#the boys s4e8

[medusas-daughter]

Watching Starlight fly after losing Mommy Vicky, Frenchie getting Dunlapped and not hearing Kimiko speak for the first time just to scream helplessly after him, MM getting giant dick slapped instead of sipping piña coladas with his family, and Ryan being forced through yet another traumatic incident involving a mother figure and losing two father figures at once:

[thebluekid-underyourbed]

Maybe it's just a me thing but must EVERY pair of close characters become a romantic couple? Must they? They can't just be really happy with each other, they NEED to kiss and be boyfriends and/or girlfriends?? Is it necessary? Do I HAVE to?

[spocks-husband]

Okay. I just. I just finished the s4 finale of The Boys. I haven't felt this level of overwhelming dread in a very long time so. Thanks for that, Kripke.

[deliciouskeys]

I sort of agree… except it doesn’t fully encompass HL was so shocked and shattered about her coming back and arranging everything into place. Yes, she explicitly admitted to him that this was her plan all along and she did it because she could, but you could just see him latching on and interpreting it as unconditional love loyalty. Things may shift again in S5 but in my mind in s4e8… he’s not looking at her and thinking of killing her��� EVAR 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.

Another mystery is why HL didn’t just kill her instead of dismissing her when he became convinced that she wasn’t really on his side, and worse yet, wasn’t all that prescient or useful to him. I guess he no longer saw her as a potential future threat once he made up his mind that she wasn’t useful.

I think my favorite thing about Sagelander is that the dynamic really can be summed up with: "I want to kill you so badly in ways I haven't even imagined killing anyone yet, but I need you still."

They aren't friends. They aren't lovers. They aren't even happy to be in the same room as each other. But they need each other for their entire worldview to work. The mentally strong supe who has zero physical abilities that can protect her or make it possible for her to see her grand plans come to fruition without raw muscle, and the mentally weak despot who has ambitions that reach to the sky and can't get his thoughts clear enough to achieve them on his own.

Tell me, is there anything MORE romantic than saying: One day, I won't need you anymore, and I'll kill you, but for now, you are the only one I permit to get this close to me? Because it makes me insane whenever they look at each other, and they both know that that day will come.

But for now, they're on the same side. And attached at the hip. And trust each other with their life.

[whitedarkmoonflower]

The Morning After: Uhtred's Pretty Boys Trying to Braincell The Last Kingdom S4E8

[purpleheartskies]

In s6e7, Johnny heard Miguel bully Robby, but Johnny said nothing to Robby to encourage him or make him feel better. Johnny also didn't say anything to Miguel in the moment. Johnny really is coward pos! He's so useless to Robby. Of course, he is... Johnny himself is abusive to Robby. That Mexico trip and apartment fight were toxic af. Johnny psychologically and emotionally abused Robby to find Miguel in s5e1. Johnny handed Robby over to Miguel so he could take his anger out on Robby and beat the shit out of him in s5e5. Johnny said nothing but praise for Miguel's college essay that scapegoated Robby---by name!---, and then dismissed Robby's concerns for his own future in s6e2. Johnny stood here like a useless turd after Miguel said this to Robby in s6e7. In s6e8, on the plane, after Miguel had his hissy fit and called Robby "messed up", Johnny defended Robby for a like a second... Then, to appease Miguel because he started cold-shouldering Johnny, Johnny told Miguel "you're my son too" and basically defended why he was "supporting" Robby (which he clearly isn't) as captain. Johnny also admit in this conversation that the tournament is all Robby has for his future (indicating Johnny's words of encouragement to Robby in s6e2 were really empty). Robby is Johnny's actual son! Johnny should be defending Robby from Miguel always, not defending his support for Robby to Miguel. No kid should suffer because another kid doesn't have a parent. Robby must not suffer, especially at Johnny's hands, because Miguel doesn't have a dad. Billy's bs interview blatantly framing Johnny co-dependency with Miguel as wholesome is so beyond disappointing. "Johnny needed the boy who needed him." Robby is right there! right there! ... being bullied by "the boy who needed [Johnny]". Robby needs Johnny! Robby has always needed Johnny! Also, this must be said: "Tough love" is a euphemism for abuse and bullying. Miguel's behavior with Robby in s6e7 is nothing to praise.

In my last post, I mentioned this moment of Johnny's expression when Chozen said that Robby needs his father:

In that post, I included these quotes:

That scene in s6e7 and Johnny not actually helping Robby with his future (not even in encouraging him or giving 1:1 time to train him for his karate matches) are examples of Johnny not knowing how to nurture Robby's need.

