#this isn't the whole ep

[demisexualnathanvuornos]

Canon Aces 250/?: Maël Le Gall (Miguel Vander Linden) Skam France 12x1 The First Time (2023)

[meliorn]

Oh yes, it's working.

Good Omens | S02E03

[s1lv3rp4w3dc4t]

shout out object shows with canon queer ships. I'm talking on screen kiss or even just verbal confirmation. all things considered it's a bit strange you don't really see them that much when you think about how gay everyone here is. I love you ii but c2bc did what you didn't and I think that's actually really nice.

[muninnhuginn]

The good thing about this being a weekly airing series is that I'll get to see pretty quickly if I'm on the mark with this but rn am thinking of how pre-amnesia seven was unreadable and so people presumed the worse. Like, we know this part already. His (relative) silence and lack of clear expression let people read into him what they thought fitting.

With post-amnesia seven meanwhile, one of his main characteristics is how *chatty* he is. Someone will charge at him and he'll start commentating.

So, like, now he's getting his memories *back* (albeit in dribs and drabs), the first thing we notice is the whole earnestly trying to murder some guys (as opposed to half-heartedly fighting and/or being on the defence the whole time). But, we actually see in his mind during this. We see that he's been instructed to react in this way. That he's literally superimposing skulls/monsters(?) over the Stan guys in his head (#healthy coping mechanisms). But he doesn't say anything to anyone there and they sure can't see into his mind and so all *they* see is an unleashed killing machine. He's back to not explaining himself.

And, it's just, they presume the worst this time too. Dai Bo, especially, is clearly wondering if he's going to lose the Seven he knows. And sure, we don't have the whole picture as the audience yet, but we can still see that Seven's first *action* after being set off was actually to *protect* the healer. It was only after he'd acted to save that he got swept into the bloodlust.

I'm guessing a lot of this season is going to be us watching Seven acting more like his pre-amnesiac self, but this time, we'll be getting the inside scoop on what's going on inside his brain. So as the audience, we can see how he's both his past and present (how his past was never as different as it seemed), but those around him won't get that insight. They'll be forced to trust in the bonds Seven built with them previously. And it'll either come down to them seeing through Seven to the root of his actions or to Seven actually being able to *communicate* this time, now he's actually been able to make connections of his own. Connections his past self was sorely lacking.

[vagueconfusion]

I've been having this thought about Alkaline and the process of alkaline hydrolysis/aquamation (aquamation -> cremation -> funeral pyre?? (all the burial/earth imagery in the eps*) brain please I'm busy) and had the thought in the shower of wondering what the pH of the human body is and now it's taking over my brain and I can't tell if this is too far of a reach because I'm on the verge of doing a whole write up about this topic too.

(Summary: Alkaline possibly referring/being a metaphor for/about about a process called alkaline hydrolysis, which is used as an alternative to cremation and uses water and a strong alkaline solution (lye) to rapidly decompose a body in a matter of hours. The human body's pH is around 7, which is also the track number of the song Alkaline, and also the line "neither acid nor alkaline" would put the subject of the song at pH 7 as well. Which would make The POV Vessel sings from the lye solution)

Also This:

[retro-friki]

10 year old me: How dare you say that Ranma is an homosexual?! I'll fight you! Me, now: Akane's a lesbian and she's in love with Ranma who's also a lesbian.

[clowndensation]

it's like. louis attempted to tell this story to daniel the first time, broke down, and attacked him before he could finish it.

and then decades later he's convinced himself that it was leaving the story unresolved that's holding him back from living his life fully now. so he invites daniel back again. and louis is sitting poised and put together, confident in his ability to recite his history in a pretty, poignant, neat little narrative that will resolve all the guilt and yearning and emptiness inside of him. that if he can just tell a compelling, satisfying story, maybe it will actually be that, and not the life he lived through, with all the pitfalls of his own failures lurking inside.

and then season 1 ends with him once again being forced to confront that the story he wants to imagine and the life he actually lived aren't the same thing. the boundaries around his narrative are shredded and he's left exposed, and subsequently able to face his past for the first time since that original interview. and you think, you think, "well this is it. they've crossed the event horizon. there's no use hiding the truth anymore, not after it's come flooding out into the open like this"

and then season 2 opens. not only is it back to the original, practiced distance, we now have armand literally enforcing that distance. a man sitting at the table who's interjections must be disregarded, an intentional interruption to the flow of the story. he doesn't exist to aid or add detail, he exists to distract louis when he gets too deep in the story. the only time we do get louis allowing any deep truth to come out is when armand leaves the room.

it's like. louis wants a story that's true, and the truth is what he's convinced will leave him satisfied. armand wants a story that will satisfy louis, to the extent louis will accept it's true.

