#the episode is devastating

[girlinthefireplace16]

Lost Rewatch - 6x14 The Candidate

“Locke can't kill us. This is what he wanted, this is what he has been waiting for. Everything he has done was to get us here. He wanted us all in the same place, at the same time, a nice enclosed space that we have no hopes of getting out of. Locke said he can't leave the island without us. I think he can't leave until we're all dead. He said he could kill anyone of us whenever he wanted, but what if he hasn't because he's not allowed to? What if he's trying to get us to kill each other?”

[thesapphiccrytid]

Falin?

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Dead beat down

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[beif0ngs]

Sometimes taking a leap forward means... leaving a few things behind.

[vanpalmr]

YELLOWJACKETS | 1.03 | 2.07 |

[glowingsand]

“to do this, i must know your story!”

[kakushigotofanclub]

I have so much to say about the new episode but unfortunately my main takeaway is just this scene

[logicalbookthief]

The way we get this line:

And after that Kazuki struggles the entire episode with feeling like he doesn’t deserve to be happy. Then at the end—

We get Rei & Miri actively trying to make him happy with the French toast.

[dindjarism]

The ship had to be destroyed. It was between that and the Anjin's life. Mariko negotiated for the Church, and I [Toranaga] agreed. SHŌGUN | 1.10 A Dream of a Dream

[sketchtropolis]

I’m two decades late but hello world!!

[patsmassivekeychain]

Ok more coherent thoughts now. I can already see how this ending is probably going to be divisive and to an extent I understand why. Before it aired, I wasn't keen on the idea of the show ending like this. People don't like endings where the found family go their separate ways, except that isn't really what's happening here. And I think the way they did it was perfect.

Alison has come in and completely turned these ghosts' unlives around. She's given them purpose, connections with the outside world and each other, and above all a lack of boredom. Boredom is one of the main existential challenges the ghosts face. Alison isn't abandoning them to what they had before she came - she's leaving them with the tools to actually live rather than just exist after her.

And she's not gone forever! Families don't have to live together to be family. She comes back and visit them regularly! Maybe it's just because I moved out from my parents' in the last few years and I'm back for Christmas, but her being a regular at the hotel, coming back and visiting them at least every Christmas (maybe more) was very moving to me. Just because she's moved out doesn't mean they're not still family.

Having it become a hotel is a nice bookend and I bet it's improved the ghosts' quality of unlife a lot. As I said, their biggest challenge has always been boredom. A hotel/golf course probably isn't at all boring. How many affairs do you think Julian has watched? It's perfect for them, with all the people coming and going. I bet they even stage the odd haunting for fun. A constant, varied existence is a great fate for them.

Ending the episode with the plague ghosts was PERFECT. Obviously, it was great to see them again and it was hilarious as they always are. But it struck me just how much this decision has improved their situation - they've gone from dingy cellar to sauna. And that's the analogy of how much things have improved for all the ghosts.

Change is scary. It's sad when things come to an end. But sometimes it's for the best. And an end doesn't always mean a closed door.

[papayaturtles]

" And then there were 2 "

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The Dungeon Meshi crew 'leap' into action!

[ptieuca]

you almost went away today. we both did.

[kanga-moroo]

desperately hope Arthur runs a prophet scheme while in the 13th century. Let people think John is the Holy Spirit whispering in his ear

[egophiliac]

Sorry, most likely my memory being poor, but I thought Malleus' mom (don't know how to spell her name and too lazy to check how to spell it) was already an adult when Lilia ""proposed""?? Like I was always under the assumption that it was like a one-sided child crush on somebody completely out of your league you tend to have as a kid 💀

I don't think they say how old she was? although it's entirely possible I just misunderstood; my Japanese is...shaky. :') the actual line is "幼い頃に私に求婚したのは偽りか?", which I read as "isn't it true that you proposed to me as a kid?", and took as her being older than him, but not necessarily an adult (like, I was thinking of Lilia as being not quite a preteen and Mel being preteen/young teen). although I don't know if there's a connotation or something I'm missing that implies a bigger age gap, if that makes sense!

(and of course, I might also just be forgetting some other line -- if someone else knows, then please correct me! I need to know which headcanons need adjusting 👀)

BUT YEAH in a canon-y sense, Malleus is 178 and around the third-years developmentally. which makes me think that even though dragons have a way longer lifespan, they go through childhood at about the same rate as most fae (or at least the kind that Lilia is) and just kinda...slow waaaaay down once they hit adulthood. so it makes sense in my brain that he and Meleanor could've basically grown up together!

...it makes it angstier that way, anyway. :)