#this reveal was genuinely SO good!!

[cathalbravecog]

only in the FROSTBITE realest ESTATE...! because i havent shared how fucked it is yet i dont think and Yes We Got A Pace Painting Texture Pack Thanks Molly

[stagefoureddiediaz]

The Helena diaz of it all has me fascinated. I’ve said for a long while that Eddie’s real issues are his mommy issues and this episode just cemented for me that we’re gonna explore that and deal with it.

Because it’s Helena who forced Eddie to grow up to fast - because her husband wasn’t around much - so she pushed Eddie into de facto parent and husband role ls - selfishly filling her needs and ignoring the damage it was doing to her son (it is a form of abuse in my book).

Eddie then had the audacity to fall in love with and marry Shannon and get her pregnant. It’s why Helena was always so off with Shannon - she was punishing her. She is also punishing Eddie for all of this and his refusal to return to El Paso only cemented further her bitterness and resentment.

Now she does have Ramon back she doesn’t need Eddie any longer to fill that role so she is still punishing him and part of that is tied into her glee over now getting to parent Christopher - something she has always been intent on doing the doppelgänger just gave her the opportunity- as well as allowing her to further punish her son and his love of Shannon.

Her barbed comments about building a pool were all about showing what she can provide Christopher - how she is parenting him better than Eddie - it’s part of her mind games - making Eddie feel like more of a failure as a parent to his son.

The reality of course is that the reverse is true - Helena’s parenting is all superficial, flash and showy - it isn’t the hard day to day parenting when things get tough and you have to be the bad guy. While Eddie has made mistakes, there is nothing superficial, flash, or showy about his parenting. It’s why bucks comments about Eddie being a great dad are so important.

Eddie feel like a failure right now and that he is entirely to blame for everything. But in reality, while he does bear a bit of the responsibility, the truth of the matter is that he needs to learn and deal with the fact that all of it actually stems from Helena and her abuse of her young son - Shannon never stood a chance just like Eddie never has.

[puppyeared]

fake ep idea + doodles

[vic-does-battlecats]

Minor spoilers for the already revealed chapters of the next A Starless Clan book Wind

[chiquilines]

Damn so everyone was as starved for miryumi content as i was? Have another treat

[frankiebirds]

genuinely struggling to read emily's expression here as anything other than jealousy

[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.

[ririsasy]

“It’s impossible to know Prabhas and not be his friend instantaneously. I have very few friends but he’s one of the people I constantly message. He has the gift of finding joy in other people’s happiness. He’s always looking out for everyone on set, feeding them good food, making sure they’re comfortable…I get why people call him ‘darling.’ We hit it off immediately and had a ball working together.” - Prithvi about Prabhas from this article

— Also saying similar thing in this interview (cute!)

(It’s also in line with my assessment of Prabhas based on their interview with rajamouli that I write here, prabhas is indeed someone who finds joy in other people’s happiness, a true darling)

[rawliverandgoronspice]

One thing that TotK does constantly but really doesn't land for me when compared to BotW is that every NPC loves Zelda so much.

She is the sweetest, and she loves animals and is the very best at them, and she goes to every major landmark to spend time there and also she teaches the people secrets about the lands they have always lived in and they're like woow thanks zelda incredible I'll change my entire ways because you were just SO enlightening (Lurelin + Gerudo Town feeling particularly questionable here for obvious reasons), and she's so wise and beloved and talented --to the point that nobody (beyond the Zora King) even dares to question her actions when she starts acting off.

(Yunobo please stop letting her walk all over you, like it's alarming that you understand she basically brainwashed you and your entire race, and you're still running after her like a lost puppy for an explanation that will surely make everything make sense instead of, like, punting her into the sun? I know it's the eeeevil zelda, but that this situation could even remotely begin to happen feels... so offputting.)

In BotW, the rare mentions of Zelda worked because 1) she was an ancient figure and the modern hylians knew very little about her and would build her up as a legendary figure accordingly, 2) she was literally giving her life for them (I mean she kind of still does here but people do not know that or cannot infer that in any way --which is its own sort of problem), 3) she was extremely hard on herself, felt like a failure and... kind of was one (and she was given shit for it).

