#misfits s3

[thistlerockcaster]

misfits and magic season 1 evan kelmp ended the season dating k.

misfits and magic season 2 evan kelmp ended the season dating sam.

this is officially a pattern. comedy demands that the cycle must complete. he shall finally reach his true potential.

misfits and magic 3 WILL end with evan kelmp dating jammer.

[carebooks]

you know what’s funny?

if the mortal instruments movies had continued for five more sequels— and were faithful to the books— eventually, we would have gotten not only vampire simon, but mark of cain!vampire simon.

meaning that robert sheehan would’ve ended up playing not one, not two, but THREE characters that were immortal and the source of comic relief

[misfithive]

Massachusetts by Jensen McRae

// You broke me to pieces, but I root for you even though everything went up in flames I'll never forget how I bloomed for your gaze or your wall of guitars or your video games//

[queen-mabs-revenge]

lmao socialist brain on main as per ushe but i genuinely cannot see how s3 can be anything else but both aziraphale and crowley having some kind of revolutionary allegory arc?

like as of right now they've done the 'stop the height of destruction and roll things back to the status quo' bit in s1 and then all of s2 is an object lesson on why that's only a temporary thing and will always be a temporary thing as long as the ruling system as it is stays in place, bc complete and utter destruction is baked into the fucking thing.

it's almost like a metaphor for....no i shant say it.

i shall. it's capitalism lmao.

crowley rn having a 'ok fuck that. fuck them. let's just live off the grid babey!' mindset and aziraphale, as per my favorite gomens post of all time socdem through to the tips of his angelic wispy hair going off to reform the two party system...

basically i need them both to fail miserably at trying to effect their chosen tracks both bc they're trying alone but also bc neither actually could be successful, essentially be forced into becoming thee most unlikely and unhinged militant union leaders in the eternity of the universe by getting the rank-and-file populations of heaven, hell, and earth to unite together, go on some kind of metaphysical general strike, overturn the system of accumulating power and souls for the supernatural bosses, and build a system of everyone having real agency and operation of their own lives, destinies and wills.

and what if the trade unionists ✊✊✊ relearned through the struggle how to communicate, trust and rely on each other🤝🤗 and kissed at the dawn of a new system of existence they helped build 🌍✨ where they're finally truly safe to choose each other?💗💋💖

hahaha.......unless??? 😳🙈😳

[jester-step]

i started watching fantasy high and i’m worried my attachment to fabian aramais seacaster is going to be the death of me

[kalethegrey]

last one I promise just wanted something different to test and see how it works out ect, same editing as previous, also don't come at me for the hair bc i'm not happy with it

[flowered-mp3]

CAUGHT UP TO TLOVM AND

[narfin-frood]

Any ideas on what could happen (or what you personally want to happen) in a hypothetical s3?

-🌟

ok so IDEALLY it would start with hater and dominator being the same sort of rivals awesome and hater were in the first season and some of the second. dominator claws her way out of the ashes with really rudimentary contraptions designed to like. cause very small damage to things people hold dear. hater and dominator would have very stupid arguments over who gets to conquer the planet they both "happen" to "stumble upon" (it would be revealed that dominator was intentionally trying to track hater so she could get her hands on his ship or some other easily-foiled plan). wander and sylvia would swoop in and save the day.

and it would like sloooowly dawn on hater over the first few episodes that dominator is like. not threatening at all. in fact it's getting kinda sad to watch her pick herself up over and over again and insist she would destroy it all for good Next Time. and IDEALLY this would involve a scene thats kindaaa liiike....thiiiiis

that moment when it ACTUALLY clicks that you're really fucking annoying and mean for no reason and it's cringe

and that would kick off some kind of epic hater redemption arc and it would be cute and that's like 99% of my thoughts on what i'd want from season three, everything else is up in the air. the ship concept art on cmcc's tumblr is cool, and i'd like to know what it means, like is wander going around with some kind of team of misfits in their friendly pirate ship rebuilding the galaxy or something? like. that would be awesomes, i think.