[aarafox]

I've been playing the last 5 min of the ep on loop for more than an hour and holy shit. I have so much to talk about.

At first Blitz’s attitude towards Stolas reclaiming the book is understandable, from a business POV: he needs the book to perform his job! It makes sense he gets a little desperate, tries to keep up the bargain, begs for Stolas to rethink.

But then. Then Stolas gives him the crystal, in one of the sweetest ways possible.

Like a marriage proposal.

The crystal is supposed to be everything Blitz wants, because, supposedly, fucking Stolas is just part of the deal… in any other situation, with any other person, he would’ve been like sure! Cool, thanks :)

But not for a single second he looks happy with this. We all know it’s because deep down he feels the same way… But he gets upset, worried, afraid. From the get-go.

And Stolas is telling him the loveliest things. He’s pouring his absolute heart out. I don’t think I expected him to tell Blitz exactly how he feels but he does. Just like in his texts, he’s completely honest with him:

“Blitz, I’m giving you this because… I care... VERY deeply for you. And I have for some time.”

How he places the crystal on his wrist like a ring on a fiancée’s finger. This is Stolas’ absolute biggest gesture of love. He’s setting Blitz free! From this transactional thing… That’s what Blitz wants… right?

“I want you to continue to… be who you are. Your business!” This was such a kind thing to say. In his eyes, Blitz is perfect as he is and I wonder how often - perhaps if ever - Blitz has heard something like this. The music reflects Stolas’ honesty and affection, the soft and beautiful melody that we know so well… This is Stolas’ big moment, his declaration of love.

“You don’t have to stay here with me... But... I want you to. I want you to stay here with me. Because you want to. Only if you want to.”

And honestly… the shock on Blitz’ face when Stolas says that first line (the "you don't have to stay" one):

Like seriously?? Biggest shock so far? Blitz doesn’t want to separate from Stolas! He wants to stay with him! But when Stolas reveals his truth… that he wants Blitz to stay because Blitz himself wants to and not for any deal or arrangement…

And Blitz, who still can’t believe someone could genuinely love him, responds in the only way he thinks he should: in their “business language”, the language of sex. Because he cannot let the truth sink into his heart.

Of course this hurts Stolas, for whom this reaction is only proof that his feelings are unrequited. If Blitz can’t respond to him in any other way than this, there’s little chance he feels the same…

And still, he is so so kind:

“Thank you Blitz. For… awakening me. For making me… so happy… if only for a little while.”

He was trapped in an unhappy, abusive marriage for so long and Blitz saved him from that. Thanks to Blitz, Stolas had a chance to find out who he was, change his life for the better, and experience true happiness. But if Blitz can’t give Stolas what he needs emotionally, then this is where it has to end.

And Blitz retaliates in the only way he knows how: self-protection. He doesn’t want this to end, but he also never expected Stolas to feel genuine love for him. He HAS no time to think about this, in his eyes Stolas is ending this on his own terms. But he doesn’t have the full words; he hasn’t faced his own feelings and, if he can’t even be genuine with himself, how can he be genuine with Stolas?

But his words, that he’s saying partly because he truly believes them but likely also because he wants to protect himself from the pain, cut Stolas like knives. Stolas flinches when Blitz calls him "asshole" and "bitch":

Blitz's words... shatter his heart.

Stolas has been on the receiving end of hate for a long time. But to hear this from the one he loves so much... It's simply too much to handle. So he sends Blitz away.

As Blitz’s apology still echoes through the air.

[mikailys]

THEY'RE HILARIOUS SKDJG I LOVE THEM SM GOD <3

[zhouxiangs]

OK BUT YOUR TAGS WERE ALL SO CORRECT AND I WAS THINKING THAT TOO

someone in my gc mentioned that joe just rolls with the whole waking up in someone's body so easily and i thought about it and realized well yeah, his old life wasn't really much. he wasn't living, he was existing.

