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finally watched suzume and now in shambles
#the ending scene got to me#because ohhhhh my heart hurts so much but in a good way#no spoilers but kind of spoilers.....................#anyways someone posted on here that part of it is about holding your own hand and yeah. yeah </////3#god it's so good. the themes the quite literal closure the thing about disasters and society (specifically japan) the thing about finding lo#love in strangers#ive also never watched a movie by makoto shinkai before (well ive started but not finished) and this blew my mind#gonna think about this the whole night#ramblings!#also spoiler warning down here . still kind of vague but like real spoilers#also very glad that the chair thing happened because tbh i don't find the main male lead attractive........... i guess i just don't vibe w/#characters who look like howl from howls moving castle LMAO#suzume
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Ancha I mean this in literally every possible positive way, this is what I'm doing with this drabble rn (I love it dearly and mere words or keyboard smash cannot describe the way I am going feral over it)
Gifted drabble - New Age Au - The Eye of the Storm
Hey @spotaus !! I am back as I told you I would be because you gave me MORE brainworms! Remember us talking about the magic system? or me just yapping and rambling about it hahah.
And the thing you mentioned about how Geno would react to seeing Dust's storm? Yeah. Brainworms.
Either way. It can all still be changed as Spotaus and I discuss the magic system and how everything works.
So warning? ish? Deep intimacy by showing the soul. reference to past toxic relationship ship is DustedAfterDeath
This is them FAR beyond their toxic arc youall. They relationship is healthy and full of consent at this point :3
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Dust frowns as he stares at the door.
It is fine.
It isn't that big of a deal.
Just get it over with.
Dust sighs as he rubs the soft cotton of his hoody. He is still in his casual wear for now. He had a few days off and he hardly ever wore his uniform on those days nowadays. Especially when Geno and Reaper visit.
He is still a bit unsure about this whole relationship between them. Dust wants to say he fully trusts them but... well... after...
It is hard.
Which is why Dust had decided to just make this jump. Fuck it. Show them the disgusting mess that is his soul and get it over with. They will see it. Be disgusted. Break off whatever this relationship is and be done with it.
Easy.
Dust takes another deep breath as he feels his storm around his soul rumble unhappily. He needs to remain calm. That will keep his storm calm enough to make it safe for them to look at it.
Dust does not want a repeat of the many times he zapped others with lightning. Even a tiny warning zap is stronger than a full blown lightning strike at this point. Dust frowns as he taps the doorknob. Maybe this isn't a good idea after all...
He may have enough control to form actual attacks but actually keeping it calm?
What if he hurts them? They will hate him...
Then again... if they see the mess that his soul is...
Or worse... Dust was right after all and Geno and Reaper just wanted to know how his storm works and it was all still fake. He was being blind again and falling for the exact same trick again.
Then again... they don't know how deeply connected to his soul it is. No one knows aside from Nightmare and his fellow Knights. They don't even speak about that out loud unless they are in a very secure room and know they are alone.
Even with all of Geno's past prodding and hinting Dust never told him that. Even if Dust knew that Geno wanted to know how he had such powerful magic. It was his secret. and Dust had been willing to take it to the grave with him...
Dust offered to show them his soul. Take the next step before they could move their relationship towards soulplay and other acts like it. They didn't know that they would find out the source of his magic...
Which brings him back to this exact point. Wouldn't it be better to just get it over with? If they really are still lying about everything... Wouldn't it be better to know it? To be able to let it go and move on?
Not that Dust thinks he can move on. If he could have he would have after the first mess that this relationship was.
But Dust is aparently an idiot because he is trying this again even if the chance it will hurt is much larger than the chance that this will be alright.
Okay that is not fair. They had been so much more honest about this whole relationship and Geno didn't even mention or ask about his magic since the mess that it had been. He also acutally paid attention to the few things Dust said now...
Then why did he still feel like a speciman? Like a project?
He doesn't like that... Feeling like that. It was why he was fine with being a crimelord before. Why he liked being a knight. No one looked at him with pity when he did either of those. Neither of those positions ever made people look at him like... like... some magical experiment...
His family had meant well... The mage who did this to save his life meant well... but it didn't change the way they looked at him... The worry he would just drop over and be gone. Then later the fear that the magic stabilizing him would just stop working... Then... Then the worry... after he started to cause damage.
Dust glares at the door. Fuck it. Either he is going to prove himself right that they really are still just after information and then he can finally bury these feelings and be done with it all. Or...
Or...
Dust shakes his skull as he pushes the hope down. Don't hope. That gets you hurt.
He knocks on the door and enters as soon as Reaper welcomes him in.
Reaper smiles brightly at him "Dust you are here already. How was your day off?"
Dust shrugs and mutters fine. He hadn't done that much today. Mostly spend time with the horses as he tried to not feel anxious about what he was about to do now.
Reaper keeps smiling "I am happy to hear this." He shoots his mate a look.
Geno looks terrible... mostly because he is obviously anxious and nervous, maybe even uncomfortable.
Dust huffs as he crosses his arms, feeling defensive "You can just say you aren't interested. It was just an idea." It had been Dust's idea after all.
Geno shakes his skull as he messes with soemthing in his lap. Some spell probably. Geno looks nervous "It isn't that i... don't want to... That isn't the issue... It is just... you never seemed comfortable with anything close to this... and then this?" he glances at Reaper.
Reaper picks up easily "Are you sure this is what you are comfortable with?"
Dust shrugs. He isn't. But it is best to get it over with. But the doubt either will like to hear that answer.
Reaper looks fond at him, it makes Dust's soul do this weird little flip thing it is unfair Reaper looks at him like that, "Can you please explain Dust? We wish to understand."
That is something that had surprised Dust. How much they want him to talk or tell them how he feels. Dust finds it unfair. Before Geno didn't even bother to listen to the few things Dust did talk about and now he pays attention? It is just so different. Dust isn't sure how to feel about it. It is nice but it also means he has to explain things he can't quite explain.
Dust searches for the right words "I want... you two to see... it." it. That is the best way to explain the storm.
Geno looks bothered as he loosk up "Why call your soul it?"
Dust shakes his skull. It isn't normal. It isn't healthy... This is dumb. They will both just be disgusted and then this little nice thing will be ruined forever.
Dust shrugs "It is hard to explain..." he decides to echo some words back "Open communication and honesty or something... Soul is not the... healthiest." there.
Reaper looks super worried as Geno looks slightly more horrified. Ugh. Yeah. that is what Dust figured. He tugs on his hood to enable himself to hide more. He wishes he still had his mask.
Reaper shakes his skull "No no love. Nothing against you... But is it safe for you then? To even summon and show your soul?" he looks worried. Geno keeps his mouth shut but he shoots both Dust and Reaper looks.
It is now or never.
Dust sighs as he takes a seat on the bed and shoots them both a look "Well?" and he waits. His hands feels the soft silky sheets on the bed. It calms him. The bed feels like the bed in his own room. Even though he prefers his cotten and woolen stuff. He keeps rubbing the sheets with his fingers as his two boyfriends take their own seats.
Both wait and share a look.
Geno grins a bit "Want me to show my soul first?"
Dust shakes his soul. He does not need to see a healthy soul before he shows his mangled one. Dust will just lose the nerve. Geno looks bothered but doesn't offer again.
Dsut takes another deep breath. Tugs his scarf higher and his hood closer around his skull before slowly tugging at this very core.
And there it is.
Dust always thought it was like a cloud. Just in a weird soul shape all around his actual soul. The tiny malnourished one that never was able to grow fully. The magic and his actual soul work well and seem to connect with tiny bolts of lightning. Dust doesn't even feel it anymore. So used to the constant zapping emitted to his very being... The zaps outwards obviously at much more harmful. as Dust can channel those into actual attacks.
He is not looking at either of them as he waits. Just because he is willing to hear it doesnt mean he wants to see the disgust and horror on their faces...
"It is beautiful..." Geno whispers and Dust can't help but snap up slightly to check. Geno is just staring with open awe at the mess that is his core. Geno doesn't even seem to notice it as he slowly reaches a hand out.
Dust moves the cloud away "Don't touch it!" he stresses it.
Geno blinks and looks confused before seeing his hand "oh shit! sorry. I didn't... i wasn't thinking... I swear i didn't... i wouldnt!" he looks anxious as he holds both arms behind his back.
Dust frowns as hekeeps looking at Geno "I mean it... I can't exactly... control it... It will zap you full force... I already fried Cross once and that was a non-lethal hit... I don't think it will like it if you get that close..."
Geno frowns but Reaper is the one who speaks "It? Why do you refer to the magic as an it?" He seems curious as he looks at the soul and spell. Seemingly enchanted.
Dust frowns as he looks at it "I... well... I tend to just call it my storm... as that is pretty much it..."
Geno seems nervous "I euh... Just so you know you can just tell me to stuff it... But... euh... why is there a very complex spell around your soul?" He looks at Dust and waits.
Dust frowns at him. He knows their question would come. It was to be expected. He looks at the spell and settles on telling the truth "It is my life support system."
Reaper jumps upright "What?" he glances at Geno "Is that normal?"
Geno looks horrified "No? Magic is too... unstable and unpredictable? Which mage... who would... why?" he sputters and seems shocked.
Dust feels more uncertain as he ducks his skull more into his scarf. It isn't that he is surprised but it still hurts... why does it still hurt so much? He knew this was going to happen.
He holds his storm closer as the rumbling in it intensifies with his own shaking emotions. This was a mistake. He recalls both and the soul and storm disappear.
That seems to snap Reaper and Geno out of their slight moment or horror and panic as they shoot him glances.
Geno inhales sharply as he reaches out "Wait! Sorry. Fuck I am sorry. I didn't mean anything negative i swear! I just don't understand. It is fine! It looked beautiful!" He smiles.
Dsut shrugs and mutters "It is fine... it is disgusting... i know..." He wants to leave. He wants to go to his room and cry a bunch... he tugs his scarf higher as he pushes back into his hood. He wants his mask. He wants to hide.
Geno shakes his skull "No. It really is gorgeous i swear! Like a geode!"
That causes him to pause and shoot Geno an disbelieving look "A geode?" the absolute absurb nature of that has to be commented on. A geode?!
Geno nods "Of course it does it is so obvious."
Dsut just raises a brow at him "Really?"
Geno nods with a stubborn tilt "summon it again! I will point it out." he holds up his hands "No touching! Just pointing."
Dust frowns but slowly brings the mess out again.
Geno grins as he scoots a bit closer before beginning to talk "Okay. It is really cool and pretty. Your soul itself is obviously the very center. Everything around it is like the geode itself protecting your soul. The crystalized minerals just barely touching your soul and that makes the colouring probably! The little crystals are all slightly differently forming and shaping and growing. Reforming new connections and growths." Geno points and motions towards the cloud nearest his soul "Around that sits the metaphorical layer of stone protecting it!" when he speaks about that he motions towards the very outer layer of his cloud.
Dust rolls his eye lights "How do you explain the zaps of electricity going outwards?" Like his storm knows waht he wants it makes a tiny zap.
Instead of looking confused Geno just gasps and stares "Holy that is beautiful... It is like... the start of anew crystal growing! It is so beautiful."
Reaper looks curiously at Dust "how do you see it?"
Dust looks to the side "You know... a storm cloud? obviously?" because it is? At least Dust thought that.
Reaper hums as he looks at it curiously "I can see both... though I think it looks more like..." and he stops.
Geno looks curiously at Reaper "what do you see?"
Reaper looks slightly embarrassed "Lets keep it at a gem and a beautiful cloud... that is much more romantic." and he smiles.
Dust tilts his skull "Come on. Tell."
Reaper sighs but stares at the soul and cloud around it with a gentle smile "It is... Sea urchin."
Geno snorts as Dust blinks confused. He had heard of those animals before but never actually seen one.
Reaper chuckles "Yes yes love. laugh it up." he looks amused.
Dust shoots him a look before looking at his soul and storm "why?"
Reaper hums and speaks slowly "Well... it is like a protective shell isn't it? Your soul is safely tugged away within the center. Where it is safe and protected by the larger shell around it." he motions towards the cloud before motioning towards the everlasting zaps "And the spines to protect the treasure that lays hidden."
Dust frowns at his soul. He never... He never thought about his soul as either of those things... His soul was just the mangled thing... while his storm was the thing powering him and keeping him whole.
Not the center of a crystal cluster thing... Not something that had a shield and spikes to protect it...
Geno scoots over and looks curiously "Why... why is that magic there? if you are okay with me knowing... It is okay if you are not..."
Dust frowns "I told you... life support..."
Reaper sits nearby "How came it to be like that?"
Dust shrugs as he messes with the magic around his soul. It doesn't harm him in the least "I wasn't exactly... healthy... When i was younger. Never was. Had no energy. Hardly any magic. I am pretty sure the doctors told my folks i wasn't even meant to survive for longer than a year... but I managed... until i was suposed to start puberty."
Geno frowns as he nods "It is when our magic and souls start to truly develop."
Dust nods "I don't.. I don't know exactly what was wrong. They never told me in details. I just know that suddenly it burned and hurt... turns out the magic that was starting to develop was kinda... burning my soul out. My soul was too weak to keep up wiht the growth it needed to help support me." He frowns "I remember many doctors and mages." them all prodding him and mentioning how it was a miracle he had even been alive as he had been. More interested in learning how his magic burned himself than anything. He thinks some of them even asked his parents if he could be a study case. "One of them had an idea... a complex web of spells to help center the magic or something and to use it to power my soul... That was at least how it was explained to me after i started to feel better."
