#season two is amazing

[heyclickadee]

“Well, my interest is certainly piqued.” In the ancient puzzle game of horrors or in Phee, Tech? Both? It’s both, isn’t it.

[bestwitchsam]

Caitlyn x Darwin

[ato-dato]

The amazing Mr. Fell & mediocre assistant

[jae-birde]

The Legend of Vox Machina, Season 3, Episode 2

God I love them

[cosimakirasnotalizard]

Okay no really, the more I watch That CaitVi scene, the more I can't stop thinking about Cait's "do you really think I needed *all* the guards at the hexgates" line. At first, I was just too distracted by how hot that whole thing was lmao but then it just hit me how that single line, that one decision, was her saying "I know you, I trust you, and I will help you follow your heart." And it just makes that whole thing so meaningful and beautiful and I will die on this hill.

[pigeon--lord]

Arcane season 1: They are all going through some shit

Arcane season 2: They are still going through more shit and it's the divorce era

[corporalicent]

kate sharma (bridgerton) | 2.04 "victory"

[ohohthemisery]

can i just say how much i love that isha is nonverbal

nobody comments on it, nobody makes fun of her. thats just how she is, shes just a person who happens to be nonverbal. i love it so much

[inklore]

i feel like some people forget pen has been pining after colin for three seasons. twenty episodes of home girl being love sick over this man, colin just needed to catch up. to realize him looking for pen in every ballroom, only feeling comfortably seen by his best friend, is something more. that’s why there is no slow burn. those twenty episodes have been the slow burn!

[pathologicalrunaway]

i saw that one tumblr post about how aviary cheapens the point of sky as a story (the civilisation is lost and all we know are only shadows of what was before; but aviary brings everyone back and we coexist now, instead of being two generations that were never supposed to meet) reposted on reddit a while ago and i have a couple of thoughts on this matter.

because one hand, i do agree that there was a bittersweetness in walking through a dead world that was lost. that aviary feels alive and the world is supposed to be dead. but i think a crucial aspect of this whole discourse (lore-wise) could lie in the first character aviary can be associated with. and this character — and their little village — do not really contradict the point of the game, but contribute to it

hopeful steward. they are, first things first, a child. like we are, as players. and children are often associated with hope for a better future, and this game is no exception. it's up to the children to bring light back, it's us and our connections that make sky a happy place. it's us that bring hope in the fact thay maybe, maybe not everything is over yet. that there's still something to admire, something to love, something to believe in.

steward is the one waiting in front of the village doors, they are the one showing us how to bring back the village, so it would make sense to assume that the village is their idea and, to an extent, their responsibility.

they are in charge of this silly little community like elders once were, but the elders fell. they made bad decisions that led to the world's destruction. this is mostly speculation, at least now, and we should wait for two embers to give us the whole picture, but it looks like the reason why aviary exists is because the world was on the verge of collapse and hopeful steward (and a couple more people) wanted — if not to prevent this — at least to try to save someone.

a second chance for the dying world.

they were hoping for a better future despite the inevitable doom. they had hope in the fact that, even in those dark times, the world would bounce back.

and their name says a lot about them. they wake up to see their home destroyed, their friends gone, the bells broken. the only thing alive is the child with a candle in front of them. but they don't succumb to despair, they keep faith, showing the newcomer around, explaining what happened.

they have no reason to believe that the kid that has just fallen fron the sky can restore light. they have no proof they are even able to do such things, that they are strong enough. they just hope.

and their hope pays back, eventually, after oh-so many losses. the world — and, most importantly, its people, — are saved. maybe not in the way any of them wanted but hey, life's tricky like that.

hopeful steward and their village refraim the point of the story, not destroy it. we spent years wandering in an empty kingdom haunted by the ghosts of what once were its people, not knowing what happened, or who they used to be, or if there was a way they could be happy again. and now we know that dark times don't last forever. trees grow back when people leave cities, animals return to where progress preciously exiled them from, and humanity bounces back. life is a cycle, and nothing just stays gone forever. good times come, eventually. with hope and friendship and love.

