#survivor rewatch

[sell-the-sizelle]

Watching The White Lotus is making me want to rewatch Survivor 37 David vs Goliath

[mythtakens]

1.05 → 4.14

[fleabagdiaz]

everything about the shooting literally only makes sense in the context that they were planning on canon buddie. the fact that it was the 133 on the call rather than the 118 so the focus could be entirely on buck and eddie. the way it was shot in the most intimate way possible. “are you hurt?”/“we’re so close eds, I just need you to hang on”/hand just-barely-not cupping the side of his face. the ringing sound when buck walks out of the hospital and sees taylor. buck (not eddie’s girlfriend, or his grandmother or aunt) telling christopher what happened, breaking down in front of him, sleeping on their couch. buck being given the choice to run after taylor (who had just kissed him) or run to eddie, and him picking eddie without a moment’s hesitation. buck taking eddie home from the hospital even though ana’s the one who’s been staying with him. taylor saying “you’re not invincible”, completely misunderstanding where buck is coming from, while eddie says “you act like you’re expendable, but you’re wrong” and PROVES IT. with the will thing. like truly and completely there was never any coming back from that.

[brechtian]

everything is gay sex except gay sex which is drifting in 2013 sci-fi/action film Pacific Rim

[doriandreamz]

Nah I'm totally not a complete wreck after TADC ep. 3 *I put on sunglassee, give finger guns with a smile but there is snot and tears running down my face as I back up in a cool pose, barely holding back sobs*

[spn-rewatch-ventzone]

I love how they couldn’t trust Jensen’s acting enough, so they added the cheesiest fucking lion roaring sounds when he is huffing and yelling during Dean’s demon curing. I love this show.

[wolframpant]

"But at least he is still here. Yes, still here. And they've all gone, every one of them."

[avirael]

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

Returning to the Rising Stones gave A‘viloh a strange feeling. In a way everything had returned to normal. The sultana was not truly dead and would recover fully. The Scions were acquitted of all accusations and A‘viloh and Rael were allowed to travel Ul’dah and the rest of Eorzea again without fearing capture.

But to be honest nothing felt like it had returned to normal. Not here and not at all. The Rising Stones felt foreign and empty. The place had clearly been ransacked and only a handful of people had returned. There were a few familiar faces still but everyone who had made this place a safe haven for A‘viloh was gone.

Sure, Riol and the others promised to search for the Scions, and beside the Shinobi now the Immortal Flames too had begun looking for them. But so far Yugiri hadn’t found any clues and A‘viloh worried that there weren’t any to find at all. Or worse, that what they’d find would only prove all of his worst fears true.

“If they are alive, Yugiri and the others will find them…”, Rael said and placed a hand on A’viloh’s shoulder as he stared at the empty chairs and tables around the room. But the dark expression didn’t want to leave his face. “And what if they aren’t?”

For a moment Rael stayed silent and made a face as if they wanted to tell him that everything would be fine. But Rael couldn’t know that for sure and they weren’t one to tell lies.

“…then we find out anyway. At least we will know what happened then and get some closure.”

Closure? Rael should know that A‘viloh was not good at this. He had never been, had never known how to let go and move on. His mind had never let him and if it wasn’t actively reminding him of his losses and failures, they still would frequently return to haunt him in his sleep. His demons knew no closure.

Rael scowled as the Miqo’te grimaced. “You do know, that they are MY friends too, right A‘vi? I‘m worried about them too but while they are gone - and I want to believe they will all return safely - but while they are gone we must continue doing what they want us to. We cannot do much to help the search but we can maybe prevent Ishgard‘s destruction.”

Absentmindedly A‘viloh nodded. “You‘re right. I am sorry…”

But he could not tear his eyes away from the place were their friends had so often sat down to eat or talk or just spent time together. He could still invision it so clearly. Even without the echo the memory was still so vivid in his mind, it was as if he could imagine their ghosts sitting right here this very moment.

For a short second he was presumptuous enough to wonder if this was how Hraesvelgr and Nidhogg felt…

[akuma-tenshi]

seven crimes and punishment edit. sequel to the capriccio farce edit. created for the exact same reason as that edit (listened to an english synthv cover that had me literally fucking shaking). the problem is that due to the song's structure i would have to do the entire thing. someone either talk me out of this or enable my insanity

[capinejghafa]

So sorry you signed up for gifs and I keep talking about books... I'm not sorry about the read jsyk, but I have not been feeling like a gifmaker lately...

