#that was honestly such a good episode of grey's ngl

[leslieseveride]

you know what would make a really good storyline in an episode of the rookie? if lucy, and tim's nephew tyler were in a sticky situation, just the two of them. because you know she'd go through absolute hell and back to protect him.

[phantom-of-the-501st]

Episode 14 Thoughts

Spoilers for TBB Season 2

AAAAHHHHHH OKAY OKAY I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AAAAAAHHHHH

It's grey. Why does everything have to be grey? Grey never means anything good.

HOWZER?!

Well that answers one of my questions. Howzer was, in fact, able to keep his hair in great condition while being held captive. Good to know.

BUT HOWZER'S BACK AAAAHHHH

I was honestly like "oh no, Lt. Fuckface is back 🙄" and then remembered that he was dead and that this was some other pasty imperial to hate...

Incoming attack? From Echo maybe???

IT'S ECHO!!!

HE HAS RETURNED AAAAAHHHHH I MISSED HIM SO MUCH!!!

WITH GREGOR!!!

2 new clones, Fireball and Nemec. Ngl, thought they were both gonna die. 😬 Thankfully not!

Oh great, even Mt Tantiss is all grey and gloomy...

This is just a grey, gloomy episode.

ECHO AND CROSSHAIR IN THE SAME EPISODE??? LET'S GO!!!

Hemlock gives me the heebie jeebies. 😖

LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU DICK

Crosshair convulsing in the back of the shot is horrifying. 😭

Echo without a kama feels very weird...

BUT LOOK AT HIS BOOTS!

FUCK YEAH, CROSSHAIR!!!

I have a sneaking suspicion that this isn't actually going to work out...

You can tell he's out of it. Some of his shots miss.

HE'S SENDING A WARNING MESSAGE TO THE BATCH HELP

If you need me, I'll be sobbing in the corner. 😭

Cross... 😭😭😭

Of course Hemlock is immune to his own poison. That's exactly something to expect from a heebie jeebie man.

AND THE BATCH?! I thought they might just turn up right at the end.

Man, we are doing so well for characters this episode. 🥲

What is that thing Wrecker caught???

Wrecker calling Lyana boss. 😭

Hunter still feeling a little iffy about settling down permanently. Interesting but not surprising. 🤔

TECH GIVING OMEGA FLYING LESSONS 😆

He looks so terrified. 🤣

TECH TURN! TECH TURN!

Omega sounding so excited when she says "It's him". Bestie, same. 😭

Echo offering to race Omega back just confirms that Echo is actually a chaotic little shit and I love him for that. 🥰

Echo, mate, you look kinda naked without the kama. I don't know how to feel about it.😭

THE HUG THE HUG THE HUG AAAAHHH MY HEART 😭🥰

Ooooohh are they gonna find out about Cross from the data stick?

Hunter and Echo still not quite on the same page. 🤔

SORRY BUT WHY DOES ECHO ALWAYS LOOK SO SMALL NEXT TO HUNTER??? DID HUNTER CUT THE BOTTOM OF ECHO'S LEGS OFF LIKE WHAT IS THIS???

"When will it be enough?"

Ugh, that hurt. I love what Echo's doing but I am stressed for his life constantly. I'm really worried that something is going to happen to him and that's why Rex is gonna give up the fight. 😭

I don't necessarily think that something will happen to him this season though...

THEY KNOW THE EMPIRE HAVE CROSSHAIR 😭

They got the distress message. 🥲

Okay, I know that them not completely trusting Crosshair's warning is justified but OUCH it hurts to know that he's trying to help them and they don't know if they can believe him. 😭

JUST LEAVE THE POOR MAN ALONE! STOP IT!!! 😭

THAT'S THE END?! NOOOOOO

Oh no... we only have the finale left...

Aaaahhhhh so much happened this episode!

We got Echo back! (No Rex though ☹️). But also Crosshair, and the Batch AND HOWZER AND GREGOR!!! 🥰 Was hoping we would see Wolffe at some point but he could still turn up in the finale. 🤔

Jennifer wasn't kidding about this being a rollercoaster of emotions. I was just swinging back and forth between happiness and pure stress.

And Crosshair was trying to help his brothers. 😭 He still cares about them and now they want to get him back but they don't know if they can trust him and it's all too many feelings my heart can't take it-

I loved this episode. I think Eps 3, 8 and 12 still top it for me, but I was freaking out a lot. I hope Echo continues to have a significant part in the final 2 episodes and I hope that we see Rex again. Also, where's Cody at rn?

Anyway, I hope we get a Batch reunion next week!!!

I'm gonna go and continue to freak out. Hopefully I can focus on Mando this week after all that. 😵‍💫

[ouatsnark]

Hi. This isn’t an ask or anything, just me ranting since this is the only place for it tbh. I literally can’t find any OUAT blogs that have similar opinions 😢

Anyway on to the rant

I absolutely HATE that they didn’t do more with Henry’s character! Henry is my favourite character in the show for many reasons, the main one being that he is the backbone of the entire show in my eyes. Without him, Emma never would’ve gone to Storybrooke, and there wouldn’t even be a show at that point.

Henry was a child at the beginning of the series (10 or 11, I don’t remember) so it gave them a lot of room to basically do whatever they wanted with him. I personally would’ve loved to see him go dark, but maybe that’s just me. It would’ve been cool to mix it up seeing as many of the villains in OUAT had a redemption arc of some sort, so seeing someone go from good to bad, instead of good to bad to good again, would’ve been interesting. Again, maybe that’s just me lol.

My point is, Henry being so young at the beginning they basically had a blank canvas and could’ve painted anything on it. Instead he turned out to be a lot like David (one of my least favourites in the show) which kind of pissed me off ngl.

And in my opinion, it would’ve made a lot of sense for Henry to turn bad. Let’s face it, he was never exactly treated fairly to say the least, especially as a child. I know a lot of people like to try and sugarcoat this or just plain act like it didn’t happen, but Regina was awful to him. And so was Emma. I want to sit here and list out all the shit they did to him, but that would be way too long and would take forever, so go back and watch the show if you don’t remember. Let’s just say it includes years of gaslighting, manipulation, and being so ignorant to the point where he had to poison himself because no one would listen to him, and that’s not even the half of it.

Henry always came across as someone who would be pretty morally grey to me, even if he was technically on the good side. Remember his little run-in with Cruella in the Underworld? I haven’t watched the show in a while so correct me if anything is incorrect, but didn’t he literally agree to work with her for something? (I can’t remember what LMAO) Even though she’s a villain. Regardless of the reason for working with her, I doubt you’d see Snow/Mary Margaret or David/Charming working with her, or even Regina at that stage in the series.

Even if they didn’t make him evil, they could’ve done literally anything with his character besides making him a near copy of Charming. They could’ve at least given him his own storyline (I know he technically had his own in S7, but I don’t count that because it was shit lmao, it wasn’t even the same actor 😭). Those two episodes where Henry had to go into the Heroes and Villains book to save his family were the best episodes in the series for me and it would’ve been amazing to see more of it.

Anyway so sorry for the long ass rant 😭😭 Really hope you can post this to see other people’s thoughts, but no pressure since I know you’re not as insane about Henry’s character as I am lmao 💀

So what do you guys think? Leave your thoughts in the comments (or reblogs)!

I lost all interest in Henry once they retconned him and ignored Regina's abuse just so they could have her join team hero.

Personally, I have never had a need to see heroes go dark. There seems to be this huge obsession with that as of late and I honestly don't get it. Like people wanted to see Dark Swan go all the way and I am like "no, no it makes her special that she was able to resist. So no." But alas that is my opinion on that. We had enough villains. I didn't need to see Emma's son become one.

