#mbs season 2 episode 2

[miraculousbohemian]

listen I'm gonna fucking do it. I'll write the fic.

I'll queue for the ao3 acc. I'll write the most dramatic, gay, angsty, painful peggynat fanfic ever. From the third person but following Natasha after Peggy fell through the portal. And maybe continue onto AOU because marvel probably won't. wussies.

Edit: oh yeah. I did it. anyway it's only in it's baby phase, we can't skip to the good part just yet. all we intend is scrawled in the sand by miraculousbohemian yoo

also yes i did use a hozier line what about it

[daimiyamoto]

‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎→ KEI'S GIF PACK DIRECTORY!

Since Tumblr terminated my previous account, where I stored every gif pack I ever made, I decided to upload them in a separate one just in case this one gets nuked too. This is the link to the directory, but I will also post a list in alphabetical order under the cut so you know which ones I've made so far. Some of them are in a payhip page, the rest are in their respective Tumblr page.; most of them are for free, a couple of them are paid.

If you like, use or plan to use any of them, please spread the word! I won't be making an individual post for them again, so a reblog to this post helps too. Thanks!

Alec Secăreanu in Happy Valley season 3

Alex Høgh Andersen in Darkness: Those Who Kill season 2 (P)

Álvaro Rico in Madres: Amor y vida season 4 (P)

Bilal Hasna in Extraordinary season 1 (P)

Brian Tyree Henry in The Outside Story

Brian Tyree Henry in Atlanta season 3 (unfinished)

Carlos Cuevas in Citas: Barcelona season 1 (P)

Carlos Cuevas in El verano que vivimos

Carlos Cuevas in Sin límites

Carlos Cuevas in Smiley season 1 (P)

Carlos Miranda in Station 19 season 5

Woo Do-Hwan in Bloodhounds (P)

Evan Peters in American Horror Story: Red Tide (gif icons)

Elias Kacavas in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin seasons 1 & 2

Wi Ha-Joon in Bad and Crazy

Wi Ha-Joon in Little Women

Wi Ha-Joon in With Coffee

Hasan Piker in several interviews (gif icons)

Kim Hieora in Bad and Crazy

Jesse Williams in Only Murders in the Building season 3 (missing one episode because I'm d*mb)

Jesse Williams in Your Place or Mine (P)

Jim Parrack in 9-1-1: Lone Star season 3 (unfinished)

Jordan Calloway in Fire Country season 2

Lakeith Stanfield in The Changeling season 1 (P)

Omid Abtahi in American Gods seasons 1 to 3

Omid Abtahi in Damien

Nabhaan Rizwan in Industry season 1

Nico Greetham in American Horror Stories season 2

Peter Gadiot in Yellowjackets season 1

Raúl Castillo in Night Teeth

Raúl Castillo in Seven Seconds

Ritesh Rajan in Twentyfiveish

Sachin Bhatt in But She's my Best Friend

Stephan James in Surface season 1 (unfinished)

Ted Sutherland in The Walking Dead: World Beyond season 2

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Watchmen season 1

I think I didn't forget any — if you think I did, let me know!

[thereasonsimbroke]

Netflix's hit, #Dandadan, will return for Season 2 in July 2025, as confirmed by #ShonenJump+ and the official #Anime site.

It will air in Japan's MBS Super Animeism TURBO slot; a date is pending. A teaser visual featuring Okarun, Momo, Turbo Granny, and Jiji hints at the intense Cursed House arc ahead. The series captivates with vivid animation from Science SARU, high-energy episodes, and emotional storytelling that blends humor with depth.

[grifff17]

Audiodrama Sunday 11/17/2024

Once again I forgot to do a write-up last week, but I have my notes I took as I listened to stuff, so this is going to be a long one.

@storiesfromylelmore - This was a serious episode but I lost my shit at “mom are you a furry?”. I fully had to pause the episode to laugh out loud. Does everybody else imagine the kids’ school as looking identical to their own middle school? Like the layout, the lockers, the front office, everything.

@innbetween - I started this show and binged the first 2 seasons. I really love this show, it's so funny and has great character work. The “previously” and “next time on” for events that happen offscreen is so clever, I've never seen a story do that and I like it so much. I love how it's clearly a d&d campaign with Fina making real-world references.

Skyjacks: Couriers Call - Alba leaving destroyed me god damn. Why did they have to draw The River. The first half of this episode was brutal.

@starfallpod - Leona popped the fuck off. “I am the highest power here” was amazing. The conflict between Leona and Fel in this episode had the vibes of a really good d&d campaign.

Mall Brats - This was the “Fenton buying rats flashback” episode! Truly the best flashback of all time.

@lostterminalpod - Three AIs on the same network violates the principle created by Seth’s mom. Interested to learn more about this.

@witherburn-after-school-news - Great season finale, I really like this show. Normally horror isn't my thing, but the low stakes town stuff mixed in really makes it work for me. Can't wait for the next season!

Starwhal Odyssey - Andrathel’s introduction was cool. I love a scene in an AP where the players aren’t present. I’m so excited for the wedding, when they get to it.

@worldgonewrongpod - Time travel! That was fun. How do they know about incoming time waves? Do kids under the age of 10 blip out of existence for an hour? I need to know more of the worldbuilding!

@brimstonevalleymall - Timeskip! Damien and Raven being traded to Nisroch is so funny. After so long we finally learn the deal with Hornbloss.

