#this is what rewatching the series does to me

[fishwithaphone]

I've never done one of these before! I'm actually super exited since I was tagged by @cursedcatchild 🤩

Favorite Character and One Reason Why:

My favorite is Donnie :) I love the new look of every character in this series, but my favorite is the relatability I can get from Donnie with hyperfixations and the implied autistic traits. It makes me feel seen while not making it overbearing or something debilitating like it does in other media!

Least Favorite Character and One Reason Why:

I've got to say it's Casey JR. Of course I love the new twist of it, but before the movie, I absolutely LOVED Cassandra as Casey and thought that that was the end of it. She had a redemption arc and a dramatic reveal, but with JR coming in through the movie, it kinda ruined it. He's also the most un-Casey Casey in any TMNT media I've seen. Still love him, like all the characters, but there was definitely something his character ruined that I hold a grudge against him for.

A Character you Think is Attractive:

Donnie, ofc. Been a Donnie boy ever since I found out TMNT existed, always will be 😤

Favorite Villain:

The Kraang. I loved the story line that they had in the movie, and with what happened, the fight during it left so many spaces for things like angst and aus to be made and expanded! The more angst, the better, and I sobbed during that movie.

Least Favorite Villain:

Big Mama. I hate to say it. I absolutely love her character, but when she's in the storyline, rottmnt moves away from being mutants who aren't accepted to being normal. While there are the occasional episodes where they go to the mystic city and do this on their own, it still holds that sort of loose vibe, whole Big Mama brings an almost corporate undertone that I hate to see the turtles in.

Favorite Duo:

Disaster Twins. This is the only version of TMNT where I'm not on the PB&J agenda 😌

Favorite Ship:

Honestly, I don't have one. I'm not super big on ships with TMNT media, but if I had to choose, I'd say Cassandra and April, they'd be cute.

2 Reasons Why you Love ROTTMNT:

Like I said, I absolutely love the new look into the brothers! They're less of ninjas, and more actual teenagers who are finally seeing the world, but don't really know more than each other, so they stick together with a more comedy aspect.

And I'm absolutely obsessed with how they're all different turtles! I love how they show it too, Donnie protects his soft shell, and Mikey ducks into his shell more often than his brothers since he's a Box turtle, while Leo is a Red Ear Slider which will eat anything they need to when they don't have food and silently suggested eating Donnie during Todd-scouts.

While my all time favorite will always be 2012, if not only because of the nostalgia factor, rottmnt is amazing and will always be something I come back to rewatch every year or so 😊

And I actually don't have any other friends to tag, so... Yk, feel free to quote or something, lmao.

Calling all ROTTMNT fans

Hi i'm new and I've been seeing these on Tumblr, so I thought to do one :) Btw tag your Rottmnt friends to do this to!

Favorite Character and 1 reason why: (Mine is Donnie because he's funny XD)

Least Favorite Character and 1 reason why: (Mine is the Leader of the Kraang bc of what he did to Leo..)

A character you think is attractive(Can skip if you don't have one): (Mine is DONNIE >:))

Favorite Villain: (Mine is Kendra, or Big Mama)

Least Favorite Villain: (Mine is same as my least fav character)

Favorite Duo: (Mine is DISASTER TWINS)

Favorite Ship: (None tbh)

2 reasons why you like Rottmnt :3: (Mine is because it's a genuinely funny show, the humor in it is great, and the characters are so well done.)

Your tags: (Mine: @donniecrazy20, @geese-ball, @mycomars, @tonystarkwasrobbed, @ihateitallsomerandomguy, @yourlocalmia, @sockkllyy, @strawberryswirl4321)

[markantonys]

My Mom Reacts To: wheel of time season 3 episodes 1-4 (no book spoilers)

season 1 (book spoilers)

season 2 episodes 1-4 (no book spoilers)

season 2 episodes 5-8 (book spoilers)

she found her handwritten list of characters from when we watched s2 back in 2023, i couldn't believe it haha below is her summary of some of the gang as she was trying to jog her memory

lan: the one i really love mat: the one who got recast perrin: the big guy nynaeve: the healer rand and egwene: the ones who should be a couple but probably won't be

(i don't know if she meant that *she thinks* they should be a couple, as her personal opinion, or if she was just describing the general narrative framing of them as "should be together but won't be". we'll see what, if any, reaction she has to all the mess between them this season!)

