#omg a sam cameo??

[freetobecelestial]

day 5 of starcrosseddeancas drabble event : cowboy boots

“Dean, please! We need to get going! Before the dead have all risen and walked off!”

“Cool your jets, Sammy! We’ll get there faster if you’d quit screaming every ten seconds!”

Dean looked around his room once again, though fat load of good it’d do; they weren’t there four seconds ago either.

“Dean, you’re brother is going to pop a blood vessel if we don’t leave now.”

Dean shot around to see Cas standing in the door-still just as incredibly jarring-with his most impatient face on.

“Yeah, Cas, I know, I’m almost ready, I’m just looking for one last… thing… THE DEAN CAVE!” And he took off like a bullet.

There, on the floor next to one of the boxes, were his cowboy boots.

As Dean turned around, boots in hand, Cas was just behind him inside the door, looking around.

“Dean, what is the ‘Dean Cave’?”

“Oh Cas, I’m so glad you asked.”

“GUYS, PLEASE!” Sam shouted from down the hall.

[broodingheroine]

tmagp thoughts (this will be pure nonsense I just need to write it down)

alice is so tim coded

obviously there's a connection anyone can make to the multiple statements abt urban exploration/spelunking in tma and the redcanary forum thread.... it invites the horrors (connection to danny?)

gwen is a ✨️bouchard✨️ (implication that while its a parallel universe the same ppl still exist? supports possibility of spelunking forum thread connecting to danny somehow (not actually super sold on that but seen a lot of ppl mention it so))

colin is definitely going to succumb to the horrors :/ (either first to die OR..... this universes version of an avatar?)

CHESTER AND NORRIS!!!

I'm of the firm opinion that they're jmart BUT! but but but! I do believe they're echoes of who they were, this just so happens to be Somewhere Else.

also! yes I understand that we most likely will Not get any tma characters in any meaningful way in tmagp, however I also believe that alex and jonny couldve very easily.... not...... voiced the text to speeches....... like yeah I dont think we're getting jmart as we knew them but..... come on

also also. the text to speeches got less robot sounding the longer they were reading and it really reminded me of how ppl reading statements would slowly get invested as they were reading and emote as if it were happening to them.

sam is on the archivist (or tmagp equivalent) pipeline already yikes

the turpentine line was raw as fuck. so was the canary one obviously. don't want to beat a dead horse by talking abt that bc so many others have already said it. but! the institute is deadly stay away!!

the sound engineering is god tier I love all the bleeps and bloops

colin knows smth is Watching. inadvertently feeding the eye by being paranoid? does the eye even exist the same way it did in tma?

theres definitely smth to be said abt whether or not robert smirke did his thing the way he did in tma and if anyone in the know uses the same classification or if the oiar is the only group categorizing. the fears always kind of blurred together at certain points so maybe without the human interpretation of it being 14 distinct entities it's more of an..... amalgam?

magnus institute is in a different place which is interesting. if it was built for the same reasons (outside of just research) is there another panopticon esque structure underneath? (brings us back to if smirke was doing his thing)

very curious to see if theres gonna be a leitner books equivalent.

I deeply deeply deeply desire a michaela salesa cameo at some point. he's one of my fav side characters.

sam and gwen using classic horror characters to help him try and memorize the classification categories was very cute

another thing I'm sure everyone has talked abt already but the whole world wide WEB thing and possible jmart in the computers and omg they're in the web and the oiar is part of the web and blah blah blah u get the image.

lena is intriguing to me. my guess is she's going to be a gertrude esque character who knows at least the basics of what's really happening and is trying to put a stop to it.

I havent seen anyone talk abt like...... what IS the magnus protocol. like tma was the archives in the magnus institute. the magnus archives. self explanatory from like ep 1. what the hell is the magnus protocol. is it smth fr3-d1 will run? or the text to speeches? is it tmagp's version of a ritual? using protocol to reference the updated tech from tma? is it smth the actual organization has to run in the event of Something Happening? WHAT THE PROTOCOL WHATS IT FORRRRR

I know nothing abt the ARG shit, just to note that

okay I think that's it for now..... feel free to discuss in the notes lol

[keira-draws]

do you know where would be a good place to start? :33

Omg I hope ur ready for a semi-long response, LOL! Most of the Army of Darkness comics don't really connect to each other; kinda similar to the movies, there isn't a whole lot of consistency /lh That being said, it makes it a little less intense to break into these comics! Versus like superhero comics where you have to keep up with 80+ characters storylines haha

(Although Ash has been in the Marvel comics universe canonically...he may or may not have had a hand in starting the Marvel Zombies universe...) Starting off:

Ash and the Army of Darkness #6-8

I LOVE these ones so much! I haven't read the full comic, but the writing in it is fantastic, and the art for these issues are by my favorite AOD artist! Basic plot summary: Sheila is possessed by a deadite, Ash has to save her, and the comic dives into some of Ash's childhood, showing that he's been dealing with Evil since he was a kid. VERY good!

