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markantonys · 1 year ago

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My Mom Reacts To: wheel of time season 2 episodes 5-8 (episodes 1-4) (season 1)

the episode 1-4 post did not contain book spoilers, but this one does, so beware!

first, some dinnertable questions that arose in the past few days:

mom: 3000 years ago, when the first dragon was around, was ishamael--wait. was ishamael the dragon? me: no mom: but he was around back then? me: yes, he was the first dragon's best friend, but then he betrayed him mom: just like how liandrin is betraying everyone

(also, she keeps trying to call him "ishmael" like the moby dick character)

mom: at the end of 14 books, does good triumph over evil? me: i'm not gonna tell you that mom: well this show won't go for 14 seasons, or if it does, i'll be in a dementia ward by then

mom: how long is someone the amyrlin? me: for life, unless they get removed mom: is it an elected position or would they have like a coup? me: [sweating] it's an elected position

she wanted to know where everything was, so i pulled out the handy randland map mug she gave me for christmas to show her! haha

she also asked if we see more of the other colors (ajahs) in the books, and i said if anything we see less because liandrin and alanna have much less screentime in the books, and she was very surprised to hear that

dad: [setting up a dad joke voice] what's it called when lan dies? me: what? dad: lan's end

(okay that might be an americans-only joke lmao there's a big clothing chain called lands' end, not sure how widespread it is. but it cracked ME up, at least!)

mom: does lan die?!?!?!? me: you read his wikipedia article like 2 months ago mom: well i don't remember any of it, that was a long time ago!

she also assumed that no one who is together now (lanaeve + randgwene) will end up together. i'd straight up told her a while ago that rand and egwene don't end up together but she wasn't totally sure of that now, so i think it's actually okay if i tell her spoilers because she'll forget them immediately djkfjgh

episode 5

"she should be glad to get those ridiculous nails cut"

she was horrified by the horse slaughter!

my dad laughed at the guy getting his head exploded, maybe it's not just rand maybe he just likes to see Anyone have a bad time

elyas: your friends from the two rivers aren't your pack mom: ohhhh 😔😠 elyas: neither was your wife mom: [GASP]

she loves hopper so much and i'm not ready for her to see ep8!!

brown sister trio introduced, we pause as i am tasked with writing down every ajah and what they do lmao

my mom repeatedly asked if suroth was a forsaken. probably because she has The Audacity to talk to an actual forsaken Like That!

not much reaction to aviendha at all this episode! i think my mom was a bit overwhelmed by all the new info being learned in this episode, so she was more concerned with trying to figure out who the aiel and the seanchan are than with paying attention to aviendha specifically (partially my fault bc i first explained the aiel as "those warrior people" and she thought i meant the seanchan lmao). she mourned that we hadn't started our character/terminology list on a bigger piece of paper!

i had to fight to keep it together rather than shout with joy during the gawyn namedrop djkjfgh

mom: did the red one free nynaeve so they could try to escape?? me: yes mom: she is just too complicated for me

in this same vein, my dad later referred to liandrin as a "double double agent"

moiraine: [big sigh] dad: she's always a drama queen

he's not wrong jkdjfg

ishy tenderly stroking rand's face also got no reaction, much to my surprise haha i meanwhile was silently losing it

when the seanchan were bringing out egwene and saying how powerful she is, my dad was like "but she's the wrong one, it's the other one who's powerful" oh my god let poor egwene LIVE djkfg even he is pulling a "did you hear that nynaeve is the most powerful channeler we've seen in 1000 years" on her!

my mom cracked up at moiraine saying "it's your choice rand, i mean it this time" and was like "yeah i was gonna say, is she ACTUALLY going to let him choose here?"

episode 6

my mom literally THE SECOND renna's bracelet linked with the a'dam: "so she can channel too? i thought these people punished everyone who can channel" not her INSTANTLY clocking The Sul'dam Secret when in-world it apparently took hundreds of years for anyone to notice hahaha this certainly lends weight to the "this information Is Known but routinely suppressed, as fascist governments are wont to do" interpretation over the "literally not a single person had any idea until the wondergirls" interpretation

lanfear: why do you think you can't trust me? mom: because you have a silly hat

911 lanfear's just been murdered. i guess some people (straight women) ARE immune to her dominatrix outfit djkfg

my mom also voiced her displeasure with rand's haircut again in this scene. my mom 🤝 me 🤝 mat

BOTH my parents thought lanfear's condition was going to be that rand had to kill moiraine himself! the second he opened his eyes they both said it! they're already thinking so dark!

on that note, i'd predicted my mom would be annoyed at moiraine for refusing barthanes's sandwiches, but that was not the case: instead, she and my dad both went "oh i bet the sandwiches are poisoned" they're so suspicious of everything now! and rightfully so

"i can hear you bickering from the fruit market" got a good laugh

my mom also gave a hearty, appreciative chuckle at mat shitting on rand's hair. he spoke for all of us!

mat: i'll meet you in an hour mom: they don't have watches, how will they know when it's been an hour?

mom when moiraine apologizes to barthanes: why is she being nice? me: because she feels bad mom, as if it never occurred to her moiraine might have a conscience: oh..............

mom when siuan arrives in cairhien: now someone can tell her about liandrin! me: but no one here knows that mom: UGH!!!

haha welcome to wheel of time! the necessary information is always stuck in the wrong plotlines and unable to be passed along to the relevant people!

elayne to nynaeve: if we help ryma, we can't help egwene mom: oh this poor woman, now she's faced with another hard choice just like in the arches! me: [sits there stunned because i never made that connection]

episode 7

my mom loved lan telling rand to tuck in his shirt, naturally

lan: heron dips over the wing [or whatever the name was] mom: what? me: it's a sword form, they all have weird names mom: oh, that would explain why it didn't make any sense

lan: your duty is to protect everyone in the world, not just the ones you love mom: that's a big responsibility :(

she laughed and said "she doesn't like not being the boss!" at nynaeve's face when elayne told her to do what she said

she is SO PRESSED about other characters needing to find out about liandrin. she was so excited when anvaere eavesdropped and then so mad when moiraine left before anvaere could tell her the news (but i reassured her by saying that moiraine is about to go to the same place as nynaeve & co who will be able to tell her)

moiraine: [is Mean to lan] mom: TUH! dad: he should just slay her

mom: so what does this tea do? me: allegedly it will show mat his past lives mom: but it might be a trick me: ishamael DOES call himself "father of lies"

my dad was like "that was cool!" after mat's bad trip, which is among his biggest reactions to anything, other than "[chuckles] that was a good one!" when egwene said "renna i will kill you"

ishy: i just want to close my eyes and never have to open them again mom: so kill yourself then 🙄

911 ishamael's also been found murdered. i think she could put the forsaken in line honestly, "you have a silly hat" "kill yourself" she's just not having any of their shit. i hate to compare her to cadsuane, but it's kinda giving cadsuane.

lanfear's dominatrix outfit did get more appreciation this time though when the silly hat was not present ("they had fun with her costumes")

rand: i need your help lanfear mom: ??????? doesn't he know she's evil???????

"she could at least say something nice to lan 🙄" when moiraine fails to say something nice to lan after getting unshielded thanks to him

lanfear: [broken amyrlin line] mom: is she broken??? me: i think she just meant metaphorically, not physically mom: oh. but their love is broken :(

episode 8

my dad actually put his laptop away to watch this episode with his full attention. this is high praise! he never does that!

mom: who's that? [dain] me: the whitecloak perrin spared when he escaped with aviendha mom: i don't remember that me: we watched that YESTERDAY mom: 🤷

she did remember after another moment though haha but that supports my impression that ep5 was A Bit Too Much New Info for her to take in all at once

lanfear: rand i'm the only one who truly cares about you mom: i don't think THAT'S true!

when perrin tells hopper to stay there: "he's just going to leave his dog out in the desert with no water???"

mom when lanfear calls ishy sweetheart and strokes his hair: wait was he the one she was in love with????? me: no it was rand's past life, that's why she's obsessed with rand mom: rand's past WIFE???? me: LIFE

babe wake up new polycule just dropped (lanfear/ishy/lews/ilyena)

she GASPED when renna cut off egwene's braid! as she should!

she said "too bad min isn't here" during the episode (she thought it would be helpful if min could tell mat what would happen if he were to touch the dagger; i was like "i think he knows it would be bad mom" lmao) and after the episode she anxiously asked if we would ever see min again, dammit mom don't you dare become a min stan on me jdkfgh (although, the fact that she thought we might not see her again indicates it's 0% on her radar that min might be anyone's love interest, which is interesting! a number of show-onlys were at least expecting her to be mat's i think)

nynaeve: i'll make you regret the first kiss your mother ever gave your father mom: [delighted] that's a creative one! dad: there are a lot of nasty women on this show and only one nasty man [ishy] me and mom: TUH!

although he is not wrong to say that s2 was the season of Female Villains and Women Being Mean (and i loved every moment of it!). don't you worry dad, rand's gonna be stepping up to fill the Nasty Man Quota soon enough. and i can't wait!

dad when rand is watching egwene from a distance: he's not doing a good job of hiding me: at least his cloak is the same color as the wall dad: well his dumb face isn't

why is he SUCH a hater when it comes to poor rand jkdjfg please, that's your future son-in-law!

they both were repeatedly pressed about everyone carrying the horn box (or rather "the briefcase" as my dad called it) out in the open

mom: they need to just put it in a sack! me: they don't have any sacks on hand! mom: there's plenty of sacks lying around!!!

she keeps thinking that rand got the heron-marked sword from his mom, and when she saw that turak had one she was like "but i thought those were the swords of the aiel?" and i cracked up imagining how offended aiel would be to hear her say that

she missed rand killing all the seanchan because she was too busy asking me the above question, but when she looked back at the screen she went 1) "oh, this is so gory" 2) "did RAND do all that????"

she was sad about ingtar, she was like "ohhhh, i liked him :(" imagine caring about ingtar, could not be me jdkfg

me: so lanfear is talking about the seals of the other forsaken, she wants this guy to throw them all in the ocean because she doesn't want them to be released mom: why doesn't she just do it herself? me: me: me: i don't know, actually..................

