#weekly catch up

[f0point5]

i’ve been off social media the last few days , what’s happening in the f1 world 😂🥲

Uh…basically this

- Christian Horner texts from his HR case leaked

- Jos Verstappen rumoured to be the one who leaked them

- Christian and Jos have a big fight last Friday

- Jos says RB will explode if Christian stays

- It comes out that Mohammed Ben Sulayem asked Max to publicly state his support for Christian (it later comes out that Max told him to sort it out for himself)

- Jos pictured talking to Toto -> rumours Max will move to Mercedes (Toto says “anything is possible”)

- Adrian Newey to move to Ferrari if Max goes

- Helmut says he won’t stand in Max’s way if he chooses to leave, rumoured that Max has a break clause he can’t enact whenever he wants

- Rumours that Jos is friendly with/sleeping with the employee who accused Christian

- Business F1 publishes an article alluding to Christian having more than one flirtation with employees

- Rumours that Ford is trying to get out of the engine deal

- Mohammed Ben Sulayem is now being investigated for tampering with race results in 2023, and for trying to stop the Las Vegas GP from going ahead.

- Rumours that the Austrian part of Redbull wanted a partnership with Porsche not Ford and Christina ruined it

- Rumours that Christian attempted to buy Redbull racing from Redbull GmbH with investment from financiers, without the knowledge of the Austrian faction, at which point they said:

And now we’re here.

Hope that clears things up for you.

Guys, did I miss anything?

[hardworkandguts]

Weekly Catch-up #4

"This Tumblr is just something I do for fun", I say, while scheduling the first of the two posts for Halloween. Confirming I've dropped Your Forma from these weekly posts because it's a show I was struggling to follow (given the whole "skip the introductory part") but I'm still going back to it once it's completed.

(previous week)

What was on?

The Apothecary Diaries

(ep 2.17) Well, this clears up who is the bug girl and why she appeared a bit out of nowhere. It's still hard to say what to say what are their plans and where Maomao fits in them, other than knowing she's the daughter of Lakan and that Jinshi often relies on her to figure out something weird he knows it's going on but he can't by himself, like why wouldn't the women at the clinic, many who have been in the palace for decades, wouldn't have remembered why the lead skin powder was bad.

Witch Watch

(ep 4) after a full episode introducing Kanshi, we get a three part episode, starting with Nico's homeroom teacher discovering Kukumi is her favourite doujin artist and being extremely normal about that, second about the ill-advised idea of asking Nico to help out with something with magic (well, it did work), and finally we're introduced to Nemu Miyao, a shape shifting (into what, look at the name) witch who wants to make Morihito his familiar but is too shy to even talk with him and absentmindedly follows them home. The kind of character this kind of show gets a ton of mileage from, then.

Food For The Soul

(ep 4) Oh, a surprise fifth girl. She's Nana, a friend of the three that were unsuccessfully trying to start the club, and she didn't initially join because she was trying to start her own club. Thing is, she's even more socially anxious than Mako is and can't even talk with people she doesn't know, which of course makes it impossible for her to do it even after her makeover, and for great comedy when both are together. By the end they bond over souvlaki (the kind you grill, not the one you need guitar pedals for), but I'm sure it's not the last we'll see of that. Maybe my favourite episode so far, and Nana being a great source for reaction images plays into that? Yeah maybe. Also love how they snuck her in the ED.

mono Weekend Animation

(ep 4) on to the cinephoto club, it's a two part episode, first where Kako convinces Haruno to go for a wine tasting (or an all you can drink, your call) and the second where Haruno gets the girls to do a Photorally that unknown to them is also an eating competition. The episode is a bit lighter on the photography side of it, heavy on the tourism promotion side, but one I was ultimately a bit "heh" overall, although we got drunk Haruno.

Kowloon Generic Romance

(ep 5) Uh, well, that surely was a cliffhanger that went nowhere. While it may have been a joke, there's one person for whom it certainly wasn't, and Youmei certainly has her eyes on what Kudou is up to. What is true, however, is that we finally discover the reasons for her plastic surgery as we see what she was up to in her previous life, which I understand might be a weird choice of words for this situation we haven't fully figured out, and puts her talking to Kujirai to just be herself in a different light.

Uchuujin MuuMuu

(ep 4) I've been saying I wanted this to get weird, and it's a small step in the right direction. Carrying on from the giant electrical bill Sakurako got, she's working in the club for meal tickets, where we get to see MuuMuu channelling the Pyramid Power his civilisation mastered (not that he knows how) to turn a battery extra spicy and blowing up on his face. Second story is about the club president trying to impress a girl who's having smartphone battery problems, and after embarrassing himself with the worst analogy possible for USB ports, now has a device that uses a bunch of microwaves to charge her phone at s distance. On this week: opening small appliances, putting a new motor on a milk frother, and how wireless charging works. Could have used one on how to replace my smartphone battery.