"I want... I wanna be a father to you. I really do. I try to protect you. I try to be there for you. I just suck at it. I really suck at it. But I want to so bad... I love you too Robby." --- Johnny in s4e8

It's moments like these that people ignore or twist into a version that they want, but these are the moments that make up the real story. The one that Kreese alluded to in s1e10, "The real story has only just begun." It's not about the karate and the fights. It's about the characters.

This toxic blended family is a house of cards built on a foundation of the neglect, abuse, bullying, and scapegoating of a child. (Robby is a child wrt to Johnny and Carmen.) No way is this family going to get some "happily ever after" with Robby permanently beaten and bullied into place as an afterthought. Even if the toxicity of Johnny and the Diazs remains, Robby must walk away. He's the underdog in this family. In part 3, Robby must find the courage to let go of wanting Johnny and to walk away, as painful as it will be.

"It can clear up a lot of confusion around childhood trauma, when you realize abandonment is not only when someone walks away. It's also when someone who is meant to protect you, allows others to hurt you."

[soldier-boy-dean]

“If we’re ever gonna win against the monsters, we probably need to start acting human” (The Boys, S4E8)

^^somebody needs to tell this to the Supernatural characters RIFHT FVCKINF NOW because I don’t think they got the message. They keep turning into the monsters

[sparklyinternetwizard]

Okay I'm gonna rant about "Season Four Finale"

Spoilers for The Boys s4e8 ahead

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I absolutely adore Kimiko and Frenchie* and am SO glad they kissed at the end. The whole "we're just family" thing felt weird to me? like you shouldn't have to kiss someone to know you aren't into them. also Kimiko was very obviously over compensating in the scene where she's telling Frenchie to get Colin's dick/ass/whatev and describing her (obviously fake) exploits with the barista.

Starlight can be upset about Hughie's situation with the shifter, but why TF is she taking it out on him?????

"I look exactly like you and have all of your thoughts/memories"

"How could you think that was me??"

not to mention what happened to Hughie over the last 3 episodes was basically just constant SA

RIP Neuman, forever serving in hell </3

*Tomer can rot tho, hes an awful person imo

[noodlez0084]

Little theory/what I think is going to happen to frenchie and kimiko in the next season

(spoilers ahead for s4e8)

Ok so what if along with forcing frenchie to get into the van, Cate also somehow erased Frenchie’s memories of Kimiko/made him forget she ever existed so even if, and that’s a big if, he did hear her screams, they would have meant nothing to him… Also I think this would set up an interesting dynamic for the upcoming season because let’s be honest, what are the chances of the writers giving us 8 episodes, or even less depending on when they track down Frenchie, of the two of them being happy and in a relationship?? ( ok yeah I get that technically we already for 4ish seasons of them being happy platonic besties but you get what I mean) however it definitely feels like something they would hold on to till the end, or at least the last few episodes.

My only doubt with this theory is that there is no possible way for Cate to know how close Kimiko and Frenchie are to each other because as far as I know, this is the only time she and Sam have interacted with members of the Boys, but that just might be my faulty memory 😅

anyways lmk what you thinks, this is literally just a random idea that popped up into my head while I was rewatching that scene lmao

[thenextcelestialchapter]

Massive The Boys S4E8 spoilers!

God damn it dude come ooooon yer gonna make me wait a whole 'nother season to find out what Ashley got herself into with that V?? It better be as cool and gnarly as I thought her death was gonna be! XD

And what I actually wanted to rant about: COME ON ANNIE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME YOU SUPPOSEDLY RAN A HOME FOR VULNERABLE KIDS YER SUPPOSED TO BE WOKE OR WHATEVER AND YET YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACT RIGHT WHEN YOUR OWN BOYFRIEND WAS RAPED?? IT WAS ALL HUGS WHEN ASHLEY SAID SOMETHING DIRTY TO HIM BUT HE GETS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY RAPED AND YOU BLAME HIM?? I KNOW YER NOT A PEDO BUT DAMN MAYBE THOSE KIDS WEREN'T REALLY SAFE WITH YOU EITHER??

