#the boys s1ep5

[amazingmaeve]

THE BOYS

— 1.05 | "Good for the Soul"

[hrina]

that means a lot to me alina. you mean a lot…to everyone

[aaaaawolfquarters]

Tech and Omega Swap AU : EPISODE 5

s1ep5 changes/notes

(baby boi Tech doesn't have his name yet, but I'm using his name for simplicity)

Similar to the show, Tech is given Crosshair's old comlink. He fiddles around with the buttons and settings and Echo tells him it is not a toy, to which he replies, that of course it is not a toy, and lists some of the specs

When the Batch get to Ord Mantell, and go to find Cid, Omega comments on the less-than-sanitary conditions of the bar. Tech stares at Cid for a while before stating that she is who they are looking for. The batch bargain with Cid, like in cannon, and when Cid says Tech is the brains of the operation, Tech responds that he is quite intelligent, but is by no means the leader of the team

While on the mission, Tech asks about the slave traders, and Omega explains that slave traders treat people like property. Tech is confused, as it neither legal nor morally correct. Omega and Echo try to comfort Tech, promising that they're going to rescue Muchi. Omega and Hunter survey the terrain, noting the entry points and lookouts. Tech is upset when he is told to return to the ship

On the ship, Tech modifies the trooper doll (like Omega does in cannon) and it looks similar to Tech's s1 armor from cannon. He mentions to Gonky that he would like to modify some actual armor for himself, but this was good practice. Tech hides and then slips out of the ship (like Omega does in cannon). He sneaks over to look for his siblings

When Hunter says they need to contact Tech, and when Echo is grumpy about not having their comlinks, Omega replies that the won't need a comm, gesturing to Tech. Hunter tries to signal to Tech to escape, but Tech cocks his head to the side and throws out some hand signals. "He... just signed [plan #]**?" Hunter is confused. Omega laughs, "That would work here. When did he learn our plans?"

Tech successfully makes it to the crate and unlocks it before being captured. He does state "I wasn't sneaking, I was unlocking."

Tech and Omega help the slaves escape before returning towards the battle. A slaver or two jump out at them, and after dealing with them, Omega offers Tech her D-17 blasters for protection, saying they were a good size for him. He asks what she will do, and she responds that she'll find something. As Tech runs ahead to the squad, Omega smiles and takes a bow from one of the slavers

It is Echo who tells Wrecker that rancors have a hierarchy, and maybe challenging Muchi would work. After Wrecker tames Muchi, Tech states that the creature is fascinating

They return to Cid and the rest of the episode would be pretty similar to cannon

**whatever number, this plan means release the cargo

[chidoroki]

182 Days of TPN - Day 128

Chapter 128: "I've Decided"

I love Emma so much for this. She agrees that the annihilation would be a smart way to ensure that their family can live safely and happily in this world, but it is by no means the best way to reach that future. I understand Norman's drive for revenge on the aristocrats and those who play an active part of keeping the farm systems running, but the whole method to achieve that is just morally wrong, especially to attack those who are innocently going about their days as normal. (during this part of the conversation, the anime has "Existence of an Insider" playing, which famously played in s1ep5 when Ray reveals he's a double agent to Norman, so it's almost like roles switched in regards to whom we're supposed to be cautious about.)

She also agrees that escaping into the human world may be dangerous for them as well since they dunno how well they'll be accepted there, but still wishes to take that chance. Their whole journey up to this point was full of risks, optimism and resolve, so naturally Emma is willing to put her beliefs into such an iffy idea. All that is quite similar to her reasoning later in ch178 when they're all about to cross over actually and if it was for this recent ask I may not have thought about this just now. (perhaps that's another reason Ray chooses to trust in Emma so strongly, as he's heard her speak similar truths before during this moment.)

Anime is wild for having Norman make a comment like that. Naturally I love Ray getting angry at him for it.

Lowkey funny to me how it's the thought of not having Emma smile anymore that causes Norman to be like "oh wait, I certainly can't have that," and proceeds to talk through the situation more openly about a sort of compromise.

Maybe I'm the idiot, but how would you exactly defeat the demons without killing them? It's not like you could mortally wound them since they'll regenerate quickly, yeah? (unless we're chatting about Norman's drug that has yet to be revealed, since that forces them to degenerate. though that'll still lead them to death, just slowly. idk. this is why i write these out days beforehand so i can think and try to make sense of random shit like this.)

