#random charmed liveblog

[paigemathews]

Been a while since i've done one of these, but I'm rewatching Charmed Again! And honestly, I really feel like Phoebe is only clinging to Cole so hard because of Prue's death. I mean, she logically knows the risk that his attendance at her funeral would bring (Cole himself even says he doesn't want that to happen at her funeral), but Phoebe is willing to risk it (even though she'd have to know it'd hurt her and Piper further) because she needs him. Especially considering how independent Phoebe'd been in the earlier seasons, it definitely seems like she's desperately clinging to anyone left (in contrast to Piper, who seems to be pushing people away rn, such as casting the spells in the beginning of the episode by herself and pulling away and blaming Leo for saving her instead of Prue.)

[inkskinned]

actually, i love you, so you cannot be ugly to me. sometimes i think i have no idea what you actually look like. i know we've been friends for like a while but if someone asked oh who's that i'd talk about how funny you are, how charming. about how i have watched you grow as a person, about how you often choose kindness where i would honestly choose a feral violence. i know you keep a tally of your mistakes and they run around your brain - but in mine? i think they never even make it past the front gate. when i think of you my heart swells up with all the weird shit we've done together and how you've talked me through heartbreak and how i've held your hair back and how we both are like, in therapy, and totally above gossiping, but also like, are going to spill the work tea.

i know! i know you feel ugly. i know you hate that you show symptoms, that you're not normal. you said once - i'm afraid to show others the real me. but i see the other things - about these little quirks that are so, so endearing to me. how you are gentle to strangers. how you stand by your friends. how comfortable you make everybody. how you say hey, did you get home safe? even when it's like 6 feet i'm walking.

i love you. yesterday you spent an hour liveblogging the episode of owl house that you're on and i was like - this person is so fucking amazing. last night you said sorry for infodumping. as if you have anything to apologize for. as if part of the reason we're friends is because i love it when you do this, i love listening. i love you, idiot. i love you so fucking much. i want to stick you in a cage so you stop getting random injuries. i want to throw you into a garbage disposal every time you send me that one specific meme. i love you, i love you, i love you. you mean absolutely everything to me.

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Ayesha Liveblogs Spy x Family S1

"Proof that the foreign minister wears a toupée. I even have the negatives." "Well done. Now we can force him to resign." How could this possibly be enough to force a resignation? Is wearing a toupée a sign of dishonesty or shame in this cultural context??

"In an era in which the nations of the world were waging a fierce war of information just out of sight, this man survived the battlefield by being a master of disguise." Ooooh is this a historical anime? How fun!

Update from 1 minute later: The newspaper confirms this as a Cold War-era story!! Colour me intrigued

"Farewell. May you find happiness." What a polite end to such a callous breakup LMAO

Why does Donovan Desmond look so incredibly haunted LOL

"In order to achieve this [spy mission] you will get married and have a child." Ah, there we are with the premise!

Of all the spy strengths they've displayed thus far, I am most impressed with this blond man's ability to pull a newspaper apart without bending it. You must need to generate a lot of force:

"Yeah, sure. Take whichever one you want." This is about the average regard for orphans in Shonen Anime Societies

"This little girl happened to be a telepath." She's a WHAT NOW? What a casual way to introduce this fact

Honestly the random facts about what Anya likes and the bursting into tears with unclear motivation seems very much a realistic parent and child experience

"I just don't understand this irrational behaviour." I love how quickly Loid Forger aka Twilight, International Spy, has been foiled by this tiny, psychic child

Loid is approaching parenthood very casually so far. Surely a spy (pretending to be a psychologist, even) can recognize the psychological impact of abandonment on a child

Fjlkjfljflf what kind of society allows Loid to barricade his six (or maybe four) year-old child inside their apartment unsupervised all day LMAOOO

SCREAM not Anya immediately revealing their location from playing spy games. Also a very realistic problem to have

"Boss, I think we should just give up on the toupée." [Pulls out a gun and shoots him] "Transparency is essential in government. Toupées are a no-go." WHY ON EARTH ARE TOUPÉES THE ULTIMATE SPY PLOT DEVICE JFKJFJF

Love that the betrayal of the nation is SECOND to the toupée. They said: Wigs are for liars and cowards

"No one reached out their hand to save me. I felt alone, in despair, and so powerless all I could do was cry." We have unlocked Loid's parental instincts AND his tragic backstory in the span of 1 and a half minutes

"I'm a failure as a spy? No. My mistake was putting that little girl in danger to begin with. How could I forget? To create a world where children won't have to cry... That's why I became a spy." Alright Loid, colour me charmed:

Ahhhhhh I love Loid giving his enemy the chance to go back to his daughter instead of attacking him

Loid deciding to take Anya back with him despite all his misgivings bc he wants to give her a home 🥺💘 HE'S NICE

"Papa is a huge liar. But he's such a cool liar." Awww, Anya

I can see how being psychic and being able to hear every single child's confusion during a test would be distracting

"I... relaxed? What the hell is going on with me?" FATHERHOOD

"It is mandatory that the applicant attend with both parents. Absolutely no exceptions." For a society with such a cavalier approach to violence and orphans (at least where Loid goes), you'd think they'd be more accepting of single parents

Everyone's absolutely on Yor's ass for being a single 27-year-old. [Yor as Charlotte Lucas voice] I'm 27 years old. I have no money and no prospects. I'm already a burden to my brother—

"I have a client for you, Thorn Princess." Is Thorn Princess Yor's sleeper agent activation phrase? Her whole face darkened

Clearly Yor doesn't have the same violence-aversion as Loid:

Yor ready to fall in love with anyone who's nice to her. Mgkjgkg but same perhaps

"A spy...An assassin...? I'm... so excited!" [Narrator voiceover] "The little girl was straving for entertainment." The narrator's interjections are very funny

HAHAHAHA I love that they're both trying to fake date each other for very different reasons. Incredible, 10/10, love this

It's fun that Franky, spy gadget guy, is also now mission back-up

Also I take back everything I said about Loid's violence aversion

"I'll be sure to tell your brother that you came alone." Why is every woman that Yor works with (and, it seems, every woman with more than one line in this show thus far) seem to be so mean-spirited LOL

HFHLKHGLHGLGH Loid showing up to the party covered in blood and introducing himself as her husband when she needed a boyfriend. We love a spy who is terrible at his job

Loid managing to somehow make a really amazing impression on this party by being hot and defending Yor's past as a masseuse (murderer). GOOD FOR HIM

"The concussive recovery method is the latest in modern medical practices." Imagine going to your doctor for a prescription and having them kickbox you into submission LMAO

"Um, Loid-san, this may not be the best moment to ask, but why don't we get married?" SCREAMING AT YOR BEING THE ONE TO PROPOSE AND HOW KNOCKS THE WIND OUT OF LOID:

"No matter what hardships await us, let us be there for one another." [Explosions go off in the background] Colour me sold on this grenade-pin ring and spy-assassin romance

I love that they're going on a little family outing to prep for their interview

I can also understand how a political rally would be stressful for Anya

"I've completed countless missions, yet once again I find myself losing heart." Loid will eventually get used to his girls who are obssessed with nuts and knives 💞

All of them calling attention to themselves by helping an old lady deal with a purse snatcher ❣️ I love this family. I've only had the Forgers for two episodes but if anything happened to them I would [redact] everyone in this room and then myself

"I guess... receiving thanks every once in a while wouldn't hurt." "Papa is a softie." YEAH HE IS

"Papa and Mama are flirting." "No we are not!" HEE HEE

"Anya, are you going to be okay in this crowd?" Dad Mode Activated

Ohhhhhhh Anya helping the cow through her fear. Baby!!!!