LIKE IT'S GETTING REALLY HARD TO CARE IF THEY JUST LET THE VIRUS GO GLOBAL DUDE like JUST saying if Annie and Kimiko are the few we're supposed to care if they die like even then... SEEMS LIKE A FAIR TRADE OFF AT THIS POINT. Like damn I didn't want Billy to be right but Ryan just killed an old woman that loved him and didn't even care (90% sure he coulda stopped her without killing her just saying so I think he did that more bc he was pissed than threatened, he WAS threatened but I don't think she was a true threat to him. Either he purposefully killed her out of anger, or he accidentally killed her but still didn't care after. Either way, this boy ain't gonna be Superman, he's already another Homelander...) so at this point bro they all just gotta GO...

BTW did Kimiko ever find out that Frenchie fucked Colin KNOWING that he killed his family?? BC whether or not she knew that when she told him to go be with him uuuuuh GREATLY effects how much I care if she dies or not either...

[feministsouthpark]

South Park Filler Guide - Season 4

Link for Season 1  Link for Season 2 Link for Season 3

I find the existence of filler guides quite amusing, since for some shows it makes sense (like Naruto), but for others (like Pokemon) it absolutely doesn’t and they still exist. So here is an attempt to do an absolutely unnecessary one just for fun. 😅

The classifications are CANON (an episode with major storylines present), LORE (in which we get significant backstory or world building, but could be skippable)  and FILLER (completely skippable episodic storytelling, not connected to overarching story arcs)

PLS my analysis will have spoilers, if you’re a first time viewer, just scroll to the bottom and read the list and only read full text if you are familiar with the content of the show already! S4E1 The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 is CANON

Loogie will be in a later episode, not in a major role, but Kyle having one of his greatest speeches here in important, since his speeches become a focal point later, might as well include this one. S4E2 Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 is FILLER

Let's be honest, Eric IS actually racist, so the point of this episode doesn't even stand in the long run. We all know this one for telling us that Clyde is the second fattest, but that's not even lore material, as Clyde is a very minor character at this point, and the only time it will matter at all is a time where it's also stated. S4E3 Timmy 2000 is CANON

Basically, the main storyline this season has is Timmy's integration with the kids and the community. So his episodes count, since this is the one string that really connect this season. This one is big, for introducing him as a character and classmate. (in the premier he has but a minor role) S4E4 Quintuplets 2000 is FILLER

Kenny has an interesting storyline of his own, but both that and the rest of the boys find themselves in a very self-contained story. S4E5 Cartman Joins NAMBLA is CANON

This is a big one regarding Kenny's deaths. We have the first big clue to his resurrections. Also, this episode has the incident that would later convince the school to fire Herbert. S4E6 Cherokee Hair Tampons is CANON

Herbert gets fired from school and becomes a writer. What the kids have going on is a classic Kyle/Eric plot. S4E7 Chef Goes Nanners is FILLER

A random crush that gets resolved by the end of the episode? Check. An old relic of the town which we have never seen before and will never see again? Check. S4E8 Something You Can Do With Your Finger is CANON

Yes, we get a lot of Randy backstory that explains so much about him. But that's nothing on its own. Fingerbang gets formed and it will return in one of the show's most important episodes! S4E9 Do The Handicapped Go To Hell? is CANON

Wait, so many canon episodes next to each other, is this season 1? Seriously, a lot of serialization happens in this season, unlike the last one. Satan and Saddam story arc continues. Timmy story arc continues. S4E10 Probably is CANON

It probably is. I mean, it's a direct follow-up to the previous episode, and delivers continuation. S4E11 Fourth Grade is CANON

Diane is introduced, Herbert storyline continues, the boys advance to a whole new grade! S4E12 Trapper Keeper is CANON

Herbert gets a new job, Ike starts at kindergarten. S4E13 Helen Keller! The Musical is CANON

Because as I said earlier, Timmy's story really makes this season a cohesive whole. S4E14 Pip is FILLER

I have always seen this episode as a different continuity, since it's basically just Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Some people seem to believe this happens with regular continuity Pip, but I hope not, because -HUGE SPOILERS- this version of Pip gets a much happier ending. S4E15 Fat Camp is FILLER

Eric doesn't really get skinny. S4E16 The Wacky Molestation Adventure is FILLER

But it's darn good filler! Episodic characters get the main roles and everything is back by the end. S4E17 A Very Crappy Christmas is FILLER

We never see Mr. Hankey's family again. We get a meta story on how Trey and Matt created the show.

SPOILER-FREE RUNDOWN

Again, CANON means you should watch it, FILLER means you can skip it.