Army of Darkness: Ash Gets Hitched

This one is my absolute favorite AOD comic! This is a direct continuation from Ash and the Army of Darkness. Basic plot is Ash stays in 1300 A.D., and is getting ready to marry Sheila before Ash accidentally summons like the first Deadite ever (dude who was used to make the necronomicon). The art in it is so so fun, and definitely has an "evil dead" type of feel to it! They manage to capture Ash being goofy and corny, without A. making it cringey, and B. making him seem like a dude-bro badass. He's just a goofy guy and I loveeee it. Plus a little cameo from a certain someone, that I won't spoil <3 Note: this one is pretty g*ry and has some definite body horror, so fair warning.

BUT LOOK HOW CUTE THEY LOOK AGH <3 Next up:

Ash Vs. The Army Of Darkness

This one is also very fun, kind of a random plotline, Ash has to save a high school from deadites, but! Very very fun art, and it takes place directly after Army of Darkness! So, you can kinda imagine AOD happening, the two comics above happening, and then this one. But, again, consistency is for losers /j Plus!! Ted Raimi as Ash's S-Mart boss, PLUS he has a three stooges mug as homage to Sam, Bruce, and Rob being inspired by them for Evil Dead. This one also has Ash pretty in-character, which is dope <3

This last one is...debatable on its decency LMAO

Vampirella/Army Of Darkness

Now, there are some really fun parts of this comic! I don't know much about Ella, but she seems pretty cool in this. There's also some really funny gags, and genuinely some of my favorite art of all AOD comics in this book! That being said, Ash is pretty out of character and a little too "womanizing" shall we put it. But story is altogether fun, and again art is fire.

LIKE OMGGGG HE'S SO CUTE IN THIS COMIC I WANT TO PUNCH HIM /POS Also! All of these are free to read with a Comixology membership on Amazon Prime. My suggestion: start a 30 day free trial, cancel, and read through these guys within the month for free of charge :)) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK THOUGH I LOVE TALKING ABT ASH AND COMICS AND FUN STUFF <3333 i hope you find something you enjoy, and pls lemme know if you do!!!

[red-archivist]

finally caught up on tmagp!

eps 11-15 thots below

ep 11:

celia? again?? jack???

"Besides, I’m sweet enough already" is such a dad joke. As in, literally a joke my own dad has made several times

Ink5oul cameo!

lollll the change to stuffy business language

ah, ink5oul you can't be stealing corpses now, behave

GWEN Thank you, Alice. ALICE I… Sure. Whatever. Don’t get used to it.

tsun tsun~

"he's one of our externals" what a way to phrase it. also tells us that the oiar/the government works with several monsters

ep 12:

omg he's actually asking her out? fair play

"I think I'm done with Magnus stuff" buddy boy, its episode 12- magnus stuff isn't done with you, i can tell you that much

"Date of Incident: 9 March 2024" ooh v recent huh

stags are the worst, jordan, ty

oh. bonzo is back. lena meant it when she said to keep an eye out

the groom's was the name gwen handed over i assume

HE RIPPED HIS HEAD APART?? jesussssss

gwen. gwendolyn. you are not okay.

GWEN Thanks, Alice. Utterly useless as always. ALICE Anytime.

okay but purposely useless. purposely joking and irritating bc if you cant take it seriously it cant hurt you- that attitude is going to bite Alice sooner rather then later

ep 13:

ooh date night (morning)

A BABY???? CELIA WHAT

"it all went downhill" > proceeds to describe being generally successful- oh sammy we got to work on this hang-up

oh alice's parents are both dead? so just her and the little brother she is always looking after and giving money to anytime he is mentioned? bet that hasn't given her a complex

oh celia, you know the cases are real you're just trying to sound him out

"is it my fault?" GWENNNNNNN 😭

"we are... managing... the bad guys" oh boy

crypto bro, betting against your own life is a crazy idea what is wrong with you?

it reminds me of the dice case, a luck/circumstances based thing where you try to beat a rigged game

oof. sam. you hit a sore point there "professional"

"Stop trying to make an impact" is alice's motto tbh

ep 14:

"i went through the same thing when i started" i knew Alice had gone snooping, you dont get that avoidant without having tried first. of course, raises the question of what scared her off?

alice stop running away from your feelings challenge level: impossible

where the hell is there a marsh near Newcastle-Under-Lyme?

ooohhh boy hello sudden tone change

snake mannnnn, mannnn full of snakkeeessss

rejection notes from an institute....

ep 15:

sam. sam this is not smoother flirting than before

The Pillowman... we are making a note in case that's important

awww Alice loves her brother so much... shame that she's pitching him in such an awkward, intrusive way

"babies... are cool..." same, Alice

the fucking harpsichord? in the bg of the case reading is making me sooooo tense. i know what's going to happen and they're just drawing it out 10/10

oh. oh no. this is not what i thought was going to happen. i thought sure okay, rich assholes hunting ppl through the woods not... making them hunt each other oh this is so much more fucked up

"none of them got far" JESUS oh its not even all of them, just him

and now he is being hunted, okay

FUCK, the gunshot

oh. why is she in the office

STOP SNIFFING YOU CREEP

mowbray... is she one of the 'externals'...