@secondfiddles - More people are part of the cult! I wonder how long until we get another episode focused on Tammy

@midstpodcast - The description of the oasis was so cool. Mother Artifice is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters.

@kingmakerpod - The sound design during the rockslide was amazing, I listened to it in my car and it sounded so good. I loved Telesphore’s detective moment at the end too.

@midnightburgr - Ava speaking into Caspar's head was so funny. We never learned what the deal with this copy of earth was. Normally I hate scifi plots where Earth has great intergalactic importance for no reason (see: the entire MCU), but I trust the MB team to do it well. They definitely have so far!

Bitcherton - This show has started fully airing after a pilot to promote the Kickstarter. Katie Marovitch is so funny, I can't wait to hear more of her.

[planetaryaether]

Master Post of Blackrock Resources/Information

Every once-in-a-while I’ll get people asking about various pieces of lore or content regarding Blackrock, so I have decided to aggregate it all in one place to make things easier on everyone. If there is anything I have missed, just let me know and I would be happy to track it down and add it! Special thanks to  @fictitiousdreamer,  yogurtyogitup,  @gonic2, and @melongraph56 for helping gather information!

EDIT: While updating & Reorganizing this post, some of the sections were moved to Part 2, so if you are looking for something and you can't find it, make sure to check there too!

NEW LORE: JF2 Post-Blackrock Lore From Kirsty's Watch-through

Series Playlist Additional Relevant Moments Duncan’s Lab Episodes 3, 10, and 34 (Set Before the Prequels) Duncan’s Lab Episode 64 (After S2E4 of Blackrock) Feed The World Episode 8 (Sometime Between S2 & S3) Jaffa Factory 2 Episode 27 (see above) Not Cannon: 2013 Dwarven Dairy Drive Stream "Blackrock Meltdown" Trailer

End of Series Lore Posts: End of Series Announcement Post  Zoey Related Lore  (URLs linked are broken, fixed link here, thanks @emimations) End of Series Lore Rest of Cabertown Plotline Nilesy’s Baby Jim Journal: pg 1, pg 2

Rythian Lore: Personality in 5 Words Hair Streak Changing Eye Color Used To Know Science Physical Description Who Knows What's Under the Mask Cost of Magic Living Without EE Feelings on Simon/Lewis Cape Origin Official Headcanons Rythian Journal (Gametee) Lore

Zoey: Face Markings Origin of the Mushroom Theme Robot Arm Jailhouse 6 Art Jailhouse 6 Sketches Season 3 Pre-episode post On Returning to the Enclave Disarming the Nuke Additional (unused) Score Fear of the End Zoey Supercomputer Official HC More Jeff Computer Stuff Mushroom Stew/Soup Mechanics

Fun/Noncanon Asks/Moments: Cabertown Fathersday Textpost Umbrella Rythian Hypothetical Jailhouse 6 Tour Fishton Origins

Teep: Inclusion of Teep Teep Vs Ringo Use of Creative Mode Accidental Deaths

Duncan: Forcefield Setup Forcefield Scene Recording Keeping an Eye on Duncan S3 Duncan Planting the Nuke

End Lore: Characterization of the Princess  Enderbane Lore Enderbane Supplemental Enderdragon Rebirth

Misc Lore: 10 Year Anniversary Stream Highlights (various lore/behind-the-scenes info) Baby Jim Origin Baby Jim Origin 2 Almost Cannibalism NewPool Build How Death Works Name of the World Accidental Destruction of Cabertown Rebuilding of Cabertown Realm Of Dawn’s Relationship to the Brightlands Blackrock S1-S3 Posters Blackrock 3.5 Poster (Supernatural Themed) Season 3 Design Concept

Collaborations/Relevant Other Series Lore: Sips Co Enderman Near Flux Buddies Collaboration Near Early Nuke Detonation Canon Status of Other Series Bow to Kill Ender Dragon (KirbyCraft) named after Zoey Second Sips Co Factory MB Zoey vs Blackrock Zoey

The Princess Short Story: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Part 2 of the Master Post Since I Hit the Link Limit (lol)

[cool-thymus]

My belated anime journey (Part 1)

So, it's been two years 😅I wasn't into anime growing up (except for a short Sailor Moon obsession), but in my late 20s Naruto happened to me (or rather Obito and Kakashi captured my heart and soul). So now i'm wandering around this extremely diverse and multifaceted 2D universe trying to educate myself and see what's out there (and there's SO MUCH out there i get stressed out sometimes 😅).

Anyway, i just felt like making a list of short anime I've watched for the sake of sharing, defining patterns, and mb getting some recommendations based on my watch history from you ;>

Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Aporon)

I'm not an expert on jazz but i do have one favorite jazz playlist 😌This story revolves around three high schoolers each facing their own challenges but united by music this way or the other. Also they form a messy unresolved love geometry (heeey team Minato, my babies), but friendship prevails! (now i'm thinking that this trio is too Obito-Kakashi-Rin coded 😅).

2. Mushishi

This one has a very special place in my heart. Ginko is a very admirable character - selfless, devoted to his calling, mentally stable, and compassionate. He's my role model, basically xD What i also immensely appreciate is that i never know how the story is going to unravel! Accustomed to western storytelling patterns, my brain is genuinely curious. The stories can be hopeful or tragic, you never know, all i can do is wish for the children characters to survive till the end of an episode. Few words, slow pace, beautiful scenery, and lots lots of compassion 💛

3. SPY×FAMILY

This show is pure joy to watch! A spy, an assassin, a child who can read minds, and a doggo who can foresee danger: the Forgers! I love the cool, badass fights, sweet awkwardness between Yor and Loid, and most of all the comedy prompted by Anya! (also TwiYor is one of my veeeery few het ships i root for xD)

4. Buddy Daddies

Two hitmen-partners happen to adopt a little girl who calls them Kazuki Papa and Rei Papa. Similar dynamics to Spy Family but instead of the warring states they face mafia organizations. And surprisingly, i was absolutely fine with the two dudes being just friends - they were wholesome enough like that, and it's a new facet of displaying family dynamics with no romance involved :3

5. The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)

Maomao is one of my forever favorite characters! This girl has a passion, so what if it happens to be poisons xD She is incredibly smart, realistic, rational, and too wise for her young age. She knows how the cruel world around her functions and adapts (her attitude to being kidnapped and sold to work in a palace is pure inspiration "oh well, let's see what i can do"). Every episode is a cool mystery that all come together by the end of the season. The colors, chibi stylized scenes, and good humor make the HEAVY topics digestible and not as horrifying. (also i'd prefer if Jinshi treated her like a little sister rather than a potential love interest - come on! she's like a 14 yo baby!)

6. School Babysitters (Gakuen Bebīshittāzu)

Apparently i love the "cute anime babies" genre xD These kids are so sweet, and funny, and adorable ^^ Every ep is just a dose of kindness, love, and fun! Some high schoolers and a very lazy adult work at the school's daycare where shenanigans and silliness happen every minute 😁(when i get anxious over smth i read a chapter of the manga and instantly feel better).

7. GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)

I'm so glad i listened to Mai and watched GTO 😂🙏 It's HILARIOUS! I miss that fool, that dumbass, that sweet, heart-of-gold idiot! A former (very young) gang leader wants to be a school teacher and ends up being a guardian angel to many neglected kids. The 90s Japan was not an ideal place (especially for girls), and it's all there in the show, but Onizuka's heart is in the right place and all he does is to help his students. And have fun. And earn some cash 😅 btw Eikichi x Azusa is another het ship i love and root for :D

8. Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii)

Four nerds are being nerds (and trying to make their love lives work). I enjoyed watching the girls bond over their bl smut brainrot - it was srsly good fandom besties representation! 😁 And the older couple was fun to watch.

Okay, i'll stop here for now :3 I'll make part 2 later, but if you have any recs based on part 1 i'll be grateful 💛😌

[cutepresea]

At the time of posting, it is 2:35 AM on July 5 in Japan. Exactly 10 years ago the first episode of Symphogear G started airing on MBS

Happy 10th anniversary to Symphogear's second season~

[bekaterrier]

Happy Audio Drama Sunday! I started a new series and caught up on some new episodes that released this week.

@tellnotalespod S2 E16 - Love is Stored in the Carpet Burn: I didn't cry (maybe because I was driving and had to keep it together) but I definitely got emotional listening to Leo, Riley and Julia talk to Noah. They have their people back! I'm glad they're finally going to do something that makes Frank uncomfortable too. Hopefully they get the answers they need...

@desertskiespodcast Desert Skies FM - Someone Crashes the Show: I love Nonny so much, she is a gem. And her segment on this edition of Desert Skies FM was beautiful. "Something inside of me tells me it's best just to start out loving people, the moment you meet them."

@storiesfromylelmore Episode 201 - The Garden Club: They're back!! I'm so excited that season 2 has started, and this was a great episode to welcome us back. I love the worldbuilding so learning more about the little spirits and the traditions to help them was so much fun. I felt like I was Rion and Elas, with so many questions to begin with and just in awe of the whole process. It was also great seeing more of Keryth's moms and how they interact with the kids and other witches. I love that Keryth and Rion fighting is just them saying each other's names back and forth with different inflections. True friendship right there.

Case Study IREC-A59 Episode 1 - Too Close for Comfort Encounters - Part 2: The crew of the IREC-A59 seem very competent. I'm curious how they're going to proceed in dealing with this human they have on board. The distorted effects when the human is talking are a neat approach, giving us some insight but still not letting us know too much more than the crew themselves (who can't understand the human at all).

@hinaypod Episode 44 - Tula (Poem): Add this one to the (not insignificant) pile of truly creepy Hi Nay episodes. I loved hearing one of DJ's personal stories, and getting more info on what might have happened to the Sauvard family. That reveal at the end though...ahhhhhhhh I'm still not over it!!

@midnightburgr Chapter 37 - The Paradise: MB always has so many things going on and I love it. The Paradise, the Leifs, the wedding, Ava, the wolves, DAVID... incredible.

The Dead Letter Office of @somewhereohio - DLO 1-13: Another podcast created and performed by just one person. I am always in awe. These letters are so good at being normal on the surface, but being a little off, a little wrong... with things getting more and more wrong with every letter. And poor Conway is all caught up in it! I'm curious to see what Wren ends up doing.

[bloodbuzz-ohio]

What set abuse allegations did Rachel Bilson brush off?

Here's a rough timeline... sorry I went maybe deeper into detail than you were expecting

Mischa to E! on May 14, 2021: "[...] sort of general bullying from some of the men on set that kind of felt really shitty. But, you know, I also loved the show and had to build up my own walls and ways of getting around dealing with that and the fame that was thrust specifically at me. Just dealing with like the amount of invasion I was having in my personal life, I just felt very unprotected, I guess is the best way to put it.”