(maybe she just wanted them gone stat but didn't want to leave falme for even a moment while shit was going down with rand and ishy? or maybe she was like, I'm Too Hot And Iconic To Get My Hands Dirty Doing Things Myself)

mom as soon as renna's shown to be alive, after egwene's picked up the collar: she should go put the collar on her!

she been knew again!

mom at the mat-perrin reunion: put the spear down before you hug him, you'll stab someone by accident!!!!

she was glad to see egwene get her vengeance, but added "but now i bet she'll feel guilty for killing someone because she's a good person :("

ishy: [talking about what rand did in his past life] mom: rand doesn't even remember that! rand right on cue: i'm not lews therin!

i warned her "you might not want to look" just before hopper's death, but she did look, and she was very sad. as was i!

she thought that one of the heroes of the horn was stepin and i told her it wasn't (it was just some random guy with similar hair) but maybe i should've let her keep on believing it because it's a nice idea!

mom when the spear goes through ishy and hits rand: OH NO!!!! just like min said!!! me: [vibrating with glee over The Great Cauthor Stabbening]

when ishy said "i'm sorry old friend" to rand here my dad said "that sounds familiar" and i was like what's he talking about? but then realized that's what LTT said to ishy in the cold open!!! my heart!!! thank you dad for catching that parallel, i gotta go make a gifset now

"how is one guy holding off all these soldiers by himself?" mom i cannot believe you of all people would doubt lan!

she laughed at rand being like "[half-dead] who are you???" but made no comment on the subsequent romantic shot of elayne. however, after the episode she was like "'who are you?' rand said................is something going to happen with him and elayne??" and i was like 🤷😁😁😁😁 and then she said "but they both have red hair, are they from the same place?" and i told her that elayne is not aiel and not ALL redheads are aiel lmao and maybe i should've just said "you'll see" but. i don't think it's a spoiler to confirm that elayne is not aiel.

she does not believe that ishy is really dead, and she kept asking me if he was really dead and if he shows up again later in the books and i swear, the three oaths possessed me in that moment and made me incapable of saying "yes he's really dead, no we don't see him again in the books". so i just kept shrugging which probably made it obvious that indeed, this is not the last we see of him haha

mom when moiraine starts weaving fire in the direction of the tower: what's she doing?! everyone's up on that tower!!! me: she's not trying to BLOW UP RAND mom: oh

at some point during all the battles she was like "now what's lanfear up to during all this? 🤨" a good thought to have always!

at the end of the episode: "now we have to wait a whole year or two for the next season!!!!!" she's hooked!!

favorite character roundup: my mom said lan is #1 and egwene is #2, and she also loves loial, and she said that she didn't care for perrin last season but likes him a lot now. my dad said his favorites are "the tree guy" (loial) and "the new woman at the end who's more powerful than anyone we've seen so far" (moghedien! that one was a surprise to me. tumblr 🤝 my dad. i hope he'll enjoy The Season Of Moghedien next season! tho it could also be that he just said her because she was the last character we saw and he'd already forgotten all the other ones lmao)

#wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time #wot show spoilers #wot book spoilers

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dalekofchaos · 5 months ago

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How do you fuck up a show about Boba Fett?

I will forever be baffled by how Filoni and Favreau botched Boba Fett's show nor will I ever forgive them for how they did Boba Fett dirty just to be used as a fucking stepping stone for Din and Grogu. Even worse is how Disney refuses to give Temuera Morrison the audience or time to grant him a season 2.

A Boba Fett show on paper should've been the easiest thing in the world. I already made a list of ways how season 1 could've been better. But here's a smaller list.

Boba Fett actually being a crime lord and acts like the ruthless bounty hunter only doing it on his terms

Give us flashbacks to Jango during the Mandalorian Civil War(bonus points. Jango killed Tor Viszla, but Deathwatch refused to give up the Darksaber. By rights Jango is the rightful ruler of the Darksaber and for that very reason is why the weapon is cursed with hints that because Boba is Jango's son, Boba Fett is destined to wield the Darksaber)

GIve us flashbacks of Daniel Logan during Boba's rise as a ruthless bounty hunter and you know, give us the cut Bounty Hunter arc via flashbacks

Keep the helmet on. He shouldn't even take it off for Fennec. If I wanted to see Temuera's face, I would advocate for a Captain Rex show. The mask IS BOBA'S FACE

Instead of being this dumbed down idiot who's more of a sheriff instead of a Godfather like criminal. Boba is 10 steps ahead of everyone. He knows how this game is played and will use the knowledge he's gained from his father and working with Jabba. Instead of being hunted down by the Syndicate, it's him hunting them down.

A good Boba Fett story is easy, it just needs proper execution.

He just needs to be a darker version of The Mandalorian. Instead of being on the run, he is hunting. Instead of showing mercy, he has little.

Where Din and Grogu are the heroes, Boba and Fennec are the clear seedier and morally grey figures.

Hell just make John Wick in space. Spice Syndicate gets ballsy and fucks up his little kingdom, so Boba Fett dons the helmet and doesn't take it off until he's dismantled the entire syndicate one boss per episode tracking them across their galactic network. And when the syndicate bosses thinks Boba's left them alive, Fennec is there to finish the job. Fennec's role is to assassinate targets that could cripple rival syndicates and enrich their own empire. You can have guest stars and cameos, which would be interesting to see pre-established characters react to his ruthless effective extermination. Hell, maybe some object so strongly they fight Boba Fett so the boss battle of an episode is against a good guy.

Or hell. If the rumors of Mace returning are true, maybe you could center the season around that. Mace Windu is Boba's Moby Dick and he's chasing him throughout the Outer Rim. But when he finds Mace, he's just a tired old man who cut himself off from the force after his failure. When the audience thinks Boba might forgive him and give up his vengeance, BAM! Boba shoots him dead. Boba has no mercy.

I mean this shit isn't hard to outline, which is why what we got was confusing.

Boba Fett in Mando was physically portrayed as even more of a threat than Din and took out SHIPS of stormtroopers single-handedly and morally he was honorable but still grey.

Now all of a sudden he's completely different. He constantly needs a bacta nap. He barely fires his weapons. He is easily duped by everyone. He wants to "rule with respect". He gets duped by everyone. And the out of place Mods.

You know what would've been an easy fix to all of this? No Din Djarin, no Grogu and it's all about Boba and Jango Fett.

Imagine instead of Din and Grogu. The Mandalorian was about Jango and Boba Fett. Jango is the Mandalorian and we see his back story and him training Boba.

It could’ve honestly been a generational story

S1: Jango story that fleshes out his time before the prequels to his death

S2: young Boba post prequels to his escape of the Pitt

S3 Boba’s journey post Pitt to after sequel timeline

#Star Wars #Boba Fett #Anti Dave Filoni #Anti Filoni #The Book Of Boba Fett #Jango Fett #Fennec Shand #Mace Windu #Temuera Morrison

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marygodwin-bsd · 2 years ago

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Rating members of the Guild based on nothing but my own vibes (I haven't seen all of season 3)

there is a part 1 and 2 of this and ill probably make a part 4

Lucy M. Montgomery

10/10 for the fact once she showed up the show stopped treating kyouka like a possible ship for atsushi. 3/10 for the fact they gave her braces but when they needed her to be attractive they got rid of them ??? her design is 7/10, i like all her colors and shes very distinct, but she has the same issue as kunikida does with those big flyaway spikes that ernd up changing the entire hairstyle? just braids would have been fine. 9/10 for that incredibly cool but confusing power, also I just love her so much overall imma give her an 8/10

Nathaniel Hawthorne

im totally biased bc I liked the scarlett letter except for how much this man loved commas ANYWAYS this guys power is 10/10 freaking SICK I LOVE IT. 6/10 for the design its not bad but its very uhh .. monochromatic?? still cool and i get it might be because the red stands out but like give him one more red piece on his person. 10/10 for secretly being hoplessly in love with margaret?? I love it??? it reminds me so much of the book because of how hester and whatever his name was are super comfortable and sweet with one another in the forest and no one knows about them its peaceful and its fantastic ily nate overall 8/10 he seems like the kind of priest who would give free hugs at a pride parade

Margaret Mitchell

10/10 for the literal interpretation of Gone With The Wind but i wanna see her make a tornado. 10/10 for being in love with Hawthorne i love a secret romance. 7/10 for that accent in the english VA. 4/10 for seeming like shed be a little... a little phobic idk why i just get that vibe and this is about vibes love the fit 7/10 im just wondering how she can stand to possibly get her skirt wet 7/10 overall i just dont know enough about her to comment on anything else

John Steinbeck

8/10 for that power being cool but looking so viscerally gross. 7/10 for looking like Baldroy and Finny smashed together, 5/10 for that backstory bc i get it but dude youre going the wrong way. 9/10 for growing grapes for me <3. but 3/10 for putting the girls in danger cmon man be a gentleman overall 7/10

James L.