ahead of s2, we rewatched all of s1 to prepare, but this time, we just watched the 20-minute recap of the first 2 seasons by unraveling the pattern. i get the sense that my mom is more lost and struggling during s3 than she has been in prior seasons, probably due to a combination of not doing a full rewatch first and to s3 just being so much more packed with Stuff than the first 2 seasons. but she knows all the main characters well and cares about them, it's mostly other stuff like plot and terminology that's hard to keep track of! and she did seem to settle in more once the hectic first episode was done and once she could focus more on the new storylines that are happening right now instead of trying to remember setup from previous seasons.

beginning of the recap: it's easy to get lost with all the different characters and terminology my mom: that's for sure!

during the recap my dad asked "is the dragon good or bad?" and i was like "that's kinda the big question of the whole series" haha

onto the episodes!

3x01

mom: didn't moiraine get banished from this city? me: yes, that's why she's hiding mom: she's not doing a very good job

me to my dad (who used to work in local government) at the beginning of the meeting of the hall: it's like town meeting dad later during all the shredding: town meeting never got QUITE this violent

mom: how did they not know there were this many bad guys lurking inside the tower? me: that's exactly what siuan is wondering too

my dad at some point during the street fighting: they need that guy who thinks he's a wolf to come and help

could perrin emerge as a fav for my dad if he was his first thought for somebody who would be useful in a situation? watch this space

mom after liandrin gets healed from double-stab out in the streets: ugh, she's unkillable!

huge gasp when ihvon died

mom when lan went to find nynaeve amid the rubble: oh yeah, they're in love right? [i will say, the recap was highly plot- and lore-focused and left out quite a lot of important info regarding interpersonal relationships!]

rand's line about "you know what prophecies are like, nothing's clear" got a chuckle

loial's line about leaving at dawn got a big chuckle!

mom: [smiling] he's one of my favorite characters me internally:😬

the girls' gossip session was instance #1 of my mom going "who's that???" about elayne because she "looks different" this season and she didn't recognize her (i suspect it's the hair throwing her off, in this scene especially it looks REALLY blonde and pale)

she definitely had some grumbling about it being stupid of the boys to go around town while so many bad guys are looking for them, though i forget exactly what it was

then later on she said "considering how many people are after them, they keep engaging in some pretty risky behaviors" (but this comment was just when mat was going to get himself a midnight drink at the inn, let him live, mom!)

mom: does rand know selene is evil? me [seeing my opportunity to get her sympathetic to rand's perspective early]: he knows she's lanfear, but she's been manipulating him hardcore, so he still thinks maybe he can fix her and help her be good again

i think it was during siuan's convo with egwene and nynaeve about being prepared to stop the dragon that my mom quietly said "...........is rand the dragon?" evidence of how overwhelmed this poor woman is with everything going on this season haha she's questioning everything she thinks she knows!

elayne delivering letters out on the street was instance #2 of going "who's that????" about her

no comments at all on any of the rand-avi, avi-elayne, or rand-elayne interactions this episode. i don't think she's particularly invested in either elayne or avi at this stage since they're newer characters compared to the OG crew, but we'll see!

moiraine: where do you really want to go? rand: where do i REALLY want to go? home mom: i was going to say, i bet all he wants is to just go home

she gets him!

rand: i was there [scaring egwene in her arches trip], wasn't i? mom: he's too smart for his own good

first time anybody has ever said that about rand dkfjgh but she's right! he's a lot more perceptive than much of show fandom gives him credit for!

mom: that guy perrin killed [bornhald], was he a bad guy? me: well, he was a whitecloak, so yes, but as whitecloaks go, he was better than some dad: a fitting description for his tombstone

mom during the inn attacks: it's so dark, i'm glad i can't see everything [because it's scary]

mom when lanaeve are saying their goodbyes: oh, why can't they just stay together?!

relatable to all of us who watched our favorite ships part ways in this episode!

"since perrin is going home, does that mean he won't be in the story anymore?" perrin wishes that was the case!

me: rand could've at least told moiraine the change of plans before she spent all that money on the boat mom: i know! it's like they think she has bottomless pockets! me: well to be fair she kinda DOES have bottomless pockets

dad after the episode: that felt like a lot more than just one episode

mom: will lan and nynaeve see each other again? me: not this season, but they should if there are more seasons mom: [sighs sadly] i just want lan to be happy

she followed this up with "this doesn't seem like an easy world to be happy in" you can say that again!