S4E1 The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 is CANON S4E2 Cartman's Silly Hate Crime is FILLER S4E3 Timmy 2000 is CANON S4E4 Quintuplets 2000 is FILLER S4E5 Cartman Joins NAMBLA is CANON S4E6 Cherokee Hair Tampons is CANON S4E7 Chef Goes Nanners is FILLER S4E8 Something You Can Do With Your Finger is CANON S4E9 Do The Handicapped Go To Hell? is CANON S4E10 Probably is CANON S4E11 Fourth Grade is CANON S4E12 Trapper Keeper is CANON S4E13 Helen Keller! The Musical is CANON S4E14 Pip is FILLER S4E15 Fat Camp is FILLER S4E16 The Wacky Molestation Adventure is FILLER S4E17 A Very Crappy Christmas is FILLER

CANON counter: S1: 9 out of 13 S2: 3 out of 18 S3: 6 out of 17 S4: 10 out of 17 Overall: 28 out of 65

[medusas-daughter]

move over every villain and antagonist that has ever or will ever exist you will never be as cool as Sister Sage

[woundthatswallows]

ERIC!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my goddd the boys s4e8 wowwwwwwwww. so good....

[devilishbird]

...are we not gonna talk about that 5 second super epic hava nagila (rock edition) at the start of the recap in the boys s4e8 (0:00:06 - 0:00:11)

[watchingspnagain]

Rewatching Wishful Thinking

Welcome to “Teddy Bear Docs and Deep Cuts”: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

 Up today, s4e8: Wishful Thinking.

 When Sam finds a possible case about a woman attacked by a ghost in the showers at her gym, Dean can’t get to work on it fast enough. But the lady’s story is weird—not their kind of weird—and they’re about to give it up as a bad job when they get wind of a Big Foot in town. But—Big Foot isn’t real. As they dig a little deeper, they realize that people in town have been making wishes at the fountain at a local Chinese restaurant. The wishes come true—but quickly go bad. A little girl’s teddy bear does come alive, but he’s depressed and suicidal. A man’s unrequited love suddenly loves him dearly—too dearly. The boys track down the source of the shenanigans—an ancient coin tossed into, and stuck to the bottom of, the fountain. Once they convince the man who put it there to remove it, all returns to normal. Dean finally admits to Sam that he remembers hell, but refuses to talk about it, claiming he has no words with which to do so.

 Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.

 [and we begin:]

 Lor:

 oooh right, Uriel is shitstirring

  Mace:

 YUP

  This is the one with the teddy bear doctors, right?

   Lor:

 i think so

Mace:

 I love that line but kind of hate the teddy bear

  Lor:

 yeeeeeah

it's dark

  Mace:

 it sure is

 omg this waiter

  Lor:

 haaaahahahaha

  Mace:

 omg did dean just check out his ass?

  Lor:

 I BELIEVE HE DID

poor Dean. he just wants to drink a billion shots, Sam

  Mace:

 “down under” yep, that checks. I’m convinced Australia is indeed hell

  Lor:

 LOLOLOL

it certainly has monsters

  Mace:

 IT DOES

  Lor:

 lol Dean equal opportunity ass checking tonight

  Mace:

 Sammy looks SO GOOD in that shirt

 YES

  Lor:

 "we gotta save these people"

 he DOES

 "the working title is Supernatural" SAMMY

  Mace:

 YAS

  “yeah that’s weird"

  Lor:

 Sam is giving excellent "wait what" face

  Mace:

 HAHAHA

  Lor:

 "damn right I wanted to save some naked women"

  Mace:

 HAHAHA

  Lor:

 how many pockets does he HAVE in that coat?

  Mace:

 i dunno but I’d like to find out

 Lor:

 YAAAS

 Sammy with his snaps and Dean with his flannel

 that is a... big foot

  Mace:

 YES

 I love how flustered they are

  Lor:

 YES

 omg Dean shoplifting some liquor

  Mace:

DEAN WINCHESTER YOU PAY FOR THAT

  Lor:

 LOLOL

 omg unison confused bench sitting

  Mace:

 YES

  DEEP WOODS DUCHOVNY

  Lor:

 lol

AND HIS FACE

  Mace:

 YES

  Lor:

 omg peering around the bush

  Mace:

 PEEKING AROUND THE SHRUB

  HAHAHAHA

  Lor:

 YAAAS

 omg Harry and the Hendersons. that's a deep cut, Dean

  Mace:

 it really is

   omg Dean’s FACE

  Lor:

 omg Dean. he's so done

 YES

 THEIR FACES

  Mace:

 YES

  Lor:

 smells like the bus

  Mace:

 SNORK

 omg Dean

  Lor:

 he's like I don't get paid enough for this and then he remembers he doesn't get paid

  Mace:

 HAHAHA

 the conversation about whether they need to kill it omg

  Lor:

 LOLLIPOP DISEASE

 YES

  Mace:

 YAS

  Lor:

 it's not uncommon for bears his size

I love them

  Mace:

 SNORK

YES

 the sandwich omg DEAN

  Lor:

 YES

 he can't find the right ID omg

  Mace:

 SNORK!!