LADY MOWBRAY Catch you next time, dearie. CELIA No, you won't.

oh that's vicious, celia knows she's a threat and won't give her a single inch, her hackles are raised sky-high

ah! sudden rock music!

And we finally meet Luke, hello

TAPE RECORDER

ummmm and another new voice??

UMMM

this is... the presence alice thought was following her? the thing she and sam set loose from the institute?

well. fuck.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

The Sheridan Tapes episode 86

Omg mike LeBeau! Haha loved having that small cameo xD

Ned (badly) imitating Ren and being called Red in the transcripts - impeccable xD

Love Caldwell enjoying Shania Twain and Highlander it feels... fitting lol

So in order to last longer in the source you must either have friends who remember your identity or you yourself are strong enough to retain it when it actively tries to leave you... That poor Sarah Freeman lost years of her life but at least she managed to make it back out... It's interesting that that all happened in 1993,it feels like too much of a coincidence

Also yay finally the Sam and Ned adventure we were all waiting for!! I love their dynamic so much

[wosocharleeeeess]

did you see the vid of the doco sam posted. it looks to good im so keen for it !!

omg yes! i love the kristie cameo too. so exciting i can’t wait to watch it

[whitecriminalcastle]

Ok so I reached the end and omg WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALLLLLLLLL

If i have to comment on how shitty mike was to Anita in that episode when he was so nice to the victims throughout it ,i knew they had to make the link but it made mike appear cruel and by then so ooc. That's all i got to say about that.

I read that nbc promised 21 and then cancelled it, wtf, they should have continued I mean i know they did but you know back then. Watching them omg, the look between Mike & Connie in Immortal when mike says he is pleased he is single really confirms for me that something was happening or something was about to happen. Add that with the party and the fact they were so happy together, practically glued together. Yeah Mike was gonna be the father of Connie's baby.

I mean tbh my head canon is that they got together shortly after For the defense because after that there is a shift in their behaviour, the looks between them. Her tossing the car keys to him a few episodes after 20x09, you don't do that unless you are really comfortable with that person. Or they slept together after innocence and she is already pregnant by the party orrrrrrrr they slept together after the party.

It would have made season 21 really interesting if they did a one night stand thing and Mike stood by her because of his dad issues he wouldn't abandon a child. Or maybe it just would have subtly alluded to that they were together.

I love Linus, I loved him in Vikings but I have alllllll the mike and mike/connie gifs saved in my likes right now. He also had a brief little cameo in The Recruit on netflix playing a senator rather funnily.

It would be so good to see them both back on L&O even for a brief arc. Alana and Linus deserve some closure for their characters tbh like Sam did.

That article is sooo cute. She was so excited for it being written into her character god dammit.

I am now trying to find kidnapped. Need.

I have also started SVU from season 1 since I did actually L&O before mike but it got better with mike obviously.

Sobs, we really could have had alllllll

He didn't think, just acted to win and then realised that he had been insensitive. Is a part of his personality, anything to win.

If they promised season 21 and then back down... that is mean, it happens a lot and it's not fair to the fans. That line is either a hint to Connie (hey! I'm available) or is a lame way to cover that they are together in front of their co-workers.

Season 21 would've been the best, they been akward in the office trying to hide Connie's pregnancy, Jack looking at them like "who do you think you are fooling?"....and then being openly-sh together. NBC stole that from us.

I've watched Vikings and the Recruit (this only to watch Linus and Nathan Fillion to be honest) too. I binged the first season of Vikings because I wanted to get to the Linus' episodes ASAP. I loved that show. I've watched Fellow Travelers too and Summer of Rockets and some of the films he has made. Mike is still my favorite character of him, although king Ecbert is a close second.

I've downloaded kidnapped from emule, it's not on any stream sevices, at least not in Spain. I've watched the 2 first episodes already, it's a good show.

I started SVU on the season Linus is in, I'm at the end of season 20 now.