[sterek-ao3feed]

Woven Fate

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/64935763

by nyangibun

Stiles is a Spark. Some kind of rare ancient Spark.

To make matters worse (or better), he’s accidentally bonded himself to Derek and his pack, erring on the side of unhealthy codependency.

But family for Stiles has always been his Dad, him, and Scott—or was Scott.

So maybe an emotionally constipated, broody werewolf Alpha and his little merry crew of misfit Betas might be exactly the kind of family Stiles needs right now.

((AKA the one where Stiles awakens powers that seem to really like Derek))

Words: 4915, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Minor:, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isaac Lahey, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Allison Argent, Lydia Martin, Jackson Whittemore, Jennifer Blake (Teen Wolf), Deucalion (Teen Wolf), Aiden (Teen Wolf), Ethan (Teen Wolf), The other Alpha Pack, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Gerard Argent

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: sterek, Derek Hale is Bad at Feelings, Stiles Stilinski is a Nice Thing, Spark Stiles Stilinski, Magical Stiles Stilinski, s3 rewrite, Omegaverse without the ABO, It makes sense, trust me - Freeform, Sort Of, Erica Reyes & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Lydia Martin & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, stiles is soft, PTSD, Kidnapping, Mild Blood, Smut, Top Derek Hale/Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Bad Friend Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), But He Gets Better, Stiles is just full on BI BI BI, Derek Hale & Isaac Lahey Friendship, Stiles Stilinski is Part of Derek Hale's Pack, Pack Alpha Derek Hale, Idiots in Love, Good Pack Alpha Derek Hale, Slow Burn

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64935763

[ravelqueen]

A lot of the discourse I've seen around s3/ bells hells (both during the campaign and now that it's over) mostly revolved around there being no/ barely any consequences to the parties actions and I really wonder what happened there because in my opinion that was one of the things Matt did so well in s2 - to the point that I've tried to emulate it in my own DM-ing!

So many of the things, even some of the smallest details would find their way back onto the narrative in the most satisfying way!

Just off the top of my head:

Locking Gustav up led to him not offing himself

Deciding to go to the coast instead of staying in the empire led to yeza being kidnapped/ them not there for the attack

Going for a public heist of a weird magical blob led them to possess a holy artifact which in TURN meant they had a bargaining chip with the bright queen

Letting that one random soldier escape led to their entire house of cards crashing down after bazzozan

Leaving the ball with the tower magician meant they had to do a rescue mission

That entire fight- flight from molly and his men

Jester casting in a room of strangers leading to them being briefly shot at

And I'm sure I'm forgetting a TON!!! So many things that came back and led to other things and that made the campaign so rewarding to watch and rewatch! But it also led to the mighty nein's struggle feeling earned AND that they always felt like a group of misfits - they did stupid things and it led to quite a few people not trusting them/ wanting to not give them things, which was FAIR and made it interesting idk?

I wonder what changed between s2/s3 that made Matt feel he couldn't/ shouldn't do that anymore

(If this is indeed what happened! I personally only watched the first 30 eps and followed along with the plot through recaps/ watched some single episodes/ scenes, as well as read the discussions about it - so maybe there are people who disagree with the "no consequences" thing and i just haven't seen their arguments?)

[colettebronte]

Today is the one year anniversary of when we lost the WONDERFUL @bridgertontess It was not only a loss to the Bridgerton fandom but also a loss to those of us who, for a short time, were lucky enough to get to call her a friend. I won't go into the details of her passing and just say that she was the KINDEST, SWEETEST and even though she would never admit it, SO TALENTED!

If you are unfamiliar with her work, please allow me the honor of sharing some of it with you. Above all else she loved making edits. Here are a few of my faves:

Tess also enjoyed making video reels too!