(I cannot find a Gif.) uh 6/10 for being there but then he dipped i didnt even know who this was

Mark Twain

GIMME MORE 5/10 for how i dont understand his ability at all did they just not know what to do and so they gave him his own tiny characters???? 8/10 because hes so cute but uh all the redheads in this show look related bc they are the Same Shade of RedHeaded cmon hony you know how to move a slider towards yellow just make his hair a little lighter. Theres not much about him and im not sure why hes a sniper 6/10 for not getting it, but hes cute! overall 7/10

H.P. Lovecraft

10/10 the best way they couldve represented him- honestly i was SO WORRIED bc you know you know what IRL lovecraft was like(0/10 for his racism) im just glad they didnt make him like his IRL counterpart instead they just made him like one of his own monsters 9/10! Fantastic idea! I like how just plain weird he is? he has no ability. hes just Like That. the guild just decided they wanted him. team pet. let him nap. 9/10 on that design, hes monochromatic but his hair and face and all that are distinct. oh also 10/10 because in that one fight he uh kunikida uh uh uh 9/10 overall really well done

Herman Melville

dont know much about him at this moment um 4/10 i hate his beard whats going on there uh 8/10 for the fact he and Moby Dick can talk to eachother and also have arguments apparently??? way to be one with thyself dude 6/10 because i know very little about him

Louisa May Alcott

baby 7/10 but i feel like shes lonely also how on earth does her ability have anything to do with Little Women?? is time slowing down like, a knock on the book? are they calling it slow?? i'll never know. 8/10 design i like it a lot i mean shes not super distinct but shes cute. overal 8/10

Edgar Allen Poe

POE!!!! i heard about poe before i watched the show uh 4/10 for how dirty they did him giving him a pet raccoon i love Karl but that is foul (RIP irl Poe rabies mustve sucked) 8/10 for his dynamic with rampo, though i havent gotten far enough to find true ship material beyond that one episode? 7/10 for the design its cool but a bit impractical and i feel like hes doing it for show but honestly its a stylistic choice overall 8/10 for his everything love him

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Money monehy money, must be funny, in a rich mans world 10/10 for how much he loves his wife i know irl FSG was a dbag to his so great improvement i also think its so funny that his power is Money like how did you learn that so 9/10 for that. 7/10 for that design i can get on board with most of it but his bangs look too much like kunikidas and what is that tie pattern??other than that hes fantastic. the backstory is sad and i wish he could save his daughter. 8/10 overall bc he still beat up atsushi

Part 1 here Part 2 here Part 4 here

#f scott fitzgerald bsd #lucy montgomery bsd #poe bsd #nathaniel hawthorne bsd #margaret mitchell bsd #john steinbeck bsd #louisa may alcott bsd #herman melville bsd #hp lovecraft bsd #mark twain bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #kunikida #atsushi nakajima #bsd

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uneducated-author · 1 year ago

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One thing I think Bungou Stray Dog doesn't get enough credit for is the scale of it's fights.

Like, the season 1 finale is rescuing and recruiting Kyouka, and season 2 is saving Yokohama from the Guild and disabling the Moby Dick. Season 3 has the finale of the cannibalism arc, where the main risk is the war erupting between the Port Mafia and the Armed Detective Agency, and season 4 is largely a partial set up season, which finishes solidifying that the perception of the ADA is that they are terrorists, laying the groundwork for the next few arcs.

It's really interesting, and speaks to the writing that all of these calamities are contained to Yokohama, and more so, it's very intentional. For example in Dead Apple, there is the implication that the murder fog will spread, causing the gifted genocide to occur all over the World, but as soon as that global threat is defined, we get the clockwork esquires saying 'we're going to nuke Yokohama' so the worst case scenario comes back to Yokohama's destruction.

I haven't read all the light novels so I can't really to speak to them, but like, in stormbringer, a major threat is forcing Arahabaki out of Chuuya so N can control the singularity, or the demonic beast Guivre. Like these are calamitous events, but they're also very centric on the character itself you know?

To take the most notorious example, Marvel did the opposite, with every film introducing new stakes and risks until they run out. Bungou avoids this entirely. That isn't to say that they don't have stakes, and there's the understanding that if they do loose, the consequences will have effects outside of Yokohama, but it means that the scale is kept relatable and understandable to a reader.

And also, when we are now (manga spoilers) facing a threat of World domination, the threat feels genuine. This is a genuine threat on a scale we haven't seen before, and we take it seriously. The description and the potential of One Order is heavy and dramatic, and the implications are entirely foreign to the narrative.

I'm just, very quietly impressed with how BSD never had a story arc which focused on a global threat. Every story focuses on the characters, their loyalty and the importance of their home and the organisation they work for. It would have been so easy at any point to say 'they have to defeat y because the World is at stake' but the story never takes the easy route.

Atsushi has to rescue Kyouka because she wants to live in the light, and he wants to earn the right to live. Shin Soukoku defeat Fitzgerald because they want to earn the respect of their mentor, and defend the city that they want to call their home. The ADA and PM team up to defeat Dostoyevsky because they are loyal to their bosses and don't want to loose them. Even Dazai, who is apathetic in all things, even his life, wants to keep Yokohama safe, even if it's because of a promise to a friend he lost long ago.

The story never overpowers the characters and I think that's more valuable than we ever appreciate.

#bungou stray dogs #bsd atsushi #bsd dazai #bsd akutagawa #bsd chuuya #bungou stray dogs manga #bsd manga

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quarktrinity · 1 year ago

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quark watches star trek season 2 episode 13

kirk slaps space rock

reusing those fog machines from a few episodes ago i see

obviously reversed footage of fog spilling out to make it look like its going back in

kirk has a trauma trigger in the smell of space honey

kirk says gaseous clouds are evil and should be killed

oh god all these guys are wearing red shirts and theres an evil cloud out and about. get out of there guys

evil space cloud using its glitter powers

nooooooo not the red shiiiiirrrrts noooooooooo

"something that cant possibly exist, but it does" thats the plot of like every episode dude. dont you watch your own show

shatner? i hardly know er!

just thought of that joke. im a genius

this episode is called "obsession". im so excited

space cloud vampire

i should add a square on the bingo card called "were going to be late to our space obligation because we have to resolve this plot first"

kirk has space ptsd

another lovecraftian episode

so the titular obsession is kirks. got it

new security officer. is he evil

kirk is so short

lets kill space gas dracula

SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA

nooooooooooo not the red shiiiiiiiirrrrrrts nooooooooooooo

so crazy how they died. cant believe it. on this show? unprecedented

kirk has a vaguely homoerotic determination to kill space gas dracula

kirk says your reflexes suck youre fired

new security officer is very embarrassed and sad

kirk you need a xanax

"i need your advice" "then i need a drink" make out

so space gas dracula is kirks traumatic backstory. i already knew that but thanks spock

new security officers dad was murdered by space gas dracula. i love drama

kirk? having guilt? crazy

ohhhh this is so good, kirks projecting his own guilt onto the new security officer. i love when kirk has something psychological going on

mccoys gonna diagnose kirk with ptsd. im so excited

kirk shut up and let your bfs give u therapy

lets kill space gas dracula... 2!

so why is warp 8 dangerous. im not sure

SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA

kirk has to Let Go

this episode is awesome

"your self pity is a terrible first course. why dont you try the soup instead?"

