#mika clayton

[jimstridesarts]

hs ancestors+

hs ocs

[egostims]

🎀!

🎀 : randomly selected oc , mika

x / x / x .. x / x / x .. x / x / x

[kentjohnson91]

forgive me father for i have made memes again

[rotting-shadows]

I will paint something for this when I’m not recovering from surgery. I promise.

There is something poetic between my aching fingers and scratched chest. A flicker of meaningfulness as I lay sweating on my kitchen floor. A small light breaking through the curves of my body.

[guentzel]

find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

tagged by @psyduc thank you SO much!!!!! this was a lot of fun:3

Anaheim Ducks - brock mcginn

Boston Bruins - brad marchand, david pastrnak

Buffalo Sabres - ukko-pekka luukkonen, tage thompson

Calgary Flames - jonathan huberdeau

Carolina Hurricanes - andrei svechnikov, frederik andersen

Chicago Hockey Team - connor bedard, patrick maroon

Colorado Avalanche - cale makar, artturi lehkonen, mikko rantanen

Columbus Blue Jackets - boone jenner, erik gudbranson, elvis merzlinkins

Dallas Stars - jamie benn, tyler seguin, wyatt johnston, jake oettinger

Detroit Red Wings - vladimir tarasenko

Edmonton Oilers - leon draisaitl

Florida Panthers - matthew tkachuk, sergei bobrovsky

Los Angeles Kings - darcy kuemper

Minnesota Wild - MARC ANDRE FLEUURYY, kirill kaprizov, brock faber

Montreal Canadiens - juraj slafkovsky

Nashville Predators - filip forsberg, roman josi, brady skjei, juuse saros

New Jersey Devils - nico hischier, jack hughes, dawson mercer

New York Islanders - ilya sorokin

New York Rangers - chris kreider, mika zibanejad, artemi panarin, igor shesterkin, louis domingue

Ottawa Senators - claude giroux, linus ullmark

Philadelphia Flyers - travis konecny, erik johnson, ivan fedotov

Pittsburgh Penguins - kris letang, evgeni malkin, tristan jarry, alex nedeljkovic, anthony beauvillier, valtteri puustinen, erik karlsson

San Jose Sharks - mackenzie blackwood

Seattle Kraken - brandon tanev, vince dunn, adam larsson

St. Louis Blues - pierre-olivier joseph, jordan kyrou

Tampa Bay Lightning - jake guentzel

Toronto Maple Leafs - mitch marner, john tavares, morgan rielly

Utah Hockey Club - clayton keller

Vancouver Canucks - quinn hughes, teddy blueger, arturs silvos

Vegas Golden Knights - zack aston-reese, jack eichel

Washington Capitals - jakob chychrun

Winnipeg Jets - connor hellebuyck

i tag (sorry if youve already been tagged/done it): @barkovsasha @robindrake13 @holdingpenalty @hischiersjohnston and anyone else who'd like to do it!

[butterflyintochains]

find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

(not been tagged yet, but felt like joining in on the game!)

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(My teams are in purple)

Anaheim Ducks: Brian Dumoulin, Trevor Zegras, Mason McTavish

Boston Bruins: David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman, Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm

Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch

Calgary Flames: Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri

Carolina Hurricanes: Sebastian Aho, Jordan Martinook

Chicago Blackhawks: Nick Foligno, Connor Bedard, Seth Jones

Colorado Avalanche: Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Alexandar Georgiev

Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski, Elvis Merzlikins

Dallas Stars: Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Wyatt Johnston, Jason Robertson, Magnus Hellberg

Detroit Red Wings: Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Tyler Motte

Edmonton Oilers: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid

Florida Panthers: Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett, Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad

Los Angeles Kings: Anze Kopitar, Kevin Fiala, Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild: Marc-Andre Fleury, Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson-Ek, Ryan Hartman, Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov

Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki, Cole Caulfield, Sam Montembeault, Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj

Nashville Predators: Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Steven Stamkos, Brady Skjei, Luke Schenn

New Jersey Devils: Nico Hischier, Jacob Markstrom, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt

New York Islanders: Mat Barzal, Bo Horvat, Anthony Duclair

New York Rangers: Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Igor Shesterkin, Artemi Panarin

Ottawa Senators: Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot, Linus Ullmark

Philadelphia Flyers: Sean Couturier, Erik Johnson, Travis Konecny, Garnet Hathaway

Pittsburgh Penguins: Everyone but, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson

San Jose Sharks: Nico Sturm, Tyler Toffoli

Seattle Kraken: Jordan Eberle, Jamie Oleksiak, Brandon Montour, Yanni Gourde

St Louis Blues: Kasperi Kapanen, Mathieu Joseph, PO Joseph.