Geno shoots upright "Wait! They didn't ask you?!"
Dust snorts "What could you expect? I was hardly awake as it was... Not like I could have given my agreement..." he shrugs "It saved my life..."
Reaper gently takes his hand and kisses it slowly. Dust can see how slow Reaper moves. Probably making sure his own magic doesn't react badly. "It is your soul love... Even if it saved your life it should still have been your choice. As it is your right."
Geno messes with his own hands "That is why... You didn't want to talk about your magic... it isn't a spell that is even meant to attack... It is your soul's whole support system... I am so sorry...." he looks away. ashamed "I know i apologised... before for pushing and everything... I am so sorry I was..." he laughs as he looks down shocked "Pretty much trying to force you to talk about your soul and show it to me? what the hell was wrong with me?"
Dust shrugs "You didn't know..." he tugs his soul back into his actual body and breaths a sigh of relieve.
Reaper frowns at him "Are you okay?"
Dust shrugs "I am fine... Just tired..." He gives a tired grin "It isn't just my suport system for my soul... My soul can't exactly make the magic and energy i need. It barely makes enough for my soul itself."
Geno stares in shock "Everythign... the spell pwoers everything about you? How..." he freezes and stops "Wait. Sorry. It isn't... it is interesting but you don't need to... I mean yes i want to know but." he glares down frustrated.
Reaper still holds his hand as he rubs the back of Dust's hand "I think what Geno means to ask is... How is it possible? How is the spell still there? In my experience spells don't last long. I know my magic is about momental protection. Not a constant force."
Dust looks at them for a moment. They don't... they don't stare at him like those mages and doctors. there is worry. but they also keep holding him. keep being near. They aren't afraid of him...
Dust figures if they haven't pulled away in disgust yet... All he risks now is his trust being betrayed which wouldn't be the first time.
Dust rubs his neck "From what i udnerstand... The weather powers it. Natural rain, hail, wind... actually everything connected to storms power it..."
Geno blinks in awe "Your storm... That is why you call it your storm and a cloud... because it is... wow..." he jsut continues to stare with open awe "It is powered by an outside constant force... adn that powers you..." he frowns "Should you be throwing lightning around then?"
Dust looks around confused "euh?"
Geno gives him a bit of a glare "I mean it. Is it even healthy for you to be throwing lightning around? Waht if you run out." more anxious and stress on his face.
Dust nods "It is fine... I before couldn't even pick when it happened. it just happened. At most i give it a target." he grins a tiny bit "there is a reason that Killer calls the spell i use 'fuck you lightning'... I don't exactly got a lot of other spells..."
Reaper chuckles and nuzzles Geno "Calm down love. trust him. He knows himself and his magic best. If he thinks it is fine it is fine."
Geno shoots Reaper a look but takes adeep rbeath and nods "right... right... sorry... i just... don't like how unpredictable it is. How will we know it will keep you safe and healthy if we aren't sure it will manage itself? That it will stop you from shooting to much lightning?" he rubs his hands "I also used to overuse my own magic. As magic rarely gives you a warning you are running out until you are almost completely out."
Dust just listens to the other. He... he isn't even asking about how he can control or replicate it. How he can use it. All geno is worried about is it somehow getting unbalanced...
The fear slowly disappears...
Which is when his body decides to make it very obvious it does not appreciate Dust removing his storm from his body. He yawns and feels his socket becoe heavier. Yeah. he expected as much.
Geno looks panicked as Reaper rubs his back "Are you alright?"
Dust shrugs as he rubs the sleep from his sockets "I am fine. Body doesn't appreciate me removing my soul for a long time. Just need to give it time to settle and calm down."
Reaper hums as he pulls Dust slowly against him "You can rest. thank you for trusting us with this love." a soft kiss to his skull as Dust lounges against Reaper. Reaper's clothes are always warm and brimmed with magic. reinforced to make sure Reaper's deadly magic doesn't get through if he is stressed. It makes for a very soft living pillow.
Geno meanwhile is muttering about maybe making a tiny sensor. Just to give Dust a warning signal in case his magic levels get dangerously low. Just as an extra warning and protection for him. Reaper chastises Geno gently but Dust isn't paying much attention.
He is exhausted. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. But it was worth it. Maybe he didn't have to be worried after all.
#Ancha u can't just say 'oh whoopsy it's unrefined' and then throw the most heartwrenching tasty drabble at me like it's nothing!!!!!#i think it helps that this is my ot3 of all time (<- shameless moment) but even if it hadn't been that!!!! augh!!!!!! this is so good!!!!#the beats hit just right! all the worrying from Dust the gentleness from Reaper and Geno- Geno still learning and holding himself back from#being overbearing and showing his regret. the. the !!!!!#the motivation and thoughts of Dust and his obviously bottom of the barrel opinion on himself vs the reactions of the others!!!#and gods I cannot get over the way Geno and Reaper describe the visions!!! and how it reflects them!!!#Geno with the Geode??? THE FUCKING GEODE???? ough it's so smart and poetic and I LOVE Dust's confusion!! because no one's gotten a good look#at it since the Knights+Night and like. the 2 magic users just saw auras (I think Night and Cross have very stereotypical imaginations on#the nature of these things and visualize them similarly-) and no one went into detail because it was brief!!!#and ofc Geno would have this huge complex perspective!#and when I tell you I squeaked with joy at Reaper's characterization this whole time- āClouds and crystals are much more romanticā my#beloved.... 10/10 line... immediately followed by the announcement of a sea urchin??? it's SO GOOD- I'm gonna sob!!!#and the clear domesticness between Gen + Reaper got me good... Geno laughing about Reaper's take on the spell and the way they bounce from#eachother so nicely?? and-#and I loved the little 'Wanna see mine first?' from Geno and Dust calling it normal because!!! boy you have NO idea!!!!#ohhh they all just make me so weak. Ancha you have theif dynamic down so so well and it was so soft.... them worrying about him and Dust#deciding to trust them only for it to go Right! and the amount of trust they just earned because Dust was then willing-#WILLING TO TAKE A NAP???? Ohhhhh I'm going crazy- oh I love it-#and the lil details too like him fidgeting with the blanket and tugging his scarf and feeling Reaper's cloak??? oughhhhh tasty....#I'm sorry back to the nap thing: One VERY good idea! because leaving his soul out too long really would strain the spell and make him eepy#as he gets more disconnected from it! Two HELLO???? Hello Geno and Reaper's worry immediately followed by Dust deciding he was okay to take#a rest? ohhh my gods.#and I keep thinking of more as I roll it in my brain. the Dust not getting a say in the poking+prodding+choices because he was pretty much#falling down at any given moment? Reaper voicing his support of Dust after it? and Geno with the cute lil idea of a magical heart-monitor??#you wrote this so well!!!!#even if it might be unpolished compared to your normal standard I need you to know I am in awe of it!!! Holding it up above my head#in excitement!!! losing my mind!!! the pacing is so so good and the characterization is on point and the magic system is beautiful!!!!#okay ik this is WAY ahead in the timeline but I still am going to make this scene like. an end-goal lead-up for the plot <3 <3
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set this scene, you realize roy is more of a soft/pleasure dom type and take advantage of it. you convince him to let you ride him, and you promise he can back on top right afterrrrr but you're lying. cause you two end up with you on top almost every time your fucking, sometimes he's even begging you to let him cum inside you cause he knows only you can give him such release. hehehehehe. btw you know who this is :))))
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I think i do know who this is, let me know just to be sure :ā) until then, hello ml š
ohhhmy god. oh my god. this is so me. wanting to tease him and going all slow, grinding your hips and telling him to calm down when he starts trying to fuck you from underneath??? ohhhhh my god i canāt rn. and heād be so handsy, canāt decide where he wants to hold and kiss you til he short circuits. and at first heās a little cocky about how good he is on top bc he definitely isnāt bad at fucking youā¦ but once you start doin yo shit?! he canāt even bother to bring up being on top again. heās stuck massaging your tits and breathing into your neck all heavy, and you better not mention all the needy moans that slip out of his mouth.
and ofc he gets a little antsy right? eventually his hands are on your hips, tryna get you to rock a lil faster, get a lil more motion going on. so you cave in, take his hands into yours and start bouncing on his cock. lawddd you should see the way his eyes roll. you still try to keep it slow just to spite him but his moans and curses of goddamn, youāre too good fāme and fuck, baby- it all only spurs you on until youāre wrapping your arms around him and moaning at the firm grip on your ass when you plunge yourself onto his dick. he doesnāt even notice heās gonna blow his load before itās too late, mouthing about how bad he needs to fill you up and almost begging for you to stay just like that- oh god i have to stop here before I write a full drabble š lmk if this is ooc bc honestly all i know about him is sexy dumb ginger!! iām really only going off of the little content iāve seen from red hood comics and fics iāve read about him </3
#more roy harper. more rot harper now pls dc#ttm ā§#rh ā§#āØ anon !!#roy harper#roy harper smut#roy harper x reader#roy harper x you#dc smut
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A girl can get somewhere in spite of stringy hair or even just a bit bowed at the knees if she can show a faultlessā¦personality! āāPersonality,ā Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers (1946)
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ohhhhh my god why did i make this script so long my hand hurts this took forever aaaaagh
Welcome to the Lucky 38! This is a script that has remained basically the same for a long time but went through COUNTLESS extremely small rewrites over the course of production just to really nail Mr. House's dialogue. He's a long-winded guy, this whole issue is basically just him doing monologues, and I wanted to make sure it was all interesting and non-repetitive. I think I took out at least three uses of "merely" from the first draft.
One of the biggest production decisions of this issue was whether or not to cut the scene with Agnes and Cass and Victor, which immediately follows the end of the previous issue. The reason to include it was because it very necessarily established the change in location from the Vegas Strip to the Lucky 38 penthouse, which would have been jarring otherwise; the reason to exclude it was that it the issue was already extremely long and I thought opening right on Mr. House would have been more impactful. Ultimately, I did keep it, which was a good decision, but only because of the literally issue-saving idea to convey it as closed-circuit television footage instead of actual panels. Every single attempt at overlaying them with the lead-in to Mr. House was way too busy, but that idea really tied the page together like a nice rug.
And lastly, the framing device of the tarantula and the tarantula hawk was actually an extremely late addition to the comic. I had already finished the first three pages when I thought of it. My problem was that Mr. House's constant monologuing and Agnes' sad expressions got pretty repetitive. I needed something to break the action up while adding thematic heft and artistic variety. I've become a real enthusiast for wasps and tarantulas over the last couple months, so this one really was just a stroke of luck. It took only minimal revisions to make room for the framing device, with the most dramatic change being the complete replacement of the last page (which was originally just a splash page of the Lucky 38 in Vegas; bookending the first and last pages is so much better). So you see, the only reason for weaving a scene into this issue of a skittish desert-wanderer getting paralyzed and dragged toward a certain demise by a predator almost perfectly evolved to destroy it was just that I like bugs a lot. That's the only reason, yep.
Original Pencils:
Due to all of the photo-collage in the final version of the comic, there's a lot of panels and details that I (thankfully!) didn't have to draw myself. Sorry that the pencil isn't blue on the last three pages, I've been on the move for the holidays so they got scanned in grayscale by accident.
I did experiment with drawing the tarantula framing device myself, but ultimately went with the photo-collage method because the artistic juxtaposition actually made it much more readable when interspersed with the proceedings in the Lucky 38.
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EXT. DESERT OUTSIDE OF NEW VEGAS. The city glitters in the distance, nestled between the shadows of mountains, with the spire of the LUCKY 38 towering above all else.
In the wilderness, a TARANTULA emerges from its burrow.
EXT. THE NEW VEGAS STRIP. On closed-circuit television monitors, a SECURITRON ROBOT approaches AGNES SANDS and ROSE OF SHARON CASSIDY, saying
VICTOR: Well howdy, partner! Fancy meetin' again here in Vegas!
CASS: What the fuck?
AGNES: Victor?
Unlike the usual police units, VICTOR's robotic "face" is that of a cowboy.
VICTOR: And heck, ya clean up nice! Sure lookin' a lot better now than when I rustled ya outta the bone orchard back in Goodsprings*--
CAP: *As was explained to Agnes way back in IKROAH #2. --Lou
VICTOR: --so how's about ol' Vic skips the rigamarole, huh? 'Fore all my yappin' makes ya want to go back, heh-heh-heh! I'm the welcome wagon, see. I'm to come and collect ya.
CASS: Agnes--
VICTOR: Boss wants t'see you, is what I'm sayin'.
AGNES: Boss?
VICTOR: Only of all of Vegas, friend!
CASS: Agnes.
MEANWHILE, the TARANTULA crawls beneath the starlight.
VICTOR: So why don't we mosey on over to the Lucky 38? And your good pal can come along, too!
CASS: I need to know what the fuck is going on, right now.
AGNES: I...I don't know.
VICTOR: And y'know, boss ain't ever let a soul inside before, least for not as long as I've been rollin' around on my spurs, so this ain't just an everyday social call, mind...
On the closed-circuit television monitors, VICTOR escorts AGNES and CASS to the entryway of the LUCKY 38.
VICTOR: ...but heck, I reckon ya'll oughta get along like franks on a fire! So come on! Lift's in the lobby here, and up to the top floor--and we can get the formalities out of the way before ya'll get [cut off]
INT. THE LUCKY 38 PENTHOUSE.