(also in BotW we are in a post-Hyrule kingdom world, while here we're living its re-foundation, and so it feels very... convenient that they excavate a previous version of their perfect kingdom to boister up the hylian claim upon the lands also --but that's beyond the topic)

So for anyone to give her grace and compassion in BotW, while a little eyeroll worthy at times, was endearing and made sense. None of this was her fault; she may have extreme power, but she didn't directly yield it --her imperfections the byproduct of a stressful situation every champion was being forced into due to the tides of fate. Also the king was criticized for being a little ruthless and asking too much of his subjects, including his own daughter. There was solidarity between you and everyone else at the same level.

But here? I don't know, it feels like the entire kingdom is terrified that the sheikah secret police will drag them back in the Bottom of the Well if they breathe wrong when talking about their beloved princess, it's so unsettling. I liked BotW Zelda, but... I don't know, I'm literally more comfortable around fake Zelda than the real one. Fake Zelda feels more like a real person that she does.

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville] was the only member of [Crown Prince Edward of Westminster's] original 1471 council not already on the king’s council and her name headed the list of those appointed as administrators in Wales during Edward’s minority. [She remained on the council after it was expanded in 1473 and granted significant new governing and judicial powers]."

"In 1478 Prince Richard [of Shrewsbury] married the Mowbray heiress. Like his elder brother he had a chancellor, seal, household and council to manage his estates. His council, like that of Prince Edward, comprised the queen [Elizabeth Woodville] and a group of magnates and bishops, few of whom were Woodville supporters [...] It was Elizabeth who mattered, for Richard resided with her and Rivers treated his affairs as their own."

-J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Michael Hicks, Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses

[ducktracy]

reminder that if you're not watching Crayon Shin-chan then you are living a hollow and empty life. this is not edited. this ripped straight from the movie (Movie 8: Jungle That Invites the Storm, highly recommend for fellow Masaaki Yuasa lovers)

if you need further convincing: these monkeys run an animation sweatshop

[daily-hanamura]

[tinarannosaurus]

just got caught up with bob's burgers, and so far I'm enjoying season 14 much more than I expected to!

not to say I went into these new episodes assuming I wouldn't like them, but certainly the past few seasons (10–12 for sure) have fallen into a rut where like, there's a handful of episodes that are pretty solid, there's one or two that annoy me enough to skip over on any rewatch, and the majority are deeply neutral. the plots are just okay, the jokes are a little lacking, but the fundamental dynamics are still there, and I like those enough that bob's remains one of my go-to shows to have on in the background, even if I don't feel inspired or compelled enough to engage with the show the way I used to

but season 14 has been an unexpected departure (and actually, I think the back half of 13 as well) — it's funny, because I don't actually think the show is as funny as it used to be, but they're taking bigger swings with the plots in a way that's very rewarding to watch! I don't mind that there are fewer jokes, because I'm invested in the more emotional turns the show is taking

like—holy shit, "the amazing rudy"? a standout from start to finish. and I think a great example of what this season is doing in terms of its emotional arcs, and what I'm glad it's leaning into

I've felt very neutral toward bob's the past couple years, because it's felt so staid. there's an accepted level of consistency that bob's or any other animated sitcom maintains, and I get that, but I think the show really really struggled in its recent seasons with honoring that consistency, roughly maintaining the status quo, while also creating plots that were—and this sounds bad to say—but, plots that were interesting. there were a lot of low stakes, anticlimactic resolutions, unexciting premises—situations where there's not a lot of room for the writing to go, and not a lot for the characters to play off

but what I think this latest season is doing so well is leaning into its history, taking advantage of all the episodes of relationships and interactions and story they've developed to create setups that really fucking land! "the amazing rudy" is a phenomenal episode, but would it have hit as well in season 4 or 5, when we've only met rudy a handful of times? maybe, but I think it's so much more rewarding as this late series entry, when it can pay off all the previous mentions of rudy's home life, his relationship with his dad, his relationship with his—until this ep—unseen mom, his hobbies, his anxieties, his friendship with louise, the role the belchers play in his life—it's so good!!