Tampa Bay Lightning: Victor Hedman, Jake Guentzel

Toronto Maple Leafs: Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Morgan Reilly

Utah Coyotes: John Marino, Clayton Keller

Vancouver Canucks: Everyone, but, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, JT Miller, Thatcher Demko, Conor Garland

Vegas Golden Knights: Tanner Pearson, William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud, Alex Pietrangelo

Washington Capitals: Dylan Strome, TJ Oshie, Ethan Bear, Brandon Duhaime

Winnipeg Jets: Adam Lowry, Connor Hellebuyck

Tagging: @tylerpitlicktruther @coffee-at-annies and @atwhughesversion

[ashe-reviews-things]

Every Book I Read in Fall 2023: (aka becoming basic)

Tiny Pretty Things - Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty

You've Reached Sam - Dustin Thao

Like a Butterfly vol. 1 - suu Morishita

Hatsuharu vol. 6 - Shizuki Fujisawa

Simon vs the Homosapien's Agenda - Becky Albertalli

House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland

Shiny Broken Pieces - Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore

Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover

Liberty's Daughter - Naomi Kritzer

Mika in Real Life - Emiko Jean

Audiobooks:

(Also listened to a lot of Rick Riordan again whilst recovering from my covid booster)

The Family Next Door - Sally Hepworth

The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han

[fashionalistick]

LOEWE

2021 handbag campaign

Liu Wen, Mika Schneider, actresses Jamie Clayton, Úrsula Corberó and Gillian Anderson, musician Arca, singer HyunA and writer Susanna Moore by Juergen Teller

[quirkychaoticraptor]

Royce Clayton/Torn Prince HCs

 So, I’ve been crushing on Craig Olejnik as of late (the boy needs to come out of hiding, he hasn’t done a thing in acting since 2017! Or so IMdB says), and have been especially crushing on his character from the 2001 movie,��“Thir13en Ghosts”, Royce Clayton aka The Torn Prince. I’ve recently come up with a few headcanons that I think is just sweet and adorable...and sad, so I’m going to share them, here. It’s not a lot, only a few...but hey! At least they’re headcanons, nonetheless! 

The handsome boy was actually an honest-to-goodness sweetheart

He was mostly mute, rarely spoke unless he felt he needed to

He actually had loving and supportive parents, and maybe a sibling, as well

Even as a ghost, he never actually wanted to hurt anybody...he just wanted to scare them through his totally understandable anger

He did have a lot of friends, but he felt betrayed when nobody helped him the night he died

 And done. That’s all I got. Just thinking about these headcanons about him make me sad, honestly. The poor boy pretty much had his life stolen from him by Johnny.... I seriously think that Royce’s death was murder. Cutting the brakes in his car just before a race? Yeah...that calls for murder. I think I’ve seen enough “NCIS”, “Bones”, and other dramas like them to know that something like that is murder. Just sayin’.... 

[fantasyandromancelover]

Tarzan AU

Tarzan - Gray Fullbuster

Jane Porter - Juvia Lockser

Kala - Erza Scarlet

Kerchak - Jellal Fernandes

Terk - Cana Alberona

Tantor - Elfmann Strauss

Professor Archimedes Q. Porter - Gajeel Redfox (He’s her brother instead of her father but their parents died when Juvia was a baby so he raised her)

Tarzan’s birth parents - Silver and Mika Fullbuster

Kerchak and Kala’s baby - Justin

Clayton - Invel Yura

Sabor - Kyoka

Renard Dumont - Lyon Vastia

Hugo and Hooft - Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney

Chief Keewazi - Igneel Dragneel

Basuli - Natsu Dragneel

Naoh - Lucy Heartfilia

Dr. Robin Doyle - Levy Mcgarden

Eleanor, Greenly, and Hazel - Meredy, Kinana, and Yukino.