AGNES stands awestruck, looking upward, bathed in electronic green light. With horror, she ekes out a single question.
AGNES: ...what are you?
???: A "Hello" would have been preferable, but it'll take more than a crude faux pas to tarnish this moment. Who I am, Agnes--
What AGNES is looking at is a gigantic SUPERCOMPUTER and terminal, flanked by closed-circuit television monitors and guarded on both sides by SECURITRON police units. On the supercomputer's massive screen is the green-lit image of a face. The face
MR. HOUSE: --is ROBERT EDWIN HOUSE. The President, CEO, and sole proprietor of New Vegas--and more to the point, the intended recipient of a long delayed package.
AGNES: Oh, you...you mean the platinum chip?
MR. HOUSE: Correct. It's a...very precious artifact of the old world.
MR. HOUSE: My world, once.
In the back of the room, beyond AGNES, is an oil painting of MR. HOUSE, standing outside in front of what must have been a very large robot.
MR. HOUSE: In that world, I was the founder of RobCo Industries--a titan of innovation. We created a litany of robotic solutions for diverse markets, such as the Securitrons that you see here, and even a line of consumer-grade devices like the wrist-mounted Pip-Boy. But the platinum chip was, more than any other, my design. It was my vision.
MR. HOUSE: But it never left the factory in which it was originally made. Before it could even cool off from its assembly...we had the Great War. An international, thermonuclear bombardment of unimaginable power that annihilated the world in all of two hours.
MR. HOUSE: But not the entire world. Not Vegas. Not my Paradise. From my fortress of the Lucky 38, I saw to that. But as for the rest of the world, and my platinum chip--it took generations.
MR. HOUSE: First for the scarce remnants of humanity to crawl out from under their rocks, and for the world to at least resemble a functioning society again in which to do trade. And then for the work itself--of countless scavengers, treasure-seekers, and the like, all contracted to comb over the wreckage of Sunnyvale. It cost millions of caps, and later, New California dollars. And a not insignificant piece of my pre-war fortune as well. I, quite literally, moved mountains.
MR. HOUSE: I do not believe in providence, Agnes, but I do believe in destiny. How else to explain it? It was pristine when it was found. Neither the bombs nor the passage of time had so much as scuffed its sheen. But still...its value far transcended the mere market price of pure platinum.
MR. HOUSE: Amusingly, despite the discovery, I was still only as close to acquiring the chip as I had been originally in 2077. A final ordeal remained for me: how to ensure the safety of the platinum chip en route to its destination, from Sunnyvale to Vegas, without broadcasting its preciousness to thieves, armies, and raiders--or worse, to heavily armed fetishists for pre-war technology like the Brotherhood of Steel?
MR. HOUSE: Misdirection. Through a network of anonymous liaisons, I contracted the Mojave Express for a batch of deliveries, all superficially similar knick-knacks, to various intermediaries of myself. All but one of the orders were totally worthless decoys. But your identity as the carrier of the one genuine item was somehow compromised, leading to you getting attacked, and to the second disappearance of the chip.
MR. HOUSE: But look around you. Look where you are. You've made it, haven't you?
AGNES, still staring up at the visage of MR. HOUSE on-screen, doesn't respond. She frowns, nervous. The SECURITRONS guarding MR. HOUSE observe her stoically.
MR. HOUSE: Let me clarify: I had nothing to do with Benny's ambush. Heavens no! It goes completely against my interests. It would have been a perfectly quotidian day's work for you if not for his, and I stress, unexpected involvement. The platinum chip...belies its significance. For Benny to have not only discovered its delivery route but possibly enough of that significance to motivate such an act, this constituted a very troubling breach of my security. And I had been looking into it...but in a way, the issue seems to have resolved itself. Hm?
MR. HOUSE: A wild card. Now removed from the deck.
AGNES' gaze sinks to the floor.
MEANWHILE, a small shadow blots out the starlight in the desert outside of Vegas. It flies over the exploring TARANTULA.
AGNES looks back up at MR. HOUSE.
AGNES: I killed him.
HOUSE: So you did. I only wish that we could have spoken before you went rogue on my former protƩgƩ: if this story breaks, I can grant you amnesty, but not without controversy. And your infamy as an assassin could make our further arrangements quite difficult.
AGNES: Um...I didn't think there would be more to it than delivering the--
MR. HOUSE: Oh! Of course, of course! My apologies. Two hundred years of anticipation and yet I'm still getting ahead of myself. Well--would you mind? I've been waiting a long time for my mail.
The SECURITRON closest to AGNES wheels forward with its claw outstretched. AGNES reaches her fingers into a pocket beneath the belt of her dress to produce it: the PLATINUM CHIP. She holds it in her hand for a brief moment.
MEANWHILE, the shadow descends; the TARANTULA HAWK engages the TARANTULA.
AGNES relinquishes the PLATINUM CHIP to the SECURITRON.
MR. HOUSE: Thank you--it's a relief to pay for this chip for the final time.
The SECURITRON inserts the PLATINUM CHIP into a slot in MR. HOUSE'S supercomputer, feeding it into the drive with a CLIK.
MEANWHILE, the TARANTULA is fighting the TARANTULA HAWK.
From behind AGNES, another SECURITRON presents her with a stack of NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC DOLLARS, which she gingerly takes in her hand and looks over.
MR. HOUSE: And I trust that you're satisfied with the agreed-upon compensation from the delivery contract, yes?
AGNES: Yeah, it's...it's fine...I'll be going now. Thanks.
MR. HOUSE: Oh? But you've only just arrived. I insist that you make yourself at home.
SFX: KZZSZZZTTT
The faces on the screens of the SECURITRONS in MR. HOUSE'S penthouse suddenly change from policemen to soldiers. AGNES recoils and tries to step away.
AGNES: H-hey, uh--
MEANWHILE, the TARANTULA HAWK pierces the underbelly of the TARANTULA with its stinger.
SECURITRONS surround AGNES.
MR. HOUSE: You are the first guest ever through the doors of the Lucky 38, you know. Nobody has so much as checked a coat inside since the war, so this meeting confers you a significant level of privilege...and inevitable celebrity. The people of Vegas have always gossiped, after all. Many have even clawed at the door desperately with dreams of being where you now stand. Surely you can comprehend how this compulsion to leave after such a deliberate and remarkable invitation risks considerable insult--to both myself and my citizenry? And very deliberate this invitation was. Don't you realize: if handing off my package was all for which you were needed, why wouldn't I have just had Victor relieve you of the chip outside? No, no, you see, as necessary as its acquisition was, the chip is ultimately just a key, for unlocking a new frontier...of possibilities.
MR. HOUSE: Possibilities for prosperity, peace, and technological advancement that haven't been seen in two hundred years. Possibilities greater than anything the New California Republic or Caesar's Legion could dream of, let alone achieve, by playing pretend in the clothes of their forebearers and convincing everyone else that it's statecraft. Possibilities--which if they key is turned by human hands--become certainties.
AGNES (a whisper): Are you not human?
MR. HOUSE: Don't let the video screens and computer terminals fool you: I am a living human. No less so than you. I just live with a particular set of, well...handicaps.
AGNES: You said you'd waited hundreds of years to--
MR. HOUSE: One could argue that the world has been waiting hundreds of years for this moment. Waiting for me. For the chip. For the long-dormant doors of the Lucky 38 to finally open, to a single and specially ordained individual: you, Agnes. And there are tremendous things waiting for us, waiting for us to accomplish them, together. I certainly couldn't do them with Benny. What do you say?
MEANWHILE, the TARANTULA has become completely paralyzed by the TARANTULA HAWK'S venom. The TARANTULA HAWK seizes its prey.
AGNES: ...no.
MR. HOUSE: I'm sorry--"No?"
AGNES: Yes--I mean, no. No! I don't want to help you! I...
Tears well in AGNES' eye.
AGNES: ...I just want to go back home.
MR. HOUSE: ...I see. Hmm.
MR. HOUSE: How do I put this in a way you'll understand?
MR. HOUSE: The die is cast.
AGNES, crying, looks up at MR. HOUSE again. Fear bulges on her face.
MR. HOUSE: Throughout the long delivery of this chip, several precise plans and fortuitous coincidences have aligned in just such a way as to make you, you specifically at this exact juncture, an irreplaceable asset in the ongoing endeavor of this wounded world's recovery from otherwise hopeless ruin.
MR. HOUSE: Your cooperation going forward is not merely crucial to this endeavor's success, but it's utterly non-negotiable. Should you entertain the moral issue of what's at stake, it's obligatory, even. It's why your refusal comes as such a...genuine surprise. Can't you see?
MR. HOUSE: I'm not a fascist, Agnes--I would never force you. But given the circumstances, I'm entitled, wouldn't you agree, to at least a brief demonstration of my vision? The vision that the platinum chip promises? Victor has surely seen your companion to the presidential suite by now--my other Securitrons can escort you to the basement, where I'm sure you can make a...properly informed decision.
The SECURITRONS close in on AGNES, who screams in protest.
AGNES: No! I said no! I already delivered your chip, I--I killed Benny! I-- I-- ...what do you want with me!?
MR. HOUSE: Haven't you been listening? I want what's best for you--for us. I know it's a lot, but bear with me for one moment longer, and I can assure you--that this is the beginning of something very incredible.
MEANWHILE, the TARANTULA HAWK has dragged the paralyzed TARANTULA back to the entrance of its own burrow.
The TARANTULA HAWK shoves its helpless prey into the hole, and then crawls in after it.
The TARANTULA is not seen again.
#fallout#fallout new vegas#fnv#courier six#rose of sharon cassidy#victor#mr. house#agnes sands#ikroah archive#volume 02#26
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TF ONE SPOILERS! :D
I really enjoyed it!
My god the references made, had me wanting to point at the screen and go āOh! oh! I know what that means!!ā Yes, they reference The Touch, itās vague but itās there. But no song cameo so boooo /lh
Two end credits scenes! First one with Bumblebee (haha funny scene) and second one with the Decepticons (ooo fun cool scene)
Jazz fans Im so sorry. He keeps getting jangled in front of the camera but never explored as a character and Iām sure itās torture for all of you
Like on one hand itās cool you can look at any crowd and play Recognize That Guy, but on the other hand it has you craving an actual moment with them. Obviously they canāt introduce a billion different characters and have them all explain their deal, because then there wouldnāt be any time left for plot, but OUCH. JUST GIVE ME AN IRONHIDE MOMENT PLEASE ITS BEEN YEARS
Bumblebee is the obligatory comedic relief, but he was actually given serious moments! He didnāt make crazy tone changes when it was a genuinely important scene! There was a moment where everyone was contemplating Sentinalās betrayal, and I totally expected B to do a āwell THAT just happenedā thing, but he didnāt! He actually expressed how he felt! And he could actually be kinda funny! Had people laughing at his jokes in the theater, so thatās nice
STARSCREAM WAS GETTING HIS AFT BEAT BY MEGATRON??? AND BASICALLY SAID āKEEP GOING I CAN TAKE ITā AND??? UHHHHH????? LIKE IT WAS FRAMED AS A āUR WEAK LMAOā TYPE OF SCENE BUT GET FREAKY WITH IT IG. WAS LITERALLY GETTING CHOKED SO HARD DURING IT HIS VOICE BOX CRACKED
(also the fight SS and Megatron has was short but really good)
Honestly all the fights were peak. Had fun each time
Soundwave and Shockwave <3333 Soundwave gets to read minds one (1) time, and never again but at least itās established he can do that <333 Sorry Shockwave fans he was kinda a punk here, someone get that man a lab so he can *really* shine. No cassettes tho :/ canāt win them all
Edit (putting more thoughts here):
D-16 said āThis is the last time I show mercyā and ohhhhh boy did he mean it. Ironic as fuck that itās in regards to sparing Starscream tho, like good luck with that one buddy
#tf one#transformers one#transformers one spoilers#me thoughts mateys#maccadam#transformers#should i tag the mentioned characters?#ā¦#nah Iām too lazy#but get the Starscream fans in here because we gotta TALK about whatever *that* was#ifykyk
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perirep with airpods promoting mY WHOLE REVIEW OF THE NEW WISH SOUNDTRACK BECAUSE OHHHHH MY GOD IT GOES SO SO SO HARD (under cut feel free to listen here (also on apple music + yt do in fact give it a listen please yay) !!)
theme song (all the singing songs)
ā although i can never truly let go of the og the new theme song will always be a bop
ā so upbeat, so happy !!!
new yorkity york
ā hazelās va is such an amazing singer PLEASE if thereās a season 2 give them a musical episode there are not enough musicl numbers
party possumās friendship song
ā better than the chuck e cheese one i heard in the theater earlier lollllllll
ā the live band version ate i liked the difference
ā unhinged version was so fun the nickelodeon drummer ate up
lovely love song
ā still havenāt watched this episode (i was shopping when it aired oops)
ā hazel was so silly idk what happens i just remember cupid being there (idk if he was in this at the end that mightāve been hazelās dad)
i love fries
ā HAZELāS VA SLAYING AGAIN !!!!!
ā banger song so real live laugh love fries
ā cosmo + wanda contributed yay let them sing
time loops
ā addiction,,,,, brainrot even,,,,,,,,,
ā cosmo and wanda singing yayyy !!!