Norman, I regret to inform you that you're in a fantasy type manga. Impossible things are gonna happen no matter what you wanna believe.

He goes through this whole spiel about the Seven Walls being a total mystery and claims there's absolutely no proof of the place actually existing and Emma fires back telling him they've basically found the entrance already and it's such a perfect in-your-face moment for her and I love it.

The way her grip tightens on him.. aahh she wants to take the pressure off him so badly so he can just be Norman again instead of the WM persona and it hurts!

Hug her! Hug her, you fool! She needs many hugs!

How can you expect to her relax with that fake smile on your face? If ya wanted to be convincing you should've just HUGGED HER. (i'm surprisingly passionate about this moment suddenly, dunno why.)

Perhaps it because it didn't happen in the anime that I'm fond of the embrace now? Instead we get Emma just reaching for his hand.

And after she asks Norman if the annihilation is truly what he wants and if it's tough carry everything by himself, he simply replies with "no" followed by the below. Like damn boy, and here I thought manga Norman was being harsh.

Spoilers: he did, in fact, not think about it when Emma returned. In his defense, she arrived a bit too late. But also in her defense, a lotta things happened at the Seven Walls.

Enjoy the brief happiness while you can.

My boy gets sidelined so hard during this chapter that despite all the chatter that's going on, he only got about seven total speech bubbles.

Favorite panel/moment:

I'm afraid Norman fails to understand that Emma is gonna make her own agreement between them whether he likes it or not.

I absolutely love the way Norman freaks out, even if it's definitely a valid concern about if they could actually return from the Seven Walls. C'mon boss, this is Emma we're talking about here, of course her plan is gonna be reckless. He should've expected that.

She's got a fair point about the first Ratri being able to return. And I'll never get over how she thinks this task/burden she volunteers for is simple. Emma is amazing. Crazy, but we love her.

In the anime it had the trio agree to find Sonju & Mujika instead (since the Seven Walls really don't exist in that silly adaptation) and I did kinda enjoy the quick banter between Emma & Norman about how many days the search should be. Not including anything else here though because this is longer than intended and I am very tired.

[forlornkiller]

this might be too niche but i keep noticing how the sci-fi/fantasy shows i watch use the same actors! not for main roles but episodic ones— currently watching s4ep10 of Merlin and guess who the little boy spirit is played by? none other than young Martin Chatwin from The Magicians!! s1ep5 of iZombie has both Bradley James and Summer Bishil…. i’m sure analyzing crew members will show overlaps too, it’s mad cool to think abt a community of artists working together to make all these shows

[filmjunky-99]

t h e s i m p s o n s, 1989 - 📺 created by matt groening [bart the general, s1ep5]

'Now here's that bully of yours. Show me your stuff... No, no! Not like that! Like this! See that, boy? You didn't expect that, did you?' - homer

[thislittlekumquat]

TOP 5......BLACK BUTLER EPISODES

In no particular order because I can't possibly pick between favorite children:

The Tale of Will the Reaper (OVA) - for obvious reasons

His Butler, Chance Encounter (s1ep5) - also obvious reasons (okay maybe my top two really are the episodes where grell's messy love life is the focus, I can at least rank them that far)

His Butler, Fluent (s1e24) - sorry the fight between Ashgela and Sebastian and the lead-in to the final Lacrimosa will always get me

Crossroads Butler (s2e11) - picking my faves among season 2 is DIFFICULT, but this episode really encapsulates the interesting differences they created amongst the demons, and it drives home the difference between Ciel and Alois on their parallel but ultimately divergent paths

Deathly Butler (s2e7) - my son, my boy, my wonderful child Alois

Honorable mention goes to Terrorist Butler (s2e4) because that episode is better than drugs. It is probably the funniest thing that A-1 pictures ever created, with the exception of my other honorable mention, The Making of Kuroshitsuji II (OVA)

[mothman-rewatches]

Rewatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" (S1Ep5)

Summary: Buffy has to try and stop an ancient prophecy…while on a date. 