"if you counted how many times these 5 people got attacked throughout the show, i wonder how many it would be" very dangerous new WOT drinking game just dropped courtesy of my mom

the next day, she said "dad said he'll be home after [whatever time] and we can watch more then, it sounds like he really doesn't want to miss any" could've fooled me since it's never obvious that he's paying attention let alone invested, but it IS rare for him to even so much as imply that he wants us to wait for him to watch something!

3x02

me: this is elayne's mom pregnant with elayne mom: but she has two kids already me: yes, elayne has two older brothers mom: so why is elayne the one inheriting the throne? me: it's a matriarchal throne succession mom: i'm glad i have you here to explain things

huge gasp when the assassinations happened. "elayne is so nice, but her mom is so terrible!"

my dad's thought on the assassinations was "now this DID happen a lot in town meeting" lmao

as soon as they showed gaebril my mom went "i think i've seen him before", it turned out she was mixing him up with ishy since they have similar hair/beards, but i was cracking up imagining that rahvin had compelled her through the screen to remember him being in previous seasons

the music got a shoutout from her in this episode during the travel montages! there's some particularly groovy tunes in this episode's travel montages

several chuckles over galad getting made fun of in various scenes, as is only right

another chuckle at "the prophecy does not say i must enjoy the task"

elayne: that's the first time anyone's accused this room of being big mom: it looks pretty big to me!

first my mom was upset that no one was coming up to perrin to say hello when he arrived in the village, and then after finding out the whitecloaks have a bounty on him, she was upset that he was walking around out in the open and so many people had seen him arrive

she was also like "why did moiraine just let him leave and go home?" and i pointed out that moiraine's goal was to separate rand from his friends and that she really kinda only cares about rand at this point and not the other four so much, which my mom semi-accepted haha

mom after finding out min's viewing of dead aes sedai & warders wasn't referring to the 3x01 battle but was actually another battle still to come: is there ever any hope at all in this world?!

much appreciation for chiad's line about asking the lion to protect you from the bear and ending up in one belly instead of the other

perrin: i'll turn myself in mom: oh perrin, you're too good for your own good

once again my mom asked "does rand know she's evil?" about lanfear, so i took another chance to explain that rand knows objectively that she's evil but she's been careful not to do anything evil in front of him as a way of manipulating him, and that he really loved her during the months they were together so it's hard for him to just turn that off. i'm doing my best to seed in Rand Sympathy! we'll see if it pays off in the remaining episodes.

then my dad sneezed really loudly and distracted us all from the quick reveal that lanfear is disguising herself as renna to torture egwene, so i had to catch them up on that. classic dad behavior.

mom: [trying to jog her memory] was min romantically involved with anyone? me: no mom: she and mat might make a good pair me: NO they're like siblings to me!!!!

if she makes any kind of shippy comment during the CPR i'm going to pull out the "rand's the one who gave him CPR in the books, would you have considered THAT romantic too?" card hahaha

after gaebril told elayne about the trouble in andor, my mom was all "why would the queen leave the country if there's trouble?" "why is she leaving all her advisors behind at the tower if there's trouble?" she was starting to pick up on Something Fishy Going On Here

the scene of siuan taking the horn from mat was a big hit, naturally!

elayne: i learned from the best [morgase] mom: i don't know, i don't think SHE would ever kill her rivals dad: *i* think she would

mom about elaida: is she evil? dad: no one in this show is fully evil or fully good, they're all some of both

continuing his tradition of remaining mostly quiet and seeming not to pay much attention and then coming out with completely accurate takes

3x03

at first when my mom saw "gaebril" skulking around she was laughing because she thought morgase accidentally forgot him at the tower and left him behind, i was dying and am going to think about that every time i watch this scene forevermore

at the reveal that he's evil: "ugh! of COURSE!"

then i was explaining that he's not just evil, he's a forsaken, and explaining more about how he planted fake memories, and also giving her the list of all the forsaken we've met so far to add to her notes. we did pause for most of this, but sadly sammael's rug line got talked over so they missed that one, alas!

while nynaeve and elayne were walking through the streets my mom said she thought she saw somebody lurking around - it must have been the gray man, i was impressed! i hadn't caught him myself!