Tublat - Azuma

Queen La - Briar

Samuel T. Philander - Bloodman

Lt. Colonel Staquait - Jiemma Orland

Johannes Niels and Merkus - Tempester and Torafusa

Robert Canler - Bora

Lady Waltham - Brandish

[cyrah-is-cool101]

Punch Out AU: Archie Comics AU

I love the Archie Comics and here's an AU based on it. What if Punch Out characters were living together in the little town known as Riverdale?

Little Mac: After moving to Riverdale with his adoptive family, Macintosh Sanders or Mac for short, made new friends with Archie and the Gang, he's also friends with others who also move to Riverdale as well, including Mika, Birdie and so many others. Mac is both smart and athletic, even though people would often made fun of his short structure but he has a good heart and a great heart.

Star Mika: Mac's childhood friend from middle school who just moved to Riverdale after her dad got a new job as police commissioner. Mikaela Florence Tiongson is very sweet, kind and always lend a helping hand, a straight A student and student council president. She's a multipotentialite, meaning that she on many different interests and hobbies and she's also an otaku by heart who has a love for cosplaying. Mika also has a crush on Joe, the French teacher but she somehow got into a love triangle with Aran and Don, making her somewhat the alternate opposite to Archie. And if anyone can rival Betty's baking, then Mika is that person.

Doc Louis: Louis James Sanders, better known as heavy weight boxer Doc Louis, is Mac's adoptive father and is good friends with Coach Clayton. He owns a small gym in Riverdale and has a love for chocolate.

Glass Joe: Joseph Le Verre or Joe for short, is a French teacher in Riverdale High who teaches, well French of course. He's often called 'Glass Joe' due to getting his jaw broken every time he tries to do sports, Joe also knows that Mika has a crush on him so he started developing feelings towards her even though their ages are different.

Von Kaiser: Viktor Von Kaiser is a strict boxing instructor who works in Doc's gym and he teaches boxing to young children. Even though he's strict, he's a bit of a scaredy cat and often say 'Mami (Mommy)' whenever he's scared or often gets startled.

Disco Kid: Dean Martin Sanders is Mac's adoptive brother who is a year older than him although he goes to the same school as he's brother. Dean is a lover for disco dancing and has a bit of an 80's aesthetic which he often has given the nickname of 'Disco Kid' due to his talent for dancing. He's also Chuck's wingman when it comes to finding ideas for Chuck's dates with Nancy.

King Hippo: Maui Māhoe is a mute Hawaiian who comes from the mysterious place known as Hippo Island and is the heir to the throne but he decided to have a normal life with his adoptive Hawaiian family in Riverdale. He was given the nickname 'King Hippo', due to him grunting and eating a lot, sort of Jughead's opposite counterpart. Piston Hondo: From Tokyo, Japan, Takeo Hondo is the son of the CEO of a car company and if anyone can rival Betty's knowledge of auto mechanics, then it's Hondo who's the one. He was given the nickname 'Piston Hondo', due to his skills in auto mechanics and he's also the guy who will fix any car of his friends.

Bear Hugger: A great jolly man who's similar to Santa Claus, Bryan Harris is a Canadian man who works at Riverdale's Lumber Mill. He's a nature lover, a down to earth person and has a pet bear and squirrel named Mr. Bear and Chipper, that's why people would often call him 'Bear Hugger'. He loves the maple bacon burgers at Pop Tate's and often tell stories about the days in the forest to the 'youths' as he would describe teenagers.

Great Tiger: Ranjeet Patel is Raj's cousin from India. He's got magic powers that no one can understand and often helps Raj with his films since he supports his dreams. He's given the nickname 'Great Tiger', due to his love for tigers and has magic abilities.

Don Flamenco: Raphael Santa Cruz, better known by his nickname as 'Don Flamenco', is a Spanish exchange student who comes from a long line of matadors or bull fighters. He's also a bit of a ladies man, a real charmer that can rival both Archie and Reggie for girls' heart. Even though he already has a girlfriend name Carmen, he's in a love triangle with Mika and Aran, making him the alternate counterpart to Veronica.