Written by: Joss Whedon, Rob DesHotel, Dean Batali 

Directed by: David Semel

Aired: March 31st, 1997

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers.

I wish I could say that this was one of my favorite episodes so far, but I can’t. I can’t even say I liked it, because really, I hated it. Let’s jump in.

Recap: Buffy and Giles are in the cemetery. Buffy stakes a vamp, who leaves behind a ring that Giles takes to investigate. The next day, Buffy and Cordelia compete for the affections of Owen. Buffy goes to talk to Giles, and together they figure out that the ring belongs to the Order of Aurelius. Giles states that Aurelius spoke of an “Anointed One” who would be brought to the Master, but before he can finish Owen comes in. He and Buffy agree to meet at the Bronze that night, and Owen leaves. Giles tells Buffy that the Anointed is set to rise that night, and they must stop it. That night, Buffy and Giles wait in the cemetery, but it’s uneventful, so Buffy heads to the Bronze. She’s too late for her date, however, and sees Owen dancing with Cordelia. Meanwhile, a bus is coming into Sunnydale, and a strange man starts preaching about Judgement Day. Vampires attack the bus, killing everyone. The next day Owen asks Buffy why she never showed, and they agree to try again to meet tonight. Just before Owen comes to get her, Giles stops by her house and tells her that he might not have been too far off, and she should go check the Sunnydale funeral home. She ignores this and goes on her date with Owen, leaving Giles to investigate instead. He is attacked at the funeral home by the Order of Aurelius, and Willow and Xander rush to go get Buffy for help. Angel finds Buffy first and tells her about what’s going on, and when the other scoobies get to her, she reluctantly agrees to go look. They head to the funeral home, where Owen - unbeknownst to the others - follows them. Willow, Xander, and Owen lock themselves in the viewing room while Giles and Buffy look for the Anointed. The other three are attacked by the strange man, who has been turned into a vampire. Buffy comes just in time, and puts the vamp into the incinerator. The next day, Owen asks when he can take Buffy out again, but she turns him down.

Overall Thoughts: I meant what I said about hating this episode. I really, really did not like this episode. By the last half, I had to  force myself to finish it. It just wasn’t that great, and my dislike of Owen definitely contributed to my whole attitude about this episode. 

On a brighter note, there was something I liked about this episode. It returned us to the overall arc of the season: The Master. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the side episodes and the characterization it gave us, but it’s nice to see that it isn’t all witches and she-mantises. 

I would save this for the characterization section, but because Owen isn’t a character we will see again, I’ll say it here. I hate Owen. He killed the whole episode for me, even though he was there to point out that Buffy trying to balance normality and Slayerdom is next to impossible. But mostly, he was just dull and annoying. He tries to come off as this deep and dark guy, but really if you wipe away some of that intrigue he feels a little bit like an excited puppy to me. And his thing with Cordelia. Oh my god, his thing with Cordelia. I’m not a fan of Cordelia this season, trust me, but Owen’s attitude and behavior around Cordelia is the worst. He seems to act like he’s above her, like because she is who she is and he is who he is, she’s someone to look down on. It’s really uncomfortable. 

In that same vein, there is a scene that I hate. When Buffy and Cordelia are having this weird…competition for Owen’s attention, Buffy makes a snarky comment to Owen about Cordelia’s body. He, in turn, makes a comment of his own. I don’t love Buffy putting Cordelia down to impress a boy, but I definitely hate Owen doing it as well.

There’s also this running theme I’ve noticed in the last several episodes, and it’s starting to get old. This season, so far, has relied heavily on fake outs. The first scene we see in the entire show is one where you are led to think one thing only for it to be the opposite. I want to see them start to move away from that. 

Also, the “gotcha” for the episode reveals that the weird preacher vampire Buffy killed was not the Anointed, but the little boy on the bus was. 

Characterization: There aren’t any real comments on characters this episode, really, but I did want to take a second to point out that when Owen comes into the library, Giles seems genuinely offended that a stranger is in their space. He forgot he was a librarian for a high school, you guys. If I remember correctly this is a sort of running joke.

Facts: This episode is the first to include a fight between Buffy and a vampire in the opening scene. 

David Boreanaz breaks character for the first and only time in the series while meeting Owen - at 28m26s. 