ā the actual little yay at the end was so silly got a good chuckle
proud of my son ā dubstep remix
ā this was actually the funniest thing to watch i had this episode pulled up in a paneraās and i was just staring at it like ābro just took over the world for THISā
ā dev is ten so it does make sense
ā almost
a new wish (yay background music !!)
ā i love all the jazz in the ost just soooo so good
ā reminds me of a sam and max kinda intro
ā listening to this + the rest just makes me want a video game for ANW so so bad it would genuinely be so much fun to play (will genuinely plot out a tumblr post for this idea)
fly hazel
ā banger warmup vibes in the intro
ā love how some of the insteuments give like a fly-feeling gimmick (cause sheās a fly)
ā little intro chord at the very end eats up
teacherās pal
ā might be one of my fav tracks
ā nickeloxeon pianist and saxophonist are eating uppp
ā 1:15 was so good
ā nickelodeon symphony when
fearless
ā somewhat out of place but still fits in with the show vibes
ā very lurking
ā fnaf 3 am jumpscare (idk i see more poppy playtime in this despite never watching or knowing anything about poppy playtime
ā very cheerful kinda scary at the end (yay jasmine!!!)
wellingston hotel
ā i rlly like hotel music play this at a marriott hotel NOW
ā still havenāt seen this episode (iām dying to watch it i need to see winnās introoooo)
ā sudden rich person music change
ā love you nickelodeon saxophonist !!!!
dev dimmadome
ā classic dev intro
ā 0:54 is so cruel just label this project h whyyyyyyyy
ā just sheer pain in the middle but then they remebered at the end āoh yeah heās tenā
ā it gets so intense at 1:30 broooooo
fairy heist
ā i love spy music
ā little dev-ness in the middle with the certain gimmick in his track (i might be crazy for this one but idk the āwaeahwowā reminded me of something from his track + i think this was in the breaking into school scene idk)
prime meridian love
ā literal anime ost
ā eats with the dramatic intro
ā it faintly reminds me of an ok ko track but just slightly at the beginning of some of the melodies idk might be crazy for this one too
peri and irep
ā no way.
ā actually no way.
ā ship interacts once and they get their own song.
ā the twist at the beginning of the track was so hype like the beat is just constantly at odds during this song (and because iām just like that i have the track times put down too when they swap)
ā to not make this any longer the noticeable parts after their intros are like 0:50ā1:02 is peri-sounding and then 1:03ā1:18 is irep-sounding and from then on their themes are always at a clash with more differences spotted at the end
ā will say i love irepās part at 0:32 and 1:03 thatās so funnnn ahh
ā the little villainous laugh at like 1:50 was silly
ā the little theme at 3:00 ahhh !!!!!
ā might be another favā¦ā¦. yeah def another fav my airbuds says so
viozalea
ā feels so medieval at first and i love it
ā quick just like viozaleaās appearance (rip)
rattlleconda
ā fire western theme
ā still in character with the show the beat was firee
ā the soft violin gahhh sheer joy
ā intense pressure put on at the end ate
love and games
ā rock paper scissors core
ā me when rock paper scissors
ā wait i actually never watched the valentines episode
ā uhhhhhhh second half might be rock paper scissors
ā BANGS
ā love u Nickelodeon drummer
battle of wands (FINALE)
ā shut up this is too glorious of a melody
ā ok intense
ā oh mightāve just hit one million wishes idk how this song is following the episode
ā the chaos in the rhythm eats
ā littlt theme at 2:30 aghhhh won
ā peri lying dead right after again idk how the episode paces through songs i can spot little scenes here and there
ā banged
ā little clock beat ahh the happiness
ā canāt even tell what happened but good finale
OVERALL i really enjoyed the soundtrack i love how it tries and takes you through the course of the episode and itās so so fun!! almost feels like video game music sometimes which is so so good for them like YES drop a new wish video game it would be so good !!!!
#fairly oddparents#fop a new wish#nickelodeon#fairly odd parents a new wish#fop peri#fop irep#music listening#the soundtrack goes so hard#PLEASE AT LEAST GIVE ONE SONG A LISTEN#will be no 1 for the artist on airbuds sorry guys ive had this looping for an hour#actually put airbuds on ghostmode for this i lied i cant have the irls see this#peri & irep has been looping for almost said hour im sorry it goes soso hard#rip my spotify stats always remembered always have next year lol
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do you have any wishes for any buck-centric storylines next season? I feel in desperate need of some proper buck whump, coz it feels like itās been FOREVER. Like, I think the lightning was supposed to be that, but it kind of felt like it was as much about everyone else as it was buck, and then the whump that shouldāve followed it never really turned into anything before being dropped forā¦ Natalia?? I just need to see Buck terribly sad and/or injured next season and maybe that makes me evil, but I donāt care. Season four was so long ago! MAKE THAT MAN SAD 2025!!!
ohhhhh my god SO many wishes !!
the lightning strike was Such once-in-a-lifetime (literally lmao) whump potential and i def feel they didn't follow through after it tbh?? i loved the coma ep and the actual lightning plot, but then they turned it into a healing moment for his parents that didn't feel earned and then just wrapped it up in a plot w natalia that went nowhere, i didn't feel they actually capitalised on it?? i don't want buck to get hurt in a way that will take him out of the 118 for any length of time next season bc i do feel there will be a Lot of shenanigans with the team make-up, but i would definitely love to see what'd happen if he got hurt next season and had tommy to worry about him/have the team noticing how different it is now he's got tommy. like maddie trying to organise another look-after-buck rota like she did after the lightning but every time someone turns up tommy's already there and they're like maddie i don't think this is needed?? his big strong boyfriend is waiting on him hand and foot???
i'd obviously love to see more of him exploring life as a queer man, too!!! i think hoping for a pride ep is too much to ask for, altho something like the team responding to a regular call during pride (nothing majorly disastrous but like someone broke their ankle at a drag show or something trying to do a death drop lmao) and buck excitedly announcing to everyone that he'd be there if he wasn't on the clock!! bc he's bi!!! and just connecting wiht other queer ppl in any way really. in my dreams we get some kind of full plot related to him becoming more out-and-proud and figuring out what that means for him ā i think this could work super well with a plot with hen where they do something like protest some anti-lgbtq policy within the department, or run an event for lgbtq firefighters or something. like u CANNOT tell me clipboard!buck wouldn't be alllll over becoming event-coordinator for the lgbtqia+ firefighter society or something lmaoo.
honestly there's SO MUCH i'd rlly love them to explore tho. other figures from his varied past before firefighting turning up! more nuanced exploration of his relationship w his parents that isn't just 'this is all fixed now bc they decided to care age 30 so i'm fine'. career stuff ā i don't pretend to know how the lafd works but i hear there's some kind of leiutenant thing u can become that's a step above regular firefighter and he'd CRUSH that and we know he has the ambition of someday being a captain. him deciding to take steps towards that, or training in some kind of specific rescue technique, getting more uber-competent moments where he gets to run a scene on his own.
oh and i want an episode where him and tommy to run a rescue together and them both to be wildly attracted to how good their bf is at his job and then make out against a fire truck at the end
#i know most of these are more small beats than full arcs but basicaly the answer is EVERYTHING#i want them to explore all these different parts of him so bad !!!#evan buckley#911 abc#bucktommy#asks#mine
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haikyuu!! the dumpster battle ramblings
saw it earlier today and am going to see it again tomorow with a friend, am very Full Of Thoughts, if u dont wont spoilers for the movie well take this as your warning ig
okay first of all the sound direction, the sound direction was INSANELY good
this is absolutely a movie that needs to be experienced in cinema, the soundscape of tokyo gymnasium and the karasuno v nekoma match felt so vividly real it was like i was at an actual game
the soundtrack was great too, i mean it always is w/ hayashi yuuki
there were i think two tracks that used the leitmotif from 'above', good shit
the animation was also really great, overall it didnt look massively better than season 4 of the anime
which is fine, season 4 looked great imo (minus that outsourced episode)
but holy shit when the sakuga hit it hit HARD
tsukki and lev blocking, kageyama doing his thing, kenma and kuroo's quick, there were lots of really great sakuga moments
they also reused some shots from earlier on in the anime and idk maybe thats 'lazy' or whatever but i liked it, it was very nostalgic :')
they did re-animate and i think re-voice hinata and kenma's first meeting tho, framing it from kenma's POV, loved that
i think my favourite sakuga shot had to be hinata and kenma with the knives at each other's throats tho, that ate
not sure how i didnt know about this before hand but it made perfect sense to me when i saw studio trigger in the end credits, some of the sakuga, esp the blocking, had a bit of that trigger flair to it
so obviously they werent gonna fit in everything from the manga, and the movie definitely had kenma as its focus, but i think overall they did a decent job in picking and chosing what to cut
the one thing im annoyed about is the removal of old coach ukai and coach nekomata's backstory, i really i think it makes the handshake at the end of the game hit that much harder
other than that tho i dont think the movie suffered from not adapting everything in the manga, i mean obviously i wouldve LIKED it, but i dont think the movie NEEDED it to be a good movie
it very much felt like kenma was the main character of the movie, and the main focus, with kuroo and hinata as his deuteragonists
which i liked!!! i think framing the match from kenma's POV for the most part makes sense, and its fun to spend more time in outsider POVs of karasuno
rlly loved the adaptation of kuroo and kenma's childhood flashback, im pretty sure kaji yuuki voiced kid kenma too
watching their friendship grow and seeing them play togther now as high schoolers, AUGH RIGHT IN THE FEELS
theres also a montage of kid kuroo barging into kenma's room to demand they go play volleyball together that ends on kuroo doing so whilst kenma's changing/putting on trousers which was rlly funny and silly
the stuff with kuroo and tsukki was so good too
'thanks to everyone, occasionally it's fun', 'thank god i wasnt wrong', 'he's a man who walks ahead of me'
AUUUGHHHHHH IT WAS SO GOOD :')
the scene that completely stole my breath away though was kageyama setting the open toss to hinata
i know ive already lost my mind over the whole 'threat of trust' thing and truly, the inarizaki match goes insane with that concept i will always adore it
but holy shit that scene smacked me over the head, HARD, with the concept of 'setting as a love language'
i just... i literally dont even have words for it it was SO amazingly good, i legitimately teared up in the cinema
speaking of other great scenes;
'stay interesting, 'kay?'
OHHHHH GODDDDDDDDDD
they did it perfectly
the music and the soundscape completely cutting out, the background whiting out so its just kenma and the net, kaji yuuki's delivery of the line
it genuinely felt like something out of a horror movie, it was creepy, and unsettling, and PERFECT
also;
hinata's reaction after kenma collapses and says 'that was fun'
murase ayumu's delivery was so VISCERAL, dude got in that booth and CHEERED
you really felt hinata's sheer utter come through in that little scene, same with kuroo's incredulous laugh
the end of the match was slightly a mixed bag for me
on the good hand;
having done from kenma's first person POV was cool, i dont think haikyuu's ever really done that before, and it looked awesome
cutting back on the music and background soundscaping so we just focus on kenma's breathing and the sound of the ball/players jumping/shoes squeaking etc was a great way to really immerse the viewer in the scene, and put us inside kenma's head
on the bad hand;
it was anticlimatic, and i KNOW the whole point of the end of the match is that its anticlimatic,
but i had always imagined the scene with dramatic swelling music and the characters running frantically, only for it to all cut away when the ball slips and all you can hear is kenma's 'ah-' and there'd be a close-up of his facial expression
the stage play did a very similar thing and it worked EXTREMELY well imo
instead by doing it in the first person POV and already not having music it just,,, didnt feel quite as impactful as it shouldve imo??
like the match points for the seijoh, shiratorizawa, or inarizaki matches were done really dramatically
and i know the whole point is that the nekoma match is kinda an outlier in that it ends in that anticlimatic way with the ball slipping, and theres that big beat with hinata calling out 'nice serve' to tanaka before the realisation sets in that theyve won, but jusstttt
idk like it certainly wasnt BAD, i still DEEPLY DEEPLY enjoyed it, but just personally if i'd been the director i wouldve done it differently
also!! because it was from his first person POV we didnt get to see kenma's face on the 'idiot! the ball hasn't dropped yet!!!' line, which was pretty disapointing ngl i rlly love that scene how it is in the manga
ok enough complaining tho back to the infinite list of stuff i loved about the movie
the camera work! good god the camera work was so fucking cool
it really made the space of the gymnasium feel 3d and real, the way the camera would move over and through the net with the ball helped emphasise the physicality of the players and the court
i know jack shit about cinematography but yeah, after the sound design the camera work was prolly the best thing
the post credits scene was great!! daishou trying and failing to neg kuroo cracks me up every damn time
and the set up for the kamomedai match was so hype
speaking of; the very vague forshadowing for hinata's fever of him having flushed cheeks and not being all exhausted after the game like the others, auughhh my heartttt
if he isnt already, this movie will make kenma one of your top 5 haikyuu characters
seriously i love how they switched the perspective and framing so it was a bit more like kenma was the 'main character' of this match and hinata was the 'rival'
overall the movie was cool, creative, and a really clearly loving adaptation, im more than happy to be paying to see it again tmr lol
i'll probably have even more to say after seeing it a 2nd time so tune in for that ig
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guys we are on the apocalypse arc and thanks to tumblr i know this man is NOT dying anytime soon. gdi.
ok. started watching utena. pray i survive this
#THE WAY THEY eXPLAIN WHY thEY MOVE IN TO HIS HOUSE IS EVEN MORE CREEPY THAN EXPECTED OH MY GODDDDDDD#anyways yes as we know. Akio is a groomer like times infinity i don't even know how many kids my god. but they made him so hot??#i mean i understand why. thematically. but ohhhhh my god if bad why he look so good. the car reveal scene was CRAZYYYYYYYYY#if ur gonna do toxic masculinity at least make it sexy. rgu was so real for this#revolutionary girl utena#ohhh my god yall im stressed i literally know what the ending will look like thanks to that tumblr poll meme but im so stressed. my god.