And because she was game to try anything, even though she was unsure about it, she even tried her hand at fic writing! I encourage you all to check out this drama-filled and very sweet fic she wrote

As I'm sure you can tell, Benedict was her favorite and I can only begin to imagine what her thoughts would have been on S3 and now that he'll be headlining S4

Aside from being a creative talent herself, she was also a huge source of inspiration and encouragement to her friends

She did an WONDERFUL edit of Benedict/Luke Thompson in a rainstorm and it inspired a handful of us to do a drabble challenge based on it

Below is my drabble with links inside to the wonderful drabbles done by @fayes-fics, @eleanor-bradstreet, @thebabblingbrookenook, @queen-of-the-misfit-toys and @silverhallow

The Deluge

My dear friend, I am thinking of you tonight. Thank you so much for sharing your talents, kindness and heart with us. The Bridgerton fandom is better for it. RIP Tess 🫶❤��

Except where noted, all works in this post are by @bridgertontess Her blog is still active and I encourage you to check it out to see more of her works there 🫶❤️

[ratnix]

The final showdown between the misfits and annabel's group but like the footloose scene in s3 of umbrella academy

[misfithive]

& we kissed like we knew it was us from the start. Everything ends except us 💜

wilmon x everything ends x jp saxe

[lux-the-witch]

This mean that misfits and magic S2 and tlovm S3 are premiering like 9 days apart I'm going to be insufferable this October.

[mikuyuuss]

Just finished S3 and I love Community sm. Normally, I get a little jealous when I see the ideal college life being portrayed in tv shows, bc I can't fully relate.

But with Community... There's something so comforting about a group of misfits living their best lives in a community college rather than a traditional university... I feel like it shows that regardless of your circumstances, whether you consider it "ideal" or not, you can still have a great time as long as you're with the right people.

Truly peak escapist show.

[my-jokes-are-my-armour]

About the fire and the ice

I am not always on board with the show on the artistic direction. More often than not, framing is poor and the composition not really interesting. Sometimes there are interesting idea coming out of nowhere or challenging perspectives but the visual aspect doesn't seem the most rewarding. BUT, they are still pushing a lot of informations in our eyes and telling substories in the details. And there are often something more to get out of this. I enjoy that a lot.

One of this little thing they do from the start is one of the late lore point of the books. They just teased us so far, and that is linked to Ithiline's prophecy, the wild hunt and the White Frost.

In the books, things are quite vague about the Frost but I can easily imagine it to be an environmental subtext. In the game, they have their own vision about it. But I have also my little reading that I found growing more and more throught the series. And this is shown so far, not told.

Fire and ice are everywhere in the show. Cold tones against warm ones. Blue and red are omnipresent in some characters. A part of it is from the nation color code but for some, this is more symbolic. In general, every character has its code / symbols and or colors. (One day, I will publish my essay on the costumes lol). Finding those symbols at specific moments is like foreshadowing or telling a substory.

For example : Ciri eating a rat and subsequently calling Dara ratboy in S1. Her having killed a rat and exposed it in her room in S2. Her meeting a group of misfits called the Rats in S3 and fowards.

Now, some events are connected with some little things that seems random but are not. Like the rat, the connection is made clear at some point. The White Frost is connected with chaos, Hen Ichaer powers and symbolically with fire magic, which is the most destructive of all.

Did you noticed that everytime a huge amount of magic or a core elder blood power is used, it snows afterward. And the biggest connection is made in the infamous Blood Origins prequel.

Here some exemples :

Sodden battle - Yennefer channels a huge amount of fire magic, mages uses all sort of chaos powers. The next day, the day is normal nearby, but there is now falling on the battlefield.

Mousesack holds a magic barrier for hours. Ciri shatters a monolith with her scream; power scream being the first manifestation of her elder blood heritage. Later on the battle field it snows and when Mousesack is killed (probably a day later) we can still see the snow on the griund and the building around.

Ciri is possessed by Voleth Meirh, she uses her inter sphere travel. Later when everything is calm again, it snows. This is discreet (also I couldn't take a shot where we see it clearly) and it happens a lot in Kaer Morhen so it can go unnoticed as well, but this is there again.