mom after hearing elaida's plan to cage rand: [unhappily] there are so many different groups of bad guys, and only one of good guys

she remembered the tuatha'an well from s1! she said she remembers s1 better than s2 since she'd watched it twice (and also said that s1 was the easiest one to follow since it was only about the main small group of characters)

we both keep fretting about wanting to know exactly how much time has passed, so in the scene with laila's tree we were like "well i guess however long it takes for a tree to grow that tall is how much time has passed" (and then in the later scene when perrin was like "don't you remember what happened at bel tine?" my mom was going "five years ago? last year?" trying to prompt him to specify haha)

she thinks it's very foolish for nynaeve and elayne to go off to tanchico on their own with so much danger afoot

"they're like paris fashion models" about liandrin & co's new getup in tanchico djkjfg

"i've never seen someone try to turn themselves in and fail" was a big hit!

though later my mom wondered if faile might be lanfear in disguise, which i accidentally shot down because first she just asked "is that lanfear?" and i said "no, it's a new character" thinking she was just mixing them up, not that she was suspicious lanfear might be in disguise as faile

mom about galad and gawyn: they remind me of, we used to call them "big men on campus", pompous and arrogant but also popular

mat: LIANDRIN?! nynaeve: keep your voice down! mom: he's always shouting about things that should be kept secret!

mom: i don't think elayne will be happy if mat kills her brothers me: he's not going to KILL them

3x04

mom while moiraine is watching lan and rand spar: why is she just sitting around? me: there's not a whole lot else to do in the desert

over the course of this episode, aviendha progressed from "that girl" to "aviendra" she's getting there!

me: [mentions something about the car'a'carn] dad: speaking of, were you able to find a parking space for the car'a'carn at the dentist earlier?

rand: tell me you won't try to stop me or use me moiraine: i will do nothing to hinder you from fulfilling your destiny mom: [disapprovingly] that's not what he asked

whether she'll understand rand's perspective in his upcoming conflict with egwene remains to be seen, but she does seem to understand his perspective in his conflict with moiraine! and kinda always has, i think, i remember her expressing distrust of moiraine in the prior seasons too.

"rand sure has a lot he needs to get done before he goes mad" WOT: A Summary

the first sight of the dragon tattoo with rhuarc got a "that looks cool" stamp of approval

earlier in the day she'd asked whether everything in the show was from the books or if some stuff was made up and i'd said the show made up/altered some stuff, and here i gave an example of how in the books mat is part of the waste trip and he's the one to go to rhuidean with rand and to get the moment of pulling a bunch of different knives out of unlikely places and my mom said "ha! i can see mat doing that. more than i can see moiraine doing it." i agree!! [cries in Mat Being Yoinked Out Of The Waste And His Silly Character Quirk Moment Given To Another]

[shot of rand's broad shoulders from behind as he's walking] "he looks like he's gotten a lot more muscles since the first season"

as rand is stepping into the columns: "i bet he's wishing he could just go home to his farm"

i gave a rundown of what to expect for the visions, with rand seeing real events from the past through the eyes of his biological ancestors starting with the most recent and getting further back and with moiraine seeing many possible but not definite paths for the future, because i feared she might get confused otherwise and i thought she would appreciate the experience more if i clarified this firmly ahead of time

and she did appreciate it! not much commentary (aside from "he should get an award for playing all these different characters" and "it's like they were on drugs when they wrote this episode" djkjfgkh but i think this was Complimentary rather than Derogatory), she was mostly just quiet and taking it all in

although she was very indignant about moiraine "stealing something from the tree" haha she was like "that can't be allowed!" and i said "moiraine doesn't really care about what's allowed"

and of course she was horrified by the future vision of lan dying and hastened to seek assurance that these are not definite futures

rand: [collapses in exhaustion after all the visions are done] dad: i agree

aviendha: as you wish, wetlander mom: [chuckles] like the princess bride me: [silently giggling in avirand]

i don't know if this episode struck either of them as particularly noteworthy or standout the way so many WOT fans feel about rhuidean, but if they make any additional comments on it later, i will be sure to note them!

