#what a horrible season

[tuttle-did-it]

I'm also so confused on place in s4 of Umbrella Academy.

The mansion, as always, is set in some sort of alternative New York, in the same way Gotham City was. Fine.

Viktor is specifically placed in Nova Scotia and 'it's a long drive' to go see the rest of his family. I understand how he got there. Fine.

But Lila's family are all based in East London. Or, they ALL magically moved to the same city as the mansion? What are the odds on that in a universe where they are not connected at all? But since Diego and Lila live close enough to visit with them, we can assume they are (or should be) in East London with Lila's family.

Allison and Claire (and presumably now Klaus) are in Los Angeles. We're told several times throughout the entire series that it's far enough from the mansion that Allison has to take a plane to get home.

That town holding Jennifer captive is clearly not set where the Mansion and rest of the story is set, because they have to drive that stupid van there to get there.

Five and Lila work for the CIA, which is apparently based n Langley, Virginia.

The end credits have most of the people they've known all in the same park. The Swedes (obviously from Sweden) are in the park, along with the Handler, Grace (who was from Texas? and, like, several decades ago?), the people from the Commission, Hazel, etc. as well as Lila and Diego's children, and Claire. And Five's mannequin?!?!? for some reason.

But the show just treats it as though this is basically the only city in existence, and everyone they've ever met lives there. Which could have actually worked if they'd alluded to the fact that Hargreaves made it this way when he created the new time line-- except that Viktor is in Nova Scotia, so that blows that theory.

It's not that important, it's just one of the many things about this season that shows just how lazy the writing was, how little they thought any of this out, and how little effort they put into making this season make even a tiny amount of sense.

[meshimellow]

ahh i get it now. so this has been the worst couple months on record for everyone i know including me

[cryptocism]

a dænce of roëmænce

depictions of the ace experience never seem to include the nightmare-borne skeleton creature from hell so kudos to the dimension 20 team for their commitment to accurate rep

[shepscapades]

X isn’t big on hugs, but Doc does what he can. It’s the little things that help.

[wretchedbroth]

How it honestly feels to be a Faulkner Thesiltverses fan 😶

[a-spacecadet]

Topher plays guitar!

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(Not really, his uncle just gave it to him)

[actual-changeling]

hot take but the reason why beez and gabriel figured their shit out so quickly is because they both have a solid sense of who they are as a person and the relationships adds to that instead of threatening their sense of identity.

if, for some reason, they had landed on "yeah no we won't work" they would have been sad/disappointed/heartbroken, but ultimately beez is happy with who they are and so is gabriel. nina and maggie decided to NOT get into a relationship for the same reason, they respect themselves and each other enough to put personal growth and their mental health first instead of attempting to solve trauma responses and hypervigilance by making someone the turning point of their world.

aziraphale and crowley, on the other hand, aren't just dogshit at communicating, they have also build their sense of identity around each other and thus the thought of not being together automatically comes with a loss of personhood, trapping them in "i need them to live and will be destroyed if they're not with me". which is incredibly self-destructive and deeply unhealthy, and not a foundation for a functional relationship.

the solution to that is not to glue them together and call it a day, it's to allow both of them the space and grace to grow as individuals and develop a healthy sense of self so the relationship is build on mutual respect AND self respect.

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Legends of Tomorrow not getting a renewal is my villain origin story. Anyway... some warmup doodles of Spooner from today and yesterday!

little bonus: They have a lot in common actually. (I have a type)

[rebeccasbiscuits]

I’m thinking so many thoughts after that episode, which was wonderful and hilarious, but something I’m very much thinking about is where someone on twitter pointed out the contrast between Rupert going to the club every single day for six weeks to wear Rebecca down vs Ted coming to her office every day for biscuits and genuinely wanting to get to know her. I’m especially thinking about how this adds some more context to Rebecca’s point of view on that as well. We see her disparagingly calling him ‘relentless, and nice’, and her desire for her love of the biscuits to not make her dependent on him providing her with something.

The moment I’m thinking about most is the one at the end of episode 5, where Ted storms in after finding out she sent Jamie away. The biscuit reveal at the end has always felt crucial in this way, but even more so in this context. Her experience has been with the relentless interest and charm until the other person pulled back the layer of charm and showed that this charming nature wasn’t genuine, and in a way I think here, as Ted yells at her, it lets her feel a bit vindicated, or at least secure, in her belief, or lack of belief, in the nature of other people. But then Ted continues the biscuits, and the extension of kindness they represent, no matter how angry he is, and not only that but reveals he has been (without having told her) baking the biscuits himself. His only deceit was hiding an extra kindness he didn't even seek self serving credit for, despite knowing how much she liked the biscuits. Obviously this works so interestingly as another anti-Rupert parallel in a Ted/Rebecca sense, but I love it even just generally in the context of how it’s visible that this is what shakes Rebecca in that scene, because it shakes the view she has of how people treat people after her abusive marriage and isolation, which is allowing her to go on with the plan that will hurt so many of them. It disarms her because even when she has done something bad, and Ted is expressing legitimate annoyance about it, he will not stop extending this relentless kindness and generosity to her, even when he has not got what he wanted, the way she experienced Rupert doing once he had got what he wanted. Ted’s not only relentless, not only nice, he’s also sincere.

[comicaurora]

Do the arcs have names, if so what is arc 1’s?

A question I have asked myself many times

[xxplastic-cubexx]

chat i think im gonna be sick

(Powers of X #6)

[chirpsythismorning]

Joyce staying at the cabin with Hopper and El to keep them safe bc no one in Hawkins knows they’re alive. Will, Jonathan and Argyle staying at the Wheeler's bc they have more room and presumably aren't in danger like the others.

OH WAIT there's a witch hunt for the Hellfire club, which means all the boys are in danger from the townspeople. OH WAIT the boy who came back to life has returned from the West, the same boy whose assumed death jumpstarted this small town's curse in the first place! The same boy who apparently everyone and their fathers knew was gay...

THE END IS NEAR! THE GAYS ARE RESPONSIBLE!

+ Time jump early somewhere in between.

Now picture how that would look in an 8 episode story format, leading up to a final battle lasting about 2+ hrs, and that's loosely how s5 is gonna go down.

[avantgardetheseventh]

"we need more complex female characters!" yall couldn't even handle cressida cowper

[inheroes--wetrust]

look the chance of this happening is like 1% but in my head this is how season 2 is going to end:

dubai is over. what happened to loumand? no idea. is daniel turned? probably but who's to say. after whatever drama goes down, we cut to a few months later.

interview with the vampire has been published. daniel is at a signing, line out the door, etc, etc. we watch him sign books for a few people. a book is placed in front of him, he takes it automatically, flips it open, says, "who should i make it out to?" the camera pans out wide, and we see lestat in modern clothes. lestat smiles and says, "the vampire lestat."

daniel's eyes widen in recognition, and then, doomed acceptance, becuase he knows where the fuck this is going. he says, "oh, motherf---"

cut, end season.

[chaosgenasi]

[iliveinarainbow]

“i stand with my toxic wife”, and it’s just grown adult fictional men who i would 100% get a restraining order against just by knowing that they actually existed.

love how loustat are matching with their cunty little poses and armand evidently just did not get the memo.

!!loustat are soulmates in canon proof!!