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just watched my first ever performance of les mis and i'm experiencing every emotion ever and i need to write them all down quickly before i go to sleep so i don't forget them .ok . in some approximate order
the prisoners during look down would each like. look up for their individual line and then whoever was next to them would reach over and pull them back down which i thought was so good
hoogh the staging. the STAGING .
several of the scenes looked (i think very intentionally) like.....religious paintings...??? im sorry i dont have a better way to describe it im not catholic but like. the first one im thinking of is jean valjean and the bishop during the "i have bought your soul for god" scene . there were like definitely Intentional Pauses so you could Admire the Staging and Lighting. which i did
incidentally i wasnt counting the amount of times people crossed themselves in this show but it was A Lot
after "i'll escape now from this world... from the world of JEAN VALJEAAAAAAAAAN" the stage went black and then the words "les miserables" were projected on the screen and my dad (who was next to me) went "OH that was just the PROLOGUE??"
ohhhhh god fantine's death scene hit me like a truck. that was the first moment i cried at and oh god i cried really hard. i had forgotten that it was to the tune of on my own. awuagh
after little cosette sang "she says...cosette, i love you very much..." i distinctly heard someone in the audience GASP and go "ohhhhh...."
madame thenardier was GREAT, she sang every line like she was rolling her eyes. also she made some. Gestures with a baguette during master of the house
beautiful little moment: after jvj gave cosette the doll she gasped, kind of backed away from him in shock, and then paused and ran towards him and hugged him, and then there was a noticeable moment where he sort of didn't know what to do for a second and then hugged her back and scooped her up to carry her away. waugh
look down paris 1832!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAA
i didn't realize until just now that it works so well to have gavroche be singing what's basically the intro to "okay so here's what's happening now. this is paris and it sucks," because gavroche is the character introduced at the start of the 1832 book!!! the gamin expresses paris!! i love that!!!! also gavroche was excellent. adore that boy
marius was such a dork <3
eponine fully Threw his book across the stage and he was like "haha i love the way you..... tease. Hm"
the paris sets were so cool!!!! they were like. whole apartment building sets and actors would pop out of windows and stuff!!! very neat
one of the women had a "vive lamarque" sign hanging out her window lmao. rip
grantaire kept hugging people/flopping on them
enjolras was Very Blond and Very Enjolras-y. when grantaire tried to flop on him he pushed him away and then they made Intense Eye Contact about it
gavroche delivered "general lamarque is dead" surprisingly solemnly and quietly, and there was a moment of silence that i thought really brought in the gravity of the moment well
also he got up on a table to say it and afterwards enjolras patted him on the shoulder (which he did a lot) and then picked him up and lifted him off the table :)
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING <3 AAAAAAAAAAA
grantaire kept pulling gavroche back from joining with the rest of the revolutionaries :(
marius actually CLIMBED OVER THE GATES to cosette's house, i was very impressed
ONE DAY MOOOOOORE was sooo good
the thenadiers peered out of one of the really tall windows and had a little periscope (??) to look at the revolutionaries with
the barricade was very striking, if lacking in Symbolic Coffin. very pointy looking though
my dad said "is that javert??" a few minutes after javert appeared at the barricade and his reaction to the reveal was EXCELLENT
gavroche flipped off javert LMAO
little fall of rain was very good but the thing that hurt me the most was that towards the very end gavroche came on stage, saw what was happening, stepped towards her, and was pulled back a bit by grantaire. and then after she died gavroche went forward and picked up her hat and gave it to marius, and then walked away, and when grantaire reached out towards him he just kind of walked past. it was a really really good bit of like. subtle characterization and plot and just AAAAAA
"is your life just one more LIE" in drink with me was very directly addressed to enjolras, who then had another moment of Very Intense Eye Contact with grantaire. then they stormed off to opposite sides of the barricade and gavroche, who was sort of standing between them looking worried, looked back and forth a few times and then went over to grantaire and hugged him :((
the barricaders in general were so good
jvj hit an INSANELY high note at the end of bring him home
THEY DID SOMEHTING VERY CRUEL AND FUCKED UP and had gavroche's song of little people be interrupted by a gunshot and a gasp from the barricade, and THEN he started singing AGAIN, and everyone seemed relieved, and he came back up over the barricade and THEN. GUNSHOT. and. enjolras caught him and held him and then like. passed him down the barricade to grantaire??? in this incredibly lit and really like. again. like it looked like a painting . i am rapidly losing coherency. it hurt so bad man
the one thing i am sad about (WELL. IM SAD ABOUT A LOT. BUT I MEAN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ADAPTATION FROM BOOK TO MUSICAL) is that grantaire and enjolras didn't die holding hands :((
at least they got one more moment of Very Intense Eye Contact in (after gavroche's death...)
oh GOD enjolras in the cart hurt so bad. WITH THE FLAG. i really thought he was evoking some famous painting but i could be wrong
javert knelt down over gavroche's body, shook his head, crossed himself, gently tapped gavroche, and then stood up and pointed at him so the cart guy would take him away
enjolras had like. one hand dangling out of the cart when it came in, but as it was leaving the stage the other hand dropped which was a FANTASTIC acting moment . also damn those actors were great at pretending to be dead
javert's suicide was BRILLIANTLY staged, somehow the actor really made it look like falling while standing up the whole time (possibly being raised somewhat? unsure)
he was also the only character who's death was not shown in illuminating light . which. damn.
turning turning hit me unexpectedly hard. ooooof
and then empty chairs at empty tables was. well. i dont think i need to say more. the lights were a fantastic choice
i think i started crying at "it is the story of those who always loved you" but honestly the entire last song was really blurry. IT OPENED WITH JEAN VALJEAN LIGHTING THE CANDLESTICKS. THE CANDLESTIIIIIICKS
THE BISHOP CAME OUT AND HUGGED JEAN VALJEAN. AUGH
also gavroche was standing between enjolras and grantaire when they first came out which i have to think was intentional
there was basically nothing on stage but the actors for the last song which made it incredible imo . i briefly considered becoming french. a lady offered me a tissue. the end
#wow look something original!!#upd8z#les miserables#fan: the miserable friends#in short it not only met but surpassed my expectations and now i m going to go to sleep and cry. goodnight#oh yeah also ive been moving into college but who cares about that really. Les Miserables#long post#oh very VERY long post
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06 October 2021
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Ohhhhh my god Pacific Rim is still so good, top tier movie.
If I remember correctly I was honestly planning on writing a fanfic to go along with this comic but this was before my hard drive fully shit itself and I lost all my projects with it. So, I guess we'll never know.
Media description under the cut. Please do not repost or edit my art.
[Media Description:
This post features fanart for the film series, Pacific Rim.
The image is a short comic featuring the characters Newton Geiszler and Hermann Gottlieb, and probably Raleigh Becket but I'll be honest I've forgotten if that's him or Chuck Hansen. The scene goes as follows.
Newton is drawing a colourful cat on his schoolwork. Hermann looks over his shoulder watching and asks, "What is that?"
Newton responds, "Oh! This is my warrior cats OC, Flashpelt. He's from RiverClan and he helps the injured cats and studies herbs to help them get betterā"
He is cut off, however, by Raleigh. Or Chuck. Who says, "Is that your fucking fursona? That's cringe."
Both Newt and Hermann respond at the same time, shouting, "You're cringe!!!"
The final panel shows them looking deep into each other's eyes, inexplicably rendered with much more detail and surrounded by pink sparkles.
End of Media Description.]
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s4 episode 6 thoughts
today's adventure with our favorite agents didn't really do a lot for me but. at least it wasn't super sad? so let's go? i guess?
liveblog begins NOW!
this episode sounds like it is gonna make me squeamish. extremely so. and also i just read the rest of the episode descriptions for the season and iām sad so i really hope this is SOMEHOW a happy one. hey, listen, itās possible!
authorās note: sometimes i hate being right. sometimes i hate thinking, boy, this sure looks like itās gonna make me feel lightheaded, and it does.
oh, how i look forward to diving into the fluff fic recommendations from my last postā¦. <3Ā
but we must suffer through canon, no?
we open with someone about to undergo some liposuction, a thing i have never wanted to see. the patient is being wheeled in and the doctor is being informed of what kind of appointment he has next. the doctor is really really scrubbing his hands to the point i thought he was shaking and OH! his hands are very bloody. oh. i do not think that is clean.Ā
oh god iām in for a rough ride this episode arenāt i, i realize as we see him bleed through his gloves and begin the surgery. OHHHHH an incision. I AM NOT LOOKING I AM NOT LOOKING. i am looking a little OUGH is THAT what this procedure looks like from the doctorās end??? oh my gosh. oh man. theā¦ suckingā¦
deep breathing.
the nurse goes to see a different patient and explains she doesnāt know where the doctor is. the doctor isā¦ currently REALLY going ham on the sucking. WHAAAA we see the blood fill up the tube and oh man iām not joking like straight up being so honest w you i can feel my body growing faint. i actually did not look at the screen until the intro because that was too close for me. and yes i understand he wasā¦.um. going TOO hard.
oh mein gottā¦ the things i do for these two agentsā¦.
save me intro. save me pretty picture of scully. and that scene where they burst in with the guns and flashlights. save me.
okay. iāve regained most of my feeling in my head. now the doctor is here, very sorrowfully explaining how he was watching himself do those things without having any control over it.
ah, he is speaking to mulder, who suggests that it may be spirit or demon possession.Ā
so mulder and scully are here talking to the doctor, but the lawyer says he did NOT want mulder talking to him lmaooo.Ā
scully asks what meds heās taking and the lawyer again shuts them down. rude as hell. she wants to know about his sleeping pills. let her doctor as needed tf
ohā¦. scully going straight into a detailed explanation of how his medication worked <3 i just love herā¦ this is why i suffer through the fat sucking (which has now occurred multiple times??)
why is mulder eyeing this nurse. donāt think i didnāt notice thatā¦
this doctor was taking more than a sleeping pill a day, and she says it has controversial effects, so maybe that could make a guy do such a thing. itās a good start to a theory.
she seems mad as hell that this space is being used for cosmetic surgery and not as a hospital and i love that she has some righteous rage going on thereā¦ let her save some damn lives!!Ā
āeveryoneās doing itā¦ or so iāve heardā <- the thought of mulder getting plastic surgery is so sillyā¦ like is he not already the most gorgeous fellow alive
mulderās on the floor looking at some weird marks and drawing a pentagram in the victimās blood. average behavior for a guy like him. not convincing to scully, however.
scary facts with scully: deaths due to doctor's errors are upwards of 80,000 a year! thatās horrific and for my own sanity iām not going to google how those stats have changedĀ
āi donāt think itās a simple possession, scully, i think itās sorcery or black magic or something like thatā (said with his hands on his hips in the standard mulder pose) love him so badā¦. please recite to me the different levels of magic in order of complexity
they run into the nurse who was on call at the time the sucking incident went down, and she is like idk how it could happenā¦ but when mulder tells her the doctor is claiming he was possessed, she says āi guess itās cheaper than malpractice insuranceā LMAO i like herā¦ donāt tell me she was the one doing the sorcery or something, let us have one nice side character who makes it out aliveĀ
(author's note: ...)
then the agents try to talk to a doctor, but she says the patient canāt wait, which sparks more scully bitterness. mulder is watching the surgery stream. weird fellow
cutscene to a table with a conspicuous pentagram on it. someone is saying they need to keep calm. it seems they are the doctors at the facilities?
okay, so another procedure is going on. the patient says sheās getting a skin peel but the nurse is putting LEECHES ON HER?? man what the hell is going on here. and itās the nice nurse who is doing it too ššš
mulder is making faces in the mirror now, seeming to mull the possibility of getting rhinoplasty over LMAOOO but scully knocks at his doorā¦ itās video time!! woohoo, pop that bad boy in the VHS player!!
aww, itās not a fun time video. itās the video of the killing, and mulder claims to see a pentagram. scully is gagged that the doctor stabbed/sucked the dude to death, but iām choosing to focus here on her beautiful frecklesā¦..
heās saying that a pentagram is for protection, so it wouldnāt even make sense, BUT āit does make sense that witchcraft or black magic would find a theater in a place like this, preying on the weak and vaingloriousā <- woah... he's a philosopher
get yourself a man who can explain the positive connotations of pentagrams and other nerd stuff with 100% sincerity
oh my god, mulder is sitting on the bed and looking up at scully here, and i need it FRAMED. do you know the scene iām talking about? iād give you the time stamp if i had it. the way heās looking at herā¦. oh my goodness... my heart.Ā
the stomach pills the doctor was taking had an ingredient used in hexing rituals. live scully response: āwell, if itās that simple, why donāt you put out an APB for someone riding a broom and wearing a tall black hat?ā <- LMAOOOO get his ass
he scrunches up his nose at this comment and oh my gosh. ohā¦ i want to hold this grown man.
