musical artists?

24. What are three places you want to travel?

25. Describe your perfect Friday night.

26. What’s your favorite season?

27. What’s your pet peeve?

28. Who is the funniest person you know?

29. What’s the most overrated movie?

30. Tag someone you want to talk to but have been too shy to message.

31. Do you like paper books or ebooks better?

32. If you could live in a fictional world, what world would you pick?

33. If money was no object, what would your wardrobe be like?

34. What’s your coffee order?

35. Do you have a crush on anyone?

36. Do you still have feelings for any of your exes?

37. Have any tattoos?

38. Do you drink?

39. Are you a virgin?

40. Do you have a crush on any of your mutuals?

41. How many followers do you have?

42. Describe the hottest person you know.

43. What’s your guilty pleasure?

44. Do you read erotica?

45. What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on?

46. How many people do you follow?

47. If you could marry any celebrity, who would you pick?

48. Describe your ideal partner.

49. Who do you text the most?

50. What’s your favorite kind of weather?