this season is a couple eps shorter from the strike, but really hoping that the rest of the 14 and what's to come in 15 follows the trend, because it feels like the show is finally starting to figure out its voice and its footing again

[hoperays-song]

What are you thoughts on Suki Lane!!! She personally my favorite Sing character and I love her so much <333

AAAAAA Suki!!! I love her so much!!!! Thanks for the chance to talk about her! - <3 Gooseless

I genuinely love Suki's character and think she is actually really well utilized within the story, despite being a side character. We are able to gather a fair bit of information about her as well, and from there build a pretty plausible picture of who she is and her potential motivations for everything.

To start with, the first time we see her, it is hinted at that she is likely extremely smart. She is notably young for her position, something the main cast points out immediately, leading one to assume she must have been a rather remarkable candidate to have secured it, likely without much experience under her belt. I've mentioned before that her just being a talent scout seems highly unlikely and while that is not the point of this, if I am right, it only speaks more to her benefit that she was so promising to become a CCO that young.

Her intelligence comes back into play later, as its revealed rather naturally that she is well aware of what her boss is actually like and that she was trying to prevent more victims from occurring. That shifts the perspective of what she had been doing up until that point drastically, as she was trying to protect the troupe by scaring them off, and in a way where she wouldn't face repercussions either. In the final confrontation, Suki is seen being just a background figure in Jimmy's group until the moment to strike came, allowing her to turn on Jimmy when she was sure he wouldn't be able to retaliate, an extremely good movie considering the man is very down with murder.

She was calculated, careful, and very decisive in every decision we see her make, something that becomes apparent after her revealing her true nature. Which was wonderful as it made the audience reevaluate everything we had seen her do up to that point completely.

Another thing about her that we do know is she does very much care for the shows that she helps put on. She felt enough loyalty to the troupe to inform them of the Majestic's offer, instead of just forwarding the message (and in a parallel scene, I love those, very narratively satisfying if done right). She knows what kind of show would strive in Redshore and is set to making those happen, doing whatever she can to keep things running smoothly by her constantly checking on everyone.

We also can kinda fill in a few gaps in the Suki story with the information we are given. Suki and Jerry don't get along, why? Well it seems to be because of Jerry's loyalty and idolization of Jimmy. Suki seems irritated by it constantly, hinting towards their loyalties not aligning as well as the ending's resolutions for them. Suki is notably young for her position, why is that? Well, she could be an early graduate, as that would make sense with her intelligence and seeming ambition. This would have also likely caught the attention of Jimmy, as having a promising early graduate working for him would be a good move for him industry wise.

There is only one thing that does confuse me in regards to her is the idea that Suki is/was an antagonist. To which I say she's basically Judith 2.0. She's not a villain. She never was. She was just doing her job. And then Buster showed up and threw it into a tailspin. She didn't do anything actually wrong at any point.

Overall, Suki is a very smart and cautious character, which allows her to be unassuming until the reality of the situation hits the audience in the face and she reveals her true colours. Her character building aspects are pretty naturally displayed story wise, mostly by being woven into side dialogue, and don't seem forced or out of place. I do wish we saw more of her and I especially would like to see her interact with Mizuki, seeing as Mizuki is the theatre's social media person and Suki seems to work in that field, so I think that that would be fun!

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

finding confirmation that kirell was indeed 24 in the original game, and her being a high schooler when she died in argo's choice was a bizarre retcon, is Validating for a number of reasons (i KNEW she was a depressed mafia NEET. i FUCKIN knew it). it also explains philio's complete and total nonexistence in AC, because i'm pretty sure they realized what an Incredibly bad look their previously established relationship would be, and i am now ten times more irritated about that than ever lmao

[hellcatchvalley]

laudna: the sword is cursed. and bad. it will corrupt you. orym: hm. source? laudna: trust me. orym: mm. doubt. laudna: also i want to spiritually inhale it. orym: the sword you said was too cursed and corrupt to Use? you want to Eat it? and feed it to the evil woman in your chest? laudna: yes. orym: