#tv thoughts

[nkatr84]

Agatha All Along Theory!

Guys! Guys! Guys!

Okay I know the two big theories are that Teen is either Billy Kaplan/Romanoff or Agatha’s son Nicholas Scratch BUT what if he’s…

Or rather he’s her powers? So we know ever since the first Thor movie that the MCU explains magic as just a science we haven’t discovered yet.

See? Anywho when Wanda “died” at Wundergore her magic had to go somewhere. Because one of the main scientific principles is that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It’s only transferred. It’s how Agatha stole magic for centuries. So while Wanda’s magic might have gone somewhere to resurrect her later, Wanda still had Agatha’s magic. And Agatha’s magic had to go somewhere. Maybe it tried to return to Agatha but since she was still under Wanda’s spell, it went into the nearest vessel it could find. A kid from Eastview. Her magic helped resurrect this kid who might have died in that car accident in Eastview that Agatha kept referring to in Episode One and that’s why he was able to break the spell and seems so naturally adept at magic. Because Agatha was technically breaking the spell on her own in Episode One. She was no longer a quirky sitcom neighbor. Her own personality which is curious and likes to solve mysteries altered Wanda’s spell so she became a gritty tv detective. She just needed the rest of her magic to sever the spell completely. And she can’t hear his name or backstory because her magic is preparing her for the Witches Road. Because it’ll probably turn out that the only way to get her magic back is to sacrifice this kid and if she knows his name or story she’ll be less inclined to do what she needs to do. And thus conflict. And you know that symbol that comes up whenever he tells Agatha his name? How everyone says it’s a w or m or both? It could also be AAA…

😁

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I watched Squid Game season 2. From what I’ve seen, it’s interesting to see how the angle of the story has shifted. What I mean is that Season 1 was about how capitalism as a system destroys people. It’s a system that is inherently unfair and in order to be successful in it, you have to climb over everyone else.

Season 2, while obviously still focused on capitalism, feels like it’s more about human nature. S1 was “the system is cruel and unfair”. S2 is “while the system is cruel and unfair, people will nevertheless take part in it and even embrace it”.

We kinda saw that in S1 with Sang-woo and Deok-su. But in S2, it’s a lot more focused in the story. Thanos the rapper got screwed over by the crypto guy, but it was his fault since no one forced him to invest in the coin. Despite being screwed over, Thanos had no problem screwing other people over in order to get the money. The people keep voting to continue the games despite all the deaths. Tribes were formed based on who wanted to keep playing and who wanted to live. The old fucker (forgot his name) saying he has no problem letting everyone else die in order to win the money. And, of course, In-ho taking part in the games to ruin Gi-hun’s plans.

I feel that In-ho’s role in the story is what defines S2. Despite having lived through the horror of the games, he clearly believes in the games and what they represent. He’s the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” phrase personified. He was in debt, he won his own game, and now he’s got power and wealth. That’s what makes his rivalry with Gi-hun so interesting, it’s the capitalist versus the socialist. And I do think the socialist description fits Gi-hun since his character canonically was fighting for workers rights and his main focus is taking the system down.

I’m curious to see where they’ll go with S3. I can see it going two ways. We could get the happy, Hollywood ending where Gi-hun wins and the entire game gets shut down. I can also see a darker, more realistic ending where Gi-hun might succeed in taking down In-ho and the VIPs but the games somehow continuing. Because ultimately, you can’t destroy greed, selfishness and people’s capacity to be cruel to each other. That’s what season 2 established.

[katrani]

Raise your hand if you were also personally attacked by BoonBoomger 45's opening credits

[soinlovewith]

RANDOM DBDA Thoughts:

Have you noticed the dbda gifs on WhatsApp? They’re pretty cool.

I need dbda Icons on @netflix and obviously season 2, 3 & 4 💁🏼‍♀️

Dead Boy Detectives is the show with the most hidden details I have watched.. it’s a masterpiece!

And after rewatching a hundred times .. I think there is still more to discover. What would season 2 be like ? I am hooked.