[rulerzreachf4n7]

Ngl, is it just me or does shipping non-canon ships like, really unnecessary??

OKAY OKAY, don't come at me, I am not gonna harass you for shipping something other than the canon, just stating my opinion, no harassment twords me:3

I really don't get it honestly, what's the point of shipping a character with an already canon love interest or is already dating? It never like, made sense to me, and it's not just me hating on non canon ships like I'm genuinely confused

There's three types of non canon ships

Ships where characters have actually good interactions, chemistry, and lots of their stuff together just makes sense but can't cause they're already dating/have a crush on someone else

Ships that are either "crackships" and are most likely either hated or loved and just randomly became popular

And ships that are either just literally pr0ship or just for shitpost to annoy the fuck outta people

And the infamous "rare pairs"

The first types of ships I mentioned are like willuz or amawillow or willumity, yes, they're both actually really cute ships, have decent chemistry, either characters had a redemption and are better people now, and good interactions, sure they're not canon but pretty damn sure they could work out if Dana would want to add it in TOH

The second types of ships are like...oh god this is a lot...goldrick,huntmira,lunter,guster/gunter, amiter,vinria,jerbic,skarlow, cameda, and so on, none of the ships makes sense in my eyes really cause I just don't see them happening or they are already dating, have a love interest, or just random background characters that pop up on a few episodes each season

The third types ships are really obscure, some not as much as other but nonetheless pr0ship or just plain out random, such ships as hootith (Hooty x Lilith), Beluz, anyone x the Collector, Eduz, Luz x King, Skinger (Skara x King, and yes that fucking exists) and so on

For the rare pairs, if you haven't heard of those yet it's basically just rare characters being shipped together that much people haven't heard/seen, such ships are like gusity (Gus x Amity), Veeity (Vee x Amity), Gus x Vee cause their names together sound fucking stupid, Brischa (personal fav XD), Dareda, Adrian Grey x Raine cause I can't remember the fucking name, skarter (Hunter x skara), and I'mm not sure if there's more lol

And some of the people who ship rare pairs are extremely toxic, I remember once on Tumblr I scrolled down a bit on my feed and I saw this account showing a rare pairs titled "Veeity" which is basically Vee x Amity, I just ignored it for the most part cause rare pairs in my eyes never made sense, I thought the account was fine until I saw the tags, I was tempted to block them but just refreshed my feed, the tags where, and I think in caps lock, "I really fucking hate Lumity and Veesha so I'm just gonna ship this" or something like that, if that tag isn't a red flag to you then I don't know what is

[moni-logues]

~tag game~

list eight shows for your followers to get to know you

I was tagged by @quarter-life-crisis2 and I am tagging @minttangerines @simp47koreancrackheads @daechwitatamic @jeonqkooks @xjoonchildx @sailoryooons

this got really fucking long so I'm going to put it under a cut but if you want to read me rambling about TV shows then, here you go!

(Spoilers ahead for Roswell, if you care about spoilers for a show that is like, twenty years old lol)

Angel the Series. You might say I should have chosen Buffy because that is where I first saw and fell in love with him, but Angel is the choice because 1) it's his own whole show 2) the theme music is incredible, even after all this time 3) I Will Remember You is one of my favourite episodes of TV of all time 4) the evolution of Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. Is the fourth series some of the worst TV that's ever been written? Yeah, probably. Is it still one of my favourite shows of all time? Yeah, definitely.

Grey's Anatomy. Yes, I am a basic bitch. I am not caught up (I think I got to somewhere around series 15 when I stopped subscribing to any services that streamed it and I did not care enough to do so illegally), but the first eight series of that show are fucking phenomenal (I know some people think it jumped the shark at series five, but idk how you can miss out the Lexie and Mark of it all, so I say series 8). PICK ME, CHOOSE ME, LOVE ME? ICONIC!!!!! SO much so that honestly, writing this now makes me think I'm gonna start re-watching it.

Roswell. (not the reboot they did at some point??? the OG Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, fucking Katherine Heigl version). I watched this when it first came on TV. I have re-watched it a lot. My sister and I both own the box set. Am I into alien things? No, generally. But am I into forbidden love and secrets and couples against the world? HELL Yes. It gets weird in the third series (WHY does Isobel get MARRIED?!) but WHAT. A. SHOW. The christmas episode where Max heals all the sick kids??? crying. When he shows up from the future and Liz has to break up with him in the present? crying. When he proposes with a lump of coal that he turns into a diamond? crying. When Maria breaks up with MICHAEL, world's most useless but trying puppy??? CRYING.

Parks and Rec/The Office. I'm putting these two together because they are very similar, in vibe, in purpose, in genre etc. I kind of don't even feel like I need to explain because everyone knows, y'know? We all watch and love these shows (generally speaking; you don't need to tell me if you are the exception!). They are fun and comfort.

The Class. Did it run for one series and then disppear completely? Yep. Do I still think about it? Yep. It would probably have ended being lumped in with the two above, as it was a comedy about a guy who proposes to his girlfriend (whom he met in second grade) by organising a second grade reunion, and then she says no lol. But it brings people back together etc. and things ensue. Would honestly pay my own money to have that show back again.

Scrubs. A lot of the jokes have aged badly, ngl, but I love this show. My sister and I still quote it to each other. And yes, I own the box set.

The Great [Insert Craft Here] Show. That includes Bake Off, Sewing Bee, Pottery Showdown and Blown Away. Bake Off has got less good over the years, but generally like, nice competition shows where people do their craft and make amazing things and it's all pretty feel-good and inspiring.

Supernatural. It would be dishonest of me not to include this. I am, as with Grey's, not caught up (I'm somewhere around series 10 or 11? I don't remember because I very much lost interest but I would like to finish it one day). This is probably the first thing my little sister and I truly bonded over? We both went mad insane in 2010-11 when we first discovered this show and the earlier series are still good. Shout out to my friend who made me watch the first episode at her house and got me into it!! Or I'd have still insisted it looked too scary (LMAO). Oh also, What Is and What Shall Never Be is also one of my favourite episodes of TV.

I feel like this list gives you a very clear insight into the shit I like to watch on TV and no, none of it is hard-hitting documentaries or complicated dramas. TV time is brainless time, thank you very much.

[kinetic-elaboration]

March 19: The Expanse 1x07

My absence from watching The Expanse has nothing to do with not wanting to watch The Expanse but just with timing and, I don’t know, me needing a spring break or something honestly. Anyway, I don’t entirely remember what’s happening, like I can’t remember why the Rocinante crew are going to Eros or who they’re looking for there, etc., so I mostly just had to follow along with this episode on its own merits. I wish the show did like a previously on’ segment because that would be really useful to me.

I’m starting to enjoy Alex a lot more. I found him sort of annoying at first but he’s growing on me. I really liked his late-night radio DJ/smooth trucker voice, like, don’t mind me boys I’m just a simple country black ops captain on a long haul down the highway… Like was the voice necessary? I don’t know, but it was fun. He feels like the most stable of all of them at this point, too.