Overall Ciri, before the end of S3 is attached to snow and winter. We will cover that in the next part.

Now the connection is in Blood Origin. It is done with Jaskier in the intro and outro, and most importantly with Balor :

Seanchai appears on a battlefield, freezes time, she is associated with elder blood symbols with the flowers, makes Jaskier travel to an unknown location - maybe another sphere, and... it snows there. Also the contrast is voluntary shown in the colors : fire and blood in the first place, cold and blue tones in the second.

The same applies to Balor... let see how it builds and ends.

Entropy, chaos and sources

In Blood Origin, the elves magic is "weak" but pure. It is equilibrium and natural. It feels a lot like the druidic powers of Mousesack. It doesn't seem to damage the world around or if it does, this is slow to show effect. But chaos magic works with a compromised balance. You have to take from something to channel it. It seems fair trade but the balance is twisted and involves often destduction. Something has to die, to make it work. And if you don't have anything to sacrifice, it will take from you.

Draining the power from a source, counters the destructive effect on oneself, but what about the source itself ?

In Blood Origin, Zacharee feels the chaos magic like a pollution coming from the monoliths. In the main series, some other elves are also sensible to the imbalance, like Toruviel, and probably the Dryads too.

Spoilers here : Mixing the books and the show, elves are a very developed civilisation but built on massive "flows" to their survival : they live too long and reproduce too slow, and they consume natural ressources without adaptation as they do not know agriculture. So their population can grow exponentially when they are in a fast age, and suffers a lot when ressources begin to diminish. Their solution is to leave their world behind, travel to another sphere and eat a new world.

Elves from the Continent have conquered the world of dwarves and gnomes and ages passing their blood weakened, they lost most of their powers and forgot about how their ancestor travelled, and the Conjunction of the Spheres "sealed" the worlds away for a time. The prophecy of Ithiline comes from the generational attemps to revive elder blood through genetic selection, in order to have an individual that can reopen the gate of the worlds. It should have been an elf but Lara Doren fell in love with a human and broke the first attempt, leading to Ciri in the end.

Blood Origin follows that line here, not always with great coherence because the lore isn't explored fully, and more evocative. It lets the viewer to search for the hints. But the part that interests me is the consequences of the use of chaos and the death of the worlds from the White Frost.

In the series, they kept the conquerant elves that leaps from one world to another, consuming their ressources. It comes out with the Merwyn arc, reviving old stories and wanting to do the same to save her people. But the ancient elves, those who came first to conquer, are not mentioned, neither is their homeland. The gate through the world is explored through the monolith and we see different spheres. The one that interests me is the desert one with the chaos entities. Because this is the first time we see the White Frost.

When Balor travels in the desert sphere and makes the sacrifice to obtain chaos, he basically becomes a "source". Instantly the ground around him freeze and it begins to snow. And something invisible walks behind him. As if the entities weren't bodyless but were existing on another plan of reality.

The thing is that it illustrates what could be their take on the White Frost. It seems to come from the sources empowerment and to be the result of something like entropy.

For the chaos magic to be used a sacrifice has to be made and the energy come from one place to another through the conduit of the caster. The more energy they use, the colder their surrounding becomes.

Now, in the show, this idea embedded a lot in Ciri's journey to unveil her power. But, they didn't explain the concept of sources very well. They did it a bit in S3 but they didn't attach it to Ciri properly.

Magic need a source to take from. Yennefer teaches Ciri to sense them in the elements. Water and earth are shown for example. And fire is forbidden because : you are the source and usually it consumes you. Rience consumed his soul to master it. Yennefer consumed her own magic habilities for a time but she used existing flames to generate hers.

But Ciri can control fire without counterparts from herself, like Balor. That is because she is a source. So in the show, they symbolised her power with the colors and the implicite meaning attached to it. And those colors are attached to the prophecy itself.

The prophecy

Ithiline's prophecy opposes the fire and the ice in the semantics.