[spacenintendogs]

ALSO what are the gang's favourite shows

The people need to know

The people is me

<333

god.... i don't. know shows. ah

hiccup

he's always running outside so he doesn't watch a lot of tv he has Important things to do (aka whatever he feels like doing)

had a dr who phase tho. pretends it never happened (he can still get excited abt it)

star wars

he has a soft spot for full house bc he & his dad used to watch it together

astrid

are you smarter than a fifth grader (she is. she would win that show. she likes being competitive)

sports. any and all. her & snotlout can get Mean abt it if their team isn't winning.

i honestly struggle with thinking of things she would like?? she would watch whatever her friends put on & she does pay attention & like them but idk??

fishlegs

LOVES the x-files (first 7 seasons. anything after that for him is not canon and not real <3)

star wars

every documentary in the history of existence

anime (sailor moon is his fave)

how it's made

cartoons in general! very open abt it!! (his fave is steven universe. he's a sap <3)

snotlout

american football games. gets pissy when the patriots lose or ppl dunk on them

he watches cartoons he grew up with but pretends they're kiddie shit (he loves ed, edd, n eddy & also johnny bravo)

golden girls (pretends he hasn't seen it at all even tho he's rewatched it multiple times)

ruffnut

she watches garbage reality tv bc it's like a science to her & she has it under a microscope.

buffy the vampire slayer enjoyer

open cartoon enjoyer as well! loves courage the cowardly dog

a weather documentary enjoyer. good background noise for her

tuffnut

also watches garbage reality tv but is more invested in it & loves quoting things

loves cooking competition shows. food network shows in general tbh

loves cartoons and anime as well! open abt it!!

looooves psych (comedy series abt a guy with eidetic memory & powers of observation who pretends to be a psychic. fake psychic, real detective. pls go watch it)

idk!! i'm so bad with this kind of stuff. there are things listed here that's under one person but they've all watched & enjoy together (like buffy, psych, & x-files). i think there'd be a couple shows (not listed) they all got into together & just make it a Thing to sit down & watch together. idk!! i can more pinpoint general vibes for what they'd like over specifics.

[gaiamossiah]

Krory (kinda Cross, too)brainrot all of a sudden

(i wrote this as I think and as I remember things and as I double check facts for my ideas so apologies for a messy writing ahead)

I don't really know how it works but it appears if a general finds you, a host, you'll become their disciple....? (Mainly referencing Daisya and Allen. Altho Allen is a special case). While if fellow average exorcist finds you, you get assigned to someone (Timothy situation). The Bookmen duo clearly do not need one but how about Miranda? Too adult to need be assigned to one..? And Lenalee's master apparently d*ed before the start of the story (read it in either a poorly translated Gray Log or in some Komui's Discussion Room Vol., can't remember)

So when you think about it, Krory III could have been Cross' disciple XD. I cant really remember (and i dont wanna do math) how old Krory III was when Cross first stopped by the Baron Castle but since we see Allen taking care of Rosanne (the flower containing Krory III innocence), it's either he had the flower after he found Allen or the flower was with him for much longer than that and just dump the gardening to Allen cuz it's a pain 🤣🤣

I was thinking at first that the first time Cross went to the Castle as we saw in the story was when he took possession of Rosanne but I just realized that's when he left the flower to Krory III and then he synced with it after a while. We never really saw or was ever shown how Cross knew who Rosanne's host is, but Cross clearly went to that village to drop the innocence off to someone specific. As the Mayor said, he met him already asking for directions to the Castle then immediately went there and stayed there for three days!! (I just see Cross ripping off of his potential disciple and finally borrowing money before he left 🤣🤣🤣). Although I'm not really sure why he stayed for 3 days...? I think Krory Senior was d*ad already around that time or maybe not? But I think Allen was already his disciple when he drop the flower to the Castle xksmdor im talking in circles, my bad.

But yeah, I'm still kinda considering Krory III as Cross' potential disciple and how cute that Allen picked him up to become an official exorcist hahaha. In this scenario, Allen is the senpai in discipleship and he's taking care of his kohai 🤣🤣🤣 would be funny if they both traveled with Cross and took turns in paying for the invoices. Krory III is rich tho hahaha but yeah, he did blasted everything away before leaving the Castle (what a waste huhu)

I'm still bothered by how Cross knew where to go immediately. Makes me think he met the Krory household way back and was requested to keep the innocence until a certain time. One could argue that he investigated and only ran to the Mayor when he reached a conclusion to the investigations. Makes sense right??

But again we saw Allen taking care of Rosanne. During the Mayor's account and based on Allen's reaction, Allen wasn't with Cross during that time of the visit. And Rosanne, a man(?)-eating flower, is kinda a rare thing and we only see those from the Castle. And Krory III mentioned that Cross borrowed the flower from Krory Senior a while back? When was it borrowed? Why didn't they take Krory III immediately to become an exorcist? Was he too young? Did the innocence needed time to ripen or something...?