"this is [mccoys] officially logged prescription for you. it has one word on it: eat." i love this show

oh my god she was bullshitting him to get him to eat. this show is so good.

new security officer in a fit of anger throws his dish

wow so weird how conventional weapons dont work on the evil space cloud

is this supposed to be moby dick

SPACE GAS DRACULA HAS ENTERED THE SHIP

spock says your guilt is irrational, get therapy

SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA

is spock immune to space gas dracula

obviously reversed footage... 2!

spocks Fine

space gas dracula thinks spocks blood is gross

i love kirk so much

kirk gives himself therapy through the power of projection. hold a mirror in front of someone elses face and tell them theyre beautiful

this is like if moby dick and dracula had a beautiful love child and left it in the care of hp lovecraft and then drained the racism out of it

oh so NOW this show knows how antimatter works

kirk once again keeps spock safe

the writers are once again terrified of nuclear bombs

SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA SPACE GAS DRACULA

kirks uses himself as bait, new security guy gets in a physical fight with him about it

oh hes not? ok

oh he is hes just gonna make it out in time alright

BOOM GET EXPLODED IDIOT

were losing the security guy arent we

nope hes fine

spock says who needs god when you have me

kirk solves this dudes daddy issues

yaaayyyyyyyyyy

that episode was great

#quark watches star trek #star trek #star trek tos

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skellybonesandtrees · 1 year ago

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What are your Top 5 Favorite 80s songs that have been used on Stranger Things and why?

I think we've done this before? Or something similar? I couldn't find it. But doing me best with a help from google and a poor memory!

1. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, I associate it with Benny for some reason? I could be wrong. I think mostly I loved season 1 everything

2. Should I Stay or Should I Go by the Clash, OF COURSE! Because it's just a Will & Jonathan tune and it stuck with me because their relationship in s1 was everything. It's a Byers anthem for me. The good Byers anyway, not that dick who gave them all that name.

3. Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner, now this is probably a Steve/Nancy one but I like it for nostalgia purposes as I never shipped them.

4. Can't Fight this Feeling by REO Speedwagon, I can't place this song anywhere it's been a while, but it's the nostalgia again.

5. When It's Cold I'd Like to Die by Moby, again I LOVE season 1 everything. This to me is a climax song, it's about Will and Joyce and Hopper and his daughter Sarah and it's about Mike and Eleven. Love it so much.

thanks for the ask! sorry I didn't do a better job! So many songs through 4 seasons! Slow 41 year old brain here :)

#tumblr asks #tumblr things #thegayhimbo #stranger things

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Saturday, July 01, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

I'll be on vacation for a week, so enjoy your Canada Day goodness. Enjoy the Amazing Race Canada on July 4th and a four part CBC scripted series about the Lac--Megantic disaster on July 6th and 7th.

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BACK TO SCHOOL BANANAS BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE BILL & TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY CLASS THE DECAMERON DIRTY WORK FIDDLER ON THE ROOF FROGS HANG ‘EM HIGH HENRY V INTO THE BLUE INTO THE BLUE 2: THE REEF INVADERS FROM MARS MAC AND ME MOBY DICK NICHOLAS NICKLEBY ONCE BITTEN RED DAWN SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION THE SNOWMAN

CBC GEM CBC NEWS SPECIAL: CANADA DAY 2023

CRAVE TV CRAVE’S OH CANADA! COLLECTIONS PARKS AND RECREATION (Seasons 1-7) WE ARE MARSHALL WHO YOU GONNA CALL

NETFLIX CANADA BRIDESMAIDS THE DANISH GIRL THE DAYS DREAMGIRLS FOOL’S GOLD THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN GOING THE DISTANCE HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS HORRIBLE BOSSES LEGENDS OF THE FALL MARIE ANTOINETTE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS MY GIRL THE NICE GUYS ODDBODS (Season 3) ONE PIECE: TV ORIGINAL 2 ONE PIECE: THRILLER BARK SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING THE SQUID AND THE WHALE TITANIC TRAINWRECK WORLD WAR Z

MLB BASEBALL (SN1) 2:00pm: Yankees vs. Cardinals (SN) 3:00pm: Red Sox vs. Jays (SN Now) 4:00pm: Giants vs. Mets (SN) 7:00pm: Rays vs. Mariners (SN) 10:00pm: Diamondbacks vs. Angels

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN/TSN3) 7:00pm: Blue Bombers vs. Alouettes

MLS SOCCER (TSN4) 7:30pm: Toronto FC vs. Real Salt Lake

WORLD LACROSSE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (TSN2) 7:30pm: Gold Medal Game: Canada vs. United States

CANADA DAY IN THE CAPITAL (CBC) 8:00pm: Annual Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill, featuring a concert of Canadian classics and recent hits.

NATION UNTAMED (APTN) 8:00pm: Sam and Chuck journey to the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan to experience traditional dogsledding and snowshoeing; they discover how a remote camp uses land-based learning initiatives to help keep Cree culture and language alive.

PLANNING ON FOREVER (W Network) 8:00pm: Emma, an events planner with no time for love, agrees to plan her sister's wedding in just six weeks with the help of Liam, whom Emma had a disastrous blind date with years ago.

BACK TO ROOTS (APTN) 8:30pm: Matricia harvests fresh bearberries which she uses to make a mixed berry crumble and a delicious bearberry iced tea; she finishes the episode by drumming and singing a song called "Okistitowin MISTA hiya."

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (DTour) 9:00pm: Charged with a brutal murder, a Connecticut man claims his innocence, insisting "the devil made me do it."

INFINITY POOL (Crave) 9:00pm: Guided by a seductive and mysterious woman, a couple on vacation venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism and untold horror.

THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY KING (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: A mother of two with a sketchy past earns her keep by washing windows at traffic lights, hoping to earn back the custody of her kids. After promising her daughter a birthday party, she fights the social services and break the rules to keep her word.

#canadian tv #cdntv #cancon #canadian tv listings #nation untamed #back to roots

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New Fiction 2024 - March

Dark Disciple by Christie Golden (2015)

I couldn't binge SW without going to the library like the old days to grab one of the recent EU novels. This one continues the Asajj Ventress arc that was cut from the final Clone Wars seasons, and I'm ambivalent about the course of events. But it looks like I chose the perfect time to read it because the final season of The Bad Batch will address things that annoyed me about the ending.

Cathedral by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (2002)

It was feeling a bit shaky in the previous novel (This Gray Spirit) with a lot of time spent on less interesting nuance, but this novel saves this short series by trimming off the expositional fat and keeping up the pace. The cliffhanger ending was fantastic and I've been jittery waiting until I can move on to the next one.

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (1851)

Herman, pal, I know what you were going for with the middle 2/3 of this book, but that really should've been a standalone expansion. Tolkien (or maybe his editors) knew to leave that to its own thing. In any case, WHAT A BOOK. How is this from the mid-1800s? Great beginning, great ending, interesting middle for those who can get through the instructional texts on whales and whaling.

"leave your laundry on the floor for them" by Pocketss (2024)

It's good to recycle.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor dev. Respawn Entertainment (2023)

I miss some of the more alien environments from the first game. They definitely borrowed spaghetti western cues from Mandalorian for this, and you see below how much I gripe about that show's influence. Cal's still kind of a dud. But it's great overall. What a fun, huge, expensive-looking game. How does any SW developer going forward beat this?!

Drive-Away Dolls dir. Ethan Coen (2024)

It's reaching out toward those 90s crime comedies the Coens had going, but just kinda falls short. I can't put a finger on what exactly is missing. Maybe it doesn't go far enough?

Madame Web dir. S.J. Clarkson (2024)

One of those laugh-at-the-dialogue-that-isn't-meant-to-be-funny affairs.

Perfect Days dir. Wim Wenders (2024)

I've over the moon for this movie. Just perfect in every way. I felt it in my bones, watched it ten times at theaters all over the area as I chased down showtimes, and I'll gladly watch it again.

The Peasants dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman (2024)

Holy crap, I missed Loving Vincent but this makes me wanna go and check that out, because this animation technique is gorgeous. All of the performances were great, too.

Stopmotion dir. Robert Morgan (2024)

Stopmotion, puppets, horror, madness. It's a perfect combination.

The Taste of Things dir. Tran Anh Hung (2024)

I haven't seen food shot this beautifully since Food Wars.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training dir. Haruo Sotozaki (2024)

Never watched an episode before and I can say that was a helluva fight.

Maestro dir. Bradley Cooper (2023)

Man, I mean, he did it, he sure damn did it, but should he have?

Land of Bad dir. William Eubank (2024)

When the shit hits the fan.

Imaginary dir. Jeff Wadlow (2024)

I was in from the get-go, but it did need a certain something. Maybe 25% more creepy toys.

Love Lies Bleeding dir. Rose Glass (2024)

You'll think you know where it's going but it does not go there.

The American Society of Magical Negroes dir. Kobi Libii (2024)

Justice Smith and An-Li Bogan did amazing work in The American Society of Magical Negroes. Everyone in the cast and crew, really, but they portrayed a lot of complicated feelings and fears with aplomb and also had a really sweet romantic scene that got to me like no romantic scene in recent memory. I fell for Bogan’s character just like Smith’s character did. (And they respond to that by the end.)

Shayda dir. Noora Niasari (2023)

Scheming and plotting to convince my higher-ups to cast Zar Amir Ebrahimi in any of our projects because I just wanna see her cast in more stuff.

One Life dir. James Hawes (2023)

More than most of us.