Within I want to say a week or two, Rachel and Melinda are asked about Mischa's interview on their podcast (or Danny Pellegrino's, it really doesn't matter, it was uploaded as part of the show podcast for 106) and they both say they never saw bullying on set. And they both extend an invitation to MB to come on their pod to explain herself? It's maddening.

RB says, trying to be funny, "I mean come on, clearly she was having fun. I mean, this episode she’s just making out with Ben McKenzie. What could be so wrong? And listening to Rooney.”

And because we know now that Ben and Mischa dated during s1, that's extra salt in the wound. Rachel of all people was aware of their saga, even if it was 20 years ago. As if dating someone and listening to live music..... means there was no mistreatment?

So then the show's mysterious entities speak to Page Six on June 2, 2021, probably mad that Mischa's interview is now costing them money because the podcast purports the show experience to be sunshine and rainbows and that Mischa herself was the problem, not them.

Their set source (I repeat, this is a 20 year old show with a random set source talking to Page Six) says, “So now she wants to go say that she was bullied,” the source continued. “It wasn’t that she was bullied. People didn’t appreciate waiting for hours for her to show up.”

The source also added that Barton — who played Marissa Cooper until she exited the series in Season 3 — had a momager who was “annoying.”

“It was a mess,” the source sniffed.

And that's its own POS mess. They also try to throw MB's mother under the bus in the book by saying she...... advocated for her daughter? By working as her manager and being on set? Nuala is on my shit list for a 1000 reasons and none of them are because she was on set advocating for her child/client. They really thought they did something with this Page Six hit job.

But Mischa responded to it with this kickass statement, "There was a lot going on. Whether I was late or not doesn’t excuse certain behavior from individuals in powerful positions. Everyone experiences things differently and where I acknowledge some of my past behavior may not have been helpful in certain instances, I will tell my truth when I feel ready.”

Then on June 11, 2021, Mischa published this op-ed in Harper's Bazaar UK.

There's radio silence on the issue until Adam Brody appears on the podcast for 126 in November 2021 and the pod women tell him (poorly, I may add) about the E interview from May. He says he didn't see any bullying but that he rarely worked with MB. Says he feels good about his own behavior with her. He does say that set is not a protective environment and several other nice things about her that put him in my good books forever.

Then there's true radio silence until Mischa finally agrees to be on the podcast during a weekend fandom convention she attends with Melinda and Tate in August 2022. They film the pod ep in December 2022 and it's posted in January 2023. None of the bullying allegations are discussed.

The allegations are also never mentioned in the celebratory book that is published in November 2023.

MB is asked about on-set bullying on CHD in February this year and in her answer mentions backtalk with some people behind the scenes, and brings up friction with guest stars.

Since then, Mischa has posted photos on IG that Rachel has commented on and Mischa replied to one of them in kind so I'd say things between them are... decent.

[mez-s-mess]

alright so i haven't seen anyone with this take on the good omens s2 finale (not that I looked particularly hard anyway, so if someone said it before me, mb bro), but what I have seen is people claiming that Metatron or whatever his name is, put something in Aziraphale's coffee to force him to be subservient/ come back to heaven

now (imo) this is not only wishful thinking from fans that want an explanation that doesn't make Aziraphale out to be somewhat of a bad guy, but also would probably be a violation of heavenly rules(tho realistically they aren't strangers to straying from them)

so what do I think? I think the purpose of the coffee is to give Aziraphale a false sense of security and to somewhat build trust between the two. food and drink have always been symbols of humanity or of angels/demons straying from their original purpose and also a symbol of "our side" (read: Aziraphale and Crowley's side) all throughout the first and second seasons. The episode in season two that shows what is possibly the first mention of the season of "our side" is also the episode in which Aziraphale tastes food for what is presumably the first time. Gabriel joins "our side" when he first drinks hot cocoa (for the audience) but it was probably the first time he took a drink with beezelbub at a pub (if they did indeed end up drinking together)

so if we take this into account it would make sense for Metatron to lead a proposal with the symbol of "our side", of trust of humanity

he isn't poisoning Aziraphale, it's just pure old fashioned manipulation. also I believe that Metatron already understood both Aziraphale and Crowley enough to know that Crowley has always been on his own side while Aziraphale has never fully committed to it (regardless of what he'd make you think)

the ominous look of hate he gave Crowley could be simple "hatred" for demons, perhaps even disgust for his kind (as heaven has shown plenty of times) but it could also have been him warning Crowley to stay out of heavenly business or even upset that he would most likely refuse to join the offer.

also people trying to give the poisoning theory proof by saying Aziraphale's mood and movements are janky or forced is probably not realising that he is 1. excited for this position he thinks could revolutionise heaven and the opportunity to go home 2. distraught that he hurt and left Crowley and there is indeed an internal debate of what he wants more, but those struggles are purely circumstantial

Aziraphale is not ooc. this is in fact the most in character we've ever seen him and frankly people who try to go the "something in the coffee look" might just have a very different idea of who aziraphale is in their head. he's always praised heaven and looked down on the fact that Crowley is a demon. he always thought he was somewhat superior because he was good and angelic. yes Aziraphale wants and loves Crowley, but he hasn't let go of the idealised image of heaven he is creating for himself. heaven has always been pretentious and elitist and I doubt Aziraphale can change anything. hell he might even be getting jailed and the whole "we need you" bit was a ruse. we'll have to wait until the writer's strike is over and season 3 is released to find out.