Maybe season 24 is the one where we get to see them 🤞

[foxgloveinspace]

pasted from my notes app:

okay i am compiling all my thoughts in a note as i watch lmao

1. love the dog. he’s adorable

2. journey!!!! separate ways- what a good fuckin song

3. now eurythmics?! this movie has a killer soundtrack. i did a jazz routine to sweet dreams once upon a time. it was so fun lol

4. the weird white robot-y ladies are giving me hardcore like, austin powers vibes lmao

5. hahahaaaaa mr orange guy… i like his helmet

6. oooooh there’s multiple orange guys. they both have cool masks/helmets. something about being unable to see the face and yet totally understand the emotion fuuuuuucks me up

7. omg this is going to get long i’m so sorry i’m like a quarter through the movie 😅

8. very good fight scene choreo, that always makes or breaks a show for me. poor choreo is painful to watch, but this is good! i like

9. umm. I’m guessing dad is the bad guy. he’s kinda shady lmao (oooooooh it’s a dad clone. love clones. they always throw wrenches in plans)

10. lmaoooooo dad so disappointed sam only has a dog and no gf 😭

11. haha is that a daft punk cameo? not my cup of tea in terms of music but that’s pretty neat

12. OH MY GOD MICHAEL SHEEN I LOVE HIM. he plays the most insane characters- and also the sweetest (aziraphale in good omens 🥺)

13. okay ngl i keep hearing “rinzler” and thinking of the rizzler and i can’t stop laughing about it 😂

14. LMAO HE JUST BONKED THE DUDE. i love percussive maintenance, that’s how i fix my car

15. oooooh i love a good “i was a good guy before i was evil and i remember” moment. Good shit

that was really good! i honestly didn’t remember any of it from whenever i watched it but that was dope. i can definitely see how you’re so invested in the story! now i’m pumped for your fic whenever it comes out 😂🥰

Answering all of your notes.... under a readmore so this isn't too too long, haha

1). Yes!!! Marv is so cute!!

2). I love that song so much.

3). yes!! the sound track is really good, but you won't find those two songs on it haha.

4).I've never seen that movie, so I'll take your word for it, haha. They are really interesting and I am intrigued by them lore wise, sad we don't get more about them in the movie (idk if theres more in the tv show? I haven't watch it yet cause it got canceled and ended on a clif hanger, but I should).

5/6. yes!! orange guys!! I love all of their designs, except for Jarvis (Clu's assistant), I know they where going for like.... hes weird and kinda cringe, but they could have done his design way better.

7. No worries!!

8. yes! the fights are good, and I think even tho Sam is like, a newbie to it, it still feels realistic? like the guy base jumps, I feel like him knowing how to fight is reasonable.

9. yeah that whole scene is so?? trippy haha. (I now, of course, only watch Rinzler doing his thing in the background when I watch this scene haha)

10. YESSSS ugh, I feel like he's more so disapointed that Sam isn't giving him much to go off of?? to Sam this is still the guy that abanonded him, but to Kevin this is his kid that he hasn't seen in so freaking long (time works differently on the grid, not to get super into it, but one year our time is 50 years grid time. So Kevin has been on the Grid for over 1k years.)

11. DAFT PUNK DOES THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK hahaha. Sorry, they are my og masked band and I still love them so much <3 (Legit I've only been listening to sleep token and daft punk for the majority this month). So all the music in the movie? was them, and that's why they where in it! really cool to me haha.

12.YES!!! he's such a good actor, shape shiftier I swear. His design is so cool, and I like Zeus as a villain. He's so interesting and I want to know morrrre. But we'll never get it oof.

13. LMAO

14.Yes, Kevin bonking that guy is so freaking funny. I feel bad for the program, but like. i love that scene. It's such a callback to the first movie, when Kevin was a cocky little shit, and I love it so much.

15. Tron in that scene breaks my heart.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!!! Like, I just.... legitimately can't express how excited I am that you liked it??

and yes... my fic..... I was working on it when I got your ask.... Rinzler and Sam are interacting... and I am... LIVING. HAHA. So little has happened it feels like, and yet... 18k... whooooo boy. I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being my longest fic ever oof.

[ziltoidcoffee]

what do you think will happen in season 6? got any thoughts and hopes?

Omg an ask! ❤️ Thank you for messaging me!

This comes at an interesting time cause of the writers strike, which i fully support. I wonder how long this one will last...

What do I hope for?

As much Terry Silver screen time as possible.

Also as much Silverusso screen time as possible....

More Lawrusso moments but nothing half hearted and rushed.

The long awaited apology or heartfelt moment from Johnny to Daniel about what he did in KK.

Kreese being unhinged. Can never get enough.

Tory and Sam friendship moments.

Less of Miguel being mopey. Ugh teenagers.

More Johnny and Miguel bonding moments. And not with Robby as an awkward third wheel. Though that could be funny.

As little sreen time as possible for Johnny's "second try" baby

Amanda having hobbies or doing something besides breaking the 4th wall

Daniel cooking scenes

What do I expect aka don't want?

Too much Johnny x Carmen baby screen time. Specifically some awful montage of Johnny trying to diaper a baby with 80s rock.

Sam and Miguel finding a reason to break up again. She goes back to Robby again...