[cameronlockhart]

In addition to being entertaining, The Penguin has also introduced me to another celebrity crush in the form of Cristin Milioti. I’ve never heard of this actress before, but let’s just say Sofia in this show isn’t ONLY frightening me. 😉

[ericeffiorg]

it’s taken me 3 seasons to realise this but the only people on ted lasso that are allowed genuinely complicated stories are the white characters and it’s been the case the whole time, this third season just kind of confirmed it.

as nice as sam’s story felt, it was really nothing more than surface level and just felt like a replica of what we’ve already seen in the media. portraying real stories is what can makes television really compelling, but when the televised story is basically a cut and paste of a news article or a documentary without giving the characters depth and long-term storytelling, then what is the point? it was a surface level story to get the clicks and the viral moments that can capture the heart of people who watch a random clip on tiktok or twitter and don’t need any more context, because there isn’t really much else needed. unlike the build up of jamie and roy’s hug, ted’s panic attack, keeley’s first kiss with a woman, or ted being betrayed by nate, sam’s story can literally be chopped up into a single clip at a time and no more context is needed to get what’s going on because it really wasn’t given any detailed aspects. and to be honest that’s what sam’s character has been this entire time.

the notion of the show is to fight evil with kindness and that works when your friend is being mean to you or your mentee betrays you like it is with ted’s stories. but it doesn’t work that way with someone like sam. his role in the show since the beginning has been “the good immigrant” that fights violence with kindness, despite being confronted with more violence than anyone on the show. he was told to stop speaking about his people by the prime minister and his restaurant was vandalised, yet it only made up to no more than a 1/3 of the episode. other much less important moments had more screentime in an episode that depicted a very real scenario that we literally saw happen a year ago. and even then, ted got to interrupt his moment with his dad and steal the shine, and then it was made about the entire team coming together rather than the deadly discrimination against immigrants and violent racism.

the people of colour on this show are only really used for quick gags and to show that men can be silly and goofy too and to have a big middle finger to toxic masculinity - which in turn is kind of just repeats the same toxic masculinity points because other than jamie and roy, the other men’s “anti toxic masculinity” messages are just covered in humour and never taken seriously. isaac’s journey to becoming the captain of richmond was all about roy and we never really saw his point of view other than a few scenes. and then it felt rushed. dani is just like sam, except the only time he ever speaks is to have a funny moment where his kindness is the butt of the joke. and even though he’s not a person of colour, colin’s coming out story has been so incredibly surface level that i don’t even know why they bothered to do it. nothing new was given, it was just a white man in the closet who has a boyfriend and gets caught. you can describe his story to a stranger and they could probably find it done on riverdale but with more screentime.

and nate’s redemption arc is about a white woman finally seeing him as a human despite the fact that he was never actually mean to her and just wanted to please his parents in a place he never really felt welcome. he was horrible to ted and richmond, but that jade lady was horrible to him from the get-go and we’re now supposed to see this as very sweet and sentimental.

the show is written for white audiences and doesn’t do anything daring, and i feel like it never actually did. maybe it was because it premiered during such a dark time and it was nice to see grown men in typically toxic environments be the opposite, but i don’t think the show is nearly as clever or as groundbreaking as it has gotten the credit for.

[searchforwondla6]

I was thinking about troupes in TV shows, and I started to think about when everyone in the A plot is going crazy/having a terrible time, cut to the B plot and everyone is literally or figuratively relaxing on a beach. My brother called it “A plot wild B plot mild”. I wonder if it’s an official thing.

[ankh-morporkianpostalworker]

Man, the 90s and 2000s were the Wild fuckin West of TV sci-fi and fantasy, where the most batshit insane idea you've ever heard got at least a season to fuck around. The X-Files, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Farscape, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda/Earth Final Conflict, The Dresden Files adaptation, the Battlestar Galactica reboot franchise - not all of them were good, but holy shit did they exist and am I glad they did.

To be a bit more somber, I think that that's something we lost when we started to see the emergence (or, in the case of Star Trek, the re-emergence) of mega-franchises that dominate science fiction and fantasy. Sure, stuff like that is still out there, but it feels rare and rarer to find it.

