#time jump arc

[shigayokagayama]

sorry maybe one day ill stop being mad about how the anime adapted the confession arc but today is not the day because im stuck thinking about how much of a blunder it was not to include this page

because like. to me this was the thing that defined my reading of this arc. this was the moment that made me go "oh, this isn't mob unconsciously doing this, this is someone else"

so then when you read through the rest of it you share mob's frustration. why are all these people treating this thing like it's mob? this isn't mob. this is some dangerous entity puppeting his body and hurting people! mob would never do this!

and then

oh.

oh.

this is mob.

this is mob as much as the teru who nearly killed someone who refused to fight back just because they didnt share his worldview is teru. this is mob as much as the ritsu who hurt dozens of people weaker than him just because he could is ritsu. this is mob the way the reigen who lied to him for years is reigen.

the part of you that lashes out and hurts people when you're scared or hurt or frustrated isnt some other scary thing that you have to control.

it's just you.

but people still love you.

[bigwetbrowneyedclub]

took me by surprise

[boyfriendsmalec]

Will isn't going to have a secondary love interest in Season 5. He's already involved in one love triangle (Will-Mike-El) why would the writers develop a second one?

I could make a lot of narrative arguments as to why I don't see this happening but ultimately it boils down to this: There's no time.

The show is in its last season. The Duffers have already said they're shifting away from adding new romances (Byler is not a new romance, it's been built-up over the whole show) and new characters (few exceptions like Linda Hamilton have been added). They need to wrap up storylines for at the very least 12+ main characters (not to mention side characters). Point being: the cast is stacked enough as is. They don't have time to create a new love interest for Will, especially if it's not a character he's going to end up with in the end. If they wanted to add a new love interest for Will, they would've started it in Season 4.

Will is the main character next season, and he already has a lot going on:

His connection with Vecna and the Upside Down (this will largely take up most of his plot since it'll be the central plot line)

Will getting Upside Down flashbacks from 1983 (like El did in S4 with her flashbacks of Hawkins Lab)

New friendship/mentorship with Robin (and Vickie)

Coming out arc to his family and friends

Contending with his love for his best friend (including the painting lie reveal coming to fruition)

Will has more than enough going on this season.

Also narratively-speaking, I'm sorry but there's no way Will is going for a jock who's bullying Dustin and likely him and his other friends by extension (for being associated with Dustin/The Hellfire Club). That's just wildly out-of-character for Will. And they have zero time to develop some tertiary bully character.

Also adding a secondary love interest for Will at this stage would undermine the central focus of Will's love for Mike, which they're building up over the course of the whole show. We know this isn't a crush, Will is in love.

The most we'd get is maybe a scene of a male character expressing interest in Will, to see Mike's jealous response, or to have Will turn him down to reassert to the audience Will's love for Mike.

TLDR; The ST writers are in crunch time with the final season and don't have time to waste on a secondary love interest plot device.

[pixlatedvampire]

i can only draw stupid people

[royalarchivist]

Pac: I'm- I'm worried about it! Oh, I don't want to be locked up again! I don't want to be kidnapped again, you know? I don't want to be in prison! [He starts hyperventilating] I just want to do what they told me to do!

Tubbo: [Overlapping] No one will know you did that! No one will know.

Fit: Yeah, that's not gonna happen! It's not gonna happen, it's ok.

Pac: It might happen! It might happen! It happened with my friend! It happened with my son! Why wouldn't it happen with me? [Sighs]

Tubbo: There's gotta be someone left to hold down the fort!

Fit: That's right, you gotta stay strong!

Pac: I'm the weakest of all, you know? I'm the weakest of all the Favela.

Fit: You're not the weakest Pac, don't say that.

Pac: –I am! I am. I am.

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Tubbo: C'mon, just point me in the general direction, and it'll be fine! And–

Pac: I'm scared, I'm scared to say! I'm scared to say–

Tubbo: No, no! Just say it, just say it! Like–

Pac: I'm- I'm worried about it! Oh, I don't want to be locked up again!

Fit: Pac– it's ok!

Pac: I don't want to be kidnapped again, you know? I don't want to be in prison! [He starts hyperventilating] I just want to do what they told me to do!

Tubbo: [Overlapping] No one will know you did that! No one will know.

Fit: Yeah, that's not gonna happen! It's not gonna happen, it's ok. Wait, Pac– when–

Pac: It might happen! It might happen! It happened with my friend! It happened with my son! Why wouldn't it happen with me? [Sighs]

Tubbo: There's gotta be someone left to hold down the fort!

Fit: That's right, you gotta stay strong!

Pac: I'm the weakest of all, you know? I'm the weakest of all the Favela.

Fit: You're not the weakest Pac, don't say that.

Tubbo: Yeah, so why would they take you?

Pac: –I am! I am. I am.

Fit: No no no no– you're strong Pac, you're strong.

Tubbo: [Overlapping] You're not the weakest Pac, you're not the weakest!

Pac: [Overlapping] I don't want to be that guy, I don't want to be the weakest and like, the saddest of all. I wanna be happy! [Sighs] That's why I took the pills also...

Tubbo: You seemed– when–

Pac: I wasn't happy.

Tubbo: I mean, you were happy when we were chatting before about about the railway? Maybe- maybe there's other- other places to find joy, other than a briefcase full of very... unlabeled pills?