Them killing off Terry. Especially without closure with Daniel.

OOC Johnny moments

Some ridiculous twist like Miyagi's secret son who also owns a dojo... You know fuck it. I'll take that. I want it.

Some cringe celeb cameo that makes no sense

Another stupid twist. Like Johnny's dad is Terry's dead twin brother.

Miyagi force ghost or something

[hopalongfairywren]

Sam Bucket Lore liveblogging

FUCK WE'RE LIVE

lore is starting in nine minutes ok. I can wait.

quackity inspires him omg. cc!Quackity really did raise the dsmp to new levels. It was already great but he made it fucking cinematic

tina shoutout! Everyone say thank you to cc!tina she is the reason

Sam bucket. I will never get tired of cc!sam saying saaam buuucket

wait its not over till its over... Huh. Damnit their goes my friday night

c!george cameo? They really are shoehorning in every lore deficient person into these finales huh.

creepy music ooh. I love the music its not spooky month yet but i feel like the music makes it come early.

jumpscares? Fuck. The things I do for minecraft lore

Bad, minecraft is fucking terrifying

Oh thank god the timeline is saved

STARTING

oh god it has a "disturbing content warning" and its crackling like a found footage thingy. Well dsmp fandom if I don't see a shit ton of halloween/horror projects after this imma be mad

recap! with creepy music!

god damn it im already on edge

c!sam thank you for having more reason than the average horror protagonist

YESS. WAIT KNIGHTS OF HOPE? WILL THEY JOIN? AU MATERIAL?

talk to foolish? At the same time as perhaps... the knights of hope... so interconecting lore and plotlines that compliment each other?

No one would come. Nobody trusts c!sam or c!bad because of their actions. Jesus christ. That's my angsty interpretation but it's probably everyone just going; "Well ghosts are real, you can revive the dead, their was a parasitic red egg that tried to kill us, but that..? That's ridiculous lol. Go take your meds."

c!sam is fucking terrified and trying to reassure himself that maybe this isn't real. I wouldn't exactly call it gaslighting (can we not water down the term gaslighting is actively malicious-)

Oh. He brought up being stuck in the egg. Get him c!Sam.

Past lorestream being mentioned in canon? consistency for lore/characters/timeline? Can this stream kiss me pls?

FUUUCK

why does the music sound like fnaf phone ringing stuff

aaand they split up. theyre totally dead

sam bucket

ok but imagine from an in universe perspective how terrifying this is. I'll make a detailed post later

fuck the worst thing is when its to dark you can't see the threat

is he gonna do the horror classic of sneaking into the monster?

YEP

EGG AINT GONE YET EGG MAINS STAY WINNING

jesus christ they took notes from classic horror movies didn't they

Oh god the og eggpire. This makes the current eggpire's actions even more horrifying. They knew they were wrong. they did it anyways.

And yet more proof that the dsmp has been inhabited long before c!dream and will be long after!

Sam bucket

Francis? FRAN?

Callahan? Dream? Slime? Who knows who started this take ur pick!

Oh god I was right. The eggpire people would have had a few momments of lucidity. Scp Slowburn sloth nightmarefuel shit right their

Oh he wanted his dog. Oh. :(

SAM BUCKET WAS WARNING THEM? OH? OH? (pls tell me this is the truth no sudden attack no jumpscare let sam bucket be good)

ok now i feel bad for what im gonna do with sam bucket in pitdd :(

Wait is this a trick? Oh fuck. FUCK.

Is he sacrificing himself or Bad?

Oh HIMSELF?

Now I REALLY feel bad for what I'm gonna do with sam bucket lore in pitdd. Ah well I wrote it back when sam bucket was new and its important

HE PULLED A SKEPPY REFRENCE WTF

OK that ending. I DID NOT SUSPECT THAT ENDING

So many questions. Is Sam bucket good? did he trick c!bad? Did he somehow escape after destroying the egg? did he kill c!bad after this or get him posessed? This doesn't end until cc!sam gets raided so I guess we have to find out....

Oh god back to the scary part no more whismical music

THE EGG IS FROM THE FUCKING NETHER?

Ok this left more questions then answers why did sam bucket show up outside after he blocked himself off. The implication of the Egg being from the nether. If this is the end I'll be confused.

oh wow this is late i forgot to publish it woops

[koreanbibliophilegirl]

@greenbeany I thought the thread was getting a lil long haha

Maybe Ranboo as a [Point Blanc] student?? Like. [Point Blanc] could be just a school for rich kids not rich troublemakers. Ranboo's parents, after learning what almost happened, sends him(them??) to a normal comprehensive school in Britain and it just happens to be Tommy's school.

Homeroom teacher(Sam? Ponk? Grian cameo?): Class, we have a new student today. Ranboo, would you introduce yourself?