BUT he is saying the ritual might not be over yet, while he stares up at her so adoringly, and manā¦ iām so sensitiveĀ
okay back to the hospital, where this shady coalition of doctors seems to be debriefing. the nurse is there, who i am now suspicious of for engaging in leech-related activities.Ā
oh! one of the other doctors went into a patientās room and started burning their face with a laser. luckily, this is visually unrealistic enough for me to not nearly faint this time.
so this doctor who did the face lasering- dr. ilaqua- is now being seen by scully. and he is on the same sleeping medication as the first guy!!!
back at a computer, mulder is looking at before and after rhinoplasty pictures. NO... i love his noseā¦ he had BEST NOT DO A DAMN THING to it. and heās holding a pencil up to test how straight his nose is and MY MAN. STOP. you are beautiful. who told you otherwise.Ā i love his nose.........
oh! the leeches were used to make a pentagram on the victimās body. this is not a good sign.
this creepy panel of doctors is meeting again when the agents arrive and do not give a fuck about their meeting. yes!! more agents walking into places without knocking!!! it is my favorite! it sustains me!
scully says sheās sorry to barge in but itās a matter of urgency whilst not looking sorry in the slightest. which suits her!
and one of the doctors- dr. franklyn- is explaining that there were similar deaths 10 years agoā¦ and theyāre pinning the blame on the nurse!!! saying she was there 10 years ago and just transferred back in!!!
i do not believe it in the slightest that if she IS involved in this, she is doing it on her own. but the doctor says she left early. where to?
well, the camera takes us to go do some creepy chanting, of course! in a room filled with candles and statues and jewelry. and sheās naked i think too which is a risk around so many open flames. okay and now some hair is being cut. but itās not the nurse who is doing the chanting nor the trimming. whoever it is seems to be falling asleep.Ā
the agents are here, and it is dark, and they are not messing around. they are going to this creepy house. with a cat meowing and a broom on the steps! i see what you did there.
mulder jokes that the broom gives them probable cause LMAO and then he starts to open the door as if it actually doesā¦ only to find a pentagram!!! dun dun DUUUUN!
itās kicking the door down time, a good time in my opinion. where they hold the flashlight in one hand and the gun in the otherā¦ yeah. always a showy move.Ā never gets old.
oh no!! scully finds the ritual space!! what could she have been doing in here?, she asks... girl i think you know damn wellĀ lmao
dr. franklyn from the council is coming home to his mansionā¦ and his lights wonāt turn on. thatās suspicious. thatās weird.Ā
itās very very quiet as he goes into his bathroomā¦ AND FINDS SOMETHING WRITTEN ON BLOOD IN THE WALL!!
it looks like latin which i sadly cannot read :(
well, it could be blood OR lipstick, all things considered
and the tub is flowing with blood which is not a welcome sight. as he stares at his reflection like narcissus, something LEAPS out and GETS HIM!! so now there is a very bloody person loose in his house!!
he goes to call 911 but gets put on holdā¦ as this person is going to TOWN on him with a knife.Ā
the agents roll up and we see that it is the NURSE who is covered in the blood and just did the stabbing!!!! she says she needs to be let go, but iām not gonna lie, i think that would be a very bad idea. mulder wants to chat. sheās saying sheās trying to stop āthemā, but theyāre too powerfulā¦ and then sheā¦ chokes up needles?? oh. and blood.Ā
scully says get her in surgery NOW and also iām going with her to the ER. while mulder looks at all the pins on the ground from her insides and then PICKS ONE UP???? the germsā¦..
so dr. franklyn got away and is being stitched up by one of the other doctors. they are not seeming to be enjoying the witchcraft theory. mulder watches dr. franklyn lay down in his bed and then when he leaves he starts to levitate!!!! what!!! and heās smiling while doing this!!!
who are these weirdosā¦
itās 3:40 AM and mulder has his demon books out, but really heās looking at himself again in the mirror. bro is insecure and itās making me sad.Ā
a knock at the door. scully!! at nearly 4 am. āgod, you look tiredā, says mulder, in a way that expresses concern rather than being mean. and she actually doesnāt look tired at all because itās TV, but iāll suspend my disbelief again.Ā
anyway, the nurse died from throwing up hundreds of pins. but how did they get IN thereā¦
it has to be allotriophagy, says mulder, consulting his witchcraft encyclopedia! when youāre possessed and cough up strange and horrible things! which i shall use as an excuse next time i need to call in sick to work.
he stole the book from the nurseās house, and also a calendar, where he found april 30th starred. and he explains it is one of the āfour greater witchesā Sabbathsā, a natural thing for an FBI agent to know! /s
oh get thisā¦ the high holy days correspond to the birthdays of the victims!!! so that would be a good way to predict who is next.. but mulder says the nurse was trying to protect them with the pentagram, and she must have known something about dr. franklyn!!
so the doctors are talking about having a good thing going and people trying to take it awayā¦ i guess they're all in on this?
dr. franklyn has another procedure coming up, but the other doctor is like no dude you look terrible and you canāt mess this up, we'll get shut down, iām doing itĀ
and gasp!! there is a patient going in that was born on one of the holy days!!! and that patientĀ is going into surgery right now!
OH MY GOSH HE BURNED HER FACE OFF. THERE IS NO FACE LEFT. WHAT. WHAT DID I JUST SEE.Ā
so now theyāre talking to another doctor, dr. shannon. theyāre talking about how they successfully covered up the death cases from 10 years ago because they have made a TON of money doing plastic surgery. she says 4 patients died and a doctor named dr. cox worked himself to death. hmm...
mulder says to run dr. cox's photo through a cosmetic programā¦ and it makes dr. franklynā¦ woahā¦ spoooookyā¦ā¦
now we hear some labored scraping as dr. franklyn is doing knife twisting. carvingā¦ something. very sweatily.Ā gross.
mulderās theory is that dr. cox killed those patients in order to become dr. franklyn through some blood sacrifice to make himself pretty. i mean... did it work? letās discuss. he looks fine, but not "i killed four people to look this good" fine.
now heās getting some more toolsā¦ and heās hurting the other doctor, dr. shannon!! with his mind! he didnāt even touch her!
mulder is at dr. franklyn's house with scully and they have their guns. god theyāre beautiful. and sheās standing on a pentagram!! that has been inverted!!!Ā
āthey represent the goat of lust attacking heaven with its hornsā, he says about the pentagram <- heās SUCH a nerddddd omfggg
and he wrote in all the names of the patients he killed in his carving!! including dr. shannon!!! uh oh...
and theyāre bringing dr. shannon in for surgery, saying she swallowed something.
dr. franklyn isā¦. cutting into his scalp. i am not looking so donāt worry.Ā
mulder says do not let them operate on dr. shannon!!!!
oh my goodness, franklyn is just. cutting into his face. and iām not looking but i am HEARING. the noises that are being produced.
theyāre cutting into shannon and bleh. blehhh.
scully bursts in and says stop the surgery NOW!! and theyāre all, who tf are you, get out of here!!! but she says i am a DOCTOR you need to LISTEN TO ME!! i love when she does that!
mulder is on the prowl for dr. franklyn. and he sees that he made a pentagram in blood. OH MY GOD HE CUT HIS OWN FACE OFF?? and left it there like a snake shedding itās skin šš
they pulled a ton of surgical instruments out of dr. shannonā¦ so mulder says franklyn must have failed to complete his ritualā¦.
but he managed to kill some other person who was born on halloweenā¦. okay, that wasnāt a happy endingā¦.
OH! dr. franklyn has a NEW FACE and is now getting a job in LA!
soā¦ heās just gonnaā¦ keep doing successful surgeries for 10 years and then take a little break to go on a killing spree, get a new face, and dip?
well. at least he sticks to a schedule?
um. okay. so what am i thinking hereā¦.
well, i did nearly faint many times. i am not looking forward to editing my notes and reliving that. i do not think this is an episode i would give a rewatch based on how i reacted to it.
but, the last few episodes have been super dark, and this one somehow feltā¦ lighter? despite everything. we got some jokes in there and some silly time. and even if it ended on a āoh no, heās still out there!ā reveal, it was somehow less emotionally draining than the last few.Ā
was it ridiculous? yes. but was it also kind of refreshing after the last two episodes? also yes! which i think is a testament to how dark things have been rather than the quality of this episode.Ā
it was fine. it didnāt really do a whole lot for me. i mean, interesting to think of plastic surgery as devil worship, i guess, but potentially a reductive take. idk. i guess i donāt really spend a lot of time thinking about these things.Ā
things i DID like in this episode: that conversation mulder had with scully, where he was sitting on the bed looking up at her like he was going to ask for her hand in marriage or to be best friends forever and ever or talk about the meaning of being alive or some similar topic. it was so terribly tender. also, facts with scully! tell me about controversial drugs!! and mulder, tell me about the symbolism of a pentagram! i love these nerds! that was kind of it, though.
it was an episode. an episode with some good things and some meh things. thatās sort of par for the course. justā¦ next time, less surgery. please. for me?
#āit represents the goat of lust attacking heaven with its hornsā <- sentences i NEED to work into my daily vocabulary#idk i don't have any real thoughts here beyond that i nearly passed out#and even rereading my notes is pushing it so pardon any typos#craving domestic intimacy of the platonic romantic or secret third thing kind with the agents i want to feel cozy i want them to bake a cak#juni's x files liveblog#the x files#txf
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heartstopper s3e1 live episode reaction
alright everybody I am *so* ready
did y'all know I'm so deeply in love with tori spring? because I love her. Ilyvs I love you victoria spring
god I love everyone
TAO I SWEAR omg he's so CUTE
bro taoelle are everything that's good in the WORLD
oh darcy my love my darling
bro THEYRE SO CUTEEEEEE
GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW *SO MUCH* SOMEBODY HELP MEEEEEEEE
omg imogen is here I LOVE YOU IMOGEN
WAS THAT A SPLIT SECOND NICKTAO HUG OHHHHH OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH
god I want a group of friends
I love everyone in this show so muuuuch
so you told imogen not to bring all that??? so you're COMMUNICATING???? IMOGEN/SAHAR?????
that shot was SO CUTE nobody touch me I love the paris squad so much
oh okay I see u charlie
oh.... the sparks.... I see you Both
oh NO NOT AN IMAGINE SPOT I CANT DO THOSE I'LL DIE
OH NO THE SUNSCREEN BIT WAS *SO CUTE* WJAKFJSKGJDKGJDKG
OH NYOGJDLGKDLFKDLGKDL I LOVE THEM
NICK STOP KISSING YOUR BOYFRIEND AND HURRY UP
poor isaac next to them, I'm sure he must've been like "oh.... not again"
tao is so obsessed with elle he's so relatable i
god they're SO CUTE
I DONT CARE I HATE GENDER AAAHAJDHSJFHSKFJSKFJSK NONBINARY DARCY LETS FUCKIN *GO*
also that dap between nick and darcy..... chaos siblings incoming let's fuckin go
truly nothing like the camaraderie between a bisexual and a nonbinary. nothing but contempt for the concept of gender.
"charlie, you're already dating" god im SO isaac lmao
"I think I'm immune" OH ISAAC
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE ASEXUAL THEN
SCREAMS AND CRIES AND THROWS UP
PROBABLY AROMANTIC TOO AI CANNOT *BELIEVE* TBISJFKDJGKDJG
I can't believe I just heard the word "aromantic" in a mainstream Netflix series I'm gonna start crying lmao
"just can't be bothered to give everyone a vocab lesson" wow isaac is so extremely fuckin relatable
by the end of these 8 episodes I probably will end up finally committing to the aroace label just wait
I LOVE YOU - AW I LOVE YOU TOO MY BABIEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
bro that was...... so gentle. that kiss. the voice. oh my god. that was so gentle. im in tears
"what came first, the fish or the chips?" somehow the fact that darcy wasn't the one asking this is the best part
but also god.... charlie...... oh I'm suffering (and so is nick)
they better keep this nicktara energy going, I love their friendship so MUCH
god nick is such a worrier too bye
"she's so much safer living with me" bro :(
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU'D DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM oh Tara you have no idea
oh. nick's youtube rabbit hole, the sad remix
"you're doing your best" "so are you" nobody even BREATHE in my DIRECTION oh my god
sidenote I wonder if the girls feel so much safer going in the sea just by their scary dog* privilege (*nick just looks scary tho he's a baby)
oh i will cry
oh I can't wait for the parallel gifsets with their first beach scene
WHAT? IN PUBLIC??? NICHOLAS???????
