#pitch rewatch

[revvethasmythh]

You know, Veth often advocates for acts of retributive justice and she's a strong believer in vengeance as a concept. This comes up a few times during the campaign, and I think it's one of the most interesting things about her and she has a line in Episode 20 on this topic that is genuinely perhaps the most fascinating thing she says in the whole campaign (which I don't say lightly). It's a conversation between her and Caleb about his past, which she only just learned about two episodes ago. She assumes outright that what Caleb must want is to go get revenge on Trent for what was done to him, and says that of course they can go do that before dealing with any of her issues, then hits him with this: "The thing is, your story that you poured out to me and Beau, the other day-- it was very sad, and I'm so sorry that you had to go through it, but I have to say, in a way, I'm a little bit jealous. [...] All I'm saying is, I feel like you can get revenge. You can maybe even get redemption for what you've done, and you can become a better person. You can do good to counteract the bad that you've done in your past, and maybe someday there will be an end to your suffering." (Emphasis by me). That connection here between "I'm a little bit jealous," "I feel like you can get revenge," and "maybe someday there will be an end to your suffering" is not lost on me. At this time in the campaign, the idea of getting turned back into a halfling is something relegated so far into the future she can barely see it (and we know Sam was more than willing for it to never happen at all). Just one episode earlier, she was asked to give some backstory about herself and lied out her ass so she didn't have to cop to what had happened to her. She wasn't ready to trust anyone with it or ask explicitly for the help to get turned back. As far as she is concerned in the moment, there may never be an end to her suffering in this form. So she's jealous of Caleb, because he can get revenge and someday maybe his suffering will end.

On the topic of vengeance itself, I think it makes a lot of sense that Veth would be vengeful because she is impotent to achieve it in her own life. What is she going to do, go home to Felderwin and get vengeance on her brothers for what they all did to her? The town for how it treated her? No, she can't do that. She never gets to come face-to-face with the goblins that kidnapped her family, had her killed, then enslaved her during the campaign or after. As utterly fantastic as the blueberry cupcake moment is, she didn't even get to kill Isharnai, the hag who actually, physically held her under until she drowned. Veth has never gotten to achieve personal vengeance, or even really had the opportunity to face the concept of it as it pertains to the injustices perpetrated against her in her life. Like, she is, for sure, a highly reactive individual who jumps to wanton killing often just based on her extreme personality, but there is some real meat to the fact that she can get so fixated on revenge. I think she really wants it for herself, and she can't imagine that other people wouldn't also want it for themselves. She has never gotten it, so she always suggests it. She's jealous of Caleb because he can get revenge on one, simple target that will represent his trauma (even if it's not actually that simple for him), and that's something she can't do. And she never gets to even try. I'd be all hornt up over the concept of violent revenge if I was her, too.

[oetscop]

impressive how "family" is still able to make you feel like a stupid little kid every time you open your mouth even when youre literally 25

[yumeyumeappleo]

woooooo 1 am phone doodle! featuring the babygirl who has taken over my mind

[mcrololo]

Chloe Beale has ADHD, an essay of sorts:

Forgetful (She allegedly leaves the dressing room without her Bella scarf, which is arguably the most important out of her whole ensemble)

Time blind (Less strong of an argument but we see her run through the halls at the start of the movie, implying she's almost late to her own performance)

Alice then proceeds to tell her she's a mess, unfocused, and her breath smells like egg all the time. First two are very #adhdcore, the latter I feel could be attributed to adhd because I have short bursts of being obsessed with a certain type of food (especially breakfast) before promptly moving on to something else without warning.

FURTHERMORE, rejection sensitive. From this scene on, Chloe's face falls a lot when she's being criticized. Alice, Aubrey and Beca all have moments where they burn that sunny smile off of her face, making her feel like she's not good enough.

Intensity. Chloe's led by her emotions. She has an emotional burst when she reveals things about her nodes (both times), is slapping the table in excitement in the hospital, and when she finally snaps at Aubrey that anger rolls over her like a wave.

No personal boundaries. This one I found fun because during the shower scene my wife said, "this makes you think about Chloe's home situation if she just does this". That still goes a lot of different directions. But for her ADHD, this is about impulse control. She doesn't really think about how this is crossing a line, she just does. Same goes for the rest of the scenes where she gets into Beca's personal space. Deep down Chloe has already chosen Beca as her comfort person (she's not even this touchy feely with her bestie) and so she can't help herself.

Priorities. Now, this one actually ties in with the second movie when the rest has been a focus on the first, but I feel like it HAS to be on this list. Chloe's priorities lie with Aubrey in the first one. We don't hear anything about her schoolwork other than the fact she's a senior, and she's missing during the final scene implying that she graduated. Then the second one reveals Chloe has purposely failed three times to stay with the Bellas. She SAYS this during an angry spat, but... was it really on purpose? Maybe her priority just shifted from coursework to the Bellas, and she completely lost herself. But even so, if she did it on purpose, you can still attribute it to her adhd (impulse, sense of finally belonging, inability to let things go, scared of stepping outside comfort zones).

[charleslee-valentine]

the most disturbing moment of tcm 74 isn’t any of the death or cannibalism. it’s Nubbins, lost in the dark, happily playing with roadkill like a child and Drayton immediately beating him with the same ferocity he did their victim upon seeing him.

[catwouthats]

So…

If you look here, the best way to gain a wolverines trust is to speak in that really high pitched weird obnoxious baby-ish voice…

…

IM JUST SAYING THERES A REASON LOGAN DIDNT HATE ON THE PET NAMES OR SWEET TALK SPECIFICALLY IN DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE…

He just hated when he talked too much in general bc it was overwhelming…

[pinkpastels113]

how did babygirl forget the lines to two of the most GOD TIER movies and remember the rest??!

[anti-homophobia-cheese]

it's my duty to be annoying enough today so that you don't miss me too much when i can't come online for the next two days.

probably.

[woundlingus]

You know what was missing from Unfinished Business Supernatural, Kill Bill parody?

The pussy wagon.

[cosmicrhetoric]

ok even after one piece had completely hooked me i still thought that fans at cons or whatever sounded completely unhinged. like "you guys just don't get it you don't get it it's the greatest story ever told" is a crazy thing to say about a shounen anime 😂 like if you spend 1000 hours of your time on this of course you'd say that so it feels worth it. that being said. that being said. you guys DON'T get it. and it is one of the greatest stories ever told

[incorrect-play-it-by-ear]

There is a special awards category on play it by ear which goes out to guests who manage to get both Zach and Jess crack up at the same time

[1v31182m5]

[john-gosh-darnielle]

no one's going to drag you up

to get into the light where you belong

[kingofcomedy]

still processing the whole day, can’t believe it was real

[fleabagdiaz]

unforch 911 abc, née fox did peak when a bunch of random angelenos + the 118 all used the power of love and gratitude to lift an entire ladder truck off of my friend buck buckley while sanctuary by welshy arms played. we will never get that precise level of perfect nonsensical soap opera drama back I fear