Ranboo: Uhh h-hi. My name is Ranboo Beloved-

Tommy, snapping his head up and bolting up, knocking his chair over: RANBOOB?!?!?!?!

Ranboo, who will now be known as Ranboob by the entire school until Tommy declares he is the only one allowed to call Ranboo that and threatens the other kids: TOMMY?!?!?!?!

Allium duo: *spiderman meme*

Tubbo: *silently snaps a photo*

So basically Ranboo was one of the kids at [Point Blanc] and he and Tommy were friends there. Tubbo of course knows about Tommy's "job", and Ranboo learned when Tommy was saving the kids there, so yeah they all become friends through the mutual secret.

Also consider:

Purpled 🤝 Enderwalkboo

Having Purple Eyes

Idk who Dr. Grief/Greif or Ms. Stellenbosch would be, maybe Hannahxxrose as the headmaster who cloned herself AND Punz the school dean? Instead of messing w the chromosomes.

BoomerNA as the head security guard

Eryn Cyberonix as one of the other [PB] kids

Aimsey too

Anyway

Jack Manifold aka Wolf(maybe his code name is Thunder?? Yknow cuz of the old username. OMG Niki as Arson): Oh God, I can't deal with kids...

Niki(ik Ben wasn't at Point Blanc in the books but let's say Niki is bc I like Niki): Thunder, we are literally only 3 years older than them.

(I'm thinking benchtrio and the rest at 16 and Niki and Jack at 19, idk how long SAS training takes but I don't think they could be 18. Also Aimsey is benchtrio's age just because)

[meanscarletdeceiver]

Edwards exploit?

Man, what is there to say about this one that hasn’t already been said?

I mean, one day some jamoke is gonna make a video saying that they don’t actually like this episode and that it’s lame, and a big user is going to foolishly give it exposure via bitching about it on Twitter, and the fandom will go up in flames (like, more so than the usual blowup). But me? Nah, even I’m not that contrarian.

Besides, I love it. It makes me happy, though perhaps for odd little bits that aren’t meant in any way to be the focus of the episode. Stuff like

Duck and BoCo’s angry faces

the shot of Edward with Bill and Ben

the shot right before the storm breaks out where Edward goes under the bridge—the curvature of the track there is absurd, but screw realism, it makes the train look so sinuous and pleasing

the sheer blackness of the night in the final scene or two with the brilliant white lights

Also the shot of the train on its way again during the “and he listened happily to Edward’s steady beat, as he forged slowly but surely ahead” line, it’s just such a thoroughly pleasing little bit—I keep meaning to make a good gif of it some day because visually those two seconds are definitely among some of the most comforting in film history. Why must Edward be so friend-shaped. I’m asking really.

Caption 1: seriously, this one bit of track curves right-left-right-left three times, WHY

Caption 2: "Okay, David, catch me at my good angle! 😇"

Yes, everyone who’s been in the fandom for six months probably already knows the “inaccuracies” in the adaptation, but I’m not too hung up on them. Like it’s very cool that we have so many Trainz adaptations and Exploit!models where people literally destroy their overpriced 2Ps for the accuracy?? and I’m grateful and I’m satisfied with this fan content supplementing the episode. Besides, when I was a kid we only had select episodes from S1-3 on VHS, and man, stuff like Thomas’s bent front and Edward’s siderods taken off—that was honestly pretty metal for us. The Flying Kipper crash was obviously more serious, but as far as, like, “special effects” went? It was these two episodes that brought the macabre fascination, due to the visible damage. I can remember parents commenting on those two details too, in fact I think they brought it to our attention. Like wtf, they broke the toys! Wild! (Then we got into some Season 4 stuff and were spoiled for these more innocent days, lol. Peter Sam’s and Thomas’s head-on collisions took the damage portrayed on screen to a whole new level.)

Also, as I’ve mentioned before, while there are several sentences in the original text that I wish the adaptation retained (Edward being so thrilled when he gets the train moving that his wheels start to slip all over again, omg—my boy!), there are also a couple of cuts I agree with actually. I prefer the happy quietude of some of the moments in the end of the adaptation to the “cheers to the echo” of RWS.

Bertie’s little bit at the beginning is pleasant enough but also unnecessary, especially when you consider that this obligatory-cameo-to-meet-a-quota-of-Bertie-appearances-this-season replaces this immortal RWS opener:

Edward scolded the twins severely, but told Gordon it served him right. Gordon was furious.