but it doesn't mean things are exactly the way they used to be, no. the realms are still destroyed. people look very different now. aviary village grows, but it's slow and painful and we are constantly reminded of how nothing is the same anymore (nesting guide looking wistfully at the picture, compassionate cellist and duets guide's dream coming true far too late). many go to the stars because this is an option now, and there is no guarantee the village's inhabitants will stay there forever, just like there was no guarantee back then that they would live there happily ever after.

and eden stayed the same. at the end of the day, all the loss and pain and mistakes of people there were before us is still here. it's just now we're stopping mourning the past and focus on the present instead

[thefrogdalorian]

I was watching Chapter 15: The Believer yesterday and something stood out to me that I guess I'd never really thought about before...

When the Juggernaut is getting attacked by the Pirates, we see several shots of Din struggling without his armour. It's a new way of fighting for him and he struggles to adapt at first.

He quickly rallies and skilfully fights them off, though. But more pirates soon appear and after fighting them off, Din is thrown backwards. He sees several pirates approaching.

Din lies down in defeat, powerless to fight them off without his armour or weapons. Knowing his death is likely imminent, without hope of survival.

Instead of giving up and accepting defeat, he does not allow himself to wallow in despair and mystery. After sighing deeply he steadies himself and gets right back up:

Facing down death as the pirates approach, he does not show weakness or fear.

He doesn't allow himself to be cowardly, or dwell on his likely impending doom and the fact he has failed in his quest to rescue the child he loves so much...

Instead, Din stands there with his fists up, outnumbered and without weapons, prepared to fight to the end even in the face of certain death...

Fortunately, of course, the TIE Fighters appear to save the day and Din succeeds in his quest to rescue Grogu and, well, you know the rest.

But I think this little moment in one of the best episodes is such a good insight into his character.

Standing up with his fists clenched like that, outnumbered and hopeless but refusing to accept defeat is perhaps one of the most Mandalorian things he's ever done. Yet only a few minutes later he removes his helmet and that act leaves him rendered an apostate in the eyes of his people. Told he is a Mandalorian no more, even.

It's kind of heartbreaking because he really did not deserve to be told that. Mandalorians are proud warriors, who never give up. Being a coward is the worst insult in Mando'a, their ancient language. Here, Din showed that he is nothing of the sort.

Din Djarin is as honourable a Mandalorian as they come.

[sentientsky]

Anne Carson // unknown (pls lmk) // also unknown (I’m so sorry)

thinking ab the Starmaker again,,, (this is your fault, @actual-changeling)

[girlrandomstuff]

i lied, i don't want bail organa in andor season 2 because he's a great character and could be an amazing resource to the plot and story develpment, i want him and breha there because i want to see them dress in beautiful and fancy clothes

[blooms-in-april]

My thoughts on Arcane Season 2:

1. Writing took a major dive. All the fascinating characters from season one were separated and not interacting at all. Victor was off doing his thing, Mel was kidnapped out of the storyline, Jayce, Echo, and Heimerdinger were all sucked into alternate dimensions for multiple episodes, Vi was off doing her own thing, Jinx was hiding away with Isha. I felt like Season 1 set up a complicated fascinating chess game and in Season 2 they took half the players off the board. The interactions between fascinating and complex characters with different goals is what builds conflict. Because there's so little interaction, a lot of the climactic emotions and decisions feel hollow and uninteresting.

2. The war between Piltover and Zaun did not deliver. At all. We wanted angst and complicated questions about nationalism and independence. Instead we got a rat man, Ambessa doing god knows what, and all the civil strife being solved because they decide to fight VICTOR in the last 2 episodes.

3. JAYVIK IS CANON LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO??? Let's fuckin go??

[beaulesbian]

ARCANE S2 TRAILER

[caliburn-the-sword]

anyone noticed that the intro for season 2 is a continuation of the opening of season 1? the first opening ends with judgement day, with everyone jumping and going to heaven or to hell

except that judgement day never came. the apocalypse was averted.

this is the very start of the second opening, and so here they arrive at the ledge on the other side. i also love how crowley climbs up and aziraphale flies down. i just thought this was very clever of the creators of the show