That's it, really. I just had that thought and I figured it might be worth sharing. It'd be cool if you could recommend the weirdest stuff y'all are fans of since I'm always on the lookout for new, weird stuff.

[liittlecreatures1985]

watching severance. good show

[speakingbubblez]

For some reason, every time I think about southpark, I think about a certain quote from the DLC where you get the same powers as mysterion/kenny and go to Casa bonita.

The quote comes from kenny, where he's explaining the power, and he makes a commitment that implies that he would become death or what I'm assuming based on the actual show and graphics of the game and the grimreaper.

This fact is cool until you realize the implications. And I know they are playing a game, but most of the time, when kenny talks about his "powers," he is serious.

This boils down to the point I'm trying to make, how many neather-borns has there been, and have gone through the same things as kenny are there more neither-borns just out there that no one knows about.

I raise these questions to anybody who wants to think or just get confused.

11/5/23

[nkatr84]

Only Murders in the Building 4:6 Valley of the Dolls

Yeah this episode was filler but it was funny. The actors figured out what we all deduced is that the killer has been after them since season one. But! I don’t buy it being the Westies. Yes they took advantage of Dudenoff’s death to cash the checks and basically live in the West tower rent free. But that was their only crime. I’m sticking with my theory that Dudenoff was killed three years ago and the killer tried to stop the podcast to make sure they wouldn’t find out about Dudenoff. But Sazz wouldn’t let it go. And since they made two references to the script being full of plot holes I’m sticking to Marshall as suspect number one.

Meanwhile Melissa McCarthy was hilarious and really made me feel for her and Charles when they talked about their mom. Plus her fight with Loretta was funny as hell. And yay! She and Oliver are engaged!🥰🥰🥰

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

It amuses me to this day that HBO managed to get away with producing “Tell Me You Love Me”. You know how it’s a joke that “Game of Thrones” can come off as porn at times? “Tell Me You Love Me” had scenes that were so explicit that people legitimately thought they were watching porn.

In case someone thinks I’m exaggerating how people reacted to the show:

[katrani]

new gundam series is either gonna be absolutely amazing or a complete trashfire, no in-between

i'm here for it lmao

[soinlovewith]

Hey Dbd-fandom

I think we all agree that we hate David the Demon.

But did you notice he seems to be stuck on the mortal plane? In episode 7 he says to Crystal that he can’t open a door to hell.

“Don’t you think if I could go back, I would’ve?”

I am kinda interested in that story.

Kinda get the feeling he’s lashing out like an immature child because of it.

AND: in Episode 1 he tried to escape the boys, didn’t he open a portal to hell? (I think it was hell) Could that mean that if Crystal is in full control of her powers she could actually travel through planes?

[cameronlockhart]

If you like the Ted films or the MacFarlane catalog in general, then you'll like the Ted series just fine. I enjoyed it, though the series premiere was a bit rough and definitely didn't need to be ten minutes longer than the rest. The season quickly picks up after that, though.

[ericeffiorg]

hsmtmts s4 kinda ruined ricky like before this he was nice and i liked him but that one scene in 4x7 when he breaks into gina's home and her mum catches him is just so ? gina's mum is her literal mother and regardless of what he may think he knows about her, she's never purposely tried to hurt her. she has a job that requires her to move around a lot, and she does this work so that gina can get the best possible life (hence why she is as successful as she is) and when she tells ricky that he - somebody with no clear prospects, somebody who has spent his entire high school life chasing after girls and has a 1.8 GPA - isn't good enough for her daughter who is starring in two (2) feature films before she has even graduated (and she spilled sorry), he decides to insult her and tell her that she has missed out on being a proper mum like ? gina's mum was 100% right and you literally broke into her home and you're trying to prove you're a good boyfriend for gina by insulting her mum?

and we're supposed to root for them ? this season was going so well but this second half is honestly atrocious and lazy because ricky from s1 - 3 would never do that lol