Like, I am in no way excusing Gordon, but I do think this exchange is interesting context for the following scene. As in I don’t think Gordon really believes what he’s saying; when he’s piqued he sees everything in the most negative light; when he’s in a good mood all the sudden it’s “my dear Edward” and all that. Gordon said it himself to Sir Handel—he has a lot of feeeeeeeelings. Nobody understands that. ;)

Another small detail in this notorious scene that I think gets overlooked is Duck saying “You’re all jealous!” For one thing, I think he means they’re jealous that Edward got this job; the comment implies one of those standard tiresome arguments in the preceding week about who would get the enthusiasts’ train and then who should get the enthusiasts’ train. And I dunno, the thought amuses me. Perhaps because a few hours later in the storm Edward is audibly thinking that the whole gig was entirely overrated. (I feel like next time this sort of thing came up Edward would’ve been all like, “BoCo, do you want it? We don’t want a repeat of last time.” And BoCo’s all *affectionate eyeroll* “No one goes to the island of Sodor for a diesel-hauled railtour, Edward.”)

Now, for all I’ve overanalyzed the effect of the opening “station scene” and how the changes affect how people read the character dynamics, I must still give the TV adaptation major props—their changes make this scene far more interesting and just generally watchable. I mean, though I do enjoy the realistic sidings of the RWS illustration, the TVS blocking of the "action" here is iconic:

Plus omg, the drama of it all, everyone talking about Edward while he’s just struggling to get that train started is a fascinating hook. (Certainly the writers of the show never got over this dynamic!) And, I have to admit, although it changes the characterizations a little, it’s not any huge stretch to have Gordon, Henry, and James be that shameless. It doesn’t distort the reality of RWS canon the way that Season 5 and beyond… *waves hand helplessly in the general direction of the mess*

However, and I wondered this even as a kid before I’d read any RWS, but in that scene why doesn’t Duck give the train a push to start? He’s Thomas and Percy’s successor at this point, so isn’t it part of his job? Always bugged me a bit, but then again these days I am amused to rationalize this and to imagine that Duck considers preventing the big three from bullying others to be among his duties, and in fact sometimes he gets so into it that he forgets some of the more bread-and-butter things. Yes, his old mates on the Great Western might be appalled at his new priorities, but then they didn’t have Gordon Henry and James to deal with, now did they??

Right, so like half of this post is now about the station scene... but honestly that’s fair. It’s worth saying again: The adaptation did a really good job with that. They take some pretty below-average obligatory set-the-stage RWS dialogue and somehow turn it into quite a memorable little scene. *tips hat respectfully*

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what the fuck @ marvel twt??? why does everyone hate peggy carter?? give the woman a fucking break!! she was in captain america, what if, and a tv show and EVERYONE HATES HER?? FOR BEING IN THE MOM TRAILER?? like omg. it was barely a cameo and now y'all are all convinced that she's going to be in the movie and immediately she is hated for it???

no im not saying that it was ok to shoot steve, but are you going to hate her for ONE act of jealousy?? give me a fucking break, i can list problematic things about male marvel characters and they AREN'T being hated by marvel twt for it. tHoR wAs In sO MaNy MoViEs, wHy iS hE gEtTiNg aNoThEr MoViE i haven't heard anyone say that. no one. why r y'all saying this about peggy??

no im not saying that her ending in endgame made sense, steve should have stayed put and not stayed back in time. she had made her peace with his death, she got over him. steve should have done the same. how is that reason to hate her??

her show was so good. it told sexism to fuck itself. HER EXISTENCE tells sexism to fuck itself. captain carter tells sexism to fuck itself. she is NOT taking sam's place. he is still captain america in his universe (and i LOVE THAT FOR HIM.) captain carter is the "captain america" figure in her universe. they are BOTH phenomenal and neither of them should be hated. please stop pitting discriminated peoples against each other.

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Nightmare Time 2 Episode 1 Thoughts

AAAAAHHHH ITS FINALLY HERE

AND UPDATED INTRO!! Bryce and Jae sound so good!!!! And Jeff's new parts are also super good

The BOYS!!!!

Oh no they suck actually

Not you River you're an angel

Trent sucks but I was actually scared for him. Linda has some interesting parenting methods

MURRAY

The excitement is over Linda's maiden name and not her father. He sucks. Worse than her. No wonder she turned out like THAT. Why would you make fun of your child's physical appearance what is wrong with you?!?!? DIE

Gerald is an amazing husband and I love him. Love that he's not really evil he just loves his wife so much that he just became evil for her

He could be a better dad though TAKE YOUR 6YO TO THE BATHROOM!! He's literally 6 he could get lost or kidnapped

I was Team Zoey going into this my mind has very much so been changed

Zachary I'm so sorry she outed you to your homophobic grandmother and got you taken out of the will. Josh probably never even liked her (as a person I mean)

The way Linda got everyone out of the competition was super creative actually. That was really fun to watch

NICK AS HIDGENS NICK AS HIDGENS!!!! He did so good bringing the spirit of the character. It's different but a welcome change

Zoey fr told Sam to kill her grandmother HOW ARE THEY BOTH SO CHILL WITH THIS?!?!?!