Quotes: “In that case, I won’t wear my button that says, ‘I’m a Slayer, as me how!’” - Buffy Summers

Apocalypse Count: 1

Final Notes: Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or questions in the ask box!

[isopodonanescalator]

can’t stop thinking About starlight’s speech from s1ep5 of the boys

[amazingmaeve]

THE BOYS

— 1.05 | "Good for the Soul"

[franz-iohann]

Mr World: I will fucking make you apologize, you little brat. Tech Boy: ok boomer Shadow, in tears already: What’s going on?.. Mr Wednesday: Idgaf I’m gonna die soon anyway Media: Knock it off, all of you, I can’t hear the TV

[every-suga]

[purplehoodiesimon]

Okay seriously, I can't stop thinking about it and I might be projecting a little but autistic Wilhelm? Totally. Fucking. Works.

1. The way he interacts with people

- He doesn't lol.

- Expanding on that, Simon and Erik are really the only people he truly makes an effort to interact with on a regular basis out of his own volition. He does interact with Felice a bit on his own, but it's on a much more superficial level and they really only become actual friends after Erik's death. Other than them, pretty much everyone he interacts with is obligation or by default of being around Simon.

- He says in the beginning of s1ep1 that all his friends are in Stockholm but...we never see them. Or see him text them. Or mention them at any other time. Do they even exist? Probably but he clearly wasn't actually that close with them.

- His behavior changes completely person to person. He's most relaxed and open with Erik, and he starts to act in a similar way with Simon towards the end of s1ep3 but then Erik dies and he's back to Public Persona Wilhelm until his breakdown and the brief time they have together in ep5. He has a somewhat friendly but still very polite persona he uses with his classmates at Hillerska, can be seen in the dinner scene when he's talking with Henry and the other boys before sitting down and almost any scene where he interacts with Felice, the I'm A Normal Teenager persona—see s1ep1 party and s1ep4 Society initiation—and then the prince persona, of which the most notable scene is definitely the Society meeting where he shoots down August's plan. And of course, everyone acts differently around different people, but like please, this is textbook masking or as I like to refer to it, the autistic chameleon vibes.

- Just. The entire fucking scene in s1ep3 where he's trying to tell Simon he wants him to stay at Hillerska after Parent's Day. Emotions to mouth disconnect. It's a vibe.

- And again in s1ep5, he has a hard time putting his thoughts into words during the argument with Simon. He's clearly trying but his brain just won't word things right.

2. Physical behaviors

- The head hitting thing he does after his argument with Simon

- Using pressure on his chest to calm his anxiety

- Constantly running his hands through his hair

- That one movement he does in his s1ep4 panic attack after returning to Hillerska where he's like lifting his arms. That. I do similar stuff when I'm overwhelmed.

- Self soothing by running his hands over his body at night in bed, again literally me all the time.

- Nail biting/gum chewing. Honestly this one's a toss up to anxiety or autism, it's common for both.

3. Extra notes that don't fit into either of the above categories

- Autistic people often have some form of anxiety, it's like, really common for autism to be comorbid or whatever the word is with anxiety.

- Those LED lights are totally a sensory thing, ESPECIALLY sitting with them around his neck. I cannot begin to describe the euphoria I get every year at Christmas and I get a whole month of staring at pretty lights up close, and I always wear them around my neck like that while we're decorating, so I 100% think it's a sensory thing for him too.

Autism isn't just special interests and the hand flappy stim. There's a lot more to it and like again, this may just be me projecting cause I do know a lot of the stuff I listed can be attributed to anxiety or just being a teenager under a lot of pressure, but it genuinely would make so much sense to me for him to be autistic.

[occasionalrpmemes]

LA by Night:  What I Am sentence starters

sentences taken from s1ep5 of the VtM chronicle LA by Night.  edit as desired.  the transcript these lines were copied from, including credits to transcribers, will be linked in the replies of this post.

tw: violence, death / undeath, panic, foul language

“Where were you?  I was worried about you, man.  I've been, like, texting you.”

“Dudes came to kill us, and you were like, nowhere to be found.”

“Where's security?”

“Could we avoid having the whole plague of Egypt thing?”

“Because I totally believe you when you tell me things.”

“You can lay low here.”