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Babylon 5 Rewatch S1E11: Survivors

'this is a low gravity area, please hold hands at all times'

I'm looking forward to my Thursday evening Babylon 5 episode by now, it's great

yeeeah Garibaldi, that sweet kid is gonna kick your butt

Garibaldi and Sir Samuel Vimes out there, longing for one drink and knowing they cannot have it

saved by the Narn!

well I guess a fight will do if a drink cannot be had

backstory time! ...but seriously the parallels between Garibaldi and Vimes are huge

ok but I think she should face consequences for basically killing that man

Lou Welsh, MVP of Garibaldi's team

girl, don't be daft about this

Ivanova always is so stoked when she gets to escort someone from the bridge

'Request denied. Have a nice day." I love Ivanova so much.

Garibaldi and Londo's friendship, such as it is, is so much fun

BUG!! they are getting their money's worth out of that puppet

yeah this is what you get for messing around trying to look cool

Happy Daze is a great name for a dive bar ngl

don't do it Garibaldi

OH YEAH you should check the bays?? Maybe make sure your own damn bomb is all ready to go off?

(I actually have forgotten who is behind this, but I don't like crewcut dude)

I love the design of Space Force One, of Earth ships in general

Lou Welsh, MVP indeed

I KNEW IT 

I do like that talk Garibaldi and Liana have - I kinda wish they had brought her back at some point

aw that hug

[thethirdromana]

Survivors!

Ooh, political intrigue!! Which we get informed about from a news broadcast that actually sounds like a real news broadcast and not an exposition dump!

And we have Garibaldi doing the "cops just beat up suspects when they get angry sometimes" thing. It makes sense in context - now we know Garibaldi is in a Bad Place - but I hate this trope.

Though it's dwarfed by the way that Kemmer literally just killed a guy and isn't under arrest?! Her defence that he was already dying is not relevant; murder doesn't magically become legal if the victim has a terminal diagnosis.

In a functioning legal system she would be locked up and this episode would be a lot shorter.

I enjoyed the ambassadors conspiring to help Garibaldi. I was kind of hoping he would do the full tour of all of them.

There is something slightly lazy about the President's ship being called Earth Force One.

Ooh, it's a countdown, are we in a Terry Nation episode?

Loved Garibaldi's end of episode chat with Sinclair. Not so sure about his end of episode chat with Kemmer, who should, as stated above, be awaiting trial for murder.

All in all a very fast-paced episode. Less political intrigue than I'd hoped for, but fun all the same.

[okmcintyre]

1x01 | 6x10

[mybrainproblems]

thinking about how 5x04 birthmarks actually sets up house's childhood as being more fucked up than i think the writers intended.

like okay. to run down: john house is abusive towards his son. house deduces that his dad isn't his biological father when he's 12 and confronts him about it. as a result, his dad proceeds to not speak to him for months besides leaving notes at his bedroom door. house's belief that his dad isn't his biological father is eventually vindicated after john's death and he realizes that his mother didn't like his father much either.

which. jesus christ. can we just take a step back and let that sink in? his mother had an affair and house is the result of that. and his mom just..... lets her husband abuse her son? it doesn't sound like she really stepped in at any point to stop it and the only time we see his parents together she makes excuses for her husband's behavior. and like. house is born in 1959 so yes, it's not like his mother could easily leave her husband and i'm not saying that blythe house is evil bc it is a difficult situation given the time period, but the way the narrative frames her (lack of) action in such a passive way vs acknowledging that she's complicit is... really fucked up tbh! and i'm not saying that a victim of child abuse can't love their parents bc it's really complicated! but it's just such a weird thing to toss out there like a dead fish to fester in the sun and do absolutely nothing else with it.

i really don't know that the writers fully thought through the implications of the back story they set up even tho it ends up explaining why house puts up with a lot of really messed up shit from the people around him.

[therighthandofvengeance]

Vir: you can’t keep making promises that you know you can’t keep!

Londo: I’m a diplomat, what other kind are there?

[pleather-breakfast]

How would y'all feel if I said I'd rather get another Blood vs Water over New era vs Classic era??