Gundam Door Buzzer

(ep 4) Well, this was one of those cases I really don't know if my lackluster knowledge of Gundam is setting me back. Is Shiiko a character from any of the other shows, or is her "Witch" moniker just a reference to the previous Gundam, and she kinda looks like Mirai? Either way, she's in town to beat the Red Gundam, who killed her Mav during the war and wants to settle the score in a clan battle. As how it goes for her, well, that's true Gundam 0079 behaviour, letting your desire for revenge get in the way of surviving, the Gundam RX-78 just has that effect on people. And traumatising Machu, because that's also another thing they do to you.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

(ch 397, 398) So, we get a very good single story that starts with Zeus and M.O.T.H.E.R. having leg cramps, and you can guess what happens next from the image, and a new arc where the Cursed Musician's mother signed him up for an idol audition which he didn't want to go, but as the Demon King wants to send someone to spy on where it is taking place, of course he goes there with Syalis and the nudist, always a fun combo.

Tis Time for "Torture", Princess

(ch 268) Oh, the princess trying to sneakily get one up on Tortura, who gets legitimately annoyed at her for wasting food. Another one for the "I want to see this animated" pile. And speaking of...

In Other News:

Tis Time for "Torture", Princess season 2 confirmed for the Winter 2026 season (via).

In case you missed it, the Rose of Versailles movie is now available on Netflix. A decent effort but severely harmed by the time they had to tell the story.

[mads-schubert]

Part 4 in my weekly poster series for 2025

[echofades]

I left because all I wanted was to be with you & I had no idea what to do about it. SHIRA & HANNAH | HARLAN COBEN'S SHELTER

[paperconsumption]

lakia in episode 25

[johnslittlespoon]

can we get a little tas snippet? as a treat 🙏🏻

i cryyy yes u can, always! i never know if i should post more as i work on chapters bc i don't wanna spoil too much, but i also don't wanna be too inactive so <33 and might as well knock out the wip wednesday tags i've let build up all month oopsie! thank you @alienoresimagines, @nicijones, and @blixabargelds for the tagsss :')

“I just wanted you to know that I– that I didn’t change my mind,” John gets out, tracing his finger along a line on the kitchen table, stubbornly staring at the wooden surface, hastily adding, “y’know, if you didn’t either.” “That right?” John looks up at the question, watching as Gale turns to lean against the counter, bracing his hands on the edge of it, and John has to work to keep his eyes trained on Gale’s face. He nods meekly, tucking his sock–clad feet behind the legs of his chair to stop his own legs from bouncing. Gale smiles a bit and leans back, tilting his head. “You askin’ for something?” John’s face goes hot, and he feels like he’s been seen right through. His lips part, but he can’t get the words out; he can only blink up at Gale as he walks over to the table and leans on it in a near mirror image of the first time they’d spoken in the pub. “Hm?” Gale presses, and John nods again, eyes dancing around Gale’s face, heart mimicking the motions against his ribs. “You don’t have to ask, baby,” Gale tells him softly as he places a hand under John’s chin, tilting it up a little.

no idea who's been tagged already, it's been so long and i'm so behind on tag games ahhh, tagging @c-goldthorn, @air-exec, @stoneinyourshoe, @counting0nit, @eternallytired17, whoever else wants to <3

[fuel-prices]

delighted by how genuinely fun this season is btw

[thesinglesock]

part 1/?

[weekly-scratch]

Sorry for the absence, Scratch nation… I’M BACK. Here’s one WIP and three old Docs for filler Ü

[hardworkandguts]

Weekly Catch-up #3

Well, that's one show less, this week, as a few of them are already completing the first third.

(last week post)

What was on?

Kowloon Generic Romance

(ep 4) So, we know Kujirai B is dead, and Kujirai seems still kind of stuck between being herself and still trying to cling to parts of B's life. What it all means, however, is going to depend heavily on the dynamite cliffhanger ending. Also, this isn't the original Kowloon, it was rebuilt after the original was torn down, which of course isn't going to draw parallels with whatever mystery is going on. And that face on the image? It was never intended to be on a 16:9 HD display, that's clearly a face from a 4:3 VHS and you can't convince me otherwise.

The Apothecary Diaries

(ep 2.16) Ah, right at the start we get to see where Maomao picked up her subtlety, as Luomen writes a caution on things to avoid during the concubine's pregnancies, using simple language so that the maids are able to understand it. Then, as she thinks of who could be behind much of the intrigue in the rear palace, she also discovers what curiosity does to cats, as finally putting all pieces together and watching the full picture come to life, an old friend reappears. This is maybe the highest stakes the series has been so far, so it will be interesting to see how they deal with that. On the other story, Lakan is getting to the end of the the assassination attempt, in true Lakan fashion, quietly showing Shishou might be connected to the imperial through a green wine ruse to who he thinks is the Emperor's younger brother. Maomao is truly a daughter of her two dads.