“Food, parties, boys, girls, whatever you want.  It's all here to have a good time. ”

“This honestly puts us in a position to be able to make things better.”  –  “Or make things worse, or die.”

“We're already dead.”

“I'll protect you, [name].  It'll be fine.  It'll be fine.”

“Sure, why not?  I only just met you, but sure.  Sure.  Go ahead.”

“I'm better than you think I am.”

“You get over missing it.  It gets better.”

“I knew it.  I knew there was something wrong.”

“I have good gut instincts on things like this and I was right.”

[text:]  Two things.  One:  I don't know.  Two:  Don't text me again.

“So, you really do need my help.”

“Alright, well, I have a few requests.”

“What do you want?  What do you need?”

“I have several types.  But, I think my very favorite is the scum of the earth. ”

“This is why we can't have nice things, you know?”

[comes in for a hug]  “I really was worried about you, man.”

“That's great.  Please don't touch me.”

“Doing okay?”  –  “I'm sorry, that's a complicated question even though it's very straight-forward.”

“I'm not going to lie.  It's not easy.  It's not supposed to be easy.”

“You're fucking bad-ass.”

“There's no such thing.  You can't care too much. ”

“You are special.  Don't lose that, don't let them beat it out of you.  Keep it.”

“I want to go hang out in the steam tunnels with you and the rats!”

“Oh, for fuck's sake.  You were here the whole time? ”

“I couldn't give less of a shit about anyone else here.  Except for [x].”

[text:]  I'm at your disposal.

“It's nice to see you.  You haven't been around for a while.”

[text:]  You know you love it.  You know you love it.

[crying]

“It's alright.  It'll be okay.”  –  “It's not okay.  It's not okay.  I don't know what to do.  I don't know—”

“It'll be okay.  You're not alone.”

“Oh, for fuck's sake.  If we're going to do this, I recommend not doing it around here.”

“I guess it's got to happen sometime.  Might as well be tonight.”

“If you hurt [x], I will execute you.”

[blatantly insincere]  “No.  Stop.  Help.”

“You did this to me!”

“You need to stop.”

“Listen to your friends, babydoll.”

“I know you're angry, you're right to be angry.”

“You killed me.”

“Who the fuck are you and what gave you the right?”

“I appreciate you validating my feelings.”

“You are frankly deeply interesting.  I've been watching you for quite a while.”

“There's something about you that honestly I think the world shouldn't do without.”

“That was some amazing arson.  I mean, I've done my own arson in my time but I know good work when I see it.”

“I made a judgement call.  I'm not apologizing for it.”

“You know what I'm capable of.  As long as you speak honestly... I think this might work out all right for you.”

“We can step into my office and have a pleasant conversation, or I can turn up tonight where you live and then the conversation will be a lot less pleasant. ”

“I've had a long week, alright?”

“You don't look like you are feeling well at all.”

“Human interactions are fucking exhausting.”

“This is the opposite of great.”

“This was not what I wanted.  I didn't know what else to do.”

“You were too good for the earth.”

“I think you're going to do great things.”

“I’ll tell you anything you want to know.”

“Okay.  Well, I fucking hate you—”

“Yeah, no one got hurt.  Except you.”

“I survived.”

“Maybe you should have just let me die.”

“We don't let things happen.  You take a stand and you deal with it.”

“If something needs changing, you change it, and if a building protects something evil, you burn it to the fucking ground.”

[text:]  I'm sorry baby, I can't make it, I'll explain later.

[text:]  Trust me.  I love you.  Be safe!!!!

“Learn from my mistakes.”

[crashes through a window]

“Hey, did you hear that?”

“Tell me what I fucking want to know or I'm going to rip your head off.”

“Hey!  Party time, right?”

“You should get out of here.”

“Please don't kill me!”

“Oh, fuck me!”

“It's getting very, very strange.”

“When they disappoint you, when their answers disappoint you, just find me.”

“I'm sorry, babydoll, and I'm so proud of you.”

“Do you feel that they deserved to die?”

“No, no, shut up!  No!  You've done enough!”

“Plan B is just to kill him.”

“It's okay to be calm for now.  You can always murder later.”

“You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  It's not personal, it's just- It's just business.”

“Well, boo fucking hoo, bro!”