"I tell you that the time of the sword and axe approaches, the time of the Wolf's Blizzard. The Time of the White Frost and White Light, the Time of Madness and Disdain, Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age. The world will perish amidst ice and be reborn with the new sun. Reborn of the Elder Blood, of Hen Ichaer, of a planted seed. A seed that will not sprout but burst into flames!"

I am highlighting here the vocabulary that evokes cold and white, on one side, and the fire and red, on the other.

This color code has been respected in the visual grammar of the series in many aspect, especially with those who are involved in the imagerie around the Hen Ichaer. And this is very present for Ciri, as I said, throught the wakening of her powers.

S1 and S2, she is mostly seen in cold environments and with pale colors or some blue, which is also associated with Cintra in many ways so we have to dissociate that, and take only the things that are atttached to her supranatural nature.

S3, there is a shift as her power awakens strongly. The desert part leads to the moment she embraces the fire and almost let it take over her.

A seed that will not sprout but burst into flames...

And that imagery and color code is shared by :

The women of elder blood

Those who have the elder blood don't necessarily get the special powers. Sometimes it is dormant and passed on the next generation. Like Calanthe for example.

Lara Dorren : if we don't take the possible connection with Éile and Fjall from the start of the special blood of Ciri, the show gives us also the first known brick toward Hen Ichaer and her tale as the same contrast of cold and hot than Ciri's prophecy.

And when a severe frost descended in the night, Lara breathed her last on the forested hilltop, giving birth to a tiny daughter, whom she protected with the remains of the warmth still flickering in her. And though she was surrounded by the blizzard, the night and the winter, spring suddenly bloomed on the hilltop and feainnewedd flowers blossomed. Even today do those flowers bloom in only two places: in Dol Blathanna and on the hilltop where Lara Dorren aep Shiadhal perished.

This imagery is conserved in the conscient dream of Ciri through the Dol Durza. Especially when the interference from the Wild Hunt is revealed.

Note : I put a little purple/pink over the Feainnewedd flower because this symbole appears also a lot around the women of elder blood.

Falka : I can't put very precisely when Falka is born and where she is in the lineage because there is a wierd mix of children, with Lara Doren descendant chidren and hers. What is clear is that Falka is part elf and she is heavily associated with fire. She is considered as malevolent and she was burned alive.

"An avenger will be born of my blood,"she cried. "From my tainted Elder Blood will be born the avenger of the nations and of the world! He will avenge my torment! Death, death and vengeance to all of you and your kin!" Only this much was she able to cry out before the flame consumed her.

In the show Falka is associated with fire in two scenes : Stregobor telling his version of her story. And then, she appears in Ciri's delusion in the desert as she almost succumb to the fire.

Falka becomes her chosen name after she takes her first life and joins the Rats. There is a strong metaphor with the fire and the forbidden line never to cross that is to kill someone. Both take something from you that is lost forever.

Francesca : She is supposedly pure elf. And she demonstrates life and death kind of magic. She is a flipping coin. She can be protective and soft, but also vengeful and destructive. She goes to one side to another as the traumas pill up for her.

Her soft side shows her mostly in blue colors and her vengeful side in red. The pike is during the siege of Aretuza, when she let the pain and anger consume her after Filavandrel's death. She looks at the ring of fire floating above the school and make it drops on everyone. The fire reflecting in her eyes is a metaphor that links those three women in a way.

She is not the Hen Ichaer of the prophecy, she doesn't have Ciri's powers even if she is powerful, but she is pursuing her relentlessly. Doing so, she repeats some errors of the past, reflecting on Merwyn arc.

Note : that the other strong symbol attached to her is a rose. I will maybe dive into that analyse another day.

Conclusion :

This is not the last time we will see this colors and symbols used around Ciri during her journey and it will be interesting to see what they highlight with it. I have some things to look for to try to validate my theory on the Frost once and for all😅. Maybe in S4, probably more in S5. So I will continue to look for the snow 😉.

Next time, I might dive into the flowers or another strong symbol used all along or hidden in plain sight.