Problemista dir. Julio Torres (2024)

When there's no choice but to suffer and no one will understand.

Luca dir. Enrico Casarosa (2021)

Oh, this is just The Little Mermaid retold (affectionate).

Late Night with the Devil dir. Cameron Cairnes & Colin Cairnes (2024)

They needed more insanity and a higher frequency of it.

Immaculate dir. Michael Mohan (2024)

Whoa BUDDY, props to Sweeney for going for it in the end.

Exhuma dir. Jang Jae Hyun (2024)

I feel like I'm missing a critical cultural understanding here to get past my tepid response.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 dir. Rhys Frake-Waterfield (2024)

I didn't need to do this again.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire dir. Adam Wingard (2024)

Closing in on minimal humans and maximum giant monsters.

The Bad Batch - Season 2 (2023)

Yep, nailed it. They have great character moments here and it continues the tradition of "oh the clones are more interesting than most everyone else."

Andor (2022)

First half is two thumbs up, second half is one shaky thumb up. Big Mandalorian vibes with the whole return from whence you came narrative arc. I'd like to see them break away from Favreau's influence (I unfairly pin the live action ups and downs on him).

The Mandalorian - Season 3 (2023)

It's getting weird with the father figure thing. And it's befuddling when one has to catch a different show to understand key beats in Mandalorian and Grogu's story. Hype status for more seasons is low.

Ahsoka (2023)

The get-togethers are fun, but it meanders a bit and the ending was a headscratcher. Great combat and Star Wars-iness though. I'd come back for more with a hopeful glint in my eye.

Star Wars Resistance (2018-2020)

They could've had something good here, but they really whiffed most of season 1. It starts to get good at the end of s1 and maybe through half of s2, but then they seemed to tie things up hastily when they knew they were getting cancelled. Can't recommend. :(

Tales of the Jedi (2022)

Anthology Star Wars?! Anthology Star Wars!! They make me care about characters from the movies that meant nothing to me, as is Filoni and co's way.

Star Wars: Visions (2021-2023)

MORE anthology Star Wars?!! And "Screecher's Reach" in the second season kinda wrecked me. Just typing this out makes me think of it again and the tears well. It's from the Secret of Kells studio and it's just a phenomenal short. Both anthology shows are must-watch.

The Outer Limits - Volume 2 (1964)

I'm surprised how little of this first season carries through to the 90s revival that I love so much.

#new fiction #new fiction 2024

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Explaining RWBY to people who never watched RWBY

Describing RWBY out of context Let's pretend somebody asked you what was RWBY and you decided to use out of context explanations? Like these? 1. RWBY: the show that made people cry because Mulan and Thor held hands. 2. Remember that time the Grim Reaper got into a blood feud with the Little Old Lady who Lived in a Shoe (who is also a military general) over cashews? 3. No, the Wicked Witch of the West wanted to kill the gods because they wouldn’t revive her boyfriend, Princess Ozma 4. The Tin Man is going insane and the Snow Queen wants to blow up Moby Dick so Jeanne, Mulan and Goldilocks volunteer to go inside and save Tip (who is finally on speaking terms with the spirit of Princess Ozma). Tip manages to convince Hansel and Aladdin to turn good by showing them the Genie, but they are found by the Wicked Witch of the West. 5. Hansel realizes being evil goes against Gretel’s memory, so he takes all the steroids he has to beat up the Wicked Witch and hold her down while Tip causes a nuclear explosion that blows up her alongside Moby Dick. 6. The highlight (at least for me) of the newest season is that Goldilocks punched the Wicked Witch in the tits and blew them off with explosive rounds. 7. The Angel of Death once kicked the tush of an ice cream cone while Pinocchio and Cinderella went full cage match on each other in the background, all in the Roman Colosseum 8. Tick-Tock the Crocodile blinded the Angel of Death because Rapunzel does not share power.