Aran Ryan: Aran Conor Ryan is an Irish bad boy and is Reggie's rival when it comes to pulling pranks. If Reggie is worse, then Aran is 10x way worse than him. He often brings bad luck whenever someone tries to tick him off or make fun of his friends, then you better watch out for this feral menace. He's the somewhat Betty counterpart in the love triangle between Don and Mika.

Soda Popinski: The Russian employee at Pop Tate's, Ivan Grigoriy Paccewich, better known as 'Soda Popinski', loves soda and would often try to cheer any customer down with his signature flavors of soda. Pop and Soda would often be named 'The Fizzy Duo', due to their love for finding ways to cheer up customers with just a soda in one hand and an ice cream scoop in the other. Bald Bull: Burak Deniz Agha is a security guard at Riverdale High and would often catch anyone trying to sneak off of campus. He was given the nickname of 'Bald Bull', due to his lack of hair and anger issues, he's also camera shy.

Super Macho Man: The very rich and 'very strong' Steven Marley or better known as 'Super Macho Man', the face of Curly Cola and swimming coach at Riverdale High. Steve loves posing for the picture and guess who's Steve's biggest? None other than Reggie Mantle, who sees 'Mr. Marley or Coach Marley' as his idol.

Mr. Sandman: The serious Geography teacher, Mr. Samuel Elliot Sands or the students prefer to call him 'Mr. Sandman', since he always check the time, an early bird and night owl at the same time. He's a very close family friend to the Claytons and the Sanders and whenever he feels overtired, he would often sleep in his desk when the class is doing an activity.

(Bonus: Super Punch Out)

Birdie: Billy Byrd is Mika and Mac's childhood friend from middle school and the jokester of the trio. He's been called 'Birdie', due to being speedy and fast, the star of track and field.

Gabby Jay: The school librarian Gabriel François Lavigne or Gabby Jay for short, he's Joe's somewhat grandfather figure since he would often gives him advice and works part time as a waiter in Pop Tate's. He's also currently dating Doc, despite Mac's and Birdie's dismay but Mika thought it was romantic.

Bob Charlie: The class comedian Baron Ajani Whyte or Bob Charlie for short, if anyone who can rival Disco Kid's moves then it's got to be Bob Charlie. Bob is a very mellow and calm guy, your typical 'hippie' but he can get ticked off whenever someone plays really loud music.

Dragon Chan: Haitao Chen, better known by his friends as 'Dragon Chan', is the club president of the Martial Arts/Kung Fu Club and Hondo's best friend. Dragon is always quick to think however he would often gets reminded by his friends or his 祖父 (grandfather), Hoy Quarlow.

Piston Hurricane: Alejandro Bembe González, better known as 'Piston Hurricane', is Birdie's rival in track and field and bookworm who would often hang out with Moose and Dilton.

Masked Muscle: Riverdale High's very own luchador, Santiago Ángel Hernández or by his stage name 'Masked Muscle'. Santiago is a bit of a prankster, always trying to one up with Aran and Reggie but he often flirts with girls, much to the dismay of Don, Archie and Reggie.

Heike Kagero: Riverdale High's fashion king and kabuki dancer, Heike Kagero. He loves hanging out with some of the girls in school and because he became so popular due to his long hair, often getting mistaken for a girl himself.

Mad Clown: Leonardo Esposito, better known as 'Mad Clown', runs the Riverdale Children's Hospital as both a doctor and an entertainer. He used to be an opera singer until he retired from the stage.

Narcis Prince: Nathaniel Howard Prince, is your typical narcistic pretty boy who would often rival with Veronica and Cheryl due to their families' wealth. He was given the nickname of 'Narcis Prince', due to his narcistic personality and mannerism. The only friends who support him are Mika, Aran (sometimes), Birdie and Heike.

Hoy Quarlow: Hoy Xu Quarlow is Dragon's grandfather and teaches kung fu lessons at home. Even though he may look old but he's stronger than you think.

Rick and Nick Bruiser: Richard Phillips and Nicholas Phillips, better known as the 'Bruiser Brothers', are your typical jocks/delinquents however they both have different personalities: Rick is rowdy, cheerful and lazy while Nick is smart, serious and quiet. Both would often support each other and often people would mistaken them for identical twins.

