#this episode is engraved on my brain

[emopirates]

Ahhhhhhhhh

*makes coffee*

*gets a craft project and a blanket*

Time for the most comforting piece of television programming ever created (as of its release): HBO original series Our Flag Means Death season one episode four “Discomfort in a Married State”

[linipikk]

It's been 4 years and I'm still obsessed with the way EP 02 of Good Omens entire paintball scene is a microcosm not only of the universe but of the whole Angels vs. Demons fight, God's position on it, and basically explains the ineffable plan without stalling in exposition. It's pure genius.

[queenlua]

do i need to rewatch Arcane s1 to be properly oriented wrt Arcane s2?

i definitely did watch the first season but i am not sure i could tell you a single fact about it, which seems Suboptimal, but...,,,

[chuuyadelune]

now that i have recovered from the emotional shock of seeing *that* akutagawa scene from chapter 88 animated in HD 4K (i thought i’d have another week to emotionally prepare myself LMAO), i just wanna be a little bit of a nerd and say that i really liked the cinematography/composition this episode.

in particular, i really enjoyed the anime’s decision to draw visual parallels between this fight and previous fights (in particular, the fight against francis, which is important because it is the first time they worked together).

after all, this fight is the culmination of everything they’ve done together. from the combining of their abilities, coming to an understanding with each other, realising the potential of beast-beneath the moonlight-rashoumon… bringing back similar shots that were used in previous fights is SUPER effective at highlighting the parallels and how far they’ve come, in my humble opinion.

here are a few things i noticed:

- first of all, both of them activating their abilities one after another is an explicit nod to S2’s fight;

- the confrontation/conversation in the hallway from S2 (to an extent! they’re on the same sides, which caught my eye);

- akutagawa blowing up the engine room on the ship, and kyouka doing the same during the first fight between him and atsushi (S1);

- and a similar angle being used for black tiger claws / koukko zessou as a nod to the fight in the S3 finale.

the parallels — though maybe less explicit, *are* still there in the manga? like, the entire “structure” of the fight so to speak is very similar to the francis fight in S2 — akutagawa finding atsushi, taking place on a(n air)ship, breaking away from the fight to strategise before confronting the final boss (then, francis, and now, fukuchi) is undeniably a nod to that fight? i love that this is given its due in the anime as well.

another thing about the cinematography this episode i loved was them using the clock as being the indicator of fukuchi’s fuckass space-time sword doing its thing. that was a really nice touch, in my opinion; the cuts in between were jarring and disorienting and really helped put us into sskk’s shoes.

and as for the background design alongside the clock itself — there were a couple of things about them i enjoyed:

- the number of floors / levels of the ship in the back (5, as a nod to the five ways an angel decays, the DOA)

- the blue of the clock is meant to be reminiscent of fukuchi’s sword, i’d argue, with the way both of them pops out of the sunset/orangey-red lighting

- the clock’s design being super ornate and gold plated reminds me a *bit* of a tabernacle (where they keep unused eucharist in a church) — and thus brings up connotations of sacrifice. that white bridge-thing beneath the clock as well reminds me a lot of an altar, too (see the image above the last to see what exactly i’m referring to, because image limit)

okay, yeah, that one might be a bit of a stretch, sure. but its placement as being above them, combined with the two tables/boxes to the left and right of the ship’s bow (which looks very much like a cross, btw) gives it a distinctly religious, altar-kinda feel, i’d argue. and crosses have been used in S4 as symbolism as well!

(tbh, there could even be a bit more imagery i’m missing, because — the angels of the DOA refers specifically to the buddhist conception of an angel. i’m not too familiar with buddhist imagery, but i thought that this was worth pointing out regardless!)

the last thing i want to say is that the red and blue symbolism went CRAZY this episode. i don’t have much else to say because it was super obvious — they even reused the same “black tiger claws” shot from S3, after all — but i do wanna point out that the symbolism even went into the carpets. the fucking carpets.

like, the shift: it’s red when akutagawa’s leading the conversation but changes to blue after atsushi’s suggesting of the submersible as a strategy? i mean, i don’t know if this (or anything i’ve said, to be fair) was intentional or not, but it’s a cool detail anyway!

personally, i enjoyed this episode, the action was great, and all of this too was a really neat addition as well! and now… uh. we wait for the chaos to get worse i suppose !? (laughs nervously)

[tomasweetheart]

ragiragiragiragi :33

[telekitnetic-art]

Has anyone tried to recreate the Dungeon Meshi characters in BG3 character creator, I wonder?

[enfinizatics]

did my annual hdm rewatch, in my marisa brainrot era.

[carriagelamp]

spider riders is on tubi

im the devil btw listen to me boy rewatch it

okay this is belated but I finally found time to go put on the first episode and holy shit this was a surreal experience

i really remembered nothing about this show besides for the theme song and the fact that i was really obsessed with it for a hot minute as a kid and... yeah the dialogue in episode one sure is dialogue. easily the most dialogue. no notes.

[jonny-b-meowborn]

I often think about that episode from The Good Place where Eleanor meets her mother again, and it turns out she's actually a good person now for her new child. I often think about Eleanor breaking down in disbelief, because if her mom can be better for Patricia, she could've been that for her. And I think about how my mom is so much better now, she's changed so much for me and my siblings, she's a better person and parent. But doesn't that mean she was able to become that earlier? She's good to adult me, why couldn't she be good to puppy me all those years ago? If my mom has truly changed, then that means she was always capable of change, but puppy me just wasn't worth changing for

[hauntingblue]

So in the historical filler episodes zoro wears a red beaded necklace and he is kind of a monk and then there was that monk with wings in saboady too so is the necklace ace wears something similar or it's just in style or something

[riff-is-on-a-fucking-crisis]

drew penn from memory at school

[pvtchurch]

succession hasnt ended for me I'm just looping the kenstewy last christmas edit. here it is btw!

[bee-ships]

(Arcane S2 Act 1 spoilers)

You don't understand the huge sigh of relief I let out when the show openend with Mel being alive qwq and you don't understand the choked wailing sounds that left my throat everytime she was in the slightest danger

[ednaeflowers]

[ I ALMOST FORGOT , JENNY. BUT HAPPY VALENTINE’S AGAIN !!! ]

[castielmode]

saw the spn ep pvp post their final round. how am i supposed to say if lazarus rising or the man who would be king is a better episode. come ON