9. What about that time Hansel kicked the tar outta Dorothy and The Great And Powerful Oz at the same time? Or when Cinderella tried to steal what were meant to be Elsa’s powers but was stopped thanks to the combined efforts of Pinocchio, Gepetto, and the Grimm Reaper herself?Or when the Scarecrow fell in love with The Honest Fisherman but then a scorpion framed the Scarecrow for murder and everyone was rightfully ticked off?Don’t forget that time when the Tin Man turned into a fascist dictator... 10. Think my favourite moment was while in a high security prison together; Robin Hood tears Jack Frost a new one, watches as Doctor Watson is decked by the police and carried off, then is implied to agree to help the Scarecrow murder the Tin Man - who is the fascist dictator that put them all in prison 11. And to add to this, Belle, the Monkey King, Red Riding Hood, and Pinocchio all fought against Honest John, and the Heyenas at the docks. 12. The Monkey King threw a banana in Honest John's face, and then Pinocchio went all "IMMA FIRIN MAH LASER!" 13. Let’s not forget the Grimm Reaper kicking butt and saving the day teaching Red Ruding hood how to use her laser eyes to save Belle from the monsters that weaponized depression. Or when and when Snow White torched up the dark with her personal super power while Red Riding good lead a drunk Scarecrow out side the house. 14. Or that time Goldilocks and bell stabbed the beast through the heart while red riding hood dorthy Thor the eye of Odin Mulan and Joan of arc fought the old lady in the shoe 15. Remember when Dr. Watson hacked an election so that Jack Frost would win over Robin Hood? 16. Remember when the Tin Man shot Dorothy and Oz the Great and Powerful off a cliff without provocation (with one bullet I may add)? Or the time the Wicked Witch of the West tried to kill the Gods because they wouldn’t bring her boyfriend (Oz the Great and Powerful) back from the dead? 17. Tin Man is unhinged and may have murdered and elected official. Granted, he did shoot Dorothy Gale point blank. 18. Ice cream Marry Poppins also feels under-appreciated. 19. Red Riding hood just told the tin man to backoff and stop emotionally manipulating Pinocchio. 20. ya'll CAN'T miss the time when joan of arc, mulan, thor and dorothy lost a 4v1 fight to an ice cream cone 21. Yall forgot how Belle and Goldilocks are a couple and killed Belle's abusive ex who was a fusion of gaston and the beast 22. Man remember when the Wicked Witch Of The West rode in on Monstro the Whale? Good times, good times. 23. Gepetto repairs Pinocchio and she has more cute moments with little red. She also gets framed for murder. 24. Everyone is shipping The Scarecrow and the The Lucky Charms mascot (yes I know he’s technically the fisherman’s good luck, don’t @ me). 25. Aesop’s fables get their tushies kicked by our main team. 26. Tin Man flat out shoots Dorothy Gale point blank. 27. Wicked Witch rides in on Monstro, about to wreck chaos and havoc. 28. Also the rest of Team FNKI is that infamous color changing dress. 29. Robin Hood lost to Jack Frost in an election because John Watson hacked the votes 30. Dorothy is the Wizard of Oz and also is the reincarnation of the Queen of Oz, who was in a loving relationship with the Wicked Witch of the West and had four children with her, one of whom was Dorothy. 31. Don’t forget how Hansel wants to murder the Wizard of Oz after he got Gretel killed, and how Thor yeeted him through a wall. 32. And remember the time when Belle and Goldilock straight up murder Gaston? 33. And never forget how Muninn, the other of Odin’s ravens and the mother of Goldilocks, decided to betray her brother Huginn, her daughter Goldilocks, and her daughter’s friends to the Wicked Witch of the West, all so that she could get a chance to try and steal Genie’s lamp from the Cave of Wonders. 34. Don't forget the time cinderella fought an ice cream cone in front of one of the biggest crime lords, little miss muffet. 35. Hansel wants to kill the Great and Powerful Oz because Oz let his sister Greta die. the personification of Dia De Los Muertos ticked off the Little Old Lady who lived in a Shoe Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum did acrobatics to amuse a crying baby Joan of Arc got pimp slapped by a Giant Mech and was fine Hugin/Scarecrow got drunk while Dorothy fixed a tire and everyone else was running around from the personification of depression. 36. We all forgot that the Grim Reaper fought the Crocodile from Peter Pan and chopped off its head 37. And then there was the time the old lady who lived in a shoe almost failed to protect San Francisco because of a decades old grudge against the Grim Reaper. 38. The little old lady who lives in a shoe gets her tush kicked by a bunch of kids. 39. Gaston finally gets what he deserves 40. Cinderella and Ice Cream Marry Poppins team up 41. I ship Pinocchio (with strings) and Red Riding hood... also I never thought that shipping the scarecrow with Elsa would be so great, and now we just met the Red Queen and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum who denied Dorothy access to the Magical Kingdom because they hate eachother 42. Also the boy who I have to assume was Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk is now emerging Minds with the Great and Powerful Oz. 43. And Little Miss Muffet is head of a gang in the Earth Kindgom. 44. Don’t forget the Pied Piper murdered his family to save money. 45. Rapunzel needs new windows because Hansel brought up her ex. 46. Dont forget that if Cinderella didn't kill Joan of Arc's lover, then Sappho would have been Achille's Sister in law 47. I totally want Goldilocks and Belle to end up together. Snow White and Red Riding Hood actually looks cute too, but you could already see that Thor and Mulan are already a thing. 48. Tweedledee died just for shock and nobody cared. 49. Also everybody favourite girl Mary Poppins returned after years just to beat the tar out of Cinderella 50. Or when Goldilocks, daughter of one of Odin's ravens, almost got killed by ice cream 51. Santa Claus is Elsa and Snow White's grandfather 52. Oz and the Fairy Godmother are at war with each other because Agni and Cernunnos got ticked off that the Fairy Godmother convinced everyone to go atheist because they're both kinda butt-heads. 53. The reason for this war? Agni and Cernunnos killed everyone except Fair Godmother, who they cursed with immortality...before bringing Oz back and telling him that if he didn't stop her, he would be forced to die and resurrect until he did. 54. Please note that Oz and Fairy Godmother were married and had like 5 children at this time. 55. So yes, Agni and Cernunnos are absolute jerks of the highest order of magnitude. Thanks for proving Fairy Godmother right the entire time. 56. Also, the Beast is a bonafide terrorist who tried to hijack a peaceful protest movement from Sher Khan. Also, the God of the Seas can't swim. 57. Joan of Arc lost her temper at Cinderella for killing Achilles and almost killed her when Red Riding Hood weakened Cinderella with her eye lasers, then Cinderella speared Snow White through the sternum to torture Joan of Arc and the rest of the crew because she a sadist. 58. Also Hansel attempting to murder Dorothy good because Dorothy carries the soul of the Wizard of Oz and Hansel blames him for Gretel's death. 59. Also Aladdin losing his marbles when he thought Cinderella was dead after Goldilocks came out from a vault alone holding the genie's lamp, and he made the entire crew see an apparition of fifty foot Dark Rapunzel. 60. This show gets nuts when you break it down... 61. And the Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West banged and had four kids before she killed them all because Oz thought murder was bad. 62. And the time Nyan Cat called Goldylocks top heavy. 63. Or when one eye of Odin stopped Mary Poppins from murdering Goldylocks. 64. Or when the OTHER eye of Odin fought it out with the purple scorpion acolyte. 65. Mary Poppins and Cinderella fought in Lil Miss Muffet’s Tavern. 66. Also one time Goldylocks punched Katsuki Bakugo out of a convenience store. 67. Cinderella just hired Little Miss Muffet as a hitman and wants her to murder Little Red Riding Hood and friends. 68. I can't believe y'all left put the part where the Bronze Kneecap from Fairly Odd Parents fought against Joan of Arc, Achilles, Milan and Thor only to get his and his team's assets kicked by Thor 69. And lest we forget, Little Miss Muffet is a cowgirl, the genie from Aladdin is a naked woman, and the eyes of Odin came from a tribe of bandits. 70. Snow White locked Jack Frost and the Tin Man in a room once. 71. And Hansel tried to inject raw magic into his arms just to beat up the Wizard of Oz. 72. I cannot believe you all forgot to add that the Golden Monkey Kings best pal is the Roman God Neptune and coincidentally he is afraid of water 73. How about that time when Snow White got a meaningful lecture from Peter(Peter and the wolf) about swallowing your pride and being the best teammate you can be? 74. Don’t forget that Hermes and Aladdin keep making jabs at each other while Cinderella is their babysitter for the Wicked Witch of the West and they team up with Huginn. 75. Is anyone else here for the three times Snow White had to be saved by Red Riding Hood, Beauty the Beast, and Goldilocks respectively? 76. Or the fact that Inspector Gadget’s niece locked Red Riding Hood in a dumpster? 77. Or the time the Velveteen Rabbit destroyed an entire mech on her own? 78. And let’s not forget Thor proclaiming herself Queen while standing atop a fortress and initiating a food fight, 79. How could you guys forget when Gaston cut Goldilock's arm off because Belle liked her more than him; and he was there because the Wicked Witch of the West ordered Cinderella to attack The Wizard of Oz's school, so she hired Gaston, Lampwick, Hermes, Alladin, and a tub of ice cream to terrorize the city. 80. Also in RWBY Chibi, Poseidon, The Monkey King, Mulan, and Joan of Arc are best buds and do bro stuff 81. Remember the time Snow White got mad because Poseidon flirted with another girl, or when Jone of Arc tried to date Snow White 82. Remember when Hermes destroyed Goldilocks’s reputation and then the Beast cut off her arm because she was trying to protect Belle? Yeah hahahah good times 83. Omg remember when Hansel tried to kill Dorothy because he thought he was the Wizard of Oz and that he killed Gretel? 84. Also Cinderella stabbed Snow White. 85. But don't forget when Red Riding Hood,Snow White,Belle & Goldilocks teamed up with The Monkey King & Poseidon to fight an Evangelion & then The Monkey King & Poseidon bailed out to go eat noodles because nothing can keep the Monkey King away from food. 86. What about the time when Hugin/Munin kidnapped Snow White and then lost her to Goldilocks? 87. Don’t you guys remember that Red Riding Hood hides all her feelings because she is selfless? After the deaths of Pinocchio and Achilles, she has been very depressed. But FINALLY she talked to Dorothy. It’s good that Red Riding Hood got some development. 88. Don’t forget that everyone in the fandom (and I mean EVERYONE) is sexually attracted to Mulan. But they’re too afraid to say it because Thor will wreck them up. 89. Rwby.. Where Coco Chanel booted a monster in the balls then finished it off with her custom made designer handbag cause it destroyed her favouite shop! 90. Don't forget when the Beast lopped off Goldilocks arm so the Tin Man gave her a bionic replacement and now she's owning everyone's butts with it! And the whole fandom is wondering if it has a vibrate function! 91. Agree to disagreeI didn’t know Scarlet was supposed to be Peter Pan though! I certainly wouldn’t have pegged Winter for Elsa either! Saying Oscar is Dorothy makes some sense now that I think about it, but I still see him as a the contrast between the before and after of the Wizard accepting his place in the world of Oz. 92. You guys forget how we were introduced to the show with little red riding hood going liam neeson on a bunch of wolfs. Followed but Snow White being her own prince and saving herself from the apple, which is a gigantic knight with freaking magic gunpowder might I add. After that we see belle fighting robots with this poopie-head no body likes, oh did I say that she can create short lived clones of herself. And to finish it all off we see Goldilocks going to a bar and beating everyone there... 93. How about when Hansel beat up the wizard of Oz and the Scarecrow to get revenge for Gretal’s death? Or when one of Odin’s ravens dueled Cinderella? Or when Santa Claus founded an ultracapitalist mega-corporation? Or when the Wicked Witch murdered the Cowardly Lion wait that one actually kind of makes sense. 94. What about that time Goldilocks road a bumbleby to find her mom the bird from Nevermore only to find out that she kidnapped Snow WhiteOr what about that time when a cup of hot coco kicked a wolf in the balls for destroying her favorite clothing storeOr what about when an ice cream cone kicked the stuffing out of Goldilocks on a trainor what about Alladin being gay for Cinderella 95. Remember when Snow White set the forest on fire all because Red Ridding Hood got in the way 96. times when Belle slapped the monkey king. 97. Remember that time when Thor sent Goldilocks flying through the ceiling and she didn’t come back down for like a whole minute 98. Remember when Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Belle and Goldilocks had a food fight against Jone of Arc, Thor, Achilles and Mulan.And the Good Witch was mad that they had started a food fight.And the Monkey King loved the fight but Poseidon didn’t because he got food in the face. 99. And then Munin and Cinderella fought in front of an underground tree because Munin was really Spring. Meanwhile the Wizard of Oz starts fighting Hansel because he holds a grudge over the death of Gretel. And Joan of Arc stars healing Snow White after she is stabbed in the liver by a spear from Cinderella. Red Riding Hood leaves Thor in charge of defending those two while she helps Goldilocks fight Aladdin and Hermes. The Cowardly Lion shoots rocks at the Wizard, but Hunin starts fighting him.... 100. Personally I’m looking forward to the fact that Cinderella with the assistance of wacky-waving-inflatable-arm-flailing-tubeman is about to get her butt kicked by an angry bird named Huginn. 101. Or the part where Mary Poppins kicks Goldilock’s tush, then runs away when Huginn/Muninn teleports onto a suicide bomber train covered in gundams.Or the time Pinnochio fires a kamehameha at some helicopters. 102. Definitely forgetting how snow white shot little red riding hood up a cliff to cut off Poe’s raven’s head using her scythe and a cliff 103. Everyone seems to forget the time were Snow White had a meltdown at a ball and The Tin Man not only defended her, but also singlehandedly (heheh) roasted the whole room °¬ 104. Hänsel is mad at the Wizard of Oz because Gretel died and therefore joined the Witch. He’s trying to murder Dorothy. Joan of Arc switched to Mercy and saved Snow White’s life. Mulan commented “This is bad”. Meanwhile, Hugin played Cinderella 105. And let’s not forget that one time when Bartholomew from the Dr. Seuss book used Toto as a ballistic missile and launched him at a bunch of mecha that were stolen by PETA operatives. 106. What about that time the Scarecrow got really drunk and fought Elsa, but then the Tin Man stopped it? 107. Don’t forget that one time a Flying Monkey tried to kidnap Little Red Riding Hood but the Scarecrow saved her by punching him in the face. 108. And on less recent news we have that time the Beast stabbed Belle in the gut, severed Goldolock’s arm while Belle watched and almost killed them both. But it’s (kind off) ok, because the Tin Man made her a new arm. Eventually. 109. The cowardly lion literally betrayed The Wizard of Oz because he got too terrified of the Wicked Witch who wants to destroy the universe and then some. 110. Don’t forget the time everyone thought Goldilocks broke the roman god Mercury’s leg. But then it turned out his legs were prosthetic. 111. And Bagheera and the Monkey King recently owned two foxes while Belle set her own house on fire and convinced an evil gay chameleon to be good. And a Hindu goddess cat MILF defeated Assassin Batman (who is voiced by Vegeta) with a tea tray.Meanwhile Cinderella, Aladdin, silver haired Hermes and Dr Watson made a deal with one of Odin’s ravens (who is a deadbeat parent) to help the Cowardly Lion lead Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Goldilocks, Joan of Arc, Thor, Mulan, the Wizard of Oz, and the... 112. Why is no one mentioning how Coco Chanel once used her designer mini-gun purse to rip through several giant demon birds, or when her partner the Velveteen Rabbit took out two mechs single handily using the power of holograms.I personally like the time the Scarecrow got the Tinman to kick Elsa the Snow Queen out of a meeting which concerned the time that Cinderella, Aladdin and the Roman God of messages kicked the everloving stuffings out of the personification of Autumn. 113. Guys, how can you forget the time Belle and The Monkey King faced off against The Big Bad Wolf/Alex from Clockwork Orange and nearly got killed. Then Red Riding Hood showed up to help but got distracted by Pinocchio being cute and got knocked out of the fight. Then Pinocchio got angry and preceded to beat up Big Bad Alex and destroy a metric ton of private property under control of Evil PETA? 114. Remember prom night when Achilles was really upset because no one asked her to the ball but tbh she just wanted to go with Joan of Arc, but he asked Snow White out but she wanted to go with the god of the sea. But in the end, everything turned out okay and Achilles, Joan of Arc, Thor and Mulan did a choreographed dance routine. 115. I like the time when the God of the Sea got scared of the sea as he fought alongside his fellow BIGBANG members. And that time when he and the Monkey King went out to get ramen from the “MY CABBAGES” guy as they hoped the fairy tale squad wasn’t dead because of their cowardice.Also, Jelsa cannot exist in this universe unless you ship a father and daughter who hate each other.And the Scarecrow is a drunk birb who’s sad because he lost his favourite poem. 116. Mulan tried to help Little Red Riding Hood cook dinner but she was having none of it until she burnt it (while Thor ate what they were preparing and Joan of Arc set the table) and then instead went to serve tea to the Scarecrow’s friends only to discover that Goldilocks and Snow White had returned from the hideout of one of Odin’s raven’s, where they were told not to trust the Wizard of OzOh yeah and Goldilocks is completely heartbroken over Belle, and with the Monkey... 117. I’m amazed that no one has made mention of how badass the Tin-man is or how the Good Witch was scolding Elsa for fighting with Scarecrow because “He’s always drunk”.And there was also that time that Toto and Bartholomew Suess-pants fought a mob of furries and their war-mech with nothing but a flaming coffee-thermos.And who could forget that amazing food-fight that ended with the spectating Monkey King perfectly clean and The Roman God of the Seas covered in the fights aftermath; Then The Good... 118. Glenda the Good Witch threatened to whip Red Riding Hood with a riding crop. 119. Let’s not forget the iconic moment of Snow White flinging Little Red Riding Hood into Edgar Allen Poe’s pet raven by way of a massive slingshot created by Belle’s ribbon, held by her and Goldilocks. 120. Snow White hugged Goldilocks, after being kidnapped by Goldilocks’ mom Munin, and their ship exploded. Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks have a family dog, Ein from Cowboy Bebop, who is apparently fireproof. Goldilocks knocked a tooth out of a guy named Shay D. Mann.Red Riding Hood, Joan of Arc, Mulan, and Thor are hanging out in a house with RRH and Goldilocks’ Uncle, The Scarecrow, while trying hide their plans from the Cowardly Lion. Goldilocks rocket-punched Thor during an arm wrestling... 121. Also, the fandom just plain hates the Beast/Gaston hybrid for being Belle’s creepy, abusive ex and chopping off one of Goldilock’s arms. Goldilocks got better though and now has a sweet robot prosthetic arm that’s also a gun. 122. firestorm has king arthur as a dragon and dating a seasonal maiden 123. while data/kikaider looks after snow white even if she doesn't need it 124. jade from mortal kombat has ermac's powers and is being taught by the wizard of oz and glinda the good witch 125. merlin the great wizard is split up into a pair of twins 126. rusty the narrow gauge diesel is the big sister of pinocchio and data/kikaider 127. casper the friendly ghost is the son of the queen of darkness and has kamen rider eternal as his friend ….jackie chan is the niece of king arthur and a descendant of bruce lee 128. Are y’all just gonna forget the time when Nyan Cat said Goldilocks’ boobs were too big and her teammate Bruno Mars did a shadow clone jutsu while fighting Snow White 129. Or when Goldilocks broke Hermes’ leg during a tournament because Aladdin tricked Goldilocks into thinking Hermes was trying to get in a dirty hit for losing. 130. Remember when the Beast cut off Goldilocks arm? Or when Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Belle, and Snow White fought Pinocchio while he was in giant mech? Or when Cleopatra and the Roman god Hermes teamed up to fight some hot chocolate and green tea? 131. Remember when Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood’s dad ‘Burnie from RoosterTeeth’ sent Toto in a can via mail causing Belle to instantly despise the 'beast’ and Snow White to Instantly fall in love with the small dog 132. Also, Goldilocks, in her path to reunite with Little Red Riding Hood, goes to Huginn’s camp of bandits, only to request Huginn to open a portal to Muninn; who is also the Scarecrow, who is following Little Red Riding Hood, while there, she finds and helps Snow White escape the cage that Huginn put her in. 133. When will Red Riding Hood kiss Pinocchio 134. Don’t forget that people want Elsa and the Scarecrow to hook up, but the Tinman is trying to keep them apart 135. Or that one time when the velveteen rabbit killed a bunch of robots and everyone was gay for her for like an hour 136. Or when Achilles violently murdered Pinocchio in front of a huge crowd of people, on national television, by accident. Or when Little Red Riding Hood watched Achilles get murdered right in front of her eyes and awoke some magic power that nearly killed Cinderella. Or when the Beast violently stabbed and murdered Shere Khan so he could take over their violent extremist group. 137. Don’t forget Cinderella pouting because her fairy godmother wouldn’t let her go on a murder spree 138. We don’t always agree with ships, but I think we all agree the velveteen rabbit belongs with Coco Chanel. 139. The fandom is torn apart because people can’t decide if Belle should make out with Goldylocks or the Monkey King while everyone was suddenly very gay for Shir Khan in volume 5. 140. And everyone wants Belle to either make out with Goldilocks or the Monkey King.And the Wicked Witch choked the Cowardly Lion with a jellyfish while Dr Watson watched.Also Lampwick and an ice cream cone were the best characters. And the seven dwarves were just one guy with D.I.D. And Little Red Riding Hood gouged out Cinderella’s eye with eye lasers.