I liked Amos in this ep, too. I feel like a lot of people want to do characters like him and then chicken out about it (I include myself in this category, ngl). He really is violent, straightforward, simple—dense but not in a dumb or negative way. Just like physically big and imposing and with a very clear, set survival mindset. He’s not malicious, but he’s not nice. He is absolutely dangerous if not controlled. And again, like, definitely not dumb, still three-dimensional, but I’d be kind of surprised if there’s some hidden depths of compassion and sweetness buried in there. And disappointed. Now we’re getting to see Amos off Naomi’s leash (he’s not your dog? Ma’am, he is.) I thought the way he interacted with the spy was interesting and a good view into his character—I think it’s that he doesn’t have an ego, in a way. He has a survival instinct, which includes avoiding pain and suffering, but no grander sense of himself in the overall design. He is not a hero and under no illusions about it. I think that’s the trait I’m trying to get at. Anyway, that was interesting but I did feel bad for the spy. But I don’t think Amos was necessarily wrong that, from their point of view, from the point of view of his crew’s survival, this guy is a huge liability and probably should be eliminated. Tough but true. He straight up has orders to black bag all of them, like… come on. And, perhaps because we never saw them so they were never really ‘real’ to me, I thought Amos kinda was objectively correct about opening fire if the Martians boarded. Like obviously the hope was that they wouldn’t board. But what if they had? What was Holden going to do about it? He, and I think the narrative with him, was so intent on this being some huge line that they just can’t cross, we are NOT going to shed innocent blood here, the Martians are our FRIENDS, we will simply take PRISONERS and then… mumble mumble mumble do something with them. Yeah, okay. The moral high ground is for people who have a viable Plan B. Maybe I’m just sort of conflating the whole moral grey area of the universe as a whole with these people in particular, and on a narrative level, they probably do need to stay spotless to be the heroes—as they are so far, within the span of the episodes themselves, basically just always in the wrong place at the wrong time and that’s it. It would not be good for the story for them to open fire on some randos. But like in universe… he wasn’t wrong?

I really liked the Montana homestead. The action within that B-plot… it was okay. I haven’t literally heard it before, the 8-parents thing is pretty unique lol, but it felt sort of…surface, familiar to me. I don’t know. I didn’t vibe with it so much. I didn’t really feel like I learned enough or that there was anything terribly shocking and I had a hard time emotionally investing for some reason. I would like to hear more details about the Holden family and their radical… I’m going to say environmentalism. Like that sort of relationship to the land in a space-travel-based future is really interesting, especially in the context of comments others have made about Earth being overly built up and ill-treated, and so I feel like there’s really something to explore there. But it wasn’t really explored so much as it was referenced. Eh. But I loved the set. I think I’ve said this before but I like how the Earth sets acknowledge that, like, it’s the future but all our old stuff is still here. Like people have expanded and developed and built more but within the landscape that we would know in the present day. So there are the familiar skylines but then more; there are houses that just look like houses but some of the tech people are using in the house is different. The Montana landscape is the same, but it has these big-ass funky-looking windmills in it. It was a little disappointing to me that they fell into the cliché of ‘paper books will be obsolete any day now’ because I feel like the world building in other respects is much better than that, but that’s just a personal pet peeve. In case anyone was wondering, digital objects and especially the cloud are not reliable long term preservation options—books aren’t perfect either but a book will outlast cloud storage!!

Anyway. Three more episodes. I hope stuff in the next one triggers me to remember roughly what’s happening, large scale. I need some more expository re-cap dialogue especially as all the characters converge.

[mystic-myrtille]

Realized that making like 100 separate posts about the episode is kinda annoying so I'll write the rest of my thoughts here

Felix was so happy when Barkk appeared🥺

Also Marinette's hair looks a lot like Luka's now, I like that

Sooo couldn't have they stopped Risk's akumatisation all together and never let that mess happen? Well whatever their plan worked

Oh great, more CN angst. How dare LB is friendly with another guy. Honestly if his feelings for LB weren't 90% of his character he'd be much more fun to watch

Ok wow Marinette hearing Adrien say that he wants to stay and stand up to his dad like that's all she wanted for him! Her reaction was actually really sweet. She's a good person and she wants good things for Adrien... expect of course this is Felix. Because Adrien isn't getting meaningful developement ever since he already is pErFeCt

Jeez Adrien calm down

The strike backs falling into the sun looked cool

"I'm sorry" so Felix feels bad that he betrayes LB?

Of course Marinette forgives Alya instantly! Would've been more interesting if Marinette actually stayed angry an Alya for some time amd they made up in season 5. But no, they solve this conflict in the most underwhelming way ever. At least Alya gives the fox back I guess.

Why is Lila smirking at Nathalie coughing?

FELIX YOU DUMB BITCH WHY DO YOU TRADE ALL THE MIRACULOUSES FOR A SINGLE ONE?????

Like come on Gabriel gives Felix one (1) magical jewel and Gabriel receives a ton of them plus he gets his ring back plus Felix promises to not tell Adrien about Emily?? Sorry Felix but you have terrible negotiation skills

Also Gabriel did nothing to achieve this? Felix popping up and give him LB's yoyo as a present was pure luck. Felix should've kept them for himself and become the new morally grey villain, that would've been interesting

Again, why does he want the peafowl again?

Oof now LB is freaking out and being lowkey paranoid, poor baby I wanna hug her

LUKAAAAAAAA

He appeared for one sec

Best sec of the episode

Yes I'm biased

But still didn't he have a bigger part? Like I expected his secret to come out too this episode? Will him knowing the identities have any consequences? Wouldn't be surprised if it didn't tbh

GOD SU-HAN IS THERE TOO?? Yeah I'm gonna blame this idiot for doing literally noting helpful at all this entire season

Seeing Ladybug like this breaks my heart my poor girl :(

Wait where did the crowd come from?

The end scene with CN pep talk was pretty sweet ngl

Overall the episode was okay. Had a few moments I liked, but it kinda brushed over some important things too fast. It feels more like a check list, like "let's quickly solve this problem and move on we only have 20 minutes", especially the part where it comes out that Alya lied to Marinette (that is a problem that quite a low of plot points tend to have).

I have some more thoughts about certain aspects but I'll discuss those later.

[easymarkforevilredheads]

I'm finally watching the new Grey's episode (The Great Return of One Addison Montgomery) so. Reaction time (under the cut):

- Amelia baby you look GORGEOUS please marry me.

- Bestie as an insult YES agreed

- She's already so giddy about the videocall with Kai???? No heterosexuality on sight and I for one am loving it

- The whole "is it gonna be weird" thing, I love it because she's literally all the viewers and I'm glad it's semi-addressed, indirectly lmao

- Oh l*nk showed up... please just go

- He's starting to get on my nerves as much as meredith did in s15-16

- Teddy Altman. I love you. You're a sweetheart and you deserve so much better.

- mer x hayes I SHIP YOU DAMN IT (she still gets on my nerves tho)

- HELLO ADDISON MA'AM STEP ON ME OH MY GOD

- LOVE the s1 easter egg line YES BABEEE

- Bailey looks so happy to have Addie around BESTIES I'M TELLING YOU

- Starstruck interns ((or residents, whatever, I'm lost)... mood. Intern taking pictures w their phone... MOOD.

- I love the new plastics doctor would gladly let her destroy me

- Yes Richard brag about Addie she DESERVES IT

- Helm honey i like u but stfu i will not tolerate Addison slander

- BADASS GROUNDBREAKING SURGERY BY ADDISON FORBES MONTGOMERY WE LOVE THIS FOR HER WE LOVE THIS

- yay for schmidt i do love him!!

