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miloucomehome · 1 year
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VIVANT EPISODE 5
WHAT THE HACYUASL HELL (AGAIN)
(so good!!!)
First, first!!
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The moment where Doram and Nozaki try to get Nogi's Face ID at the restaurant was adorably funny.
Also: The Nozaki-Doram-Genghis teamup later? Love it.
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Onto the next stuff in this episode (there's so much. I'm only just touching upon some things)
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Nozaki being written and treated as a very competent state agent makes me happy. He's not hyper-competent, he has "fun", he's not hyper-serious all the time (that shit-eating-"You won't believe the plan I've cooked up heheheheh"-grin he has is golden--he's smart. He'll mess with people if he needs to and shares only the necessary info he has with those he trusts (at the moment). He also revels in messing with people haha. Plus he uses his jovial nature to get on others' good side, but he's sincere when he means it. I'm positive that prior to all this he truly has taken an interest in Nogi and is going to treat him the same way, but with more subtly poking to figure out what's going on
I love Nozaki (and I truly believe that in light of the reveal this week, he found Nogi endearing, was maybe falling for him or just wanting him to be ok idk, and now has to suspect him and truly learn who he is) but now I'm genuinely worried we will lose someone in the main cast by the finale.
(I have become a Nozaki oshi.)
A theory that had been floated about on twitter by multiple viewers in the VIVANT theories tag actually came to be. Multiple people pointed out that when Nogi was waiting outside the Balka International Bank, he was holding what looked like Ali's phone and something else. At first some wondered if it was a portable charger, but were curious when the switch happened. That was all revealed this week and I can't believe how much theorists were on the point trying to figure out what happened.
Nozaki's true past being discovered was more than I expected though. Amnesia, being sucked into the grim world of human trafficking...is this how Nogi F (or B through E) was born?
Finally: I can't tell if Sam was bad or if the CIA was trying to get Ali as an intelligence asset, BUT NOOOO SAM!!!!! NOGI F HOW THE HELL COULD YOU?! I LIKED OUR LUPIN IIIrd FANBOY CIA AGENT.
(that said, this means he met Sam at the Rongaly Military School then?!)
Jamine being some sort of "miracle child"?! Is Sakurai, Nogi's handler? Who's the head of BEPPAN?!
Now we find out that the character with Nino is Nogi's dad?! That he survived?! Nino is some kind of adopted son?! Or did his wife survive and they had another child?! Ali said he didn't meet her, but had seen the photos...but...still
The amount of silent screaming I was doing during the "execution" scene was obscene. I don't think I could've handled another episode 4 type ending. (That said, I think both Nogi F and Kurosue were willing to go all the way and cut the wires if Ali hadn't cooperated)
And I can't be the only one who is having a hard time telling Nogi A from Nogi F. I feel during the "executions", the apology was delivered by Nogi A. I think that in intense moments like the "executions" they both flip between each other, or even that the true Nogi is the one present. Not one or the other.
Nozaki slowly closing in on the TENT-BEPPAN stuff is wonderful to watch. The fact that Nogi Suguru was an officer with the National Police (and not the Prefectural Police) was surprising. Why did he quit? Why go to Balka? Nozaki being with a federal agency will easily be able to access this information now. What he does with the info he does learn will be interesting because at the moment, with the information viewers have from episode 5, it's that Nogi's father left the NPA(?), went to Balka with his wife and son, something happened, his son was kidnapped and trafficked, he changed his name and somehow he created a terrorist group based in Central Asia using his family's crest as its own symbol? I'm curious how the NPA officer-to-mystery-organization-leader thing happened.
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(help this wink after he says "We're Public Security.". helppp!!)
Masato Sakai is a wonderfully talented actor. Episode 5 was an absolute treat of his talents. (Can he get more menacing roles in the future???)
I'm also noticing NogI F's actions and interrogation methods are reminding of an older Masato Sakai drama from 2010 where he led a "double life" (it's nothing like this level) called JOKER: Yurusarezaru Sousakan. In it, by day he's a law-abiding officer of the law and at night he's a bit of a vigilante ala "You have failed this city". There's more to it, but that's all I remember. I couldn't help but feel that as a much more mature actor, Sakai dipped into that a bit.
Speaking of Nogi F, while I understand that what we know of BEPPAN's mission is apparently for the sake of saving the country from a potential attack, it's currently at the "Cool motive, still murder" stage and deeply morally grey. I'd like to know how he came to be paired with Kurosue and if he knows about Nogi F.
Which, from what the lady at the orphanage mentioned, it sounds like Nogi F (or B, C, D or E) have been around since he was a small child....