oh
well, that was surprising. charlie def didn't downplay that in the book
"I don't think they do" yeah well your brain lies to you, charlie
OH HE'S CRYING
ARE YOU ANGRY AT ME NICK BABY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
bro I'm in shambles
if I see the word "aromanticism" again I might genuinely burst into tears bro
charlie's such a good friend. and boyfriend. and everything. charlie can we have this energy for yourself too
nick's such a cuddly baby bear idk how charlie can stand it
ONLY IF ITS NOT MARVEL - OH YEAH FORGOT YOU HAVE NO TASTE AKFJSLGJDLGJDLGKDLGGJDLGJDLGKD
oh my god I forgot about agatha I have to watch after I'm done here
oh fuck oh godn
oh I was so stressed I forgot I've been waiting for this for OVER A YEAR oh my GOD I don't wanna watch
oh, there's other stuff first thank god
bro darcy ily but what the FUCK is up with the mess oh my god
I hope darcy's grandma is nice :(
PLEASE DON'T BURN DOWN MY HOUSE oh my god yan you are a SAINT and a DELIGHT
AND YOU'RE THE BEST THING THATS EVER HAPPENED TO ME I DONT WANNA LOSE YOU oh my god tao baby
NOT THE PICTURE MONTAGE I'M GONNA KICK SOMETHING
sidenote nick's lil bi flag, me too
oh good lord jesus christ I can't take this
oh my god
oh my hod
oh my gifb
oh my god og my god oh my god
ohmymgod
CHARLIE'S TEARY EYES NO
CLOTHES
OHMG
OH NO
IM
WHY'S HE RUNNING LIKE TJATJSKGJSLFKSLGJDLGKDLFKF
oh my hod
oh m yog
bro im literally in tears that was a thousand times softer than i thought it was gonna be
oh. my hod
god
i don't know how to react bro there's literal tears running down my face
hold on I'm watching again
new favorite narlie scene? probably yea
SO IN LOVE YOU'D WALKNTO MY HOUSE WITH NO SHOES ON - YEAH THATS HOW IN LOVE I AM
IM NOTD
copingggggg
YOU'D DO THE SAME FOR ME - YEAH I WOULD
IM LITERALLY ABOUT TO RIP MY HAIR OFF
bro nick and charlie...... top 5 fictional characters of all time no question no doubt I love them so much idk what to do
oh man that was so fucking much
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WISDOM SAGA THOUGHTS
Legendary
Omg Mico is the PERFECT Telemachus! He is such a Disney princess and it is perfect! I am vibing in the first half and then we get MAMAS BOY ACTIVATE which I love for him, Penelope got her boy drinking that respect women juice 100%
And ohhhhh Antinous might be the most scary villian. "Let us in her room" alone is the creepiest line I can't
Little Wolf
My gods I have been WAITING for this song since Cyclops saga and its here!!! Ahhh the animatic was amazing and again Antinous is the Scariest Villian Ever. And ATHENA ATHENA BADASS IN THE ARENA sweeping in and helping Telemachus not die!! Bonding!! I love the contrast between Antinous saying little wolf and Athena's little wolf. Antinous is taunting our boy but Athena is looking after the mini version of her bff!! It's perfect 10/10 no notes.
We'll Be Fine
Oh baby this made me FEEL
Again we have Bonding and we love Bonding. Athena calls Ody her friend š« I'm fine. I fine!
And Telemachus doesn't know who she's talking about!! I love them being friends and love Athena looking after Odysseus's boy for him.
This song is my new favorite hands down and i want this in my veins direct to my heart
Love In Paradise
Ooooh BOY this was rough one
First of all, I survived the great live stream shutdown and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
Time Dive, perfect no notes we love a recap
Calypso my gods I have complicated feelings about you. You are so deeply creepy but also sickly sweet. I'm gonna need time to dissect you
And oh the cliff scene. The cliff scene. I... I did not see this coming. And it hurt and it hurt bad .I dont know what part hurt the most. Probably the whole being triggered by Calypso saying open arms . That hurt big.
He called for Athena. The last thing he clung to as he was literally on the edge of a cliff was his connection to Athena. Who he hasn't seen for years and he still reaches for her. He still trusts her.
I am Not Ok.
God Games
And we are back having fun!! (for now)
What can I say? This is hype. All the performers are great!! (Shout out to Mr. Jalapeno Sr. playing Hephaestus, we love you!!!) Athena fighting for Odysseus is such a good expression of how much she cares about him. He really is her best friend and this shows that.
Tied off with the end. Oh the ending.
I am fully convinced Athena isn't dead. I think she's hurt but I don't think she's dead. I'm 78% sure she helps during the fight with the suitors and it would also be waaaaaaaaaaay too mean to Ody to kill her now.
Am I being dululu? Maybe. But I'm ok with that.
FINAL THOUGHTS
this was so good. Telemachus my baby you are my new favorite character. Athena you have my whole heart and I love you and please please please don't be dead
I want Ody to be ok and not be sad.
10/10 I love this and need more pls
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Okay I have been Thinking lately, and especially now that all I have left is rechewing old crumbs... Sebchal has such character development, you know. Itās actually so different whether you see them now or in 2019 or 2021 and itās so interesting to see it develop over time. We went from karting together as part of an FDA event to Charles being a nervous wreck to a tribute helmet and ended up at the easy camraderie we see now and thereās so many layers to this shit, man.
In honour of Sebchalday, I figured Iād make a little write-up of the character development I saw in real time. And with little I mean someone stop me this shit is almost 5k. Yes I also had to add in how I watched the public perception of them change because I might as well honestly, the dichotomy in their teammate years truly was something else. Anyway, without further ado, hereās Sebchal throughout the ages, as told by Meo.
2018 and earlier
This really is just a lot of what seems like hero worship from Charles and Seb being polite, a good guy and up for a laugh. In 2017, Charles occasionally starts going on track walks, thereās the iconic moment in Monaco of course, Charles is just a little starstruck. Why else would he make damn sure heās got Seb in an Instagram post about the karting event. Or look like heās in a straight-up romcom when Seb talks to him there.
Seb, on the other hand, seems generally aware of Charles (his F2 results, ofc the track walks, signing that picture of Charles from testing 2018, offering Charles a seat during a drivers parade), but he keeps his distance for the most part. Which is completely understandable, honestly. But this all sets up the scene, because who would have ever thought that this would turn into a rather unlikely friendship?
2019
Rivalry time! We kick this off with, uh, a very nervous Charles on the first team outing to the Dolomites, followed by a hug and a cheek cradle in the second race. Yeah idk either where this went off the rails.
Okay no thatās a lie, I know exactly where it went off the rails, and shit really hit the fan in Monza. The media was already pushing a rivalry and it makes sense - the story of the old veteran and the young hotshot, both equally talented (donāt fight me on this Barbara) and vying for the top spot in the iconic team. Charles was settling in well, quickly matching Seb in the first half of the season, something was clearly brewing. Itās brilliant. Itās a showstopper. Itās also not true, but imagine listening to the drivers themselves.
So Monza comes around and all hell breaks loose. No, legit, this streak of races is the main cause of the rivalry talk persisting. In Monza, Charles doesnāt give Seb a tow during qualifying, leaving Seb unable to even set a final time in Q3 (along with basically every other driver, this quali is so funny). Seb has a race to forget after that while Charles wins. He wins in Spa, he wins in Monza, itās fucking insane. Il Predestinato for real.
Singapore is up next and Charles gets pole, Charles has a good start, but then. Ohhhhh, then. Seb pits, has a very good outlap, starts overtaking the as-of-yet-unpitted like theyāre barely there (in fucking Singapore yāall), while Charles falls further behind. Exasperated, Charles gets on the radio and says he wants everything, but what dāyou know, Seb wins. Charles does not look pleased on the podium. Seb does.
And then Sochi. Oh my god let me tell you about Sochi. Charles has pole, again. But you donāt want pole in Sochi, and Seb wastes no time in overtaking Charles, nabbing P1 in the process. And what happens next is the perfect example of what I like to call a bitch fight. Youāre gonna want to see this to believe it. Hereās a link to the team radio. Itās funny as hell, itās petty as hell, Seb DNFs and Charles barely hangs on to the podium in the end, ladies and gentlemen: a rivalry.
Brazil only fanned the flames, Iām just saying.
But even with all of this. Like, it seems very explosive, you know. Which makes it all the more interesting how they donāt actually... seem to explode? Theyāre still nice to each other? Sure, itās still very careful, and the videos they do together have that awkwardness, but theyāre nice. And if you dig, just a little, you find Seb and Charles... actually having fun together. You can see their dynamic here most clearly in the language videos, in my opinion. Charles is gushing over everything Seb is saying in French, while Seb is teaching and teasing a little in the German video.
Ferrari themselves somehow manages to hide all the cute stuff, too. Because they sure tried, but you have to know where to look to find their date road trip through the Italian countryside, the videos for Shell and Ferrari themselves, the utterly endearing UPS video where they are both very confused but having fun with it. This stuff is all there, it was uploaded in real time, but it justā¦ got ignored or brushed off as PR.
I remember watching all of their videos at the tail end of 2019, and just gloating likeā¦ if only theyād known what would happen afterwards. They wouldnāt be so cordial to each other now if theyād known what lies ahead. Until I realized, and yes this took a hot minute, that if they were always nice to each other, even in the second half of the season, even after everything that had already happenedā¦ maybe they actually liked each other.
This was a revelation. Unheard of. These two hated each other, were vying for top spot and there could only be one winner, the other one was just collateral damage, of course they didnāt like each other!
The first half of 2020
Dear reader, turns out they like each other.
There were two camps developing at this time. One of them was still convinced these two hated each other, disliked each other at the very least. The other camp was watching Charles slowly lose his mind on Twitch.
I really canāt understate just how much the lockdown did for the perception of Sebchal, although the major turnaround would happen much later. There really are two factors at play here and I will get to the second one in a bit, but you cannot underestimate how much the Twitch era helped.
Because Charles ā and you have to understand, Charles was still seen as a very arrogant, incredibly pretty, extremely talented guy (two of those three are true) which did not help ā brought up Seb, a lot. He told us about how heād been in touch with Seb, trying to get him to play games with him on stream. He wanted to be teammates with Seb so bad while playing F1 2019 that he accidentally picked Seb to play as. He watched F1 compilations that definitely had other drivers in it while exclaiming they were videos about him and Seb. Whether you ship them or not, itās clear as day that from Charlesās side, there was no rivalry.
Seb, of course, was pretty quiet during this time, but thereās this one interview for Marlboro Mission Winnow that feels more like friends catching up than an actual interview, so thereās that.
The second factor in this is Netflix getting involved. We all know and love to hate Drive To Survive and for season 2, they finally got access to Ferrari and Mercedes. Of course theyād dive headfirst into the rivalry storyline, because believe it or not, once upon a time Drive To Survive actually pretended to base their plot on reality.
And this one backfired. What they thought they were showing were two guys who didnāt much like each other, trying to figure out a way to keep the media at bay. What they actually showed were two very much exasperated guys, teasing and joking with each other while trying to focus on their job. Netflix failed to account for the fact that people might actually look beyond the framing, and thanks to Ferrari trying their best at social media but being endearingly rough around the edges with it, we had plenty of material for that.
And while all of this was playing out, we heard that Sebās contract at Ferrari wouldnāt be renewed.
Now thatās a whole mess I wonāt get into further, because this is also the part where the rats get divided into two camps and Iām not here for that. What I am here for, though, is Charlesās reaction, because he posted a very heartfelt message about the news a bit after it dropped. Why did it take him a bit? Not because he had to run it past PR, Iām pretty sure, because I donāt believe for one second his messages would have gotten the green light. No, it was because not only did Charles take special care to pick out a few pictures of him and Seb together to add to the message, but also because he was driving back from France that day and also, he didnāt know.
I only know he was in the middle of a long drive that day because heād mentioned it on his Twitch stream before. Also, while looking up this Tweet, I noticed the location tag so that helps. Iām sure I didnāt hallucinate it but since Charles didnāt feel like archiving his streams, Iām also pretty sure this is lost to the void by now. If you happen to have this clip, please let me know so I can stop doubting my memory.
But the second part, where he plain didnāt know? It never got confirmed, but Iām positive. Once again, so many people were convinced here that Charles had been pulling strings behind the scenes, that them working together was impossible after 2019 and especially Brazil, Ferrari had to make a choice and they picked Charles. Except Charles has gone on record multiple times, stating heād like to keep Seb as his teammate. That he still had so much to learn from him. If it was up to him, Seb would be his teammate for years to come. If heād known, why would he not have had the messages ready? Why would he have been hyping Seb up as his teammate? Why would anything else in 2020 have happened?
Because trust me, weāre only through the first half of the year now, and itās only getting better.
The second half of 2020
As we know now, the 2020 Ferrari sucked. Which, in hindsight, was clear during testing, but we all thought Ferrari had just learned how to sandbag. It took until the season finally got underway in Austria that we realized just how deep in the shit our guys were. Charles got a podium in the first race while Seb barely got one point, undoubtedly helped out by the fact that almost half the drivers DNFād.
In their second raceā¦ they crashed. Charles attempted a divebomb down the inside and instead humped Sebās rear wing. I was crowing at the television at that point, ready for the will-they-wonāt-they rivalry of the previous year to continue, yes theyāre friendly off track but on track itās spicy, this was bound to explodeā¦
And nothing.
Because what had happened, especially with them both knowing this partnership would end after this season, was that they started backing each other up. This season was going to be a wash either way and Seb wasnāt going to be there to deal with the fall-out of it. There was no reason for them to remain cordial, to not throw each other under the bus when necessary, and especially in this case it seemed clear-cut, yet they didnāt.
The difference between what happened on track and what happened off track became even more stark. On track, Charles was outdriving Seb so incredibly hard. He qualified so well, while Seb started getting booted out of Q2 more and more often. Charles nabbed another podium in Silverstone, Seb fought for singular points most races. And yet they made sure that whenever the media brought up their results, or tried to poke into their partnership, they always backed each other up. They never once talked bad about each other, tried to make sure the media didnāt forget both of them are extremely talented, and presented themselves as a united front.
Not that anyone bought that, but whatever. 2020 was a weird time and we didnāt have Fernando back on the grid yet. They were aching for some drama.