OHGHGLGHLKGH setting aside how they managed to have at least three outfits in that suitcase, I really want to know how the quick change is happening in the middle of this cobblestone pathway to the school

"Why are you getting irritated, Loid? She's not even your real wife." I love that whenever someone makes an out-of-pocket insult to Yor (her coworker calling her a whore, this dorm master critiquing her lack of cooking) Loid jumps in and he's like, HEY, THAT'S MY WIFE

"My Papa and Mama are both so much fun, and I love them very much. I want to be with them forever." I also want this family to stay together forever, Anya 💗

Both Yor and Loid ready to fight this jerk for making their daughter cry!! I love them

The hope that Loid has because of his new family. This is really fulfilling a deepseated psychological need that I had to watch an anime that's just about a nice man

"He might just be the best spy in Westalis, so don't worry too much." With all due respect, that doesn't say much for the other spies, considering how suspiciously Loid acts everywhere he goes

Yor genuinely considering murdering someone to get her daughter into school 💝 Parenting!

"I appreciate the attempt at consolation, my elegant boy." This is how I will be responding to all attempts for someone to comfort me from now on

Loid just carrying a party popper around in his pocket for when Anya gets in. I LOVE HEEEM

Loid can waste government resources on a little play mission for his family. As a treat

"He's requesting agents. As many as possible," incredible how Loid immediately folds to his daughter's request to be attacked by enemies LMAOOO

HAHAHAHA Loid telling them in morse code it's an imperative part of Operation Strix, which is technically true, but not at all for any reason they would think

The way they're all like, "I will JUMP at the chance to attack Loid, been waiting my whole life for this," is also really fun

I was waiting for the spy costume. I am so glad it is a plot point

I can't decide what I enjoy more, Loid's blush over having to put on the costume mask, or the way the other spies are fangirling over him

Loid getting his butt kicked by Yor in this drunk roleplay does make me wonder if we're going to see that her assassination missions run contrary to his goals of peacekeeping

"I've come to save you, Princess Anya." "Papa!" "Wait, I'm supposed to be your dad in this?" AWWWW ANYA JUST WANTED TO HER DAD TO ACT OUT SAVING HER

In fairness to Anya's fear of kidnapping, she has been kidnapped before!

"Though, you're usually on the ball, so [discussing Operation Strix Phase 2] may not be necessary." "Well... I may actually be off my game lately." At least Loid's willing to own up to it LMAOOO

Firstly, what happened just now was definitely an attempted [redacted] crime, which is hideously uncalled for, what the fuck. But secondly: I love Yor and Anya bonding time

"I know it's really dangerous to be an Eden student now. But it won't be as scary if I train. I can do my best at school without dying!" I do love the idea of teaching this tiny child fighting techniques, but my god, what a thing to say

"Even if I can't be like a normal mother, I'm going to do everything I can for her." YOOOOOOOOOOOOR I love you

"She's already realized how amazing I am and fallen for me." Incredible confidence from Damian Desmond, Very Rich Six-Year-Old LMAO

"Mama, you liar. Smiling didn't help at all." I am very entertained by Anya's psychic child conflict management

Ffjhfkhfk I really do love the way that Anya tries her best to do things in a way that her parents would most approve of. Smiling first, trying to not get in trouble in front of the teacher when she punches Damian, claiming defence of a friend. She's a good kid!

What will Loid, who is not actually a psychologist, be doing during the day while Anya goes to school and his wife does her work. I hope it involves costumes

Update from 1 minute later: At the very least, it involves stalking elementary students from a rooftop

Update from 4 minutes later: IT DID INVOLVE COSTUMES!

Also. Also. How the hell would Loid's plan work if his daughter was NOT psychic. Like yeah yeah yeah, she knows she's supposed to be a good student. But it doesn't seem like he's explicitly told her out loud to be friends with Damian. So is he just hoping for her organic success? It's a good thing his baby knows exactly what he's thinking LMAO

I love that Becky has decided to be Anya's no. 1 supporter. She needs a friend!!

"Why do I find it so hard to speak when she's in front of me?" In a very expected turn of events, lil Damian has a crush:

"Plan B is done for." You are wrong Loid! Plan Befriend has simply turned to Plan Boy Has a Crush on Your Daughter

This at-home tutoring really resonates with my experience of being the child of Asian parents with high expectations when it comes to their children's innate talent for math

"No, Yor. You're not a stranger, nor part of someone else's family. Right now, you're the mother of the Forgers. I'm counting on you to provide whatever I'm lacking." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I love the Forgers

I loveeee this parenting discussion around positive reinforcement

"I wonder what it'd feel like to have a real family," said Loid, tits deep in a family and fatherhood

"My sister got married?" I was waiting for this ball to drop. Can't wait!

NOT BABY BROTHER YURI BEING EMPLOYED BY THE TORTURE DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OMG

"[Twilight] is the villain who is trying to make this world fall into chaos. You could call him my natural enemy." NOT BABY BROTHER YURI ANNOUNCING HIS INTENTIONS TO MERC HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO HE'S ABOUT TO MEET AT DINNER:

I gotta say, despite them introing with assassinations, I do feel like Yuri represents a drastic tone shift for this show

"Yuri... I mean, my younger brother is coming here today! [Loid's voice raises several octaves] "Today?" The voice crack was funny. Back to family shenanigans

As a sister. I AM SICK OF THE SISTER COMPLEX JOKES. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, BABY BROTHER YURI, ANIME AS A GENRE, AND WHATEVER JAPANESE SOCIETAL NORM THAT ALLOWS THIS TO BE A CONSTANT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT STORIES?

"What could my sister possibly like about this guy?! Just because he can cook a little, and he's handsome, and tall, and considerate, and a doctor," It sounds like Yuri is talking himself into having a crush on Loid????

Wow, Loid has made Yuri as an intelligence agent within like, mere minutes of meeting him. Maybe Loid is a great spy!