UGH I JUST. I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE AND I NEED THIS SHOW TO STICK THE LANDING, PLEASE I'VE BEEN SO WOUNDED

EXACTLY!!! he's not living, he's just alive.

we can assume he has a stable life since he has a job he likes and he's good at, a nice house, and a car. he has friends and people he cares about and he seems happy with them, but still he's so... sad and lonely? and it's not only because poom's eyes are like that, the man is ACTING

the way he latches onto ming so fast too... yes he has a pretty face and joe wants to fuck him at first sight, and he tells him to stay and cooks for him because he is nice, but i wonder if they aren't kind of attracted to each other's loneliness in a way. the ramen scene makes me insane because of how easily and quickly they fall into something like domesticity with joe taking care of ming as if he's been doing that forever and both of them being so relaxed and joe doesn't even know ming's name yet

[badnewswhatsleft]

daryl hall and patrick cover of what becomes of the broken hearted will save me

[nikosdaydreams]

i dreamt that episode 4 of season 2 of house of the dragon came out and here's what happened

- when aegon and aemond came to face rhaenys at rooks rest that audio from hamilton started playing that goes "mr vice president, mr madison, senator burr, what is this"

- they were legitimately standing there in the building facing her like picture this:

rhaenys sees aegon: mr vice president

rhaenys turns to see aemond: mr madison

rhaenys turns to see vhagar: senator burr

rhaenys: what is this

- don't even ask me how vhagar managed to fit inside

- rhaenys started freaking out and trying to get meleys to breathe fire on them but meleys was like dude wtf

- aegon doesn't get burned

- rhaenys falls into a lake and dies idk

- the end bit (cliffhanger) is when aemond is flying over the lake and his blond hair (wig) falls off into the water, revealing dark brown hair because he's secretly a strong!!!

legitimately so shitty i got scared and woke up 😭😭

[wardensantoineandevka]

not to be like this but all of the posts (and there are many across multiple platforms) right now going "I mean obviously I'm not mad or whining or anything but it sucks that there's all these three week breaks, how am I going to survive, this is awful, I cannot believe this is happening to me" like, it does in fact come off as entitled no matter how many qualifiers are put onto it

and the a smaller subset of THAT going "CLEARLY C3 isn't a priority for the studio" or "they're obviously trying to kill C3" or even posting stuff that comes off as "um, don't they know that if they keep doing this I won't shop here watch anymore", like, come on

as a tangent, genuinely, I feel like a lot of people have trouble admitting that they don't actually like C3 so they get existentially worried about them losing interest over a slightly longer break because it'll force them to acknowledge that they aren't actually interested, but it's fine not to be interested!

[lazy-toad]

Top 5 fiction podcast moments

OH THIS IS CRUEL THERE IS TOO MANY /silly

These are in no particular order because I genuinely don't think I could order these

1. Mustardseed reveal and Micheal's conversation with him - WOE.BEGONE episode 84

2. Arthur's breakdown after killing Uncle - Malevolent episode 26

3. "You just said it." - Welcome to Night Vale, honestly I do not know which episode it is off the top of my head but y'all know what part I'm talking about

4. Arthur's nightmare/hallucination sequence - Malevolent episode 18

5. Troy's FLINCH monologue - WOE.BEGONE episode 156

[dribs-and-drabbles]

I'm reframing how I'm looking at the 24 episodes of Perfect 10 Liners.

This Sunday, the 27th October - the day the first episode of Perfect 10 Liners airs - here in Ol' Blighty (and possibly across Europe) the clocks will go back. The end of Daylight Savings for this year.

The clocks will then go forward again, the start of Daylight Savings for 2025, on 30th March BEFORE Perfect 10 Liners ends.

This show and its constant presence will get me through the cold dark months and I will know that BEFORE the series ends the light will return to the skies and my life.

I feel I need to explain my shocked reaction to the length of the series...because it is not about the number of episodes. I can watch 24 episodes of something - and I have done, and more - but they have usually been either binge-watched in a few weeks or double episodes over 12 weeks.

My discombobulation is more to do with how time is portioned out for me throughout the year. The obvious ones being weekly and monthly, but also more personally, the lengths of certain projects I do at work or at home.

Even three months for one series can feel unimaginable. Take Peaceful Property as an example, I feel like I've maybe had the series for 5/6 weeks...but no, it began in AUGUST... August, when it was still 'summer' and I was deep in the preparations of this current project I'm doing at work, which now feels like has been going on forever...

Half a year, 6 months, 24 weeks is a HUGE portion of time that I just don't usually work with. Like I said on my tags for the post linked above, the activity/project I'm doing at work in Feb/Mar hasn't even been finalised yet, so to contemplate still watching the same programme through many different portions of time - some which I don't even know about yet - is so WILD to me.

BUT as I have said in this post, I am redefining that because the six months of winter always feel so much longer than the six months of 'summer', so I'm using this period of time that the show will be airing as a way to endure and move through it - with light at the end of the tunnel (quite literally).

[tunemyart]

y'all agatha all along took me by such surprise, i'm already grieving the end of this show in just three eps