(Please feel free to add your own OCs! Enjoy this wacky AU of mine!)

[the-colony-roleplay]

Hey loves!!

So a couple updates and a head’s up: we should be posting the new plot drop tonight !! The timeline will not be moving forward just yet, so no need to worry about that, but you should have lots of exciting things to read and talk about shortly, so stay tuned!

Also concerning the pending app, we’ve made getting the event prep done a priority, but we should get to processing any apps within the next day or two, so if any interested parties are interested in getting in with this round, you still have about a half a day left, most likely!

Lastly a couple updates concerning activity/hiatuses: Mika (Lake Valentine, Benji Imes), who’s been on hiatus due to a computer failure, has been in touch and should be back in action within the next few days!! Additionally, Gabe (Arvo Covey) who has been on a short hiatus, has also been in touch! She may be taking an extension, but we’ll keep you posted!

Finally, Kristie (Clayton Boyd) is having a tough time of it juggling her final year of university as well as working full time, so we’ll be putting her on a longer term hiatus for the moment. This will be evaluated further in the next little while, but when we have more details, we’ll update the hiatus list!

Despite a couple of people absent, the dash is looking beautiful and active and fresh and Maddie and I are so flippin’ excited to see it! We’re also really looking forward to the upcoming plot drop, so stay tuned everyone and we can’t wait to see the threads and plots that blossom from it!

Until next time, friends!

xxMod!Ro

[savoies]

Cym as hockey boys

leafs.

mitch @oskarlindy

john @mitch-slap

zach @ajuice-matts

willy @iamtheblondestblonde

hawks.

adam @nolspatrick

dylan @ryanssuzuki

kirby @barzy-baby

nicolas beaudin @nicohischier

yotes.

clayton @2manytabsopen

tyler pitlick @erikjohnson

garland @you

bolts.

cirelli @ayohockeycheck

(bray boy) brayden point @hotchsbabygirl

ducks.

adam henrique (ricooo) @hiscxhiers

sam steel @mrdacher

max comtois @konecny-s

terry @andrei-svech

josh manson @maattamatthews

rangers.

chris @laurenairay

mika @tkachow

ryan strome @puckbuddies

red wings.

dylan @idkwhyimhere19

habs.

josh @natemacktruck

tyler @alxvlasic

jesperi @allisonxmoynihan

nick @moritzseider

eddy @heybarzy

[leafsbabe]

Hanna, which hockey players would try to do no but November and fail epically, which ones would succeed, and which ones wouldn’t even bother because they’re horndogs?

okay i forgot about this and now i need to get it out before November ends

tries and fails immediately:

- Alex DeBrincat

- Andre Burakovsky

- Alex Nylander

- Andrei Svechnikov

- Ben Hutton

- Brock Boeser

- Cale Makar

- Casey Mittelstadt

- Claude Giroux

- Cody Glass

- Gabriel Landeskog

- Haydn Fleury

- Jake DeBrusk

- Jakub Vrana

- Jeff Skinner

- Kailer Yamamoto

- Lias Andersson

- Matthew Tkachuk

- Mitch Marner

- Nathan MacKinnon

- Rasmus Dahlin

- Travis Konecny

- Tyson Barrie

tries and fails like a week in:

- Andrew Nielsen

- Andreas Johnsson

- Beau Bennett

- Brady Skjei

- Brandon Carlo

- Brayden Point

- Carter Hart

- Clayton Keller

- Dante Fabbro

- Elias Pettersson

- Frederik Gauthier

- Jakob Chychrun

- Jamie Benn

- Leon Draisaitl

- Mark Scheifele

- Mikko Rantanen

- Nolan Patrick

- Pierre-Luc Dubois

- Quinn Hughes

- Ryan Graves

- Tyler Ennis

- Tyson Jost

tries and wins:

- Anthony Beauvillier

- Ben Bishop

- Colton Parayko

- Ivan Provorov

- John Tavares

- Jonathan Toews

- Laurent Brossoit

- Morgan Rielly

- Nico Hischier

- Rich Clune

- Zach Hyman

does not try:

- Adrian Kempe

- Adam Larsson

- Auston Matthews

- Brady Tkachuk

- Chris Kreider

- David Pastrnak

- Dylan Larkin

- Erik Johnson

- Freddie Andersen

- Jack Eichel

- Jack Hughes

- Kasperi Kapanen

- Mat Barzal

- Mika Zibanejad

- Miro Heiskanen

- Paul Bissonnette

- Roope Hintz

- Taylor Hall

- Tom Wilson

- Tyler Seguin

- William Nylander

- Zach Werenski

[cerulienne]

36, 41, 79?