Ahhhh, so the reason Yor took up killing as a job was to put her little brother through school. How honourable!

"Kiss here and now." I can't decide if this is terrible or fun. Maybe both. My money is on Anya interrupting to see her Uncle

I do appreciate that Yor has never been kissed! It makes sense, given her murder job, and I feel like we don't often get 20somethings without prior entanglements

HDJHDKJDHDHD this is so unhinged and weird. Jesus. Yuri Briar puts the B in Behnchod

"Loid Forger. You may lay claim to my sister's lips for now." WHAT A THING TO SAY

"So, let's do everything we can to make sure Yor is happy." Loid is THE Husband. There are no other husbands, just him!

"Children are so curiously observant at times," said Loid, about his daughter who is literally telepathic

"It's a terrible idea to date a woman while deceiving her," said Loid, as if that has not been the premise of his ENTIRE romantic history thus far

I think Loid is starting to develop (romantic) feelings:

You know, I haven't really commented on the horn cap thing, but I do wonder if they are to do with Anya's powers rather than just a fun little design thing

I need you to see what I'm looking at when they tell me this is Bill Watkins, Age Six:

I do like all the montages of how all of these children (and Bill Watkins, Deeply Suspicious Age Six) were preparing for this dodgeball tournament

SCREAM THE CUT TO THE DRAGON BALL Z NAMEK BACKGROUND

Damian taking the dodgeball bullet for Anya. Love u little guy

Calling it right now, with all this lead-up, I don't think Anya's throw is going to work out the way she wants

Update from a few seconds later: Yep, that was correct!

Gnjghkgjhgkjhg Loid loves Anya too much to be strict with her so he is engaging in quite a permissive parenting style

ANYA TRYING TO SAVE THE LITTLE BOY FROM DROWNING WHEN SHE'S JUST A LITTLE GIRL HERSELF. SWEETEST BABY ALIVE

DAD'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANYA EARNING HER FIRST STELLA! YEAH BABYGIRL

I like how they do a count of her Stellas (merit points which lead to the Imperial Scholar Society of Parent War Instigation) and Tonitrus Bolts (demerit points which lead to expulsion) whenever Anya gets closer to her goal

Also, bonkers that getting a Stella doesn't cancel out your Bolt? It's like, forgive, but never forget

Fhkhfkjfhfkjh Anya deciding she'll only respond to Starlight Anya. Very Six-Year-Old Behaviour

"Do you really think we go to some third-rate school that would hand out a Stella by mistake?" Damian continuing his chivalry streak

1) Extremely rude of the people to treat the dogs that way and 2) Does that big white dog's flash to the Forger family mean that we have unlocked a psychic puppy subplot?

I have been thinking since Damian was introduced that he and Anya are paralleling the Syaroan and Sakura Archetypes, but there is no greater Cardcaptor Sakura parallel than the fact this episode is called Penguin Park

"Please wait, Papa, who is a good and normal person." 10/10 spy deception Anya, no notes

Gghkhgkghkg Loid being yelled at by his Spy Juice Lady for not prioritizing this other mission. How does no one overhear this!!

"Mama, I'm being kidnapped," said Anya, as if she did not latch onto this spy herself to help out her dad's Penguin Mission

It's incredible how many of Loid's problems are solved just by him being hot:

Awwwwww I'm glad they did some actual family time after the Aquarium mission. Also I love how embarrassed Loid is every time has to do something silly, like pretending to be a Penguin Plushy for his kid, but how he'll immediately do it, even in public. Best dad!!

"Being both a Papa and an agent... must be tough balancing the two." Real and true, spy chauffeur

I love how they do parallel plots between family stuff and spy stuff. Anya looking for a puppy... Dad looking for bomb dogs!

They are in fact explaining the psychic puppy subplot

"It is far too early for Anya-san to get married!" Yor, I would like to study the way your mind works (also mom's here!!!!!!!!!!!!)

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHH EXTREMELY TRAUMATIZING FOR ANYA TO HAVE TO WATCH HER DAD'S IMMINENT DEATH BY EXPLOSION THROUGH DOG-O-VISION

That was an incredibly morose diatribe from The Handler, who is the only spy other than Loid to get a title/name

How is this baby supposed to disarm a bomb?!?!?!??

Ahhhh, by leaving a ketchup message for her dad on the door that says "NO! (Drawing of Bomb)" Of course! We love a girl who knows how to improvise

Dad has got back in the danger zone to stop the last of the Foreign Affairs Minister's terrorist threats, fair enough! I really hope they don't make him [redacted violence involving animal]

OH THANK GOD THEY HAD HIM ATTACK THE VEST AND NOT THE DOG—I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT TO LOID, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH ANIME

From Yor's perspective, Loid has been in the bathroom for two full episodes

Yor kicking Keith the Radicalized Student Terrorist's car off the road after he has been discovered by Anya and foiled by Loid. We love a team effort!

"How many times must I tell you not to run off alone because it's dangerous?!" [Tearfully] "I'm sowwy." Awwww a very reasonable worry for your daughter who keeps running into every spy mission she possibly can

"I also had a daughter about her age." The Handler's tragic backstory unlocked?!

"Be prepared to take care of him until the end. I may have no right to say those words." Loid's dog care advice has accidentally turned into existential dread about adopting a child for the sake of a peacekeeping mission

Awwwwwww Yor taking cooking classes from her workplace enemy to be a better cook for her family

"Camilla-san has always been a nice person," said Yor, about the woman who called her a whore in front of a room full of people and tried to scald her with hot food on like Episode 2

"The more I savour each bite, the more I see my life flash before my eyes." Say what you will about Weird Brother Yuri, he is supportive

Admittedly this cooking lesson episode has made me like Camilla

HAHAHAHA the "They are whispering" caption so the viewer can understand why no one's reacting to the yelling about spy intel on Scruffy's potential lover

Awwwwwww Loid opting out of the family outing to comfort his little scruffy friend, who I have just re-learned is named Franky

LMAOOOOO at them just having Henderson-sensei do literally all of the classes. Top-tier writing

The Handler now has unlocked TWO new names, which are Sylvia Sherwood and Fullmetal Lady

"On the one day each month that Mister Moon goes away, Anya's power to read minds goes away too." Oooooh new psychic baby lore unlocked

Even though I don't care for Weird Brother Yuri, it is nice that Anya has someone outside of her parents to rely on for tutoring

Loid covering for Incompetent Spy Daybreak jkhfkhfkjhf

I love that Loid broke into the school, not to boost his daughter's grades, but rather to check that she didn't fail and leave it that way, and then reverse cheat (as in, undo someone's wrongdoing) to make sure two other students got their earned grades. What a man!