- "get me some coffee" THE MARK SLOAN S2 VIBES IM SCREAMING I LOVE ADDIE

- we LOVE ADDISON IN THE OR and THE SCRUB CAP my heart can't take it

- I missed bailey so much actually like top 5 grey's characters ever

- ooh trouble in or paradise... "get me meredith grey" fair enough babe

- that's an interesting friendly greeting! and grey told helm to chill with the defensiveness thank GOD I was rolling my eyes ngl

- AMELIA ON THAT CALL WITH KAI I AM LOVING THIS. LOVING THIS. ALL THE LITTLE THINGS AND THE SUBTEXT I DAMN WELL HOPE THEY'RE BUILDING UP THE TENSION ON PURPOSE

- also Kai please top me

- Amelia is such a dork I love her to death

- the guided meditation....... I am looking. that's queer flirting. I will not be debating it.

- competitive Meredith/Addison banter and it is NOT about a man everyone make a wish we never thought this would happen

- ok fully honestly: I don't think i can ship current day meradd bc i have way too many issues with meredith but. That blood clot scene could make me consider it.

- why does Teddy always end up having to fix the men around her she deserves better

- "there was tension" ok maybe these interns/residents/whatever are gonna be shipping them and that will be FUN

- sidenote Addie you still give me bi vibes no matter how many years go by

- THE ELEVATOR SCENE I WILL C R Y i am so moved and so grateful for Kate Walsh's RANGE. I missed it. The depth she gives to her character was so necessary for the show and I will write more about this later but these kind of scenes are precisely why I tell you Meredith needs her as her counterpoint

- "Richard will understand" FUCK THAT'S A DIRECT PARALLEL TO WHEN ADDISON LEFT STOP IM GOING TO CRY

- Helm I officially don't like you

- Addison wearing a ponytail brain going brrrrr

- ADDISON HAS EAR PIERCINGS?????? I'M COMBUSTING

- love her speech about work conditions yes Addie revolutionary edition

- Teddy please give me a snowcone you're so ADORABLE

- saw Amelia and Addison in the same frame and had to pause for a minute.

- ok here we go.

- HAPPY LITTLE SCREAMS AND RUNNING TO EACH OTHER THEY ARE EVERYTHING I LOVE THEY MEAN THE WORLD RO ME OMG

- SHUT UP THAT 360 OF THE LONGEST HUG IN GA HISTORY WAS FOR US PRIVATE PRACTICE FANS I CANT I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I LITERALLY SCREA%MED

- FACE HOLDING PARALLEL I AM TEARS I AM PAIN I AM ADDIMELIA TRASH FIRST AND FOREMOST

- Amelia feeling awkward i love you baby

- (they're both so hot also like wtf)

- It feels SO GOOD to see Addison meet Derek's kids it's NECESSARY for the very foundation of the show's plot

- RAINBOWS,,,,,,, THINKING THOUGHTS OK

- guys addison/amelia/meredith is THE power trio they should be leading the show

[organic-guacamole]

Alright here's the real post of ep206

as usual, spoiler alert.

I'm literally so late today omg😭

I watched it with @sunshine-julie-molina and another friend so it was worth the wait✋

North high's video i-

I still don't think it should be "legal" in terms of the competition rules but whatever. Antoine is adorable though, as expected.

AW SEBBY

He's not wrong, they probably will win because of ✨ friendship✨

Ok but... imagine a seb and EJ friendship 🥲

GINAAAAAA

That exit sign thing shouldn't have been as funny as it was✋

Ashlyn babyyyy

I'm just gonna say it, I'm glad the writers picked up the Ashlyn insecurity thing, but I really really hope they execute it properly.

I don't like how they're not just explicitly saying it. Like it's not a bad word, why can't you just say that she feels that because she's not skinny and fitting into society's typical image of "the perfect princess", that she can't be Belle.

She thinks she's too fat to be Belle.

There, was that so hard to say Disney?

As someone that's insecure about their weight and body image, I don't appreciate how they're constantly hinting at it instead of outright saying it. I think if they play it out right, showing how Ashlyn compares herself to Lily more, it could work.

INFINITY PLUS ONE VIBES WITH THAT BALL EXERCISE.

Seb hula hooping omg don't touch me

Why is he so adorable all the time

Not them getting me all excited about a seblos improv scene, just for them to cut away✋

Finally Ashlyn stops trying so hard to get through to Gina, I mean yeah you offered up your home, friendship, support and love to her, and Gina's just been brushing you off but come on hear her out.

If you can't tell, that is complete sarcasm. Good for you Ashlyn for knowing your worth /gen.

EEEEE MIKE BOWEN HAS ARRIVEDDDDDD

They're so sweet, I swear if they aren't endgame...I'm perfectly fine with jennzzara. It's a cool subplot but I couldn't care less who she gets with, they both like her a lot so I'd be happy either way.

Please I felt like I was intruding on that kiss uhhh.

🥰😍❤️✨EJ✨❤️😍🥰

I want that grey sweatshirt, it looks so soft ahhhhh.

YES EJ, WE'RE MOVING ON FROM NINI WOOHOOO

"watch your tone"

damn-

Ngl Ms Jenn would be a scary step-mother.

Right here we go, Gina and Ashlyn, take 2.

PLEASE NOW I SEE THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN EJ AND ASH-

It's a Caswell thing😌

That flashback scene was really good wow, I honestly thought we'd have to wait longer to see what the secret was but I guess not👀.

Gina handled that so well, she stated what she needed to say, acknowledged that he's with Nini, and got her closure. That's nothing for her to be embarrassed about.

I guess she thought she'd leave and not have to address it or see him again but either way, she did well and I'm proud of her.

Ricky. That's it. That's all I'm gonna say.

ANTOINE MY BELOVED. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT NO ONE EATS ALL THEIR FOOD IN SHOWS AND MOVIES-

That always confused me, you're paying to eat at a restaurant, at least eat it?????

Julia/Ashlyn's vocals>>>>>>>

Let's applaud Kaden for grabbing that guitar and doing what needed to be done.

And because we love him.

YES KOURT

Good on you for fully committing and owning your feelings, despite this "relationship" with Howie being extremely rushed and not making much sense considering what you've said for the entirety of season 1 and like 5 times in this episode alone about not needing a guy, but YES IM STILL HAPPY.

Although I'm not gonna lie, I half-expected Howie to say that he's gay at the end there-

Wow take notes Ricky. Your dad and teacher just sacrificed something important for them, to help you. Think you can try to do that for Nini, Gina or like, the entire theatre department?

THE ROSE SONG.

THE ROSE SONG.🌹

I can't be the only one that's pissed that Carlos is gonna post the video of this.

Like let North High think they got East High beat, then shock them on opening night with the song, this'll just cause them to try to come up with something to one up East High.

DAMNIT CARLOS.

[nothing-more-than-hot-leaf-juice]

okay so i never watched korra when it was airing but my friend told me about it and i Really dislike a lot of the post atla worldbuilding choices made in korra esp in regards to energybending and harmonic convergence also i find a Lot of the older gaang character choices Questionable that being said is it worth watching korra in ur opinion??

I personally liked LoK fine. I think it removed itself enough from AtLA with most of the gaang members being reduced to cameos, allowing for us to imagine their post-series life however we want. I get why some people don’t like it but I think it’s great as far as TV shows go. It’s important to remember that it’s a very different show from AtLa in terms of tone and story, which is completely fine. It’s stand alone and if there are aspects of it that you know about before watching it that you know are going to frustrate you, that’s completely valid and you shouldn’t watch it if you know you won’t like it based on those aspects. 