36. favorite movie?

monty python & the holy grail, singin’ in the rain, arrival, star trek first contact

41. top 10 favorite songs

idk about top 10 of all time but here’s 10 songs i love

black dress - mercy bell hey, runner! - the arcadian wild moscow - autoheart origin of love - mika the witch of the westmoreland - stan rogers take you back (the iron hoof cattle call - orville peck gymnopedie no. 1 - erik satie tipsy - chloe x halle johnny’s gone to hilo - paul clayton sogno di volare - christopher tin

79. do you believe in ghosts?

not really?

[twdmusicboxmystery]

FTWD 5x01 - Analysis

Wow! That was an awesome first episode of FTWD! Not only did I see plenty of TD-like symbolism, but there were some really important things that weren’t symbolism at all That were fully confirmed connections. Okay, maybe not directly to Beth, but to her symbolism.

***As always, spoilers for FTWD 5x01 abound in this episode. Don’t read until you’ve watched!***

Let’s start with the biggest connection I’m referring to above. At one point, Al finds some papers on a particular walker (I’ll get to the plot details in a minute) which have the same symbol we saw on Jadis’s food stash in TWD S8 and on the side of the helicopter that took her and Rick away in S9. Me and @wdway immediately noticed it and it was confirmed on TTD.

So what does that mean? It means Morgan’s group in Fear now officially has a connection to the group that took Rick and Jadis. Now, a couple of things to keep in mind about this. 

1. Does this automatically mean a link to Beth? Well no, not that we can prove yet. But it makes me happy because, as I’ve said many times, because of the hospital stuff we saw around Rick in 9x05, I think wherever he went has a link to Beth. Just my personal theory. And we keep saying Beth might possibly return or be linked to FTWD. So, you see what I mean? The connection is there, even in the first episode of the season. 

2. Remember that Fear is 5 or 6 years behind TWD. They haven’t done the time jump, as yet, that TWD did in S9. So, unless they have a time jump at some point this season, I don’t think Morgan’s group is about to run into Rick. It’ll be another 5-6 years before the bridge incident in which Rick disappears. 

But. If Morgan’s group gets involved with this group over the next few years, they may well be there already when Rick arrives several years in the future. Furthermore, just because this is 5 years in TWD’s past doesn’t have any bearing on Beth. We have no idea where she is or what she’s doing during those years, so she could still conceivably be with this three-circles/helicopter group.

Okay, back to details.

The opening sequence is super interesting. We saw the two young boys shoot a deer. So, Deer Theory. 

I’m not sure which character this refers to yet. I think we need a few more episodes to figure it out for sure. The deer died, which suggests a mortally wounded character will live. That could be Luciana in this episode. 

She was hurt badly and nearly died. June even remarked that she was extremely lucky she did. So the deer might be about her. But we’ll have to see if any other characters go through something similar in coming episodes before we can be sure.

There was also a plane crash, which I’m kind of side-eyeing.

It just reminded me of helicopter crashes. I can’t be sure it’s the same symbolism. Planes and helicopters are two different things. But it did occur to me that we had the helicopter crash in 3x01, which is what the imagery reminded me most of, and that’s when Merle, who hadn’t been seen for a couple of seasons returned. Again, not positive this would refer to Beth’s return (though it always could) but I was also thinking of Dwight, who we already know will be in this season. And he hasn’t been seen since TWD S8.

Before the two boys actually shoot the deer in the opening sequence, the shots reminded me a lot of Daryl teaching Beth to shoot with the crossbow. The older boy was teaching the younger one to shoot (with a rifle, not a crossbow) but look at how similar these shots are. 