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exocbxmp3 · 3 years ago

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no one asked but here’s the anime I’ve watched while in the pandemicverse and my thoughts on them. it’s actually a Lot for me bc I never really watched the genre ever in my life before these quote unquote unprecedented times. and yeah also these are all pretty much only the current popular ones but I’m not sitting through 60 seasons of naruto & friends or something obscure like “my sister turned into a left shoe and jumped 12,000 years into the future” so anyway here ya go

my hero academia: I like this one, it’s fun and upbeat with lots of kooky characters. I heard the fans are cringe compilation station tho but thankfully I can’t read 8/10

demon slayer: still in the process of watching this one and it slaps but man it definitely loses some points for me when they introduce those super demon slayers whatever they’re called, the ones w/ the single personality trait each and the worst character designs in history. legit looks like the circus came to town whenever they’re on screen. 8/10

jujutsu kaisen: i, from the bottom of my heart, don’t understand the plot of this one at all but the art style and soundtrack are completely insane 9.5/10

dr. stone: one of my favs this show literally gets me hyped over some guy making a lightbulb 10/10

bungou stray dogs: I thought this was like your boilerplate anime before I realized i was watching two anime emo supremes fight f. scott fitzgerald on top of blimp that’s actually moby dick reimagined and careening out of the sky at 1000 miles an hour then I figured it was actually something really special 10/10

one piece: I did not and will not watch all 1000 episodes of this but I hear it play on tv when my husband watches it and it makes him super happy and I love him so 10/10 ❤️

promised neverland: I can’t remember watching this but it’s showing up as continue watching on hulu so uh 3/10

attack on titan: 3 seasons of ??? and then another of war crimes idk maybe 6.5/10 because I think the plot is interesting but a little 2 scary 4 me

tokyo ghoul: what a darksided sad depressing show why do you all like it so much are you okay. i seriously thought I’d need (more) therapy after season 1, season 2 was boring, and then it became completely unwatchable 2/10

blue exorcist: fun show but ended as soon as it really started, legit a prologue to a show that never came so that was weird 6/10 (no I’m not checking out the books i don’t need supplemental reading material for anime)

fire force: thought it was cute at first then it got very strange and intense. plot is complete mumbo jumbo but im always rooting for fire feet boy so I guess it’s good because it makes me care. also the second intro song fucks 8/10

tokyo revengers: actually a very poignant story about gang violence but also has the most nonsensical use of time travel ive ever seen in a piece of media outside of a m4rvel property but also why are they all like 12 lmao 7/10

one punch man: caped baldy my beloved 100/10

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four-dreams-in-a-row · 4 years ago

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Let's talk about this scene, Season 2, Episode 12.