I really wish LoK had gotten more time to have the characters just get time to interact and have arcs that lasted more than one season. Having 13 episodes instead of 20 meant that they had to spend most of the time on plot and action and I wish they had spent more time on some filler stuff or minor plots that furthered character arcs and developed relationships. There’s kind of a love triangle that’s painfully awkward but it’s easy to skip around. Something that’s VERY important to remember is that LoK had a bunch of production bs and they basically didn’t know when they were going to get cancelled so they treated every season like it could be their last, meaning they couldn’t have arcs or stories that lasted more than 1 season, which is a shame because AtLA did that so well. 

Things I like in LoK that I think make it worth watching (an incomplete list bc there’s honestly a lot of cool stuff): 

Lin Beifong metalbending, especially in season 1 

The concept of metalbending and how it would logically affect how the world works 

Bolin, aka the Himbo of my Heart 

Varrick and the general everything about him 

Jinora being really fucking good at airbending. Love her. That scene where she gets her tattoos? I cried a little ngl 

I honestly really liked how political it was. AtLA was political, but the entire series took place during a fantastical war. LoK really dives into the sociological repercussions of the fantasy elements of the show and the events of not only the events of LoK, but of the universe in general. Like they FINALLY address how bad the Earth Kingdom monarchy is at its job and address the political repercussions of a monarchy with all the political power but zero interest in the people of their kingdom. 

That being said, I love Prince Wu with my whole ass and heart. He is the King of the Badgermoles and I love watching him slowly get more competent as season 4 goes on. 

Zuko just shows up for a combined total of maybe 5 minutes in season 3 and 1) has a cool dragon, 2) does some cool firebending, and 3) makes a joke about Combustion Man. Then he just flies off to do his own thing. Perfect Cameo. Iconic. 

The anarchist antagonists in season 3. They raised MANY good points and kind of fit in a grey area, which I think we needed more of in avatar. They had cool aesthetics and were all specialized benders and their respective prison breaks? So cool. 

 baby!sky bison 

There are two episodes in season 2 just telling the story of how the first avatar came to be that just adds a really cool worldbuilding aspect to the universe, I think you can just watch these on their own if the series as a whole doesn’t appeal to you 

There’s a scene where Bumi goes to talk to Aang’s statue at the Southern Air Temple that made me cry a little bit 

Bumi just being cool as a nonbender in general 

lots of cool action, expansion of bending (lavabending, bloodbending, metalbending, etc.) 

Seeing the Air Nomads come back maybe not in the traditional sense, but deciding to use their abilities to bring peace and harmony to the world just as Aang would have wanted is just really cathartic 

Iroh II’s introduction in season 1: dante basco voice acting + cool Azula-like firebending flying + Zuko-like parkour in the sky? Love it. 

cool character designs all around 

the SOUNDTRACK oh my godddddd

[g-on-ef]

Ngl big fears of mine are 1) They screw over Striker's character (ex. He follows Stella's orders without complaint, his business pitch isn't true/his true motive isn't "down with the monarchy", basically turned into your usual generic "must be better than everyone" villain pls I just want him to be at least a decently fleshed out morally grey villain/anti-hero) and 2) They screw over Stolas' character somehow (take away his character development or don't even bother developing him, continue to side with him instead of acknowledging that both Stolas and Stella are in the wrong cuz ye, those two don't love each other anymore but its still wrong to cheat on your spouse and assassinate your spouse respectively, I just want the owl dude to realize his mistakes and flaws and improve as a character).

Also, I really hope they don't force Stolitz cuz as much as I like it, I don't want it forced without any development. Like, at least have Stolas realize that he's been treating Blitz, and by extentions, imps in general, badly and try to improve as a person.

Nonnie I have so many feeling about this so hear me out

When Striker was first introduced I thought hey this guy is cool interesting and definitely an asshole who is impressed by Blitz I'm in love.

His first interaction wit Moxxie I PERSONALLY emphasis on the word personally think he was genuinely trying to see if he was as good as Blitz.

I mean here you have an imp that started his own business so he had to hired someone who was as equally impressive as him.

Most likely he had an idea what Moxxie was like since Millie's parents told him about her they probably told him about Moxxie and he wanted to see if they were right or not.

As the episode progresses you see how an equal he is to Blitz and Blitz is obviously attracted to him since he asked him to join IMP and Striker said yes so obviously these two were impressed wit each other they wanted to work together.

Now onto the speech, y'all I know I made a post about it but damn I can go forever as to why the speech is so fucking amazing and how it relates to the outside world and just everything about the speech just gets me so excited !!!

When you hear it your just like oh shit he's right everything about Hell and it's monarchy and how Blitz is means nothing because at the end of the day he's still following the status quo he's still doing what Hell and everyone thinks of IMPs.

Serving those higher than them.

And it's just Striker is a threat because he brought up some good points and it got you thinking about how EVERYONE views IMPs I mean we even saw a glimpse that the imps hated are annoyed and hurt by how others view them a glimpse along wit Striker's views were enough to get me thinking this character is gonna become a threat to Blitz and even Stolas and the monarchy that runs hell.

I mean he's the first one to openly insult a royal {Blitz doesn't count because of his relationship wit Stolas} so again all that is a perfect recipe for a morally grey character that's gonna become an interesting character that'll be a threat to everyone around him.

... ... ... And than we get to the ending ... ... ... Again I ain't gonna lie I was disappointed. Because like you nonnie I want this character to be fleshed out into a morally grey anti hero character.

I want him to become a threat and start inspiring his people to fight back, to show the royals who really runs hell.

Like this could lead up to such an interesting story tackling a lot of heavy topics basically the adult version of ATLA still be light hearted and funny but dealing wit sensitive topics.

But this is an "adult" cartoon where the humor relies heavily on sexual innuendos, cursing, inappropriate gestures, and other things that can't be shown in children cartoon characters.

If they can have Striker use Stella as a stepping stool to reach his goals that'll be fine wit me cause he can still be a morally grey character. Sadly I don't see that happening.

I don't think Vizipop and her crew are capable enough to handle writing such complexity due to many reasons one being character growth.

Unfortunately nonnie they already ruined Stolas's character.

For me I will take any form of development even if it's small, Stolas had that in the second episode he saw that his actions were hurting his daughter and he chose her above anything else.

When he saw that Via was hurt he chose to put aside his flirting nature and chose to get Via outta the theme park and take her where she wanted to go.

And than episode five happens and we are back to square one.

For me I would have had Stolas and Blitz renegotiating their agreement and have Blitz keep Stolas company like the two spend quality time together that way we can see them become aquaintencess then friends then lovers you know have a healthy normal relationship.

Have Stolas see the errors of his ways have Blitz grow and learn to love himself and accept himself and just watch the relationship happen naturally but again this is a cartoon for "adults" and it's aim for "adults".

We are five episodes in and have yet to see Blitz or any characters grow as individuals, hell we haven't even see them grow closer as a group it basically feels like I'm watching a bunch of random coworkers fighting each other and putting up wit each other because they have to.

Episode three had an opportunity to give us Loona and Blitz moments but all we got were drunken Moxxie horny teenagers and pacing that had no idea what it was doing.

Hell even episode four had it's moments where Blitz and the crew could've worked together but instead was dragged out.

Imma be honest with y'all though I saw no point in that episode I really didn't.

I personally think the episode were Stolas is sad could give us development but if imma be honest with you I think it's gonna be more of a flashback episode than anything else I wanna be wrong and I hope I am.

Honestly I feel as the show progresses we are gonna get Striker being a generic villain that'll give everyone a reason to hate him and BlitzStriker and Stolas would most like not suffer as much as we all think he should.

[cutetinyartist]

blue, magenta, amber, grey, rose, frost, cherry, grape for the colour asks fjhsjk :D

blue: preferred type of weather?