Ok not to say anything remotely positive about Sam but he was really supportive of Zoey throughout the whole thing. He was ride or die literally. Even after she croaked on stage he immediately thought of a new way for her to get trending. Ugh this feels weird. Must be negative. Um uh wish he would treat Charlotte like this. God he's the worst

HOMELESS GUY

Latte Hotte is a bop. AND we got a Paul cameo out of it

Can everyone please be nice to Obnoxious Teen he's just doing his job

Oh ok Hatchetfield hates Clivesdale fr fr. That poor woman got shunned by society. They were ready to crown Zoey on the the spot for that one insult. Paul especially was digging into them

Hidgens carrying Linda through the qna was so funny omg. Shame he didn't get his money though. Now we'll never see Workin Boys

Queen Bee is such a bop. Lauren, Jeff, and Corey went all out with that one

RIVER NOOO

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING

None of this would have happened if Gerald had taken his 6 year old child to the bathroom like a good parent. Now look at you. Your son's kidnapper is dead but so are you. Idiot

Gerald and Linda are so freaking cute though. Power couple. I almost forgot she's cheating on him. Literally why would she do that?!??! He's so perfect for her

So did no one notice Linda's messed up hand or

The drive to the Witchwood was so eerie. Roman was so creepy

Oooo the pig stuff was so gross and cool. I loved the graphic description. I love how they all formed Nibbly. I love that we're finally seeing Nibbly too

NIBBLY SNIGGLES!! I think its a rule that James and Curt have to play sniggles

USE THE CODE "CRAFTCLASS" TO GET 100% OFF RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES

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fandom ask game: anthony mackie characters :))

i can't put everyone as my favorite can i 🤡🤡🤡🤡 blorbo / favorite character: everyone expects me to say sam wilson, but it's actually chris from the night before. it's a christmas movie that mackie made with seth rogan and i literally watch it over and over again because im obsessed with mackie playing douchebags. if you haven't see the night before, pls pls pls watch it. it's a hilarious christmas film, it features a bunch of cameos, and seth and mackie bring in some a+ comedy. scrunkly / my bb: sam wilson. i mean it goes without saying how much i love him. he was my favorite character and pm the only reason i cried during my theatrical view of endgame. tony's death didn't make me cry, sam getting that shield had me falling to the floor of the dirty ass theater and weeping. scrimblo bimblo / underappreciated character: takeshi kovacs. i love anthony's protrayal so much and not only that, can we take a minute to talk about how good he looks? i have no idea what the hell altered carbon was, but the moment anthony took over, i made myself watch s1 (which i didn't care for) and then watch s2 and i fell the fuck in love. there's a lot of things that piss me off about it, mostly it's the fan reception to anthony replacing their white fave. it's fucking gross. a lot of ppl boycotted the show because it was being run by a black male lead. :shrug: anyway, anthony did it better and i love takeshi with all my heart and soul. also keep in mind that takeshi is played by three actors and only the white one gets any love. i wonder why that is. glup shitto / obscure fave: lmao clarence lmao im sorry is that weird? mind you, i haven't watched 8 mile in years, but all i remember is, he was a rapper who made eminem choke, right? and then eminem got him back at the end of the movie lmao can i just get a movie about clarence pls? i find him a 100x more entertaining than whatever the fuck 8 mile was poor little meow meow / problematic fave: i'm trying to think... did he play any assholes? even if he did, i feel like i'd just side with him. i have the same vibes with ransom from knives out. so fkjdhfkjds. uhm i think he played king in the hate u give as a rly bad drug dealer and shit, so i guess he'd be my problematic fave? also he played a cop in triple 9, so i guess that should count too horse plinko / character i'd torment for fun: i would love each and every character he's played without question. sorry im bias. eeby deeby / person i'd send to superhell: omg no one??? lmao

[letmewritemylife]

Late comments about TFAWS because yesterday I was too busy fangirling to form any coherent thought

Red wing, my beloved, I love you

Sam Wilson is baby, pls protect him

Bucky is also baby

And trauma made him funny ig

My babies saying more than two words omg I cant-

Joaquin, I love you already

I can't wait to see my baby Sharon kick ass

Rhodey doing a ten seconds cameo and still owning the show >>>>>

Yes! Representation of racism! Finally!

I don't give a fuck, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO SARAH WILSON I WILL KILL EVERYONE AT MARVEL AND THEN MYSELF

Leah and Bucky being cute omg I-

Not necessarily in a romantic way, but still

Bucky's therapist is just passive aggressive omg

Bucky vs the cat decoration aka reason number 39479227648 why I love this man

Also Sam and Sarah giving us accurate sibling representation

Fuck the us government

wHAT IS THAT? THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA YOU BOUGHT ON WISH??

The guy who punched Joaquin in Switzerland and the new Captain America are the same person. Reasons: the vibe

Sam and Bucky will be such a chaotic duo lol