 FUCK YOU 839862

  Lor:

 oh oh is he not that guy anymore? fuck 327

 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  Mace:

 HAAAAAHAHAHAHA

  Lor:

 the way they just walk in with the tools and poor Mr Chin is like HANG ON NOW

  Mace:

 poor guy

  Jensen is giving SUCH good faces in this one

  Lor:

 YAS

he has such range

  Mace:

 he does

 smarty sammy with the squeeze

  Lor:

 YES

  Mace:

 good boy Sammy

  Lor:

 omg Dean "what? no"

  Mace:

 Dean is confused and impressed

  Lor:

 YES

 "the wishes turn bad, Sam. the wishes turn very bad"

  Mace:

 “wishes turn very bad"

HAHAHAHA

  Lor:

 DEAN WINCHESTER don't drink that beer. go get a sprite or something

  Mace:

 I was about to say.

i think it may be ginger ale?

  Lor:

 oh okay then

  Mace:

 ugh i hate this part

not funny

  Lor:

 yeah

 oh no bad dreams

  Mace:

 oh dean

  Lor:

 dude, Sam. I know you're annoyed he's not telling you about hell, but give the man a little break

  Mace:

 yeah, but I get Sam’s side, too. He’s so worried

  Lor:

 yeah

  Mace:

 I mean, he’s acting better than Dean with Sam’s...abilities

  Lor:

 THAT is true

 the florists

  Mace:

 snork

  Lor:

 "and on Thursdays we're teddy bear doctors"

  Mace:

 Is that Sam Raimi?

 HAHAHA YES

  Lor:

 no idea

he looks familiar though

 omg their faces

  Mace:

 YES

 It’s Ted Raimi, Sam’s brother

  Lor:

 they play off each other so well in these funnier episodes

  aaaah

  Mace:

 they really do

  (do you know who he is?)

  Lor:

 (I do not)

  Mace:

 (he’s a horror movie director)

  Lor:

 (ooooh. I know I’ve heard the the name)

  Mace:

 (the evil dead movies)

  Lor:

 "Something bad. like us." omg Sammy. stop being so hot

  Mace:

 (and also the toby mcguire spider-man movies)

  HAHAHAHAHA

  Lor:

 (aaah)

 omg they just run over the kid

  Mace:

 (so lots of people who love SPN probably LOVE him)

(because his horror movies are all cult favorites)

  Lor:

 (that is really cool)

  Mace:

 (YES)

  Lor:

 "Kneel before Todd!"

  Mace:

 YES

  Lor:

 omg the Spider-man line!

  Mace:

 THE SPIDER-MAN QUOTE

YAS

  Lor:

 YAAAAAS

  Mace:

 so clever

  poor sammy

  Lor:

 yeah

he keeps losing those shoes

  Mace:

 HAHAHAHA he does!

  Lor:

 omg Dean. after all that he's gonna help Todd with his bullies

  Mace:

 YES

  Lor:

 I love him

  Mace:

 you do?!

  Lor:

 I know. I've been keeping it under wraps

  Mace:

 mind. blown

  Lor:

 I feel you are making fun of meeeee

  Mace:

 NEVER

  Lor:

 were they specifically waiting to make sure Audrey's parents got back?

  Mace:

 oh DEAN

 it seems so

sweet boys

  Lor:

 that's adorable. and of course they did

 "tell me about it." "no"

  Mace:

 “so tell me about it.” “no”

  Lor:

 oh boys

  Mace:

 YES

 LEAN ON ME, Dean, LEAN ON ME.

  Lor:

 "there aren't words. there's no forgetting"

 DEEEAN

  Mace:

 his little lip quiver

  Lor:

 YAAAAS

  Mace:

 I mean, DAMN, Jensen

  Lor:

 Cas come hold him

his stupid little freckle face all tortured

  Mace:

 YES

[whitedarkmoonflower]

The Morning After: Uhtred's Pretty Boys Trying to Braincell // Part II The Last Kingdom S4E8