Ooh I love the rain! I like walking in it sometimes (unless it's too heavy/intense aghfhf) but the best feeling is sitting inside with a cup of tea and listening to the rain ^w^ I like sitting outside under the shelter my dad built when it rains too tho!

I do love when it's sunny too but only if it's not too hot outside, I'm terrible at dealing with hot weather!! (It's asks like this that make me realise how much of a stereotypical Emo/Brit I am xD)

magenta: do you keep your fingernails long or short?

They're always short cus I have a bad habit of picking them when I'm stressed/anxious ^~^' I don't really like having long nails anyway but I really should stop picking at them constantly shfhfhdhdf (I usually have chipped black nail polish too)

amber: what's saved as your phone's lockscreen?

Sir YUNGBLUD my beloved

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more?

At the moment I only speak English, I vaguely remember some Spanish from when I used to learn it at school but I'd love to start learning it again! My Spanish teacher was awesome honestly, I miss her classes!!

Honestly tho learning new languages is fun so I'd be happy learning any ^^

rose: favourite scent on a person? 

I can't actually smell but this ask reminds me of how whenever I go in somewhere like Lush (or any shop that sells perfume/nice smelling things) if I'm gonna buy anything I always get my friends to smell stuff for me before I buy it!! Usually it's cus I like buying bathbombs and stuff for my mom ^^

(plus my friend Millie has a really strong sense of smell and I find it cute/funny how we're exact opposites in that regard xD)

frost: a -core you enjoy

Off the top of my head, the main ones I can think of are Scenecore and Cottagecore, kinda weird cus they're so different but they're both such good vibes! (I lowkey want Scene hair one day ngl! And cottagecore just fits so perfectly with g/t so I can't not love it ^w^)

cherry: YouTubers you enjoy watching?

I need to catch up on some of the newer series/episodes but of course I still love my Game Grumps!! I've been watching Danny Gonzalez a lot lately too (I love Drew and Kurtis too, but I watch Danny the most) and a few random art videos/channels! I really love Emily Boo's channel too, she's an Alternative/Goth Brit so of course I love them! Ooh, and Dead Meat! James' Kill Counts are one of my favourite things to watch :3

grape: how many blogs do you follow?

I follow blogs pretty often before realising they've been inactive for ages honestly xD I've had this account for about four years now I think? So I'm actually kinda surprised I don't follow more people!

Thanks for the asks Will!! ^w^ I rambled a bit too much but it was fun answering these!

[elizabethshaw]

I finally finished listening to Gallifrey for the first time today (and I've loved it so much, I wasn't expecting it to be quite this good but it was AMAZING), so here's some incoherent thoughts in no particular order:

Starting off on a happy note before I get going - Gallifrey is just? So good?? I'd heard a lot of good stuff about it long before I'd even started listening to Big Finish generally, but it really blew me away with how brilliant it is!

I really love how well-defined the characters and their relationships are, and how they all grow over the course of the series. The developments all felt really natural and in response to what each character went through, and very believable in general

I wasn't prepared for how much I was going to love the main four characters either (I only really knew Leela and Romana from watching Classic Who, knew nothing about Brax other than "the Doctor's brother" and "causes problems", and almost nothing at all about Narvin), but I have to say I'm really attached to them all now :)

Leela and her whole arc throughout the series is just amazing. I'd already liked what I'd seen of her in Classic Who (even if I do have... issues with the basic concept of her character and the stereotypes it's based off), but imo she gets taken to another level in Gallifrey altogether. I just love her whole story about grief and healing and learning to find a place for yourself in somewhere you don't seem to fit... and Louise Jameson's acting is fantastic

Romana's arc and growth is also wonderful. Like she comes so far!!! She goes from being unable to admit even that she has friends and just cares about people, to saying that she loves Leela and Narvin in Unity and it really gets me :')

I'd heard a bit about Narvin and his character development beforehand, but it really impressed me how well done it all was? I'm gonna admit that when I was listening to s1/2, I didn't like him much at all, but the growth and changes he goes through as a character are incredibly well written and I have a lot of love for him as a character now

Brax is great. I wasn't sure exactly what to expect from him, but he's actually so much fun as a character! (Even if some of his decisions are... interesting, let's just say) I like the unique dynamic he has with the other main characters, and think he also provides a v interesting contrast to them as someone who's a bit more morally grey? But yeah. He's very cool I like him a lot

Leela and Romana's relationship in particular is my absolute favourite in the series, and just. I love them. They both care about each other so much and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I have thought about "There will be a place for you with me. For always. Whatever face I wear." every single day since I first listened to Spirit in November someone help me

I think overall (although I've enjoyed all of them) series 2 is probably my favourite? It's just so incredibly chaotic and the plot and character work tie together so well

In terms of favourite episodes, there's a lot tbh, but Spirit, Imperiatrix, Renaissance, Lies, Soldier Obscura, Mindbomb and Disassembled are all up there (you can see my s2 bias shining through there oops)

Idk if this is a controversial opinion (I've only really lurked around the edges of the fandom so I'm not 100% sure what the general consensus is) but for the most part I generally enjoyed the Time War series?

Like, I think overall the earlier series appealed to me more, but I did still get a lot of enjoyment out of the time war stuff and thought there were some really good stories in there (Soldier Obscura, The Devil You Know and Unity in particular were absolutely brilliant)

I guess my one main issue with that part of the show is probably (and this is something I've seen a couple of other people bring up) that the characters were all so far apart for most of it? Like I understand that the writers were wanting to try something new and were wanting to avoid retreading the same beats as before, but imo the crux of the show's drama is the relationships between Leela, Romana, Narvin and Brax, and the fact that they weren't together for most of the episodes after TW1 meant the emotional resonance wasn't quite the same - the plots were still v good and I enjoyed that aspect, but I did miss them interacting more regularly yknow :/

I think this also ties into my problems with the finale (although apparently bf have confirmed they're making more? so idk if it's really the end), because the story itself was pretty good, but the lack of any real emotion in the few interactions we got between Leela, Romana and Narvin hindered it from having as much impact as it could have, and some of the writing for them in general just felt very off (esp. in regard to Romana). I'm also just. Not hugely convinced by Matt Fitton's ability to write finales from my own listening experience and I think that feeds into it too but yeah

A similar issue that frustrated me a bit tbh was how consistently Brax was left out of the series altogether for most of the time post-s4? I'm not an expert on his character (Gallifrey!Brax is the only one I'm familiar with), but I liked him a lot and having him as part of the main cast of characters was really fun, so it was a bit disappointing that he didn't make as many appearances, especially as I would've loved to see his relationships with the group develop as much as the ones between Leela, Romana and Narvin did

On a completely unrelated note, as someone who's hyperfixated on the War Doctor audios a Lot™, I loved spotting all the little references and nods to those in the TW series. It just made me really happy and the sense of continuity was cool

I got very excited every time they mentioned Ollistra ngl. She may be Awful but I love her

The parallels in Gallifrey are also so good?!?!?? There's so many that I just go completely insane over

The parallel between Romana's promise that Leela will always have a place with her in "Spirit" and Leela telling Romana she'll never be alone because Leela is coming with her in "Renaissance" particularly is just. Yeah. I think about it a lot ngl

Also love the K9s. The bickering between them in the early series is incredible and I wish they'd kept that going longer

Darkel is just the Worst. Honestly think she's one of the most effective villains I've ever come across bc I don't think I've felt that much unbridled rage at a fictional character before. It certainly made watching Trial of a Time Lord for the first time the other week an Interesting Experience

The fact that seemingly all the main four basically adopt Ace as their child is incredibly funny to me ngl