[xf-cases-solved]

S1E10: Fallen Angel

Case: A meteor crashes outside of Townsend, Wisconsin. Or maybe it was a downed Libyan fighter jet. Or maaaaybe it was a... dun dun... UFO? (It was a UFO)(Probably) Mulder goes to investigate without clearance, a plan, or his partner/carrier of his only brain cell, and ends up captured, leading to Scully picking him up from jail for the second time in five episodes. Before that, though, he meets Max—a nomadic UFO fanatic who may be suffering from psychosis or possibly the effects of being repeatedly abducted without his knowledge, and is the only part of this episode I care about. Mulder wants to prove the crash was a UFO before the government erases all the evidence, meanwhile Scully wants desperately for Mulder not to lose his fucking job. Will things all work out in the end? (no) Will they get the answers they seek? (also no) And will the audience be any closer to unraveling the mystery being spun? (absolutely not)

Does someone die in the cold open: Yes. All we see, as the man screams in agony while losing his life, is a giant flash of light, leaving me to assume that he was killed by the LED headlights on some asshole's pickup truck.

Does Mulder present a slideshow: No, this was one of those "my informant sent me here with very little context and I kind of just do whatever I'm told bc at this point I'm desperate for any crumb of information" episodes.

Does the evidence survive the investigation: There never was any evidence, and if you don't want to be sent to the reeducation center in Area 51 you'll agree with me.

Whodunit: -vague gesturing toward the government or mb aliens-

Convictions: I'm pretty sure Mulder had to have broken at least a couple laws, not just Bureau policy, and technically he was arrested, but afaik he wasn't charged with anything, so. Nah.

Did they solve it: No, but they leveled up in experience points and added Max to their inventory.

[how do i determine if a case is solved? check the scale here: x]

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: Fisheye lenses. Is your character having supernatural flashbacks, being chased by an invisible alien, and/or is maybe having a psychotic break? Are you filming from the perspective of A Creature? Do you need to indicate that things are Wonky and Weird but it's the 90s and you're on a first season budget? Look no further than fisheye lenses!

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General Total Stats:

(green means stat has changed since last ep; red means new stat added to list)

Total Cases *Definitively* Solved So Far: 3

Total Number of "Mulder/Scully, it's me" phone calls: 1

Total Number of Times Scully Has Conveniently Not Seen Something Crucial: 4 (in her defense, i was barely watching either)

Total Number of Times Mulder Has Been in Mortal Danger: 2 (not upping the stat because i don't think they ever really planned to kill him, and the fisheyed alien ghost wanted Max, not him)

Total Number of Times Scully Has Been in Mortal Danger: 3

Total Number of Sexually Charged and/or Flirty Moments Between Friendly Coworkers: 5 (Scully was too gd annoyed with Mulder to do any flirting)

Total Number of Autopsies Scully Has Performed On Screen: 1 (though she did get to play doctor—in a literal way, not sexy roleplay way—and that's always fun. maybe i'll make that a stat)

Total Number of Times Scully Plays Doctor: 1 (if i missed any before this episode, no i didn't)

Total Number of Times Mulder Talks to an Informant: 5 (though it was technically a flashback, but it was a flashback to something we'd never seen so)

Total Number of Nosebleeds: 4

Total Number of Times Someone Says "Trust No One": 1 (i sat here for a while trying to remember if anyone else had said it before Max, and i am almost certain they haven't. if i'm wrong, then idk, stone me to death or something)

Total Number of Cigarettes Cigarette Smoking Man Has Smoked: 2

Total Number of Alex Krycek Sightings: 0 :(

Total Number of Times I Had to Look Up What State the Episode Takes Place in Even Though I Literally Just Watched It: 3 (yeah, not even an inkling of an idea of where this was until i looked it up)

Total Number of Times I Had to Look at an Episode's Wikipedia Page to Fill This Out Because It Was Fucking Confusing and/or Too Boring for Me to Pay Attention: 2 (i had spent so much time worrying about Space that I forgot about Fallen Angel. this episode was both boring AND fucking confusing, so yeah, wikipedia answered a lot of the above)

[mischas]

listened to the pod for 110 and my god i did not realize how much these women positioned themselves as victims of mischa’s slightly off memory of something that was actually very minuscule in the grand scheme of her interviews about being bullied on set

mb: i was bullied on set by men and felt unprotected by my cast and crew. in the end i was glad to be rid of that toxic work environment

also mb: when certain people were made series regulars for season 2, the dynamic on set changed and i was starting to be treated as less than the female lead i was contracted to play

guess which thing they decided to give energy to

them: hey BITCH WE WERE MADE REGULARS IN S1 SO CLEARLY UR LYING ABOUT EVERYTHING

this is gross ❤️

i’ve listened to like three or four of their pod episodes in the last month and i’ve regretted them all except 308’s with tate. man did not give a fuck about calling the kids out (the guys the most)

[nobodysdaydreams]

Update: I have a dramatic announcement and little treat for my mutuals.

(Mostly for @sophieswundergarten and @itsgoghtime since I know they are very invested)

I did it.

I am of course talking about sampling the season 1 finale and season 2 dialogue bits I needed to finish SOS.

For those that don’t know, since apparently cancelling MBS wasn’t enough, Disney+ decided to remove it from their streaming service altogether. Which really messes with the fic I’ve been writing since it directly references scenes from the show, and involves me rewatching the episodes, deciding what to include, making sure the dialogue and timeline match up, and all that fun stuff. And I was quite worried about how I would manage this. I hadn’t even finished season 1, and the part that I had finished took MONTHS to write. And, I also realized that there were still some bits from season 1 I wanted to flash back to later, but I didn't copy the dialogue because I was like "Nah. I'll have time."