[quesocheeso]

I’m collecting asks for when we enter the arcs that I’ll be able to answer them for,,, sooo if anyone has more specific asks for characters or you’ve sent some asks don’t worry I’ll answer them all in due time✌️ so ask away I really like reading over them especially while working on chapters💃💃💃

[swan2swan]

In the original storyboards and script, Brooklynn was supposed to have a panic attack while feeding Gordon the Compsognathus in one scene; she's pretty cool with him in the final cut, though. In another possible draft (from the novelization), she lures a Nasutoceratops out of its pen with apples, treating it gently. In the final show, she dives to push a companion out of the way. Regardless, she still drives through dinosaurs and seems to be without fear.

Obviously, when Red comes out and menaces her in the studio, she's terrified. But then...she's playing with him. She's confident and more than capable as soon as she knows how he works. She's still shaken when she sees him show up on Soyona's orders to execute and underling, but her fear is understandable, because she's still watching a dude die, and it's unpleasant and horrific. She's still not wholly shaken by dinosaurs.

But here? Seeing Red terrifies her. There's no laser pointer, no summons, he just sneaks up behind her and surprises her--and she goes ifull panic mode. Drops the case, falls on the ground, crawls backwards, unable to voice words. She fully regresses, all of the confidence and adjustment and logic lost to total panic.

Because something changed between the time she got attacked and the time she met Red...or rather, she met someone else. Someone who reminded her, face to face, of who she used to be. Who she once was. And what she lost.

[thatdustybunny]

spy x family chapter discourse as of late...

[libertykinney]

we deserved more britin scenes in their honeymoon phase in s3

[prettyboykatsuki]

FANG?!?! THE BLLK LEAKS???? ARE YOU OKAY?

im crushed lol. i knew this was gonna happen to nagi from jump it’s been implied since the beginning pretty much!!!! but it happened so much sooner than i thought it would. i know kaneshiro is gonna bring him back he loves nagi but we are not gonna see him for so long and it’s making me so sad. but also im so proud of him like thats my baby i dont know ☹️

[thefirstlioveyou]

can i be honest

im getting a bit nervous wondering how they're actually gonna manage mike's sexuality

[allonepiece]

from issue n.13

[treasuredplanet]

apparently a life long creative dream that matters to no one but you can come true on a random Saturday afternoon with literally no warning

[raayllum]

anyway Rayla's body language throughout the whole "there's a burden I'm carrying" talk as she - for the first time - outright asks for emotional support, especially after everything that's happened, fucking kills me, because look at her!!

she's so unsure and nervous and awkward and stumbling and trying so hard, because she wants this. she wants their relationship to be better and knows, even if it goes against her every instinct, that this is a part of it, and she's going to Try!!

[obstinaterixatrix]

Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned. On day one at PICA, Molly discovers that--through some horrible twist of fate--her full-ride scholarship has vanished! But the ancient texts (PICA's dusty financial aid documents) reveal a loophole. If Molly and 9 other art students win a single game of softball, they'll receive a massive athletic scholarship. Can Molly's crew of ragtag artists succeed in softball without dropping the ball?

The author of the New York Times best-selling Check, Please series, Ngozi Ukazu, returns with debut artist Madeline Rupert to bring an energetic young adult story about authenticity, old vs. new, and college failure. It also poses the question: "Is art school worth it?"

I’ve been a huge fan of sakana since forever, and I like self-contained sports stories (the heated drama is peak, but I can’t stick with something super long) so I knew I’d love this graphic novel. and I was right.

I like the ensemble! The focus is primarily on the main character, but you get the sense they’re doing their own stuff in the periphery. wrangling a bunch of art students is a really funny concept and allows for a lot of personality contrasts.

it’s not a romance, but it does have romantic elements, and the love interest-type character is SO funny. there were several scenes with her that legit got a laugh out of me

super worth it, 100% recommended for a fun time. might give ex-art school students psychic damage

[cerulean100-blog1]

we’re back with wind breaker, 88-92 spoilers under the cut

-Sugishita going from happy to pissed as soon as he saw Sakura and co on the roof was hilarious, he was not about to handle that

-poor Nirei went through the ringer of emotions that whole conversation, my boy was streeesssed by the end

-Sakura being the one to have a clear head and resolve to do what they have too while everyone else is scared of of the shadows returning and dragging Furin back to its past, man I love it when things are set up and paid off

-ooogghh the visual language, the burnt wasteland when talking about what Endo does to those he beats (and how it looks similar to Takiishis inner world later on), the tree shadow when talking about Furins shadows, the slightly different art styles used for flashbacks, i fucking love art

-*looks at Takiishis pearls and leopard print jacket, looks at Nii-sensei saying Endo likes gyarus* yeah that checks out lol

_get you a friend like Nirei who will do your gacha dailies when your busy

-all of Sakuras friends working to get stronger so they can help him, uweeeee

-I love all the callbacks in 92, Anzai hanging out with Tsuchiya and Nagato again (did he get a haircut?), the girls Kiryu and Nirei helped showing back up (which made me notice all the young girl characters in the series have names ending in a) lol), Sakura/Suo/Kiryu all passing up the invitation to the wrestling restaurant again, Sakura smiling again, really love that with this upcoming arc bring a culmination of all the previous ones

-not Anzai bring the one to chew out Suo for completing Sakuras willingness to jump in head first to things when he’s the one who brought it up on the previous chapter lol

-s/o to that one kid in class 1-1 who had the fuzzy black hair, he seems fun I hope he gets a name at some point

-also I’m reading on mobile so no pics but that one Ume panel in 90 where he’s leaning down so his elbow is going into the next panel? Chefs kiss I love that shit