Atsushi wouldn't have left the Moby Dick.

He would have stayed there, begging Kyouka to not crash the drone against the Moby Dick, because that would kill her.

He would have stayed there, and he would have died.

What was it to Akutagawa? His mission was over. He could've left.

He didn't.

He had used up all his strength in the fight. But he still dragged Atsushi, a raging and screaming Atsushi, off the Moby Dick.

He didn't speak a single word, but he didn't let go either.

Why? Why was it so important to him that Atsushi made it out alive?

See the determination writ large on his face when he grabbed the collar of Atsushi's shirt?

Yeah, that's love.

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peterstanslizzie · 5 years ago

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Reacting To: The Hollow (Season 2 Episode 2)

Episode Title: Hollow Games

Key Highlights (Spoiler Warning): Kindly proceed if you’ve already seen the episode or simply don’t care about spoilers.

This episode was amazingly gay, wasn’t it? Let’s begin:

1. The episode picks up where things left off in episode 1. Our favorite trio are being cornered by their greatest childhood fears.

2. Mira decides to confront Adam’s fears for him and the rest of them follow her lead with Adam taking on Mabel, the giant chicken and Kai taking on creepy doll. The guys take on a physical approach but Mira tries to reason with the bullies. Unfortunately, none of their methods are working.

3. Amidst all of this, we find out that Mira has an older sister on top of her younger brother, Miles.

4. At one point, Adam is pinned down by Mabel with its foot and Kai sees that he’s in trouble and goes to rescue him.

5. Kai yells and tells Mabel that he’s not afraid of it and as it’s about to charge right at him, it disintegrates. I like how Kai is the one to save Adam this time around instead of the opposite because it’s usually Adam who saves him. Basically, they discover that facing their own fears is the way to go. Well, it’s pretty obvious, no? But it seems a little too easy for all of them to conquer their fears by just yelling at them. Oh well...

6. After the showdown, they head back to Kai’s big mansion to make sense of what’s happening to them. During their discussion, Kai seems to regret having had a crush on Mira because she’s Miles’s sister. What’s the deal with her brother, Miles? Oh right, we’ll find out later in the episode.

7. Hold up, hold up, hold up! Kai still thinks that Adam and Mira have a ‘thing’ for each other and he doesn’t want to get in between them. Is this going where I think it’s going?

8. OMFG!!! Stop everything! Drop everything. Kai said “I’m gay”. He said the word GAY. And he said it so casually! I didn’t expect this coming out to happen so early on in the season. I love it! Kai’s reaction was cute and totally chill. But poor Mira almost had forgotten that she actually kissed Adam. She apologizes to him and blames it on the memory block she had due to the game. Sure Mira :)

9. But seriously; It’s pretty clear Mira knew that he was gay all along and I’m sure if she had her memories with her at that time, she wouldn’t have kissed him. Oh and Adam is aware he’s attractive. Of course he is! How can anyone resist someone who is as tall, dark and handsome as he is.

10. I’m smiling so hard right now. But anyways, back to the situation at hand; They’re now talking about the glitch they saw when they were playing the game (back in season 1) and how the glitch was able to create such an accurate depiction of their lives. Adam thinks that they’re now on Level 2 of ‘The Hollow’ but Mira isn’t buying that theory. Master Kai still thinks it’s all a dream. Will he just stop?! LOL

11. They call for The Weird Guy’s help but nothing happened. Mira thinks they should look for him at The Hollow Games studio. But before they could all leave for the studio, they’re stopped by Davis, Kai’s butler. He insists that Miles should head to bed and that Mira and Adam leave the mansion.

12. If you look closely at his sleeves, the initials K P are on it. That means Kai’s last name starts with a P. I wonder what it is? Maybe it’s Parnall for Connor Parnall, the voice actor for Kai? I think it’s adorable how he says, “Silly Adam” before going to bed.

13. Mira drops Adam outside his home but she’s too wary of everything that’s happening around them and isn’t convinced that Adam should trust his parents and stay with them. I completely understand Mira. She really wants everything to be solved asap and she wants to go to the studio to see The Weird Guy tonight. But there are too many uncertainties and she has to consider what both Adam and Kai want as well. She also feels like she can’t trust Adam because she doesn’t know if he’s real or part of the game mechanics.

14. On the other hand, Adam thinks that they’re on Level 2 of the game and they just need to live like they usually do and wait for quests or challenges to appear before them. It’s sad to watch them argue. I guess that’s how being in a complex game/experiment-thingy does to your mind; You can’t help but to come up with any sort of scenario.

15. Okay, so we now know that Mira and Adam are actually childhood best friends prior to starting the game. They even carved their initials on a sidewalk.

16. Remember in my episode 1 review when I said Adam’s mom is creepy. This scene right here takes the entire cake for me. *Shudders

17. Adam is busy searching for clues in his room and finds a Moby Dick book but with completely blank pages. How strange. This world is really messed up. Mira is driving through town and sees Skeet speed-running on the streets. This should be interesting. Since last season, I’ve always thought of Skeet to potentially work with the main trio one day since he was so reluctant to fight them. We shall see what happens deeper into the season.

18. The next morning, Adam and Kai meet up outside the donut shop and Kai is freaking out because he says he hasn’t woken up from his dream. He tells him about a new theory he has to explain why everyone is acting so weird: an Alien Invasion. I honestly can believe any explanation at this point because everything is so messed up.

19. Mira didn’t show up and they become worried. They walk over to Mira’s house and ring the doorbell. It’s Miles! And he immediately recognizes Kai. Miles and Kai seem to be gaming buddies.

QUESTION: I’m now wondering about how long Kai has known Mira and Adam prior to ‘The Hollow’. I guess he could be childhood friends with them too?

20. Adam thinks that Mira probably went to the Hollow Games studio last night and they make their way over there. They are stopped by a security guard who doesn’t even know what building she’s guarding and isn’t aware of ‘The Hollow’. I guess this supports my theory that only current game players know what ‘The Hollow’ is.

21. Is it just me or does Adam always feels like he has to touch Kai in some way or form, every chance he gets? I’m not complaining though.

22. Darla is hilarious and I totally stan her. We need to see more from her and her ex, Steve. Apparently Reeve is or was friends with Adam and Mira in real life. From my understanding, all three of them were in a team (for The Hollow?) before something happened and they had to recruit Kai as his replacement. I love all the backstory we’re getting. This season is doing a good job with that. And this explains the picture of the 3 of them in Adam’s room last episode. It’s such a contrast because they were kinda direct enemies last season.

23. They sneak into the building to find Mira and they’re pretty sure she’s in there because her scooter is parked outside.

24. It looks like it’s ‘The Hollow’ champions wall. We see a picture of Gretchen Aguilar and her team but no sign of Adam, Mira and Kai on that wall. This further confirms their suspicion that they haven’t actually won the game yet.

25. They head to the stage room where the participants would wear their VR-looking googles and play ‘The Hollow’. Kai trips on a cable that he suspects is connected to a server room that powers the game. But Adam calls him from what it appears to be the control room as he is looking through files to gather more information.

26. After surviving a random and sudden earthquake, they come across the server room but they are swarmed by a bunch of laser-shooting bots. They barricade themselves inside the room, which has a broken wall that leads to a big portal. They suspect that Mira jumped through that very portal.

27. Adam isn’t sure if they should enter that portal but time is running out and they need to make a decision fast.

28. Any excuse to touch Kai huh? He is so smitten by him (I need to stop lol)

29. The episode ends with the two of them literally taking a leap of faith into the portal. Stay tuned for my reaction to episode 3, which will be out very soon. BTW y’all, I’m still not over Adam’s coming out scene to Kai! Cue me replaying that scene over and over again.

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