#the English TV series

[elenanumbertwo]

[eternalegoist]

the English: some thoughts (sorry I need to think aloud)

Did Melmont have people track Eli and engineer him and Cornelia to be at the Hotel at the same time, to get rid of both the last witness to the massacre and the last person who knew of his infection at the same time?

Why was Eli going home both on the day of the massacre and on the day Cornelia arrived?

[suosopuli-blog]

I don’t know how to make gifs so here’s a prompt for anyone capable: you know the monologue Cornelia holds about why she cherished her son it all can apply to Eli as well and I have not been normal since I’ve made the realization.

Please make a gifset of Eli and splice in Cornelia’s words. Extra points for using the footage of episode 2 when Eli reveals what happened to his family to “Because he suffered.”

Cornelia: I cherished him.

Melmont: Why?

Cornelia: Because he drew breath. Because he never gave up. Because he knew pain and pleasure and boredom. And because he suffered, he taught me to do the same.

[eternalegoist]

oh Chaske, I will treasure your portrayal of wise, guarded, complex, restrained, thoughtful, tender Eli as long as I live, and tuck it behind my heart to bear always 💖

Lady, how many kills you seen? Quite a lot, actually. Short or long, we ain’t here but a moment. You, or me. None of us. But that star of yours? Scorpio. Next time you see it, look to its right. The Wolf, beside her? Won’t never change.

chaske spencer as eli whipp // The English (2022)

[melikes-reads]

Nick and Charlie watching the Doctor Who Christmas special at Christmas...

And not just any Christmas special, but The Runaway Bride.

The Doctor and Donna.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate at their finest.

Well done, Heartstopper.

Well done, indeed.

[meeelis]

𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚖𝚊𝚗-2022

[eternalegoist]

this explains the stars rly well from Hugo Block's pov

Edit: wait does Eli fall hard bcos Cornelia *can* interpret the stars for him?

the english 1.05

[raggednorth]

I can't do any hand sewing currently, due to my neuropathy in my fingers (it is bad right now). So, my EPP quilt is on hold for a bit, unfortunately. 🙁

So, in the meantime I am doing a rewatch of "Supernatural." I started season one and am currently watching episode eight, "Bugs." I thought my insect mug was too appropriate not to use while watching this episode. There may or may not be whiskey in that mug.

Spoiler alert: there is whiskey in my bug mug. 🥃

[tuhainkahan]

“May we stop seeing ourselves through the eyes of people that never saw us.”

— Shane Steele.

[thethiefandtheairbender]

I think the biggest difference for me between projects (like to be clear I think NATLA is not good as an adaptation or a show, and I think the PJO tv show works as an adaptation and a show) is something that feels so basic, but shocked me when it clicked, which is that

NATLA has no actual visual storytelling going on

Which sounds ridiculous, but let me explain what I mean. "Visual storytelling" is how you communicate aspects of character or relationship through visual framing, parallels, that kind of thing, usually to indicate progression or a character's viewpoint. Many people have noticed that NATLA's cinematography leaves much to be desired, there are some shots that are good particularly in episode 6 (the Zuko transition shots between past and present, and one of the ending shots between him and Aang) but that's by and large the exception.

What I mean when I say "visual storytelling" is that NATLA doesn't have visual motifs. It doesn't really have parallels happening that much in the text or in the visuals. And this is something that ATLA did really, really well, all the time, particularly with Zuko's scar. Just take this framing of Zuko and Aang, in particular, from The Storm and The Blue Spirit.

They even have consistent colour tones of Aang having a warmer, lighter yellow (Air Nomad) and Zuko having a darker, deeper red (Fire Nation).

And this is something I think Percy Jackson does pretty well. They have consistent motifs / descriptions if it were, particularly when it comes to Percy and Annabeth's relationship and her character.

Percy: [Choosing Annabeth] And if the mission required someone to push me down a flight of stairs for it to succeed, you want someone who won't hesitate when they do it.