My head canon is (1)that there's an age limit for discipleship so Cross waited for that cuz he got no time for a disciple lmao he had no choice with Allen tho. Or (2) Krory Senior wanted a peaceful time with his grandkid and asked that Krory III be taken after he died. It could also be because they're kinda ostracized as a vampire kin so he wanted comrades for his grandkid once he's gone, his only relative.

But why are they the only Krorys that are left? Or is it that there are other Krorys in other places like, branch families? This could be put down as a "it is what it is" "the family was just like that" "all families can go extinct one day"... but in DGM??? are we sure? Their bloodline could be just rare to begin with but what if that's not the case?

This is such a stretch even for me but my brain is making me say this nonetheless. Because Krory III clearly has to have parents! Where are they??? Where is Krory II? and his wife? Why no mention of them at all? As if anything about them is to be buried down a secret forever. Not even Krory III mentioned them, probably no memory of them but whatever, i feel like they could have dropped at least a bit of info about them. But it just feels like they were purposely not being mentioned, not even to their son. Why did they disappear? Were they connected to someone?

I'm so random that this guy suddenly came to mind:

I know, I know, the tent clearly shows oriental design, hence whoever is inside must have oriental origins. But maybe, the oriental motifs are just there because whatever technology/medication/craft that's keeping them alive is of oriental origin..?

and i know, i know... it's an "elderly" witness. But it does not mean that it's one of III's parents. If they were ever attacked or something, someone else from their group could have survived or maybe this person survived because someone else protected/sacrificed for them.

OH WELL ahahahaha this part about the witness can be ignored ngl... it's the farthest stretch ever. But it crossed my mind and this is my blog so I just dropped it HAHAHA

It's just, at this point, anyone connected or are friends with Cross is sus lol and Krory, Sr. was one of them i guess... if their friendship was more than a general discovering a host among their family. :))

Update (Feb 7): As much as I want to consider Krory as Cross' disciple, the wiki mentioned that Krory and Miranda are in Socalo unit, which kinda means they are his disciples. I dont remember this ever being mentioned in the manga tho... I need thorough rereading hahaha

Still not sure if that means they get assigned by default or they just got assigned to someone because Cross is basically not available in more ways than one. When you think about it, Miranda kinda has the same case as Krory. Lenalee's master already expired when they found her and if we connect by whose disciple is present, she could have joined Allen in Cross unit, too (like in general, both were in Cross unit during the search but just because they need the manpower for it).

[luna-the-cretar]

*context: Torbek’s nose has turned into a penis, and Frost believes he is a vampire*

Torbek: Ribble stepped on Ribble’s nose

Frost: Here, Ribble, going going to trip on that. Let me hold that for you

[simplyghosting]

Thankfully the only two shows I ever want to watch are both on the same and only streaming service my family has

[king-spite]

i know the red queen tv show is now less likely to happen than katy perry going to space BUT if it DOES happen i think they should pull a rhaenicent and make elara and coriane have a failed tragic homoerotic friendship before becoming "rivals". nevermind what actually happens in the books. i think that would save me actually

[eshokk]

dba i do love u bc u have my guy but where are my other guys the guy is the guy because of the other guys he needs those guys instead we have... dudes! and they'd be guys if they had some more complexity or were more interesting. these dudes are instead a bit flat, i dont know anything about these dudes! we barely even see the dudes and the guy interact in cool, interesting ways

and dba if that wasnt bad enoug, the massacared visuals! i wish the visuals were as creative or conceptual as the original series - just more modern, elevated. its a creative, complex character with these deeply dark stories that can be told in creative complex ways! there's been some beautiful shots and well edited sequences, but overall it looks a bit dull and doesn't stand out at all in comparison to the total modern tv scene. it's not like it's writing (not bad i reckon) is making it stand out either, but the og series was having good writing and a distinctive look behind it with the strongly saturated shots, silhouettes, focus on reflections and etc

anyway i love my guys and the dudes are there. rooting4 them and cant wait for 8&9

[team5ds]

the worst part is i can't even say he's wrong. they certainly did figure out how to contribute the city by joining the wrgp. but like. this is one of those things where it literally does not make sense. this is insane levels of logic. "we're not sure how to contribute to the city. we think entering a magic the gathering tournament will help." like. imagine saying that fr when your parents ask what you're going to do after you graduate college. "idk. thought i'd play card games and figure it out, man"