Ffljlfjjflkj Becky objectifying Anya's dad. I know they're six, but it's not a trope I love

"I was trying to report the cigarette I found, then he punched me." I know this is a scheme but what kind of society has SIX-YEAR-OLDS plausibly smoking???

"Second Son wouldn't do that! Anya was watching." Heck yeah Anya standing up for Damian (even though her Damian motives are decidedly ulterior LOL)

"Don't try to drag me into these adult matters in the first place!" An incredibly reasonable request from Damian

Gdljljggjglkj I love these kids telling Glooman 'Actually, the biggest problem is you have a bad personality' True and real and cutting

"Don't worry. The West is a safe place." ANYAAAA. Something something children and their ability to see people outside of the confines of politics

"There's saltwater pouring out of my eyes." The implication that George has not cried once in his six years of life LMAOOOO

Genuinely heartwarming to see all these kids singing for George and giving away their favourite school items for his sake (also I bet you $5 he doesn't actually have to quit this school)

Update from two minutes later: I was correct lol

I've been thinking about this since the hospital volunteering, but it is kind of a flaw in Loid's spy tactics to choose a public-facing job, because at any point someone could just walk into the hospital and realize he doesn't work there kjhgkjhgg like he should've just been some sort of private practice

Loid running home to "check on what Yor was doing at the school" but actually using it as an excuse to ask her on a lunch date <3

As if the show could psychically tell that I was wondering about it, they are now forcing Loid into a "Take Your Kid to Work Day" situation lmaooo

"[Loid] became an important part of our team as soon as he transferred in." How is Loid an important part of the staff if he's constantly out of hospital doing spy stuff??? How is he even capable of giving psychological care???

"To go with the rest of the facade, a number of my coworkers have also inflitrated this hospital." Ah, perhaps the fact he has a research position and other spies in the hospital is enough to cover his absences and maybe make him have fake patients

Honestly, it's a wonder Anya hasn't run into more problems in the spy realm recently other than getting stuck in a secret passage

HHGKJHGKJHGKJGH Loid taking Anya's improvised sandbox of toys as a sign of deep psychological distress

"He golfs at his workplace and creates shady channels." In every class there is one child who has the most chaotic possible interpretation of their parents' job (the kid who says their parent stabs people for money when really their parent is a tattoo artist) and Anya has decided to be that student

"But if Mrs. Forger just happened to retire, that position would have to be filled, would it not?" Why is Fiona so comically evil about getting to fake marry Loid

"But... this woman doesn't seem to have any flaws in her appearance." Even Father-snatcher Fiona Frost thinks Yor is hot

"To think the great Twilight is stuck playing house.. It's a disservice to the world." Loid said: Fuck you Fiona, I like playing house!

This silent spy standoff has certainly taken a turn:

I actually kind of love that Loid is faced with someone else who has feelings for him, because I KNOW for certain he will choose Yor, and I think that's good for Yor to see

"You're already working hard enough, Yor. That's why Anya is so fond of you. I couldn't ask you to do anything more." HE LOVES HERRRRR

I really resonate with Yor's Girls Who Are Bad At Stuff representation kjhgkgjh

"Agent Penguin suffered honourable injuries in battle." Loid sewing up his daughter's penguin stuffy and making up a backstory for their dog chewing him up ❤️ I love hiiiim

I appreciate that Fiona confirms from someone who knew him before Loid has been changed by love (for Yor and Anya)

NOT THE DOUBLE FAKE TENNIS COUPLE NAMES BEING TWAIN AND NAFALIA PHONY

Though, now that I think of it, I guess Loid's given last name is Forger, so really this is a pattern of very silly names

"We've been developing a new doping agent called OSO-R along with the government in preparation for the upcoming East-West Sports Exhibition." Every so often they dip back into the crime world, and today it's sports doping

"I wonder what her relationship with Loid is." Yor babygirl, you do not need to worry about her, Loid is fully Team Yor

I love this little look into all the different things that come up in an infiltration (having to be very good at specific things like tennis, dealing with potential poisons, compensating for traps)

"You're still young, and you're clearly talented. From now on, hone your craft properly. I'm sure you'll become an amazing player." "Twain, I'll really do my best from now on!" Aside from being an incredible professional tennis player, Loid's talents also include reforming his opponents into better people:

Fhfhfkjhfkfjhf Loid every time Fiona comes near Yor: Hey, please leave my wife alone

"Come at me with everything you've got." "Uh, don't, Fiona." Loid knows Yor has enough physical might to beat a hundred tennis players

Yor wanting Loid to praise her for winning the match 🥺❤️

Loid taking Yor on a reassurance date to let her know she's still #1

"Wait, does Yor have romantic feelings for me?!" TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH, BUT YOU GOT THERE, LOID

NOT LOID IMMEDIATELY SWITCHING TO PLAN HONEY TRAP AND YOR ACCIDENTALLY KICKING SOME SENSE TO HIM

"I can't let my guard down like that. Somehow, being with Yor throws me off." Loid, you stupid man, who can't see that him AND his wife have feelings for each other

"I would love for you to continue being Anya's mother. And to continue in the role of my wife." This is the most honest thing Loid has said in hours

Anya getting Becky a keychain because she didn't think she was allowed to get one for herself!! Sweet girl

What kind of father has ZERO time to interact with his son LMAO (Donovan Desmond, apparently)

"Anya's a little scared because she's not sure if Papa loves her or not. He always gets mad at me. But I believe in him because I love him." ANYAAAAAAAAAA

Papa Desmond and his truly haunting eyes finally make an on-screen appearance and meeting with Loid:

"Even the child that shares your blood is a stranger." Is this a general view from Donovan on his parent-child relationships or is this a shot at Loid for not being Anya's biological father?

"People will never be able to understand each other." What a thing to say about your six-year-old, who is standing right in front of you with his friends

"What's truly important is to continue walking them despite [not understanding each other]. I decided that I would accept her regardless, and I try to find every opportunity I can to talk to her." Loid laying spy ground work on top of challenging Donovan to be a better father. We love a man who can multitask

"I'm pretty sure she doesn't actually dislike you. It'd make me happy if you could be friends with her." "Well, I want to, too..." Gjhgjhgjhfjlfj Loid is also working on Operation Playdate

This has been a pretty delightful show so far. Spy x Family proving to everyone you can fight people AND be nice!!!!

[kerubimcrepin]

NAVIGATION

My name is Ro, though you may know me from my main blog (@jorisjurgen) and art blog (@atchamcrepin). On this blog I had posted random dissections of Dofus Aux Tresors episodes in a rewatch liveblog format, and now post about other Jurgen-Crepin related things.

My goal is to solve Crepin-Jurgen related lore.

Things to know:

This was my uhhh. 6th-11th rewatch of this show. Who even knows anymore.

I welcome any lore related asks, even if I may not know something.

