#love this for us

[ex0rin]

The Boys S04E01 | Department of Dirty Tricks

[burst-of-iridescent]

if you’d told me a week ago that the entire zutara fandom would be losing their minds over a fucking scarf i would’ve thought you were nuts and yet-

[alliekitaguchi]

sam might be liam's husband, but robbie is liam's boyfriend

[summerlinenss]

anyway instead of acknowledging dummies and haters, let’s talk about the fact the ofmd was featured in new york magazine’s most recent list of the top 30 best tv shows on max (one of only three total comedy shows)!!!

[nic-coughlan]

oh it's definitely giving romancing mister bridgerton isn't it

[explomb]

ngl when we said kaiser and ness' relationship was unhealthy I don't think we meant "kaiser studied up on his manipulation techniques and approached ness with the goal of breaking him"

[reginamillls]

*slaps bucktommy* they're so filled with trauma and very breedable

[nahoney22]

Wait

A

Damn

Second!!!

Star Wars tiktok a crosshair stan through and through 🤪🤪

[armyofpsychictrashcans]

Love Alice doing one (1) mildly nice thing to Gwen and the entire fandom just going SEE HOLY SHIT THEYRE GONNA FUCK

[ouatsqincorrect]

i love the swan queen fandom because our biggest arguments are who’s taller and whether or not regina is a bottom

[queer-reader-07]

the domesticity of a good friendship

[pigglepiephi]

Confirmed cameo from Gump or at least some version of the Only Boo! boys as they are using their real names in this series 🎤🎶🎵

Plus Joong which we knew about!

[nic-coughlan]

What if we get an official Polin and Baby Polin portrait added to their house in season 4??? 🥰

there'd be a portrait in every room if colin had his way. everytime one of the family goes into a room there's just a different portrait of penelope and baby boy bridgerton and colin just admiring them with a fond smile.

[doublel27]

Okay I will not be over this breakup any time soon. I saw it coming the second Moo called Kang and he was sitting in the restaurant infused with so much blue and he was awkward on the phone and then finding out why he was there…Moo’s mom is on my shit list.

However, I’m really pleased with how the break up went overall and that they broke our hearts in Ep 10 to give us enough runway to really fix it.

In this episode they gave us enough space to see that Moo wasn’t going to give up on either of his dreams. He wants both and he will do what it takes to have them. Moo was also terrible at being secretive. For all of his spy movie expertise, it was very clear he couldn’t actually maintain secrecy. He’s out here using a hat as cover to kiss Kang and hugging him in the middle of cinema hallways.

We also got enough space to see Kang struggling with sharing Moo with the world and having to lie about what he and Moo are to each other. Through their dating montage we saw Kang overhearing fans outside the condo talking about possibly catching Moo with a potential partner and being scandalized by it. He also looked incredibly lonely at parts as Moo would get asked for pictures while Moo kept insisting that he wasn’t that famous and as his numbers continue to grow.

And then we got Moo getting in trouble at rehearsal contrasted with Moo’s mom calling Kang to meet her to tell him what’s happening. And the reality is they’re both so honest and they hate lying about this and Moo definitely thinks it’s stupid. He’s understandably angered by the whole thing even if he chose to lie. The use of our grumpy fellow idol doesn’t surprise me at all in this.

Kang just wants Moo to reach his dreams. And it’s so effective to have Moo’s mom be the one to talk to Kang because she is seemingly finally supporting his dreams of being an idol and that was something that Kang knows hurt Moo in the past. It’s part of what Kang uses in the breakup, about how Moo has more than just Kang now who love and support him. It’s not like how it was when it was just them, and oh some of Kang’s own self esteem bits are on display as he insists there’s more than just him and he can’t be more than Moo’s dreams and Moo’s dreams can’t be worthless without kang. They have to have value.

And then you contrast it with Moo who is holding on to the promise that Kang wouldn’t let go of his hand. He knows how much of his current success is due to meeting this man who supports him and loves him and wants what’s best for him even if it means making boundaries that Moo doesn’t want to follow. And he asks to figure this out together, to find a solution, to not have to make an impossible choice…and Kang chooses for him.

The way there’s still nothing dishonest in the breakup: they’re both very clear that they’re still in love. Kang doesn’t lie and actually points out that Moo’s honesty about his emotions is one of his best traits and Kang can’t continue to ask him to be a liar. Kang remains honest that he’s going to keep watching and supporting and loving Moo. He wants to see Moo have his own concerts and write new songs.

Even at the beginning of the train car scene when Moo asks whose boyfriend Kang is, Kang says he’s Moo’s boyfriend…only moo’s (which like looking at you show sneaking that in there. I caught it.)

Kang leaves Moo with a last meal and proceeds to their cinema date spot and murder all of us by blocking Moo’s number. I understand why. He loves Moo and he’s terrible at resisting Moo when Moo chases because Moo is so honest and true and clear. And we are left sobbing with Moo on the train and on the steps of the station.

Then part 4 opens and it’s a year later! What a jump scare! And I am glad they are giving the time and space to contrast what has been happening for Moo and Kang in this year. We know Moo has debuted and is in a group. We know Kang is still following his dreams of art and is even making fan stickers of Moo. Still supporting him from afar.

And Moo is clearly determined to hold on to Kang’s promise that they can have love and their dreams.

Having two episodes for them to figure out how to either balance their dreams with the relationship or for Moo to reevaluate his dreams after having achieved it for a year…or potentially being Moo and making a large grand gesture that also admits that while he hasn’t been in a relationship officially, it’s still a lie that he saves all of his love for his fans because a large part of it will always be Kang’s, even if they’re not officially together…which I think some people may need to hear.

All in all, I am still really hopeful for the next two episodes. My boys didn’t act out of character and they were facing this difficulty since the beginning and I am grateful for the amount of runway to overcome it.

The hospital BTS shot still haunts me though.

[tobytost]

Ezra Bridger enjoyers every time there's a poll with Ezra in it