[airenyah]

Hard agree on your and anon's take on JoongDunk's platonic dudebros vibe and that is actually the reason I like JD. Have you seen the vid of Joong introducing Dunk as "small and easy to carry" and Dunk one-upped him by calling Joong "big and easy to ride" and Joong reacts like "Oh dude, you got game!?". It's obvious it's performative fanservice aimed to entertain audience, but at the same time it's playful banter, seeing if they could match or one-up each other's jokes and that dynamic of being able to have fun while keeping it playful and unserious is probably the one I'd want if I were a bl actor. I cannot enjoy fanservice when actors act like they're in a real relationship, too cringe and toxic *cough* mg *cough* and if it's real, I'd feel like a creep intruding on personal lives. I can freely enjoy JoongDunk for their neonsign "platonic friends being playful", along with their sheer force of social media marketing. Joong obviously a pro with his longtime experience in the industry and even majoring in university, while Dunk somehow maintaing that level of engagement when he doesn't even dance or sing is a mystery to me (tho I think he found his niche in cooking vids which had good views that Joong actually imitated him), but I think both working hard on social media promotion also makes them a good match for maintaining the same level of engagement. And I heard that's how they built their popularity even though SIMM was lackluster? Kudos to them.

yep, i saw that clip at the time!

i said this before in another ask, but i do think their "flirting" and fanservice does very much come from a genuine place. i think they just play it up for fun and not necessarily even as a "service" for the fans but also for their own enjoyment, either because they enjoy the other's reaction to whatever cheesy thing they say or do or because they enjoy one-upping each other (as you mention in your ask) or also because they simply just enjoy the fan's reaction as well. i think they're as entertained by us as we are entertained by them (mostly, at least kjkjsdfgdkg) (maybe not when joong is asked "WhErE iS dUnK" for the 43943945th time that day)

like, they are clearly also getting something out of their flirty banter, not just us. they're clearly having a blast with it while at the same time it's so obvious that it really only is a joke and that they really are just friends, nothing more, and that makes it so enjoyable to me to watch them and to follow them. they're clowns and i'm right here riding their clown car with them

and i agree with you, i can't enjoy it either when it seems like a cp is trying too hard to seem "real". it's like. why? why are you trying to sell me a lie? and if they are dating, then i'd feel even weirder for the exact same reason you mention, like... i don't know them. i'd very much feel like i'd be intruding

i much prefer knowing exactly where i'm at and so i very much enjoy the "we are strictly bros who just happen to say the flirtiest shit for fun" energy that joong and dunk bring. i'm super seated for that

and i just find it extremely fascinating how that bro-energy that they have in private just completely disappears when they're on camera playing characters. when i watch joong and dunk in private i'm always like "ain't no way these two are in love" (like delulu stans would like to believe) whereas when i watch any of their bls i'm like "ain't no way these two are NOT in love". love it when actors do actor things <3

and yeah, i wasn't really following them back during simm era (though i watched the series live after ep2) but i do remember that a lot of people said that they didn't enjoy simm but they very much enjoyed joongdunk "in private"! idk how active they were on social media bc yeah, i only really started following them more closely outside their series at the end of 2023, but i wouldn't be surprised if their social media activity helped them become popular

[livetogether--diealone]

the b in bad person stands for babygirl 🩷 - [inspo]

[pinktierlists]

A Series of Unfortunate Events Tier List!

yeah i know some of them are a bit crazy but idk i felt like it. please ask me anything about anything related to the series!! i would love love love to talk to someone about it!!!

[chocottang]

the more i think abt goldica the more i like it

[ladysatoru]

your top 15 favourite tv shows can say a lot about your personality

Tagged by @kuhakukage

Let's go besties :

1. Courage the Cowardly Dog

2. Danny Phantom

3. Teen Titans

4. Teen Wolf

5. Inuyasha

7. Tokyo Ghoul

8. Shen He Ling/Word of Honor

9. Australia's next top model

10. Brooklyn 99

11. How to get away with murder

No tags all the besties can come list their favourite shows so i can get some good tv show recs thank yew.

[im-still-watching-anime]

man does anyone else just constantly forget neji died?? i was rewatching the war arc and got to it like HUH OH YEAH like i remember shikaku and inoichi more than him because i just didn’t like the writing for his and repressed it too much so now whenever i see any reference to it my brain blue screens for like 20 seconds straight