I only tag posts with character names if I think I analysed them at least a little, or if the post is quite informative (has trivia that isn't available in any of the shows).

I hope not to spam the tags too much & that it will be entertaining in some way.

※ Please read on desktop/in your mobile browser.　Chronological tag links are broken on tumblr's mobile app.

[read the liveblog from the start] or read any of the following:

Character Analysis + trivia:

※ Both the separate analysis posts, and the analysis included within some of the liveblogs.

Atcham Crepin

Joris Jurgen

Kerubim Crepin

※※Non-Liveblog Parts of this blog:※※

MMO dialogues and lore compilation

Translations

Official art collection

Dofus: Aux Trésors de Kérubim:

1. Kerubim

2. Luis' Blues

3. Stirch Hunt

4. The Infernal Hourglass

5. Welcome to YeCh'Tich's

6. Dance against the Boowolves

7. Bashi the Shark

8. Pandala's Chichala

9. The Legendary Unikron

10. Vax's Living Art

11. The Hairy Archelmet

12. The Great Glucid

13. A Diamond for Ruby

14. Koalak Quack

15. Teeny Keke

16. West of Astrub

17. Toothache

18. The Pyrofuego

19. The Judgement of the Twelve

20. My Friend Bashi

Mid-Show Break:

The Wheel of Destiny #8 - Kerubim Crepin

Dofus Heroes: Kerubim

Dofus Aux Tresors de Kerubim: Official Novels

Dofus: Aux Trésors de Kérubim:

21. A Bow Meow on the Moon

22. The Giant Ploomers

23. Like a Snapper in the Water

24. Scams, Crimes, and Tentacles

25. SOS Adventures

26. A Hairy Mystery

27-29. Ecaflip City

30. Bonta Folie's

31. The Break

32. Pupuce's Life

33. Noffoub's Foutnain

34. Heads for no Tails

35. The Gobbal Set

36. The Ding-Dong Belt

37. The Charming Justicars

38. Dragokart Race

39. The Love Killer

40. The Beginning

41. The Sword of Nine Tails

42. The Trial

43. The Dream Mixer

44. My Papycha, the Secondhand Dealer

45. The Charming Justicars 2

46. The Hacienda's Fever

47. Indie

48. Role Plays

49. The Jellivision

50. Deadly Charm

51. High-Temperature Trap

52. Goodbye

Pre-Movie Off-Topic Break:

What do we know about Joris le Sans-Pouvoir? (Aka, addressing the “cancelled Nintendo DS game”-shaped elephant in the room.)

The Floor Plan of The House + Reference Pics

Random Joris Lore that won't fit into any other post

Documenting the "20th Anniversary of Ankama" map with commentary by Joris and Kerubim

Card Game Lore overview

Exploring dofus-la-serie.com

Pre-Movie Comic Break:

Lance Dur Comic #5 - The Third Death

The Wheel of Destiny #1 - Atcham

Julith et Jahash

Les Dessous de Dofus

Dofus Manga (But only the bits with Atcham, Kerubim, or Joris)

Dofus, Livre 1 : Julith

The Movie (there are... a lot of posts in this tag.

The Novel Adaptation of The Movie (coming not soon)

Post-Movie Break:

An Afterword: talking about Welsh and Shedar

Exploring dofus-le-film.com (and other events surrounding the movie)

Dofus: The Production (speculation & artbook discussion)

Reviewing merch (Without buying the merch in question)

Pre-Wakfu Break:

Remington (But only the bits with Joris)

Other games (a lot less lore)

Dofus choose-your-own-adventure novels/gamebooks

Dofus and Wakfu MMO (A LOT MORE LORE)

Wakfu (the bits that have Jojo Jurgen's Bizarre Adventure):

Wakfu (Season 1)

Wakfu (Season 2)

Wakfu (Manga)

Wakfu (OVA + a few Season 3 posts)

Wakfu (Season 4)

Wakfu - The Great Wave (Manga)

The Post-Wakfu media:

Waven MMO

[blackjackkent]

19, 21, and 25 for your choice for the dnd questions~

(DND Ask Meme but it's random questions I've asked other players apropos of nothing within the last 6 months)

Hmmmm. I'll talk about Lucas since I never do and he's on my mind atm with the Janthir Wilds expansion drop. XD

19. What is your PC’s Pokemon Gym Leader type and Signature Pokemon?

This is funny with Lucas because he is a Soulbeast Ranger and has 12341513241235 animal friends.

The primary companion I run with him, though, is an electric wyvern named Sparky, so I'll go ahead and say he's an electric gym leader. He does tend to like fluffy animals so his signature pokemon would probably be Jolteon or Boltund. :D

21. What tarot would your PC be?

Hm, this one entailed a bit of research. I am by no means an expert on this so maybe there's a better answer out there, but one that stuck out to me in the source I looked at was the Queen of Cups:

Upright: compassion, warmth, kindness, intuition, healer, counsellor, supportive Reversed: insecurity, giving too much, overly-sensitive, needy, fragile, dependence, martyrdom

It's not for nothing that Lucas's in-game title is "Loyal." He values his friends and being there for them very highly, and is exceedingly gentle and compassionate and a good listener. However, he does have a tendency towards a bit of a martyrdom complex, especially in the recent expansions where he's been ripped away from the people he most cares about. He has stuck around to help the Astral Ward even though he would rather be anywhere else, purely because he doesn't know who he is if he's not helping people.

(I'm realizing that all of my active OCs lately are very introspective, serious, intense types. I swear I have other types of OCs. XD My next liveblog def needs to be someone a bit cheerier.)

25. What are your PC’s charm point(s)! 

I had not heard this term before so I looked it up. TV Tropes defines it as: "a term used in Japanese to discuss the physical feature or personality trait that makes a person or character attractive or at least interesting to others."

Lucas's aforementioned loyalty/kindness is definitely a big charm point. He's also a dope for his animal friends and can make friends with any animal no matter how ferocious or violent it is with others. (His skyscale, Princess, is very ornery and known to bite but super docile with Lucas.)

Physically - one thing that has always amused me about Lucas is that, in-game, for no obvious reason, he has a grey streak in his hair:

This is not something that came from the character creator and I've never noticed it on another character, so I have no idea why it happens, but I love it as a physical feature for him and I fully believe that it makes him look distinguished and appealing to other characters.

[spacemancharisma]

big day for annoying people

ok I’m putting my hlvrai2 liveblog all in one post lol

WE ARE SO FUCKING BAAAAAACCCCCKKKKKK

That Noise stopped and every muscle in my body clenched I got so excited

my edible kicked in riiiight on time hell yeah

HUH??????? HUH???????????

NVM THIS WAS THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME FOR MY EDIBLE TO KICK IN

THEPNGS???????