They even do the thing where the shot starts out blurry/unfocused, and then comes into focus. Go back and watch this part of Alone. Same exact thing. So this is definitely a Beth parallel.

We could also relate this to Carol trying to get Mika to shoot the deer in 4x14. 

There’s an immediate difference, though. Mika refused to shoot the deer, but we see this boy—Dylan—shoot it with no qualms. I was even thinking that, in the CBs, the two kids in the Lizzie/Mika story line were boys. They changed their gender for the show. I wonder if this could possibly be some kind of twist on that. Hopefully not, as it wouldn’t bode well for how long these boys will survive. Just something that crossed my mind.

So the basic gist of the plot here is that ever since the end of S4 (which on TWD they said was only a few months’ time jump) Morgan’s group has been looking for people to help and bring into their mill community, but haven’t had much luck. Everyone they run across is either dead, or the group can’t find them. So they’ve contacted, via radio, a group led by a man named Logan. Their group wants to be rescued and join their community, and they’re the first ones who that’s been true of, so Morgan’s group is excited to find them. 

They spend the episode looking for them. On the way, Al flies a plane to get them there and it crashes, hence the opening sequence. Unfortunately, by the end, it turns out to all be a ruse. 

Logan did it to get them away from the mill so he could take over it. So while we haven’t seen Logan be totally evil and murderous yet, we’ve seen him be diabolical, and I think he’ll basically be the villain for this season. Meanwhile, Strand and the other half of the group is looking for Morgan and those who were in the plane crashed, but haven’t found them yet by the end of this episode.

Actually, Logan is slightly Governor-ish. Logan is, at least claiming to be, less violent than the Governor. He tricked them to get them out of the mill because he apparently doesn’t want violence. Obviously that wasn’t true of the Governor who literally uttered the phrase, “Kill them all.” But the similarities are close enough—kicking them out of the place they live so he can live there instead—that I think it’s safe to say he qualifies as a villain.

We saw that many of the roads are blocked with “red rover” lines of walkers. The first thing it reminded us of were the walkers the Saviors put up in TWD S6. They were put there by the Saviors. So I’m wondering if these red rover walkers are due to Dwight’s influence. If he’s in the area, they might have been his idea, but we haven’t actually run into him yet or what group he’s with. Well, unless he’s with Logan. If that’s the case, we simply haven’t seen Dwight yet. 

I’m actually glad to see this symbol again. Though it may have a direct, plot connection to Dwight, I also think it might symbolism something specific, but I want to get a better idea of how things will play out before I theorize any more about that.

We saw some repeated numbers. A 5 on the door of the truckstop. Several 4s and 7s, all of which are important numbers.

There were two other places I got Beth vibes, just due to how things were filmed. So three places total. The first was when the boys shot the deer and it looked like Daryl teaching Beth. The second was in the van. The boys’ sister was driving, and it just LOOKED a lot like 5x09 when Beth was driving the van in Tyrese’s death hallucination. 

I even noticed this girl wasn’t always looking at the road, lol. That was fine for Ty’s hallucination of Beth, because she wasn’t REALLY driving, but this girl was. Luckily, they didn’t crash.

Then, when they had to remove the pole from Luciana’s shoulder (ouch!), it reminded us a lot of Grady, when Beth held Joan down and they cut off her arm. Again, what’s happening is different, but it just LOOKS very similar.

Interestingly, I noticed that they referred to the plane as a “bear” more than once. The Polar Bear symbol is big in FTWD, and we can connect that to the North Star/Sirius symbolism. So I’ll keep an idea on that moving forward. Just kind of interesting.

As it turned out, this Logan guy knew Clayton. 

Refresher: Clayton was the trucker who originally started leaving the boxes on the side of the road last season to help people. We met him briefly, but he was pretty much dead before Morgan’s crew arrived on the scene. Logan says they were partners (Clayton and Logan are the C&L in the truck logo) but went their separate ways. Clayton obviously embraced hope and helping others, but Logan is more out for his own interests, tricking people and taking back what he sees as his, and such. 

I’m just finding that interesting because if Clayton was the hope and symbolized by the polar bear (Beth) then they’re setting Logan up as the antithesis of that. I’m interested to see where this goes.