And going on from that, what I'd love to see (and what I know Big Finish will never make :/) is a series set between Enemy Lines and TW1 that's just the gang + Ace messing around and having fun yknow? I want to see them all being happy and making chaos at the CIA

I also find it really funny that at the start of the show, all the characters would go on about how the CIA are Suspicious and Not To Be Trusted, and how the whole organisation is kind of antagonistic at that point, but then by TW1 every single main protagonist is involved with the CIA in some capacity, like. Way to go guys

I hadn't actually listened to The Apocalypse Element, Neverland, and Zagreus when I originally started listening, and it didn't stop me enjoying anything at the time but I have to say certain stories (especially Extermination) make a lot more sense with that context; it should be interesting relistening to the earlier stuff now I have that context tbh

And. Yeah. I am already wanting to relisten again even though there's a lot of free stuff from the BF website on my account which I haven't touched yet oops

Anyway long story short, Gallifrey is genuinely brilliant and I'm so glad I've listened to it

[youdontloveme-yet]

On today's episode of "I woke up at an unreasonable hour and have too many thoughts" I shall speak about why TGG ending scene sucked so much for me, leaving aside all types of ships.

Yes, hello, its 6 am and it's heavily snowing, so let's get down to why that absolutely ruined the episode. Because my masochism is stronger than me and I'm very inadequate in the morning, but I'm far less emotional now, so~

I cannot structurise, so don't hope on something coherent.

I'll start off with the controversial opinion that we all shipped PangWave a bit too much and turned it into something more than it is 🤷‍♀️ Which is completely fine, but it got out of hand and it made us more disappointed than it should.

Objectively speaking, the ending was god tier, even though the show had so many flaws and completely changed its character driven story, to a plot driven one. Honestly, I was so ready to overlook all of that when the episode started off so good and it was overall so good. Until that last scene.

Why? Because what the fuck?

Even though everything in the last episode was so fast paced and it could honestly get your head spinning, it made sense. All of the build up up until the last 3 episodes was evident enough for us to know that the last episode was going to be fast and it'll slap you in the face every time you thought you understood what is happening. Which I tend to find really exhilarating.

For me personally, it's not about having all the answers or knowing the outcome, it's the journey and lessons it gives me and this show gave me all that ngl.

The ending scene with Pang's narrative was a top notch one. It did a full circle and it came back to where it started, which was honestly beautiful and it got me teary eyed and emotional and all mushy inside. I don't think it could have a more fitting ending scene. And the message behind it, especially in this time we're surviving right now, because we are surviving and we really need that ray of sunshine that will get us hopeful for tomorrow. This scene did all that. It gave us hope that a better tomorrow awaits for us to grab a hold of, a better tomorrow where we could seize the day and turn our lives into something better, without leaving aside the grey and dark areas that still gloom over us. That scene was brutally honest and it gave us all we could've hoped for. And it felt whole.

It was really good ngl.

But the scene before it ? Sloppy writing, rushed script, unnecessary plot.

I love Namtarn, don't get me wrong, but I have not been emotionally invested in her character since season 1. That being said, let's delve into why that scene was so obscure and ridiculous.

The kids have finally won!! We can all take a break. Give ourselves a pat on the back and finally relax. And that's what our characters should also do. ALL of them TOGETHER.

The whole season was their joined effort. Everything that happened throughout the show is all them. And they need to celebrate and finally be happy, okay?? That's all. Very simple.

Well, no. Instead we get Pang alone in a room, brimming with anxiety, pondering on his decision, unsure if it was right or not, staring through a window like fucking lunatic. Because, trust me, boy has had enough. And he jumps the moment he hears a sound. Then you can see the broken look on his face, his mental defeat and it's soul breaking that even though he has won, he feels defeated.

And we get a character who has not been involved in anything that happened this season. Someone who has not been emotionally distraught with Pang and the gang. Someone who doesn't know how they have felt. How they feel now. Namtarn cannot understand that. She hasn't been through what they have.

And they just like "give" us this character to interpret for no reason. I paused the episode i tell ya. And screamed. Pang needs someone to comfort him, give him a hug, understand him. And we get an awkward small talk, that leaves no impact whatsoever. What is the logic behind Namtarn?? They were really close s1, but this is .... dumb ? Pang should be with the others?? Why are they doing Namtarn dirty?

[mayabishopapologist]

station 19 - season 4, etc

this is long but i want to put down my thoughts before thursday comes and i guess i have A Lot To Say.

honestly didn’t pay much attention to this show until halfway through season two—  always liked maya and was glad that they gave her more to do. going into season 3, i was excited for more character development &stronger storylines. however, by the end of  301 the dip in quality was glaringly obvious. a quick google search revealed that there was a new showrunner and, well, it showed. 

while the show had been going in a really good direction with balancing the screen time between andy and the other regulars, this season, the plot was all over the place. it was uber dramatic and just. so much happened just to happen? seemed like every other episode had a major event(deaths alone; ryan,rigo,pruitt?!!?). they were so frequent, it was hard to process. it was also hard to get invested as the characters themselves moved on(or were shown to have moved on, extremely quickly!) 

i enjoy the show for what it is and i have no delusions about broadcast tv shows (or shondaland productions, for that matter)but the suspension of disbelief.... i mean: a stabbing, a robbery, a shooting and a car crash? all in one episode? please! lmaooooo. drama for dramas sake is always boring and weakens the story.  

& as for the characters... .

everyone felt like a hollow version of themselves this season and it was hard to watch sometimes, actually. characters switched motivations /personalities for the sake of the current episode and i know this show is very ‘monster/emergency of the week’ but. some consistency! please! like—

maya: she’s always been determined and focused but they went so far with it this season, it was almost cartoonish. her competitiveness was hinted at in season 2 but she was always portrayed as self aware. ‘the beast,’ as she dubbed it to andy, was something she knew of and tried to contain, because she knew it could get out of hand. 

yet, in season 3 she suddenly forgets this and just. becomes the most power hungry/singularly focused person, ever. she goes after the captain position behind andy’s back, (citing andy’s emotional state, because of the death of her best friend as a reason she shouldn’t get the job?? huh. since when is maya this purely callous??!) she just doesn’t give af, suddenly, about andy at all, and goes for a job that she is hardly qualified for(she was lieutenant for like, a few months?)

and then after she gets the position, she just. loses all sense of reality? literally she was so unhinged(fun to watch but so much) and it was like. um?? maya has never been the uptight one (they've mentioned and depicted andy as being the one like this, multiple times!) and we know she knows how to have fun, so, for her to all of a sudden just. not know how to read the room? yeah okay. to make her so intense and severe, especially w the drills and training was, a choice. a bad one, on the writers part. like, i get that they needed her start as captain to be dramatic or whatever,  but there were ways to do that. and even the animosity with the team and her went so far, i just think that whole storyline was amazingly lazy, honestly.  

and the friendships!! andy and maya’s friendship is just, a mess. at this point they've spent more time at odds, and the idea that they're supposed to be best friends with this super close bond? yeah, i just... i dont buy it tbh. if they'd spent more time building up their connections and making us understand why they would be friends and showing them being there for each other past a few scattered scenes her and there? maybe. but so far, that hasn't been the case.  making that bond real, solidifying that friendship, would have made this conflict have more of an emotional impact. but doing it now? making maya ‘turn’ on andy, this soon and this drastically just. it made her seem like she was extremely jealous and had been waiting to pull the rug out from under andy all along. and also, why would they stay friends when, so far, maya has showed, time and time again, that she’s willing to let her wants/ambitions leech on her loyalty to andy? (jack thing, job thing, etc). although, it’s not like andy’s a good friend to maya either, she’s selfish and seems to like it when maya is in her corner but isnt always there for her. they went so far with the idea that maya was this coldly calculating asshole that she was almost a villain?? it was so silly to me.