“jesse I think i’ve got secondhand meth”

“this issssss….. my power”

the wooden cutouts are FREAKING ME OUT

so I think the same is true here as was true for the last couple eps of hlvrai- there isn’t the same charm to it when it isn’t 100% improv. like rtvs is still very funny and obvs they don’t have a script or anything, but I think a huge part of the appeal of hlvrai from the early episodes is the like,, random XD factor, and it doesn’t have the same inexplicable magnetism when you don’t have that nonsense going on.

jesse mario noises and I have remembered that I’m high

*cut to flaming corpse* “they’re cremating the bodies, we need to leave”

THE FREESTYLE?????????????

for some reason the doppler effect on scorpy’s audio as he ran past wayne going “whAT The f u c k” really got me

“your cancer is in remission!” “YES! 🔫” “🧍🏻‍♂️”

“a glass of whiskey, etch-a-sketch, and diesel jeans.”

the fucking songs are more than I can deal with

THE FUCKING SWEET VOICE

mike tea sequence made me feel like I was about to die

I bounced at intermission cause I wasn’t that invested, will watch the rest later

[ladyloveandjustice]

"We want a second season! WE. WANT. A. SECOND. SEASON!"

I hope it gets one! It was sweet little show. As hard as it was to keep track of the Many Names for random martial arts things, I found both Ling and Yuxiu charming, and it's very nice to see a wuxia style show starring two dynamic girls who are clearly in love. It clearly wasn't working with all the resources in the world (and especially seemed to struggle a bit at the beginning) but it still managed to pull off some really cool and nicely animated fight scenes, which is great! Give it up for the soulmate girls. I hope everyone enjoyed this liveblog!

[gamesception]

Done with Utena for now, but I had fun trying to post something near daily and would like to try to keep that up. Given my track record I'll likely not get very far, but I didn't think I'd finish the rgu read, so who knows. I've got a few ideas, but I also have to take like a week to get out from under the minis-painting commission, so in the mean time why not a poll to see which idea I should go with? explanations under the cut:

Cass Cain project: Cassandra Cain was my favorite comic book superhero, and DC bungling her character back in the day was what got me out of comics altogether. She has since been revived as a new character after a reboot or two, but while I tried I was never quite able to get back into the later version of her, and around the time of the Birds of Prey movie I started a project looking back at her comic appearances more or less in order to try and put into words what I liked about the character back in the day and why later reinterpretations of the character didn't quite hit that same note, for me at least. I put it on intermission at some point and promised to come back with a look at the 'Shadow of the Batgirl' graphic novel, but that book was too long for the too little I had to say about it, so I never did finish that post and the project stalled out. I have thought on and off about dusting the project off and starting it up again. Now might be a good time to do so.

Dark Souls: I've played Dark Souls before. I had a lot of fun with it, and for a while watched a lot of lore & cut content videos. One of the bits of cut content that really stood out to me was Oscar, Knight of Astora. In game he's the nameless knight that drops the key to you at the start of the Undead Asylum, and later gives you the estus flask before dying, but until relatively late in development he was supposed to survive the asylum and appear repeatedly in the main game, following a sort of parallel path to yours. Ever since hearing about this cut npc quest line, I've kind of wanted to recreate it by naming a new character after Oscar, collecting all his gear early, and then using co-op and pvp features to play out Oscar's narrative in the games of random players online, helping early on before becoming a rival and invader later.

Morrowind: I never did beat Morrowind - just played it until I had completely broken the game by accident (through bartering if you'd believe it) and sort of lost interest after that. The game's a classic that deserves a better run than that.

Fallout: New Vegas: Another project I started but failed to finish, multiple times over. But maybe third time's the charm for Bethany? I had a lot of fun with New Vegas but the liveblog got bogged down because I ended up playing too far ahead. If I just post thoughts or updates to where I am currently instead of trying to create a continuous narrative of the entire run that shouldn't happen.

Hollow Knight: I've done all the Hollow Knight Achievements on both Switch and Playstation, but on PC my record's sitting at a shameful 83%. Gotta fix that, plus I kind of want to replay it again before the release of the sequel, which I'm still thinking will be later this year.

Cyberpunk/Nier/Sekiro/Disco: Nothing much to say about these, just some games I heard were good and bought on steam that I haven't gotten around to playing yet. At least, not more than just the intro/tutorials.

[foxstens]

why does zote keep showing up in p3 -_-

[spacedkey]

ok i’m loving this man’s unethical (?) and Wrong medicine

[paigemathews]

Speaking of my spin-off idea from yesterday, I’m watching Secrets and Guys. And like. they really did say that Prue’s powerful, didn’t they?

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

American Song Contest live reaction from a local swede

HELP

Oh my god it’s so… american

Laughed from the first note of Minnesota’s. Sounds like a song from Disney Channel

The crowd is so overexcited?? Like are they ok?? The hosts say 1 word and they are all like ”WOOOHHHH!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😂😍🥳🤩”

The charm with the crowd in esc is that you can only really hear it in the background a little more quietly, cause the microphone is not directed at them. Here it’s like ”LOOK THE CAMERA’S THERE LET’S SCREAM AT EVERYTHING”

Liked Oklahoma’s song!

Arkansas’ song is not my cup of tea, but what I thought about was her intro. She was like ”haha a normal stereotype is that we don’t have shoes or cars 🤪” like ?? Listen a lot of small cities in my country, we can joke that they live like medieval people, but we know that’s not the case. But in this case they act like people genuinely believe this? Like taking it too seriously like ”we’re not that far behind guys 😃 Come on 😀” I mean, I am sure people don’t legit take it seriously, but they act like they do

The crowd doesn’t even laugh at the host’s jokes? Like every time a host cracks a corny joke in ESC, you can hear a distant laughter. But here, when the hosts joke they cheer?? Imagine telling a joke and people go ”WOO!! 🤩👏🏼”

Indiana’s song was fine

Why are the hosts basically acting like every song is a #1 hit. Like ”I loved it what did you think?”, ”I loved it yeah it’s a jam”.