Then Disney+ just randomly announced they were removing MBS entirely with less than a week's noticed, and I had no time last weekend, so, as it turns out, I didn't really have nearly as much time as I thought.

Now, there were several people who offered me links, and I appreciate that. However, I am also very paranoid about computer viruses, and the Disney+ subtitles were clearer on my computer, so I decided to try my hand at getting the bare minimum of what I need done this week, and I'm proud to say that I succeeded. I put off a lot to do this, so if you don't hear from me or I don't update for a while, just know stuff is coming, I'm just tired.

But, since @personinthepalace and @mvshortcut were nice enough to message me about this, and I know personinthepalace is a fan of mischief theater, I did make you a little something to say thank you.

A video of me writing SOS as told through various scenes in "Summer Once Again" please enjoy (and yes the captions do contain some spelling and grammar errors I'm sorry):

[bakersstreetirregulars]

A Mermaid’s Tale - Part 2 - Official Patch Notes

All text and images except for the Crimson Coral Cookie unlock screen were obtained from the official CRK Discord Server. GIFs from that server’s posted patch notes are not present here because Tumblr will not accept GIFs bigger than 10 MB, and they just happened to be bigger than that. My personal notes/comments will be displayed using this indentation format as normal.

Greetings from the Kingdom team!

Let’s take a look at the list of new features coming with the August 30 update.

Please note that there will be other fixes and adjustments to improve your Kingdom experience as well.

You can find the detailed list of changes, additions, and fixes in the patch notes published on the day of the update.

WHAT’S NEW

■ NEW SPECIAL EPISODE: A MERMAID’S TALE PT.2

- The second half of the Special Episode, A Mermaid’s Tale, has been added.

· Dive into the underwater tales to find out what happens to the kingdom of Tearcrown, unlock new Collection entries, and earn rewards!

- The Tower of Frozen Waves has been added.

· After clearing A Mermaid’s Tale, Pt.2, you can climb up the Tower of Frozen Waves along with Peppermint Cookie and Sorbet Shark Cookie!

- The Tower of Frozen Waves consists of 100 floors, ranging from battle and running stages to treasure chests.

- You can unlock additional stories by clearing certain stages. Climb up the tower and earn various rewards, including Life Jewel of Choice Chests, titles, and more!

Editor’s Note: The idea of 100 floors in the Tower of Frozen Waves was actually something that can be traced as far back as Cookie Run LINE. The inclusion of Peppermint Cookie and Sorbet Shark Cookie in this tagline references a similar story from the “Tower of Frozen Waves” event that originally aired in OvenBreak in July 2020; the last update before the launch of Season 5 and the Lost City of Sugarteara story and Breakout Main Episode, where they alongside Captain Ice Cookie and Pirate Cookie climbed the tower to unlock its secrets.

■ [SUPER EPIC] CRIMSON CORAL COOKIE

Editor’s Note: There’s no new Epic Cookie this time. Crimson Coral Cookie is the only new playable Cookie this half-update. As such, Peppermint Cookie remains the only new Epic Cookie this entire update, and their special gacha banner will remain as is while Crimson Coral Cookie’s Legion Gacha is live.

- Crimson Coral Cookie is a Defense Cookie that uses the skill, ‘Somber Affection.’

- Skill description: Crimson Coral Cookie's sisters will lend their powers to the crimson spear, piercing enemies and dealing damage. Afterwards, Crimson Coral Cookie will cast an HP Shield to the 2 allies with the highest ATK (excluding herself) equal to a portion of her Water-type Skill damage. If Crimson Coral Cookie is the only Cookie in the front line, she and her allies will gain the Coral Armor buff. Additionally, her Coral Armor's size and weight will reduce the effect of Knockback and Flying. When Crimson Coral Cookie is using her skill, she is not affected by ATK SPD changes and will become resistant to interrupting effects.

- You can now pull Crimson Coral Cookie and her Soulstones in the Legion Gacha.

- Collect or purchase Coral Tear Droplets and use them in the Legion Gacha.

- In the Legion Gacha, you can get Coral Tear Shards instead of Mileage Points.

- You will receive the same number of Coral Tear Shards for pulling Cookies and Soulstones regardless of the Cookies’ Ascension status.

- Once you have collected a certain number of Coral Tear Shards, you will be guaranteed to meet Crimson Coral Cookie.

- If you already have fully ascended Crimson Coral Cookie or have enough Soulstones to fully ascend her, you’ll receive a Super Epic Cookie of Choice Chest instead.

- After the end of the event, all remaining Coral Tear Shards will be converted to Mileage Points and delivered to your mailbox.

- Crimson Coral Cookie will also be able to equip Sea Salt Toppings.

■ [GUEST] GEM MERMAID COOKIES

- 3 Gem Mermaid Cookies are now available.

· [GUEST] Aquamarine Cookie

· [GUEST] Gold Citrine Cookie

· [GUEST] Mystic Opal Cookie

- GUEST Cookies cannot participate in Kingdom Activities and aren’t available for battles or upgrades.

Editor’s Note: They essentially share the same exclusivity and status as the 20 Disney Cookies from the Disney collaboration from Summer 2022. They’ll roam around your kingdom and can interact with their own special decorations, as well as your own Cookies. What you CAN’T do with them is have them produce stuff in your economy/production buildings, send them out on a Bear Jelly Balloon, or prepare them for battle through any kind of upgrades available for other playable Cookies. Unlike the BTS Cookies, they also can’t be added to your battle team, since they’re not set to fight unlike their more experienced sisters White Pearl Cookie and Crimson Coral Cookie. Also… where’s Frilled Jellyfish Cookie? She’s not here!