Back to the three symbols. So Al killed a walker wearing a Darth Vador-ish mask. She took some footage of the walker and later watched it. She became convinced there was something important about this walker that she needed to investigate. 

She later returned to the plane crash to do just that. She found papers on him that had the three-circles symbol on it. So this masked walker is tied to the group that took Rick and Jadis.

Guys, this is potentially a huge Beth-connection? Can you see how? (I don’t just mean the connection to the helicopter group.) Stop and think about that mask for a minute. Does it remind you of anything? How about this:

We all know 6x06 totally OOZED Beth and Daryl symbolism. We read into this mask symbolically as a sign that Beth being alive is hidden from Daryl and the audience, as him not realizing she’d survived, etc. But what if it was also meant to be more literal than that? Like the group she returns with wear similar masks? Just saying. 

Oh, and one other thing? 6x06, when we saw this mask and Daryl lying beside this walker (Bethyl Side by Side Theory) was the first episode in which Dwight appeared. Now, in this season, we know we’ll see Dwight. The things that make you go, “Hmmm.”

And Daniel is back! At least, via one of Al’s tapes. Which means some time after the group lost him at the dam, Al ran into him. I’m assuming we’ll see him for real at some point this season. 

And who said that we would see him again? Well, lots of people, but TD were some of them. At this point, I think most people assumed we’d see him again because we just didn’t see anything that definitively suggested his death. To be fair, it was much more obvious that he was alive than it is more Madison or Beth, but the fact remains that we’ve seen the same types of symbolism around all three of them, and we never definitively saw what happened to their bodies. 

In fact, they made a bit deal on TTD that the last time Strand and Daniel saw each other, Strand shot him in the face. So both Daniel and Beth shot in the head/face area, presumed dead, body disappeared, etc. So if Daniel is alive, then…

There were some more, small symbols in the background I won’t go into very much. For example, I saw a rope in a circular shape behind Morgan. Kind of an ourobouros symbol. We also saw a list of movies on the clipboard that I’ll look into more. Logan knows the combination for the lock at the mill. I noticed that the camera focuses on it for a second.

Let’s talk themes. We definitely heard some familiar ones.

1. Luck. (Luck Theory). I’ve said before that I think they use this for people who should have died by all accounts, but didn’t. Hence, they’re “lucky.” They used it this way here too. June said Luciana was very lucky to be alive. But John and June also had a convo that included it. 

He said they had all the luck in the world because they’d all survived. People don’t just survive things like that. (Sound like it could be applied to Beth?) John is also having some serious doubts right now. He’s struggling, and June is helping him through it, bolstering his hope. 

Again, sound like Beth and Daryl? And remember, per last season, they’re definitely proxies for Beth and Daryl.

2. Trying. Morgan and Alicia talk about this one. Again, it’s about the fact that they haven’t been able to help anyone and they’re all a bit discouraged about that at this point. 

Alicia is also going through something, while Morgan is the counter to her, being more hopeful. But he says that they’re “trying” and have to keep trying. Even if it’s hard. He also says that it should be hard, especially given all the bad things they’ve all done.

3. It also occurred to me that, while they didn’t use the exact same words, they basically said Beth’s “if you don’t have hope, what’s the point of living?” theme. Alicia basically implies that this isn’t working and she wants to stop. Morgan then asks, “Then why stand?” In other words, what’s the point? Trying to find and help people is how they maintain their hope, and if they stop doing that, what’s the point of their lives. So we definitely heard an iteration of this theme.

So yeah. I think that’s all I have for now. I may do a (fairly short) details post tomorrow once I look into a few things in the background (like those movie titles) but this is most of what I noticed.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching this episode and I’ve got tons of hope for where it may lead. Oh, let me end on one other thing. I won’t do a whole post on TTD, but they did have interviews with the actors and all of them said what happens during this season will be mind-blowing for the viewers. Like, we’re all gonna loose our shit.

So keep in mind that we know the actors DO use hyperbole to hype the show, so you should take this with a grain of salt. They also could just be talking about some crazy things that happen that pertain to this group.

BUT. There’s always the possibility that this will link to Rick—and by extension, Beth—and THAT’s what they mean. Here’s hoping! 😉 

What did everyone else think of the episode?