and the traumatic home life plot they gave to maya was clearly their attempt at some adding nuance to her character and trying to explain why she would act the way she did, but to me? it fell flat. it was rushed, and they went from zero to 100(why did her mother come to talk about her divorce/abuse at maya’s job? like she was literally working? idgi. no boundaries lmaoo) 

and i actually relate and sympathize w maya a lot. and while i liked that they were exploring the many ways abuse can present itself, it was very... hm, ham-fisted. just super rushed and then wrapped up so quickly. they have, i think, written themselves into this dark place i fear they have no intention of exploring. 

and while i understand it, i hated how far they let maya go, especially because i don't feel they’ll adequately address it. they move on so quickly( maya was deaf for like half a season and then. she just. wasn't) and i hate the idea of her just being ‘fixed’. a relationship and an apology doesn't undo years of abuse, idc. also will they ever address maya’s um, thoughts about death??? because that was super heavy and not just something someone gets over? going to need for her to get actual professional help. that isn’t her girlfriend, like. asap. 

speaking of carina, i do like her and maya together a lot. big part of why i watch, ngl. but i need their relationship to be a lot more reciprocal. like, lets dial it back on the codependency, maybe. carina cant (and shouldn't have to) hold her up so much ! that’s not love. also maya needs to start being a good girlfriend. they started off that way, i know they can get back there. but like, we hardly got to see them settle into it, we got those cute 30sec clips of sweetness then maya was lashing out and cheating and it was like. wait a minute! what??? 

for s4, i want to see them working at reconciling—im talking, groveling, awkward in-between moments where carina isnt sure she can trust her. okay, tough conversations, hell, even jealousy because let's be real. maya working with jack is a lot for carina to just. take? i know i absolutely would not be happy about that, but i also wouldnt take maya back so... anyway! brushing over that would not just be a missed storytelling opportunity, but it would also be super unfair to carina and do a huge disservice to their relationship as a whole. as cute as they are, having cute moments with no real depth would get very old, very quickly.

carina: what can i say but-perfect, amazing, fantastic, WOW

seriously, carina is almost unrealistically perfect. she takes a lot and has been through the most (can they be nice 2 her this season? like just for fun) going forward, im going to need her to be more than a plot device to calm and soothe maya. i get that she was introduced as a love interest, but in season 4(as a season!!regular!!) that cant be all she is.

speaking of, it was really weird to me that she was promoted to station 19 and not greys because... what is a gynecologist going to do at a fire station? the general consensus seems to be that she’ll join warren’s PRT but like. she’s not a general surgeon so that’s a reach but, i want her around so ill buy it. i just want better and more for her tbh. not just screen-time, but also character development and depth! also friends! tired of carina being isolated, they did it on greys which. a waste! i meaaan, amelia was RIGHT. THERE. just look at the material! for s19, i want her, vic and travis to be friends or even just her and vic, like yesplease! i also want to know more about her and im tired of her being treated badly. like, i think society had progressed past carina being shitted on, thanks!

vic: my fave!!! they did so lazy by her this season ugh. she’s so charismatic and charming and just so good!! yet, her storyline was all over the place. we hardly got to see her sit with her grief  (spontaneous crying aside; barrett doss is so good!) she was just kind of... around. and that relationship w jackson. lol. it was so obviously for crossover potential and well. i didnt hate it or like it. actually, i was mostly indifferent. bored, even when they were onscreen together. i just didn't care and wanted more of vic, not vic and whoever. i know they're up in the air rn but i wouldn’t be torn up if he doesn’t come back. 

i want more for vic past just romantic entanglements. i know we’ve gotten a bit of her past, but i would like to see more! also, what about employment accomplishments? her artsy theatre friends? her family? just. more vic, please!!

she’s so fun and cool and when they let her, she shines. they need to let her! 

jack: my boy! so dumb, but i love him sm. he def needs like. major help, though lmao. and maybe it’s just me but im tired of his sex addict plot. like, we get it, but can we move on now? kthanks. they need to let him work on himself especially, the constant self sabotage. it's getting old. for ALL of them, actually, seriously, how many times can they all get in their own way.

andy: don’t really think about her. the mom storyline seems like it would be wonderfully dramatic, im intrigued. she and sullivan are cute, i guess. hope they make it.

ben: no major issues w his storyline, hardly remember it honestly. i liked the rapport he was building w vic and want them to explore that relationship more, its cute. 

travis: so funny and adorable, let him do more.

dean: loved him in all his entitled first born African son glory. i didnt so much love the baby plot but that always bores me. his sudden love for vic though. lol. since when? it def, came out of no where and while i really enjoy their friendship, to me, there is zero romantic chemistry there so i would prefer it if they just. stopped. lmao. also. the way he treated her because he could get a handle on his emotions? ridiculous. has humanity not like, gotten past the ‘he’s mean bc he likes you’ thing?? like grow up maybe?

and this isnt just about dean but like. are there not more single young people in seattle? why do they all have to sleep with the same 5 people. ik for the sake of plot, workplace relationships are easier but still. i think they should branch out. really. 

overall, i want better for all of them, and i think if the writers would just. take a moment and stop trying to tell so many stories in such little time, they could do better! also, whoever’s out there. please, enough w the crossovers! dont want to be forced to watch greys just to know what’s happening on 19. i get that they're in the same universe. it’s only mentioned every other episode. we. get, it. i liked what they did with private practice, it was like once every few seasons. and i know they won’t do that, but maybe, two a season. 

this is so much. but this how does have a ton of potential and i just really want it . like, get there.

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LoK for the fandom ask

the first character i ever fell in love with:

Tenzin. I think I was really there for his stressed/trying to be controlled and serious for a character teaching the way of the airbender. Which makes the moments where his façade cracks even better imo

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not:

idk if I have one?

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not:

I don’t hate it, but I’ve grown progressively more indifferent towards korrasami over time

my ultimate favorite character™:

Lin best gal

prettiest character:

Look dude, Ghazan is actually really sexy, don’t @ me

my most hated character:

Unalaq is the most useless excuse for a villain in the entire series. His plan is nonsense and changes with every plot point, he has to rely on possession to do anything impressive bending-wise, and his personality is so blah. He’s not even attractive. There’s just nothing there. 

my OTP:

Bopal is the only ship between the Krew that I care about

my NOTP:

Yeah, I actually kinda hate wuko. It just seems like Mako can’t stand this guy, and I never seen them have any real teamwork. 

favorite episode:

mmn, probably When Extremes Meet. I haven’t really thought about it that much

saddest death:

Amon and Tarrlok. Asami’s dad was too frustrating in that he was only brought back as a sacrifice, also his death flags were pretty obvious and I knew what was coming. 

favorite season:

1 or 3; they’re both pretty good for the most part

least favorite season:

Season 2 was fucking incomprehensible

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

Not hate actually, but Kuvira is honestly kinda overrated, and I only care about her when she’s evil

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave:

 best man Tarrlok. I find pretty ironic that the show so brutally killed off the most morally grey/lawful-oriented villain in the lineup. But he had the best backstory of the lot and the only one of them I genuinely liked and wanted more of. 

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:

Mako Did Nothing Wrong™

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship:

Kinda shipped Tarrlok and Tenzin ngl

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship:

probably korrasami and kainora

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