Percy: [literally pushes her down the stairs but to save her life]

Ares: You're new to the family, young one, so let me fill you in on how we work. [...] Olympians fight. We betray. We backstab. We will push anyone down a flight of stairs to get ahead. Annabeth: This isn't the Arch, Seaweed Brain. You're not pushing me into the stairwell aagain. Percy: Yes I am! [...] It's why you're here. When I was choosing my team, I told Chiron I needed someone who wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice me if the quest required it. He agreed. That was you. [...] You're better at this than me. You just are.

Annabeth: [Refusing to get back in Athena's good graces] It isn't how it should be! It isn't. Eat or be eaten [referencing the Kronos story Ares said earlier]. Power and glory and nothing else matters. Ares is that way. Zeus is that way. My mother is that way. He isn't that way. He's better than that. Maybe I was that way once. But I don't wanna be that way anymore. I won't be like all of you. I just won't.

But we also see this visually.

And to be clear I think it's well done, I'm not saying this kind of thing is a Masterpiece™ but what I am saying is that if you do these things, it's a great way to convey information to your audience visually and a sense of progress both in individual characterization and relationship development. And it just makes sense to lean on things visually if you're a visual medium, because prose can't do framing like this to the same degree.

And NATLA just... never does it. There's almost no real parallels, there's very little framing happening, and the even more intense overload of exposition does not help matters in this way either. The original series had a lot of parallels steadily built up (i.e. Aang's presence in the SWT and Sokka's plotline in Jet -- hell, even some of the lines he gets at Roku's Fire Sage temple -- were to show how Sokka was moving away from a more xenophobic worldview even if it was still a work in progress). There were also more overt ones, such as Sokka dressing himself for battle versus Zuko having guards/servants do it for him, but both ultimately tether the two together into having to put on a performance of confidence, manhood, and war more so than being the children they actually are.

And NATLA just has... no real visual parallels. The closest we get is the parallels between Sokka-Yue, Tui and La, and Kataang in the finale, but that's about it.

There's not a lot of scenes where a character is presented the chance to make a similar choice only to then make a different one. Even Aang wanting to go to the NWT to make a difference is muted because he never actually ran away in the first place; when you rip away character flaws or mistakes, you also gut their room for growth. When you strip away visual storytelling, it means that what you see on screen is a 1:1 of exactly what you're getting, and that is just a lot more Boring to watch as well as gutting your chances to show more character exposition. And it's just - it's just not good

[elenanumbertwo]

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[bayetea]

celebrating tamara's casting with a little thalia design <3 can't wait until I have time to draw her with luke and annabeth

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

House of the Dragon (TV Series) S2/E8 'The Queen Who Ever Was' (2022) - Simon Russell Beale

With the end of season 2, I thought it was not as good as season 1, but still good. And Simon Russell Beale looked fuckable as usual. Hope we get more of him next season. Plus more of Vincent Regan.

On A Side Note: Surprise appearance of Jordan Long. I haven't seen anything with him since The Sandman. Plus a foot shot.

[shinigami-striker]

Sam Riegel | Wednesday, 10.09.24

Same voice actor - featuring Sam Riegel. Happy birthday! 🎂

Fun Fact: Sam Riegel is the older brother of Eden Riegel, a voice actress known as the voices of Boscha in The Owl House (2020-2023) and Coco Bandicoot in both Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020 video game) and Crash Team Rumble (2023 video game).

2001

Tristan Taylor - Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime; English dub) (episodes 1-10; replaced by Greg Abbey onward)

2003

Donatello/Donatello Splinterson - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series (2003-2009 TV series, Turtles Forever, and video games; 2003-2010)

2022

Scanlan Shorthalt - The Legend of Vox Machina (TV series; 2022-present)

[melikes-reads]

What if we were strangers but you saved me from bullies in high school?

What if we became the best of friends?

What if I saved you from your violent father?

What if you ran away for 15 years?

What if you came back into my life, unexpectedly?

What if I told you you're the centre of the world?

What if you told me: "Of your world, maybe"

WHAT THEN? WHAT THEN?