I was like ”Is Puerto Rico part of USA-” but apparently it is. Learned something new

Yeah this is pog it sounds like something they would sing on Soy Luna (I was gonna say Violetta too, but Violetta never had this kind of music, this is specifically something they would sing on SL)

Michael Bolton… ah, a name I have heard a lot but I have never actually known exactly what he’s done KEKDIDOIDOWI

Ok song from him but I love how awkward he looks. Like ”💨🧍🏼💨”

Iowa’s performance slaps

Cheese propaganda

Yeah Wisconsin’s performance is nice - not a song I would listen to (I don’t think I would listen to any song) but watching the performance? It’s nice

Not sure if he did a 🤌🏻 or a 🫰🏻 or a 🖕🏼

Missisippi’s song is ok but THE RANDOM DUDES WITH THE TAMBOURINES NEXT TO HER HAHAHAHA

AND THE GUITAR SOLO HAHA I like this

Love how every song is Snoop’s favorite song

HAHAHA COWBOY RAPPER WYOMING

Oh my god Wyoming is like how Swedes describes their hometowns. To outsiders, our towns are interesting, but when you live in the town you’re like ”eh. I mean sure, it’s fine”. For example, my hometown has an old church with two clock towers and one of the oldest schools in the country (it was first founded in 1246! But obviously has been rebuilt and relocated around town several times) and that’s kind of cool and impressive, and we have a culture here, but when you’re actually living here you’re like ”Yeah I mean it’s ok”

HELL YEAH COWBOY RAP

Them showing the hosts during the song is… a choice

Rhode Island wasn’t my cup of tea but it was fine

Please say they have a middle act. Middle acts are one of the most fun things

Ok they aren’t

Nerkidfidikd Rhode Island won??? Ok?

It just ended

????

Ok

They didn’t have time to say the winner before the credits just spedrun

Wh-

Also why are there judges instead of the viewers voting? Everyone who has watched ESC knows that the jury votes very often just fucks up the numbers. It’s the audience votes who gets the REAL fan faves to win

Aight should I liveblog next one too?

[junkobears]

So I’m finally getting around to play Your Turn to Die/Kimi ga Shine years after everyone else played it already and recommended it, as usual for me! Just finished Chapter One Part One so here’s my thoughts on the game so far, for the three or so ol’ death game / DanRon fans still hanging around on here and following me who might be interested, haha. I’ll try to put up a liveblog post for the end of every part I finish playing through, I’m going into this, say, 99.9% blind for reference:

Surprise, surprise, so far I’m enjoying the game! The premise is intriguing so far and the low-res fan-inspired Danganronpa art style obviously is appealing to me, haha. I’m eagerly awaiting a moment where we will become the swing vote between one character being horribly executed or another one being horribly executed. Aside from that, I’m not sure I have any general theories on the nature of the death game itself at the moment...

Non-character related points that stuck out to me:

-The list of names in the bar that had all these other unknown names alongside the group we have met so far... hoping we will start meeting these people in the next chapters? We desperately need more female characters in this game for one!

-Three arms were visible in the scene when Sara investigates her room and gets kidnapped, so I think her stalker is actually multiple characters, theories on who exactly below. Comedy option is that her passed out featureless mother is actually involved in the stalking/kidnapping/murderin’ group behind the death game. She didn’t look THAT injured to me.

-I wonder if alternate routes depending on characters alive, considering the dummy bullets game, I wonder if it’s actually possible to kill anyone there and the game actually continues on? Or do you just get a game over ya fucked it moron the pattern to the bullets is bleeding obvious how the hell was that possible joke ending. But also I wonder if there are actual divergences based on who you agree with or refute often in the discussion segments. Might be a lot of extra work for a free fangame, though. On that note Joe was so cool with Sara handling the gun I almost was tempted to shoot him point blank as a warning to not be so trusting of me, haha. Sadly he was just too cutely simple to actually pull the trigger on in the end.

-The cupboard in the bar could’ve done with being more visually distinctive because that tripped me up for no joke nearly an hour before I realized it was a thing that could be interacted with. Failing this early at the basics of a point-and-click adventure game, truly shameful.

And because it’s me and I love a ranking, here’s my first character opinions from top to bottom with extended thoughts on each of them!

SARA: It's fun to have a female protagonist who gets to be both the 'everyday normal person thrown into death game' & 'group leader everyone trusts' archetypes at the same time! Let's hope she doesn't get Kaede'd... eternally live in fear of this happening! The title of this game however does not imply good things eventually for Sara. I enjoy that even with random men bizarrely trusting her Sara is still like WTF about it at the same time, so she has a lil' personality despite being the POV. But gurl her fringe with braid AND side ponytail hairstyle is not it. Hoping for symbolic haircut when she also actually gets more scenarios to start reacting too now that the actual death part of the death game has started.

KEIJI: He's wildly, unbelievably suspicious with being a policeman but refusing to use the gun in the dummy challenge (then again Japanese police are like UK police where they don't actively use guns right?), and in general just being shifty about how the group was kidnapped (yeah it HAS to be that Weird Cult I Won’t Go Into Any Specifics About Trust Me Guys!) but I’m still actually charmed by his tired & easygoing demeanour? Just like yup let’s just get on with this death game nonsense, haha. But also I definitely feel like there’s going to be more to him immediately trusting Sara and putting her in the group leader spot than “you’re cute” as well. More likely for bad reasons I feel at this point!

JOE: The spunky and goofy best bro type... who I actually really like!? At first I rolled my eyes when he popped up from behind that hedge supposedly creeping but as the chapter went on I changed my tune, Joe’s a Good Boi. I have my fears that they’ll try to set up him and Sara’s friendship as romantic later on but I also don’t get that vibe really, I like how banter-y but genuinely loyal their dynamic is at the moment. Actually feels like a proper high school friendship. Apart from that I’m not sure entirely where his character is going so I’m interested to see what he gets up too next.

REKO: She’s this high up because I absolutely adore the punk rock bitch aesthetic she is rocking 🎸 but so far she hasn’t really gotten to do much at all aside from worry about Kanna, which is pretty lame so hopefully future chapters will give her something. I have high hopes you can remain a favourite Reko!

SOU: He’s the 0.1% of this game I’m kiiiiinda spoiled on, but only in a “I know this character was popular with people who were massive Komaeda/Ouma fans back in 2017/2018″ way, lmfao. Which implies to me he’ll turn out to be a lil’ shit of some sort. The vibes couldn’t be any stronger after that opening scene with him SDR2 style as well... dunno perhaps he’s Sara’s actual stalker? He does seem strangely drawn to her so far... also the fact he conveniently got locked out of the gun game? I’m enjoying him though because I can relate to the pain of people constantly telling you to just get a job when you just wanna sleep. And honestly his design is pretty, even sometimes I can be into the problematic anime boys... don’t tell anyone 😷

SUE MILEY: Death Game Mascot Host character we always appreciate one of those, love her Madoka-esque design, and her open glee and bloodthirst for democracy. Kind of interesting she didn’t immediately punish Kai for outright attacking her and just ran away however. The fact when collecting her limbs to assemble her every character kept commenting on how ‘lifelike’ she seems also stood out to me, maybe she’s not actually a literal doll/puppet and is human? Then again they did literally build her and she talks about a master so... hmm. Curious to see where the game goes with her. Would like her to actually be the main villain in the long run despite her master.