- Welcome the Gem Mermaid Cookies to the Kingdom through the Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells event!

- In the ‘Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells’ event, you can select one of the 5 shells to meet a Gem Mermaid Cookie or earn a different reward.

- When you open an Iridescent Shell 30 times, you will be guaranteed to meet one of the three Cookies whom you haven’t met yet.

- If you have already met all the Gem Mermaid Cookies, you’ll receive 1,000 Coral Tear Droplets if you meet a Gem Mermaid Cookie.

- You can open one free shell each day in the Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells event. Purchase Sea Foam Gems from the shop using Crystals to open more shells.

Editor’s Commentary & Painful Math To Prove A Point: You need 10 Sea Foam Gems to open a shell. Conveniently, you can buy packs of 10 Sea Foam Gems for 300 Crystals, although you can only buy 2 packs per day and claim 1 freebie before the counter resets. Assuming you meet all 3 Gem Mermaids through the 30th pity drop, this endeavor would be worth 27,000 Crystals worth of pulls before factoring in freebies. But because you only have about 26 days for this event, you’d be limited to 900 Crystals’ worth of pulls a day including freebies. If you log in all 26 days, spend 600 Crystals on pulls daily, and claim your daily freebie worth 300 Crystals, you’d accumulate 23,400 Crystals’ worth of pulling from this gacha. After discounting the equivalent Crystal cost stemming from freebies, you’ll soon calculate that assuming you log in and spend 600 Crystals on this daily, you’ll need to have spent 15,600 Crystals total on this gacha over the course of this event. Of course, all of this math stems from the assumption that you’ll meet a Gem Mermaid off the 30th pity guarantee drop every time. If you happen to roll the low percentage that gives you a Gem Mermaid, that will save you time, needed effort, needed persistence, and a lot of Crystals. Although… these Sea Foam Gem bundles can be earned by watching an ad instead of paying 300 Crystals. This doesn’t affect the total number of F2P pulls you can pool from, but it saves you a few Crystals for other things.

30 pulls needed for pity drop x 300 Crystals per pull = 9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls for a Gem Mermaid in pity (including the freebies)

9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls for a Gem Mermaid in pity (including the freebies) / 900 Crystals’ worth of free pulls possible in a day (including freebies) = 10 Days of persistent Crystal spending to get a Gem Mermaid through the pity drop

9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls per pity drop x 3 Gem Mermaids = 27,000 Crystals’ total worth in pulls for all 3 Gem Mermaids in pity (including the freebies)

300 Crystals’ worth per daily freebie x 26 days in the event = 7,800 Crystals’ worth of daily freebies available

900 Crystals’ worth in daily freebies & Crystal spending x 26 days in the event = 23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible

23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible - 7,800 Crystals’ worth of daily freebies available = 15,600 Crystals required in total across this entire event to claim every F2P pull

23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible / 300 Crystals per pull = 78 possible F2P pulls

78 possible F2P pulls / 30 pulls needed for pity drop = 2.6 possible F2P pity pulls

TLDR: Meeting 2/3 Gem Mermaids as a F2P is essentially guaranteed if you log in and claim all 3 possible F2P pulls and spend 600 Crystals on this daily, even if you have to rely on the 30th pity drop, in which there are 2 possible as a F2P within this timeframe on every 10th day. Meeting the 3rd one will require you to eventually roll for a Mermaid, but not one you already met, as this gets you 1,000 Coral Tear Droplets and achieves nothing. The pity counter doesn’t appear to reset if you meet one through a lucky roll, so pulling and meeting a new Mermaid before your 2nd pity drop (your 60th overall pull) will guarantee the 3rd Mermaid in the 2nd pity. If you watch ads to pull, you can save your 300 to 600 daily Crystal spending for other things.

- After the end of the event, all remaining Sea Foam Gems will be converted to Coins and delivered to your mailbox.

■ SUPER MAYHEM: TEARCROWN

- A new season of Super Mayhem begins in the underwater Tearcrown kingdom!

- Just like in the previous seasons, you need to set up three teams with five Cookies on each team (a total of 15 Cookies).

- Your Team 1 will battle the opponent’s Team 1, and your Team 2 will fight the opponent’s Team 2 afterwards. The player with the most victories will win.

- Cookies participating in the Super Mayhem will receive a battle buff.

· Cookies boosted to Lv.60

· Cookie Skill Levels boosted to Lv.60

· Topping bonus effects will not activate: the main effect will be applied, but the bonus effects unlocked by reaching +6, +9, +12 will not.

- Every round in the Super Mayhem, the Torrents of the Sea effect and Aqua Shield will activate.

① Torrents of the Sea

- The Torrents of the Sea effect is charged by skill activations from both teams. Once the waves are charged enough, the Torrents of the Sea effect will automatically trigger.

- Torrents of the Sea will sweep away the Cookie from the opponent team with the lowest HP percentage, permanently incapacitating them.

② Aqua Shield

· The Aqua Shield will protect a Cookie from the Torrents of the Sea once.

· One random Cookie will receive the Aqua Shield at the beginning of a battle.

- Reach the Master tier in Super Mayhem to obtain the ‘Spirit of Blue Waves’ statue design.