Anyway. I'm watching Episode 6 after dinner or shortly. Idk. T_T)
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clairedaring · 5 months
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MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.02
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marzipanandminutiae · 2 years
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you know how eventually you can cobble together the plot of media you don’t actually engage with from following fans on Tumblr?
that has never happened for me with...god I don’t even know what it’s called. The Locked Tomb? Harrow The Ninth? Death And Gay And Death And Gay And Memes [five-hour guitar solo]? this is the degree to which I genuinely have no fucking clue about this book series: I follow multiple hardcore fans, and I do not even know its proper name
plot? oh you want to know the plot? I could not have less of a clue what the plot is. none of the information I’ve learned- and there’s been a lot of it - has gelled into anything cohesive in my brain
I know there’s necromancy
I know it’s Deeply Really Truly Incredibly Sapphic
I cannot tell if it’s set in alternate universe (because that would make the most sense given the snippets of worldbuilding I’ve seen) or Earth’s future (because Memes apparently???)
I know some people have numbers after their names? but it’s something to do with numbered clans, not their ancestors having the same name?
I know The One Gay Death Lady Is Based On A Barbie From The 80s, Physically
(they are all Gay Death Ladies, it seems)
at this point I refuse to google it, even though I easily could. I have too much fun reading posts like “omg when Sapphia Dodecarius used Alex’s blood for the ritual to raise the dead king after they fucked with a strap made from his rib I couldn’t even” with absolutely zero context
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hotasfahrenheit · 22 days
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this kiss was stupendous
and not just because it looked great, which it did obviously but-
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-it's the pause in the first gif, the look in the second gif, it's the way that God glances up at Diew's eyes to gauge if this is okay, if Diew is comfortable, if Diew is enjoying the kiss and the physical contact, it's the way he leaves space in between the kisses and leans back just a tiny bit in the third gif to make sure that Diew is actively choosing to continue kissing him
it makes this scene just so good
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marinaiguess · 2 years
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This is Sonic. 
Daniel Barnes, im on my knees for this, thank you. 
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pigglepiephi · 2 months
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The HANDS!
I can’t stop thinking about the hands!
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The way Ryan gripped his shirt to give himself the courage and resolve to say this…
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And then the way Jane gripped the table to steady himself or stop himself from reacting/reaching out/doing something he shouldn’t do!
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The focus on the hands conveyed so much!
Just perfect !!!
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rayandgay · 1 month
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Mahasamut chose to come all this way with you. Now it's your turn to choose.
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percabethconvos · 1 month
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Percy: Every night I dreamed at the Wolf House I dreamed about you.
Percy: Every night.
Percy: When I dreamed about camp, you were there, reading a book, working on one of your projects, but always there with me.
Percy: And I knew that everything was just the way it should be, do you understand?
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tenowls · 3 months
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if i could draw dragons i would put temeraire in the background
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chinzhilla · 5 months
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Marc Natarit as Chain and Poon Mitpakdee as Pun in We Are episode 07
+bonus:
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poomphuripan · 5 months
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So Joe hitting the windshield was not scripted but rather Poom unintentionally opening the windshield wipers and that ended up being in the final cut 😭 (source)
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blastofsports · 1 year
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The Catch was a baseball play made by New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays on September 29, 1954, during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, New York City. During the eighth inning with the score tied 2–2, Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz hit a deep fly ball to center field that had the runners on base poised to score. However, Mays made an over-the-shoulder catch while on the run to record the out, and his throw back to the infield prevented the runners from advancing. The Giants won the game 5–2 in extra innings, and eventually the World Series. The Catch is regarded as one of the greatest plays in baseball history.
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clairedaring · 5 months
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MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.01
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bairdthereader · 5 months
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Okay, so this moment. This moment right here is so awesome to me. This is the first time that I have ever seen (on screen or in a book) the male gaze land on two women kissing and have it NOT be about the guy and his gratification. What Alice and the cast and crew managed to do here is absolute perfection. Tara and Darcy are having this intensely personal moment of freedom with a deliberate, mutually agreed upon act of public physical affection, they're finding joy in each other... and there's Nick, seeing it for what it is and feeling a reflection of their joy, the radiance of it. Yes, it helps him realize something about himself to witness that moment, but ultimately, his happiness just helps us as viewers feel even more connected to Tara and Darcy. I don't know if I'm getting this all out in a way that makes sense, but, having taken so many literature classes where we studied the male gaze and how destructive it can be to women, I find this scene in the show to be quietly revolutionary. From the lighting, to the editing, to the scenes and conversations that take place prior that make it so clear what this moment actually means, right down to the song lyrics in the background ("Just another time I'm caught inside every open eye"). It's just pure gold.
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dandelionandkrindle · 2 years
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HARLEY and IVY | Harley Quinn: The Animated Series – ‘A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special ’
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srnileforme · 4 months
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23.5 (2024) | EPISODE 11
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