“You don't have to do this.”  –  “Yeah, yeah, we do.  There's no other way for us.”

[high-pitched, pitiful attempts to speak]

“Happy Unbirthday, babydoll.”

“I don't think you're a bad person.”

“What could possibly go wrong?”

[myrddinthewizard]

listen i’m rewatching “lancelot” s1ep5 right now right? and i’m actually crying with laughter. this man wanders up to camelot and makes everyone immediately fall in love. i have a bisexual heart attack over the gorgeousness of lancelot and gwen. arthur takes one look at him and falls in love. like that fight scene in the stables with their obscenely low collars? you know the one. you cannot look me in the eye and say that arthur wasn’t flirting with lancelot. also when lancelot and merlin decide to become roommates and i’m left wondering where the hell lance sleeps because merlins bed is small small so the only conclusion i can come to is that they cuddle up and honestly, not complaining. don’t even get me started on merlins magic. the boy has NO self preservation skills and you cannot tell me that no one figured it out. like lancelot is the only not oblivious one and i’m losing my mind. also the cgi of the griffen has me dying bc it’s so bad omg. and the whole merlin and gwen arguing over lancelot and arthur. like, exUse me? i’m out here crying bc they’re all in love with each other and they’re all so gay and i-

[mellifluousoctopus]

Immediate Rxn to The Falcon And The Winter Solider S1Ep5

Im so sure that's difference costume from the first episode

I really hope he continues to be opposition even after this like no reformation

I like how this is blocked /not gen

the public wont consider his record and that's a humongous reason why figure head should not be having real missions

someone who's watch The winter Solid please compare these fight scenes

hand go ZZZZT

why is he so erratic and unstable is it the serum. He seemed so grounded before

HOLY FUCK WTF

I wonder how the four known serums are different from eachother

Nose bleed was a nice touch

Vibranium sounds so nice

He's trying to clean it omg the symbolism

WHY WAS HE ALLOWED TO BE IN FOREIGN TERRITORY AT ALL

He's going to keep Walker's secret?

YOU"RE OUT OF ORDER but seriously why did he try to present evidence it seems like the trial has already finished and if not then he had no trial so why are all these people and protesters here

walking out like that makes no sense, practically nor dramatically

I like how i can imagine how this would look as comic book panels /gen

she'd be fun but her dramatic timings soo abrasive. Is it on purpose?

She's letting them assume she's a senator/aide/etc but no one in the US government is allowed to hold any form of title such as Lord/Lady/Marquis(e)/Count(ess(a))/etc so Walker is doing a big dumb if he cares

no idea who this lady is actually She says her name in a way that I know she's def a comic character. I'm just going to assume she's Asbestos Lady for no reason other than vibes

thats such an odd statue

he kinda looks like a Who

is it the Ultron memorial?

still an ugly statue

They have access to the Raft? I guess they did sign the Accords and he's a wanted escapee

"The Next What?" Exactly he couldn't be made a figurehead for very complicated reasons all which tie into racism and maybe the Cold War (having Russia make their own supersolider)

"Trying to figure out why the serum worked" I love how this is worded dramatically as if they were experimenting to expect death not caring.

I can't believe Disney allowed this be filmed they're normally so flippant on this

Do his nephews have names they're Boy 1 and Boy 2 in the closed captions?

i know they need to be bucky's trying to help but he's being too useful I ive Sam the power to yell at him

i bet yall 10 bucks that Sebastian Stan was meant to use his left at that scene both of them just rolled with it

tone shifty shift

Sam is now my new favourite character based on that line alone (mom's your aunt)

Has Bucky seen Jaws

That impressionist painting in the cyberpunk lair is my aesthetic

Sam's Cap but what if they shared the shield and that's why its Falcon and winter solider

oh Boy 2 is named AJ I guess

not to be cinema sins on main but training montages actually suck

oh bonne

Quoi???

why speak french in central park

Please someone tell me I'm not the only confused one. Like they moved to a country after the snappening and were removed once people reblipped back and now they're refugees. But like why were they removed . Why like whats the reasoning,

Thats so pretty but this is a governmet building built my many countries for a subsection of the UN the only way they'd have this level of funding for architecture is if they were all trying to outdo each other which I doubt they'd do

oh the sound designers better make a different sound for that shield