Off-track, though, and once again you had to actually look for this, which is a common theme with Sebchalā¦ man, this era makes me the most feral still. We not only get Charles saying Ich liebe dich at the end of Sebās birthday video, and Seb making awkward jokes in Charlesās birthday video, but we get the hourglass challenges. Quite frankly, this is the best social media to ever come out of F1, hands down, nothing will ever beat this. Because you can see, in real time, how Seb and Charles grow closer and more comfortable with each other.
They constantly get paired up with other Ferrari team members, but that doesnāt matter, because when Seb and Charles start talking? Theyāre talking and no one can disturb them. Like when Seb tries to explain what a pocket watch is briefly, in the background of a video. Seb trying to teach Charles some more Ferrari history during Memory. The entire music challenge, which might as well not have anyone else there.
We get a true glimpse of their fun competitive vibe here, even though Charles gives Seb more chances to win when it looks like Seb might actually lose (you might claim that Seb let you win, Charles, but we have the proof in the darts video and the categories video). Iām pretty sure that if youād let the two of them alone with a game, you could come back hours later and theyād still be racing tiny little racecars.
You can tell how much closer they got during this season, but as usual, you have to look and listen for it to click. Thereās the moment during qualifying for Spa, when they both get knocked out in Q2 and we get a shot of them looking at each other and smiling in understanding. Thereās Turkey, where Seb finally gets his podium because he can capitalize on a mistake from Charles, and Charles actually stops beating himself up over the radio for a moment to congratulate Seb on his podium.
The final few races are just a fever dream, really. You have to see the challenge videos to believe them, but they truly have found their dynamic there and theyāre so comfortable around each other. And the Danke Seb helmet is still, to this day, probably my favourite moment. Charles made a fucking scrapbook on his helmet. And just to show how even at that point, people still wanted the rivalry to be real so bad: I vividly remember someone on commentary saying āwhatās he thanking Seb for, leaving the team?ā. Itās crazy. Thatās how pervasive the rivalry narrative was, even when Seb and Charles did everything to prove it wasnāt true.
2021
So 2020 was a whirlwind of character development, of notable moments, and definitely lit a fire underneath the ship. Now, however, we enter uncharted territories. The rivalry talk is finally over, now that their time as teammates has ended. But this also means we donāt get to see them interact quite as often, since theyāre no longer shoved together at every possible opportunity (lol, not like they were anyway, seeing as the shipbaiting only really starts kicking off around this time in F1 socmed), and weāre rats looking for crumbs now.
Luckily for us, we get a lot of crumbs, and once again it shows very well how their relationship evolves and how they actually work together.
Now, during the winter break and after testing, there were quite a lot of doubters. Which is fine! Everyone gets to have their own opinions! But because the whole rivalry thing was so incredibly pervasive and even without that, Seb and Charles just seem like very different people who only got shoved together because they drove for the same teamā¦ itās entirely understandable to doubt whether theyād continue to interact. And letās be real, testing did not necessarily give us any indication to think otherwise.
But once again, this is exactly whatās so nice about them, if you look a bit closerā¦ they actually became friends somewhere along these years.
Charles stands next to Seb for the We Race As One ceremony. This might be planned out beforehand, I donāt know, but what certainly isnāt planned out, is them talking and sharing their customary fist bumps before and after these little bits. After races, they also catch up if they find each other either near the car in parc ferme or in the press pen. Itās never that obvious unless you look, and we sure looked.
But it became blindingly obvious during Monaco and Baku this year.
When the drivers were waiting around for the parade, we find Seb and Charles talking to each other, once again so invested in their conversation that Charles almost misses his cue for the bus. And then, once it becomes clear that Charles canāt participate in the race, plenty of drivers offer some words of comfort. But Sebās the only one to hug him, really talk to him about it, and Charles even leans back into him when Sebās let go. We donāt know what was said of course, but itās clear as day now that if anyoneās still hanging onto the old narrativeā¦ theyāre dead wrong.
And then Baku. Not only do they find each other on the grid again (a recurring theme, thereās so often just a small moment of them getting the otherās attention to say hi), but after the race, Charles obviously first congratulates Pierre on his podium, and then beelines to Seb, where Fernando stares at the display of affection in front of him like heās watching two aliens land.
Itās the easy way they both grab onto each other there, no hesitation from either side. And yes, I know it seems like Charles is a very tactile guy, but itās always other people grabbing him. Thereās two people where Charles will take the initiative, and both of them have made it onto the podium for this race. Later on, Seb lets us know that he told Charles the previous night, through text, that heād see him in his mirrors, which once again shows that quietly, theyāre still in touch. Theyāre texting, still teasing each other, and we had no idea until that moment that they still kept in touch in that way, and once again, even if you take the shoggles off itās still frankly unbelievable that they managed to build a friendship when literally everyone was pushing them towards a rivalry.
This is the moment the rivalry talk really fizzles out, insofar it still even existed. Yes, thereās still people hanging onto it, and it does make a good story, but itās just that. A story. What we see now is two people who are seemingly very different, pushed together in circumstances that would make other people crack, and theyāve somehow built a connection.
And isnāt that the best story of all?
Thereās no topping these crumbs, not even the moment in the Spa press-pen tops this, where we all figured out Charles was talking to Seb before even hearing or seeing him just based on his facial expression, but it does show where Sebchal is at in this year. Theyāre figuring out how to be friends now that thereās no obligation, because both of them want to be. Seb isnāt one for big gestures and Charles (surprisingly, I know) isnāt either, so we only get the one in Baku. Hell, even Monaco was more of a background thing, and I sure nearly broke my tablet when I spotted the two of them during the We Race As One ceremony as the camera was panning away.
But in the background, there they are, always somehow finding each other, and thatās what truly solidified my love for this ship, really. They donāt need flashy moments, theyāre comfortable with each other and it shows.
2022
And then we get to 2022, where everyone finally seems to have figured out that the whole rivalry narrative was never actually a thing. Iām sure part of this is the fact that they havenāt been teammates in a year at this point, that theyāre both still persisting in only ever talking nicely about the other when asked, and well, the Aston Martin isnāt actually good so thereās no chance of even having battles on track.
And what we do get, is more crumbs. Honestly, we get much more than in 2021, even without really big moments like Monaco and Baku.
The thing is, we see yet another development in their dynamic for this season. And thatās really one of the big things about Sebchal all this time, we get to see them develop as people, as friends, and this really feels like a culmination of sorts. It doesnāt get picked up much by the social media accounts (thank fuck) and both of them definitely have their people on the grid (Seb gravitates towards Mick, Charles gravitates towards Pierre), but they seem so comfortable in their interactions now.
Take, for instance, the times they get put into the same press conference. Weāve gone back to the bigger pressers now, five people in each session, so we already get more moments where theyāre together in the room. And pretty much every time, thereās these quiet friendly moments that donāt necessarily get picked up by the media, but theyāre endearing as hell.
Yes, we get the moments where Sebās flirty on main (which is so fun to watch too, and I dare say itās even more pronounced now than it even was in 2020). Thereās the bus tour jokes in Monaco, where Charles offers to take Seb on one. Thereās the presser in Monza, where Seb says he never had as many issues leaving the hotel as Charles does, probably because Charles is more handsome. This kind of open teasing is something new and definitely shows how far theyāve come already.
But thereās also the moments that are more brief, more subtle. Like when Charles motions at Seb about his moustache, or when Seb heads straight towards Charles when heās late to give him a fistbump. Or when theyāre sitting next to each other and end up deep in conversation again, while the presserās still going on. I know I say the word comfortable a lot, but thatās what it is. They seem to enjoy each otherās company, they like talking to each other and seem to search it out, too, and itās so organic when youāve followed them for all these years but itās a stark contrast to where they started and where the narrative started, too. Itās also a slap in the face to everyone who doubted theyād even acknowledge each other after Seb left the team, which Iām totally here for because Iām not bitter at all lol.
Besides these moments, where theyāre already in front of a camera and donāt care that whatever they do is being recorded, thereās still more moments when theyāre not. Like, this is just what they do, they donāt ham it up for the cameras at all. Thereās plenty of times in the press pen, after a race usually, where they will find each other and catch up a little. To the point where Britta and Mia, both their PR people, just start talking among themselves as well. And itās always so interesting to see how, even when Charles is looking down (like after Silverstone, or before Hungary for obvious reasons), Seb will always manage to coax a smile out of him.
Because we have more interactions to go off here and we have so much history by now, itās easier to point out where it seems like theyāve figured out how the other one wants to be treated. As I pointed out in the 2021 section, Seb is one of the few people Charles will actually initiate physical contact with. And throughout the years, throughout this season, itās not hard to figure out why that is. Most people will grab Charles when they want to touch him, not give him much of a choice. On the other hand, Seb does give him that choice, either touches him briefly and then lets go (like with the upper arm touches that are often used between them to get the otherās attention), or he hugs him from the side, leaving Charles an opening to get out of it if he wants.
On the other hand, Charles seems very aware that Seb is a private person and gives Seb the chance to maintain that privacy, too. During the Twitch streams in 2020 already, he would talk about Seb but never reveal much of what they were talking about together. Most of the times they interact are in the background and Charles is happy enough to let Seb initiate their contact when they are in front of a camera.
And while it seemed like Charles wasnāt very involved in Sebās last race, I would argue he was and actually took a step back himself to let Seb do what he had to. Even when he felt ill, Charles was still there for the final track run, in the crowd. He did the donuts he promised, mimicked Sebās finger when he was on the podium after the race. He was also one of the few, if not the only one, to temper expectations and tell people that when Sebās made a decision, heās sticking with it, and to not pin hopes on him returning (heās very stubborn, after all, and his favourite colourās blue). It might not seem like a lot, but thereās a very real respect and acknowledgement of who Seb is as a person there.
The narrative surrounding Sebchal has changed so much through the years ā to the point where even Ferrari called it a very special bond in their social media posts about Sebās last race ā and their dynamic has evolved alongside it. The ārivalryā was very fun while it lasted, donāt get me wrong, but the guys have been telling us all along that it was fabricated and luckily, we now have the full picture. Itās been a fun journey to see it all develop right in front of my salad (I might have only joined after the 2019 summer break but all in all, missing out on half a season is excusable I think) and while I do miss seeing the two of them together on the grid, I will absolutely go down with this ship. No one does it like them and even without new crumbs, thereās still plenty to chew on and pick apart to keep me busy for a long time to come.
#sebchal#sebchalday23#god this truly is just one big ramble and infodump huh#idk if anyone is even interested in this but it's sebchalday and I miss them and I just want to bask in their history#because it's so fascinating! nothing about this makes any sense but here we are!#watching them throughout the years is something I'll always be thankful for... it was a ride and a half but it was amazing#it's the slow burn it's the growth it's them figuring out each other#I truly don't think we'll ever get another unhinged storyline like this#charles started at hero worship and seb started at talented guy but not Kimi hmpf#and they became genuine friends by the end of it#obsessed with them I tell you#meo shouting into the void
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For the movie asks, all the Fibonacci numbers (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21)!
i apologize in advance if i repeat suggestions i've made in the past i have the absolute worst memory (and i feel like you've got so much more film knowledge than me!!)
1 -- a film in the IMDB Top 250
sunset boulevard (1950) dir. billy wilder
it's incredible to watch a film that you realize while watching has influenced and been directly referenced in so many other films you've seen before. watching cecil b demented and then realizing john waters references the ending of sunset boulevard makes it so much more fun for people who love film... people love to say tarantino is stealing from old movies but like anyone who loves film is going to want to recreate or at the very least acknowledge their influences in their own films... it's such an important part to being a cinephile imo and it unites the creator and audience with that shared love...
2 -- an indie film
punishment park (1971) dir. peter watkins
they actually used real political activists and nonactors in this film but it's so believably acted and frustrating and funny in a pitch black way. foreign audiences actually believed this was happening the film was so realistic (and it was blacklisted in many US theaters)
3 -- a foreign language film
la strada (1954) dir. federico fellini
you can't convince me that la strada wasn't influenced by the stooge (1951) they are just way too similar... giuletta is so expressive and tragic it's one of my favorite italian films for sure
5 -- an animated film
princess mononoke (1997) dir. hayao miyazaki
i watch almost no animation whatsoever but this film really had an impact on me and gave me a lot of environmental and existential hopelessness! it's radical in a way i hadn't seen other animated films be (but also i don't seek out animation. if anyone has any recs i am open to them!)
8 -- a film from the year you were born
fear and loathing in las vegas (1998) dir. terry gilliam
i realized i already mentioned velvet goldmine and surrender dorothy, my two favorites from this year so i'm going to go with this one. it's been a long time since i've seen it but it was really influential for me as a baby cinema fan in high school
13 -- a film whose main genre is Drama
martha (1974) dir. rainer werner fassbinder
ohhhhhh my god this film is so heavy ohhhhh man. just absolutely completely bleak holy shit. top 3 fassbinder for sure it's such an accurate study of domestic violence relationships...
21 -- a film with a great needle drop/soundtrack/score
wings of desire (1987) dir. wim wenders
something about new german cinema directors and their use of music because i contemplated mentioning the american friend again or beware of a holy whore/in a year with 13 moons/ fox and his friends from rwf. but the crime and the city solution and nick cave scenes are incredible!! wim wenders has such good music taste and has been incredibly influential on my own
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