- Rewards and tiers for the Super Mayhem have been updated.

· Season rewards and the number of required Trophies for the Master to Grandmaster tiers have been adjusted.

- Once you reach a certain tier, the team info of your opponents will be hidden.

· On tiers Crystal 3 – Diamond 2, the third Cookie and Treasures of the second and third teams will be hidden.

· On tiers Diamond 1 – Master 3, the third and fourth Cookie and Treasures of the second and third teams will be hidden.

· On tiers Master 2 – Grandmaster 1, players’ Kingdom names and profile pictures will be displayed randomly; their Power will be displayed in hundred-thousands and millions only, along with the first three numbers of their Trophy counts.

■ HALL OF ENCOUNTER: A MERMAID’S TALE

- The Hall of Encounter has been updated. You can now find Crimson Coral Cookie in the Hall.

■ NEW DECOR

- ‘Shimmering Coral Throne’ is now available in the Tropical Island theme.

Editor’s Note: This decoration will cost you 24,000 Rainbow Pearls to buy if you’re not planning on buying the associated package in the shop. It’s about as expensive as the other Legendary Cookie decorations, so it’s fair. Just keep trading in the Trade Harbor and play in events, and you’ll soon find out that you saved enough to buy it. You can have the 3 Guest Gem Mermaids, Crimson Coral Cookie, and Black Pearl Cookie interact with it all at once!

ADDITIONS, CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

■ Heroic Torches will now stack up to 99,999 instead of 9,999 in the Storage.

■ Stage effect icons on the battle preparation screen have been grouped into a single list

[nochi-quinn]

legend of vox machina season 2 episode 8: echo tree OR more like incel tree amirite

sam is the "nice melons" npc bc of course he is

imagine the twins using their old tricks to duck the guards and it doesn't work bc that was over a decade ago

hello Elf Guard Matt

"we're his children" (derogatory)

"I've known many people with money and titles. They are definitely not worth you."

VELORA

the twins are not immune to velora and neither am I

"your father will be pleased to see you" I doubt that

"if you'd notified me you'd be gracing us with your presence" has this man never heard of an emergency

"if you've come for my money - or my goats - I don't have any!" wilhand

"real vestments!" I don't know why that's so adorable to me but here we are

"did you forget to eat??" eating is one of the three things grog actually knows how to do

"hi, pop-pop. I fucked up" me every time I call my parents

"what can syngorn do for you?" directed very specifically at percy, fuck everybody else

oh I just realized he's probably shitty about keyleth too, since she's also a half-elf

a second-generation half-elf, at that

my partner: does he not realize vax is wearing deathwalker's ward me: he doesn't care, that's human shit

"do you have any idea the burden your sudden arrival has caused my family?" I regret to inform you that this is in fact also your family

and now we know what role vex played in this emotional abuse hellpit

"you might just wanna avert your eyes" she literally confirmed that grog's dick didn't get acided off for him

if that's how scanlan 'works both ends' I am terribly sorry for any of his partners

it took me three watches to realize he's whistling Pull My Beads Of Love

percy spending that whole meeting trying desperately to figure out which House he could give to Vex without Cass shanking him

"what does 'fuck you' mean?" little pitchers have big ears

(didn't they on-purpose teach her the word 'shit' in the campaign)

if we get byroden flashbacks are they gonna be exu-compliant

"somehow I feel like it hurt me more" relationships! with! abusive! parents! are! complicated!

ew, tree gunk

he finally called her stubby, I can die happy

I knew where they were going as soon as he said "stimulation"

big "not a good enough reason to use the word 'penetrate'" energy

I enjoy Transition Frog

garmelie: don't submit to his voice vex, already extremely emotionally compromised: ✔✔

look, I don't claim to be a perfect parent, but I don't think I could look at something a child made for me with their own two tiny little hands and just casually break it in front of them

not even just my child. any child.

yeah, come to think of it, even vax doesn't Get It, bc he never wanted syldor's approval, or at least got over the want very quickly.

(fun fact, every time I type or say "syldor" I have to force myself not to say "isildur"

look at this. this is insane. I'm obsessed with this shot.

the feywild is using all of percy's black powder, he better hope victor survived.

I'm glad we got the "if I could pull the blood of him from my veins" line but it was so, so good when she was yelling it at her dad

vax now is not the time to ask keyleth to touch your butt

"dear broken vex'ahlia" if the word 'broken' is literally in your proposal there might be something fucked up about it mb

vex: my heart is someone else's percy: oh? do I know them?

incel tree saundor

"how do you fight a tree?" with a druid

I reluctantly admit him making the arrows out of his palm is pretty cool

I also love a good upside-down arrow shot

vex Jungle Sliding for her life

god I love keyleth so much

the way it springs open inside the stab wound is A+

mala: of course it survived, bc percy 100% expected her to stab a man with it

"he is who he's always been" "I know. and so am I." I am foaming at the mouth over this, at vex knowing she needs to work on parts of herself before she can actually confront her dad

there is SO MUCH nuance and middle ground between "still being actively abused" and "full no-contact" but it's more viscerally satisfying to show the Salt The Earth Behind You fight instead of the long, slow, painful work of attempting reconciliation

tl;dr reconciliation is a thing and I wish more stories used it even though it's complicated and subjective

"I usually hate the theater"

"how did that appear? how did tvs just appear? and really old tvs, based on the make and the year?"

this motherfucker

"he killed me with them" grog backstory GROG BACKSTORY

westruun is my favorite arc okay, I apologize for nothing