NAO: Gives me extremely Tsumiki vibes but without the fanservice so that can only be good things to come. Love how frantically panicking she is in general and her messy artist design (though initially I was thinking florist) is SUPER cute. Also enjoy how immediately she was like “I hate Keiji but Sara you’re pretty cool please love me!” which is fun shipbait I can get behind perhaps. Otherwise she didn’t do much this chapter either, but with her mentor figure now headmelted I’m hoping for more of a focus in Part Two from Nao.

KAI: Stay at home dads are pretty progressive I suppose. I don’t really believe he’s Sara’s stalker at all like this chapter is implying but I don’t really have a particular reason why I feel this way. I guess it just feels too obvious/soon for this reveal, it’s really more a meta thought. I enjoy his dedication to his cooking utensils and refusing to let anyone wield the frying pan, the man is a Peach main in Smash Bros clearly so I can respect that.

MISHIMA: rest in pieces old man, he wasn’t particularly interesting to me but I did appreciate his scene when they’re all trying to comfort Kanna over her sister’s death and he lies pretty easily to convince her she couldn’t have done anything to save her sister, added a bit more character to his older prof shtick. But his default creep hands pose whilst being the crime of old didn’t do him any favours at all so the three votes for his death ain’t surprising. I wonder if we’ll ever get a breakdown of who voted for him later on? It’d make no sense but if nao was one of them that’d be really intriguing actually.

GIN: I apologize, small otaku child who would probably hate me for being another annoying adult who likes alcohol! No one on this cast tell him about the irony of his name. His costume design and cat plushie is super cute anyways. That’s pretty much the extent of my thoughts so far!

Q-TARO: Honestly this guy just exists and not much else... I laughed at him being the only character not immediately cool with the idea of handing a random teenager a gun and trusting her to not fuck it up and kill him at least? otherwise fast food burger man is certainly a Design Choice???

KANNA: ehhhhhhhhhh the innocent child character who the protagonist wants to protect has never been my favourite archetype on it’s own. Apart from her dunce bucket hat that reminds me of Greg from OTGW, nothing about her is really standing out to me so far. So presumably she’ll be one of the main characters to the end of the game, haha. Not sure if the shot of her wetting herself was entirely necessary also. Hoping there’s a bit more to Sue Miley’s angry retort that she was a willing sister killer, otherwise Kanna will be languishing at the bottom of the ranking for a while.

[senalishia]

More NoME liveblog!

Part Two Introduction: Yeah if you HAVEN'T read Tolkien and gone "WOW Catholic much" at least once, I don't know what to tell you

Part Two Ch I: Tolkien out here encoding beauty=goodness into the language buuuuuut we knew this about his philosophy

"Avon" smh, it always comes back to the British mythos

Ch II: Elvish languages don't have m/f gender!

They don't use physical body parts to refer to the seat of thoughts, feelings--interesting

Ch III: Side note, it's so charming that Tolkien wrote all this stuff on like the backs of other things.

Ooh, apparently Celebrimbor is a Teler at this point

We don't talk about Amanyar Celeborn

Details on Elvish gestural communication! I love. You gotta be able to tell when an Elf is saying "hi!" and when it's more "fuck around and find out"

Definitely a fan of ambidextrous Elves

JRRT, I am NOT forgiving you for "lepinke", jsyk

Ch IV: The Hair chapter. Bring it on.

Silver haired Gil Galad, Elwe, and Olwe, but dark haired Miriel here. WTF is 'Finwain'? The poor guy does not need more names!

Ch V: BEARDS. Dunedain don't have them. RIP Arwen and her love for the rugged woodsman look ig.

Let random Gondorians have ridiculously fancy Quenya names!

[cadaceus]

C3E19

Ladies and gentlefolk, we have finally arrived at the day that we have all been waiting for: MOON LORE. I am excited to further discover more things about this world Matt has created and there were some other great moments in this episode too! Full liveblogs with spoilers for Campaign 3, Episode 19 are below!

- “What are we doing here again?” ME TOO FCG

- Is it confirmed that Orym’s husband died in the attack on Zephrah that was similar to the attack on the twins? Because if so his investment in this case is even more tragic... :(

- Other realms beyond this one.... such as the Fae realm plus others..? I am intrigued

- ASTRONOMICAL.... SUCH AS THE MOON

- MOON LORE

- RUIDUS BORN??? OMEN ARCHIVE??? THIS IS MORE THAN I WAS EXPECTING

- I hope whoever made that one hour long Ruidus Conspiracy Video during quarantine is feeling very validated right now

- IS THIS WATER LIME JUICE LMAO.

- Everyone’s “Frog hands” are so funny sfgshjk but also Ruh Roh Fearne

- I appreciate the “Dead Pool” pun on Sam’s gas can but I do not appreciate this betting pool on the horses deaths fghjksl LEAVE THEM ALONE!! (... $5 on Sir Floppers)

- Imogen saying “Seriously Laudna, let’s move here after everything” was like an arrow to the heart dear goodness...the implications that they will stay together for as long as they are able....the omniscient knowledge of the audience that their journey is far from over.....oh Imodna my beloveds....

- the ify shoutout :D

- “How do you assist?” / Orym: “By smiling! I’m smiling :)” MOOD but also I admit I am charmed

- Can I move to this town with Laudna and Imogen it sounds so sweet and lovely, like something straight out of a small town farming/dating sim

- Did Sam change his shirt after break?

- The Lumas twins being killed right after saying something about finding important information..... the plot thickens.....

- “No one really talks to me” oh Mood random NPC

- Estani reminds me of that “the Old Astronomer” poem

- Oh I wonder who those figures in Imogen’s dream were, if not her mother! Ruidusborn maybe...? Maybe some sort of divine figure...? The groups going after the Ruidusborn...?

- “I would murder everything around us if anything happened to you.” HELLO???? LAUDNA??? Oh my god, with just this one episode Laudna/Imogen is becoming my favorite ship of the campaign

- the markings GREW? ruh roh

- “Well last time they were about this long--not that I’m staring at you intently--and now..” HELP Fearne is so funny, that part made me laugh

- Okay so the goal for both teams is to find a lapis earring calling the Wind Folly before sunrise!

- Also I’m loving this presenter’s energy LMAO give us everything Caeser Flickerman

- NEXT TIME IS HEIST TIME LET’S GO !!!!

- This episode was such good set-up for the heist to come, not to mention all of the MOON LORE that we were given!! If you want to see my liveblogs for past and future episodes of this campaign my tag for them all is right here ^-^

[neuxue]

Hi! I found your fantastic WoT liveblog recently and spent the last two weeks going through all of it. You engage the material with such care, intelligence, and insight, and your writing style is charming and full of wit. It was an absolute joy reading it. Thank you!

I know the time it took to write this was probably orders of magnitude less than the two weeks to read the liveblog but the fact that you took time out of your day at all to send such a lovely message is extremely lovely, anon; thank you! May you encounter many random acts of kindness directed your way.