Gundam David Lynch Soundscape

(ep 3) After an episode showing where this continuity diverged, we're back to the main story, where Machu meets and immediately teams up with Shuji, the pilot of the red Gundam (who's not Char) in the very well animated clan battles. However, as much as we can put that to "Newtype things", the way Machu quickly convinced him into the illegal deathmatch feels more like a concession to fitting an whole story in 12 episodes, even if it's likely it will get more.

Witch Watch

(ep 3) It's maybe the weakest episode so far, but as it had to present the last of the three main characters, it needed to shift gears a bit instead of just another shambolic display of magic. And we got two, anyway. Kanshi has everything to be one of those really annoying characters, but Morihito plain not caring about his hate for Oni, and his attempts to move in with them to better protect Nico being immediately outed as a continuation of plots related to his terrible money management put him in the positive side.

Uchuujin MuuMuu

(ep 3) A few things to pick up from here, the aliens aren't cat shaped, they just picked that disguise (which explains the zipper tab in their back) because, worth reminding, only the dumb ones are left and thought cats are the true dominant species of earth, and the electricity cost of keeping an alien craft cloaked is almost $500 a month, if you are surprised, imagine Sakurako. Also love the true hater move by the club president of ratting out on some guys doing illegal trash dumping because their stuff was not fixable, still not so much the point of Tsurumi's girlfriend who only appears to get mad at Sakurako. On this week's lesson: automatic doors and how to replace an electrical plug.

Your Forma

(ep 4) Ah, the plot dump episode, and along with it the explanation of the mystery. With this arc out of the way, I do hope it improves, because this is the weakest shows of those I'm watching. Reading on the most trusted source on the internet, YouTube comments, apparently this adaptation not only skips the first part of the story, leading to these long boring scenes where someone has to infodump because you still need to make people aware of how this world works, and also did away with much of the personal relationships, making the end of the episode feel void of any meaning. On a slower season I'd probably give more attention to it, but now I'm considering watching it all at once once they drop the +4 hour video on YouTube.

Mono Weekend Animation

(ep 3) under the excuse what's certainly not Laid Back Camp getting an anime adaptation, Haruno is invited to make a Manga pilgrimage around the area and takes the club with her, with the usual adventures. You know, driving on mountain roads when you can barely drive in the city, going into spooky woods in the middle of the night, falling asleep holding the map saying when to turn, the usual stuff. Some great faces and really great background work in this episode. Maybe I should add Laid Back Camp to the list.

Food For the Soul

(ep 3) Also a road trip episode, this one starting with Shinon planning the while thing, then knowing she's spend the money she has left, hid it in the last place she would look for, leaving just as trail of hints. Or that was the idea, anyway. Second half is mostly a very regular cute girls going cute things on location (Mount Takao), but I feel the Photography club wins the comparison..

In other news:

AnimEigo released their third episode on their series of interviews with people in the industry, in this episode focused on the NYC con scene since the early 2000s featuring Peter Tatara.

Questions?

None. Lines are open.

[mads-schubert]

Part 6 in my weekly poster series for 2025

[changingplumbob]

I am so close to being on hiatus from the BC! To clarify I am not looking forward to time away from the gorgeous pixels but rather to a fortnight where all I have to do is play and write SBL. Hopefully I can build up a proper buffer so that by the time Dating Deanna returns I don't have to worry about constantly being only three or four days ahead of SBL. Anyway just got a couple of colab posts left and of course figuring out how best to post the results. When I'm done done I'll tell @simmerbeans so she can yell at me via messages if I get the urge to not give myself a legitimate break.

[shoutashii]

present mic but he has a podcast,, not like *that* but like how schlatt had the weekly slap. He's got comedy to entice adults but he's focused towards teens. they (mostly students) send him questions every week that are sometimes stupid and sometimes serious, looking for help and advice and he responds with his own experiences and mixes jokes inbetween

[dawns-breath]

Okay so! the suitcases are unpacked, the house is back in order, the fridge is full, the laundry is almost done. and with that last dump I'm now officially off hiatus!

I missed being here 😭💗

[stuff-diary]

Over the past week I've binge-read Stephen McCranie's Space Boy and I'm loving it so so much. It feels perfectly tailored to my personal tastes: there are conspiracies, strange objects that seem to have extraterrestrial origins, brilliant sci-fi world-building and, most importantly, beautifully sincere writing and humane characters. Fun fact: this is the longest running English-language Original on the Webtoon app!

[mj-slenderman]

Oh so Miss Celia gets the statement about doubles. Hmmmm. Much to think about